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The thousand-stone three-masted ship is twelve feet long and two feet four feet wide, with thirteen watertight compartments. Horses are carried under the cabin and in the stern cabin, and people sit on the deck. After nightfall, the north wind prevails, and the sails are raised to take advantage of the force and sail around overnight.
After crossing the Yellow River mouth delta, the second battalion of 600 soldiers and 300 horses were transported from Cangnan to a distance of 200 miles, and the ship stopped at the mouth of Xiaoqing River in Bohai County in the morning and landed.
Although many generals and horses were not used to the rough seas and were severely seasick, resulting in a certain proportion of non-combat attrition.
After rectification, except for those who were seasick and some armored soldiers who stayed to guard the ship with the boatmen and sailors, Cao Ziang led more than 460 generals and more than 240 horses to the inner line of the official road from Bincheng to Bohai County.
, looking for the enemy to ride on the outpost.
Sun Shangwang and Sun Wenbing led the Cangnan villagers and the workers' battalion to Jimo in the southern part of the Shandong Peninsula. The established route was to go through Bohai County, bypass Laizhou Bay, and cross the Shandong Peninsula along the Jiao Lai River. The outpost must be along Bincheng
Search the county's official road to Bohai County.
Cao Ziang calculated the departure time and speed of the Luqi outpost from Cangnan, and estimated that his outpost search force of about 100 to 150 people should cross Bincheng County in the morning, while the main force of the counterattack against Cangnan Luqi would be at Xiaobotou Village
Setting up camp, even if we come with all our strength, will only take a day.
Cao Ziang did not send any scouts, and led his troops directly north along the official road. Outside the south gate of Bohai County, he met the Luqi outpost search force who was provoking the city's defenders.
Cao Ziang directly raised the banner of the Second Battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army, with the light-armored infantry of the Sidu Team as the core, and the cavalry of the Liangdu Team as separate guards on the two wings.
The Luqi outposts hurriedly engaged in the battle, but could not fight hard and fled around the city.
The second battalion of cavalry has been strengthened and has a total of more than 200 soldiers from the Sidu team. Although its personal combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Nenglu cavalry outpost, it has the advantage of defeating the cavalry enemy and outflanking them. It has both armored soldiers and the city behind it.
As for the battle, the number of people was twice that of the enemy's cavalry, so he was able to pursue them fearlessly on horseback. He did not return to the south gate of Bincheng until noon as promised, and did not go into the city to rest. He went straight back to the landing place and boarded the ship with more than 30 heads and left the shore.
First, we took advantage of the northwest wind to sail to an island outside the mouth of the Yellow River, anchored the ship, waited for the southeast wind to pick up, and then headed north to join the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army.
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The defeated outposts in Bohai County fled north without any effort, and rushed back to Cangnan Xiaobotou Village at dusk to join the main force of the Nahe Xiongqi tribe stationed in Xiaobotou Village.
Vice-capital Xinjue Timur proudly led the escaped outpost to Nahe Xiongqi and looked at him sideways.
Na He Xiongqi frowned. He wanted to cut down wood and build a canoe to go out to sea for reconnaissance, but the villagers in Cangnan fled. There were no shipbuilders in his army, and he could not build a qualified canoe that could go into the sea in one day.
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Na He Xiongqi believed that it was impossible for the Jiangdong Left Army to withdraw southward hastily. Even if there were very obvious signs, he also believed that this was still likely to be a trick of the Jiangdong Left Army to divide the troops and create suspicion. However, the interception that occurred in Bohai County early this morning
The war overturned his speculation.
Although the Jiangdong Left Army that appeared in Bohai County early this morning only had about one battalion of soldiers and horses, unless the Jiangdong Left Army's scouts were able to spread the news that their main force was stationed in Xiaobotou Village overnight without being discovered,
Go to Bohai County, a hundred miles away, otherwise the Jiangdong Left Army would not have been able to intercept their outposts so fiercely with only one battalion of troops in Bohai County.
You must know that the interception launched by the Jiangdong Left Army in Bohai County left almost no way to retreat. As long as there were one or two hundred cavalry behind the outpost, they could completely turn defeat into victory. And judging from the performance of the Jiangdong Left Army in the interception battle, the generals of this battalion also
They are not pretending to be miscellaneous soldiers, they are actually the main combat strength of the Jiangdong Left Army.
Calculated from a time perspective, Jiangdong Left Army should have retreated to Bohai County. Even if Jiangdong Left Army were to use the strategy of dividing their forces and trusting each other, it seems unlikely that they could be so accurate in timing and location.
Na He Xiongqi never thought of the possibility that Jiangdong Zuojun could use sea ships to deliver a battalion of soldiers 300 miles away overnight.
Although there were also sea-going ships in Liaodong, most of the sea-going ships captured by Donghu in Liaodong were single-masted or double-masted medium-sized ships. Being able to travel hundreds of miles at night was considered "very fast". How could Na He Xiongqi imagine that there were other ships in Liaodong?
Is there a fast ship that can travel three hundred miles at night with the wind?
The North uses cars and the South uses boats, thus forming the respective advantages of the North in car-building technology and the South in ship-building technology.
Most of the sea-going ships in the north have single fan-shaped sails, which are far less efficient in utilizing wind power than complex-operated compound longitudinal sails. Coupled with the huge differences in ship shape design concepts and the different degrees of resistance to typhoon storms, the speed and structure of ships in the north are different.
In terms of strength, they are far behind the southern ships.
Although Lin Fu didn't know much about shipbuilding technology, he had two ideas. Sea-going ships needed to be easy to maneuver and fast, and the other was to have a solid structure and good wave resistance. The Longjiang Shipyard under the Jiangning Ministry of Industry gathered the world's best
Lin Fu was an excellent shipbuilder and did not hesitate to spend money. Several of the ships owned by Jiyun Society can be said to be the most advanced sailing ships in the world.
Ge Siyu tried to figure out the boatman's actual experience of operating a sailboat, and created the sailing and sail control technology of "adjusting to fight the wind", which even allowed the compound longitudinal sail to slowly borrow wind power to move forward slowly when there was a headwind.
These are things beyond the imagination of General Donghu, so He Xiongqi cannot blame him for not considering them.
Na He Xiongqi still felt that there was no reason for the Jiangdong Left Army to retreat southward in depth, but he could not overturn the facts before him, nor could he forcibly suppress the strong will of his generals to go south to pursue the Jiangdong Left Army.
"The Jiangdong Left Army has already withdrawn to the Bohai Sea. If we hesitate any longer and allow the Jiangdong Left Army to withdraw to the south of Linzi, it will be too deep for us..." Although Xinjue Timur has a rude temper, he is not ignorant of military affairs.
Rough man, with the speed at which the Jiangdong Zuo Army was holding the villagers of Cangnan hostage, it would take at least three days for their cavalry to catch up, and it would also take two days for a forced march. Even if they pursue non-stop now, they will still be able to catch up with the Jiangdong Zuo Army.
We have reached the southern line of Guangrao. At that time, even if the Jiangdong Left Army finds a small town to hide in, they can still surround it and look for opportunities to break through the city and annihilate it. If the delay here is too long, let the Jiangdong Left Army escape into Linzi City, or
Fleeing further south, they led 5,000 cavalry to besiege the large city of Linzi, but their strength was insufficient; further south, they pursued the enemy too far without defeating Jinan.
Nahe Xiongqi also knew that the matter should not be delayed. Before summoning the counselors and leaders to discuss the matter, he sent two teams of outposts with 300 riders each to search along both sides of the official road.
The defeat in Cangnan was regarded by all the counselors and leaders as a humiliating defeat that could not be tolerated. What's more, the corpses of the men who died in the Donghu battle were abandoned and their heads were cut off, which aroused their inner anger. If it hadn't been for Na He Xiongqi's strong pressure
Well, they even wanted to lead the troops to pursue them without permission. Nahe Xiongqi summoned the counselors to discuss matters, and naturally they all said in unison that they would break camp at night and pursue them.
After falling into Dezhou, the Linqing garrison surrendered. Except for the Dengzhou Navy, the main combat troops in Shandong were concentrated in Jinan Prefecture. The local garrison troops in the counties to the east of Jinan Prefecture had not yet been released by the Donglu generals.
In their eyes, the counselors and leaders were only worried that this Jiangdong left army, which was still relatively capable of fighting, would hide in the city.
Nahe Xiongqi had no choice but to agree to pursue the light-armed pursuit overnight, but in case there were still Jiangdong Zuojun hiding on the island, he also sent one staff officer, three subordinates, and 900 cavalry to stay at Xiaobotou Village. In addition to restraining the thousands who died in the battle in Cangnan,
In addition to the headless corpse, they also had some baggage, supplies and horses to stay in Xiaobotou Village.
Because they did not know the movement direction of the Jiangdong Left Army before, and because the entire Hejian Prefecture had been looted by them, only those Wuzhai that were particularly difficult to attack were left. He Xiongqi had no intention of attacking them, so he set out from Dezhou with his troops.
When you have enough food and grass, supply it.
Heading south in light pursuit, we could pass through the prefectures and counties in central Shandong that had not been captured so that we could collect food on the spot. The food, grass and other baggage we brought would naturally be left in Xiaobotou Village for the time being.
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The bright moon, as curved as a hook, hangs in the night sky and casts its light, making the snow-covered Cangnan wilderness shine brightly. The island is just over two miles away from the seawall embankment. The moonlight is bright, although only blurry black shadows can be seen.
, but we can identify the situation when the captives from Xiaobotou Village set off. The specific situation will not be known until Wu Qi sends people to sneak ashore to observe closely and report back.
Late at night, the secret sentry found out the strength of the captives who were left behind in Xiaobotou Village and came back in a small boat to report.
Lin Fu did not go back to the ship. He took Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Ning Zechen, Ge Cunxin, Zhao Qingshan and others and sat in the snow on the island under the bright moonlight to make tactical arrangements: "The main force of the captive cavalry marched southward.
The pursuit should cross the central part of Yangxin at dawn. We should release enough cavalry to the north of Xiaomi River or Longkou River, not only to warn the main force of the captive cavalry from suddenly returning north, but also to cut off the channel between Xiaobotou Village and the main force of the captive cavalry..."
"Are you going to attack Xiaobotou Village?" Ning Zechen asked excitedly.
"There are only 900 soldiers left behind, so we might as well attack him by force," Lin Fu said. "There is a tactical principle you must remember. A strong army cannot be called strong until it is deployed. So we must do everything possible to use our strength."
Their strengths are to do everything possible to restrict the enemy from using their strengths. The strength of the captive cavalry lies in field battles, maneuvering with horses, interspersed actions, and fierce thunder. Their old soldiers are good at riding and shooting swordsmanship. When people are on horseback, they seem to be integrated with the war horses.
The use of tactics is also extremely flexible. If you can beat them, attack them. If you can't beat them, they will pester you to fight. If you really can't beat them, don't fight. Anyway, you can't beat them and it's difficult to control them. But if you surround them in the stronghold and attack them,
In fact, it is to force them to give up their maneuvers and dismount to engage in defensive battles, which they are least good at. Their shields are not as tough as mine, their swords are not as sharp as mine, their spears are not as long and dangerous as mine, and their bows and arrows are not as powerful as mine.
Dangerous yet defensible..."
The cavalry generals almost all use long curved knives, no shields, light armor, and cavalry bows that cannot shoot at close range. There are almost no long weapons. With such a configuration, the horseback is almost useless.
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The several days of maneuvering in Yangxinbei and the great victory in Cangnan all showed that the Luqi had to deal with a tight formation, and the infantry array with a firm will to fight could not take much advantage. It was even more obvious that the Luqi who dismounted and fought were suppressed.
Although most of the Luqi soldiers were veteran soldiers with rich combat experience, Jiangdong Zuojun's armor and equipment were much better than those of Luqi who dismounted to fight. Besides, with the power of the great victory in Cangnan, the morale of Jiangdong Zuojun soldiers was very high.
Combat experience was also accumulated to a certain extent in the Cangnan victory.
When it comes to famous generals through the ages, whether new or old, the core elements are always spiritual elements such as morale, bravery and fighting will.
Ning Zechen rushed to invite the battle and said: "This time it is our fifth battalion's turn for the first battle..."
"Okay, then Zhao Qingshan will lead the fourth battalion to land and be responsible for guarding along the Xiaomi River and blocking the channel. Ao Canghai will lead the first battalion to stay with me as a reserve team. Ning Zechen and Zhou Pu will lead the third battalion and the fifth battalion.
The battalions are divided into blocking the north and south gates of Xiaobotou Village to attack. The fifth battalion will be the main attacker, and the labor camp will mainly coordinate with the fifth battalion to attack the village." Lin Fu said, "You will mobilize and discuss specific tactics now. After dawn,