Perhaps seeing Li Feng's doubts, the small school gave a detailed report of the battle ahead. The first was Linhe County. The ones who attacked Linhe were Pingxi General Guan Suo and Wuwei Zhonglang General Chen Xin. They led 50,000 troops.
Infantry and cavalry, including 20,000 cavalry,
Thirty thousand infantry.
Because Linhe County is adjacent to Cangwu County of the Han Dynasty, as soon as the war started, Guan Suo personally led 20,000 cavalry to reach Linhe City in just one day.
Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Han cavalry, Nie You, the governor of Linhe County, did not dare to fight hard, so he had to close the city gate tightly, thinking of closing the city and holding on to wait for reinforcements. However, the next day Chen Xin led 30,000 Han infantry to kill them again.
Arriving at Linhe City with less than 20,000 defenders,
In just one morning, the city was declared defeated.
Because the Han army carried explosive packs this time, this was Emperor Liu Chan's tried and tested siege weapon in the Western Regions. To attack the city, we no longer had to rely on the charge of soldiers as in the past, and then use ladders to climb the city. This not only caused heavy casualties
, and siege is also very time-consuming.
Explosive bag——
Use a three-bow crossbow to shoot all these explosive packets at the city gate, and then after a violent explosion, even those huge and solid stone gates in the Western Regions can be blown to pieces, not to mention that many cities in Soochow are still made of wood.
Make the door.
The city gate was blown open, and Guan Suo's cavalry came in handy. With just one charge, the leading troops of 20,000 cavalry rushed into the city.
Facing the continuous influx of Han troops, the Wu army originally wanted to resist.
After experiencing that violent explosion, they still had the strength to resist, but they were frightened by the explosion. Soon the Wu army in Linhe City surrendered to the Han army.
As for Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, he was the main force of the Han army. A hundred thousand troops went straight to Lingling. Those counties along the way dared to resist. There was almost no war. Prime Minister Zhuge had already conquered two counties and marched straight to Lingling.
Kill the city.
On the other hand, Ma Dai, the Zhendong general who set out from Jiaozhou, had 50,000 cavalry, of which 30,000 were cavalry and only 20,000 were infantry.
Ma Dai's tactics were simpler. The cavalry passed quickly and went straight to Jian'an County, while the 20,000 infantrymen conquered small local counties along the way.
After three days of rapid march,
Ma Dai has arrived at Jian'an County.
Listening to the report from the primary school, Li Feng didn’t even have to think about it.
Ma Dai will soon be able to capture Jian'an County.
Because of the power of explosive bags,
It's so powerful.
In fact, there were more than 800 explosive packets on Li Feng's warship. These were provided by the imperial court to the four armies before the war began. Each explosive packet weighed five kilograms and was wrapped in a square shape with linen. There was a
The lead wires can be stacked directly or projected with a three-bow bed crossbow.
When projecting, you only need to light the fuse first, and then launch it, and it will explode when it lands. Li Feng had tested it before going out.
However, I thought that the final decisive battle would be Wuchang City.
Therefore, when facing Lu Zheng in Yiling, Li Feng did not use the explosive packs. After all, the number was only more than 800. If they were all used up before Wuchang, what would they use to attack in Wuchang?<
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After all, he is a naval soldier and is more suitable for fighting on the water.
Just——
Li Feng's goal was to capture Wuchang City before the other three armies arrived. If he could directly capture Wuchang City before the three armies arrived, and even capture Sun Quan, Emperor of Soochow, alive, then this would be the beginning of the war against Wu.
The merit will belong to him, Li Feng.
But at this moment, he felt a little regretful.
In order to save explosives, he adopted the most traditional fighting method, hoping to defeat Wu Jun in the simplest way.
"Ziyuan!"
Li Feng waited until Xiao Xiao had withdrawn from the big tent and murmured: "Whether our army can win this battle quickly depends on Zi Yuan."
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Noon the next day.
There were nearly a hundred warships moored on the Yiling River. Li Feng stood on top of the Chinese army's commanding ship. He did not send some warships to attack the Wu army early in the morning as he did in the past.
Today, he has nearly a hundred warships arranged neatly on the river.
Wu Jun saw that the Han warships were already in formation and thought that today's battle was about to begin again, but the Han warships stopped motionless on the river.
What to do?
Fight but not fight, retreat but not retreat?
What on earth is the Han Navy going to do?
The Wu army who was waiting in full formation was a little speechless. Of course, after these days of fighting, they were also accustomed to the routine of the two generals, which was to shoot at each other on the narrow river and burn one or two of the other's warships.<
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As for the denser rain of arrows from the Han army, they now have a way to deal with it. As soon as a war begins, they will rely on shield protection, and the risk factor will be much lower.
Suddenly——
Just when the sergeants on both sides were in a daze, Wu Jun's rear troops suddenly shouted and killed each other, which shocked the Wu troops in front and panicked.
"What's going on?"
"Why did the fight start later?"
"Have the Han troops gone to the back?"
The soldiers began to discuss in a panic. If they were attacked from both sides by the Han army, then the two or thirty thousand of them would really die without a burial place.
The Wu army's front troops began to panic, and the noise behind them was soon discovered by the Han army on the opposite side, which made Li Feng extremely happy.
"Zi Yuan succeeded!"
"Zi Yuan succeeded!"
Li Feng roared excitedly, then he quickly pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed the sword forward, and shouted loudly: "Attack!"
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Suddenly the war drums thundered and the horns sounded.
After receiving the order, the generals of each ship immediately commanded the sailors and drove the ships.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Nearly a hundred warships rushed straight to the narrow river.
Although the river is relatively narrow, it is still large enough for ten warships to cross each other. Now that the Wu army's rear army is being attacked by the Han army, Li Feng firmly believes that as long as his nearly a hundred warships charge fiercely and attack fiercely, the Lu stronghold will be destroyed today.
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"Rush over to me!"
"Capture Lu Zhi alive!"
"Capture Lu Zhi alive!"
Li Feng's voice was as loud as a bell, and he kept urging the soldiers to speed up their march. He wanted to use the fastest speed to scatter the Soochow warships.
Distant——
Lu Ju's brows were frivolous. He looked at the Han warships coming towards him. He smiled coldly and said, "Get ready to meet the enemy!"
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Several war drums sounded, and the more than ten Soochow warships in front immediately formed a formation. The leading generals on each ship looked nervously at the incoming ships on the opposite side.
"Musket ready!"
"No!"
After receiving the general's order, the soldiers who were originally a little worried about what happened to the rear army no longer care about the rear. After all, this is not a matter that they, the soldiers, can control.
They only need to do one thing now.
Stop and kill the Han army's incoming ships.
Use their muskets to burn down the invading Han warships.
Soon, more than ten Han warships rushed into the narrow river. When they were still more than 500 steps away from the Wu warship, the Han warship was the first to attack.
Today is different from the previous days. Among the more than ten warships charging at the front is Li Feng's handsome ship. In the past few days, he did not charge personally, but stood at the rear and commanded the battle.
"Shoot!"
"Cum!"
The commanders and generals of each ship constantly urged the soldiers to fire arrows.
The warships of the Han army are not big, but they are not small either. Each warship is equipped with twelve three-bow crossbows. Each time it is fired, it is a volley of five to six hundred special feather arrows.
Now ten warships are firing a salvo, which means that in each round there are five to six thousand flaming arrows, shooting at the Wu army's warships.
Boo hoo hoo, hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo!
There are sparks all over the sky. When these sparks quickly fall on Wu Jun's warship, they can quickly ignite the planks and canvas on the ship.
"Let it go!"
"Let it go!"
The Han army's feather arrows began to fire, and the Wu army's ships also fired back with their long spears.
It was still the same routine as the previous few days. The two sides fired rockets and muskets at each other in an attempt to burn down the other side's ships.
Li Feng, who was standing on the handsome boat, was a little anxious.
Today he is going to have a decisive battle with Lu Zheng, and he must pass here today. After all, the other three attacks are going smoothly. If he is blocked here all the time, let alone take the lead, if he returns without success in the end, then
The gain outweighs the loss.
In the past, Li Feng paid more attention to the ships of the Wu Army's front army to see when their warships would sink. But it was different today. His eyes were more on the rear of the Wu Army. He wanted to see chaos in the rear of the Wu Army.
It’s just that there is no first-class one, and there is no second-class one either.
It seems that Wu Jun was not affected by the rear army.
"Attack!"
"Attack!"
Li Feng shouted loudly again. He felt that perhaps the attack suffered by the Wu army's front army was too low, so it did not affect their rear army. After all, the Wu army here also had more than a hundred large and small warships, and Meng Hua
He only brought three thousand Han troops.
"Charge over!" Li Feng shouted loudly.
After receiving Li Feng's order, the seven or eight warships on both sides immediately accelerated their march. They rushed directly towards the Wu army. At the same time, the Han army warships behind also followed to make up for it. At this time, Li Feng's handsome ship was
Stop on the river to direct the battle.
"Finally here!"
Lu Ju relaxed his brows and chuckled. The next moment, he signaled to the small colonel next to him to send an order: "Order the Chinese army to retreat and let these Han troops come over!"
"No!"
The primary school immediately agreed and then sounded the war drum.
Dong dong, dong, dong dong, dong dong dong.
Hearing the sound of war drums, the Wu army's warships, which had been fighting back just now, suddenly stopped shooting, and they were retreating hurriedly.
"Okay!" Li Feng was overjoyed and continued to shout: "Wu Jun is in chaos, everyone rush towards me!"
The Wu army retreated and the Han army attacked. This was the result that Li Feng wanted, and in fact it was also the result that Lu Zheng wanted.
Not long after, more than ten Han warships in front passed through the narrow channel and sailed into the wide river. Not long after they rushed out, the Wu warships that were scattered around them quickly surrounded them.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Nearly a hundred large and small warships soon surrounded more than ten Han warships. They continuously attacked these Han warships with muskets and kept driving the ships closer.
"Not good!"
"Fell into a trap!"
They seemed to have discovered something was wrong with the dozen or so Han warships that were surrounded in the middle. These Wu army warships that had originally collapsed were now filled with murderous intent.
As for the warships that had just entered the narrow river, they were blocked inside. And because the Han army wanted to pass quickly, each ship speeded up, and the warships behind Che also followed up. At this moment, there were nearly
Forty Han warships were all squeezed into this narrow river.
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This chapter has been completed!