Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 164
Xiande three years, June 23rd.

Luo Youdu received a battle report from the front line.

"On the night of the 22nd, the thieves led Zhu Yuan into the night and crossed the Haoshui and attacked the vortex by surprise. Wu Xingde was not aware of it for a while, and the camp was in chaos. The bandit general Lin Renzhao sensed something was wrong, and personally led a navy to rescue them. Wu Xingde and Jiao Jixun were defeated and retreated, with heavy casualties, and the Weikou line of defense was also broken by the Southern Tang army."

"On the 23rd, our army retreated [-] miles. Lin Renzhao led the navy into the Dongfei River and stationed at the foot of Zijin Mountain."

Although it was a short battle report of more than a hundred words, Luo Youdu read it more than ten times repeatedly before closing it with satisfaction.

Some people have certain things, that is predestined.

Even if the process has changed, even if the situation has changed drastically.

This character is almost a certainty.

It may be affected by the environment, and there may be a little deviation, but generally it is difficult to change.

Of course, it does not rule out the existence of some fatal blows...

Seeing Luo Youdu laughing alone while watching the battle report, Dou Yi wondered, "Why are you laughing, Mister?"

Luo Youdu asked: "Do you think Zhu Yuan was ordered to launch this night attack, or did he come up with a whim?" He then handed the battle report to Dou Yi.

How could Dou Yi understand, she looked at a loss.

Luo Youdu just smiled and didn't speak, took a pen and paper, and wrote a secret letter, in which he praised Zhu Yuan as a famous general in the world, knew how to be flexible, and didn't stick to military orders and rules.

Send people to Jiangnan.

Glancing in the direction of Shouzhou, the loss of the Weikou line of defense meant that the Southern Tang army had pushed the front line to the foot of Zijin Mountain outside Shouzhou City.

Zijin Mountain is only ten miles away from Shouzhou.

The ten-mile buffer zone is no different from face-to-face hand-to-hand combat for a battlefield where tens of thousands of troops gather.

The next period of time will be the most difficult and tragic battle of attrition in the entire Huainan Battle.

Luo Youdu has a heavy responsibility, so he can only drink tea and watch the play on the sidelines regrettably.

After all, the real big shots always come out at critical moments.

At this point, anyone with eyes can tell.

The two armies camped face to face with the tip of the needle facing each other, there is no reason why they should not fight.

Since the Southern Tang army stationed in Zijin Mountain, the two armies have provoked each other, fighting every day, and fighting in the dark.

At the beginning, Bian Hao and Xu Wenzhen planned to dig and build a grain transportation tunnel, and transport grain to Shouzhou through the tunnel.

But how can Da Zhou do what they wish?
When the Southern Tang army dug a corridor, the Zhou army buried one; when it built one, the Zhou army destroyed one. The Southern Tang army was completely denied the opportunity to transport grain into the city.

As a last resort, Lin Renzhao chose to attack Shouzhou as the water gate occupied by Dazhou, and transported grain into Shouzhou City from the water gate.

The trick worked wonders.

The navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty was indeed powerful, and Lin Renzhao was a famous general in the world.

Dazhou can't take advantage of the water at all. Fortunately, the city wall and water fortress cannot use large ships, and the infantry can use bows and crossbows to help deal with it.

Guo Rong temporarily mobilized a large number of crossbowmen and catapults to barely repel Lin Renzhao's attack.

Guo Rong broke into a cold sweat, gritted his teeth and directly dug up the water village, diverted the water from the Shouzhou water village into the canal, and drained the water from the Shouzhou water village, rendering Lin Renzhao's navy useless.

In this way, the soldiers came to block the water and cover it with soil, and the grain transportation routes around Shouzhou can be described as various methods.

In the end, Da Zhou won the first stage with the unchanging Da Zhou.

The two sides played games with each other for two months, from summer to autumn.

Tang Jun's offensive was also fierce in vain.

From the consumption at the beginning, the strategy, to the positive breakthrough later.

A discerning person can see it.

Shouzhou is running out of food.

The Southern Tang army fought harder and harder.

In order to cut off Da Zhou's retreat and save the disadvantage, Lin Renzhao used suicide attacks to attack Xia Cai Floating Bridge every now and then.He personally led [-] daredevils, loaded firewood and pastures in a boat, set fire to it in the wind, and drove the boat directly to the Xiacai pontoon bridge.

In order to prevent such a desperate attack by Lin Renzhao, Zhang Yongde filled the Huaihe River with iron chains and filled huge logs, and also drove the wooden stakes into the water to use as hidden reefs.

Zhu Yuan and Chen Decheng are rare warriors in this world, they would risk their lives when fighting.

There is also Zheng Yanhua from Jianzhou.

This guy was hit with more than 50 knives in a frontal assault, and he never retreated.

In the end, Chen Decheng was knocked out and forced to be transported back to the rear for treatment.

Zheng Yanhua is a small school, with more than 50 knives, he became a Jiedu envoy directly later.

Although Bian Hao and Xu Wenzhen are not as aggressive as the former two, they are wise and prudent, and they can be Zhu Yuan and Chen Decheng's back.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, there are all generals who can fight.

How could Da Zhou's lineup be inferior to them?
Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde, Xiang Xun, Li Jixun, Zhao Kuangzan, Hou Zhang, Zhao Kuangyin, Gao Huaide, Wang Yansheng, etc., all fought in the chaos of the Central Plains, and they are only worse than them.

The two armies showed their own special abilities, and the fight was extremely anxious.

After one bloody battle after another, the two sides will win each other.

In a battle of this scale, the momentary victory or defeat is insignificant, it depends on who can't support it first.

Fighting so fiercely, those who killed the enemy at the front were not timid, but Chen Jue, who was watching the show at the rear, was terrified and trembling.

All kinds of wounded were sent to the rear, and all kinds of letters asking for reinforcements passed through his hands.

Jiangnan could no longer provide large-scale reinforcements, so he could only recruit local ruffians and force local strong men to the front line to make up for the losses in the bloody battle.

In the end, Chen Jue couldn't bear it any longer, and stared at Li Jingda unceremoniously and said, "Your Majesty, immediately give an order to stop all attacks. What is the difference between being so exhausted like Da Zhou and committing suicide?"

Li Jingda said weakly, "Shouzhou will run out of food if we persist."

Chen Jue said loudly: "Your Majesty has already sent an envoy to ask for help from Khitan. As long as Khitan goes south, it is not us, but the northern bandits who can't support it first. If Shouzhou is gone, it will be gone. Without Shouzhou, there will be Haozhou, Si Zhouzhou, Chuzhou, Yangzhou. The army is gone, where can I find it?" He said and took out the military order he wrote.

Li Jingda was speechless and had no choice but to affix the seal of his Generalissimo on the military order.

Li Jingda's military orders spread to the front.

The first one who couldn't help getting angry was Chen Decheng, who has always been rational and known as a Confucian general.

Because he got the news from Shouzhou.

Food in Shouzhou was running short day by day, so Liu Renzhan began to control food and drink expenses.

Liu Chongjian, Liu Renshan's youngest son, couldn't bear the fear and tried to escape.

In front of the three armies, Liu Renzhan killed his own son to restore the morale of the army.

Chen Decheng saw that Chen Jue was going to give up Shouzhou, he shouted angrily: "Wouldn't such behavior chill the hearts of the soldiers?"

Lin Renzhao frowned and said, "Shouzhou has fallen, and there is no city to stop Zhou's soldiers. What's more, placing hope of victory on foreign thieves, what is this?"

Zhu Yuan said with a livid face: "It doesn't matter if you can fight or not. Don't fight, don't look for it, and wait for the victory fighter to fall from the sky? No matter what you do, I will not retreat anyway."

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(End of this chapter)