Volume III Chapter 606
The speed of the cavalry of the Red Kingdom is famous, if there is really an ambush, it can hide in a hidden place far away from the forest village, and it is impossible for their own side to cross the river to transport a million troops to the other side, and cross the river in batches, you can imagine what the consequences will be if the first soldiers to go up to the other side are attacked by the cavalry.
Lin Haotian subconsciously leaned forward and said, "According to your meaning, our army can't cross the river in Linzhuang no matter what. ”
Wang Han was happy and said: "The last general has just said, but it's not true, since Qualcomm plans to use fraud, why don't you plan it." ”
"What do you mean?" In front of Wang Han, Lin Haotian really didn't have the slightest arrogance, and he was completely humble and asked for advice.
Wang Han said: "Our army can build ships with great fanfare, and at the same time 'quietly' transfer the main force of our army to the side of Linzhuang. 'Quietly' is to make it seem to be secretive on the surface, but it is necessary to let the spies of the Red Army be aware of it, and to let Gao on the opposite side inform him that our army has been tricked, and it is just an illusion to rush to build ships, and secretly it is indeed necessary to cross the river from Linzhuang, so that Qualcomm's attention can be attracted to Linzhuang, but our army cannot transfer all the main forces, and must leave an elite army in the camp. When our army crossed the river in the area of Linzhuang, the adults could arrange straw men on the raft, and when they arrived on the other side, even if the Red Cavalry came over, they did not have to worry, but on the side of the big camp, our warships took the opportunity to go out, bringing the elite who stayed in the big camp, and sneak attacked the Red Naval Army camp opposite. At the beginning, the Red Army was able to use the backwater bay to sneak attack our army's naval division, so why couldn't our army come to the other way to return the other way?
As soon as these words came out, all the generals present were shocked, and secretly said that they were so clever!
Chu Chen said calmly: "But." Our army's ships are far different from the Red Army, and even if the Red Army's attention is focused on Lin Zhuang, it may not be able to take advantage!"
"This is precisely the reason why I think our army can succeed in a sneak attack!" Wang Han said: "Since the successful sneak attack of the Red Army, our warships have only been seriously damaged, and we have completely lost the strength to engage the Red Naval Division head-on. Because of this, the Red Navy's naval army would never have expected that our army would take the initiative to attack, take it by surprise, and attack it unprepared, even if there is a huge difference in strength, the chance of victory is more than fifty percent. In addition, Qualcomm set up a trick to lure our army to the bait, and he himself would not not be involved in it, so to speak, the camp of the Red State Navy at that time. We are in the gap of a group of dragons without a leader, and the odds of our army's sneak attack tactics can be increased by two percent, and in the case of a strong enemy and a weak one, we can have a chance of winning by more than seventy percent, and we can give it a try. General Chu, what do you say?"
Chu Chen nodded as he listened, although Wang Han's plan did have an element of risk, it was not impossible to succeed. He groaned for a moment. Turning to Lin Haotian, he arched his hand and said, "My lord, the last general thinks that General Wang Han's plan is feasible. ”
Lin Haotian's fighting spirit at this time gradually rose. The original expression of Shen Yan also slowly appeared to smile, what he liked most was a talent like Wang Han, who could come up with a set of feasible strategies at a critical moment, so that he no longer had to spend his brain power to figure out what to do, just choose to do it or not.
He didn't say anything right away. Instead, he first went to consult the opinions of the four commanders, Ding Feng, Jin Cheng, Gu Liangyun, and Guan He.
Seeing that Ding Feng and the four of them had no objections, Lin Haotian nodded and responded: "Okay, according to Wang Han's opinion, our army will come to it and attack the west and fake Linzhuang." Attack the enemy camp!"
Lin Haotian made a decision, and the next tactics of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army were basically decided.
Let's say that the Red Army sailors on the other side were really guessed correctly by Chu Chen and Wang Han, that the Iron Lion Sergeant was indeed deliberately released back to the Jin Army camp by Qualcomm, and he also deliberately evacuated the Red Army stationed in Linzhuang, creating the illusion that the defense in the Linzhuang area was lax.
His intention is clear, that is, he hopes that the defeat of the Jin army at Backwater Bay will be repeated again.
In fact, he really didn't know in advance that the Jin army was going to smuggle in from the backwater bay, and no one told him high, and the reason why there were spikes under the river in the backwater bay was completely prescient on Qualcomm's foresight, and he felt that it was not easy to fortify there, and it was not suitable for stationing defenders, so he simply laid sharpened wooden stakes to block the ships from docking.
It was not until the Jin army failed to smuggle and the soldiers shouted on the river that the Red Army patrolling nearby found out and used carrier pigeons to send the news back to the Jiankang Naval Division camp as soon as possible.
After receiving the information, Qualcomm's first reaction was not to rush to Huishui Bay to inspect the enemy's situation, but to immediately gather all the officers and men of the army, start the ships, and sneak attack the Jinguo naval army on the other side of the strait.
His unreasonable blow really had a surprising effect, and the Jin State Naval Army, who was waiting to enjoy the fruits of victory in the Jin Army camp, never dreamed that the Jiankang Naval Division could attack at this time. In the case of no defense, the ships docked on the shore of the Jin Kingdom became the target of the Jiankang Navy, and most of the ships caught fire after just a few rounds of rockets.
It can be said that this victory is the result of Qualcomm's unintentional insertion of willows and willows, not a dignified victory, young and arrogant Qualcomm is naturally a little unconvinced, so when the Red Army salvaged the body of the Jin Army and found that there were surviving Jin soldiers, Qualcomm immediately gave birth to a plan to lure the enemy into the bait, and then he arranged for the Red soldiers to dress up as fishermen in Linzhuang, save the Jin soldiers, and then deliberately mention him in the words, there are no heavy soldiers in the Linzhuang area, only a sentry post of dozens of people, and finally, put him back on the north bank.
Qualcomm is like a mirror in his heart, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army dare not drag on the war for too long, but they do not have the strength to compete head-on with their own sailors, so the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army can only take the road of smuggling, and now there is Lin Zhuang This opportunity, even if the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army have doubts in their hearts, nine times out of ten they will take the risk to try.
His strategy was not necessarily very clever, but he just grasped the psychology of the Jin army and the New Red Alliance Army who were eager for a quick victory, and laid a net around Lin Zhuang, so that the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army could only take the initiative to drill in.
But what Qualcomm didn't expect was that his plan was seen through by Wang Han, and after the Jin sergeant fled back to the camp of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army began to build ships with great fanfare, but in secret, they began to transfer the main army to the east.
It is said that it is a covert operation. In fact, the movements of the Jin army and the new red alliance army were not small, and there was a time when the sky had just darkened, and the officers and men of the two armies came out of the barracks and headed straight to the east.
An army of millions wants a 'secret transfer without being noticed,' and that's not something that can be done in a day or two. The Jin Army and the New Red Coalition Army also pretended to be in good shape, and the whole army marched eastward in batches and in stages.
The Red Army has withdrawn to the south bank of Jiankang, but there are still a large number of spies and eyelines on the north bank, and the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army are so anxious to transfer their troops, so naturally they can't hide the Red Army's eyes.
It didn't take long for the Red Army's eyes in Jiangbei to pass on the moves of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army to the Jiankang Naval Division Battalion on the south bank.
After receiving the information, Qualcomm was overjoyed and said excitedly to the generals under his command: "The Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army have really been fooled, and now the strength of the two armies is secretly transferred eastward. It seems that he really intends to be smuggled by Lin Zhuang. ”
Some generals, like Qualcomm, think that this is a good thing and a great opportunity for their own side to make another miraculous feat, but some generals feel that things are not so simple.
Among them, a red general stood up and said: "General, last time the Jin army and the new red alliance army wanted to smuggle in from backwater bay, they also poured out. But our army's eyeliner is not aware of it, why is this time the action of the Jin army and the new Red coalition army so easily discovered by our army's eyeline? Isn't there any fraud in it?"
Qualcomm smiled and said confidently: "Actually, this is very easy to explain, first, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army are really anxious now, so they are not as careful and cautious as before, and second. The backwater bay is much closer to the enemy camp than Linzhuang, and the enemy camp has to travel hundreds of miles to Linzhuang, and no matter how secretive the action is, it is impossible to be without movement. It almost caused a catastrophe, and now the brothers are naturally cheered up and more careful, so it is understandable that they can grasp the movements of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army this time. ”
His explanation was reasonable, and the generals looked at each other and were silent for a while, and then another red general asked, "General, what should we do now?"
"I'll go back to the capital immediately, go and meet your lordship, this time I want to defeat the smuggling of the Jin army and the new Red coalition army, you can't do it without cavalry, you must also be ready to fight at any time. Qualcomm said with high spirits.
Seeing that the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army were in the middle of the plan, Qualcomm began to arrange an ambush in full swing.
He first borrowed cavalry from Shi Huai, as many as 120,000, all of which were ambushed in the dense forest five miles away from Linzhuang, and he borrowed 100,000 infantry, which was not used to deal with the enemy army crossing the river, but to attack the enemy camp.
In Qualcomm's view, if you want to fight, you will fight a big battle, and if you want to win, you will achieve a big victory.
He repeated his old tricks and prepared to use cavalry to deal with the enemy crossing the river, and use his own ships to transport infantry to the opposite bank, this time he attacked not only the Jin naval army, but also the large battalions of the Jin army and the new red alliance.
Once he can succeed and successfully burn the grain and grass in the enemy's camp, then the Jin army and the Xinchi alliance army will have to retreat, and then not only will the danger of the capital be relieved, but also take the opportunity to launch a counterattack against the enemy and regain the lost territory, and he will become the biggest hero in this Jinchi battle.
Perhaps it was too easy to win the first battle, he won a big victory with almost no effort, and at this time, Qualcomm had already given birth to the psychology of arrogance, and in his eyes, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army seemed to have nothing to fear.
The Jin Army, the New Red Coalition Army, and the Red Army were all deployed on both sides, each with its own strategy and deployment, and the next major war was about to break out.
When crossing the river from Backwater Bay, the rafts made by the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army lost a lot, and now they need to continue to replenish, and it also takes time to make straw men, of course, these are just cover, and the most important thing is that they also need to wait for the first batch of ships to be built, and accumulate as many ships as possible so that they can transport more soldiers to the other side.
For these reasons, although the main forces of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army had secretly assembled opposite Linzhuang, they did not immediately start an operation.
At the same time, the spies of the Red Kingdom also reported the movements of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army to the Red Army from time to time.
Time passed day by day, but the crossing of the river by the Jin Army and the New Red Coalition Army was delayed, which made the Red Army can't help but start to be suspicious. You must know that the more the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Jin army and the New Red Coalition Army, and now the East China Sea Division is close to the Jiankang Estuary, once it enters Jiankang, it will take less than 20 days to rush to the capital, and it will be even more difficult for the Jin Army and the New Red Coalition Army to fight Jiankang.
According to the secret report of the spies, ships are being built in the camp of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army with great fanfare. General Youchi proposed to Qualcomm that the construction of ships on such a large scale by the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army seemed to have a situation of a head-on battle with their own side, and their own side should be more vigilant.
Qualcomm disagreed, first of all, he did not think that the enemy had the strength and courage to fight head-on with his side, and secondly. Even if the enemy wants to take it by surprise and fight a head-to-head confrontation, then they will have to build ships in secret, so that they can have a surprising effect, how can they build with complete fanfare like now. There is only one possibility, the construction of ships is an illusion to confuse oneself, and the real situation is probably to secretly build a raft for the purpose of smuggling into Jiankang.
He didn't listen to the reminders of his subordinate generals, and still focused his energy on the area around Linzhuang. During this time, he mainly studied how his cavalry would attack after the Jin Army and the Xin-Chi Coalition Army landed in Linzhuang.
After all, he is a naval general, not a land commander, how to apply cavalry is not his forte, and now it takes a lot of time and brains to study, and he has to ask the cavalry general to teach him little by little, so that he can. He was also unable to do the most detailed study of the dynamics of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance.
A talented and extremely conceited person like Qualcomm once the first step is right. Establish an advantage, then you can crush the enemy in one breath and will not give the enemy a chance to breathe, but again, once the first step is wrong, then the next step is wrong. There is no room for recovery.
After another ten days in the calm and calm, the East China Sea Division of the Red Kingdom has already entered Jiankang, and is heading upstream, heading towards the capital with all its might. The mentality of the Red Army is already very relaxed, the East China Sea Division will arrive soon, and its own strength will be further enhanced, but now Qualcomm is starting to get anxious, he is anxious about why the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army have not crossed the river, the other party does not move, and it is difficult for his side to carry out operations, and when the East China Sea Division arrives, a series of designs on his side may also be in vain.
He is in a hurry, Lin Haotian is not in a hurry, the East China Sea Division is getting closer and closer to the Red Capital, and the time left for his side is getting shorter and shorter, now looking at it, the battle of Lin Zhuang is the last battle of his side, if he wins, the Red Country will be destroyed and defeated, and his second battle against the Red will end in defeat again. But when the first ships will be built is not up to his will, it depends on the progress of the craftsmen and workers, and now they are already in a hurry, and the progress cannot be faster.
Time passed in this situation of waiting for each other.
After another five days, the first batch of ships built by the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army was finally completed and launched, and in such a long time, tens of thousands of manpower, only 30 ships were actually built.
However, for the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance, thirty ships are too precious, and they will transport an extra 10,000 or 20,000 people, so that they can further gain a foothold after a successful landing.
Although the first batch of ships was built, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army did not stop, but continued to build them with great fanfare, but in secret, the plan for the offensive had already begun to be implemented.
Over the past few days, Lin Haotian and his generals have studied the plan several times, and now they are extremely skillful in implementing it.
Under Lin Haotian's arrangement, the Seventh Army and the 100,000 Iron Lion Army stayed in the camp, and the burden of the Seventh Army was too great, and it was too unrealistic to cross the river in the battle between the two armies, so the task of landing on the opposite shore with the ship fell on the Iron Lion Army.
Let the Iron Lion Army take this risk, not because Lin Haotian used the soldiers of the Iron Lion Army as cannon fodder, but according to the characteristics of the Iron Lion Army. In Lin Haotian's view, it is unknown whether their own ships can successfully transport the soldiers to the other side, and as for the logistics supply, it is even more impossible to guarantee, once they land on the other side, the next battle will depend on the soldiers themselves, whether they can defeat the camp of the Red Country Naval Division, and how long they can occupy the enemy's camp depends on the ability of the soldiers themselves, in such a difficult situation, I am afraid that only the officers and soldiers of the Iron Lion Army can do it.
Originally, Lin Haotian didn't plan to act with the Iron Lion Army, after all, he had to fight a water war, and for him, a landlubber, it was not his own strength, but at the moment before the action, he temporarily changed his mind and decided to stay in the camp and board the ship with the soldiers of the Iron Lion Army.
His temporary change of formation frightened the generals a lot, and everyone persuaded each other, but Lin Haotian didn't listen to anyone, and handed over the command of the main army to Ding Feng and Wang Han.
If Lin Haotian is stubborn, others have no way at all, and in the end they can only obey orders, and those who stay with Lin Haotian are Chu Chen, the commander of the Iron Lion Army, Zhang Bufan, the general, Shao Lin and others.
Let's say that Ding Feng and Wang Han, the generals of the Jin Army and the Xinchi Army, rushed to the secret assembly place of their main army on the other side of Linzhuang at night, and when they arrived it was already the second half of the night, Ding Feng immediately ordered the soldiers to drag all the rafts they made into the river, and fix the straw men prepared in advance on the rafts.
The waiting time in the early stage was too long, and the Jin army and the new Red coalition army also made sufficient preparations, and the straw men were nailed or tied, all of which were properly placed on the raft, and seeing that they were almost ready, Ding Feng sent an elite man with excellent water ability to swim quietly to the opposite bank with his skin.
There are only fifty people in this elite, and their task is to solve the Red Army outpost near Linzhuang on the opposite side, even if the smuggling on their side is fake, but the foreplay must be done enough, otherwise how to confuse the Red Army.
This fifty-member Jin Army squad took off its armor and uniform, only relied on a simple, light and relatively tight water backing, and used its skin as a support point, silently sneaking towards the opposite bank. (To be continued......)