"There is a large group of elite cavalry in the Southern Dynasties hiding in the north of Huaichuan. When you attacked the city with all your strength, you were unprepared and were stabbed in the butt?"
Molihu did not wait to completely wipe out the enemies of the Southern Dynasty in Jiaopi and Chaiji before heading south.
These deserters temporarily took advantage of river bends and reed swamps to hide, but they were surrounded by Ru River, Ying River, and Huai River. They became turtles in a urn. The focus of their next strategy was to capture Huaichuan.
Huaichuan stands in Rukou to the east and is adjacent to the Huai River in the south. When Chushan City was just completed, Huaichuan was the most important land and water terminal in the upper reaches of the Huai River.
After seizing Huaichuan, the Chu army in Bianliang could advance towards Chushan and Qingyi Ridge leisurely to gnaw on the hard nut of Chushan.
Capture Huaichuan, Ruyin will become an isolated city, and Ruyin will be trapped. The Pingyan army on the east road will completely open the passage to the south to attack Shouchun.
Of course, even if the main force of Xuanwei's army was wiped out east of Jiaopi, Mo Lihu and Zhong Changqing did not think that Huaichuan City would be easily accessible.
South of Huaichuan is Huangchuan and Guangshan, where there are still three to four thousand Xuanwei troops stationed. You can quickly go north by boat along the Xiaohuang River and other rivers to reinforce Huaichuan; at the mouth of Shixi River in the southwest of Huaichuan, there is the Chushan Camp
Luoshan under their jurisdiction was garrisoned by three thousand Chushan elites who must not be underestimated. The leader was Xu Xin'an, a rising star from Tongbaishan.
To the west of Luoshan is Xinyang City, where Chushan also has troops stationed.
Considering that the Chushan elite stationed in Luoshan will be able to arrive at Huaichuan City at the earliest three poles above tomorrow after receiving the news.
At that time, it was not enough for them to just break through the city gate. They also needed to have enough soldiers and horses to control the entire city and suppress the Chushan reinforcements from landing before they could truly capture Huaichuan City.
Mo Lihu considered that Kuoti's troops were limited. As a vanguard, even if he could quickly capture one or two city gates while the defenders were in panic and confusion, he still would not be able to control the entire city before dawn tomorrow.
Therefore, after the Xuanwei Army's organized resistance in Jiaopi and Chaiji was defeated, Molihu left more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry to garrison Jiaopi, Chaiji and other camps so that he could continue to encircle and defeat the defeated troops the next day.
After a short rest, the other troops and horses divided into two groups and headed south overnight before dusk, heading towards Huaichuan City.
Mo Lihu never thought that he and Zhong Changqing led more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry. When they were still thirty miles away from Huaichuan City, they encountered a forward messenger who hurriedly came to report that Kuo Ti not only failed to attack Huaichuan City, but also called a group of soldiers.
A cavalry raid that suddenly appeared north of Huaichuan was defeated.
Not only did Kuo Ti's troops lose three to four hundred men, but Kuo Ti himself was caught off guard and was severely injured by an arrow. He had to gather the remaining troops and retreat to a dilapidated village ten miles away from Huaichuan to rest.
How could there be organized Southern Dynasty cavalry in the north of Huaichuan?
Mo Li suddenly sat on the saddle, startled and doubtful, and looked around.
Although the moonlight was beautiful, it was difficult to see far. In the distance, the wilderness, field ridges, woods, and cottages were all dark.
It was not difficult for him to guess that this cavalry was probably the elite of Chushan, but the question was how many people from Chushan had entered Huaichuan? However, the messenger sent by Kuo Ti also didn't know anything about it, and Mo Li was so angry that he wanted to whip them.
, angrily yelled: "A group of arrogant and incompetent fools, they asked someone to stab them in the butt, but they don't even know where the enemy appeared from!"
Zhong Changqing looked around with a gloomy face.
Zhong Changqing personally led the 3,000-horse infantry and mixed it with the 2,000 red elite cavalry led by Molihu. They went south as the second group of troops. However, considering that Kuoti's troops were the vanguard, they did not carry any siege equipment.
, the covert attack on Huaichuan City might be blocked, and they carried simple equipment such as ladders with them, which slowed down their speed.
In addition to a large number of scouts scattered around the periphery to accompany them all the way, after learning that Kuoti's troops were attacked when they stormed Huaichuan, Mo Lihu sent double the number of scouts to search the periphery, but at this time he did not notice anything unusual.
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"Xu Huai's military tactics are unpredictable, but Chushan's troops entering the left bank of Ru River must not be many. Otherwise, Chushan's army will definitely divide its troops and attack us before Kuo Ti Qianhu sends a message.
!" Zhong Changqing got off his horse, walked to Mo Lihu, and said firmly.
Mo Li's face suddenly turned as dark as water.
The Red Husbands attach great importance to spying on military intelligence, and they are also good at hiding their whereabouts. They usually send out a large number of scouts before military operations, hoping to search every corner of the battlefield.
However, in order to confuse Liu Xian, Fu Qian and other generals of the Xuanwei Army, Mo Lihu led his troops this time to cross the Yingshui River from Chenzhou and sneak all the way south.
In order not to expose their whereabouts and avoid frightening away the 20,000 Xuanwei soldiers and horses, until