At present, in addition to stabilizing the front-line defenses of Meitang Mountain and Wujin Ridge, intercepting as many troops as possible, and collecting defeated troops, there is also the need to speculate on the possible follow-up response of the Shouzhou Army based on the impact of the Wujin Ridge victory on the Shouzhou Army.

Adjust the Tangyi soldiers’ strategy of using troops on both sides of Chaohu Lake.

If Da Chu was an inseparable entity and there were not so many internal contradictions, Han Qian would not hesitate to mobilize all the elite navy and infantry troops he could at this time, from the mouth of Longtan River and

At both ends of the upper river valley, they used lightning speed to cut off the retreat route of the Shouzhou Army stationed on the west bank of Chao Lake to the north.

Then, regardless of casualties, together with the Zuo Longque Army and the Shuzhou Prefecture Army, they attacked from the north and the south and devoured the enemy army of about 20,000 people on the west bank of Chaohu Lake.

Only by achieving this step can we say that we will win a hearty victory, and the blow to the Shouzhou Army will be more severe, thus completely reversing the confrontation between the enemy and ourselves in Huaixi, and improving the passivity between Dachu and Jianghuai since the Jinling Incident.

The situation of being beaten

However, some people did not hold back before. It was just that they did not realize that the situation would suddenly reverse. It was just that he did not give them a chance to hold back, right?

Han Qian did not think that after the news of the victory at Wujinling was transmitted back to Jinling, if Tangyi soldiers gathered a limited number of elite soldiers and horses to cut off the enemy's retreat in Chaoxi along the banks of the Longtan River, nothing would happen.

Sometimes taking risks should be done in moderation.

What we need now is to stabilize ourselves, digest the fruits of victory, and avoid being picked away by others.

It was dark at night, and none of the pursuing soldiers and horses had returned. Thousands of prisoners were driven into the open space between Yingzui Cliff and Beizha Wall to be sorted out. Tian Cheng, Feng Xuan, Zhao Wuji, Tan Xiuqun, and Guo Que

, Dou Rong and others had to rest until late at night. At this time, they were sitting on both sides, listening to Han Qian's arrangements for the follow-up matters. When they heard Han Qian's last sentence, they couldn't help but look at Yuan Guowei, who was sitting on the lower left side of Han Qian.

go.

Han Qian ordered the Military Intelligence Staff Department to block the passage at the eastern foot of Huaiyang Mountain, not to prevent the Shouzhou Army from delivering messages.

The east of Huaiyang Mountain is still the hinterland absolutely controlled by the Shouzhou Army. How could they not ask the Shouzhou Army's scouts and messengers to travel east of the Huaiyang Mountain?

What Han Qian said was actually to delay as much as possible the time for Shuzhou and Jinling to learn about Wu Jinling's victory, especially to delay as much as possible the news from reaching Lujiang City.

Only in this way can they get ahead of the Zuo Longque Army and send troops to control both sides of the Longtan River while the enemy troops in Chaoxi are retreating north.

This will also directly determine whether the control of both sides of the Longtan River after the war will fall into the hands of the Tangyi soldiers or the Zuo Longque army.

If the Zuo Longque Army sends troops first, or at the same time, to the Longtan River, in order to ensure the continuity from Tangyi to Huaiyang Mountain after the war, they can ask to take over the areas along the Longtan River, but they will inevitably have to pay a considerable price.

, it is possible to persuade Lu Qingxia to give up this area.

Now they block the passage at the eastern foot of Huaiyang Mountain, and try their best to restrict the scouts from the Privy Council or the Huaixi Forbidden Army who are lurking around to pass the news.

Li Zhigao was not in Shuzhou and had gone to Suizhou to supervise the war. He left Shuzhou Sima, the military envoy and the deputy commander of the Zuolongque Army, Deng Tai, to sit at the Lujiang defense line.

Deng Tai managed the army steadily and was extremely brave, but he lacked quick wit and was probably not able to detect any changes in the enemy's movements west of Chao at the first time.

The biggest problem lies with Yuan Guowei.

Yuan Guowei was ordered to comfort the army. At this time, he sent people to report the news. Will they stop him or not?

Yuan Guowei laughed, as if he didn't understand why everyone was looking at him at this time. He touched his face, turned his head and asked Han Daochang: "What's on my face that everyone is looking at me?"

Han Daochang smiled awkwardly. Fortunately, Han Qian quickly changed the topic to other aspects.

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In the next two days, the pursuing soldiers and horses gradually shrank to the newly built front camp on Meitang Mountain. Han Qian asked Zhao Wuji to lead a group of soldiers and horses from the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain to the upper reaches of the Longtan River valley to meet Kong Xirong and prepare to attack

After the enemy troops withdrew, they took over the defense and garrison villages on both sides of the Longtan River in advance of the Huaixi Forbidden Army.

At this time, the preliminary results of the Wujinling victory were also calculated. A total of 25,000 Shouzhou soldiers and civilians were intercepted and captured in this battle.

In addition, the victory at Wujinling killed more than 6,000 enemy soldiers.

Of course, most of the enemy soldiers were swept into the flood and drowned, or they froze to death during their escape after being soaked in ice water.

The civilians' will to resist or flee was much weaker. Most of them did not even think about escaping. Two-thirds of the more than 25,000 prisoners of war were forcibly recruited by Xu Mingzhen from near Gaocheng to serve as hard labor in front of the camp.

They captured 8,000 elite soldiers of the Shouzhou Army.

Of course, counting from the beginning of the twelfth lunar month when the Tangyi soldiers crossed from Fucha Mountain to the north, the victory at Anfengzhai, the tug-of-war at Shenjiaji lasted for more than a month, and the most glorious and dazzling victory at Wujinling, the entire battle lasted for three months.

The Tangyi soldiers captured a total of nearly 30,000 Shouzhou Army generals before and after, killing or seriously wounding nearly 30,000 Shouzhou Army generals; this also included some of the enemy soldiers who had suffered severe frostbite since the tug-of-war and froze to death.

The Tangyi soldiers, led by Han Qian, penetrated into the enemy's hinterland with such a small number of elite soldiers and horses, and achieved such brilliant results, which were even more dazzling than the previous battles he had participated in or led.

However, although the morale of the generals was available, the troops that could be mobilized were too limited. Han Qian was still unable to take advantage of the victory to launch an offensive against Anfeng Village, Gaocheng and other places to expand the results of the victory.

Of course, although Xu Mingzhen retreated to Anfengzhai after the war and continued to gather a large number of defeated troops, such heavy casualties, coupled with the loss of a large amount of materials and ordnance, dealt a severe blow to the morale of the Shouzhou army from top to bottom, and Xu Mingzhen

Mingzhen may not even have the courage to defend Anfeng Village, let alone gather troops to attack Meitang Mountain or Wujin Ridge.

The 20,000 Shouzhou Army on the west bank of Chao Lake, which was confronting the Zuo Longque Army stationed on the Lujiang Defense Line, all withdrew northward across the Longtan River as quickly as possible in mid-February, just as Han Qian expected.

There was no precipitation throughout the beginning of spring, but after the victory at Wujinling, there was continuous spring rain in the Huaiyang Mountains for several days. Fortunately, the rain was not heavy and did not seriously affect the military operations.

At this time, the streams and rivers in the Jianghuai land began to thaw.

The warships of the Zuolou Fleet Army always stayed in the channel of Nanfeishui and did not dare to enter Chaohu Lake.

Lin Jingzong led the war captains of the Tangyi Navy directly into the Longtan River waterway. Kong Xirong also led his troops down the Longtan River. Before Deng Tai could react, he rushed to the defense villages abandoned by the Shouzhou army on both sides of the Longtan River and effortlessly

Open up the connection between Tangyi and Huaiyang Mountain.

At this time, Han Qian sent someone to send the first letter of victory to Jinling.

Considering that Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty might mobilize elite troops from the hinterland of the Liang Kingdom to reinforce Shouzhou, Han Qian was still not allowed to rest throughout mid-to-late February, and he worked non-stop to prepare the front line of defense at Wujin Ridge and adjust the Tangyi troops from east to west.

The deployment of troops on a defense line that extends for more than 400 miles.

Wen Bo led his troops to withdraw from Chuzhou City, and Han Qian only ordered Zhou Chu to lead a small elite force to garrison, and did not even consider dividing his troops into Shiliang County for the time being.

Tangyi was still constrained by its military strength and could not suddenly maximize the results. It could only watch as the Huaidong Army entered Shiliang County before them.

Han Qian escorted more than 8,000 Shouzhou Army prisoners of war back to Puyang, Shiquan, Tingshan and other camps through the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain and Longtan River, and organized them into supply camps to supplement the shortage of reserve troops and horses on the eastern front.

The captured civilians were selected and incorporated into the army on the spot to supplement the shortage of troops in Wujin Ridge and along the Longtan River.

After the great victory at Wujin Mountain, those cottages and folk villages that were watching in the Huaiyang Mountains almost surrendered. The poor people at the bottom and slaves were even more enthusiastic to enlist in the army. This also greatly relieved the Tangyi soldiers guarding Huaiyang.

Insufficient military strength.

However, it takes time to prepare and train the new soldiers, repair and replenish their armor and weapons, and sort out the Dinghu population in the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain.
Chapter completed!