Chapter 481

The momentum of the Han Army's southward movement did not seem huge, at least it was much smaller than the movement of the state of Zhao in Shijie in previous years.

There are many reasons why the state of Han decided to invade the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The main reason is that when the state of Han fought with the state of Zhao in Shijie, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty ran around as the leader for many times to contact Zhu Hu alliance, and even sneaked into the rear when the Han army fought a decisive battle with the state of Zhao in Shijie. More often, the Jin army came out to pick up bargains every time the Han army attacked a state of Zhao in Shijie, It was even so serious that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty used the advantages of public opinion to continuously provoke the stability of the Han Dynasty.

In the eyes of the world, there is only one reason why the Han army went south, that is, the competition for the status of zhengshuo. Even the door lords and aristocratic families in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty thought so, and did not think it would be a war to destroy the country.

The Han army is divided into three routes to approach the border of the dynamic and static small imperial court. In the East, it takes Jiangdu as the center to intimidate Yangzhou, in the central part, it takes Ruyin County as the garrison point to approach Shouchun, and in the west, it takes Nanjun County as the garrison point to pose an attitude of invading Jiangzhou.

Among them, the number of Han troops in Ruyin county is the largest. Xu Zheng has personally led 100000 grams. The city is only 20 miles away from Shouchun. They have conquered wokou, Ping'a, Xiacai and Matou successively. They face the Jin army defending Shouchun across the river across Feishui.

The Han Army in Jiangdu is not a fleet, but only 40000 troops. Xie AI is the main general. Under their repeated attacks, they have destroyed the Jin Army Navy's station in Jingkou on the Yangtze River. They tried to land for many times and were temporarily stopped by more than 30 miles in depth.

The chief General of Ruyin county is Huan Wen, and Xie AI, who returned from the grassland, was appointed deputy general. There are only 30000 Han troops in this part. At present, they have reached yunmengze, and the next stage is to march into Nanping County.

Because Jiankang has a defense chain 30 miles deep, which was established by the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in almost four years. In addition, the number of Han troops that can land on this side is only 40000, so the small imperial court does not think it will be the main attack direction of the Han army.

The number of Han troops in Nanjun is less, only 30000. Moreover, Nanjun is a little far away from the capital of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so the Han troops along the way seem to belong to a partial division.

However, there are a large number of Han troops in Ruyin County, and Xu Zheng, the general of the southern expedition of the state of Han, led the world to believe that the main attack direction of the Han army is here.

After one or two years of full preparation, the regular army establishment of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty increased from 200000 to 360000.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty placed 100000 in the depth of 30 Li. There will be so many here as the gateway to Jiankang. Even if the Han Army has few troops here, there can be no less.

Of the remaining 260000, 150000 were stationed in Shouchun and the surrounding areas by Xie Shi as commander. The rest were mainly distributed in Yangzhou and a small part in Jiangzhou. For the small court of Eastern Jin Dynasty, the essence of the territory is not large. Jingzhou is the essence part, but compared with Yangzhou, it appears to be secondary.

Because I don't think the invasion of the Han state is a war to destroy the country, the mainstream concept of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is to keep Yangzhou firmly. If we can block the front of the Han Army in Yangzhou, the rest of the occupied territories will be able to go back sooner or later. Once Yangzhou is finished, the other states will not have to defend at all.

Xie Shi's defense means are very realistic. He built a defense line across Feishui in the favorable terrain around the south bank, of which Bagong mountain is the most important defense line. In the southern part of the Huaihe River, some troops were sent out to use boats to move. If possible, they would harass the Han army. However, the position where the war is relatively fierce on this side is on the side of many tributaries of the huaishui River, Yingshui River and Feishui river.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has found that Han ships often appear on the sea to the east of Yangzhou. They can imagine that the Han Army plans to land, but they may not pay much attention to telling the truth. The reason is that they think that even if the Han Army lands on the coastline, it can only attack and destroy, and it can't play a greater role at all.

Looking north from Shouchun City, the mountains blocked the view and could not see the Han Army's camp. At night, we could see the clouds illuminated by the fire, which showed how big the Han Army's camp was.

Xie Shi invited Yu Yi to Bagong mountain. He hasn't got the answer from Yu Yi's mouth. Whether the Yu family is watching or jumping back, Yu Yi always smiles and doesn't speak when asked.

Bagong mountain is composed of many large and small peaks. It is one of the remaining veins of Dabie Mountain. The Mountains extend from north to south. Most of the peaks are about 100 meters to 200 meters above sea level. There are more than 40 peaks. The peak with the highest altitude of 241 meters is called Baie mountain.

In fact, Bagong mountain covers a very wide area, resulting in fortifications built by the Jin army everywhere. Looking to the north from the peaks at the front, you can see the general distribution of barracks of the Han army from the height advantage of the terrain. If you are far away, you can only see the barracks. People look like small black spots.

"There are more than 10000 Han troops on this side, under the command of a Han Army named Si Hongzhuang." Xie Shi raised his finger to the camp of the Han Army, then pointed to the position a little closer, and said, "the Han Army has tried to attack many times. I have to admit that they can indeed fight. There are few fortifications left in the front of our army."

Bagong mountain is located in the northeast of Shouchun. It does not belong to the Feishui line. It should be around the Huaihe River.

The Han Army had already crossed the Huaihe River. As a background, the Jin army had no water army in the Huaihe River, and some of them were destroyed. What was not sunk was to retreat to shaopi.

From a distance, Yu Yi could see the movement on the Huaihe River with his eyes. There was no lack of Han Army boats on the river. There were several places where he could see what seemed to be transporting.

"Yes..." Xie Shiman said sadly, "the water war in the Han Dynasty is not good, but there are too many. They use enough advantages to force us to retreat the water army and make full use of various water systems to continuously transport materials."

In the past, it was not that no army had invaded the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. For example, the state of Zhao in Shijie went south many times, but the Hu people were not good at water warfare. The Jin army was always able to entangle with it in places with dense water networks. Even if many cities were conquered by the Shijie Zhao army, the Jin army always forced it to retreat by attacking the grain road of the Shijie Zhao army, And then easily recapture those occupied cities.

This time, the Jin army was faced with a terrible number of Han troops with poor water warfare skills. In the water war, the war damage ratio of the Jin army is dominant. The data is that the Han army lost at least three warships to replace one of the Jin Navy. As a result, the Jin Navy is difficult to fight again in the continuous victory.

"It should be said that the warships of the Han Army are very sharp, but their combat skills are almost nil." Xie Shi felt that this was the reason why he was oppressed. He said with a bitter smile, "we are completely piled up by the number and can no longer be beaten."

"There are many battles in the state of Han. There are more than 200000 Han troops going south, up to 400000 Han troops fighting Shijie, nearly 50000 Han troops in Bashu, 30000 in Guanzhong, 70000 Han troops fighting Yan troops in Liaodong,..." Yu Yi wants to express one meaning: "In terms of consumption, the Han Army's land army can still stack with quantity. In other words, after losing the advantage of water network, wing doubts that the Han Army doesn't need to stack with quantity at all."

Xie Shi wanted to ask, "is this the reason why Yu's gate valve is watching or preparing to jump back?", But those words were not suitable to ask. He said, "there have been many battles. Shi is very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Han army."

In the past, even if the Han Army officially invaded the south, the war damage ratio between the Han Army and the Jin army on all fronts should be. Only when the Jin army loses two people can they spell out a Han army. The war damage ratio was played by the Jin army as the defensive side, using all kinds of weather, geography and people.

The Han army is really fierce, but the question is can the Jin army not fight? In the face of the strong invasion of the Han Army, even if you know you can't beat the Jin army, you have to fight. Even the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty should try its best to resist, just because the door lords and aristocratic families don't want to be included in the rule of the Han state.

Xie Shi doubted that Liu Yan, the king of the Han Dynasty, had offered any conditions to Yu's sect, which led to Yu Yi's attitude after the war broke out on both sides. If Liu Yan is willing to preserve the strength of Yu's gate valve, Xie Shi said that Xie's gate valve is also willing to jump back. After all, as long as the interests are guaranteed, it is the same who is the ruler above his head.

"Yi has never seen the king of Han." Yu Yi looked like whether you believe it or not and said casually, "it's being demoralized and killed. I think it's worthless to work hard."

Xie Shi immediately frowned.

It is a common practice to suppress the Yu family, just as the Wang family was suppressed after the death of director Wang. Every era has a stage for the contemporary protagonist, and the old protagonist does not decline... At least it looks weak on the surface, so how can the latecomers emerge?

Xie Shi frowned, because the Yu clan showed a worse demeanor than the Wang clan. When the Wang clan was suppressed, it seemed very free and easy, because in this way, the new generation of Wang characters rose again, like Wang Xizhi was blown to heaven... Of course, Wang Xizhi can really be called holy in calligraphy.

Yu Yi's practice is completely to be mercilessly done at one time. It is doubtful that Yu's sect simply does not believe that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty will continue to exist.

It is said that it is Yu's sect, not Yu Yi. It is impossible for the sect to make decisions alone. The family owner has the absolute right to speak. However, the event requires a clan assembly, which is discussed and voted by a large number of elders. It is not the speech of the family owner alone.

Yu Yi said that he had never seen Liu Yan, the king of the Han Dynasty. Whether others believe it or not, Xie Shi doesn't believe it anyway.

Xie Shi recently found that the Han army was determined to invade, broke the tacit understanding and rules between aristocratic families, and wrote a letter to Xie an. The letter asked Xie an a lot of questions, stating that Xie an was still a member of Xie and should have due obligations to Xie even if she was separated and developed by herself.

Xie an is on the Shouchun battlefield. Xie Shi doesn't know which aspect Xie an is responsible for. The letter has been sent out, but it has been almost a month and hasn't been replied yet.

Xie Shi and Yu Yi walked around the various lines of defense. During this period, they also encountered the attack of the Han army. They watched from a distance. A mountain attack and defense war lasted only a short time and ended with the active retreat of the Han army.

There were only a thousand Han troops attacking. The soldiers were all light infantry. They attacked the Jin army at the top of a mountain. Both sides hit halfway up the mountain from the foot of the mountain. This time, the Han Army did not cover the arrow array for a long time in advance. The Jin army stopped shooting a few waves. The figure of close combat was all over the hillside. Within a quarter of an hour, the Han Army sounded a golden sound.

"The Han army retreated orderly. It's just..." Yu Yi's face was a little strange: "it just doesn't look like an old army?"

People familiar with war can see a lot from the actions of the army. It is about the spirit of an army. To put it bluntly, white dots are the soul of the army.

"The Han Army's recent explorations are more frequent, and they are more and more familiar with Mountain Warfare..." Xie Shi said to Yu Yi with a look that he didn't understand. "Frequent explorations mean that the Han army will launch a real attack soon."

Yu Yi just laughed it off. He was waiting for Xie Shi to follow.

"Duke Yu is going to the barracks of the Han army. Can you do Shi a favor?" Without waiting for Yu Yi's response, Xie Shi said directly, "Shi wrote a letter to Xu Zheng inviting them to hunt on the West Bank of Feishui. I think they really want this to happen?"

It can be said that Yu Yi was stunned. Everyone knows that the Han Army plagiarized the fierce, but the Jin army wants a decent battle. How can he feel something wrong.

The small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty has absolute geographical advantages. There is no reason to give up those advantages, so Xie Shi's intention will appear very strange.

Yu Yi looks at Xie Shi with suspicious eyes, but he sees Xie Shi continue to smile bitterly. He asked, "what's the use?"

If Xie Shi plans to bring Shouchun's 150000 Jin troops to battle with the Han Army, and Xu Zheng agrees, it means that the Han army should tear down the barracks and retreat for at least 15 Li, so as to make enough space for the 150000 Jin army to put out the array.

Looking at the terrain on the West Bank of Feishui, it is also full of mountains and small mountains. It is not a flat terrain. It is completely impossible for 150000 Jin troops and more than 100000 Han troops to form an array. In this way, the hunting is still carried out in the mountains.

"Did Yu Gong help you?" Xie Shi tried to be casual and said, "it's just a letter..."

Based on the previous friendship between Xie and Yu, it's easy to help bring a letter on the way.

At present, the relationship between Xie and Yu is not good. Who let Xie and Chu join forces to suppress Yu. Yu Yi came to Shouchun to find Xie Shi. He must have a purpose, but he didn't say it before the time.

Xie Shi turned his back to Yu Yi, and the ease on his face turned to tension.

Xie Shi didn't think about hunting for a day or two. It's one thing for him to send someone to deliver letters, but it's different for Yu Yi to take them. Therefore, he believes that Yu Yi's willingness to help is the key and the turning point of the war.

"Hmm..." Yu Yi pondered for a moment and waited for Xie Shi to turn around. He burst into "ha ha" laughter and whispered like talking to himself: "help or not?"