Na He Xiongqi originally thought that no matter whether the news was good or bad, as long as there was news, it would be better than no news at all, who would have expected that what was waiting for was such desperate news.

The morning light was faint, and in the Ming Hall of the Dengzhou General's Mansion, the candle as thick as a baby's arm burned and beeped, with a slight fat aroma. Na He Xiongqi sat on the Taishi chair as if all his strength had been exhausted, and Fan Wenlan and Tong Huacheng stared at a few messy pieces of rice paper on the long case with pale faces.

This is a letter sent by Ye Ji Baishi from Shaocheng, wrapped in oilcloth and collected by himself, and brought from Haicheng through the blockade line to Jianjin Prefecture in Liaodong - these messy pieces of rice paper describe the naval battle of Hejin and the shelling of Bailing Mountain.

The naval battle of Hejin and the shelling of Bailing Mountain are difficult to describe with words, and only when the painter depicts the situation on paper can people have a more direct understanding - but this kind of understanding is too cruel!

The Battle of Hejin ended with the annihilation of the entire Goryeo Naval Division, the Huaidong Naval Division did not hurt a single soldier or boat, and Yeji Baishi had 20,000 elite horse infantry in Shaocheng, and he was forced out of Shaocheng - how can such a result be accepted?

Tong Huacheng originally thought that the Huaidong Naval Division would not have the ability to organize two large-scale naval battles in just over a month, but who would have thought that in the Battle of Hejin, the Huaidong Naval Division would annihilate all of Gaoli's Shaocheng Naval Division without injuring a single boat? The Huaidong Naval Division won the great victory in the Battle of Hejin so easily, and naturally had the ability to continue fighting!

This means that they have wasted ten precious days waiting for news, and the Huaidong Sailor may appear on the sea outside Dengzhou City at any time!

Is this the true situation of the Huaidong Fuhuo crossbow?

The warships of the Goryeo Navy Division were beaten by the fire crossbow three or four miles apart, and the ship was broken, risking death to break through to a close place, but it attracted an even more crazy barrage cover, like being trapped in prison; And the shelling of Bailing Mountain is even more terrifying, five or six miles away from the water village, the county seat, are all under the cover of the fire crossbow, twenty or thirty pounds of spherical iron bullets seem to be like a star-like bombardment - such a fire crossbow, a warship in Huaidong is equipped with more than a dozen to more than 100 planes.

The power of the fire crossbow is not weaker than the bombardment of the stone-throwing crossbow at close range - the soldiers and horses of the Northern Yan used to attack the city and plunder the land, in order to overcome the stubborn enemy, they would often organize hundreds of stone-throwing crossbows to bombard the enemy city, but now Huaidong has concentrated such a powerful force on a single warship.

A ship strong enough to stand up to a mighty city!

The seemingly impregnable line of defense will face such a terrifying hell of warship......

Could it be that the fundamental reason why Huaidong hibernated for two and a half years was to build this kind of warship that was like a terrifying hell?

"Su Tingzhan should be immediately informed that abandoning Miaoshan Island and Huangcheng Island, and that Daoyu Village and Tieshan Village are not enough to defend, and that all warships should be retreated to inland waterways to avoid enemy ships...... Although Tong Huacheng is in charge of military spying, he himself is a resourceful general, if it is really like the situation painted by Ye Ji Baishi looking for a painter, the sea defense line has completely lost the meaning of existence.

"Could it be that the eldest prince boasted to cover up the rout?" Na He Xiongqi was desperate and asked Fan Wenlan with those little luck.

Fan Wenlan was full of bitterness, Nahe Xiongqi can be said to be one of the most pragmatic and sober generals in the Northern Yan Army, but he has been governing the army in Dengzhou for six or seven years, and he has invested almost all his energy in the Suohai defense line, how can he easily admit that the Suohai defense line is a pile of useless ruins in front of the new Huaidong warships and fire crossbows?

At present, the most important thing is not to lock the coastal defense line, but to ensure that these warships can fight back at sea to the last bit, so that the Huaidong Army cannot arbitrarily drive straight into the Bohai Bay, directly attack the Jinhai Sea, and directly attack Yanjing......

Just does it really work?

Fan Wenlan really couldn't imagine that once the sea defense line was torn apart, Jinhai and Yanjing would be mortally threatened, and what a bad impact it would have on the entire Shandong and Hehuai defense lines!

In the past, Fan Wenlan could realize that Huaidong had a certain strategic advantage, but he didn't think that the Northern Yan Rebellion had gone - only then did he realize that Huaidong simply had a certain strategic advantage, and the so-called Northern Expedition was simply going to crush Dayan!

Why did the Huaidong Navy Division no longer advance eastward to attack Hanyang after the victory of Hejin and the occupation of Shaocheng?

First, Goryeo was not the main target of the Huaibei Expedition, and once again, the hills and dense forests on the western flank of Hanyang could hinder the Huaidong Army's rapid assault on Hanyang.

Once the Huaidong Army is called to occupy Jinhai, from Jinhai to Yanjing and Pingchuan, there is no hindrance, and at this time, the total number of soldiers and horses of Northern Yan in Yanjing, Jinhai, Changli and other places is only 50,000, how to prevent the Huaidong Army from occupying Jinhai?

"General Nahe, when life and death are at stake, if you hesitate a little, there is no place to die, please make a decision quickly!" Tong Chenghua urged.

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Na Hexiong Qi said with a dead face, "Listen, is there a wake-up call ringing? ”

Tong Huacheng and Fan Wenlan calmed down, the faint alarm bell was ringing, Tong Huacheng pushed open the door of the Ming Hall with one arrow, only to see a beacon fire burning in the southeast corner of the city wall, indicating that a large number of enemy troops were approaching......

Although the Dengzhou Army built a large number of beacon piers on the south side of the Shandong Peninsula, the Huaidong Navy Division only needed to make the Dengzhou Army deaf and dumb on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula as long as it made a slight circumference on the sea.

Nahe Xiongqi, Fan Wenlan, and Tong Huacheng climbed to the top of the city again in a panic, and at this time, the rising sun jumped out from the sea and sky in the east like a new life, illuminating the golden light of the sea and mountains in the east of Dengzhou, and also shining the golden light of the hundreds of giant sails hanging above the sea.

Almost at the same time, there was a roaring sound of shelling like spring thunder between the sea and the sky, and the naval battle of Dengzhou was unveiled just when the people of Dengzhou were not able to react in time......

"Why hasn't General Su come here yet?" He Xiongqi suddenly thought that after such a long time, Su Tingzhan did not come from the Sword Fish Village.

"General Su is going to inspect Huangcheng Island at night, and the Daoyu Village sent a boat to Huangcheng Island to invite him." The cronies sent to invite Su Tingzhan had already rushed back at this time, and they had not had a chance to return to their lives.

Su Tingzhan at sea?

The sudden outbreak of naval battle, was Su Tingzhan meeting with the Huaidong warship when he returned to land?

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Su Tingzhan went to Huangcheng Island to inspect before night, and stayed on Huangcheng Island at night, and in the morning light, he heard that there was news from Hanyang that came directly to Dengzhou, so he left Huangcheng Island by boat, and met the boat sent by Nahe Xiongqi to find him on the way.

However, at this time, the beacon sentry ship in the southwest sea area of Huangcheng Island gave a warning, and the beacon fire ignited by the sentry ship was like a suddenly bright morning star in the clear morning.

There was an enemy ship coming straight to Huangcheng Island, Su Tingzhan could only return to Huangcheng Island first, organize the defense, and did not hesitate to return to Dengzhou for a while to meet with Nahe Xiongqi and Fan Wenlan.

In addition to guarding 3,000 elite infantry armor, there are 5,000 naval troops and more than 60 warships - the combat power should not be underestimated.

And Liaodong Jiantie Cottage, Miao Cottage and Dengzhou Daoyu Village, the combat power is stronger than Huangcheng Island, and the farthest distance is not more than 100 miles, sailing in the wind at sea, but half a day's journey.

The rising sun on April 16 is like a bright red pill jumping out of the cloud curtain of the sea and sky, emitting a thousand zhang of light, and the Huaidong warship comes from the south, and the mast of the ship is reflected in the light of the rising sun, and the side reflects the shining light.

Su Tingzhan hurriedly changed into battle armor, and the fine scale armor shone silver under the morning sun. Standing on the top deck of the building, squinting at the signs of changing formations of the Huaidong warships sailing in a tandem and fast, Su Tingzhan calmly ordered: "Take the first and second wing fleets out of the village, go around the South Cliff Ballista and spread out to the southwest flank of Donghuangcheng Island, and prepare to meet the enemy...... Training for a thousand days, used for a while, sons, don't lose your own life, and lose your own face, those who escape from the battle, cut nothing, parents, wives and children sit together, you know! Su Tingzhan did not have too much emotion in his tone to repeat the military order, and asked the shirtless wrestlers on the left and right to beat the bronze war drums to inspire people.

In Su Tingzhan's view, no matter how strong the attacking Huaidong Navy Division is, they cannot passively defend, but must actively organize an attack with the help of the favorable conditions close to the island, only in this way can the Huaidong Army's offensive spirit be wiped out, and only by doing everything possible to weaken the enemy and tired enemy can there be more chances of victory.

The south cliff of the east island of Huangcheng Island, the water depth is straight, the cliff is 20 zhang high, the crossbow platform is set, the heavy crossbow can cover the sea area within 500 steps, the first and second wing fleet warships are all warships, according to the south cliff crossbow platform and the Huaidong warship in front of the hand-to-hand combat; He also transferred more than a dozen warships out of the water village to the left flank to strictly defend them, so that the two main warships of five masts were escorted by several large-wing warships to line up outside the south entrance of Huangcheng Island, and the other two five-masted warships were prepared for battle on the inner side, so as to be ready to send reinforcements at any time......

After making the above deployment, Su Tingzhan boarded the South Cliff crossbow platform in order to better command the water battle.

When he boarded the crossbow platform on the south bank, he happened to see that the twenty or so Huaidong warships that had been advancing rapidly in a column had transformed into a strange ship formation, with two teams intertwined in the center, and two cone-shaped ships that looked like they were attacking on the wings—Su Tingzhan would not have been so surprised if he had seen the detailed sketch of the battle of the Hejin Naval Campaign brought by Hanyang's messenger earlier, and he was full of doubts at this time, just like the general of the Goryeo Navy Division who first encountered this ship formation.

Perhaps because of the frequent fights with Huaidong, Su Tingzhan felt more of a sense of crisis in addition to doubts-it, but unfortunately, on the battlefield, the time he could think about was too limited.

More than 20 Huaidong warships slowly pulled the southern end of Huangcheng Island into the firing range, Su Tingzhan watched the side of the Huaidong warships, intensively spitting out flames and white smoke, nearly 200 solid iron bullets at a time, targeting the two five-masted main warships at Nankou, and shooting densely from the air.

Hit the water, the waves soar into the sky.

Hit the ship, the mast broke and the ship cracked.

Hit the cliff and shake the rocks!

With the addition of luxury craftsmen, Beiyan's Tieshan ship was able to build a large sea ship with a load of 8,000 stones in the fifth year of Yongxing, and built a total of 16 five-masted main warships in three years, four of which were stationed on Huangcheng Island.

The five-masted warships that were ready to meet outside the south entrance were two of them, and Su Tingzhan personally supervised the construction of Dengzhou Naval Division.

In order to strengthen the structural strength, except for the watertight compartments, the deck is double-layered, although it is not a complete iron skeleton ship, a large number of cast iron components are also used, the angle iron is wrapped on the foreside, and the heavy bed crossbow and scorpion crossbow are placed, which is the most advanced warship of the Dengzhou Naval Division.

These two warships, which Su Tingzhan thought could compete with the Huaidong Naval Division's warships, were unrecognizable under a dense barrage bombardment. The hull of the ship is so huge, more than 180 solid iron bullets, nearly a third of which hit the hull at one time.

The two main battleships that Su Tingzhan was proud of were almost unrecognizable in the blink of an eye, the corpses were all over the place, and there were broken marks everywhere that were pierced or cracked, and the mast made of the whole giant wood was also broken, and it was smashed down, tearing the sails apart, smashing a corner of the stern cabin, and several armor guards were on the mast of the ship, struggling and crying and howling......

Including Su Tingzhan, including the fleet arrayed on the southeast flank of the South Cliff Ballista, they were all shocked by the situation in front of them, and they didn't even notice that the Huaidong warships were still slowly approaching along the ocean.

This time, the batteries of the Huaidong warships were all pointed at the South Cliff Ballista on Godcheng Island......