Chapter 506 Crayfish-class main battleship

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Qiancheng won the first battle, but the results were not big, after all, Wen Chou only brought a thousand people outside the city, and the difference between him and Yan Liangjun was too big, and he lost the support of the bow and crossbow at the head of the city, and it was easy to be eaten by Yan Liangjun in turn, so Wen Chou just symbolically sent off his good brother, and then took his brothers and hurriedly hid back to the city.

However, the failure of this raid dealt a great blow to the morale of Yan Liang's army, especially Yan Liang himself was injured, although the injury was not serious and there was no major problem, but let the generals and soldiers look at it, and they felt uncomfortable.

"Leader, you're like this, why don't you hurry up and leave first, what are you waiting for?"

So, on the same day, someone advised Yan Liang to withdraw the army, but Yan Liang did not agree, but instead killed the person who gave advice, regrouped, and attacked the city again the next day.

When Zhang Xun divided his troops, he gave Yan Liang 20,000 soldiers and horses, plus the soldiers and horses and auxiliary troops recruited by Yan Liang after he arrived in Le'an County, the total number was more than 40,000. Previously, Jing Gu played a martial arts competition with Wen Chou, and the failure of the surprise attack was not a big loss, so Yan Liang was determined to use the 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hands to crush Qiancheng City in one go, capture Wen Ping, and turn the tide of the battle with this.

Compared with Yan Liang, there is only one guard brigade like Wen Chou around Wen Ping, and the number is indeed not enough, but the guard brigade is well-equipped and has the city as its backing. Not to mention anything else, as long as you sprinkle the horse nail outside the city, it is enough for Yan Liangchong for a while, is this thing only tied to the horse's hooves, not the soles of the feet?

Therefore, outside the city, Yan Liang personally supervised the battle, and the city Chinese hired Dengcheng to command, and both sides had their own advantages and disadvantages, and each had its own beliefs and insistences, and after this big battle, there were heavy casualties. After all, there are too few people in the city, even if Yan Liangjun dies three or five, and if he dies in the city, Wen Ping can't afford to die, so Wen Chou hasn't been down to the city for a few days and nights in order to protect Qiancheng and his eldest brother.

After a few days, I don't know whether Qiancheng City should be regarded as "unable to attack for a long time" or "crumbling", but Yan Liang really has no way to attack the city anymore, and the casualties of the department are more than 20%. Moreover, Tanma found out an even more terrible news, the 20th Division Han Mengbu had cleared the East Chaoyang on the Luoshui defense line and was preparing to cross the water.

In desperation, Yan Liang had no choice but to withdraw his troops to the west and move closer to Zhang Xun's main force, which was already his only choice in terms of the current situation. There is only one guard brigade in Qiancheng City, and he can't defeat it himself, if he returns to Linji, there is still the twelfth division of Gao Ran, how can he take it by himself?

Wen Chou shouted that he wanted to "send a good brother", but was stopped by Wen Ping, nearly half of the casualties of the guard brigade were killed, and he really couldn't send troops to chase and kill, and the reason why Wen Chou shouted was this, even his deputy brigade commander Lu Xiang was killed.

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Zhang Xun was very depressed, obviously he was right, strange and strange, steady and steady, and in terms of troops, he was much more troublesome than the king, why did he feel that he was tied up as if he was tied up? So Zhang Xun also thought about it, should he also be like Wang Naohao, divide troops and horses, and attack in multiple ways? But after learning the news of Yan Liang's defeat, such a thought was even more hesitant for a long time and could not be decided.

That's embarrassing.

Obviously, the main force is not lost, but it can't move.

thereupon

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xun sent a letter of help to Yuan Shu, asking him to immediately increase troops to Le'an County and recapture Linji, so as to resist Wenpin and ensure the safety of Linzi.

There is no shortage of soldiers and horses, Yuan Shu has been in Qingzhou in recent years, in addition to grabbing money and food, there are more conscripts, and now there are hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou troops, but this still can't stop Yuan Shu from being depressed. As soon as I got the heirloom jade seal here, I didn't even cover it up, and the emperor shouted loudly that I was a thief. What's the matter, sending someone to keep an eye on me all day long? If you want to fight, you can fight, anyway, our soldiers are strong and strong, and we have never been afraid of anyone in the war, but the 100,000 troops on my side were sent out, and Zhang Xun's old turtle grandson was lying down in Jinan, and he didn't move his nest, and he asked me for help in turn. What's the matter, don't you think 100,000 people are eating together enough to be lively?

Yuan Shuqi wanted to remove Zhang Xun from his post, but Yang Hong said that changing generals in battle was a taboo for soldiers, and the top priority at the moment was indeed as General Zhang said, and it was important to increase the number of troops and Le'an.

So again, Yuan Shu smashed a lot of bottles and cans, and after scolding Zhang Xun for his incompetence, he sent the general Qiao Rui to lead the troops to reinforce Le'an, intending to recapture Linji, and at the same time, at the suggestion of Yang Hong, he ordered Liang Gang who was stationed in Donglai to send troops from the sea to attack Qiancheng, which was equivalent to attacking Wen Ping with Qiao Rui on both ways.

However, two days after Qiaorui sent troops, the 17th Division of the Third Army of the Han Zheng Army in the forbidden department actually sent troops from Laiwu to attack Banyang and Yuling, intending to cut off the connection between Zhang Xunbu and Linzi Yuan Shu, and even more so, even the traces of the Han Zheng army appeared on Weishan Mountain in the southeast of Linzi City. If there is really a large army coming down from the mountain, it will directly surround Linzi City!

Yuan Shu, who had boasted before that "if you fight, you will fight, who is afraid of whom", he suddenly panicked, and hurriedly wanted to transfer Chen Lan in Beihai, and Langya Zangba led the army to reinforce Linzi. Although Linzi still has the general Ji Ling and a lot of "soldiers and horses", Yuan Shu still feels that the top of his head and his ass are cold.

Think about it, since Wang Chao divided his troops, there have been Han Meng, Le Jin, Wen Ping, Gao Lan, and now there is a Yu Ban, a total of six road troops. What's the matter, is this a rhythm that doesn't kill me unwillingly?

Yang Hong and Ji Ling advised Yuan Shu not to easily mobilize Beihai soldiers and horses. Ji Ling's idea is very simple, as long as he is there, no matter who comes, just cut him, are you afraid that you won't be able to defend a Linzi City? What Yang Hong thought was that Beihai could be pre-supported behind Linzi, and he could also reserve a way to retreat, and in case the northern part of Qingzhou was unsustainable, he could also transfer strategically to the south.

But Yuan Shu didn't listen!

I usually rob money and grain, how many people in Qingzhou have been in trouble, for whom? Is it for the return of the wild geese in spring? It's not all about feeding them! Now that the emperor brother in the north sent someone to come to the door to try to get my business, if I don't transfer them all to the front to fight, won't it be equivalent to feeding them for nothing? The scolding I received and the grievances I suffered, were they all wasted?

So again, Yuan Shu ordered someone to pass the order, Beihai Chen Lan, Langya Zangba, and the fire rate army went north to support.

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It is said that after Donglai Liang Gang received Yuan Shu's order, he knew that the military situation was urgent, and immediately raised troops to the north, but Donglai did not have so many ships that could transport Liang Gang's soldiers and horses to Qiancheng at one time. If it is a multiple round trip, it is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also poses no threat to the thousand vehicles, and may even become an embarrassing situation of "sending a little and eating a little".

In addition, there is a very important reason, the ships in Qingzhou are flat-bottomed and cannot withstand too much wind and waves.

Therefore, if Liang Gang wants to go north to Qiancheng, he can only go along the coastal coast, and he does not have much advantage over the infantry army on land. So Liang Gang and his brother Liang Ji discussed, decided to divide the army into two ways to Qiancheng, one way the navy was led by Liang Gang himself, along the sea, all the way to the north along the sea, along the seashore to the north, that is, the road that Guan Hai went north to Jizhou.

Liang Gang and Liang Ji mobilized soldiers and horses, raised grain and grass, prepared ships, and after all this was done, they set out from Huangxian County, the seat of Donglai County, and first went west through the country of Yu, Qucheng, and Yeguo, and then turned to the north and marched towards Le'an. But Liang Gang had just passed by Duchang City, that is, the place where the good man Kong Wenju had fought, and a fleet suddenly appeared in the sea, and it was the first naval army of the Han Zheng Army that had arrived!

Guan Hai's hometown is from Donglai County, Qingzhou, and he is definitely familiar with the way, so Guan Hai specially waited until Liang Gang ran into this "water nest" and had no place to escape. When he fled Qingzhou, he killed many brothers along the way, and even his eldest brother Xu He was buried here. Now the commander and Marshal Wen sent themselves back, not to return home, but to avenge their brothers.

"Command the fleet, full speed ahead!"

Standing on the deck of the command ship, Guan Hai felt that he had not only trampled the sea under his feet, but also the enemy on the opposite side. The ships received the order of the main ship, and a large puff of smoke suddenly came out of the stern, as if the back of the butt was on fire, and rushed straight towards Liang Gang's fleet.

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In fact, the fleet led by Guan Hai this time is not very large, only more than ten ships, but all of them are steam-powered, and they are "one ship with two engines". Since Snoopy led the expedition, the Bohai Shipyard determined the models suitable for the use of the navy according to the experimental performance of various ships, and began to work overtime to mass production.

In addition, Gongsun Fang of Bohai was instructed by his brother Cui Yan to change from a turtle to a tyrant, and also began to invest in the shipbuilding industry. In order to learn the technology of manufacturing sea ships, a large amount of financial resources were invested in advance to support the construction of the naval army.

As it stands, there are four types of vessels in the navy.

The first is the "Crayfish-class" main battleship, that is, the main ship of the fleet, which can accommodate thousands of people, close to the strength of a regiment, with a total of three stone throwers in the front and two in the back.

The second type is the "Tiger Prawn-class" attack ship, that is, the seat of the vice admiral of each detachment of the fleet, which can accommodate more than 600 people, close to the strength of two battalions, and two stone throwers are placed side by side in the bow.

The third type is the "Pippi Shrimp class" assault ship, that is, the seat ship of the generals of each squad of the fleet, which can accommodate one or two hundred people, about half a battalion of troops, and only one stone thrower in the bow.

In addition to this, there is a troop carrier that lacks attack capabilities, but has a strong transport capacity, which can transport two regiments of troops at a time, and carries ship-based boats. Approaching the coast, when it is necessary to land, the dinghy can be lowered to transport the soldiers. And this kind of ship was named "Jiwei shrimp class" by Liu Hanshao himself.

Of course, the previous ones were also named by Liu Hanshao himself, and many naval generals secretly muttered about this. The ships of our navy are so fierce, and the catapult can directly drain other ships if they are thrown out, so why can't the commander give our ships a grand name?

Do you dare to love that our water army is all playing shrimp?