Chapter 12 The Dongying Warship
Since talking to Xu Mu, Liu Chen decisively ordered to buy a batch of seeds of vegetables and fruits, so that the women and children living here can be planted in the wasteland, and at the same time, after training the soldiers, the soldiers were organized to go to sea to fish collectively, for ten days, not only temporarily solved the problem of food, but also sold some aquatic products to the county and there was a surplus, which made Liu Chen slightly relieved. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
But such days did not last long, on the forty-fifth day of Liu Chen's arrival in this world, a piece of news came, in the direction of Weihai County, more than 100 Dongying warships of all sizes were coming towards Chengshan Military Port, in view of this, Liu Chen immediately summoned a few generals and began to gather and discuss.
In Liu Chen's camp, Liu Chen lives in the main seat, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, and Ding Fu on the left, and Li Xin, Chen Ying, and Luan Bu on the right, which are the main generals of the Chengshan Army today.
"Don't talk nonsense, the Dongying warship will be able to arrive here in only half a day, we don't have much time, if you have any suggestions, you can say it directly." Liu Chen went straight in.
"My lord, there are more than 100 Dongying warships, there are more than 10 warships, and the rest are red horse boats and yachts, and the Dongying people are full of 3,000 people, and the subordinates feel that it is not realistic to block the landing, it is better for us to fortify by the mountains, we have more than 900 people, although there are 3,000 Dongying people, but it is also difficult to capture our wooden wall." Li Xin spoke first.
"Li Dutong is right, the tidal flats of Chengshan Military Port are wide, there are no 2,000 people, and there is no way to fortify and block the tidal flats, and in the field battle, we are short of manpower, and defending should be the best way to fight at the moment!" Meng Tian echoed.
Although the other people did not speak, they all nodded, and it was clear that they agreed with Li Xin's point of view.
After a little muttering, Liu Chen said: "I also agree with the defense, but we can't just sit back and wait, I intend to launch a blitzkrieg when the enemy lands, catch the enemy by surprise, and then quickly return to the defense, so that we can hit the enemy's momentum." ”
Several people looked at each other, only to hear Chen Ying say: "Lord Commander, the lightning attack is too risky, once you are entangled by the enemy, it will be troublesome." ”
Nodding, Liu Chen said: "I know this, so I personally lead the team in this battle, the number of people is not too much, two hundred people are enough, mainly light infantry, and we will withdraw after a fight, the enemy will never think that we will take the initiative to attack when we are at a disadvantage, at least seventy percent sure, and I am not absolutely going to fight this battle, we can ambush there, if not, we will withdraw." ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Xin and the others had no opinions, and only listened to Li Xin say: "If this is the case, then you can give it a try, but I suggest that the adults bring all the archers, when the enemy lands, the archers cover and shoot, and then the adults lead the soldiers to strike with lightning and leave after the fight, so that the greatest results can be obtained." ”
Liu Chen's face showed a touch of joy, and said with a smile: "Good strategy, since this is the case, time waits for no one, and our warships are not enough, otherwise, we can block the enemy at the mouth of the pot, and now we can only wait for them to land and fight, Chen Ying." ”
"In!" Chen Ying Huoran got up and bowed to Liu Chen.
"The warships have moved to the far left of the tidal flats, and when the enemy sees our warships, they will definitely think that we are here, and they will choose this place as the breakthrough point, this is the place where we are ambushing." Liu Chen ordered, "Order the soldiers under your command to abandon the warship, transfer the eight-bull crossbow on the two warships to the position of the wooden wall, and participate in the defensive battle!" ”
"No!" Chen Ying responded.
"Meng Tian, Ding Fu, Luan Bu!"
"The subordinates are here!" The three of them rose in response.
"The three of you will lead the men and horses of the headquarters to ambush on the beach with me, if the enemy chooses the location of our ambush to log in, we will take advantage of the situation to strike, if not, we will immediately return to defense!" Liu Chen commanded.
"Yes!" Meng Tian, Ding Fu, and Luan Bu responded at the same time.
"Li Xin, Meng Yi!" Liu Chen shouted again.
"In!" The two of them got up.
I only heard Liu Chen say: "Meng Yi led the men and horses of the headquarters to defend on the wooden wall, and Li Xin led the samurai heavy infantry to defend on the wooden bridge on the top of the mountain, so as to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the wooden bridge, if necessary, you can cut the wooden bridge, the bridge can be rebuilt if it is gone, and the remaining 100 heavy infantry, temporarily under the command of Meng Yi to supplement the wooden wall!" ”
"Yes!" The two shouted in unison.
"Ladies and gentlemen, success or failure in this battle, if we win, our power will be further expanded, if we are defeated, our brothers and sisters will be humiliated, I hope you will not slack off, fight to the death!" In the end, Liu Chen clasped his fists with both hands and bowed to the six people and said.
"Rest assured, Lord Commander, we will do our best!" Li Xin, Meng Tian and the other six people also bowed with their fists and roared out their belief in daring to fight.
The news of the imminent arrival of the Dongying people has inadvertently spread throughout the entire Chengshan military village, and the more than 2,000 people living here, most of them are terrified, and only a few people firmly believe that Liu Chen will be able to lead the Chengshan army to defeat the Dongying people.
While arming the defense, Meng Yi ordered all the people to enter their homes, and they were not allowed to go out during the battle, because once the battle began, Meng Yi had no heart to take care of the tasks in the military village.
One thing is quite unexpected, there are nearly two hundred teenagers over there who strongly ask to fight the enemy together, none of them have reached the age of eighteen, so they did not join the army, but they usually follow Liu Chen and they have trained, Meng Yi reported this matter to Liu Chen, Liu Chen After a little consideration, he asked Meng Yi to issue horizontal knives to these teenagers as a reserve, and these teenagers were not allowed to fight unless they had to.
Meng Yi, Li Xin, and Chen Ying, who had abandoned the warship, had nearly 500 people in the military village, while Liu Chen personally led Meng Tian, Ding Fu, Luan Bu, and 180 light infantry, 300 crossbowmen, and 50 Liu Chen's own soldiers to the predetermined tidal flat to ambush.
This military port has been abandoned for three years, and there are one-person-high weeds everywhere, these days, although Liu Chen has set up a sailor squadron, but he has not focused on the construction of sailors, because of the lack of people, so there is no one to clean up these weeds, so these weeds now provide a good place for Liu Chen and them to set up an ambush.
It was already afternoon when Liu Chen and they were arranged, until an hour later, at the mouth of the pot in the distance, warships began to drive in one after another, the first thing that came into view was the warship, followed by the red horse boat that was a level smaller, when these warships passed through the mouth of the pot and lined up, Liu Chen's face also changed slightly.
"Thirteen warships, more than ninety red horse boats, this is almost the general scale of the Dongying Water Division that was defeated into a landscape division back then, it seems that these Dongying people want to kill us with thunder!" Meng Tian took a slight breath of cool air and said in a low voice.
"Don't act rashly, we won't fight with them, no matter how many warships these Dongying people have, it's useless, pass the order, no one is allowed to do it without my order!" Liu Chen was also a little shocked by the scale of the Dongying Water Division in his heart, but he really couldn't show it at the moment, because he was now the commander of the first army!