As the sky was getting brighter, Xu Huai arranged the first group of injured soldiers to evacuate to Ruzhou City (Liang County) for further treatment. Zhu Han also embarked on his return journey back to Jianye at this time.

In the cold morning mist, Zhu Han dragged his exhausted body onto the saddle, looking at the battlefield that was still in a mess, unable to hide his worries.

More than a dozen people walked eastwards, and arrived at Yanglougou River at noon on the sun. They found that at this time, the soldiers of the Right Army of Chushan were stranded for a short time and resting, hundreds of civilians were already busy in the snow and ice:

The trees cut down from nearby hills were carried into the river valley with mules, horses or directly manpower, and simply processed to make a wall to make it into a wall, and then buried it in the frozen soil row by row.

Several teams of newly recruited soldiers set up alert near the Hebankou; a group of Arctics cruised along the coast of the North Army River east of the Yanglougou River, driving away and killing the infiltration of enemy scouts.

From the east of Yanglougou River, teams of mules and horses filled the narrow post road, and teams of soldiers marched overnight, with tired faces but firm expressions.

"Father, Chu Shan's movements are so fast!"

Zhu Zhi tied his horse and stopped on the bank and looked at the hundreds of people traveling west, and couldn't help but sigh,

"Father really doesn't need to worry about the mistakes in Chushan. Yuehailou and Cao Shixiong are all defeated generals under Xu Huai. I don't know how many losses have been suffered under Xu Huai over the years. Just from the battle last night, Cao Shixiong did not dare to fight for the mountains and rivers and valleys. I think before the Chihu people launched a large-scale trip to the west of Beijing and Heluo added troops, Cao Shixiong and Yuehailou were not able to eat a piece of meat in Chushan!"

"Cao Shixiong, Yue Hailou is not an Yi Yu person. It is not difficult to eat a piece of meat in Chushan, but this winter, there is no need to worry that Xu Huai cannot defend Chushan!" Zhu Han looked at the mule and horse team in front of him, and his depression was relieved.

Over the years, Zhu Han also had a deep understanding of military affairs. He knew that the strength of the Chushan Army was not simply described in the sentence "Xu Huai was brave and good at fighting, and the generals and soldiers worked together."

They learned about the fall of Ruyang five or six hundred miles away. Xu Huai went westwards with starry nights, but if Chen Zixiao, Wang Xian and others who were guarding Xiangcheng would wait for Xu Huai to arrive in Ye County before taking action, the mountain might have been lost, and Ruzhou City would have been encircled by the enemy troops in Heluo.

It was precisely before Chen Zixiao and other generals who decisively sent reinforcements to Ruzhou first before receiving Xu Huai's orders. When Xu Huai arrived in Ruzhou, more than a thousand elite infantry and cavalry followed him to enter the battlefield. It was precisely because nearly three thousand elite elite soldiers rushed into the periphery of the battlefield in Pishan River Valley that forced Cao Shilou to give up the competition for Pishan River Valley and withdraw more than ten miles away.

In addition to Xu Huai, the Chushan Army also supported a group of excellent generals including Xu Wuli, Chen Zixiao, Wang Ju, Wang Xian, Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan.

Now, just three or four hours have passed since the battle of Pishan River Valley. The second batch of people who reinforce Ruzhou in Chushan have arrived in Ruzhou or on the way to Ruzhou, there are also a large number of combat materials. What kind of rapid mobilization ability is this?

The more than 10,000 elite cavalrymen of the enemy Heluo General Administration were still near Yique and Dagu Pass, and did not enter the Ruzhou Basin from north of Guangchengze.

This increased the troops to more than 1,500 cavalry of the Selected Front Army and more than 1,100 horse infantry who arrived in Ruzhou from Wuyang and other cities overnight, which was enough to cover the traffic line from Xiangcheng, Ye County to Zhiliang County, Ruzhou.

From this point alone, the combat capability of the Chushan Army is already above the Chihu people.

Of course, the strategic focus of Chihu people in this winter is Huainan, not Huainan, but the current situation is indeed much more at ease than when they set off from Pishan...

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Pishan is composed of two mountains that stretch seven or eight miles north and south. The highest peak is only more than 150 feet. The downhill of a hundred feet is relatively slow and easy to climb. However, the cliff above the hundred feet suddenly stands up sharply, like a sword holding it upside down, crossing the low ridge west of Ruzhou City.

Yang Qiye fought fiercely last night and suffered many injuries. At this time, he also withdrew from Ruzhou to smelting. Yang Yaozong stayed in Pishan to be responsible for coordination and contact. He and Wang Xian, Shi Hu and other generals accompanied Xu Huai and Shi Zhen to climb the southern cliff of Pishan.

The morning sun has emerged, and the magnificent morning light shines on the Ruzhou Basin where the snow has not yet disappeared, shining brightly.

At this time, the vision was very good, and the sky was light. Xu Huai and his team had a glimpse of the terrain of nearly thirty miles away. They could also see the Heluo enemy camping on the slopes on the north bank of the North Army Water for more than ten miles away.

"Cao Shixiong doesn't seem to want to take Ruzhou this winter..." The wind was very strong, and Shi Zhen's short beard under his chin was blowing in chaos. He said.

The battle was nothing more than "money and grain". Cao Shixiong wanted to take advantage of the power of Ruyang and attack Yeliang County, Ruzhou with lightning speed, and had already gone bankrupt. Faced with the elite Chushan Army who were constantly intensifying through Xiangcheng and Ye County, they obviously would no longer have the fantasy of winning quickly.

At this time, Cao Shixiong intended to organize another large-scale battle in the Pishan River Valley, which could be estimated through the mobilization of his troops, horses, food and fodder.

At this time, there was no sign of a large increase in the enemy troops in Heluo to the north bank of the North Shui River. The scale of food and grass transported eastward from Guangchengze was also very limited, so it is hard to imagine whether Cao Shixiong was determined to launch a major offensive eastward this winter.

Xu Huai remained silent, but it was not that he did not agree with Shi Zhen's judgment, but that he was sad for Yang Lin's unfortunate death in battle.

Because of the Battle of Ruying, Zheng Huaizhong abandoned Heluo and retreated much more time. Not only did millions of people move south, but before finally withdrawing the troops, he also burned Luoyang, Yanshi, Mengjin and other cities to ashes, and did not leave a grain of grain for Cao Shixiong to store grain.

Cao Shixiong led his troops to occupy Heluo, and all he got was a piece of remains. The remaining residents of the counties were only 300,000 to 500,000, and most of them were hiding in the mountains.

In the past year, the Heluo General Administration has led nearly 70,000 troops, and the food and fodder supply required was extremely limited to plundering from the local area, and almost all of them need to be transported from Hedong and northern Shaanxi.

If it weren't for the unexpected factor of the Western Regions stone cannon, Yang Lin could guard the river in Ruyang and thaw the river, Cao Shixiong was destined to withdraw from Ruzhou in this winter.

Although Yang Lin unfortunately died in battle and Ruyang fell, including the battle of Guangchengyi, Zuo Xiaosheng's army dragged the Heluo enemy army for more than a month, greatly consuming the already tense grain reserves of the Heluo enemy army.

Otherwise, it would not have been during the period when Cao Shixiong led his troops to siege Ruyang that tens of thousands of elite Red Hu cavalry would retreat to Yique and food would be available near Dagu Pass.

Yang Lin's plan to strengthen the walls and clear the fields in Ruzhou was extremely thorough. Not only did he drive all the people in the Ruzhou basin up the mountains or into the city, but he did not leave a grain of food in many villages. Before winter, he ordered the county and township villages to set fire to nearby shrubs and grasses, and even the withered weeds were not left to the war horses of the Chihu people to eat.

During the period when Cao Shixiong led 30,000 to 40,000 infantry to besiege Ruyang, if tens of thousands of elite Red Hu cavalry did not temporarily retreat to Yique and Dagu Pass areas, the fodder needed for 20,000 to 30,000 horses would need to be transported from Yique and Dagu Pass and other places, the transportation capacity required was more than an infantry force that maintained a scale of more than 200,000.

In addition to greatly consuming the small amount of grain reserves of the enemy troops in Heluo, Yang Lin defended Ruyang, and the battle of the Ruyang defense battle in Guangchengyi and the battle of Pishanhe Valley in Linye, also caused heavy blows to the enemy troops in Heluo, with the cumulative casualties not less than 10,000 people.

At this time, the enemy troops in Heluo had not taken down Songxian. It was not unimaginable that Cao Shixiong saw the Chushan Army launching large-scale reinforcements to Ruzhou and gave up continuing a large-scale battle west of Ruzhou City.

Judging from the strategic arrangements of the Chihu National People's Congress, Cao Shixiong should have exceeded the task assigned by the Zhennanzong Palace at this time. Next, he and Yue Hailou jointly restrained the Chushan Army from two directions, and no one could blame him.

Of course, even if Cao Shixiong attacked, Xu Huai was not afraid. What he said to Zhu Han before was not empty words or lies to comfort people.

In order to limit the enemy troops in western Beijing to the bank of the Centipede River and could not directly advance to Xiangcheng, Zhaoling City was siege, and the Chushan Army suffered considerable casualties.

However, that is more importantly, the defense lines north of Xiangcheng and Zhaoling, which are hundreds of miles deep, are easy for enemy cavalry to pass through low mountains and shallow ridges and have a wide terrain.

With limited troops, the Chushan Army organized defensive operations along the Chugong River and the former Yingshui Road, which was more than a hundred miles long, and it was extremely difficult to resist the enemy army twice as much as its own.

Under such circumstances, the Chushan Army was in a confrontation and the casualties were less than half of the enemy troops in the west of Beijing. He also recruited Jianrui from the Bing Township of the Prefecture in a timely manner, ensuring that the left and right troops remained satisfied at any time.

In the Pishan River Valley, the defense line of the Chushan Army ranged from the north bank of the Beishan River to the south slope of the Bishan Mountains. It was only seven miles long, which was as long as the northern wall of Chushan New City. Why was Xu Huai afraid of Cao Shixiong's attack and attacking indiscriminately?

In addition, the Pishan River Valley is only twelve or three miles away from Ruzhou, and the reinforcements of the Chushan Army are rooted in the Pishan River Valley.

This winter, the enemy troops in Heluo did not have the ability to surround the entire Ruzhou City for a long time, and they did not dare to simply go around the Pishan River Valley and Ruzhou City, and simply cut and encircle the Chushan army that reinforced into Ruzhou.
Chapter completed!