Da Wei Chun

Chapter 705
I thought it would be extremely difficult, and there would be several fierce battles in all likelihood, but who would have thought that Da Xi's cognition would be overthrown smoothly.

One month ago, Li Chengzhi decided to counterattack and sent Li Feng to send troops from Juyan Lake to approach Woye.Then Li Zhang and Li Yongshou were ordered to block Rouran.

At that time, Daxi had planned to go south from the Wei River.

Most of the southerners are good at water, and they have practiced in the Yellow River for more than half a year, so they are very proficient.What's more, what I'm driving this time is not a warship, but a paddle wheel with a load of only fifty or sixty materials (one material and one stone, about 120 catties), which is even more familiar.

In order not to startle the snake, Daxi sent his secret agents to sneak into Longshan Mountain and follow the Weishui River to investigate.After exploring Chencang, I realized that the officers and soldiers in Heguan had already withdrawn, and there were only hundreds of defenders in Nanguan at the southern end of Chencang Road near Qinlu to prevent the invasion of the South Liang and the North.

And just in case, the pontoon bridge connecting the two banks of the Wei River was also demolished.And confiscated all the ships of the people.

Without the bridge, neither the mountain people in the Qinling Mountains nor the fishermen on the banks of the Weishui River could send mountain products, game, fish and shrimp to Chencang County to exchange for grain. Build cities and dams to earn some food for life.

So far, both sides of the Weishui River have been deserted, and there are only nearly a thousand soldiers stationed in Beicheng, about [-] miles away on the north bank, but they are only defending the Longshan trail, not the Weishui River.

Daxi was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the navy to test the water with a paddle wheel.

Longshan is steep, and the river in the middle of the mountain is turbulent. The reversal of the paddle wheel can offset part of the momentum, but it is still dangerous.

But Daxi only explored along the river, and then came up with a way: wherever the river is steep and the water is fast-flowing, he should block it with iron cables, and then put an empty boat in front of the cables.

When there are more empty boats blocked in the river, the water level will naturally rise, and the upstream flow will naturally slow down.In this way, it took a full [-] days and dozens of empty ships were abandoned before the river can be considered smooth.

In fact, this method is not surprising. In the Yuan and Wei dynasties, when they marched south, they had to cross the Huaihe River. When they encountered turbulence, they used this method to block the water and cross the river.

In this way, on the second day after Li Chengzhi sent troops from Qingshuiguan to march towards Xiaoguan and Longguan, Daxi's thousand paddle wheels had already been launched from Mingshui River Bay, about [-] miles southwest of Bailitan.

But before dawn the next day, the infantry of the two guards and the artillery battalion of the two guards had already flowed down the river and reached Chencang Shoal.

Now that Chencang Pass was found to be empty, and there were only a thousand guards, Daxi left half of his troops and handed them over to Zhang Jingzhi, who led the rest of his troops to the mouth of the Qianshui River, fifty miles east.

The Si River is a tributary of the Wei River, and the water is extremely shallow, so even paddle boats are at risk of running aground, so Daxi had no choice but to stop here.Otherwise, he would have already gone north along the river and reached the garrison camp in Siyang County.

But both sides of the strait are fertile land, which is really a good place to land and unload guns.It was only when hundreds of paddle boats lined up at the mouth of the Weishui River that the defenders realized that the rebels had descended from the Weishui River, and the officers and soldiers had been attacked by the enemy?
Only a few soldiers were left to guard the ships, and the rest went ashore.There are only [-] small cannons left on the shore, and the escort boats are enough to guard the shore.Another Zhenyi cannon squatted twenty times, and moved to the cart after getting off the bank.If you don't encounter a county town or a large army formation, you won't use it easily.

The rest are tiger crouching cannons, a total of [-] crouching, Daxi and Zhang Jingzhi are [-] each.Each squat is equipped with a corps of gunners.Each team has two two-wheeled carts and two pack horses.One pulls the cannon and the other pulls the ammunition.

It can be said that wherever mules and horses can go, tiger crouching cannons can go there.If you have to, you can also abandon the mules and horses and replace them with people.

Each tiger crouching cannon only weighs more than [-] catties, and the two soldiers take turns to carry it, and they still go over mountains and mountains.The remaining three soldiers carried more than enough gunpowder and lead pellets...

The reaction of the defenders was not unpleasant. As soon as Daxi stopped the ship, thousands of officers and soldiers swarmed out from Yongcheng County, the capital of Qizhou, about [-] miles northeast, and smoke ignited from the city.Therefore, in just half an hour, Siyang County, about [-] miles away from the north bank of the Weishui River, had received the news.

Yuan Qin was startled, his heart was cold, and his head was sweating.

Just because the food and grass for the officers and soldiers are all concentrated in Siyang County.

While gathering the rear army, he hurriedly sent his cronies to Longguan to report to Cui Yanbo.

And when Yuan Qin assembled more than ten thousand rear troops and rushed towards the mouth of the Sihe River overwhelmingly, the sound of gunfire on the shore was already loud...

Garrisoning Yongcheng is the general of the rear army under the command of Cui Yanbo, the governor of Guanzhong Road, and Yangzhi, the governor of Qizhou.In addition, there is Li Shao, the general of the left army, and Yang Wei, the governor of grain.

Whether it's seniority, official rank, or fame, Yang Zhi is far behind Li Shao.Even if the title of general is changed from left to right, then Li Shao should lead the army to defend the city, and Yang Zhi will be responsible for food and grass.

But the bad thing is that Li Shao and Li Chengzhi are too close, and they are suspected of secretly passing the song, so neither the court nor Cui Yanbo dared to let him lead the army, let alone let him guard the city.

However, because the Li family in Longxi had great prestige in Guanzhong, the imperial court did not dare to reuse Li Shao, but had to use it.In the end, he could only be appointed as a general in the future and returned to the army to be dispatched by Sima Yuanqin.

Yuan Qin pushed the boat along the water and sent him and Yang Shu's younger brother to stay in Yongcheng to take care of the transportation of food and grass.

However, if grain and grass were transported into Guanzhong via the Weihe River or land via Tongguan, they were all transferred to Siyang by the two people.

The clay figurine still has three fires, not to mention Li Shao who has held a heavy army for a long time and has been in the center for a long time?
Prepared like a thief, Li Shao didn't resign on the spot, even if he gave the court enough face.Therefore, I just get by every day, not seeking merit, but only seeking no faults.In addition, the Yang family is now in full swing, and Yang Wei is in charge of food and grass, so naturally it will get twice the result with half the effort.

Li Shaole's leisurely life hides in Yongcheng all day long.Unless Yuanqin or Cui Yanbo called him, he would never leave the city.

But today, he had to go out.

It's not that Yang Zhi and Yang Wei persecuted him.

Even though Yang Zhi was the governor of Qizhou, he was only a rear general, and he didn't hold the integrity, so he ordered Li Shao, the general of the left army, not to move.

It was Li Shao who suddenly heard that there was a navy from the West Sea rushing to the mouth of the Sishui River, and the horrified nine out of drunk scared away seven out of ten.

Since Li Chengzhi was able to sail from Longxi to the hinterland of Guanzhong, and then the Wei River went eastward smoothly, wouldn't it be possible for troops to enter Luoyang anytime and anywhere?

How will the imperial court fight this battle in the future?
As soon as he found Yangzhi, he said he would go to the front of the battle to have a look.

Knowing that the matter was of great importance, Yang Zhi dared not take it seriously, and prepared to lead the army in person.How can Zhengchou come up with a reason to call Li Shao out of the city, not wanting Li Shao to come to his door?
Yang Zhi immediately gathered his soldiers and horses, and rushed towards the mouth of the Qianshui River.

Now it is wartime, and Li Chengzhi sent troops seven days ago, and he issued a letter of war and a letter of persuasion three days ago.Fanqi, Jingzhou and even the prefectures and counties under the rule are all fighting hard and waiting for death.

Therefore, with one order, in just two moments, nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses left the camp and rushed south.

What is commendable is that this time there is no need for soldiers to run with their legs swinging, but all take carts.

Naturally, it wasn't that the imperial court was so rich that it allocated carts to all the infantry, but that Yang Zhi was already responsible for helping Li Shao and Yang Wei to transport food, so chariots and horses were extremely convenient.

It's really fast, from getting the news, to dispatching troops, and then rushing to the mouth of the Qianhe River at full speed, it only took two hours.The tired horse driving the car was foaming at the mouth and trembling all over.

Seeing that the rear of the rebel army had already set up an army formation on the north bank of the Weishui River, as if waiting for the officers and soldiers to surrender themselves, Yang Zhi first had a heart attack.

But when he heard that the former rebel army was heading north with dozens of cannons, Yang Zhi's heart tightened, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Isn't this going straight to Siyang?
Siyang is the camp of the rear army, and the Guanzhong Road army has been stationed here for two years.If there is a mistake, it doesn't matter whether he or Yuan Qin, I am afraid that it will be difficult to lose the whole body...

But how did Li Chengzhi know that all the food and grass are in Siyang?

Yang Zhi squinted his eyes, and stabbed at Li Shao who was dumbfounded like a blade.

(End of this chapter)