Chapter 272: Entering the City

In order to prevent the Goryeo Navy from reinforcing from the sea, the Jin Army Jiangjiang Sentinel Ship set up in Lianpu from the sea suddenly found that a little sail shadow suddenly flashed in the turbulent waves, and followed the tide to the Jiangkou, the Jin Army Sentinel still wanted to go up to see what was going on, but the sea water poured into the river made their boats unable to move forward at all, but instead pushed them to float towards the river,

"It's the Southern Korean Naval Army!" As the distance got closer and closer, the soldiers of the Jin Army patrolling the outpost finally saw the Great Song Dragon Flag flying high on the mast of the incoming ship.

"Chirp..." three successive chirps shot into the air, and the Jin army patrolling the sentry was shocked when they saw more than 100 warships emerging on the sea, and the first reaction in their minds was that their naval army had been defeated, and the naval army of the Southern Dynasty had broken through the defense line they had set up on the sea.

"All troops on alert!" Looking at the beacon towers on the river bank being lit one after another, Zhao Yong put down the binoculars and ordered, on the first day of October, after the Jin State invaded Goryeo, he led the Song Dynasty reinforcements to the mouth of the Datong River.

"Lower the main sail, slow down, order the forward fleet to enter the estuary, clean up the Jin Army's barrage ropes, destroy the shore defense stone cannons and ballistas, and cover the brigade into the river!" Zhai Cheng, the commander of the Haizhou Navy who was standing beside Zhao Yong, ordered that he was one of the personnel selected from the Guards Battalion to Shengzhongtang that year, and when he arrived there, he abandoned his horse and boarded the boat to learn navigation, and became one of the few sailor generals in Beifu.

Guan Tongshou quickly issued the order to the front army in the flag language, and the fleet also lowered its main sail and formed a formation on the sea surface of the Jiangkou to prepare to enter the Datong River. Ten battleships of the Weizi were organized into the vanguard, and they formed a column and entered the river mouth according to this. Rush towards the river.

"Will our flagship work? It won't run aground! "After the striker entered the estuary, he sent a signal of peace. The Chinese army began to prepare to enter, and Zhao Yong's flagship was the ship 'Shenwei' that the emperor landed in Yingzhou that year, and it was the largest warship of the active navy, he asked with some anxiety.

"Don't worry, Dashuai, I'm not as good as you on land, but I'm better than you in the water!" Zhai Cheng said with a smile, Zhao Yong was also his captain when he was in Beifu, and they were very familiar with each other, and they naturally spoke a lot more casually.

"Let's see if I can get you. If the emperor had sent me back then, it would have been your turn to show off here! Zhao Yong rolled his eyes and snorted coldly, he was so seasick and dizzy along the way, his face turned green, and he was not less teased by this kid.

"Yes, yes, you are a general, how can you do this kind of drudgery of manipulating boats and water, after so many years, am I still your subordinate!" Zhai Cheng said with a smile, but his eyes did not leave the sea.

"It's good to know the way. Something went wrong, be careful that I beat you up like I did in the past! Zhao Yong shook his fist and said.

"In the early years, we used to walk this waterway, where there were reefs, where there were undercurrents. I know that! As he spoke, Zhai Cheng changed his gestures and commanded the battleship to sail into the estuary.

Pyongyang was an important trading center in Goryeo. The Datong River is deep and wide, connecting the sea. Naturally, it became the busiest waterway, and Shengzhongtang was engaged in overseas trade. It also started through transactions with Goryeo and Fuso, and it was a frequent place to visit, and of course it was very familiar with hydrology. Zhai Chengzhi said that the river can also be used in the river in the river in general, and now catch up with the tide, although the Shenwei ship has a high draft and a deep draft, there is no problem in sailing in the river as long as it does not deviate from the middle waterway, but the tide of sea water is poured into the river, the water is rapid, the wind is high and the waves are big, he said easily but did not dare to be sloppy at all.

"Boom, boom..."The guns on both sides of the forward fleet began to shoot, Zhao Yong looked ahead with a telescope, and the shells exploded in the walled city set up by the Jin army on both sides of the river.

And today is the tide, in order to prevent the boat rope of the lock river from being swept away by the tide, so the Jin army has been withdrawn yesterday, who would have thought that the Song army just came, and it was too late to temporarily cram, and the Song army fleet entered the Datong River smoothly without hindrance.

"Order the 2nd Marine Brigade to prepare for the landing, seize the Jin Army Water Village, and the rear escort fleet will cooperate with the Marine Brigade, and the brigade will not stop!" Zhao Yong looked at the situation on the battlefield and ordered. The Jin army suffered heavy losses under the intensive bombardment of naval artillery and fled one after another, because the Haizhou Naval Division had to cooperate with the Dengzhou Naval Division to encircle and annihilate the Jin Naval Army after completing the transportation of the landing troops, and could not but leave a way back for itself, so it was necessary to control the important places on both sides of the strait and prevent the return route from being cut off before the Jin Army was repulsed.

According to the advance operational plan, the 2nd Marine Brigade was responsible for seizing and holding Nanpu Port, and the remaining two brigades would also land at key points along the Datong River and leave troops to garrison them, and after the reinforcements arrived in Xijing, they would return with the fleet and land again at the mouth of the Yalu River to cut off the enemy's rear route, so their task was the most arduous. With the issuance of the order, the front army and the Chinese army did not stop, and the transport fleet transporting the leopard generals and the lion generals was incorporated into the Chinese army and continued to take advantage of the tide to quickly march to Xijing, while the rear escort ships took over the position of the front army and supported the landing of the marines with gunwales.

"The combat effectiveness of the Marine Brigade is no less than that of the five generals of Gyeonggi!" Under the cover of the rear warships, the Marine Brigade quickly transferred to a small boat tied to the stern, and each team moved closer to the shore with a boat, moving swiftly and bravely, without a trace of mud and water.

"Yes, the old foundation of the Marine Corps is the group of people trained by our Beifu, and they are all in the same vein as the five generals of Gyeonggi!" Zhai Cheng nodded. The Chinese army continued to move forward, and the rear fleet was stationed on the river and kept firing at the water village controlled by the Jin army, and more than a dozen small boats carrying the marines spread out in a fan shape, and they had already begun to storm the beachhead, and the machine guns on the bow of the ships spat out tongues of fire at the Jin troops on the shore trying to stop them.

"Alas, the emperor led our group of landlubbers to operate boats and oars in the dam of Zhuangzi, fluttering in the water, who knew that Lu Dao is now fluttering out such an invincible naval army that can cross the sea and cross the river!" Zhao Yong said with emotion, while speaking, the first wave of landing troops had successfully seized the beach, wading into the water and landing in the smoke of gunpowder, and the naval guns also raised their muzzles to extend their fire, continuing to support the marines who landed on the shore, while the second wave of troops had already completed their reloading and launched into the water.

"Think about how fast the days have passed, more than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the time in Beifu seems to be still in front of me, I'm afraid that the emperor already had the idea of building a naval army in his heart at that time, and we are just complaining about the deep water and pits, worried about being drowned!" Zhai Cheng also recalled the past and sighed, speaking of which, the emperor was a few years younger than them, but he couldn't have imagined that he would command such a huge naval division when he was killed at that time.

"It is said that men are afraid of entering the wrong industry, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man! In fact, I think I'm most afraid of following the wrong person, without the emperor, we people can rely on our strength to earn a bowl of rice to eat, support the family, where will there be today! "A commander of the landing team has landed ashore, captured the bridgehead set up by the enemy, established a beachhead, and the follow-up troops have also come ashore one after another, launching an assault on the port, indicating that the victory is only a matter of time, Zhao Yong breathed a sigh of relief and put down the telescope and said.

"Dashuai's words went to my heart, when we walked in Goryeo under the banner of a caravan, enduring their exploitation and white eyes, at that time I thought when I could command the warship to rampage in Goryeo, who thought that the emperor helped me achieve it, and now they bow down and beg us to send troops to help, what a relief!" The battleship went farther and farther, and the battlefield gradually disappeared from sight, only the rumbling cannon told them that the battle was still going on, "Without the emperor, there would be no our today, and there is no new Song Dynasty that can crisscross the seas today, no matter what others do, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to the emperor, I Zhai Cheng will be the first to disagree, even if I am far away in the sky, I will lead the army to serve the king!" ”

"What you think is exactly what the brothers think, and I'm afraid it is also what our hundreds of millions of Song people think. We can follow the emperor, fortunately; It is a great fortune that the country has such a bright monarch! Zhao Yong patted Zhai Cheng on the shoulder and said, at this time, the tide surge was more violent, the battleship raised its mainsail, and the tide and strong wind pushed the battleship to accelerate towards Xijing......

About 150 miles from Nanpu to Xijing, the land war pair launched two more landing operations along the way, taking control of important crossings along the river. After crossing the 'V' bay of the Datong River, the river surface suddenly narrowed, and the influence of the tide weakened, but the water flow on the river surface became stable. The fleet then turned into a column and continued to trace the river northward, racing with thousands of sails, hunting with flags, and 200 warships of all sizes stretched for more than ten miles on the river, which was amazing.

The Song army opened artillery bombardment again, and landed again, coming with great fanfare, and the news was quickly detected by both sides of the warring party, but the result was a few happy and a few worried!

Jin Fushi, who was trapped in the lonely city, was so worried that the last few black threads on his head were white, and he was really ecstatic to hear that the Song Dynasty reinforcements suddenly appeared on the Datong River, and immediately beat the drum and gathered the generals to prepare to welcome the Song army into the city, and then he was anxious to go up to the city to see the battle. But seeing that the Jin army besieging the city under the city also began to adjust its formation, and the large camp moved back several miles, it was obvious that they also learned the news of the arrival of the Song army, and they were also making contingency preparations.

The old man held the city wall and looked westward, until the sunset dyed the river red before seeing the sail shadow, Jin Fushi ordered the water gate to welcome the Song army into the city, and the defenders all went to the city to guard in case the Jin army sneak attack, and the people in the city also flocked to the river bank to see what the heavenly soldiers who came to the aid looked like, and swept away the gloomy atmosphere since the siege.

"Whew, Goryeo is saved!" Looking at the fleet that was getting closer and closer, Jin Fushi let out a sigh of relief and said, but his body was weak, and the persistence of the past month had almost exhausted the last bit of energy in his body.

"Alas, God bless Dajin!" Seeing the endless Song army fleet in the river from a distance on the river bank, Wushu sighed and said...... (To be continued......)