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- Wujiaxue Town.
Zhao Han felt very helpless, such a rich commercial market town, and there is no city wall to cover it, why didn't Zhang Xianzhong divide his troops to fight?
As long as Wujiaxue is captured, Zhang Xianzhong will be able to grab a lot of food, because this is Zhao Han's military ration transfer station!
Zhao Han himself, together with 2,000 personal guards, 3,000 Jinling peasants, a large number of local peasants, and 500 artillerymen, have been nesting here. Li Zheng's 7,000 regular army rode around on mules, and rushed back immediately when they saw the smoke of the wolf. The 60,000 farmers and soldiers and 60,000 peasants on the other side of the Yangtze River have basically completed their reorganization and can cross the river at any time, just waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to come to fight Wujiaxue.
Alas, since Zhang Xianzhong won't come, he can only actively surround them.
Hunan troops¡ª¡ª
Jiang Dashan led 30,000 peasants and soldiers, and 30,000 civilian husbands, across the river from the police, and went straight to Jiangling, Zhang Xianzhong's old nest!
Li Zongheng led 30,000 farmers and soldiers and 30,000 civilian husbands to cross the river from Jiangxia to Hanyang Mansion. (Li Zongheng was a soldier brought by Li Banghua. He made many military exploits in southern Jiangxi and performed well in suppressing bandits in Guangdong and Fujian.)
Jiangxi troops¡ª¡ª
Jiang Liang and Xiao Shan first took a boat to Huangjiakou Town and used the town as a military and grain depot.
Jiang Liang led 40,000 peasant soldiers and 40,000 civilian husbands, and immediately crossed the river to attack Qizhou.
Xiao Shan led 20,000 farmers and soldiers and 20,000 civilian husbands, and Gu Jianshan led a navy to assist and protect, crossed the river and attacked Qishui County along the Xishui River.
Especially the navy of Gu Jianshan, the small and medium-sized warships all came out, stuck in Xishui. Even if Zhang Xianzhong can jump out of the encirclement, he can't cross the river by Xishui, he can only get into the Dabie Mountains and go back to his old nest.
Even if Zhang Xianzhong can go back to his lair, he will find that his lair is under attack.
In addition, Huang Yao's new mountain division has already begun to cross the river to attack Yiling, and Zhang Xianzhong's major cities along the river will all be attacked.
Thousands of miles along the Yangtze River, there is no way to defend against it.
It can only be said that Zhang Xianzhong is crazy, so he will take the initiative to provoke Zhao Han.
But from Zhang Xianzhong's point of view, he has no choice at all. The road to Sichuan was blocked, and if Sichuan was forcibly captured, Zhao Han might sneak attack on his lair at any time. Going north to Shaanxi or Henan, there are all serious famines, and it is useless to beat them down. Coupled with the severe drought this year, if you don't make a desperate move in advance, there will definitely not be enough food to send troops in half a year.
Zhang Xianzhong had only three choices, either to lie down and die, or to submit to Zhao Han, or to fight desperately
Yiling (Yichang).
Huang Yao was the first to cross the river. In fact, Guizhou (Zigui) also had Zhang Xianzhong's garrison, but there was no need to attack Guizhou.
Huang Yao only has a mountain division of 7,500 people, and 10,000 civilians are engaged in logistics.
After landing, they set up camp on the first day and bombarded it on the second day, and asked the civilians to fill up the moat by the way.
The stone city wall, more than seven meters high, was built by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time.
There is nothing to say about this battle. Zhang Xianzhong took away too much food and soldiers. The Yiling defenders only had one thousand elite soldiers, and the remaining three thousand were all weak soldiers.
In the case of insufficient food for long-term defense, and with the continuous shouting of the missionary officer, three thousand garbage soldiers fled one after another during the night. Even if Zhang Xianzhong's thousand elite guarded to death, they would not be able to defend such a large city, and even fought with each other and caused internal strife.
After Huang Yao captured Yiling, he selected some farmers and soldiers from among the peasants to defend the city. With the main force himself, he took a boat down the river to help Jiang Dashan encircle Jiangling
? Jingzhou Fucheng, Jiangling County.
This is the headquarters of Zhang Xianzhong, with twelve thousand soldiers stationed there, and eight antique bronze cannons on the city wall.
"How is the battle going?" Huang Yao asked when he came.
Jiang Dashan sighed: "It can't be conquered, the city is too high, the pond is too deep, and there are too many soldiers. It is useless to persuade them to surrender. There are many old thieves among the defenders, and the families of these old thieves are all in the city."
Huang Yao asked: "How about I go to fight other cities first?"
"No need," Jiang Dashan said, "According to the news from the elaboration, the bandits from all over the place have been taken away by Zhang Xianzhong, and other cities can only be defended, and it is impossible to send troops to reinforce this place. Dividing troops to capture the city is also a hard fight, and it has to be defeated." Keeping troops stationed will not help the entire battlefield. As long as Jiangling is surrounded and gnawed down, all the prefectures and counties next door will have to surrender."
Huang Yao curled his lips and said: "With so many defenders, if there is enough food, Jiangling will have to fight for at least half a year."
Jiang Dashan said with emotion: "No wonder Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to go to war. He raised too many soldiers. He took a few troops to fight Anhui, and he could leave these many soldiers to defend the cities along the river. How much food would be consumed on weekdays! We are facing a severe drought this year. , if he doesn't fight out, he will starve to death!"
&?Say it. "Zhang Xianzhong said.
The old Hui said: "The first method is to get rid of the 70,000 infantry and the 190,000 peasants. The cavalry, horse team, and mule team should go north to the mountains and return across the river."
"Why don't you lead the army to Bailian Town and cross the river back along the edge of the mountain?" Sun Kewang asked.
Old Hui said: "Zhao Han's navy is in Xishui, and they must send a large number of small boats to guard the entire Xishui River back and forth. If they bring an army of 300,000, even if they are not discovered by the sentry boats, they will be caught by Zhao Han. Han's cavalry followed, hitting halfway would be the end of everything."
Zhang Xianzhong sneered: "What's the use of bringing back only cavalry, horse teams, and mule teams? If we throw the army to Zhao Han, our troops will be empty, and the territory will be swallowed up sooner or later."
Lao Hui said again: "Then don't want your family, and don't even think about going back. Take 300,000 people and kill all the way north. Maybe you can join the North Route Army, or help the Central Route Army break through the pass!"
"Fighting like that is like a rootless duckweed. If there is a slight accident, the whole army may be wiped out at any time." Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said.
Old Hui said: "If there is an accident, we will take the elite and flee, and the Jianghuai land will be turned upside down!"
Sun Kewang said depressedly: "Could it be that he has become a bandit again? I don't want the land, I don't want my family anymore, and I'm robbed along the way. Wherever I hit it, I count it, and I live it forever."
"Until now, you still want to save the army and withdraw it intact?" Lao Hui said speechlessly.
Sun Kewang clenched his fists and said, "Father, my son thinks that the troops should be withdrawn ostentatiously, luring Zhao Han's main force to show up, and fight with real swords and guns. Whoever wins will win the world; whoever loses will see the king of Hades!"
Lao Huihui's two strategies, one strategy is to flee back with cavalry, horse teams, and mule teams, and the result is bound to be lingering. Another strategy is to gamble heavily. If you win the bet, you can withdraw from the north and plunder along the way. If you lose the bet, you will become a bandit again.
Sun Kewang's strategy was simple and crude, which was to put on a tough fight and hand over the initiative to Zhao Han. The winner is king, the loser dies!
Zhang Xianzhong hesitated.
"My lord, a tunnel has been dug through, but the defenders in the city haven't found it!"
Zhang Xianzhong stood up suddenly: "Immediately put explosives to detonate, don't wait until night to be flooded again!"
No matter how you fight, first capture Guangji County, this city disgusts Zhang Xianzhong.
(Ask for a monthly pass.)
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