Chapter 1147: Burning the Granary
In the process of seizing the ships, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army naturally caused a lot of movement, and were immediately discovered by the sentinels on the high platform of the Tianzhu camp, and immediately reported to the King of the Sea Protector. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Your Majesty, the Jin army has seized the ships from another line of soldiers and horses, and is heading towards the north shore." A sentry ran down from the platform, shouting anxiously.
When the Sea Guardian looked downstream, he was surprised to see a large number of ships leaving the south shore.
The Tianzhu generals were also dumbfounded, they were completely deceived, the Jin army launched an attack in the upstream direction, completely to attract the attention of the Tianzhu army, so that the Tianzhu army could not pay attention to the other Jin army soldiers and horses acting in the downstream direction, which led to the nearly 1,000 ships hidden by the Jin army.
"Your Majesty, the Jin army has deceived us." A Tianzhu general said angrily.
"The Jin army's use of these deceptive tricks is not done by warriors, it is too shameless, too shameless." Another Tianzhu general said angrily.
"Your Majesty, now that our ships have been robbed by the Jin army, it is very likely that the Jin army will use these ships to launch a strong attack in the future, and we must be prepared to defend." A Tianzhu general said calmly.
The Sea Guardian King frowned, and his heart was very irritable, the Jin army was seizing the ship in the downstream direction, but the soldiers and horses under his command were entangled with the Jin army in the upstream direction, and it was too late to stop the Jin soldiers downstream from rowing the war boat, which made him feel quite helpless.
After the Jin army snatched the ships, it was natural to use these ships to launch a strong attack on the south bank of the ferry, so as to break through the defense line of the ferry, which he agreed with the views of the generals under his command.
"The soldiers and horses of the Jin army will not launch a strong attack immediately, they also need to prepare, and they may launch a strong attack early tomorrow morning at the earliest, let the soldiers go back to the camp to rest first!" The Sea Guardian King opened his mouth and ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of Tianzhu responded with a positive color.
Subsequently, the Jin army harassed the fleet and saw that the soldiers and horses downstream had successfully moved, so they immediately retreated and disengaged from the Tianzhu ships, and the Tianzhu fleet did not press forward step by step, and retreated back to the south bank.
The Tianzhu ships robbed by the Jin army, many of them are large transport ships that come and go on both sides of the Ganges River ferry, the largest ships can accommodate more than 1,000 people at the same time, and there are more than 300 large ships that can accommodate more than 200 people, such a large fleet is enough to cross the Ganges River ferry at one time, of course, the premise is that the Jin army must be all infantry, if the cavalry and war elephants can not cross so much, and the Jin army is precisely based on cavalry, so, It takes at least two or three round trips to cross all the soldiers and horses across the Ganges crossing, but there are Tianzhu's main soldiers and horses on the other side of the Ganges crossing, and they are watching every move on the north bank, as long as the Jin army has the intention of forcibly crossing, they will immediately find out and block the Jin army's crossing on the south bank.
Nearly 1,000 boats, large and small, soon arrived on the north shore of the Ganges ferry and parked neatly on the shore.
Hua'an personally walked to these ships and praised the soldiers who participated in the operation in person, and asked the logistics army to reward these soldiers so that they could dedicate themselves more diligently to the Great Jin.
"Your Majesty, with these great ships, our horses, camels, and elephants will be able to cross the Ganges." Wang San said excitedly.
Hua An smiled: "Yes! These large ships were enough to accommodate such a behemoth as war elephants, but our army had to defeat the Tianzhu army on the opposite bank before it was possible to cross the Ganges crossing and reach the south bank of the ferry. ā
"Your Majesty, Tianzhu soldiers and horses have built a lot of arrow towers and lookouts along the south bank of the ferry, which is quite unfavorable to our army's attack, is there only one way for our army to attack? Should you choose a strategy that can reduce casualties? Song Cheng frowned and said.
Hua An smiled slightly, looked at Song Cheng, and asked softly, "If General Song has any good suggestions, you might as well say it." ā
Song Cheng thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the last general, our army can send a small army to quietly cross the river, sneak attack the grain and grass of the Tianzhu army, and burn their grain and grass with a fire, so that the Tianzhu army will naturally collapse immediately, I don't know what this idea is?" After speaking, he looked at Hua'an.
Hua An nodded lightly and said with appreciation: "General Song's method is still very good, but I don't know how the Tianzhu army guards the grain and grass?" If the guard is tight, our army will never have a chance, and if the defense is lax, then our army will definitely be able to burn all the grain and grass of Tianzhu soldiers and horses. ā
"Your Majesty, the last general will send scouts to the other side to investigate the location of the grain and grass and the defensive strength of the Tianzhu soldiers and horses." Song Cheng said.
Hua An nodded and said softly: "Okay, General Song, go and prepare!" ā
Song Cheng was ordered to prepare, and after Song Cheng left, Hua An looked at several generals beside him, and said: "Since our army can sneak attack the grain and grass of the Tianzhu army, it is difficult to guarantee that the Tianzhu army will not sneak attack our army's grain and grass station, and immediately allocate 5,000 soldiers and horses to closely guard the grain and grass of the army, and we must not let the Tianzhu people take advantage of the loopholes." ā
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of the Jin army responded loudly.
Subsequently, the scouts sent by Song Cheng arrived at the south bank of the Ganges River crossing, and quietly went to the vicinity of the Tianzhu camp to explore the location of the grain and grass of the Tianzhu camp, but after some exploration by the Jin army scouts, they found that there was no location of the grain in the Tianzhu camp, which showed that the location of the Tianzhu army was not in the camp, but somewhere near the camp.
The Jin army scouts hid in the grass, squatted outside the Tianzhu camp for more than an hour, and finally saw more than 100 ox carts out of the Tianzhu camp, from the shape of these ox carts, it can be seen that they are responsible for transporting grain and grass transport vehicles, quietly following these transport vehicles, the Jin army scouts finally discovered the Tianzhu army's grain storage place.
In the middle of a dense wood, a large granary stood there, surrounded by a hundred soldiers patrolling back and forth, and there were more than two hundred soldiers inside, although it seemed to be very well defended, but how could the strength of three hundred men and horses stop the onslaught of the small Jin army.
After learning of the grain and grass of the Tianzhu army, the Jin army scouts immediately quietly returned to the north bank of the ferry and told Song Cheng the news as soon as possible.
Song Cheng was greatly excited when he heard the news, and immediately asked Hua'an for his life, asking to send a small force to the north bank overnight to burn down all the granaries of the Tianzhu army.
Hua'an naturally agreed, and asked Song Cheng to select the most elite three hundred Jin army soldiers, carrying crossbows, long swords, fire oil and five days of dry food to the other side to carry out this task, but after the mission is successful, there is no need to return, they need to hide in the dense forests on the south bank, in order to cooperate with the attack of Hua'an's main army on the Tianzhu army at any time, at the same time, five hundred soldiers and horses are deployed on the south bank, which can better monitor the Tianzhu army on the south bank, so as to send all kinds of valuable news back to the north bank immediately, so that Hua'an has a clearer understanding of the situation on the south bank.
After Song Cheng received the order, he sent a proud general, led three hundred elite soldiers, quietly crossed the Ganges River overnight, and after arriving on the north bank, he quickly pounced on the grain storage place of the Tianzhu army, and launched an attack on the soldiers and horses defending the grain and grass in Tianzhu with lightning speed.
The Jin army suddenly launched a strong attack, and the Tianzhu soldiers and horses naturally had no time to react, and were completely defeated by the Jin army in a very short period of time, and fled.
After the Jin army captured the granary of the Tianzhu army, they did not dare to stay too long, and after fully igniting the granary, they quickly withdrew to the depths of the dense forest in the distance to avoid the retaliation of the main army of Tianzhu.
The granary is stored with grain and grass, which is a very flammable item, for this reason, the Jin army has just withdrawn after the fire, and the granary of the Tianzhu army is burning violently, and the height of the fire is five or six zhang, which can be seen in a long distance.
A violent fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the granary, which immediately attracted the attention of the sentries of the Tianzhu battalion, who immediately reported it to their generals.
When the Tianzhu generals learned of this important situation, they immediately climbed the lookout to check it in person, and after determining that there was a fire in the direction of the granary, they immediately sent a group of soldiers and horses to the rescue, and at the same time went to the big tent of the Chinese army to tell the king of Haihu about this important situation.
At this moment, the Sea Guardian King was resting, and when he suddenly received the news that the granary was surrounded by fire, he immediately jumped up from his bed, got dressed, and went out of the tent himself, and went to check the situation on the high platform.
"Your Majesty, a fire has broken out in the direction of the granary." A Tianzhu general, who was already standing on the high platform, saw the Sea Protector King rushing to the high platform, and hurriedly reported.
The Sea Guardian King looked up at the raging fire, his heart was very frightened, his brows were also tightly frowned, and he hurriedly asked, "How could the granary catch fire, have you found out?" ā
"Your Majesty the King of the Kingdom of China, it was a small unit of the Jin army that suddenly rushed into the granary and set the grain and grass on fire after defeating the soldiers and horses guarding the granary." A Tianzhu general reported truthfully.
When the Sea Protector King heard this, he was furious, and scolded: "How did the granary be discovered by the soldiers of the Jin army when it was so hidden, and how can the soldiers of the Jin army repeatedly sneak to the south bank without our army knowing. ā
Obviously, the king of the sea is very dissatisfied with the soldiers under his command, these soldiers did make him very disappointed, first the warship was secretly snatched away by the soldiers of the Jin army, and now, the granary was also set on fire by the small troops of the Jin army, the Jin army can be described as elusive, do whatever you want, and Tianzhu's soldiers and horses are completely in a situation of passive beating, compared with the Jin army, Tianzhu soldiers and horses are really too bad.
When all the Tianzhu generals heard this, they all lowered their heads and did not speak, after all, there were factors in them that were derelict in their duties as generals.
"How many people did the Jin army come this time?" The Sea Guardian asked aloud.
"Your Majesty the King of China, according to the report of the soldiers who fled back, there are a total of 300 soldiers and horses in the Jin army, all of whom are elite soldiers." A Tianzhu general Zhengse said.
The Sea Protector King was even more furious when he heard this, the Jin army was only 300 people, and the Tianzhu soldiers and horses guarding the granary were also 300 people, why couldn't they block the sneak attack of the Jin army? Could it be that Tianzhu soldiers and horses are so incompetent, and they are not the opponents of the Jin army.
"It's just three hundred Jin troops, but it burned down our army's granary, and the Jin army is not simple! However, this group of Jin troops must not be let go, you immediately dispatch troops and horses to search and arrest overnight, you must annihilate all these Jin soldiers who burned our army's grain and grass, and also, we must strengthen the speed of the south bank, and no longer let the small Jin army activities on the south bank so unscrupulously. The Sea Guardian said loudly.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of the Tianzhu tribe responded to the road, and immediately dispatched a large army to run near the burning granary, preparing to search for the three hundred Jin soldiers who set the fire.
However, the three hundred soldiers of the Jin army had already evacuated into the distance, so the search and arrest of the Tianzhu army was destined to have little effect.
The fierce fire that ignited in the granary of the Tianzhu army on the south bank of the Ganges crossing, even the Jin army sentries standing on the north bank of the Ganges ferry could clearly see this scene and immediately report the news to their generals.
At this time, it was getting late, but the excited Hua'an and the generals under his command did not rest, but were waiting for the good news from the south bank, after all, burning the grain and grass of the Tianzhu army is a very important thing, as long as it can be successful, it can deal a fatal blow to the Tianzhu army, which is conducive to Hua'an's conquest of the Tianzhu Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, good news, a fierce fire has been burned on the other side, and it seems that the soldiers and horses sent by our army to the south bank have been successful." A Jin army general walked into the Chinese army's tent and reported excitedly.
When Hua An and his subordinates heard this, they were all extremely excited, and hurriedly walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and went to the high platform of the camp to watch the situation on the south bank.
Standing on the high platform of the camp, Hua An and his subordinates could see the situation on the south bank more clearly, and the burning fire illuminated a large area on the south bank.
"Your Majesty, the fire is burning so strongly, the grain and grass of the Tianzhu army must be completely gone, I don't know what the Sea Protector King will have when he sees this scene!" Song Cheng said excitedly.
"The Sea Guardian must have opened his mouth wide and stared at the fire." Wang San said loudly.
"Yes! Our army has just taken all their warships, and now they have burned their granaries, the Sea Guardian King must be very shocked, haha! Hua An said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the Tianzhu army will definitely be disheartened if it loses its grain and grass, and tomorrow, the main force of our army will be able to launch a strong attack on the south bank and occupy the ferry port on the south bank." Song Cheng said.
"Yes! Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of Tianzhu have lost their food and grass, and the morale of the army will definitely be affected, and our army can indeed launch a strong attack on the other side tomorrow. Wang San also followed the suggestion.
Hua An frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "You are right, our army can launch a strong attack on the south bank early tomorrow morning, so that the soldiers can rest for a good night, and send troops to storm the south bank of the ferry early tomorrow morning." ā
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of the Jin army shouted their orders. (To be continued.) )