The place where Wang Junlin chose to seize the beach and land was not a temporary decision just now, but had been decided long before arriving with sufficient intelligence support from Shen Guoer's Military Intelligence Bureau and detailed map reference.
In fact, the biggest problem for Wei Daoer and Liu Jicheng is the lack of intelligence. If they know enough about Fanyang County's warships, they will know that if Fanyang County's fleet wants to dock, the depth of the river and the terrain of the beach are very demanding. The entire upper valley
In fact, there are few places west of the Jundashi River Basin that meet the requirements.
And if they concentrated their forces to defend these shores that met the requirements, Wang Junlin and his Far Eastern Army would probably have to pay a heavy price to reach the shore.
The place Wang Junlin chose to land on the beach was a large river beach wetland more than fifty miles away from Matian County. It was horseshoe-shaped and seven or eight hundred steps deep. Some areas were covered with river rocks and some were covered with aquatic plants. However,
It is undoubtedly beneficial for Wang Junlin's side to seize the shore in a short period of time and set up a battle formation with a sufficient number of people.
The big boat Wang Junlin was riding in could carry 500 people. Because it was too big, it could only be placed in the deepest part of the middle of the river, otherwise it would be stranded. Wang Junlin did not transfer to other boats to land just now. He just landed on the shoal for a short time.
During the battle, he completely handed it over to Yuchi Jingde and Luo Shixin without issuing any orders.
At this time, Wang Junlin stood on the warship watching the battle from a distance. Next to him were Shen Guoer, Pei Shiju, and Cui Qingming. Pei Yuanqing had been in Kyoto for most of the years. He had not fought many battles and had already asked Wang Junlin for an errand.
, also went ashore.
Wang Junlin knew that Pei Yuanqing was a rare general. Even though he had a good relationship with him, because of his family background, the situation in the world was still unclear, especially since Wang Junlin had almost become the opposite of all the wealthy families.
The Pei family will never allow Pei Yuanqing to serve under him.
Wang Junlin knew this, so he didn't force it. On the contrary, Pei Yuanqing had quarreled with Pei Shiju countless times over this matter.
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The Far East Army was fully prepared and had a clear division of labor. After establishing a foothold on the river beach, it quickly expanded its position. The warships parked close to the shore. Several high-cabin warships used crossbows and trebuchets to block the river beach as far away as possible.
Then, a dozen flat-topped shallow-bottomed ships with drafts ranging from shallow to deep were filled in between the troop transport and the river beach. The piles were lowered into the anchorage and stopped. They were connected with pallets and bundled firmly. Each ship quickly formed two ships at the bow and stern.
A boathouse passage nearly a hundred feet long leads directly to the river beach. Hundreds of soldiers each carry a bundle of hay on their backs and board the boathouse. The bundles of hay are passed from the back to the river beach in front and spread on the muddy wetland.
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"Whoever dares to escape, I swear to kill his whole family, and whoever follows me to kill the officers and soldiers, as long as he kills one person, I guarantee that he will have food for a month..." After Wei Daoer arrived, he acted decisively and quickly led the five
Thousands of cavalrymen and more than 30,000 bandits present came back again.
The 5,000 cavalry led by Wei Daoer all wore armor, and less than one-tenth of the other 30,000 bandits wore armor. However, after being coerced and induced by Wei Daoer, their morale was very high. Many bandits had red eyes.
Shouting the word "food" in his mouth, he followed Wei Daoer and rushed towards the Far Eastern Army who had already landed on the beach.
Because this river beach is located in the wilderness, there are no villages or towns nearby, so there are no river embankments or ports. It is a river beach with shallow slopes entering the water. It is very wide and can host a battle involving tens of thousands of people.
Wei Daoer had a large iron shield in his left hand and a horse-cutting knife in his right hand. He was riding on a horse. When he was halfway through, he stopped. While ordering the archers on both wings to shoot arrows, he also had people forcefully drive away the three waves of bandits to the Far East.
The army rushed to the shore position...
Each of the three waves of rogues had ten thousand people. One wave rushed forward and was defeated by the Far Eastern Army. Wei Daoer immediately forced the other wave of bandits to catch up. In this way, the three waves of rogues rushed forward six times in turn, with many casualties.
There were more than 10,000 troops, and when he saw that he was about to mutiny if he continued to drive away, Wei Daoer took 5,000 elite armor-piercing and shield-wielding troops and rushed towards the Far Eastern Army battle formation on the shore with arrows. The speed was so fast that the Tiger Battalion he had just led was the first.
Yuchi Jingde was slightly surprised when the 3,000 people who landed repelled the 30,000 rogue bandits.
At this time, because the enemy and we were already fighting together, the long-range attacks on the warships were of little use, and the crossbows and trebuchets could not provide cover. Yuchi Jingde knew that he must lead the armored soldiers who landed first to rush out to make way for the following soldiers and horses.
There was enough landing space, so while repelling the rushing bandits just now, he also consciously rushed out to kill them.
At this time, seeing that this wave of thieves was completely different from the previous bandits, Yuchi Jingde knew that the enemy's elite had finally arrived, and he also recognized that the black-faced burly man who rushed to the front was Wang Xuba's second master Wei Dao.
Son, he sneered and left a thousand people to stay in place to prevent other bandits from bypassing him. He led two thousand people to counterattack the opponent's five thousand people.
On the warship, Luo Shixin, who commanded his men to transport the horses down one by one, saw from a distance that Yuchi Jingde, the opponent he was optimistic about, had jumped on him first. He screamed in panic, but there was nothing he could do.
When he was still five feet away from Wei Dao'er, Yuchi Jingde raised his horse and drove his horse straight at him...
Wei Daoer raised his shield with his left hand to block it. With a click, the iron shield made of pig iron was smashed into two halves.
Before Wei Dao'er's expression changed, Yuchi Jingde smashed the shield with his spear, and then hit Wei Dao'er's left arm without losing momentum.
With a clang, Wei Dao'er almost fell off his horse, and his arm hurt. In fact, if it weren't for the iron guard on his left arm, it would have been smashed immediately. Even so, he almost broke his arm due to the shock.
In fact, Wei Daoer's reaction was not slow at all. While he was resisting with his left arm, the Zhanma knife in his right hand had already struck Yuchi Jingde's chest as fast as lightning, but Yuchi Jingde blocked it with a whip.
Wei Daoer didn't know that his opponent was Yuchi Jingde, but on the first day of the fight, his shield was smashed in half. He felt quite embarrassed and lost face.
However, he saw that the Yuchi Jingde in front of him was the opponent's general, so he had murderous intentions. He thought that if he could kill this person, he might be able to drive them into the water before the main force of the Far Eastern Army came ashore.
It was just what Wei Daoer thought in his heart, and Yuchi Jingde thought the same way. The two fought with all their strength. After more than ten moves, Wei Daoer's horse-cutting sword was almost knocked away by Yuchi Jingde's horse spear.
Falling, although he desperately used his knife to cut off a piece of the opponent's robe, he also understood that the opponent's strength would only be superior to his. If he continued to fight, not only would he not be able to kill the opponent, but he would probably have to confess here.
Wei Daoer was naturally not a reckless man, and instead of fighting to the death with Yuchi Jingde, he called a dozen soldiers to entangle Yuchi Jingde, while he led the others to charge into the enemy formation.
Under this rush, Wei Daoer was surprised again. With his martial arts, it took him a long time to kill three ordinary soldiers. Often when he was about to kill one of the soldiers, suddenly there would be three or nine irons nearby.
Guns were stabbing at him from all directions, making him worry about one thing and not the other.
After fighting for a while, Wei Daoer discovered that the Far East Army had a small formation of three people, a battle formation of nine people, a larger battle formation of twenty-seven people, and so on.
By analogy, even with Wei Daoer's strength, if he was entangled in a battle formation with more than twenty-seven people, he would still be in danger of losing his life.