Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 420 Unexpected Victory

On the Guijiang River, the green ink landscape is quiet, and the reflection of the boats in the mirror-like water is so clear that it seems like a fairyland and not like the world.

But at this time, the filthy orange flames, black and thick smoke rising, suddenly burst, a huge roar reverberated in the mountains, the verdant rivers and mountains were dyed red by the flames of war, and the birds and beasts in the mountains took off and ran in panic under the artillery fire.

Large flocks of birds move like black clouds among the cliffs by the river.

On the surface of the river, the calm water surface like glass was instantly shattered by the howling shells, splashing everywhere, and bursting apart in an instant.

It was not only the calm river that exploded, but also the ships of the Southern Han Dynasty headed north.

Thirty miles away from Guizhou on the river, the Qin army encountered the Southern Han Fleet going north to block it.

They don't have many ships, far less than the scale of the Qin army, but the battle on the river is different from that on land. The width of the battlefield is limited, and it is difficult to launch with more troops.

In the south against the north, the navy is always the best chance of winning, but this time it is quite different.

The Qin army's vanguard gunboats began to dispatch, and the hundreds of meters of the river made it easy for the gunboats to deploy.

Before the warships of the Southern Han Dynasty approached, hundreds of artillery guns began to roar.
On the big river, the roaring shells are hard to catch with the naked eye, and only black light and shadow can be vaguely seen across the water and mountains.

Those wooden warships, with their tall masts and thick decks, exploded instantly like a watermelon hit by a heavy hammer, and red flesh flew along with the debris.

Hundreds of artillery roared and opened fire on the river, and the calm river allowed the gunners of the Shenhuo Army to show off their skills, far less than the bumps they experienced when they were training in the Huaihe River.

However, the blocking navy of the Southern Han Dynasty was passively beaten in panic and bewilderment. The two armies were separated by about two miles. They did not expect the attack to come so suddenly and horribly.

The dozen or so large ships in front were riddled with holes and leaked everywhere before they approached.

They didn't know what they were facing at all, and they didn't understand what the situation was, but many people were terrified and watched in horror as the indestructible warship was smashed into powder in an instant.

The topless sailor holding a steel knife on the bow watched in horror as his colleagues around him instantly turned into two pieces, and his upper body could not be found at all.

The scene was horrifying, the exploded hull made a horrible creaking sound, and the huge impact caused the ship to shake violently on the river surface, making it unsteady at all, and many soldiers jumped into the river in panic.

They never imagined such a scene.

Soon, the ships of the Southern Han Army began to turn around in horror and prepare to flee south. When this happened, they exposed a wider side to the Qin Army, neighing, shattering, and gradually tilting in the rain of shells.
The big boat that could still be supported, after the sideboard was exposed, instantly turned into a lone boat on the river full of holes, crumbling.

Thick smoke, flames, wailing, flickering flames, and thunderous roar echoed among the green waters and green mountains without stopping for a long time. The smell of gunpowder smoke and sulfur filled the valley, and the blue smoke settled on the surface of the river. As the war continued, huge The cannon roared, and more and more ships loomed.

Half an hour later, the artillery fire gradually subsided, and the battle had become a head-on confrontation, turning into a pursuit by the Qin army's ships.

Guo Ting said he was standing at the bow of the boat, the gunpowder smoke in the distance hadn't dissipated, blocking his vision, the originally clear river was now full of wreckage, fire, corpses and blood everywhere.

a mess.

The strange and handsome landscape is stained with blood, and it looks like a dilapidated scene.

Guo Tingwei didn't have time to regret, he couldn't help laughing, not only because of this victory, he happily pointed to the wreckage on the river more than 100 steps ahead, and said excitedly: "Did you see it?" That's the place where the bandits are closest to us, and their most fearless collision with a ship is only there!"

Everyone grinned. Most of them were originally from the Shu Kingdom, the generals of the Jiangnan navy, who surrendered after Hou Zhou occupied Huainan.

Most of them are well versed in water warfare, which is why they are reused by officials, but they have never fought such water warfare in their life!
The battleship with hundreds of bandits could not get close, the two sides hadn't joined the ship, and the bandits' bows and crossbows hadn't fired many arrows, and they were completely defeated!
There was no suspense in the subsequent war. The army that took advantage of the victory and went down the river was heavily surrounded in the evening, and then hundreds of cannons began to bombard the water army camp.

Faced with this unheard of and unprecedented attack, the water village defenders quickly collapsed. Half an hour after the shelling, all the defenders in the huge Jingjiang water village in the northeast of Guizhou City ran and surrendered.

When it was getting dark, the follow-up large transport ships approached the water village under the cover of gunboats, and sent a large number of infantry to board the water village through the Nanhan military port, with little resistance.

Even if there is a defeat on the front line, it is normal for the morale to collapse in the rear. However, such a smooth flow still made the cautious Guo Tingwei and Si Chao suspect that the Southern Han navy was deceitful. Formerly controlled and occupied the water village that had been battered by artillery, and detained a large number of surrendered soldiers.

Only then did we know the reason why the Southern Han navy surrendered so quickly. The most important thing was that the blocking fleet in front was defeated, and the governor of Guizhou immediately took his family by boat and ran south to Panyu.

As the largest tributary of the Pearl River, the Guijiang River can go directly to Panyu, which is convenient for foreign enemies to attack, and it is also convenient for one's own people to escape.

The coach ran away, and the soldiers below had no intention of fighting.

The second is that the Southern Han Dynasty was particularly superstitious, and it was heavy on ghosts and gods. The emperor recognized witches as godmothers. One can imagine the atmosphere. Facing the artillery of the Qin army, many soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty would He actually thought that Qin Jun was blessed by God, and asked Thor to descend to the earth. He has supernatural power and can't fight at all, so he might as well surrender.

Even many generals and soldiers firmly believed in it. After seeing the Qin army landed, they knelt and worshiped, shouting that the gods came to the world, begging for mercy.

This situation was also unexpected, Guo Tingwei and Si Chao couldn't laugh or cry, they could only say that Liu Wei dug his own grave, he was a king who took the lead and believed in ghosts and gods, and the people's army followed suit.

That night, the Qin Army navy moved forward to occupy Jingjiang Dazhai and seized more than 400 warships. In fact, there were more ships in the military port, but many were damaged by artillery fire.

This shocked the Qin army. There should have been more than 1000 warships in the military port at the time, but only a few hundred warships went to meet them, and it was useless to park more directly in the military port.

This situation also refreshed their cognition. They only found out after asking the generals of the Southern Han Dynasty that because of the complicated situation, the local governor could not command the local army. Only a few thousand people met them.

By the next day, the defenders of Guizhou in the south had surrendered and led the generals and officials out of the city to welcome the king into Guizhou.

After entering Guizhou, both Guo Tingwei and Si Chao felt that the battle was like a dream, it was that simple?The most severe disease in the northern part of the Southern Han Dynasty, the legendary Jingjiang Military Town, with [-] soldiers and [-] warships, was taken down just like that!
You must know that such important towns are often very difficult to attack. At the beginning of Shouzhou, there were only a few thousand defenders, and a [-] army besieged the city for more than a year. Back in Taiyuan, Zhou Shizong's [-] army could not attack the city for a long time, and the casualties were heavy. Unwilling to withdraw troops.

They are all ready to fight a fierce battle here, vowing to defeat the largest military group in the north of the Southern Han Dynasty, but they did not expect the gap to be so huge.

However, regardless of the gap or not, this is a great achievement, and it also means that Jingjiang Junzhen, the biggest obstacle on the route of the West Route Army, has disappeared so easily, and the battle has gone too smoothly!
After the two discussed it, they immediately sent people to report the victory, and then prepared to rest and reorganize the navy, contact the East Route Army, and go down the south of the Guangxi River in one go, heading straight to Panyu.

(End of this chapter)