Chapter 202: Xi'an Ping
After the Qilin Battalion was launched, Han Yong ordered all 30 warships of the Jin Army's naval division to retreat backwards in order to confuse the enemy and make the enemy feel that he was weak-hearted, thus paralyzing his carelessness.
The enemy reinforcements saw that the Jin army's sailors had wiped out the thirty warships patrolling on their side, and they were deeply wary of the Jin army, but at this moment, when they saw the Jin army's sailors slowly retreating, they suddenly felt a little disdainful in their hearts, and felt that the victory of the Jin army's sailors was just a fluke.
"Pursue with all your might, and you must avenge the soldiers who died in battle." The enemy striker, the colonel, arrogantly gave the order to pursue at full speed.
Suddenly, the ten large warships of the enemy's vanguard sailed towards the Great Jin Naval Division regardless of the full speed of one qiē, and opened a greater distance from the large number of warships that followed.
Seeing the enemy advance chasing at full speed, Han Yong smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, and ordered loudly: "Order, all warships retreat at full speed, be fast." ”
Hearing the order, the soldiers ordered all the ships to retreat quickly with their flags.
"Haha! The Jin Army's sailors are retreating at full speed, they must be weak and scared, speed up for me, and pursue with all my might. The enemy striker Colonel shouted loudly.
After all, there were nearly a hundred warships behind him, and he had enough reason to believe that the Jin army sailors were really scared and empty-hearted.
Soon, the four large warships of the enemy's vanguard entered the position where the Qilin Battalion's pro-soldier team was located.
"General Hua, the show is about to begin." Han Yong looked at Hua An excitedly.
"If there is a good show, you should enjoy it with you." Hua An smiled indifferently.
"Boom...... Rumble......"
With a dull crashing sound, the ten warships of the enemy's vanguard were suddenly in disarray, and the soldiers on the warships did not understand what was happening, and were pouring out of the cabin.
"What's going on, what's going on, what's hitting the ship." The enemy colonel exclaimed loudly.
"Camp master, it can't be a rock!" An enemy soldier frowned.
"Hit the rocks." The enemy colonel was stunned for a moment, and then ordered loudly: "Stop advancing, stop all." ”
More than a dozen large warships slowly stopped, but the 'boom' crash did not stop, and the sound became louder and louder.
"Bastard, it's a reef here, it must be the Jin army making trouble." The enemy colonel suddenly understood something.
He looked at a few soldiers and said loudly, "You guys jump down and see what's under the boat." ”
"Yes, Camp Master." Hearing the order, several enemy soldiers took off their armor and jumped into the sea.
The enemy colonel nervously looked at the location of several soldiers falling into the sea, and after a while, a gurgling of bright red liquid gushed out of the sea, and then the bodies of several soldiers floated on the surface of the sea.
"There are ghosts, there are water ghosts!" A timid enemy soldier shouted loudly, causing an immediate commotion among the enemy troops.
"Shut up, shut up, you guys will go down and have a look." The enemy colonel ordered loudly.
Several soldiers trembled towards the parapet on the deck, terrified to the extreme.
"Camp Master, it's not good! The cabin was flooded. Just then, a soldier shouted and rushed out of the cabin.
"What, the cabin is flooded." The enemy battalion owner was shocked and shouted: "Go back and plug the loophole for me." ”
The soldier cried and said loudly: "Battalion master, there are dozens of holes in the cabin, and it is too late." ”
"What, it's too late." The enemy colonel was even more shocked, and when he looked up, he saw that the warship under his feet was slowly sinking.
Looking to the side, the other nine warships were also sinking, and the enemy colonel suddenly felt a little desperate, he stared blankly at the sinking warship, and froze in place, while the soldiers on the warship were like a swarm of headless flies, scurrying back and forth on the deck.
"Wonderful, as soon as the Qilin Battalion struck, ten large warships of the enemy army sank in an instant, amazing, amazing!" Hua An looked ahead, the enemy warship that was slowly sinking, and praised loudly.
When Han Yong heard this, he was extremely proud in his heart, and said with a smile: "Haha! Let General Hua smile, just a few enemy ships, what a good way. ”
"Master Han, why don't you scuttle all the enemy's nearly 100 warships in one go." Hua An'an was bloody, and said loudly.
Hearing this, Han Yong shook his head and explained: "Underwater digging boats is extremely laborious, besides, the sea water is cold and biting, and it is not safe for the pro-army team to stay in the sea for a long time, and at the same time, our army was surprised to achieve such a result, after this battle, the enemy army should know that our army has such a team of boat-digging teams, and there should be corresponding precautions." ”
"Oh, then we'll retreat." Huaan said.
Han Yong nodded and said softly, "As soon as the pro-soldier team comes back, we will retreat, make a big circle, and go to Canghai. ”
"Okay, that's it." Huaan nodded in support.
Soon, the Qilin Battalion pro-soldier team that had completed the task returned to the Qilin smoothly.
Immediately, the thirty warships of the entire Great Jin Naval Division retreated more than ten miles to the east, joined up with the transport ships that had evaded earlier, and headed due north at full speed.
Taken by the powerful force of the Jin army's naval division, nearly 100 enemy warships did not pursue, but stayed to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water due to the sinking of the warship, and at the same time reported the news of the Jin army's naval division going north to the imperial court.
Knowing that the Jin army had a strong sailor quietly going north, Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, was extremely angry, and the ministers of the court and the central government even speculated that the Jin army's sailor quietly went north, probably to make friends with Duan Liao or Yan in the north.
Shi Hu felt that his subordinates' analysis was reasonable, so he immediately ordered the sailors along the line to intercept it with all their might, and the Jin army sailors must not be allowed to enter the sea.
Under the strict interception of a large number of sailors of the Zhao State, the fleet of the Great Jin Mission tried for several days, but was never able to break through the blockade and enter the sea.
Whether it is Chu Di, or Hua An, Han Yong and others, they are all extremely anxious, and it is not a way to delay it like this.
But the blockade of the Zhao State Navy Division is too tight, and the Qilin may be able to break through the encirclement and enter the sea with its strong force, but the follow-up transport ships and a large number of materials on board will fall into the hands of the enemy, so that the Great Jin delegation will go to see Murong Hao empty-handed, and the task of canonization will not be completed.
Chu Li, who was anxious, paced up on the terrace of the Qilin, and next to him stood Hua An and Han Yong.
"It's been three days, it's been three whole days, and it's not a way to wait like this, Master Han, is there any other way to go." Chu Li looked at Han Yong and asked eagerly.
Han Yong shook his head and said helplessly: "General Chu, only by entering the Canghai Sea, from the mouth of the Yu River in the north of Liaodong Bay, and going upstream, can we directly reach Changli, so that the large number of rewards we bring can be transported to Murong Hao's hands very smoothly. ”
When Chu Li heard this, he frowned, and sighed: "Then we have no way out, just retreat to the capital, won't we be laughed at by the Manchu Dynasty." ”
When Han Yong heard this, he lowered his head and was silent.
Hua An on the side, hugged his fists and said: "General Chu, Shi Hu seems to have guessed our intentions, so he spared no effort to blockade Canghai, and we tried to break through Canghai again and again, which made Shi Hu even more sure of his judgment, it seems that the road from Canghai directly to Changli is not going through." ”
"Then what can you do to solve this dilemma?" Chu Li asked straightforwardly.
Hua An took the map in his hand, put it in front of Chu Li, and analyzed: "General Chu, this is Xi'an Ping in Liaodong County, from the mouth of Ma Zi Shui, you can directly enter here, after stopping in Xi'an Ping, we can collect carts in the city, and hire people to help us transport supplies, although the road is far away, but we can always reach Changli." ”
Chu Li looked at the map in Hua'an's hand, frowned, and said: "From Xi'an Ping to Changli, there are at least five hundred miles, the road is far away and there are many rugged and difficult roads, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach Changli in ten days or half a month!" ”
When Hua An heard this, he said softly: "It's better than waiting here, besides, Xi'an Ping is Murong Hao's territory, and entering Xi'an Ping can be regarded as entering Yan Kingdom, as long as we explain our intentions, the cities along the way will definitely help us." ”
"It seems that this is the only way, what does the Han camp master think?" Chu Li looked at Han Yong and said softly.
"I am willing to obey General Chu's dispatch." Han Yong said with his fists clenched.
Chu Bao nodded, and said with a straight face: "Master Han, let's go east to Xi'an Ping immediately." ”
"Yes." Han Yong took the order and gave the order to set sail to the fleet.
Suddenly, more than 50 ships of the Great Jin Mission marched mightily towards Anping, Liaoxi, and it took only one day for the fleet to arrive at the mouth of Mazishui.
This Mazi Water is the Yalu River of later generations, and it is the place that Hua'an is very yearning for, and the fleet entered the Mazi Water and soon arrived at Xi'an Ping.
This Xi'an Ping is a small city, the scale is not large, the population is not much, the defenders of the city are only less than a thousand, seeing the great Jin envoys coming, it is really startled, and the defenders in the city have gone to the wall to defend.
Under the patient explanation of Hua'an and others, they slowly believed that it was the envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty, and after getting acquainted with it, Hua'an and Chu Li, Han Yong and others entered the city to rest for a while, and at the same time spent money to buy various vehicles that could be transported.
Because the city was too small, even if it was bought with money, such a small city could not buy enough vehicles, so in desperation, the mission had to temporarily settle down in Xi'an, and at the same time ordered soldiers to go to the nearby mountains to cut timber, and after transporting it back to the city, together with the carpenter master in the city, night and day to make all kinds of vehicles.
After three days and three nights of hard work by all the soldiers, more than 500 transport vehicles were finally completed, and a large number of materials on the transport ship could finally be transported ashore, such as silk, japonica rice, pig iron, and imperial wine.
Chu Li consulted with Hua'an and Han Yong and decided that Hua'an's captive battalion would be fully responsible for escorting the mission, while Han Yong's Qilin battalion would stay near Xi'an Ping and wait for the return of the mission.
Due to the small population of Xi'anping, there are not many horses that can be collected, and there are more than 500 vehicles, except for a few dozen two-wheeled carriages used by the embassy officials, and the rest are single-wheeled vehicles that need to be propelled by manpower.