(This chapter is dedicated to the "If You Don't Ask, I Don't Tell" brother who has just lost his job, thank you for your continued support of "Owl", and I hope you can always support yourself.) ）

The largest river in Huangpi is the Yudai River, which flows east of Changxuanling and east of Huangpi City, and is already under the control of the Huaidong Army. However, from the southwest corner of the moat, a ditch leads westward, called the Baita River.

The water surface of the Baita River is only a few zhang to ten zhang wide, in the Jianghan Plain where the river canal is vertical and horizontal, it can only be regarded as a small river, it is not good to compare with the Yudai River that is dozens of zhang wide or even hundreds of zhang, but the flow of the Baita River is not short, it extends to the southwest Hanjin direction, and leads to the small Saihu Lake in the southeast of Hanjin City, there are nearly fifty miles.

Since Hanjin is the mouth of the Yangtze River where the Han River flows, the sediment flowing down from the upper reaches of the Han River is silted up into land from the west and south of the Hanjin City, forming a large area of lake swamps.

If the Yangtze River is extremely powerful, these lakes and swamps will be connected to form a vast super lake, just like the sky swinging in the north of Jiangning City, when the water rises, it is as wide as a hundred miles.

However, due to the sediment deposited in the southwest of Hanjin day and night, it is no longer possible to see the southern lake and water surface connected together, and the silted sand banks and sand bars are cut into patches and strings of lake swings.

Lake Lesser is just one of them.

Most of the time these lakes are connected to the Yangtze River, but these waterways have not been treated, whether deep or shallow, there is no way to know, under normal circumstances, ships above 100 stones are not familiar with the situation, and the possibility of being trapped in the shallow morning is very great.

The warships of the Huaidong Water Battalion are invincible in the wide and deep waters, but they will feel a headache in the face of this kind of lake swingers with complex water conditions and shallow water accumulation. And this, the reeds in the lake swing can not see the end, after the autumn, the wind blows, the white tidbits fly over, just like the heavy snow, this is a place that is very easy to attack with fire, but also restricts the entry of the Huaidong water camp warships.

In comparison, the warships of the Yang Xiong Navy have small hulls and shallow drafts, and they appear to be flexible and mobile in shallow waters.

Therefore, it is mainly concentrated in the lake group in the south of Hanjin City, including Xiaosai Lake, which is actually a barrier outside Hanjin City.

Although the Baita River is not a big river, it extends from Huangpi to the west to Xiaosai Lake, and is connected with the Hudang group in the south of Hanjin, forming a natural trench on the topography, which is conducive to blocking the Huaidong Army to the south of the Baita River; In the north of Huangpi City, Luwenzhuang used a small mound called Xiongjiagang, only 112 zhang high, to build a fortress, filled with 5,000 elites led by the Haojia, and blocked the Huaidong Army in Changxuanling in the east......

I have to admit that after Haowenzhuang led the reinforcements from Shicheng to the south, the defense of Huangpi and Hanjin became much more active, and it was no longer the opportunity to shrink tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city so that the Huaidong army would have the opportunity to block the city gate.

Between Hanjin and Huangpi, Luwenzhuang took the Baita River as the front line of defense, so that the two cities of Huangpi and Hanjin each sent 6,000 foot soldiers to guard the four camps on the north side of the Baita River, and behind the four camps along the river, the camp was stationed with elite cavalry.

As long as the Huaidong Army dares to cross the Baita River, the barracks along the river are responsible for holding on, and the cavalry barracks behind the belly are responsible for attacking and relieving the siege of the camps along the river.

Once a large force of the Huaidong Army crosses the Baita River and goes to the north bank of the river to fight, it will inevitably cut off the camp along the river, which is more conducive to the main force of the cavalry in Haowenzhuang to come over for battle.

By the beginning of October, Haowenzhuang took advantage of the Baita River and the Hudang group south of Hanjin to form a whole for the defense of the two cities of Hanjin and Huangpi, which were less than 50 miles apart: first, it effectively restrained the hands and feet of the Huaidong army from the south of the Baita River to the north, and it was difficult to tear through its defense line with small casualties; Second, the materials transported from the upper reaches of the Han River also have a relatively safe passage to the north of the Baita River, which can be directly transported into Huangpi City.

Due to the large forests north of Huangpi, the raw materials are easy to obtain and fast and convenient.

Lin was bound to the guards of the cavalry, entered the front base to inspect the enemy's situation, and watched that in almost ten days, the enemy's fence wall was erected behind the Baita River in a section, pointed to the fence in the distance and said to the people around him: "Give Luwenzhuang another month, this fence will completely connect the two cities of Huangpi and Hanjin......

"Luwenzhuang is a general, and the name is well deserved." Fu Qinghe said with emotion.

Song Fu and Gao Zongting were silent.

During the war in Eastern Fujian, Gao Zongting assisted Li Zhuo and Luxuryan in the small ten years of fighting in the mountains and rivers of Dongmin, how could he not know the ability of Luxury? After the dismemberment of the Eastern Fujian Army and the transfer of Li Zhuo from Eastern Fujian, Luxury Wenzhuang abandoned the land and went to the sea, and led the Eight Fujian forces to rise again, which can be used as a classic of strategy. It was precisely because of the encounter with the demon of Lin Jian that the forces of Fujian brought Luwenzhuang into a desperate path where there was only destruction and no hope.

There are so many rebel generals who have surrendered to Yanhu, and the only one who is qualified to compete head-on with the Huaidong army is probably only Hao Wenzhuang - although the luxury family has beaten Huaidong like a dog over the years.

"To tell the truth, if we only attack and defend from the front, we gather 100,000 elites in the south of Huangpi, and we may not have the confidence to tear through this line of defense......" Song Fu sighed lightly, he and Luwenzhuang came out of the same Fujian Guimen, the young man traveled, and he was also famous in Bafu, how could he not know in his heart that the defeat of the Luxury family was not the incompetence of Luwenzhuang and his two sons, but they were not as good as Lin Lian......

The more successfully this line of defense is constructed, the more it seems that the main force of the Huaidong Army can be attracted and contained here, and the deeper it is said that Luwenzhuang himself is trapped here - Luwenzhuang is tying a knot that puts himself in, and he is still unaware of it at this time.

In addition to more than 60,000 defenders of Hanjin and Huangpi, Haowenzhuang led Shicheng soldiers and horses to help, and after seeing that the main force of the Huaidong Army was gathered in front of Huangpi, he transferred 20,000 soldiers and horses from Tiemen Mountain......

In the face of the Huaidong Army's nearly 100,000 water infantry troops, Yanhu's soldiers and horses gathered on the defense line of Huangpi and Hanjin that were no more than 50 miles wide were also nearly 110,000. Due to the 110,000 soldiers and horses of Yanhu, there are two cities less than 50 miles apart from Huangpi and Hanjin that can be relied on, and it can be said that they still have the upper hand at present.

The soldiers and horses deployed by the Huaidong Army in front of the Baita River were the headquarters of Chen Zhen.

During the Shangrao War, the Chen Yan Division suffered heavy casualties, and more than 2,000 soldiers died on the battlefield, but in Ganzhou, the total number of generals and soldiers exceeded 21,000, which was more than the elite of two brigades in the actual nominal establishment.

Lin Jian came to the front base to see the army this time, and he wanted to see how Chen Yan's troops and horses were dispatched in Chaishan, how he led his troops to tear apart the fence defense line established by Haowenzhuang in front of the Baita River?

The Chenzhi Department is camped in the south of the Baita River, and it is also a front base for cutting wood and making fences.

Lin Tie dismounted, walked to the stone mill under an ancient willow and sat down, and asked Chen Yan: "How do you plan to tear the fence defense line of the Baita River?" ”

"It's not difficult to tear through the fence wall of the Baita River," Chen Yan said, "The key is to wedge into the north bank of the Baita River, and to prevent the main force of the cavalry driven by Haowenzhuang from coming to rush and kill, so I thought that after tearing the defense line of the fence wall of the Baita River and entering the north bank, the advancing troops should use shield carts in the north to establish a defense line against the impact of the cavalry, and only in this way can there be more room for the fence battalion defense...... As for crossing the Baita River, it is convenient. The Baita River is a few zhang wide, and the craftsmen of the wagon battalion said that the axles and gears provided by the Ordnance Supervisor are very useful, and the folding trench bridge carts built are light and easy to use, and the bridge plate can be directly put on the fence wall on the opposite bank to form an attack channel. After crossing the Baita River, the shield cart was obviously too light to resist the heavy armor charge of the enemy cavalry, and I wanted to build dozens of heavy carts to come out. After tearing open the gap in the fence wall of the Baita River, quickly build two trestle bridges and deploy dozens of heavy vehicles on the north side, which can prevent the impact of the enemy's armored cavalry......"

Lin Jian said: "There is no need to build a heavy car, just cover the car with an iron plate......

Among the 20,000 enemy horsemen who came to the aid of Shicheng with Luwenzhuang, many of them were heavy horsemen and horses.

If you simply use heavy armored cavalry on the battlefield, the method of restraint is very good, but when the infantry battalion pierces the north bank of the Baita River, when attacking the enemy's fence guards, it is extremely difficult to face the charge of the enemy's light cavalry to cover the heavy armored cavalry.

The flying contradictory car is only modified from a wheelbarrow, which is expensive and lightweight, adapting to the battlefield with more complex terrain, and resisting the charge of heavy armored cavalry.

Huaidong used new technology to build a four-wheeled baggage cart, which was huge in size, dragged by two mules and horses, and could carry goods of 30 stones on the post road. The carriage of this kind of carriage is covered with one or two thousand pounds of thick iron plates on all sides, which will become extremely strong, and can resist strong impacts, deployed on the flanks, not only can better defend against the impact of the enemy's heavy armored horses, as long as the roof is remodeled, it can also become a small and solid defense base for the squad armor.

Fu Qinghe nodded and said, "Let's go to the cart camp to see, can you quickly build dozens of them out for emergency ......"

"What else do you need?" Lin Jian asked Chen Zhen.

"There is still a shortage of stretcher soldiers, and we want those who dare to rush to the front to carry the wounded soldiers down, not those soft-footed goods who see blood and urine!" Chen Yan said.

Lin Jian shook his head helplessly and smiled, and said, "Okay, give people a ...... that is not afraid of blood."

In addition to the work of engineering and transportation, a stretcher team was also specially set up to carry the wounded from the battlefield for treatment in a timely manner. No matter how much preparation work has been done in the early stage, there are still places where it is not in place, and even if the men of the stretcher team have undergone pre-war training, there are still quite a few people who will panic when they really go to the bloody battlefield to carry the wounded soldiers.

In fact, if you can maintain your composure on the battlefield where the flesh and blood are blurred and the arrows rain down like locusts, you already have the basic qualities of elite soldiers, how can you have higher requirements for the people who are responsible for carrying the wounded soldiers on the battlefield for the first time?

Once upon a time, Lin Jian was accompanied by Gao Zongting, Fu Qinghe, and Song Fu, and more than 1,000 horsemen were scattered on the left and right to guard.

Lin Jian straddled the horse and said to Fu Qinghe: "If Luxuryzhuang wants to be regarded as a general, it is difficult to find his flaws in tactics, but his most fatal flaw, I think he knows it very well, that is, the 110,000 soldiers and horses gathered between Huangpi and Hanjin, the source is complex and chaotic: including the soldiers and horses that guarded Hanjin before the luxury family and an elite transferred from Shicheng, there are almost more than 40,000 people; There are 20,000 people in Sun Jichang's new Han army, 30,000 people in Luo Xiancheng's Suizhou army, and 20,000 cavalry in Yanhu's line. With such a complex system of soldiers and horses, it is not too much of a problem in good times to hand over to the temperance and command of Luwenzhuang, but in adversity, it is difficult to say......"

Fu Qinghe nodded and said: "The previous rebel general Sun Jichang was able to fight tenaciously, and it was also these new annexed troops who thought that Yanhu had an absolute advantage in Jingxiang, thinking that as long as they could hold on to the soldiers and horses west of Hanshui to capture Jingzhou City, they would definitely win the war in eastern Hubei." This kind of strong expectation of victory makes the defenders on the defensive line in eastern Hubei have a relatively tenacious will to fight, which is more difficult to defeat, which also makes our attack in eastern Hubei in the early stage more difficult; As soon as the 110,000 enemy soldiers gathered on the front line of Huangpi and Hanjin and with a complex system realize that victory is hopeless, and even fleeing for their lives is a problem, the situation will become simple for us......"

Song Fu said: "Ye Ji Luo Rong will not fail to consider this aspect of the problem, but the luxury family and Luo Xiancheng only voted for Yanhu after July, and he is anxious to use the luxury family and Luo Xiancheng to fight Nanyang and contain Huaixi, and there is no time to integrate the luxury family and Suizhou soldiers and horses." On the other hand, Ye Ji Luorong had to guard against the luxury family and the Suizhou soldiers and horses taking advantage of the Jingxiang war, and he had to disassemble the luxury family and the Suizhou soldiers and horses when the troops were deployed. There are many advantages to this, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, that is, the current system of soldiers and horses that we can see the enemy gathering in Huangpi and Hanjin is chaotic. Ye Ji Luorong had no choice but to make the defenders of Hanjin, Huangpi, Tiemenshan and Fengshan each hold a section of the defense line in the early stage, but he just didn't expect us to fight so fiercely from the beginning, and he didn't let Haowenzhuang come over to control the overall situation, even if there was no Chaishan surprise army, it would not be a problem for us to break through and pierce their eastern Hubei defense line. Of course, the fact that Lumonzhuang came to control the overall situation and coordinate in the center could not solve the fundamental problems. Even if there will be no big loopholes in the tactics, we will really fight a dozen on the top, and I am confident that we can tear through the defense line of Baitahe......"

"If you can tear it apart, the price you pay is a bit big," Gao Zongting smiled slightly and said, "When Haowenzhuang came to Eastern Hubei Province, he nominally controlled the command of the Eastern Hubei Battlefield, but what could really command it was the old department before, and it could only play a coordinating role for Sun Jichang, Meng Anchan and Luo Xiancheng's several generals. However, compared to eastern Hubei, Ye Ji Luorong personally led the armies to attack Jingzhou west of Hanshui, which is much better......"

Lin Jian nodded, he also paid attention to the development of the war in Jingzhou at any time, in addition to Hu Wenmu's letter and newspaper sent to Huangzhou every day, the Military Intelligence Department sent back information every day from other spies in Jingzhou.

Ye Ji Luorong sent Zhou Fantong to lead the new annexed army of 50,000 soldiers and horses as the main force to attack Jingzhou City head-on, and arrived at Jingzhou City six days ago, and had cleared the obstacles on the periphery of Jingzhou City, occupying the port area from the south of Jingzhou City to the river bank.

In addition, Tian Chang and Han Li were specifically responsible for cutting off the resistance forces on the periphery of Jingzhou City, and were also responsible for preventing reinforcements from Xiangtan or Huaidong from landing on the periphery of Jingzhou City.

In addition to Ye Ji Luorong's 30,000 cavalry on the west bank of the Han River, except for Pu Jieshi, who led 8,000 cavalry to be controlled by Zhou Fan, entered the city of Jingzhou to prevent the defenders from going out of the city to counterattack, and the rest of the cavalry was mainly concentrated in Jingmen (Jingmen was one hundred and fifty miles away from Jingzhou); In addition, the surrendered troops of Nanzhang, Zhongyi, Jingmen, Dangyang and other cities, plus the township soldiers and village soldiers collected in Jingzhou, almost 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers, were all handed over to Zhou Fan by Ye Ji Luorong for consumption in the early stage of the siege.

Due to the fierce offensive of the Huaidong Army on Huangpi, Yanhu's soldiers and horses on the west bank of the Han River did not dare to delay the pace of attacking Jingzhou, and the siege of Jingzhou City would probably be officially launched in the next two days.

It is said that Hu Wenmu's defenders in Jingzhou City are enough, and it is said that Hu Wenmu should also have the determination to defend Jingzhou, but Jingzhou can be held for a few days, and Lin Jian has no way to predict it in advance......