"Serial attacks on the city have yielded nothing! Even a city as strong as Yanping was destroyed by my army with one blow, but a county town as big as this camp cannot be conquered! What's the reason?"
The main camp of the Zhao army is the main camp of the Chinese army.
At this time, it was already night. The lights in Yang Guangsheng's tent were transparent, and his lieutenants and officers above gathered here. On the main seat, Yang Guangsheng did not take off his armor and sat with his sword in his hand. There was no expression on his face. Only a pair of big eyes were reflected in the light.
Below, in full glory!
The generals sat down and concentrated their energy, not daring to make the slightest move.
"kill--"
The sound of roaring horse hoofs sounded, the gate of Yiqing County opened, and Yang Yanzhang led five hundred armored cavalry to gallop out of the city gate.
The Zhao army probably didn't have much preparation for a sneak attack at night. After all, they had ten times the military strength of the Han army in the city. A lion would never worry about the movements of a rabbit.
As for the 500 armored cavalry led by Yang Yanzhang, this number was so small that it did not even have half of the patrol sentries outside the battalion that Zhao Jun guarded at night.
However, Yang Yanzhang relied on the advantage of the Hedong Army's combat power to break through a small Zhao Army camp in the southeast corner of the city gate.
Suddenly I heard that there was a big fight in the big tent, and Yang Guangsheng and others were in chaos inside the tent. The generals in the tent hurriedly got up and went outside, and found that a small village in the south of the main camp had been attacked. The generals returned to their own troops one after another.
In the middle or in their own camp, the sound of fighting stopped after a while.
Yang Guangsheng sat back down to fight in frustration. Not long after, he opened the curtain and saw a person rolling in. When Yang Guangsheng saw the person, he couldn't help but get up! It's not that this person's identity is special, but his description is really embarrassing!
It seems that he should be a junior general at the level of Dub. He is wearing robes and armor. He is in good condition, but his body is covered in blood, and even his face is stained with blood, so his true appearance cannot be seen. There is a clear deep mark on the left rib of the armor.
You see! After rolling in and crawling in, he knelt on the ground and reported to Yang Guangsheng out of breath.
"The Han general leads the way with a majestic appearance. Using an iron spear, he is invincible!
He broke into the camp and stabbed Sima, the leader of the army, to death with a single shot. He then picked off two military princes in the army, plus several uncles. No one could stop him! Our army had no generals, so it was defeated and no one could survive.
Seventy-eight. Because the sky was dark and the Han army did not know what was going on, they did not pursue him. Therefore, he escaped with his life."
He looked at Yang Guangsheng again. His face was livid. His eyes flashed, his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, and his cheeks couldn't help but twitch. He was already extremely angry.
"Tomorrow we will rebel at Mao hour and march at Chen hour. Then let me attack Yiqing——"
Yang Guangsheng pulled out the sword from his waist with a 'choking' sound, swung it forward and slashed it down! The thick handsome desk in front of him was split into two pieces by the sword.
Jiangjin City.
Compared with the pressure Zhu Biao faced on this day, the fighting in Yiqing County was completely childish. It was boundless, and there was a dark crowd outside the city. With these crowds as the cornerstone of Zhao Jun's offensive,
How ferocious that would be?
Moreover, the Zhao army that occupied a section of the Luoming River along the waterway carried a lot of siege equipment that had been dismantled into parts. Zhu Biao suffered a complete "violent beating" from the Zhao army.
Jiangjin's sailors, who had increased attributes, resisted Zhao Jun's navy for a while. Although neither side was a regular warship, Zhao Jun's side was a regular navy after all, and they were still following the wind and the current, so they had no advantage.
Too absolute. It’s because these sailors have strong Qingjiang gang colors, and they may have been defeated even though their attributes were increased.
"Leader Fan, today's water battle may seem ordinary, but in fact it is extremely important. The Qingjiang Gang has made outstanding contributions to the country. I wish Biao to thank the leader on behalf of the great man."
In the governor's house, in front of Jiangjin Governor and others, Zhu Biao bowed deeply to Fan Shixiu.
The panicked Fan Shixiu was at a loss. He was confused. What did Zhu Biao mean? Why couldn't he understand?
It was just a small battle, with only three to five hundred casualties, not even a fraction of the people under the city wall. Why was Marshal Zhu treated so...so seriously?
"I don't dare, I don't dare. Zhu Shuai can't do this." Fan Shixiu quickly avoided it. He, who always knew what was going on with his bright tongue, was really at a loss. "Why don't I understand?"
"Haha..." Zhu Biao laughed heartily as he patted Fan Shixiu on the shoulder who looked confused. "Master Fan, please listen to Zhu. If you can block Zhao Jun's sailors on the water surface, then you will have firm control of the Luoming River waterway.
It is in our hands. All the grain and grass supplies, weapons and armor, and equipment that Zhao Jun transported from Yanzhou need to be unloaded on the water in front of our Jiangjin City and switched to land transportation.
If the main force wants to go eastward around Jiangjin...how hard will it be?"
Furthermore, the place where these materials and grains are stored can also be said to be the frontline supply station for the 500,000 Zhao troops who invaded this time. Just like Yuan Shao's Wuchao during the Battle of Guandu, in addition to defeating the 500,000 Zhao troops head-on
, the only flaw that can kill half a million Zhao troops with one strike.
If the main force of the Zhao army really surrounded Jiangjin City without fighting, and the troops were approaching Peiping, that would be a good thing.
It's just that he can't understand these words to outsiders, and all he can say is the excuse he just said.
As for whether Zhao Jun will actually transport water by water in the area west of Jiangjin, there is no need to consider or think about it. Compared with land transportation, water transportation is too labor-intensive, energy-saving and cost-intensive. It is not on the same level at all. Zhao Jun is mentally retarded.
They will leave the water route alone and recruit hundreds of thousands of strong laborers to transport it by land. Not to mention whether these Han people will actually contribute their strength in the tiring long-distance transportation process.
Zhao Jun's camp outside Jiangjin City is fifteen miles away from the city.
The distance of fifteen miles is not too far, but within half an hour, the black and overwhelming army has arrived outside Jiangjin City.
The entire Jiangjin City was filled with a murderous atmosphere, the city gates were tightly closed, and there were six to seven thousand soldiers and horses guarding the city walls, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Zhu Biao stood at the top of the city and looked down. He saw endless blackness and well-equipped troops. The scene of yesterday reappeared today, and it was still majestic.
After a night's rest, Zhao Jun's morale, which had been damaged yesterday, seemed to have returned to its original state.
However, Jiangjin City is still so thickly defended, built with blue bricks, ten feet high, and there are numerous crenels, towers, and horse faces on the city gate wall, forming numerous cross-fire networks on the front and both sides.
There is also a moat that flows under the city. The moat is more than ten feet wide, which is the first line of defense of Jiangjin City.
Yesterday, the Zhao army suffered thousands of casualties. They didn't even touch the city wall. They all died on the sheep and horse wall in front of the moat.
The rivers are constantly flowing around it. They are all flowing water from the Luoming River. Jiangjin City is like an isolated city in the water, which makes it a little difficult to get started.
"Zhao Thief is such a small trick."
There were already generals in Zhao's army. Under Zhao Sheng's instructions, he led thousands of soldiers and went to Jiangjin City to form a formation. The soldiers with loud voices in the army were sent out, taking turns to mock, in order to stimulate the Han army in the city to come out to fight.
Zhu Biao naturally ignored him. Half an hour later, Jiangjin City still had the suspension bridge hanging high and the doors were closed. As a result, Zhao Jun's yelling and cursing became louder and louder.
General Zhao's words of contempt and Zhao Bing's arrogant laughter reached the ears of the Jiangjin City defenders very clearly.
Being insulted in this way. Most of the soldiers and soldiers are young and vigorous people, so they are naturally filled with righteous indignation. If ordered by the general, no one is allowed to go out of the city to fight without permission. Then morale will inevitably be low, and the morale of the military will also be affected.
And wavering.
But who is Zhu Biao? Zhu Biao is the divine general who led them to defeat powerful enemies many times. He is the number one general in the hearts of the Han soldiers. This little trick is of no avail.
As for the Tang soldiers, after going through the previous battle of Qian Niu on the grassland, the menacing Zhao army was nothing more than this. Everyone would fall in love with Zhu Biao and obey the decisions he made unconditionally.
It's useless for Zhao Jun to play tricks. Everything must rely on strength, swords and guns to speak for themselves.
However, there are 40,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry in the city. Although there are nearly 10,000 county soldiers and rural warriors among the infantry, Zhu Biao really has no pressure to protect a city with such a force under the increase of the system.
Before the strong city, it was normal for the offensive and defensive casualty ratio to be 3:1, but the Han army's combat power was abnormal due to the increase in the system. Although vertical arrays such as the Yuanyang Formation were unusable, Zhu Biao was the one to fight one on one.
The best showdown for your troops to demonstrate their combat capabilities.
Zhao's five, six, or seven troops may not be able to replace even one of the defenders.
Unless Zhao Sheng is willing to spend all his military power on Jiangjin City, Jiangjin City will be impregnable.
For three days in a row, 20,000 lives fell under the city. Thunderbolt bombs smashed the crenels at the top of the city and smashed the disc towers into pieces, and fire bombs burned the city walls into darkness. However, Jiangjin City remained unmoved and was firmly under control.
In the hands of the Han army.
Even the Thunderbolt vehicle positions placed in the city were rarely damaged.
The thunder carts that Zhao Jun worked so hard to pull outside the city, no matter large, medium or small, must first go through the test of the most powerful crossbow in the city - the Eight Ox Crossbow. This kind of war weapon with a longest range of up to 600 steps, equipped with a ten-foot
The high city wall and the range completely despise the Thunderbolt Vehicle.
Of the ten Pili chariots that Zhao Jun pulled under the city, no more than half of them could survive the time of firing towards the city wall. And the accuracy of the Pili chariots is notoriously unreliable. After three days of bombardment with the Eight Ox Crossbows,
, and ultimately lost the battle.
Zhu Biao, who had perfect defensive equipment and benefited from the method of defending the city, did not give Zhao Jun a chance to "set fire to the city".
The Battle of Jiangjin lasted for five days, with two days of aftermath. After seven days, Anyang County in Jiangbei where Gao Xie was stationed fell, and the remaining 7,000 soldiers crossed the river by boat and merged into Jiangjin City. On the same night, Yang Yanzhang received a congratulation
After Biao's flying pigeon passed the message, he also led his troops out of Yiqing overnight, took a carriage, and rushed into Jiangjin City at a speed close to that of the cavalry.
The next day, Zhao Sheng completely gave up all thoughts of defeating Jiangjin. He left 100,000 Zhao troops and 50,000 Jingsui Army regiments to surround Jiangjin City, build a wall and lock the city, and led the main force of 300,000 Zhao troops to march eastward to Peiping.
He did not mean to lure the snake out of the hole, but Zhu Biao ignored it at all. There are still 100,000 soldiers in Beiping City, especially the tens of thousands of veteran forbidden troops inside. Their combat power is quite strong. As long as the ruler does not make stupid moves,
, it is impossible for the Zhao army to capture the capital. At least in the short term, it is impossible to capture Beiping City.
In the long run, couldn’t Zhu Biao ‘kill with one blow’? The wind direction on the river has changed back. In the summer, although the Northern Han Dynasty has its back, the days when the west wind blows are far less than the days when the east wind blows.
But if you want to kill him with one blow, you have to wait until there are enough things in the "Black Nest". Otherwise, it would be too unworthy to just burn an empty camp and expose your intentions.
Zhao Jun's material storage place is in Yufeng County, fifty miles away from Jiangjin City. Like Jiangjin City, Yufeng County is also close to the Luo Ming River. However, it is not as close to the Luo Ming River as Jiangjin City, and there are
Three or four miles of roads are connected by a small river.
Zhu Biao knew the news a few days before Zhao Sheng withdrew his troops. But until September, he still hadn't moved.
Because only with this half-month's "giving", Yufeng County at this time will be the real "Wuchao".
Of course, Wuchao is not burning Wuchao. I want to add the word "fire" in front of it. The first thing Zhu Biao has to deal with is Zhao Jun's navy.
As a famous water transport terminal in the Northern Han Dynasty, the ships gathered by Zhu Biao around Jiangjin were enough to pick up 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers at a time. But it was not just the ships that faced off against Zhao Jun's sailors on the river, but also at the water gate in the north of Jiangjin City.
, densely packed. There are boats placed everywhere.
Mainly disciples of the Qingjiang Gang, Zhu Biao also recruited five thousand sailors near Jiangjin. These people are not considered regular Han troops, but Zhu Biao will not use them to die in vain. He lost three or five thousand people in the previous battle.
Hundreds of people, he felt a little distressed.
This time the 'Wuchao' is full and everything is ready to go. Surface power is the top priority. He will be fully prepared for another war.
And this preparation is—the fire cabinet!
What is a fire cabinet?
That is the 'flamethrower'. The cabinet is filled with oil. When fighting, draw out the oil like a water dragon to put out a fire. Light a fire next to your mouth. As soon as the oil is exported, it will immediately turn into a fire dragon. This boundary between east, west and north is basically
No, only regular navies in the Central Plains, Nanyu, and Dongyu will be equipped with them.
The third day of September. East wind.
Zhu Biao stood on the high platform on the ship, with his bodyguards standing behind him.
A large number of Zhao Jun navy ships were already in sight in the distance. One after another, the enemy ships joined together and spread out two or three miles away, forming a mighty team, covering the river section in front of them, which was daunting.
But the ships on the Han army's side were more numerous and bigger. Except for the sharp-nosed clippers and gondolas specially selected by a group of elite members of the Qingjiang Gang, the remaining sailors were all driving large and medium-sized passenger ships that plied the river.
There were many people and the ship was big, so the current was not favorable, but the wind was favorable. Zhu Biao was confident that he had the advantage! So when the Zhao army's ship on the opposite side appeared, the flag was waved and the sound of the horn was heard throughout the army.
After a moment, twenty large enemy ships sailed out of the queue, with heavy sails and masts, and numerous figures on the deck, showing that they were in a state of readiness for war. Obviously, these twenty large ships were the vanguard of the Zhao army.
The war drums of both sides sounded continuously, and the war was about to break out!
The Han army's ships sailed out one after another.
The war drums sounded, and Zhao Jun was also approaching quickly.
Fan Shixiu, who took action personally, ordered: "Lower the vertical board and lower the sail!"
The left and right arrow-blocking thick plates that have been urgently reinforced on the hull in the past half month are erected on both sides of the bulkhead. Although the area is small, it will greatly enhance the protection against arrows and rockets.
When the sail is lowered, the huge hull reveals the switch hole and long oars. In battle, this makes it easier to control the speed and angle than the sail.
"Crossbowmen ready!"
"Rocket ready!"
The torches are lit, and each crossbowman has one in front of him, which is used to light rockets.
Not far away, the soldiers on the deck of Zhao Jun's ship were also making the same preparations. No one would let them pass for half a month in vain.
Twenty large passenger ships. Before the emergence of cannons in the Navy, once the ship was high, it had the mutation of being able to shoot from a high position. It was the same as shooting from above the city in land warfare. It was safe and effective.
Therefore, all real naval forces build giant ships, which has long become the mainstream of the times.
"Shoot!" Both sides issued orders almost at the same time. Immediately, a loud roar resounded through the water, and a large number of fire arrows created a bright light above the river and hit them.
The sound of "crackling" was heard endlessly. Most of the arrows from the Han army were intercepted by thick arrow-blocking plates. When a few arrows fell on people, they immediately screamed in agony. A dozen people were hit by arrows in response.
At this time, the men at the forefront of the Han army were all the heroes of the Qingjiang Gang. Fan Shixiu frowned, as if the dozen people who fell were not his men at all. He always stared at the opposite side!
The two batches of ships crossed each other, and the word "release--" came out of Fan Shixiu's mouth calmly.
"Bah bang bang!"
The sound of the fire cabinet pressing down.
I saw more than a dozen fire dragons leaping up on the Luoming River in an instant. They were much more powerful than crossbowmen and archers. Once a large area was burned, whether it was sacks filled with sand or people's clothes on the ship, they were also burned.
Or a flag or something, as long as it is 'swallowed' into the mouth, it will be nothing but incombustible.
I don't know how many elite sailors of the Zhao army fell on the deck wailing at this moment. However, they were not dead for a while. They were covered in flames and in severe pain, and they were rolling back and forth on the deck screaming.
The navy general of the Zhao army in the rear had his eyes wide open and an expression of disbelief on his face!
"Is this a fire cabinet?"
He couldn't imagine that something he couldn't even see on a regular warship would actually appear on a group of civilian ships.
But in reality, the damage suffered by Zhao Jun's navy is still continuing.
The Zhao army's crossbowmen, deeply stimulated by the fire dragons, desperately fired their flaming arrows and crossbows at the Han army warships.
More Zhao army ships no longer kept the necessary distance from the Han army warships, but turned their rudders and collided hard.
The long oars protruding from the outside of the huge hull were constantly adjusting their angle and speed.
Black smoke filled the sky, and it was on fire.
This water battle was not fierce at all. Although Zhao Jun's navy had the courage to resist for a while, they finally succumbed to the threat of the fire dragon.
Cries of death, cries of misery, and cries of surrender filled the river within two to three quarters of an hour. And less than an hour later, the entire river surface stopped.
Black smoke billowed, and dozens of burning ships, large and small, illuminated the water surface red. It also made the Han army's faces as hot as their hearts at the moment.
"Get on board, quickly, quickly..."
Just when the victory of the water battle was decided, a large number of armored infantry stepped onto a ship docked inside Jiangjin City and Beicheng Shuimen. At the same time, 30,000 cavalry in the city were also ready to leave the city.
Prepare.
The infantry took the waterway to attack Yufeng County. The cavalry followed Zhao Jun, making them unable to move faster. In the end, they even...
