Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 921 God Helps Me Too
On the small river island, in addition to the slightly rancid smell of river mud, there is also a burnt smell in the air.Most of the fortifications such as bamboo rafts and wooden fences on the edge have also been removed at this moment.

A simple wharf located in the northeast corner of the river island was the place where the fighting was most intense. Right now, besides a piece of bamboo debris floating on the river surface, there are many swollen and white corpses that have been soaked by the river water.

After a period of continuous siege, the Huainan army finally captured this river island.Because the enemy army on the north bank failed to provide assistance in time, and the Huainan army invested more troops, and even invested a batch of large-scale ordnance for attacking fortifications, nearly half of the more than 2000 enemy troops on Hezhou were surrounded and wiped out. Fleeing in defeat, trying to escape back to the north bank of the Dahe River on some crude rafts, and being pursued by the Huainan army, only a few hundred people managed to escape in the end.

Although he captured Hezhou, Li Youzhi, the governor of Huainan Army, did not have much joy on his face after he landed and inspected the land.

This river island was originally stacked by rocks, with layers of silt deposited on the top, and this year's rainfall is not much, and the river's surface has dropped, so it emerged from the water, covered with lush reeds.

The scale of the river island is not too large, and the terrain is not too high.Before that, the enemy army stood firm at this time and did great damage to the landform of Hezhou.Although it was captured by the Huainan army, it is no longer a complete piece of solid soil, full of potholes. The entire river island has been infiltrated by the river water and divided into small islands, especially a large puddle in the middle. directly connected to the river.

The reason why the Huainan Army wants to seize these river islands is to obtain some strongholds in the river that can provide supplies and recuperate, so as to better control the waterways.But now that this river island is in such a situation, it is clear that it no longer has this function.

"At the very least, it will be difficult for the enemy to use this place to intercept our ships."

Li Youzhi said so to himself, which can be regarded as a little comfort to himself and the soldiers who have been fighting for many days.If we really want to talk about the supply point in the river, the enemy's demand is much greater than that of the Huainan army.

Water warfare consumes a lot of resources, especially in a wide waterway like the Yellow River.Even the Huainan Army, which is good at water warfare, seldom chooses to fight on board when there are other options.Because once you choose to join the ship, even if you win, it will cause great damage to your boat and the lives of your soldiers, and will weaken your ability to fight for a long time.

Regardless of the north and the south, as long as the lives of soldiers are not regarded as simple consumables, it is essential to prepare various long-range offensive methods.However, the load capacity of a boat is fixed. If there are too many soldiers, the material will be used less, and if the material is used too much, the number of soldiers will be insufficient.

In particular, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly and needs to be adjusted sensitively. Therefore, if you can obtain a solid stronghold near the battlefield, you will be able to gain a great advantage in battle.

Even if the Huainan Army does not have a stronghold, there are still some large warships that can take on such tasks, and can adjust the use of supplements and the rationing of troops.However, the enemy army hardly has such large warships and can only rely on some fixed strongholds.And once these strongholds are lost, they will fall into great passivity.

Although this river island has been destroyed to pieces and can no longer store a large number of people and things, it can also be used as a temporary stop with a little repair.

But thinking of his team being entangled by this river island for such a long time, Li Youzhi always felt that the gains and losses could not be balanced, so he couldn't let go.

"With a few thousand soldiers of the Shengwu Army, many lost lands in Hebei were recovered, and Duhu Xiao went all the way to pick up the jujube city..."

Not only Li Youzhi couldn't let go, but the other captains also felt quite disappointed after going ashore to check.

"If you want to make meritorious service, are you afraid that you won't have a chance?"

Hearing the chatter of the soldiers under his command, Li Youzhi couldn't help laughing and scolding. Recently, he has made great achievements in the army, and even the entire Huainan army is holding back their energy, wanting to fight for a great achievement.Similar to the current capture of this river island, it could have been counted as a meritorious service, but now it is not seen in people's eyes.

They moored at this river island to rest for a period of time, and sent someone to present the results of the battle back.After more than two hours, news came back from the camp, ordering this navy to continue to garrison and rest in place, and at the same time, another batch of supplies came in for replenishment.In addition, there was another military order calling Li Youzhi to return to Suanzao camp on the south bank to meet the governor.

Li Youzhi didn't dare to neglect after taking the order, and changed to a fast boat to cross the river and return. When he arrived at Lingchang Ferry, night had already fallen.

The current Lingchangjin is also a gathering point for the Huainan navy. The dense reeds have been cleared out, and the dilapidated embankments that were hit by the attack earlier have also been repaired and strengthened. Here, more than 30 warships of different sizes are moored here, ready to be dispatched at any time.

After Li Youzhi landed, he found that some other naval generals who were leading their troops outside also came here one after another.At present, the Huainan Army has nearly [-] naval troops active on this section of the Yellow River, and hundreds of boats, large and small.

In addition to some heavily guarded fixed Jindu camps, there are nearly ten thousand people scattered up and down this section of the river, so that the wide waterway of the Yellow River can be controlled.

When the generals gathered together, or talked about their achievements during this period, some people speculated that the gathering of so many generals meant that there was going to be a big move?
Hearing this guess, all the generals became excited. During this period of time, the overall results of the naval army were good, and the enemy was completely suppressed to Yanjin. The section of the Yellow River waterway from Hulao City to Yanjin has almost become The inland river of the Huainan Army was unimpeded.But if it is apportioned to every army, it is really not enough.

The water army has a very high strategic position in the Huainan army, and its relative autonomy is less. Before there is no specific combat plan, there is almost no chance of independent action to obtain military exploits.Seeing that the other ministries have gained a lot, these navy generals are also very anxious.

These generals were still discussing here, and Xu Maoxing, who was the supervisor of the navy, came out and arranged for the generals to change to horses and rush to the Suanzao Camp in the south.

After everyone arrived at Suanzao, they were led directly into the tent of the Chinese army, and then they saw Lu Yong, Cao Na and other naval generals were already there, reporting military information to the governor.

"In recent days, the enemy's boats around Yanjin have indeed declined. There were nearly [-] boats in the past few days, but from yesterday to today, there are less than [-] boats entering and leaving..."

Lu Yongnai is the superintendent of the navy, and the daily battle situation of each battalion must be summarized. On such a long front, some local anomalies are not obvious, but if they are gathered together, there will be a huge magnification effect.

As shown by the military situation in the past few days, the traces of the enemy's activities on the Yellow River suddenly decreased, as if they had given up control of the Yellow River waterway, which seemed really weird.

Although the enemy army was at a disadvantage in the waterway, it seemed that they did not intend to win the water battle with the Huainan army, but with such a small amount of boats and ships, it was difficult to maintain basic security, not to mention guarding some strongholds along the river.

Right now there is only the Yellow River between the two armies, and the Huainan army has a great advantage on the river, but the enemy army is even shrinking their basic vigilance. This is simply a joke!

Once the Huainan army launches a sneak attack, even if it is discovered halfway through, the deployment of tens of thousands of soldiers for defense cannot be completed in a hurry.

Unless they are always alert to the Huainan Army's attack, those soldiers are also flesh and blood. Once the intense preparations for the battle last for too long, it will cause a huge loss of physical strength and morale.

If it's just a small-scale confrontation of three to five hundred, this kind of consumption is not too obvious.But right now the two armies each have tens of thousands of people, if they can't maintain a relatively peaceful rest environment, this kind of tension is enough to drag down the entire army.

"It seems that Shi Kan is planning to move elsewhere!"

Lu Yong's literal report is not an image. When Li Youzhi and other generals who were active on the Yellow River reported the real-time military situation, the generals felt that the enemy was not just showing off, but really lacked strength. , so Cao Na pondered and said.

It is not difficult to come to this conclusion. The important thing is to figure out where the enemy will take action, and what countermeasures the Huainan Army needs to make.

"It shouldn't be Fangtou."

After pondering for a moment, Shen Zhezi said, although Fangtou is far away from Suanzao, Xie Ai will have military reports every day. Right now, Fangtou is in good shape, and Xie Ai is even planning some new external offensive moves.Shen Zhezi believes in Xie Ai's vision and ability, it is impossible that the enemy army can't see the movements under his nose.

With the natural barrier of the Yellow River blocking it, it is not difficult to guess what the enemy's movements are. If it is not upstream, it must be downstream.But if it is downstream, where is the enemy plotting?

In many cases, the inability to make an accurate judgment is not a lack of talent, but a lack of information.This is the current situation of the Huainan Army. All the generals have their own guesses, but none of them can be sure.

The discussion went on until late at night, and in the end Shen Zhezi just signaled Lu Yong to start gathering all kinds of troops in the naval army. No matter where the enemy army is going, first of all, he must ensure that he has enough mobility to respond in the first place.

At dawn the next day, not long after Shen Zhezi fell asleep, suddenly there was a direction from the sliding platform in the east, saying that there were signs of the enemy crossing the river further downstream, and there seemed to be a large number of war horses among them.

After hearing the news, Shen Zhezi was also shocked.In such a large-scale battle, it is actually difficult to come up with any magic strokes. The choices that both sides can make are very limited, and the tactics that are too clever cannot be completed by tens of thousands of bloated troops. His intentions can already be guessed with certainty.

At present, the Huainan Army seems to have the upper hand, but in fact it still has flaws, that is, insufficient control over the lower reaches of the Yellow River.The Huainan Army has just completed the layout of the sliding platform, and the further downstream areas have not yet been extended.

Originally, this defect was hoped that the Xuzhou army would go north to make up for it, but there was news from Xuzhou that Taishan County was unstable, so the date of the reunion would be delayed for a while.Regarding this point, there is nothing to do, after all, the time for the Huainan Army to gather in the north has been advanced.However, the Xuzhou Army is nearly a thousand miles away, and it is difficult to make timely adjustments.

Obviously, Shi Kan wanted to take advantage of this loophole to counterattack, and the counterattack must be very strong, so much so that in his opinion, the frontal Huainan army had no time to launch an attack when Li Yang was weak.

After learning this, Shen Zhezi immediately ordered the Heshang water army to quickly gather on the slide, and at the same time, the Suanzao army also stepped up reinforcements to the slide.If the enemy cavalry comes south on a large scale, the damage to Henan will be great, and it may even directly threaten the safety of the frontline army.

At the same time, he also ordered Xie Ai in Fangtou to give Xie Ai more power to act cheaply.After the ministries made adjustments, Shen Zhezi anxiously waited for news feedback in Suanzao, but the slippery platform had not yet received the latest news. Instead, news came from Chen Liu's direction: Chen Guang was defeated by the counterattack of the ministries. Guang's Han Huang's department is heading north urgently at the moment.

"God help me too!"

After hearing the news, Shen Zhezi was very pleasantly surprised. First, he ordered Han Huang to go to the sliding platform quickly, and then ordered the rest of the army to launch a general attack on Li Yang immediately, regardless of the enemy's movements downstream!

(End of this chapter)