Valley Emperor

To be honest, An Zichen didn't quite understand Li Chunjing's order to let the 5th Infantry Division cross the river? This joke is not funny, if you just send a mixed group to cross the river, make a lot of preparations in advance, and you can barely sneak across it at night.

But letting the 5th Infantry Division temporarily cross the river, the difficulty level has risen by several levels, and it is impossible to temporarily recruit a large number of ships that can cross the river.

Moreover, it is said that the Ming army navy is not a vegetarian. On the river surface, there are always a small number of Ming army navy ships to follow and monitor. Once the Fifth Infantry Division is found to have an attempt to cross the river, it is estimated that the nearby Ming army ships The teachers would immediately gather to intercept it.

Not to mention whether there will be a crisis after crossing the river, even if you want to cross the river, it will not be easy.

At this moment, Li Chunjing looked back at An Zichen, and then he didn't know whether to say it to himself or to An Zichen, only to hear him mutter: "This unit always has to move, so that the Ming army can move too. , we can fight when they move!"

After listening to Li Chunjing's words, An Zichen also fell into contemplation.

He understood what Li Chunjing said a little bit. Now the Ming army is huddled in Anqing and Jinling, but these two cities must be conquered.

The Ming army in Anqing built a super-large coastal fort group, and together with its navy ships, it directly blocked the Yangtze River. As a result, the Datang Navy could not provide supplies for the army troops through the Yangtze River channel.

Once the river supplies are lost, the Datang Army will be greatly troubled when it goes out to fight. Even if a large number of civilians are mobilized, at most it will support operations at a distance of about two or three hundred kilometers from the logistics transfer station. At this distance, the supply efficiency will drop significantly, which will ultimately greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

At present, the supply transfer station closest to the front line of the Datang Army is Pengzehukou, which is more than 400 kilometers away from Jinling. If there is no support for river transportation for such a long distance, with the current logistics supply capacity of the Tang Dynasty, it is simply Unable to sustain troops fighting at such great distances.

Not to mention, maintaining such a long supply line requires at least a huge amount of troops. Otherwise, the Ming army would just send a cavalry troop over, and they would be able to cut off the supply line.

In this way, it will also weaken the combat strength of the Second Army for the front line.

Therefore, from the perspective of logistics, Anqing must be taken down, and the Ming army navy must also be contained, or simply annihilated.

In this way, Li Chunjing could lead the army to attack Jinling with confidence.

However, the Yangtze River Fleet of the Datang Navy is not as strong as the Yangtze River Navy of the Ming Army, and it is impossible to break through the blockade of the Ming Army Navy to reach Jinling.

And Anqing, it is not so easy to take it down, not to mention that they have built a solid line of defense in Anqing itself, deployed heavy troops, and more importantly, the existence of the Ming Army Navy made it impossible for the Tang Army to Too many troops were dispatched to cross the river to attack Anqing.

Numerous restrictions made the Second Army still fearful even though it had aggressively attacked.

It's just that An Zichen still didn't understand what Li Chunjing wanted to do and what his ultimate goal was.

But since he can't figure it out, he is too lazy to think about it. Anyway, commanding wars is not something he is good at. He should do his duty well.

An Zichen, the chief of staff of the Second Army, couldn't understand Li Chunjing's thoughts, and Wang Yiqi, who was on the opposite side, naturally couldn't understand Li Chunjing's thoughts even more.

According to the report from the front line, more than 15,000 thieves did not continue eastward after taking Guichi. Instead, they began to collect ships and build a raft. Wang Yiqi frowned.

"Do they want to cross the river?"

"But how do they cross the river? My Jiangnan navy has already blocked the Yangtze River. If they change a little bit, our navy will be able to kill them. At that time, they won't talk about crossing the river. Whether they can protect themselves is a question. question!"

Wang Yiqi was puzzled, but he was certain that there must be some conspiracy behind it. What if they really had a way to cross the river?

Therefore, Wang Yiqi was quite cautious and asked the Jiangnan Navy to closely monitor the Guichi area. As long as the pseudo-Tang thieves dared to cross the river, they would immediately intercept them decisively and resolutely, and send the pseudo-Tang thieves into the Yangtze River to feed Wang Ba.

At the same time, the defenders on the Anqing side also increased their patrols along the Yangtze River. Not only did they send a large number of reconnaissance and cavalry patrols, but at the same time, the army that started from Anqing and has been across the Yangtze River has been keeping pace with the Puppet Tang Bandit Army on the opposite side. The more than 1,000 Ming cavalry troops advancing eastward were simply stationed on the other side of Guichi and did not leave.

When the Ming army increased its vigilance and strictly guarded against it, Li Chunjing himself did not show much reaction, but continued to lead the troops to attack the city in Huizhou and Ningguo.

On October 8, after two days of siege, the Second Army captured Huizhou Fufu City

On the 12th, they captured Jingde, the capital of Ningguo, and then the army divided into two groups and attacked Ningguo and Jingxian respectively.

A few days later, the Second Army, which had conquered the two places mentioned above, joined forces again and attacked Xuancheng, Ningguofu.

Although it is said that Wang Yiqi has already made a strategic decision to shrink his troops and concentrate on defending Jinling, it does not mean that he will sit and watch the vast hinterland of Jiangnan fall into the hands of thieves.

But even if he was unwilling, he had nothing to do, because at this time, he got a report again, saying that the pseudo-Tang bandit army in Guichi suddenly gave up the attempt to cross the river, and then moved towards Jinling again. Coming from the city, its soldiers have already arrived at Tongling, and it will not be long before they reach Taiping House.

At this time, he did not dare to divide his troops!

At present, this kind of strategic attempt of the pseudo-Tang bandit army is nothing more than to go hand in hand with the south and the north, but they will definitely come to Jinling in the end, and they are waiting for them in Jinling City.

At that time, we will have a strategic battle with them outside Jinling City!

After the bandit army was held back, the defenders in Anqing could also take the initiative to attack. Crossing the river directly cut off their supply line. At that time, the tens of thousands of bandit troops would be trapped under Jinling City.

Therefore, despite Li Chunjing's siege of the city in the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Yiqi was stunned, holding 100,000 heavy troops, so he stayed in Jinling City, as if he had not seen many places fall.

Li Chunjing didn't seem to see such a situation, and continued to attack the city. After the main force of the Second Army captured the Xuancheng of Ningguo, An Zichen found Li Chunjing.

"Sir, the army has been attacking for 20 days. Now the soldiers and soldiers are exhausted, and the consumption of ammunition is a bit large, and the supplies at the back can't keep up. Why don't you take a rest in Xuancheng first!"

It's rare, but this time Li Chunjing did not reject his suggestion, but nodded and said, "After 20 days of fighting, it's time to rest!"

Hearing that Li Chunjing lived like this, An Zichen was also relieved!

The army rushed forward for almost 300 kilometers in one breath, and this distance was almost the limit of the second army's supply line.

If we were to continue to attack eastward, we would need to establish a supply transfer station in Xuancheng and spend a certain amount of time hoarding supplies, so that we could continue to launch a large-scale offensive in the future.

In order to ensure the logistical supply of the Second Army, An Zichen was also heartbroken!

Mobilized a large number of people and those boats, mainly land transportation, and also used the water networks in the Jiangnan area to transport supplies, but such supplies cost too much manpower and material resources, and the amount of supplies is not large, far from being able to match the amount of use. It is so convenient for large ships of ten tons or even hundreds of tons to transport supplies.

The main force of the Second Army stopped its offensive, but the Fifth Infantry Division did not stop. They continued to attack Taiping Mansion, but when they were about to reach Dangtu, they suddenly turned to the south.

This change surprised and delighted the Ming army on Dangtu's side, and these thieves did not come to be a tu, which is a great thing!

However, when this change reached Wang Yiqi's ears, it made Wang Yiqi ponder.

The bandit army in Xuancheng did not move, and the bandit army that entered Taiping House did not continue to advance eastward, but went south. Judging from the direction of their southward movement, they should go to Xuancheng.

Are they going to join forces?

But what do they want to do when they join forces?

At this time, Wang Yiqi suddenly remembered something, and then immediately asked his subordinates: "How is the situation in Zhejiang, where did the thief Wang's troops hit?"

Hearing Wang Yiqi suddenly asking about the situation in Zhejiang, this subordinate didn't react at once. They were discussing the war in Nanzhili just now, especially the follow-up deployment of Jinling.

It has even been talked about, whether to let the 20,000 troops in Anqing take the opportunity to cross the river to kill Chizhou Prefecture, and completely cut off the supply line of the pseudo-Tang bandit army.

Now, why did the problem suddenly come to Zhejiang?

Someone immediately replied: "The situation in Zhejiang has not changed much~www.wuxiax.com~ From what has been reported before, the band of the king thief who came from Fujian is currently attacking Wenzhou and Chuzhou. The last time Yu Zongbing sent a letter, southern Zhejiang is still as stable as Mount Tai!"

The man did not say anything, but Wang Yiqi stood up immediately after speaking, and then his face instantly sank: "Not good!"

Wang Yiqi said so, the people below are not all fools, and soon someone guessed it. Why did Wang Yiqi say this? Many people's faces became very ugly, and many people also showed panic. .

A guard commander even exclaimed: "They will not come to Jinling at all, they are going to Hangzhou!"

Another lieutenant said, "This officer knows that Li Zie is extremely cunning, and it is impossible for him to follow the rules and come to Jinling. Last year, when he attacked Yuezhou, he also made a fool of himself.

In the end, he bypassed Wuchang and directly attacked Yuezhou. This time, his previous series of actions must have confused us, in order to conquer Hangzhou! "

At this time someone said: "If this happens, isn't President Yu very dangerous?"