King Xining was shocked. Wasn’t the enemy fighting fiercely with Chuzhou soldiers? How could they suddenly appear here?
It was Chen Ye who reacted quickly and said urgently: "We have fallen into the enemy's trick. Your Majesty, please send an order quickly to have the troops crossing the river withdraw immediately!"
King Xining nodded blankly and looked far into the distance. However, Puzikou was located within the river and could not see the situation clearly.
Chen Yexian quickly asked the flag bearer to convey the order.
After a long time, I saw the fleet sailing out of Puzikou. The formation was in a mess. Some ships didn't even straighten their sails and were washed downstream.
A group of men and horses chased them out of the river and chased them all the way to the river bank. They were still shooting arrows at the fleet from a distance.
Most of the troops crossing the river were Wang Mengge's men. Seeing the heavy losses, Wang Mengge turned a little pale.
Kang Maocai secretly sneered, glad that he didn't send his people across the river just now.
The King of Xining looked livid and remained silent. When the troops returned, he angrily yelled at the general in charge of the troops crossing the river: "What's going on? Where did the traitors come from?"
The general smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know, they rushed out when we just arrived at the port and were getting off the boat. Fortunately, He and the state soldiers helped us block it for a while, otherwise we might not be able to come back."
Brother Wang Meng gritted his teeth and said: "How many people are there?"
The general said: "About tens of thousands of thieves!"
Chen Yexian said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that the Jiangdu thieves guessed that we would attack Zhenzhou, so they transferred the main force to Zhenzhou in advance!"
Brother Wang Meng’s heart is bleeding.
He fought three times with Longtan Village and lost all of them. Each time the enemy became stronger and his defeat became more severe!
Thinking of the pain of losing his son, he said loudly: "I don't believe they dare to transfer all the people to Zhenzhou. This army must be the main force of Zhenzhou now. We should cross the river immediately, contain them, and make peace with the Zhou army and Chuzhou army.
We can take the opportunity to capture Jiangdu!"
Kang Maocai sneered and said: "The thieves are full of tricks. To cross the river at this time is to make a fool of the lives of the entire army! In my opinion, people should be sent across the river immediately to get information. First, find out the movements of the Chuzhou Army and the Hezhou Army, and then
It’s never too late to make a decision!”
Chen Ye first voiced his agreement. King Xining was already fearful, so he did not listen to Brother Wang Meng this time and agreed with Kang Maocai's opinion.
It was not until late the next day that the sent scouts brought back the news.
The soldiers of Chuzhou were completely wiped out, and the soldiers of Hezhou were also attacked by Timur when he attacked the city. They were attacked from both sides and returned in defeat.
So far, two of the three troops attacking Zhenzhou have been defeated.
The King of Xining dared to attack again and ordered his army to be stationed at Dacheng Port, waiting for news from Fang Guozhen.
One day later, Zhenzhou post soldiers spread the news to Jiangdu. In the camp in the north of the city, all the generals heard the good news and cheered in unison.
Qin Lingjun asked about the whereabouts of the Jiqing army, and the post soldiers replied: "More than 20,000 troops are stationed at Dacheng Port. They have neither crossed the river nor retreated."
Qin Lingjun frowned and said: "Both armies were defeated, why are they still unwilling to retreat?"
Zhang Yangquan thought for a while and said with a smile: "If the Jiqing soldiers and horses retreat like this, they will become the laughing stock of the world. I guess they are in a dilemma now, waiting for news from Fang Guozhen!"
At this time, Tongzhou post soldiers came to report that the Changshu navy and Fang Guozhen's army combined forces, a total of 50,000 troops, to invade Tongzhou.
All the generals were shocked, and the monkey said hurriedly: "General manager, the enemy's army is strong, it is better to abandon Tongzhou. Anyway, when we attacked in the first place, we were afraid that Zhang Shicheng would get it."
Zhang Yangquan's eyes were calm and he asked Qin Lingjun: "What does the leader of the village think?"
Qin Lingjun hesitated for a while and said: "If you follow my wishes, I will fight them to the end!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said to the crowd: "What the leader of Dazhai said is right! Let's just go away. What will the people of Tongzhou do? Zhang Shicheng refuses to abandon Gaoyou City, so how can we abandon Tongzhou?"<
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All the generals nodded in agreement.
Qin Lingjun said: "I will lead another five thousand troops to help!"
Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said: "There are only ten thousand people left in Jiangdu. You can take the rest with you. We cannot afford to lose this battle!"
"Then Jiangdu..."
Zhang Yangquan laughed and said: "Jiangdu is so strong and guarded by ten thousand people, how can it be so easy to capture it?"
Qin Lingjun looked at him for a moment, and without further persuasion, he just said: "I will never lose Tongzhou City!"
After finishing speaking, he left the camp, first selected 10,000 elites to stay in the camp, and then took the remaining 10,000 people, lightly packed, and headed straight for Tongzhou.
After Qin Lingjun left, Zhang Yangquan returned to the General Manager's Mansion and arranged the logistics and food supply with Guo Niansheng.
In the evening, Qin Lingsi came back, but when Qin Lingjun left, she was asked to return to Jiangdu to help guard it.
In fact, Jiangdu City is very safe based on its geography. It is surrounded by the Yangtze River in the south, Taixing in the east, Gaoyou in the north, and Zhenzhou in the west.
Except for the Zhenjiang soldiers and horses on the other side of the river, they are surrounded by friendly troops.
Of course, Zhang Yangquan also knew that Qin Lingjun was worried that Zhang Shicheng would have a grudge against Tongzhou and take advantage of Jiangdu's weakness to attack.
This possibility is very low, but it cannot be ruled out. Therefore, in addition to waiting for news from the east these days, Zhang Yangquan is also always vigilant about the movements of Zhang Shicheng and Zhenjiang.
Military intelligence is constantly coming from Tongzhou, and each military intelligence document contains a string of numbers. Behind each string of numbers are the lives of countless soldiers.
The enemy attacked by two armies by waterway. The Changshu army took the waterway to attack the water gate in the south. Fang Guozhen's troops landed at the sea gate and attacked the east gate of Tongzhou.
The two enemy armies attacking the city moved and fell silent. The Changshu navy attacked fiercely at the south gate, attacking two or three times a day, but Fang Guozhen at the east gate went down the fence outside the city gate to confront Qin Lingjun who was guarding the east gate.
However, judging from Qin Lingjun's words in the military newspaper, she was even more wary of Fang Guozhen, and even listened to Shanzhu's opinion and asked Li Er's 5,000 troops to garrison at the east gate.
Zhang Yangquan knew very well that Qin Lingjun and Shanzhu were not really afraid of Fang Guozhen, but because Fang Guozhen had a different stance from the court, it was best to intimidate him so that he would not take action.
In this way, the situation became Qin Lingjun, Li Er led 20,000 horses to guard the east gate, and faced off with Fang Guozhen's 20,000 horses.
Shanzhu and Wang led 10,000 men to guard the south gate, facing the attack of 30,000 Changshu navy!
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Judging from military reports, although losses are increasing every day, it can be seen that the offensive of the Changshu navy is getting weaker and weaker.
Compared with the Tongzhou garrison, the greatest advantage of the Changshu Navy is its artillery.
Although their artillery is far less powerful than Jiangdu's artillery because it uses conventional gunpowder, there are too many of them, as many as hundreds.
Moreover, they all used iron cannonballs. Under such a large number of artillery attacks, defense became very difficult, especially as the city walls were easily breached by iron bullets.
In this case, cement came in very handy. If it were the original city wall, let alone the enemy's ability to easily climb over it, with so many artillery rounds firing for a few days, the city wall would have collapsed long ago.
With the advantage of cement solidifying quickly, as long as the enemy army cannot capture the city that day, civilians will use cement and stone bricks to fill the gap that night.
Early the next morning, the enemy troops came over to see that the hole they had blasted earlier was still intact, which was a huge blow to morale.
In addition, the defenders' artillery and explosive charges put a lot of pressure on the attackers. As time went by, the enemy's morale became worse day by day.
The commander of Changshu Navy was furious when he learned that Fang Guozhen was fishing in troubled waters every day. He urged Fang Guozhen to send troops several times, but he always refused.
If the attack continues, our casualties will become greater and greater. In desperation, the Changshu Navy had to retreat. As soon as they left, Fang Guozhen also retreated with tacit understanding.
The battle of Tongzhou finally ended with the victory of Jiangdu Army.
However, this was not over yet. On the third day after the Changshu Navy retreated, a major event that changed the world situation happened quietly, and even Zhang Yangquan did not expect it.
On this day, he had just ordered Li Er to lead 10,000 people to stay in Tongzhou, while Qin Lingjun, Shanzhu, Wang Da and others led the troops back to Jiangdu.
Not long after the order was passed down, post soldiers came to report that Fang Guozhen had rebelled again!
Fang Guozhen's rebellion this time is different from the past, it is a passive rebellion.
The reason was that his subordinate Liu Ju took advantage of his absence in the camp to incite several thousand households to defect from the water village and set up their own business.
Liu Ju's defection was nothing at all, but before he left, he robbed several shipping ships, one of which happened to be carrying tributes for Empress Qi, the second empress of the Yuan Dynasty.
Although Empress Qi was the second empress, she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, Ai Sheng Shili Tala, and was also the most favored woman of Emperor Yuan.
And just this year, Chief Ai Shili Tala was named the crown prince.