Chapter 565: The Battle of the Ages (15)

He can also see that in a word, the Eastern Xinjiang Imperial Court seems to be waiting, and it doesn't want to fight this battle at all, to be precise, it doesn't want to weaken its own strength, and wants to sit back and enjoy it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

If Ling Feng is defeated, he will sail and come to Kaiyuan to get a piece of the pie, if Ling Feng wins, then he will also attack Southern Xinjiang in silence, no matter who wins or who loses, there is no harm to Eastern Xinjiang.

For these truths, after thinking about them for a while, Yang Ye also understood that the task given by Ling Feng was to persevere, and he also admitted it, just stick to it, and he won't do much more.

.........

Yangtze.

From the western Xinjiang to the imperial capital, the Yangtze River has a total of more than 2,000 miles, if it is unobstructed across the Yangtze River, it takes 10 days, if it is carrying heavy objects, it is a giant ship, it takes 15 days.

And now, Yang Xiong not only carries heavy objects, but he also carries 600,000 troops, as well as 600,000 troops' grain and grass, baggage, more than 400,000 war horses, etc., so many things, if it is not for the prepared ships enough, it is estimated that they will not be able to fit.

At the moment when Yang Xiong entered the Yangtze River, Yu Qinglong already regretted it, and he suddenly felt that he couldn't eat this fatty meat.

According to statistics, Yang Xiong's giant ships have more than 100, large ships, medium-sized ships, and thousands, as for small ships, they are even more innumerable, spread over the Yangtze River, and have stretched for hundreds of miles.

With such a large formation, Yu Qinglong has never even seen it, and this is the first time.

Thinking that he only had a few hundred zha bombs in his hand, he didn't even dare to use them, the key was that he didn't know where to hit, so many ships, even if you sank twenty or thirty ships, what could you do? Not to mention twenty or thirty whooshs, even if all the giant ships are sunk, Yang Xiongjun will not be wiped out, unless...

Unless Yang Xiong's ship can be sunk, in that case, things will have a turnaround.

Half a month has passed...

In half a month, Yu Qinglong retreated and retreated, retreating more than 800 miles, during which he fought several battles with Yang Xiong's army, and also used up half of the bombs, every time he couldn't win the fight, he used zha bombs to redeem the defeat, and on the 15th, Yang Xiong also suffered a lot of losses, at least sinking more than 20 giant ships, and losing 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers.

On the other hand, Yu Qinglong, because of the long-range heavy weapon such as the thunderbolt, the loss of soldiers is not too many, only one warship was sunk, about 4,000 people were killed, speaking of that warship, it is really a bit wronged, the ship is too close to the enemy, and finally let the family throw all the zha bombs into the cabin, more than a dozen bombs, together Bao bomb, how can it not be sunk.

Since then, Yu Qinglong has decided to only fight long-range attack battles and never get close to the enemy.

There are bed crossbows, strong crossbows, and thunderbolts to save the defeat, not to mention that they will definitely be able to stop Yang Xiong, at least they can make him estimate. In many battles, as soon as these things came out, the enemy ships would retreat, or the soldiers would shrink into their cabins.

Why huddle into the cabin?

Because the attack power is too strong, such as the bed crossbow and the strong crossbow, especially the bed crossbow, once shot, countless spears fly in, and even the deck of the ship can be penetrated, if it is shot too much, even the ship can be sunk, of course, it will take time. Just imagine, if this is shot at a soldier, those seven or eight soldiers can be shot to death in a row, so no one dares to stand on the deck of a warship, because it is looking for death.

The powerful bed crossbow, coupled with the powerful crossbow that suppresses firepower, can beat Yang Xiongjun without the power to fight back.

But that's about it, it can bring the enemy closer to the cabin, and unless you sink the enemy ship, it won't help much in the big picture. Also, if you can capture the enemy ship, you can win too, but this... It seems to be more difficult than sinking a warship.

"I'm going to find Yang Xiong's warship and sink him in one fell swoop!"

In the cabin, Yu Qinglong punched the desk, looked at the map on the table, and said through gritted teeth.

Zhang Yan said: "Yang Xiong's warships are overwhelming, there are thousands, it is not easy to find, the Metropolitan Governor, there will be a suggestion at the end, I don't know if you are willing to listen." ā€

"What advice?"

Yu Qinglong looked up and asked.

Zhang Yan said: "At this moment, we can almost confirm that the enemy has a huge number of ZHA shells, we can take dozens of empty ships out and lure their ZHA bombs out first, we can only lose dozens of warships at most, and they have to consume their own killer weapons." ā€

"When their zha bombs are exhausted, let's quickly retreat to the imperial capital along the river water village, with the defense of the imperial capital water village, we must prevent Yang Xiong from landing, as long as he doesn't land, our task can be regarded as completed."

"Furthermore, the last general believes that it is more secure and easier to win by sticking to the imperial capital along the river than fighting Yang Xiong on the Yangtze River."

As soon as Zhang Yan finished speaking, Yu Qinglong waved his hand and refused: "No, what you are talking about is our last retreat, if it is really impossible to eliminate, or if it is retreating again and again, when it is impossible to retreat again, we will only be stationed in the water village, and now... It's not that time yet. ā€

"I said before that I want to kill Yang Xiong, although I am in some trouble now, I can't back down, otherwise, how will I mix it up in the future, the lord will blame it, and I can't afford it."

Speaking of this, Yu Qinglong thought about what Zhang Yan had just said, and his eyes flashed: "Huh... This is a good idea, we can indeed consume the enemy's ZHA shells first, if they don't have ZHA shells, we can engage in melee and night battles, and we don't need to estimate that the ship will be sunk. ā€

"You can give it a try..."

Yu Qinglong showed a smile on his face, patted Zhang Yan's arm and said: "Zhang Yan, fighting a war does not necessarily have to fight for the number of soldiers, whether the weapons are strong or not, we can fight for intelligence, just like we are fighting now, although we only have less than 100,000 people, and the enemy has 600,000, but if we can cut off the enemy's food and salary, or consume more than half of their troops, they can only retreat?" Because there is no point in going to the imperial capital again, and this is the opportunity for us to decide to win, we don't have to defeat all the enemies, as long as we win half of the victory, as long as the enemy retreats, we will dominate this war. ā€

Zhang Yan suddenly knew why Yu Qinglong dared to let Yang Xiong enter the Yangtze River at this moment.

In addition to the existence of thunderbolts, it is estimated that there are two other reasons; First, with the imperial capital along the river as the last line of defense to prevent Yang Xiong from entering the imperial capital, Yu Qinglong was fearless, because he had a way out. Second, as Yu Qinglong said just now, he only needs to defeat half of Yang Xiong's troops, and he is already victorious, as long as Yang Xiong is eliminated with 300,000 people, Yang Xiong will definitely not go any further, because it is useless to go to the imperial capital, he can't compete with Ling Feng, and he is also looking for death. (To be continued.) )