The first batch of soldiers have already boarded the ship.
Li Xingchen stopped beating the drum and said directly: "Go to the river bank."
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Xutuo jumped out in a hurry to stop Li Xinchen.
This guy has been following Li Xingchen silently, for fear that His Majesty might cause some trouble.
While Li Xingchen put on his helmet, he reached out and pushed his arm away: "It doesn't matter, the enemy's crossbow can't reach the south bank yet."
Noticing Chen Shushen who was also wearing armor in the audience, Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile and asked: "Zijing also has time to come and watch the battle?"
Chen Shushen hurriedly handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, this battle is related to the fate of the country, and I naturally want to witness it with my own eyes. I have spent the night drafting a memorial on the reorganization of the markets in Hanoi and other places, and it has been sent to your Majesty's desk just so that I can have a look today.
The Han army is in great glory."
"You kid." Li Xingchen pointed at him.
This guy expressed two things. One is that I have stayed up late and worked overtime to finish my work, so no matter what I do now, Your Majesty can't seem to say that I am wrong. The second one is that His Majesty himself is taking the lead in skipping work, so of course I can do the same.
Li Xingchen waved his hand: "Come to the front with me and take a look?"
Chen Shushen said happily: "Since I am here, I should protect and follow Your Majesty."
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"Boom boom boom!"
Before we even reached the river bank, we could hear the rumble of cannons.
The naval warships had apparently begun shelling the Northern Zhou camp on the other side.
The Baigou itself is not very wide, but the water flow is often rapid in narrow places. Therefore, the Han army chose a place to cross the river where the water flow is gentle and the water is open. However, this naturally has its disadvantages, that is, the artillery and trebuchets on the south bank cannot reach it.
North Shore.
But this was not a problem for the Han army.
The Han army originally had a powerful navy, and the number of artillery installed by the navy was still higher than that of the land division. Although the range was shorter, the victory was more than enough. In addition, the Han army also temporarily built many small ships.
The purpose of ships is only one - to carry the artillery of the land division.
The artillery of the Army Division will have to cross the river sooner or later, so it can be loaded and launched in advance to have some effects, such as pushing these artillery to Baigou close to the central axis of the river, which can not only hit the enemy barrier on the other side
, and can even take advantage of the longer range of these artillery to block the enemy's advance support behind the barrier.
Now these artillery pieces have also stood together with the naval warships, pouring their anger on the enemy.
On the opposite bank of the river, smoke and dust were already billowing.
Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes slightly. He was standing on the second floor of the high platform used to observe the enemy's situation on the south bank. The high platform has a total of three floors, but the civil and military officials surprisingly reached an agreement. His Majesty stood on the second floor and took a look.
Okay, it is risky to go up to the highest level. Even from such a long distance, it is impossible to get the bed crossbow of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Li Xingchen was already very satisfied with this.
The monarch and his ministers also have to understand and cooperate with each other. It is not easy for him to be able to lead the expedition in person. Logically speaking, at this time, the most he can do is stay in Luoyang and wait for news. The ministers also took certain risks before allowing His Majesty to do so.
To reach this position now, there is no need to disobey them in everything.
Li Xingchen did not want to leave a reputation for being arbitrary and independent in the history books.
Isn’t it beautiful when everyone is considerate and considerate of each other, and a wise king and wise ministers follow each other?
Looking towards the south bank from where Li Xingchen was standing, he could see nothing clearly due to the billowing smoke. The smoke from the gunpowder explosion was mixed with dust, and even the water droplets raised up. The diffuse dust filled the entire front.
The Navy's two Huanglong warships have already begun to move to the other side.
The Baigou was not very deep to begin with, and there was a possibility of running aground if the Five-Toothed Ship was used. Moreover, based on the information that had been clear before, Yu Wenxian specifically added stones to the river outside the barrier to lower the north bank.
The depth of the river was naturally not to give large ships such as the Han's Five-Tooth Ship a chance to move around.
Li Xingchen also understood Yu Wenxian's dilemma. If the river beach was made too shallow, it would be easier for the Han army to land on the beach. If the river beach was made too deep, it would be easier for the Han army's naval ships to move forward.
Without a strong navy, no matter what the place or the situation between us and the enemy, we are destined to be passive. Once the initiative in the battle is taken by the Han army, Li Xingchen will naturally not give Yu Wenxian any chance.
In the end, Yu Wenxian chose to block the possibility of the Han army's large ships transporting troops and horses, so the Han army could naturally come up with corresponding solutions such as building pontoons or even permanent bridges.
As long as the entire water surface is under the control of the big man, Li Xingchen actually has the final say on how to act.
Since the Wuya big ship cannot be used, it will naturally be the turn of the Huanglong big ship and other old ships in the military that are about to retire. When the navy mobilized northward, Qi Xin had considered this issue.
The flow of rivers in the north is generally smaller than that in the south. The corresponding water flow is naturally either shallow or narrow. Therefore, a behemoth like the Wuya Ship that can fill up more than half of the river in the upper reaches of the river can be seen in the north like a fish in water.
For the Northern Zhou Navy, which had few operational ships, the Huanglong Ship was already out of reach for them, so Qi Xin himself tended to use the Huanglong Ship.
Of course, Qi Xin has another meaning.
The Navy was about to reduce its establishment. The reason why it still maintains a large scale is because of the existence of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Once the Northern Expedition ends and all the large and small rivers become the inland rivers of the Han Dynasty, the Navy will naturally no longer have the meaning of existence.
Therefore, Qi Xin needs to quickly consume the old ships such as the Huanglong Ship that were preserved from the Nanchen era. In this way, he can naturally request to replace the navy with new warships. It is best to replace them with sea-going ships and reorganize the navy.
The establishment was transferred to the Navy's order.
The navy has made a lot of money in Annan and Nanyang in recent years. The navy has undoubtedly become a hindrance to the navy.
It is impossible to say that Qi Xin and many naval officers are not greedy. Once they become the navy, it means that they will have more opportunities to expand their territories and gain wealth.
In particular, the success of the Nanyang exploration undoubtedly told people that there was more wealth in the vast depths of the ocean. As the Han unified the north, a new era of ocean exploration would definitely usher in.
Therefore, the navy was particularly active in this battle.
If they fight well and the navy has merit, the court and the military will naturally not treat them badly.
If the fight is not good, since these guys have no skills, then when the war is over, just throw them back home to farm and explore the ocean? What a beautiful idea!
Therefore, the navy also tried its best.
Since the five-toothed ship cannot dock, it can attack across the center of the river and at the same time provide cover for the loading of ships behind it.
The sound of cannons rumbled on the river, and the trebuchets of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were also fighting back desperately. It was very lively.