Chapter 564: The Yellow River Water Battle
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Zhao Xin couldn't help but be apprehensive after the first battle, and said to Cheng Mingzhen, the chief manager of the navy: "Our army has more than 200 boats, and the Tang army's sailors are only 50, can our army win with confidence?"
Cheng Mingzhen said: "This is the scholar's opinion, where there is a certain victory in the war, although there are many people on the ship, but the soldiers are all new training sailors, although the captain has rich experience in handling the boat, he has not experienced in water warfare." Although the Tang army had few ships, Huang Junhan started by robbing the imperial court's boats on the Yellow River, and his subordinates gathered a group of brave men. So more people and more boats are not necessarily useful. ”
Zhao Xin heard Cheng Mingzhen ridicule him as a scholar, and he was furious at the moment, but he was very deep in the city, and his joy and anger were invisible, so he didn't do it at the moment.
Zhou Zhou couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "Zhuge Liang once said that the way of water warfare is beneficial to the boat. Practice soldiers to multiply it, a number of flags to confuse it, strict bow to the middle, hold a short army to defend it, set up a strong to defend it, and attack it along the stream, when the Jin destroyed the battle of Wu, Jin built ships in the upper reaches of Sichuan and Shu, and broke the Wu State Naval Division downstream, and now our warships are in the downstream, which seems to be unfavorable. ”
Cheng Ming praised: "You have insight, not just talk on paper. However, don't worry too much, the advantage of water warfare lies in the big ships and huge ships, and the Tang army's ships are only two to three floors, and our army only needs two five-tooth ships as the backbone to defeat the Tang army. ”
While speaking, Cheng Mingzhen immediately ordered the fleet, divided into two divisions to camp in Guangwu on the north bank of the Yellow River, and sent soldiers to set up 6 battalions.
At dawn the next day, heavy fog hung over the Yellow River, blocking both banks.
Cheng Mingzhen saw the vast fog and said with great joy: "God help me!" ”
At that moment, Cheng Mingzhen ordered the Zhao army fleet to march to the Tang army's Tiger Prison Water Camp.
More than 200 warships of the Zhao army6 continued to pull anchor, the morning fog suddenly rose, there was silence and no wind, and the torrent on the river was surging.
The sailor of the first battle, waving his arms, the oars striking the river, stirring up a white splash. Li Chongjiu's general order was conveyed to the army last night, and the battle was won, and all the soldiers and soldiers of the Zhao army were incorporated into the government soldiers.
As soon as the news came out, the captains were overjoyed.
The vanguard of the Zhao army's fleet is dominated by two five-tooth ships. In the morning mist, the two giant ships broke through the thick fog like icebergs suspended on the water.
Zhou Zhou was on top of this flagship, but he saw two hundred Zhao soldiers on the left and right covered with cowhide armor, holding strong crossbows and hard bows, and waiting for the battle. The morning fog has not lifted. The hull of the ship kept shaking with the slapping of the current, and many of the northern soldiers of the Zhao army, who had not yet adapted to the boat, couldn't help but turn pale and feel nauseous.
Zhou Zhou has adapted to the bumps on the ship in the past few years, and he is slightly better. At this time, the fog had dispersed a little, and Zhou Zhou stood on the edge of the ship and looked down. But I saw that around the Wuya ship, the long, narrow and pointed ships were clustered nearby.
On the ship, Sergeant Zhao did not hold a bow and arrow, but a penny with an iron hook, and he didn't know what to do.
Zhou Zhou looked behind him again, but after seeing the white waves avoided by the five-tooth big ship, they were all the main battleships of the third layer of the Zhao army, and the main battleships were all square heads and square tails, and the degree was of course far inferior. Battleships, as well as five-masted five-tooth ships, but these ships are large and not easy to run aground in shoal combat.
Zhou Zhou saw the formation of Zhao Jun's water division, and couldn't help nodding, and said in his heart that Cheng Mingzhen is really proficient in water warfare, and there is such a person as the main general. I really have something to rely on.
Zhou Zhou thought of this, and suddenly heard a sound around him, it turned out that Zhao Xin was not waterable, after a big wave hit the hull. I vomited at the moment.
Zhou Zhou was amused when he saw it, but he had the meaning of schadenfreude, but when he heard it, at this moment, the bell rang from the Tang Army's water camp in front, which was obviously the Zhao Army's water division attacking in the dense fog, and sounded a warning.
Zhou Zhou's face was solemn at the moment, and at this time he did not continue on the deck, but boarded the ship.
climbed the tower, but saw Cheng Mingzhen's face solemn, and the cloak behind him floated up. Zhou Zhou saluted Cheng Mingzhen and said, "The Tang Army's naval division is about to fight." ”
"Nonsense, who doesn't know." Cheng Mingzhen scolded Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou was slightly angry, and then Cheng Mingzhen said: "Give the order to go down, the boat is a little slow, close to the Tang Army's water camp thirty zhang away, beat the drum!" ”
Zhou Zhou's heart was suddenly attracted to the past, but after seeing the Zhao army's warship approaching the Tang army's navy, he suddenly made a loud drum.
At this time, the fog had almost dissipated, and Zhou Zhou could faintly see the figures of the Tang soldiers running on the Tang army's water camp and boat division, as well as the dull thump of the footsteps on the wooden deck.
"Shoot!"
There was a loud shout from the other party.
Zhou Zhou saw the soldiers of Zhao on the deck, and he had already erected a shield on the ground.
But in the mist, the arrows of the Tang army came quickly, but most of them hit the ship.
The five-toothed big ship is tall, and the crossbow arrows of the Tang sergeant are difficult to shoot above the deck, on the contrary, if the Zhao sergeant can shoot condescendingly, Zhou Zhou suddenly understood why Cheng Mingzhen said just now that the advantage of the ship is in the big ship and the giant ship.
The five-tooth ship is safe, and the warp is also unharmed, the outside of the Zhao army is covered with a layer of cowhide, the hull is solid, and when the arrows attack, the Zhao sergeant and soldiers all avoided the deck to avoid the arrows.
During the battle, Cheng Mingzhen kept an eye on the movements of the Tang Army's water camp. But seeing the Tang Army's water gate from a distance, Cheng Mingzhen immediately said: "The Tang Army is coming to shoot the boat, and the herald is ordered to shake the pipa and retreat!" ”
When the words fell, the Zhao army fleet immediately retreated, and the Zhao army advanced against the trend, and it was definitely faster to retreat than to advance.
But seeing that the two huge pipa oars at the stern of the boat were put down, Zhou Zhou could be regarded as a rough way of driving a boat in recent years.
The pipa oar is different from the wood pulp, in the boat along the river is greatly beneficial to the wood pulp, the old man has a saying that it is a oar and three oars, and a oar can be worth rowing three pulp.
But when I saw the pipa oars of the Zhao warship, the body of the oars was like a fish swimming in the water, fluttering and flapping against the water one after the other, and the waist oars on the side of the ship were also hitting the water together.
Zhao's fleet immediately went downstream, and at this time, a whistle was heard in the distance, and the Tang army slapped the rocks on the boat, rowed through the air, and smashed on the river.
I only heard a pop, and the water splashed three meters high!
Immediately, the stone throwing machine on the Tang army's water camp opened fire at the same time, and the stone throwing rained down, causing the Yellow River to splash in all directions.
Zhou Zhou saw that Zhao Jun's ship retreated a little slower, the side of the ship was hit by a stonethrow, and when the side of the boat overturned, several soldiers on the boat abandoned the ship and jumped into the water, struggling, but after a few waves, only sawdust was left on the river, and there was no shadow of the soldiers.
"General Cheng!" Zhou Zhou was furious.
Cheng Mingzhen said: "A scholar is a scholar, a few lives try to find out the reality of the Tang Army, what is not worth it!" ”
While the two were talking, they saw the bow flag fluttering southward.
Cheng Mingzhen said with joy on his face: "Heh, it's finally windy!" ”