When the Lingnan Navy Division took the initiative to attack the Yujiang Estuary, it was fully prepared, and the tactics of spreading sand and beans with the wind were enough to establish an advantage in the water battle, and in Yang Dongqian's tactical planning, if the offensive momentum of the Tang Army's forward was stifled by the Lingnan Navy Division, they could ignite the fire ship and burn the Tang Army ship with the help of the wind. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

If this can be done, the Tang army's naval division will definitely be defeated, even if the Tang army has the advantage of strong bows and crossbows.

But what Yang Dongqian never expected was that the Tang Army's naval division had artillery and hand-grenades, which could allow the Tang Army to decide the battlefield situation in a very short time.

When the Lingnan Navy Division retreated to Zhongshan Island, nearly half of the ships had been damaged, and what made Yang Dongqian sit still was that the Tang Army Navy Division followed and chased after them, and did not let them go at all.

Zhongshan Island is located in the middle of the Yujiang River estuary, which is the gateway to the entire Yujiang Bay, shielding the sea fortress of Panyu, and is also the largest island in this sea area. If the Tang army's sailors wanted to land in Panyu, they had to eat Zhongshan Island first, and Lingnan had to hold Zhongshan Island if they wanted to prevent the Tang army from attacking Panyu.

For such an important island, of course, the Lingnan Navy Division built a fortress on the island. Speaking of which, this is still the credit of Yang Dongqian. After learning that the Tang army appeared in Fujian with the mighty sailors, he immediately built and expanded fortifications on Zhongshan Island. In about a month, the defense of Zhongshan Island has increased greatly, although it is not impregnable, but it can definitely be called a fortress.

The Lingnan Navy Division retreated to Zhongshan Island in a panic, and as soon as the ships in front of them came ashore, the soldiers were desperately pouring down from the ships and setting up defenses in the fortress, and the ships behind were still on the sea, and the sailors of the Tang Army chased after them.

At this time, the Tang army's strong bow and crossbow were no longer against the wind, and the power suddenly increased greatly, and the Lingnan sailors quickly hugged their heads and ran away under the sharp arrows of the Tang army. The ships behind kept crowding forward, and the sides of the ships kept colliding, shaking the ships to the left and right, making the soldiers above stand unsteady and panic.

Although there will be no stampede on the ships, the destructive power of hundreds of large and small ships crashing into each other is absolutely beyond imagination when the sea keeps crashing against the island. It is not difficult for the small boat in the middle to be smashed, and it is also common for tall ships to roll over when they are squeezed.

The Tang Army's naval division did not rely on the ships of the Lingnan Naval Division, but kept firing with strong bows and crossbows, and kept bombarding with artillery, which further aggravated the miserable situation of the Lingnan Naval Division.

Fortunately, Yang Dongqian is a person who understands, and did not let the defeated Lingnan sailors land in one place, but divided them into several batches to go to different directions of Zhongshan Island, and those who could not land on Zhongshan Island did not land on Zhongshan Island for the time being, so as to avoid too much chaos and uncontrollable.

After tossing for a long time, all the soldiers who could go ashore in the Lingnan Navy Division went ashore, and Yang Dongqian roughly estimated that there were less than 10,000 sailors and soldiers who returned to Zhongshan Island.

"The thief army fortified Zhongshan Island, how can we deal with it?" Li Yanchao looked at the heavily guarded island and solemnly asked Guo Wei for instructions.

"Just defend me and attack me." Guo Wei said succinctly.

"The fortress of thieves is strong, if it is attacked, I am afraid that the casualties will be too great, which will affect the attack on Panyu." Li Yanchao was quite worried.

"Fortress?" Guo Wei sneered, "It's a collapse." ”

After a day of preparation, the Tang Army's naval division emptied the Lingnan ships in front of Zhongshan Island, and then mobilized dozens of building ships to line up on the sea, several rows in front and back, like a battle formation.

There were more than 100 artillery pieces on the ship, all of which were heading towards the fortress of Zhongshan Island.

"Put!" As the flags on the building ship fell, the triggers of the guns were twisted, and with the dull sound of throwing arms, huge iron balls rose into the air, and the lead points the fuel cloth in the air, which suddenly turned the iron balls into fireballs, with a whistling sound, and smashed on the island fortress.

With an earth-shattering explosion, a ball of fire suddenly rose, and countless pieces of broken iron and gravel scattered in all directions, bursting out with a much greater power than the strong bow and crossbow, flying into the crowd, immediately bringing out a puff of flesh and blood.

The Lingnan soldiers in the fortress, whether they were hiding behind the female wall or not, could not avoid being affected by the fireball of the explosion. Corner towers collapsed and turned to dust under the fireball, sections of women's walls were shattered, and clumps of earth and stone fell from the walls.

"Yang Shilang, what is Tang Jun using here, how can it be so powerful? Catapults aren't so ruthless! "Behind a fortress, a Lingnan general ran down from the city wall, stained with blood, and cried to Yang Dongqian.

The tragic scene on the city wall, Yang Dongqian naturally saw it clearly, the soldiers kept wailing and fell, one by one big pits appeared out of thin air, the city wall was full of blood and fire everywhere scorched earth, and the banners of Lingnan had been burned to the ground, and he could now finally understand why the Tang army was invincible in Huainan and Fujian.

But so what?

At the moment, Yang Dongqian couldn't give up Zhongshan Island, and he cried to the generals: "The Tang army is powerful, and it carries sharp weapons, Zhongshan Island is difficult to defend, I know it!" However, when the country is in crisis, how can you and I not die for the country when we are blessed by the country? ”

After saying that, Yang Dongqian got up vigorously, picked up the horizontal knife, and risked stepping on the city despite the generals' obstruction.

Facing the Zhongshan Island Fortress in the blood and fire, Yang Dong was indignant and pulled out his horizontal knife, and resolutely faced the soldiers around him, and said word by word: "You and I are officials, generals, and the country is raising them with money, so what's the matter?" What is the matter with my generation of scholars reading the books of the sages? ”

He turned around suddenly, raised his knife to face the endless Tang Army sailors on the sea, and shouted at the fireballs above his head: "If you can't be loyal to the country, if you can't express your difficulties for the country, the big husband has a seven-foot empty body, what face does he have in the world!" Soldiers, defend the land and swear not to retreat! ”

The Lingnan soldiers looked at Yang Dongqian, who looked like a god because of his resolute attitude and angry expression, and his expression was complicated.

Not long after, a huge fireball smashed down and exploded not far from Yang Dong's sneaking side.

"Squire beware!" Yang Dongqian's pro-army commander shouted urgently.

However, it was too late.

The fire and dust dissipated, Yang Dongqian was already frozen in place, his body was like a sieve leaking blood, he held the horizontal knife, and slowly fell.

"Squire!"

"Yang Shilang!"

Everyone was shocked and hurried to catch up.

A general knelt on the ground, picked up Yang Dong's bloody body, and raised his head to the sky with a mournful roar, "The sky is going to kill my big man?" The eldest husband was born at the wrong time, and he would rather die?! ”

On the boat, Guo Wei looked at the Zhongshan Island Fortress calmly.

In the end, the fortress of Zhongshan Island was only built for a month, far less solid than those cities that have existed for a long time, and the fortress on Zhongshan Island could not be built too majestic, under the bombardment of more than 100 artillery pieces in turn, the fortifications on the island were changed beyond recognition in less than a day.

"Landing on the shore, taking the island!" Guo Wei ordered in high spirits.

Countless walkers galloped out of the sailors, carrying the king's soldiers with shields and knives, and rushed to the beach. The soldiers waded ashore on the water, took vigorous and majestic steps, and went forward to kill the island with indomitable momentum.

There were strong bows and crossbows and hand-grenades to open the way, and the fortifications were already in tatters, and they had lost their due defense, and they were soon flooded in by the iron armor of the king division, and in the rumbling explosions, the armor of the king division captured one position after another.

Looking at the soldiers marching forward, Li Yanchao said with emotion: "The soldiers have become more and more skilled in the coordinated use of grenades and strong bows and crossbows. ”

Guo Wei nodded and said: "War is the best gentleman, and the only way to learn practical and clever war skills as soon as possible is to go to the battlefield." As His Majesty said: The tempering of the battlefield will make the war in the hands of the soldiers, and become a perfect work of art, and every detail is seamless. ”

Li Yanchao bowed solemnly, "That's true." ”

On the same day, the soldiers of the Wang Division captured Zhongshan Island.

Subsequently, the sailors used the technique of fishing with large nets to surround and annihilate the remnants of the Lingnan sailors entrenched in the island group at the mouth of the Yujiang River.

Panyu.

Liu Yan sat behind the imperial case and suddenly lost his mind.

In front of him, several ministers, including Zhao Guangyin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, all stood silently with their heads bowed, and no one dared to say a word easily, lest they anger the emperor who was angry.

"Zhenzhou fell, Boluo fell, Ma Huaiyuan led 30,000 troops, killed generals from the east, and was about to arrive in Panyu; Thirty or forty thousand sailors and thousands of ships were wiped out almost at the same time, Zhongshan Island fell, and the soldiers were killed in battle......"

Liu Yan stiffly recounted the military situation, without half an expression on his face, and after speaking, he fell into silence again, a long silence.

It's like he's forgotten what he's just said.

Suddenly, Liu Yan slapped the imperial case fiercely, and the huge sound shocked everyone's hearts, and he kicked over the imperial case, roaring angrily like a mad lion, "The king is defeated, the land is lost, you!" None of you can come up with a decent countermeasure to repel the invading enemy and defend the dignity of our great man! I...... What do I want you to do? What do you want? ”

Zhao Guangyin and others all bowed to the ground, all of them were capital crimes, please calm your majesty's anger.

Liu Yan pointed at these ministers of his own, trembling with anger, and his face was pale.

In the city of Panyu.

Chen Jinfeng and Li Chunyan hurriedly found Wang Yanjun, but found that the other party was drinking in the room and was already drunk. The wine jug was placed on the ground, and Wang Yanjun himself sat on the ground with his head drooping, babbling nonsense.

"Your Majesty......" When the two beauties saw Wang Yanjun's appearance, they let out a desolate cry together, knelt down on both sides of Wang Yanjun, and cried.

"You know that, too?" Wang Yanjun glanced at the two of them, his head was heavy and he couldn't lift it, "It's really fast, it's so fast......"

"Your Majesty, didn't we come to Panyu to take refuge for a while, and after the Han army defeated the Tang army, we would go back to Changle? Why did the Han army not defeat the Tang army, but even Panyu was besieged by the Tang army? Your Majesty, why is that? The beauty cried in a panic.

"Go back?" Wang Yanjun smiled, "I can't go back." ”