Chapter 844: Water War
Let's say that Gu Yue led the fleet to the mouth of the Yellow River soon.
At this time, it was the flood season, the water level of the Yellow River was full, and Gu Yue released soldiers to pull fibers on both sides, and hundreds of ships went up the river and entered the hinterland.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the mouth of the Yellow River was in Zhangwu County, and Zhangwu was in the belly of the Bohai Sea.
When Gu Yue's fleet entered the hinterland of Zhangwu County and found an open area on the south bank, the surrounding boats began to shuttle back and forth, transporting soldiers and war horse equipment ashore.
The landing of 50,000 people is not a small movement.
After being busy for most of the day, only a small part was delivered.
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In the hot landing of the Qingzhou Navy Army, the figures of Zhang He and Zhao Dazhui were revealed not far away.
With the help of clairvoyance, Zhang He only needed to send a small number of scouts, one person and two horses to track the whereabouts of the navy along the road, and the large army rested in place and waited for dispatch, saving a large part of his physical strength.
When the Qingzhou Navy entered the Yellow River, Zhang He immediately judged that the Qingzhou Navy was preparing to enter the hinterland for landing operations and plunged directly into the back of the Jizhou defense line.
Therefore, he rushed to Zhangwu County overnight with these 3,000 military horses.
This time, the cavalry of Jizhou came to Zhangwu County faster than the naval army of Qingzhou and ambushed at the foot of a mountain.
Sure enough, within two days, Qingzhou warships appeared on the Yellow River and began to land on the south bank.
Report!
A scout came to report.
"General, the Qingzhou Navy has begun to land."
Zhang He was unmoved.
After some time, Tanma came again!
"More than 10,000 people have landed in Qingzhou. These 10,000 men set up a position on the road to cover the other landing troops. ”
Zhang He waved his hand, but there was still no movement.
Another hour passed, and Tanma came to report for the third time.
"More than 20,000 people have landed in Qingzhou. They have already set up two phalanxes. ”
Revisit!
Zhang He said without hesitation.
Huang Wudie on the side was a little anxious.
The art of war has clouds, and it is half crossed.
It is said that the enemy should attack halfway across the river, and this is the best opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
It's not good to be too early or too late.
If it is too early, only a small part of the enemy will cross the river, and most of them will still be on the opposite bank, and the impact will not play a role in destroying the enemy.
It is also not appropriate to say too late, because most of the enemy's forces have already crossed the river and are ready for a battle.
Although the Qingzhou Army did not cross the river but landed, the same is true.
One of the half-crossings must be right.
"Husband, when will we not take this opportunity to destroy the enemy's position in one fell swoop?"
Huang Wudie asked puzzled.
At the moment they had 3,000 cavalry, but the enemy had only 20,000. With the agility of the cavalry, a single surprise attack can settle the battle.
If they wait for their 50,000-strong army to come ashore and set up a formation, it will be a little difficult to surprise again. After all, in the face of the battle formation of a large group of infantry, the light cavalry was also helpless.
Hehe!
Zhang He smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, this time, we are not dealing with Yuan Shao's army." ”
What do you mean?
Huang Wudie was stunned for a moment.
Zhang He suddenly said to himself: "At this time, Zhao Dazhui and they should have entered the combat position." ”
Zhao Da Hammer?
Hearing Zhang He's words, Huang Wudie realized a problem, Zhao Dazhui and his men were gone.
What did he do?
Huang Wudie asked expectantly.
Originally, she didn't have a good impression of Zhao Da Hammer, who could only brag about the head of the silver spear, and she didn't know what Guo Jia sent him for, but now it seems that things are not as she thinks.
He......
Zhang He's eyes looked into the distance and said meaningfully: "Go and do what you need to do." ”
Huang Wudie, who was confused, turned around and left.
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On a shoal on the north bank of the Yellow River, Zhao Dazhui watched intently at the movement of the river.
Around him are trees one by one.
These trees are camouflaged by heavy rubble-class racks, and the perimeter of the rubble class are sealed clay pots, which were made by Guo Jia to deal with incendiary bombs for sailing ships.
In addition to ordinary fuel oil, there is also quicklime, which keeps burning even when it falls on the water.
Zhao Dazhui had already found a sniper position and lurked.
This time, he brought ten heavy catapults and more than a hundred light ones, and carried a large number of incendiary bombs.
The Qingzhou Navy is a great threat, so Guo Jia is ready to wipe it out, so he sent all the elite of the artillery.
You're all set!
Zhao Dazhui took out his clairvoyance and carefully observed the situation upstream.
Suddenly, some black clay pots floated down the river.
Zhao Dazhui's spirit was shocked, and he immediately put away his clairvoyance.
"Everyone, prepare!"
The crowd immediately went into battle mode.
At this time, almost 40,000 sailors in Qingzhou had landed.
Winch ready!
Zhao Dazhui raised his hand, and his men immediately started to whip the horses, the four horses turned the winch in place, and a thick chain slowly rose from the river.
In order to completely clear the ships of the Qingzhou Army, Zhao Dazhui transported several cars of chains from Yunzhou, he sank the chains into the river one day earlier, and fixed the other end on the south bank, and when the Qingzhou Army's building ship came in, he immediately used a winch to lift the chains.
In this way, the ships of the Qingzhou Army were stopped in the Yellow River.
Not good!
The appearance of the black chain was immediately discovered by the Qingzhou army, and they immediately sent a small boat to investigate.
At this moment, Zhao Dazhui suddenly waved his hand violently.
Put!
All the artillery wagons removed their camouflage and began to fly up and down, and countless clay cans were thrown into the river.
Boom boom!
The heavy artillery wagon was the first to strike, and the cluster crockpot was thrown into the hull of the ship, making a violent noise, and the crockpot was filled with fire oil, and it burned instantly.
Enemy attack!
Lou Boat General Gu Yue came to his senses at this time, but it was too late, the chains crossed the river, locking most of the warships of the Qingzhou Army in Hanoi, and it was difficult to break out of the blockade of the chains for a while.
Ten heavy artillery trucks on the shore fired in unison, and in an instant, hundreds of incendiary shells were fired into the Yellow River, causing a fire.
The Qingzhou army was in chaos, and the big ships were so dense that they couldn't dodge at all.
The fire soon burst into flames.
"Put the boat, go to the north shore, and get rid of those stone-throwing carts for me!"
Gu Yue hurriedly shouted.
The boats near the north shore rowed north, waiting for an opportunity to lower their boats and send infantry to charge the north bank.
Having observed the source of artillery fire, they were ready to take this catapult position with infantry.
It's good to come!
Seeing some of the big ships approaching the north shore one after another, Zhao Dazhui had a smile on his face.
"A great gift for those who are about to land!"
With his order, the light artillery carriages began to wield their might, throwing one clay pot after another to the heads of the Qingzhou army on the north bank.