Chapter 478: The Great General Arrives
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The river water is like a fish belly with white scales in the moonlight.
The sailor wore only a large pair of trousers and slid his sculls in a monotonous and rhythmic manner with a low trumpet. There was wind in the river, but in order to drive faster along the way, three classes of sailors took turns to fight.
There was a glimmer of light in the cabin, and the thumb-sized flames seemed to hang in the air, without the slightest ripple.
Zhai Zhe leaned back on the chair by the window, his gaze slanted outward, watching the black whirring mountains and forests on the shore continue to retreat.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the cabin, and a stout man said through the door curtain: "General, you can go to Jingzhou at noon tomorrow."
"Got it"
Zhai Zhe was like a sculpture, and he didn't even move the tip of his little finger.
Wen Lin Zhu saluted and retreated. The fishermen on the banks of the Yellow River are now one of the commanders of the three major naval armies of the Great General's Mansion. Chen Huwei's military achievements are outstanding, Wang Zhiren's qualifications are old, and he can sit in this position today is entirely due to his relationship with the general.
He is a native of Jin, the only commander from the Northland among the sailors.
After an unknown time, Zhai Zhe's sculptural body moved, he got up and blew out the lights, and the cabin fell into darkness. The darker the inside, the better you can see the outside.
Since receiving the news of the dark camp and knowing that He Tengjiao led the army to Jingzhou, he urgently dispatched the sailors to the north, accompanied by 3,000 personal guards.
He was not at ease with He Tengjiao, it was an instinct. He has come all the way to where he is today and has a keen sense of the current situation. The only unstable factor in Huguang is He Tengjiao, otherwise the Qing army will be defeated here.
Since He Tengjiao dared to go to Wuchang Mansion to compete with the Ming army in Jiangnan, of course, going to Jingzhou City would not be in vain. The credit for recovering Jingzhou is enough to ⊥ many people's eyes.
"He Tengjiao, He Tengjiao, you die by yourself, don't blame me"
The combat effectiveness of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Huguang Governor's Mansion, he really didn't see it. But the Loyalty Camp is different, he values not only the 100,000 people in the Loyalty Camp, but also another door to strengthen his strength.
The sailors are mighty, and passenger and cargo ships automatically give way to the waterways along the way. From the Yangtze River waterway through Dongting Lake to the northwest, Jingzhou is in front.
The warship was hung with the banner of the Daming Naval Division, and the water invaders could not avoid it along the way. In the past six months, Chen Huwei has played the prestige of the Jiangnan Navy Division in Huguang, and no one rushed to pick up the tiger's whiskers.
One night, half a day.
The warship has sufficient supplies, in order to catch up, the warship has not docked, Zhai Zhe has not received any news from the outside world in the past few days, of course, he does not know the battle situation in Yuezhou Mansion.
Therefore, he was a little surprised when the soldier standing on the mast came to tell him that there was a scout cavalry who looked like a captive in the distance.
The warship went against the tide and rode the wind and waves.
There were still thirty miles away from Jingzhou City, and there was some fluttering cannon sound in the distance.
The lookout soldier came again and said: "General Qiqi, there are two soldiers and horses fighting outside Jingzhou"
Zhai Zhe walked up to the bow of the boat and lifted the clairvoyant mirror. The battlefield was too far away, and in front of him appeared running cavalry and continuous camps. The Qing soldiers had indeed raided the city of Jingzhou.
His heart was furious, and his face was gloomy.
"What's going on? What is Zuo Ruo and Fang Guoan, "The soldiers and horses he arranged in Yuezhou Mansion were no less than those of Le Kedehun, and he actually let the Qing soldiers kill Jingzhou City."
"Where are Zuo Ruo and Fang Guoan?" He suppressed the anxiety in his heart and ordered Wen Linzhu: "Speed up"
The flotilla sailed to the battlefield with all its might. The officers and men of the naval division were ready for battle, and the gunners prepared iron balls of gunpowder on the side side.
The scouts that spread throughout the south and east of Luckedhun, this fleet had long since attracted the attention of the Qing captives. Less than a quarter of an hour before a cavalry of about two thousand men galloped forward and accompanied the fleet north on the shore
A warship on the flank of the "Boom" saw that the Qing cavalry was very close and fired an iron cannon.
The iron ball flew over the heads of the cavalrymen and sank into the soft dirt.
Zhai Zhe didn't need a clairvoyant mirror to see the faces of these cavalrymen clearly.
The sound of artillery on the battlefield in the distance was getting louder and louder, and he was worried about wasting time here, so he ordered: "Ignore these cavalry, drive to Jingzhou City with all your might, and pull out the flag"
Fang Jin personally handed over the battle flag to Bao Guang, the commander of the guards.
The banners of "Great General" and "Zhai" were slowly raised on the mast of the largest warship.
This scene was obviously unexpected by the Qing cavalry, and a group of more than twenty cavalrymen broke away from the brigade and galloped to the north.
The Ming army took control of the waterways, and ships often traveled between Jingzhou and Jiujiang to transport supplies. Early in the morning, Luckedhun heard the scouts tell him that a fleet had come from the south, and although he hated it, he didn't pay much attention to it.
Whoever comes, he will do his best to break through the camp in two days.
After a trial yesterday afternoon, he confirmed that the Ming army in the east camp and the west camp had no linkage trend. Before he came out, Hong Chengchou had told him that there was only one enemy under the city of Jingzhou - the Loyal Battalion, and he was skeptical at the time, but now he completely believes it.
Today's fighting has progressed so far.
The Qing soldiers took the Jurchen heavily armored dead soldiers as the peak, and the Mongol cavalry archers and foot archers assisted them, and rushed into the loyal camp many times. Luckedhun's mood was a little better than yesterday's, and his gaze barely left the battlefield for a moment from the hour to the end of the day.
"If this continues, if it attacks overnight, the remnants of those thieves will definitely not be able to resist it"
At this moment, the scouts from the south rushed to the high ground with a bird's-eye view of the battlefield like arrows from the string, dismounted and rushed to the ground on one knee in front of Luckedhun, and announced: "Report, the Ming general Zhai Zhe is here"
"What?" Luckedhun withdrew his gaze from the distant battlefield.
"The sailor from the south played the banner of the great general Zhai Zhe"
"How did he get here?" said Luckard, as if he had been poured a plate of cold water on his head. All the longings and fantasies were shattered in an instant.
The name of a man, the shadow of a tree. In two years, the general Zhai Zhe became a nightmare of the Qing soldiers.
"How did he get here" Lucked took off his helmet and breathed in the fresh air, he had been staring at the battlefield for a long time, his brain was a little dizzy, and he couldn't believe the news.
The scout certainly couldn't give him an answer.
If the general Zhai Zhe came, would the Ming army in Jiangnan follow him? Is Jingzhou a trap?
Luckedhun's mind was like tens of thousands of flies flying in.
"The Ming Army's naval division only has twenty warships?"
"Yes"
"Each of these warships cannot hold more than 300 people"
"Yes"
These are all messages that have been received for a long time, and Luckedhun confirmed it again.
He slowly came to his senses from his manic state, "Could it be a human impersonation?" ”
He didn't believe that Zhai Zhe only brought a few thousand people to Jingzhou City. Because according to Hong Chengchou, the Ming army in Jiangnan and the Ming army in Huguang are water on one side and oil on the other, and they can never blend together.
Hong Chengchou is right, he understands the Ming Dynasty, but there are exceptions to everything.
Lucketthun didn't know the bottom in his heart, and ordered: "Explore, where is the Ming army in Yuezhou Mansion?" Is there a brigade of Ming troops in the surrounding 100 miles?"
"Za"
The Qing scouts were dispatched.
Camp Loyalist.
Li Laiheng rushed to the front of the battlefield, he was the junior general of the loyal battalion, and he had a pair of chain armor to protect the vital points on his chest.
Sweat flowed into his eyes, his vision was a little blurred, and the Jurchen soldiers in front of him were like a dense jungle, unable to see the edge at a glance.
This is his third time in battle today, and now the shape shì is really bad.
The knife that "killed" him was rolled, and it slashed at the arm of the oncoming Jurchen. The knife could not enter, and there was a shuddering scraping sound from the iron armor.
The Jurchen shook his arms, and the long knife in his hand rolled over.
He dodged and was about to dodge, but he didn't expect to step on the calf of a corpse at the landing place, and his body staggered backwards. Seeing that the long knife had arrived beside him, he couldn't dodge, and his heart was cold.
An anxious call sounded twenty paces away: "The little general dodge"
Almost at the same time.
"Bang, bang, bang" three or four bird guns sounded almost simultaneously.
The long knife that was waiting did not arrive, and Li Laiheng crawled on the ground and retreated to the guards of his own soldiers. He looked back in a panic and saw the Jurchen covering his face and letting out a roar of pain.
The four bird guns were aimed at the Jurchen at the same time, and two lead stones hit the target. He was lucky because a lead shot the Jurchen had in the face.
The "little general" looked up and down and saw that he was not injured, so he was relieved.
Li Laiheng snatched the long knife from the hands of his own soldiers, stood firm and pointed forward, "Release the gun, let go of the gun"
The Bird Hammer was reloading his ammunition, and there was an eerie tremor in the air. Li Laiheng shouted: "Shield, shield" The long knife in his hand danced wildly.
Sparse feathered arrows shrouded from the top of their heads.
The soldiers hurriedly raised their wooden shields above the gunslinger's heads.
"Puff Puff"
The arms holding the wooden shield trembled, and the soldiers hiding behind the wooden shield closed their eyes.
Li Laiheng shot down two long arrows flying towards him, and picked up a shield from the ground to block it above his head. He wasn't the target of the archers, the bird-stalkers were. Those people were the biggest threat to the Qing Warriors, and they were also the key snipers of the Jurchen archers.
The feather arrow passed, Li Laiheng threw away his shield and shouted: "Meet the enemy, meet the enemy" The Qing soldiers have arrived in front of him. The long knife meets the long knife, and the flesh hits the iron armor.
"Kill, drive away the captives" The response behind him was much thinner than in the morning.
This battle was fought too hard, and I don't know how long the Loyal Battalion will last.
River water.
The warship was getting closer and closer to Jingzhou City, and Zhai Zhe stood at the bow of the ship, using a clairvoyant mirror to see half of the battlefield. The Qing barracks were blocked in front of it, and further ahead was the Ming army camp. The camp on the east side was quiet, and the camp on the west side was like a pot of oil poured with a scoop of cold water.
"Drive through the battlefield and dock under the city of Jingzhou"
"Obey" Wen Linzhu took the order and left.
Two quarters of an hour later, the Ming army finally noticed the sailors coming down the river.
"The Great General is coming"
"The Great General is coming"
The East and West camps erupted in cheers almost at the same time.
Li Laiheng heard the shouting behind him, and he took the time to look into the distance, and he could not see the river from his place.
"The great general is coming," he pointed his sword at the sky, as if he had seen the mighty battle flag.
The soldiers followed him and roared, and the general Zhai Zhe was famous all over the world, and they were frightened by the powerful offensive of the Qing captives, and when they heard that the general was coming, they seemed to find a guarantee in their hearts.