Turbulent Times Chapter 1193: Crossing the Fen River in Taiyuan Prefecture
The No. 1 Assassin King and Nie Xiaoyu's eyes soared with light. With their strength, even if they fight with all their strength, there will be no more than two people in the whole world who can get close without being discovered by them.
Nie Xiaoyu's final blow with all his strength put the No. 1 Killer King at a disadvantage, but still failed to hurt the No. 1 Killer King at all. distance, and then looked towards Shen Guo'er.
The No. 1 killer king ignored Nie Xiaoyu, and suddenly shouted: "Messenger of Spring and Autumn, you are courting death."
During the speech, the No. 1 Assassin King had already shot towards Shen Guoer's place, and almost at the same time as the No. 1 Assassin King moved, a long laugh came from where Shen Guoer was. The thin and short figure grabbed Shen Guoer, and drifted towards the southwest like a ghost.
This person is the Spring and Autumn Messenger who has been hiding for several years after the faction of Xianyin Sect was betrayed by Nie Xiaoyu and Wang Junlin.
Nie Xiaoyu was a little surprised to see the back of the No. 1 Assassin King catching up first. It stands to reason that the No. 1 Assassin King would not care about Shen Guo'er's life or death, unless Shen Guoer had something that the No. 1 Assassin King cared about. thing.
She remembered the trap that the No. 1 Assassin King had hidden on Shen Guo'er before, and she felt dazed, and chased after the Spring and Autumn Envoy and the No. 1 Assassin King in the direction they left.
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At the same time when Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and Li Shimin led the Li family army on the eastern battlefield, Luo Shixin in Luliang County and Xinkou County had been completely consolidated. The battle between Wu Si and Li Shentong, who led his subordinates and moved to these two counties, is imminent.
It wasn't that Li Shentong finally realized that he wanted to subdue these two counties, but that after Wang Junlin came to these two counties from the Luliang Mountain Secret Road, he immediately ordered to prepare to attack Taiyuan Mansion, which was next to Xinkou County.
The Tang King Li Yuan of Chang'an also knew about Wang Junlin's next move. Considering that the soldiers and horses of the North Route led by Li Shentong had suffered relatively large losses, Li Yuan, with the support of various powerful families, mobilized five more troops from Chang'an City. Set off and march towards Luliang County, forcing Wu Si in Luliang County not to act rashly.
Since the start of the war with the Far Eastern Army, Li Yuan has only 80,000 people left in Chang'an City. The reason why Li Yuan was able to mobilize 50,000 people is because in this short period of two months, Li Yuan formed another Fifty thousand horses.
The reason why it is so fast is because the large and small families dominated by the Dugu clan each have different numbers of guards. Two hundred, these family guards were originally elite soldiers, and Li Yuan quickly integrated them with generals and officers. After a little training, they became an elite army of 50,000 horses.
The one who led the 50,000 horses was Chai Shao, who suffered a big loss in front of Wu Si last time. This time the march was very cautious and prudent. It is impossible.
As for Luo Shixin, the territory from Xinkou County to Taiyuan Prefecture belongs to the Fen River Basin. This area is mainly dominated by river rice fields, especially within a hundred miles near Taiyuan City. The terrain is extremely unfavorable for cavalry deployment. , but on the east side of the Fen River in Luliang County, about 50 miles from north to south, and about 70 miles from east to west, there is a relatively flat saline-alkali land, which has not yet been cultivated for irrigation.
Therefore, in these areas, there is either no grass growing, or a few sparse trees dotted with weeds.
This kind of terrain can be said to be advantageous or unfavorable to the Whirlwind Battalion—this is a natural battlefield. Camp, after crossing the river, this terrain is convenient for the formation of the whirlwind camp, but the same, such a place
The shape is also convenient for the advantages of the cavalry led by Li Shentong.
Therefore, Wang Junlin and Luo Shixin expected early on that after crossing the river, there would inevitably be a fierce battle.
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In the fourteenth year of the great cause, at the end of December, Wang Junlin ordered the Military Intelligence Department, Xiaoyu Theater and other forces to launch a massive The manpower carried out some psychological warfare in Taiyuan Mansion first, and then officially launched the general attack on Taiyuan Mansion.
It's just across the Fen River, but Taiyuan Mansion is far richer than Luliang County, and it is even called the Land of Xinglong just like Guanzhong.
These days, the Far Eastern Army is not idle.
Wang Junlin mobilized a large number of craftsmen from the Yancheng Shipyard in Fanyang County. Under the protection of the Military Intelligence Office and the Fanyang Chamber of Commerce, he came to Luliang County under cover of his identity and built hundreds of warships with special functions.
Another 3,000 navy officers and soldiers were sent to bypass Youzhou and the Turkic territory, and then came to Luliang County through Mayi County and Luliang Secret Road. They formed a navy with warships built by craftsmen these days.
In the fifteenth year of Daye, on January 1st, Wang Junlin ordered this special navy to start from Luliang County and advance downstream along the west side of the Fen River away from Taiyuan.
This water army consists of 700 large ships, yellow dragon ships, black dragon ships and various civilian ships.
These boats were prepared according to the pontoon bridge plan planned by the bridge master from Fanyang County these days. They were pre-built for erecting the pontoon bridge and crossing the river. The mighty fleet sailed down the river and sailed in.
On the east side of the Fen River, there is also a navy of the Li family army, all of which are warships.
Li Shentong, commander of Li Jiajun's North Route, led Li Jiajun's most elite Beida Camp with 100,000 troops and 10,000 navy Chen Bing here.
A few days ago when Li Shentong attacked Wang Junlin's camp in Shuozhou, he lost more than 30,000 people, but these days he mobilized more than 30,000 people from Taiyuan Prefecture and other counties in Hedong, and let him regain his strength. The strength reached 100,000.
Whether it's land defense or fighting in the field, Li Shentong knows that his men are much weaker than the Far East Army, but he has full confidence in water battles.
Of course, this is because he knows very well that although the navy of the Far East Army is powerful and famous in the world, it is on the sea, and the Fen River is an inland river. May come to Fenhe.
As for the Wanshui division of the Li family army, under the auspices of Li Shentong, they practiced a lot, and their combat power is not weak.
Based on the information sent by Li Shentong to make detailed reports, the Far Eastern Army formed a navy with 3,000 troops to cross the Fen River, but Li Shentong believed that the temporary boats built by the Far Eastern Army and the The 3,000 men and horses in the army are no match for his 10,000 sailors.
As long as the navy can block the opponent, no matter how powerful the Far Eastern Army is on land, he can cause heavy losses to the Far Eastern Army and defeat the Far Eastern Army on the water.
The Li family's army has known for a long time that Wang Junlin will send troops across the river from Luliang County to attack Taiyuan Mansion in the near future, not to mention the movement of an army of 50,000 to 60,000, it is impossible to hide it. One is fully armed, the swords are drawn, and the sailors eat and sleep on the warships. As long as the trumpet sounds, thousands of warships can rush out.
However, because of successive defeats in the early stage, Li Shentong always adhered to the principle of focusing on defense. The Li family army on the east bank of the Fen River defended everywhere, but seeing that the ships of the Far East Army were of different sizes, they were very scattered. Compared with the navy of his own side, the ships that were like a miscellaneous army passed by the heart of the river, and contempt was born in his heart.
Although Li Shentong felt that something was wrong, he thought that 'soldiers will block the water and cover it with soil', so he just ordered the people below to strengthen their combat readiness and be vigilant. Then the battleship attacked.
It never occurred to them that these ships were not used for water warfare at all.
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The east and lower reaches of the Fen River, more than 30 miles away from Li Shentong's army, is Linhe County.
The chief elder of the martial arts guild, Chong Yao, and the guard of Linhe County, Huang Shixiong, stood at the top of the city. Behind them, the screams that had been heard in the city since the early morning gradually became weaker and weaker.
The county magistrate of Linhe has been locked up, and some loyal people who were loyal to the Li family were all killed. During this period, the four city gates have been closed, and nothing that happened in the city has been reported outside the city.
The worm demon secretly calculated the time, turned his head and said solemnly: "Huang Shixiong, the erection of the 100-foot-long pontoon bridge on the side of Linhe County is in charge of the soldiers from the 1,000-soldier engineer battalion that have sneaked into the nearby one after another these days. And once the pontoon bridge starts to be erected, Li Shentong will definitely find out that it is up to you at this time, as long as you can lead people to block the people sent by Li Shentong for an hour, you will have made a great contribution."
"Don't worry, Mr. Chong, the villain was originally a dead soldier trained on Snake Island, but unlike other brothers who formed a team among the people, the villain happened to become a soldier of the Li Family Army. A captain, guarding this Linhe County." Huang Shixiong took a deep breath, and said with some hesitation: "It's just that I never doubt that the prince can capture the east of the river, but it is unheard of to build a pontoon bridge on the Fen River within an hour. The next thing is..."
The worm demon smiled and said, "Huang Shixiong, with the existence of the prince and the one on Snake Island, what is the point of laying a pontoon bridge in an hour?"
What the worm demon said had no beginning or end, but Huang Shixiong's eyes flashed when he heard it, and his whole body was shocked, and he no longer had the slightest doubt in his heart.
If other people, including those who are most familiar with Fenhe River and water warfare in the world, raise such a thing, everyone will only laugh at it.
No one believes that a pontoon bridge can be laid on the Fen River within an hour by manpower.
However, if this matter was planned by the King Qin An who created countless miracles, then no one would doubt this matter.
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Back then, Nie Xiaoyu and Wang Junlin dispatched a thousand dead men from Snake Island. The fruits they planted are blooming today, and they made the first contribution in the attack on Taiyuan Mansion. The Far Eastern Army did not even make a move With one shot, Linhe City was successfully captured.
Occupying Linhe City is naturally to build a pontoon bridge on the Fen River and transport the army and grain across the Fen River.
The pontoon bridge has been erected many years ago, but it took a lot of manpower and took many days to build. Before this, there has never been a precedent for a pontoon bridge to be erected within an hour.
Although avoiding the front of the army led by Li Shentong, and starting to lay a pontoon bridge on the river facing Linhe City, which is tens of miles to the east of Li Shentong's army, Li Shentong's side also soon knew what the Far East Army was doing. , and also noticed that Linhe City had changed.
Although Li Shentong and his officers and soldiers were frightened and angry at Linhe City guard Huang Shixiong's mutiny, when they heard that the Far East Army built a pontoon bridge on the Fen River, they thought it was whimsical and child's play, and they didn't take it seriously at all.
Because of the width of the Fen River, it would take at least seven or eight days to build the pontoon bridge, and during this time their navy and army would have plenty of time to reach Linhe County and kill all the people who built the pontoon bridge at this end.
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