The enemy army obviously also saw the key node of Yatou Ridge and realized that the Tangyi army would lay floating stacks leading to Yatou Ridge to assist Dan City. Wuting, yesterday a group of enemy cavalry tried to drive their horses directly across the floodplain area.

Stationed at Crow Head Ridge.

Walking in the mud was much more difficult than expected. It was only at night that more than two hundred enemy troops struggled through the four-mile-wide mud field on the east side of Crow Head Ridge. However, they were ambushed by the auxiliary soldiers from Zhouqiao Water Camp.

The soldiers killed more than fifty people head-on.

At this time, there were still more than 130 enemy troops entrenched at the eastern foot of Yatou Ridge.

Although there are 200 men and horses in the Zhouqiao water camp staying at the western foot of Crow Head Ridge, as auxiliary soldiers, their armor and personal physical fitness are much inferior to those of the main battle camp. They can kill a wave of enemies when they are unprepared, but there is no way now.

Eat the remaining one hundred, thirty or forty enemy elites.

And more enemy troops are driving people to the east of the floodplain to harvest reeds and cut down trees, trying to build a simple passage in the mud.

"Send me and the trap team to Crow Head Ridge first!" Cao Ba said.

This Zhouqiao water camp first brought over a dozen pontoon boats, which were flat and flat, and could barely hold long poles for sliding in the muddy mud. It took more than two hours to work very hard to first

Cao Ba and a hundred-man elite team were sent to Crow Head Ridge.

Li Xiu led the second group of the remaining trapping troops into Crow Tou Ridge. Cao Ba did not wait for him to come over. He had already led the first batch of elite trapping troops to attack the eastern foot of Crow Tou Ridge. The enemy could not figure out Tangyi's army.

Due to the traffic conditions at Yingshui, reinforcements were not sent to Donglu in time in a hurry.

When he rushed to the top of the eastern foothills, he saw fifty or sixty remnants of the enemy fleeing in a hurry into the mud, unable to move. Cao Ba, the grandson of Cao Ba, was calling the new soldiers in the formation and facing them with crossbows before escaping.

Enemy soldiers outside are practicing shooting.

In the distance, you can see that the enemy is using cut grass and trees to lay a simple passage. There is about four miles of muddy ground from the eastern foot of Yatou Ridge to the east. Thanks to the main force of the previous reinforcements from Bian, they have been here with the Shouzhou Army for more than a month.

The nearby trees were cut down, so that the enemy army had not been able to build this four-mile-long simple passage until now.

As the Xinzhai soldiers ascended Yatou Ridge in batches, the enemy had no choice but to abandon the construction of simple passages.

The simple passage is more unstable than the floating stack and is extremely narrow. It cannot pass many soldiers at a time. Even if it can be successfully built to reach Yatou Ridge, if we really want to send troops over, wouldn't it be to deliver food to the elite Tangyi Army who have already been stationed in Yatou Ridge?

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Even though more than a thousand soldiers were sent to Yatou Ridge in batches over two days, Li Xiu still did not dare to be careless, and Zhouqiao Water Camp continued to lay the floating stacks as planned.

By the end of October, there is a high probability that the mud fields around will be completely frozen. By then, thousands of enemy troops will be able to surround you from all directions. The main peak of Crow Head Ridge is only 20 feet. No matter how dangerous the terrain is, it is limited and there is not enough

Without supplies, war equipment, and 1,200 soldiers and horses, it is impossible to defend Crow Head Ridge.

With ready-made flat box ships and pallets, more professional pontoon and water battalion soldiers were mobilized, and the floating stacks were built very quickly. On the fifth day, they were all repaired to the west foot of Yatou Ridge, and bulk supplies continued to flow from there.

It was transported by water and then transported to Yatou Ridge via floating stacks; when the main force of the reinforcements to Bian retreated south, a group of elite combat forces would come over.

Of course, Xinzhai Xiangyong, who led Li Xiu to ascend Yatou Ridge early, also seized the time and worked day and night to dig trenches according to the terrain, build earth slope retaining walls, and try to widen the internal passage between the east and west ridge heads as much as possible.

A large number of military supplies and weapons were transported here to continue strengthening the defense of Crow Head Ridge on the existing basis.

In the past few days, although the enemy's offensive against Wuting and the remaining city of Dan County was very fierce, Li Xiu stood at the east foot of Yatou Ridge. On a clear day, he could vaguely see the offensive and defensive situation of the two cities with the naked eye. Wuting and Dan County

Under the command of Wen Bo and Tan Xiuqun, the guards in the two cities in the county did not panic at all when they were surrounded by the enemy, and suppressed the enemy troops under the city very steadily.

This also reflects the significance of their establishment in Crow Head Ridge.

They are separated from the Yellow River Flood Zone, and even though they are currently unable to threaten the enemy forces on the east side, their appearance on Crow Head Ridge will greatly boost the morale of the defenders and make the enemy feel a thorn in their backs.

At this time, not only the women and children of Bianjing evacuated to the west bank of Yingshui River, Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun also led their troops into the western area of ​​Chenzhou. After a simple rest, they could pass through the dangerous plank road in the north of Ruzhou and enter Heluo at any time.

In the southern region, the main force of the Liang Army led by Liang Emperor Zhu Yu was reunited to launch a final strong attack on the rebels in Luoyang and other cities...

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"Your Highness, this is Han Qian and his Tangyi army! In the past three or four years, I have ordered Guanjiang Tower to allocate one-third of its manpower to keep an eye on Tangyi and study Han Qian's every move in Huaixi, but I did not expect that

The Tangyi Army attracted the main force of our army to the southern front, and even built a floating stack at all costs to take out the soldiers and civilians from Bianjing. We still lost a bit between the Hehuai River and Huaihe River. Fortunately, His Highness gave Tian Weiye a death order.

We need him to capture Yongzhou City before November regardless of casualties. Otherwise, the situation will be really ugly."

Xiao Yiqing was wearing a gray robe, and she and Huainan County Prince Xu Mingzhen stood beside a tall and strong middle-aged Mongol man, looking towards the direction of Crow Tou Ridge.

The middle-aged Mongolian is the Mongolian prince, and Wu Su Dashi, the privy envoy of the South Courtyard.

In recent years, they have accepted the nobles who fled north, and even set up their own fiefdoms as prefectures and counties thirty years ago, and fully implemented the Han system.

And the soul and core characters of Jin Dynasty.

Looking at his burly, muscular body and full beard, the first impression may give people that he is an invincible military general. But at this time, he was wearing a gray fur to keep out the cold, and he was holding a bronze lookout captured from the battlefield.

He used the mirror to observe the defense situation of Crow Head Ridge more clearly, and said to Xiao Yiqing:

"Zhu Yu's body can't bear it for too long, and the outcome of the battle with Tangyi is no longer the same."

"That's true. Zhu Yu's condition may not be able to survive next spring. The remaining generals will be led by Zhu Zhen's son. Why should we be afraid?" Xiao Yiqing said with a smile.

Wu Su Dashi pointed to the direction of Crow Tou Ridge and asked: "By the way, who is the general Han Qian sent to Crow Tou Ridge? Can you find out? His deployment and defense are very organized, and his advance and retreat are well-founded. The Xuzhou and Tangyi armies

It only takes ten years to rise to full strength, and Han Qian has many capable officials and generals under his command!"

The scouts couldn't get close to the reconnaissance team, and with the help of the captured lookout, they couldn't clearly see faces four or five miles away. Xiao Yiqing didn't know yet that the guards who entered Crow Head Ridge at this time were Li Xiu and Cao Ba, but

Yatou Ridge and Dan County were in ruins, and Wu Pavilion formed a horn. Han Qian's intention of making such a military deployment was clear in his heart.

The guard general of Wuting was Tan Xiuqun, who was able to surrender Tanzhou to Han Qian. He and his brother Tan Yuliang were used by Han Qian to cause civil unrest in Sizhou, and finally forced Jinling to recruit An as the capital of Tianping.

The Wuting walled city is relatively complete and difficult to gnaw, while the Danxian city is dilapidated, but the person responsible for guarding the remaining city of Danxian County is Wen Bo, who is famous for his defense of the city in Jianghuai.

In fact, the war here has become useless, and they have not withdrawn their troops until now, and they are not thinking of encircling the point to bring reinforcements.

One of the main reasons is that Tian Weiye has not yet received news of the capture of Yongzhou City. Regardless of whether Zhu Yu's body can survive until next spring and summer, the gains and losses of Yongzhou City are too crucial to the entire Western Front. There is no need to ensure that the victory before the year is over.

fell into their hands.

Another is to organize the Shouzhou Army and Xu Si Army at this time to attack Dancheng and Xiacai in turn, which will also help Zhongshuo and their confidence in establishing a foothold on the southern front, so that Zhu Rang, Xu Mingzhen and other troops can truly contain the Tangyi Army from the east...

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On October 18, Shen Peng and Zhao Ci led 3,000 soldiers and horses into Yatou Ridge to join Li Xiu's troops and strengthen their support for the besieged soldiers and horses in Dan County and Wuting.

At this time, thin ice had just formed on the shallow water swamp.

At this time, the main force of the troops aiding Bian also retreated southward by boat from Xihua County in the north of Chenzhou.

The advance army led by Kong Xirong is still anchored in Wanqiu for the time being. It peeks at the enemy troops in the north from the south side of Chen-Bian Post Road, which also restrains the enemy's flanks and prevents them from attacking the main force of the aid-Bian army that has withdrawn into Xihua County.

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Judging from the weather in mid-October and the cold current going south, the Yingshui River will be frozen in half a month. The Mongol cavalry may cross the Yingshui River and head west at any time. By then, Kong Xirong's troops will not be in a hurry to retreat south.

, but will temporarily withdraw to the walled city on the west bank of Yingshui River to assist Liang Jun in strengthening the defense in the west of Chenzhou.

As the main 30,000 generals of the aiding Bian Army retreated southward to Xia Cai and Linhuai lines, in the last half month, they made a crazy counterattack against Xu Si Army, Shouzhou Army and Mongol cavalry on Xia Cai's defense line, and finally on the 21st

Returning without success, they retreated to Woyang and the east bank of Woishui.

In Dancheng, the enemy troops outside Wuting also relieved the siege at about the same time. Some of the troops withdrew into Bozhou and Luyi, and some of the troops withdrew to the Bianjing Nanji Walled City in the north.

The Hehuai War between Wuying and Ying finally came to an end with loud thunder and light rain. In the end, the Mongols did not want to use the defenders of Danxian and Wuting as bait to attract the main force of the Tangyi army northward.

Launch a major battle in the Pingchuan area south of Dancheng.

Except for Wen Bo who led a group of troops to continue to guard the remaining city of Dan County and handed Yatou Ridge to Liang Jun for defense, Tan Xiuqun and Li Xiusuo's troops, who suffered heavy casualties, all retreated south to rest and recuperate.

On the way back south, Cao Ba kept nagging Li Xiu'er for more than two days, complaining that the battle was really unsatisfactory because of the loud thunder and light rain. If he had known better, he would have stayed in Xia Cai.
Chapter completed!