Chapter 264: Three Strategies for Retreat
Since Yu Yunwen made up his mind to abandon the north shore and withdraw to the south bank, more than half an hour has passed.
The warships of the Great Zhou army wanted to suppress the remnants of the Fangla water army and control the smooth flow of the river. It is also necessary to control Hangzhou Bay and ensure the safety of the sea route between the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, and there are no extra ships to transport soldiers and baggage.
The few remaining horse boats, boats, and sand control flats in the fleet have already carried out a number of disabled sergeants.
When the soldiers of the Great Zhou Army saw that Lord Yu had really kept his promise and gave priority to sending the wounded brothers away, they held the weapons in their hands more tightly with admiration in their hearts.
"Mark here to command the evacuation, and ask Lord Yu to board the ship and go to the south bank."
Zhang Tianlei was worried that Yu Yunwen would make some mistakes if he stayed on the north bank, and that not only him, but most of the generals would be unlucky, so he persuaded Yu Yunwen to withdraw to the south bank first, "to ensure that the camp on the south bank is foolproof."
Yu Yunwen's body was hot and cold, but he insisted on refusing to leave. He sat down on a large chair and waved his hand weakly:
"This official used troops on a business trip, which led to a discount in the strategy of the country and the DPRK, and also caused so many sergeants to be killed and wounded."
"There is already a heavy trust from the country, if the official escapes first at such a critical time, resulting in a failure, how to explain to the court? If Fang Lajun clamored that his official was dead and took the opportunity to cover up the killing, what should he do? ”
"General Zhang doesn't have to worry about the official's body, for a while, the official can still hold on. General Zhang commanded to his heart's content, and his own officials did not listen. ”
Zhang Tianlei had no choice but to withdraw a new batch of wounded soldiers to the riverside, and at the same time rotate and adjust the troops that resisted the attack of Fang La's army.
Fang La didn't know why the Great Zhou Army suddenly became able to fight, but he never wanted to let go of Yu Yunwen's troops.
More than 30,000 Zhou troops went straight into Hangzhou Bay, which made Fang La very uncomfortable. If the Great Zhou army that landed on both sides of the strait could not be completely driven down the river, the city of Hangzhou would have been under great threat.
A sharp knife was inserted in the heart of the Yongle Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Yongle Dynasty in all directions still had the heart to fight?
Cooked ducks, never let go!
The camp of the Great Zhou army on the south bank was being attacked by tens of thousands of troops in turn, and the situation was once critical.
Fang La knew very well that when the Yongle Dynasty had lost control of the waterway, if he wanted to completely eat Yu Yunwen's army, the key was not to let Fang La's army on the north bank withdraw smoothly. The Great Zhou army on the north bank was all strengthened to a small camp on the south bank, and it would be even more difficult to eat it.
Fang La changed his tactics, mixed the elite and miscellaneous troops, and attacked the last line of defense of the Great Zhou army without interruption. At the same time, he ordered to make use of the superior ordnance of the Great Zhou Army as soon as possible to bombard the narrow river beach positions of the Great Zhou Army.
Fang La's army began a steady stream of attacks, but the Great Zhou army was uncharacteristic and became very daring to fight.
Fang La was very puzzled, what happened to the position of the Great Zhou Army?
"Lu Xinhua of Tangzhou, 60 pensions for the dead. Before his death, there were two Fang La military heads, and the reward was sixty times. Combined, it is doubled, making a total of two hundred and forty times. ”
A calligrapher with a mustache was counting the casualty pensions and military merit awards of a battalion that had been rotated. While wiping his sweat, he shouted loudly among the stinking soldiers, wishing that all the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Great Zhou Army would hear it.
Lord Yu had an order to let these guys who used the pen shout loudly, so that more soldiers could hear it, so as to boost the fighting spirit of the soldiers.
There are bereavement pensions for the dead and disabled, and there are rewards for military merits. Lord Yu ensures with his reputation that no one can steal the merits of the war!
In this battalion that had just been rotated, many of the fighting men were still lamenting that Lu Xinhua was so powerful that he had earned two hundred and forty yuan for his family, so he heard the eight-character Hu Shuban say in a hoarse voice:
"Fengrenhui in Xiangyang, as a daring warrior, assaulted once, and was rewarded with fifty times. He was seriously injured and received a pension of 30 times. Together, the two add up to a double total, making a total of one hundred and sixty strokes. Do you want to take it on the spot, or do you want to go to the post office? ”
The throat of the eight-character Hu Shuban was about to be wasted, so he quickly drank a few sips of tea to moisten his throat.
"I am the brother of Fengrenhui, can I get the handover and silk cloth for my brother?" The two fighting men carried Feng Renhui over, and Feng Renhui's own brother stood in front of the box and said.
The eight-character Hu Shuban held a piece of paper, and after Fengren would draw the post, he would also sign and draw the post. Then he nodded and let the younger brother of the Fengren Association take the pension himself.
Fengrenhui's younger brother took more than a dozen pieces of silk cloth according to the agreement he had discussed with his brother, and exchanged all the rest for a transaction on his body.
When Feng Ren was carried away, he gratefully hugged his fist towards the Bazi Hu Shuban, and then clenched his fist fiercely in the direction where Yu Yunwen was. In these years, it is not easy to get a 10% bereavement reward!
The eight-character Hu Shuban arched his hand slightly towards Feng Renhui, and said in a voice that was almost to the limit:
"Xunyang's Pingkang service, with his brothers rushed to kill more than ten times, and the reward was one hundred and fifty times. Slightly injured, the reward is 20 times. Add it up, and it counts as double, three hundred and forty times! ”
Sitting on the ground, watching and resting, the fighting man gasped a few breaths, envying Ping Kangzhi at the same time, he felt that the exhaustion of his whole body had subsided a lot.
The tall Ping Kang Gong strode forward, and after the painting, he took all the copper coins and fine salt, and he felt that these things were real. The things were too heavy, so he had to ask three brothers to help him move them.
After dealing with the casualty compensation and military merit rewards of a battalion, the throat of the Bazi Hu Shuban was completely swollen, and he couldn't say a word, just desperately drank water. There are a few fighting men who have opinions on the evaluation of military merits and the determination of injuries, and the Bazi Hu Shuban can only let others deal with it......
The wounded soldiers and baggage were evacuated in an orderly manner, and bereavement pensions and rewards were issued on the spot.
Most of the families in the mountains lived miserably, otherwise they would not have been forced by the days before every battle. They had never seen so many copper coins, silk cloth, fine salt, and jiaozi, and in order to get those things, so that the family could live a relaxed life for a few days, they were willing to obey all dispatches.
The soldiers of Shiyan Prefecture began to be obedient, no longer fighting and killing, and were used as daring soldiers.
The archers of Shiyan Prefecture were dismantled. Without the brothers who cowered around him, he was moved by the high bereavement reward, and he was also frightened by the strict military law, and finally exerted his combat power.
After shooting a few arrows in a cold sweat, most of the archers found that they were not so bad, and Fang Lajun was not so terrible, so they thought to themselves: I have been carefully selected!
Most of the casualties of the Suizhou spear throwing battalion were lost, and the rest were also scattered and arranged to different places on the last sheep and horse wall. The soldiers of the spear throwing battalion who had been abused by the elite blood of the Fang La army stood inside the sheep and horse wall, their hands were trembling, and they were swallowing and salivating from time to time.
The Nanyang Instrument Army, which had recovered its level, gave full play to its ordnance advantage and stirred up the Fang La Army that attacked the last sheep and horse wall. Against this background, the soldiers of the spear battalion also achieved a lot of results, but their own casualties were very small.
As for the Tangzhou horse team, I don't know where I went, anyway, the elite of the 2,000 square army in armor against it has returned.
Yu Yunwen and Zhang Tianlei had promised in private that Xunyang's foot soldiers played the role of firefighters, and they ran wherever they couldn't hold on.
Among the thousands of Xunyang foot soldiers brought by Zhang Tianlei to the south of the Yangtze River, archers accounted for less than thirty percent, which was very rare in the Great Zhou Dynasty, where bows and crossbows were prevalent.
There are not many archers in Xunyang's foot soldiers, but there are many soldiers who throw spears, and most of the archers also serve as spear throwers.
When Xunyang's infantry soldiers fought, veterans were in the front, middle-aged soldiers were in the middle, and young soldiers were in the back, and sword players, spearmen, and spearmen marched in formation. Even if they are scattered, Xunyang's infantry will first huddle together and form a small formation to fight the enemy.
The veteran soldier died on the prime soldier, and the middle-aged soldier died on the young soldier, and he did not stop until he defeated the opponent or his own strength was exhausted, this is the combat method of Xunyang's foot soldiers.
The hard days have passed for too long, the mountain bandits are too vicious, and the Qinling Mountains are too dangerous. As long as the pension and reward keep up, Xunyang people are never afraid of fighting to the death, but only afraid of not fighting.
Of course, if Zhang Tianlei hadn't worked hard to maintain it, even if the people of Xunyang were fierce, there would be no Xunyang foot soldiers who were stoic and daring to fight.
It had been nearly two hours since the decision was made to evacuate the North Shore.
The battle continues to intensify. Although the Fang La army did not completely defeat the last sheep and horse wall, it broke through more than a dozen gaps, and also used the ordnance captured from the Great Zhou army to throw a large number of stones to the narrow river beach position of the Great Zhou army.
It was very problematic for the Fang La army to operate the three-sentry cannon, the bed crossbow and the catapult, and the accuracy was too poor, but because the position of the Great Zhou army was too small, it still caused considerable casualties to the Great Zhou army.
Xunyang's infantry extinguished the fire everywhere, using the neat battle formation to force back the elite assaults of many power troops, and he himself was exhausted.
Most of the soldiers and important baggage had been withdrawn to the south bank, and Zhang Tianlei's plan was close to success.