On May 30th, Lintao Lord Wei Ji and his deputy Gong Yuan drove twenty escort ships to Ji County and arrived at Suxukou on the first day of June.
At that time, Han general Julu Shou Yanfu still led twenty or thirty warships under his command to block the river in the Suxukou area. When he saw twenty ships flying the flag of "Wei" on the upper reaches of the river, they were approaching.
At this time, Yan Kui knew that the person coming was not good.
Because from Yan Kui's point of view, the current Wei transport ships in this area have generally known about Yan Kui's boat blockade of the river, and naturally they will not collide with them stupidly again.
However, those Wei ships on the opposite side came towards him without any intention of avoiding them. There was only one explanation: they were not the Wei transport ships responsible for transporting supplies, but the Wei warships that came specifically for him!
Immediately, Yan Kui used a semaphore to tell the warships in the fleet: Get ready to fight!
It has to be said that Lintao Lord Wei Ji is indeed a rare handsome man who can command troops and horses in battle on the plains. However, letting him lead warships to engage in water battles with the Korean navy would be a hardship for the Wei family in Longxi.
The second commander in chief.
Fortunately, the escort ships he brought this time all had war weapons capable of defeating the enemy - continuous crossbows.
It has to be said that the Wei State Liannu built by Daliang Smelting Bureau is even more powerful in water battles than on land.
Because the movement of ships on the river is relatively slow, for the Wei State Liannu, the Yan Cree Army is undoubtedly a living target.
At that time, when he saw the Wei warships on the opposite side lined up in a straight line, Yan Kuai was still secretly laughing: Who on earth was the mediocre man commanding the Wei warships on the opposite side?
But just when Yan Kui was about to order the crossbowmen in the fleet to use fire arrows to greet the opposing fleet, he heard two bangs and the flagship he was on shook violently.
After taking a closer look, Yan Kuai discovered to his shock that an unknown object had destroyed a large hole in the bow of the ship he was on, causing river water to rush into the ship.
"What the hell is that?!"
Yan Kui was horrified, and immediately ordered the ship to be abandoned, and the soldiers on board were transferred to other warships.
While he was transferring, another warship was penetrated through the hull and was on the verge of sinking.
This time Yan Kui looked carefully, and it turned out that what penetrated the hull of his fleet were several iron crossbow arrows as thick as fingers.
"Wei Guoliannu?!"
Yan Kui suddenly realized in his heart, because he had gone to Wu'an to attend the "Meeting of the Ten Heroes of Beiyuan". At that time, he had learned from Bao Yuan, Feng Ting, Jin Mao and others that the Wei State possessed a terrible war weapon - "
Wei Guo's three-shot machine crossbow.
At that time, Yan Kui didn't care much, and didn't think that Korea's continuous crossbows could compare with the Qi navy's machine-made crossbows. However, he didn't expect that after experiencing the power of Wei's continuous crossbows today, he suddenly realized: Wei's continuous crossbows are not powerful at all.
Not inferior to Qi's machine-made crossbows.
"The state of Lu taught their art of mechanism to the people of Wei?"
Yan Kui simply couldn't believe it. He couldn't imagine that the Wei State, whose craftsmanship was not as good as his own in Korea, had already imitated the Wei State's Liannu, which was not inferior to the Lu State's mechanism crossbow. Even though Lu and Wei established diplomatic relations, the Lu State taught the Wei people the mechanism technique.
The Wei people wouldn't develop it so quickly, right? And it's so powerful!
In a situation where he was puzzled, Yan Kui tried to drive his warships to approach the Wei ship in an attempt to start a close hand-to-hand battle with the Wei ship.
Unexpectedly, before the fleet he led could approach the Wei ships, they were fired upon by a volley of crossbows from the opposing Wei ships, sinking two more warships.
Even the crossbowmen on the Wei ship opposite began to shoot with crossbows. Although the accuracy was not accurate, it still caused a certain number of casualties to the Yanju army.
In desperation, Yan Kui could only order a retreat.
There is no way, the crossbowmen under his command cannot instantly sink the Wei ship on the opposite side, but the Wei ship on the opposite side has a repeating crossbow that can instantly destroy the Korean ship. The power gap between the two ship-borne weapons is really too big.
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Yan Kui did not know that when he ordered the retreat, on the Wei ship opposite, Lintao Lord Wei Ji and his deputy Gong Yuan, who were in charge of commanding the fleet, were also sweating coldly.
It’s no wonder, after all, both Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, and Gong Yuan, the deputy general of his Junshui Army, were experienced commanders and generals in land warfare, but they actually knew nothing about water warfare.
What's even more terrible is that, except for the sailors borrowed from the Ministry of Revenue, the rest of the soldiers on the ship are all crossbowmen from the Dredging Army, and they are not used to fighting on a rickety warship.
It is for this reason that the Wei army's twenty escort ships and hundreds of repeating crossbows consumed more than 300 iron crossbow bolts in two salvos, but they only sank four or five warships of the Yan army.
It can really be said that I am at a huge loss.
If Prince Su Zhao Hongrun learns of this, he may be so angry that he vomits blood - because theoretically, one crossbow bolt is enough to sink a warship.
Of course, the theory is just a theory. When the merchant navy used repeating crossbows to deal with the Chu warships, it would have taken about ten crossbow bolts to sink a Chu warship.
But no matter what, although the crossbow arrows were extremely consumed, the mission of the twenty Wei escort ships was successfully accomplished and they successfully drove away Yan Que's fleet.
Seeing this, Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, decided to pursue the victory. After all, in his opinion, leaving the Yanju Army and the Korean fleet would cause endless troubles. Because the latter would definitely try every means to destroy Wei's water transportation from Daliang to Handan.
, to resist the strategic intention of King Su Zhao Hongrun.
It has to be said that on the way to pursue the Yanju Army, Lintao Lord Wei Ji inevitably exposed his inexperience in commanding naval forces. It was obvious that both sides were going down the river, and the Wei State's large ships used the Chu State's
The design and structure of the warships cannot be inferior to the Korean warships, but even so, Lintao Lord Wei Ji still couldn't catch up with the Yanju Army.
The two fleets of warships, one escaping and the other chasing, went down the river.
After chasing and escaping for about half a day, Han general Yan Kui saw that the Wei ship chasing his fleet was a large ship, so he deliberately lured it to Julu Ze.
When entering Julu Ze, Han took Yan Kui to a river with a deeper draft and deliberately led the Wei ship behind him into Julu Ze.
Then, after taking a stroll in Julu Ze, the Yan Kuang Army took advantage of the smaller and lighter hulls of their own ships to return to the big river from a river with a shallower draft.
At this time, the fleet led by Lintao Lord Wei Ji was embarrassed and stranded in the small river, and could only watch the Yan army march away.
By the time the fleet of Lintao Lord Wei Ji returned to the river along the river from which it came, the Yan army had already disappeared.
And after Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, drove his fleet back to the Suxukou area, well, the Yan army actually returned here.
For two or three days, the Lintao lord Wei Ji and the Han general Julu Shou Yanju launched a chase battle in the nearby waters. Although the Lintao lord Wei Ji and his deputy Gong Yuan were eager to catch up with the Yanju army, they continued to play tricks for the past two days.
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The Han general Yan Que was cut into pieces by a thousand cuts, but unfortunately, in terms of water battle experience and understanding of the waters in the Julu area, both of them were far inferior to Yan Que, so that they wasted several days of efforts and failed to catch up with Yan Que.
Crepe army.
In desperation, Lintao Lord Wei Ji changed his strategy and followed the actions of the Yan Kuang army before. After forcing the Yan Kuang army to the lower reaches of the river, he stopped chasing and stopped on the spot to block the river. Anyway, as long as the Yan Kuang army
The army was unable to harass the Wei army's water transportation lines, and the mission of Lintao Lord Wei Ji and his deputy Gong Yuan was completed.
But now, it was the Han general Yan Kui who felt a headache.
Fight, it is really impossible to defeat these Wei ships carrying Wei's repeated crossbows. Often, the opponent's repeated crossbows will sink his warships before his ships can get close to the opponent; but if you don't fight, you can't even think of breaking through these Wei ships.
The blockade of ships once again harassed the Wei army's water transportation lines.
The two fleets faced off at a distance on the river for most of the day, and Yan Kui couldn't think of anything good to do.
After hearing about this, Zhao Hongrun was surprised and overjoyed. After all, this time the Smelting Bureau had modified the warships on its own in response to the changes on the frontline battlefield and invited Lintao Junwei to come out without his orders.
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At this time, the Shanyang Army under the command of Yan Wang Zhao Hongjiang had rebuilt the Linzhang River Port and resumed transportation.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun also learned a piece of battlefield news: the Korean army that retreated to Wu'an received two reinforcements after the Shanggu reinforcements that guarded Mashe in Shanggu. One was the "Yuyang Guards Qin Kai"
The Yuyang Army, and the Taiyuan Army of "Taiyuan Shou Lian Pi".
Compared with "Yuyang Shou Qin Kai", Zhao Hongrun still remembers the title and name of "Taiyuan Shou Lian Pi" because this ten tycoon from Beiyuan defeated the Northern Third Army in Jinyang County, Taiyuan County and severely damaged them.
The fierce Korean generals of Wei General Jiang Bi.
This alone is enough for Zhao Hongrun to be cautious and cautious, and cautious and cautious.
On the sixth day of June, General Sun Shuke of the Yanling Army who was building a high wall northwest of Handan City came to report that the scouts he sent out had found out that the Korean army was already on a north-south mountain ridge about six or seven miles west of the high wall where the high wall was being built -
- Garrison troops were stationed at "Tiaoling", and the trees on the mountain were cut down to build camps and strongholds.
At that time, Zhao Hongrun realized that the Han army in Wu'an was about to send troops to attack his Handan city.
Therefore, on the one hand, he sent the Black Crows to spy on the strength of the Korean army in Wu'an, and on the other hand, he sent a letter to King Yan Zhao Hongjiang, his brother Huan King Zhao Hongxuan, and General Wei Mu of Nan Yan - General Shao Hu was not necessary, after all, Shao
Hu is now in Handan and has ordered the Wei Wu army stationed in Zhongmou to be transferred to Handan City.
The reason for asking for reinforcements from the three armies is not that Zhao Hongrun is timid and fearful of the Korean army after receiving reinforcements. He just wants to seek stability. Furthermore, such a large-scale legionary war is undoubtedly a way to gain military exploits and gain reputation.
It was a good opportunity, so he summoned the Shanyang Army, the Northern First Army, and the Southern Yan Army. On the one hand, it could stabilize the Wei Army's advantage, and on the other hand, it could also bring Zhao Hongjiang, Zhao Hongxuan, Wei Mu and others closer to each other.
Zhao Hongjiang, Zhao Hongxuan and Wei Mu could all see this intention, so after receiving Zhao Hongrun's letter asking for help, the three military leaders happily took over and left some troops to garrison the ports they guarded.
Leading a large army straight to Handan.
For this reason, King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan and King Huan Zhao Hongjiang did not even bother to continue attacking Feixiang and Fanyang.
By June 11th, the armies of Wei and South Korea were in place one after another. The Wei army was encamped near the high wall in Handan, while the Han army was encamped in Tiaoling. At this moment, the atmosphere between them became more and more tense, as if they were just
All it takes is a spark to ignite the flames of war.