(The first is late, I wish the brothers and sisters a happy Valentine's Night!) ）

The bright moon shines like a wheel in the night sky, and Su Tingzhan stands on the sea pond and looks at the sparkling silver waves of the sea tide. The eldest prince has secretly left Hecheng to return to Changguo, although the eldest prince said before leaving that he will be in charge of the military affairs of the northern front, but Cheng Yiqun, Shu Qingqiu and other generals with troops may not be willing to accept his moderation in their hearts.

Su Tingzhan knew that Cheng Yiqun and others had always regarded themselves as the second son's people, although they didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the eldest son, but after the eldest prince left Hecheng, he couldn't hold back.

Needless to say, Shu Qingqiu and Lin Jian had a grudge against the clan, and in the afternoon, he led his troops to test the reality of the Jiangdong Left Army in the west of Hecheng; Cheng Yiqun also hoped to take advantage of the disadvantage of the Jiangdong Left Army's lack of boat divisions on the northern front, concentrate warships, block the Yanhe River, establish a position on the east side of Shutai to strengthen the confrontation, and suppress the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army on the south bank and unable to move, and then send a main force to advance westward along the north bank of the Yanyan River and turn Chongzhou upside down.

Su Tingzhan was quite jealous of Lin Tie in his heart, not because of Lin Tie's prestige of leading the Jiangdong Left Army north to King Qin's four battles and four victories, but last autumn he felt deeply about Lin Tie's rock-solid and indestructible image under Jiyang City - the soldiers are brave, not to mention that the combat power of the Jiangdong Left Army is not weaker than that of the old soldiers of Jin'an, even if the defenders of Chongzhou are all newly recruited people, under the leadership of Lin Tie, a general who is determined, knows the soldiers and is good at scheming, and is supported by the generals, he will also burst out with extraordinary combat effectiveness.

Su Tingzhan didn't intend to stop Cheng Yiqun, Shu Qingqiu and others from going their own way, not to mention that he wanted to lure Quan Jiqing to take the bait, the action here must not be small, and furthermore, the troops gathered in Hecheng were mainly based on Cheng Yiqun, Shu Qingqiu and others' subordinates, if there was anything missing, even if he had to take some responsibility, it was more about weakening the potential power of the second son, how could he forcibly obstruct and make people unhappy?

Su Tingzhan stood on the sea pond, turned around and looked at the garrison where the Jiangdong Left Army was stationed, the bright moon was across the sky, five or six miles away, and he could see the faint black shadow of the garrison, he couldn't help but think: At such a close distance, why did Lin Jian build such a fortified garrison?

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The estuary of the Salt River is so silted that only single-decker galleys with shallow draft can enter and exit unimpeded.

Cheng Yiqun linked the two galleys together to form a horizontal boat eight zhang long and four zhang wide, as his own boat on the Yunyan River, and went west to the near side of the West Garrison in Hecheng to observe the garrison of the Jiangdong Left Army in this place.

Shu Qingqiu stepped onto Cheng Yiqun's boat, the armor on his body was sonorous, reflecting the cold moonlight, blowing the night breeze, chilling around him, and before he knew it, it was already late autumn.

"What is the situation of the concentration of troops in the Jiangdong Left Army?" Cheng Yiqun saw Shu Qingqiu stepping onto the boat accompanied by his second son Shu Shanyue, exchanged salutes with him, and asked.

"In the afternoon, it was the cavalry battalion that came to the rescue, there were more than 800 horses, six or seven hundred foot soldiers came over at dusk, and there were four or five hundred scattered soldiers, it is estimated that the Hecheng rout was gathered over," Shu Qingqiu said, "The second prince estimated that Lin Jian had five or six thousand troops in his hands, which was also correct, and his boat division should be deployed in Jiangmen, and he should also retain some troops in the base camp to maneuver, and the soldiers who can really gather the northern line to fight against us are at most more than two thousand soldiers, and the rest are many people and soldiers, there are many people, but they are not enough to trouble, I really don't understand what Su Tingzhan has to be afraid of......"

"I'm afraid that I will be killed under Jiyang City," Cheng Yiqun smiled slightly, in addition to dispersing the troops that invaded the Huainan Salt Field, the troops they had gathered in the Hecheng Military Fortress had exceeded 3,600 people, which was twice the number of troops gathered by the Jiangdong Left Army on the northern front, and I really couldn't figure out what Su Tingzhan had to be afraid of, "Since he doesn't want this credit, then we will get it all back......"

Cheng Yiqun did not suffer a loss in the hands of Lin Lian, on the contrary, Cheng Yiqun followed Qin Zitan to Xisha Island and killed more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians, which can be said to have made Lin Lian suffer a big loss in his hands.

"The second son also seems to have the intention of going to sea, did he tell you what he meant last time Qin Ye came over?" Shu Qingqiu asked, "If the second son also goes to sea, we don't need to send someone to the fence." Now this time is not bad, it is obviously our majority of people here, but we have to be ...... by someone Su's bird."

"I have sent someone to sneak to Jiangning, the second son has his own decision," Cheng Yiqun said, at present, this side is divided into two lines, the north and the south, although the south line is the mainstay, but the power of the north line is not weak, and most of them are loyal to the second son's soldiers and horses, it is indeed a good opportunity for the second son to sneak out of Jiangning and go to the sea to fight against the eldest son, but this kind of thing they can only beat the side drum for their subordinates, and they can't make ideas for the second son, he said, "We are inconvenient to talk about this matter, and it is forbidden to discuss it casually below." "It's not just a matter of fighting for power within the luxury family, but the second son is still in Jiangning, and the news leaking out will put the second son in an extremely unfavorable and passive situation.

"I'm old, I can save this matter." Shu Qingqiu stroked his beard under his chin and said.

At this time, there was a commotion in front of him, Shu Qingqiu stood up and looked over, no matter how good the moonlight was, there were quite a lot of campfires, three or four hundred steps away, and he only saw the staggered figures, he hated and scolded: "The swineherd sent people to harass again, it is really annoying, they rely on the horses fast, they rush away, and their legs are spread out to chase, and they can't help them......"

"Be careful," Cheng Yiqun said, "It seems to be harassing and preventing our troops from building a wall in Nantan, but we must prevent him from being false and true, if he is negligent, it will be enough ......to give them a forced charge with the cavalry fake and real work."

"I'll give you another command later......" Shu Qingqiu said, they have the advantage of the boat division cutting off the salt river, but the Jiangdong Left Army has the advantage of cavalry on the northern front, restricting their foot soldiers from moving too far from the river embankment, he and Cheng Yiqun stood on the bow of the boat and watched the Jiangdong Left Army disturbing the river beach position, Shu Qingqiu frowned slightly, "The disturbance seems to be intensifying, is it possible that the swineherd has the courage to attack my river beach position?" ”

"This erection is treacherous, you can't guard against it," Cheng Yiqun's heart couldn't help but tighten, after all, Lin Lian's reputation was there, and he couldn't afford to despise him, and said to Shu Qingqiu, "You go to the west side of the ship formation to watch, I'll watch here." Beware them from using fire, and beware of them sending water spirits to dive and scuttle boats. As long as there is no problem with the boat formation on both sides, we are not afraid that they will attack the river beach formation, and the swineherd is really going to fight with us here, is it possible to be afraid of him? ”

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Lin Tie wore green armor and a crimson coat to observe the position of the soldiers on the east side.

About 1,000 Kou soldiers formed a formation on the river beach, and on the river beach, they built a simple fortification with horizontal logs and horses, antlers, and other things to build a simple wall that was chest-high, and 70 or 80 Kou boats were divided into two places, each standing on the side of the river beach formation, and each took out several boats to connect with the river embankment and take pallets to build a flank position, and together with the Kou boats behind them, they jointly covered the two wings of the river beach position.

This kind of deployment was much more decent than when Lin Jian led the cavalry battalion back in the afternoon, so that the troops sent here to harass the attack could only attack his river beach position from the front, with little effect.

"In any case, after dawn, we must formally organize a powerful offensive from the front to attack its river beach position," Lin Jian said briefly but forcefully, "How to deploy the troops involved, before dawn, you must bring me a detailed plan ......"

Lin Lian's eyes were blazing, staring at Zhou Pu, Zhou Tong, Hu Zhicheng, Liu Zhenzhi, Wang Chengfu and others.

In the early hours of the morning, only 2,000 Kou soldiers landed at Hecheng Port, and at this time, the Hecheng army gathered on the east side to confront this side of the Kou soldiers nearly 3,000 people. Lin Jian estimated that there were more than 1,000 soldiers left behind in the Hecheng military fortress, and it was only five or six miles away from here.

There are almost 27,800 people here, but there are only more than 1,400 elite soldiers in the Chongcheng infantry battalion and the cavalry battalion.

At least in terms of the comparison of forces, the Kou soldiers already had a considerable advantage on the northern front.

In order to make up for the disadvantage of the troops, Lin Jian had already sent someone back to Chongzhou at dusk to send an order, so that Ning Zechen would lead Feng to leave the camp and gallop to help this side in the starry night, and it was expected to arrive at dawn. The Jinghai Sea Battalion had already rushed to the waters near Jiangmen Island to assemble, and in addition to the more than 1,000 township soldiers belonging to the county barracks, there were only 100 guards and more than 300 female soldiers of the female battalion who remained in the base camp of Zilang Mountain.

The investigation of Terada, but also in the name of the bandit case, suppressed the opponents did not dare to speak out, but the investigation of the public land almost offended all the big households in Chongzhou County, Lin Jian was also worried at this time that the big households with private soldiers would take the opportunity to make trouble, the war here can not be delayed for too long, there must be a phased victory, and all kinds of crises will be pressed down again.

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After a night of continuous commotion, the sky was exposed at dawn, and the Jiangdong Left Army officially launched an offensive against the improvised position built by the Donghai Kou on the west river beach of Hecheng.

Sharp weapons such as flying carts and bed crossbows, which played a huge role in the battle of King Qinqin in Yannan, were also incorporated into the armor array and approached the Kou soldiers. Use the shield car and the big shield as a cover to clear the obstacles outside the Kou soldiers' wall, and use the crash car to directly hit the south corner of the wall.

The fortress of the Kou soldiers' position on the river beach was only built overnight under constant harassment, so how could there be any solidity? After hitting the chariot seven or eight times, it collapsed with a bang, and the crossbowmen converged with six bed crossbows placed on the wheeled cart and fired towards the gap, suppressing the blockade of the soldiers.

The resistance of the Kou soldiers was also very tenacious, a group of Kou soldiers first fought out from the south gate of the wall, attacked the right flank on this side, pinned down and weakened the attack of the Jiangdong Left Army on the gap, and the Kou soldiers in the gap took the wooden fence and small boat that had been prepared long ago to forcibly block the gap.

The initial offensive of the Jiangdong Left Army was so fierce that Su Tingzhan, who was staying in the Hecheng Army, was also quite surprised, and took a team of guards to watch the battle by land on the south bank.

Although Su Tingzhan hoped that Cheng Yiqun and Lin Jian could both defeat and weaken the power of the second son, he never wanted Cheng Yiqun to defeat Lin Jian easily, and the fierce offensive of the Jiangdong Left Army was far beyond his expectations.

The east side of the river beach position has not been blocked by the Jiangdong Left Army, in fact, they have the advantage of warships occupying the river, and the Jiangdong Left Army cannot block the flank......

"......" Su Tingzhan's heart palpitated, and he inexplicably believed that Lin Tie had full confidence in the offensive launched by the river beach position this time, but he didn't know which link went wrong.

Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu wanted to confront the Jiangdong Left Army with a strong posture, Su Tingzhan did not stop it, in addition to other factors, at least he also thought that Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu's arrangement at this time was no problem, and there could be no big loopholes for Lin Tie to take advantage of.

"Humph!" Cheng Yiqun was also a little weak in his heart, but he didn't believe in evil, gritted his teeth and said, "This erection of wolf smoke is just to disturb the hearts of our army, General Su, look ahead, give him this wolf smoke, our army will hesitate, and they have already taken the opportunity to kill a lot of people, since General Su personally came to sit in the town, then I will go ashore to supervise the battle, I don't believe that in this short period of one day and night, Lin Jian can invite any reinforcements!" Even if there are ambushes, Chongzhou is a horse and a flat river, and the ten-zhang sentry post can be seen twenty miles away, even if there are ambushes pouring out, it is not too late for our department to shrink the front! ”

"No, you have to continue to sit in the town here, and I will return to the Hecheng Military Fortress," Su Tingzhan said categorically, "It is possible that the boat division of the Jiangdong Left Army has gone to sea at night, but my sentry has not had time to transmit the military information back, and its beacon fire message is likely to inform its boat division to copy my back road." Although there are many shoals and shallow silt in the coastal waters, Hecheng Port is conducive to the infestation of large ships, and its boat division does not fight with me, but it is possible to attack Hecheng Port, and the Hecheng military fortress must not be lost, I will rush back immediately - once it is confirmed that the boat division is infested, you must lead the troops to recover and return to the Hecheng military fortress with me, if you disobey the order, do not blame me for being merciless......"