Chapter eight hundred and forty second astronomical geography
"You haven't even pulled out your hair yet, but you still want thunderbolt support? I think money comes from the strong wind!"
In the hall of the naval camp, Zhu Biao felt very angry as he saw the retreating figures of Qu Ning and other Lu navy generals. In just one battle, he spent seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand pieces of gold, and the total on his books was
Zhu Biao, who only had more than 800 gold, how could he have the spare energy to support the Lu Navy?
In other words, at this moment, he cannot afford to fight the previous battle.
Zhou Jun's navy settled on Changshan Island a hundred miles away. The twenty-one warships damaged by Zhu Biao's navy finally towed seven back. Fourteen ships, including two five-tooth warships, sank on the island.
In the waves.
However, Zhu Biao did not make much effort on this point. The reason why two-thirds of the twenty-one Zhou warships sank was purely because the Lu Navy took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely, so that the Zhou warship group had to abandon these ships one by one.
A powerful battleship to seek a timely escape.
At night, the moon reflects in the sea.
The dark warships, one after another, like giant beasts in the water, sailed away from the camp. Qu Ning disagreed with Zhu Biao's 'craziness'.
Yes, crazy.
In his opinion, he concluded that there will be heavy fog tomorrow, and there will still be strong winds after the fog dissipates. He can take advantage of the heavy fog approaching Changshan Island, and use the strong wind to launch a fire attack——
Total nonsense!
But he could not control Zhu Biao or restrain Zhu Biao. In this way, the navy of the Lu Kingdom had no obligation to accompany Zhu Biao to death.
Standing on the bow of the ship, Zhu Biao's face was blown by the sea breeze. He was actually very reluctant to fight today's battle, but the Zhou army's navy arrived a little early.
If it was tomorrow, if it was the day after tomorrow, if it was the day after tomorrow, in these three days, he could understand all the changes in the weather and wind direction, and he would definitely kill Zhou Jun.
The loach boats also followed, and at the same time, each loach boat, five-toothed warship, fighting ship, and tower ship were followed by at least one or two, as many as five or six, walking boats and grasshoppers.
It is covered with straw and sawdust, poured with fish oil, and covered with a thick felt blanket. It only takes a spark to turn it into a blazing flame.
Time passed little by little, and the distance between Zhu Biao's fleet and Changshan Island also shortened little by little. After that time, Changshan Island, which was thirty miles away, was still completely invisible in the night, and the moon in the sky became a little bit brighter.
Blurred.
The second half of the ugly period.
"Commander, there is fog on the sea..."
At Yinshi, the fog was so thick that you couldn't see anything more than ten feet away.
Zhu Biao, who was leaning on the water and still carrying the dripping water, ordered the entire army to stop advancing, lower the sails and anchor.
After walking back and forth on Changshan Island, he luckily discovered that the direction his fleet was coming from was exactly in front of Zhou Jun's naval camp.
The lights on Changshan Island were bright, and the ant-like soldiers of the Zhou army continued to be busy late at night.
The sailors standing behind Zhu Biao all looked at Zhu Biao with incredulous surprise and admiration. This captain of ours could actually see the sky. Every fog was a fog. It was amazing!
"It's daybreak. There will still be wind!"
At the bow of the ship, Zhu Biao's pretentious words were regarded as confident by the officers and men on the ship.
Of course, Dou Bing and others are not included in this list. Old people like them have long known Zhu Biao's ability. It would be strange if there was no fog tonight.
Navy of the State of Lu.
Qu Ning was woken up by his followers. He was startled and jumped up, "What happened? Is it somewhere to the south?"
Nanmian refers to the Zhubiao Navy stationed south of the Lu Navy.
Qu Ning was very worried about Zhu Biao's adventure. When he was awakened, his first reaction was that Zhu Biao's night attack had happened.
"Captain...fog, heavy fog, it's foggy outside..."
My whole body was trembling, but it was excitement, not fright.
Qu Ning was stunned, then quickly walked out of the military tent, looking at the thick fog outside, he was stunned again.
The word regret came to his mind. As the fog cleared at dawn and the strong wind blew, it was like a poisonous snake biting his heart.
Bleeding bloody—
"kill--"
The last traces of water mist that remained were burned clean by the raging fire. Hundreds of boats, including grasshoppers, took advantage of the strong wind and waves and plunged into the Zhou army's water stronghold.
Although quite a few of them were blocked by the facilities outside Zhou Jun's water stronghold, the facilities were also wooden fences and were quickly ignited by fire. More importantly, the raging fire outside immediately bound Zhou Jun's fleet.
In the circle of fire, there was only space in the water camp, but there was not enough space for so many warships to turn around. Moreover, so many Zhou army sailors came ashore to work, and the Zhou army, which was short of manpower to operate the ships, could not do it immediately.
Provide timely and correct responses.
By the time the panicked and completely unexpected Zhou Jun navy reacted, the fireballs and arrows that pierced the sky had already ignited the warships inside. The entire Zhou Jun naval camp was transforming into a fire disk!
"Captain, the wind is too strong and cannot be suppressed!" A disgraced Zhou Jun came to Chen Lin.
"Then separate a water channel!"
"Separate the water channel?" The water general was shocked, "Captain, if you do that, all the ships of the former army will not be saved."
"Is there any hope now? Can you resist the wind and put out the fire?" Chen Lin glared at the water general, "Why don't you go and send my military order!"
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Bozhou battlefield.
The Tang and Zhou armies were still in a stalemate near the prefecture.
Dang Shikui did not want to retreat. Although the power at hand was really beyond the control of Chengbo Prefecture where an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people was defending, as long as his army did not leave, the pressure on the Tang Army on the Chengbo battlefield would never weaken.
Dang Shikui tried to mobilize the Tang army countless times, but all failed. In the end, he simply stopped focusing on the defenders of Zhouzhi, and instead focused on the Tang army in the area north of Zhouzhi.
"Report" A Tang Army detective rushed to Gong Rui's tent like a madman. "General, general, something serious is going to happen..."
The time was frozen at dawn, and Gong Rui was woken up before he woke up.
"General, the Zhou army is attacking Dushan."
The anger that had just risen in his heart disappeared instantly. Gong Rui raised the detective and asked, "How many people are there? How many people are there in the Zhou army?"
The thunderous roar made the detective's ears hurt, but he still endured the discomfort and immediately said: "Back to the general, the number of Zhou army's attacking troops is about 50,000, and the flag they are flying is the word "xiang".
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"Xiangzi?" Gong Rui, who had been on the battlefield in Bozhou for a short time, suddenly thought of a name in his mind, Xiang Zhenkui, the number one general under Dang Shikui.
Gong Rui immediately woke up the whole army, made fire and cooked rice, and before the sun came up, he led 30,000 troops to rush towards Dushan.
There is no need to hesitate about this. He led 50,000 troops to guard the small town less than thirty miles away from Dushan. His biggest task was to ensure the safety of Dushan.
That is the only decent "mountain" within the 300-mile radius of Chengbo County. It is the commanding heights of this area. If the Zhou army takes it, it will definitely cause great obstacles to the connection between the Tang army and Chengbo Prefecture.
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Shangguan Renqing had already arranged 15,000 garrison troops in Dushan. This was not because Shangguan Renqing did not want to arrange more. It was because Dushan was so big and the water resources on the mountain were limited, so it was impossible to station too many troops.
Thirty miles away, we arrived at the foot of Dushan Mountain in just over an hour.
I could see Dushan Mountain in the distance. When I was still five or six miles away from the triangle, the sound of fighting coming from the destination ahead had already rang in the ears of many Tang Army sergeants.
"Brothers, hurry up and drive harder. There are a bunch of Zhou army soldiers and generals in front of you. Let's rush to the foot of the mountain and drive them back in one go."
The 50,000 Zhou army is not weak in strength. But Gong Rui also believes in the combat power of the Tang army behind him. These are veteran troops from Youji and Jizhou, and their combat power is elite. They are not comparable to ordinary sergeants.
But Thirty Thousand Gallop felt Dushan shouting, and as soon as he put on a charging posture, he was suddenly startled and quickly changed his formation. Gong Rui's face changed. He was horrified and looked at the two people who appeared behind him and to the north.
He supported the Zhou army and scolded the scouts for neglecting their duties.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Jun’s ambush was not discovered!
Look at the size of the two Zhou armies and the dust they stirred up. The Zhou army attacking this time will not be fifty thousand, but probably one hundred thousand.
"Walk--"
"Charge down the mountain. We will take up the battle at the base of the mountain. With the support of our brothers on the mountain, even 300,000 people can't defeat us. Rush in -" After estimating the strength of the Zhou army, Gong Rui felt very excited. The scouts were completely derelict in their duties.
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The fighting strength of Zhou's army may be three times that of his own. Gong Ruixun's commanders are all elites, but if they fight against Zhou's army that is three times as strong as his own, they will suffer losses in field battles. Gong Ruixun made a decision - go to the foot of the mountain! Just charge forward.
Once inside, with your back at the foot of the mountain, you don't have to worry about your back, and secondly, you will get full support from the friendly forces at the top of the mountain. It is much better than fighting a field battle in vain.
Besieging a city to bring reinforcements, and accumulating small victories into big victories, are common tactics used in the tug-of-war in the Tang and Zhou Dynasties in the past few years. Anyone who doesn't bite will be tricked into it.
Gong Rui gave the order, and the 30,000 elite Tang troops immediately shouted and rushed towards the battlefield at the foot of the mountain where the two armies were fighting. As a brave general with good martial arts, Gong Rui took the lead with a spear in hand and broke through the formation.
At the foot of Dushan Mountain, more than 10,000 Tang troops guarding the mountain were fighting fiercely with the Zhou army attacking the mountain. The clash of weapons and the screams of soldiers resounded through the sky. Many Zhou troops had already broken through the Tang army's position at the foot of the mountain, charging up to half of them.
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But what's very wrong is that the killing sound was so loud and the killing was so fierce, why didn't we see the corpses rolling down the mountainside?
At this time, in the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides, the wounded or dead soldiers were falling down like raindrops, but now in this fighting, it was thundering but not raining, there was only movement but no dead people.
When I carefully observed the fighting on the mountainside, although the shouts from both sides were loud and the killing seemed lively, no one fell down for a long time. These Tang and Zhou troops were more like playing than fighting with their lives!
"General, wait a minute!" A school captain realized something was wrong and hurriedly rode his horse to snatch Gong Rui away, but it was too late and he couldn't catch Gong Rui at all.
Gong Rui, who was thinking inertia, did not realize at all that the battlefield in front of him was a complete scam. The war horse galloped so fast, and in an instant, he led the cavalry who was leading the way, crushing the Zhou army's infantry defense line blocking the front.
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Gong Rui also immediately realized something was wrong. How could Zhou Jun be so weak? This was a scam!
However, the large group of Zhou troops behind them had already formed a formation to fight, and when they retreated, it was already too late.
Two groups of Zhou soldiers and Tang generals who were fighting suddenly stopped and began to quickly organize their troops. Under the shocked gazes of countless Tang soldiers, the two armies that were fighting just now had turned into a bloody mess.
"No!" someone in the Tang army shouted, "We have fallen into a trap! Retreat, retreat quickly, they are all Zhou troops——"
"kill--"
"kill--"
"kill--"
The Tang army's infantry and cavalry formations were in chaos, with loud killing noises from all sides, and countless figures of crossbowmen appeared from Dushan Mountain like ghosts. Countless sharp arrows were aimed at the Tang army, which was huddled in a panic. It was as dense as rain.
Arrows poured down from left, right, up and down, hitting the heads of Tang soldiers in all directions.
The screams could not be cut off, and the Tang troops, whether cavalry or infantry, fell to the ground piece by piece like cut weeds.
"Quickly, protect the general and break out!" The general beside Gong Rui shouted loudly, keeping his body in front of Gong Rui and waving the spear in his hand. "The rear team will change to the front team, withdraw, withdraw quickly!
"Gong Rui also started issuing orders and shouting loudly.
The 30,000 Tang army elites experienced this disaster, and one-tenth of them were killed or wounded. However, the elites were extraordinary, and although the soldiers were frightened, they would not completely destroy their formation and organization.
Xiang Zhenkui rode his horse and led his troops to kill him from Dushan Mountain, "Gong Rui, I'm going to capture you if you don't let me go!" Looking at the embarrassed Gong Rui in front of him, he laughed loudly.
"A common man——" Gong Rui was filled with hatred. But he knew very well how important Xiang Zhenkui was. Compared with others, his weight was not on the same level.
He was extremely puzzled. There were 15,000 elite soldiers guarding Dushan. The Zhou army had failed to defeat it many times before. How could it fall to the enemy so quickly this time?
The four hooves of the jade dragon colt were flying. Cheng Xiaofeng was separated from the large group of elite cavalry behind him. All he could see was Gong Rui, who was leading the troops to break through and kill him! This worried Cheng Xiaofeng's group of personal guards, who fought desperately.
The horse gallops, but where is the quality of the war horse and mount, and how can we get closer?
"Kill -" the deputy general waved his spear. The soldiers and horses behind him did not need any encouragement, everyone was already excited, and they rushed towards the Tang army who was breaking through the encirclement like a surge of water.
The way forward was blocked, and the army had to stop as they left the battlefield. "Kill. Kill out!" With angry shouts, Gong Rui picked up his spear and rushed to the front, and has persisted until now. At this moment, he was glaring at the people who had rushed to the front.
Cheng Xiaofeng was dozens of steps away.
Riding alone. Cheng Xiaofeng had found that he was separated from the large army, but he had no intention of stopping mentally. The Tang army, which had already messed up its formation, could not organize a volley of arrows in a short time. Without the arrow rain,
Blocking the road, even if the Tang army in front of him is ten times more numerous, what does Cheng Xiaofeng have to fear?
"Take your life -" Cheng Xiaofeng's eyes narrowed, and he waved the spear in his hand. Only dots of starlight rushed out from a group of shadows, like meteor showers scattered in the night sky.
"Ah..." Wherever the white horse passed, short and violent cries rang out, and many Zhou soldiers were already dead on the spot before they even had time to scream.
There was a bloody hole in the throat. Many of Zhou's soldiers were lying on their backs. All fatal injuries were caused by the bloody hole in the throat. This was caused by Cheng Xiaofeng's stabbing that was as fast as a meteor.
"Yeah -" Gong Rui saw that Cheng Xiaofeng had good fighting prowess, and with enough strength, the spear in his hand slashed down the mountain like a broadsword, and the sharp blade of the spear reflected a streak of white light in the sunlight.
"Chi——"
Cheng Xiaofeng stabbed out with a spear. The tip of the spear pierced the air, and the sharp whistling sound was so harsh that it seemed to split the space in half.
A little bit of cold light came first and then, and went straight to Gong Rui's throat.
When he was only two or three feet away, Gong Rui felt a coldness in his throat, and then he saw a bit of cold light approaching his eyes. In his mind, he was still thinking about killing, so he used all his strength to move the gun horizontally.
The sharp tip of the spear scraped against Gong Rui's neck and flew away, but Cheng Xiaofeng's spear was so easy to fire? The tip of the spear continued to slide forward, but when the force of the arm changed, the bright red long cherry trembled into a big circle.
The gun was straight and straight, the gun body curved in an arc, "Huh..." with a whine, the sharp tip of the gun swept towards Gong Rui's neck like a long whip.
"Death!" Cheng Xiaofeng screamed sharply, and the red cherry flashed, and he suddenly closed it. The gun body was as soft as a rope, and the two guns intersected without any sound of gold and iron. But after the touch, Gong Rui's spear moved downwards sharply.
Once it slipped, he couldn't control it. Instead, Cheng Xiaofeng's spear made an arc, and a powerful force came out from the gun barrel waiting for the opportunity. The spear in Gong Rui's hand swung sideways, completely exposing the hollow in his chest.
In an instant, the tip of the spear flew forward!
All the strength in his body seemed to be drained out at this moment with the blood spurting out of his chest. Gong Rui's strong body shook violently, and the spurs under his feet hit the horse's belly with all its strength, dragging the spear that was embedded in the chest, diagonally.
ran away.
Of course the gun in Cheng Xiaofeng's hand would not be taken away. The head of the gun was detached from Gong Rui's chest. The Mingguang Armor and the mirror on the left chest were completely pierced, and Gugu's blood could not be covered up.
Although Cheng Xiaofeng failed to kill Gong Rui when he stabbed the enemy general in the midst of thousands of troops, it was remarkable enough.
"Kill!" The morale of the Zhou army soared to its peak at the moment Gong Rui was injured, but the morale of the Tang army fell into an endless abyss. The morale of the army was turbulent, and more than 20,000 elite soldiers immediately fell into chaos. Finally, at 80,000 Zhou
Surrounded by the army, more than 20,000 elite Tang troops were killed or captured, except for a group of cavalry who escorted Gong Rui and managed to escape.
"Sweep the battlefield quickly and assemble the troops. Before sunset today, the troops will arrive in Wu County." Xiang Zhenkui immediately stood on a mound next to the battlefield and looked at the groups of Tang soldiers walking past with their heads down and dejectedly.
His face was filled with endless energy.
"Haha, General Cheng. Why do I need your 10,000 elite cavalry of the Forbidden Army? As long as you, Cheng Xiaofeng, can stab the enemy general and escape in the midst of thousands of troops, that's enough!"
No one will begrudge a few worthless compliments to those who are capable and have a great background. This is what Xiang Zhenkui did to Cheng Xiaofeng!
"I have to praise the general. Our army can achieve a complete victory in this battle because of the general's good command."
"Haha, General Cheng shames me. If it weren't for the help of the two masters who spent ten months digging that tunnel, would Dushan An be able to win this battle? It would be unusual for Xiang to mobilize troops, but General Cheng would be seriously injured.
That Gong Rui is the one who made the greatest contribution!" (To be continued...)
