Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 473 Capture Lin Renzhao

The autumn wind is bleak, lowering the water plants, the large reeds on the side of the road are lowered, the rustling wind is blocked by the gaps, the large bonfires in the distance are already burning, and the air is full of the smell of sulfur.

Layers upon layers of military formations are densely surrounded, flags stand everywhere, and the scorching sun hangs high.

The armor reflected the light in the sun. At the forefront of the position, the cavalry began to retreat in an orderly manner, cruising the periphery, responsible for the detection and security of the periphery of the military formation, as scouts and mobile forces.

Once entering the battle stage, the Qin army's rangers have always been placed on the periphery of the army formation, which is completely different from the tactics of more than ten years ago. It is a tactic that has only begun to emerge in the past few years.

In the past, rangers generally cruised on the left and right wings or in the front, and were used to support unfavorable places in front of the battle, or to harass the opponent's army.

However, with the development of the artillery unit in the past two years, there is a risk of being accidentally injured by rangers cruising in front of the formation. Of course, the generals in the Chinese army said that they were concerned about the feelings of the light cavalry brothers.

The most important thing is the emergence of artillery, which makes it basically impossible for the opponent's front to resist the attack of the Qin army. There is no need for rangers to make up for the disadvantaged front or risk harassing the enemy.

All in the army formation of the Qin army, once the fight started, their cavalry would instead cruise around the periphery.

Those who are familiar with the Qin army will see that their cavalry begin to retreat, and they will know that this is a sign of an attack. Those who are not familiar with it will, on the contrary, follow the retreat of the cavalry, and will make a judgment that the Qin army will give up the attack. .

Obviously, the Tang army defending in the Wuchang camp belongs to the latter.

They repaired the dilapidated gates, built fences, kept horses away, piled up deer villages, spread wet mud, and kept watering to prevent fire attacks.

Faced with the siege of several times the army, there is still no intention of surrendering.

The Qin army had already besieged here for two days. The reason why they did not launch an attack was because the army from the northeast entered Wuchang city yesterday and took over Wuchang without encountering resistance.

Just yesterday, when the forward army rushed forward by land and water, and was about to attack Ezhou, news came from the east.

Wu Ningqian, the governor of Huangzhou soldiers and horses, led the local army, crossed the Yangtze River on boats gathered from the people and merchants, and captured the Xifan Shanzhai of Ezhou City with the people as the logistics force.

Fan Shanzhai is the camp of the important town of Ezhou. According to intelligence, there are at least [-] troops stationed in the village, because Ezhou is an important town by the river.

Unexpectedly, such an important town was captured by the soldiers and civilians of Huangzhou, and the Dazhai of Ezhou was broken without waiting for the army of the forbidden army.

Huangzhou is roughly located in Huanggang City in later generations. Crossing the river from Huangzhou, the width of the river is narrow. To the south is Ezhou City, separated by a river. In addition, after the war, His Majesty did order the soldiers and horses of all states and counties along the river to cooperate with the army. The general dispatches and must take orders.

It's just that Wu Ningqian, the supervisor of the soldiers and horses in Huangzhou, and others cooperated too much and directly knocked down the Ezhou camp. Probably because they felt that the Tang army was vulnerable across the Yangtze River, and they were eager to make contributions. They couldn't wait for the imperial army to come, and led the local soldiers to fight passed.

The capture of Fanshanzhai means that Ezhou City will soon surrender. Sure enough, after the navy marched to Ezhou that day, the governor of Ezhou immediately led the civil and military officials to surrender in Kaesong.

After the general Cao Bin heard about this incident, he personally sent his own soldiers to reward Huangzhou Bingdujian and others, and promised to ask for credit for them in front of the officials.

In other words, as early as yesterday, the striker army had passed Ezhou and was approaching Jiujiang and Hukou.

Jiangzhou and Huzhou were the real important towns in the Southern Tang Dynasty. They were guarded by the Fenghua Army. They went east to Jiangning, the capital of Kyoto, and south to Nandu, with more than 3 troops.

As a result, until today, this place has actually become a lone army.

Zhang Zhengtao, the leader of the army, has also sent someone to explain their situation to this lone army. They have no chance of winning, and the lone army is trapped. Sooner or later, the entire army will be wiped out, and he persuaded them to surrender.

But these people are so hard-headed that they will not surrender no matter what, even if they know the corruption of the situation, they are still guarding.

It's not that Zhang Zhengtao can't get in. He has a superior force, and he has an artillery battalion and dozens of field artillery. It's easy to get in, but the rebels have hostages in their hands.

Dangjin and more than 130 vanguard cavalry are in their hands.

But today, Zheng Zhengtao is not ready to wait anymore. First, he has no patience. Second, the forwards have already fought near Jiujiang, and the Chinese army has also arrived in Ezhou, but he is still staying here to save people. If he delays, what will he do? Victory is gone.

So he became cruel and ordered a storm.

The drums sounded, the banners were unfurled, the army array was deployed, the cavalry retreated, and the field artillery had already arrived at the front of the array.

Then the fierce artillery fire was ready to start, and the camp gate and sentry post that the Tang army rushed to repair were trapped, and the fence was immediately smashed to pieces, and debris flew across.

Many trapped Tang troops had no time to react, and many people were still close to the fence to guard, and the result was heavy losses.

Then the artillery battalion began to advance towards the main camp under the protection of the infantry. The advantages of lightness and maneuverability of the field artillery were brought into full play, and they could easily follow the infantry forward.

Soon they advanced to the camp gate.

The Tang army organized a counterattack, trying to defeat the Qin army again with a raid of elite cavalry, just as they had set up an ambush to defeat the Qin army.

As a result, what came oncoming was a salvo of more than [-] field cannons from the artillery of the Qin Army. In an instant, flesh and blood flew all over the place.

Then the Qin army continued to advance, cleaning up the cavalry that had suffered heavy losses, while continuing to advance. Someone roared and tried to move forward, but was stabbed to death by the tightly formed Qin army.

This battle was not as fierce as Lin Renzhao expected, and it was beyond the expectations of all Tang Jun. Although they defeated Qin Jun last time, although it was difficult, they still had to fight and confront each other hard.

This time it was completely different. The Qin army continued to advance in a tight formation, but they had no way to stop them. The camp gates, fences, and cavalry charged, all means could not shake them at all.

In the distance, there were countless and endless Qin troops waiting in formation, but just seeing these two battalions approaching in front of them made all the Tang troops despair.

When the cavalry with heavy casualties fled back to the camp, Lin Renzhao led people to help them. Most of the people who could come back were covered in blood. More than 300 people went out, but only a hundred or so came back.

Most of them were not injured, and the blood belonged to Brother Paoze, and a few had broken arms and legs, and ran back by relying on their horses.

And the Qin army from behind has already pressed up, only a hundred steps away from the camp gate.

Lin Renzhao ordered the wounded to be sent back, and at the same time personally led people to block the gate of the camp to stop the Qin army.

It's just that the Qin army didn't intend to attack by force at all. The tight infantry formation spread out, revealing the artillery behind. Lin Renzhao's pupils constricted. This was not the first time he had seen these things.

Immediately, he was shocked and ordered to disperse. Soon, with a loud noise, after several rounds of shelling, the entire camp was riddled with holes, stumped limbs and arms, and howling wounded soldiers.

The Qin army also quickly entered the camp and cleaned up the battlefield. After the shelling, the resistance in the entire camp was sparse and there was no large-scale resistance.

By the afternoon, all the trapped soldiers surrendered, more than 200 people were captured, and more than 16 people were killed in battle, most of them died of artillery fire, while only [-] of the Qin army were injured.

The most gratifying thing is that these Tang troops did not kill the prisoners. The 130 and seven captured Qin troops, including the forwards of the Qin Army's West Route Army, commanded Dang Jin to make Dangjin, but they were all safe and sound.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Zhengtao bypassed these captives. Otherwise, the ordinary soldiers among them might be fine, but the officers must be unlucky, because they killed more than 100 soldiers of the Qin army and had to pay the price.

Since the prisoners were safe, Zhang Zhengtao did not touch these officers.

The leader among them was called Lin Renzhao, but Zhang Zhengtao was not familiar with Lin Renzhao's name, because he was still young during the Huainan War, and he hadn't been with the officials, nor had he participated in the Huainan War, otherwise it would be impossible for him not to know Lin Renzhao's name.

It was just that they were rushed to the riverside immediately after they were escorted, and the ordinary soldiers stayed in Wuchang City and were detained, ready to be dealt with uniformly.

The command envoy and 18 officers above him were escorted by water to Ezhou to meet the commander-in-chief.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Ezhou, the Chinese army had already gone to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang).

It turns out that the striker has already captured Huzhou and is approaching Huzhou (Hukou).

Zhang Zhengtao immediately led the troops to Huzhou. First, he was anxious to be ordered to hand over these people to the commander. Second, he felt that he might be able to catch up with the battle in Fenghua Town and gain military merit.

This time he led more than 5000 people and besieged a lone army of 1000 people. Although he was unable to fight back, it was not a big credit
(End of this chapter)