Chapter 1045 You have a good idea and I have a wall ladder
In the first year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen, the governor of Jingzhou, ordered embankments to be built along Jiangling City to protect the cultivated land north of the Jingjiang River and south of the Han River, as well as to prevent floods in the cities.
After that, as Yunmengze continued to change, successive dynasties also continued to build more buildings, and now it has a scale of more than 200 miles.
This section of the embankment is called "Jingjiang Embankment".
People all over the world can spend hundreds or more than a thousand years fighting against the disasters brought by big rivers.
Lu Xiaoyou was leading his troops on the embankment of Jingjiang River.
It was getting dark, and he was worried that he would arrive at the Shashi Town Pier too early for the Yuan army to see what was true, and he was also worried that he would arrive too late and not have time to support Jiang Cai.
They both hoped that the next rain would delay the Yuan army's offensive, but were also worried that they would not be able to complete their bluff plan after the rain.
Finally, a probing horse came running back from the front.
At the same time, there were also detective horses from the Yuan army who were trying to find out the strength of the Tang army on the outer ring line of the Tang army's front.
"Shoot them!" Lu Xiaoyou ordered without hesitation.
He has a somewhat dull and gentle personality, so Li Xia specially taught him that he must be decisive when making decisions for a general. Even making a wrong decision is better than not making a decision at all.
After giving the order, he immediately put aside his previous worries and continued to give orders.
"Kill up! Attack the enemy's formation!"
"Kill the prisoners!"
The Jingjiang Embankment is different from other places. It has both the flat plains and the turbulent waves of the Yangtze River. Horses gallop here, half plain and half river, endless as far as the eye can see, you can directly see the horizon.
The knights ran to the west, and the river flowed to the east. The wind roared in the river, covering up all other sounds.
This gives them the illusion of being extremely fast.
At first they were not used to it and were scared, but gradually, this high-speed sprint made them more and more excited.
"ah!"
"Kill!"
Looking at this scene, the Yuan army's detective horses in the distance also felt that the oncoming Tang army was frighteningly fast. The feeling of collision hit their faces. They were so frightened that they quickly reined in their horses and ran back.
"Tang Jun is here..."
The east side of Shashi Town Pier is no longer the main attack direction of the Yuan army, but it is still surrounded by Yuan troops and is outside the artillery range.
These soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty felt the panic when the detective horses ran back, and when they saw the momentum of the Tang army from a distance, many of them subconsciously reined in their horses and retreated to the west.
The artillery boat that was clumsily moving up the Shuo River on the river turned around.
"boom!"
The cannonball smashed into the flesh and blood of three or five Yuan army cavalry, and smashed into the soil beside Jiangzhu. It did not bounce up again to cause a greater impact.
However, the Yuan army still had to slow down its offensive on the Shashi Town Pier and instead used more troops to reinforce the east side to prevent the Tang army from converging with the reinforcements...
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"It's coming! It's coming! The reinforcements are coming... Our reinforcements are coming!"
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, who had a good view on the river boat, shouted, which greatly boosted their morale at this critical moment before nightfall.
Finally, when the sky darkened, the Yuan army on the opposite side finally retreated.
Jiang Cai thrust the big flag in his hand into the mud with all his strength, his hands shaking violently.
He was wet all over, with blood, sweat, rainwater, and Yangtze River water, because his defense line had retreated to the Yangtze River, and the river water lapped on the shore, and the splashes kept touching him.
His body was soaked in wet clothes, but Jiang Cai was very thirsty, because he had to constantly direct the battle, and nervousness would also make his mouth dry.
He held on for another day.
The reinforcements arrived earlier than expected. Jiang Cai looked back, but did not see any warships approaching on the river.
"Where are the reinforcements?"
"General, the reinforcements came up from Jingjiang on horseback."
Jiang Cai vaguely understood something. He summoned a confidant and whispered in his ear: "You take a boat down the river and contact the reinforcements."
"General, don't worry..."
After giving the order, Jiang Cai ignored the pain on his body and staggered towards the people on the dock.
Because of the war, these people were so frightened and panicked that they trampled and pushed many people into the river to death. At this time, many people were kneeling on the dock and crying.
Jiang Cai is familiar with this scene. His hometown is in Huaixi, a place that has long been ruined by the Mongolian army.
So he understood some truths earlier than others.
"Stop crying!"
As a military general, Jiang Cai would not comfort the people like some civil servants did, but would shout loudly and sternly.
"What's the use of crying? Can you cry to drive away the Mongols? Get up all the men. If you can't kill the enemy, you can still do some work. Since our reinforcements are here, we will defeat the enemy in these few days..."
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The boat going down the river stopped at the shore. The Tang soldiers who jumped out of the boat looked up and found that the reinforcement tent was not difficult to find. There were already clusters of campfires lit along the Jingjiang embankment.
At the same time, the reinforcements also attached great importance to camp defense. There were many scout horses running around the barracks, and soon someone discovered the small boat.
"who?!"
"By order of General Jiang, I have something important to report..."
Soon, Lu Xiaoyou met the Tang soldier and chatted for a few words. The words Jiang Cai brought were both gratifying and worrying.
"General Jiang knows that if General Lu can come to reinforcements so quickly, he must only have a small number of cavalry, so he will cooperate with General Lu to prepare for the arrival of large reinforcements."
Lu Xiaoyou asked back: "General Jiang can tell now?"
"After all, General Jiang knows how many cavalry your Majesty brings."
Lu Xiaoyou felt a little relieved and said to himself: "The main force will arrive in these three to five days. Hold on..."
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In the Yuan army camp, a general stood on the lookout and could see to the east that fires were lighting up the Jingjiang embankment, stretching to the end of his sight.
Liu Guojie could probably deduce the number of enemy troops just by looking at the firelight, and said: "If Li Xia has five thousand cavalry, he can't be stopped even if he blocks the river."
"The manager asked us to find out more about it before we talk."
"Yes, we fought only for a short time in the evening. How many Tang troops came and I don't know if Li Xia was among them."
"It looks like we need to wait a few days before fighting again."
There are indeed many soldiers in the Yuan army who are sick. I thought that some minor illnesses would not affect them before we captured the dock. Now that I am frustrated, I will inevitably become concerned about them.
For these northerners, Gangneung is too humid and humid, making people always feel sticky and irritable even if they are not sick.
Before I could get an answer, I heard a thunderous sound and the rain started to fall again.
Several Yuan army generals cursed and left quickly, but Liu Guojie waited in the rain for a while and saw the fire gradually extinguishing on the Jinghu embankment in the distance.
He walked down the observation deck, sniffed, and then sniffed harder...
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As reinforcements from the Tang Army arrived, the Yuan Army had no idea what was true and had to slow down its offensive.
The next day, the Yuan army began to send a large number of scout horses to the east to investigate to prevent Li Xia from bypassing Jiangling and escaping, which would make the battle meaningless.
It must be said that Ali Hague was very lucky. When he suffered a slight setback in attacking the sand town dock, he saw new fighter planes.
On the night of February 11th, he summoned various generals to discuss matters in the military tent.
Ali Hague was also a Uighur from Gaochang. Unlike Lian Xixian, who was born into a noble family in Gaochang, Ali Hague was poor since he was a child, but he was a very ambitious man. He was determined to get ahead at a very young age and did not want to work at home.
He became educated and literate, and later defected to the Mongolian generals, and was gradually recommended to Kublai Khan's Qixue army.
Suwei was born and was proficient in literature, so he was easily promoted. After Kublai Khan began to depose the princes and implement the policy of relocation, Ali Hague was reused.
He was ambitious and capable of fighting, but he was also greedy for money. Not long after entering the Song Dynasty, there were already several boxes in the big tent, filled with gold and silver treasures...
During the meeting that night, there was an official from the Song Dynasty standing in the big tent. He was wearing a red official robe and his rank was not low.
"They're all here."
When Ali Hague saw the people gathered, he said: "Have you found out? Is Li Xia's main force here?"
"It's not clear yet. It's raining today, so it's hard to find out about the horse." Liu Guojie responded, his voice booming.
Liu Guojie's ancestors were Jurchens who waded through the black waters of the White Mountains, but in his generation, the wind and rain on the Yangtze River can still catch wind and cold.
"It's raining? Do you want to rest for a few more days to recuperate?" Ali Hague asked, "If the dock is not captured, when Li Xia arrives and the ships pass up the Yangtze River, can you touch it?!"
Liu Guojie sniffed again, indicating that he knew he was wrong.
Ali Haiya stood up, glanced at the generals coldly, and said: "A Nang is so damned, each one is more delicate than the women of Song Dynasty. Can you still fight well?"
"Yes!" Liu Guojie glanced at Ali Hague's neat armor and replied, "We will sneak attack the Shashi Town Pier tonight!"
"What's the use of a sneak attack on the dock? The Tang army has reinforcements and its morale is high. Your horses can't run away at night, but they can shoot arrows on the ship."
"What does the manager mean?"
Ali Hague turned his head, pointed at the Song official standing in the tent, and said in Chinese: "Tell me."
"yes."
The official looked a little lonely. He turned around and glanced at the room full of General Meng Yuan. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
Sighing helplessly, he glanced at the scimitar on Ali Hague's waist, and then looked at a box of treasures in the tent.
He only had these two simple choices: be slashed by the scimitar, or hold the treasure and become a minister of the Yuan Dynasty.
"The lower official was Chen Yi, the prefect of Jiangling. Because the rebels attacked Jiangling, he withdrew from Jiangling before the city was broken. He temporarily took refuge in the Wormwood Temple on the shore of Long Lake..."
Liu Guojie understood Chinese and knew that Ali Hague had kidnapped the Song official when he was bypassing the Long Lake.
Chen Yi said a few more words, and the generals in the tent couldn't help but feel refreshed.
"If you generals want to capture Jiangling City, it will be easy."
"How to attack?"
"When the rebels attacked Jiangling, they bombarded the city with artillery, leaving a large number of cracks in the city wall. At that time, Xiaguan only repaired them on the surface, which was not visible from the outside. In fact, they could be penetrated easily..."
Liu Guojie took a few steps and looked at a map on the table.
It was a temporary map of Jiangling City, marking several gaps in the city wall, as well as the locations of various barracks and watchtowers in the city.
He even drew up a route for a sneak attack on the command office.
"Xiaguan has been in Jiangling for two years, and the rebels have only entered the city for two months. The Tang troops in the city may not know these routes, let alone deploy defenses." Chen Yi added: "There are still many former disciples of Xiaguan in the city.
To be honest, when I fled Jiangling City, I had already considered recovering Jiangling in the coming day, so I made arrangements..."
"Hahaha, you are so smart, but it's a pity that you gave us an advantage."
The generals in the tent laughed loudly and praised Chen Yi endlessly.
Ali Hague's eyes flashed, and he took two steps with the knife ambitiously.
"Li Xia's cavalry arrived early enough. Fortunately, his navy has not yet occupied the dock. Let's take Jiangling City first and seize the ships upriver. Are we still afraid that we won't be able to capture the Shashi Town dock?"
"The manager is brilliant!"
Even Liu Guojie, who was suffering from the cold, cheered up and shouted: "I will lead people to attack Jiangling. Even if I die, I will take the city for the general!"
The sound of the urn was so angry that it seemed even more decisive...