In the urban and county areas, the Chuzhou Army clearly had an absolute advantage in military strength, but was unable to deploy.

Occasionally, a small group of soldiers and horses from the Chuzhou Army tried to bypass both sides of the avenue, but they dispersed and were no match for the elite Liang Army. They were killed and routed.

After the Wuzhi Dam was dug and the Yu River floods returned to their old course, the flood conditions in Hongzepu and surrounding areas this summer and autumn were much milder than in previous years. However, the floods in Dongyang County for seven or eight consecutive years have already destroyed Dongyang County.

A step into confusion.

Choosing to send troops from Dongyang County and crossing the Fanchuan River to invade Shiliang County was the most fatal mistake Yang Yuanyan made; of course, the deeper reason was that Yang Yuanyan did not expect that Liang Jun's troops were so stretched.

Will fight back immediately.

The Chuzhou Army did not make any proper plan for the Liang Army's immediate counterattack across the Fanchuan River.

After Cao Ba and Li Qi led their troops to cross the Fanchuan River, Yang Yuanyan personally led eight thousand cavalry and stayed in the southern part of Gaoyou County on the east bank of Fanliang Lake.

Just as Zhao Wuji, Cao Ba and others predicted, he even waited for the war on both sides of the Fanchuan River to enter a stalemate, then directly led his cavalry to bypass the south side of Fanliang Lake, and together with the Yangzhou garrison, quickly attacked Tangyi and

Southern area of ​​Shiliang County.

He did not expect that the troops and horses deployed on the Fanchuan River and Dongyang City would be so vulnerable. When he saw that the situation was wrong, he led his cavalry to retreat to Dongyang County. His forward troops and horses on the east bank of the Fanchuan River had been destroyed. Cao Ba,

Li Qi and his two men were reorganizing their troops and wanted to advance to Dongyang County.

Yang Yuanyan also made a prompt decision. After rendezvousing with the remnants of the Dongyang County army, he collided with the main force of the Liang army. The two sides fought in a massacre in the lakes, ditches and plains crisscrossed by dense forests.

The battlefield almost covered a depth of nearly 20 miles west of Dongyang County. The fighting broke out at dusk and lasted until late at night, when the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Yang Yuanyan originally thought that Liang Jun had been fighting for a day and would be exhausted, so he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to win.

At dusk, Zhao Wuji personally entered the west bank of Fanchuan River to supervise the battle.

The entire battlefield seemed chaotic, but the tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry actually fought closely around the troop dispatch channel that the Chuzhou Army opened from Dongyang City to the west to the west bank of the Fanchuan River.

More than two hundred spring-arm type crossbows were loaded on light chariots and were mainly distributed along this passage, forming seven vehicle formations.

If the enemy is strong, the infantry and cavalry on both wings will shrink back and use crossbows to shoot the chasing enemy head-on, effectively destroying and severely damaging the enemy; if the enemy is weak, the infantry and cavalry will take advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill, but the core direction is to connect

The important town in Chu and Yangzhou, Dongyang City, which the enemy did not dare to abandon lightly, advanced...

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In the afternoon of the 11th, Zhao Wuji sent an order to withdraw his troops and retreat to the west bank of Fanchuan River.

The troops were still seriously insufficient and there was no way to lay siege to Dongyang City and completely annihilate the remnants of the Chuzhou Army.

"It's such a damn pity. I finally found a haystack early this morning and was able to take a nap. At that moment, I suddenly thought, if we kill at the foot of Chuzhou City, thousands of athletes will shout, "Kill Chuzhou City and capture Yang alive."

Yuan Yan' was such a joyful thing! I suddenly woke up with joy, but today I didn't even have two hours to chase the enemy to the north, so I just withdrew my troops like this? Do you think Deputy Zhao's order was a bit nonsense?

Are we still afraid that the Chu army on the south bank will have the courage to cross the river and cut off our retreat at this time?"

The commanding generals to retreat were left to the generals and operational staff below. Cao Ba rode a large maroon horse, and Feng Yi and Wen Ruilin, who were following the army and watching the battle, complained that Zhao Wuji's order to retreat at this time was too stupid.

"In passing the edict, the priority is to prevent Liang Chu from entering a full-scale decisive battle prematurely. Lord Gao and Lord Yang have repeatedly emphasized this point," Wen Ruilin said, "At present, the intention of severely invading the enemy has been achieved. Deputy Zhao

The decisive order to retreat is to lock in the already achieved results. After the northern front regains southern Shanxi, the first and second central battalions can get away. Is General Cao still afraid that there will be no war?"

"Old Cao, am I so easily deceived by you?" Cao Ba grinned and said, "Those weaklings in Chu State may have been a little eager to try before the day before yesterday, but now, I'm afraid it's us who ask for the Queen Mother Changxin.

They have to hand it over in despair... Hey, this is a good idea. It would be too shameless to directly ask the Queen Mother Chang Xin to warm the bed for you. But if Jinling sends someone to ask for the restart of the peace negotiation,

Just ask the Queen Mother Chang Xin to come and talk in person - Your Majesty will definitely think of you well in the future!"

Feng Yi and Wen Ruilin burst into laughter.

"What are you discussing?"

Zhao Wuji, surrounded by several horsemen, rode over with Ye Feiying. He was also worried that Cao Ba would be upset about withdrawing his troops at this time, so he wanted to come over to comfort him, but he saw Feng Yi, Wen Ruilin and Cao Bamei.

He joked and asked curiously.

Cao Ba winked, Feng Yi, and Wen Ruilin knew that Zhao Wuji was the king's brother-in-law, so naturally they couldn't make such a bad idea with him...

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Ruan Yan tremblingly asked for help to climb up the west tower of Dongyang City. It was as if he had been poured a basin of cold ice water from head to toe. Looking at the scene in front of him, his hands and feet were trembling.

At this time, the wilderness more than 20 miles deep from the east of Fanchuan River to Dongyang City was full of corpses, broken bows and halberds, escaped war horses, and destroyed or abandoned chariots.

War weapons.

Liang Jun did not clean up the battlefield. He only carried away the bodies of his own dead generals and abandoned them on the battlefield. He even did not bother to take away the soldiers and armor of the Chuzhou Army who died in the battle, and did not even bother to take them away east of the Fanchuan River.

The idea of ​​building a camp and staying firm seems to be exactly what Feng Yi had claimed before on behalf of the Liang State. This battle was purely to counter the Chuzhou Army's invasion.

When Zhang Xian rushed to Dongyang City, surrounded by several horsemen, he saw the gray-headed remnants all over the city. Their legs and feet were weak. He held on to the cold city wall with his hands. It took him a while to finally climb the tower, but when he stood on the tower

When he saw the mess outside the city, he felt as if all his strength had been drained away.

Nearly 30,000 elite Chuzhou troops were killed by Liang Jun, who numbered over 10,000, in less than three days?

It was inconvenient for Yang Zhitang to show his face at this time, and the prince Yang Fan was the governor of Runzhou, so it was inconvenient for him to come directly to the north bank to contact Yang Yuanyan. Therefore, Zhang Xian, as a guest of Prince Shou's palace, was responsible for mediating the issue of coordinated operations between the Yangzhou garrison and the Chuzhou army.

When the Liang army crossed the Fanchuan River, he and the Yangzhou military envoy Geng Jinglian were together to prepare for the dispatch of troops. Unexpectedly, the Chuzhou army, which they had placed high hopes on, would be killed so easily and completely defeated on the east bank of the Fanchuan River.

"Where is His Royal Highness King Xin?" Zhang Xian controlled his hands and feet from trembling, but his voice was still trembling when he asked Ruan Yan.

Ruan Yan was really old, and his lips were trembling and he couldn't speak clearly. It was only when the people next to him explained that Zhang Xian knew that Yang Yuanyan had wanted to lead the Silver Halberd Guards to attack Liang Jun's commander flag in the early morning, but he didn't wait until he got close.

He was sniped by dozens of Liang Jun's long-range crossbows. He was hit by dozens of arrows and knocked off his horse even though he was wearing two layers of heavy armor. He was snatched back to Dongyang City by the Husband's cavalry. It was only at this time that his injuries were stabilized.

If Yang Yuanyan hadn't been shot off his horse so early, perhaps he wouldn't have been defeated so miserably.

Yang Yuan's acting ability is endless. In his early years, he wore multiple layers of heavy armor and charged into battle. Countless enemy soldiers died under his halberd. Zhang Xian had also heard of his martial arts for a long time, but he didn't expect that he would die this time.
Chapter completed!