Chapter 700: Reversal (II)

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"Zheng Xianggong," the leading fire chief hasn't reacted yet.? Come on,.!

"It's Zheng Xianggong, look at the fanzi next to him," the militiaman added. There is not much difference between Han Chinese and barbarians, but in terms of appearance, the difference between the Jurchens and barbarians is slightly serious. At this time, how many Jurchens could there be in Liangguang, only the more than ninety horsemen around Zheng Lang. In fact, it can be recognized because Zheng Lang has gone to many places and stayed in Qinzhou for a long time, so the person who made this soldier recognize it is Zheng Lang.

If you don't recognize it, it's okay if you don't ride it, Zheng Lang smiled and said, "Put down the rope, I'll show you the seal." ”

"I'm not a fanzi, but a regimental training envoy (a virtual official, a Jilu official, the salary is slightly less than that of Zhizhou, but higher than that of Zhixian, and it is considered a very high Jilu official position among military generals, because of merit, Zheng Su and Zheng Huang both moved to the regimental training envoy after following the pious path, but they also gave Zheng Lang face and took care of the relocation)," Zheng Su and Zheng Huang retorted in unison.

However, more than a dozen Song soldiers patrolling the city lost their minds, why did Zheng Lang come to Anyuan City so strangely?

A group of torches appeared in the distance.

Zheng Lang looked at the team of torches coming in, and thought in his heart that this Guo Jiayi was also a talent, and he was very vigilant, but he was a little far away, and continued to say in a calm tone: "Don't look at my seal again, let us go into the city, I will really be a prisoner of Jiaozhi." ”

Zheng Hao was also anxious, and shouted: "What are you still rubbing? ”

"Yes, yes," the Song army at the head of the city reacted, and hurriedly found a rope and hung blue to pull Zheng Lang and his party to the city.

Zheng Lang just went down the city. The Jiaozhi soldiers came here, and they did not see anyone, but they saw the footprints on the ground, and judging by the footprints, there were not many people, only a dozen people. went back to report, Guo Jiayi didn't care, Anyuan City was in danger. The Song Dynasty couldn't have taken it seriously.

But after a while, there was a loud noise in Anyuan City.

Entering the city, Zheng Lang had already seen the tragedy of Anyuan City these days. Many of the walls were knocked down, and the Cochin people also had trebuchets, and many houses along the foot of the city walls were smashed by stones thrown down by trebuchets. Houses were crowded with many people. Some people sat outside the house, looking at the dark night sky in a daze, looking numb and depressed. One fifth of them wore filial piety clothes, and their families died in the defense.

Zheng Lang bowed slowly and said: "Fellow villagers, I am Zheng Xingzhi, the Duke of Chu, Jiaozhi invaded on a large scale, and the troops of Liangguang were insufficient, but it made you suffer. I would like to say hello to you in advance. ”

He bowed again.

Zheng Xingzhi, the Duke of Chu, six words. Almost at the same time, everyone stood up in amazement.

Zheng Lang said: "I sent out a mobilization message and said that I would be on the front line, so I came. But don't worry, everyone. In a few days at most, the enemy will be defeated. ”

It will take time, but now with this kind of morale, Anyuan City is too dangerous, and the morale must be stimulated.

After speaking, he asked the soldiers to take him into the county office.

Zheng Lang personally came to the most dangerous Anyuan City. The news spread quickly, and the people in the city were in an uproar, not a mutiny, but a discussion and excitement.

However, Zheng Lang criticized Zhao Xun, but afterwards Zhao Zhen severely criticized Zheng Lang, saying that he was rash, irritable, ignorant of the general situation, ignorant of importance, uneasy about his duties, and arrogant......

Angry, you can stay in Yongzhou and command remotely, why risk your life rashly.

Now the imperial court definitely didn't know that Zheng Lang had come to Anyuan City.

Hearing of Zheng Lang's arrival, Zhao Xun, Zhou Xin and Zhang Zhixian, as well as a group of generals, opened their mouths one by one, and they were also surprised.

Zheng Lang called a group of officials and generals to the yatang and said, "Sit." ”

When everyone sat down, Zheng Lang looked at Zhao Xun and said, "General Zhao, you have always been resourceful, why do you want to attack at night?" ”

Zhou Xin and the generals were stunned when they heard this, the night attack was meritorious, was it wrong?

Zhao Xun had already thought of it, bowed his head and said, "Zheng Xianggong, it's me who is rash." ”

Without that night attack, the Jiaozhi people would not have paid too much attention to it, but if they didn't pay too much attention, they would not have joined forces, and Anyuan City would not have the current crisis. It was precisely because of this that Zheng Lang had to rush to Anyuan City in person. Because it still takes time, a day. But on this day, Anyuan City may not be able to hold it. Along with the original plan, it was forced to change.

But looking at Zhao Xun's appearance, Zheng Lang couldn't bear to say more. Among the generals in the south, Di Qing is the most handsome guy in terms of appearance, followed by Zhao Xun, who is handsome and elegant, and is also a beautiful man. If you don't know your identity, just looking at your appearance, Zheng Lang is tanned, his body is strong, he has a big face, and the two stand together, Zheng Lang is more like a military general who can go into battle to kill the enemy, but Zhao Xun is like an authentic civil servant. However, in the past few days, the battle has been hard, and the clothes are not neat, and the elegant and handsome demeanor of the past is no longer restored.

So he turned to everyone and said, "Everyone, since I have come here, I will be sure of victory, but in the past few days, you have to work a little harder to defend Anyuan City." ”

"Whoa." Including Zhou Xin, they replied in unison.

The specific Zheng Lang did not tell everyone that the information on Jiaozhi is very powerful, and it must be kept secret before it is reversed. asked everyone to go down and rest early, but left Zhao Xun and Zhou Xin behind, and then the plan was said. Zhou Xin was taken aback at first, and then complained: "I see, why didn't you say it earlier, it makes me worry about death." ”

During the day, they plan to learn from Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, and die with the city, but Zhou Xin wants to die?

Zhao Xun muttered: "I see, I see, why can't I think of it?" ”

"General Zhao, you have thought of it, and Jiaozhi has also thought of it, don't underestimate Jiaozhi, that Guo Jiayi outside Anyuan City is a very powerful general."

Zhao Xun was speechless.

Although he didn't admit that he was better than himself, he was also a good general, at least he was weak in the situation, and he had the upper hand everywhere.

This is the biggest variable between the two Guangzhous.

Troops!

Qinlian and Lian Prefecture divided 4,000 troops, the actual 2,000 soldiers were brought by Zhang Yu, the rest were half of the native soldiers, and the regular forbidden army was only more than 1,000 people. Yongzhou is the same, the main force is still Zhang Yu's army, and most of the soldiers left behind are native soldiers, militia and a small number of forbidden troops.

However, Liangguang included the original eight-battalion forbidden army. The regular forbidden army reached 13,000 people, plus the native soldiers who were trained with Di Qing in the west, and the number of troops who could go into battle reached more than 20,000. Now that there are only a few thousand people, where are the other soldiers?

However, the whole people in Liangguang are now mobilized everywhere, and the militia and soldiers are mixed together, even if Jiaozhi sends hundreds of scouts to sneak in, they will not be able to find out this detail.

Actually, it's not all.

Guangnan East Road had a bumper harvest last year. Many of the familiar barbarians, as well as a small number of barbarian tribes who finally took refuge in the Song Dynasty, were also wiped out.

Especially those who live in the mountains and wilderness, and the living environment is harsh. There were frequent vendettas in the various tribes, and they lived on hunting, and there were more warriors. These warriors are not strong in combat in the various departments. But when they are concentrated, they are commanded by qualified generals and give full play to their individual bravery, which is also an army that can fight and kill.

It's not impossible to mobilize a lot of reinforcement, a little reinforcement, and it is not impossible to replenish seven or eight thousand warriors, and Guangnan East Road is far away from Jiaozhi, unless tens of thousands of people are mobilized, thousands of people are mobilized, and the Jiaozhi people will not notice.

That's the cost of reversal.

But there are two premises. The first is to let them return to their hearts, and now Quang Nam East Road can do it. The second is the abundant reward, the material stimulus. It was arranged, too, and I made a promise in advance. There are other factors, intelligence work. Plans, weapons, etc., these have been done as early as last year. It was done very secretively, and even Yu Jing hid it, not to mention those scouts who crossed their toes.

Zhao Xun's night attack had a slight disadvantage to the plan, and it had some disadvantages to the reversal. If Jiaozhi continues to divide the troops into two places, the troops are small, and they will not dare to divide the troops to go deeper. After all, the rear cities have limited weapons, and there are few regular soldiers. Once the city is broken, the consequences are unimaginable. But the Jiaozhi army will also have doubts, once it can't break the city, it is equivalent to dividing the troops again, if it encounters a Song army, it may be defeated due to the small number of troops. If you don't divide your troops and bypass Anyuan City and Lianzhou City, these two nails are still there, and it is easy to attack from north to south. Therefore it must be hindered under the two cities.

Now that the two armies are united, they have the qualifications to divide their troops to the north, and once they divide their troops to the north, they will pose a serious threat to the walled cities such as Hongzhai and Lingshan City. Now all the people have been evacuated to these walled cities, and no matter which one of them falls, tens of thousands of people will be killed or wounded.

Fortunately, Guo Jiayi worked steadily and wholeheartedly in Anyuan City, although it had an impact on the plan, it had little impact, otherwise the entire reversal plan would be messed up.

Zhao Xun thought for a while and said, "I was wrong. ”

"It's okay, I'm also responsible, in order to confuse the enemy, I didn't inform you beforehand, so go down and rest. There's still a fierce battle tomorrow. ”

The night passed, and the next day the Cochin began to attack the city again.

Not only did countless siege vehicles crash into the city wall, but the earth mountain was also playing a role, not as high as the city wall, but the height advantage of Anyuan City was gradually lost. There are many nest carts in the northern city, which in turn condescendingly release arrows at the city. The Song army fired rockets, but after so many battles, the Jiaozhi people also had experience. Prepare a large amount of sand on the nest car, and when you see the fire burning, immediately cover it with sand to extinguish the fire.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Lang was a little worried. It's not that he is worried about Anyuan City, he is standing on the head of the city, although he has not released an arrow, it has played a great role in encouraging the people, yesterday's depression disappeared, and one by one became brave again.

Maybe this courage will disappear again in a few days, but it won't be a few more days, it's just today!

Zheng Lang was worried about Yongzhou.

The number of troops is still insufficient.

The Cochin army was put in there, and no war began, but once the war began, it would hold out for many days. It is possible that some of the heavy villages will face more enemy soldiers and more ferocious attacks, will they be able to hold on?

Although these villages were built very strongly, some of the key places were extravagantly made of stones and bricks, not only to prevent the Jiaozhi people, but also to prevent future barbarism. With these sturdy and tall stockades, if they lose the opportunity to invade and rebel, they will cut off the idea of aggression and rebellion by themselves.

But there are more enemies over there.

The bloody offensive and defensive battles continued, and at the end of the day, countless soldiers and civilians died. Several times Anyuan City was in danger, but several times, under the heroic resistance of the people, the Jiaozhi people were repulsed. The sun was setting, and Zhou Xin and Zhao Xun breathed a sigh of relief. The hard day finally came to an end. But Zheng Lang watched the corpses carry down the city, but his eyes were covered with a layer of blood.

The Jiaozhi people outside the city were cheering, but many people in the city were wailing.

Zheng Lang saw the Jiaozhi people slowly retreating and walked down the city. He came to the weeping people and said to them, "Fathers and fellow villagers, I will avenge this vengeance for you." ”

Anyuan City was at the forefront and held on for nineteen days. But the cost of these nineteen days was enormous, nearly 3,000 civilians and soldiers fell forever, and some were seriously injured and possibly crippled later. These people. They are the pillars of the family, the most important labor. Without them, a family is scattered.

Walk back to the county office. said to Zhao Xun: "General Zhao, let's start." ”

"Huh," Zhao Xun replied. He walked out with the generals and began to count the soldiers, selected 6,000 soldiers, divided them into two teams, and handed them over to Zheng Hao and Zheng Su to lead, teaching them some precautions for field battles and formation coordination.

Just taught, not explained.

When darkness came, the city was quiet again, save for the weepings of some of the families of the fallen militiamen. It seems to be the same as ever. But that night everything started to change.

Before the fifth watch, it was the darkest time of the night.

Zheng Lang, Zhou Xin, and Zhao Xun got up from the bed together, came to the city, and looked at the Qinjiang River.

In just a moment, a warning was heard from the Cochin barracks.

Huge black shadows rose from the harbor.

Boat!

Di Qing said. Zheng Xianggong, do you know why the Tang Dynasty defeated Goryeo?

Not to the other, but to the ship. It was the attack on land and water that became the straw that crushed Goryeo. If the navy was not used, the Tang Dynasty would not be able to defeat Goryeo, despite all the favorable factors.

In history, Guo Kui used a boat. But it was not used well, and the warships led by He Bin and Yang Congxian were blocked at the port of Dongjing at the mouth of the Fuliang River in Jiaozhi. Think about it, if it is not blocked, the navy army reaches the Fuliang River and comes to the city of Thang Long, will there be a danger of destroying the country in Cochin.

Why blocked, Zheng Lang is not very clear, He Bin is also a brave general, outstanding performance in the Battle of Quy Nhhpo, was left by Zheng Lang to serve as the general judge of Yongzhou, and as the deputy envoy of Wensi, Guangxi is under the jurisdiction of the Taiping Village, stationed in Taipingzhai.

But why can the Jiaozhi people stop the navy at the port of Beijing, either He Bin doesn't understand the navy, or Guo Kui was not cautious about the navy that time.

But Di Qing thought of the importance of the navy.

However, in history, Di Qing has passed away a long time ago. If Di Qing is here, the 100,000 army will go south, don't use the water army, and most of the country will be destroyed in Jiaozhi.

Cochin topographic factors determine the multi-ship. But no matter how many ships there are, can they match the ship technology of the Song Dynasty? At this time, the ship technology of the Song Dynasty was the most advanced in the world, and under the stimulation of the Ping'an Prison, the technology was advancing by leaps and bounds every year.

The selection of timber, more than ten years of the development of safety supervision, the ship of the hull of each timber repeatedly examined, each part of the selection of different wood, the beam and the fang must use Nanchu camphor and elm, the rudder must use elm nut, the door rod must use elm nut, the oar must use the cypress tree, the boat must use the southern lychee wood. The rudder is an important steering tool of the ship, which must withstand the disturbance of wind and waves, and the whirlpool, so some shipyards deliberately choose a unique ebony wood in the mountainous areas of northern Qinzhou at any cost. This ebony rudder is the best in the world.

The splicing technology of the hull and the modulation and use of the material are also advancing, and there are strict particulars, so the ship is stronger and more stable, more watertight, and has higher strength. These are all guarantees of the quality of the boat.

The rudder has also evolved from an elevator to a balanced rudder (the rudder shaft can move back and forth to reduce the resistance of the rudder to turn underwater), and the open rudder (some small holes are opened in the rudder plate to greatly reduce the torque of the rudder, but the opening must ensure that the proportion, less is ineffective for the torque drop, and more water pressure will have an impact on the life of the rudder, which is an extremely advanced rudder in ancient times).

There are also various types of boats, such as the fast-sailing squid boat, the multi-oared boat that is conducive to sailing against the wind and current, the eight-oar large sea boat, and the sea falcon boat that can effectively resist the oblique wind and crosswind, and so on. There are at least 30 types of ships, which is dizzying.

As a result, one is the safety supervision, the number of voyages is large, the number is large, and the voyage is getting farther and farther, especially to Oceania, although many supply points are set up, but such a long distance has to have high requirements for the quality of the ship. Zheng Lang's repeated encouragement, the imperial court's support for the docks, and other factors have created a leap in ship technology in the past ten years.

That's the advantage.

Today's Song ships have left the Cochin ships far behind, and the distance between the two is not one step, but hundreds of steps and thousands of steps. Even the kind of sea ship technology of the Tang Dynasty is far inferior.

This ship will have a profound impact on this campaign. It is also the biggest cost of battle reversal.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty did not set up a decent naval army for a long time, and the Jiaozhi people have been very negligent, so that they drove nearly 200 ships to the Beibu Gulf and launched an attack on Qinlian and Lian Prefectures.

A huge oversight, which eventually changed the direction of the campaign.

The uproar of the Cochin people also alarmed the people of the city, and many of them boldly walked up to the top of the city and looked at the bay.

The sky was dark, and I couldn't see clearly, only to see huge black shadows, like monsters, pressing towards the mouth of the Qinjiang River, making people feel a serious sense of oppression.

In just a moment, this group of black shadows approached the mouth of the Qinjiang River, and smaller ships came out of it, heading towards the city of Anyuan. Then from the upper reaches of the Qinjiang River, small boats came down. The boat is not big, but it is very heavy, and the draft depth oppresses the side of the ship.

Zhao Xun looked at the sky and sighed: "It's a pity, the wind is light." ”

Zheng Lang replied, "That's enough." ”

Then I saw many soldiers in the Cochin barracks get up and start to board the ship. However, these small boats did not approach, let alone engage them, but when they were more than two hundred paces away from the convoy, they exploded one by one. Then the ship began to sink, and one by one the soldiers jumped out of the boat and swam towards the east bank of the Qinjiang River.

Guo Jiayi looked at these sinking boats, but there was horror in his eyes, because he saw what was loaded on the boat. Big Sharp Stones!

It did not hurt his own fleet, but these ships loaded with sharp stones sank on both sides of his fleet, trapping his fleet on this part of the river. Sail up and down. But what made him feel uneasy was that one after another small boats sailed out, and with the slight southeast wind, the Song army on the boat spread his sails and oars, and quickly approached. Not far from the shipwreck, the ships were chained and joined in two rows, and the soldiers disembarked from the dinghy and returned.

The two rows of boats continued to drift towards the Cochin fleet with the help of the wind, and then sparks rose from above, quickly spreading into two fire dragons. Because it was loaded with flammable materials, the waterline was very shallow, and it drifted smoothly through the wreck area and approached the Cochin fleet.

It's not over, and there's a fire dragon floating on it.

Then the black shadows anchored one by one, built a pontoon bridge through small boats, and walked down from top of a group of heavily armed Song troops. Team after team, I don't know how many soldiers came.

Rumble!

The fire dragon crashed into the Cochin fleet.

The mouth of the Qinjiang River is very wide, but because of the large number of boats in Jiaozhi, almost the entire river is occupied.

Three fire dragons collided with the Jiaozhi boat, and the river quickly became a sea of fire. The most lethal thing is that in order to protect the safety of the ships, the second battalion in the north and south of Jiaozhi will tie up the large battalions to the side of the ships. Yesterday the weather was fine, and after a day of sunshine, the tent became very dry. The fire spread to the shore again, and many tents and fences were on fire.

The morning star in the east is getting brighter and brighter, and the sky is about to dawn.

The dark Quang Nam West Road is also about to end this darkness with the rising star of the day. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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