The two Huai armies had already been stationed on the bank of the Baigou River yesterday, testing the water level and looking for ferries, and at the same time opening the defensive line to intercept the Mongolian soldiers who had fallen behind. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info not found a few suitable places to cross the river, and the ferry boat was not found with a sampan, but the Mongolian infantry that was overtaken by the army did have a lot of self-defeating. As a result, the two Huai armies also rescued many people who were taken captive to the north.

At the beginning of the Song-Liao confrontation, in order to prevent the Liao army from crossing the river, the Song army did have a lot of operations along the Baigou River, but they did not expect that hundreds of years later, it would become an obstacle to the Northern Expedition. Especially after Boyan came to the north bank of the Baigou River, he made many arrangements along the riverside, not only set up three or four water and land camps along the river, but also set up another defense line on the distant mountain, so as to avoid the Ming army from crossing the river successfully, the Mongolian army was crushed for thousands of miles, and there was a place that could be used for repair.

"The Beiyang Fleet has been busy transporting grain and grass to Liaodong these days, and we can't dispatch enough ships, so we have to rely on ourselves." Chen Jiong looked at Wang Anjie, "At most, the navy will pull a few gunboats over to help support it, and then two transport ships will help transport the soldiers, if you want them to suppress the beachhead, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”

After a pause, Chen Ji stretched out his hand and pointed to the camps arranged in front of him, and then said in a deep voice: "Obviously, the Mongolian Tartars have also made a lot of efforts before this, and the entire Baigou River is actually the place where the pontoon bridge was originally erected, and the water flow is relatively slow and shallow, which is a good place to cross the river, so the Mongolian Tartars have also set up camps here, with these water villages and dry villages, even if we set up artillery and flying thunder cannons, I am afraid it will take some effort to destroy them." ”

Wang Anjie smiled bitterly: "Boyan is our old friend, and in dealing with artillery and flying thunder artillery, I am afraid that he has the most experience in the whole Mongolia." Since he has the courage to set up camps here, these camps must have been dealt with to a certain extent. Especially when it comes to fire resistance and firmness. As long as there is no way to cause a fire, the explosion of the flying thunder cannon will kill and injure some soldiers at most, and the shells and flowering shells fired by the artillery may not be able to shake the wood used to build these camps. ”

Chen Bing nodded and looked up at the sky: "It's noon soon, and the upstream side should come over." Thank goodness for being able to find more than a dozen boats. ”

The upper reaches of the Baigou River is the Juma River, and the Juma River and the Yishui flowing from northwest to southeast converge to become the Baigou River. Because the Baigou River was the boundary river of the Song and Liao Dynasty at the beginning, and it was a first-class river in the north, so on both sides of the upper and lower reaches of the river, there were many merchant ships and fishing boats, and even if the Mongols tried to burn and search for them, they could only target this section of the Baigou River in front of the Ming army, and there was no way to take care of the upstream and downstream.

And it is the best choice to release the boat from the upstream and go down the river and hit the water village with homeopathy. In particular, this water village blocked the beachhead that was most suitable for the impact of soldiers, and if this water village was not destroyed, even with the help of naval warships, it would be difficult for the two Huai troops to cross the Baigou River.

In particular, this section of the tidal flat, which is suitable for waiting for the shore, is located in a shallow place, and the warships of the navy with a deep draft have to be cautious when they come. And because the blockage of the Beidi Canal has not been dredged, the warships of the inland water division such as the Zhenjiang Prefecture Water Division in the south have no way to come to support.

What's more, those inland river sailors want to be transferred north to get here, and they don't know the Year of the Monkey.

The Mongol Tartars could afford to wait, but the Ming army could not afford to wait.

A signal fireworks rose and exploded in the air, and the warships of the Beiyang Fleet came quickly, and the two gunboats escorted the big ship in the middle, one behind the other, slowly going upstream. Although the Baigou River is a big river, and it is also a boundary river that has been excavated and widened many times in the Song Dynasty, but after all, it is not as good as the big river and the big river, and it is not as good as the ocean, so for the Beiyang Fleet that goes to sea all the year round, this little bit of sailing against the current is still handy.

The Mongols on the opposite side had apparently spotted the warships that had appeared, and soon the whining horn could be heard, and the Mongol infantry was quickly assembled on the shore, while the crossbowmen were already marching in a hurry, and the rocker arm of the trebuchet could be faintly seen in the distance, which was being tested.

"The Baigou River is still narrow, so that the bows and crossbows of the Mongol Tartars can shoot at the warships." Chen Ji couldn't help frowning suddenly.

"Those guys in the Navy are also shrewd, don't worry about them." Wang Anjie said with a smile.

Before he could finish speaking, the two transports crossed the river, and the shields on the bow of the ships were raised at the same time. The other two gunboats were slightly inclined to protect them from arrows as much as possible, and to bombard the shore with artillery. Correspondingly, on the sides of the gunboat, there were also large shields similar to those used by foot soldiers.

Obviously, although it has been practicing naval operations for many years, the tactics of inland river operations have not been completely abandoned by the Beiyang Fleet. As the flag waved, the warships continued to adjust on the water, and the Mongol army on the opposite side obviously saw the clue and did not rush to release the arrows.

"Boyan really has some ability, it is estimated that he has seen that these warships have taken precautions, so he has no intention of wasting arrows at all." Chen Jiong squinted, and he had to admit that Boyan's eyesight was indeed good, as a scholar who had been reading books for a long time, Chen Jiong could only see clearly the movements of those sailor warships in the middle of the river with the help of clairvoyance.

Wang Anjie nodded: "The Mongolians are born strong, plus they grow on the grassland all the year round, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, and as far as the eye can see, it is the edge of the sky, and it is inevitable that this eyesight will be good." It is precisely because the Mongolian Tatars are not easy to deal with that we have lived such a slump a few years ago. ”

Wang Anjie didn't say it, but Chen Bing could already hear his voiceover, if Ye Yingwu was not there, if Ye Yingwu didn't lead the Tianwu army out of the sea of corpses and blood in Xiangyang, and turn the tide in the fire of Lin'an, I am afraid that the world at this time is already the world of the Mongols, and these Song people will also be reduced to prisoners, similar to the fate of those northern Han'er.

A small boat was lowered from the big ship used to transport troops, and before it docked, several sturdy men on the boat had already jumped into the water, and came over in three steps and two steps, and Wang Anjie and Chen Jiong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly met them.

Before the Northern Expedition, in fact, the two Huai armies did not expect the Mongols to retreat, so they did not expect that the two sides would confront each other here in the Baigou River, everything was a little abrupt, which also made the two Huai armies have no way to maintain the state of running and chasing with the Mongol army, thus giving the Mongol army the opportunity to burn bridges and ships, otherwise even if the two armies compete on both sides of the Baigou River, the two Huai armies can completely collect ships on the spot.

Therefore, it can be said that in the face of the empty bank of the Baigou River, the two Huai armies were indeed a little confused at that time, and even in desperation, the search ships had reached the Yishui and Juma rivers in the upper reaches of the Baigou River. At the same time, the two Huai armies also asked for help from the nearest Royal Beiyang Fleet. The mission of the Beiyang Fleet was originally to harass the coastal areas of Youyan, and at the same time to provide assistance to the town navy fighting in Liaodong as much as possible, mainly including the transportation of grain, grass, equipment and soldiers, so sending naval warships to come at the risk of running aground was not a mandatory task for the Beiyang Fleet.

But the Beiyang Fleet still did not hesitate at all.

The Beiyang Fleet agreed, and Chen Jiong and Wang Anjie were grateful, and naturally wanted these warships to hurry up and cooperate with the two Huai armies to prepare to cross the river and attack.

"Xiao Guang, the commander of the left wing of the Royal Beiyang Fleet, has met two generals." A young man walked up under the guards of the soldiers.

Wang Anjie and Chen Zhi both returned the salute, and Chen Jiong said with a smile: "We are honored that the Beiyang Fleet can give a helping hand at this time." ”

"This is Supervisor Chen, I have long heard of Supervisor Chen's deeds, when Supervisor Chen was in Chenzhou, he drank and retired from Boyan alone, protecting my people, such a heroic figure, even if it was on a warship, it was also a familiar character." Xiao Guang said with a smile, "Then this one here must be General Wang, after the gate, he cultivates both civil and military, and his reputation is well deserved!" ”

Wang Anjie and Chen Jiong were actually both dull people, otherwise they would not have been unknown in officialdom for many years. Now being praised like this, even a little hot face. But after all, he is a person in a high position, and he still has this bit of determination, Chen Zhi said in a deep voice at the moment:

"Let's not say much to each other," Wang Anjie paused, "The war is urgent, long story short." ”

Xiao Guang responded, turned around and stretched out his hand to the opposite bank, and said in a deep voice: "These two big transport ships are actually sea ships, which can transport hundreds of people at a time, but the draft is too deep, so just like just now, it is impossible to lean on the river bank entirely, so I feel that we have to find a suitable landing place, so as to avoid the impact of Mongolian Tatar arrows as much as possible." ”

"The right place?" Chen Ji suddenly frowned, looked in the direction of Xiao Guang's finger, and realized something, "You mean that water village?" ”

"That's right, directly rely on the Mongolian Tatars' water village to attack it!" Xiao Guang said without hesitation, "The Baigou River was originally a river that was originally excavated and widened by the former Song Dynasty, so the two banks are not suitable for ships to go ashore at all, so the natural thing is to prevent the Liao soldiers from crossing the river and heading south from time to time." Now the Mongolian Tatars have built such a water village, which is just the opportunity for us. The water village is the most prominent facility on the north bank to the center of the river, as long as the fence on the water village can be removed, this is a simple dock! ”

After a pause, Xiao Guang then explained: "And in order to prevent us from destroying the water village with artillery and flying thunder cannons, the water village of the Mongolian Tartars is soaked with river water in advance, and it will not ignite even if it is directly ignited, that is to say, if the Mongolian Tartars want to prevent us from killing the water village to the shore, they can only completely destroy the water village." That's the big problem right now and where a certain wants to solicit two generals. ”

Wang Anjie and Chen Ji glanced at each other, frowned, and Wang Anjie said, "You ask." ”

"Two large troop carriers can only transport more than 200 people over, so before the second group of people arrives, can the two hundred people of the two Huai armies hold the water village and avoid the attack of the Mongol Tatars?" Xiao Guang's voice sank, "In addition, there are two arrow towers on the inside of the water village, if these two arrow towers are not destroyed, I am afraid that the troop transport ship will be covered by the arrows in the arrow tower as soon as it hits the water village, and even if there are enough shields at that time, it will be difficult for the soldiers to get off the boat in a panic, let alone attack and defend." ”

"The Arrow Tower can be destroyed!" Wang Anjie said categorically, Huo Ran turned his head to look at Chen Jiong, "The few boats we came from upstream were originally intended to be used to cross the river or destroy the Mongolian Tatar Water Village, these two tasks are almost impossible to complete, but if the arrow tower is destroyed, it should still be possible!" ”

Chen Ji nodded, and Xiao Guang was obviously relieved: "This is very good, the soldiers of the two Huai armies will get on the ship first, as long as the arrow tower is destroyed, the troop transport ship will move forward immediately." And the gunboats will do their best to cooperate with the cover! ”

"But the Mongolian Tartars have put a lot of effort into setting up the water village, and this arrow tower must be arranged as a cover for the two wings of the water village, how can it be so easy to take?" Chen Jiong seemed to think of something, rubbed his chin and said, "It is conceivable that the entire arrow tower should have taken fire prevention measures······

"Who said they were going to burn this arrow tower?" Wang Anjie interrupted Chen Jiong, and a smile crossed the corner of his mouth.

Chen Zhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, and Xiao Guang nodded heavily.

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Just when the two Huai armies were on the south bank of the Baigou River and the Mongolian infantry under the command of Boyan stared wide-eyed, on the shore of the middle reaches of Yishui, the figures of several soldiers jumped out, and disappeared in the layers of wild grass after a while.

Yishui can also be regarded as a big river in the north, especially because of Jing Ke's "wind and depression and easy water cold" and became famous in the annals of history. Yishui used to be the same as the Baigou River was the ancient battlefield and border of the Song and Liao tug-of-war, on the bank of Yishui, the sword and sword shadow of two or three hundred years ago have dissipated, and a new war is coming unconsciously.

"The main forces of our two Huai armies are facing off against the Mongolian Tatars in the north of Xiongzhou, thank God, if it weren't for this, the Mongolian Tatars on Yishui's side would not have been pinned down." The captain of the personal guard lay beside Xu Chen and said softly, "Brigade commander, what are we going to do this time?" This has crossed the easy water, but it is Youyan. ”

Xu Chen glanced at him slightly: "Could it be that you are afraid?" ”

The captain of the personal guard immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Brigade commander, it was all Hecai Town who accompanied you to kill the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, how could you be afraid." It's just that we have passed Yishui, and it is not so easy to contact the main force of the army, after all, if the main force of the army wants to fight with the Mongolian Tartars, it will take a day and a half, and if we don't have the Mongolian Tartars in front of us, I am afraid that the distance to throw off the army will be far. What's more, at the beginning, we took the west road, and Yishui was originally on the northwest side of the Baigou River······"

The rest of the generals also surrounded them curiously, obviously their task now confused them, after all, it stands to reason that the first brigade came out as the vanguard team, and it was unreasonable to deviate so far from the main army, and Xu Chen obviously did not cross Yi Shui and turn his head to outflank the Mongolian Tatars, after all, there were not many Mongolian Tatars stationed on the north bank of the Baigou River, and the whole army of the two Huai armies was enough to deal with it, and if the first brigade went forward, it would be the icing on the cake at most.

Xu Chen exhaled deeply and looked at the generals around him.

Everyone met his gaze silently, full of trust.

At this moment, Xu Chen believed that if he ordered them to move forward, they would not hesitate to obey the order; Even if they don't tell them the purpose of this time, they will go forward.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the sons and daughters of China, since the moment they embarked on the road of the Northern Expedition, there was nothing to hesitate or choose!

It's just that Xu Chen also knows how arduous this task is and how cruel this truth is.

It is very likely that nine times out of ten, the brothers in front of him will not be able to return to where they started.

"Brigadier, tell the brethren." One of the heads whispered, "At least everyone knows where the bones are buried!" ”

Xu Chen didn't blame Du Tou for being a little unlucky when he spoke, because he knew that whether it was intentional or unintentional, what Du Tou said was actually very likely to be the final destination of these soldiers.

After a pause, Xu Chen lowered his voice and said: "Our first brigade, of course, can't go to Baigou River at this time to add icing on the cake to the main army, and help the main army surround the small Mongolian infantry of Baigou River. ”

All the generals around them subconsciously held their breath.

They don't even have a way to figure out what that means.

"Your Majesty personally ordered that the first brigade of the two Huai armies will defend Gubeikou and Xifengkou until the day when the main forces arrive or the day when the whole brigade is killed!" Xu Chen said in a deep voice, "This is a military order, and it is also Your Majesty's will!" ”

The generals struck a stirring spirit and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

The sky is very big, and next, they want to use the red dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty to cover the sky of Youyan! (To be continued.) )