For Guo Rong, the only good news now is that Li Shidao only noticed the transportation role of sea vessels, and did not realize that sea vessels could also be used to harass and sabotage.

If one day Li Shidao knew this, with this huge sailor with a scale of more than 100, the long coastline of Datang would never be peaceful.

It's just that, looking at the existing forces in his hands, Guo Rong rubbed his teeth.

Although he had already made contact with Han Xiang's department, in fact, Guo Rong only had a total of 5,000 soldiers and more than 30 sea ships on hand.

If you simply want to kill tens of thousands of island country reinforcements that have not yet gained a firm foothold, 5,000 soldiers can probably do it with a charge, but Guo Rong's purpose is not to simply kill tens of thousands of island country reinforcements, but to leave the huge Jiaodong Naval Division.

Naval warfare is not a land battle, although the advanced degree of the sea ships and the configuration of equipment of the ink division surpass that of the opponent, but there is no generation gap, which is not enough to make up for the huge gap in numbers.

Now we have not yet entered the era of giant ships and cannons, and ramming and jumping gang battles are the main directions of naval warfare in this era, and it is obviously impossible for not enough people to achieve certain results.

The problem is that because of the changes in the war situation in Hebei and Jiaodong, before boarding the ship, Guo Rong had already made the decision not to transfer Luxi soldiers and horses.

First, the plan to take the initiative to lure the enemy has been successful, Wei Botian Ji'an has already been tricked, and more than 100,000 Wei Bo troops have crossed the river and rushed straight to Bianzhou.

The problem is that Tian Ji'an is not the only one who is heading south!

At the same time that Wei Bo's army crossed the river to the south, Wang Chengzong's Chengde army had also moved south, some of which were deployed near Cangzhou City, and the other part followed Wei Bo's army south to participate in the encirclement of Bianzhou.

If there was only Wei Bojun, Guo Rong believed that Han Hong could easily keep the opponent out of Bianzhou City without mobilizing hidden soldiers and horses.

But with the addition of the Cheng German army, everything is difficult to say.

First of all, the most obvious change is the number, so that the number of Hebei rebels besieging Bianzhou exceeds 200,000, which leads to the fact that even if you count the soldiers and horses hidden in the south, the number of soldiers and horses in Han Hong's hands is far inferior to that of the Hebei rebels.

However, compared with Wang Chengzong, who has already sent troops, Guo Rong is more worried about Mr. Liu, the most powerful envoy of Lu Longjiedu among the three towns in Hebei.

It stands to reason that Mr. Liu's Lu Longjun should be concentrating on dealing with Li Yu, but Wang Chengzong is here, and Guo Rong does not dare to guarantee that Mr. Liu will definitely not send troops south.

Second, there is a distance of five or six hundred miles from Qingzhou to Rongcheng, and from Caozhou to Rongcheng is more than a thousand miles, even with the marching speed of the Changying army, it will take almost ten days and half a month, and when they come, the daylily is estimated to be cold.

The cavalry could arrive within two or three days after a long-distance attack on two horses, but Mo Lingjun's cavalry regiment was still recovering, and Guo Rong was reluctant to scrap such a trump card in his hand.

At present, there is a high probability that Lu Xiaobing can completely annihilate the main force of the island country that landed in Jiaodong under Wendeng City, so the situation in Jiaodong will basically not develop in the worst direction.

After thinking about it, Guo Rong felt that instead of wasting time, consuming physical strength, and wasting food and grass, Guo Rong finally decided to put the main forces of the Changying Army and Zuo Wuwei, including Mo Lingjun's cavalry regiment, in the west.

For the overall battle situation of the entire Henan Province and Hebei Province, it is no problem for Guo Rong to leave the main force in Luxi, but this also means that the only one who can provide Guo Rong with enough troops is Lu Xiaobing, who led his troops to a decisive battle with the main force of the island country in Wendeng.

The Jiaodong Naval Division arrived at Rongcheng Bay slightly faster than initially expected, and it is difficult to say whether Lu Xiaobing can also arrive in advance.

Although Guo Rong himself was very optimistic about Lu Xiaobing's idea of using black powder and incendiary craters to kill the soldiers and horses of the island country, the people of the island country had also been concentrated near Wendeng County.

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That's more than 60,000 soldiers and horses of the island nation, not more than 60,000 pigs!

Thinking about the guys who are not as good as beasts who are deeply affected by militarism in later generations, although there is no such thing as militarism now, but the island people are brainless, and the head iron has never changed, so even if Lu Xiaobing can win, the defeated island people will not necessarily be captured.

Of course, with the character and habits of the island people, coupled with the sudden advance of the brainless pigs, it cannot be ruled out that the more than 60,000 island people may not be as troublesome as the more than 60,000 pigs.

If Lu Xiaobing and the military academy with the army figure out a little bit of something, maybe Lu Xiaobing can arrive early.

Of course, the good news is not without it.

The bay stretches from Longsu Island in the north to Mashantou in the south, and is half of a natural oval, making it a relatively wide space that can berth hundreds of large sea vessels.

The Chengshan Mountains in the northern part of Kaiwan form a natural barrier, with an average water depth of nearly three zhang (8 meters) and a maximum depth of more than three zhang (10 meters), and the bottom is mostly mud and mud and sand, which is a good anchorage shelter from the wind.

At the same time, Rongcheng Bay is located at the easternmost tip of the entire Jiaodong Peninsula, sparsely populated, and its geographical location is relatively private, providing good cover for the islanders, who have not been found to have a lot to do with such a location for more than half a year.

But there are pros and cons to everything.

The benefits of Rongcheng Bay for the people of the island country are obvious, but because of the remote geographical location and sparsely populated population, the port and other facilities in Rongcheng Bay cannot be compared with Dengzhou and Laizhou.

There are at least three ports that can be developed in the entire Rongcheng Bay, but in the entire Rongcheng Bay, there is only one wharf that can berth such thousands of seagoing vessels, and it can only support the berthing of three large seagoing ships at the same time.

In addition, the vicinity of Rongcheng Bay basically belongs to the sandstone mixed substrate type dominated by rocks and reefs, and the beach dip angle is large. The hills and quasi-plains of Longhaibin have formed sea erosion landforms under the long-term erosion of sea waves, such as sea cliffs, sea caves, sea stacks, sea arch bridges, sea erosion platforms, etc.

Special sea conditions allow large ships to take shelter from the wind, but they cannot anchor in the unexpected sea area of the dedicated dock, otherwise they will either run aground directly, or run aground, and once they hit the reef, they will be damaged at least and sink at worst.

Therefore, the sea ships of the Jiaodong Navy Division had to stay honestly in the sea area where Rongcheng Bay was located.

Line up to unload the loaded cargo in turn—the islanders—or use small boats, a few people, to send the island's reinforcements down the coast.

According to the judgment of the scouts, fishermen, pirates, and shipwrights, it would take about five days for the islanders to unload all the islanders on the more than 100 warships.

Even day and night, combined with non-stop transportation by boat, it would take at least three days to unload the cargo.

In other words, Guo Rong had at least three full days to wait for reinforcements led by Lu Xiaobing.

At this time, Guo Rong suddenly had the feeling that on the battlefield of Waterloo, Napoleon was waiting for reinforcements led by Grouchy.

Of course, Guo Rong also knew that if Lu Xiaobing could not arrive before all the people of the island country landed, he would still have to work hard, even if he smashed all the thousands of men and horses and dozens of warships at hand, he had to kill the opponent's fleet.

So while waiting for Lu Xiaobing's reinforcements, Guo Rong focused all his attention on the pre-euphoria of fighting for his life when Lu Xiaobing could not arrive.

Guo Rong's pre-eucalyptus itself is very simple, if there is an accident on the battlefield of Wendeng, or if there are other variables, Lu Xiaobing really can't arrive in advance, Guo Rong will lead his soldiers and horses to fight for their lives.

First of all, the two battalions of soldiers to which Han Xiang belonged will attack the port and temporary base of the island nation in Rongcheng Bay by night by land, with the aim of attracting the attention of the people of the island country.

Secondly, Guo Rong will dispatch the Jiink Division and Laoshan Weizhong personnel with good water properties to arrive near the port of Rongcheng Bay in advance, and take advantage of the attention of Han Xiang to lead the soldiers of the island country, lurk under the sea ship anchored in Rongcheng Bay, and use gunpowder or other tools to scuttle and blow up the ship.

Finally, Guo Rong will personally lead all the personnel and ships of the Jimo Division and Laoshan Wei, which have been improvised together, and will march towards Rongcheng Bay at dusk.

Arrived at the mouth of Rongcheng Bay and anchored, waiting for the situation in Rongcheng Bay, Han Xiang led his troops to attack, and the fire in Rongcheng Bay broke out, that is, the entire ink division marched to Rongcheng Bay, using night battles to fight for their lives.

With the completion of the preparation plan, the two battalions of soldiers under Han Xiang's department, Laoshanwei, who had just been formed and had not participated in actual combat, and the newly formed Jimo Division, began to exercise.

Two days later, however, a messenger sent by Lu Xiaobing after the end of the Battle of Wendeng arrived.

From the air of the messenger, it was learned that Wendeng had won a great victory, and Lu Xiaobing led nearly 10,000 soldiers and was marching in the direction of Rongcheng Bay with all his might, and could arrive at the latest by tomorrow evening.

After getting this information, Guo Rong was overjoyed, it is naturally a good thing not to fight to the death, and more importantly, with enough manpower and enough soldiers and horses, he can do more, for example, for the Jiaodong Water Division, in addition to complete destruction, there is another choice.

After the end of the Battle of Wendeng, after a hundred and forty miles in two days, the eight battalions of soldiers led by Lu Xiaobing and the two battalions of auxiliaries finally arrived near Rongcheng Bay at dusk on July 30.

Under the guidance of the Laoshan guard scouts who were waiting here, the Lu Xiaobing Department entered the southern hilly area of Rongcheng Bay and camped for repair.

Lu Xiaobing and Meng Gan led several major officers to Guo Rong's temporary camp near Sanggou Bay, south of Rongcheng Bay.

After listening to Lu Xiaobing's detailed report on the battle of Wendeng and the post-war treatment, and figuring out the reason why he was able to arrive in just two days, Guo Rong was also embarrassed, Changying's army is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and it seems to have verified that sentence - a butcher who doesn't want to be a strategist is not a good doctor.

Leave some islanders behind, let the islanders dispose of their own corpses, and the soldiers of the Changying Army will be responsible for supervising the work, and they will be directly disposed of after completion.

The thinking is clear, flexible, and more importantly, it is similar to his idea of organizing servant armies in Longxi, Longnan, and Mobei.

After confirming that Lu Xiaobing had dealt with Wendeng's problem, Guo Rong immediately began to arrange the task, but after hearing Guo Rong's plan, Lu Xiaobing's eyes lit up, and then Lu Xiaobing's personal soldiers were sent back to repair the camp.

As the soldiers left, Lu Xiaobing explained to Guo Rong.

"General, this is a few island captives that I brought with me, and I was originally going to use them to sacrifice the flag, but after hearing the general's plan, I think I can use these guys to waste."

It didn't take long for several island captives to be escorted directly to Guo Rong's Chinese army tent, and after seeing these captives with the typical samurai hairstyles of the island nation, Guo Rong changed his plan again.

As night fell, several messengers who looked dusty and very tired rushed directly into the island nation's temporary camp in Rongcheng Bay.

"The general set up a plan under Wendeng City to ambush the Tang army...... Today, the main force of the army led by the general has surrounded the entire 20,000 Tang troops in a narrow area between the county seat of Wendeng and the Sow River......"

"But the combat power of the Tang army is very amazing, after finding that it has already been surrounded, the Tang army launched a fierce counterattack, under the Tang army's fighting, our army suffered heavy casualties...... So the general continued to support. ”

"His Royal Highness the General and the Prince have ordered that all soldiers and horses complete the landing tonight, and if they are too late, they can choose to wash the remaining ships directly onto the beach......"

"All the soldiers and horses give up rest and adjustment, they don't need to carry any equipment, armor, and weapons, each person only needs to carry two days' rations, and march immediately after dawn to support the general and Prince Yuansheng who are fighting hard in the direction of Wendeng."

"Don't need to bring any gear?"

One of the island's generals asked the courier in a puzzled tone.

"The Tang Army's fighting is too fierce, and on the Wendeng front, there are a lot of dead and wounded in battle, so there is no need to carry too many weapons or armor at all, bringing these things has no practical meaning except for affecting the speed of the march."

The messenger's voice fell, and the atmosphere in the entire tent froze instantly.

The messenger did not say exactly how much the loss was, but through the request of the general Sakagami and Prince Gensheng, after a month of sailing, the generals and lords of the island country, who had just arrived in Rongcheng Bay, had not completely recovered their senses, and their faces became extremely serious.

How fierce was it that forced General Sakagami, the first military general of the island country, to ask for reinforcements in such a hurry?

To what extent did the casualties and losses go so far that there was no need to carry blades and equipment at all?

It is so tragic that it is so miserable, how can it not make the nobles of these island countries frightened, after all, they came from the island country to get honor, gain benefits, and get rewards, not to send them to death!

Truth be told, these guys are scared!

Looking at the cold field around him, the messenger in charge of delivering the message said softly.

"The general asked me to bring a word to all the nobles, we are already standing on the land of the Tang Dynasty, can we still have any way out?"