The Tangyi Army has long relied on horse infantry as its main force, and its main method of combat is to march on horseback. When encountering the enemy, they will dismount and form a formation to fight.

The Liang Kingdom once had an extremely powerful cavalry force. On the one hand, the horse breeding in the Hehuai area far exceeded that of the Jianghuai area. In addition, this was also Zhu Wen's wealth accumulated from half a lifetime of fighting in the Hehuai area.

However, after the sudden change in Heshuo, the old Liang army suffered a huge blow, including extremely heavy losses of horses.

Now, except for Zhu Zhen's relatively pure cavalry brigade, there is no integrated cavalry brigade in Heluo.

However, there were many veterans of the old Liang Army who were still skilled in mounted combat.

Han Qian said that to form three new cavalry brigades in Heluo, he would integrate these veterans with the guard cavalry. However, he did not wait for the horses to be transported, but asked Li Xiu, Cao Ba, Zhao Ci and others to lead these elites.

Generals who are good at riding and fighting rush to the place where war horses are stored on the southern front to receive their war horses. After completing training on the southern front, they return to Heluo.

In this process, three brigades of elite cavalry were temporarily transferred to the southern front, which could greatly reduce the supply pressure on Heluo in a short period of time.

The establishment of the cavalry brigade is smaller than that of the infantry brigade, with a full strength of 3,000 cavalry. However, the deterrent effect of the third brigade of elite cavalry on the Jianghuai battlefield is definitely stronger than that of the third full strength infantry brigade.

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At the top of Mengzhou City, Xiao Yiqing looked at the Yu River. The turbid water was surging. The river between Mengzhou and Hulao Pass was more than twice as wide as it was in March and April.

In previous years, the water level of the Yu River in May was far from that great, but they cut off the river course at Wuzhi, forcing the Yu River to change its course from the east of Xingyang to the south. The breach of the embankment was no longer as smooth as the original river course, so that the river course to the west of Xingyang became flooded after mid-to-late May.

, the water level remains high.

The Yu River flows south from Yanzhou to Hejin and Huazhou, and the water from Huibei Luo River, Jing River, and Wei River is sandwiched between mountains and canyons. The water flow is swirling and turbulent. After May, the water level exceeds the peak

, the water conditions were extremely complicated, and the navy did not have a large ship. If it was not careful, it would be capsized. At this time, the Pingchuan area of ​​​​the lower reaches of the Yiluo River was seriously flooded. The mountains and ravines on both sides did not allow large groups of troops to be transported.

The battle began, and the army was forced to retreat to the north bank. They could only watch helplessly as Liang Jun reoccupied the city on the east bank of the Yiluo River and reorganized its defenses.

As far as the northern front is concerned in this battle, including the Dongliang Army, more than 20,000 generals died in the battle. This number is much lower than that of the defenders. Of course, this battle cannot be considered a defeat, but the cumulative number of soldiers in the army is

There were also nearly 30,000 casualties, which had seriously affected the morale of the generals and they were in urgent need of rest and recovery.

Although the water level of the Yu River will fall back in mid-to-late September, and troops can be deployed across the bank again, by mid-to-late October, the Huaixi River will be frozen and horses can be driven, and the Dongliang Army can also cross the gap and Yingshui River.

Marching westward, they flanked Liang's weak defenses such as Xu Chenying and others. However, the thought that Liang's army had more than four months of breathing space still cast a dark cloud over Xiao Yiqing's mind.

Speaking of which, Wu Sulu fell into Han Qian's trick last year and acted hastily in Jinling City, forcing Lu Qingxia to launch a palace coup and failed miserably.

This not only made Han Qian dare to lead his troops to march north to the Hehuai River last autumn and winter to assist the troops and civilians of Bianjing in retreating south, but the even worse impact was that they assembled hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Heluo from three sides, and Chu Ting actually delayed it until this point.

At that time, they did not dare to send a single soldier to Huaixi, thus missing the opportunity to attack the Liang army from two fronts and defeat it.

If Lu Qingxia was still in Jinling at this time supporting the Queen Mother of Chu, Wang Chan'er, and Emperor Yanyou to share power, and if Li Zhigao and Chai Jian led their troops to guard Xiangbei, they would not miss the opportunity to take back Huaixi.

And if that were the case, they should have captured Heluo long ago.

At this time, Xiao Yiqing couldn't help but wonder whether it would be appropriate to wait until autumn and winter before organizing a large number of troops to attack Heluo.

Wang Yuankui, Tian Weiye and other tribes fought hard for many years, resulting in heavy casualties among the generals and no effective rest and recuperation. Although Wang Xiaoxian and Zhao Mengji surrendered with 70,000 troops, the Shu soldiers were living in a different place and their minds were uncertain, while Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong had newly acquired Ying.

In the states east of the river, it will still take time for agricultural production to resume - if these troops and horses cannot exert their due combat effectiveness, the autumn and winter offensives may still be abandoned halfway.

At this time, they can better control the Jin area and make the Dongliang army bow and obey orders. They are closely concerned about their consistent military victory. But once they suffer successive setbacks between Heluo and Luo, will it cause internal fluctuations in people's hearts?

It's just hard to say.

What's more critical is Wu Sulu's hasty action in Jinling. Not only did Yang Yuanpu, the Emperor of Chu who had the deepest suspicion of Han Qian, die, but Lu Qingxia and others were eliminated from Jinling. Their manpower that had been lurking in Jinling in the early years was also almost lost. At present,

The influence on Chu Ting is almost equal to nothing.

Even though they had previously sent people to Chuzhou to meet the King of Chu Xin Yang Yuanyan, Yang Yuanyan currently did not have a strong voice in the Chu court and was even deeply jealous.

This means that if Han Qian uses any means to promote Liang-Chu peace talks in the next four to five months, they will have very little room to intervene.

Xiao Yiqing explained his many worries to Wu Su Dashi one by one: "Maybe Zhao Mengji can be appointed as the governor of Mengzhou, Wang Yuankui can be appointed as the governor of Yongzhou, Wang Xiaoxian can be made to guard Qizhou, and the field and health industry can be guarded in Hejin, and engineers can be sent to assist Zhu Rang in the war.

Bianjing and Xingyang are developing new craftsmanship skills to revitalize the country, and they may be able to slowly explore Heluo, instead of rushing to seize them this autumn and winter; and it seems that the southward migration of the right-wing tribes should be postponed for three to five years...

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In front of Mengzhou City Tower, Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and Mengwu generals stood behind Wusu Dashi and Xiao Yiqing. They were secretly frightened after hearing Xiao Yiqing's words. Xiao Yiqing was obviously not optimistic about launching a larger-scale offensive in Qiu and Dong.

He was sure to successfully capture Heluo, so he came up with the idea of ​​temporarily withdrawing his troops to recuperate.

In addition to the vast desert grasslands north of Yanshan, where countless elite tribesmen and horses could be transferred south, the Mengwu directly occupied Yanyun, Bohai, Guanzhong, Hedong, Shangdang, Heshuo and other dozens of states at this time.

There are eight to nine million people, while the Dongliang Army occupies more than 30 states east of Yingshui River and south of Yuhe River, with a population of more than 7 million. Facing the separatist rule of Heluo, there are only a dozen states in Huaixi.

Are you afraid of the remaining beams of four million people?

They even hesitated to slow down the Mongol people's plan to move south, and allowed the Dongliang Army to grow?

Of course, no matter how shocked Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan were, they still had to say that Xiao Yiqing's words were sly and calculated.

They occupies a favorable geographical position, and Canliang is in a state of being attacked from three sides. It is even said that they established a solid defense line in Yongzhou, Mengzhou, Hejin and Xingyang to wrap up Heluo. After two or three years, the troops and horses of the various tribes rested.

After that, more elite cavalry are mobilized from the desert grasslands, and the Dongliang Army is combined with the Dongliang Army to attack Cai Ru, Xu, Chen and other places that are in danger during the winter ice period. The chance of winning is obviously much greater than if you bite the bullet and continue to fight hard this autumn and winter.

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Wusu Dashi clasped his hands behind his back, frowning and looking at the high mountains on the south bank of the Yu River.

At present, they have relatively good control over the Shan region, and originally planned to further expand the southward migration of the right-wing Anha tribes this year.

Xiao Yiqing's suggestion was obvious to him. The large-scale migration of tribes to the south would inevitably compete with the aboriginal residents of Guanzhong, Hedong and other places for land, which could easily be taken advantage of by the residual Liang. However, the northern land was suffering from severe cold and there was insufficient food for cattle and sheep.

Tens of thousands of warriors followed him in the south and north, coveting the wealth and fertility of the southern land.

At this time, he wanted to recruit more powerful tribesmen to go south to participate in the killing, but he had to postpone the plan to move south. How was he going to calm those unfair and angry voices?

"Other things can be done and we will wait and see how the situation in the Jianghuai River develops. If Liang Chu really reaches a peace agreement, we don't need to rush to launch another offensive this autumn and winter, but the move south cannot be delayed any longer," Wu Su Dashi said, "There are already complaints from the North Campus.

It is reported that Xiao Qing should weigh..."

Xiao Yiqing sighed slightly. In the final analysis, Lu Qingxia and others succeeded in assassinating Emperor Yanyou but ultimately led to the failure of the palace coup. Otherwise, they would not have to consider the possibility of Liang Chu reaching a peace agreement.

As for the so-called complaints in the North Court, Xiao Yiqing also knew in her heart that they were mainly aimed at Han ministers like them. In the final analysis, the ministers in the North Court suspected that they had ulterior motives in delaying the tribe's southward migration.

The war here is temporarily suspended. Wusu Dashi still has to lead the Mongolian cavalry back to Taiyuan Prefecture and other places. Otherwise, such a large number of soldiers and horses and hundreds of thousands of horses are piled up in Mengzhou. The consumption of transportation alone will be astonishing.

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Mengzhou was handed over to Zhao Mengji for defense. In addition to asking him to train his naval forces diligently and build defensive forts, Wusu Dashi would also kidnap tens of thousands of women from Shangdang, Taiyuan, Hedong and other places, and ask them to join the tens of thousands of people who had left their homes.

The Shu soldiers were engaged in marriage, so that tens of thousands of Shu soldiers could be transformed into Han army soldiers who would permanently garrison the north bank of the Yu River within two or three years.

Zhu Yu once sent Zhou Daoyuan to mine coal and iron on a large scale in Heluo and develop smelting and casting. After the fall of Heluo, tens of thousands of craftsmen became prisoners, and only a few senior craftsmen fled to Yongzhou in time to avoid disaster - this

Tens of thousands of craftsmen finally went to Taiyuan Prefecture to fight for Wusu Dashi.

Now considering that the Dongliang Army is too weak to form effective military pressure on the Residual Liang Army from the east, Wusu Dashi also decided to adopt Xiao Yiqing's advice and send some of the craftsmen back to Bianjing to be used by the Dongliang Army.

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Of course, Han Qian developed a new craftsmanship system in Xuzhou and Liyang. After listening to Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan in detail, Wusu Dashi was also deeply touched.

In addition to Taiyuan Prefecture, he also led Zhao Mengji, Tian Weiye, Wang Yuankui and other people to guard Yongmeng and other places to promote it, especially the new equipment and weapons in Huaixi and other places, and various places also tried their best to imitate them. Wu Su Dashi even wanted to cooperate with Xiao
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