On October 22nd of the 18th year of Tianbao, the forward army of the Northern Expedition of the Tang Army arrived in Huaizhou and successfully joined forces with Wang Nannan and Wang Sili's troops.
The forward army was led by Chu Ge, with Li Siye as deputy, and Bai Xiaode and Li Sheng as subordinates.
"Hahaha, welcome General Chu, General Bai and the two generals Li to Huaizhou.
We are sorry for missing the welcome."
Wang Nannan and Wang Sili brought dozens of military generals and local officials in Huaizhou with them.
Go out of the city to meet.
Chu Ge, on behalf of the generals, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Excuse me, the two generals and other generals, for waiting for a long time."
Wang Nan said: "The army has come from afar.
The local officials and people have prepared some food and drinks to comfort the army.
We have also prepared a few drinks and a banquet in the city to treat you generals.
Please" The people were so enthusiastic that Chu Ge and others could not refuse.
They immediately ordered the army to camp on the spot and eat, but no drinking was allowed.
Several of their main generals followed Wang Nan and others into Huaizhou City for the banquet, leaving their respective lieutenants to greet them outside the city. .
After eating and drinking, the maids brought tea and everyone sat behind the low tables to discuss the march route.
Wang Nan asked: "General Chu, during this Northern Expedition, although we have received an official letter from someone sent by the Marshal's Mansion, we still don't know the specific mission and what arrangements the Marshal has for our two troops."
Chu Ge then took out an official document from his arms and said: "This is a military order written by the commander himself, please two generals to read it."
A soldier behind Wang Rao came over and handed the official document to him.
He read it once, and then asked the soldier to send it to Wang Sili, who also quickly read it again.
Wang Rao then said: "The commander-in-chief said that the two of us have been stationed in Huaizhou for a long time and are familiar with the local terrain and folk customs, so he gave us two tasks: First, dispatch some troops from various places to follow the four-pronged army of the forward army. , responsible for exploring the terrain, detecting the enemy's situation, guiding the forward army, and coordinating The main force of the Northern Expedition's forward army is to fight, negotiate with the local people, and other matters; secondly, it is responsible for protecting grain roads, responsible for transporting supplies, and taking over the cities captured by the forward army at any time.
The commander's military orders, we will complete to the letter.
"If General Chu has any orders or assignments, just speak."
Chu Ge's specific position was not high.
His position was the governor of Suiye Dudufu in Beiting and the former military envoy of Beiting Army.
However, Wang Ruolan was the military envoy of Longyou, and Wang Sili was also the military envoy of Hexi Province at this time. , in terms of specific positions, both of them are higher than Chu Ge. , but Chu Ge’s official rank and military rank at this time were from the second rank to the general of the army respectively, which was higher than these two people.
These were accumulated achievements and could not be false in the slightest.
Although Wang Nanran, Wang Sili and others had positions High, but the performance is not very ideal.
Therefore, these two people spoke politely to Chu Ge and others.
Chu Ge asked: "How are the rebels' troop deployment around Xinxiang?"
When Wang Rao heard this, he asked someone to bring out a map, then walked to the map and pointed at it and said: "Now our army's frontline scouts have been operating in the Xiuwu and Wuzhi counties.
Previously, the rebels were in Wu Zhi and Xiuwu each deployed 3,000 men for garrison.
Since the news of our army's Northern Expedition came out, the rebel forces in these two counties have It increased to 5,000, and the troops in other counties were either 3,000 or 5,000.
Yinzhou had 20,000 in Huojia County, and Xinxiang had 5,000.
Cui Qianyou's main force of 100,000 troops was concentrated in Suanzao, today's Yanjin, and Yangwu, today's Yuanyang County.
Li Huaixian We now have 70,000 to 80,000 horses in our hands, with only 30,000 elite troops, gathered in Kuangcheng, today's Changyuan and Fengqiu areas."
Chu Ge said: "Before our army set off, the commander had already made arrangements.
After arriving in Huaizhou and joining your two troops, General Li Siye led the Chinese Army and the Henan Second and Fourth Army to march towards Wuzhi County.
After Wuzhi County was defeated, , troops marched into Yangwu; our front army, left and right armies and the Henan First, Third, Fifth and Sixth Armies marched to Xiuwu County in the northwest After marching and capturing Xiuwu and Yinzhou, they were divided into two.
The left army Bai Xiaode's troops and the Henan Fifth Army marched north to Gongcheng.
After taking Gongcheng, they marched into Weizhou and now Weihui, while our former army and the right army Li Sheng's troops marched northward to Gongcheng.
The First, Third and Sixth Armies of Henan Province marched towards Xinxiang, captured Xinxiang and then marched into Jujube.
During the battle, they also asked the two generals to help them."
Wang Sili and Wang Rao both clasped their fists and said: "It's easy to talk, easy to talk, we will try our best to cooperate."
On October 25th, the Beiting forward army divided into two groups and attacked simultaneously.
On the first route, Li Siye's Chinese army was the main force, assisted by the second and fourth armies of the Henan Army, and marched towards Wuzhi County.
On the same day, they arrived at the foot of Wuzhi County and set up camp, waiting for the arrival of subsequent siege equipment and grain and grass supplies.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
At this time, the Beitingqian, left and right armies and the first, third, fifth and sixth armies of the Henan Army, commanded by Chu Ge, arrived at Xiuwu County and set up camp to prepare for the attack on another day.
Unexpectedly, it rained heavily on this day, covering a large area in the north and south of the Yellow River.
This temporarily hindered the Tang army's Northern Expedition, and the two armies of Chu Ge and Li Siye had to temporarily abandon their siege plan.
Chenliu is Bianzhou.
In the first year of Tianbao, Bianzhou was changed to Chenliu.
There is an error in the previous chapter.
It is on the edge of the Yellow River.
In the afternoon, Zhao Ziliang stood on the edge of the Yellow River wearing a raincoat.
He looked up at the heavy rain falling in the sky.
His mood could not get better.
The weather was unfavorable and cannot be changed by force.
The heavy rain had not been falling for a long time.
As time passed, If the heavy rain continues for a few days, it will be impossible to fight for at least ten days and a half.
The muddy roads will make it difficult for the army to move.
Gao Shang, Cen Shen, Zheng San, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Wang Zhen, Huangfu Xian and other staff members were all wearing raincoats and riding horses beside Zhao Ziliang.
Everyone was in a bad mood.
Cen Shen sighed: "It seems that the time of day is not with me."
Gao Shang said: "Commander, the rain is only temporary.
If it rains in a large area, General Chu and General Li of the forward army will definitely decide whether to advance or not.
Commander, don't worry, this heavy rain will not keep falling."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and sighed: "I'm not worried that they will force the army to attack during the rainy season.
I am worried that the longer the heavy rain continues, the colder the weather will be.
The first batch of winter clothes has not been shipped yet.
If the weather suddenly turns cold, I'm afraid the frontline soldiers won't be able to bear it.
Actually, my original intention was to wait a little longer.
In the next few months, we will use this winter to intensively train the 200,000 Henan troops again.
When tomorrow spring, with 300,000 elite troops, we will definitely be able to wipe out the rebels of An Qingxu and Shi Siming with overwhelming force.
However, the imperial court did not Let us send troops at this time of autumn and winter, hey."
When the staff heard this, they all sighed.
Zhao Ziliang stared at the endless warships lined up on the river from left to right.
Some soldiers on guard stood motionless wearing raincoats and holding spears, and asked: "What time is it now?"
"Commander, it's just past midnight, and it will be dark in another hour."
Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and had a bold plan in his mind to cross the river by force.
After pondering for a moment, he shouted to Zheng San: "Zheng San, how many sets of raincoats and blankets can be transported in one hour?"
Zheng San was stunned, but still replied: "Every soldier of our Beiting Army should have blankets.
They have been used before.
There are currently 10,000 sets of raincoats in Chenliu's warehouse and can be used at any time."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Give me the order to have You Yijun and the escort army immediately light a fire to rebel, prepare blankets, and prepare to cross the river after dinner; transfer the raincoats from Chenliu's warehouse and distribute them to You Yijun and the escort army.
If there is not enough, from The other armies can borrow it first.
The quantity must be gathered together; in addition, let the boatmen also have dinner with You Yijun and the escort army, they are indispensable when crossing the river.
It has only rained for two hours now, and the river water has not risen significantly yet, but if it rains for a long time, the river water will inevitably If the price rises sharply, then it will be much more dangerous to cross the river.”
Zhao Ziliang originally thought of erecting a pontoon bridge on the river, but considering that the water in the middle of the river was too deep, the boats used to erect the pontoon bridge had no point of strength in the middle of the river and could not be fixed in place.
Moreover, there were rebels stationed across the river, so erecting a pontoon bridge caused trouble.
Too much movement It is large and takes a long time.
It is easy for the rebels to find and prepare.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
It is different to use a large warship to cross the river.
Although there is wind on the river, the wind is not strong.
The wind resistance of this kind of warship should be Crossing the river in this wind was no problem.
Cen Shen was a little worried and said: "Commander, is it too dangerous to cross the river at night?
Moreover, our task here is to contain Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian, and we are not the main attacker."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable.
On the battlefield, plans often fail to keep up with changes.
If we stick to the rules and have rigid tactics, we will not only miss the opportunity, but also the enemy may seize the opportunity.
This heavy rain makes Our previous plan was temporarily shelved and the attack was blocked, but this is still an opportunity, although there are some It's a risk, but it's worth it.
On such a rainy day, could Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian think that we would forcefully cross the river?
Maybe they were relieved at this time and relaxed their vigilance.
Tonight is the best time for us to cross the river.
If we wait until The river water will rise sharply tomorrow, and the risk of crossing the river will increase several times.
Needless to say, Chen Qing, give the order immediately."
Chen Qing cupped his fists and said: "Follow your orders."
After the order was given, all the Tang troops moved.
A large number of sergeants transported large quantities of raincoats from the warehouses in Chenliu City to the military camp under the river embankment in horse-drawn carriages.
In the military camp, a fire was nervously being lit for rebellion.
Not only did the cooks It is necessary to prepare food for the nearly 20,000 cavalry of the Youyi Army and the escort army, and to prepare dry food for them for three days.
This must be completed within two hours at the latest.
Since receiving the order to prepare for the cross-river battle, the cavalry officers and soldiers of the Youyi Army and the Escort Army have been preparing in the camp.
Everyone is packing their luggage, especially blankets, woolen sweaters, and a change of shoes and socks.
After packing these things , the next step is to clean and tidy the armor and equipment.
Some weapons are blunt and need to be polished.
Only when they are sharpened can they kill people cleanly
.
: