Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 728 Jiangdu Defense Battle

Liuhe, Chushui.

Chen Leng led [-] soldiers and horses to station near the river and built fences.

Du Fuwei and Chen Leng faced each other across the river. At this time, his more than [-] soldiers and horses had [-] soldiers and horses in addition to the thousands of soldiers and horses left behind in Liyang, Wujiang, Quanjiao, and Qinghe counties.

"Chen Ling wants to use Jiang to stop me!"

Kan Leng looked at Sui Jun on the other side and said.

Du Fuwei pointed to the Chuhe River, "You want to stop my army with such a shallow river?" He conquered in Sui and Luocheng, crossed countless rivers, and even crossed the sea. Bohai Bay, which one is not wider and deeper than this river.

"Under the festival, in the dry season of winter, the water surface of the Chu River in front of us is about twenty feet wide, and the depth is about one person deep."

"Unexpectedly, this small river is quite deep." Du Fuwei was a little surprised when he heard the report from the explorer. The depth was one person deep, so it was impossible to cross the river directly.

"Under the festival, this is just a tributary of the Chu River. We can go north along the river. It won't be too far. The river section in the north is narrower and shallower, so we can cross the river directly."

The Chu River originates from the mountainous area to the east of Chaohu Lake, but the upper reaches are shallow, especially in winter. Therefore, when Du Fuwei and his troops left Liyang, they had already crossed the upper reaches of the Chu River. In fact, they did the same at this time. It is on the north bank of the Chu River.

It's just that in the land of the Jianghuai River, there are many rivers.

But now Chen Leng is guarding the east bank of a tributary of the Tu River.

The estuary where this tributary flows into the Chu River is still relatively deep, and it can reach a depth of more than ten feet during the spring and summer flood season.

"Then go around north and upriver and cross the river."

Chen Leng was a little disappointed to see that Du Fuwei did not directly cross the river to attack.

But there is no other way but to continue to move out of camp and follow across the river. This is also a shortcoming of the Jianghuai area, where there are many plains.Once Du Fuwei crosses the river, it will be difficult to stop him. He is going to Jiangdu, so he can go anywhere, extending in all directions.

It is almost impossible to guard a pass valley and wait for work like the north.

a few days later.

Du Fuwei finally led his army to cross the river. The river here is only about ten feet wide, and the water depth is even less than knees.

In the sound of the horn, Kan Leng held a Mo Dao, rode his horse and led a thousand Qingqi to cross the river first, and Chen Leng intercepted along the river.

The two armies fought fiercely, and Chen Leng personally sat on the front line of the river bank.

His subordinates were indeed brave, but Kan Leng was even more fierce.

Du Jun launched more than ten fierce attacks in a row, and finally Chen Lingjun couldn't resist and had to retreat steadily.

Fortunately, Chen Leng commanded the army well. Although he retreated, he did not collapse. Kan Leng's cavalry never found a breakthrough.

Du Fuwei's army successfully crossed the river. Chen Leng retreated ten miles, set up camp and went to the village, but refused to defend.

"This Chen Leng really has two tricks. He was defeated but not defeated. It's rare."

In the battle of crossing the river, Du Jun only killed more than [-] ranks of Chen Leng's troops, and took only about [-] prisoners.

"Damn it, I don't believe it, and I can't kill Chen Ling!"

Du Fuwei ordered to storm Chen Leng's camp.

As a result, although Chen Ling's camp was set up hastily after being defeated, the resistance was very tenacious, and they could not be captured even after three days of attack.

At this time, a scout came to report that several Xiaoguo troops from Jiangdu were coming to reinforce Chen Leng.

"Give Chen Ling a set of women's clothes."

So Ximen Junyi sent someone to look for women's clothes, but he only found a set of old woman's clothes, so he simply sent this set of clothes to the camp, and then called Chen Leng Grandma Chen.

After all, Chen Leng was also a dignified appeasement envoy of Huainan Road, how could he suffer such a great humiliation, all the generals in the battalion advised him to go out to fight, but Chen Leng still had to wait for the reinforcements to arrive before sending out troops.

But at this time, the supervisor in the army refused to do it.

Perhaps it was because the current situation was too chaotic, so the emperor asked Chen Leng to attack Du Fuwei this time, gave him [-] elite soldiers, and sent him a supervisor.

This supervising army is not an eunuch, but a civil servant with no experience in fighting at all.

At this time, seeing that all the generals were shouting to fight, he felt that the morale was high, so he also let Chen Leng fight.

Chen Leng had no choice but to mobilize his troops and go out of the camp to fight.

Both sides took up positions on the plain.

Kan Leng took the lead and led the Qingqi to gallop around Chen Ling's army, but did not charge.

And Du Fuwei led Danyang Daoshiun and slowly approached with the shield in his hand.

The battle formations on both sides were several miles long, and they were both thin and long formations.

As the two armies approached, first the bows and crossbows were fired, and you came and went.

Then there was a battle, with spearmen stabbing each other, swordsmen hacking, and cavalry on both sides entangled on the flanks.

The morale of Chen Ling's army was quite high, but unfortunately there were only 7000 troops left. Although Du Fuwei's army was also damaged, there were still more than [-] at this time.

In the afternoon of the battle, the light cavalry led by Kan Leng hadn't decided the victory, but Du Fuwei's sword and shield fighters had already broken through the defense line of Chen Leng's army and fell into it.

The hole in Chen Lingjun's defense line was getting bigger and bigger, and was finally torn in half.

Once the army formation is broken, they can only fight on their own. At this time, the side with a small number will no longer be able to withstand the attack of the side with a large number.

Du Fuwei held a nine-ringed broadsword, and the battle became more and more fierce. He led the army to rush forward, regardless of it, and only stared at Chen Ling's handsome flag.

But at this time, Kan Leng also defeated Chen Lengjun's Qingqi and joined the battle group.

But at this time, the supervising army started to flee. His running also drove the people around him to run. Many soldiers who were still fighting, thought they were defeated, so they also started to flee.

When the rout started, they were already powerless, and no matter how powerful the general was, it would be difficult to reorganize a rout.

Du Fuwei led his army to chase all the way to only [-] miles west of Jiangdu. In the end, Chen Leng fled back to Jiangdu with only a dozen of his own cavalry, and the [-] army was wiped out.

Du Fuwei pursued for dozens of miles, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured [-] prisoners.

The news spread back to Jiangdu, and the whole city was shocked.

People are panicked.

In the palace, when the emperor heard the news, the cup in his hand fell to the ground, and he was stunned for a long time, unable to say anything.

In the end, it was Yuan Chong who suggested to the emperor to quickly transfer the Xiaoguo army back to defend Jiangdu, and prepare for a battle to defend Jiangdu first.

For the defeated Chen Leng, the emperor did not convict him. Instead, he continued to let Chen Leng lead the defense around Jiangdu, and then sent Shen Guang to assist in the defense.

Sima Dekan, Yu Wenhua and the two were in charge of Jiangdu's city defense. At this time, Yang Guang still refused to trust and reuse Li Yuan. Instead, he felt that Yu Wenshu's son, Yu Wenhua, was more credible.

Jiangdu city.

The young supervisor Yu Wenzhiji and Ying Yanglang general Li Yuanji are discussing important matters secretly with a group of friends in a house. The people who come to discuss important matters are all friends of the two, including the internal historian Yuan Min and Hu Yalang general. Zhao Xingshu, Ying Yanglang Jiang Meng Bing, Fu Xilang Niu Fangyu, Zhichang Xu Hongren, Xue Shiliang, Chengmen Lang Tang Fengyi, Yizheng Zhang Kai, Xunshi Yang Shilan and others.

These people included the generals of the Xiaoguo Army, Chengmen Lang who was in charge of guarding the city gate, and even Fu Xilang who kept the jade seal for the emperor, as well as the imperial doctor and imperial guards beside the emperor.

"Jiangdu will definitely not be able to hold it. Even if we hold it, there will be no food. It is still a dead end. Let's run together and return to Guanzhong!"

Li Yuanji said as the leader.

"Sima Dekan and your elder brother Yuwen Dalang are serving as Jiangdu city defense right now, so we can take advantage of this opportunity to escape."

"Okay, I'll discuss with my elder brother and ask him to help contact Sima Dekan." Yu Wenzhi said.

(End of this chapter)