The river slammed the boat gangs, and the sound of sailors' horns rang neatly. The warships were sailing steadily in the Grand Canal. Standing at the battle head, you could see that the vast ships in the Grand Canal were not seen in front of them or at the back. On both sides of the canal, there were also dense armored soldiers walking forward.

This is the army that Huainan went to Yangzhou.

On the way alone, there were as many as 15,000 soldiers, plus nearly 100 large and large warships.

After Gong Hao and his entire army were destroyed in Baoying, Gong Yunda and his son finally began to face up to the current combat power of Yangzhou. They once thought that after the main forces in Yangzhou were drained out in the early stage, Yangzhou had no resistance at all and could easily control it. But overnight, Yang Guangli and Gong Hao were defeated and died. The forces loyal to the Gong father and son in Yangzhou were uprooted, and they found that the situation in Yangzhou was much more complicated than they thought.

Because of this, after Gong Hao was destroyed, they calmed down and planned for nearly two months before they once again prepared to launch a large army to wipe out Meijiu, Yangzhou.

It is obvious that Li Ze from the north has invested a considerable force in Yangzhou, which makes them more careful.

However, the plan always fails to keep up with the changes. Just when Gong Yunda was about to command the army himself and attack Yangzhou with the force of Mount Tai, Zhu Youzhen's military order was first met. He asked them to issue a group of troops to attack E Yue together.

Gong Yunda did not dare to neglect, so he could only lead 10,000 troops to advance towards E Yue. At the same time, he ordered his eldest son Gong Bin to lead 15,000 soldiers from Chuzhou to attack Yangzhou. At the same time, he ordered Jiang Qiaoan, the governor of Luzhou, to lead 10,000 troops from Hezhou to attack Yangzhou with Gong Bin, and to take Yangzhou in the shortest time.

Although he surrendered to Zhu Youzhen, Gong Yunda did not want Zhu Youzhen's direct forces to get involved in Yangzhou. In Zhu Youzhen's letter, the other party had already vaguely stated that if he could not solve the internal problems, he would be very interested in helping Gong Yunda solve Yangzhou.

Naturally, there will be no pie out of thin air in the sky. It is easy to ask God to send Gods to the gods. If they really come, it will be difficult to let them go. This time, Gong Yunda played his main force, not only to take down Yangzhou in one fell swoop, but also wanted to show the combat effectiveness of the Huai'an army in the battle to attack Eyuejie Town. Only in this way can Zhu Youzhen pay more attention to himself.

At least for now, Gong Yunda wants Zhu Youzhen to admit that he is his partner, not a simple subordinate. To achieve this goal, he naturally needs strength to ensure it.

Now, Yangzhou has also found out the truth and reality. In Baoying, Yangzhou has stationed 5,000 defenders, Ren Xiaonian, and in Yizheng, there are also 5,000 defenders, and Su Bao. This is almost all the power of Yangzhou. In addition to these two armies, there are only more than 3,000 defenders left in Yangzhou City, and there is also a navy.

Thinking of the other party’s navy, Gong Bin couldn’t help but imagine that just five warships could also be called navy?

This time, what he wanted was to directly attack the core area, and the main force was the navy commanded by him, with more than 100 warships, more than 2,000 sailors, and 3,000 landing divisions.

The weak power of the enemy on the water is a good opportunity to bully others by relying on his power. No matter whether Bao Ying and Yizheng can defeat him or not, as long as he defeats Yangzhou, everything will be over. In the south where the water system is well developed, without a powerful navy controlling the waterway, it will inevitably be difficult to move forward. No matter how good the defense system is, it will be cut by the opponent into independent single combat systems that cannot be supported by each other due to the lack of naval forces.

Is this battle difficult to fight?

Not hard to fight at all.

Gong Hao's failure was just because they misunderstood the power of Yangzhou. Now they have cheered up. What is the mere Yangzhou?

The cabin door was opened, and the confidant Xu Yang walked in and bowed and said, "Young Commander, General Zheng Guoqiang sent the news that the vanguard scout had already contacted the enemy on Baoying. According to the scout's discovery, the enemy on Baoying completely gave up all the resistance on the periphery and concentrated all the troops on Baoying."

"Transfer news to General Zheng Guoqiang, let him take every step and be careful. Baoying's enemy can destroy Gong Hao's troops in one battle. His combat power is not weak. He just needs to hold back the enemy and prevent his opponent from returning to Yangzhou. As for whether he can defeat Baoying, it doesn't matter. When I take Yangzhou, Baoying will naturally not be able to hold on."

"yes."

"Have the enemy been found on both sides of the Taiwan Strait?"

"No!" Xu Yang said: "It was the enemy that the ship in front discovered, but when the other party saw our ship, he turned around and fled."

"Although there are many ships in Yangzhou port, they do not have enough sailors, and the water combat supplies are in short supply. There is nothing to worry about. Let all ships speed up and go straight to Yangzhou."

"Yes!" Xu Yang took the order and turned away from the cabin.

After a moment, the entire fleet began to speed up and move forward.

Outside Baoying City.

Liu Yuan ran back wildly, and dozens of cavalry scouts followed closely. Seeing that the head of Baoying was already looking at him, he pulled his horse and stopped. At the same time, the gate of Baoying behind him was also wide open. Hundreds of cavalry rushed out and slowly rushed forward. He joined Liu Yuan, and the leader was Ge Cai.

Dozens of Huainan army scouts who were chasing him stopped the horses and watched from a distance. Behind them, more Huainan cavalry were coming one after another.

"Why are you here in person?" Liu Yuan smiled and said with Ge Cai.

"What's there to worry about Ren Dagou being in charge? His experience in fighting is much richer than ours." Ge Cai held the saber in his hand and squinted his eyes at the Huainan cavalry opposite him.

Most people under Li Ze, especially those from secret camps, like to use the saberks, which was naturally influenced by Tu Lichun. Tu Lichun was born in Chengde Wolf Cavalry, and his main weapon was the saberks. These people in the secret camps later saw the might of Chengde Wolf Cavalry, and they had a unique affection for the saberks.

"Kill them with aura!" Liu Yuan said.

"That's the point." Ge Cai said: "Ren Dagou also means this, otherwise he wouldn't have let me out of the city."

The large cavalry troops in Huainan were approaching a thousand steps away. Liu Yuan suddenly rode out alone and hooked his finger at the other party. The provocation was no longer obvious.

The cavalry in Huai'an was in a state of turmoil. After a moment, the sound of the horn sounded, and more than a thousand cavalry shouted and rushed towards the Tang army. Almost as they launched a charge, the Tang army also slammed the war horses with both legs and rushed forward with a whistle.

There were not many soldiers and horses on both sides, with about a thousand cavalrymen in Huainan, while the cavalry led by Ge Cai and Liu Yuan had only less than four hundred cavalrymen. The only difference was the equipment of both sides. The Tang army unified the black half-body iron armor, while the Huainan cavalry were all wearing yellow leather armor. Most of the Tang cavalry used sabers to kill horses, while the Huainan cavalry used more spears.

This is actually a comparison between the two sides in terms of economic strength. The steel needed to make a sabre can make the spearheads of several spears.

The cavalry showdown is always extremely fast and fast. The victory or defeat of both sides is often understood after a hedge. This is the case now. Ge Cai and Liu Yuan crashed into the other party's lineup like two ferocious beasts, fiercely breaking into the other party's lineup.

The Huainan cavalry had never seen such a fierce warrior. They had not been on the battlefield for many years. The understanding of battle, the grasp of combat skills, and the extremely subtle changes on the battlefield are all the differences between heaven and earth.

In Ren Xiaonian's gaze above the city, the black cavalry led by Ge Cai and Liu Yuan broke through the other party's lineup almost the moment they contacted each other, like a red-burned iron chisel inserted into the ice and snow, and quickly melted the surrounding enemies with a squeak.

If this piece of ice is big and thick enough, it can always consume the sharpness on the iron rod and then enter the battle stage. Unfortunately, there are only a thousand opponents, and after being severely injured for the first time, it actually stretched out the team even more.

This is asking for death. Ren Xiaonian laughed.

The opponent's gathering of power in the entire team still could not withstand the attack of the Tang army with a smaller number of people. They pulled the team so scattered, but it gave Ge Cai and Liu Yuan more opportunities to break through each. With the sense of the battlefield of these two people, they would not miss such a great opportunity.

As expected, the black-armored warriors below quickly gathered into several small teams with whistles, ranging from fifty cavalry to more than a hundred cavalry, and attacked in groups and gathered at times, perfectly demonstrating the fierce assault power of the cavalry, the fast maneuver power, and the almost perfect tactical execution ability of the Tang army.

In less than a stick of incense, nearly a thousand cavalrymen in Huainan collapsed. With the dead and wounded, the rest of the people fled in a panic. Looking down on the top of the city, the mountains were filled with fleeing enemy troops and war horses without their masters.

"Ming Jin, stop the troops!" Ren Xiaonian said with a loud laugh.

The sound of golden gongs sounded, and the Tang army, who were pursuing, turned their horses and ran towards the city without any hesitation. Hundreds of cavalry reorganized their ranks under the city in an instant, forming a complete military formation again.

Inside the city gate, infantrymen quickly came out and began to clean the battlefield.

Above the city, Ren Xiaonian looked at a young general beside him and smiled: "This is the Tang army. Gao Peng, how do you feel?"

This young general was an officer of the newly formed army in Yangzhou City. He was a merchant in his family. His father was one of the important figures of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Baoying had five thousand defenders, three thousand were from the Tang army, and the other two thousand were the young and strong men recruited by Yangzhou during this period.

"I'm so open my eyes, I wish I could not do anything to myself." Gao Peng said excitedly.
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