Chapter 1134: The Battle of the White Teng River, the Perfect Trap!
"There is a fleet of the Great Yue Kingdom ahead!"
"Prepare to attack! Beware of fireboats! ”
The fleet of the naval division of Su Zhang, the general of the Southern Han Dynasty, was located downstream, while the fleet of the Great Yue Kingdom was located upstream, and at this time the Baiteng River was covered with fog, and the fleet of the Great Yue Kingdom was likely to use fire to attack.
Sure enough, after Su Zhang was on guard, there was a flicker of fire in the fog, and hundreds of fireboats went down the river!
Su Zhang's fleet tried its best to avoid the fire ships, and the Fu boats and fighting ships were protected by small boats.
"Meet the enemy!"
The 3,000 Southern Han Divine Crossbow Army prepared for battle on the Fu boats, fighting ships, and ships, and the divine arm bows were aimed at the upstream and both banks.
The Divine Crossbow Army, which has a bonus to bow and crossbow damage, is Su Zhang's elite subordinates.
Su Zhang was well versed in the sailors, and the general fire attack had little effect on his fleet.
The fireships were burning on the river, and Su Zhang's fleet avoided the burning warships and continued to attack upstream.
"The fleet of the Jiaozhou Army is really difficult to deal with, their sailors are very skilled, and the fireships have almost no effect."
Wu Quan, the general of the Great Yue Kingdom, led a fleet of ships and found that the fire attack ships he had prepared did not work, so he used the prepared strategy to go forward to engage Su Zhang's sailors.
"The fleet of the Great Yue Kingdom has appeared!"
"Attack!"
Three thousand crossbow armies fire a salvo!
The fleet of the Great Viet Kingdom also fired ten thousand arrows!
A big battle broke out between the ships of both sides on the river, and the side and female wall were filled with each other's crossbow arrows!
One by one, the sailors were shot by arrows, shot by random arrows, and fell into the Baiteng River, splashing on the deck of the boat!
Team Flame throws rockets and burns the opponent's ships!
"Broadside battle!"
Su Zhang drew his sword, stood on a lucky boat to supervise the battle, commanded the front of the warship, and fought hand-to-hand combat with the sailors of the Great Yue Kingdom!
The Jiaozhou army is strong and strong, brave in battle, jumping on the warship of the Great Yue Kingdom, killing and injuring the new force of the Great Yue National Naval Division!
The Divine Crossbow Army fired crossbow arrows in succession, and Wu Quan's Dayue State Naval Division suffered heavy casualties.
"General Su Zhang's vanguard fleet has been engaged in battle with the fleet of the Great Yue Kingdom, according to General Su Zhang's description, the other party should be the sailors and soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom, with thousands of warships and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses."
"I'm going to support myself."
Su Zhang's first fleet of only 30,000 people was quite reluctant to meet the main force of the Dayue National Naval Division.
Zheng Chenggong led the second-echelon warships, about 70,000 people, to support.
Further behind is the third echelon of 200,000 people.
The 200,000 people in the rear, many of whom were foot soldiers, were not good at water warfare, but were used to fight with the soldiers and horses on land of the Great Yue Kingdom after they went ashore.
Rumble!
A light boat of the Great Yue Kingdom was knocked over by the lucky boat of the Jiaozhou Naval Division, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Great Yue National Naval Division fell into the river!
Hundreds of bowls deployed on the side of the Fuchuan ship were fired in unison, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled!
The energy generated by the burning of gunpowder pushes the stone projectiles and slams the small boats of the Great Yue Kingdom on both sides of the Fu Boat!
The warships of the Great Yue Kingdom were small, and many of them had no protection at all, and they were shot by stone bullets from the bowls, and they were in a mess, and the sailors and soldiers standing on the warships broke their heads.
"What a terrible fortune ship, our ship is really no match for them on the front......"
Wu Quan led 50,000 Dayue sailors to fight with Su Zhang's 30,000 people, but they were at a disadvantage.
The sheer size of the warship also has huge benefits.
There is no way for the small ships of Annan to take these huge ships, even if they want to engage in broadside battles, there are hundreds of armor soldiers on the Fu ship, and it is difficult for a dozen sailors and soldiers on the small boat to seize the ship.
In the rear, Zheng Chenggong's 70,000 sailors had already emerged from the mist and joined Su Zhang.
The Jiaozhou Naval Division is strong in strength and has the upper hand in an all-round way.
"Retreat, lead them to an ambush!"
Faced with huge fortune ships and fighting ships, Wu Quan chose to use traps to ambush the Jiaozhou sailors.
Su Zhang led the fleet, pursued closely, and took advantage of the situation to march.
From the Baiteng River to Thang Long Province, it is not a short distance.
"General Su Zhang has defeated the Dayue National Naval Division and is chasing and killing the enemy!"
"It seems that the intelligence is really good, the ships of the Dayue National Naval Division are short, and they are not the opponents of our big ships and giant ships. However, this place is foggy, the river network is dense, and small boats are easy to ambush, so be careful to ......."
Zheng Chenggong looked around, maybe the small boats of the Great Yue Kingdom were not suitable for frontal battles, but they must be suitable for the terrain of the Baiteng River.
"You take 40,000 people, join up with Su Zhang, and strengthen Su Zhang's army."
Zheng Chenggong still kept a heart, and took 30,000 people to break the queen.
In the battle with the Dayue National Naval Division, Su Zhang lost 10,000 people, and obtained 40,000 reinforcements from Zheng Chenggong, with a strength of 60,000, and pursued the Dayue National Naval Division with all his might.
After Wu Quan introduced Su Zhang's fleet to the ambush site, he ordered the fleet to hide and scatter in the Baiteng River, and these small boats quickly disappeared.
After Su Zhang's fleet lost its target, it waited to join Zheng Chenggong's fleet.
"General, the fleet of the Great Viet Kingdom is gone!"
"They must be hiding in the bushes on the shore, perhaps in the tributaries. The river network here is vertical and horizontal, and there are at least a dozen tributaries, so it is not easy to hit the main force of the Dayue Kingdom. ”
Su Zhang was also a little upset because of the guerrilla tactics of the Great Yue Kingdom.
The small boats of the Great Yue Kingdom, with the help of fog, trees, and tributaries, hide their whereabouts, and once they disperse, it is not easy to find the sailors of the Great Yue Kingdom.
Suddenly, Su Zhang's fortune boat shook for a while, and Su Zhang's center of gravity was unstable and he almost fell.
"What's going on?!"
Su Zhang and several sailor generals hurriedly searched for the source.
The sailors in the cabin hurriedly came up: "Generals, the bottom of the cabin was punctured by a wooden stake, and the cabin was flooded!" ”
Not only the lucky boat where Su Zhang was, but also many other lucky boats and fighting ships were pierced by wooden stakes, and the river water poured in!
"Where did the stake come from?"
When Su Zhang and other naval generals marched, they were cautious and naturally guarded against the destruction of the warship by wooden stakes.
Fighting on inland rivers is more complicated than fighting on the surface of the sea.
It is almost impossible to set up wooden stakes on the surface of the sea, but in inland rivers, wooden stakes can damage the bottom of wooden ships and let the cabins into the water.
When Su Zhang was pursuing Wu Quan, he sent a fortune ship to explore the way ahead.
Even if a wooden stake is encountered, at most only one lucky ship will be lost, and the ships in the rear will immediately stop marching, and there will never be a situation where the ship will be destroyed by the wooden stakes on a large scale.
After all, Su Zhang was a military general of the Sailor Department, and with a flash of inspiration, he suddenly thought of how the other party set a trap.
"The Baiteng River is an outlet to the sea, and it is affected by the waves, and there is a large difference between high tide and low tide, and they bring us here at high tide, and these wooden piles are not noticeable at high tide. When the tide recedes, this place becomes a Jedi! ”
Su Zhang was also shocked by Wu Quan's trap.
Such a trap makes full use of the high and low tide patterns of the Baiteng River, as well as the topography of the Baiteng River.
Wu Quan was undoubtedly a rather sinister sailor general, and at the same time he was familiar with all the conditions of the Baiteng River, and easily designed Su Zhang, taking advantage of the low tide timing and stake traps of the Baiteng River to severely damage Su Zhang's sailor fleet.
The ship with a deeper draft was the most seriously damaged, and a ship was even torn out by several iron and wooden stakes with a few cracks, and the river water poured into the cabin, and the sailors and soldiers of the ship had to abandon the destroyed ship.
The shallower drafts of the ships and boats were unharmed.
Obviously, the length of the iron and wood piles set by Wu Quan was calculated.
The more this is the case, the more worried Su Zhang becomes.
His fleet, except for small warships such as ships and boats, whether they were fortune ships or fighting ships, could not move at this time.
When the tide recedes, the wooden stakes placed under the water around them pose a threat to the ships and fighting ships that have not yet been damaged.
Only when the tide is high, Su Zhang can lead the big ship away.
However, since Wu Quan had already calculated the length of the stakes, he would not let Su Zhang's fleet wait until after the high tide to leave.
Sure enough, with a cannon shot, the small warships of the naval division of the Great Yue Kingdom appeared from all directions, and ten thousand arrows were fired in unison!
These small boats are different from the Fu boats, the draft is very shallow, they are not affected by the stakes, besieging Su Zhang, and wanting to take away Su Zhang's big ship!
"Give it to me!"
Wu Quan drew his sword and commanded thousands of small boats to besiege Su Zhang's 60,000 people!
A considerable part of Su Zhang's large warships were heavily damaged by wooden stakes, and they could only take small boats to engage the ambushed Dayue ships on the river!
Daifuku ships and fighting ships are equivalent to a stranded state, and it is difficult to play a role.
After the first joint battle, the second joint battle soon broke out, and arrows rained down and swords faced each other!
"Stick to Zheng Chenggong to help!"
Su Zhang knew that he still had follow-up troops, so he personally stepped forward to supervise the battle and face Wu Quan!
Su Zhang's fleet was designed by Wu Quan's wooden stake trap, and the morale dropped significantly, and the combat power was affected.
In the rear, Zheng Chenggong led 30,000 sailors as backup, and had already seen the warships retreating from the upstream.
"General Su Zhang was ambushed, ask for reinforcements!"
"Su Zhang is also a cautious general, how can he be ambushed?"
Zheng Chenggong listened to the scout's return and was also shocked by Wu Quan's meticulous design.
If Wu Quan simply set up a wooden stake under the water, with Su Zhang's caution, he sent a few large ships to open the way in front of him, and if he touched the wooden stake, he would lose at most the ships exploring the way.
But Wu Quan's insidiousness lies in combining the law of the rising tide and low tide of the Baiteng River with the wooden stake trap he set, and he personally went to lure the enemy.
Because the Baiteng River is an estuary, there is a clear difference in the water level before the high tide and the low tide.
It's a seamless trap.
"Forward."
Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but be glad that he had an extra eye and personally left 30,000 people as backup, so Su Zhang's fleet could also get Zheng Chenggong's support.
On both sides of the Baiteng River, another general of the Dayue National Naval Division was observing Zheng Chenggong's fleet in a small boat.
Wu Quan knew that there were other fleets behind Su Zhang's fleet, so he ordered the vice general to block the fleet in the rear to completely annihilate Su Zhang's fleet.
"Pull!"
Wu Quan's adjutant general gave an order, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Yue Kingdom on the embankment turned the winch together, and the iron cable that sank at the bottom of the river straightened and suddenly appeared on the water!
Iron rope across the river!
Boom!!
A Daifuku ship hit the iron cable and was tripped by the iron cable, and the sailors and soldiers on the warship staggered due to inertia!
Ambushes on both sides of the Baiteng River fired at Zheng Chenggong's fleet in the middle with a strong crossbow salvo!
Zheng Chenggong's fleet was blocked by several thick iron cables, and the dense rain of arrows was fired, and even crossbow arrows flew over Zheng Chenggong's head!
“……”
Zheng Chenggong found that the opponent's main general was not strong in frontal combat, but his ability to set traps was amazing.