Chapter 203: Night Attack on Wuhu Island
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Li Jing's idea shocked all the generals, and it was too bold to sneak attack Wuhu Island. Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know how to react for a while. Setting up a game to ambush Feng Zhang's fleet is already playing with fire. But now, Li Jing not only wants to annihilate Feng Zhang's detachment, but also wants to attack Wuhu Fort. Wuhu Fort is one of the five forts under Da Xie Yan, the imperial court is on the border of the town, and the fight against Wuhu Fort is not tantamount to rebellion?
Li Jing saw everyone's reaction, and he had long expected everyone's reaction. This step is a bit big, and it is difficult for the generals to understand it for a while, and he understands it very well. However, this was not his whim, but the idea of carefully weighing it in his heart.
If Shamen Town wants to develop, then it will never be able to cross the Great Xie Yan. And Da Xie Yan's Feng Zhang's hostility to Shamen Town is obvious, and Feng Zhang wants to pull out his thorn in his eye all the time. At first, he didn't give him weapons, and later even deliberately let pirates attack Salmon Island, and then hijacked his weapons and blamed Wang Jin, trying to cause a conflict between Wang Jin and him. Although he has dissolved it again and again, Feng Zhang's strength is much stronger than that of Shamen Town, and now Feng Zhang still has some scruples, once Feng Zhang has no scruples, then Shamen Town will have more troubles.
No one understands the next changes in the late Tang Dynasty better than Li Jing, and now those wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty still think that although the imperial court can no longer control the place, the Li Tang royal family has also become a puppet in the hands of the eunuchs. But they still feel. The clans took control of the place. The various feudal towns check and balance each other, and the Tang Dynasty can at least have a hundred years of domination, or even longer. After all, since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty has relied on the balance between the feudal towns for more than a hundred years to maintain it to this day.
Although many people in the imperial court shouted that the feudal towns were divided and the martial arts were chaotic, in fact, if there were no these dozens of feudal towns to check and balance each other. maintained a wonderful balance in the world, how could the Li Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion be maintained to this day. Since they have been maintained for more than 100 years, it may not be impossible to maintain them for another 100 years.
This kind of idea is the concept of the vast majority of people at the moment, and even Cui Yunqing and Li Xiao, the number of people at the top are about the same.
Only Li Jing knows very well that these people are just dreaming. The wealthy families of the scholars united with the military generals and did control the local feudal towns one by one. On the surface, there was still peace between the feudal towns, and the scholars were entering the peak of gate politics, and even far exceeded the previous peak of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. They never thought that at the same time as the drunken singing of this wealthy family, the land annexation of Datang was already extremely serious. Coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the people at the bottom are already overwhelmed.
However, the imperial court and local feudal towns are still trying their best to collect the people. But I don't know how strong the bow is, but if you keep holding that string, sooner or later it will break.
And this timing, Li Jing is very clear. Just this year, another major drought, two consecutive years of catastrophe, will leave the entire Central Plains and the north in the midst of a famine even worse than last year's. Last year's famine, the people fled in all directions, and barely survived. But this year's famine again, that's what really hurts. The hungry people who don't even have food are vicious, and if there are more of them, they will become a bunch of robbers. If there were any more people instigating it, it would become a civil unrest.
This is not Li Jing's misconsideration, but a fact. Historically, all the prefectures in Henan Province, where the famine was most severe this year, will have hungry people gather to steal. Then, one of them, Wang Xianzhi, a well-known salt dealer in Henan Jianghu, will take the opportunity to start an incident, and then Huang Chao, who has been selling salt for generations, will follow the incident, and together, they will start the last thirty years of chaos in the Tang Dynasty.
After these two people work together, the balance on the surface of Datang will be completely disrupted, and even the last bit of peace on the surface will be gone.
Zhu Wen, who fed pigs, Wang Jian, who stole donkeys, and other heroes in the late Tang Dynasty will all appear.
It's going to be this time, is Li Jing still trapped in the small Shamen Town, being pressed by Feng Zhang?
No way.
It's going to be this time, shouldn't something be done in the troubled times? Do you want to watch Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan, and Sun Ru, the cannibal demon kings of the late Tang Dynasty, continue to rampant in the world with their cannibalistic army?
He wanted to change all this, and he didn't want to see the powerful Tang Empire overthrown.
Datang is about to completely enter the turbulent times, and only soldiers and horses will have territory, and soldiers and horses will have territory to make their own voices.
Feng Zhang was the first roadblock in front of Li Jing, and after this period of desperate preparation, Li Jing felt that it was time for him to make a move. Although the soldiers and horses have not yet been trained, if they start first, they can make up for many deficiencies in this regard.
During this time, Li Jing conducted a detailed investigation of Feng Zhang's strength. The most summarized information shows that Feng Zhang has been in possession of Da Xie for many years, and his business momentum is not small. On the bright side, Feng Zhang has 3,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact, in addition to these 3,000 men and horses, Feng Zhang's Da Xie Yan also has about 1,000 troops from him and the generals. In addition, there were some soldiers and horses belonging to the auxiliaries, about 2,000 people. In addition, Feng Zhang also has a crew of about 2,000 people. In addition, he can mobilize about 3,000 people at any time in case of emergency.
All the strength is added together, and there are more than 10,000 people and horses in Fengzhang. There are five forts and seven garrisons, more than 30 large and small islands in the three major archipelagos, and his warships together have more than 100.
Directly confronting Feng Zhang is undoubtedly an unwise choice. Li Jing thought about it for a long time, if he wanted to kill Feng Zhang, it was almost impossible to face it. There is only one other way, and now is a good opportunity, although it can't kill Feng Zhang, but it can eat one of his fleets and kill one of his forts. If things work out, Feng Zhang's strength will be weakened by a third.
The generals are right, this is a crazy plan, this is playing with fire. However, Li Jing knows his own situation, if he continues like this, he may not even be able to break through Da Xie in his life, let alone participate in the competition in the troubled times at the end of the Tang Dynasty?
Li Jing after careful calculations. Feel like to kill the current fleet. And the success of the plan to win Wuhu Fort may reach more than 60%. But before starting this plan. He still has one more thing to think about, and that is how to deal with what happens next after he has really taken this step.
The biggest possibility is that Feng Zhang tore his face and went to war directly. However, if it can really eat the current fleet and Wuhu Fort, and really fight, Shamen Town only needs to defend Shamen Island, and it should be able to defend it. Li Jing is most worried about whether Wang Jin will be involved. And if Wang Jin is involved, will the soldiers and horses belonging to Song Wei and Cui Yunqing in Dengzhou support him.
If Wang Jin doesn't get involved. Li Jing is not afraid of Feng Zhang. If Wang Jin participated, and Dengzhou's soldiers and horses sent troops to support him, then Li Jing would have an overall advantage, and he was confident that he could take this opportunity to annex Da Xie Yan in one fell swoop.
Playing with fire, if it succeeds, Shamen Town may swallow Da Xie Yan. But if he fails, he will probably have to follow Yellowbeard and them to the sea.
"If I want to create a rebellion, do you dare to follow me?" Li Jing looked around at the generals and asked loudly.
The generals were surprised at first, and then replied loudly without hesitation: "I am willing to follow the general to the death." Never give up! ”
Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court has often changed commanders every three or five years in order to control the feudal towns. But the change of commander does not transfer troops. The commanders of the feudal towns often change, but the generals below will not change. Over time, the actual power of the feudal towns often fell into the hands of the generals below. When there is a conflict between the commander and the generals below, it will often happen that the soldiers will kill the commander or chase the commander, and the last will be the one who will take charge of himself.
There have been too many such things happening, so that the soldiers of Datang are accustomed to it. Therefore, when the generals heard Li Jing openly say that he wanted to create a rebellion, everyone was only slightly surprised. As long as it is not openly trying to create an opposition to the Tang Emperor, there is nothing to be afraid of. As long as the strength is sufficient, even the emperor's rebellion can be made, and if it can't be defeated, it can be lowered again, isn't this the case in the three towns of Hebei for more than a hundred years, and the court can't do anything about them.
"Write a letter to Huang Dangjia and tell him that there is a slight change in the plan, and let him find a way to delay it with Feng Ming for a day."
Wang Chong smiled and said: "Maybe Feng Ming's gentleman is not Huang Dang's opponent at all, and Huang Dangjia himself killed them directly." ”
"That's naturally the best, but although Feng Ming is a gentleman, Wu Qian is a powerful person. We still have to be cautious and prepared. ”
Night fell again, and darkness covered the sea.
Li Jing, Megan and Julie sat in the middle on the Ninghai, Wang Chong and Lin Wuer each took an armed sea ship of 1,500 stone on both sides, Li Wei led the soldiers of the reconnaissance capital to take the lead in the speedboat, and 19 pirates and dozens of speedboats rode the wind and waves under the starlight.
"Megan, I've bet all my net worth on this battle, and it's up to you to command." Li Jing said to Megan.
"General, I heard that you are a magic archer, and I am confident that your archery skills are not bad, today we are fighting with bows, even if there are tens of millions of people?" Megan laughed.
Julie said coldly on the side: "There are not 10 million people in Wuhu Fort, only 500 people. Moreover, I have just received the news that before Feng Ming's fleet left, he transferred 300 of the 500 guards on Wuhu Fort and Huangcheng and Qindao, and also recruited hundreds of fishermen and boatmen on Wuhu Island to supplement the fleet. Therefore, there are only 200 official defenders of Wuhu Fort in front of us. If you count the guards' troops, it is only five hundred. It's not the soldiers on the island that we're really thinking about, it's the castle. Last time your people opened the castle on Cat Island, this time it's up to you to see if you can do it again. ”
"No problem!" Li Jing chuckled.
There are five main islands in the Wuhu Islands, namely Wuhu Island, Beihuangcheng Island and Nanhuangcheng Island, as well as Daqin Island and Xiaoqin Island. Wuhu Fort was built on Wuhu Island, and Huangcheng was built on Beihuangcheng Island, and Qin Island was built on Daqin Island. Wuhu Fort usually has 300 garrisons, two garrisons each have 50, and several other large and small islands also have beacon shops, adding up to 100 people, and the entire archipelago has a total of 500 soldiers. However, there are still a number of different family units among the officers on each island, as well as some civilian men who take turns to serve on the island. Combined, less than a thousand. Before Feng Ming went to Tieshan, he also specially returned to Wuhu Island to draw 300 soldiers, and recruited hundreds of shipwrights to supplement the crew.
The fleet went straight to the main island of Wuhu, and the patrol yacht at sea spotted the fleet. Immediately light up the fleet and ask where it belongs.
The striker's Levi led the speedboat directly to speed closer, and did not answer at all. This action alerted the patrol boat and wanted to flee. However, the scout's boat was fast, and it didn't take long for it to catch up, and several iron cables were thrown forward to arrest the patrol boat, and a group of scouts surrounded it with bows like wolves, and soon captured the patrol soldiers.
Levi's reconnaissance approached the wharf of Wuhu Island first, and the people on the wharf shouted: "Who is coming, report the name!" ”
The patrol captive, who was stabbed tightly in the back with a dagger, had to stand up and wave his hand and shout: "Captain Wang, it's me, old grandson." ”
"Who are these people behind you?" The head of the Wang team asked as he stood on the arrow tower with some vigilance.
"It's Da Xie Yan's deputy envoy who has arrived with the fleet, you quickly inform Captain Zhang in the fort to come and greet him."
When the head of the Wang team heard that Feng had been found, he walked down the arrow tower with some disbelief, and came forward with a few small officers and soldiers on duty on the dock, but he was very vigilant and asked the other guards to stick to their posts.
"Where is the deputy envoy of Feng?"
A person suddenly flashed behind Lao Sun, and smiled at him: "Feng Xun is not here, grandpa is Li Wei, the head of Shamen Town, remember, you don't have to be a fool in front of the king of Hades!" ”
Team Wang was stunned for a moment, his face changed greatly, and his hand immediately touched the horizontal knife on his waist.
Levi's movements were faster, and with a flick of his right hand, a triangular thorn was already whistling straight into the face of the king's head, killing him on the spot.
"Kill!"
With Levi's shout, more than a dozen reconnaissance soldiers on the first boat that came ashore first picked up their bows and shot arrows, shooting at the first few arrow towers on the dock. The defenders were caught off guard, and before they could figure out what was going on, they were immediately shot down several people.
The screams of the defenders before they died spread far and wide in the night sky, and the battle for the island was officially launched.
One scout after another speedboats quickly rowed towards the dock, and one scout after another, holding bows and arrows, continued to pour arrows into the dock. The defenders on several arrow towers on the dock were cleared as soon as possible, and the remaining dozen or so soldiers could not stop such a fierce arrow rain attack, and fell one after another. Within a moment, both groups of soldiers on duty on the dock had been killed. (To be continued.) )