Deng Yu's troops rushed to Huating first, and when the Huaidong attack fleet appeared in the field of vision, the soldiers and horses in the front had already arrived at the foot of the east foot of Huating Ridge.

Huating Ridge is the remnant vein of the southwest foot of Huaiyu Mountain, the mountain is like a sword spine lying horizontally, cutting off the Shangrao River Valley Plain on the north bank of the Xinjiang River.

Huating Ridge comes from the north, the mountain directly invades the Xinjiang River to the south, the cliff stone abruptly rises above the river water, as if the swallow's mouth, it is the most dangerous Yanzui Rock in the middle reaches of the Xinjiang River.

Standing on the top of Yanzui Rock, looking down from the cliff, the river is turbulent, and the reef is hidden in it. Although the river is still more than 300 steps wide, it is limited by the reef and dangerous shoals, and the river is too turbulent, and you must be cautious when passing a boat at a time.

There is a gap in the ridge of hundreds of steps away from the north of Yanzuiji, almost the entire Huating Ridge is split in half, and the post road that Hengxi goes to Guixi passes through it, and it is also the Huating Pass that the Chongcheng Army and Deng Yu's department compete for.

The previous dynasty had set up a flower pavilion here, and the flower pavilion was named after it.

Guancheng was abandoned early, and the ruined buildings of the ruined city were also submerged under the grass and trees, but from the Huating Pass in the past, that is, the mouth of the river that flows into the Xinjiang River for the Huating Creek, the goods and business travelers from the east to the north are resting here, and the town and port are rising, gathering nearly 1,000 households, which is not more lively than the ordinary small county.

Entering the Huating Pass first, it can be said that he has the advantage of geographical advantages, but Deng Yu's heart is not easy.

Entering the Huating Pass first does not mean that you can stand your ground, and it does not mean that you can successfully repel the Huaidong Army.

There is no camp to rely on in the Huating Pass, there are bare stone ridges on both sides, but after the Huating Pass, the town port under the foot of the Xilu Ridge stands near the river and the stream, and it is open everywhere, and there is no wall to rely on on the periphery, which is directly exposed to the attack of the Huaidong warship. Therefore, in a short period of time, the Zhejiang-Fujian army wanted to reject the Huaidong army outside the Huating, and the advantage that it could occupy in the terrain was not obvious.

In addition, Deng Yu knew that the Huaidong fleet was coming, that is, he led his troops out of Hengfeng City to run here, and traveled more than 40 miles in half a day, and the generals were exhausted at this time, and the Huaidong soldiers and horses came by warship, and the situation was obviously much better than them.

The most important thing is morale...... At this time, how much will to fight is left of the Fujian soldiers?

Deng Yu's mouth was bitter, and he stood on the cliff bank with a knife.

The frost-white beard under the chin was messed up by the mountain wind, brushing on his face, Deng Yu brushed the white beard, pressed it under the armor, and watched the Huaidong fleet divide into two teams from the side and back, his scalp was numb, and he secretly complained.

The Huaidong fleet was divided into two in the blink of an eye: the first team was dominated by warships and fighting ships, without making the slightest stop, directly through Yanzui Gorge, and went downstream, intending to enter the mouth of Huating Creek first; The first group was dominated by big-bellied boats, and they came ashore directly from the foot of the eastern slope of Huating Ridge, with only a small number of ships and wheel-wing clippers scattered on the front two wings of the sides, presumably to cover the soldiers carrying the big-bellied boats to grab the shore directly from their flanks and back.

Deng Yu looked east, and there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who came with him out of Hengfeng City to Benhua Pavilion, and the team of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses was extremely long because of the rapid march. The front part has entered the Huating Pass to form a formation, the rear is still five or six miles away, and the rear flanks will be exposed to the attack of the Huaidong Army's landing armor - Deng Yu felt bitter in his heart, feeling that this battle was unusually piercing, and he couldn't bear this old life here.

Over the years, the Huaidong Army has harassed the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian, and has been extremely proficient in the combat tactics of beach-grabbing landing; If the river beach is steep and narrow, large and medium-sized combat weapons such as bed crossbows and stone-throwing crossbows placed on Huaidong warships can also directly cover the beach near the shore.

In recent years, the Huaidong Army's beach-grabbing and landing has caused the Zhejiang and Fujian troops to endure all the hardships, and in addition to building fortifications along the coast, there is no means to effectively suppress the Huaidong Army's beach-grabbing and landing.

Deng Yu's troops were not in array at this time, and the generals were exhausted after running for half a day, and the army had no bed crossbows, stone-throwing crossbows and other large weapons to suppress, and Deng Yu did not have the confidence to use a scattered formation to suppress and prevent the Huaidong Army from rushing to the shore from the flank.

The Huaidong fleet went down the river at a very fast speed, from the Huaidong fleet appeared in the field of vision, it was too late to gather the soldiers and horses behind the tail to the foot of the east foot of the mountain to form a formation, in order to avoid the exposed flanks and rear being attacked fiercely, Deng Yu ordered the rear soldiers and horses to retreat to the depths of the right flank to form a formation, but also sent a large number of crossbowmen to disperse the formation and approach the river bank to resist the Huaidong generals to seize the beach.

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Chen Yan jumped off the trestle bridge, stood on the huge rock that stretched diagonally into the river, and watched the armor pawn who landed first spread out to the two wings to protect the beachhead where he landed.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army rushed out of Hengfeng City, without large and medium-sized weapons to accompany it, and could only use bows and crossbows to press the Huaidong army on the beachhead.

"Hold your head down, put your shield close to your front, and look at your feet!" The front outpost put his armor covered with iron, stood on the river beach and looked up to observe the situation on the shore, roaring hoarsely, trying to keep his troops in formation.

Some of the new recruits were always not reassuring, and when their shields were crooked, or they tripped under their feet, they left a huge gap that could not cover the rain of arrows fired by the enemy from the shore.

The area west of Hengfeng is rugged and precipitous, making the cliff bank also extremely steep, and the Chen Stain Institute has selected three places to grab the beach, all of which are relatively easy terrain, but it is much more difficult to attack than the river bank east of Hengfeng. But fortunately, the generals were brave, and they could not care about the sharp arrows that rained down, raised their shields to suppress the attack, and tried to climb ashore. After all, the river beach is narrow and the terrain is low, and it is far from being able to stand firm by occupying only one beachhead.

It is a natural stone embankment that stretches into the river from the north bank, which is shaped like a crab claw, which is called crab claw rock by the locals, just like a natural causeway wharf in the Xinjiang River.

The two Jiyun-class warships left by Su Pinxiao were all called Chen Yan to send people to drag them directly onto the river beach from the flank of Crab Claw Rock. As a result, the height of the aft deck of the warship was only slightly shorter than the embankment at the beachhead. In addition to the four three-bow bed crossbows, Chen Yan also transferred more than 60 crossbows to line up in the stern compartments of the two Jiyun-class warships, shooting at the Zhejiang-Fujian army on the river embankment, covering the Huaidong soldiers to suppress the attack on the shore.

After the Huaidong generals landed on the shore, the two counteroffensives of the Zhejiang-Fujian army were tenaciously broken by the Huaidong soldiers on the shore. Perhaps Deng Yu had no intention of fighting a decisive battle, so he ordered the soldiers on the shore to withdraw and retreat to the foot of the eastern foot of Huating on the left wing and the deep hinterland to the north.

Chen Yan squinted at the sunset on the top of Xiling Mountain, and ordered the pot-bellied wing ship, which had already commanded its armor and weapons, to return back to the water immediately.

"General Su led the water battalion warship to the west of the river and went around to Huating Creek, and then he called the troop transport ship back, if there is a case, the problem will be troublesome......" Tao Bingde, the commander of the Chongcheng army who was in charge of the tactical staff officer accompanying him, dissuaded him.

"The ancients could play the last battle, why can't we play it?" Chen Yan said, "Tell the turtle sons on the beach that the boats are gone, if they can't hold up in front, but there is no military ship to pick them up, and I will be driven down the Xinjiang River and buried in the belly of the fish like them!" ”

The commander of the army smiled helplessly, and sent a herald to contact the generals in the front.

In the past three months, the Huaidong Army has secretly set up construction ships at the western foot of the Guanxi Ridge. Although the shipbuilding materials were secretly transported from Chongzhou, the Huaidong Army invested so many resources that almost all the new ships built were here.

To hide from the ears and eyes of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, the Huaidong Army was able to secretly build a fleet of more than 10,000 elites in the upper reaches of Shanxi to attack the long road by water, which can already be said to be quite a remarkable achievement.

It's just that if the Huaidong Army wants to achieve a brilliant victory, it is far from enough to rely on the Chen Yan Division's headquarters to intercept the front, and it is necessary to transfer the main forces of the Guanxiling, Zaikou, Litang Chongcheng Army, and Changshan Army together to ensure that the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army on the Eastern Front can be completely annihilated.

In order to allow the soldiers behind to enter the hinterland of Shangrao as quickly as possible, there is no more convenient way than by boat - these pot-bellied boats must return to the Guanxiling camp to pick up more soldiers along the Jiangxi River.

Whether or not the troop carriers are withdrawn and whether they put on the posture of fighting against the odds will not have much impact on the generals who rush to the beach and land on the shore. They have their glory, and it is difficult for them to accept that they cannot climb the shore or climb the shore and drive down the lost dogs.

With the increase of soldiers and horses ashore, from the crab claw rock, a low ridge in the river has been taken by the Huaidong army, and hundreds of crossbowmen of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies are fleeing north at a rapid pace.

Chen Yan landed on the shore surrounded by soldiers, and at this time the twilight had sunk and the mountain wind was blowing.

Listening to the detailed report of the general of a battalion that landed in the front formation, Chen Yan learned that Deng Yu's department had about 12,000 people, and he abandoned the shore and did not defend it, and the soldiers and horses mainly formed a formation at the eastern foot of Huating Ridge and several inclined ridges in the north.

"Tell Hua Dezi to support the right wing and defend it for Lao Tzu; The other departments are all gathered to fight here," Chen Yan stretched out his finger and poked vigorously in the direction of the Huating Pass, poked a big hole in the map at once, and said, "Don't look at the Zhejiang and Fujian army is still squatting there at this time, baring its teeth and barking, and it has actually become a lost dog; If we smash this hammer, we must be so ruthless that they will not be able to breathe! ”

Chen Yan has a rude temperament and has read several issues of the War Training Academy, but he can barely recognize a few hundred words under the pressure of Lin Lian himself, and can generally understand the briefing and military orders, but he has been on the battlefield for many years, and he has developed a kind of vigilance that is almost innate.

The two armies have been facing each other for nearly half a year, and no matter how eloquent General Fei Xiong deliberately speaks, from the time he gives up the fortifications, the morale of the soldiers in Fujian will inevitably turn from prosperity to decline. Chen Yan knew that the morale and fighting will of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in front of him were on the verge of collapse, and the last breath of air was still hanging. In comparison, the morale of the Huaidong soldiers is like a rainbow, and every soldier is staring at the low-hanging fruit in his eyes, regardless of life and death.