Chapter 3282 continues to increase troops

Zhao Xing was a scoundrel, Cao Yu and Zhang Dunli exchanged glances with each other, Chen turned his gaze to these two as if asking for help, Cao Yu said in a deep voice: "We have warships to help, and it will not be a problem for the troops in the temporary camp on the north bank to withdraw." It's just that it's hard to say whether the Shuai Jian Division, which broke through to the north bank, can be withdrawn---- the Liao Army's sentry has already arrived here, and I estimate that they have copied the back road of the Shuai Jian Si. ”

Cao Yu said slowly, Chen couldn't help urging: "Lord Cao, it's all about kung fu, what are you still nagging about, say it quickly." ”

Cao Yu continued slowly: "We have already four tribute ships stranded on the north shore, and the responsibility of the Liao people for robbing the tribute envoys this time has been confirmed, and it doesn't matter if Lord Zhao boards the north shore or not." Indeed, as Lord Zhao said, as long as our people here don't say it, how can the Liao people know who is fighting them.

I estimate that the officers on the north bank are in a small position and dare not make a decision on the spot, so ----instead of letting Lord Zhao sit on the south bank and command remotely, it is better to go ashore and go to the battlefield in person...... Anyway, this army has no worries. ”

Cao Yu meant that Zhao Xing could not be captured by the Liao anyway, so we can deny that the Song army sent a lieutenant to fight. He slowly explained here that Zhao Xing had already changed into the clothes of a small soldier, ignored the people here at all, and led his family to run to the shore, during which Chen stretched out his hand several times, and when he saw that Cao Yu had no intention of stopping him, he lowered his hand again.

As soon as Zhao Xing left, Cao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, immediately recovered his spirits, beckoned his general, and issued a series of orders: "Order: The entire army of the Daimyo Mansion is assembled and deployed to the riverbank; Order: Hurry up and send the Japanese army and the Gongsheng army to Shunbao Village, and order them to hurry up and strive to arrive here early tomorrow morning; Order: The prefectures and counties of the Daimyo Mansion are strong and clear, and the prefectures are dispatched to strictly investigate the spies. ”

Chen stopped and said, "General Cao." Aren't you making things bigger and bigger? ”

Cao Yu was in good spirits. This kung fu, he completely lost the stupid energy of pretending to be honest in front of Zhao Xing: "I know two things, first: The Zhang family brothers once said that Zhao Liren's musket team is completely different from the Mizhou pear flower gun, and it is a powerful militaristic weapon. Zhang saw this clearly, so he asked Zhao Xing to train three thousand gunners. Now, the Vermilion Bird Army has penetrated deep into the north bank, it doesn't matter if they can't retreat, this musket can't fall into the hands of the Liao soldiers.

Second. Zhao Liren came prepared, I pondered. He had long wanted to test the Liao people, and just now he talked about many Liao secrets. It can be inferred from this that he has been paying attention to the Liao people for a long time. In that case, let us help him with all our might, lest the tiger roar at us......"

The Great Song Dynasty had extremely strict control over military generals, and ordinary military generals could not mobilize their troops, while Zhao Xing attacked the South China Sea. and the rich booty sent to the imperial court in the early stage, and gradually obtained the power to transfer troops. Now, it happened to be the weakest time for the imperial court, so Cao Yu advocated diverting Zhao Xing's attention, perhaps this was also a helpless move by the imperial court.

Chen is also a grass in the wind, seeing that Zhao Xing and Tong Guan were secretly discussing, he had already decided not to provoke this matter, and now his stop is only a superficial thing, and he has done his duty as an official, so his attitude is not resolute. After Cao Yu made his statement clear. Chen muttered. After a while, he turned to Xu Shixi. said: "Xu Hanlin, the official family is also waiting for news here, the old man can't leave, why don't you go back and report to the official family." ”

Xu Shixi smiled slightly, looked at Zhang Dunli and replied: "I see, Zhang Juma has sent someone out just now, and the official family will receive the news soon, it doesn't matter if I go or not." ^^,,,, the first ^^ The imperial court sent me, mainly to deal with the brother who left the people, with me, it is convenient for everyone to talk. ”

Xu Shixi refused simply, he said in his heart: I don't easily find a chance to speak, I didn't communicate with Zhao Liren a few words, and rushed back to the capital, I am still a little Hanlin who speaks and no one pays attention to it, only here, relying on the communication relationship with Zhao Xing, I can attract attention. I'm not stupid, so I won't run here and stick out my tongue and run back to the capital.

By this time, the makeshift barracks on the north bank had been arranged, the soldiers had stopped busy, and they were in position, and a forest of spears had been erected along the fence, but they still did not fire. The small boat that Zhao Xing was riding first circled around the two stranded giant ships, and at this time, the giant ships were still busy unloading goods down, and the small boats on the river were criss-crossed, and they didn't seem to care about the firefight on the north bank.

Zhao Xing stopped at the side of the giant ship and yelled at the giant ship. The river wind was too strong, and I couldn't hear what Zhao Xing was shouting when I stood on the south bank. I saw that the giant ship was busy together, and two long wooden boxes were hoisted from the deck and put them in Zhao Xing's boat, and after the wooden boxes were stabilized, Zhao Xing urged the boat to leave the giant ship and row hard to the north shore.

The confrontation on the north shore continued, and the Liao soldiers continued to urge their horses to pass past the Song army's landing point, arrogantly rushing at the Song army in the camp and making noise. In the camp, the Song army calmly looked at the Liao soldiers through the gap in the fence, and the atmosphere was dull and depressing.

The weather was very cold, and although it was noon at the moment, the Suzaku Army, which had adapted to the warm climate of Guangdong, was extremely unaccustomed to the cold winds of early winter in the north. Under the unique howling cold wind on the riverbank, Zhao Xing's boat leaned on the north bank, and several Japanese warriors waiting on the shore immediately jumped into the shallow water in the river, not afraid of getting soaked in their clothes, and bowed down to lift Zhao Xing to the shore. As soon as Zhao Xing's feet stepped on the land on the north bank, a cheer immediately sounded in the temporary military camp on the north bank, and even Cao Yu and the others on the south bank felt their ease. ^^Starting^^

Looking from the south bank, a man dressed as a domestic servant ran over, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing patted the other party's shoulder and encouraged a few words, the man straightened up gratefully, and led Zhao Xing to run to the command platform.

The north shore command platform is made of a spare mast on a ship, and there are three soldiers with shields in the Wangdou on the mast, Zhao Xing boarded the Wangdou, and in the small boat he was sitting on, the entourage had already carried the wooden crate just now ashore, and Cao Yu, who opened the wooden box and took out a few gun-shaped big guns from it, shouted softly.

After the musket was taken out, it was not distributed to the soldiers in the makeshift camp, but several warriors who looked like leaders stepped forward, and after skillfully fiddling with it, they added a long spear to the musket, and then ran to the fence with the musket, and stretched out the muzzle of the gun through the gap in the fence, aiming it at the Liao soldiers who were whistling at the edge of the camp.

"One, two, three...... Six. Six muskets in total, what can this do? Zhang Dunli counted the number of muskets through the binoculars.

In the battle on the north bank, Zhao Xing seemed to wave his hand and shouted something, and the Song soldiers on the side of the walled wall picked up their crossbows and looked at the sky with half their backs, and then, I don't know what Zhao Xing did, a cloud of white smoke came out from the side of the wall, and after a while. Loud gunfire reached the South Bank. At the same time, as white smoke rises. Several horsemen on the north shore shook their bodies and fell from their horses to the ground. Immediately afterward, a larger white mist rose up, and an explosion like a thunderbolt reverberated across the north and south shores.

This time, it was two guns that were launched, and these two guns spewed out a torrent of metal. Fifty meters from the muzzle, it was as if it had been burned by a raging fire. Several cavalrymen in this direction were beaten into a sieve, and even men and horses were mutilated and fell in pools of blood. ^^Book^^

The white smoke has not dissipated, a dark cloud flew in the smoke, this is the arrow fired by the crossbow, just baptized by the musket and artillery, the lower army suffered a storm-like blow again, dared to approach the wall, several cavalry were full of arrows in an instant, and the Liao soldiers who were lucky enough to hide outside the range did not dare to stay, and fled to the depths of the horizon.

The landers on the south shore watched with bated breath the dazzling movements on the north shore, not waiting for everyone to react. The fighting on the North Shore is over. Except for the corpses that were thrown on the ground, there was no trace of the Liao soldiers.

This ending came too quickly. So much so that after a while, everyone hasn't reacted yet. After a long time, the officials and civilians who were watching the battlefield just now let out a suppressed "oh", and the voice was chaotic and disorderly.

"A soldier is the courage of a general, and the soul of a general", Cao Yu and Zhang Dunli muttered in unison.

Cao Yu added unsatisfactorily: "This army on the north shore is strict and fast, and at first glance it is a long-trained army of a hundred battles, but there is a lifeless twilight that seems to be pushed before moving. I was still wondering, how could this be? But this army has Zhao Liren, it is completely different, the whole army suddenly has a soul, comes to life, and becomes a tiger that wakes up. ”

Zhang Dunli couldn't help but interject: "People often say that Zhao Liren has a tiger guts, and his battle report against the Tubo people in Dali is still incredible, how can a dozen people kill 30,000 people." ”

Xu Shixi strongly supported his friend: "This military report has been confirmed by the Privy Council, and the Tibetan side has confirmed the news of the defeat on the southern front...... The Privy Council received the same news from the Shaanxi side and the Qingtang side. =^^^^ start== In addition, Jiaozhi also confirmed the news, and the inspection envoys from Guangdong and Guangxi also proved that Zhao Liren was indeed seriously injured and carried down, and the Tubo side did not send a single soldier to the southern front. ”

"Weird!" Cao Yu commented: "No one else reported the details of this fight, and after Zhao Liren's injuries were healed, he did not further explain to the imperial court, no one knows how he won this battle." This is too weird, how can a dozen people face an army of 30,000 and kill them all in one go, even if 30,000 pigs are slaughtered by you, then you have to slaughter them for ten days and a half

Zhang Dunli interjected: "I heard that the capital is talking nonsense, and it has interpreted many versions of this battle, demons, monsters, gods and Buddhas, all participated in this fight, it is really exciting." ”

Xu Shixi has the most say in Zhao Liren's belief, and he broke the news with the attitude of an insider: "I heard that Zhao Liren does not believe in gods and Buddhas, he believes in the gods of Jingjiao, and when he was in Huanqing, he had a close relationship with the chief priest of Jingjiao, and when he arrived in Liangguang, he brought Jingjiao to Liangguang, and let them spread throughout Nanyang, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky dared to show their faces in front of Brother Zhao, and it was estimated that they were not his friends." ”

Zhang Dunli smiled awkwardly.

Regarding the issue of Zhao Xing's beliefs, there has long been discussion within the imperial court. However, the Great Song Dynasty was an open society, and Israelites could enter various departments to become officials, and Zoroastrians and Muslims could set up their own temples in the capital, so Zhao Xing's belief was not an obstacle for him to become an official. People are just curious that Zhao Xing tried his best to support the development of Nestorianism on many public occasions, but he himself never entered the temple of Nestorianism, so what the first warrior of the Great Song Dynasty believed in became a mystery.

The people on the south bank had time to talk about it, because the fighting on the north bank had subsided, and there was another cheer on the river, and two huge rowing boats appeared on the river, and the two battleships that had run aground began to shake and seemed to be able to float.

Under the gaze of the people on the south shore, the two rowing boats dragged the two stranded boats with ropes, and slowly dragged them, and after a while, the stranded battleship moved, first slowly, little by little at an inexplicable speed, and suddenly, the battleship shuddered, and suddenly slid some distance, and then, under the drag of the oars, it ran faster and faster.

The river was full of cheers, and in the cheers, Cao Yu called the owner of Shunbao Village and asked in a low voice: "How long have these two battleships been stranded, and besides, where did these two rowing boats come from?" How can I look at the shape of the ship so weird? ”

The lord of Shunbao Village bowed down and replied: "Lord Cao, on the day these two battleships ran aground, Lord Zhao on board dismissed the rest of the fleet, ordered those warships to turn to Dengzhou, and landed in Dengzhou. I heard that Lord Zhao was going to transfer a merchant from Tamna Island to bring the battleship, and I estimated that this was the rowing boat transferred by Lord Zhao. ”

"Tamna Island, as Lord Zhao mentioned just now, seems to belong to Goryeo...... What islands are there near the estuary? Cao Yu then asked.

The owner of Shunbao Village shook his head: "My lord, the Liao soldiers are rampant, we people only know how to guard strictly, how dare we go to the sea to fish, as for what small islands in the ocean, the villain does not know, but the villain guesses that to dock such a big ship, there must be a big wharf, such an island, if the nearby sea really exists, I am afraid that it has already been recorded in the historical collection." ”

Zhang Dunli was very clear, Cao Yu suspected that Zhao Xing had hidden the warship on a nearby island, so he could summon him immediately, he laughed and explained: "Brother Cao, you haven't done anything about sea trade, I don't know." I heard my brother Zhang Yong say that it only takes three days to sail from Mizhou to Goryeo, and from Quanzhou to Japan, that is, five to seven days. Zhao Liren's battleship has been stranded for three or five days, and he summoned a ship from Goryeo, and there is enough time. ”

Cao Yu shook his head: "I'm not surprised that Zhao Liren has a wide range of friends, and even Goryeo's warships can be mobilized, I'm surprised, our section of the river defense is simply useless, and even Goryeo's rowing boats can go deep into my Great Song River, it's really chilling to think about." ”

Zhang Dunli rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The Dengzhou Naval Army is no longer usable, but Zhao Liren left an effective naval army in Mizhou, if Brother Cao is worried about the river defense, it is better to transfer the Dengzhou Utility Army to be stationed at the mouth of the river." ”

Cao Yu rolled his eyes, the Mizhou utility water army came over, it depends on who to guard against, that water army was established by Zhao Xing, and the Liao people were prevented, can Zhao Xing be prevented? In this way, the estuary of the Yellow River is not like the backyard of Zhao Xing's family, he can come and go whenever he wants.

But Cao Yu couldn't say this, because Zhao Xing was an official of the Great Song Dynasty after all, and the imperial court was so desperate to guard against a national official, saying it would only add to the joke.

After the stranded warship was dragged, the river also appeared to be open, and at this time, the faint gunfire on the north bank became clearer and clearer. The sound of gunfire was also mixed with the roar of big guns, and soon, the military flag of the Song army appeared, and the Suzaku army began to fight and retreat to the river, followed by the cavalry of the Liao people.

The two rowboats reappeared on the river, and the oarsmen, ignoring the increasingly clear sound of gunfire, rowed their long oars in unison to the north shore under the command of the drumbeat, and then kept carrying long wooden boxes down from the rowing boats. The people on the south bank saw all this clearly, Tong Guan couldn't hold his breath, and blurted out: "There are still more troops, how much does Zhao Liren want to make this matter?" ”

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