Kai Fu Han

Chapter 604 Going to Hangzhou

The success rate of forcible use on comatose wounded people will be higher than when they are awake, but it cannot be guaranteed to be [-]%. Cui Wu still asked the medical staff of the special operations battalion to temporarily wake them up, even if he recited the oath silently in his heart, he recited the oath.

The final result was quite gratifying. All ten people successfully received the Fa, and their faces immediately looked much better.

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After receiving Liu Xinqi's order, Sun Li and Liu Xin both immediately led their troops and began to move south.

At the same time, the three fleets at sea also began to move south, preparing to intercept the ships heading north from Nan Zhao in the waters south of Yuzhou Island.

To the south of Qushan is Muyang. When Sun Li led the third brigade to arrive, all the defenders and officials of Muyang had fled. The city gate was wide open, and only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people were left standing outside the city gate. Welcome the troops of Xinghan Alliance.

It is estimated that these old, weak, sick and disabled are all locals who are reluctant to leave their hometown and wander away, or have no way of living away from their hometown.

One battalion was left behind to reorganize Muyang City, but Sun Li did not stop and led his army to continue southward.

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Liu Xinjun marched along the coastline and only met up with the third brigade when he crossed Mushui.

In the villages and towns I encountered along the way, almost no one dared to resist.

Haizhou is too close to the Xinghan League. I have heard and seen how powerful the Xinghan League is. From the common people at the bottom to the officials and gentry at the top, no one dares to resist.

But all success ends with the Lianshui Army.

After Han Zhong withdrew his troops and went south, he stopped at Lianshui Army.

Lianshui City is located in the north of Huai River, which can be said to be the gateway to the south of Huainan East Road.

The Yellow River diverted the Huai River into the sea, causing the water level in the lower reaches of the Huai River to increase significantly. Lianshui City, which was originally still some distance away from the Huai River, became a city directly adjacent to the water.

Moreover, due to the huge increase in the water volume of the Huaihe River, the moat of Lianshui City has also become much deeper. After Han Zhong simply widened it, the moat became a giant moat seventy feet wide and three feet deep at its deepest point.

This is what Han Zhong dared to stop.

"There are 6000 defenders in Lianshui City, all of whom are elites of the Forbidden Army. Han Zhong has very high requirements for soldiers. The quality of his soldiers is only a little worse than those of our Xinghan League." The spy who was listening asked the two brigade soldiers Changhui reports.

Looking at the Lianshui City surrounded by a wide moat in front of him, Liu Xinjun felt a little numb. It was impossible to fill the river. Under the attack of the defenders' arrows, catapults and other long-range weapons, if he wanted to fill in a few siege roads, at least It takes five or six days, which is too slow.

"We can actually bypass Lianshui City and continue south. The navy at sea will be responsible for the supply. There is no need to worry at all." Liu Xinjun suggested.

"No, there are still more than 20 forbidden troops in the south. If we bypass Lianshui City and put Han Zhong's troops behind us, we will definitely be attacked from both sides by the Jin Army and Han Zhong in the end." Sun Li disagreed: "We originally There are only a few people. If we are attacked again and defeated, it will be an unprecedented shame for the Xinghan Alliance."

Since the Xinghan League was established, it has never been defeated in an organized battle.

The longer the winning streak lasts, the greater the pressure on each general. No one wants to be the first to be defeated.

"Then we can only ask the navy for help and ask them to send ships to assist in the siege." Liu Xinjun said.

Both of them were very helpless. In fact, they didn't want the navy to help with anything other than the navy to help deliver supplies, otherwise the army would appear to be incompetent.

Now in the outer sea, Nan Zhao is entangled with [-] sea-going ships (two hundred ships left on their own when Hangzhou was out of supplies). The navy is already under great pressure, and they are also allowed to enter the Huai River to help attack the city.So shameful.

"If you think about it again, there will definitely be a way." Sun Li still did not agree to Liu Xinjun's proposal.

"Is it possible for Han Zhong to persuade him to surrender?" Liu Xinjun thought of a new idea to defeat the enemy.

"You can tell by the name. He must be very loyal to Nan Zhao." Sun Li didn't know much about Han Zhong, Hu Qia said.

"As you said, we in Liujiabao once had an uncle named Liu Zhiyi. His name was full of wisdom and perseverance, but he had no wisdom at all and no perseverance at all." Liu Xinjun retorted.

"This Han Zhong is indeed a very loyal general to Southern Zhao. When the Jin Kingdom's East Route Army attacked Zhao, Southern Zhao was at the end of its rope. It was Han Zhong who turned the tide and gave Southern Zhao a chance to breathe." The spy introduced: "After his meritorious service, the Emperor of Southern Zhao began to trust officials who were inclined to seek peace for his own sake. Most of Han Zhong's military power was taken away. He did not complain at all about this unfair treatment and was still diligent and diligent. to serve Southern Zhao."

Both Liu Xinjun and Sun Li had heard the first half of this story. It was a classic combat case, but the second half was the first time they heard it.

"It's a pity that such a good general was betrayed secretly." Sun Li sighed.

"The problem of vision and loyalty to the emperor are serious." Liu Xinjun commented.

Neither of them realized that they were also blindly loyal to the Xinghan League, no worse than Han Zhong.

After looking at Lianshui City in the distance, Sun Li finally made up his mind: "Don't bother the navy, we will directly bombard, then set up a pontoon bridge, attack the city gate, and storm!"

Liu Xinjun thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

The most wasteful ammunition in a strong attack has the most casualties.However, the navy's current enemies are so powerful that they really shouldn't cause trouble to the navy.

On the [-]th day of leap April, at noon, the first storm began.

The heavy artillery of the two brigades gathered together and blasted at the north gate of Lianshui City.The gate tower of Lianshui City could not withstand such an intensity of bombardment. It collapsed on the city gate in the second round, and then suffered two more rounds, and even the city gate collapsed.

Sun Li could see from the telescope that during the first round of heavy artillery bombardment, the defenders could still be seen on the wall near the city gate. When the second round began, all the defenders had withdrawn.

"Are we going to withdraw?" Sun Li looked to both sides again. The defenders on the walls on both sides of the city gate were still there: "We are not withdrawing, let's start."

The pontoon boats of the two brigades were gathered together. After the pontoon bridge was built on the shore, hundreds of soldiers carried it from both sides and began to enter the water.

There were no people in front to rush across the river to pull the bridge, so the erection of the pontoon bridge tested the ability of the commanders.

The front of the pontoon bridge entered the water, and soldiers immediately stood at the head of the bridge. They protected some people holding oars with large shields. They used the oars to paddle the water to adjust the direction and keep the pontoon bridge moving straight towards the north gate of Lianshui City.

Whoosh!Boom!
Stones were thrown from the city and hit the lucky boat. A soldier holding a shield was more unlucky and was hit by a flying stone and died on the spot.

"Be careful about fire!!" the person directing the bridge erection warned loudly.

Sure enough, what was thrown in the second wave was not rocks, but ignited oil tanks.

The pontoon is made of wood and is very flammable after being stained with oil, and water cannot extinguish oil fires.

(End of this chapter)