Chapter 50: Tang Bing Goes South
On the section of the river that stretches for hundreds of miles from Yiling to Jiujiang, the naval fleet of the Tang Dynasty is led by the strongest attack power of the dragon head flywheel three-sail fighting ship, down the river, like a god soldier from the sky appeared in front of the unprepared beam sailor Dazhai, the three-sail fighting ship broke through the guardrail of the water village like a bamboo, and the eight-bow crossbow arrows and the four-plate catapult in the bow immediately rained and rained like a fierce attack on the Baling double-headed sailor warship, which had no time to turn its head, within a hundred breaths. Thirty of the most proud double-headed warships of the Girder Sailors were smashed and burned in the docks by catapults throwing boulders and canisters of kerose. Lu Wanqi, the leader of the Liang Water Division, was killed on the spot, with eight fire-carrying crossbow arrows in his body, which burned into a pile of charcoal.
Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet, glanced at the army he led with satisfaction, and his heart was infinitely emotional. Since he was born as a general, Rong Ma has lived half his life, and his greatest wish is to eliminate the Baling Great Liang State and kill Xiao Xian, the head of the Baling Society, who had trafficked human beings for Emperor Yang of Sui and made countless women from good families become prostitutes. Now that he has finally fulfilled his wish, how not to make him happy.
At this time, the deputy general reported: "The whole army of the Daliang Naval Division was defeated, 300 water-cutting boats scattered and fled, all the double-headed warships were destroyed, and more than 100 grain ships were intercepted, but more than a dozen wave-breaking flying ships were still resisting guerrilla resistance, waiting for an opportunity to escape."
Li Jing nodded and said, "Order the rear team to clear the field, and the Chinese army and the forward will go south at the fastest speed and attack Baling. Order the transport officer to transport the supplies onto the clipper ship, and go south with the army, quickly!"
The adjutant general was stunned for a moment, and immediately went out to give orders.
At this time, General Chai Shao, who was beside Li Jing, asked suspiciously: "Brother Li, why don't you annihilate those wave-breaking flying ships and the three hundred water-cutting boats, so as to be safe, otherwise let them escape back, and make Xiao Xian have some precautions."
Li Jing smiled and said, "What if they just let them report, are they as fast as us?" Brother Chai, don't forget, the soldiers are very fast."
Chai Shao suddenly realized, and sincerely raised his fingers, and said, "Brother Li is talented, Chai is impressed."
The forward of the Tang Navy Division did not stop for half a step, and quickly went down the river, Ba Nan County, breaking the sun, like a thunderbolt, and the lightning had arrived in Baling. Although the Baling Water Division Dazhai received an urgent six-hundred-mile fast horse rush battle report from the front, it was too late to make any response, and the Tang Water Division was already like a sharp sword that burned all over the body, violently piercing into the Baling Water Village that was in a hurry. In a matter of seconds, all of the Baling Sailor Division's most powerful phoenix-tailed wave-piercing battleships were plunged into raging flames. When Datang's dragon head three-sail fighting ship docked, there was no longer any battle-powering Liang Dynasty battleship on the entire water. The two-story three-story sailing ship was condescending, and it rained down like hail boulders, crossbows, and fire canisters to the girder army stationed on the shore. A hundred troop transports braved the rain of arrows on the shore and took advantage of the tide to get to the shore. The hatch opened, and thousands of war horses galloped out, and every third horse sat a red-helmeted and red-armored Tiance Mansion elite soldier. I saw these elite soldiers skillfully controlling these three war horses to rush into the barracks of the Great Liang Army in unison. With a single charge, the hastily resisting more than 10,000 Liang soldiers were defeated. Each of these elite centaurs had a crossbow and a sword, and they were so brave that they were immediately routed at the slightest contact. As they rushed out, the hatches of the other troop carriers were wide open, and thousands of infantrymen lined up on the shore with crossbow boxes on their shoulders and long knives in their hands. At this time, after the cavalry of Tiance Mansion rushed and killed on the battlefield, they drew a beautiful arc to the extreme, and returned to their own formation, at this time, these columns of infantry came to the front of the cavalry, flew on their horses, and immediately formed an elite cavalry brigade of more than 10,000 people.
Li Jing had already disembarked at the first time at this time, handed over the fleet to Chai Shao's command, and he came to the front of the cavalry team and shouted: "Sons, kill me!" When all the Tang soldiers saw General Li taking the lead, their morale was greatly boosted, and they shouted in unison, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, like a thunderbolt from thousands of miles in the sky, and the hearts of all the Liang soldiers present were shattered. Countless less timid Liang soldiers cried like crazy, no matter how much the overseer team urged them, they did not dare to move forward, and fled in all directions. Many people died under the sharp axes of the Overseers. The 10,000 cavalry led by Li Jing killed the 50,000-strong cavalry brigade of the Liang Dynasty like a mustard, and then rushed into the disorganized Liang Dynasty infantry formation without stopping, leaving more than 10,000 dead bodies on the field with the first charge. After this iron division like copper pouring iron poured into the Liang Dynasty killed the 200,000-strong battalion of the Liang Dynasty from north to south, Li Jing immediately sent three heralds to the end of the formation, and after some rapid deployment, this 10,000-strong cavalry brigade miraculously completed the change of the head of the army into the tail and the tail into the head of the formation, Li Jing galloped to the front of the formation, and shouted: "Come with me again!"
The Tang cavalry once again entered the camp of the Great Liang Army from south to north. The eyes of all the Tang soldiers turned blood-red, they killed people when they saw them, and cut them when they saw them, and this time it took only two thousand breaths to kill the battle formation of the Great Liang Dynasty, leaving the corpses of more than 30,000 Great Liang officers and soldiers on the battlefield. At the same time, General Chai Shao had already commanded the remaining troops to complete the assembly by the river. At this time, seeing that General Li Jing was killed in a rage, Chai Shao immediately ordered the entire ** large array to move forward slowly, moving closer to Li Jing's cavalry. At this time, the cavalry battalion, infantry battalion, firearms battalion, reserve battalion, and scout battalion of the Great Liang Dynasty had been slaughtered into chaos, and they could not organize the due resistance at all. General Li Jing looked at Chai Shao, and Chai Shao nodded. Li Jing smiled slightly, and suddenly raised the spear in his hand: "Brothers, follow me to Baling City."
The Tang soldiers present were enthusiastic, and at the same time responded loudly and urged the horses together. 100,000 ** brigades generally killed the remnants of the Liang Dynasty. This time the charge lasted for a day and a night, and the 100,000 troops kept fighting day and night, chasing the defeated soldiers of the Liang Dynasty until they reached the outside of Baling City, and annihilated the 300,000 Liang Dynasty troops who did not have time to flee into the city. 30,000 loads of grain were captured, and 3,000 Liang Dynasty grain soldiers from nearby towns were captured. Completed the siege of Baling City.
"Xiao Xian is done." Li Jing looked at the miserable Daliang City, and said arrogantly.
Chai Shao smiled: "I just don't know if it's today or tomorrow." The two glanced at each other, and at the same time looked up to the sky and laughed, full of agitation about the reward of ambition.
The next day, when Li Jing was supervising the construction of the siege camp, General Chai Shao came by flying and said, "Brother Li, bad news."
Li Jing looked at the Great Liang Military Banner on the head of Baling City and said, "What?"
Chai Shao said: "It's funny to say, the people of the largest gang in the world are gathering in Dongting Longjiazhuang and want to fight against us. They actually gathered more than 500,000 people, and our soldiers have not touched Longjiazhuang for the sake of the people, otherwise there will be a conflict immediately."
Li Jing sighed and said, "It's strange, these Jianghu characters generally don't blatantly confront officers and soldiers. The Year Gang is indeed a gang we will have to deal with in the future, but they can't be so unpredictable and prophetic that we will be used against them. Someone among them will preside over it in secret."
Chai Shao said: "Brother Li, give me 10,000 cavalry, and I promise to gather and annihilate them within one day."
Li Jing thought for a moment and said, "No. These are always the people, but they are instigated. If you fight with them now, there will be deaths and injuries, and from now on the grievances will be entangled, and it will be impossible to say. It is extremely unfavorable to the rule of our officials in Jiangnan after the Tang Dynasty. It's best if they disperse on their own, or ......," he frowned slowly.
Chai Shao asked, "So, what should we do with them?"
Li Jing thought for a moment and said, "Order 10,000 cavalry to arrange a straggler formation on the south side of our army in case of emergency. If they come north against me, I will fight them, and persuasion will prevail."
Chai Shao sighed, "That's it."