There is a village thirty miles southeast of Gaoyou City, called Sheshui Village. Before the arrival of the Yuan army, less than half of the villagers fled south, and the rest all hid in Gaoyou City, and the village was abandoned.
Geng Si followed the Yuan army all the way south. After the Yuan army besieged Gaoyou, he used this abandoned village as a stronghold.
Early this morning, Jia Lu led his troops to march towards Jiangdu. Two hours later, scouts brought the news to Sheshui Village.
After Geng Si learned about it, he quickly asked: "How many people are there?"
The scout said: "Thirty thousand!"
After hearing this, Yang Baihu said angrily: "Jia Lu wants to conquer Jiangdu with only 30,000 yuan? What a fool's dream!"
Geng Si said slowly: "Don't underestimate the enemy. Jia Lu almost captured Haozhou with 30,000 people!"
The scout also followed up and said: "The 30,000 yuan soldiers under Jia Lu are the most elite Chinese soldiers and horses under Tuo Tuo. They are well-armed and everyone is wearing armor!"
Yang Baihu said: "Big shopkeeper, I will go there personally and pass the news back to Jiangdu!"
Geng Si warned: "Hold the mountain map well and never take shortcuts. If you are caught by the enemy..."
Yang Baihu said loudly: "Don't worry, they don't want to catch me alive!"
Geng Si said yes and watched Yang Baihu leave.
An hour later, another scout entered the village and said to Geng: "Big shopkeeper, there is news from shopkeeper Liu from Xinghua!" He handed over a bamboo tube.
Geng Si stretched out his hand to take it, and when he took a look, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
It turned out that the morale of the Left Army in Xinghua was low, and the informants in the Left Army used money to attack, and actually developed many informants, including two Qianhu.
One of the Qianhu households revealed a major piece of news, saying that they had been ordered by the superior officials to deliberately fight a defeat in Xinghua.
Geng Si felt that this was an important discovery. After some thought, he handed over the errands of Sheshui Village to one of his subordinates and went to Xinghua in person, intending to investigate the secret behind this matter!
Two days later, Yang Baihu traveled over the mountains and ridges, returned to Jiangdu, and passed the news of the Yuan army's attack to the Military Intelligence Agency, which immediately reported it to the General Manager's Office.
After Zhang Yangquan learned about it, he sent scouts to investigate and convened civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.
Wang loudly said: "Zhi Niang, you only sent 30,000 people here. You don't take us seriously! Manager, if you fight them head on, I only need 10,000 cavalry to behead Jia Lu."
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Geng San said: "Why go out and fight them? Just guard it. We have more than 60 artillery pieces on the north gate wall to kill those dog Tatars!"
Wang Mengdao: "The combat power of the main force of the Yuan army cannot be underestimated. Although our soldiers are well trained, there is no chance of winning in a head-on battle!"
Ma Yulin suggested: "We can remove 10,000 people from Zhenzhou. Anyway, there is no threat to Hezhou!"
Wang Da was dissatisfied and said: "Twenty thousand people in Zhenzhou can completely wipe out the 20,000 yuan army. We have 50,000 people. Are we still afraid of Jialu's mere 30,000 people?"
Ma Yulin said: "Jia Lu also relied on 30,000 people to suppress the Haozhou Army until it could move. We'd better not underestimate him!"
Luo Guanzhong said: "Why not hold on to the city first, spy on the enemy's strength, and then decide whether to attack or defend?"
All the generals showed dissatisfaction. Xu Baisheng and Zhao Desheng from Zhenzhou had just made great achievements, which made them very envious. They all looked forward to taking the initiative to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!
"Uncle Fang, what do you think?" Qin Lingjun suddenly asked.
Fang Yuan touched his chin and said: "It is better to divide 10,000 troops and station them in Longtan Village. As long as the Yuan soldiers dare to attack the city, the 10,000 soldiers of Longtan Village will attack from the rear, and the troops in the city will also take the opportunity to cooperate with each other, and we will definitely win in one battle!"<
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Zhang Yangquan was stunned for a moment and said happily: "This is a good idea!"
The biggest advantage of Longtan Village is that it is indestructible. Due to its strategic location, it is stronger than Jiangdu City. Even if the enemy discovers that Longtan Village is stationing troops, there is nothing they can do!
Fang Yuan clasped a fist with one hand and said loudly: "General manager, I am willing to lead ten thousand troops to garrison Longtan Village!"
Seeing that no one objected, Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "Then use General Fang's strategy to deal with the enemy!"
A few days later, Jia Lu's 30,000-strong army slowly marched outside Jiangdu City.
Seeing the towering and solid city wall, Jia Lu couldn't help but take a breath and ordered the army to camp five miles outside the city.
At dawn the next day, he ordered his scouts and military craftsmen to estimate the height of the enemy's city wall. Sure enough, the enemy's city wall was more than one foot higher than the information he had obtained, and his own ladder could not reach the opponent's female wall.
He only brought ladders and rams with him for this march. The artillery and artillery were all attacking Gaoyou, so it was impossible to give them to him, so he could only send an order to the military craftsman to lengthen the ladder.
On the afternoon of the third day, all the ladders were lengthened by two feet. At dawn on the fourth day, Jia Lu ordered the army to attack the city.
The Yuan army was best at riding and shooting, and Jia Lu specially brought 10,000 heavy archers this time.
His strategy was to use these ten thousand strong bows and crossbows as cover, and then let the infantry carry ladders to attack the city.
However, as soon as the archers and infantry entered within one mile, they heard the sound of "rumbling" continuously, and more than 60 artillery pieces roared and sprayed lead balls.
Jiangdu City is not Longtan Village. The flat land outside the city is too wide. The shells fired by more than 60 artillery pieces are like dozens of small stones falling into the lake. After a wave of waves, the calm is restored.
Zhang Yangquan on the tower saw him and secretly shook his head.
Considering the length of the Jiangdu city wall, sixty artillery pieces are still too few, and the attack effect is disappointing. After this battle, we must continue to step up the casting of artillery pieces.
However, Jia Lu and the Yuan soldiers below the city were all shocked.
Jia Lu knew that Jiangdu Army had a mysterious gunpowder that could make fire guns more powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful!
Just to rush to the city wall, the Yuan army lost hundreds of people in the battle. Jia Lu couldn't help but tighten the hilt of the sword at his waist and stared closely at the distance between the archers and the city wall.
Finally, when the archers entered the shooting range, they began to draw their bows and fire a volley, and a shower of arrows flew towards the Jiangdu city wall.
Jiangdu's troops on the city wall were all hiding in the crenellations, and they were all wearing helmets and armor. Most of the arrows were ineffective. However, the Yuan army's archery skills were excellent and their numbers were large, which still put a lot of pressure on the defenders. p>
At this point, the effect of the archers' cover has been achieved. The Yuan army infantry took the opportunity to mount the ladders, one by one holding their shields, and climbed towards the city wall!
Seeing that the Yuan army was not afraid of death, Zhang Yangquan couldn't help but nodded. The main force of the Yuan army was indeed much stronger than Wang Meng's men and should not be underestimated.
Turning his eyes to his own soldiers, he couldn't help but smile. Although the Yuan army was strong, Jiangdu army was not weaker than them at all.
The hardships and sweat the soldiers endured in the military camp were transformed into courage and experience at this moment. Coupled with the encouragement of meritorious service and promotion, and the determination to protect their families and territory, everyone fought bravely against the enemy, and no one retreated.<
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Judging from the current battle situation, Zhang Yangquan believes that if he continues to fight, his own side will win, not to mention Fang Yuan's amazing army.
Standing on the highest peak of Longtan Village, you can clearly see Jiangdu City and the densely packed small dots outside the city.
Fang Yuan and Qian Luzi are now standing on the mountain peak, one is looking nervously at Jiangdu City, and the other is staring at a forest to the west.
Qian Luzi was the nervous one. He served as Fang Yuan's deputy general this time and urged: "Master of the Fourth Village, the enemy is already attacking the city. Let's go down the mountain and fuck their butts!"
The wind on the mountain was very strong, blowing the sleeves of Fang Yuan's severed hand.
Fang Yuan changed his usual frivolous expression, silently looked at the forest to the west, and said, "Qian Luzi, what kind of person do you think Jia Lu is?"
Qian Luzi said blankly: "Ah?"
Fang Yuan glared at him and said, "What do you think of him leading the troops?"
Qian Luzi touched his head and said: "It should be good, otherwise it wouldn't be reused by Tuotuo!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice: "I once heard Brother Qin comment on Jia Lu. This person is cautious and good at making decisions before taking action. Do you think he will turn his back on us?"
Qian Luzi said: "Maybe he doesn't know that we are hiding in the mountain?"
Fang Yuan said angrily: "Since he wants to attack us, won't he do a detailed investigation in advance? How could he ignore Longtan Village?"
"What do you mean?"
Fang Yuan said harshly: "This old boy wants to play tricks on us! Did you see that forest? I stared at it for a quarter of an hour, and not even a bird flew out!"
Qian Luzi was surprised and said: "Is there an ambush hidden in the forest?"
Fang Yuan snorted and said: "This is just like Jia Lu's style. He has already found out that we are hiding in Longtan Village, and deliberately attacked the city to lure us into the trap, and then turned around and double-teamed us with the people in the forest!
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"But the Military Intelligence Agency said that they only had 30,000 people. I was surprised!"
Fang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Soldiers are not afraid of deceit. He can divide the troops into two groups. One group marches in the open and the other group goes out at night. How do the scouts know?"
Qian Luzi said: "Then what should we do?"
Fang Yuan touched his chin, glanced at him sideways, and said, "Do you think there is any way to trick these Yuan Gou out?"
Qian Luzi said: "Set fire!"
Fang Yuan said angrily: "He always comes up with bad ideas." He pointed at a mountain to the south of the forest and said, "Do you recognize that mountain?"
Qian Luzi said: "Why don't you recognize me? That's Shishan, the top of the former Shizhai."
Fang Yuan nodded and said: "The road at the foot of the stone mountain is very narrow and can only be passed by two people. I will lead people to ambush there. You lead five hundred people to drive the ambush in the forest to the foot of the stone mountain!"<
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Qian Luzi said in shock: "Are you kidding me? If I lead five hundred people to fight with them, wouldn't that mean I'm going to die?"
Fang Yuan slapped him on the head and cursed: "Idiot, who asked you to fight with them? You led people to create a large area of dust in the north of the forest and put up more flags on the hillside. They must have thought that there was an ambush of ours in the north.
Will flee south and join Jia Lu's army!"
Qian Luzi said happily: "It has to be you, I will do it now!"
Fang Yuan's guess was very correct. Jia Lu did hide ten thousand ambush troops in the forest.
Seeing that there seemed to be a large number of enemies hiding in the north, as if they were coming towards them, the troops immediately marched south, intending to join Jia Lu, but were attacked by Fan Yuan at the foot of the stone mountain.
The Yuan army was only surrounded by Jiangdu troops in front and behind, and they were surrounded. They were immediately defeated and fled in all directions.
Fang Yuan ignored the defeated troops, gathered his troops as quickly as possible, and headed towards Jiangdu City.
Jia Lu at the north gate of Jiangdu City was shocked when he learned that the ambush troops hiding in the forest were under attack, and quickly stopped the siege.
A general said anxiously: "Old general, they have seen through our plan, quickly order the retreat!"
Jia Lu took a deep breath and said: "To retreat now is to seek death. Send the order and order the army to gather into a defensive square and prepare to break out!"
Jia Lu's choice was correct. Fang Yuan came very quickly. If he had retreated directly just now, he would have been blocked and the army would have collapsed.
Zhang Yangquan on the city wall saw the battle and immediately ordered a call to the city gate. The Qin sisters, who had been waiting for a long time, led their generals and 10,000 cavalry to rush out of the city gate and surrounded Jia Lu in front and behind.
Although the Yuan army was outflanked, they resisted very tenaciously and kept trying to break through Fangyuan's 10,000-strong army.
It's a pity that Jiangdu's army was united, and Fang Yuan was even more unstoppable. He stayed at the front of the defense line, like a one-armed god of war, preventing the Yuan army from crossing the thunder pool!
In the end, the two armies fought fiercely for more than two hours. The Yuan army finally couldn't resist. The cavalry broke through the formation and was divided into countless small pieces. It could no longer form effective resistance.
After more than an hour of harvesting, the Yuan army was completely wiped out. More than 10,000 people died in battle, more than 8,000 people surrendered, and the rest were scattered and disappeared.
Zhang Yangquan issued an order to let Hou Hou, Wang Da, Li Er, Sun Hu, and Liang Rong each lead 3,000 people to search for deserters in the suburbs to prevent them from destroying fields and disturbing the people.
After this battle, Jiangdu's army seized more than 20,000 pairs of armor, countless weapons, bows and crossbows, as well as some grain, grass and war horses. It was a rich harvest.
In particular, the defeat of the main force of the Yuan army and the famous general Jia Lu was of far greater significance than the battle of Hezhou. It severely dampened the spirit of the Yuan army and greatly boosted the morale of both the army and the people.
The only pity is that Jia Lu escaped in the rebellion. Qin Lingjun and Qin Lingsi led people to search for him along the way to Gaoyou, but their whereabouts were still not found.