It was already mid-February when Xiao Yiqing rushed from Taiyuan to Xingyang after learning the news of the fall of Chenqiaozhai.

At this time, the ice in the upper reaches of the Yu River has begun to melt. The annual freezing flood is eroding the low and broad land on both sides of the bank. Although the flood plains to the east and south of Xingyang are still covered with river freeze, it is already a thin layer.

Many of the underground layers had been breached by the raging floods, and it was a mess as far as the eye could see.

Xiao Yiqing rushed over in such an emergency, naturally guessing that Liang Jun's capture of Chenqiao Village regardless of casualties was not just a gain or loss for a ruined village.

Li Xiu, Cao Ba and Shen Peng led their troops into Mi County and fought between Xingyang. Although they killed six or seven thousand troops, the main reason was that the Xingyang defenders were unprepared at first. When Liang Xing led his troops south for reinforcements, they were attacked from both sides.

The ambush troops who came out lost nearly 5,000 soldiers in one battle.

After that, the entangled battles mainly took place between Xingyang City and Mi County. The Dongliang Army had a geographical advantage. Xiao Siqing also led elite cavalry to come to the rescue. The Liang Army suffered a lot. Almost two thousand elite generals died on the battlefield.

, the number of excellent war horses lost was even greater.

In Xiao Yiqing's view, Liang Jun only wanted to capture Chenqiao Village and had no follow-up plan. There was no need for subsequent entangled battles.

As a veteran who followed Zhu Wen in establishing the Hehuai base, Liang Shixiong also realized that Liang Jun might attack Xingyang this year. He frowned his long frosty eyebrows and sat across from Xiao Yiqing.

Xiao Yiqing was also quite speechless.

The peace agreement reached between Liang and Chu meant that Han Qian could mobilize more elite soldiers and horses from the southern front to fill Yingxi, Heluo and other places. However, the vassal armies and the Dongliang army had been fighting fiercely for many years and were in urgent need of rest and recuperation. Only then did he strongly

It is recommended that we should not rush to start another war this autumn or even next year, but focus on stabilizing the defense line and recuperating.

For this reason, Wusu Dashi even agreed with his proposal and sent thousands of craftsmen back to Bianliang. He also suggested that Zhu Rang build Yandao through the floodplain east of Xingyang and west of Wuzhi.

That is to say, Liang Jun built a weir road from both sides on both sides of the Ying River to pass through the shallow silt area where boats cannot sail. Although the side of this weir road must be able to withstand the impact of the Yu River's flood, it is not easy to build.

However, it is also extremely necessary to ensure that the connection between Xingyang and Bianliang is not cut off by the floodplain.

He did not expect that Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong were afraid of the difficulties and did not start building such a weir road. Instead, they focused their attention on raiding the Yingxi area last winter.

Xiao Yiqing realized last winter that the Dongliang Army's harassment of the Yingxi area at this time could not play a substantial role. However, when Zhu Rang proclaimed himself emperor in Bianliang, even if he paid tribute to the Mengwu, not only him, but also

It is also not appropriate for Wusu Dashi to overly dictate the military and political affairs of the Dongliang Army.

Of course, he did not expect that Han Qian would stabilize the situation in Heluo in less than a year, and even start to turn defense into offense.

The current situation in Heluo is really giving him a headache.

Although Luoyang has not yet been able to build large warships of more than 2,000 stone, there are already more than 200 small and medium-sized warships such as Mengchong ship and Chimazhou, and the general training of two naval brigades has been completed.

Luoyang | Even if the navy may not have the strength to enter the Yu River, if the warships of the Mengzhou navy want to enter the Yiluo River again at this time, they may encounter a resolute blockade.

Han Qian started building fortifications directly at the mouth of the Yiluo River and even on the river beach. It can be seen that Han Qian was no longer determined to allow them to set foot on both sides of the Yiluo River.

In addition, tens of thousands of Liang Army elites penetrated into Lishan and Wangwushan to establish a stronghold. Moreover, because Lishan, Wangwushan and Mangshan, where Liangjun was heavily stationed, and Hulao Pass faced each other across the river, it was convenient to reinforce each other and were not good at fighting in the mountains.

Zhao Mengji and Tian Weiye's subordinates wanted to capture these strongholds and expel Liang Jun from Lishan and Wangwushan, but it was impossible to do so in a short time.

In this regard, Tian Weiye and Zhao Mengji chose to build defense barriers in the north of Lishan and the east of Wangwushan with the help of natural ditches. This could also restrict the elite Liang army and prevent them from intruding into the hinterland of Puzhou and Mengzhou. However, the current problem was that Xingyang

Being blocked to the south of the Yu River and to the west of the Jialu River flood plain, with only one city in Mi County as a corner, how can we hold on?

Xiao Yiqing's head was extremely big.

If Zhu Rang transferred too many garrison troops, on the one hand, he would consume too much food and grass, and on the other hand, it would cause loopholes in the defense line due to the reduction of garrison troops and horses in the areas south of Bianjing and on the east bank of the Ying River.

Liang Jun's navy had the ability to erect long-distance floating stacks, so that the floodplain area on the east bank of Yingshui River was no longer a natural barrier to protect its western flank defense line.

And if Zhu Rang is not urged to send more reinforcements to Xingyang, once the Yu River waterway north of Xingyang is cut off by the Luoyang navy, Liang Shixiong has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses with low morale. Can they survive Liang Jun's attack?

Hold on to the Yu River until November, when the floodplain is frozen over again?

When he met Liang Shixiong this time, he could even feel that Liang Shixiong wanted to give up on Xingyang.

It is true that both Liang Shixiong and the Dongliang Army can defend Xingyang. If the situation does not allow it, there is no need to use all the elites to coexist with Xingyang. After all, the territory that the Dongliang Army really wants to protect is where the Shaying River floods.

The area east of the district.

As far as Zhu Rang is concerned, if he wants to call Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan to bow their heads and obey orders, the direct troops and horses he directly controls cannot be inferior to Xu Si's army and Shouzhou army.

From this point of view, let alone asking Zhu Rang to send a large number of reinforcements to Xingyang, even if Zhu Rang was asked to send three to five thousand reinforcements to Xingyang, he might not be willing to do so.

However, the Dongliang Army was unwilling to send more reinforcements to Xingyang. Even if he did not consider the difficulty in coordinating the two commanders, how could he suggest where Wusu Dashi could mobilize enough elite troops to enter Xingyang to cooperate with Liang Shixiong to defend this place?
Chapter completed!