Chapter Eighty-Six: Sending Troops to the Other Shore
Lin Pinghui finally recovered Jiujiang Port, before his promise to the sergeants has been fulfilled, the most important thing now is to restore the defense of Jiujiang Port, Jiujiang Port is busy again, the sergeants repair the city gates, strengthen the port.
Few people know where Han Tuyi's water village is located, he is the leader of the green forest, the big boss of the thirty-six water villages, and does some underworld business in the waters of the Three Kingdoms. On the surface, they don't belong to either party, but he and Lin Zhenba are brothers in life and death, and the relationship between the two is almost unknown to the outside world except for the extremely close people around them. Lin Zhenba and Han Tuyi mixed in the green forest together when they were young, experienced life and death several times, and eventually became friends of life and death, but later Lin Zhenba led people to take refuge in Emperor Hui of Dongyue, and Han Tuyi was used to freedom, and he did not want to be obedient, so he mixed in the waterway, fought for many years, but became the big boss of the 36th Road Water Village, of course, Lin Zhenba is also quite helpful in secret, although the two people do not meet often, but they take care of each other. When the news of Lin Zhenba's assassination came out, Han Tuyi began to track down the murderer, but before the murderer had a clue, the Xiakou army captured Jiujiang Port, and Han Tuyi naturally linked the two things together, but after all, he was the master of the water village, and he had to think about the livelihood of his brothers, and he couldn't blindly offend the Western Wei Dynasty, so he kept waiting for the opportunity. Until Lin Pinghui returned to the helm of the Jinfan Army and attacked Jiujiang Port City, he expected that he would definitely be able to take Jiujiang Port with the courage of the Jinfan Army, so he waited for Bao Anxin on the river. In the end, he helped Lin Pinghui, which can be regarded as doing his part for his old brother. But later, suddenly the Shuizhai brothers came to report, and heard that the Dongyue royal family was preparing to send troops to quell the chaos, and the target was the Jinfan Army, Han Tuyi felt that things didn't seem to be so simple, and he instructed his subordinates to pay close attention to Lin Pinghui and others in Jiujiang Port, and help immediately in case of an accident.
Tianjian Villa, Xu Chengsheng and the disciples of Tianjian Villa met safely, Su Yining learned in detail about what happened to Xu Chengsheng's line, and when he learned that the Qidao people also went to the area of Wankou and fought with Gosuo, he was a little surprised. It seems that the Jiuli clan will have a bigger move in the future, and he asked Xu Chengsheng and the others to pay close attention to the situation in the Wankou area recently, and then prepare to go again. Su Chengling asked about Ling Hui's news on the side, and learned that he followed Xiao Zhongqin to Wankou, so she couldn't help but be a little worried about him.
Ling Hui followed Xiao Zhongqin and the dirty clothes Taoist at this moment, and kept an eye on Zhang Jue. Seeing that Mo Zhong had arrived at the camp of the East Vietnamese army, Zhang Jue suddenly became very quiet after that, silently waiting for reinforcements from Xuancheng.
Chen Fanli, Dong Yun, and Sun Lin had arrived in Xuancheng, and the army of puppets led by Yu Si had gradually assembled outside Xuancheng.
Western Wei, Xiakou, the general of the Xuanjia Army, Zhong Xu, had arrived, and he saw some of the sergeants of the Xiakou Army who had withdrawn from Jiujiang Port, and his heart was furious, Bao Anxin reported such a major plan, and as a result, he was killed in Jiujiang Port for a few days. This made him completely passive. Shu Zhenghe, the deputy general of the Xuanjia Army, saw Zhong Xu's ugly face, and his mind quickly passed over the current situation, and he stepped forward and asked tentatively: "General, are we going to send troops to Jiujiang?" Or is it a direct take? ”
Before he finished speaking, Zhong Xu waved his hand and motioned for him to retreat. Shu Zhenghe hurriedly retreated and said no more.
Zhong Xu is of medium stature, born quite strong, born with a dark complexion, if he is not dressed in a general's costume, he looks like an old farmer at a glance, he is nearly fifty years old, has been in the army for more than 30 years, and has experienced countless battles and battles, and at this moment he knows the situation in front of him better than anyone else. But he had already made up his mind that since he had come here, he would never return empty-handed. Zhong Xu questioned the sergeants who retreated from Jiujiang Port in detail, and said everything that happened at the time, and several sergeants said at the same time that several ships stopped Bao Anxin during his retreat, and then Lin Pinghui caught up with Bao Anxin and killed him, and those ships then left without staying long. Zhong Xu thought for a while, he had already concluded that this was definitely not the Jinfan Army's warship, and as for the origin of these people, he needed evidence before he could take further action. After asking everything clearly, Zhong Xu asked these defeated soldiers to join the Zizhong team of the Xuanjia Army. At the same time, he ordered Shu Zhenghe to immediately lead a Xuanjia army along the waterway to the east towards the mouth of the water, and act at the opportune time.
The current commander of the Susukou Swordsman Battalion is Qiu Tong, the deputy of the original Jin Huiqun, who has been in the army for many years and has been following Jin Huiqun, and finally became the commander of the swordsman battalion after Jin Huiqun entered Beijing. He saw the cronies sent by Jin Huiqun, and learned that he wanted to send troops to the other side, he was very surprised, at this moment it was nearly a year old, rashly sent troops, and it was good to say that if he won, but once the army was defeated, he didn't have a few days to be the commander of the swordsman battalion, and he was afraid that he would be deposed immediately.
Qiu Tong repeatedly asked Jin Huiqun's cronies several times, and the cronies bluntly said that he did not know General Jin's intentions, but this time, the general specially instructed him to do it immediately without delay. Qiu Tong still hesitated, and his cronies whispered to him: "It's a big deal, General Jin seems to have reached some agreement with the people in the palace, so don't delay." ”
When Qiu Tong heard the arrangements related to the palace, his mind was hot, and he immediately gathered the sergeants, prepared the equipment, and sent troops to the other side. In less than half a day, the swordsman battalion was assembled, and after the order was on the ship, Qiu Tong stood in front of the main general's warship and shouted to the sergeants: "Everyone, we have been confronting the Southern Army of Northern Qin Town for many years, and we have won and lost each other, and now we are raiding the other side, vowing to break the enemy in one fell swoop, and let the Northern Qin Thief Army see the prestige of our East Vietnamese army and set off." ”
With that, the warships slowly left the port of Shisukou and headed for the opposite shore.
Northern Qin, Zhennan General Zhou Xu received a report from the sergeant, and the whole army of the swordsman battalion was dispatched and was coming towards our army. Zhou Xu didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the Zhennan army to gather on the ship and prepare for battle.
Before the warships of the swordsman battalion led by Qiu Tong approached the opposite shore of the mouth of the water, they saw that the Zhennan army on the opposite bank had sent a large number of warships to intercept them. Qiu Tong did not pause, and ordered the sergeants to prepare their crossbows and spearguns, and once they approached, they launched an attack.
The warships of both sides moved quickly on the river, and soon came together. Bows and spearguns were fired from the ships, and several ships in the front row had collided with each other, and the two armies fought on the boats.
Qiu Tong originally thought that he could at least attack the vicinity of the opposite bank, but at this moment he found that the Zhennan army was very tenacious, and the warships of the swordsman battalion were blocked one after another, and it was difficult to move an inch. Zhou Xu of the Zhennan Army also came to command in person, he saw the main general's warship on the opposite side, and ordered several light boats to quickly intersperse it, wanting to capture the main general of the swordsman battalion first.
Qiu Tong vaguely saw a ship coming, and asked the sergeants to shoot their bows and arrows at the incoming boat, and for a while, several light boats were stopped, and the sergeants of the Zhennan Army continued to fall into the water with arrows. Seeing this, Zhou Xu ordered several light boats to surround and approach the past, and from time to time shot a spear gun hook and hit several crossbowmen in the front row of Qiu Tong's boat, the speargun is several times more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows, as soon as the crossbowman who was shot fell into the water, there was a burst of blood immediately, Qiu Tong saw that there were constantly light boats coming up, panicked, and beckoned the surrounding swordsman battalion warships to attack the light boats that were coming quickly, and did not let them get close to the main ship.
Back and forth, the light boats of the Zhennan army were blocked, but the warships slowly approached. Many of the warships in the front row had crashed together, and there were constantly sergeants fighting and being injured and falling into the water. Qiu Tong and Zhou Xu kept roaring at their subordinate sergeants, struggling to kill the enemy, the battle between the two sides was very fierce, and it was a stalemate for nearly an hour, and the follow-up reinforcements of the two armies gradually followed. The wooden boat of the swordsman camp took advantage of the wind and traveled fast, Zhou Xu asked the sergeants to set up a long bamboo pole to stop the coming boat of the swordsman camp. At the same time, he also ordered the sergeants on several surrounding warships to shoot fire crossbows, and several rounds of fire crossbows shot at the warships of the swordsman battalion, and the warships of the swordsman battalion suddenly caught fire, and the sergeants panicked to extinguish the fire, and there was some chaos on both sides.
After another hour, the two sides were still deadlocked, and Zhou Xu began to wonder a little, the swordsman battalion had been holding on for several years, how could it suddenly launch such a large-scale offensive, could it be that East Vietnam was going to start a full-scale war. Before he had time to think about it, a wooden boat that caught fire avoided the bamboo pole and leaned up, the wooden boat was about to hit the main ship, and the sergeants of the swordsman battalion jumped off the boat one after another, Zhou Xu hurriedly stepped up, and let the two sergeants around him set up the bamboo pole and first support the wooden boat that was on fire, the sergeants hurriedly spent the bamboo pole, and before they could exert their strength, the wooden boat that caught fire hit Zhou Xu's main ship solidly, and after the impact, the fire oil barrel on the wooden ship broke, and the fire oil was dumped on the side panel of the main ship. Zhou Xu's main ship suddenly burst into flames. The sergeants escorted Zhou Xu to jump onto the escape wooden boat, and immediately left, rushing to the surrounding warships.
Qiu Tong was overjoyed when he saw Zhou Xu's main ship on fire, and he finally made a breakthrough in this battle, and he ordered the whole army of warships to rush over. When the Zhennan army saw the main general's warship on fire, they didn't know what Zhou Xu's situation was, so they retreated one after another. Zhou Xu quickly got on another warship, and before he could stand still, he shouted to the sergeant on the ship: "Don't mess up, don't mess up, meet the opposite warship." After retreating for a while, the Zhennan army once again tried its best to form a formation to resist the attack of the swordsman battalion.
The retreat of the Zhennan Army gradually gave the swordsman battalion an advantage, and the Zhennan Army warships in the front row continued to catch fire, seven or eight warships stalled, the military formation was torn open, and the wooden boats on the side of Qiu Tong kept sailing out. Zhou Xu felt that the battle was unfavorable, and after weighing it, he asked the rear team to retreat to the shore first to build a defense. The rest of the ships fought and retreated. The whole army withdrew to the shore and prepared to fight the swordsman battalion. Qiu Tong found that the Zhennan army was gradually retreating, and he was overjoyed, and stepped up to let the whole army attack, and could not let the opponent have time to build fortifications on the shore.
This night, the fire on the surface of the Sukou River was red, and the warships of the swordsman battalion gradually approached the opposite bank, and the Zhennan army was defeated on the water. As soon as Zhou Xu's warship docked in the port, he immediately disembarked and organized the sergeants to build several fortifications, bows, crossbows, spearguns, and fire oil were transported to the shore one by one.
Qiu Tong paused on the shore for a while, telling the follow-up reinforcements to hurry up. As soon as the rear army arrived, Qiu Tong stood in front of the main ship, waved his big sword, and ordered the whole army to storm the shore. The morale of the soldiers in the swordsman battalion was high, and they jumped out of the warship and rushed towards the shore.