Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 736
In Shouchun Town, the past few days have been extremely busy, and all the ministries have been sent out, not only to expand the results of the battle as much as possible, but also to clean up the mess caused by the flood as soon as possible.

In the area where the two sides are fighting, the terrain of Huainan and Huaibei is almost the same. Huaibei was hit by floods, and Huainan was naturally not immune.Although the dikes in Huainan are better than those in Huaibei, and there are also ditches for drainage and flood discharge, the sudden surge of Huaihe River has caused some adverse effects on Huainan.

The civil affairs in the territory are not so good. In the process of preparing for the war, there has been a round of purges, and the area near the Huai River is rarely visited by people.However, some fortress buildings along the Huai River were not spared, especially Xiashi City, whose terrain was inherently dangerous, where the waterways were constricted and shaped like a waist.Although there was no damage to the soldiers, many of the original fortress buildings were washed away by the turbulent water flow, and it is still necessary to pay close attention to construction in order to restore the original military functions as soon as possible.

And Shouchun City is not immune. Although there are Bagong Mountain and Zijin Mountain in the north to slightly block the flow of water, the Fei River, as an important flood discharge channel for the Huai River, passes directly through the city. When the water surges, part of Shouchun City is also flooded. , many sections of the city wall were soaked and collapsed, and need to be repaired as soon as possible.

Although there were few injuries, compared with the huge harvest of this campaign, these losses are not worth mentioning.

In this battle, more than 2 slave corpses were picked up near Yingkou alone. If you count the money that was washed away by the flood, Jie Nu lost at least [-] here. public.Of course, a large part of them were beheaded on the battlefield, but even if this proportion is deducted, there are at least [-] soldiers who died directly in the impact of the flood!

Such a large number of casualties, even if there are nearly 20 slaves here, is enough to be called a severe injury.In addition to the dead bodies of Jienu, the Huainan army captured more than [-] slave soldiers during the follow-up sweep.Most of them are miscellaneous Hu soldiers with corrupt discipline and servants accompanying the army. As for the real Jie slave soldiers, they probably escaped too fast and got not much.

In addition to the captives captured by human beings, the other biggest gain is undoubtedly the capture of various weapons.A large number of slaves fled from the camp at night. Except for their weapons, almost all their barracks, vehicles and other equipment were discarded. Naturally, all of them were captured by the Huainan army, and they were dismantled and transported back to Huainan.

However, there is still too little real food, grass and supplies, because the Yingshui channel has not yet been opened, so a large amount of Jiehu's resources are still concentrated in Chenjun and other places in southern Henan, and did not come south with the army at the same time.And some of the food and grass carried with the army were also taken away by the slave army during the rout.

But even so, with 10,000+ large ordnance leftovers, even if one person only discards a stick, it is still the wood of a vast forest!

In addition to the gains, it was the loss of the Huainan Army.The damage was mainly concentrated in the battle of Yingkou's defense. On the first day alone, the battle lost nearly [-] people, but the night and the second day of the battle were even more difficult, especially the defense during the period when the last camp was broken. The battle was even more tragic than before several times!
Yingkou is the place of heavy defense in Huainan, and there are more than [-] land and water troops concentrated here, and their strength is even greater than that of Shouchun Town. Afterwards, troops have been increased and deployed, and they have almost accounted for nearly half of the Huainan Army's total strength.Although these troops were not fully engaged in defensive battles due to the differences in the duties of the arms, more than [-] people directly participated in the battle.

However, after the water was poured into Yingkou, there were less than 5000 Yingkou defenders who were finally rescued!Among them, the most valiant Shengwu army, including the army leader Hu Run and his supervisor, only has more than 500 people left, and everyone is wounded, almost intact!

Such a tragic ratio of casualties is enough to show the cruelty of this battle.The Huainan army was besieged by tens of thousands of slave soldiers in Yingkou, a desperate place. The slave soldiers did not take any action to recruit prisoners during the battle. In order to complete the mission of the general, Guo Song divided the land and water battalions into two battalions. They even floated off the shore on the river, and did not give the soldiers a choice. They waited until the last defense was impossible, and then let the boats approach the water for the soldiers to evacuate, while they themselves stubbornly resisted.

Guo Song was exhausted in the end, and because he was too close to the slave army to get out of the battle and board the ship, he was also trapped by huge waves in the end, because his own soldiers desperately protected him, and when the Huainan army finally searched for him on the water, he was already dead. Faint and unconscious, he survived by being tied to a piece of driftwood.

Yingkou's battle was so tragic that the Huainan army directly lost nearly one-third of its combat power!This is only the first battle of Huainan's defensive battle, just two days of fighting!If the Huainan army can't make a big move to control the enemy, not to mention the loss of Yingkou, the loss of troops and the decline of morale, how the follow-up battle will continue is unimaginable!
After this battle, Shen Zhezi finally understood why Shihu was able to gallop freely on the land of the Central Plains in this world. He may not be born handsome, but his disregard for human life is rare.Such a crazy fierce battle under the imperial court is really outrageous!
This person is not only cruel to the enemy, but he also commits atrocities of slaughtering the city every time he attacks a fortified city. If the pawns cannot break through the enemy's formation, they will be slaughtered once they retreat slowly!In this way, even if the defenders kill all those who are fighting for their lives, it will be difficult to resist the successor elite division.

Shen Zhezi really felt sorry for not being able to kill the stone tiger in the wild this time.Although the results of this battle were outstanding, Shen Zhezi did not dare to slack off because of this, and he took the time to repair the defense, and transferred the successor divisions such as Liangjun and Hefei into the town. Send rangers to the four fields to spy on the movements of the defeated slave army.

Although this battle temporarily forced the slave army to retreat, it boosted morale.But in addition to the loss of soldiers, there is also the abandonment of Yingkou, a heavy defense.The original camps were all submerged by floods, and the river became wider. It was already difficult to completely keep the slave army boats out of the Huai River.

Moreover, most of the retreat of the slave army was active. Although the morale was greatly lost, the combat effectiveness was not completely damaged.Once it makes a comeback, it is still dreadful enough.Therefore, listening to the current movements of the slave army is also an important basis for determining the defensive strategy.

At the same time, Shen Zhezi is also organizing personnel to return to the capital to report victory.In any case, this time the water poured into Yingkou, forced back 10,000+ slave troops, and captured tens of thousands of prisoners, it was a big victory that was enough to excite the hearts of Jiangdong.In addition, the father of the city won a big victory before, and all the achievements were combined, and he returned to the capital to report victory.Even if Shen Zhezi himself doesn't care about rewarding the magnates, he still needs to consider the feelings of the soldiers, especially this time after a hard fight, Guo Song and the rest of the soldiers have made great achievements. Cited in Yingkou, it is rare to win this time!
Regardless of the living or the dead, there must be rewards, so as to boost morale and facilitate subsequent battles.And these rewards for military exploits have exceeded the authority of Shen Zhezi, the internal historian of Huainan, so it must be clearly announced by Taichung.

There are also Guo Song and other wounded people who are wounded. After their injuries have stabilized, they will all be sent back to Houzhen, Liang County, to recuperate their injuries.Shouchun is still the front line at this time, and may have to face the siege of the city in the future. There is so much turbulence, it is really not suitable for the wounded to recuperate.

Moreover, the abandonment of Yingkou is related to a large number of adjustments in defense. Many common people, food and grass, must be collected in the city, or sent to Liangjun and Hefei.Therefore, after a short period of joy, Shouchun's civil and military bureaucrats soon fell into more busy preparations for battle.It's just that there has been a change in mentality. Unlike before, I was more or less anxious in my heart, and I can already see the dawn of sticking to victory!

The similar busyness lasted for nearly half a month, and after the slave army retreated in turmoil, the military news also came back one after another.

Shihu fled in panic after the water was poured into the mouth, but he did not collect the routs in the rear immediately and reorganize the ranks. Instead, he led thousands of rebels straight to Qiaocheng. Guo Ao, the commander-in-chief of the Route Army, was blocked in the city. He seized his order and dismissed his military post before the army on the charge of failing to supervise the army, thus bringing the East Route Army into the unified system. Essentials.Not long after, the general army was routed between Qiao and Chen. After a round of iron and blood purges, the army was concentrated in Mengcheng, Qiao County for rectification.

Guo Ao lost all his followers, but he didn't dare to openly defy Shi Hu, so he fled to Pengcheng with Shi Cong.And Shihu probably also lost his prestige in the new defeat, and did not send people to pursue him.

Regarding the latest movements of the Jiehu army, the feedback was very timely and detailed. This is because between Qiao and Chen, many people from the village clan sent people to report.There are even many villagers who express their views that Chen County is now the place where the slave army's luggage is stored, but the morale of the army is turbulent due to the new defeat, and there is no chance to take advantage of it.If the Huainan king's division can send the water army to the north to sneak attack, these township clansmen are willing to cooperate with the outside world, and use the military funds of the burning slaves to assist the king's affairs!
After receiving the Chenjun letter, many generals in the Huainan army were overjoyed.If it is said that Shui Guanyingkou just forced the slave army back and wiped out its military prestige before, but its strength has not been greatly damaged.But if he could sneak attack on Chen Jun and burn all the supplies of the army, then hundreds of thousands of slave troops would be defeated without a fight, and the crisis of Shouchun would naturally be completely resolved.Although this trip is not lacking in dangers, if we examine the old traces of the Huainan Army, if we did not succeed in many risks, how could we maintain the war to the current situation with the newly formed army and absolute inferiority!
But when faced with this tempting temptation, Shen Zhezi was no longer as decisive as before, but became a little hesitant.On the one hand, he had some doubts about the attitude of those Chenjun villagers, on the other hand, he also doubted whether Shi Hu would leave Chenjun's obvious omission for the Huainan army to capture after such a big defeat?

Once the boats go north and go deep into Yingshui, they will no longer have such a wide and full of water on the Huai River. However, if they want to cut off the flow of Yingshui to cut off the back of the Huainan navy, it will be difficult for the slave army whose strength is not greatly damaged. It is not difficult to say.

Of course, a large part of the reason why Shen Zhezi hesitated was because he expected the slave army to collapse in chaos, not just to sneak attack on the opponent's resources.If you wait with peace of mind, you can wait until the slave army is completely disintegrated, so why take the risk of stepping into the temptation of a suspected trap?

Of course, it is difficult for him to explain this point of thought clearly.But soon, the Huainan army no longer had to worry about whether to sneak attack on the main camp of the slave army in Chen County. The Taobao army led by the slave army from the west had arrived in Runan and began to storm Rukou. The urgent documents from Runan came to Shouchun.

　When I was young, watching Dragon Ball or Slam Dunk, there was always "the real game has just begun", so what I watched before was all ghosts. . .But it must be said that the real torture has just begun, Xiao Yan has moved out, how could Liu Yao's lesson, who is close at hand, be ignored, it is impossible for Shi Hu to return to Xiangguo wholeheartedly. . .

　　
　
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