Chapter 595: The First Battle of the Water Army
"Wen Yuan, it should be Yuxian in front, right?" A fighting ship was advancing in the small river, and Mu Jing stood on the deck, staring at an adobe city wall in front of him, and said in a low voice.
At the beginning of the Nanyang War, the Yuan army was finally defeated, tens of thousands of soldiers were trapped in Shunyang, after a round of negotiations, they exchanged the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in the southwest of Nanyang, Zan County, Zhuyang, Shandu, and three county seats.
But the three county towns that the herdsmen got their hands on were dilapidated and chaotic.
The population in the county has been coaxed and beaten by Yuan Jun and withdrawn most of them, and when the power alternated and transitioned, Jingzhou intervened and continued to infiltrate and win over some local clans, resulting in the three county towns still hanging outside the control of the Ming Hou Mansion.
They went down the Han River, the first county seat is actually not Yin County, it is Yu County, Yu County is nominally the city of Minghou Mansion, but Yu County is actually a small county seat, and it is less than 20 miles away from Yin County, adjacent to Yin County, and most people regard Yin County as a subsidiary of Yin County.
Although the Yuan army of Nanyang handed over the three county seats, he kept Yin County in his hands, which was nothing more than a check and balance.
In Yin County, there is also a battalion of soldiers of the Yuan Army, nominally the county soldiers of Yin County, but in fact, it is the elite of Nanyang, at least 3,000, and they have a lot of warships, with their ability, blockading the river, it is enough to do it.
This also led to the fact that Mujing's navy had to be broken into pieces, abandon the course of the big river, turn to some small river tributaries, and go around in this nine-bend and eighteen-bend waterway, avoiding the blockade network of the Yinxian county soldiers, hoping to cross this network and go down the mountain capital by the wayside.
"Hmm!"
Zhang Liao was dressed in military uniform, stood behind Mu Jing, nodded, and then spoke: "But the population of Yu County is not more than 10,000, although the county magistrate Meng Zhao was newly promoted by Master Liu, but there are not many soldiers in the county, and there are not many warships, and the most important thing is that we don't know if they will be concentric with us, even if they are concentric, they will definitely not be able to break through the blockade of Yin County!" ”
"Then let's get over, there are too many people, and we can't let the news leak out!"
"Hmm!" Zhang Liao commanded the officers and men of the navy to start turning the rudder, deviate from the county seat, and began to sail into the Hanshui River.
Sailing in the big river is much smoother than the small river, although the scale of these fighting ships is not large, not as good as the building boat, but they are also warships, and it is actually easy to run aground in the navigation of the small river.
From Wudang to the south, they took the Hanshui River, but when the Junshui Danshui River came down from the north of the Hanshui River, they left the river, and dozens of warships were broken into pieces, and they all walked a small river that they did not pay attention to.
"Wen Yuan, what kind of mentality did you say that Yuan Jun sent troops to blockade Dajiang at this time?"
Mu Jing looked at the river in front of him, after Yu County, they were about to enter Yin County, which made his mood a little urgent.
"Lord, in fact, I think that the reason why the Yuan army blocked the river was more for the naval warships of the Jingzhou army, they must have thought that it was impossible for our pastoral soldiers to fight against the Jingzhou naval army on the river, so when they sent troops to the Jingzhou army, they had already abandoned the mountain capital and Zhuyang, and blocked the way of the river, which was to hinder them from going north!"
Zhang Liao analyzed: "They want to keep Yin County!" ”
"It's possible!" When Mu Jing heard this, he sneered and said: "Actually, now we also have a common enemy, after all, the Jingzhou army has now lost the balance of the Jiangdong army, and it is a matter of time before they counterattack Nanyang, if we can unite, the Jingzhou army will never dare to step into Nanyang half a step, but unfortunately, even if we have a common enemy with them, we cannot become allies, between us and the Jingzhou army, the first thing they want is definitely our death!" ”
Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are a regional dispute, and if they can't fight, they can retreat, regroup, and make a comeback, which is not better than fighting to the death.
But between him and Yuan Shu, it is an undying enmity of extermination, the Yuan family in the capital, young and old, are all thanks to his herdsman's family, almost the entire family, this uncommon hatred is indelible.
Whether it is Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, as long as they have the opportunity to free their hands, the first to clean up is definitely Mu Jing and Mu Clan's army.
"Wen Yuan, the tactic of crossing the small river and crossing Yin County is good, without disturbing Yin County, go south to the mountain capital and surprise attack the Jingzhou army, but it is too time-consuming!"
Mu Jing sighed, returned to the topic, and there was a touch of melancholy between his eyebrows: "We don't know much about the topography of Nanyang, the surrounding rivers are going around, in the past few days, we have taken the wrong road three times, and we have stranded in the river once, in this way, I'm afraid it will ......."
Time has become a big problem.
Also, although the Jingping Second Army is positioned as a naval army, it is currently on the river, has no experience, and relies on the support of a group of water bandits, and encounters great trouble in navigation.
If it goes on like this, even if they can reach Shandu smoothly, I'm afraid it will be too late.
"Lord, if we want to cross the Yin County section from the river, we don't have to continue to break it into pieces!" Zhang Liao has thought of a way in the past few days: "You can come out from the front!" ”
"Do you have a way?"
"We can use the Shuofang battalion, in the name of the Jingzhou Army, to attack Yin County at night on land, and directly attack the city wall of Yin County!" Zhang Liao thought for a while and said: "In this way, the soldiers and horses they put on the river must return to the county seat of Shiyin County, I don't believe that the Yuan army will lose so many troops in Yin County, so the strength of Yin County to keep the city wall must be insufficient, at that time, in order to protect Yin County, they must get out of the way to block the waterway, we can take advantage of the night and go down with the wind!" ”
"Sound from east to west? It's a good idea, how sure are you? ”
Mu Jing pondered the feasibility of this tactic and asked in a low voice.
"Seventy percent!"
Zhang Liao said confidently.
"Let's do it!" Mu Jing's fists were clenched, and his actions were decisive, at this time, he could not tolerate the slightest hesitation, as the so-called battlefield confrontation soldiers were fast, he must enter Shandu as soon as possible: "Wenyuan, we don't have so much time to spend here, we must rush to Shandu as soon as possible, Shandu County makes Chen Ya sway so much, in case he wants to let Shandu out, Zhuyang County will not be able to keep it, even if we go south, we will lose our advantage and become the main attacker, then the war will become difficult!" ”
"No!"
Zhang Liao took the order, he first summoned the naval army that was fighting to cross Yin County on various small rivers, gathered all the soldiers, horses and warships of the fifth battalion, and then sent a message to the Shuofang battalion.
The Shuofang battalion walked on land, and they also went down the river, but the march was by land.
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The night was faint, covering the city wall of Yin County, and on the city wall, there were three or two soldiers patrolling.
In the western suburbs of the county, in the middle of a jungle.
A group of soldiers and horses are waiting in formation, this army of soldiers and horses is different from ordinary soldiers, each of them is wearing heavy armor, but between walking, there is silence, which is enough to show the discipline and strength of this army of soldiers and horses.
This is the Shuofang battalion, most of the soldiers are the sons of Bingzhou who surrendered that year, all of them are strong men who have been galloping on the frontier for many years, and under their heavy armor, they are all burly and strong bodies, full of fierce atmosphere.
One of the Lord will stand in front.
This is the cow cover.
Niu Gai is the captain of the Shuofang battalion, once the most fierce general under Zhang Liao, and now the Shuofang battalion belongs to the first army of Jingping, he is already the first fierce general under Chen Zhi, but he doesn't care much about him.
Today's Shuofang Battalion has already belonged to the Jingping Army, and it is not xenophobic when it just surrendered.
His eyes stared ahead, and the fierce killing intent couldn't even suppress the gloomy night: "What time is it?" ”
"Lord Captain, it's already a moment of time!"
"The whole battalion is ready!"
Niu Gai took a deep breath and held a spear in his hand: "Frontal attack, bow and arrow as the mainstay, melee combat as a supplement, momentum to fight, casualties to avoid, no need to fight to the death, and we only have one hour of time, after an hour, our whole battalion of soldiers must withdraw, and each song is withdrawn from a different place, the soldiers are divided into five ways, the first song, the second song, the third song is the main force, I personally lead, the frontal withdrawal, the fourth song, go to the left, the fifth song goes to the right, the sixth song goes down the river, and the seventh army takes the official road to the east, I have already marked the route on the map, the core of this battle is a quick retreat, after withdrawing, tomorrow at noon, we will meet in the suburbs twenty miles southwest of Zhuyang! ”
"No!"
Shuofang battalion has seven parts, one song is a military marquis, and seven military marquis surrender their orders.
"Kill!"
Niu Gai was the first to charge.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The various parts of the Shuofang camp rushed up, and the torches with handles were instantly lit, and the arrows with fire mercilessly covered the city walls.