When Chen Yan and Zhang Gou led their troops to cross the Yishui River and rushed to the east bank of the Surabaya River, the northern part of the Hedong Daying in Suyu was caught in a sea of fire, burning the dark sky at dawn to red.

Li Liang, the general of the Hedong battalion, saw that the battalion could not be defended, and finally set fire to the camp before finally withdrawing.

Before attacking the camp, Lin Lian, Qin Chengzu, Ning Zechen and others considered that the exiled army would set fire to the camp and chose to attack from the upwind.

Luckily, the southeast wind did not change overnight.

When the camp was set on fire, there was basically little determination to resist, and when the fire was set on fire, they were in the downwind direction of the spread of the fire, and under the fierce attack of the armor on this side, the wandering army quickly withdrew.

Earlier, the Liumin Army smeared mud on the fence walls and shacks, which was to set fire to the Jiangdong Left Army when attacking the camp. Although it was primitive, it was also effective in preventing the spread of the fire, and the Jiangdong Left Army completely occupied the Hedong camp, only a large area was burned near the North Camp Gate, and the damage was not particularly serious.

It is hard for Chen Yan and Zhang Gou to imagine that under the condition that Chen Hansan led the cavalry into the rear flank, how could the Jiangdong Left Army, which was only more than 4,000 elite, forcibly capture the Hedong camp from nearly 6,000 defenders?

Chen Hansan did not fail to do his best this time, Chen Yan and Zhang Gou made their subordinates form a formation on the gentle slope east of the camp in Hedong, rushed over to see Chen Hansan, and saw that there were many wounded under Chen Hansan, and they fought hard all night, and they were afraid that there would be hundreds of casualties.

Chen Yan, Zhang Gou and others, like their Qu Shuai Sun Zhuang, were quite dissatisfied with Chen Hansan, but they also knew that Chen Hansan could fight so hard this time, and they were already quite attentive.

The defender of Suyu is Li Liang, the deputy general of Ma Lantou, who was just in his early thirties, and fled back from the border army with Liu An'er with Ma Lantou and others in his early years, and joined the gang to become a water bandit, and then rebelled. Li Liang looked white and clean, he didn't look like he was born in the Wandering Army, he brought his cronies Li Yu'er over, full of chagrin that the camp had taken away, came to Chen Hansan's face, put the metal hood on the ground, and scolded hatefully: "Damn, this battle is depressing, the Jiangdong Left Army broke through inch by inch with a shield cart and a high shield, and in the middle of it took a rushing cart, mules and horses to demolish the camp shed, and there was no chance to fight happily!" Knowing this, it was good to set fire to the camp at the beginning! Left Protector, how do you say this battle will be fought next? ”

Li Liang finally withdrew nearly 2,000 troops, and a large number of soldiers before were more scattered and defeated, and escaped from the east and west gates, and the casualties were not serious. It was not easy to gather the stragglers at night, but it also allowed Li Liang to gather nearly 3,000 troops in the north.

Although the Jiangdong Left Army took advantage of the night to capture the Hedong camp, but in total, plus the newly arrived Chen Yan and Zhang Gou's troops, their troops were still as many as 8,000, twice as many as the Jiangdong Left Army, and Li Liang was unwilling to lose the Hedong camp like this.

Chen Hansan's eyes stared viciously at the northern part of the Hedong camp, where the fire burned a gap of more than 20 zhang wide, if he wanted to counterattack the Hedong camp, it would be most appropriate to attack from there, but he didn't say anything. Everyone knew that the situation was critical, but they still didn't want to fill in all the elites of his department.

Don't talk about Chen Hansan, Chen Yan and Zhang Gou are also slightly angry.

They and Chen Han's three divisions were all chasing and fighting overnight, and the soldiers were very tired, how much combat power they could burst out, it was really hard to say, and they didn't want to consume their troops in the first battle.

What does it depend on to survive in troubled times? Isn't it still relying on this little soldier in hand?

If you really want to counterattack, you still need Li Liang to lead the troops as the main force.

Li Liang had just led 6,000 troops to defend the Hedong camp and drove him out, could he be expected to lead his troops as the main force, and to suppress the arrogance of the Jiangdong Left Army? In order to ensure the front of Siyang, it was too powerful to transfer elite troops from Suyu. The elite soldiers that Li Liang could press up and fight in his hands were too limited.

Although in the past two days and two nights, the Jiangdong Left Army has fought one or two more tough battles than them, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as it was at its peak, the soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army, in addition to their personal martial bravery, have placed more emphasis on battlefield discipline and cooperation in combat. They were far better equipped with armor and supplies, so they were able to maintain a level of combat effectiveness even after continuous marching and fighting—something far beyond the Wanderers.

Sun Gongzi once said that he had to have the armor and equipment of the Jiangdong Left Army, and he dared to carry the king's tent elite cavalry of the Eastern Captives.

This may be true, but in addition to armor and equipment, the more important thing is the supply of food and grass.

As long as they fail to capture Xuzhou and occupy a place where they have taken root and established a foundation, even if they rely on capturing and equipping a batch of well-equipped soldiers, the soldiers' bodies will be seriously damaged in the long-term forced wandering battles.

Compared with the two days and two nights of forced march and continuous fighting of the Jiangdong Left Army, Zhang Gou and Chen Yan had been fighting in various places for two years, and due to the difficulty of supply, they were rarely able to stay in one place to rest for more than a month, which was an extremely severe test for everyone's body.

For more than two years, Zhang Gou is no longer the original border army colonel, and Chen Zhen is not the original small leader of the water village, they can rise and give Sun Pole as an arm, in addition to their ability to fight bravely, it is also because they are more willing to use their brains than others when fighting. I can't help but think, if you can't lay down Xuzhou in this way, how will you go in the future?

At this time, the Jiangdong Left Army had the advantage of defending the camp, how to fight this battle? Zhang Gou and Chen Yan couldn't help but have such doubts in their hearts.

At this time, a long group of men and horses carrying torches came from south to north on the west bank of the river, and Li Liang shouted excitedly: "Okay, Ma Shuai's reinforcements are back!" ”

It's far away, and it can't be seen really, but there is no doubt that the reinforcements from Siyang rushed back overnight, but Zhang Gou and Chen Yan thought in their hearts: In such a short period of time, did Ma Shuai and Gong Ye wipe out Liu Tingzhou's Duhuai army?

Although most of the Duhuai army under Liu Tingzhou was a newly recruited rabble, the soldiers of Shanyang County were rare elites. Since they started their army, they have not been able to bargain too much from the soldiers of Shanyang County. Liu Tingzhou was still defeated in the early morning of the day before yesterday, and it was the elite soldiers of Shanyang County in the sixth battalion who supported him.

Besides, the pontoon bridge on the Suyu side has been almost destroyed, and Dongkouzi is under the control of the Jiangdong Left Army, and the reinforcements from Siyang can only ensure that Suyu City is not lost, but it still can't support the war here!

Chen Hansan's face was gloomy, although the soldiers and horses of the Liumin Army on the east bank of the river belonged to three divisions, but at this time it was still necessary to make decisions led by him, he said: "The Jiangdong Left Army is also the end of the strong crossbow, although the soldiers are good and the defense is very strict, making it difficult for our army to break through the defensive formations it has deployed, but it is also difficult for them to ...... if they want to attack our army in the field."

In the battle of attacking the camp, Li Liang's troops were beaten to the ground, Chen Han's three troops were cavalry and could not enter the camp to support the battle, Chen Yan and Zhang Gou could lead their troops to come early, and the large battalion might not be easily taken by the Jiangdong Left Army.

In the field battle, Chen Hansan tabooed the combat method of the Jiangdong Left Army's armored cavalry sandwiched in the middle of the infantry array, and did not dare to easily attack the Jiangdong Left Army's defensive formation, but if the Jiangdong Left Army attacked, there would inevitably be weak flanks exposed, and then light cavalry could be used to assault its flanks.

When reinforcements had already arrived in Hexi, Chen Hansan gave up the idea of counterattacking the camp in Hedong, and made Chen Yan, Zhang Gou, and Li Liang each lead their foot soldiers to form a formation. The soldiers worked tirelessly to dig more blocking trenches in front of the battle, confined the Jiangdong Left Army to the Hedong camp, and took advantage of the superiority in strength to form a counter-encirclement.

They can even transfer troops and horses from Tancheng and Narrow Bridge Battalions, that is, to gather up the rout and stragglers who were defeated in the first two battles, and there are also considerable soldiers and horses available.

Chen Hansan had the intention of suppressing the Jiangdong Left Army in the Hedong camp, but his plan was soon shattered.

In the morning light, the tall masts erected by the water camp warships were like huge battle flags, and the Jiangdong water camp, which had not been dispatched for two days, finally appeared at this time and appeared in the Surabaya River.

The river closure measures of the Wandering People's Army in the Surabaya River are mainly composed of hidden piles, iron cable pontoon bridges and broken river logs upstream. The broken river wood has been broken, and after the forest tie occupies the camp in the east of the river, the iron cable pontoon bridge and the hidden pile are not obstacles.

At the moment, Lin Tie was to let people dive into the water, find out the location of the hidden pile, tie the rope, and dozens of people worked together to pull a hidden pile out of the river and open the blocked river.

In addition to ferrying the Fengli battalion and the cavalry battalion to the west bank of the Surabaya River, which had been fighting for two days and two nights on the east bank, the Jiangning water battalion also brought five battalions and 3,000 soldiers with a fresh force of the Changshan battalion.

Although on the west bank of the Surabaya River, the Wandering People's Army transferred reinforcements from Siyang overnight, this reinforcement also traveled all night after the continuous fighting in Siyang, and it was quite exhausting.

The Jiangning water camp arrived, and some of the warships anchored on the east bank, and the battalion and cavalry generals boarded the ships one after another. Some of the warships anchored on the west bank, and Ao Canghai, wearing crimson battle armor, stood on the deck, commanding the elite of the Changshan battalion to land directly in front of the enemy.

Lin Jian boarded the boat, and after Ao Canghai and Ge Cunxiong briefly reported the situation in Siyang and Shanyang, he exhaled: "It's good that Liu Tingzhou can take a breath." Whether it can catch up and whether it can completely disrupt the deployment of the displaced army in the west of the Surabaya River depends on whether the Changshan battalion can gain a foothold on the west bank and drive the displaced army back to Suyu City...... I went into the cabin to sleep first, and I didn't close my eyes for two days and two nights, and I really couldn't bear it! ”

Sun Zhuang was quite depressed, after receiving the report from this side last night, Ma Lantou stayed in Siyang, and continued to lead the main force to surround Liu Tingzhou, who had begun to break through since yesterday afternoon, he pulled more than 4,000 elites along the west bank of the Surabaya River to help Suyu, and ran all night, and when they arrived in Suyu, there were still nearly 1,000 people left behind and fell behind.

If the Jiangdong Left Army, which continued to march and fought for two days and two nights, forcibly crossed the river, Sun Zhuang would still be able to fight hard, but what happened to land on the west bank was the elite of the Changshan Battalion who had just been transferred to Huaisi to fight?

After a long period of exploration, the Jiangdong Left Army has developed a mature mode of landing in front of the enemy.

Although there are still some weaknesses that are difficult to overcome when landing in front of the enemy, it is not difficult for the enemy to force the landing because he is tired and strong, has the superiority in armor and equipment, and has the support of the warships and crossbows falling from the rocks.

Sun Zhuang led his troops to counterattack several times, but they could not defeat the small troops of the Changshan battalion who rushed to land. The more he fought, the larger and firmer the position occupied by the Changshan battalion on the shore, and his flanks were threatened by strong crossbows, and the casualties were very heavy. It was Chen Zhuang who fought in front with a saber, but he was also exhausted, fell off the horse, almost hacked to death with a knife, rescued his subordinates desperately, and retreated into Suyu City with a hug, watching the Jiangdong Left Army land on the west bank of the Surabaya River.