Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 152 The Great War (1)

"The damage to the warship is small. The point is that Fan Wen will still worry about us destroying it again, so he will definitely throw a mouse.

Strengthen the defense of warships under construction,

Now that the defense has been increased, there will definitely be fewer people building warships. "

Xie Daoyun suddenly realized.

"So that's how it is. In this way, they reminded that the construction of warships in fear must be much slower than the construction of power without worry."

Guan Ziyang patted Xie Daoyun on the head encouragingly.

"Ruzi can be taught."

Back in Longbian, Guan Ziyang stepped up the training of recruits.

I have to say that the role of the pacesetter of Godson is still very good.

Gou Sheng's experience made the recruits come to their senses.

It turns out that fighting is not just a narrow escape.

Ordinary people can also get ahead by joining the army.

Guan Ziyang's way of governing the army is to live with those who are capable, and do what you do.

In the next two months, the training of recruits will be more diligent and sell you than before.

With the passage of two months, this 5000-strong loyal army has 4000 new recruits, but Guan Ziyang estimates that its current combat effectiveness can already be compared with Ran Min's elite soldiers back then.

It's just that like Ran Min's elite infantry, the units are relatively simple, mainly infantry, and you can get up to 300 cavalry.

There are no other arms.

However, fortunately, Fan Wen only had infantry, and weapons such as crossbows, swords, and spears were still under the Zhongyong Army.

Fan Wen's 60 warships are ready for battle.

And Qin Kuan had already dispatched farmers to the five locations suitable for warship landing that Qin Kuan had detected in advance, and had built fortifications.

The war is about to start.

The ninth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the end of 353 AD.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the loyal and brave army of Nanfu marched out and stationed along the coast of Longbian.

Fan Wen led 1 horses, left Rinan County, and moved along the coast to Jiuzhen County. There were 60so warships at sea, approaching Jiuzhen County.

The waves were churning, and pieces of white jade foam were thrown out of the blue water on the reef.

Fan Wen stood at the bow of the boat, looking into the distance.

These days the sky is clear and the sea is calm. Looking up at the starry sky, it shows that it will be sunny for a long time in the near future.

A man came behind Fan Wen, dressed in military uniform and black light armor, which should be obtained from the captured Jin army's equipment.

But he was wearing a Confucian scarf, a Confucian robe inside the armor, a bright red cloak outside, and a pair of starry eyes like lightning.

With a high nose and thin lips, and a beard, he is only in his 20s.

Such a handsome young man folded his arms around his chest in front of Fan Wen, without the slightest respect from the inferior to the superior.

I only heard that when Fan Wen saw this young man, he saluted first and bowed loudly.

"Master."

Fan Wen is already in his 40s, and he even worshiped this young man as his teacher.

The soldiers around were not surprised at all, because they knew that the master's terrifying martial arts and outstanding intelligence were the biggest support for Fan Wen to dare to enter the palace and proclaim himself emperor.

It can be said that without this young man, there would be neither Fan Wen nor Lin Yiguo today.

The two stood on the deck of the warship, and Fan Wen asked.

"Master, these few days are sunny and sunny, which is suitable for us to land on the beach. Shall we attack Jiuzhen or Longbian first? Doubtful?"

The young man remained silent, just thinking about it, and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Asked rhetorically: "There is a lot of silt along the coast of Jiuzhen County, and it is difficult to move the food, grass and luggage. We can wait until the moon is full and the tide is high.
At that time, the tide will rise and the boat will be submerged. The warship will go straight to Longbian and land, and the two counties of Longbian and Jiaozhi can be taken in one fell swoop. "

The young man seemed very interested in his plan, and asked: "Landing at high tide is indeed the best strategy, but have you ever thought that if the offensive situation is unfavorable, when we want to return the warship,
I'm afraid it's already time for the ebb tide, when the warship is stuck in the mud and the luggage is also trapped, how should we escape? "

Fan Wen said with a smile: "This time I went north to attack, I had the determination to win and never return. If I didn't say victory, why would I say defeat? Let's just go forward and never take half a step back."

"Besides, even if we really want to return the warship, a month later, the full moon will rise again, we can still leave,

There are only a few thousand soldiers in the Jin Kingdom, but we are an army of ten thousand people. Even if they can't attack the city, they will definitely not dare to go out of the city to pursue it. "

Seeing Fan Wen's strategizing appearance, the young man smiled and said, "It's not in vain for me to train you for many days. For the battle between the two armies, you have already seen the way, but there is still something lacking."

Fan Wen knew that the lack of what he said should be due to his own plan, so he asked respectfully.

"Respected teacher, do you think there are still flaws in my plan?"

The young man looked towards the sea and said: "The battle between the two armies is a battle between people. In addition to fighting between soldiers, there is also a duel between generals.

Two months ago, someone was able to make our warship riddled with holes in Nichinan, which is heavily armed, without causing any alarm. It can be seen that the opponent has masters in the army.
You only think about the soldiers, but forget about the masters of the enemy army.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never lose a hundred battles. We don't know anything about the newly appointed governor of the region. If we go like this, can we really win a big victory? "

Fan Wen asked in amazement: "Master, what do you mean?..."

The boy sighed and continued.

"We wanted the Jin army to build warships with us and fight decisively at sea, but they didn't accept the call at all, waiting for us to land,

You know, with the advantage of warships, we can attack when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat, and the advantage of warships has changed from a disadvantageous side of the siege to a favorable side. How can the Jin army still sit still?

Why? "

Fan Wendao: "Perhaps it's because the Jin Kingdom has insufficient financial resources. The Jin Dynasty court didn't pay much attention to Jiaozhou, and the court didn't allocate money to build warships for them."

The young man shook his head: "I can't see it. They recruited 5000 people in the Dong Village and the surrounding mountain villages. This amount of money is not a small amount. It is more than enough to build a dozen or twenty warships, which shows that they are not Lack of money."

Fan Wen asked again: "Apprentice can't figure it out, so please tell Master clearly."

The young man said: "Because the new governor of Jiaozhou is determined to fight us on the beach."

Fan Wen laughed and said, "Isn't this exactly what we want? We have 60 warships in hand, and landing on the beach couldn't be easier."

"I'm afraid it's the intention of the Jin army at that time. This coast is suitable for our warships to land, but there are only five places. If they build towers, fences, trenches and other fortifications in these places in advance, we will not send them off this time." A sheep into a tiger's mouth?"

"What the respected teacher said is very true, so is it according to the military teacher's intention?"

The boy smiled: "Just listen to my arrangement..."

While talking, the boat has arrived at the coast of Hengshan,
Hengshan is the stalemate between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Linyi Kingdom, and the north of Hengshan is Jiuzhen County, which is under the control of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

South of Hengshan is Rinan County, which is now under the control of Lin Yiguo.

The reason why Fan Wen wanted to build warships, build a navy, and attack from the sea was to bypass the natural danger of Hengshan and attack Huanglong directly.

Fan Wen asked: "Master, we have arrived in Jiuzhen County, shall we land and attack?"

The young man shook his head: "It's just Jiuzhen County, but it's tasteless and tasteless, so we'd better go north to Longbian."

Fan Wen said with a smile: "The apprentice also has the same intention, then our army will continue to move forward. In another [-] days, when the moon is full, we will just arrive at Longbian. At that time, we will go all out and take the state of Jiaozhou." government."

……

On the other side, when the spies came to report that Fan Wen's army had arrived at Jiuzhen, they were heading towards Longbian without stopping for a moment.

Guan Ziyang understood.

"Sure enough, as I expected, Jiuzhen County is not Fan Wen's target at all, his target this time is Long Bian.

Fortunately, no troops were sent to Jiuzhen County to garrison before. "

He ordered his subordinates to summon Xia Houcheng, Luo Ding, Qin Kuan, Li Bin, and Goushengren to the central army tent to discuss military matters.

Not long after taking office, he entered the big account.

Guan Ziyang immediately ordered: "The whole army is on alert, and the spies add another 1000 people. We must find out the purpose of Fan Wen in advance, which landing point it is."

Then he personally led the army to the most likely landing point in the area.

This place is also the closest port to Longbian, which is suitable for docking large ships, and it is only fifty miles away from Longbian City.

……

August [-]th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

On this day, the weather was clear and the stars were densely covered. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival in the state of Jin, and the bright moon in the sky at night was very dazzling.

"Xiao Langjun, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, here are the mooncakes I made, you can eat a few."

Qing Chan appeared in Guan Ziyang's military tent holding a plate of moon cakes.

Seeing Qing Chan come in, Guan Ziyang smiled.

"Thank you, Sister Qingchan, I've been busy with the military these past few days, and I forgot today's Mid-Autumn Festival."

Then he picked up the moon cake and took a big bite.

"Mung bean stuffing, sister Qingchan, your craftsmanship is getting better and better."

Hearing Guan Ziyang praise himself, he was secretly happy.

Xie Daoyun and Wei Yi are good at martial arts and can help Guan Ziyang a lot, while Shi Qi is blond and blue-eyed, the most beautiful of them, with an innocent and romantic personality, often making Guan Ziyang happy.

Only myself, no possessions, the only thing I can do is to take care of the little man's daily life and make him live more comfortably.

"Fortunately, my cooking skills should be Xiao Langjun's favorite."

Seeing that Qingchan was in a daze, Guan Ziyang said: "Sister Qingchan, sit down and eat together."

Qing Chan pursed her lips.

"I won't disturb Mr. Xiao Lang."

Guan Ziyang smiled and said: "No, it's just some military affairs. I'll just do it tomorrow. Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the most important thing is to spend the festival with my sister Qingchan."

Seeing that Guan Ziyang was in a good mood, Qing Chan also smiled and said, "Then I'll invite Miss Daoyun, Miss Shi Qi and Miss Yiqing to eat mooncakes too?"

Guan Ziyang nodded: "Yeah."

……

When Guan Ziyang was still immersed in the joyous laughter of the festival, 60 huge warships were sailing towards the shore at full speed on the sea.

Although the moonlight was very bright, there was no spark on the ship, and it was difficult to see a ship coming from the sea on the shore.

"Master, the warship is approaching the embankment, and the tide is rising. All the soldiers can directly land on the coast and go straight to the Longbian state capital."

The boy didn't have the slightest excitement before the war.

"The situation is changing and unpredictable. Such a good opportunity is at the right time and place. However, we still leave 10 warships and anchor off the beach, just in case Fang Yi can have a response."

This is what Fan Wen admired about the young man, no matter what time he was always so calm and composed.

Hearing the young man say that at the moment, he felt a little uneasy.

"Respected Master, since we have prepared our escape route, leaving ten warships to anchor on the far shore will not be too few."

The young man said again: "We are the victorious army. Since we want to fight, we must have the courage to break the boat. There are too many remaining ten ships. You can tell the soldiers that these ten ships are going to be used for another surprise attack. We must not let the soldiers know that this is a warship ready to meet our retreat."

Fan Wen understood in his heart, bid farewell to the boy, and went to give his life.

The army of the Linyi State Navy, riding the tide raised by the full moon, quickly headed towards the beach.

The army disembarked and docked one after another, but there was not a single Jin army.

Fan Wen was determined in his heart at the moment, it seemed that his ingenious plan would really work, as long as he could log in smoothly.

The Jin army didn't even have the final advantage.

At that time, if an army of ten thousand people besieged Longbian City and forced them to go out to fight, his chance of winning would be at least [-]%.

After crossing the silt beach, he stepped directly on the dirt road, which shortened the landing journey by more than half.

Taking advantage of the night, the Lin Yiguo army marched forward.

However, he didn't go far, and saw a group of people coming towards him from a distance.

Fan Wen turned pale with shock.

"Could it be that the Jin army's ambush failed? Did I fall into a trap?"

More than half of Linyi's army is still disembarking, and after disembarking, there is still a mud beach of hundreds of meters. When you step down, the mud covers half of your calf, making it difficult to walk an inch.

If they were ambushed by the Jin army at this time, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

While Fan Wen was sweating, someone shouted in the distance.

"But the army of Linyi Kingdom?"

Fan Wen is overjoyed, this is Teng Hui's voice!

Teng Hui is also the son of Teng Gan, the magistrate of Jiaozhi County, and the young patriarch of the Teng family.

Ever since Teng Yan was imprisoned by Guan Ziyang in the Governor's Mansion, he had secretly contacted Fan Wen, hoping to cooperate and plan how to break Longbian City and kill Guan Ziyang.

However, Fan Wen was also afraid that the opponent was a smoke bomb sent by Guan Ziyang.

It took a few private meetings before I believed him.

Originally, it was good to wait for them to attack Jiaozhi, and then cooperate with each other, but at this moment, they actually saw him in Longbian City.

There are only more than 200 people in Tenghui's team, but these people are all masters of the Teng family, most of them are above the fifth rank, and their combat effectiveness cannot be equated with ordinary soldiers.

Seeing Fan Wen, Teng Hui immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, my subordinate Teng Hui, please let me join the army to avenge my father!"

Fan Wen wondered, "Is your father dead?"

Teng Hui had tears in his eyes.

"The villain Guan Ziyang was forced to resort to estrangement, which made my father overwhelmed with anxiety and indignation. He hanged himself at the governor's mansion the day before yesterday!"

Fan Wen was relieved, no wonder this kid couldn't wait to bring people to seek refuge.

It turned out that I was really killed by Guan Ziyang.

It seems that I have taken advantage of the right time and place, and now the harmony of people is also taken, this battle is invincible, and the law of nature cannot tolerate it!
"Master, do you see?"

The young man smiled and said, "He is the vanguard of our army!"

(End of this chapter)