1296 Throwing stones across the river

Following this line of thought, Mo Qianxun's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Baoyu, I already have a good plan to break the enemy. ”

"Hehe, I knew you would have a way." Wang Baoyu said with a smile and poured Mo Qianxun a full glass of wine.

Subsequently, the two discussed for a moment and decided on a way to cross the Xijiang River. After the order was delivered, the soldiers began to get busy.

First of all, ten warships were selected, covered with a layer of iron at the bottom, and covered with leather on the outside to prevent the South Vietnamese soldiers from digging through the bottom of the ships and firing arrows from the water, and then tied sharp knives to the oars, as long as the South Vietnamese soldiers did not dive deep enough, they were easily injured by the oars.

These are all protective measures, and Mo Qianhiro's real strategy against the enemy can be summed up in only four words, which is called throwing stones across the river.

When the enemy dives into the water, the bow and arrow will not hurt them at all, but when they discover the power of the oars, they will have to dive deeper to reach the bottom of the boat, and the stones will be of great use, and if they are hit by a stone in the water, the enemy's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

In line with this principle, as many stones as possible should be placed on the warship, and when the time comes, throwing stones into the water will definitely cause a lot of damage to the enemy in the water. At the same time, all soldiers are equipped with guns and crossbows, and the lethality is far greater than that of ordinary arrows, and when the South Vietnamese soldiers are exposed to the water, the dense arrows have a chance to kill them.

In fact, these are not foolproof strategies, no matter what method is used, there is only one purpose, that is, to berth the warship to the opposite shore and transport the Jingzhou soldiers to the other shore, which can be regarded as a great success.

100,000 troops, the transformation of ten warships in just a few days, on this day, the sun is shining, Wang Baoyu's ten warships, carrying 2,000 soldiers, towards the opposite shore violently.

When the South Vietnamese soldiers on the other side saw this, most of them immediately jumped into the water with bows, arrows, axes, and chisels, ready to meet them.

The big ship slowly sailed through the center of the river, and came to a place less than two miles away from the shore, the South Vietnamese soldiers immediately launched an attack in the water, their heads surfaced one after another, and countless arrows flew towards the big ship, although the boat was covered with iron sheets, but it could only be blocked for a while, if the axe chisel worked for a long time, it would still cause problems, so the warship fired back with arrows from the cabin, and rushed towards the opposite shore at a faster pace.

Some of the South Vietnamese soldiers who tried to chisel through the bottom of the boat were unfortunately injured by the oars with sharp knives strapped to them, and some of them died directly on the spot.

The clanging sound came from under the ship again, and at this time, the stones carried on the ship were continuously thrown underwater, and many South Vietnamese soldiers were immediately injured, and more blood and foam came out of the water.

The South Vietnamese soldiers did not expect the big ships to be so guarded, and in order to prevent the big ships from docking, they began to surround the big ships more frantically, constantly firing arrows and throwing guns.

More bows and arrows and stones returned fire at them, screaming incessantly, and at the same time, the ship was lighter and faster because of the unloading of the stones.

The war lasted less than half an hour, and Wang Baoyu's warship finally broke through many obstacles and landed on the shore. At the moment of landing, although two warships were still scuttled through the bottom of the ship, the South Vietnamese soldiers also lost a lot of advantage in the water, and after a shallow water battle, dozens more South Vietnamese soldiers died in the water.

Fighting ashore, the advantage of the Jingzhou soldiers is even more prominent, the guns and crossbows with a long range immediately shot a faction of South Vietnamese soldiers who tried to stop them on the spot, and with the shouting and charging of the army, these South Vietnamese soldiers could only run and jump into the river.

The Jingzhou soldiers quickly formed a long line, and the guns and crossbows were aimed at the river all the time, and as long as someone showed their heads, they would unceremoniously shoot arrows and kill.

In the beginning, the South Vietnamese soldiers could hide in the water for a while, but people always had to breathe, but as soon as they surfaced, they would be attacked by a volley of arrows.

This lasted for two hours, and more than half of the more than 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers who were good at diving had already been killed or wounded, and the remaining soldiers could only dive to the bottom of the water in order to survive, risking the danger and retreating downstream.

The Jingzhou soldiers on the shore did not let them go lightly, and continued to pursue and fire arrows on the riverbank, and finally only escaped more than 100 people, and this Linjiang defense line was completely destroyed.

Wang Baoyu saw that the time was almost up, and immediately began to act, launched the warship, and kept moving the army to the other side, if there was a slight delay, it was occupied by Panyu's army, and it would be difficult to land again.

The warships kept shuttling, and the night did not stop, and the next morning, Jingzhou's 100,000 troops finally successfully moved to the opposite bank and re-established the camp.

In Panyu City, Zhao Fan heard the report of the soldiers who fled and returned, and was as shocked as ants on a hot pot, he could never have imagined that Wang Baoyu could cross the Xijiang River with 100,000 troops with dozens of warships!

"Uncle, it seems that I underestimated Wang Baoyu, and he successfully crossed the river in a few days." Although wearing the crown, Wu Meng, who did not have the majesty of the emperor, said carefully.

"The underwater defense is thorough, even if you can't stop Wang Baoyu's army, you can delay it for a few days, this Wang Baoyu is really a demon!" Zhao Fan said hatefully.

"If the Taiwei is stationed on the riverbank according to what the last general said, it will be difficult for Wang Baoyu to step in." General Han Zikui said unwillingly.

"It really miscalculated with hundreds of soldiers underwater." Wu Meng also said.

"Wait for Hugh to say more!" Zhao Fan was annoyed and yelled, but neither Wu Meng nor Han Zikui dared to squeak again. Zhao Fan then ordered Panyu to guard the general Ruan Ba and lead 30,000 local South Vietnamese soldiers to meet Wang Baoyu.

Nguyen Ba was unwilling, 30,000 people went to fight against 100,000 troops, there was no chance of victory at all, after some fighting, it would be good to leave 10,000, this kind of loss was heavy in the land of South Vietnam.

"Tai Lieutenant, it's better to wait and see what happens, and defend the city." Ruan Ba discussed.

"What do you know, Wang Baoyu is tired, this is the perfect time to defeat him!" Zhao Fan said almost frantically.

"Captain!"

Zhao Fan was anxious to kill Wang Baoyu, and immediately took out the fake forehead seal again, held it high in his hand, and shouted: "Wu Chen, the king of Nanyue, has already taken the throne, and there is a picture forehead seal here, if you dare not obey, you will be beheaded!" ”

Ruan Ba looked at the forehead seal, the corners of his mouth twitched, he glanced at Wu Meng with slanted eyes, and the urn voice defended: "Why is such an important thing not kept by the second prince, but in the hands of the Taiwei?" ”

Zhao Fan snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Wu Meng, Wu Meng also felt that it was inappropriate to take the initiative to attack, and said, "Uncle, in my opinion, ......"

Zhao Fan immediately stepped forward, and whispered with a cold look in his eyes: "King, don't forget the agreement before you came. ”

Wu Meng's face turned cold, and he had to say helplessly: "Just according to the words of the captain, you can go!" ”