Caizhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou and Yingzhou north of the Huai River are the four prefectures southwest of the Great Yue Capital, and the Ru River, the second of the "four rivers and eight streams", run through it.

The Ru River and Ying River originate from Songshan and Funiu Mountain, which flow generally in parallel and obliquely from northwest to southeast, and flow into the Huaihe River from Huaichuan and Yingshang respectively.

These two water systems, especially the Ru River, which mainly originates from the northeast foot of Funiu Mountain, flow from west to east and then to southeast, basically outline the general outline of the Huaihang defense line.

Xiangcheng, which is stationed by Heluo Xingying, is located on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Rushui; Liu Yan, the troops of Zuo Xiaosheng Army, are stationed in Yexian, Wuyang, on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Rushui; east of Wuyang, Zhaoling, Xiping and Shangcai, are all located on the south bank of the Rushui.

, is the defense area of ​​Yang Lin, the right-season army; Queshan in the southern part of Shangcai, and Xincai in the southeast belong to the defense line of the Tianxiong Army, even the Chushan camp; and Huaichuan is located at the entrance of Rushui River, which was led by Liu Xian.

The main force of the Wei army was stationed.

In theory, this line of defense should have a military command to control the defense.

However, neither the Zuo Xiaosheng Army, the Tianxiong Army nor the Xuanwei Army had enough strength to defend Rushui, nor did one person have enough prestige to control the Zuo Xiaosheng Army, the Tianxiong Army and the Xuanwei Army in one person's tent.

Listen before.

The drizzling rain has been falling since the morning. Yang Lin stood in the wind and rain pavilion in front of the ancient ferry, looking at the vast river water not far away in a daze.

A row of oars and warships sailed from the north shore with surging waves. Three knights stood on the warships, holding the horses beside them tightly.

The oar-rolling warship is only more than three meters long, and there are six long oars on each side to break through the waves and paddle. The space left is very limited. The three knights were already a little crowded on the boat. At this time, the wind and waves were heavy and the water flow was turbulent.

If the horse is slightly frightened, the boat may collapse and die.

More than a hundred cavalrymen standing in the rain on the south bank with rain. Seeing this scene, they secretly sweated for the knights crossing the river. Fortunately, they quickly moved to the dock where the ferry was flooded. The three knights led their horses off the boat and posed.

The water rushed to Fengyu Pavilion.

"His mother, this ghost weather is really evil. The rain in Shangshui has not yet fallen, but it is like a pouring water in Rushui-" The bearded knight walked to the wind and rain pavilion and took off the rain rain raincoat. The clothes and armor inside

It was basically wet, but the weather was getting hot at this time. Apart from wrapping your body with armor, it was not inconvenient. I took the sweat towel from the guard and wiped away the water stains on my face. I went to Yang Lin

bowed and said,

"General, the guy from Yuehailou has indeed arrived in Chenzhou. In addition to the main force of the enemy in Xuzhou, there are also a large number of troops and horses moving south through Yanling and other places. It seems that they really want to be on both sides of the Rushui River.

There is a big fight. What do you say about Chushan?"

"Send someone to Chushan to report the letter. Chushan thought that the Ruying River was extremely powerful at this time. Yuehailou wanted to raise troops to cross the Ying River. The Rushui River went south and waited until the flood season passed!" A Qing-style civil servant beside Yang Lin was a side of Yang Lin.

He took the words and said.

"Ru, although the rainstorm is frequent in Cai Xia, the rainy season is short, and it may pass one day. Yuehailou forced a batch of boats in Xuzhou. Once the Ying River water level is stable, its troops will cross the water south and go south.

Hurry!" The bearded man asked with a frown, "Where is the Xuanwei Army?"

Rushui and Yingshui originate from Funiu Mountain and between the eastern mountains of Songshan.

Funiu Mountain, and the eastern part of Songshan Mountain are steep. After the summer, the heavy rainstorms are extremely frequent, which makes the Rushui River and Ying River only a tributary on the northern bank of the Huai River, but the floods after the summer are more severe than the source of the upper reaches of the Huai River.

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However, in addition to the short flood season of the two rivers, the upstream terrain gap is large, and the water leaks very quickly. There is no heavy rain in the mountainous areas of the upper reaches, and the river will soon return to calm, which will help the army cross the river south!

"The generals under Liu Jingluo were quite eager to try. If they could send troops from Huaichuan and advance north to Chenqiu, Taihe would be able to restrain the enemy in Chenzhou!" said the Qing-clad scholar.

"The troops of Yue Hailou are all surrendered soldiers and generals. If Xuanwu's army goes north from Huaichuan to restrain some of the enemy troops, we can join forces with Liu Yan and enter the north bank of Rushui to beat him hard!" The bearded man hammered his fist! Said.

The Chihu people invaded the south twice, and in the end, Bianliang was caught without a fight. Tens of thousands of imperial guards in the capital had almost no effect. The imperial guards in the capital have always had the disadvantages of redundant soldiers, greed and despicable from top to bottom, and disarray of military disciplines. However, the imperial guards in the capital were all over the world. The imperial guards are not completely unable to fight, nor are they completely without brave generals who are good at fighting.

In fact, since the founding of the Great Yue Dynasty, it has always paid great attention to the selection of the imperial guards in the Gyeonggi.

The Imperial Army of the Gyeonggi not only eliminates the old, weak, sick and disabled among the troops every three or five years, and strictly selects Jianrui to fill in the vacancies to ensure that the entire army has high-quality soldiers. He also pays great attention to selecting generals with combat experience from border states.

Yang Lin, Han Shiliang and others were all from the Western Army and had outstanding military achievements, so they were transferred to the Third Central Office as generals.

Yang Lin served as the commander of the Imperial Army in the capital. He was under his commander and commander, and the generals were almost half. He was either selected from the border states and had military achievements, or he received good military education since childhood and had outstanding martial arts skills. The son of the general.

Yang Lin was transferred to the capital, except that he was not infected with many bad habits and strictly restrained his nephews, and also had strict military disciplines and no training was applied.

Therefore, when Hu Kai was transferred to the defense envoy of Caizhou, he transferred Yang Lin's troops from the capital.

After Yang Lin led his troops to Caizhou with Hu Kai, he urgently recruited the townships and villages to expand their troops. In addition to daily training and full of soldiers and weapons, the Chihu people invaded the south for the first time, the Caizhou army also actively entered Xuzhou. In the north and the eastern regions, they actively restrained the enemy and fought many encounters.

A group of people, led by Yang Lin's eldest son Yang Qiye, participated in the defense of Gong County, rushing to Qinshui, and rushing to Taiyuan to fight, making outstanding contributions.

Of course, the Caizhou Army's achievements over the past two years are far less flaunting than Chushan. So far, it has been reorganized into the Right Xiaosheng Army, and its momentum has been completely covered by the Tianxiong Army (Chushan). The generals are very regretful.

In front of him, the main force of the puppet Chu army led by Yue Hailou to enter Chenzhou, which is swimming in the Yingshui River from Xuzhou east, and crosses the Yingshui River and Rushui River, and goes straight to the south bank of the Rushui River. The generals of the Right Xiaosheng Army were also eager to try, and even He was more willing to join forces with Liu Yan's troops of Zuo Xiaosheng Army and Liu Xian's troops of Xuanwei Army to fight against the puppet Chu army who could go south at any time in the diagonal long area between the Rushui River and the Ying River.

Yue Hailou was not an ordinary person in the Western Army back then, but I dare not say anything. Most of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command were surrendered from Hedong, Hebei, Hehuai and other places, and even some Nearly half of them were the imperial guards of the capital who surrendered after the fall of Bianliang.

The generals of the Youxiao Shengjun did not feel that there was a need to avoid the war against the puppet Chu army led by Yue Hailou, and they could not bear this shame. They did not even want Chushan to participate in the war, so as not to let Chushan win all the limelight.

The defenders of Chenzhou surrendered without fighting, and the city wall was intact. Yuehailou stood on the city wall and looked at the vast Yinghe River after entering Xia.

The Ying River exits the southeastern ridge of Songshan Mountain in the west, passes through Xuzhou and goes east, and connects the Langdang River from Xingyang in the north of Chenzhou. It turns to the southeast, and enters the Huai River in Yingshang.

Langdang Water, also known as the Bian Water, opened a canal in Xingyang during the Spring and Autumn Period, leading the water of the Yellow River to the south.

This canal was formerly known as Honggou, also known as Langdang Canal.

Since then, the Huai River has passed through the Ying River, and the Langdang River is connected to the Yellow River. From the day it is dug, it has been the most important canal channel in the Central Plains, and it was the most prosperous during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The capital of Dayue was established in Bianliang, and the status of Yingshui-Langdangshui was surpassed by Bianshui, but it was always believed that it was an important branch for the southeast wealth to go north to Bianliang and west to Luoshan.

Chenzhou built a city where the Langdang Water meets Yingshui, and its strategic position is naturally outstanding.

Since the Chihu army headed south, Yue Hailou has made the most contributions and was appointed as the Privy Councilor of the Great Chu Kingdom and commanded the troops of Bianliang.

Chenzhou is located in the Ying River. After the Langdang Canal is repaired and reopened, it can lead to Xingyang, Zhengzhou, and it can also pass through the western section of Tongji Canal to enter Bianliang. When crossing the Ying River, it will enter Caizhou in the south and follow the Ying River.

If you enter the Huai River, you can attack Shouchun from the east.

After the attack on Bianliang, the second prince, Wululie, the king of Zhennan, initially hoped to launch an offensive from Xiangcheng, Hulao, and Pinglu, and conquer Luoyang with thunder.

In mid-to-late April, Cao Shixiong and Xiao Gan led the way to advance to Pinglu. Under Hulao City, they found that Zheng Huaizhong's troops guarded Pinglu. Hulao had a firm will and could not be captured in a short time.

Yue Hailou did not want to risk the exposure of his flanks and attack Xiangcheng. At the same time, he hoped to do more, so he wrote to Wulu Lie, asking to abandon Xiangcheng and not attack, and lead his troops to move to Chenzhou.

King Jing Zhao Tuan ascended the throne in Xiangyang, and led his troops to attack Taiyuan, killing the messy Chushan soldiers and horses in Lan Xin and Dai and other places, which completely attracted the attention of the Chihu people.
Chapter completed!