Chapter 900: The Decisive Battle of the Rivers
Eastern Jin Dynasty military camp, central big tent.
Ouyang Shuo glanced at Jia Xu, Jia Xu understood, and said: "Counting the 300,000 army in Shouyang, the enemy army is 600,000, and the base camp of our army is less than 340,000 including the water division. ”
"In the comparison of local forces, our army has the advantage. Since there is a decisive battle, it is necessary to take advantage of the arrival of the enemy's Shouyang army to strike first and defeat the enemy army on the opposite bank in one fell swoop. If this battle is won, the Shouyang army has nothing to worry about. ”
Xie Xuan said suspiciously: "If you take the initiative to attack, you have to cross the river, the Qin army will not be stupid enough to take the initiative to retreat, right?" ”
Jia Xu nodded and said, "Naturally, I won't retreat." ”
"So what?"
"If they don't withdraw, our army will attack."
If the person in front of him was not a famous strategist of the Three Kingdoms, Xie Xuan would have sneered and said, "Attack? I heard you right, how many soldiers do you have to lose, can this battle still be fought? ”
"General, don't worry." Jia Xu smiled slightly and said: "Even if our army does not attack, when the enemy Shouyang army arrives, we will take the initiative to attack, so it is better to strike first." The key is still in the control of the water, and it is precisely in this way that the enemy's Zhoushan fleet will want to break through the Yashan fleet and take the lead in entering the water, wanting to seize the opportunity. ”
"I see."
Xie Xuan understood that before the decisive battle, the sailors of the two sides were going to have a good fight.
Xie Shi was still a little worried, and asked, "Can the Yashan Fleet win?" ”
Ouyang Shuo was full of confidence in the Yashan Fleet, and said with a smile: "More than ninety percent of the chance of winning." ”
"Okay, that's it."
Xie Shi no longer hesitated, and immediately made a decision, Jingzhou's victory made him full of confidence in the Inhuman Legion.
The strategy of the decisive battle in advance was decided, a consensus was reached, and the five discussed the details of the battle in detail before they dispersed.
As soon as the deliberations ended, the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty camp took action.
Ouyang Shuo summoned the lords to report the decisive battle. Whether they want it or not, the decision made by Ouyang Shuo and Xie Shi together is something that the lords cannot object.
Either go to war or withdraw from the campaign map and want to sit on the sidelines? Don't even think about it.
Of course, there are basically no such boring lords, everyone leads their troops into the battle map, no matter what other purpose, the goal of earning merit points is the same.
That being the case, there is no reason not to fight.
Huo Qubing officially succeeded Xie Shi as the interim commander of the Jin army, commanding an army of 340,000, and Xie Xuan served as the deputy general. After seeing Ouyang Shuo, the lords handed over their military power one by one.
As for how to arrange the troops, it is Huo Quai's matter.
After Xie Shi stepped down, he was not idle, as the governor of the capital, he temporarily recruited tens of thousands of laborers in the city near Weishui, and at the same time collected a large amount of timber and transported it to the east bank of Weishui overnight.
In the labor, carpenters are mainly used to build pontoon bridges on the surface of the river.
The entire barracks instantly became lively, and the atmosphere before the war was both tense and enthusiastic. The Beifu army wanted to repel the Qin army and recover the rivers and mountains; The Inhuman Legion wants to kill the enemy and make a contribution.
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The movements of the Eastern Jin Dynasty camp naturally alarmed Qianqin.
Fu Jian believed it, and his brows furrowed a little. Di Chen and Wu Qi had no choice but to keep cheering Fu Jian, saying that the Jin army took the initiative to attack and would never be able to cross the water.
Despite this, Fu Jian still couldn't sleep at night.
One unpleasant thing after another, the emperor's confidence almost collapsed.
Di Chen and the others were also quite depressed, except that when they first entered the battle map, they were relatively smooth, and the next things always felt that they were restrained step by step, falling into the rhythm of the enemy, and they were extremely aggrieved.
It's just that they lack a top strategist like Jia Xu.
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The fifteenth day of the battle, the Huai River valley.
Since the start of the war, the sailor who has not moved has suddenly become the focus of the audience, and whoever can take control of the water will be able to win the war opportunity for his own side.
The surging Huai River flows endlessly.
Early in the morning, the two fleets confronted each other at the junction of the Huai River and the Huaishui River.
The Yashan fleet was led by Admiral Yu Dayou, and the Zhoushan fleet was a retired naval general.
Both have their advantages.
Xiongba is only a second-class marquis, and the number of troops that can be brought into the campaign map is limited, in order to earn merit points, Xiongba also brought a part of the army, so the Zhoushan fleet only came to half a formation, and the difference in strength was half.
Coupled with the 10,000 sailors brought by Xie Shi, the gap in strength is even more obvious.
It's just that fighting in the inland river, the strength of the army is not the decisive factor in victory, after all, no matter how many warships there are, only a dozen warships in front of the river are really fighting each other.
The battle began at 8 a.m.
Everyone is an old adversary, there is no ink, direct artillery fire is fired, there is almost no tactic, just bombard each other until the enemy ship is sunk. Sink one, then another, and so on.
Since the tactics are not bad, it depends on the merits of the weapons and equipment of both sides.
Both sides are building ships and warships, and the key is artillery.
The Yashan fleet used improved P1 guns, coupled with the help of the flying team, so that the fleet gradually gained the upper hand in the battle, forcing the Zhoushan fleet to retreat.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, the entire intersection fell under the control of the Yashan fleet.
At this moment, Xie Shi commanded 10,000 sailors to suddenly plug in from the rear, relied on the Yashan fleet to withstand the fire in front, and completed the diversion with the light hull of the ship, and smoothly entered the water.
Although the Zhoushan fleet was in a hurry, it was entangled by the Yashan fleet and was unable to get out, so it was helpless.
At about 12 o'clock in the morning, the Eastern Jin Dynasty sailors all entered the water.
Seeing this, Yu Dayou immediately adjusted his formation, completely blocked the entrance to the river, and the fleet turned to the defensive. The commander of the Zhoushan fleet saw that the Yashan fleet was laying a wire across the river, and had no choice but to give up.
It is not easy for every warship to come, and Overlord City is no better than the Great Xia Dynasty, but it can't withstand such consumption. They have done their best, so they don't have to make fearless sacrifices.
In this way, in just one morning, the sailors of both sides decided the winner.
Seeing this, Yu Dayou arranged for five building ships and warships to enter the water and assist the Eastern Jin Dynasty naval division to completely control the water.
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The sailors were fighting, and the others were not idle.
Xie Shi's temporary conscription of labor, early in the morning on the surface of the river to erect a pontoon bridge for the army to cross the river, until the Eastern Jin Dynasty water division into the river, the whole project in vain.
The Qin army wanted to sabotage, but under the bombardment of the flying team, it had little effect. Approaching five o'clock in the afternoon, the Qin army knew that it could not destroy the pontoon bridge, so they simply ignored it and concentrated on reorganizing their armaments.
Towards evening, 50 pontoon bridges hovered silently over the river.
This night is destined to be sleepless.
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On the sixteenth day of the battle, the morning sun was rising.
The atmosphere of war has reached its peak, and some soldiers have not even slept well because of their nervousness. When the sun rose, the military camps on both sides of the river had already woken up.
The sergeants on both sides got up silently, put on their armor, had breakfast, and rushed to the school to assemble.
The naval warships were lined up on the banks of the Weishui River, and between the battleships and the battleships, there were temporary pontoon bridges, leading to the opposite bank.
On the west bank of the river, 300,000 Qin troops were ready to fight in formation.
According to Wu Qi's arrangement, 50,000 Qin troops were arranged at the back to protect the safety of Emperor Fu Jian, but in fact, Wu Qi gave up the use of these 50,000 Qin troops.
The real backbone is still the 250,000 Inhuman Army.
The army was spread out along the river bank in turn, and the army was neat and tidy, and the bearing was solemn. Although Wu Qi has only taken over the command of the Inhuman Legion for half a month, he has already run all departments in an orderly manner, and he is worthy of being a god general.
This time, the Qin army waited for work, but it was convenient to occupy the location.
On the other side, the first was also led by nearly 250,000 Inhuman Legions, and 70,000 Beifu troops were placed on the right flank by Huo Qubing as cover.
At 8 a.m., the trumpet of war sounded.
"Woo~~~~"
With the sound of distant horns, the guns of the battleships rang out in unison, and the Wei army crossed the river to provide fire cover, and the west bank of the river was immediately cleared out of a hundred meters for the Jin army to land.
"Rush, !!"
The vast army was swept down in turn, preparing to fight to the death with the Qin army.
"Kill !!"
The Qin army was also not to be outdone, and they were full of fighting spirit.
In just twenty minutes, the front-line troops of the two sides had already fought each other and fought together.
In this special terrain, it is still useful for infantry.
Naturally, there is no need to expect the temporary pontoon bridge to be very useful, and most of the soldiers have not undergone relevant training, so they will inevitably stumble when crossing the river.
From time to time, soldiers fall into the water and are salvaged by sailors.
In this way, the first wave of the Jin army's attack was easily blocked by the Qin army, which greatly boosted the morale of the Qin army.
Huo Qubing was not discouraged, and the follow-up troops continued to cross the river and fight with the Qin army, exchanging sacrifice for war space, and the entire west bank of the river fell into the flames of war at once.
When it really came to Armageddon, there was no tactics to speak of, and it was all up to the commander-in-chief to command him temporarily.
Wu Qi fought against Huo Quai, but the two gods were comparable.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning, after paying huge casualties, the Jin army finally crossed the river, and the battlefield was completely transferred to the west bank, and the war also entered a critical period.
Both sides of the war are the elite armies of their territories, and their combat power is comparable.
In this confrontation, there were heavy casualties.
The whole battlefield is like a huge meat grinder, and people are killed at any moment.
Nearly 500,000 troops on both sides, under the dispatch of the two god generals, you come and go, full of wisdom.
Without being on the battlefield, it is impossible to imagine the scene of 500,000 troops fighting each other. As far as the eye can see, the entire land is covered by Xuanjia warriors, densely packed with people.
No matter who it is, once it enters such a battlefield, the hot blood in the body can't help but boil.
Ouyang Shuo appeared on the battlefield with three thousand divine guards. In the campaign map, the fallen can be revived with campaign contribution points, but it is the best opportunity to train.
For Ouyang Shuo, it was to absorb the killing qi for the Heavenly Demon Spear.
Such an elite soldier is simply unrivaled on the battlefield, and it is unscrupulous. Wu Qi saw it, and wanted to arrange a large army to cover up the killing, but he didn't want Ouyang Shuo to just use his body as bait and cooperate with Huo Quai, so he came to a counter-siege killing.
After being fooled once, Wu Qi also put out the idea of killing Ouyang Shuo and focused on the main battlefield.
The battle lasted for a whole day, and the sky fell apart, and the blood flowed like a river. The two warring sides are evenly matched, but they have never decided the winner and are still deadlocked with each other.