Chapter 142: The Army Heading South

In Xiangyang, Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan were dealing with Zhao Chonglong, but in Junzhou, they were fighting for the enemy.

As expected by the General Staff, by the time the autumn wind swept across the world in September, the Yuan soldiers from the north had already arrived at the border of Junzhou.

Standing on the mountain road, Zhang Xi looked at the lake at the foot of the mountain, which seemed to have no end as far as the eye could see, and there were a few small islands scattered in the lake.

Looking at this unfamiliar lake, Zhang Xi couldn't help but feel confused, so he called the guide: "When did such a lake appear here?"

Zhang Xi was originally a Song person, only because he was captured by the Mongols when he was young, so he became a member of the Mongolian command, and when he became an adult, he followed the Yuan army general Ashulu and Marshal Chahan, and fought in Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other places, and repeatedly made military exploits, and once accompanied Kublai Khan and even Meng Ge to the south, and knew the Jiangnan area very well, so he was awarded a thousand households.

And the reason why he appeared here at this moment was to receive an order from Ah Shu and lead his 3,000 men to attack Junzhou, trying to cut off Huaxia's aid to Xiangyang, so as to create an opportunity for them to successfully capture Xiangyang.

Now that he came to the boundary of Junzhou, Zhang Xi looked at the Danjiang River in the distance, and he was puzzled.

He had never seen such a lake before, and twenty years ago, it was just a large river less than a mile long.

"Don't hide it from the general, if it was ten years ago, there would not have been this lake here. It was only after that Zhang Engong came that the Danjiangkou Dam was built here. Since then, there has never been a flood in this Danjiang River!"

The guide's words made Zhang Xi's heart ripple, and he raised his eyes to look at the lake in the distance, and immediately saw that at the end of the lake, a dam was like a long dragon across the mountains, blocking all the huge lake water.

"What kind of power does this Zhang Wei have to create such a miracle?"

Zhang Xi already felt terrible, and faintly felt that he had come to the wrong place.

"If this dam is blown up, it is expected that Najunju will not be able to escape the flood. After all, with so much water, how can Junju resist it?"

The wild words came out of his mouth, and Zhang Xi forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, so as to be angry for his subordinates.

The guide shook his head and replied, "Of course." But general, in order to prevent this dam from being damaged, the Huaxia Army has already set up a naval army to patrol this place day and night. If you don't defeat them, you won't succeed. ”

"Water Army? With such a big lake, how powerful can this Junzhou Water Army be?"

Zhang Xi snorted lightly, full of disdain, no matter how he said that the other party was just a water army, how could he go ashore to confront them?

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden roar in the sky.

"Bang!"

The loud explosion alarmed everyone present, and everyone looked up together, only to see that above the sky, dozens of fireballs arced and fell straight towards everyone.

"Oops. It's shelling!"

Zhang Xi's eyes almost jumped out of his sockets, and he immediately jumped and rolled towards the mountain next to him.

He had never seen the power of this shell, and of course he knew what to do, and the soldiers who followed him fled in all directions to avoid falling into the shelling.

"Boom, boom!"

Dozens of huge craters appeared on the top of the mountain out of thin air, which also made the walking people tremble in their hearts, not knowing where the shells came from.

"What's going on, why are we suddenly attacked?"

Zhang Xi was nervous in his heart, grabbed the guide who was about to escape, and scolded loudly.

The guide trembled, and replied busily: "Maybe you were discovered by the Junzhou Naval Army." ”

"Junzhou Water Army?"

Zhang Xi pushed the guide aside, leaned out from behind the rocks, and then saw that on top of this huge lake, dozens of small black dots were driving towards this side, and above these black dots, there was a thick black mist, which made them appear extremely clear.

"This is the Junzhou Water Army?"

Filled with fear, Zhang Xi had only one thought in his mind.

"You know, it's ten miles from there, how can they get to this place?"

Before, Zhang Xi was wary of the Junzhou Naval Army, so he chose this place ten miles away from the Danjiangkou Reservoir, but the other party can still hit himself with superhuman range, and I have to say that the technology of Huaxia firearms is indeed superhuman.

"Well, it seems that this surprise attack has already been discovered by them. If it continues, it won't be of much use. I had no choice but to retreat. ”

Although he was ashamed, Zhang Xi also knew that at this moment, he was only afraid that he would fail completely, and if he continued, it would only lead to more serious failure, so he had no choice but to say to everyone: "Retreat." The whole army retreats!"

The order spread throughout the army with the trumpet, and everyone hid behind the mountain, temporarily blocking the shelling of the navy in the distance by virtue of the heavy mountain.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Xi also reorganized his army, temporarily gave up his plan to surprise attack Junzhou, and retreated.

And in the Danjiangkou Reservoir, Kang Lu, who led the Junzhou Navy to this place, also noticed the other party's movements.

"Tell the whole army not to continue the attack. ”

The lights flickered, the whistle blew, and all the ships stopped shelling.

Taking a deep breath, Kang Lu was secretly nervous: "It seems that this tartar has finally begun to move?"

Since he got the information of the other party, he started to act, so he was able to attack on the opponent's marching route, but unfortunately Junzhou's troops were insufficient, in addition to the two thousand men and horses defending Junzhou, there were only three thousand Junzhou sailors under his command, if it was to be repulsed, of course, but if you want to pursue the other party, it is not enough.

Now, Kang Lu can only watch the other party escape.

"But general, what should we do next? Just quietly watch the other party stay outside Junzhou?" Zhang Shun asked.

After half a year of training, he and Zhang Gui were promoted quickly, and soon became familiar with the operation methods of the new warship, and with excellent technology, they were successfully promoted to captain, and followed Kang Lu to learn the combat methods of the navy.

Kang Lu said helplessly: "No way, we don't have enough troops now, and it's not enough to destroy the other party." But since they have already come here, Chang'an will definitely react. Reinforcements will certainly be sent when the time comes. As for us, as long as we guard the Danjiangkou Reservoir so that we don't get taken away by this group of bastards. ”

"Is that all?" Zhang Shun was slightly disappointed.

Kang Lu replied: "No way. We are soldiers, and as soldiers, we must be faithful. If we catch up, we fall into the trap of the other side and destroy the whole army. If the other side blows up the dam again, destroys the Danjiangkou Bridge by the way, and cuts off the connection between Junzhou and Chang'an, how can we deal with the Mongol army that follows?"

"But I was negligent. ”

Zhang Shun was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly closed his head and apologized.

He hadn't thought of it before.

Kang Lu replied: "You are still young, of course you don't know anything. But as a general, you must remember your duties, understand?" and then said to everyone, "Since the other party has retreated, let's go back." ”

The whistle blew, and the battleship spewed out thick black smoke and headed for the distant station.

The waves set off at this moment are destined to spread throughout the land of China.