0221 Burning of Pyongyang's Naval Camp (4th Shift)
Fourteen years ago, Goguryeo and Yan fought and were beaten by Murong Ke, and even the capital of the country, Marudu, was burned down.
More than 50,000 people were also captured, including harem concubines, and even the mother of the king of Goguryeo was not spared.
Later, they moved their capital to Pyongyang City, Lelang County, which was more affluent and far away from Yan State, and there was a danger to defend.
Sure enough, in the next ten years, although Yan still pressed Goguryeo, it was never able to cross the Yalu River and deal a fatal blow to Goguryeo.
It was not until the Yan State entered the Central Plains that Murong Jun had the heart to dominate the world and accepted the surrender of Goguryeo.
Goguryeo finally ended its confrontation with Yan and was able to deal with Baekje's attack with all its might.
The Baekje naval division was so powerful that Goguryeo established an inland river fleet in Hunsu. If I don't go out of the water, you won't be able to give full play to the advantages of your sailor.
This trick really worked, and Baekje was never able to break through the defense line of Goguryeo, which was composed of land and water forces, and even repeatedly ran into a wall on it.
The Goguryeo Navy Division was just outside Pyongyang, forming a back-to-back formation with the army defending the city.
Because it is a garrison capital, they are very vigilant, and there are fast boats patrolling the water day and night.
Tonight is no exception.
Several clippers patrol the river they are responsible for, and occasionally the two boats meet and greet each other with a few jokes.
However, Baekje has not reached Hunshui for many years, and although many systems are still in place, it is inevitable that there will be some laxity in implementation.
Especially now that it was late at night, the patrolmen were a little listless, so they let the boat drift on the water.
In one of the rivers, there were a few ripples floating on the water, and they didn't notice it when they were drowsy at this moment.
Ripples approached the patrol boat, and several men with daggers in their mouths surfaced from underwater.
After gesturing, two of them grabbed the edge of the boat and secured themselves. The other two stepped on their shoulders and sprang up with a single effort.
Then he swooped down on the boat with lightning speed, covered the mouths of the two patrol soldiers and dragged them into the water.
Several other men, who had been prepared for a long time underwater, raised their daggers and stabbed the two to death.
A patrol ship was so silently solved.
Two men jumped on the boat and pretended to be patrol soldiers, rowing the boat to find the patrol boat in the next section of the water, while the others hid in the water, and were dragged along the edge of the boat.
These people are the water ghost troops of the Tang State Water Division, who specialize in solving the other party's patrol personnel. There are still several waves of water ghosts like them, and everyone is on a separate mission.
These people are all veterans, and they silently dealt with all the peripheral patrol ships of the Goguryeo Naval Division.
As for the patrol officers in the inner circle, they are not under their control, and there is no need to take care of them.
Because the patrol ships in the inner circle had already approached the enemy's naval division, even if they found that the main battleship of the Tang Army sounded the alarm, the naval division battalion would not have time to respond.
Therefore, after solving the outer patrol boats, the water ghost rowed the Goguryeo patrol boat down the river, walked about seven or eight miles, and saw a huge fleet.
It was the main battleship of the Tang State Naval Division.
Chai Ben and the others, who were anxiously waiting, were overjoyed when they heard the news from the water ghost.
After completing this step, the raid battle will become seven, and the remaining thirty percent depends on the weather.
However, southeast winds prevail in the waters of the Yellow Sea from June to August, and the Goguryeo Pyongyang Naval Division's camp is just northwest of Hunshui, which is the most suitable for fire attacks.
It can be said that the time and place are on the side of the Tang Kingdom.
Of course, the reason why He Fang chose this time to launch a night attack was also because the wind direction was suitable, otherwise he would not dare to attack with fire.
"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the previous plan, Regiment Commander Yue led the army straight to the enemy's inner ring cordon, blocking the entrance and exit of the enemy's camp as quickly as possible, and not allowing any warship to escape."
Yue Shan said: "General He can rest assured that he will complete the task." ”
He Fang continued: "Battalion Commander Wu and Battalion Commander Wang, when Regiment Commander Liu blocks the entrance and exit of the enemy's naval division camp, you will drive your boat over the naval division camp to monitor the movement in the direction of Pyongyang City. ”
"If the other side sends reinforcements, you will decide whether you can block it according to the situation, and if you can't stop it, withdraw and join the main force."
Wu Heng and Wang An came out together and said, "Obey." ”
"For the rest of the people, when the two of them cross the camp of the sailor, we will press on the whole army and burn down the enemy camp."
"Yes."
The order was given, and the generals returned to their ships.
Seeing Yue Shan coming back, Wen Mu hurriedly asked, "Commander, what's wrong?" ”
Yue Shan said: "It's done, attack immediately." How's the fireship getting ready? ”
Wenmu said: "Four fireboats, tied together with iron chains, are sure to be able to block the Goguryeo people in the camp. ”
Yue Shan naturally believed in this old subordinate, and immediately said, "Then let's go." ”
More than 10 ships of their regiment took the lead and quickly sailed to the camp of the Goguryeo Naval Division.
When it was only two miles away from the Goguryeo naval division's main camp, the four ships in front of them, which were connected by iron chains, began to spread their sails, and their speed suddenly more than doubled.
The ship's crew lit the arquebus, and then, while the speed of the ship had not yet increased, they jumped into the water and swam towards the rescue ship they had received.
The full sail ship, even if it lost its helmsman, gradually increased its speed under the blowing of the southeast wind, and after a while, it rushed towards the entrance and exit of the Goguryeo naval division camp like an arrow from the string.
The ships that followed behind began to slow down and distance themselves from the fireships.
"Dangdangdang." Suddenly, there was a shrill sound of gongs and incomprehensible shouts. Apparently the patrol officers of the inner circle of the Goguryeo people also spotted the intruding ship and raised the alarm.
The Goguryeo Navy Division Battalion also reacted very quickly, and after just a few breaths, countless torches were lit up, and there were shouts one after another.
However, the two-mile road was just a blink of an eye for a ship with a speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour, and the four ships slammed into the gate of the Goguryeo sailors.
Of course, you can't block the gate with four ships, but it's not the same if it's four ships filled with flammable materials and fierce fire oil.
Four ships had just penetrated into the gate, and the arquebuses burned out.
"Tom!" With a bang, a large fire ignited, and the four fireships and the flammable materials on them burned rapidly.
There was a burst of exclamations from the camp of the Goguryeo naval division, and then many ships came over and tried to push the fire boat away.
But the fire was so great that they were downwind, so they couldn't get close at all, so they could only shout there.
Maybe it was their cries that played a role, maybe it was the providence that was not on the side of the Tang Kingdom, a whirlwind struck, and the fireship was blown off the course, giving way to half of the waterway.
The Goguryeo people were overjoyed, and several boats hurriedly rowed out of the half of the waterway and came to the upwind to push the fireboats away from the entrance.
And yet at this very moment.
"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......" explosions rang out one after another.