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Wu Yue's Struggle for Hegemony Chapter 425: Strong Bones

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    Yang Zilu sent out troops this time with all his strength. There were seven armies in total, each army had 10,000 people, and they were respectively led by seven people: Jiyong, Yu Yang, Yang Tugou, Xia Huhou, Chou Wuyu, Zilu and Xiayou.  Among them, except for Xia You's naval division, the others are all from the army.  In addition, there is the rear army with Zigong as the chief general and Yu Miao and Lingpin as deputy generals.

    The rear army has the largest number of people, a full 60,000 people.  However, only 15,000 of them were county soldiers, and the rest were civilians.  The responsibility of the rear army is to transport food and grass to the front line, and also to act as a reserve force.  During the great chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period, even civilians had received certain military training.  Yang Zilu also asked Zigong and others to train more when they were free on the front line and gave them weapons, so the civilians were actually light infantry strictly speaking.  Once the losses on the front line are too serious, civilians will be recruited as soldiers on the spot to join the battlefield.

    Because of this, from the perspective of other princes, Yang Zilu sent more than 130,000 troops this time!  He must be determined to destroy Dong Chu. Shi Qi was also frightened and nervous by this incident, not to mention the other Dong Chu doctors. Three of their souls and seven of them were missing.  [com]

    On the one hand, Shi Qi sent Xiong Shidian to lead an army of 50,000 to camp at Yingwei at the junction of Yingshui River and Huaishui River, and to set up camp on the west bank to strengthen the city defense and resist the incoming Han army.  On the one hand, they sent people to ask for help from the Chu State, hoping to get full support from the Chu State.  Originally, according to King Hui of Chu, it was best to sit on a mountain and watch the tiger fight. Anyway, his dislike for Dong Chu was compared to that of the Han Dynasty.  perish.

    But Shen Baoxu was not King Hui of Chu after all, and he was not that short-sighted.  Shen Baoxu told King Hui of Chu that the lips were dead and the teeth were cold, so as to persuade King Chu Hui.  However, in the end King Hui of Chu only reluctantly sent some soldiers to support Dong Chu. The reason was very simple. The Han Jia Ding in Zai Ying had not yet been pacified.  If Chu's army were to go out in full force, I'm afraid there would be a natural disaster and a surprise attack by Han.

    Although Shen Baoxu was a little unwilling, he still agreed and personally led an army of 20,000 Chu troops to support Dong Chu.

    Shi Qi could not have imagined that King Hui of Chu would be so short-sighted and send 20,000 people to support him!  But he had no choice. Who knew that Yang Zilu was beating Dong Chu now?  Shi Qi had no choice but to send his official Dou Shu Ao to the Jin State, hoping to get support from the Jin State.  The Jin State is already the only vassal state in the world that can compete with the Han State.

    However, Dou Shuao had just set out, Xiong Shidian had already sent someone to deliver urgent documents, and the Han army had already arrived at Yingwei at the junction of Yingshui and Huaishui.

    ?¡­Yingwei¡­

    The geographical location of Yingwei is very critical. It leads to Yingshui in the north and goes upstream along Yingshui. It can directly reach the royal families of Zheng and Zhou.  Shenyi, the foundation of Dongchu, is also on the edge of Yingshui. The elite soldiers of Dongchu now are basically the troops that Bai Gongsheng raised in Shenyi.  And their family members are basically in Shenyi. You can imagine the impact on Dongchu if Shenyi is captured.

    And the people of Shenyi are also very loyal to Dongchu. It can be said that if Xincai is captured, Shi Qi will probably take the current monarch, Prince Wuxu, to escape to Shenyi.

    To the west of Yingwei is the upper reaches of Huai River. You can go upstream to reach the mouth of Ru River where it enters Huai River. From there, about a hundred miles north, you will reach Xincai.  It can be said that after opening up Yingwei, the Han army can use waterways to transport food, and can also quickly dispatch soldiers.  A soldier can walk no more than a hundred miles a day, but a boat can travel day and night, and can travel two hundred miles a day and a night.  Moreover, while sitting on the boat, the physical strength maintained cannot be compared with walking.

    Because of this, the Han army cannot survive in Yingwei without fighting!

    The Han army all knew this, and it was impossible for the Chu army not to know it, so they built many defensive buildings in Yingwei.

    When Yang Zilu arrived, she couldn't help but frown. She only had three words to comment on the Yingwei in front of her - tough!

    On the small highland at the junction of Yingshui and Huaishui, the Chu army built three finished-shaped arrow towers. Through clairvoyance, you can clearly see that there are two simple trebuchets placed on each arrow tower.  kind of.  But it was enough to block the river.

    In addition, by the river, the Chu army built a two-foot-high earth wall that stretched for fifteen or six miles. There was an arrow tower every one hundred to one hundred and fifty steps.  Moreover, the earth walls are very close to the river, and the farthest point is only a hundred steps away.  In such a narrow terrain, even if a pontoon bridge was set up to send soldiers across, there was no way to put down enough troops.  And this is still the time when the emperor is retreating. It can be imagined that the place may be even narrower when the tide is high.

    It seems that Dong Chu was not unprepared for the Han army's attack.  Obviously these fortifications cannot be built in a short time.

    "My lord! It's not easy to fight!" Hou Xiong frowned and his expression was indescribably serious.

    "It's not easy to fight! You have to fight!" Yang Zilu also thought in his heart.Annoying, but as the coach, he cannot panic.  If he panics too, the people under his command will probably panic even more.

    "Then Lord, what should we do now?" Hou Xiong asked hesitantly.

    Yang Zilu turned around and said to Hou Xiong without looking back: "Order the entire army to camp on the spot! Have a good night's rest before we talk!"

    "No!" Hou Xiong responded.

    Yang Zilu was not prepared to confront Shi Qi head-on at Yingwei. After some thought, he appointed Ji Yong as deputy marshal and led his troops south to Lujiang County.  He joined Chen, the governor of Lujiang County, crossed the Huai River north, launched an attack from behind the Eastern Chu Army, and attacked Yingwei's Eastern Chu Army from behind with the Han Army.

    After Hou Xiong heard this order, he couldn't help but express his dissent.  "My lord! Is this taking too much time?"

    "No! I can train my troops well during this period! Anyway, with the five hundred thousand shi of grain sent by the Lu State, plus our Han State's reserves over the years, there will be no problem in supporting the autumn harvest next year! But Dong Chu is not like that. They  They had just started a rebellion, and they didn¡¯t have much food left in their hands, so they couldn¡¯t consume us! And by the time Jiyong and the others went north, it would have been February or March! At that time, people in Dongchu were all thinking about spring plowing, and people were even more panicked.  The enemy's timing!" Yang Zilu said confidently.

    "My Lord, I am not questioning whether this plan can defeat the thief, but I have so much time! I am afraid that other princes will get involved!" Hou Xiong said worriedly.

    Seeing that Yang Zilu had not expressed anything yet, Hou Xiong couldn't help but said: "My lord, the civil strife in Jin has subsided! The king of Jin has been driven out of Jin, and Jin has given the king a posthumous title! 'Chu'! This shows that  They have died as kings. Now that they are under the control of the Four Ministers, they are very dissatisfied with their lord's original support for Jin Chugong! In addition, I am a powerful Han Dynasty, and I am afraid that the Jin State will unite with other princes to deal with our Han Kingdom.  !¡±

    PS: There are only 2,000 words left today!  But there will be no updates tomorrow!
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