Chapter 374: Swinging the army to the north

There is no doubt about the outcome of the conflict. After a burst of cannons, the warships that the Huangshi Navy rushed to the front became planks floating on the water, and those Yu Dazhong's henchmen on board were also killed or wounded. These doglegs were the most fierce and arrogant on the boat just now, and they looked like Lao Tzu was the best in the world.

The huge sound of artillery completely woke up Yu Dazhong, and he now knew that he understood that the artillery warship was so powerful, and Yang Bangxian actually dared to meet each other with a sword. Although he was very timid in his heart, he was stubborn, and while preparing to run away with his own troops, he waved a flag to ask his ships to continue the attack. In Yu Dazhong's view, the power of artillery warships is far less than that of close combat, and as long as they are hand-to-hand combat, they have the possibility of victory. Even if you can't win, you can drag the artillery warship and buy time for yourself to escape.

The soldiers of the Song army and navy in Huangshi were not stupid, seeing that the black-pressed artillery warships had changed the array to surround the party in the middle, and seeing that Yu Dazhong was smearing oil on the soles of his feet with his own soldiers, they lowered their sails and dropped anchor in the earth-shattering slogan of "The Song army does not fight the Song army". Yang Bangxian was not polite, so he ordered someone to go up and take over these warships. Yang Bangxian sent the Banzhou Light Infantry Brigade to land in the fortress on the shore, and soon found the seized Nanyang Company ships and sailors.

The captive ships and sailors were unscathed, most of the supplies were intact, except for the medical alcohol. It turned out that this alcohol was regarded as a good soju, and was drunk by Yu Dazhong and his cronies with water. The Banzhou soldiers continued to search for a long time, but they did not see Yu Dazhong, and when they inquired, it turned out that this guy who bullied the weak and feared the hard had fled by land in the direction of Chongqing Mansion with people.

In addition to a few warships that were destroyed, Yu Xing's more than 100 warships in Huangshi were all controlled, and these were also the only remaining main warships of the Chongqing Navy. These warships were all small and medium-sized warships, and the Thunderbolt Army did not look down on them at all, but they could not return Yu Xing, so as not to pose a threat to the Thunderbolt Army's water transportation lines. Zan Wanshou immediately decided to transfer the ships to Nanyang Company to compensate for the economic losses caused by Yu Xing's seizure order, which Yang Wen and Yang Bangxian did not dispute, because Banzhou Yang was himself a shareholder of Nanyang Company.

As for the soldiers of the Huangshi Navy who were controlled, Zan Wanshou gave him two routes to choose freely, and those who wanted to return to Chongqing Prefecture would be transported by boat and given appropriate fares; Those who are unwilling to return to Chongqing Mansion will be given a settlement fee to stay in Shenjian City for reclamation. Because Yu Xing's father and son were greedy, mean, and unkind, it was common for them to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, so eighty percent of the soldiers chose to stay in Shenjian City to reclaim.

Although it was a quick knife to deal with the provocation of Yu Xing's father and son, it was delayed for seven or eight days. "Military intelligence is like fighting fire", this period is really not short. Now that he has torn his face with Yu Xing, Zan Wanshou no longer has any scruples. At that moment, after discussing with Yang Wen, he decided to divide his troops into two routes to the north. On the first route, he led a brigade of the naval army to escort Yang Bangxian and 3,000 Banzhou soldiers to the north along the Tuojiang River to join Hou Xing under the city of Fushun. On the other hand, Yang Wen led a thousand Banzhou soldiers, together with another naval brigade, from Shenjian City, and after arriving in Chongqing along the waterway, he went to Diaoyu City, and with the cooperation of the Diaoyu City naval army, he traced the Fujiang River to Jiantandu to aid Pengxi Village and Lingquan Mountain.

As for the defense of the Divine Arm City, it was the responsibility of the special battalion of the 2nd Division. After the retreat of the Mongol army led by Niu Xuan, Zan Wanshou first ordered people to repair the destroyed city defense facilities, and installed more than ten heavy warship guns at the east gate. With heavy artillery, it was impossible for the Mongol army to capture this iron-clad city.

Before the war, the military-political joint conference had passed a decision to build the two cities into the military, commercial and economic centers of the Perak army in southern Sichuan after the recovery of Shenjian City and Xuzhou City. Militarily, in addition to continuing to strengthen the city's defenses, a series of forts and naval barracks will be established to form a complete defense system, and an arsenal will be built in the city of Shenji;

Economically, the two places will vigorously develop coal, iron and other mines, and establish supporting coking coal plants, iron and steel plants, cement factories and other industries, and take advantage of the warm and abundant conditions to plant cotton and sugarcane on a trial basis; In terms of commerce and trade, the two cities were built as important trade transit stations. Of course, the division of trade has its own emphasis, Luzhou is mainly oriented to Miaojiang, while Xuzhou is mainly oriented to Dali. Of course, in order to complete the above ideas, it is not enough to just capture Xuzhou and Shenjian City, but also to completely expel the Mongolian army from Tongchuanfu Road.

After making preparations, Zan Wanshou led his army north to Fushun City. Under the escort of the naval warships, Yang Bangxian led the Banzhou soldiers along the riverbank. There are more than 300 miles of water from Shenjian City to Fushun City, which is much farther than taking the land route, and the path on the bank of the Tuojiang River is much more difficult than the official road. However, the small road along the river was under the protection of the artillery of the warships, so there was no need to worry about the attack of the Mongolian cavalry, and the grain and grass could also be transported by boats, so the marching speed was not much slower than taking the official road.

On the way to the march, from time to time, the cavalry sent by Hou Xing came to deliver letters. After a fierce battle, the cavalry of these Thunderbolts broke through the encirclement and blockade of the Mongol cavalry, and sent the battle situation of Fushun City over continuously. Hou Xing told Zan Wanshou that although the Mongol army's offensive was fierce under the Battle of New Xuandu, they were all repulsed. At present, the defense of the Perak army camp in Fushun is still strong, and the food can still last for about half a month, but there is not much ammunition left. The mines have been depleted, there are no shells left, there are not many grenades left, only musket bullets are still sufficient.

Although Zan Wanshou believed that Hou Xing would be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrived, he was still anxious. If he arrived a day late, the casualties of the Thunderbolt army in Fushun would increase. It's just that he also knows that he can't be in a hurry, the ship is going against the water, and even if he keeps adjusting the sails, the speed can't be fast. The speed of the ships could not be raised, and the marching speed of the Banshu army naturally slowed down. Although the 3,000 Banzhou army led by Yang Bangxian was strong, it could not get out of the range of the warship's artillery, otherwise it would definitely suffer heavy casualties once it was raided by the Mongol cavalry.

During the march of the Banju army, many Mongolian scouts roamed around, and even dared to harass them in close proximity, but they all fled under the shelling. The slow speed of the boat is only one aspect, but more importantly, there are many water obstacles in the water ahead. According to the light reconnaissance ships sent earlier, New Wheel has set up a number of water barriers in the rivers upstream and downstream of Fushun City, some of which can be easily broken, while others take some time.

Relatively speaking, Yang Wen and his entourage's trip to Jiantandu was much smoother. After Yang Bangxian disarmed the last naval army directly under the Sichuan Preparation and Placement Division in Huang City, Yu Xing was so angry that he scolded, but he was helpless. Now that he has no soldiers in his hands, how can he help the famous Banshu army? He had no choice but to send someone to negotiate with Yang Wen, claiming that if he did not hand over the Shenjian City, return the ships and send back the sailors, he would file a complaint with the imperial court against the Yang clan in Banzhou, and he did not hesitate to meet each other with soldiers.

Regarding Yu Xing's threat, Yang Wen just laughed. In the battle of Shenjian City, Yu Xing not only lost the elite of the Song army in Sichuan, but also made its prestige completely lost. As for the fact that he wanted to complain to the imperial court, Yang Wen did not take it to heart. Yu Xing's funeral is a major crime, and the imperial court will inevitably punish him severely. Those who are unable to protect themselves, why be afraid?

The 1,000 Banzhou soldiers led by Yang Wen rode through the ships of the Perak Army and sailed through Chongqing Mansion and went straight to the direction of Diaoyu City. In this regard, Yu Xing, who was sitting in the yamen of the Sichuan System and Construction Division in the city, had no choice but to watch the fleet go north.