Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"General, the rear army has arrived, and the bridge to the north has been burned down by the Liao army. Our boat can't reach the Sanggan River for the time being, so we can only cut down trees to build a bridge." Zhang Zhengtao rode over and reported to Li Chuyun on the hillside by the river.

He was ordered to lead the troops to the upper reaches of the Sangergan River to investigate the situation and adjust the deployment. After they arrived, the Liao Kingdom destroyed the bridge that could cross the river, and all the boats crossing the river were withdrawn to the other side. There was no boat here.

They asked the surrounding people, and many ships were scuttled directly, all at the bottom of the river.

Li Chuyun was at the top of the slope, from here he could vaguely see the outline of the city wall of Youzhou across the forest in the distance.

"They are really ruthless, and they don't want to think about how they will live in the future." The soldiers next to them couldn't help but said: "In the future, without this bridge, how will the people on both sides of the strait live?"

"You don't care how they live, we are fighting! We win if we win."

Li Chuyun shook his head: "If you win the battle, the common people won't have to live? After you win the battle, here will be all the people of the Qin Dynasty. We should consider these things within our power."

After finishing speaking, he ignored those who were arguing, and said to Zhang Zhengtao: "Wait a minute, I don't know where General Si's fleet has gone, I have already sent people to go south along the river to investigate.

If their fleet has already entered the Haihe River, wait for them to arrive, and their gunboats can suppress the Liao army on the other side. Li Chuyun stretched out his hand and pointed to the Liao army barracks and forts stretching across the bank. There were dense figures coming and going, and many people looked at them nervously.

Guo Jin, who was behind Li Chuyun, said: "There are not many of them, and most of them are not wearing armor. They are not soldiers at first sight."

"It's really not soldiers." Meng Xuanzhe answered: "The officials have a clever plan. Their main force should be in Shangjing now, but we cross the river to fight. There are so many camps and fortresses by the river, so we still have to be cautious."

"So it's best to wait for Si Chao's fleet. Their naval guns are powerful. A little more fighting is enough to blow down those rammed earth fortresses and bury the Liao army alive. Our field guns can't do it.

And cut the width of the river, as long as three large ships for their troop transport are connected end to end and laid with planks, they can be used as pontoon bridges. "

After hearing what he said, everyone glanced at the Sanggan River in the distance, and Zhang Qixian also agreed: "This is a good way." But no one paid any attention to him.

Li Chuyun continued to deploy: "The preparations for logging and shipbuilding must also be done well. If they encounter an accident and the fleet cannot enter from the Haihe River, we can only rely on boats to force the crossing. past."

"I'll come, I'll take someone to fight!" Guo Jin asked immediately.

Forward Li Jilong is also eager to try: "I will go too!"

Along the way, although the striker he led broke through more than a dozen outposts of the Liao Army, he had never fought a major battle. He was eager to make contributions for the first time on the battlefield.

Li Chuyun did not dampen their enthusiasm, but said: "Everyone can rest assured if you use your life. This is a backup plan. You will not use it unless you have to. Forced crossing is not good for us, and there will be a lot of casualties. It is best to use naval guns if you have them." .

However, soldiers are precious and fast, we can wait here for two days at most, if the fleet cannot be in place within two days, we can only rely on ourselves. At this time, Youzhou is empty, which is a good time. "

"No!" Everyone clasped their hands, killing intent rose in their eyes, and they all looked to the north, where the city wall of Youzhou towered majestically behind the lush trees and the faintly visible corner tiles of the houses, revealing its long outline...

After a while, someone corrected the password, came in through the outer guards, and reported to him out of breath: "The official leader has already gone north."

After hearing this, everyone present was shocked.

Li Chuyun just nodded, very calm, the official had told him and several transfer envoys about this matter, and explained to everyone: "The official has agreed before that he wants to conquer Liao himself, just to deceive the Liao Kingdom, This matter has only been told to me and a few transshipment envoys."

After hearing the words of Yu Jia's personal enlistment, everyone looked at each other and smiled, their eyes sparkled!
The personal conquest by Yujia means that the officials will watch their credits. Whether the credits are seen by the officials is another matter!
Seeing them excited and fearing that they would be greedy for success, Li Chuyun immediately poured cold water on them: "The officials said that he will not go north to the front line, and the officials will be in charge of the rear. Time to fight, after all, apart from us this time, there is General Xiang’s army to the east of Taihang Mountain, and General Si’s army at sea, the official’s purpose is to coordinate the overall situation.”

When he said this, the excitement of the crowd subsided a bit, after all, they were still fantasizing about showing off their skills under the eyes of the officials just now, and letting the officials see their abilities.

The generals responded as expected, and Li Chuyun stroked his beard and added: "The official's holy driver will stop by the Daqing River, but the official also said that once we take Youzhou, he will move to Youzhou to have an overview of the whole situation. .”

"Commander, is this true!" Zhang Qixian asked, he was a young man, it was his first time on the battlefield, and he was even more looking forward to making meritorious service.

"The official's golden words, how could it be false." Li Chuyun assured, and as soon as the words came out, he had already felt the fierce eyes of the people around him, Li Chuyun thought to himself, this is just right.

Just as Qin Jun expected, Youzhou was indeed empty, and not just empty.

Xiao Siwen, who stayed behind in Nanjing, led the troops to the north, and Gao Xun, the privy envoy of the Southern Academy, took away more than 5000 elite imperial troops.

The most terrible thing is that Yelu Xiezhen immediately escorted Xiao Siwen's daughter Xiao Chuo to Beijing in order to grab credit, and took thousands of people away.

And the Qin army suddenly went north. When the forward brought back the news of the Qin army's invasion with blood on his face, the whole Nanjing city was in chaos. At this time, after the Nanyuan imperial army hurriedly assembled, they found that there were only [-] people left , It is completely impossible to fight against the menacing Qin army.

Immediately afterward, orders began to be given to all men over the age of 16, and all men over the age of [-] were all organized to go to war.

At the same time, the guard of Youzhou is also a knowledgeable person. As long as he has fewer people and stronger enemies, he cannot wait for the Qin army to fight in Youzhou City.

Youzhou City is too big and the city wall is too long. Although it is strong, they don't have enough manpower. If the Qin army comes to attack the city wall nearly ten miles long, there are not many people scattered on the ground for a mile, and they can't defend it at all Come.

So he directly filled all his troops to the Sanggan River defense line, trying to catch the Sanggan River to resist the Qin army.

After patchwork, they distributed weapons to more than 2 young men and forced them to the riverside defense line. However, facing the Qin army on the other side with a thick stomach, a lot of flags, and awe-inspiring military discipline, some people escaped every day.

The generals executed more than 100 people here as an example, but they still couldn't stop the fleeing militiamen.

When more people heard the news, they dragged their families and fled to the mountains north of Youzhou to seek refuge. As a result, the generals of the Liao army could not find anyone to fill the line of defense.

And not only the ordinary people, but also the Khitan nobles were panicked, and many of them ran to Beijing with their families.

What they can barely maintain now is that they are hoping that the army in the north will return to help quickly, so that they can use Youzhou City to force the Qin army back like a few years ago. As for defeating the Qin army, they have never thought about it. .