Chapter 164: First Victory
Guan Yu's flagship, when Tian Xin arrived, had gathered more than 30 warships here, still slowly drifting downstream, the river fog and smoke at the end of the line of sight, and the dense fleet was vaguely seen going upstream.
And around the flagship, they walked back and forth, sheltered the enemy and our diving soldiers, and even salvaged corpses.
The three armies of Xiahoulan, Liu Feng, and Zhang Nan on the south bank came in small boats and bamboo rafts, and were ready to land.
Zhao Lei, who was besieging Jiang Qinshuizhai by Jiang Zhu, also supervised the retreat of his troops, and the battleships formed an array, slowly approaching Guan Yu's left flank, forming a group of left-wing warships.
On the fourth floor of the Wuya battleship, a curtain has been erected to shield the wind, and three military doctors examined the wound and bandaged it in detail for Tian Xin after unloading the armor.
After the curtain was removed, Tian Xintan stood on his left shoulder, and his right shoulder, waist and abdomen were wrapped with fine linen bandages.
Guan Yu pointed to the flagship Red Dragon Tooth Banner and said: "The northwest wind is in full swing, which is good for our army." Although his reinforcements were numerous, they did not dare to send lightly. However, the saliva village is still in the enemy's hands, and there is also Xu Sheng's oil raft in the lake. This morning, Li Zhengfang and Xu Sheng exchanged troops, and they retreated, and Xu Sheng went down the water on an oil raft, and our army had the appearance of being attacked by the enemy on his back. ”
The flags of friend and foe hunted in the wind, almost straightened by the wind.
"Today, the three armies of Xiahou will go to the west of the north bank to garrison Tunjukou, and seize the mouth of the village, and tomorrow the land and water will advance together, and Xu Sheng's camp can be broken."
Guan Yu pointed to the nearest camp under the wolf smoke pillar in the north: "If Xu Sheng is broken, Jiangxia Handang will not escape." At that time, it would be easy to capture the Zhu Water Village of the Jiang Qinjiang River from the north bank. ”
Pulling out any of the five important strongholds of the Wu army can cause the collapse of the defense system of the Wu army.
Often the large armies face each other, and it is this kind of local battle that determines victory or defeat, seizing important strongholds, and the other side will be passive on the whole line, or withdraw troops, and be pursued and eliminated on the way to withdraw troops; Either stubbornly defended, and was eaten layer by layer in the stubborn defense.
The Wu army had no way to retreat now, so Xu Sheng did not dare to retreat, he had to withstand Guan Yu's onslaught in order to gain time.
Today's water battle, whether it is to kill Zhou Tai and take Jushui Village, or to kill Jiang Qin to take Jiangzhu Water Village, will tear apart the defense line of the Wu army on both sides of the strait.
Tian Xin had already seen it clearly, and looked at the boats and officials near and far with a calm gaze, and could see that the three armies of Xiahoulan, Liu Feng, and Zhang Nan hovering on the south bank turned around one after another, rowing closer to Jiangbei.
The balance of victory has been fully tilted to the Han army, and the next thing to do is to calmly attack the Xu Sheng camp and encircle Jiangxia Handang on three sides; Then set up a front-line camp on the north bank of the Jiangqin Jiangzhu Water Village, which was built well enough to easily capture the Jiangzhu Water Village with the naval division.
Jiangzhu has a gentle terrain that can be defended, and the water flow is gentle, so it can be easily captured by attacking by boat from the north shore.
It is conservatively estimated that Xu Sheng can be defeated within five days, Jiangzhu can be captured, and Sun Quan's Laishan camp can be threatened with a land and water army.
Within five days, with Liu Bei's ability to command troops, as well as the elite level of his subordinates, as well as the geographical advantages of Hanshui, it was enough to withstand Zhang Liao's invasion.
Even if Liu Bei slept in the camp, he could survive until five days later.
As long as the army on the front line destroys Sun Quan's own formation, then everything will be smooth, whether it is to capture Sun Quan or defeat Sun Quan, the Eastern Expedition will be a complete victory.
Then, leave Huang Quan or Fu Kuang to guard Jiangxia, and return to Jingzhou Juntun with the Wu army prisoners. Whether it is the military tun until next autumn, or the military tun until the spring ploughing of the following year, the initiative is in the hands of the Han army.
There are two options for the next step, either the Central Plains will be decisive and the Central Plains will contain the main force of the Wei army and attack the Yizhou soldiers to take Guanzhong.
His own Northern Army may only have one chance to perform, and no one can replace him in charge of the Northern Army.
Either it will be disbanded and returned to the five-armed system system, or it will be dragged out with hunger and a full meal.
A sense of loss lingered in his heart, and Tian Xin was silent, observing the changes in various parts of the battlefield.
This kind of experience is very rare, and maybe the next water war of this scale will be Sun Quan's battle to destroy the country.
Guan Yu was a lot happier, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the sailors who had been reinforced by the Wu army had never advanced.
Even though Xu Sheng had begun to release the oil raft at his mouth and urged the Wu army to reinforce the water division to participate in the battle, the two water divisions still did not move.
Sun Quan's direct sailor was hesitating, and he never saw the Wei army and Deng Sai's sailor taking the initiative to march, and the two were suspicious.
Although the Deng Sai Naval Division was a naval division stationed in Tunxiangfan, its soldiers came from both sides of the Yellow River, and their families also moved to Hebei, making it an army firmly attached to Wei.
Deng Sai's sailors were reluctant to take the initiative to attack, and Sun Quan's direct sailors were also hesitant, the more they delayed, the later it was getting dark, the more they didn't dare to come out.
If defeated, the Han army's naval division would be enough to attack Sun Quan's main formation.
The two sides confronted each other five or six miles apart, and Xu Sheng's oil raft was of an ordinary density, which was led away by the two sides, and when the river wind changed at night, the Han army's naval division retreated upstream with the help of a slight southeast wind.
That night, the remaining oil raft was lit for lighting, and Zhou Tai's saliva village was successfully captured, leaving Zhao Lei, Xiahoulan, Liu Feng, and Zhang Nan's armies to garrison, and Guan Yu's main fleet approached the original Zhao Lei Jiangzhu camp with captured warships, Wu soldiers, and corpses.
The closer he got to victory, the deeper Tian Xin's heart disease became.
Obviously, the injury is not serious, but the Han army is too terrifying, and the Wei army will have a dense surrender phenomenon when it leads the Eastern Expedition to victory over the Northern Expedition.
The smoother it goes, the worse it will be if you can't say it yourself.
This misery is not persecution, the ambition cannot be realized, there are constraints everywhere, and life is worse than death.
In Jiangzhu Water Village, Tian Xin's feet were soaked in hot water, and his body was lying on the wooden board on his back, looking at the starry sky, according to the customs of this era, to find the life star that represented him.
Suddenly, the surrounding fire was much brighter, and Tian Xin came back to his senses, and saw more than a dozen pro-soldiers around, all holding torches.
There were also people who brought charcoal pottery pots and copper kettles, and bamboo mats were spread on the ground, and Guan Yu only wore a set of fine linen clothes after removing his armor and walked slowly with his arms: "Filial piety, come to eat." ”
"Yes."
Tian Xin stepped barefoot on the laid straw mat and came to the fire pond, Guan Yu was already seated, and was dialing some cleaned vegetable leaves into the copper kettle, stirring with long chopsticks: "I have had an appetite since the third watch. Xiao Xian rushed to the front, thinking that he was already hungry. ”
"I'm a little hungry, but I'm hesitant and don't want to eat."
Tian Xin caught the bowl and chopsticks, and in the bowl was fine white rice, full of grains, and smelled fragrant.
staring at the white rice: "The world will be decided, I only have the talent to fight, and I have a stubborn personality." I am afraid that after the world is stable, there will be nothing to do, and because of a moment of carelessness, I will provoke the humiliation of the sword and pen officials. ”
"Filial piety is more than that, and Your Majesty will have proper arrangements."
Guan Yu picked up vegetables for Tian Xin and said: "After Yuan Shaoguandu, there were two sons in internal strife, for Pinghebei, Cao Mengde was also hardworking. I expect that within five years, Guanzhong and the Central Plains can be determined, and within ten years, Hebei and Youji can be determined. It is not 20 years of rule to restore the glory of the late Han Dynasty. ”
"I am a little envious of filial piety, born when the country is newly established and the country's fortunes are rising. Regardless of the Western Regions, Monan, or Mobei, all filial piety is used first. I don't want to be old, even if I am lucky enough to live for another ten years, I can't see the prosperity of the world. ”
Guan Yu picked up vegetables for his own use, and saw that Tian Xin still had a dull appearance: "You have a future for thousands of soldiers, and you must not take yourself lightly." Zhaoyangyi Juntun can not be relaxed, this century-old foundation is also. ”
"Yes, I will endure and not harm His Majesty's great cause."
Tian Xin took a bite of food and asked, "How is Pan Chengming?" ”
"It shouldn't be this person who leaked secrets, after returning to the army, he should be transferred to Yizhou Mushou County."
Guan Yu said and laughed: "This time the Eastern Expedition is a big victory, I don't know how anxious Yide will be when he learns it." ”