The Shuiying Clipper reported the news and marched eastward along the Huai River, and its speed was very fast; The messengers sent by the exile army from Siyang rode horses and had to cross the river along the way, but they fell behind.

Lin Jian received the news of the defeat of the Duhuai army in Shukou, and immediately scattered the only more than 400 light armored cavalry in the battalion, and killed the scouts scattered by Chen Han's three troops on the periphery.

Chen Hansan didn't think about anything else, but just withdrew the peripheral scouts and closed the camp to hold on, until after dark, when the light armored cavalry swirled eastward and the foot soldiers retreated south, and the messenger sent by Siyang took advantage of the loophole to enter the narrow bridge camp to see Chen Hansan.

"Smack!" Chen Hansan learned of Siyang's victory, and he hatefully hit the saddle with the handle of the whip and scolded, "Damn East China Sea fox, you have to wag your tail coquettishly before crossing Huai!" He summoned his followers and instructed, "Disperse the spies overnight, and be sure to find out the whereabouts of the Jiangdong Left Army in the Huai'an Water Camp and Cavalry Camp before dawn!" ”

Chen Hansan still didn't know how many foot soldiers Lin Tie had transferred from Shukou before dark, and he was sure that no matter how elite the foot soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army were, they could not do without the cooperation of the water battalion and the cavalry battalion in the Huaisi area.

"And no matter how the Jiangdong Left Army moves, we must ask the Left Protector Army to immediately send cavalry along the east bank of Yishui. In this way, it will definitely be possible to delay the Jiangdong Left Army for two to three days, and Ma Ye and Gong Ye will have enough time to completely annihilate the officers and soldiers of the Huai River in Siyang, and a great victory can be expected! "It was Sun Zhuang's subordinate general Zhang Gou who came from Siyang to deliver the message, Ma Lantou and Sun Zhuang both knew that it was useless to persuade Chen Hansan to drag the Jiangdong Left Army in Shukou with all his might.

In addition to Chen Hansan's department, Sun Zhuang still has 3,000 elite foot soldiers in the east camp of Narrow Bridge, but judging from the situation in front of him, Lin Jian has led an unknown number of elites to advance westward, unless Chen Hansan sends cavalry to pursue and intercept, the foot soldiers will not be able to catch up at all.

Chen Hansan looked at the sky, there were shallow clouds like fish scales covering the sky, the stars and the moon were faint, dim and hazy, not very bright, obviously not a good weather for the night road, and said: "It's so dark, no matter how cunning the East China Sea fox is, will it still be able to transport troops with ghost magic?" I sent scouts to keep an eye on Shukou, the Jiangdong Left Army wanted to use water to operate troops, and I immediately sent troops to press over, and I couldn't miss the big event in Siyang! ”

"Lin Lianshan led the troops to move at night, and in his first battle in Yannan, he dragged down the elite of the Dongyu King's tent in the snowy night, so that he won a great victory in Cangnan, and the left guard army must be guarded against!" Zhang Gou persuaded.

Chen Hansan frowned and said, "There are potholes in the field, and the cavalry is rushing at night, I don't know how many horses will be broken!" You have not fought with the left army of Jiangdong and do not know their cunning. They dug small pits with the big mouth of the bowl on the battlefield, covered them with floating grass, which was very inconspicuous, but when the horses stepped in, there was a 'kaba', and a good horse was about to break one leg and scrap it......"

"Master Pole said, as long as the left guard army drags the left army in Jiangdong, how many people and horses will be lost here, and they will be doubled for you after the war!" Zhang Gou said unwillingly.

"What's the noise?" Chen Hansan said impatiently, "Do you think I will cherish the soldiers and not fight?" If I don't move at the narrow bridge, the Jiangdong Left Army will not dare to give up and defend Shukou. Even if the fox is allowed to draw three or four thousand troops to the west, Ma Shuai and Pole Shuai will not be able to deal with it? If I act rashly and give the Jiangdong Left Army a big loss, and the Jiangdong Left Army advances westward, then it will destroy Ma Shuai and Pole Shuai's plan to annihilate the enemy in Siyang! ”

No matter how he persuaded him, Chen Hansan was playing tricks, refusing to put down his net worth and dragging the Jiangdong Left Army in Shukou, Zhang Gou tried his best to speak, seeing that he couldn't persuade Chen Hansan, he secretly hated in his heart, and there was nothing he could do, so he said: "The Left Protector Army is determined to do this, then please allow me and Chen Yan to lead the troops westward ......"

"That's your and the commander's soldiers, you want to go west, and I can't stop it," Chen Hansan was also inconvenient at this time to leave the elite of Sun Zhuang's 3,000 foot soldiers to guard the east camp, and said, "If you fall for the trick of the East China Sea Fox, don't blame me for not warning you in advance!" ”

"Thank you for the reminder." Zhang Gou clenched his fists and left.

Zhang Gou went to Dongying to meet with Dengcheng Tiger Chen, and immediately prepared to pull out the camp overnight and chase west.

It is likely that the East China Sea Fox Lin Tie has led an elite westward journey in the afternoon, but its water camp has not moved in Shanyang, and it is also on two legs, so it can't go fast.

To the west, there is Yishui to block, even if the Yishui is not wide and shallow, but the water battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army came to pick up the ferry, there is no ready-made ferry, and three or four thousand people will board the boat, which will also be a matter of tomorrow afternoon.

After that, the Jiangdong Left Army had to go up the river and find a place to land on the north bank of the Huai River west of Surabaya.

Zhang Gou thought that they could take the pontoon bridge erected in the northwest direction and the camp of the Yishui River Closure River to quickly reach the west bank of Surabaya.

The Jiangdong Left Army wanted to seize the beach in Siyang, but the water battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army could not spare troops to block the Surabaya River, and they had a gap to cross Surabaya to support the Siyang operation......

Considering that the Jiangdong Left Army would set up an ambush to intercept it halfway, Chen Hansan did not dare to send cavalry, but to ensure the great victory in Siyang, Zhang Gou and Chen Yan could not manage too much, as long as they could ensure that all the officers and soldiers of Duhuai who entered Siyang, even if the 3,000 soldiers and horses here were all over, it was worth it.

At that moment, Zhang Gou and Chen Yan ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses, brought three days' worth of dry food, dismantled some camp tents to make torches, and marched west with the empty camp, leaving the east camp to Chen Hansan to defend.

Zhang Gou and Chen Yan led their troops into the west bank of Shushui and headed for Yishui. There is no official road to tidy up, and most of the soil in the countryside is washed away by the heavy rain that comes into summer, and with the faint light of the stars and moon, in the four fields, one foot deep and one foot shallow to the west. By midnight, less than thirty miles away, the procession had loosened up and scattered the formation, which was five or six miles long.

He ordered his soldiers to stop and rest for a while, and then swallowed dry cakes with cold water, when he saw a fire burning in the northwest direction, and the sky was red.

Zhang Gou was shocked, Huo Ran stood up, and asked Chen Yan in disbelief: "Is the Yishui camp over there?" ”

"It's impossible for the Jiangdong Left Army to fight over, right?" The stale stain was also very surprising.

Counting the time when the Jiangdong Left Army might set off at Shukou, it would only be seven or eight hours at most.

If the fire in the direction of the Yishui camp was really committed by the Jiangdong Left Army, it means that in such a short period of time, the Jiangdong Left Army not only ran non-stop for more than 100 miles to reach the Yishui camp, but also launched an offensive without stopping.

"The Jiangdong Left Army did not use the water camp to take the ferry to Siyang to save Liu Tingzhou, but went around the northwest to seize the Yishui camp. Do they want to grab the pontoon bridge of the Yishui camp to cross the Yishui, rush to the east bank of Surabaya, and then use the water camp to ferry into Siyang? Chen Yan asked.

"It's possible. For a while, they couldn't figure out the situation of the officers and soldiers led by Liu Tingzhou to cross the Huai River in Siyang, and they were worried that Ma Shuai and Sun Shuai would take the opportunity to force the Huai River with their troops, and it was not difficult to understand that the water camp did not dare to leave Shanyang lightly. Unable to transfer the water battalion, the first batch of reinforcements led by Lin Liansuo could only rush to the east bank of Surabaya by land! Zhang Gou analyzed, thought for a moment, and then said, "We attacked Yunti Pass before, and we also attacked it overnight before taking it. Although the Yishui camp is a little shabby, it can't be compared with the Yunti Pass in Huaikou, but the defenders are far more than the officers and soldiers at the original Yunti Pass, and they won't leave easily - we can have a battle if we rush over! ”

"Whether it's the Yishui battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army, Chen Hansan can't stand by this time, right?" Chen Yan said with a blow of his nose.

Chen Hansan did not want to ensure the victory of Siyang and desperately drag the Jiangdong Left Army in Shukou, but he would not stand by and watch the attack on the troops and horses of his department.

In order to ensure that Surabaya can still have enough water level in the autumn and winter dry season, Yishui built a dam in the lower reaches of the south of Tancheng County, which is actually filled with rocks and silt, forcibly raising the water level of the Yishui River and diverting the river water from the new river into Surabaya. As a result, the Yishui River, downstream of the dam, has become a shallow river that is not conducive to the passage of large boats.

The barrage has become an obstacle for large and small ships to enter Tancheng County in the north, so after the capture of Tancheng County, the Liumin Army is not worried that Huainan officers and soldiers will go north from Yishui to aid Xuzhou.

Due to the existence of the barrage, large and small ships cannot pass through the north and south, but it is precisely because of the existence of the barrage that the soldiers and horses on the east bank can find the direction of the barrage and can wade to the west bank without a boat bridge.

Chen Hansan was cautious, in addition to stationing soldiers and horses in Tancheng County, he also set up a Yishui camp at the dam site, stationing 4,000 soldiers and horses.

No one thought that the Jiangdong Left Army rushed to the aid of Siyang, and did not urgently transfer the water battalion to pick up the ferry, but detoured to the location of the Yishui barrage, intending to break through the Yishui camp and cross the river again.

Zhang Gou and Chen Yan calculated the distance, and the defenders of Tancheng County rushed to the Yishui camp to support, which may not be faster than them. He stopped resting immediately, urging the soldiers to walk overnight, thinking that Chen Hansan saw the fire burning in the direction of the Yishui camp and sent cavalry to help, so he should have arrived at the same time as them...... As long as the Yishui battalion holds out until noon tomorrow, they rush over and can give the Jiangdong Left Army a wonderful cover-up.

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The Yishui camp is similar to the narrow bridge camp, and it is also a separate east and west camp on both sides of the river, but there are no ready-made villages and towns to use.

This can also be seen that the manpower and material resources that the Displaced People's Army can organize in a short period of time are far from being comparable with the Jiangdong Left Army.

In just one month, the Jiangdong Left Army built a new fortified fortress comparable to that of Fu County at Shukou on the south bank of the Huai River, and even wrapped the rammed earth wall with city wall bricks; On the waterfront side, a large ferry terminal was also built.

Perhaps Yishui is not the main defense direction of the Liumin Army, and the blockade of the north and south mainly relies on Tancheng in the north, and the number of garrisons in the Yishui battalion is much smaller.

That's fine, otherwise Lin Lian and they wouldn't have been able to choose the Yishui camp to break through.

Lin Lian, Qin Chengzu, Ning Zechen and others set off from Shukou at noon, leading the five battalions of foot soldiers from the Fengli camp, the auxiliary soldiers of the first battalion of the workers' camp and the auxiliary soldiers of the first sentry heavy cavalry and the two sentry sword and shield auxiliary soldiers, Zhou Pu led more than 400 light armored cavalry to cooperate with Zhao Hu to enter the narrow bridge camp of Chen Hansan's department, and waited until it was dark before turning westward and coming to converge.

Although when starting from the Shukou camp, there were mainly foot soldiers and more than 200 heavy cavalrymen, but the army was equipped with as many as 1,000 horses and mules, which provided a good maneuverability for a short distance to penetrate and advance from the wilderness.

The Yishui camp of the Wandering People's Army from Shukou to the northwest direction was about 140 miles, and the 4,000 elites rushed to the Yishui camp of the Wandering Army before dawn.

Approaching the Yishui camp of the Liumin Army, the sky was not yet bright, and the light of the stars and moon was still shining in the four fields.

Lin Jian did not mean to let the army rest a little before the attack, so he had to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and surprise to cover the attack at night.

In the twilight of light, the outcasts scattered outside the camp and the scouts who were being chased and killed were desperately beating their horses and running back, shouting: "Raid, cover the door!" The watchtower whistle blew the horn, and in front of them, on the eastern horizon where the faint morning light flowed, there were layers of shadows, and they didn't know how many soldiers and horses were attacking at night.

The soldiers of the homeless army who were sleeping soundly in the camp tent woke up to the horn, and they were stunned, and when they heard the scolding of the generals, they hurriedly got up and put on their uniforms and armor, picked up their weapons, and hurriedly went to the wall to guard them; In the dark, the number of campfires is limited, and more people are in chaos.

Outside the camp, the light cavalry scattered, the heavy cavalry covered with armor and drove forward, and the sword and shield auxiliaries followed them, mixed with rushing chariots, and then the armor soldiers who supported the shield chariot forward.

A rider stopped outside the mile, formed a queue a little, and from here he raised his hooves and rushed to the outside of the fence just as the speed was at its highest.

The heavily armored cavalry, with men and horses and armor, weighed more than 1,000 catties, and in Lin Bin's view, it was a humanoid tank. When the speed is at its highest, the four heavily armored riders go hand in hand, causing the ground to shake slightly.

The arrows shot at the walled wall were blocked by the armor, and a few arrows entered through the gap between the armor pieces, which could not form a fatal injury, and prevented less than four heavy armored horsemen from ramming into the fence wall that was only three feet in the earth.

The fence camp usually erects two rows of fence walls, high on the outside and low on the inside, and the outer fence wall also has a buttress for archery, and then spreads horizontal logs on the two rows of fence walls, and the soldiers can stand on them to guard.

If conditions permit, the middle of the two rows of fence walls should be filled with soil and compacted to strengthen the structural strength of the fence wall.

If there are still conditions, the two rows of fence walls should be erected as high and wide as possible, and the fill soil should be mixed with lime, sand, bamboo tendons, and wood chips, and rammed into a real version of the wall, supplemented by rain protection measures, and the fence camp will be as strong as a fortress.

If there are still conditions, take the fence wall as the core of the wall, increase the height and thickness of the rammed earth, and cover the city bricks, then it will become a real solid city wall.

The Liumin Army set up a large camp in Yishui, and in a hurry, the filling between the two rows of fence walls was taken as sandy floating soil nearby, and the horizontal wood was paved with people, and there was no condition to carry out waterproof measures.

For more than a month, three or five out of ten days in the Huaisi area were rainstorms, and the horizontal timber could not prevent the rainwater from penetrating into the fence wall, and the floating soil hollowed out the rainwater, which actually became a hollow fence wall.

The rushing car and the catapult being assembled behind it did not have a chance to be used, and under the joint force of the four heavy armored riders, I saw that the current hollow fence wall of more than ten zhang was tilted inward together, and the homeless soldiers on the fence wall were also thrown out, and there was no chance to shoot the armored cavalry that fell to the ground.

Naturally, the armored war horse was broken and broken, and the cavalry on horseback could avoid the most violent impact, throw off the horse, or crush under the horse. The light armored cavalry that followed behind sped away, dragging them away and making way for the entire row of armored cavalry behind to charge......

Although the armor cavalry has many shortcomings, it has to be admitted that in a special battlefield, it is used to attack fortifications, and the armor cavalry has invincible power.

Lin Jian sat on horseback and watched dozens of heavily armored horsemen jump into the enemy camp from the gap in the toppled fence wall......