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Chapter 619
Gao Huan led his troops to besiege Xuanhu. Although the three armies tried their best, they made strange moves one after another.But Xuanhu Guard General Wang Sizheng was determined, saw the tricks, and finally blocked the door with huge stones, so that the whole city defenders would live and die with the city!
Since then, the Eastern Wei army's siege of the city was repeatedly frustrated, and the defenders in the city were united and began to deal with death calmly.For a while, the battle situation fell into anxiety.

Seeing that the siege of the city was not going well, Gao Huan ordered Sima Ziru to supervise the construction of a water village that could float on the water, and tall buildings were built on the water village.Then use this method to smooth the height of the outside of the city and the city wall, so that the soldiers can go directly to the wall of Xuanhu through the water fortress.

I have to say that this is indeed a good method, and it is a good method that has been verified by Chen Qingzhi, and it has been proven to be effective!
After the water village was built, Gao Huan was not in a hurry to put it into use, he was waiting for the opportunity.

The right time, the right place, and the right people, but the right place does not exist for him. The people and the two sides are barely tied, and they have no capital to lose. They can only fight for victory with one heart and one mind.If you can occupy all the time, then this battle will be won!
The water village is afraid of fire, so Gao Huan is waiting for the heavy rain.

Waiting left and right but it didn't rain, the lieutenants of the Eastern Wei Army became more and more anxious day by day.Gao Huan ordered that the army be disciplined, and those who attacked would be executed.The armed forces recharged their batteries and waited for the order to attack.

The hard work paid off, and after ten days, Gao Huan finally waited for the rainstorm he had been longing for.

Gao Huan knew that the time had come to launch a general offensive, and the end of Wang Sizheng had also come.

Today's weather, whether the enemy's fierce fire oil or the messy fire starters, will be useless in this heavy rain.

Even bows and arrows are useless!
Today is a bloody siege battle, and there are no bells and whistles to play.If it is a battle of numbers, can the defenders be their opponents?
So Gao Huan ordered the whole army to attack, and all the ministries were responsible for covering Xue Guyan's headquarters, Ma Dengcheng.But Xue Guyan's troops were all concentrated in the water village floating on the water. As long as they got close to the city wall, they would lower the ladders tied with bamboo poles and let the first climbers in the water village attack the head of Xuanhu City.

The battle went smoothly, but when the water fortress was about to lean against the wall of Xuanhu City, a fleet of ships sailed downstream from Ru River, and the leader of the army was Fan Yi who had not long joined Liu Yishou!

The Changde Navy is here!

"Are there any warriors to repay King Wu's life-saving grace?"

On the flagship warship, Fan Yi yelled at the soldiers in the cabin.

"I am willing to go to the enemy's water stronghold and dive to sink it!"

A large group of soldiers clasped their fists to fight. These people were all from Wuling County, they were fishermen, and all of them had excellent water skills!
During the flood in Wuling County, it was because of good water quality that he ran fast that he lost his life.

Fan Yi nodded slightly, what is the morale of the army, this is it.The so-called kindness causes goodness, Liu Yishou has taught him a lesson.

That big water village seemed to be an invincible existence, but Fan Yi ordered people to investigate nearby when the Eastern Wei army started construction. After getting the exact information, he personally asked the soldiers of the army about the specific situation.

Fan Yi originally thought that this thing was something extraordinary, but in the end he was scoffed at by the soldiers who were native fishermen in Wuling County and didn't take it seriously.

To put it simply, it is what Gao Huan thought was a treasure, but it is just something left over from other fishermen's play!
In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River where Bashu is located, many Han people and even Liao people live in such water villages. They spend most of their lives in similar places, passing from one ship to another, from one water village to another. Village to another water village!
Although this kind of water village is afraid of fire, it is invincible in rainy days.

Of course, everything has its weaknesses. This kind of water village also has a huge natural weakness, that is, when the bottom of the boat has a hole, it will sink. Because the superstructure is too high, it needs a large buoyancy reserve. The extra buoyancy provided by the density cannot be maintained.

Fan Yi also found out that because of the different places where the water enters and the impact of wind and waves, this kind of water village seldom sinks directly to the bottom, and most of them will collapse in a certain direction like a building collapse!

In other words, this kind of thing that looks very powerful actually only needs to send a group of fishermen with good water skills to dig through the bottom of the water village with boat-drilling tools.

After the thing is overturned, what is the use?Without this thing as a "surprise soldier" to attack the city, the Eastern Wei army would not be able to capture Xuanhu City!

"The big ship crashed! Cover those warriors who scuttled the ship!"

Fan Yi ordered people to unfurl the flag to meet the side, and the main force of the navy rushed towards the water village!

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"King Gao, Liang Jun's navy is attacking, and the water village has collapsed!"

Xue Guyan, who was drenched all over, rushed to the tent of the Chinese army commander on the hill, and said to Gao Huan, his face was covered with a mixture of rain and tears.

When they were besieging the city, a Liang army water army charged forward, rushed directly to the river where the water fortress was located, and fought against the board.These people's strength is not strong, and the bow and crossbow can't be used in the rain. The Eastern Wei army is in an advantage in the battle!Those soldiers of the Liang army and the navy retreated steadily.

However, Xue Guyan, who was commanding the battle on the water stronghold, soon lost his laugh, because these Liang Jun ships rushed over not to "die together" with them, nor did they have a brain twitch and wanted to die.

He is very smart and very purposeful.The soldiers of the navy on the river are fighting with you hand to hand, just to attract the attention of the Wei army. Under the water, a lot of warriors who are fishermen are digging boats!
After confirming that a large amount of river water was pouring under the water village, Fan Yi decisively ordered to leave the battle, and the fleet fled in the torrential rain and disappeared without a trace.And Xue Guyan, who felt that the water village had been tilted, was in a bad mood!

He had no choice but to order the soldiers who didn't know how to swim to abandon the water village and flee for their lives. Many people were drowned in the process. This wave was a heavy loss!

"How could the water village be overturned?"

Gao Huan asked suspiciously.

In order to verify the practicability of the water village, after it was built, he went up to observe the Xuanhu City on the other side of the river. Although this kind of water village travels very slowly, it can indeed be moved, and it is as stable as Mount Tai!

Xue Guyan didn't know why the water village capsized, but there was no doubt that the water flooded into the bottom of the water village, probably because someone cut through the bottom of the boat!
This kind of warfare existed during the Three Kingdoms period. In Soochow Wu there was even an established army, which specially selected soldiers with good water skills, and was responsible for digging ships in water battles!
Gao Huan seemed to have thought of this, his complexion changed several times, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Forget it, let's think of a way."

Gao Huan said in a dejected manner that he was really a little tired from being tossed about.Attacking the city with a water fortress in a rainy day should have been a foolproof method, but what went wrong?

A little Wang Sizheng, why can't I do anything about him?
Gao Huan had a vague guess in his mind: Will Liang Guo concentrate the power of the whole country to fight against his lone army?

If it's not fine, if it is, it's bad.

……

When Gao Huan led his troops to conquer the land of Henan, the Eastern Wei Dynasty was in other places south of the Yellow River, and the situation changed drastically!
Yangdun, the governor of Eastern Yanzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, announced his separation from the Eastern Wei Dynasty in Rencheng, the state capital, and surrendered to Liang Guo with a state.The surrounding counties and counties responded one after another, and a large number of Eastern Wei officials who refused to accept the management were placed under house arrest, waiting to be released.

Obtaining the military order of the Central Command of the Liang State, the prefect of Beihai County of the Liang State, and Yang Yaren, the governor of Qingzhou, led troops to Rencheng for reinforcements to meet Yangdun.After joining forces with Yangdun, the Liang army continued to advance northward, with the purpose of attracting the main force of the Wei army to counter the rebellion.

The Liang army was in full swing all the way, that is, Qiu, Peixian, Gaoping, Yanzhou City and other places all surrendered without a fight.

The Taishan Yang family's network in Qingxu was fully mobilized, all the places that should be occupied, and all the places that should not be occupied were occupied, and even some local wealthy families who would not stand in line began to respond.

The situation is extremely unfavorable for the Eastern Wei Dynasty!Battle reports of the fall from all over the country flew to Yecheng, almost every day!
The worst is yet to come.

Yang Kan, the general of Liang Guozhi Pavilion, led the soldiers and horses of the Taicheng Forbidden Army, set off from Jiankang to Jingkou and boarded the tank boat, and then traveled from Jingkou waterway to Pengcheng, Xuzhou.

Yang Kan knowingly handed over the command of Taicheng Forbidden Army to Liu Yishou, feeling a pity in his heart.

There were tens of thousands of soldiers, horses, water and land armies on this route, and they attacked Suiyang and Yongqiu from Pengcheng to the west, and they were defeated in one battle without encountering any resistance.

The Wei army in Suiyang and Yongqiu was a motley army recruited from the local area. As a county soldier, they didn't have much will to fight. Coupled with the fact that their families were all nearby, they really couldn't find a reason to resist the Liang army.

In other words, if Gao Huan led his troops to fight back after a while, they would have to surrender again!
Whoever has milk is a mother. This is the ecology of the bottom of the border. No matter how many catchphrases they shout, they can't offset the embarrassment of their identity and actual needs.

Liang Guo's elite troops traveled along the Sui River to the northwest, advancing both land and water, exactly the same route as Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition.The difference is that this time the navy in the army is much stronger, comparable to the elite navy that Liu Yu had during the Northern Expedition (playing the Queyue Formation).

Ten days later, Liu Yishou commanded Liang Jun to attack Chenliu Commandery, and the prefect of Chenliu would rather die than surrender, and was beheaded at the waist as a warning to others!
Another three days later, Liang Jun broke through Xiaohuang City again with an absolute superiority in force.On the same day, the soldiers of the Luodiao Team led the way, and Liu Yishou dispatched Yang Kan's elite cavalry to march fifty miles in a hurry. With lightning speed, they smashed the grain camp west of Xiaohuang City. Bingfeng pointed directly at Xingyang.

After conquering the granary of the Wei army, the Liang army continued to march westward by land and water, crossed the Sui River and finally arrived at Biankou, came to the Yellow River port, and took Biankou.

In this battle, thousands of defenders of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were wiped out, and more than a hundred tank boats were captured, which was very fruitful.

Liu Yishou ordered Wu Mingche's navy to block the Yellow River outside Biankou, and no ships were allowed to transport grain from Fangtou to the south bank of the Yellow River!
Biankou is a key node of the Xingyang grain road. Any tank boat coming from the north bank of the Yellow River must come from the ferry on the side of Fangtou, enter the cable water through Biankou, and then take the cable water to the ferry near Xingyang, where it unloads. .

Blocking Biankou can be described as "sealing the throat with a sword" for the Eastern Wei Dynasty, hitting the most painful and uncomfortable place.Liu Yishou ordered Wu Mingche's navy to continue to block the grain road, and ordered Yang Kan to lead his troops south to Xingyang to block Gao Huan's back!

Liu Yishou himself lived in the county where Biankou was located, and dealt with military affairs every day.

After enduring it for so long, it's time to close the net and catch He Liuhun, a big fish.Once He Liuhun is caught, the next big drama can begin, and Liu Yishou looks forward to it very much.

……

"My son! My son! Something is wrong!"

In the signing room in Hulao Pass, Gao Yang was looking at the map when he heard Zhao Yanshen chattering outside the door.

"What happened?"

Gao Yang asked in a deep voice.

He already knew about Liang Jun's attack on Qingxu and Yangdun's rebellion.It's just that besides supporting Xingyang's flanks, he has no other good options.

"Liang Jun besieged Xingyang today!"

Zhao Yan said with a deep breath.

"So fast?"

Gao Yang was startled, didn't this Liang army conquer Suiyang just before?As early as the news of Yangdun's rebellion came, he had already asked Duan Shao to return to Jinzhou to dispatch troops, but he couldn't understand the near fire.

It will take some time for Jinzhou's soldiers and horses to go south to Yecheng!
"Where is Hu Luguang? He still has a few thousand cavalry in Changshe. Let Hu Luguang transfer to Xingyang."

Gao Yang calmly analyzed that it was rare for him to remember at this juncture that Hu Luguang had cavalry in Changshe, which was not far from Xingyang, and cavalry could arrive all day and night!
"My son, don't count on Hu Luguang. A few days ago, Hu Luguang brought Buqu to Fangtou under the pretext of escorting grain and grass to protect the grain road! You went back to Yecheng at that time, so you didn't know about it. "

Zhao Yan said with deep heartache.

Gao Yang's heart tightened, he already understood that the Hulu family was going to rebel!No, it's probably the other way around!It's just kept secret.

Of course, even if the Hulu family wanted to rebel, it didn't mean they would surrender to Liang Guo.

People may just want to establish themselves as kings, and they are up for grabs.When Gao Huan's direct lineage can't control the situation, the peripheral forces will naturally have a lot of ideas that they shouldn't have.

If Hu Luguang just hid and did not participate in the war, then as long as Hu Lujin made a public statement saying that he would attack Gao Huan, they would be loyal ministers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

At this time of crisis, Gao Yang can't do anything to Hulushi!
"You send people to Fangtou and let Hu Luguang lead the troops to Xingyang."

Gao Yang tried to make a last-ditch effort.

"My lord, there is no need to try. If you don't try, you can still retain a bit of dignity. If you go, it will make us feel guilty!"

Zhao Yan persuaded deeply.

"Oh, yes."

Gao Yang sat down dejectedly, already thinking about these things.

He is just young and inexperienced, but not stupid.On the contrary, Gao Yang is very intelligent and has a strong learning ability.

"Then what do you think is going to happen now?"

Gao Yang asked with a gloomy expression.

Zhao Yanshen didn't speak, but just folded his sleeves and saluted.Gao Yang knew that the other party thought it was taboo to say a lot, so he stood up, walked over and pulled the other party's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "If you have anything to say, just say it, you are my cronies, not my father's cronies!"

"My lord, my subordinate would venture to say that under the current situation, it may be difficult for King Gao to return to Hebei. It is better for my lord to return to Yecheng to take charge of the overall situation. The matter in Henan is out of control now, and it is useless to save it. Please also, my lord. Make a quick decision, and be afraid of changes later.”

Zhao Yanshen said boldly.

Gao Yang let go of his sleeve, lost in thought and did not speak.

"My father is still in Xuanhu, how can we not save him?"

Gao Yang asked hesitantly, upon hearing this, Zhao Yanshen was immediately relieved.

He was not afraid of Gao Yang asking this question, but he was afraid that the other party would not speak and express his position, that would be bad.

"My son, you are the son appointed by King Gao, but whether you are the son in the hearts of the generals under King Gao's command is another matter.

If the crown prince doesn't fight for it, the position may not necessarily be given to the crown prince. "

Zhao Yanshen covered his face with his cuff and said.

"You don't have to be so nervous."

Gao Yang patted Zhao Yanshen on the shoulder and said, sighing deeply.Seeing that Zhao Yanshen seemed hesitant to speak, Gao Yang asked, "If you have anything else to say, you can say it together."

"Returning to the son, don't trust Duan Xiaoxian too much. The son must first control the situation in Yecheng. Duan Xiaoxian leads the troops back and sees the son like this, so he will willingly serve.

To put it bluntly, Duan Xiaoxian is of course a member of the Lou family, but not necessarily a member of the Gao family! "

Zhao Yanshen's words awakened the dreamer, leaving Gao Yang stunned.

　The Yellow River is not a place to play with the navy, but during the flood season at the turn of spring and summer, playing with the navy in certain parts of the Yellow River is a strange and unexpected move, a method that breaks the rules, beyond the expectations of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Liu Dudu's decisive victory ultimate move.

　　But playing in the navy on the Yellow River was not made up, let alone pioneered.Liu Dudu's routines are not the first in this era!
　　There is indeed a Yellow River navy in history, which is recorded in history books and poems.For example, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, in the section from Tongguan to Luoyang, there have been established naval forces stationed in villages, and the number is astonishing!When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, there was a route of soldiers and horses that was the Yellow River water transport going upstream into Guanzhong.

　　In the Northern Song Dynasty, the God of Chariots on the Gaoliang River also planned to use the Bianliang water army to go north to Youzhou, but the God of Chariots attacked Liao too fast, and in the end the water army could not keep up with the water boats that were only used to transport grain and grass.When the God of Chariots was defeated and ran away, naturally this navy army also returned to Bianliang.

　　What do you mean by saying this, just to emphasize, don't use the history in your impression to judge things that seem impossible.What you thought was impossible is actually possible, even something that is very popular.

　　
　
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