Chapter 304: The Mighty Dongting Lake Water Bandits
The commander of the bandits, in turn, was robbed by the bandits.
Accidentally, Cheng Changyu became a laughing stock and was ridiculed by people all over the world.
Cheng Changyu was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and hurriedly led the army straight into the enemy camp.
It's just that when Cheng Changyu and a group of soldiers came to the edge of Dongting Lake, except for the white water, there was not a single figure to be seen.
Cheng Changyu's soldiers were all northerners and did not know how to use water, so when they saw this situation, they were stunned.
At this time, a piece of news came that Cheng Changyu's private secretary carefully entered Zhong Ziyi's harem, and his status was greatly improved, and now he is at the level of a concubine.
Under the repeated blows, Cheng Changyu calmed down, and he decided to make a trick.
Cheng Changyu's trick is the money he brought from Caizhou. Now to take revenge on the thieves in Dongting Lake, he has to use his own private money
First of all, Cheng Changyu, as the commander of the bandits, confiscated the goods of all the surrounding timber merchants, and then recruited a large number of craftsmen to build a large number of "cars and ships" day and night.
This kind of "car ship" has a huge hull and can carry thousands of soldiers; The hull of the boat is like a car, with two winged wheels, and special pedals and steering devices at the bow and stern of the boat, which make the boat forward and backward.
To put it simply, these "cars and boats" are just special versions of the pedal boats in modern parks.
The huge fleet of "cars and boats" set out from the Zhijiang River, and in coordination with the infantry on the shore, they attacked the thief Kou Shui Village in Xia Cheng from both sides of the waterway.
The large-displacement "vehicles and ships" are equipped with advanced power systems, coupled with a large number of troops, and more high-quality weapons and equipment. On such terms. The water village is still not ready to be caught?
It must be admitted. Cheng Changyu was serious and responsible for this crackdown on bandits. also invested in the work of suppressing bandits; However, Cheng Changyu does not know that investment is risky, and investment is not necessarily proportional to returns.
The day after Cheng Changyu watched the departure of the troops he built with hope, the news of the battle report came, and Cheng Changyu found that he had once again become a joke of the world.
The depths of the waterways of Dongting Lake varied, and the huge vehicles and ships carefully built by Cheng Changyu ran aground. Lying in the water, he couldn't advance or retreat, and was robbed by the bandits, even the boat and the people.
Hahaha, where is this Cheng Changyu who is the commander of the bandits, it is clearly the fat that was sent to the water bandits.
Cheng Changyu was inexplicably sad and indignant, and shouted loudly: "Why would God treat me like this? ”
God quietly asked him in his dream: "Why do you treat the people of Caizhou like this?" ”
I have to say that Cheng Changyu is a very successful captain of the transport brigade, because after the end of this battle, the strength of the Dongting Lake bandits has been greatly improved.
First of all, the thieves in Dongting Lake received a large number of sophisticated weapons and equipment. The weapons used have been replaced by regular official equipment from the original folk hand-made iron, which can be described as a bird gun for a foreign cannon.
Secondly. Cheng Changyu's first few boats, which contained a large amount of gold and silver treasures, have now become the expenses of the Dongting Lake thieves.
Moreover, in the official car and boat seized by the thieves in Dongting Lake, there is a special person, he is Gao Xuan, the capital craftsman of the Royal Manufacturing Bureau.
Gao Xuan's capture gave the thieves of Dongting Lake the ability to build all kinds of advanced ships. As a result, the military power on the water of Dongting Lake has increased greatly, and it can even suppress the regular sailors of the Song Dynasty head-on.
In fact, the thieves in Dongting Lake did the same.
After Gao Xuan was captured, Yang Qi also began to build giant warships on a large scale.
Among these giant warships, there are 24 car building ships "Hezhou carry", 22 car building ships "Hezhou carry", as well as "Da Yaoshan" ships, "Daqin Mountain" ships, "Da Jiashan" ships, "Xiaode Mountain" ships, "Xiao Yao Shan" ships, "Xiao Qinshan" ships, and "Xiao Jiashan" ships, and so on.
These huge cars and ships can carry more than one person, and the smaller ones can also carry three or four hundred soldiers; Moreover, the ship is also equipped with a clap rod, up to more than ten Song Zhang, a boulder is placed on the top, and a roller is set up below, and when encountering the warship of the official army, it can be broken with a slap rod.
In addition, Yang Mi also equipped these giant warships with hundreds of light and small warships, named Loach, like the stars and the moon, clustering and cooperating with large chariots and ships to fight.
In a very short period of time, the strength of the Dongting Lake Water Division has been greatly improved, and the total strength has exceeded 50,000. And Yang Mi's self-confidence is also constantly expanding, and he began to contact Liu Yu of the pseudo-Qi, preparing to get out of Dongting Lake and carve up the Jiangnan region
At this time, it happened that Li Heng and his northern expedition had returned from failure, and the Southern Song Dynasty court sent the Yuejia army north to crusade against the puppet Qi and recapture the six counties of Xiangyang.
In order to prevent the Dongting Lake Water Master from harassing the Yue family army from behind, Emperor Gaozong sent another general to conquer Yang Mi.
He is Wang Xie, the envoy of Jingnan Mansion, Tanzhou, and Dingzhou.
This Wang Xie is not an ordinary person, he is the commander of the Imperial Forest Army of the original Emperor Gaozong, and he is well versed in the escape magic of the little emperor. Wang Xie was later transferred by the emperor to Du Chong to strengthen the Yangtze River defense line, but in the Battle of Majiadu, Wang Xie fled without a fight, destroying the Yangtze River defense line of the Song Dynasty.
After the Battle of Majiadu, Wang Xie did not return to Emperor Gaozong's side, because at that time, the emperor was also unable to protect himself, and was forced to go to the sea by Wanyan Wushu.
It's just that Wang Xie relies on his own soldiers, but he also occupies several territories.
After the Jin soldiers retreated, with the trust of Emperor Gaozong, they became the envoys of the six state capitals of Jingnanfu, Tanzhou, Dingzhou, Lizhou, Yuezhou, and Ezhou, with a total strength of 50,000 people, which was not weaker than Liu Guangshi and other military bigwigs.
Emperor Gaozong believed that with such a huge force, even if he could not capture Dongting Lake, he would at least be able to stop the thieves and prevent them from joining the army of the puppet Qi
This time it is the emperor's order, and he acts according to his orders.
Wang Xie didn't dare to be slack, and as soon as he arrived at Dongting Lake, he immediately launched an attack on the thieves in the lake.
The most direct reason for the failure of Cheng Changyu before was because the water in some places in Dongting Lake was shallow, and the big ship was easy to run aground. Taken advantage of by the enemy.
This time, Wang Xie learned the lesson of Cheng Changyu. Personally lead the strongest fifteen thousand elite soldiers. Took a large number of small boats to the lake to suppress bandits.
Wang Xie didn't expect that after Cheng Changyu's full cultivation, today's Dongting Lake Navy is no longer what it used to be, not only with excellent weapons, but also equipped with a large number of giant warships.
The course of the battle is very tragic, but the ending is simple, with only one sentence.
"In one day, 10,000 people will die!"
Wang Xie himself did not die. He fled with blood on his face and never recovered.
The two fiascos before and after made Emperor Gaozong furious.
As a result, Cheng Changyu was demoted by the imperial court and transferred out of Dingzhou. However, Wang Xie was impeached and dismissed because he later falsely reported his achievements in an attempt to cover up the fiasco, and his tens of thousands of troops were changed to Han Shizhong, who was guarding Huainan East Road
Here I want to emphasize that the collusion between Yang Mi and Liu Yu has been verified for many years. There is no final conclusion yet, and some say it is framed. Others say it's true.
However, one thing can be confirmed, if Yang Mi can withstand the encirclement and suppression of the third wave of the Southern Song Dynasty, even if he did not have the idea of colluding with Liu Yu at the beginning, he will take action at this time.
It's a pity that Yang Mi failed to block the third round of encirclement and suppression by the imperial court. Therefore, even if he had any ideas at the beginning, Yang Mi can only be a bamboo basket now.
Because, in the third wave of bandits, the imperial court sent the hottest general at that time - Yue Fei.
In fact, in August of the fourth year of Shaoxing, after Yue Fei restored the Xianghan Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty court had already appointed him with full authority to "hunt" the thieves in Dongting Lake
Yue Fei also made some planning and preparations for this, but because of the southern invasion of the Jin and Qi coalition forces, the operation to clean up was delayed for half a year.
In February of the fifth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei traveled from Chizhou to Pingjiang Mansion, and returned to Lin'an Mansion with the emperor.
In the end, in addition to worshiping Yue Fei as the envoy of the two towns, the imperial court appointed him as the envoy of the Jinghu South, North, and Xiangyang Fu Road system, and promoted the military capital after the promotion of Shenwu, "the Pinghu thief Yang Mo", and gave 100,000 yuan and 5,000 horses of silk as a reward for the army.
In March, Yue Fei sent troops from Chizhou to Tanzhou, and the troops he led were roughly the troops that came to aid Huaixi.
In addition, the Song court also followed the practice of supervising the army by Wenchen, and specially appointed Zhang Jun, the right prime minister and the governor of the Privy Council, to the title of the governor of Zhulu military horses, and passed with the army.
From the above two appointments alone, it is enough to understand how determined Gaozong was to eliminate Yang Mi's rebels
Yue's army set off.
Normally, the busiest and most nervous person in the army should be the coach Yue Fei.
But in fact, there is another person who is the busiest in the army this time, and he is Zhang Jun, the superintendent of the army.
Lord Zhang Jun is so wise and great, he has repeatedly regarded himself as Zhuge Kongming; Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is gone. Even if he can't be Kong Ming, at least he is a figure of Zhou Yu's level.
Yes, since the defeat in the Battle of Fuping, life is worse than death every day.
In particular, the experience of Zhang Jun's escape after the most desolation, coupled with Wu Jue's birth, and the defeat of Yan Wushu in two battles between the monk Yuan and the immortals, made him a laughing stock on the northwest battlefield.
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In the Huaixi Campaign, Zhang Jun finally reappeared in the rivers and lakes, but unexpectedly, the Jin and Qi coalition forces were driven away by Yue Fei like lightning, leaving Zhang Jun useless; Although he was also rewarded by Emperor Gaozong, such a delicious meal only aroused Zhang Jun's fighting spirit even more.
Therefore, in this operation to conquer the bandits in Dongting Lake, he was diligent and studious, carefully observed, worked hard, and actively expressed his personal opinions on every matter.
For example, Zhang Jun discovered that Cheng Changyu and Wang Xiewang both made the same big mistake before.
In the past, when the officials and troops were on the conquest, they first thought about the issue of boats, and always thought about taking advantage of the low water level in autumn and winter to enter the army.
This is patently false.
Water bandits are also human beings, and they also have to eat. They disperse out of the land in spring and summer, and in the autumn they harvest grain back to the water village to hoard.
In other words, the autumn and winter marches are just in time for the concentration of the opponent's forces and the abundance of food...... (To be continued......)
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