Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1803 The Battle of the Yangtze Estuary Continues Part [-]
Ding Feng had to admit that he seemed to have underestimated the enemy from the very beginning. Although he already had a high opinion of the enemy, he was still careless.

Those who are capable have a certain amount of pride, but this kind of pride will become a burden at some point.

Ding Feng is too young.

This is his advantage, but also his disadvantage. Compared with some experienced generals, he is always somewhat deficient.

In war, changes are always completed in an instant.

If you can't adapt to the changes on the battlefield, you will be at a disadvantage, directly pressed and beaten by the enemy, or even defeated thousands of miles away.

Ding Feng took a deep breath to calm himself down. At this time, he must be calm. Only with enough calm can he cope with the current situation.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Pass down the order, the gates of the two-winged dragon gate will be opened, and the left and right wings will attack one after the other. Use the flanks to entangle the enemy. Only entanglement is allowed, and no direct confrontation is allowed. Anyone who violates the military order will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!"

The dragon gates on the left and right wings of the water village were wide open, and the warships of the Wu army moved quickly, as if two long dragons on the left and right were rushing towards the middle.

"Good come!"

The [-]nd Battalion of the Ming Army's Violent Bear Navy faced the battle in six parts.

The warships of the Ming army had an advantage in the first place, and the Shuangya warships completely defeated the battleships. At the critical moment of handover, they were not able to resist at all.

The forces on the two wings were only maintained for less than an hour, and they were directly forced back by the Ming army. At least five fighting ships were sunk, and more than twenty warships were shot down.

In just one hour's time, the battle damage has already exceeded a thousand. Such casualties made Ding Feng feel a little pain while clutching his heart.

"Lord Colonel!"

As the commander of the battalion, Wang Yan's face was a little pale. He cupped his hands and said to Ding Feng, "This battle cannot go on. The strength of the Ming army is obviously superior to ours, and even several times the number of soldiers is coming to surround us. , I am afraid that if we continue to fight like this, we will lose even the last bit of our troops here. If we can’t defend the crocodile’s mouth, let’s forget it. If the main force of our battalion is buried here, I’m afraid it will do no harm to the battle situation!”

Wang Yan deeply knew that Ding Feng was a man who was good at fighting and dared to fight. As a general who became famous at a young age, he was able to achieve today's achievements because he fought on the battlefield.

He has a fighting spirit that is not afraid of life and death.

Even if these soldiers and horses are all damaged here, as long as Ding Feng dares to fight, he will not retreat, and even burn everything, no matter the cost, and fight the Ming army to the end.

"You mean, let a certain company break through?",

Ding Feng stared at Wang Yan with blood red eyes.

"Bringing the sons back is the right thing to do. Even if you stick to the crocodile's mouth, can you hold it?" Wang Yan asked back: "It will take at least two hours before our reinforcements arrive. Can you hold on for two hours?" , I am afraid that within an hour, we will all die here, so is there any point for us to guard here?",

Although his words were ugly, Ding Feng listened to them. He didn't mind dying on the battlefield, but he couldn't make fearless sacrifices.

But whoever is a general must have some sense of responsibility, he can't let his subordinates die in battle for nothing, without any meaning.

Even if you want to die in battle, you have to pay enough to let the soldiers fight to the death.

"hateful!"

Ding Feng snorted coldly, and said in a gloomy voice: "If Xue An hadn't transferred our soldiers and horses from the north side, how could I have ended up in such a situation, if they could form horns from the north side, they simply wouldn't have enough resources. We can easily hold on to the expanded space for two or three days!"

Sometimes many things are like this, and the difference is thousands of miles away.

"Master Captain, it doesn't make any sense to say this now, the only way to break out and bring the sons back is to explain to the general!"

Wang Yan said softly.

Although Ding Feng is young and impulsive, he is not without brains. If he has no brains and just rushes down, then he is just a reckless man, not capable of becoming a general. ,

He can be highly valued by Sun Ce, in addition to being good at martial arts, young and eager to learn, there is another point, that is, he has more martial arts strategies, which is what Sun Ce likes most about him.

"Immediately pass on my military order, leave one part, and I will personally cut off the rear, and the rest of the parts will immediately go west and take our warship out along the coastline!"

After all, Ding Feng made a decision, and said coldly: "Remember, any warship that may be used by the enemy would rather be sunk than leave it to the enemy. Also, this water fortress should not be left to the enemy. , Burn it for me, I would rather destroy our own hard work than give them a chance to sit firmly in the mouth of the crocodile!"

He gritted his teeth a bit: "I can't do anything today, but it's not a crime of war. If there is enough military support, I will definitely take the lead and take back the crocodile's mouth at any cost!",

He is not reconciled, but there is nothing he can do, but if he is given a chance, he will come back.

"Yes!"

Wang Yan sent the order quickly, and the military order was passed on. The Wu army quickly began to arrange for the evacuation. The Wu army was very fast. After all, it was an elite navy army. The Ming army is even better.

"Are you going to break through?" Cai Mao was not surprised.

He raised his head and looked at the rising sun in the sky. With this battle at this stage, it is basically no problem to win the Crocodile Kou as a breakthrough to enter the Yangtze River.

But how to expand the results of the battle is what he needs to consider now.

Finally, there is a chance to beat the dog in the water. ,

How could he miss it.

"Immediately send orders to each part, pursue freely, and hit the enemy's vital forces as much as possible!" Cai Mao is very experienced, and at this time he will not pursue after integrating his forces.

Although the enemy army was defeated, their familiarity with the terrain was enough to allow them to retreat from the crocodile's mouth skillfully, so if they wanted to pursue at this time, they had to hold their breath. ,

Opportunities are fleeting, and we must seize the time, so there is no need to integrate the troops and disperse the pursuit. With the command ability of the middle and lower ranks of the Ming army, such opportunities should not be missed.

"Yes!"

The orderly sent the order quickly.

The Ming army began to pursue the warships of the Wu army in an all-round way, and the pursuit continued. The withdrawal of the Wu army felt a little bit scattered and fled.

Ding Feng's eyes were blood red, and he shouted desperately: "Assemble and withdraw, don't disperse, don't mess up!"

He is losing at chess.

I didn't expect the enemy's reaction to be so fast. Even if he burned the water fortress, he didn't have much time to stop the Ming army.

After finally breaking out of the siege, they did not expect that they were chased by the Ming army, and they were defeated all of a sudden. The warships were approached by the enemy, and they were either sunk or captured.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

However, Ding Feng still had some abilities, and he reacted quickly. He set an example and personally led a core combat force to forcibly block the scattered attacks of the Ming army.

It was precisely because of the scattered pursuit of the Ming army that he was given such an opportunity. In two consecutive battles, he sank two Ming army double-tooth warships, which restored some soldiers' morale.

At this time, he quickly integrated the rout troops, quickly withdrew, and escaped from the attack range of the Ming warships.

"Is that Ding Feng?"

Cai Hao watched Wu Jun's warship disappear into the reflection of his eyes, but he didn't feel much surprise, he just smiled.

He was very satisfied with the result.

No machinations.

This is a frontal attack, a collision of tactics. Although one's own strength is upright, he can break through the enemy's tactical deployment in the shortest possible time, avoid their long-range attack power of the water village, and force the enemy to break up and hand over troops. With it, the battle situation can be quickly established.

If Wu Jun was allowed to use the strength of the water fortress to maintain a long-range attack, then he might not have such an intention to take down the crocodile mouth today.

"Send the order, Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

Cai Hao is already very satisfied with the results of the current battle, but he should be careful at this time, the more this kind of victory, the easier it is to be counter-killed, so the poor should not chase after him.

"Yes!"

The messenger quickly ordered people to call for gold, and then all the soldiers and horses chasing at the front line were withdrawn, and the warships began to clean up the battlefield one by one, and wiped out the flames in the water village.

Although Ding Feng was ruthless, he was defeated too quickly, and he didn't have enough tung oil to support him, so even if the water village was burned vigorously, it was actually only one-third burned.

There are at least two-thirds of the buildings. After some construction, it is enough to become a foothold for the Ming army at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

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Less than an hour had passed since the battle at Crocodilekou, and the news quickly spread back to the main camp of the Wu army at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

"how is this possible?"

He Qi couldn't believe such a result.

Even if he didn't say that his layout of the Yangtze River Estuary is invincible, at least it has a strong defense force. Entering from the crocodile mouth, the gate, and the Songshan Pass, under continuous defense, the warships of the Ming army can't break through so easily.

Especially the crocodile mouth, this position is originally a position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can also rely on Lou County on the shore to support the long-term battle needs of confrontation.

Not to mention one or two months, three to five days, there is absolutely no problem. This time is enough for him to respond by mobilizing troops.

But within half a day, the crocodile's mouth was already lost, and he suddenly felt a rush of blood in his brain.

"Where's Ding Feng and Xue An, what did they eat?"

He Qi is a gentle and refined Confucian general, at this moment he couldn't help but want to yell at him, the battle arrangement was good, but he didn't expect it to be corrupted so quickly.

The two generals he entrusted with heavy responsibilities failed to live up to his greatest expectations.

"Xue An heard that the Ming army was attacking Hailing, so he intended to attack from the Ming army's flank, and caught the Ming army by surprise, so he dispatched his troops to leave the water village north of Crocodile's Mouth!"

Zhu Zhi said bitterly: "I didn't expect that the Ming army's attack on Hailing was just a feigned attack. The attack was less than two times, and they withdrew before they even came into contact with Hailing's Yanyu camp. Xue An rushed It's empty!"

"Bastard!"

He Qi was full of murderous intent: "If you want to make meritorious service, you want to go crazy, don't you think that there is no military order to dispatch troops without permission, doesn't his head want it?"

At this time, I have to say that someone interpreted a sentence very well, a rat droppings ruined a pot of soup.

Their defense of the Yangtze Estuary is not untight.

But he didn't expect that these generals who wanted to make meritorious deeds would actually become a loophole in their layout. He also didn't expect that Xue An would dare to do so in order to make meritorious deeds.

If the Ming army really attacked Hailing, and he was able to attack the Ming army from the flank of the Ming army, then he could indeed be regarded as having the foresight and meritorious deeds.

But now, with his gamble, he lost the mouth of the crocodile.

It is equivalent to destroying Wu Jun's layout at the mouth of the Yangtze River. This is definitely a crime that is not an exaggeration to beheaded. Now He Qi is in the mood to cut him into pieces.

He Qi forcibly held back the anger in his heart, he calmed down and asked, "How about Ding Feng?"

"Ding Feng can't stand alone!"

Zhu Zhi shook his head and said: "Although he has the heart to turn the tide, he did not expect to meet a veteran of the Ming army, a veteran with full experience, who was beaten and retreated. He has never failed like this before. The main force of the battalion under his command, The loss was more than two-thirds, especially in the end when he broke through the siege. Although he was well prepared, he did not expect to be caught by the Ming army due to the time difference. He was caught off guard. If you are defeated, you will lose countless troops!"

"He's still a little young after all!"

He Qi said helplessly: "Compared to the generals of our army, he does have an advantage, and in the past, many generals gave him three points because of the king's love for him, so they can face the veterans of the Ming army. The shortcomings become very obvious, without enough experience to support, there will be flaws in the response on the battlefield, this is an inevitable thing!"

These are common faults of young generals. Without enough experience to support them, talking on paper will not be able to support the victory of a war after all.

Even if you are lucky and win one or two games, you will still encounter a lesson from a veteran in the end. The enemy will not take it easy.

"Who is the vanguard of the Ming army?" He Qi asked.

"Cai Mao!"

"It's him?" He Qi was a little surprised.

"Ok!"

Zhu Zhi nodded, and said, "If it weren't for such an experienced general, Ding Feng's response was pretty good, and he wouldn't have been defeated so far!"

"The difference is a thousand miles away!"

He Qi shook his head, and then said: "However, having such experience and lessons is not necessarily a bad thing. If he can pass this test, recover, and regard failure as experience accumulation, the future can be expected!",

"Now let's see if he can come out by himself. Although he withdrew, he is a bit decadent!"

"Send him to the Central Army, on the one hand to rest, and on the other hand, give him some opportunities and time to cheer up!" He Qi also came from such a stage, so he has some tolerance for these young generals.

"Yes!"

Zhu Zhi nodded, and then asked: "Now that the crocodile mouth is lost, how should we change the strategic deployment?"

"Throw away the crocodile gate, then Hailing won't be of much use. Order Yan Yu to withdraw and stick to the gate, and Yu Geng to go to Songshan Pass!"

He Qi said calmly: "If we lose the crocodile mouth, we will definitely suffer, but it doesn't matter. Even if the crocodile mouth is given to them, they will definitely enter the crocodile mouth. If we want to fight back, there is basically no There are too many opportunities, but if they want to break through the position of the Yangtze River Estuary, the fulcrum of the crocodile mouth alone is far from enough!"

In this battle, his strategic deployment was very obvious, procrastinating, procrastinating layer by layer, procrastinating from pass to pass, dragging time to the dry season and dragging the Ming army to exhaustion.

So the loss of a city or a place is not that important, he is just angry with his generals, who have been defeated so easily with a wine glass.

(End of this chapter)