Tongqiao was originally the capital of Suzhou Prefecture. Although it has been merged several times and is not even counted as the county seat, its liveliness is actually even more lively than Fu Fu in the north, and it is even better than Qi County in the south.

This special situation is because it happened to be at the intersection of Bianqu and Xuzhou's South Way Road, which is a first-class water and land wharf in Xuzhou. Tongqiao Town was not as good as Liuzi (Liuzi) Town in the northwest in the early Tang Dynasty, between Fuli, Yongcheng and Linhuan. However, with the separatist vassals in the late Tang Dynasty, wars were frequent, and Tongqiao Town, located between Xuzhou's post road and Bianqu, quickly surpassed Liuzi Town and became the capital of Suzhou Prefecture.

However, due to the withdrawal of Suzhou, Tongqiao itself is a prosperous water and land wharf. In addition, it is located in the hinterland of Xuzhou and is surrounded by garrisons of influencers. Therefore, in order to facilitate the construction of granaries and wharfs, Tongqiao city walls were long been demolished, forming a large scattered town, which was extremely prosperous.

Tongqiao is not only the important granary location in Huaibei, but also an important military capital storage place for the Insurgent Army. A large number of materials such as military armor, weapons, equipment, clothes, and fodder reserves are stored here. From the north bank dock of Tongqiao to the west, the line is almost all strictly managed by the Insurgent Army, that is, the military capital storage area for the Insurgent Army.

There were not many troops garrisons in Tongqiao, only one army, but Yao Chengtai felt that it was more than enough.

Not to mention whether the Caizhou army to the west has the strength to attack Tongqiao, first of all, adding a Bian canal to the distance can make the Caizhou army sigh.

Whether it is the Caizhou Army or the Liang Army, the power of the navy is not worth mentioning. This is a common problem among the vassal families north of the Huai River. The navy north of the Huai River has little power and is easily affected by the seasons. Therefore, the navy is generally not valued. Tongqiao is located in the hinterland of Xuzhou. Who can attack?

But unexpectedly, the sneak attack happened under the eyelids.

Without thinking, Yao Chengtai knew that it must be the Huaiyou Navy. Apart from the Huaiyou Navy, who could travel thousands of miles to detour from Sizhou? The problem is that the Huaiyou Navy can pass through Linhuai and Hongxian and cross the entire hinterland of Sizhou. Does it mean that Yu Mingzhen knows nothing?

Yao Chengtai felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that Yu Mingzhen and Huai You have hooked up?

How could Sizhou not realize such a large-scale fleet transit, especially if it had to pass through the key pass of Hong County?

Yao Chengtai knew very well that the danger of losing Tongqiao was not only his military resources, but also most of the military resources and grasses of Shangyunxi and Shifeng were stored in Tongqiao.

If it is obtained by the Huai You Army, the Huai You Army basically no longer needs to supply supplies from the rear. It is enough to rely directly on the food and grass resources of Tongqiao to support the two battles.

Perhaps the only benefit is that Shangyunxi and Shifeng will spare no effort to help, otherwise the military funds from Tongqiao were swept away by Huaiyou, so they would not have a good idea.

Yao Chengtai slowly calmed down.

If the Huaiyou Navy raided Tongqiao, it means that the number of enemy troops would not be too large. If tens of thousands of enemy troops really advanced through the water, no matter how they pretended, they would not want to escape the scouts along the line. Now they would suddenly fight back and might be able to quickly recapture Tongqiao.

The question is whether to wait for Shang Yunxi and Shifeng's Yuan army to retake Tongqiao, or will the troops from Qi County be transferred back to Tongqiao immediately?

This made Yao Chengtai extremely entangled.

The Huaiyou Army will arrive in Qi County within two days. If it draws troops back to Tongqiao, let alone whether it can go down in one go. Even if it defeats the enemy and retakes Tongqiao, the remaining troops will be difficult to defend Qi County.

Once Qi County was lost, the navy still had the advantage of the right of Huai River to block the Bian River. The southern part of Xuzhou fell into the enemy's hands, and Tongqiao might be attacked again at any time, so the situation would be extremely dangerous.

The only way is that the army in Qi County remains unmoved. Fu Li now has only one defender. He can only wait for Shang Yunxi and Shifeng's army to come to rescue and regain Tongqiao. The key is to see how fast the reinforcements of Shang Yunxi and Shifeng come. If they can quickly move south and take advantage of the fact that the Huai You Army is not stable, they will defeat the Huai You Army attacking Tongqiao, regain Tongqiao, and then reinforce Qi County. However, if the situation is slow and the enemy takes the opportunity to loot the Tongqiao army, it will be a big loss.

After much thought, Yao Chengtai still felt that he could not lose Qi County. Although Tongqiao was occupied by the Huai You Army, at most the two naval forces of the Huai You Army succeeded in using the raid. Once Feng and Shang Yunxi army were pressed up, it would be difficult for the Huai You Army to defend it. Once Qi County is lost, it would be difficult to take it back. Where can I survive?

Especially once the Caizhou army enters Xuzhou, it will not even have a place to hide. How can it gain a foothold in the Caizhou army system in the future?

As for the loss of military capital, it was not their own family anyway. Shang Yunxi and Shi Feng would naturally be anxious. When they really took back Tongqiao, it was estimated that Caizhou's army had already entered Xuzhou. It was hard to say where the situation would go by then, and they would not care much about it.

Mei Kuang's eyes were cold, and he stood on the gate outside the grain storage tank with one hand, looking at the interrupted route in the Bian Canal.

The light green green sword blade still seemed to be filled with a blood-red smell, and a few drops of blood stretched out along the gate to the Bianqu River embankment.

Half an hour ago, he used a "Thousands of sails passing by the side of the sunken boat" to kill the army commander stationed here by the Insurgent Army, a strong man in the early stage of Taixi, while Tian Chunlai killed the deputy commander of the army commander and another master in the late stage of Qingxi.

The navy of the two armies suddenly launched, without giving any opportunity to the insecure army. As soon as they came forward, Mei Kuang and Tian Chunlai personally led the elite troops to launch a surprise attack. In addition, Wu Wentang's fine work had set fire in Tongqiao Town before, attracting some insecure army to put out the fire, so the battle was particularly smooth.

Of course, Yao Chengtai's elite was not a false reputation. The naval army landing operations were restricted. However, Mei Kuang and Tian Chunlai cleverly used the power of the only few military ships in the navy fleet equipped with fire dragon cannons, attracting a force army to the dock river embankment, and then using the military ships Fire dragon cannons to attack, which directly led to the elimination of this elite first battalion in a very short time.

He encountered a surprise attack, coupled with the disadvantage of military strength, and then encountered a devastating blow from this new weapon, as well as the killing of the two masters Mei Kuang and Tian Chunlai, who were the two masters, but the influence army could not last long.

Tian Chunlai has sent someone to reconnaissance the terrain.

Defeating this army's influence army is nothing. In fact, after safely passing through Hong County, the result of this battle is destined. The key is that it will face the attack of the army that may come from both the north and the south.

If Tongqiao is a city, that would be great. If you defend against the city, you can almost hold on for a while with the strength of two armies. When the first right army and the second right army arrive, Mei Kuang still has the confidence to resist the attack of the influence army.

But the problem is that Tongqiao is a large town, born on Bian Canal, and is extremely prosperous, but there is no city wall, which is troublesome.

Moreover, the main docks, warehouses and grain storage in Tongqiao are almost concentrated north of the Bian Canal, which means that if you want to take these military resources and food for yourself, you have to defend the north. Now it seems that the army coming from Fuli and Pengcheng may quickly come south along the post road. Perhaps in two days, the invasion army will face Tongqiao, the First Army of the Huaiyou Navy, and the Second Army will have to fight a arduous blocking battle in Tongqiao Town.

It is not clear how many troops Xuzhou will have to go south, but as long as Shang Yunxi and Shi Feng are not stupid enough to a certain extent, they will think that this battle is already related to the life and death of the entire Insurgent Army. In this case, I am afraid that Shang Yunxi and Shi Feng will all attack with all their might.

Looking at Tian Chunlai and a few subordinates coming from afar, plum blossoms knew from the expression on Tian Chunlai's face.

In fact, they had already discussed and studied the topographic map of Tongqiao. At that time, they felt that it was very difficult to block the southward influence army here.

They judged that as long as there were more than 10,000 migrant troops going south, the navy of these two armies would be difficult to resist. But the problem was that the mirant troops going south could not be decided by them, and they judged that there was a high possibility of migrant troops going south.

"Brother Kuang, the situation is not very good." Tian Chunlai said straight: "I think it is probably difficult to set up a blocking position here. Tongqiao is too big, and the streets are scattered. If the influencer goes south, he can attack from several places. If it is a street battle, we will not gain any advantage. Moreover, our military ships, Fire Dragon Cannons, dare not use them at will in Tongqiao Town. This town is very important. If it causes a fire, it is a pity. More importantly, even so, it is difficult for us to defend here."

"What should we do?" Mei Kuang sighed and his eyes swam, "Your Majesty asked us to keep here. The scout came to report that Yao Chengtai in Qi County seemed to be unable to stand. It would take some time for the Lord Majesty and his friends to conquer Qi County."

Tian Chunlai was also a little anxious.

This cannot be withstood by persisting and fighting hard. Although the overall performance of the Invasion Army is not good, it does not mean that the Invasion Army has no combat effectiveness. They dare not take this risk. It would be fine if they were defeated, but once they fall and are successfully reinforced by the army south to Qi County, the battle will be completely passive.

"Chunlai, do you think the situation will be better if we take Fu Li?" Mei Kuang said slowly after thinking for a long time.

"Take Fu Li?!" Tian Chunlai was surprised, "Is it feasible?"

"I'm thinking about whether we take down the bridge and capture these hundreds of influencers. If we can convince some of them and then disguise..." Mei Kuang paused, "This may require the assistance and cooperation of the Wuwentang. Whether it is feasible, we need to think about it carefully."

"Do not matter if it's OK or not! Otherwise, it will be too late!" Tian Chunlai jumped up suddenly, "I'll lead the team to give it a try!"
Chapter completed!