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Chuzhou, the capital of Shanyang.

Shanyang City is located in the place where the Huai, Si and Jianghuai Canals intersect. The Huai River flows through the north of Shanyang City, and the Si River is the mouth of the Huai River through the Huai River. To the west of Shanyang City, it is the mouth of the Jianghuai Canal connecting the Si River across the river. Shanyang City is located in the southeast of the cross waterway formed by the Huai River, Si and Jianghuai Canals intersecting the canals.

Since ancient times, Shanyang has been an important town in Huaidong and has controlled the direction of Sishui in the north.

Since ancient times, the Huai-Si Shui Road has been a major transportation route between the north and the south. Wang Jun of the Western Jin Dynasty attacked Wu. Du Yu once wrote a letter to encourage him to attack Jiankang directly to destroy Wu. Then, "from the river to the Huai River, crossing Sibian, going up the river, and returning to the capital, it is also a worldly matter.

During the Huangchu period of Cao Wei, the Wei lord Cao Pi personally led the navy to follow Cai, Ying, Wo and other waters into Huaihe and Guangling, and the Zhou army went from Huai'an to the south. The Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties all regarded Huai'an as the important town, and Zu Yi, Liu Wei, Xun Xian and others were successively guarding their territory.

Huai'an during the Jin and Southern Dynasties was Shanyang in Chuzhou during the Tang Dynasty.

This time when the Huai Army went north, Gao Pian personally told Gao Yu that the land in Shanyang would be controlled by the enemy, but if it was lost, it would be impossible to block Huaidong.

Liang Zhang, the general of the Huai Army, also said that Shanyang must compete for the north and south, and I can get it, and I can be determined to advance in Shandong. If the enemy gets it, Huainan cannot be consolidated day and night.

The big reason why Gao Pian made a strong move this time was that Li Jing suddenly captured the land of Sizhou, and his troops were aimed directly at Shanyang, Chuzhou, which had seriously threatened Huainan. As long as the Qin army crossed the Huai River and captured the important town of Shanyang, the Qin army's sufficient naval ships could quickly take a large boat along the Jianghuai Canal and go straight to Yangzhou. Huainan was not protected.

An important town like Shanyang did not become Gao Yu's camp this time.

The reason is actually very simple. Gao Yu's initial combat plan was to attack the east and attack the west, and to spread doubts the troops, hiding the real main force in Huaiyin. The surface of Shanyang is the stationed at Gaoyu's camp, but it is actually just a logistics center.

But what happened later broke Gao Yu's arrangements one after another. By the time Gao Yu wanted to retreat into Shanyang City, it was too late.

At this time, the garrison in Shanyang City was Gao Pian's brother Gao Ba. Although he was not a good general in the Huai Army, he had been following Gao Pian for decades when he served in the towns. He had no contribution and worked hard. He was also Gao Pian's relatives, so he was very trusted by Gao Pian. This time, he went to the expedition to stay in Shanyang, bluffed his flag, and pretended to be Gao Yu's main force. In fact, he was in charge of logistics, food and grass affairs.

"Controlling Shanyang means guarding the gateway to Huaidong." Gao Ba recalled Gao Pian's instructions before leaving. Standing at the head of Shanyang City, he realized the reason for the gateway that Gao Pian mentioned. Shanyang City is the capital of Chuzhou and the gateway to Huaidong, so this city is very solid. The city is sixteen miles long, with Luocheng outside and Yacheng inside. Guarding this city not only blocks the south bank of the Huai River, but also guards the canal estuary and monitors the Sishui River.

The north is a place that must be fought for between the north and the south. If you get it from the north, you can go straight to Yangzhou along the canal, enter the river, and go to Jinling and Liangzhe.

Controlled in the south, you can cross the Huai River, enter the Si River, Bian River, and Yi River, pass through Henan and Shandong, and even directly connect to the Yellow River and Hebei.

As for the current situation, the Qin army seized Sizhou. If they were asked to seize Chuzhou, the Qin army would take the warships straight to the city of Yangzhou.

Although Gao Ba was also worried about the momentum of the Qin army in his heart. However, as a veteran general of the Huai Army and Gao Pian's relatives and brothers, his heart still made him firmly stand on Gao Pian's side. Gao Ba was looking forward to it in his heart, hoping that Gao Yu and Gao Jie's two nephews could use the 100,000 troops in his hands to beat Li Jing and defeat the ambitious Qin army in the Huai River.

Just like the Battle of Feishui in Jin Dynasty and the Battle of Red Cliff in the Three Kingdoms, the southern army defeated the northern army.

The night gradually became deeper and the rain became more and more urgent.

Listening to the dense sound of rain and the rushing waves of the Huai River in the distance, Gao Ba's heart that had been holding slowly returned to peace.

On such a rainy night, who can attack the wide Huai River through the sky?

Even if they wanted to come, across a canal, there was the Huaiyin camp hidden by Gao Yu's 50,000 troops. Even if it was his Shanyang City, which only had 5,000 people, the huge fortress city of sixteen miles could not be attacked by the Qin army.

Such thoughts emerged in my mind, and my tiredness came like a tide. After a day of busyness, I was dispatching food and grass transportation, recruiting ships, and arranging the inspection of the warehouse. Gao Ba was so tired. He barely supported until midnight and issued the last order to the deputy general at night: "Put more people to guard the city." Then, he fell asleep with the reply from his personal soldiers.

The raindrops were densely clumped on the roof, making waves of rustling and rhythmic sounds, like a dreamy lullaby, which made Gao Ba fall deeply into his sleep.

I don’t know how long it took, but he suddenly woke up in a severe headache. Before he opened his eyes, the footsteps of his personal soldiers rushing into the mansion were heard. When the tooth soldier’s panic and anxious eyes jumped into his eyes, his heart immediately became as cold as the bottom of the sea, and the enemy attacked!

He put on his coat, and even had no time to put on his armor. He raised his familiar big sword and ran out of the general's mansion. As soon as he climbed to the top of the city, he immediately found that the rain had stopped in the misty morning.

A long way from the west gate, a defeated army was rushing towards us.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Gao Ba couldn't help but shivered.

What made him even more heartbroken was that he had already recognized the flag that fled, which was the flag of the Huai Army.

Behind these defeated Huai Army soldiers who escaped like a tide, a red light cavalry swept over, spearing bayonets, submerging the fallen Huai Army soldiers in the red tide.

He didn't know how the Huaiyin camp was discovered by the Qin army, and he didn't know how the Qin army crossed the Huai River overnight, and would defeat the Huaiyin camp with 30,000 infantry soldiers, 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 naval troops, and 50,000 civilians.

But what he saw now was indeed the Huai Army's defeat, and the defeat was like a mountain of defeat.

How all this happened is no longer important. What is important is that the Qin army came over and the Huai army was defeated.

Looking at the city defenders who were frightened by the dazed muji, he shouted angrily: "Follow me to come out of the city to respond!"

The Huaiyin camp was defeated, and there were only 5,000 defenders left in Shanyang. If Gao Ba did not bring in the defeated soldiers outside the city, the defeated soldiers outside the city would definitely be swallowed up by the pursuit of red light cavalry. His lips were lost and his teeth were cold. If the army outside was annihilated, Shanyang City would be alone and difficult to defend.

The defenders then realized that they had come over, quickly grabbed the city, shouted loudly, and began to gather behind the city gate.

It is very dangerous to open the city gate to welcome the defeated soldiers. If it is not good, the Qin army's pursuers may take advantage of the situation and rush into the city. But Gao Ba has no second choice!

The west gate opened, and Gao Ba led three thousand soldiers and horses to come out of the city to respond.

However, Gao Ba gave an order before leaving the city. After he led 3,000 infantry out of the city, the west gate was immediately closed. At the same time, the south gate was opened.

This method is to avoid the defeated army being scared. When they see the west gate open, they will rush directly to the west gate. This will not only break through the infantry formation that comes out of the city, but also allow the pursuers to rush straight to the west gate. Close the west gate and open the south gate, so that the defeated army can circumnavigate along the city wall to enter the city. If the enemy wants to pursue the city, they will enter the range of the bow and arrow attack of the defenders on the city.

Although this is just a small military order, it can play an absolute role when it is critical.

Although Gao Ba was not a famous general of the Huai Army, he had many years of war and had rich experience.

Sure enough, as soon as the west gate was closed, the defeated soldiers who had rushed straight to the square formation of the city immediately turned around and rushed south. Gao Ba, who had left the city formation, had already made his subordinates shout in unison that the South Gate gate was opened.

Not all the defeated soldiers ran towards the south gate in chaos. Among the defeated soldiers of the Huai Army, officers began to join Gao Ba's team and leaned against their array.

More and more Huai troops chose to stay and line up to fight.

The Huai Army flags were erected again, and the infantry formation centered on Gaoba was relied on the solid city wall, and the defeated soldiers gathered more and more.

With Gao Ba's new force and the tall city wall behind, the Huai Army finally calmed down.

Yao Guili arrived, Yu Gongchu arrived, Chen Qi arrived, Feng Shou arrived, Zhang Huan, An Zairong, Ren Conghai also arrived. Finally, Gao Yu, who had abandoned his armor and even lost his flag, escaped a life. Under the escort of dozens of cavalry, fled to the city with scars on his body.

Behind were Wang Yanzhang's feather cavalry and the Golden Armored Victory Jet cavalry, as well as the Black Flag Army's light cavalry.

The Qin cavalry rushed towards him like a tide, but with Gao Ba's support, they were unable to wipe out these defeated soldiers in the wild.

Wang Yanzhang tentatively attacked, and then rationally ordered the attack to stop and retreat slowly.

It is very irrational to directly attack the infantry phalanx formed by the city formation without infantry cover. What's more, the Qin army is dominant at the moment and there is no need to fight so hard.

Gao Ba covered Gao Yu and others with the defeated soldiers and slowly retreated and retreated into Shanyang City.

Wang Yanzhang divided the cavalry into several clusters, surrounded the gates of Shanyang City, and then sent someone to report to Li Jing.

At this time, Li Jing had already arrived at the west bank of the canal and returned to the Huaiyin camp. He was leading his army to kill and pursue the Huai army that did not cross the river last night, and searching for the fleeing civilians and Huai army. The navy and the marines were in turn besieging the water camp of the Huai army camp.

At this time, the Huai army in Huaiyin had a total of only a small centaur, with more than 20,000 people. But at this time, it had already become a mess and was defeated by the Qin army. If they were not surrendered, they would have to die in battle.

In the afternoon, except for a few who had fled and were not found, most of the Huaiyin and Huai Army were wiped out.

On the Jianghuai Plain, there were teams of Qin soldiers everywhere, escorting a long list of Huai Army prisoners. The Huai Army Water Village was packed with dumplings, and all warships of all sizes fell into the hands of the Qin army.
Chapter completed!