Of course, Chen Hansan was ready to uproot Zhang Yubo's prefect's yamen and Chu Wangfu as soon as possible, and had already stationed four battalions of soldiers around the prefect's yamen and Chu Wangfu, but before the public defection, he couldn't really surround the prefect's yamen and Chu Wangfu, and Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin's reaction speed was faster, and they rushed out first, led their troops to avoid the Chu Wangfu, and joined forces with the Chu Wangfu, according to the Chu Wangfu.

Chen Han Sande's general reported that Zhang Yubo led his troops to flee into the Chu Palace, gritting his teeth and smashing the wall with hatred.

"In this way, the East China Sea Fox is also playing with us!" Ma Zhen said.

"Fuck it, Huaidong will have 20,000 soldiers and horses, they can play to the sky!" Chen Hansan said hatefully.

At this time, the general asked for more troops to fight the Chu Palace, Chen Hansan was silent, and Ma Zhen persuaded: "At this time, you can't waste too many troops to storm the Chu Palace......"

Chen Hansan is a veteran soldier, and he has his own calculations in his heart.

Although the guard camp of the Chu Wangfu is insignificant, the three hundred soldiers who came back from Huaiyang with Zhang Yubo are all elite, and the terrain around the Chu Wangfu is complicated, so that Zhang Yubo and the soldiers of the Chu Wangfu are one, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack for a while.

At this time, it is necessary to send soldiers and horses to storm the palace of the king of Chu, plus the garrison troops on the city wall, it is said that six or seven thousand soldiers and horses must be left in the city to ensure that there will be no chaos. Then the force he pulled out to flank Huaidong may be less than 13,000 people, and Zhou Zhizhong's will to lead his troops to flank the Huaidong army can be very firm, and this victory or defeat is five or five, which is really dangerous.

Chen Hansan suddenly felt his scalp tighten, and scolded: "The dog thief of the East China Sea Fox is really treacherous!" ”

Lin Jian only sent three hundred elites into the city, and at this time, when he was united with the soldiers of the Chu Wangfu, he restrained six or seven thousand people from being able to put them into the battlefield, and he couldn't help but say that he was extremely clever, which made Chen Hansan feel extremely uncomfortable.

Without Ma Zhen's persuasion, Chen Hansan also knew that he didn't want to risk a decisive battle, and there were only two choices at the moment.

First, he only left a small number of troops to block the north and south gates of the Chu Palace, and he pulled as many troops and horses out of the city as possible to join forces with Zhou Zhizhong to attack the Huaidong army.

For more than 100 miles around, except for the main force of Huaiyang Town led by Liu Miaozhen, there were no other soldiers and horses approaching; Jiuli Mountain is only ten miles away from the north city of Xuzhou, Chen Hansan left 3,000 troops in the city, he led the main force to fight, even if there was something wrong, it was fast to retreat to Xuzhou City.

led the main force to join forces with Zhou Zhizhong to defeat Liu Miaozhen's troops first, and the overall situation was settled, and a few small miscellaneous fish in the Chu Wangfu struggled not to make much waves. Don't look at only three or four thousand more troops, but you can have a few more chances of winning, you should seek stability when you want to win, at this time there is really no need to gamble on the number of five or five narrow wins.

If you don't want to risk going to war, the second choice is to ignore Zhou Zhizhong's department, Chen Hansan led 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend Xuzhou City, and first solved the miscellaneous fish in the Chu Palace.

But at this time, Chen Hansan had already sent cavalry to attack Sun Zhuang's troops, and Zhou Zhizhong was likely to have led the main force of the division to come from Weimiaopo, if Chen Hansan did not decisively lead the main force out of the city to fight at this time, Zhou Zhizhong's troops were likely to give Liu Miaozhen a big rout halfway.

Chen Hansan didn't know that Nahe Xiongqi had already led 10,000 elites on the way to Xuzhou, he only knew that if Zhou Zhizhong defeated Huaidong, Dayan would probably not send troops and horses to Xuzhou again until the Dongping problem was resolved. Moreover, he will join Yanhu in the future, and Zhou Zhizhong and Yuan Lishanyan, who lost troops under Xuzhou City, may spare them?

There is also a possibility that after the Huaidong Army defeated Zhou Zhizhong's troops, it would join forces with Wuyang to solve the problem of Xuzhou first.

As long as the main force of Yanhu soldiers and horses no longer dares to send troops and horses south before solving the Dongping problem, Lin Jian and Dong Yuan can work together to gather 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses to storm Xuzhou City-Chen Hansan began to agree with the generals to defect to Dayan, and if he can defeat the Huaidong army in one go, the army's heart can be settled; If it fell into the siege of the Huaidong Army instead, the morale of this army would really be difficult to say, and maybe there would be generals who would persuade the rebels to go over - Chen Hansan did not dare to take this risk.

Chen Hansan immediately ordered his subordinates to lead two battalions of soldiers to block the north and south gates of the Chu Palace, and then empty the houses around the Chu Palace, ready to attack the Chu Palace, but at this time, if the Chu Palace, only half a battalion of guards were left at the east, west and south gates, and the other troops were all gathered outside the north city.

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Chen Hansan sent 2,000 cavalry out of the city to copy Sun Zhuang's troops, and after a while, Li Liang immediately led his troops to rush from the flank, and the cavalry strength of Huaidong into the southwest foot of Jiuli Mountain increased to more than 3,000 for a while.

The cavalry is very precious, and the strength is not superior, Chen Hansan did not dare to fight hard, and sent troops to flank the attack, just to let Zhou Zhizhong understand his intentions, and invited Zhou Zhizhong to lead the main force to come and attack the Huaidong army.

To achieve this goal, Chen Hansan ordered the cavalry to retreat slightly, lined up on the south bank of the Jingma River to guard the confrontation, and at the same time sent the infantry out of the city to approach the battlefield at the southwest foot of Jiuli Mountain.

Although the Jingma River in the north of Xuzhou City and at the southern foot of Jiuli Mountain has been frozen at this time, the ice will be one or two feet thick, and there will be no obstacle for people and horses to come and go. But from the riverbed, a natural ice trench about 20 zhang wide and several feet deep is formed. The ice trench could not prevent the infantry from passing through, but it could somewhat disrupt the formation when the enemy charged. The soldiers and horses did not retreat to Xuzhou City, and chose to line up behind the Jingma River embankment, which was the right choice.

Here, there is a small village on the south bank of the Jingma River, which is dozens of zhang away from the Jingma River, which is also the place where Chen Hansan chose his troops and horses to advance to the periphery of the Jiuli Mountain battlefield after Huaidong chose Jiulishan as the battlefield for the battle, so as to oppress the Huaidong Army at the nearest distance, and always form a flanking attack to prevent the Huaidong Army from having the intention of breaking through.

Zhou Fan, the general of Zhou Zhizhong's front wing cavalry, saw that Chen Hansan's troops and Huaidong were engaged in battle, killing each other so that more than 100 people fell off their horses, and only when Huaidong's follow-up cavalry arrived did they disengage, so he was sure that Chen Hansan's heart would not be repeated.

Zhou Fan led his troops to hesitate at the northwest foot of Jiuli Mountain, staring at the Huaidong Army that entered Jiuli Mountain, but sent fast horses to Weimiaopo, reported that Zhou Zhizhong knew the situation here, and asked him to lead the main force to come to the battle immediately.

It's okay to drive the generals to the death, but to lure the enemy with the lives of more than 100 generals in vain, even if they win in the end, the blow to the morale of the army will be quite serious, so the desperate plan to lure the enemy with the lives of his soldiers cannot be done by a ruthless character like Chen Zhihu.

Even so, after the Qingzhou War, Zhou Zhizhong also fell out with Chen Zhihu, and he didn't want to be controlled by Chen Zhihu anymore, and other generals also avoided Chen Zhihu and left, not wanting to use Chen Zhihu to send him to death in vain.

As long as Chen Hansan's troops and the Huaidong Army engage in battle, and there are more than 100 casualties, Zhou Zhizhong's previous fearful of Chen Hansan's repeated worries will be greatly reduced, and if the troops do not move forward again, they will also be held accountable for fearing the war and cowardly the enemy afterwards.

Moreover, Zhou Zhizhong led his troops from the north, and Chen Hansan's troops just formed a flanking attack on the Huaidong Army that entered the southern foot of Jiuli Mountain, instead of being besieged by a flanking attack, what is not obvious enough about this situation?

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With Sun Zhuang and Li Liang each leading the elite cavalry as the front wing, and Zhou Pu leading 3,000 cavalry to cover both sides, Liu Miaozhen led the main force of the Huaiyang infantry battalion with more than 1,000 heavy vehicles to rush to the southwest foot of Jiuli Mountain calmly.

Zhou Zhizhong's department also had more than 3,000 horsemen to join Zhou Fan, about 4,000 horsemen at the northwest foot of Jiuli Mountain, staring at the Huaiyang army, Zhou Zhizhong led the main force of the foot soldiers to be a little slower, and also rushed to Shajiaji more than ten miles away, when the road into Xuzhou City was blocked by the Huaiyang army, only the three villages around Shajiaji could be occupied as a camp.

This is also the location that Chen Hansan agreed in advance to Zhou Zhizhong to garrison, and after Zhou Zhizhong led his troops to enter, he also felt more attentive to Chen Hansan's combined troops.

Too close to the preset battlefield of Jiuli Mountain, it is very likely that the position is not stable and will fall into a chaotic battle, too far away, and there is a danger of attacking Huaidong - the Huaidong army's ability to fight at night is very famous, and it cannot be guarded against, so the momentum of the flanking attack must be tightened.

After Zhou Zhizhong led the main force of the infantry to stand on the ground, Zhou Fan and other generals also led the cavalry to retreat slightly, and they were not in a hurry to fight to the death today.

The southwest foot of Jiuli Mountain is relatively open, and there is no current village that can be used to camp, and it will not take a moment and a half to ride 20,000 steps to hold the position. There are enemy soldiers approaching on both sides, and it is impossible to calmly cut down trees and set up fences to build camps, so they can only camp with simple vehicles and guns, thinking that they are temporarily camping, and the day is getting late, and the sunset is spreading on the snow.

Liu Miaozhen wore a bronze mask, rode on a blue and black horse, wore two layers of thick armor, wore a red daku, tied a waist knife between her hips, and had a black sheath handle, like a Valkyrie in the sunset.

Liu Miaozhen looked at Chen Hansan's headquarters on the south bank of the Jingma River, and there was a pillar of smoke burning in the city of Xuzhou in the distance, and the Xuzhou city defense gave Chen Hansan control in his hands, and Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin, who were trapped in the palace of the king of Chu, could only light fires and smoke every once in a while, telling them that the situation in the city outside the city was not out of control.

Even if Chen Hansan's main force is defeated outside the city, its remnants still have the possibility of retreating to Xuzhou City, and the Chu Wangfu is the most important deployment to ensure that Xuzhou City can be successfully captured in the end, but the progress of the battle in Jiulishan cannot develop as expected, Liu Miaozhen finally has to ensure that the main force cannot be annihilated, and can only fight and retreat, and evacuate from the periphery of Xuzhou, and Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin and others who are trapped in the Chu Wangfu are certain to die.

In this case, Liu Xilin still took the initiative to ask Ying to accompany Zhang Yubo back to Xuzhou City.

Liu Xilin had served in Xuzhou for more than a year before going north with Gu Wuchen, and he also had feelings for Xuzhou, and he didn't want to see Xuzhou City trampled on Chen Hansan.

Liu Miaozhen and the generals around him, Zhou Pu, Li Liang and other generals, said: "The main force of Chen Han's three departments is really out!" ”

It's not enough to lure it out, now the three soldiers and horses are very tightly glued, Liu Miaozhen led his troops to fight Zhou Zhizhong, and Chen Hansan will attack on the back road; Leading his troops to attack Chen Hansan on the south bank of the Jingma River, the back road will be attacked by Zhou Zhizhong, and if there is no means to effectively isolate Zhou Zhizhong and Chen Hansan's department, he will be at an absolute disadvantage.

"It's best to lure them to the north bank of the Jingma River, and push them back with a strong position, and then the river ice will break open, that's fun!" Li Liang said with his hand, licking his lips with his tongue, so greedy that he couldn't wait to immediately eat the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses that Chen Hansan's troops had entered the south bank of the Jingma River.

"He didn't dare to cross the river tonight to attack the camp, and tomorrow he will attack our army with Zhou Zhizhong!" Liu Miaozhen said, "Are you still worried that he won't cross the river then?" It's just that the timing may not be so coincidental, and how to fight when the time comes, you have to act according to the situation, and you can't stick to it. ”

Although he is qualified, he is naturally Zhou Pu's oldest, but Lin Jian agreed that Liu Miaozhen is the main general, and Liu Miaozhen has been fighting in the world with his brother for several years, and the reputation of being good at fighting is also known all over the world, and Zhou Pu, who is used to leading troops to fight in the front, will naturally not compete with Liu Miaozhen for any command.

At this time, dozens of people came, led by bast shoes and cloth clothes.

Liu Miaozhen was the main general for this trip, but when she saw this pedestrian coming, she also dismounted to meet her and asked, "Lord Ge, can you be sure to break the river ice tomorrow?" ”

The person in the hemp shoes and cloth clothes is not a bystander, it is Huaidong who is responsible for the construction, and it is Ge Siyu, who has the most experience in the research of miscellaneous craftsmanship under Huaidong.

Huaidong is especially heavy industry, Ge Siyu's status is equivalent to Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan and others, the commander of the army makes the following generals regard him as a long, Huaidong previously borrowed the name of setting up an ambush in Jiuli Mountain with Chen Hansan, Ge Siyu rushed here to survey the hydrology and geography first, and prepare for breaking the ice.

Ge Siyu greeted the Valkyrie Liu Miaozhen, Zhou Pu and others, and said: "Look at the weather, tomorrow will be sunny, this river ice is covered with a layer of snow, sprinkle salt to melt, according to the policy of adults, it is not difficult to break the ice, but the timing is difficult to master......"

"That's enough," Liu Miaozhen said, "The armies will be careful not to set foot on the river ice in the decisive battle tomorrow!" ”

"There is a stream in Xiaogushan that communicates with the Jingma River, and the flow of water under the ice is also suitable, there is live water under the ice that flows slowly, and the flow rate has also been measured, and the mileage is only two miles a day, and the salt will be transported to Xiaogushan tonight, and the river ice will be chiseled and the salt will be poured into it, and this section of the Jingma River will be able to become a salt river before dawn tomorrow - if salt and charcoal slag need to be sprinkled on the ice here, General Liu will send someone to do it at night......"

"Miaozhen can save it, even if Lord Ge tells me." Liu Miaozhen said.

These more than 1,000 trucks, in addition to a small amount of rice and grain supplies, are mainly white crystal sea salt and charcoal slag mixed with sea salt, in order to carry out this policy, Lin Jian transferred nearly 20,000 bags of salt from Shanyin and other places for urgent use.

In terms of official salt, 20,000 bags of salt are worth 560,000 taels of silver, fortunately, Huaidong itself controls a large area of private salt farms, but 20,000 bags of salt will almost deplete the Huaisi area's salt reserves for a year, and the consumption is really amazing.

This war is a technical job, and it is also a work that consumes money, but in order to successfully take Xuzhou City, the price is worth it.

Salt and charcoal can eliminate ice, and Liu Miaozhen and others are also unheard of, but seeing that Lin Jian took everyone to test it personally, it was confirmed that this ice-breaking method was definitely not something that Chen Hansan could see.