?From late June, the Chen State Yingzhou from Xiakou through Wuchang to the bank of Xisai River was removed from the Yangtze River. The Zhou army took advantage of controlling the Yangtze River waterway to carry troops and attacked everywhere with warships and horses, making it difficult for the Chen army to take care of the front and tail...≦Dingdian Novel,...

When the Zhou army captured Yingzhou the last time, the main sentry forts along the river were destroyed. After the Chen army recovered Yingzhou, most of the sentry forts rebuilt due to haste time were wooden and the troops were garrisoned ranging from two to three hundred to a thousand. However, before the Zhou army's offensive, no sentry fort could last until reinforcements arrived.

The Chen army had no warning of the Anjiang Fort, and the defense of the south bank of the Yangtze River became full of loopholes. Although Wuchang, which was captured within one day, was stationed in tens of thousands of Chen troops again, they were immediately in big trouble because the food supply was constantly attacked by the Zhou army.

If the Chen State Yingzhou naval army would not have had such a problem before May when the Chen State Yingzhou navy was still there, first of all, Wuchang's grain inventory is abundant, and transporting grain from Xiakou or Jiangzhou by water or land is not a problem, but now it is a big problem.

The navy in Xiakou was suppressed by the Zhou navy on the other side and dared not move easily. Even if we were lucky enough to break through and transport food and grass downstream to Wuchang, we could not rely on the shore because the Zhou navy stationed in Zhengrongzhou would wait for the rabbit. Now, the land was caused by the fall of the sentry fort along the river.

Nowadays, the grain and grass in Yingzhou are shipped from the upstream Bazhou to transport it down the river to Xiakou and then transferred to Xiakou by land and then distributed to Xiakou by military supplies in various places, including Wuchang City. The grain and grass are now transported by land from Xiakou to Wuchang.

The distance is about 130 to 40 miles. Chen Jun’s grain transport team, which set out from Xiakou, has been attacked three times and lost tens of thousands of stones of food and grass. The soldiers and the people are stronger than 1,000. In view of the fact that the number of grain transport teams after this was more than 1,000, but when news came yesterday that a grain transport team was missing, the deputy coach Fan Yi could not sit still.

The troops who recovered Wuchang and stationed in the city had limited food and grass, although the situation would not be cut off now, it would be bad if the situation continued to be so eroded. There was more than one road from Xiakou to Wuchang that could allow the brigade of grain trucks to pass through.

It’s not impossible to transport grain from Jiangzhou, southeast of Wuchang, but Fan Yi knew that if the Zhou army was stationed on the five continents on the lower reaches of Yanji, it would be possible to cross the river and intercept it along the way. So if the situation deteriorates, something will happen in half a month. And it will be a big deal.

"The reinforcements from Bazhou will arrive the next day?" Fan Yi asked. The generals around him said yes, according to the news he received yesterday, the reinforcements from Bazhou will arrive the next day. Today, the deputy commander summoned the generals of the military to convene the generals and were very troubled by the problem of the Zhou army's harassment everywhere.

"Very good. Once the troops are sufficient, you can garrison along the way. When the fortress is restored, you will not be afraid of the Zhou army attacking everywhere."

"General, is it crazy for Zhou's army to go south this time? Why do they still go south when they are fighting with the Sui army in the north?"

"The warships of bullying the government army withered and unable to control the Yangtze River..." Fan Yi shook his head with a wry smile.

Lu Guangda, the former governor of Yingzhou and the commander of the military affairs of seven prefectures above Yingzhou, was dismissed from his post and transferred back to Jiankang because of his loss of Yingzhou. The position of Yingzhou was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the army who rescued Yingzhou this time, and the commander Chen Shujian led troops to station in Xisaishan downstream of Wuchang.

Fan Yi already knew that Zhou and Sui were in Henan and Huainan, so he felt a little confused about this Zhou army's southern offender. When the news of Wuchang's loss came, he almost didn't believe his ears, but then he learned that the other party had abducted people and abandoned Wuchang and retreated northward, and realized that this was a robbery.

It's a despicable robbery. It's extremely hateful!

Because of the defeat of the navy, the remaining Chen army warships were stationed in Xisai Mountain to prevent the Zhou army from going south to attack Jiangzhou. Fan Yi had no useful naval forces in his hands to maintain the unobstructed waterway between Xiakou and Wuchang, so the Zhou army went south to harass him without fear.

Fan Yi could not imagine why Wuchang, which had more than 20,000 soldiers stationed, would fall quickly, but he did not dare to take it lightly. Not only did the army stationed in Xiakou be on full alert, but also asked the upstream Bazhou to mobilize reinforcements.

The sentry forts and camps in Yingzhou were already cleaned up by the Zhou army when they fell last time. Now the ones that were finally built have been pulled out one by one. There are too many sentry forts in various places that cannot afford it, but fewer people can't protect themselves. With reinforcements, there will be field forces to rescue the sentry forts.

Yingzhou has been lost once, and the imperial court has tried its best to gather enough troops to move westward to recover Yingzhou. If it is lost again, there will be no extra troops to be transferred here. Fan Yi will never allow this situation.

Xiakou cannot be lost, and Wuchang must also be defended. Wuchang is the important place of Xiakou to the downstream Jiangzhou line. Once it is cut off, Yingzhou will be like a tiger with a broken backbone. Therefore, with reinforcements, with sufficient troops, the mail-forts along the way will be restored to ensure smooth food channels.

After deducing the map, the generals felt a little relieved. If it were not for the safety of Xiakou, it would be a problem to push the troops of Xiakou to Wuchang all the way, and the Zhou army was just reckless and people were so angry that they were so angry that they were so angry that they were so angry that they were too angry.

The number of warships built in more than a month is far from enough, and the navy soldiers suffered heavy casualties and important recovery of combat effectiveness is not something that can be achieved in the past few months. Chen Jun, who has always used the help of navy to defend the enemy, is now watching the Zhou army watch the Yangtze River as if nothing is missing.

However, before they could recover from the navy's powerlessness, bad news came: another grain transport team was attacked by the Zhou army and suffered heavy casualties and fled back.

The first reaction of the generals when they heard this news was impossible. The size of this grain transport team was 5,000. If it was attacked, how many troops would the Zhou army need to eat it. The soldiers who fled back to report the news cried and said that the Zhou army had a lot more troops than the official army. They fought for a long time and were exhausted before they were defeated.

"Where was the attack?"

"Near Zuoling Village."

"There are nearly 5,000 people stationed in Zuoling Village and they are watching the grain transport team be attacked?"

"Zuoling Village has been captured by the Zhou army before!"

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Zuoling, a broken village next to the official road, Zhou soldiers wearing black military uniforms were busy. Today, the battle results were quite good and countless were seized. Although they were a little tired, they had to transfer the spoils in time.

The Chen Jun prisoners who were cut with their hands were strung together by hemp ropes. The Zhou army was surveillance and walked along the official road to the northeast. Yuwen Wen, the governor of Bazhou of Zhou, stood on the wall and looked at the prisoners in front of him with joy.

‘Man, strong men. Thousands of strong men. Now these men are mine!’ Yuwen Wen almost shouted out.

Naturally, he would not be as fond of Long Yang, and the reason why he was "interested" in men is because these strong people are the best labor force. Although it is impossible to monopolize the strong people in Bazhou, there will be no fewer strong prisoners. With more labor force, Yuwen Wen's ambitions can be realized.

A blood-covered general walked up to the village wall and came to Yuwen Wen. His sleeve armor was damaged in many places and the second layer of armor was exposed. There were several holes, and even the second layer of armor was cut off, and the cap on his head was also significantly damaged.

"Is it okay, Master Tian Zhuang?" Yuwen Wen asked with concern. The new owner of the camp, Tian Xiaoqi, was also the "first landing" who broke through Zuoling Village. Yuwen Wen used a thousand-mile mirror to see clearly when he was commanding the battle. This master Tian Zhuang almost killed the enemy's enemy. Fortunately, he rushed to the front and rushed to Zheng Hui before he saved his life.

"It's okay, wearing two layers of armor is not paper-made." Tian Xiaoqi said, taking off the broken skeleton mask, with a clear mark on the mask. "It's just that the knife was broken, but it's a pity."

"It's no pity. If the knife is gone, you can hit another one. If the person is gone, it's really gone." Yuwen Wen patted Tian Xiaoqi's shoulder, not even minding that his palms were stained with scarlet blood and the sticky objects suspected to be brainwash.

The knives used by melee soldiers are of high quality and long swords with both hands are carefully crafted. However, no matter how sharp the knife is used for combat, it will inevitably be damaged. No matter how hard the iron is cut, it will break its hair like mud and blow hair, just cut a few iron armor, and it will still collapse after cutting a few pieces of iron armor. It is normal to cut a few swords in a bloody battle.

Yuwen Wen looked at the long sword in Tian Xiaoqi's hand that had collapsed and turned like a saw and said with a smile: "This knife must be kept and placed in the military camp so that everyone can see how powerful the melee soldiers are."

"Hi, it's natural to be a soldier and kill people in war. It's better to go back to the stove." Tian Xiaoqi smiled embarrassedly. Yuwen envoys did some military history learning to "publish" the situation of previous battles, that is, the history of war to the soldiers, which is a bit uncomfortable.

Yuwen Wen smiled without saying a word and asked Tian Xiaoqi to rest. Some of his views were indeed out of place with the people of this era, so he didn't want to talk too much, so he could only let the facts prove everything.

The sense of honor is a useless fire for the army of this era. Many people join the army just to make a living by eating food. For the army, they are fulfilling their obligation to be loyal to the leader. For the generals, the army is just a tool to achieve fame and fortune, so the sense of honor is nothing more than some general empty talk.

He doesn't care about other troops, but the soldiers of the Hulin Army must have a sense of honor. Rich rewards may not be available every time, and the fields cannot be divided at any time. Moreover, not every time, the supply of food and grass can be sufficient. If an army can only rely on these material rewards to muster up the courage to fight, it will be over sooner or later.

If the war is unfavorable and the soldiers simply care about gains and losses, they can actually choose to surrender instead of fighting to the death. Yuwen Wen hopes that the Hulin Army he has worked hard to build can have something different from other armies.

While walking, he thought that he had walked down the wall and came to the gate of the village. Several riders on the official road squeezed out the crowd and came to his side. At the moment, one of them threw a whip and walked to Yuwen Wen to salute and said, "Eunuch, after the battlefield has been cleaned, the fish-bottom Chen Jun should be coming soon."

"If Zhou Sanlang leads the army, can he be sure?" Yuwen Wen asked. The person in front of him was an old acquaintance, Zhou Faming, the younger brother of Hengzhou Governor Zhou Fashang, was fighting today. The joint operation between the two states of Heng was the only way to swallow the two big fish, Zuolingzhai and the grain transport team.

"No problem, they come the same as many times!" Zhou Faming didn't care. He had a few arrows on his armor, like a porcupine, but he didn't care. The result of leading the cavalry to defeat the defense of the grain transport team in one fell swoop. Zhou Faming was extremely excited.

Since the last battle against Chen, Zhou Faming has been operating in time, and his second brother Zhou Fashang is too busy to let him lead his troops to fight, so this battle in the south has made Zhou Faming more addicted to leading troops to fight.

"As the saying goes, you have to be careful, Chen Jun is not all cowardly." Yuwen Wen put on the airs of an experienced person and began to 'speak earnestly', "After suffering so many losses, if you don't take measures, you'd be a fool."

"It's probably a trap like showing weakness... Envoy, where will our army attack next time?" Zhou Faming asked with a smile. Chen's defense line was too long and the wind was leaking everywhere, and he had the advantage of a boat and ship. At least during this period, he could come and go freely on the Yangtze River, so the initiative in the attack was in the hands of the Zhou army.

"When the pain hurts, what tricks does Zhou Sanlang have?" Yuwen Wen kicked the ball back to Zhou Faming.

"It's impossible to say that Xiakou is. As for where to attack, the envoy must have a decision, hehe."
Chapter completed!