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Chapter 411 Water and Fire (5K Big Chapter, National Day Plus!)

Suiyang is the most important city along the Bian River.

The reason why Suiyang is important is because Bianshui is the main channel of water transportation. This channel is like the carotid artery of the giant Tang Dynasty. Once the Tang army in Guanzhong is cut off, it may be completely paralyzed.

As early as the Sui Dynasty, Jianghuai was already quite prosperous.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty once served as the general manager of the Jiangnan camp and was stationed in Jiangdu. He was deeply impressed by the prosperity of Jiangnan.

The Jianghuai area is becoming more and more prosperous, but the groundwater resources in the Guanzhong area are drying up.

In addition, Guanzhong has been cultivated for thousands of years at this time, and a lot of forests have been cut down, and the desertification of the land is becoming more and more serious.

However, the construction of Daxing City (later Chang'an City) in the Sui Dynasty had to support hundreds of officials and officials in Daxing. The land in Guanzhong alone was no longer enough.

Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal to transport grain and timber from the Jianghuai River to Guanzhong by land and water, which was also a practical need.

It's just that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was eager for success, started several national super-projects at the same time, and fought everywhere without sparing the people's resources. In the end, Emperor Sui II died.

Datang inherited the canal, the greatest legacy of the Sui Dynasty.

Originally, to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Guanzhong, you only need to load and unload from the Yangzhou wharf, go north along the Huai River, go west from Xuyi, and go directly to Chang'an by taking the Tongji Canal dug in the Sui Dynasty.

Now Tongji Canal has been renamed Bianshui, and Suiyang is the most dangerous section along Bianshui.

If Suiyang fell into the hands of the puppet Yan, then Datang would have no way to extract taxes from Jianghuai to support the counter-insurgency war in Guanzhong.

With an army of 10,000+ Puppet Yan, I thought it would be easy to take down the small Suiyang.

Unexpectedly, the puppet Yan army was blocked by Zhang Xun in Suiyang for eight months!

In the first seven months of these eight months, Zhang Xun was even able to take the initiative to maintain the water transportation of the Bian River and obtain supplies from the Jianghuai River from the Bian River.

But after Yin Ziqi took full control of this army, the puppet Yan army finally exerted its full strength and compressed the front line to the city of Suiyang.

Now that Zhang Xun was unable to receive supplies from the Bianhe River, the puppet Yan army controlled the Bianhe River and cut off the Bianhe Water Transport that had been transfusing blood to Fengxiang Mansion since the beginning of the war.

It's just a pity that Yin Ziqi's movements were still a little slow.

In the battle of Xiangji Temple, the Tang army regained Chang'an, and the puppet Emperor An Qingxu gave up Luoyang and fled to Hedong.

Now Cui Youqian leads the last troops of Puppet Yan in Guanzhong to confront Guo Ziyi in Shanxia.

If the Tang army wins again in this battle, the Tang army will be able to take advantage of the situation to regain Luoyang.

If Luoyang is recovered, Yin Ziqi's 10,000+ army will be embarrassing.

The Tang army in Luoyang and the Tang army in Jianghuai can form a pincer attack on Yin Ziqi's troops stationed in Henan (the area south of the Yellow River in Henan and Shandong provinces and the north of the Huaihe River in Henan, Jiangsu, and Anhui provinces).

At that time, Yin Ziqi might have to flee back to Hedong in a hurry.

In the big camp outside Suiyang City, the puppet general Yan looked at Suiyang City, and hated Zhang Xun who was guarding the city even more!

If it weren't for this tough bone!Cut off the lifeline of Datang's water transportation as soon as possible, and the situation will not collapse to this point!
At this moment, a barbarian knight rushed into Yin Ziqi's account.

Yin Ziqi looked up, and it was his confidant and beloved general Tong Luobida who came in.

Tongluobida was the leader of the Tongluo people in the army led by Yin Ziqi, and also Yin Ziqi's cavalry general.

He cupped his hands with Robida and said, "Commander, the two armies of Suiyang and Pengcheng are dispatched at the same time, and they are coming towards Suiyang!"

Yin Ziqi was taken aback for a moment, then shouted, "Impossible!"

Yin Ziqi paced back and forth in the tent: "Xu Shuji and He Lan Jinming are at odds, and they are afraid that the other party will swallow up their territory."

"Xu Shuji is greedy, He Lanjinming is jealous, we have besieged Suiyang for so long, and they didn't help him."

"Why is Suiyang City about to be destroyed, and they want to take the risk of sending troops?"

Tong Luobida said with a bitter face: "Commander, the army of Suiyang in Pengcheng has merged into one and came to Suiyang along the Bian River. The scouts have been interrogated by the subordinates. The news is true!"

Yin Ziqi sat down on the bed.

Don't look at Yin Ziqi leading an army of 10,000+ to besiege Suiyang, it seems that the odds of victory are overwhelming.

Suiyang city had run out of food, but Yin Ziqi's army was about to run out of food.

After the defeat of Xiangji Temple, even the puppet Emperor An Qingxu fled Luoyang without confidence in the battle.

However, the food and grass consumed by the 10,000+ army is also a huge amount every day.

Originally, the food and grass for the army were provided by Luoyang. Datang built several huge granaries near Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Because Luoyang was lost too quickly, all these granaries fell into the hands of false Yan.

This is the grain and grass that the Tang Dynasty has accumulated for several years in the prosperous age. It is also because of these granaries that the army of the puppet Yan can fight the Tang Dynasty for so long.

Otherwise, how can we support the Central Plains War just by relying on the food in the east of the river.

However, with the squandering of the puppet Yan court, coupled with the consumption of continuous use of troops.

From An Lushan to An Qingxu, they will only fight and will not develop, and Luoyang's granary will also bottom out.

At the beginning, Yin Ziqi's army had enough food and grass, but after several battles, the number of food ships from Luoyang became less and less.

Yin Ziqi had no choice but to order the troops to plunder on the spot.

But the situation in Henan Province is corrupt, and the common people have no food left in their homes!
Now the entire Henan Province has been almost robbed, and the people of Henan Province hate the puppet Yan army to the bone. If Suiyang is not captured again, this army may also disperse.

Yin Ziqi couldn't imagine why that idiot An Shouzhong could even lose Chang'an?
Yin Ziqi also thought about retreating and returned to Hedong with an army of 10,000+.

But it's too late now, the army has long had rumors about losing Chang'an, and now if they give up Suiyang, which has been besieged for eight months, the army still doesn't know what kind of rumors will spread.

At that time, I am afraid that the army will be defeated just after retreating. At that time, when I return to Hedong, I am afraid that An Qingxu will also be punished.

For the current plan, I am afraid that the only way to bite the bullet is to capture Suiyang.

If it doesn't work, just surrender to Datang?

As soon as this idea popped up, Yin Ziqi couldn't help daydreaming.

Can't surrender now!

If he surrenders now, Tang Jun will definitely order himself to hand over the army. Wouldn't it be like fish on the chopping board?
If you want to surrender, you have to wait until you capture Suiyang!

At that time, I held the main road of water transportation and had a large army in my hand, so I asked the Tang court for a key Jiedu envoy to submit to me again, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would definitely agree.

At that time, with territory and military power in his hands, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had no way to cunning and die, and he could still keep Yin Ziqi's glory and wealth.

Thinking of this, Yin Ziqi said to Tong Luobida: "How about the thing you were asked to do?"

It was only when Robida remembered Yin Ziqi's previous military order that he said hastily:
"I've captured all the civilians outside Suiyang City who didn't escape, and now they're all tied up behind the barracks. Is the commander really going to do this?"

Yin Ziqi frowned and said, "Is this the time for women to be benevolent? Drive these people to the front of Suiyang City and shout to the defenders in the city. If they don't open the city gate, don't blame me for shooting these people!"

Tong Luobida took the order, but he also felt a little uncomfortable with Yin Ziqi's decision.

The Tongluo family is a tribe among the Tiele people. They were attached to the Tang Dynasty from the grassland during the Kaiyuan period, and were incorporated into the Anlu Mountain.

Even for the Tiele people on the prairie, old people and women were rarely slaughtered in wars between tribes.

Yin Ziqi used the people outside the city to threaten the defenders in the city. This kind of behavior is indeed a bit embarrassing.

But the subsequent development greatly exceeded the expectations of Tong Luobida and Yin Ziqi.

The old people, women and children arrested outside the city were driven by the puppet Yan army to the front of the city wall of Suiyang.

There were bursts of weeping on the city wall.

Suiyang City is not big, and the defenders are all young men selected by Zhang Xun from nearby.

And these people outside the city are the parents, wives and children of the guards.

Seeing their parents, wives and children being chased away by the rebels and about to die from random arrows, the defenders on the city wall could only cry.

But what the puppet Yan army did not expect was that an old man among the driven people suddenly straightened his back and shouted to the city wall:
"Da Lang! Don't cry like a little girl! Your mother and sister died at the hands of the rebels. Father, I don't want to live anymore!"

"If you can't defend Suiyang City, then you will not see me and my ancestors under the Nine Springs!"

After saying this, the old man actually picked up the stone on the ground and smashed it hard on the head.

All I saw was blood and brains splashing out, and a miserable howl came from the city wall: "Father!"

After the old man committed suicide, several people in the civilian team shouted at the city wall and committed suicide.

Some civilians rushed back to the rebels and were killed by the rebels' weapons.

There were constant cries on the city wall, and the painful cries were mixed with outright hatred for the rebels.

The so-called sad soldiers must win, Yin Ziqi saw that his strategy failed to make the Suiyang defenders yield, but made them more determined to defend the city.

On the contrary, the morale of the rebels who were on the killing side was even lower.

Yin Ziqi sighed and had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

In this way, Suiyang won another day.

Zhang Wuze led the army westward along the Bian River, marching all the way to Suiyang.

The closer he got to Suiyang, the more restless Nan Jiyun became.

I don't know what happened to Suiyang?I don't know if Zhang Shuai can wait until he comes back.

In contrast, Zhang Wu was much more relaxed.

Finally, at a distance of [-] kilometers from Suiyang, the troops learned that Suiyang City had not yet fallen.

Now Nan Jiyun finally relaxed a bit, he rushed into Zhang Wu's tent, ready to ask for a fight.

But Zhang Wu looked at the map on the battlefield and said to Nan Jiyun: "General Nan, wait a moment, the time to defeat the enemy is tonight!"

"General, please rest and recuperate first, and wait for my order before attacking!"

Nan Jiyun had no choice but to take the soldiers to camp to rest, while Zhang Wu looked at the continuous camp near the Bian River.

Suiyang City is an important node of the Datang Water Transport.

The most important purpose of Yin Ziqi's attack on Suiyang was to cut off the water transportation.

When Yin Ziqi besieged the city at the beginning, because he failed to cut off the Bian River water transport, the Suiyang defenders were able to supply food through the river, which lasted for eight months.

In order to completely control the Bianshui, Yin Ziqi ordered to collect all the ships near Suiyang City, and sank them all into the Bianshui.

In this way, the water transport ships of the Jianghuai River cannot deliver food to Suiyang City through the Bian River.

This month's siege has cut off food in Suiyang City, and the defenders are finally about to lose their hold.

Yin Ziqi's camp was naturally located on the edge of Bianshui, so as to monitor the dynamics of Bianshui.

On the other hand, Yin Ziqi's army also had to pass through Bianshui to obtain food supplies from Luoyang.

The grain is loaded onto water transport boats at the wharf in Luoyang, and goes directly downstream along the Bian River. After passing through Bianzhou (Kaifeng), it can be sent to Suiyang.

Yin Ziqi built a wharf by the Bian River, and built a camp around the wharf.

The waterway from Suiyang to the downstream has been blocked by Yin Ziqi with sunken ships, so Yin Ziqi is not afraid of Jianghuai ships and boats going up the river.

With the camp at the wharf as the core, Yin Ziqi continued to expand the scope of the camp.

Gradually, Yin Ziqi's camp controlled all the passages in Suiyang City, and thus trapped Suiyang City to death.

With such a steady fighting method, even a master defender like Zhang Xun could only watch Suiyang City being trapped to death bit by bit.

As for the army coming from Linhuai, the threat to Yin Ziqi's army was actually not that great.

Although there were a large army of [-], Yin Ziqi's camp was strong, and the Tang army would definitely not be able to attack it in a short period of time.

As long as Suiyang is besieged for another ten days, the defenders in the city will definitely not be able to hold on.

As long as Suiyang is captured and the strong camp outside the city is added, the 10,000 troops will not be able to threaten Yin Ziqi's [-]+ troops at all.

Yin Ziqi adjusted his mentality, continued to besiege Suiyang City, and let the army stick to the camp, resolutely not going out to fight Zhang Wu's [-] troops.

However, Zhang Wu's army stopped suddenly when it was more than ten miles away from Suiyang, and it seemed that they had no intention of attacking Yin Ziqi in a hurry.

Yin Ziqi thought to himself, sure enough, Xu Shuji and He Lan Jinming were just there to show off to the Tang court, as long as Suiyang City was destroyed, they would definitely retreat.

After figuring this out, Yin Ziqi finally felt relieved. It seemed that Tang Jun's rescue this time was just a pretense.

Just as night was about to fall, a grain boat sailed into the wharf of Yin Ziqi's camp.

The grain supervisor under Yin Ziqi looked at the grain unloaded from the water transport ship, and said dissatisfiedly to the officer escorting the grain:

"Why is there only one grain ship? Shouldn't there be five grain ships today?"

The officer escorting the grain ship said with a smile: "The ship behind has run aground and blocked the river. Now I have asked the tracker to pull it, and it will arrive at night."

The food supervisor scolded: "I have to stay on guard until the night! Why is the food ship always blocked these days?"

The officer in charge of the food said: "Isn't it true that the people in the upper reaches of Suiyang also followed Yin Shuai's sinking boat? They sank their boats into the Bian River in order to block our army's food transportation."

"However, the boats of these people are small, and they can't block the water transportation of Bianshui. You only need to find a few trackers to pull them out."

The food supervisor was silent. He knew that he was unpopular as a rebel, but he didn't expect to be so unpopular.

For these people along the river, the boat is their tool of survival.

The people who make their living by water transport love their boats just as farmers love their cattle.

Unexpectedly, these people sank their own boats to the bottom of the water in order to prevent the army from transporting food.

The determination of the people in Henan to fight against the fake swallows made the food supervisors feel chills.

The officer in charge of the food said: "Don't complain, you have to wait for the boat, and I have to wait for the boat, too. I am also waiting to finish this job quickly and return to Luoyang."

After inspecting the camp, Yin Ziqi finally returned to the main tent of the Chinese army.

Today is another day of futility. Yin Ziqi admires the will of the Suiyang defenders. Zhang Xun still guards the city of Suiyang tightly even though they have been out of food for so many days.

I heard that cannibalism has started in Suiyang city, Yin Ziqi counted the days, and given him ten more days, he will definitely be able to take down Suiyang.

As long as Suiyang is occupied, Yin Ziqi can advance, attack, retreat or defend.

If Puppet Yan recovers, he will still be a general of the Puppet Yan court.

If the puppet Yan battle fails, then Yin Ziqi can rely on the army in his hand and the occupied Suiyang as a condition to ask the Tang court for a position as Jiedushi.

Just take Suiyang City!
On the pier, lights finally appeared on Bianshui.

The food security officer said with a smile: "Look, I said it will arrive soon, right?"

Yin Ziqi's food supervisor spit out a mouthful of phlegm and said, "It's getting dark!"

"It's good that the food can be transported, let the brothers go to the pier to move the food!"

The food escort officer suddenly covered his stomach and said, "Oh, no, my stomach hurts!"

The food supervisor said with distaste: "You are dragged into the Bianshui, that's how the brothers solve it."

But the grain escort said: "No, no, I have a problem. Others can't pull it out. I'll go to the grass to deal with it."

After finishing speaking, the grain escort officer ran down the pier and rushed into the grass in the distance.

The food supervisor scolded and said, "It's the lazy donkey that grinds so much shit!"

"Let the brothers all go to the pier, it's already so late, hurry up and unload the food and go back to sleep!"

The soldiers responsible for loading and unloading the grain all walked onto the pier, only to see a ship floating into the port.

The food supervisor was a little strange, didn't he say that there were four ships behind?Why only one came?
And why is it so dark on this boat, where is the person who sailed the boat?

It was convenient for the grain escort officer from Luoyang to run into the grass, and it was not easy for the grain supervisor to catch him in the grass and ask him.

Maybe the other boats are still behind?
After the dark water transport ship docked, the soldiers who unloaded the food had just boarded the ship.

With a loud bang, the water transport ship exploded at the pier!

Before the food supervisor could react, the iron nails contained in the explosive barrel flew out, beating him into a hedgehog.

The soldiers who boarded the water transport ship were even more miserable, they were blown to pieces.

The puppet Yan soldiers on the pier were bombed to death and fled.

The grain guard from Luoyang walked out of the grass with a smile.

He boarded the blown-off pier and watched as three water tankers filled with rosin and oil were set ablaze.

The officer in charge of food was Shan Tao, an inner guard player who sneaked into Luoyang.

Shan Tao looked at the blazing tanker, plunged into the water, and swam upstream against the river.

The burning water tanker crashed into the dock along the current.

That night, the flames soared into the sky!
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