Chapter 1371: Fuzhou Bay
It's just that in the following days, the supplies were still in a steady stream, but the cavalry and foot soldiers mentioned by Chen Sheng did not land on the shore, and only a thousand people came by boat to bear the defense of various places in Jinzhou.
At this time, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan have nothing to worry about, even if the number of people here increases to more than 10,000, according to such a volume of materials, it is enough to support the winter, and occasionally discuss in private, saying that Xuzhou must be doing its best to supply, I am afraid that their own territory has been extremely difficult, the people are not living, and the ground has been scraped a few feet down.
However, with all the previous misjudgments, it is not easy for everyone to draw conclusions about this, especially looking at Chen Sheng and they are calm, the soldiers below are confident and relaxed, most of the generals and elites of the Zhao family army are from Xuzhou, if their hometown is tossed so badly, they may not have such a performance.
Before the former Jinzhou defenders could judge and guess, they received news that the backbone of Jinzhou and Dongjiang Town, including Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and the Liu brothers, had received orders to go on an expedition.
Everyone can guess where to fight, there is only one place worth fighting near Jinzhou, and it seems that Chen Sheng still does not listen to persuasion, and he has to lead the army to fight Fuzhou.
This kind of mobilization makes people can't be optimistic, attacking the city in this strange place, even if you have confidence, no matter how powerful the firepower is, you have to know yourself and know your opponent, but these days, the more than 100 cavalry are just patrolling the places around Jinzhou City, and they don't go out to reconnoiter at all.
Originally, someone wanted to persuade him, but he was stopped by Chen Jisheng, he thought very clearly, since he could come up with so many supplies, this Xuzhou's family background must be very thick, even if it is a temporary setback, it will not hurt the muscles and bones, and Chen Sheng is quite stable in using troops on the battlefield, and it may not be a big loss to suffer a loss, since this is the case, it is better to suffer a loss and know the lesson.
The night before, when they got the news of departure, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan told more than 100 people from Liaodi to pack their luggage and prepare their weapons, but they didn't see any large-scale actions in the camp, which made them sigh even more, this Xuzhou soldiers and horses were a little unreliable, so they won a battle, so arrogant.
But on the second day, the officers and soldiers from Liaodi realized that their judgment was very wrong, and Zhao Jiajun did not go to Fuzhou by land at all, but gathered at the port to line up and board the ship.
Or do you want to go by sea? It turned out that they were going to take the sea route, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan and others suddenly realized that at this time, there was no worry about Zhao Jiajun, but they couldn't help laughing at themselves, just thinking that their small force could take the sea route, but they didn't expect that Zhao Jiajun's large force could also take the sea route.
Zhao Jiajun rescued Jinzhou by boat, but everyone intentionally or unintentionally ignored it, the sea is windy and rough, the sea route is dangerous, all this is engraved in everyone's mind "common sense", from Shandong to Liaodong, must take the sea route, this is also a helpless move, with troops to fight for safety, how can you take a boat, how can you take the sea route?
What to do in case the sea capsizes? What if he and Meng Yuan went east to conquer the Japanese kingdom and encountered a strong wind and wiped out the whole army? Although Chen Jisheng and others also took a boat between Phi Dao and Jinzhou, they felt that it was a helpless move and had to do it, and they would not use the ship if it was regular and safe.
When the big boat, after feeling the familiar bumps and shaking, everyone was dumbfounded, this is really dark under the light, the method is in front of you, but you can't see it, you didn't think of it at all, but some people are full of emotion, "If we had so many boats back then, we could also use this method."
The sea route is indeed much more convenient than the land, and what is even more rare is that the ship has been filled with supplies, and the battalion heads of the Zhao family army do not need to prepare too much, they can travel lightly on the ship.
"This should be Fuzhou Bay!" Someone shouted excitedly that when he escaped by boat, he had also seen the scene along the coast, but he was panicked at the time, and he never thought that he would come back.
The ship's owner, sailor and others were dismissive of such a surprise, and before the big ship came, each ship had to be dispatched to take a small boat to survey first, and this side had already figured it out.
Chen Jisheng, Zhang Pan and others paid more attention to a few "strange ships" in the fleet, they asked the sailors on the ship, and knew that it was the ghost foreign ship captured by the Zhao family, the ship was all cloth sails, the mast hull and everything was different from the Ming ship, and what attracted more attention was those artillery, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan didn't understand, how could the ship still open under the side, and the artillery could be placed there, a ship actually had dozens of cannons, and more than 20 shells could be fired at a time, which was incredible.
There is not much wharf in Fuzhou Bay, the government-run port was abandoned a long time ago, and the rest are private ports, and the bold businessmen colluded with the military generals of Liaozhen to transport all kinds of in-demand commercial goods from the Guannai, and then transported back special products from here, and now this business is done with the Jianzhou Jurchen.
In the face of several times more than ten times the profits, there is no good righteousness, and the Jianzhou Jurchens need more commercial goods in the customs than Liaozhen, and the prices are higher.
But Jinzhou fought a lot, after Dengzhou Port was taken over by Zhao Jiajun, no one dared to come here to do business, although the Jianzhou Jurchen still gave silver, but Zhao Jiajun kept a very strict eye on this, several routes were blocked by the sea lord from the south, and they were caught and even the people and ships were gone, and no one dared to take this risk.
"There's no one guarding here?" The sailors on the bow of the ship were very puzzled, thinking that although the facilities in Fuzhou Bay were not complete, they could provide landing after all, why was it so empty, or that there was no defense at all, and there was no manpower stationed.
Zhao Jiajun and the people of the fleet were confused, but Chen Jisheng, Zhang Pan and others understood that Chen Jisheng was just there and explained with a wry smile: "Please tell the chief general of your army that there is no sea in the hearts of the Tartars, they don't know anything about the sea and the ocean, and they also know that the Jinzhou side is from the Dengzhou port to transport supplies, but they have no blockade and interception action at all, their ships and rafts are used on the river, even if they see the army landing on the Jinzhou Bay side, they can't imagine that the army will come out on the Fuzhou Bay side, I guess you'd be going to travel overland from Golden State. ”
This was said upside down, but the people on the boat understood, and while sending someone to send the news out, he said with a smile: "No matter whether you think he is here or not, this sea is always here, this sea is very big, or it can be said that Jin Ye can become a big thing, he thinks more about this seaside, this sea ship, than our family leader!" ”
Although the Jianzhou Jurchens did not deploy defenses on the port side, the news still spread back quickly, and they could still react quickly.
Wangshan ran a dead horse, and there was the same situation at sea, looking at the private port of Fuzhou Bay in front of him, but it would take a while to get there, but during this time, the defenders in Fuzhou City had already rushed over, and the people who knew how to do Zhao Jiajun were not on the ship, but Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan They had this skill, looking at the smoke and dust raised in the inland of the port, their faces changed.
"It's almost a thousand cavalry, and the soldiers and horses who retreated from Jinzhou should all be stationed in this Fuzhou area, what are the Tartars going to do? actually spent such a large amount of money to block the Golden State here. “
The proportion of cavalry of Jianzhou Jurchen is much higher than that of the Ming army, but it is not the establishment of all the cavalry of the Mongolian soldiers and horses, and these cavalry are mainly used in the direction of the Ming army, and the suppression of various places and the conquest of Phi Dao and Jinzhou are mainly foot soldiers, these two places are mainly the attack and defense of cities and fortresses, and Jinzhou is not blocked by the bay, so it also brought hundreds of cavalry, and there are not too many cavalry on the Fuzhou side, and thousands of cavalry can be taken out at once, or a large army is sent from Liaoshen and Guangning, Either the defeated army that failed in the siege of Jinzhou is still in Fuzhou City, and the latter may be greater.
According to the judgment of Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan, the thousand cavalry of the Tartars can block the fleet to go ashore, don't look at his small number, but this maneuver is incomparable to others, any place ashore his cavalry can rush over, relying on speed and impact to solve one way and then go to the other way, no matter how elite the landing soldiers are, there is still a preparation for the process from getting off the ship to going ashore, and there is an unstable foothold, which cannot fight the cavalry at all, even if the Zhao family's guns and artillery are sharp, it is impossible to fire in the sea.
The thousand Jianzhou cavalry really can't cause damage to the fleet, but it's enough to confront each other like this, the ships can't go ashore, fresh water and food are constantly consumed, and in the end they can only retreat, then this trip will be in vain, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan have nothing to worry about retreating, Fuzhou Bay is a day and a night sea route from Jinzhou, and the tailwind can be faster, they are worried that Chen Sheng is young and vigorous, and he will rely on his team to go up and fight hard.
This judgment was quickly proven, the flags and signals on the flagship were all for the fleet to move forward, and it seemed that it was going to be tough, and Kong Youde and his men were gearing up to rush forward.
"It's good to suffer this loss, Liaodong is not as good as Guannei, these Xuzhou people are used to it, and only by taking a lesson can we be cautious." Zhang Pan is very realistic.
Chen Jisheng sighed and said in a muffled voice: "They are all good men of our Han family, if they die in Fuzhou Bay for a lesson, it would be a pity." ”
"Han Family...... Han Jia. That's a good name. Zhang Pan muttered two sentences.