The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 339 The Battle of Leizhou ([-])

The red clouds all over the sky suddenly came into view at some point.

Then, the time quickly came to night.

Hongxia faded away and night fell.The wind at sea also gradually became stronger.

Haitao slapped the reef, making a rumbling sound.The sea at night is deeper, making people feel timid.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Hongfan led more than two hundred naval warships to the coast of Haikang County in the dark.

After only a few ten minutes, Li Heng also led nearly 10 warships, with a total of about [-] soldiers, heading for the inner sea of ​​Leizhou.

A few miles behind the coast of Leizhou, the Song army barracks was silent, only the brazier was swaying.

After Zhao Dongting came to power, he spent most of his time leading the army to fight, so he attached great importance to the army.Now the military capacity of the Song army is far from what it used to be.

All the guards stood with their chests upright, able to keep their eyes on each other.

About two hours later, several fast horses hurried to the front of the camp, and before dismounting, they shouted: "There is an urgent military report!"

As soon as the words fell, several fast horses approached, and the knight immediately turned over and dismounted neatly.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the camp quickly ran into the barracks with a few people.

Zhang Jue was woken up from his sleep.

The soldiers knelt outside and reported: "Military order, there are more than two hundred naval warships of the Yuan army, and they are only more than ten miles away from the beach."

Zhang Jue's voice came from the tent, a little dignified, "Beat the drums and gather the troops, ready to fight!"

Soon there were deafening drums in the Song Army barracks, and many soldiers ran out of the tents one after another, and then gathered into small groups and ran out of the barracks.

In about two to ten minutes, nearly 10 Song soldiers gathered outside the barracks.

Zhang Jue didn't do any pre-war mobilization, but just rushed to the beach with the army and set up the defense line.

Firearms such as thunderbolt carts, cannon carts, and grenades were soon lined up along the beach again.

However, there were not many shells left in the Flying Dragon Army, there were only a hundred boxes left, which were piled up in the jungle behind the army formation, somewhat lonely.

And just after the Song army deployed the defense line, the Yuan army led by Zhang Hongfan also rushed to the sea, only a kilometer away from the beach.

Zhang Jue raised his hand slightly, ready to order the soldiers to fire at any time.But at this time, all the naval battleships of the Yuan army stopped suddenly.

The Yuan soldiers on the ship threw all the anchors made of steel into the sea.The sail was also lowered.

More than two hundred naval warships of the Yuan army lay quietly on the sea.

The rolling waves beat against the side of the ship, making noise, but the huge naval battleship remained motionless.

Zhang Jue was standing on the bluestone on the beach, his trouser legs were very wet from the sea water.Watching the Yuan army's naval warships surround but not attack, his complexion quickly became serious.

Brothers Zhao Da and Zhao Hu stood beside him, looking at the sea, Zhao Da couldn't help muttering, "What is Yuan Jun doing?"

With the brains of the two of them, they still couldn't think of Zhang Hongfan's use.

"contain."

Zhang Jue said in a heavy voice: "The Yuan army came and did not attack, they must have intended to contain our army. They must have soldiers ashore in other places."

At his level, there are very few tricks that can be hidden from his eyes.What's more, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng are not geniuses like Qin Han.

Zhao Da shouted: "Military order, since this is the case, what are we still doing here?"

Zhang Jue said: "Now we don't even know where they want to log in, what can we do? Are we going to guard Haikang like this?"

He couldn't bear to part with this beach, because it was indeed a good place to stop the naval warships of the Yuan army.

Zhao Da muttered, "Should we let them go ashore elsewhere?"

Zhang Jue pondered for more than ten seconds, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao Hu, send your best men along the coast to investigate the situation!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Hu cupped his hands and left.

As a younger brother, he didn't talk as much as Zhao Hu, and seemed much calmer.

Of course, the brain is still the same.

Anyway, these two ugly guys can always do things that make Zhao Dongting dumbfounded.

Several soldiers in the Flying Army rode away quickly.But the sea is still quiet, and the two armies are facing each other like this.

The Yuan army was separated by a distance of nearly a thousand meters, and the night was dark, so naturally they could not see the situation in the Song army.

However, before Zhao Hu's soldiers returned, scouts from Haikang County arrived first.

The scout was led by the sergeant and ran to Zhang Jue, knelt down on one knee, and said: "Deputy military order, tens of thousands of troops landed at night from more than [-] miles north of Haikang, and they are heading towards Haikang. Marching. Deputy Su Jun ordered the militia to stop it, and he asked me to give you a message, if he fails to stop the Yuan army, please retreat to Haikang, and be sure to hold on to Haikang County before the emperor rushes back."

Zhang Jue frowned suddenly when he heard the soldier's report, "Deputy Su ordered the militia to stop the Yuan army? Isn't this a joke?"

He looked a little anxious.

Although the imperial court has been recruiting militias these days, until now, there are only a few thousand militias in Haikang County.How could this stop tens of thousands of troops?Isn't Su Liuyi going to die?
But the scout obviously couldn't answer Zhang Jue's question and just kept silent.

Zhang Jue gritted his teeth several times, and finally said to Zhao Da: "General Zhao, you lead the Flying Dragon Army to help Deputy Su Jiling, and you must not let him have any accidents."

Su Liuyi is an extremely human minister, and as the deputy commander of the army, there is absolutely no room for loss.If he died, it would have a great blow to the morale of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

Now that the Yuan army's naval warships are lying across the sea, Zhang Jue has no way to send too many soldiers and horses to go.

Moreover, he is only less than [-] soldiers, even if it is divided, how much can he divide?
He could only send the most elite flying dragon army over there, and he didn't have much hope to stop the Yuan army, he just asked Su Liuyi not to die on the battlefield.

Zhao Da heard the words, hesitantly said: "Deputy military order, over here..."

Zhang Jue sighed: "There are not many shells left, it doesn't make much difference whether to use them or not..."

There are more than a hundred boxes of shells, but a total of more than a thousand shells. Such a confrontation between the two sides will indeed have limited effects.

When Zhao Da heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "then two hundred flying dragon troops will be left here to fire the cannon, and only lead the rest of the soldiers to go."

"it is good."

Zhang Jue couldn't help but instructed again: "Don't let Deputy Su's orders happen to any accidents."

Zhao Da nodded, turned around and ran towards the Feilong army.

Although he is simple and honest, he is not stupid.He knew that Zhang Jue sent him because only their Flying Dragon Army could protect Su Liuyi.

The Flying Dragon Army is not only able to use grenades, they are also a special force carefully crafted by Zhao Dongting whose overall quality is far superior to ordinary soldiers.

The subjects they usually drilled were moved by Zhao Dongting according to the special forces training subjects of later generations, and rescue subjects were naturally among them.

Not long after, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu led an army of nearly [-] flying dragons and left quietly.

And not long after they left, the Yuan army at sea also began to launch a tentative attack on the beach.

Many small boats were put down from the naval battleships of the Yuan Army, and the soldiers rode on the small boats, braving the waves, and paddled quietly to the beach.

In the dark night, Song Jun could not see the situation on the sea.I could only vaguely see that the naval warships of the Yuan army hadn't moved, so I thought they hadn't attacked.

It wasn't until the boat of the Yuan army appeared under the light of the torches that it was faintly visible, and the soldiers of the Song army suddenly exclaimed, "The Yuan thief is here!"

Such exclamations became more and more intensive.

Standing on the reef, Zhang Jue heard the shouts of these soldiers, and before the soldiers came to report, he suddenly shouted: "Thunderbolt chariot, let go!"

The crossbow arrows shot towards the sea.

The explosion sounded on the sea.

In the night, the quiet sea swallowed up the lives of many Yuan troops.

But at the rear of the Yuan army's ship array, Zhang Hongfan sat in the cabin, and when he heard the explosions, he smiled.

He didn't even think that these advance troops could capture the beach. All he wanted was to make sure that the Song army was still here.

Their real ultimate move lies on Li Heng's side.

As long as Li Heng successfully approached Haikang County, then the Song army would definitely not be able to look after each other head to tail. At that time, they would take the initiative.

Zhang Hongfan felt a little excited in his heart, feeling that the time for revenge was coming.Even, he was already thinking about how to humiliate the royal family and nobles in the Song Dynasty after he took over Haikang County.The defeat of Quzhou made him hate the Song Dynasty to the bone.

(End of this chapter)