At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were millions of martial artists, and there were all kinds of people.

There are those who finally have the imperial court, and there are those who are ambitious. There are righteous and awe-inspiring ones, and there are also insidious and cunning ones.

Among them, there are naturally many strong people who can really fight well and have the ability.

Huainan Jiedu envoy Yang Xingmi is one of them.

This military and political strongman who carried Zhu Wen south and founded the state of Wu in history was supported by many forces, and tried his best to resist Li Yunze's southward movement in the Jianghuai region, which was full of water networks.

Yang Xingmi, like many heroes in the late Tang Dynasty, was born as an anti-thief.

After being recruited by the imperial court, he performed well, and became a big man on the side of the town.

Huang Chao failed to break through Chang'an City, but was exterminated in advance, which led to a deflection in history.

Here in Lianghuai, what is expressed is the loss of power of Gao Yu, who has a close agreement with Huangchao.

Gao Yu, who was betrayed by his subordinates one after another, soon lost his power and life.

After that, the two Huai lands were held together, and it was not until Li Yunze began to control the Xuanwu Army that Yang Xingmi rose among the heroes and became the new elder.

Yang Xingmi is very capable, not only quickly integrating many forces, but also being able to effectively use the geographical advantages of mountains and rivers to fight against Li Yunze's powerful army.

Whether it is an armored cavalry or an innumerable number of armorers, it is difficult to use it in this geographical environment.

More than 1,000 years ago, the geographical environment was different from that of the modern world, especially the southern part of the country was not as developed as the north, and it can be described as full of thorns and swamps.

Yang Xingmi set up defenses in key areas, and then cooperated with the sailors and boats to go back and forth to isolate all kinds of attacks, which really brought trouble to Li Yunze.

On the shore of Huaishui, Li Yunze looked at the fleet that was gradually receding on the water, with a touch of fire in his eyes.

'Dog thief! Lie to me too much! ’

Yang Xingmi kept mobilizing sailors to launch attacks, which made Li Yunze very angry.

Don't dare to confront yourself head-on, only dare to play these conspiracies, it's really disgraceful!

Taking a deep breath, Li Yunze asked the generals behind him, "What did Shi Pu say over there?" ”

"The Wuning army did not reply, but gathered the soldiers and horses in the Suzhou area."

Hearing this, Li Yunze laughed, "Look for death." ”

Wu Ningjun envoy Shi Pu, who had previously colluded with Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin brothers to attack Li Yunze, was afraid of being attacked after escaping, and took the initiative to surrender.

Now, it is obvious that he has once again joined the anti-Li Yunze encirclement network.

A general and colonel stepped forward and suggested, "Huaishui is not having a good time, why don't you go and destroy the Wuning Army first?" ”

After Huaixi Town was wiped out, the two Huai areas fell into the hands of Yang Xingmi. He had a strong sailor who could quickly transfer from Yangzhou to Huaishui through the Grand Canal to block Li Yunze's crossing of the river.

The Xuanwu Army, which lacked a water division, was forcibly blocked on the north bank of Huaishui.

Li Yunze, who was looking at the mountains on the opposite bank, suddenly asked, "Is Bagong Mountain opposite?" ”

The generals were puzzled, but they still hurriedly responded, "It's indeed Bagong Mountain." ”

"Yang Xingmi wants to be a child, I'm not Fu Jian!"

"What is the matter of throwing a whip and breaking the stream, look at me and cast the iron Hengjiang unparalleled in the world."

Li Yunze waved his hand, turned around and gave the military order, "Everyone is ready, we will cross the river in a few days." ”

The generals looked at each other, first in response to the order, and then asked questions, "Jiedu, our sailor can't beat Yang Xingmi." ”

"It's going to be over in no time." Li Yunze laughed, "This section will open your eyes and see what an ironclad ship is!" ”

Early the next morning, in a lake connected to Huaishui near the Chinese army camp, a strange boat suddenly appeared.

The strange thing about this boat is that it has no sails and no oars.

How does a boat without sails and oars move? If it can't move, why is it called a ship?

When I got closer to observe, something even more shocking happened, this ship was actually an iron ship!

It's strange that such a heavy iron didn't sink into the water.

Li Yunze didn't care about those curious guys, he took a group of specially trained people on the ship, and spent a few days of work to familiarize himself with the operation process of their respective posts.

Needless to say, I also know that this is a large fishing boat that Li Yunze bought from the modern world.

In order to operate the ship, Li Yunze broke down the work that could be done by one person into a job of several people.

Although the manpower has been increased, the operation steps have been simplified, and it is most suitable for Datang people who have never been exposed to these things.

Moreover, the fishing boat was sent to the shipyard to pay for a special refit in the dockyard.

Not only has the hull been strengthened, but also the bow has been fitted with ramming angles, and the moon blades made of alloy steel have been installed under the waterlines on both sides.

The moon blade, which was close to the length of the hull, extended outwards by more than a zhang.

When it crosses hands with an enemy ship, it can be disemboweled.

In order to deal with the fire attack of Yang Xingmi's department, jumping gang battles, slapping poles and other attack methods, the deck was directly welded with iron sheets, and the inside was garrisoned by armor soldiers.

After the assembled temporary crew members barely adapted to their work, Li Yunze immediately took the helm himself, drove a large iron boat, and drove towards Shouzhou City on the opposite bank under the escort of the wooden boats of a group of sailors.

Without the slightest accident, nearly 200 boats of all sizes quickly drove out of the water village on the opposite bank, and they went straight to the Xuanwu Army Naval Division.

The Xuanwu army also had more than 100 wooden ships, but there was a lack of qualified sailors, so the previous confrontations always ended in defeat.

But now it's different, when the opposite fleet drove out, the Xuanwu Army sailors quickly moved out of the way, revealing ironclad ships without sails and oars!

At the level of ships of this era, this fishing boat was enough to sweep.

Li Yunze, who was personally at the helm, kept speeding up and rushed towards the opposite side.

Powerful power, sturdy hull, sharp ramming angles and moon blades.

The ironclad ship is like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and it is called sinking next to each other, touching and shattering. It doesn't matter if you're a big boat or a small boat, as long as you encounter it, it's the same result.

The powerful sailors of the two Huai armies were directly beaten at this moment.

They had never seen anything like it, and they looked like a monster.

The monster is not terrible, what is really terrible is that the two Huai Shui Divisions used all their strength, and they used all kinds of tricks, but they couldn't beat people at all.

Not to mention fighting, you can't catch up.

The mobility, firepower, and protection of the fishing ship battleships of the Zenith class in this era all belonged to the Zenith, and after several back-and-forth charges, they quickly defeated the two Huai Naval Divisions.

Immediately, a large number of Xuanwu troops crossed the river in boats and came to the city of Shouzhou.

Li Yunze planned to wait for the follow-up soldiers and horses to cross the river and surround the city, so that he could use mining medicine to break the city and wipe out the defenders in the city.

To his surprise, the defenders did not defend the city at all, and directly sent the whole army to attack the Xuanwu army.

Fierce fighting broke out on both sides of the river.

The Xuanwu army fought very poorly in the water, and if it weren't for Li Yunze's fishing boat battleship, they wouldn't even be able to cross the Huaishui.

But the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army who came ashore were alive and well.

The Xuanwu army fought against the tide and resisted the onslaught of the defenders.

When the second batch of river crossing reinforcements arrived from the other side, the two Huai armies withdrew their troops.

What's even more exaggerated is that the two Huai armies did not return to Shouzhou City at all, and directly retreated along Bagong Mountain.

Li Yunze's armored cavalry did not come over on the other side, and he could only watch the two Huai armies run away before he could pursue them.

After the war, the prisoners were interrogated and learned that Yang Xingmi had commanded the battle in Shouzhou City before.

As for why they didn't defend the city, the captives said that the Xuanwu army would summon the heavenly thunder, and the city couldn't be defended at all, so Yang Jiedu said that he would resolutely not defend the city.

I have to say that Yang Xingmi is indeed quite difficult. If you don't defend the city and fight guerrilla warfare with him, there will really be a fight in this geographical environment.

"There is really no simple one who can leave a name in the history books."

In the face of Yang Xingmi's guerrilla warfare method, Li Yunze could only choose to face the battle.

The tactic he chose to deal with was to occupy the county towns and cities in various state capitals first. Distribute the defenders and supplies, and wait for Yang Xingmi to take the initiative.

The guerrilla warfare of this era was not as easy to fight as imagined, and the regular army lost its city and could easily become stragglers.

If nothing else, the necessities of life are not available in the countryside.

Li Yunze blocked the transportation arteries of the two Huai lands and occupied the salt works, and Yang Xingmi could not even replenish the salt.

However, unexpectedly, it has been almost two months since the blockade of Lianghuai, and Yang Xingmi was still able to calm down, only attacking the logistics baggage troops, but not attacking the city.

Li Yunze, who was stationed in Yangzhou with armored cavalry, once again used his money ability to bribe a group of people to learn that it was Zhou Bao of the Jiangnan Town Navy, and then secretly provided material support to Yang Xingmi.

There was not much to say, the fishing battleships reappeared, blocking the river with the ships of the sailors. He also sent a messenger to threaten Zhou Bao, 'If you are disobedient, the next one will beat you.' ’

Zhou Bao said that he was not frightened, and he was still providing support to Yang Xingmi.

It's just that the fleet was sunk one after another, and even Li Yunze personally drove a fishing boat battleship into the sailor camp in Zhenhai Town to wreak havoc, and burned down his water camp, which curbed its rampant.

The armor iron cavalry took the initiative to attack, constantly combing and driving away, compressing the scope of activities of Yang Xingmi's department.

Yang Xingmi's army, which lacked supplies, was disheartened, and had no choice but to forcibly besiege the county seat, trying to loot supplies after breaking the city.

As a result, a small county town could not be besieged for several days, and when Li Yunze personally rushed over with armored cavalry to reinforce it, he directly defeated it in a battle.

Yang Xingmi fled in embarrassment and crossed the river to join the town navy.

Li Yunze, who took the land of Lianghuai, began to pacify the place.

However, Wei Bozhen in the north sent an envoy at this time to ask Li Yunze for more money, food and materials.

Li Yunze also does not contain a lake, he will give as much as he wants.

Anything that can be solved with money, that's not a problem.

can use money and grain to buy 100,000 troops in Weibo Town to serve himself, Li Yunze really laughed so much.

The towns of Zhaoyi, Heyang, Pinglu, Lulong, Yichang, and Hedong in the north were all pinned down by Weibo Town, and there was no way to attack Li Yunze in the south.

They had also sent emissaries to try to convince Weber to understand what it meant to be cold.

But Wei Bozhen's response was very simple, if he wanted us to fight the Xuanwu Army, it would be okay to take out more money and food than the Xuanwu Army gave.

Not to mention that they can't come up with it, even if they can come up with so much money and food, they have to satisfy the appetite of the martial artists under their command first.

Don't satisfy the appetite of the martial artists under your command, take it out to Weibo Town?

I really thought that in this world, only the tooth soldiers of Weibo Town would kill their own family, and they couldn't do it!