Chapter 391 War of Attrition
Zhao Bing drank a sip of tea made in fresh water, but felt that there was a bloody smell in it.?
?b?i?q?u?g?e?.
c?nHe looked out of the cabin. The battle on the island was still in full swing. This was what he wanted. At this moment, Yashan Island had become a meat grinder that devoured life...
After Han Zhen led his army to capture the Yuan army camp, Su Liuyi immediately led his army to the island, took advantage of the large number of people and power to quickly clear the battlefield to build a new camp, and built a wall of villages under the high platform, controlled Qiaojilu in his hands, and then sent a brave man to drive a ship to the island to draw water and pick wood, breaking the enemy's blockade. Of course, the Yuan army refused to give up, and immediately sent troops to attack from the 6th water route at the same time. Zhao Bing then ordered the Dragon Fleet to go out to intercept the enemy's attack from the water route, and sent rocket ships to shoot rockets to support the defenders on the island.
So the two armies broke out the most fierce battle since the war began. When it was fierce, Zhang Shijie also sent warships to assist in the war and repelled the Yuan army who tried to go to the island from the waterway. The imperial guards in front of Su Liuyi's palace also went to the island to reinforce. The fierce battle between the two sides finally fought fiercely, and the Yuan army, which had more than a thousand casualties, was still unable to break through the Song army's defense line and retreated helplessly.
Zhao Bing knew that there would be another fierce battle the next day, so he dismantled more than 20 medium-sized crossbows on the gunship overnight and sent them to the island to set up on the high platform. 6 Xiufu organized thousands of civilians to retreat the wounded to the sea, logged wood to strengthen the village walls, dug trenches, and expanded the defense scope. Half of the front troops in the hall went to the island. In this way, the Song army had more than 20,000 troops on the island, and was unified under the command of Su Liuyi. Han Zhen led his troops to guard the central army. In order to fill the shortage of troops in the water camp, Liu Shiyong led his troops to the city to take on the task of defending the north gate.
As Zhao Bing estimated before the war, Zhang Hongfan knew that losing the support point on Yashan Island would not only allow the Song army to regain precious water, but also threaten the naval warships anchored in Yamen. Therefore, it was necessary to recapture Yashan Island to encircle the Song army in the inland sea and ensure the safety of the navy. The next day, he ordered his brother Zhang Hongzheng to lead 5,000 cavalry and infantry troops from the east of the island to rush the Song army back to the sea, and at the same time, he ordered Li Heng to continue to attack the waterways between the water camp and Yashan Island in order to block the contact between the two sides and isolate the Song army on the island. Zhang Hongfan led his own naval army to attack the Song army's water camp, hoping to force the Song army to withdraw troops from the island, or be unable to reinforce.
For a time, a war broke out at three battlefields in the sea at the same time on the island, which made Zhao Bing feel extremely pressured. If he knew that one place would be a mistake, he would be worried about losing all the money. Therefore, he still wanted to prevent the Defender Army from guarding the waterway outside the village and maintaining the connection between the two battlefields. However, Zhang Shijie had an old problem and was worried that the Yuan army would take advantage of the situation to attack the water camp, so he was not allowed to open the gate of the village or leave the village. This not only caused the Song army on the island to be isolated, but also made the rocket ship unable to support the defenders on the island.
The enemy general Zhang Hongzheng knew very well that this battle could also be recaptured the Yashan Road, and it was also related to the end of the Battle of Destroying Song, and the Ai Rong of the Zhang clan. Therefore, he desperately attacked and led the army to charge several times. The Song army defended tenaciously with the rainy stone arrows of the reinforced camp, crossing the trenches several times to attack the front of the camp, but they were all repelled. Han Zhen, who retreated to the central army, guarded the high platform, and at the moment of crisis, he used a bifurcated flowering bullet to destroy the enemy's stone throwing aircraft, causing great casualties to the enemy cavalry.
In the afternoon of the battle, Zhang Hongzheng still attacked without falling despite the casualties. The ballads that could not get ammunition were replenished could only shoot the stones they picked up, which greatly reduced the power of the ballads. He took the opportunity to attack, and the Song army could not resist for a moment, and actually broke through a wall of the village. The Song army was in chaos. At the critical moment, Han Zhen also had a long face and personally led an elite army to fight fiercely with the enemy invading the village. Su Liuyi also led his personal army to arrive, killing several officers who left without leaving the situation to stabilize the situation, and finally repel the enemy invading the village.
Zhang Hongfan also launched a fierce attack on the side, which made people feel illusion that he wanted to take the opportunity to capture the Song army's water camp. When it was fierce, Zhao Bing even thought that he was plotting against him, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Song army to divide his troops to launch a decisive battle. So he once again moved the Sheji to the vicinity of the village gate, and bombarded the enemy ships with crossbows, and prepared to block it with his own ship once it was empty. However, Zhang Hongfan retreated immediately when he heard the crossbows, which made Zhao Bing calm down and concluded that it was a feint attack rather than a decisive battle.
At dusk, the Yuan army left the body of the land and returned unsuccessfully. Zhao Bing suggested sending troops to pursue and annihilate the enemy at the beach. However, Zhang Shijie, who was "cautious" was afraid that it was the enemy's plan to lure the enemy, and he refused to send troops. He could only watch the enemy retreat safely on a boat. It was not until dark that Zhang Shijie ordered the village to open the village and send ships to replenish the island's troops and supplies, so that the civilians could go to the island to draw water and pick wood, and renovate the damaged camp.
On the third day, Zhang Hongfan did not send troops to attack the water camp, but still blocked the waterway and increased his troops to attack the Song army on the island with all his might. Two days ago, although the Song army on the island fought to the death, until the afternoon of the war, the southern wall was broken by the enemy. Seeing that there was no hope of recapturing it, Su Liuyi retreated all the defenders in the camp to the high platform to defend and issued a signal for help.
At this time, Zhang Shijie realized that the island's stronghold was lost and the defenders were in danger of being wiped out, and finally agreed to go out to reinforce. Zhao Bing ordered the Defender Army to cooperate with the Huai Army to regain the waterway, and used rocket ships to approach the coast and fire rockets to cover and shoot the enemy troops gathered in front of the high platform. The overwhelming rockets once again became a nightmare for the Yuan army, forcing them to spit out the meat they had already swallowed into their mouths and retreated. The enemy navy responsible for blocking the waterway was also lost to more than 20 warships and then evacuated the battlefield.
Then, the enemy army launched any attacks for two days, without even harassment, and seemed to have accepted his fate. Zhao Bing was very puzzled by the attack that the Yuan army had stopped abruptly, but he did not dare to relax his vigilance. He sent people to reconnaissance and ordered people to repair the city and walls to prevent the enemy from using suspicious soldiers to suddenly launch a sneak attack. After checking the results of the past three days, the Yuan army suffered more than 6,700 casualties and lost more than 50 warships. This seemed to be not many, but it also accounted for 20% of the total strength of the Yuan army. It could not be said that it hurt its vitality, but it was also severely damaged.
Chapter completed!