Turbulent Times Chapter 1675: Attack the four counties of Lianghuai

In Huaibei, Li Zitong occupies Zhongli County and Pengcheng County. In Huainan, Du Fuwei occupied Geyang County and Lujiang County.

Five years ago, Li Zitong had defected to Du Fuwei, but later mutiny seized power and almost killed Du Fuwei.

After Du Fuwei escaped from Huaibei with some of his confidantes, he managed to recruit people, accumulate his family property, and regain the land of two counties in Huainan, but since then he has forged a deadly feud with Li Zitong.

Wang Junlin originally took a fancy to Du Fuwei and wanted to take him for his own use, but Du Fuwei didn't want to be willing to be subordinated to others, not even someone like Wang Junlin. up.

Shen Guoer originally planned to assassinate Li Zitong, and then give the head to Du Fuwei, making the latter owe a great favor to the Far Eastern Army, but organized several assassination plans and failed.

There is no doubt that Li Zitong is very cautious in his actions, but it is also related to him being a top-notch master of breaking kung fu.

However, what is certain is that Li Zitong and Du Fuwei will not join forces, let alone form an alliance. If you win, no one can do anything to anyone.

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In the sixteenth year of Daye, at the end of July, Li Xuanba led 50,000 stormtrooper battalion cavalry under the order of Qin Qiong, the commander of Huai Huai, to start from the Central Plains and launch an attack on Zhongli County occupied by Li Zitong in Huaibei.

At the same time, Wei Daoer commanded 60,000 troops from the Gangdao Battalion to send troops from Danyang County to attack Geyang County in Huainan, which Du Fuwei occupied.

The Steel Sword Battalion originally had only 30,000 troops, and more than 1,000 people died in the attack on Danyang County, so more than 30,000 of them were recruited by the Yuwen family in Danyang County.

Wei Daoer only trained these 30,000 people for more than two months. Naturally, their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of the Far Eastern Army headquarters. , fast crossbows, and steel guns, and organized them to train the infantry phalanx of the Far East Army, and selected some people to set up a catapult team to operate the catapult. The overall combat effectiveness must have improved a lot compared to the original.

As for Gan Ziqi's 50,000 sailors from the Sea Lion Battalion, they waited for an opportunity to take the Grand Canal to support the Stormy Bear Battalion and the Steel Knife Battalion from the side.

Of course, at the same time as the armed attack, the special departments of the Far Eastern Army, mainly the Military Intelligence Office and the Xiaoyu Theater, also carried out ideological struggles. Huai four counties are well known.

The general content of the submission is that King An of Qin and Wang Junlin used Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's excessive lewdness, incompetence, and corruption in governance, which caused the people in the four counties of Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers to live in the heat of water. The expedition against these four counties was officially launched.

What is matched with it is that after the Far East Army occupies these four counties, the people in the four counties will be liberated, and the people in Fanyang County will be free from robbery and robbery, and will not be harmed by corrupt officials, and the fields can be planted. The Far Eastern Army's well-known excellent grains will definitely increase the harvest greatly, and so on!

Anyway, there are all kinds of good things. Under various exaggerations, ordinary people have already imagined life in Fanyang County as a paradise.

In short, the battle has not yet been fought! Most of the people in Lianghuai and four counties have been expecting the Far East Army to come and kill Li Zitong and Du Fuwei's troops, and even kill them all to save him

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To tell the truth, both Li Zitong and Du Fuwei are smart people. When the uprising started a few years ago, they looted everywhere and did not pay much attention to production. But with the example of the Far East Army, they have tried their best to imitate Fanyang County in recent years. Some of the practices, the effect is very good, and even the life of the people is much better than it was in the Sui Dynasty.

Because these two guys carried forward Wang Junlin's practice and directly copied the families of powerful families, nobles, and even big landlords on their own territory. Although the money was used by them to recruit soldiers and improve weapons and equipment, Strengthening the city did not benefit the people, but without the exploitation of these people, the life of the people is much easier.

But that's all. These two guys can live to this day, and even leave a mark in history, which is a real hero in itself.

However, they are considered top players in training troops and fighting for territory, but in terms of governing the country, although they have also gathered some literati and officials to assist the government, they are still half a bottle of water.

On the one hand, there is no talent training like Wang Junlin's Fanyang Academy, and on the other hand, there is no talent support from a powerful family.

So, the governance of the counties and counties under their command was really chaotic. The new type of nobles headed by the two generals bullied men and women, and they did a lot of things like grabbing and enclosing land.

The reason why Wang Junlin chose Qin Qiong as the commander-in-chief was not only because of Qin Qiong's military command ability, but also because he was about to establish a country. For military exploits, if Qin Qiong doesn't make enough military exploits, even he can't be directly promoted and reused.

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It was Wei Daoer who started the war first, because he started from Danyang County, which is the closest to Du Fuwei's Geyang County.

On the first day of August, Wei Daoer led 30,000 iron cavalry and 30,000 reorganized infantry from the original Yuwen family troops to the west bank of the Grand Canal and approached the city of Huowen County, Geyang County.

At this time, Du Fuwei's confidant General Pan Fenghong was guarding Huowen County. It can be said that he has rich battle experience.

Moreover, he himself was born as a captain in the army of the Sui Dynasty.

So, in all fairness, this Pan Fenghong is by no means mediocre.

In addition, Huowen County is equivalent to the border city of Du Fuwei's territory, so the city that has been built in recent years is high, thick and well-defended.

Perhaps considering that the city was not easy to attack, Wei Daoer first sent someone to persuade him to surrender, but Pan Fenghong directly beheaded the envoy sent by Wei Daoer, and threw him out of the city. Naturally, the persuasion failed.

Relying on the strength of the city, Pan Fenghong actually does not have a great sense of urgency. Although their army is not as powerful as the Far Eastern Army, they cannot defeat the Far Eastern Army in field battles, but Huainan is rich, with sufficient food, grass, and defense equipment in the city. With 30,000 defenders, even if he can't defeat Wei Dao'er, he has already made up his mind to defend the city for several months and wait for reinforcements.

And Wei Daoer was also very straightforward. He failed to persuade the surrender in the morning, and launched an attack on Huowen County in the morning. Wei Daoer personally visited the city to command the attack. The battle lasted from morning to afternoon.

At the moment of Xinshi, rely on the latest super cloud invented by the Far East Army

In the scuffle between the ladder advantage and a rain of grenades, Wei Daoer's number one general, Silly Leopard, led his men to the head of Huowen City.

This is another result of the war that Pan Fenghong and everyone under his command did not expect. The strong city that was originally thought to be able to defend for at least a few months fell under Wei Daoer's strong attack in just half a day.

When the sunset of the day turned the sky into dusk, Wei Daoer led 30,000 cavalry into the gate of Huowen County, followed by 30,000 infantry. The city is full of wolf smoke.

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On the night when Wei Daoer captured Huowen City, Qin Qiong ordered the Sea Lion Battalion to mobilize small and medium-sized warships, and 30,000 navy officers and soldiers entered the canal from the Yangtze River to the north, and advanced rapidly in the night.

For land and field battles, Du Fuwei is very clear that his men and horses are definitely not comparable to the Far East Army, but he has a certain degree of confidence in water warfare, because he annexed part of the navy of the original Sui Dynasty, and it has been very difficult in recent years. After a lot of practice, the combat power has improved significantly.

Of course, he had also heard about the strength of the navy of the Far East Army. After all, it turned out that Huang Shaoqiu had been stationed in the Yangtze River for several years and had also fought against them.

However, judging from the information Du Fuwei sent to report back, he believes that even if the 30,000 navy under his command loses to the Sea Lion Battalion of the Far Eastern Army in the end, he can still deal with the navy of the Far Eastern Army for some time At that time, there will definitely be actions from Liang Guo. After all, Xiao Ju sent envoys over and secretly signed an alliance treaty with them.

Du Fuwei and his generals have long known that the Far East Army is going to use force against them, not to mention the actions of tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to hide it. The shore has already entered a state of combat readiness, each of them is fully armed, and the swords are drawn. The navy soldiers are eating and sleeping on the warships. As long as the trumpet sounds, thousands of warships can rush out.

It's just that on this night, a mutiny took place in Baishui County, Geyang County, on the west bank of the canal.

The person in charge of the Military Intelligence Department in Huainan, Shen Guoer's confidant Huang Tao, and Baishui County's guard Zhang Qingyu stood at the top of the city, behind them the screams that started to ring out in the city from early in the morning gradually diminished.

The county magistrate of Baishui County appointed by Du Fuwei has been locked up, and some people who are loyal to Du Fuwei have all been killed. During this period, the four city gates have been closed, and nothing that happened in the city has been reported outside the city.

Huang Tao secretly calculated the time, turned his head and said solemnly: "General Zhang, although the contribution to Baishui County is not small, it is nothing among the generals of the Far East Army, let alone this time we The Far Eastern Army attacked the four counties of the Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers, and at least five county guards mutinied and sacrificed to the city. In this way, the contribution of General Zhang is even less prominent. Therefore, if General Zhang wants to stand out and make great contributions, the only way for General Zhang is to lead you. People and horses, attack the navy on the bank of the canal tonight, and help the navy of the Far East Army destroy Du Fuwei's navy in one fell swoop."

Zhang Qingyu took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Huang, I will know what to do..."

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Compared to Wei Daoer, nearly a thousand people took Huowen County, and the Military Intelligence Office made the first contribution. The Far Eastern Army successfully occupied Baishui County without firing a single shot.

The first occupation of Baishui County was naturally to further destroy Du Fuwei's 30,000 navy.