Chapter 55 Majestic Movement into the East Stream 4
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Peng Man sat on the iron-headed boat, watched the distance between the two ships approaching little by little, and shouted: "Beat the drum and advance!" ”
The drummers at the stern of each paddle boat beat the drums. The flotilla approached the Mongol fishing boats, and the warriors on the water sentry horses suddenly burst into an astonishing cry, raised their bows and arrows and began to shoot at the enemy ships. Peng Man shouted: "Order all ships not to stop, to move forward, to break through the blockade of these ships, and to catch up with the Mongol army!" ”
The water sentry horse boat rode the wind and waves, the first horse rushed into the Mongolian fishing boat group, the soldiers held knives and spears and the enemy army to engage in the battle, the river surface was churning and undulating in an instant, there were constantly soldiers falling from the boat, sinking into the water with a cloud of blood mist, the sword light and sword shadow, the arrows flew horizontally, the water sentry horse boat rushed through the Mongolian fishing boat group, and killed a large number of ships that were drifting to Huangzhou with a very high degree.
The Song warships finally showed their superiority in maneuverability and impact, and the ships with full sails kept rushing forward under the impetus of the wind and current, forming an indomitable momentum. The Song warships riding the waves quickly overtook the Mongol ships that were too late to block them, and caught up with the Mongol large ship regiment in front.
"That's right!" Peng Man shouted: "Just maintain this momentum, wipe out all these warships in one go, and the army is ready to throw oil tank torches!" ”
The oil tank used in the water war is no different from the oil tank used in the 6th war, which is to use an egg to break a small hole, draw out the egg yolk and egg white, and then pour the egg into the fire oil. Then fill the clay jar with eggs filled with oil, and when you use it, you can use a net to catch the jar, and smash it towards the enemy ship, the clay pot shatters, and the eggs splash on the boat, so that the whole ship is stained with oil, and only a torch or a rocket can make the whole ship burn.
On the outpost horse, a sailor raised a canister of fire oil and aimed at a Mongol fishing boat, but was slow to throw it. The bow of the ship shouted loudly: "Why don't you throw!" ”
"It's too fast, and I can't stand on my feet and can't aim accurately!" The sailor hurriedly threw the oil tank in his hand, and in the rapid movement, the water sentinel horse boat was extremely bumpy, and the oil tank did not have time to aim at the enemy ship opposite, and fell into the river behind the fishing boat with a thud.
Zhang Weixiao took the plywood boat to press the formation in the back, he grew up in a fisherman's family since he was a child, although he had not been in the big battle battle, but just by seeing the situation in front of him, he could conclude that the tactics envisaged by Peng Man's command?
?? It was a complete failure. *Words* Love**
If it is just a boat to rush away, there is nothing wrong, or Zheng Yunming is not wrong to say that he is the commander of the commander's side. The problem is that if you insist on taking advantage of the wind and water in a battle, it is not the best choice in a river battle.
At this moment, Zhang Weixiao, who was dragging behind, had already ordered the whole army to take off the sails and slow down the boat, he saw that the ships of the forward and the Chinese army were getting faster and faster, and he had already crossed the enemy before he had time to launch any combat action against the enemy ships, and continued to rush downstream. The archers were embarrassed to shoot only two or three arrows, and the oil tanks were all empty, and the broadside battle was too big for the two sides to make contact. The soldiers and sailors on the warship watched and the Mongolian soldiers on the fishing boat, you look at me, I look at you, and they quickly pass by.
Such a funny scene, if it were placed in the eyes of the irrelevant 6th Army or the common people, would definitely laugh, and it could really be regarded as a rare ridiculous thing since the Jinghu battle. But Zhang Weixiao couldn't laugh at all, because he saw forty oars led by Peng Man, along with the vanguard water sentry horse boats, rushing headlong into the large fleet of the Mongol army.
There were about 2,000 fishing boats drifting downstream, carrying thousands of Mongol soldiers preparing to reinforce Huangzhou. Zhang Weixiao looked at it from the rear, the sails were like snow, the masts were like reeds, and the small fleet led by Peng Man was like a thin warrior who was suddenly thrown into the tall giants, and was immediately surrounded by ships with black flags, and it was difficult to see a trace.
Despite the advantage of the upper hand, Peng Man's strategy of winning more with less must also rely on the use of long-range weapons, taking advantage of the advantage of the upper hand, the range of the bow and arrow will be longer, and the distance of the fireball will be extended, but this qiē can only be done if the warship maintains a safe distance from the enemy ships with superior numbers. And the Song fleet, which was smooth sailing, could not stop at all, and crashed headlong into a large number of Mongolian ships.
As soon as they were surrounded by Mongol ships and collided with a Mongol fishing boat and came to a standstill, the Mongols immediately jumped from their own ships with a howl and a brutal close engagement with the Jing-Hubei sailors. The Mongols were the kings of the six wars, whether they fought on horse, on foot, in the jungle or in the mountains, and although they were not proficient in everything, they did not lack the courage to fight. If they are not good at water warfare, it is only because of the treacherous waves and the shaky planks that they cannot fully display their first-class bow and arrow skills.
Engaging in ship-to-ship hand-to-side combat like this is exactly what they want. Originally, the ships of the Song army were fast and agile, and they were not easy to capture, so they could not use their melee combat skills. But Peng Man attacked this time, and he simply sent the Song fleet to the door of the Mongols. Even without nailing, the Mongols used their own ships to intercept the ships of the Jing'e navy, and the ships of the two armies were close to each other, engaged in a fierce close-range white-knuckle engagement.
At this time, Peng Man's worst concern appeared, and the disadvantage of the Jing'e Navy in terms of numbers was revealed. The neighboring Mongolian ships slowly moved along the current, while rowing the water with oars or various tools, desperately approaching, just around the water sentry horse gathered hundreds of fishing boats, other fishing boats continued to come closer, the Mongolian ships leaned together, and the armor soldiers jumped over one by one, until they reached the front line of the white-knuckle battle with the Song army.
The general of the Mongol army used the flag to signal and direct the fleet to move closer to the Song army, although they had no idea how the water battle should be conducted, but now they had the advantage, and they only needed to rush forward desperately and kill all the soldiers on the Song army's already crowded warships.
Peng Man rushed with the oars and finally broke a gap in the encirclement of the water sentry horses, and the two fleets were close together, and the sailors fought hard to shoot arrows while using red oil spears and black oil spears to stab the Mongol warriors who jumped on the bow of the ship into the water. But in such a short fight, their crossbows did not work at all. The Mongol soldier brandished the scimitar in his hand, cut off the wooden spear, and attacked it with all his might.
Peng Man's ship was also besieged by five or six Mongol fishing boats, and twenty oarsmen and several of his own soldiers on board also joined the battlefield armed with spears and short knives. Peng Man personally drew his bow, stood at the stern of the ship and fired the bow left and right, the Mongol soldiers were constantly shot off the ship, but they had the advantage in numbers, the soldiers in front were knocked off the boat, and the soldiers in the rear advanced with shields and swords and guns, even if Peng Man's bow did not stop for a while, it was too late to shoot so many enemies, and more and more enemy ships were rapidly approaching under the command of the enemy general.
"Our army has been defeated, please retreat!" The adjutant general grabbed Peng Man's arm and shouted: "The general should go, as long as the general is still alive, he can always rebuild the Jing'e Water Army!" ”
Peng Man shouted with red eyes: "Bastard, has the Jing'e Water Army collapsed?" As long as I am not dead, the Jing'e Navy will not collapse! Don't be long-winded, these Tartars can't kill me! He raised his bow and tried to continue shooting, but the force was so strong that the horn bow snapped and broke in two. He threw his bow into the water, drew his sword, and shouted, "Today there is no life or death!" Even if the whole army is destroyed, you must teach the Tartars a lesson! As he spoke, he rushed forward.
Outside the encirclement, a series of war drums suddenly sounded, this drum beat Peng Man was most familiar, this is exactly what they have been trained to do in peacetime, when their ships are surrounded and divided by the enemy, they use this drum to communicate with each other, and tell their encircled companions that we are outside, and we are about to rush in to support.
At this time, only the plywood fleet led by Zhang Weixiao remained outside, although these people were all sailors and fishermen in Dongting Lake, accustomed to wind and waves, and excellent water quality, but they were not good at hand-to-hand combat, and even if they were too few in number, they were not enough to win the battle with thousands of Mongolian fishing boats.
But the strange thing is that at this time, the Mongolian ships that were close to Peng Man suddenly dispersed, and the Mongolian soldiers no longer rushed to Peng Man's boat, but panicked and propped up their ships with oars, and were busy dodging and fleeing for their lives. As the encircled enemy ships fled one by one, Peng Man saw the shape of the outside clearly.
The warships of the Song army in the periphery are not only the plywood boats led by Zhang Weixiao, but also the dozens of warships left in Ezhou by the Ezhou navy, as well as the dense fishing boats, among which a large boat with sails is planted with a banner of Zhang Bo, obviously this is the fishermen of Ezhou who have been mobilized by Zhang Bo to support the battle on the river.
Peng Man also saw that there was also a group of Song army's warships slowly descending on the water antenna in the distance. The surface power of the Song people suddenly formed an advantage over the Mongols.
Zhang Weixiao was well aware of the weakness of his army, and once he was caught up in hand-to-hand combat, the fishermen would not be able to resist the wolf-like Mongol soldiers. He could only engage from a safe distance. Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to dismount the plywood boats and fishing boats, and kept rowing against the water with their oars, always maintaining a distance from the Mongolian warships, and the Mongolian ships were full of sergeants and were against the current, and it was difficult to get close to the ships commanded by Zhang Weixiao for a while. [End of Chapter]