In September of the twelfth year of Daye, Cai Zhiyun was ordered to conquer Huaibei from the south.
As the leader of the alliance, Xiang Zuo Cai gathered in Yucheng, the seat of Xiapi County. The rest of the people either divided the counties or relied on Zuo Cai to set up camps.
Cai Zhiyun¡¯s first target is Donghai County. He knew very well that the Huaibei bandits were more powerful and more mobile. If he took the initiative to attack and chased Zuo Cai, he didn't know how long the fight would last, and the enemy might take advantage of him.
¡°This is how Dong Chun and Xue Shixiong suffered at the beginning.
Therefore, as soon as this battle begins, we must attack them and save them, forcing the bandits to fight the Sui army.
Donghai County governs Qushan (now Nanhaizhou Town, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province) is the territory of Du Yangzhou. He and his friend Shen Mi Di divided their troops into Qushan and Shuyang. After a long time of operation, they may not be willing to give up.
And when the Sui army went south, if the two of them were defeated, they would inevitably turn to the left for help.
At this time, regardless of whether the leftist prime minister came or not, they all fell into the trap of the Sui army. If Cai Zhiyun comes, Cai Zhiyun will gather around him to help, waiting for work; but if he doesn't come, this small power group in Huaibei that Zuo Caixiang has worked so hard to manage will collapse.
¡°Everyone considers you the boss because they hope to have the boss to protect you when something happens. But if the boss can't do it, then what should the boss do?
For this reason, Cai Zhiyun also asked Huang Mingyi of Teng County to send troops to attack Lu Gongxiam of Lanling.
If you come to rescue, you will fall into the trap of the Sui army. If they didn't come, the Sui army could calmly annihilate these little bandits.
The Sui army wanted to force Zuo Caixiang to make a decision, or even separate for rescue.
The main force of Youwu Houwei first took Tancheng south of Linyi, and then went straight into Shuyang City.
Shuyang¡¯s location is very special. Between Qushan and Suyu, it is Shen Mi¡¯s hometown.
The main force of the Sui army, which numbered more than 10,000, went straight to the city. Shen Mi's enemy was defeated in the field battle and immediately retreated to the county seat. The Sui army took the opportunity to surround Shuyang.
Previously, Prime Minister Zuo Cai asked everyone not to fight in the field with the Sui army, let alone fight to the death, and to give up the city when it was time to give up, and never to miss it. Play to their strengths rather than playing short and long.
It has to be said that Prime Minister Zuo Cai¡¯s plan is definitely a good solution, but it cannot be achieved by just talking, especially since Prime Minister Zuo Cai cannot specifically interfere in everyone¡¯s affairs. After all, everyone has settled down in this old nest that has been in business for a long time. With a home, no one can say that they should give it up.
Shen Mi saw no enemy, so he sent people to Zuo Caixiang and Du Yangzhou for help.
Zuo Caixiang is the boss, and Du Yangzhou is his sworn brother. The two depended on each other to have a certain say in the minor leagues.
When Du Yangzhou heard that Shen Mi was in trouble with the enemy, he immediately led his troops south to support him.
At this time, Zuo Caixiang was in a bit of a dilemma.
Zuo Caixiang was unwilling to rescue Shen Miene. On the one hand, his main force was still fighting back and forth with Xue Wanshu in Xiapi County, unable to cope with it. The Xue brothers are brave and good at fighting, so they don't need to be inferior to me.
On the other hand, Zuo Caixiang was very angry that Shen Mi was disobedient and was eventually surrounded by the Sui army.
I heard that the Sui army going south was not weak. If he went north to rescue Shuyang, the losses would definitely be considerable.
Since using guerrilla tactics to defeat Xue Shixiong, Zuo Caixiang seems to have opened up the Rendu line. He gave up the idea of ??a decisive battle with the main force of the Sui army and went around guerrillas and mobile operations, but neither the officers nor the army could win.
And Lu Gongxiam of Lanling is also asking for help.
At this time, Chang Sun Yun persuaded him, no matter how angry Shen Mi was, he should send troops anyway. After all, he is the leader of the Huaibei Little League, and everyone nominally listens to him. If we don't save him this time, I'm afraid this alliance will break up in the future.
Of course, Changsun Yun¡¯s plan was not for nothing.
This time we send troops, we can take the opportunity to mobilize Zuo Junxing, Zhang Dahu and Wei Qilin from Pengcheng County, Jiang Hongdu from Lianshui, and Guo Fangyu, Zuo Xiaoyou, Tao Pengxiao and others who are attached to him to rescue, and then take the opportunity to gather everyone. It is best to unite the military power into one family and become a true king of Huaibei.
When Zuo Caixiang heard this, he was also moved.
The King of Huaibei sounds very powerful, much more powerful than the "King of Qi" he calls himself.
So Prime Minister Zuo Cai gave orders to everyone to follow him to rescue Shuyang. Everyone gathered west of Shuyang first and then made plans.
No one objected to this.
Everyone knows very well that everyone is not strong enough, and if they are not protected, they will be in trouble one day and be surrounded by the army. If you don't rescue others now, no one will come to rescue you when you are in trouble.
At this time, everyone can tell the difference very clearly.
They met at Xiaxiang in the north (southwest of Sucheng District, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province today), with approximately 120,000 to 30,000 troops.
The bandits have nothing but their number.?Much. More than 100,000 people cheered, which was staggering. Of course, there are definitely not that many soldiers capable of fighting. There are not even one third of the real elites, and the rest are just make-up.
But with so many people, it can still scare a lot of people.
From Xiaxiang to Shuyang, it is almost a hundred miles.
In order to control the military power, Prime Minister Zuo Cai gathered all the troops together. Everyone camped, marched, ate and coordinated together. Although others are dissatisfied, there is nothing they can do.
Prime Minister Zuo Cai¡¯s reason was high-sounding, to facilitate the march and prevent enemy attacks.
What Zuo Caixiang didn¡¯t know at this time was that someone was staring at him not far from Xiang Xiang.
For this battle, Cai Zhiyun divided the army into four.
He personally led two main armies and part of the Qingzhou soldiers to set up defenses in the west of Shuyang County, thinking that the decisive battle would be the main battlefield; Hou Mo and Chen Xu led an army to besiege Shuyang City; Luo Yi led an army to set up an ambush at Hanshan in the northeast of Shuyang City to block the incoming reinforcements. Du Yangzhou; while Liu Lancheng led a group of Qingzhou soldiers to attack Qushan City, Du Yangzhou's hometown. 强牺 99bxwx.com 读牺
In terms of numbers alone, Cai Zhiyun has less than 40,000 troops in total, but most of them are elite soldiers, far less than the Huaibei bandits.
From Xiaxiang to the east to Shuyang, there is a plain with no danger to rely on. This is also the basis for Zuo Caixiang to become powerful.
In the plains, you can escape anywhere, and the Sui army is not in a position to set up an ambush. Once the army is really defeated, Sayazi will run away and there is no way to catch up with them.
As long as the core is not lost, everyone can form a team at any time.
It is a pity that Zuo Caixiang did not know that the Sui army's biggest support on the opposite side was the invincible cavalry and a large number of mounted infantry.
No matter how fast your legs are, they can't beat four hooves.
Cai Zhiyun said he was setting up an ambush, but he was not prepared to base all his plans on the ambush. The terrain of Shuyang is not a good place for an ambush. At this time 99bxwx.co m Zhang Si
In order to defeat the enemy, Cai Zhiyun also deployed cavalry from the besieging army. The total number of cavalry in his hands was close to 4,000. This amount is rare to see in the Jianghuai area.
This time, Cai Zhiyun deliberately chose a muddy place to set up an ambush. The main force was arrayed on the east side, and the cavalry was scattered to the outside of the north and south wings.
Among them, the main force of the Sui army was divided into four formations. Cai Zhiyun led half of the army in the center, half of the army was on the left, Qingzhou soldiers were on the right, and formed with their backs to the water, waiting for the prime minister on the left.
An entire Sui army was ambushing in the reeds. Zhida z.com Zhixiao