The governor of Jiangnan was temporarily established in response to the unrest in Jiangnan. Therefore, after Dai Cai eliminated the Jiangnan family in Wu County, the governor of Jiangnan was revoked. Dai Cai became the first and only governor of Jiangnan in the Han Dynasty, and was later transferred to Liang County.
, served as the governor of Huaixi, and was actually responsible for the logistics and supply work for the two Huaihe fronts after the outbreak of the war.
Therefore, Dai Cai should be the most famous and responsible logistics officer in Han Dynasty now.
As a result, this logistics officer is now in charge of the battle.
Wang Gui arrived very suddenly. In order to avoid the detection of Han army scouts, Wang Gui led his army to circle north for dozens of miles, and then appeared on the north bank of Huai River where the vortex mouth is located.
Dai Cai, who was still in charge of the transshipment of grain and grass in the north of Liang County, mainly transported the grain and grass to Xuanhu City in Huaixi. After receiving the news, he immediately rushed to Ma Tou City. There are some people in Ma Tou City who can maintain order.
Jiangnan rural soldiers, letting them fight without a leader is simply murder.
The Zhou people originally had a cross-strait joint camp in Wukou similar to that of Qingjiang estuary, and there was also a small shipyard in the upper reaches of Wushui, which was not large in scale but was definitely rare in the north. After all, the Wukou and Liangjun were surrounded by the Wukou area in all dynasties.
There were many battles taking place. There were some shipbuilding facilities of the Northern Dynasties at Wokou, so that they could replenish ships nearby during the southern expedition.
Therefore, there is no shortage of tools for crossing the river, such as king rails.
There is also no shortage of siege equipment and king rails.
Not to mention soldiers and horses.
So after arriving at the mouth of the vortex, Wang Gui quickly gathered the ships.
While the Han navy was still concentrated on the lower reaches of the Huai River, he wanted to break through Ma Tou City with lightning speed.
After patting the city wall, Dai Cai shouted: "Thunderbolt chariot!"
On the water ahead, the Northern Zhou fleet was getting closer and closer.
Matou City is adjacent to the Huai River and even has a water gate.
The Huai River was introduced into the city through artificial rivers and passed through the city to form a canal. At the same time, it circled the city and formed a moat. For the Southern Dynasty army, there was a water gate directly connected to the Huai River. Of course, it was convenient to transfer food, but now it was undoubtedly given to the Northern Zhou army.
Provides a convenience.
Once they break through the water gate, they can also enter the city directly through the waterway.
Having been at the Huaihe River for a long time, although the Northern Zhou army's water warfare skills were far inferior to those of the Han army, they should never be underestimated.
If you really give them a chance, they won't throw it away.
The five Pili Chariots in the city roared at the same time. Although the artillery has been mass-produced, the Pili Chariots are far from reaching the end of their lives. On the contrary, local troops and in siege and defense battles still need this kind of cheap and beautiful goods.
A slightly bigger guy.
At this time, the Ma Tou City was equipped with ten Pili chariots. At the beginning, Li Xingchen exchanged two cities with Yu Wenxian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty with the help of ten Pili chariots. Of course, this was only the initial terms, and there would be many more that would be divided equally between them under Yang Jian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Agreement, but it must be said that a dozen Perak cars are worth a fortune, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Therefore, even though Ma Tou City, as a Huaishang fortress, only undertakes the tasks of defense and food transportation, the number of Thunderbolt vehicles equipped is already quite large.
But now Dai Cai can only use half of them. The reason is very embarrassing. Dai Cai has so many Thunderbolt cars but not so many people.
Nowadays, only a small number of craftsmen affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and veterans of the rural army can control the Thunderbolt Car. With the outbreak of the war, soldiers are a very important and cherished resource, and basically all the younger veterans have been recruited back.
, or in other words, from the age of fifteen to forty-five, all strong men must be prepared to be drafted.
It's just that the Han Dynasty is on the offensive on the entire front, so the need for soldiers is naturally not that urgent. However, everyone must be prepared to be recruited as civilian laborers. After all, as the front advances all the way north, the Han Dynasty
The demand for civilians is also increasing day by day, especially after the Han Dynasty defeated the main army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The most important thing for the Northern Zhou Dynasty is to maintain stability and strengthen the occupation. In this case, a large amount of materials and civilians are naturally more important than an army armed to the teeth.
Reliable.
Under such a general background, among the Jiangnan rural troops under Dai Cai, not only were there very few veterans, but most of them had gray hair on their temples.
Dai Cai had to give them up when he saw them. It was precisely because of their old age that they were not allowed to go to the front as a civilian team or reserve team. They were only used as grassroots generals in the rural army to make up for the lack of experience in the rural army.
So now only the rural soldiers and craftsmen can operate it, while other rural soldiers watch helplessly.
"Boom!" The first stone bullet hit the water, and the water column rose into the sky.
The stone bullet landed on the side and rear of the ship closest to the city wall, and was thrown a little far. The agitated water column suddenly isolated the ship from the following ships, and the water on the water could not calm down for a long time.
The waves pushed the ship closer to the city wall!
"Boom!" A stone bullet fell in front of the ship, and the rest smashed into the Northern Zhou fleet.
After the water column subsided, two ships had overturned on the water of the not-so-wide moat, and scattered soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were flopping on the water. There were definitely more than that on the two ships, and the rest were probably dangerous.
Fortunately, the boat at the front, after experiencing the peaks and troughs and being bathed countless times, was still able to move. It rushed towards the water gate again. You can see the soldiers on the boat busy with their bows and arrows.
, just waiting for Minato to enter the shooting range.
As for the bed crossbow on the bow, there is no need to think about it. The water just poured up layer by layer, and the bow string has already softened. At this time, it is too late to replace the bow string.
"Don't be nervous, aim at the enemy, draw your bow like a full moon, beat the drum as a trumpet, and shoot the arrow only when the drum sounds!" Dai Cai shouted as he walked back and forth on the water gate.
This does not need to be repeated for any Han soldier, even those who have just left the new army camp, because all the crossbowmen have repeated such orders so many times in the new army camp that they walked out of the new army.
The battalion was even numb when they went to the battlefield. What's more, the crossbowmen usually threw arrows at the back of the queue. Sometimes they couldn't see the enemy advancing forward, let alone fear.
But what Dai Cai was leading at this time was a group of out-and-out cucumber eggs.
So he could only repeat it, and repeat it again, hoping that these guys would take it to heart.
Fortunately, everyone was very nervous and listened to Dai Cai's order with bated breath.
The last guy who disobeyed orders and loosened the bowstring along with the trebuchet had already been pulled down and spanked, so everyone was paying attention to Dai Cai's words no matter how nervous they were at this time.
The enemy is getting closer.
The drums suddenly sounded.
Arrows were fired randomly from the top of the city.
Although there is no accuracy, it still covers the water surface.