At the end of August 2021 in the Great Chu calendar, the Northern Expeditionary Army of Chu swept across the Ganshan Plain with the momentum of wind and clouds, swallowing this rich and fertile land whole. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

To the surprise of the Song court, the quagmire of the so-called people's war did not play any role at all. The Chu army was like marching on flat ground, and there was hardly any decent resistance in the whole process.

The black-pressed Chu army reached the south bank of the Huanglong River one after another, opposite the Northern Song army across the river.

Emperor Zhao Hao of the Northern Song Dynasty and Emperor Chen Haisheng of Nanyue suddenly realized at this time that after half a year of fighting in the south and the north, the territory of Chu was already equal to the area of the Northern Song Dynasty and Nanyue.

Moreover, the strength of the state of Chu has not weakened in the slightest. On the contrary, the Northern Song Dynasty lost nearly 1/3 of the city and population, as well as the entire southern army. The loss of territory in South Vietnam was not large, but after more than half a year of civil war, the loss of military strength was even more staggering.

In general, the situation has changed from Song Yue uniting stronger than Chu to Chu State can already compete with Song Yue. The only disadvantage is that the state of Chu needs to fight on two fronts.

This caused the Song and Yue emperors to be alarmed and panicked. Zhao Hao and Chen Haisheng coincidentally sent envoys to consolidate the anti-Chu alliance, and at the same time issued the "All-out War Mobilization Order":

"Soldiers above the seventh level, between the ages of 15 and 75, need to be incorporated into the corps, and after a short training, they will go to the front. ”

The two massive war machines are finally in full swing.

The South Vietnamese side did not hesitate to cede land and pay reparations, temporarily made peace with the Wu tribe in the 100,000 mountains, and drew back the strongest southern army that had fought against the Wu tribe all year round.

The Southern Legion, numbering 500 million, was extremely powerful, and their intervention caused the remaining rebel forces on the Minyue Plain to quickly disappear.

With more than half of the military strength of the Southern Army, the Central Army, and the East and West Legions, more than 40 local legions in Ayutthaya, plus the newly recruited rookie legions, the strength of the Yue Kingdom quickly swelled to 9 billion.

The Yue army, which was dominated by green, was like a locust in transit, and began to march towards the defense line of Xiucheng in the south of Chu State.

On the other hand, the Song State adopted a different method, and they began to spend a lot of money to recruit warriors from the surrounding barbarian tribes.

The barbarian warriors of these bitter cold lands were huge in size and prodigious, and when the Song people equipped them with sophisticated weapons and armor, 200 million DOOM Slayers were born. This is a force that can compete with the elite guards of the Chu State on a frontal battlefield.

In addition, the Song State's own army with ordinary combat strength but super equipment also began to be reorganized, bringing together nearly 10 billion people, ready to march in the direction of Yinchuan. Tens of billions of defenders have been stationed there, led by Liu Bufang, who was white-headed in March.

Liu Bufang finally recovered from his aggrieved state, and he excitedly delivered a speech entitled "The Sleeping Tiger Has Woken Up", announcing that the end of the invaders of the Chu State had come.

And then... Liu Bufang burned all the ferries on the Huanglong River, and let the Song soldiers who were screaming with excitement defend them tightly, and strictly forbade them to attack south.

The government and the opposition were in an uproar. Emperor Zhao Hao of the Song Dynasty had to send the military department Sima Ji Khanting to the Yinchuan front line to ask the reason.

Liu Bufang smiled: "Now it's Song Yue uniting to resist the war." Our Song State is facing the elite of the Chu State with more than five billion heads-up, as well as the Chu State Reserve Army that is constantly coming. ”

"Our task is to firmly contain the main forces of the Chu State along the Huanglong River. In order to ensure that the South Vietnamese side only needs to face the second-line defense force of 700 million Chu State. As allies, we are really friends. ”

"When the Vietnamese army defeats the Chu army, we can launch a counteroffensive and wipe out the main force of the invading army of the Chu State in the Ganshan Plain. ”

"What? You asked me how to counterattack if I burned the ships? There is a cloud in the art of war: 'Breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat', I just showed my determination to fight to the death with the Chu army. ”

"If the Chu army wants to attack, it always needs to build a ship, right? The ships they have worked so hard to build are just right for us to use when we counterattack. It is: 'There is no boat and no ship, the enemy made us'. ”

After three months of suffering, Generalissimo Liu Bufang's wisdom broke through again and has gone beyond the boundaries of human beings. Ji Hanting was so choked that he couldn't speak, so he could only retreat in a huff.

However, after the Chu army was stationed on the south bank of the Huanglong River, it returned to the same quiet as it had been in Zhengzhou, and practiced on time every day and never attacked. Occasionally, trees are cut down at most for cooking, and definitely not for shipbuilding.

"This is a suspicious tactic!" Liu Bufang looked at the high place on the north bank for a long time, and said categorically: "Order the troops to be divided into three squads and be on guard twenty-four hours a day. The Chu army's seizure of Zhengzhou and Ganxi was a surprise blitzkrieg, and it must not be taken lightly. ”

"But without boats, how can the Chu army cross the river?" Liu Bufang tugged at his snow-white beard and fell into deep thought again.

"Boats actually exist. Far away in the imperial capital of Chu, Gu Wen lazily said to Russell: "As the largest river in the north, the Huanglong River is three kilometers narrowest at the narrowest point, which is extremely wide and has a depth of more than 100 meters. ”

"If you want to build a ship and build a bridge in front of tens of billions of enemy troops, it is difficult to win. Fortunately, although we do not have river boats, we do have sea boats. ”

A few days later, a large ocean-going fleet sailed into Hanoi from the mouth of the Hoang Long River.

Unlike ships with sails and seals, these dark and heavy ships emitted thick black smoke from several huge chimneys, and the ships were not loaded with bows and crossbows, but with long, thick cannons.

More than 200 giant ships lined up in a long black dragon, winding up the river, spanning 400 miles in front and back. In the midst of these great ships, there were the same number of flattened large ships without any weapons.

It's a weird fleet that has never been seen before. But from the black flag hoisted on the giant ship, it can be judged that this is the warship of the Chu State.

All countries in the Qingyun Continent have navies. But it is mainly used to clear the sea tribe.

The Song Kingdom had a developed business, a thriving shipbuilding industry, and sophisticated equipment piled up with money, and the Song Kingdom's sea ships ranked first among the three kingdoms in terms of quantity and quality.

Before the southern part of the Huanglong River was occupied by the Chu state, the southern Song ships carried the refugees north and docked at various ports.

The ocean-going fleet of the Chu State sailed into the Huanglong River, known as the "Mother River of the Song State", with such a swagger.

"Sea ships? I really didn't expect that. Hearing the Tanmalay newspaper, Liu Bufang was a little surprised:

"According to the style of those warships, they should be fighting warships, and the draft is very deep, and they cannot dock. It seems to have been used to cover the landing. ”

"Only the other half of the punt can be used to load fighters. But what can 200 or so troop transports do? Each full load is only a million people. Our troops drove them into the river with a counter-charge. ”

"It's a joke that the State of Chu wants to rely on such a small number of troops to attack the Yinchuan defense line that I have carefully arranged, hahaha..."

Liu Bufang laughed, the laughter continued, and suddenly heard the rumbling thunder resounding through the heavens and the earth.

The battleship, the top weapon of the low-tech era, finally showed its hideous fangs.

More than 2,000 battleship guns roared in unison, and through the barrels of 350 mm caliber, more than a ton of shells were dropped on the north bank of the Huanglong River.

Caliber is justice. Heavy shells landed on the shore with a sharp whistle, and suddenly exploded into a cloud of skyrocketing fire. Each shell covered a range of five hundred meters on the side.

Within this range, the elite warriors of the Song Kingdom were swept away like straws. Only a heroic soldier from 300 meters away could withstand the power of the explosion, and still inevitably broke his hands and feet.

In order to prevent the Chu army from crossing the river, the Song army set up a dense camp on the north bank and deployed a large number of troops, which were immediately killed and wounded under the bombardment of battleship guns.

Basically, a single round of artillery bombardment can clear out a million Song soldiers and clear a no-man's land hundreds of miles long and one kilometer wide on the shore.

With the continuous bombardment of a base, the shore base positions of the Song army, along with the defenders, were swept away.

Such a power is simply not something that human beings can match. The Song army did not have a warship in his hand to go down the river to counterattack, and it was estimated that the counterattack would not be able to do so. Under the continuous bombardment, it can only keep retreating. trampled on each other, with countless casualties.

Immediately after, the huge flat-bottomed boats did not go to the south shore to load the soldiers, but a quarter of them approached directly to the north bank. The rest of the flat-bottomed boats lined up in three rows, at equal distances from the boats on the north shore.

The punt docked, and one side of the deck was turned up and set alongside the shore. Followed by countless elite warriors of the Chu State in black armor brandished swords and guns, roared and rushed to the north shore. (To be continued.) )