The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 345 The Battle of Maoshan, the Death of Sun Jian

Maoshan is located at the southernmost tip of Danyang County, with Changtang Lake in the east, Lushan Mountain in the west, Lishui and Shijiu Lake in the south, and the Yangtze River in the north.

Therefore, due to the influence of the lake, Maoshan was also divided into two parts.

The east mountain is the one close to Changtang Lake, and the west mountain is the one close to Lushan Mountain.

Therefore, because the eastern part of Mao is close to the lake, its terrain is relatively flat.

And Maoshan West is close to Lushan Mountain, and the mountains have been connected from generation to generation, so its terrain is also extremely steep.

However, because of the superior geographical environment of Maoshan, it is also the only way to go north to Jinling!
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Therefore, it is only said that the Jiangnan Army abandoned the whole territory of Xuancheng and returned to the north.

Zhu Yuanzhang also settled his army in Maoshan Mountain, camped and garrisoned.

In order to resist the Wu army who was preparing for the Northern Expedition.

As for why the troops are not stationed in the west, it is probably because the terrain in the west is flat, and it is useless to defend it.

Wu Jun can still choose to cross the mountains from the east of Maodong, bypass the west mountains, and then enter the hinterland of Danyang-Jinling.

Not only that, but the terrain of Xishan is not conducive to the development of Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.

With the deployment of the Jiangnan Army's defense line in Maoshan, Sun Jian also resisted all opinions at this time and resolutely led the Northern Expedition.

In order to prepare to expel the Jiangnan Army and dominate Jiangdong.

For a while, the situation reversed, and the situation changed like the sky and the earth!
Originally, the Jiangnan Army was far stronger than the Wu Army in terms of strength and quality of soldiers.

But who would have imagined that the Jiangnan Army would fall into a passive situation after Li Zitong was killed in battle?
In the formation of the Wu army, Sun Jian could only see Sun Jian wrapped in a lun scarf, wearing a fiery red battle armor, a black horse, and carrying a family heirloom knife - the ancient ingot knife.

For a moment, Sun Jian was in high spirits, and his expression was even more joyful.

At this time, Sun Jian had even imagined in his mind the beautiful wish of capturing Danyang, dominating Jiangdong, and ruling Jinling.

After all, the current situation seems to be extremely beneficial to Wu Jun no matter what.

After traveling for several days, after the Wu army entered the territory of Danyang, they attacked the city and seized the territory all the way, without any disadvantages!
Afterwards, he arrived at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, and proceeded to look from afar.

At this time, the sentry cavalry in charge of the investigation also reported the situation to Sun Jian.

The Jiangnan Army has set up camp on Dongshan Mountain, built a line of defense, and is ready!

Hearing this, Wu Jiang Han Dang stepped forward on his horse, thinking carefully about his mountain.

After a long time, he steered his horse back to Sun Jian's side, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I should take a look at the general terrain of Maoshan."

"Because of the mountains, rivers and lakes, it is divided into two, and turned into Dongshan and Xishan."

"The west mountain is close to the mountain, so the terrain is steep. Now the Jiangnan army is stationed here, and the east mountain is close to the lake, so the terrain is flat."

"This mountain runs through the entire territory of Danyang, and it is the only place to pass through to seize Jinling. You should first lead the army to Dongshan for repairs."

"Wait until the detective learns about the latest situation before making a decision!"

For a while, Han Dang's words were very reasonable, and Sun Jian agreed.

Immediately, Wu Junjin began to march towards Dongshan.

Then set up camp in Dongshan, and confronted the Jiangnan Army in Xishan.

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At this time, Xishan, Jiangnan army camp

"Report, report to the general!"

"Now the Wu army has set up camp in Dongshan and is undergoing repairs."

"Looking at the situation, it seems that they are preparing to fight a protracted war with our army."

It only said that the Jiangnan army sentry cavalry was slowly reporting to Zhu Yuanzhang who was above the throne.

Hearing this, all the generals in the tent became anxious, after all, if the Wu army did not take the initiative to attack.

That shows that the defense line constructed by our army here in the past few days is basically useless.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang still maintained a smile, as if he was not worried!
After a long time, the counselor Li Shanchang stood up and said: "Generals, don't worry!"

"I can assure you that Wu Jun will take the initiative to attack our army."

Hearing this, all the generals were puzzled for a while, wondering why Li Shanchang was so confident.

"Sir, I don't know how you can conclude that Wu Jun will take the initiative to attack?"

Let me just say that among them, Chang Yuchun was more impatient, so he was the first to ask.

Hearing this, Li Shanchang continued to maintain a kind smile and took a little breath.

Then he slowly explained: "First, because of Sun Jian's character."

"I think everyone can see the fighting in the past few days."

"Although Sun Jian fought bravely, it was easy to mobilize the morale of the troops under his command to unify, thus greatly increasing the number of battles."

"But Sun Jian has an impatient personality. If he confronts our army for a long time, Sun Jian will be furious and take the initiative to attack."

"Secondly, it is an external threat. Since our army took the initiative to abandon Xuancheng, it is now being captured by the Wu army."

"But this also happens to put the Wu army in the middle of our army and the Taiping army. If Sun Jian can't fight quickly."

"Once the battle is delayed, its territory is very likely to be attacked by the Taiping Army. Don't forget the hundreds of thousands of Taiping Army in Yuhang and Xin'an."

For a while, with Li Shanchang's analysis of each word, the impetuous hearts of the generals gradually settled down!
As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

Because he was secretly observing which generals under his command could stay calm in the face of danger.

As we all know, to be able to really take charge of the overall situation, the general on the governor's side must be calm and not impetuous in order to be competent.

In the end, only Xu Da and other generals were qualified after inspection.

As for Chang Yuchun and other generals, they also need to practice a lot before they can preside over a party.

Just to say, in the next few days, the Jiangnan Army and the Wu Army had a surprisingly tacit understanding.

The two armies are facing each other here, and they will not attack each other.

Every day is just gathering here, training.

However, what happened next was not what Li Shanchang expected!
Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao, who were firmly guarding the rear, sent an urgent report that Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Army under stable rule, was preparing for war.

There is a possibility of northward invasion at any time!

The battle report is self-evident, it is to persuade Sun Jian to give up his plan to seize Danyang and return to defense urgently!
At that time, when Sun Jian proposed this plan, Cheng Pu, Zhang Zhao and others disagreed.

It's just that Sun Jian resisted all opinions and had a firm attitude, so he suppressed it.

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It only said that Sun Jian, who received the urgent report at this time, knew that the situation of the battle could no longer be dragged on, and that the battle must be resolved quickly.

Originally, Sun Jian planned to garrison here first, and let the Jiangnan army attack.

Subsequently, our own army was able to defeat the Jiangnan Army in one fell swoop by virtue of field battles.

But for several days, Zhu Yuanzhang did not send troops, and still stuck to the camp.

Therefore, Sun Jian finally ordered the whole army to attack Xishan and the defense line of the Jiangnan Army due to formalities.

In an instant, the war is on the verge of breaking out!
Just to say that this time Zhu Yuanzhang set up layers of defense lines on the mountain specifically to resist the Wu army.

Counting along the way, there are about dozens of camps built almost along the mountain.

However, the terrain in the west of Maoshan was steep, and Wu Jun had to attack upwards one by one.

Due to the dangerous terrain, Sun Jian decided to personally lead the army to attack the camp.

Although Han Dang and his brother Hun Jianglong Li Jun persuaded him not to take risks.

But how could Sun Jian be willing to listen, and stubbornly led the army to attack in person.

However, with Sun Jian personally leading the attack, the combat effectiveness of the Wu army almost increased dramatically.

They repeatedly broke through the camps set up by the Jiangnan Army.

However, within two days, dozens of camps were completely pulled out, pointing directly at the Jiangnan army camp in the mountains.

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At this time, it will be the most critical moment of the Battle of Maoshan. What will be the end of the Jiangnan Army and the Wu Army?

(End of this chapter)