Chapter 691: Surprise
The Dongzhou soldiers who landed on the island, under the orders of Qin Zhen, quickly occupied a favorable position and were ready to fight at any time.
On the sea in the distance, under the light of the fire, the warships slowly sailed, and the whole atmosphere was tense in an instant, watching the war between the two sides break out.
Suddenly, a rhythmic whistle sounded on the approaching warship, and the tense people on the island were stunned, and then responded quickly.
This whistle is a signal transmitted between their troops, and in order to prevent the enemy from knowing, more than a dozen different sets of whistle orders were formulated before the battle.
For the sake of rigor, in such a situation where we are not clear about our enemies, we must check at least three or more sets.
The two sides passed to each other, listening to the accurate whistle, Qin Zhen's tense heart relaxed slightly, and as the warship gradually landed, he looked at the familiar clothes that came down from the warship.
Qin Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then rushed over with a group of subordinates, his eyes swept, and soon saw Wu Dingguo, Su Qi'an and others coming from the crowd, their faces were excited, and they hurriedly clenched their fists and knelt down to apologize.
"The lower official doesn't know that he is the overseer and the governor, and he almost offended the adult, and I hope the lord will forgive him."
"Qin Junshou, what did you say? You have done a good job, leading an army, and keeping your guard against the enemy without knowing whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, not only responsible for yourself, but also responsible for your soldiers.
Su Qi'an hurriedly waved his hand and helped him up, Wu Dingguo beside him looked at Qin Zhen, his face was surprised, and he hurriedly asked.
"By the way, why are you here? Who asked you to lead the troops? You're here, who is guarding the Dongzhou now?"
Listening to Wu Dingguo's inquiry, Qin Zhen sorted out his thoughts and told all the causes and consequences one by one.
Listening to Qin Zhen's explanation, the faces of Wu Dingguo, Xie Cang, and Su Yong gradually became difficult to look at.
Especially Wu Dingguo, his face was pale, and his voice was low, "Qin Junshou, you have been tricked, Zhou Zibin did this, he deliberately transferred you out, the current Dongzhou front, if my expectations are good, should be controlled by Zhou Zibin."
"How is this possible! Governor, what the hell is going on? What the hell is going on?" Qin Zhen was shocked, his mind was a little confused, he couldn't have imagined that he would only lead the army to support, and Dongzhou in the rear would become Zhou Zibin's.
Wu Dingguo sighed, and then told Qin Zhen everything he knew.
After listening to Wu Dingguo's narration, Qin Zhen's face changed, his eyes flashed, and he didn't speak for a long time.
This content is really exciting, the so-called supervision envoy and the metropolitan governor are besieged, but Zhou Zibin fabricated it, and what he hit is the unequal information difference between the two sides.
and then pretended to personally lead the troops to the rescue, as long as he said this, it was basically impossible for his officials to agree, and this just fell into Zhou Zibin's trap.
So as to take advantage of the situation, Qin Zhen led the only remaining half of the front-line Dongzhou soldiers to the sea to support, so that the front-line Dongzhou troops were empty, which just gave Zhou Zibin a fair and honest reason to transfer troops to take charge.
Zhou Zibin took control of the nine counties on the front line without much effort and in a few words.
This plot is difficult to accept if it is not Qin Zhen, but anyone else.
Qin Zhen looked at Wu Dingguo, and still asked his doubts, "Metropolitan Governor, how dare Zibin do this week, even if there is an unequal information gap, there is no loss of our troops." "I found that the situation was wrong, it was not just right to lead the army back, even if Zhou Zibin took over the nine counties on the front line, he would dare to take action against the Dongzhou soldiers who returned to our defense?"
"Doing this, and rebellion is undoubted, can the court let him go?"
Qin Zhen's question was normal, and anyone would think so, but Su Qi'an gave Qin Zhen an explanation.
"You're right, no one dares to do this kind of thing when there is no absolute strength, but Zhou Zibin is not an ordinary person, he dares to bring the forces of the Houjiu County to the front line to take over, which shows that the Houjiu County should be under his control."
"And now, he has taken over the first nine counties, and the entire Dongzhou is under his control, like we return at this time, do you think Zhou Zibin will greet us with peace of mind?"
Su Qi'an's words made Qin Zhen's face solemn, he
His mind was spinning rapidly, and suddenly his eyes froze, as if he thought of something, and with a voice of disbelief, he hesitated.
"My lord means that he will be charged with gangsters! So that they will attack us openly?"
"This... My lord, how dare he do this!"
Qin Zhen was shocked in his heart, it was not that this reason was very, thinking carefully about the previous arrangement, it was the most appropriate to do so.
First of all, the entire Dongzhou is under his control, as long as he speaks, his soldiers will definitely attack them.
In the present, their army of supporters returned to the defense unharmed, and retreated with their whole body, so that anyone would not believe it.
Zhou Zibin can take advantage of the tense atmosphere of the war, under his words, to stir up the suspicious nerves of the soldiers, and when the time comes, he can attack them without burden.
In short, from the moment Qin Zhen led the army to the sea to support, the next steps fell into the trap set by Zhou Zibin in advance, waiting for him to jump in.
Before and after figuring out all this, Qin Zhen was angry in his heart, Zhou Zibin dared to openly tear his face with them, and their front-line Dongzhou soldiers were not easy to bully.
Since he wants to fight, then accompany him to fight, Qin Zhen doesn't believe it, just rely on these soldiers who have never fought in the Houjiu County to be their opponents?
"My lord, you give an order, as long as you give an order, the subordinate will definitely charge forward and recapture the first nine counties."
"Your Excellency, give the order!"
Behind him, a group of officers and soldiers who learned the truth screamed loudly, eager to kill them as soon as possible.
Although this kind of killing back is in the hands of Zhou Zibin, they can't control so much, Zhou Zibin's practice is no different from shitting on their heads, it is a naked insult.
The nine counties before and after Dongzhou were governed separately and did not interfere with each other, but I thought that after this Dongzhou pastor came to the front line, he saw the tragic war and changed his heart.
Now it seems that they are deliberately acting, playing them around, and in the end they want to occupy the first nine counties.
Is it tolerable or unbearable, if you just want to fight, then have a good fight with his soldiers, and let this Dongzhou pastor know what the price of openly throwing dirty water on them and occupying the first nine counties is.
Looking at everyone's righteous indignation, Su Qi'an nodded slightly, understanding everyone's emotions, but disagreeing with this style of play.
Zhou Zibin dared to openly tear his face, indicating that he had been prepared for a long time, and it is estimated that the current Dongzhou coast, the first three counties, had already been arranged by Zhou Zibin's men and horses, and was waiting for them to return.
This kind of loss-making transaction, Su Qi'an will not do it.
Zhou Zibin's tearing of his face was not expected by Su Qi'an, but it was not bad.
Since Zhou Zibin couldn't bear it, he felt that he occupied the right time and place, and wanted to fall out with him, Su Qi'an would naturally satisfy him.
But this kind of satisfaction is not a frontal hard bar, but a strategy and tactics.
"The whole army listened to the order of the envoy, left 3,000 people on the island, and the rest of the men and horses gathered and returned to Dongzhou with the envoy."
"Back to Dongzhou! Fight back to Dongzhou!"
Listening to Su Qi'an's words, the emotions of all the officers and soldiers were even higher, shouting again and again, so excited, and more importantly, seeing the victory of this battle.
Through understanding, Qin Zhen knew that the battle of Zhoushan Island was very fierce, and there were many casualties on both sides, but it was not that Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo were besieged, but that after the fierce battle between the two sides, they paid for the casualties and finally conquered the last inner island.
The reason why there is no man on the island is because after conquering the inner island, Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo quickly commanded their soldiers to march towards the third naval battle support more than ten nautical miles away.
Zhoushan Island was taken, and half of the Fuso sailors were also wiped out, while the other half, the sailors in Fujiwara Shin's hands, and the sailors commanded by Zhou Tai, although they had dealings.
But with the defeat of the two battlefields, his last battlefield was instantly isolated, and even if he won, it would be meaningless.
After receiving the news of the defeat, Fujiwara Shinichi was very decisive and retreated alternately as soon as possible.
Zhou Tai's sailors wanted to pursue and take advantage of the situation to annihilate
extinguished, but pursued for more than ten nautical miles, but the weather at sea changed suddenly, the typhoon roared, in order to ensure the safety of the soldiers, helplessly watched Fujiwara Shinichi flee with the remnants of the army.
It can be said that with the departure of Fujiwara Shinichi's remnants, the battle in Toshu, which lasted for seven or eight days, finally ended.
They won this battle, not including them, there were a total of 80,000 people in this battle, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, the most serious of which was Xie Cang's land army.
If it weren't for the support of the Yuezhou Naval Division, the casualties would have been even greater.
What was the specific process of this battle, Qin Zhen didn't ask in depth, when he saw the Yuezhou investigation team from the island, the Feng eunuch appeared, he knew that there were some things that he, the county guard, could know.
What can tell him is the cause and effect of this war, and as for the more details, it is best not to be too curious to ask.
As the order was issued, in addition to the 3,000 men who remained temporarily, the rest of the 20,000 soldiers, including him, a total of about 50,000 troops, set off on thirty or forty warships.
Qin Zhen's face was excited, although these 50,000 people had different branches of the military such as Dongzhou, Yuezhou, Dongshan, and Split Mountain joined, but those who could survive were all elites.
From a distance, thirty or forty warships came in a majestic manner, making people feel an inexplicable momentum.
This is a scene that Qin Zhen has never seen in the Dongzhou front line for so many years, and this momentum is very amazing.
As the warship moved, Qin Zhen's face changed slightly, and he found that the direction they were going was not to return the way they came, but to travel in the opposite direction away from Dongzhou.
"My lord, what are we?"
"Hehe, since Zhou Zibin has set up a position, and when we come back, then we will still give him a surprise, rest assured, this time to fight back to Dongzhou, Zhou Zibin will regret it."
Su Qi'an explained with a smile, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on his face.