Lord of the House: Chapter 110 Southern Zhejiang Outpost

(asking for a red ticket)

Have the initiative to choose the battlefield, and gain a strategic advantage at the same time.

Taizhou Prefecture has a twisty, deep and wide coastline, which is suitable for large ships to dock and land. There are as many as ten places. The Huaidong Army also controlled Yueqing Bay in the south of Taizhou. The Zhejiang-Fujian Army had only 10,000 troops in Taizhou, and there were three counties along the coast that needed to be defended. In the face of the Huaidong Army, which was rushing towards it with superior troops, it was impossible to prevent the Huaidong Army from entering Taizhou, except for sticking to the key cities.

Ge Cunxin led the second water battalion to distract the Taizhou defenders in the outer waters. On the night of the 28th, Chen Zhu's troops landed at Hengpu, the northern tip of Yueqing Bay, by the light of the faint star and moon. The next morning, they were ready to attack. They dispatched troops from the valley between the mountains such as Baifengjian and Liushuiyan. Go north and enter Taizhou Prefecture to fight.

Wen Qiao was formerly known as Hai Qiao. Since the early days of the former dynasty, Wen Qiao was a town because of the existence of an ancient road running from Taizhou Plain to Yueqing Bay. This ancient town has a history of hundreds of years and was once the seat of Wenling County.

Such a place is also the shortest and most convenient passage from Yueqing Bay to enter Taizhou Plain. Landing from the north bank of Yueqing Bay and crossing the low **** ridge with a width of five miles is Wenqiao, and crossing Wenqiao is Wenling surrounded by Jinping Mountain. In the plains, Wen Qiao, the relative of Wenling City, was located for ten miles. Wen Qiao was also the focus of the defenders to prevent Huaidong from landing in Taizhou from Yueqing Bay.

Taizhou will focus on defending Wen Qiao again, but due to the overall strength, the actual garrison strength is actually limited.

The most important thing for Chen Zhu at the moment is to quickly insert the Taizhou government guard to the northeast side of Wen Qiao before he can figure out the active direction of Huaidong, so as to prevent the Taizhou government defender from sending reinforcements from Wenling County to strengthen Wen Qiao's defense.

In order to confuse the Taizhou garrison, he specially gave up the road to attack Wenqiao directly. The two elite battalions who landed from Hengpu took a detour from Huwuling on the west side, and forced the Taizhou garrison to guard the other place in the southwest of Yueqing, Xiao. Chen Zhuo led a battalion of lightly armed and sharp soldiers, dragged them to the shore at Tangtou Temple at the time of Riyu, and climbed the Xiaogenwu Ridge non-stop, directly attacking Wenqiao.

All of Chen Zhuo's leaders were sharp keys, carrying a bow and carrying a knife, walking lightly, and traveling very fast. Although when they landed at Tangtou Temple, they were noticed by the watchdog on Xiaogenwuling, and the wolf smoke on Xiaogenwuling was lit only when a battalion of sharp soldiers completely landed.

The black smoke column was blown away by the wind, and went straight to the cloudy night.

Chen Zhuo and his troops rushed to the foot of Xiaogenwuling Mountain, and only a team of more than 100 defenders hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain to intercept it. Obviously, Wen Qiao's defenders mainly guarded against the Huaidong Army's grabbing from the valley road on the west side of Xiaogenwuling, where a large number of obstacles were set up and the defenders were deployed. They did not expect that the Huaidong Army would attack Wenqiao from crossing Xiaogenwuling. mind.

The Xiaogenwuling mountain is easy and easy, although it can hinder the passage of troops and horses, but it can't stop the lightly armed soldiers from crossing.

Seeing that the Lingtou defenders had arrived hastily, Chen Zhuo did not rectify the formation, and immediately ordered the relatively complete armor-piercing troops of the Liangtou team to attack Lingtou directly from both sides. At this time, it is necessary to grab speed and time, and the defenders cannot stand firm at the top of the mountain, otherwise even if the formation is adjusted, the difficulty of attacking will be doubled.

Walk lightly, carry a bow and a knife, and have light armor, no large shields, large crossbows, and no flying contradictory vehicles that can block arrows. The two teams of soldiers and horses were divided into dozens of experts who were good at archery. They advanced from the two wings, stood at a relatively high place, and accurately shot the defenders at the top of the mountain. The other soldiers either protected the front with light shields, or temporarily wore two layers of armor. The soldiers in front directly raised their hands to protect the front door and rushed upwards.

More than a hundred defenders were in a hurry, and they were out of breath when they rushed to the top of the mountain. They were mainly recruited by the local villagers. They hunted more bows. The advantage of condescending, but shooting arrows in haste, sparsely, can not form a threatening salvo.

When the archers of the Huaidong Army shot ruthless and accurate arrows from two hundred paces away, the defenders at Lingtou were in chaos. Even if it takes twenty breaths to attack the ground with a single arrow, the armored soldiers rush up, and Mo Dao Shou is covered by the sword and shield soldiers, which is like a murder weapon. In combat, no matter how thick the armor is, under the ruthless slashing of a fourteen-five-pound Modao, it will be split open with one split, and ordinary spears will also be broken with one split...

The Lingtou defenders were defeated, and the first armored soldiers on the Lingtou were not busy chasing, but let the archers occupy a favorable position to shoot and kill them, focusing on stabilizing their positions and covering the brigade's troops and horses to climb up.

The wounded soldiers were treated on the spot.

Each soldier of the Huaidong Army carried a hemostatic medicine with him, which was packed in a small porcelain bottle. Generally, a knife wound, and the medicine powder was sprinkled on the wound to stop the bleeding and prevent the wound from festering. It was wrapped in gauze, and the battle could continue.

Those who were seriously injured, as long as they were not fatally wounded, would also be treated and bandaged by the soldiers of the army, and then five people would be left to cover and station on the spot. ; Only three people were deeply wounded by the arrow in the waist and abdomen, and they had to remove the shaft of the arrow and carry it down the mountain to get the arrow.

Chen Zhu climbed the top of the ridge and looked over. Wenqiao Town was at the northwest foot of Xiaogenwuling, and he could also see the corner of the northwest entrance from Wenling Plain into Wenqiao. Hundreds of defenders who had built barriers and dug trenches on the valley road on the west side of Xiaogenwuling to block the passage into Wenqiao Town hurriedly retreated north and fled to Wenqiao Town.

Wen Qiao is worthy of being a big town that has existed since the middle of the previous dynasty. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking at it, the black tiles and white walls are row upon row, which is not smaller than the scale of ordinary small county towns. parapet.

According to the previous reconnaissance of the sentry, the Taizhou government dispatched Wen Qiao's guard to be a member of the patrol. Although Wen Qiao had a battalion of defenders, there were less than 200 soldiers who were directly subordinate to the provincial governor's office in southern Zhejiang, and the rest were villagers recruited from local areas.

Due to the harassment of East China Sea pirates in recent decades, the towns and villages along the coast of southern Zhejiang have considerable protection, and have long been confronted with pirates. The local folk customs in southern Zhejiang are sturdy.

However, the local forces in Wenqiao Town should have very limited loyalty to the She family. As long as the passage to support Wenqiao from Taizhou Plain is blocked in time, most of the Huaidong Army will land on the valley road on the west side of Xiaogenwuling. The will of the forces to resist will not be too strong. Counting the time, unless there were reinforcements on the way to Wenqiao in Wenling when Langyan took off, otherwise they would not be able to block the entrance to Wenqiao Town from the north before the reinforcements came.

In addition to leaving the soldiers and wounded soldiers of the Liangdu team to guard the top of the mountain, Chen Zhui did not delay, and immediately led the other nearly 400 lightly armed soldiers down the narrow and winding mountain road, bypassing the main village of Wenjiao Town, and storming Shangwen. Shuicangtou Mountain in Qiaobei.

Xiaocangtou Mountain is not high, only more than ten feet, but it is on the north side of Wenjiao. To avoid Xiaocangtou Mountain, it is necessary to bypass the seven or eight-mile mountain road to enter Wenjiao.

There is a mountain temple with only three houses on the top of the mountain. Chen Zhe relied on the mountain temple to control Xiaocangtou Mountain and blocked the entrance from Wenling to Wenqiao.

Although Wen Qiao had a large number of defenders, a small group of soldiers came out of the village to fight, but they shot back with bows and crossbows, and then they went out to guard the village. About half an hour later, Chen Zhu leaned on the mountain temple and took a firm footing in Xiaocangtou. The reinforcements arrived late from the direction of Wenling County, only more than 500 people, less than one battalion.

According to the terrain of Xiaocangtou, Chen Zhe mainly shot and killed with his bows, intercepting the reinforcements from Wenling and preventing them from entering Wenqiao. At this time, the main force of the remaining three battalions of the first brigade of the Chongcheng Foot Camp came from Denglu at the southwestern foot of Xiaogenwuling to Wenqiao.

Without the defenders behind, the ridge road barriers and trenches on the west side of Xiaogenwuling can be easily removed for troops and horses to pass through.

In the early morning, more than a thousand elites who took a detour from Huwuling to attack Xi'ao Village and thought they were suspicious soldiers also came to join them from Hualing. Seeing that more and more troops from the Huaidong Army entered Wenjiao, the defenders in the town completely gave up and cooperated with each other. The reinforcements could not hold on to their intention of attacking Xiaocangtou Mountain. More than 500 reinforcements persisted until the afternoon. They also abandoned dozens of wounded soldiers and hurriedly fled to Wenling City.

Chen Zhe is addicted to war. If he allows his temper to fight, he will definitely use superior troops to forcefully invade Wenqiao Town. However, in the battle plan, after forming a siege of Wenqiao Town, make sure that the Taizhou garrison cannot pose a threat. Give priority to persuasion.

Chen Zhui was in the temporary command shed set up in the mountain temple. The Yueqing faction said that the person who descended was Zuo Guangying's clan brother Zuo Shixiong. He was born as a scholar, and he was also a prominent figure in the local area. Come and persuade him to surrender.

Yueqing and Wen Qiao are next to each other. Many people are close to each other. It is good for everyone to be able to disarm Wen Qiao without bloodshed.

The biggest resistance in front of them is the inspections sent by the Southern Zhejiang Governor's Office to Wen Qiao and the nearly two hundred soldiers and horses directly under the Southern Zhejiang Governor's Office. If they refuse to surrender, the local forces in Wen Qiao Town are likely to hold back and wait for reinforcements.

Chen Zhi didn't have much patience. To quickly open up the situation in southern Zhejiang, he was destined to demand a quick solution. He said to Zuo Shixiong, who wanted to enter Zhenzhai to persuade him to surrender: "Don't go in either, the guards sent by the She Family are here. The will is still in control of the situation. If you want to go in, you will most likely be cut off with a knife. Look at you honestly~www.mtlnovel.com~ I can't kill you. I will let the soldiers take a big shield to protect you close to the wall, you If you want to see people you know well, just shoot the letters from Colonel Zuo and Master Liu. But let’s make it clear, the people inside don’t come down before sunset, so I don’t have time to continue to spend time with them. Attack here, and then the time will come. Don't blame swords and guns without eyes and blood in rivers!"

Chen Zhui asked Zuo Shixiong to approach the town to find an acquaintance to persuade him to surrender, but the preparations for attacking the village did not stop.

The stone walls surrounding Wenqiao Town are tall and thick, which can effectively prevent pirates from raiding, but after all, they are not as good as regular city walls.

The passage from Yueqing Bay to Wenqiao was opened here, and the components of large-scale equipment were easily transported in. Two siege hammers and several catapults were quickly assembled to advance the sight of Wenqiao Town. Stand by in the open space.

Before sunset, a mutiny broke out in Wenqiao Town. Wen Qiao's inspection and two hundred soldiers who were loyal to the extravagant family insisted on not surrendering. Unexpectedly, things were not secret, and Wen Qiao's inspection noticed that it was abnormal, and the inside was immediately killed. Fortunately, the Hu family sent someone to open the gate of the village in time, let the soldiers of the Chongcheng step camp enter, control the scene, and surround and kill the two hundred soldiers loyal to the She family.

Even so, more than 200 people were killed or injured in Wen Qiao Town, and the blood flowed into rivers.

Chen Zhu didn't care about this, he was used to seeing casualties, even if tens of thousands of corpses were piled up in front of him, he could chew and eat meat patties without changing his face.

After taking control of Wenqiao Town, Chen Zui set up camp in the relatively open area north of Wenqiao Town, and would continue to send troops to the shore to clean up the towns and villages outside Wenling and Huipu, in order to create a situation with Wenqiao Qiao as the base, attacked and recovered Taizhou, attracting the forces of the She family in Quzhou and Dongyang County. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter