The tribes camped outside Hengshan City to rest. At dusk, surrounded by She Feixiong, Shi Hejin and other generals, they rode their horses up the cliff bank and looked at the Xinjiang River to the north.
In addition to the dike on the north bank of the Shanxi River branch that was directly washed away, both sides of the Xinjiang River were also transformed beyond recognition by the sudden influx of water. The river beach was covered with residual trees and branches washed down from the upper reaches, as well as the remains of warships.
There were also a large number of corpses of drowned generals washed up on the river beach.
The broken halberds and broken armor, as well as the corpses swollen and whitened by the river water, were shocking.
Although the back road was washed away by the flood, it could not delay the Huaidong Army for a few days. She Feixiong was unable to collect the bodies of the drowned generals. He only said to Generals Shi and Jin: "You have worshiped with me."
, that’s all we can do now…”
Shi Hejin's heart was bleeding. Although She Feixiong did not punish him, the more than 2,000 elite naval troops that were submerged in the flood were almost the last bit of his Shi family's capital.
Shi Hejin was originally the guard general of Nantai Island and the main general of the East Fujian Navy. He guarded the Minjiang Gate at the east entrance of Jinjiang Prefecture all year round. Most of his soldiers and horses were composed of descendants of the clan and the Shi family tribe. This was also the Zhejiang-Fujian Army.
The characteristics of using clan as the core to gather combat power.
Huaidong's strategy of harassing and attacking in the early years completely suppressed the ability of the Mindong navy to go to sea in the later period. Shi and Jin were under great pressure and were bleeding intermittently.
Before the war in eastern Fujian, hundreds of Shi family members died in the war. Until they gave up moving east to west Fujian and Shi and Jin's troops abandoned the water and landed ashore, there were less than 4,000 soldiers and horses left.
After the She family occupied the entire territory of Jiangxi, they set up naval armies in Jiangzhou and Yuzhang. The Jiangzhou navy was headed by Yang Xiong and Su Tingzhan, and had the responsibility of guarding the gate of Poyang Lake. Therefore, there were more than 25,000 naval forces.
Zhong was the largest naval force controlled by the She family after they retreated to Jiangxi.
Yuzhang is located on the inner line of Jiangxi, and its navy mainly controls the Ganjiang, Xinjiang and other water systems, so there is really no chance of fighting the enemy.
Shewenzhuang's arrangement also allowed Shi Hejin, who was born in Fujian, to have more opportunities to rest and recuperate. Who would have thought that the Huaidong Army would use flood discharge to swallow up nearly half of the Yuzhang Navy's troops? Almost half of the troops.
to 70% of the naval forces in Shangrao.
Shefei Xiong was also heartbroken over the loss of the navy, but he did not expect that the Huaidong Army would release water in two waves upstream. For the destruction of the Shangrao navy, Shefei Xiong would not hold Shi and Jin accountable.
superior.
It’s not because the Zhejiang and Fujian armies are weak, but the East China Sea Fox is too cunning!
"All the roads on the north bank have been washed away. The Huaidong Army cannot attack Shangrao in a roundabout way from Qiankou and Litang in the short term. Can we leave a force to temporarily guard Hengshan?" Shi Hejin asked.
Hengshan City is located to the west of Shanxi and south of Xinjiang River. It was previously worried that it would be surrounded by the Huaidong Army in the south. At the same time, the Huaidong Army could bypass Hengshan from the north bank of Xinjiang River and attack Shangrao directly. Therefore, in the original plan, Hengshan City was
Just give up immediately.
Now that the road to the south of Hengshan is completely destroyed, and a large section of the road to the north of Xinjiang River is also destroyed. At this time, leaving a force of troops in Hengshan does not hope to intercept the Huaidong Army's pursuers, but the troops pointed at the front can also delay the Huaihe Army.
The time it took for the Eastern Army to open up these passages.
The soldiers and horses left behind at Hengshan only need to withdraw before a large number of Huaidong Army soldiers and horses surround them.
"How many supplies can be transferred from Shangrao?" She Feixiong asked.
At this time, She Feixiong considered guarding Hengshan City for the time being. There was another important factor.
The terrain on the north bank of the Xinjiang River is open, and the mountains on the south bank block the river and the roads are narrow. If you want to move west quickly, you can only cross the river and go north and take the highway on the north bank. In that case, you can also use the Xinjiang waterway to pursue from the direction of Guanxiling.
The Huaidong Army blocked the outside.
However, with the destruction of a large number of warships, including the flooding of large swaths of beaches along the north bank of the river, it is no longer suitable to directly cross the river from the north of Hengshan City to the other side. It may be necessary to take a boat to land on the river bank south of Shangrao City.
Fewer ferries and longer crossing routes made crossing the river slower with no troops and horses, requiring Deng Yu, Wang Hui and others to recruit more fishing boats from the lower reaches of the Xinjiang River.
It may drag on for ten or eight days, then Hengshan City will need to divide its troops to defend it.
There was no plan to defend Hengshan before, so She Feixiong left three to five hundred soldiers to guard the city in Hengshan. The food and grass left behind was only enough for the crossing. If he wanted to divide his troops and stay in Hengshan for a longer period, She Feixiong needed to transfer food and grass from Shangrao.
Come.
Deng Yu and Wang Hui retreated all the way to the west. Shangrao was almost an empty city with less than a thousand garrison troops. However, in the plan, She Feixiong was to lead his troops to temporarily defend Shangrao, so Shangrao's food reserves were still sufficient.
Shangrao City is only twenty miles west of Hengshan and located on the north bank of Xinjiang River.
Shi and Jin's remnants still have a dozen warships converted from fishing boats in the north of Hengshan City. Each time they cross the river, they can only carry more than a thousand people. However, when they transport grain and grass from Shangrao, they can transport two to three thousand stones at a time, which is enough for two thousand or three thousand people.
For the garrison for a month.
After thinking for a moment, She Feixiong decided that he would lead his troops to Shangrao first, and leave two to three thousand elites for Shi Hejin to stay at Hengshan temporarily. However, all these arrangements will have to wait until dawn tomorrow. At the moment, he sent people to chase Deng Yu in a light boat.
, Wang Hui.
Quite different from what was expected, the situation has changed now. The Huaidong Army released water from the upper source of Shanxi River and washed it ashore. This was not expected before. Therefore, the previous retreat plan must be adjusted.
She Feixiong returned to the military camp and had a long discussion with Shi Hejin and other generals, always worried that something was wrong. Late at night, She Feixiong dragged his exhausted body and insisted on visiting the wounded camp, hoping to be in trouble at the She family.
It can also boost morale at this time. When it is dawn, he returns to his tent, clothes and grass to sleep.
Shefei Xiong slept very lightly, and woke up when there was the slightest sound of footsteps moving outside the tent.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the candlelight in the tent had not stopped. She Feixiong habitually touched the knife on the pillow and asked: "Who is outside?"
"Young Marshal, is it me?" Before She Feixiong agreed, Shi Hejin hurriedly opened the curtain and came in. The look in his eyes was full of fear!
When most of the navy released water to destroy the Huaidong Army, neither Shi nor Jin were so panicked, uneasy, and fearful - at this moment, the chill in She Fei Xiong's heart ran straight from the spine of his tail to the center of his head, a ripple.
He got up and asked: "Where did the attacking enemy come from?"
"Shanxi!" Shi Hejin could not recover from the shock, and after spitting out two words, his tongue was a little tangled, and he could not report everything clearly at once.
"Why are we so surprised when the enemy comes from Shanxi River? Even if the Huaidong Army is cutting wood and building ships upstream, how many people can cross over to chase them?" She Feixiong curled his lips and sneered, thinking that Shi Hejin might have lost his nerve.
Before that, She Feixiong had not considered the possibility of shipbuilding after the Huaidong Army took control of the upper reaches of Shanxi River, but shipbuilding could not be achieved overnight. The Huaidong Army would naturally not lack shipbuilding craftsmen, but the huge wood needed for large warships
, need to be cut down from deep mountains and old forests.
The Huaidong Army showed no signs of felling giant trees in the deep mountains and old forests upstream of Shanxi River. Even if they built ships in the upper reaches of Shanxi River, most of them only built some small wooden boats to ferry across the upper reaches or build pontoon bridges.
She Feixiong has also seen those small wooden boats built by the Huaidong Army in the upper reaches, and doesn't think it's strange. These small wooden boats are used by the Huaidong Army to build pontoon bridges or carry dozens or twenty people on ferries. They can, but they want to carry generals.
, fighting on the river, She Fei Xiong Youxin caused the Huaidong Army to suffer a big loss!
The Xinjiang River has rapids and dangerous shoals, making it difficult for small boats to cross.
In water battles, warships can maximize their advantages. Isn't it because the She family failed to build a large warship that could compete with Huaidong in the East China Sea?
Although the Zhejiang and Fujian naval forces in Shangrao suffered a heavy setback and lost 70% of their strength, there are still a thousand elite naval forces stationed in the north of Hengshan City, and there are still 12 warships with more than 400 stone.
. Even if the Huaidong Army were to use a large number of small wooden boats carrying three to five thousand elite soldiers to pursue them, they would not necessarily be at a disadvantage in a water battle if they took advantage of the warships. No wonder they were afraid that the Huaidong Army would land ashore to fight?
In fact, since the two sides faced off around the Jiahe River defense blockade, the Huaidong Army has been doing everything possible to block the river. She Fei Xiong also believed that the Huai Dong Army's second attempt to dig the lake and release water was a conspiracy against the Zhejiang and Fujian Army - She Fei Xiong
It was believed that the Huaidong Army's naval force in the upper reaches of Shanxi River was extremely weak, so it went to great lengths to block the river, and tried every possible means to weaken the Zhejiang and Fujian Army's naval force in Shangrao before pursuing the pursuit.
Of course, She Feixiong had not never thought about the possibility of sending a small group of elites from Huaidong to take a boat ashore at night to steal the camp, so when camping, they also strengthened the surveillance of the river bank - it was already dark at this time, and they were still afraid
Is it possible that Huaidong sent a small group of elites to steal the camp?
Shi Hejin was anxious, and when he saw She Feixiong standing there motionless, he felt anxious. Shi Hejin was also dizzy at this time, and did not think about She Feixiong's face. He grabbed his arm and said: "
Young Marshal, please go out with me and take a look..."
She Feixiong frowned slightly, but did not have any trouble, so he followed Shi and Jin to lift the curtain and walked out.
When he saw the silhouette of the sail boat at the mouth of the river, She Fei Xiong's heart suddenly became cold, as if a basin of ice water had been poured over his head, cooling him from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. He instantly understood why Shi and Jin were so frightened.
Shi and Jin's reaction was correct. No matter who thought that the Huaidong Army's Shuiying fleet came down from the upper reaches of the Shan River, they were filled with panic and unable to struggle.
Even though She Fei Xiong was battle-hardened and calm, he couldn't help but tremble when he pointed his finger at the Huaidong warship in the middle of the river. His screams seemed to be squeezed out from his overwhelmed bones, and he used a deep voice.
He murmured to himself: "How is this possible? How is this possible?"
Yes, how is this possible?
How could the Jiyun-class warships of Huaidong Shuiying appear in the upper reaches of Shanxi? How could so many warships appear in the upper reaches of Shanxi?
The new copper cladding on the bow and both sides of the ship, the battle armor on the soldiers, the heads of spears and swords made of fine iron, and the huge crossbows filled with arrow slots on the poop all shone in the light of the morning sun.
It has a metallic luster that can hurt people's eyes.
Six Jiyun-class warships formed the front wing, and a dozen or so river warships such as sterns and fighting boats, which were good at fighting in narrow waters, guarded the front wing.
The branch where Shanxi River merges into Xinjiang River is extremely wide. At this time, it is late spring and early summer, and the water is also strong. The water surface of the river mouth is less than three times wider than in autumn and winter. From the east bank to the west bank, there are probably three or four people.
Miles away.
When the water surface opened up, warships rushed forward from the flanks, led by two Jiyun-class warships, and formed a team with six car-wing clippers to enhance the defense of the entire fleet's sides, front and sides.
In the middle and rear of the entire fleet, there are more than fifty large-ventral fin ships. This kind of ship is shaped like a warehouse ship, with a bulging and wide belly, and a high hull. There can be multi-layer cabins inside. At a glance, the size of the ship is relatively large.
The Jiyun-class thousand-stone warship is two or three times larger. This is exactly the warship used by the Huaidong Water Camp to transport troops on the inland river. Although there are only thirty or forty armored soldiers standing on the deck, there must be those
What is hidden in the bed cabin that is about to bulge out is really the main force of Huaidong's surprise attack!
Looking at the Huaidong fleet, there are only about 3,000 naval soldiers. Most of them stand on the deck and form a defensive formation. The key is how many troops are hidden in the bellies of the more than 50 troop carriers in this fleet.
, called She Fei Xiong, Shi and Jin could not accurately judge, but in short there would be no less than seven or eight thousand people.
"Oh my God!" Seeing such a huge war fleet of the Huaidong Army suddenly appear at the mouth of the river, the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies who had lost their rear troops cried out in despair.
After the Zhejiang and Fujian armies were cut off, their troops were stationed outside Hengshan City. There were also soldiers along the river. At this time, they quickly gathered and took advantage of the terrain to shoot arrows at the Huaidong warships in the river. But the soldiers were in a hurry, and the arrows were in a mess, and they could not reach the river.
The ship's arrows were few and far between, and the damage to the Huaidong fleet traveling in the middle of the river was minimal.
The command ship where Chen Zhi and Su Pinxiao were located was located in the middle of the river, far away from the west bank and could not be shot even with a crossbow.
Su Pinxiao commanded the entire fleet to enter the Xinjiang waterway and continue down the river. Their mission was not to land and bite the broken rear troops led by She Feixiong. This was not enough to satisfy Lin Fu's appetite. They wanted to go further.
Intersect to the west in order to intercept more Zhejiang and Fujian troops in the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River and prevent them from retreating westward, so that the main force behind them can catch up and encircle and annihilate them.
The Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the Xinjiang River were not completely without water power. Several small warships of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops hurriedly retreated westward. Two warships converted from fishing boats desperately attacked the Huaidong forward fleet.
Launch a suicidal attack.
Covered in the rain of arrows, the two enemy ships violently collided with the front ribs of the Jiyun-class warship. That was originally the weak point of the warship, but the Huaidong warships all had their front wings covering the corners.
Iron plates were used to enhance the collision ability in water battles. Under the collision, the ridges of the two enemy ships were broken, and the Huaidong Jiyun-class warships could not be damaged at all. The decks were even more vulnerable to Huaidong Navy soldiers.
The thrown fire oil cans covered it with blazing fire in the rising sun, which only caused a slight chaos in the front wing ship array.
Su Pinxiao calmly assigned warships to pursue the enemy ships fleeing to the west. At the same time, he ordered the left-wing ship formation not to entangle with the Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the south bank to avoid wasting arrows, and urged the fleet to continue heading west.
The Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the south bank have not yet begun to break out of camp, and they have gathered together and have not dispersed. At this time, if they approach the shore and attack forcefully, it will be easier for the enemy troops on the shore to gather and counterattack. However, as they continue to pursue westward, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops will
The army garrisoned the city of Shangrao with less than a thousand soldiers. Deng Yu, Wang Hui and other enemy generals and their troops should break camp and set off after dawn.
Enemies such as Deng Yu and Wang Hui would not expect that the Huaidong Army would pursue them by water. In order to facilitate the march, their team would be extremely long. Once attacked, they would not be able to quickly gather in formation to counterattack. They must be surprised and killed.
On the other hand, the effect of the surprise attack will be twice as effective.
Chen Zhi couldn't bear the loneliness and told the soldiers around him: "You all shout towards the shore in unison: Fei Xiong, walk slowly. Your father, Chen Zhi, goes first. See you in Shangrao!"
The soldiers on the bow of the ship shouted together: "Fei Xiong, go slowly, your old man Chen Zhi will go first. See you in Shangrao!"
Chen Zhi burst out laughing, and She Fei Xiong's eyes darkened when he heard this: Shangrao City had less than a thousand soldiers on guard, how could it withstand the Huaidong Army's surprise attack? At this time, even if it sent Pegasus to report the news, it would be too late.
What's more, they are separated on the south bank, while Shangrao City, Deng Yu, Wang Hui and other tribes are all on the north bank of the Xinjiang River!