Chapter 384: The Decisive Battle of Chengjiang (Part I)
"General Yin Yanyi, are you too nervous, those mud-legged people dare to rebel?" Wang Zizhi looked at Yin Yanyi, who hurriedly entered the city with a leaflet to report, and said with some disdain: "Our Goryeo is not Qin Sui, these people can eat, they can't starve to death, and some live, who can rebel?" It's just a counter-strategy, so let's be careful. General Yin Yanyi is like this, and people can't help but feel that they are avoiding war! ”
Yin Yanyi almost jumped up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "General Wang! This is a plan to attack the heart, how is it not a big deal? ”
Wang Yu also threw aside the letter brought by Yin Yanyi and said, "There is no need to be nervous about this matter, our army is twice as large as the enemy's army, will anyone abandon the light and go to the dark?" General Yin Yanyi is careful to defend and wait for the decisive battle in three days! ”
Seeing Wang Yu like this, Yin Yanyi could only confess and retreat, he looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed.
Yin Yanyi walked in the barracks with a few guards, and suddenly heard a voice coming from a tent, Yin Yanyi waved his hand to tell everyone not to make a sound, and then he got closer and listened.
"Hey, you say, is it true that the south side divides the fields?"
"Be quiet, an order has been issued, don't talk about this matter, violators will be beheaded! You don't have a head! ”
"We are all from one village... Who would say! ... But I think that since there is such an order, it must be true. ”
"My own field... It's happy to think about it, you said that if I could really have my own land, would I be able to marry Shouchun from the next village? ”
"You still want to marry Shouchun?"
"I have my own field and these two pairs of hands, so I don't believe that I can't live Shouchun! Why do you look down on people! ”
In the excitement, the man spoke louder.
"Be quiet, I don't want to live anymore, do I! If you want to be on the other side, you have to win on the other side, and how many people are there on the other side? Less than half of us, there has never been a time in the world when we were poor! ”
Suddenly, it was quiet, only a few sighs sounded, Yin Yanyi's guard waved his hand and asked Yin Yanyi if he was arresting, Yin Yanyi shook his head and took people away, because he knew that it was useless to arrest these people, people's hearts... It's not that you can get back by catching.
For two consecutive nights, the Yangshan Naval Division threw leaflets into the Goryeo military camp, only on the third day, there was no movement, and everyone understood that this was because it was about to come to the decisive day, and in the seemingly calm Goryeo military camp, there was an undercurrent surging inside, and everyone was making preparations.
Day 3
Wang Yu sat on the city wall early, accompanied by several ministers, and set a table with snacks and drinks, and the battle between the two armies could be clearly seen from the city wall.
According to the agreement, the Goryeo army here retreated ten miles and lined up, leaving a large area for the Yangsan army to go ashore to set up the formation, but the Yangsan army on the opposite side was not fast or slow and had just left the village, and the banner of Doudae led by it had the words Yangsan and Jeju Island written on it, as if this was not a civil war in Goryeo.
This was indeed not a civil war in Goryeo.
Wang Yu pointed to the opposite side and said, "Today, I want to sit and watch the defeat of the thieves!" ”
Suddenly, there was a wave of sycophants, and it was almost said that Wang Yu was the reincarnation of Emperor Qin and Han Wu.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!! At this time, a drum sounded from far and near, and everyone looked to the west of the river, knowing that this was the sailor of Liangshan, and sure enough, a giant dragon formed by ships flew over and stayed in front of the Liangshan army, and the ballistas were pulled on the bow Xuan, and these ships became the biggest support of the Liangshan army.
In the Liangshan army, Jiang De wore battle armor, holding a spear in his hand, a white horse and silver spear on the left, with red lips and white teeth, and a black horse with a golden mace on the right, which looked like an iron tower, surrounded by hundreds of guards, dozens of probe horses kept coming in and out, and 50,000 troops were swinging behind him, with flags covering the sun, swords and guns like a forest.
"Lord, the fleet has arrived, do you want to cross the river?" Zhu Wu came to ask.
"Wait!" Jiang De said without hurry.
Seeing that the Liangshan army on the opposite side did not move, Wang Yu asked strangely on the city wall, "What's going on?" Why did the enemy not move? ”
"It's like the thieves are waiting for something." Wang Zizhi looked at it and said, "The king is at ease, this battle is a battle of the thief army, if the thief army does not move, it is the thief army whose morale is reduced."
I think the thief army is a trick and a suspicious tactic. ”
Wang Yu snorted, nodded and continued to watch.
Beside Wang Mata, the brows of a civil official were furrowed, completely different from other officials with relaxed expressions, and his fingers kept fiddling, as if he was calculating something.
The sun was getting higher and higher, Jiang De took out his pocket watch and looked at it, the time was almost ten o'clock, and then he said, "Tell Zhu Junshi that you can start." ”
As the military order was issued, the drumming suddenly changed, and a group of sergeants began to board the boat, watching the Yangsan army move, and the Goryeo army on the opposite side also began to make final preparations.
Yin Yanyi stood on a high ground, behind him were thousands of cavalry, which was the most elite part of the Goryeo army, and in the middle, there was even a unit wearing heavy armor, these heavy armored cavalry were sitting on the ground at this time to conserve their physical strength, so that they could fight in the best condition.
"Here we go." Yin Yanyi muttered, Liangshan has a lot of ships, and it can transport seven or eight thousand people at a time, after all, this time, Jiang De transferred almost eighty percent of his ship capacity, and the sea trade in many places has stopped.
In fact, more can be transported, but those warships are not involved in the transportation of troops, but are lined up in military formation, preparing to deal with the surprise attack of the Goryeo army, while also blocking the Goryeo Water Village.
The first Liangshan army began to land, the first military flag was planted on the land of Jiangbei, and then, a group of sergeants began to form a formation, these first to go ashore were all heavy armored pikemen and sickle hook spearmen, and the first general to go ashore was the golden gunner Xu Ning.
Suddenly, the corners of Yin Yanyi's eyes shrank, and he found that the sergeant who went ashore suddenly stepped forward and began to dig a trap pit, and also erected antlers and other obstacles with a spear, and couldn't help but snort, Now the Liangshan army ashore is less than 2,000 people, and it is not a good time to raid, so he can only sit and watch the Liangshan army do ghosts.
But Yin Yanyi believed that none of these things could stop the Goryeo iron cavalry behind him, and many of these cavalry had fought against the Jurchen tribe and were real battlefield elites.
When the time reached eleven o'clock, the Liangshan army that went ashore had reached seven or eight thousand, and the fleet began to drive back, obviously preparing to pull a group of people behind, Yin Yanyi felt that it was almost over, and shouted in a low voice, "Order, wait for the second batch of enemy sergeants to get off the ship and start attacking!" ”
Yin Yanyi wanted to launch an attack at the time when the second group of sergeants went ashore and joined the existing Liangshan military formation, so that the military formation was chaotic.
The military formation of Goryeo began to change slowly, and the cavalry began to make the best preparations, and the servants of the heavy cavalry began to put heavy armor on these knights, and fed the horses with the last fine food, Shimizu.
When it was almost twelve o'clock, Liangshan's fleet began to dock again, and Wang Yu on the city wall stood up, he already knew that Yin Yanyi was about to start attacking, at this time, a civil official next to Wang Yu shouted, "Not good! This is a ruse of the thieves! ”
Wang Yu looked back and found that it was Jin Fushi who spoke, and Wang Zizhi scolded, "Why did Jin Sheren say this? Why do you mess with our army? ”
Jin Fushi arched his hand and said, "King, if I am the commander of the thief army, I should know that our army will attack halfway through this battle, in order to increase the strength of the Jiangbei army, the fleet should be constantly transporting troops back and forth, but now the thief army is to turn back after the last transport ship is loaded, which is not logical." ”
"What's so strange about that? In this way, the fleet is not chaotic, and the key to the march lies in the ranks, and it seems that Jin Yushi still does not know the soldiers. Wang Zizhi stroked his beard and smiled, his tone full of ridicule.
In Wang Zizhi's view, since Yin Qian and Wu Yanzhong died of illness one after another, he is the first person to know the soldiers in Goryeo, and there was originally Tuo Junjing who could be compared with him, but Tuo Junjing could no longer get Wang Yu's trust because he had taken refuge in Li Ziqian before, as for Yin Yanyi and others, they were all juniors.
"General Wang, how elite the thief army is the sailor, the first battle made our army's sailor exhausted, when you know that there are people in the thief army who are good at water warfare, how can you not even be lucky with a single transporter? This is obviously a delaying tactic by the thief envoy! Jin Fushi said to Wang Yu, "King, the thief army acted strangely before, and now it seems that this is why the thief army is delaying the matter, please send a detective horse to Yanzhou and Baizhou to investigate, Weichen is worried that the thief army is secretly Chen Cang on the Ming Xiu plank road!" ”
"What?" Wang Yu only felt a cold sweat break out on his back, and at this time, he heard a drum that resounded in the sky, and hurriedly looked, but it was Yin Yanyi who began to command the Goryeo army to launch a surprise attack on the Liangshan army, and on the north bank, nearly 10,000 Liangshan troops set up a circular defensive formation three or four hundred steps thick, as if they were waiting for the Goryeo army to collide.
"King! Come on! If the thief army really has a trick, my army of 100,000 will be in danger! Jin Fushi shouted again, Wang Yu nodded hurriedly, and instructed the scouts around him to go west to investigate, and if there was a change, come and report quickly.
At this time, it was Lu Junyi who presided over the military formation on the shore, and it was not the first time that he faced such a defensive battle with less fighting, but the only good thing was that a thousand sickle hook spearmen, two thousand sword and axe men, four thousand pikemen, four thousand archers, and hundreds of ballistas on the warship gave him the greatest confidence, and in the face of the approaching Goryeo army, he continued to cheer loudly for the sergeants, and among the more than 10,000 sergeants, more than half of them were Goryeo sergeants, especially among the archers, more than 3,000 were Goryeo.
No way, in the test, the people of Yangsan found that the most suitable for the Goryeo people is archers, and the mountainous environment makes many of them work part-time as hunters.
"The Goryeo army formation is pressing over, Master, you see, there is quite a lot of smoke and dust behind the military formation on the right, I'm afraid that the cavalry is hidden." Le He pointed to the right side of the military formation and said, at this time, he has successfully entered Lu Junyi's sect and become a registered disciple, as long as Lu Junyi takes him to see Zhou Tong, he can officially become an introductory disciple.
"Order Xu Ning to lead the troops to the right flank and wait, there are heavy cavalry in the Goryeo army, and he can't resist!" Lu Junyi ordered while calming the unicorn beast that was a little anxious because of the battlefield atmosphere.
"Whew!" The Goryeo army stopped, and Sergeant Yangsan held his blade tightly, knowing that this was the last calm.
"Kill !!" There was a loud shout in the Goryeo army, and then the drums were loud, and the Goryeo army shouted the slogan of advancing and pressed forward, Lu Junyi gasped, these Goryeo troops in front of him were completely different from the barbarians on the Dry Leaf Island he had dealt with before, there was a way to advance and retreat, and the blades were unified, although it could be seen from the expressions and movements of the sergeants that they were not elite soldiers, but they were also serious troops.
"Shoot the arrow!!" The ballistas on the warship were the first to start speaking, due to the height and angle, these ballistas could shoot a range of more than four hundred meters, and one by one the spear-like crossbow arrows were shot out, directly inserted into the Goryeo army that charged forward, these Goryeo troops in the front were poorly equipped cannon fodder, and they were also wearing weak cloth armor, as long as they were next to each other, they would die, and they would be injured if they touched, and many crossbow arrows also passed through two or three people at one time, directly nailing people to the ground like a string of sugar gourds.
"Shoot the arrow!!" "Shoot !!" Lu Junyi's army suddenly erupted in Goryeo and Chinese at the same time, and then, thousands of arrows shot up into the sky and rushed towards the Goryeo army, and this time, more than 500 Goryeo troops were shot to the ground.
"Shoot back !!" Yin Yanyi ordered loudly, the Goryeo army began to counterattack, and the infantry also began hand-to-hand combat, the pikemen on both sides continued to assassinate each other, and in such an assassination, discipline and cooperation overwhelmed everything, only one battle, the Goryeo army obviously felt the pressure, if it were not for the support of the number of people, only one round, the Goryeo army should have been defeated.
Lu Junyi looked at the battlefield and waved his hand, and more than two hundred selected Goryeo men gathered around him, each holding a horn in his hand.
"Everyone, it's up to you how much bloodshed can be reduced in this battle, shout!" Lu Junyi waved his hand and said, and immediately someone translated it in Goryeo, and these men all looked grim, and then took a loudspeaker to the battlefield and began to shout loudly in Goryeo.
"If you don't work hard, you will have fields after the war! There is no effort to work, and there are fields after the war! ”
These are all selected men, shouted in unison, with the help of the horn, most of the battlefield can be heard, the Goryeo army offensive that was still fighting desperately was a pause, many of the poor sergeants began to slow down, and the movements of the officers from the nobility also slowed down, but the sergeants from the poor were thinking about whether they were going to work without help, and the officers from the nobility were afraid that the sergeants under their subordinates would not have the black knife of rebellion.
On the battlefield, if you can't trust each other, this army is half gone.
Yin Yanyi listened to this, his face was almost green, if he didn't have an absolute advantage in military strength now, I am afraid that he would collapse immediately.
"The cavalry is ready to charge!" Yin Yanyi ordered that he was ready to completely crush the Liangshan army on the shore with the greatest impact.