Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 385 0380 [Turning from defense to offense] (Add more for the penguin boss)
Zhong Shidao asked each department to count the number of people. This time, more than 700 people were killed in the boat attack.

Many of them were not drowned, but were thrown too slowly, or individual soldiers didn't react, and were shot to death by rebels when they approached the shore.

Being shot without armor, the death rate is extremely high!
Some generals also died, such as Zhong Xi, the nephew of Zhong Shidao, and Zhe Yanye, the nephew of Zhe Keqiu, and so on.

"Father, withdraw the troops," Zhong Xi persuaded, "Baogu Pass is a natural danger, and the bandits are well prepared, it is impossible to break through, not to mention the morale of the army is lost now."

Teacher Zhong seemed to have aged ten years overnight. He shook his head and said, "Fengxiang Mansion must have thieves and bandits working in secret. There are rumors everywhere that the Zhong family colluded with thieves, stayed behind and wasted food and grass. How can we deal with the court if we withdraw the troops like this?"

Chong Xi said aggrievedly: "Are you going to send the soldiers to die like yesterday? They have already been forced to die once, who will want to board the ship next time? I'm afraid there will be a mutiny!"

The tribes of the Zhongjia and Zhejia really belong to the elite.

It was obvious that they were going to die, but with two young men taking the lead, they were actually able to force the Yedo soldiers to board the ship.

Although the process was protracted, it was finally on board.

There can only be one time, and the next time there will be a mutiny [-]%.

Master Zhong deceived himself and said: "The Baohe River is not easy to sail when it is flooded, and it is easy to capsize when it is shelled. If it is attacked again during the dry season, it will be much easier to fight at that time."

Zhong Xi stared at his father for a long while, sighed, and backed away silently.

Zhong Shidao ordered the soldiers to cut bamboo and wood. Although the iron weapons were gone, the soldiers who came back with bare hands could still fight with bamboo spears and wooden spears.

This military order quickly aroused the resentment of the entire army.

Zhu Dalang has exhausted all his benevolence and righteousness, and he does not want to turn his face against the Western Army at all.Zhu Dalang continued to occupy the Sichuan Western Army and returned to his hometown in Shaanxi. Well water does not violate river water, so why should he fight to the death?

Most of the soldiers thought this way.

In the consciousness of the ancient people at the bottom, this kind of rural thinking is normal.They can explode their combat effectiveness in Shaanxi, and they will have no desire to fight when they are far away from their hometown. Naturally, there is no problem in fighting against the wind.

What does Zhu Dalang have to do with us Shaanxi people when he rebelled in Sichuan?
"Jinglue, the thieves are building plank roads." Another day later, the scouts came back to report.

Zhong Shidao was a little puzzled: "Where else can we build plank roads?"

The scout said: "Replace the temporary plank road built by our army with the long-term plank road."

The wood of the temporary plank road has not undergone special treatment such as drying in the shade and anti-corrosion.At this time, it can still make do with it. In winter, when the climate becomes colder and the air humidity decreases, the gap between the beam and the hole in the stack will become larger, and looseness will inevitably occur. If the force is too heavy, it may collapse.

Zhong Shidao thought for a while, and he understood what Zhu Ming wanted to do, Wu Neng furiously said: "This person is so insidious!"

Changing the temporary plank road to a long-term plank road is just incidental.

Ju Ming's real purpose is to convey the message that he wants to attack.

But they did not launch an attack immediately, but changed the plank road every day.The more the plank road is renovated, the greater the pressure on the soldiers of the Western Army. In addition to the kind treatment and release of the prisoners before, it is estimated that countless Western troops will want to escape within a few days of repairing the plank road.

Zhong Shidao went to check in person, and saw rebels holding strange iron rods on the plank roads on both sides of the bank.

Mr. Zhong was far away, and the rebels raised the iron rod, scaring him so that he quickly backed away.

The bed crossbow can actually shoot at muskets, and the range of that thing is more than two miles.But the size is too big, and it can't be opened on the plank road at all. When marching, it has to be disassembled to cross the plank road.

"Send archers with magic arms to shoot the bandits and craftsmen who repaired the plank road!" The way of teaching did not make the rebels feel better.

The rebel navy sent several boats to patrol every day.

Seeing someone coming over with a large crossbow more than one meter long, the leveling cannons of eight warships threw stones at the plank road one after another.

The aim was too poor to hit.

But the god-armed archers of the Western Army were also terrified.He was also afraid of the "magic weapon" of the rebel army, so he didn't dare to get too close. He started firing the crossbow 300 meters away, and an arrow flew past the musketeer, startling the musketeer of the rebel army.

Knowing the situation, Zhu Ming immediately dispatched his personal guards and musketeers to board the ship.

After more than a year of starting the army, Zhu Guoxiang expanded the scale of production. When more and more craftsmen became proficient, the speed of musket manufacturing also increased rapidly.

At the same time, the musket manufacturing process is also broken down into several steps for the original "assembly line" production.

So far there are more than 360 muskets!

The rebels on the plank road had withdrawn, and when the warship arrived with musketeers, they came out from Shimen to build the plank road again.

The god-armed archers on the plank roads on both sides of the strait were trying to pull the bows and crossbows, only to hear a bang bang bang bang, more than 300 muskets were fired, and several of them lay down in an instant.

Those who survived by chance, scrambled away in fright.

More than that, the rebel navy continued to sail upstream.Wherever you pass along the way, whenever you see someone on the plank road, you will be hit by a bullet.

After some operations, no Western Army dared to stand on the eight-mile-long plank road.

Zhe Keqiu said: "It's not a magical weapon, but a weapon of bandits. No matter how generous the overseas immortals are, they can't give away so much in one go. They can only be made by bandits themselves. Withdraw your troops, Xijun Erlang shouldn't be here die."

Historically, the members of the Zhe clan were captured by Jin soldiers, and Zhe Keqiu took the land of the three states to surrender to the gold, and also took the Jin army to attack Shanzhou.

This old man was not a loyal person in the first place, but now he is disgusted by the manipulation of the emperor and his ministers, and he doesn't want to fight with the rebels at all.

Zhong Shidao was silent, he also wanted to withdraw the army, but he couldn't turn over the matter to the court.

He is the chief general, and he needs to take responsibility for the withdrawal!
"Wait a little longer, we can still fight after the water is shallow." Zhong Shidao looked at the rushing Baoshui and said to himself.

Since no one dared to stand on the plank road, the Western Army had no idea what the rebel army was doing.

I only know that the rebel army is building plank roads, and they must be getting closer.

When will it be repaired, or if it will no longer be repaired, just step on the temporary plank road and kill it.What should we do then?

Also, the Western Army who escaped from musket bullets also exaggerated the horror of muskets after returning to camp. This news spread and lowered morale.

Zhong Shidao ordered the plank road to be demolished. If he was afraid of being shot during the day, he would demolish it at night.

It is impossible for the musketeers of the rebel army to come by boat at night, and it is not easy to find the target in the dark.

As soon as the plank road was demolished, the soldiers of the Western Army finally regained some morale, and no longer worried about the sudden attack of the rebel army.

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Sand River.

Orihikozhi once led his troops along the river valley to attack Hanzhong, and when he encountered a rebel village on the way, he returned in a desperate way.

These days, both sides are focusing on the boardwalk.

The rebel navy also carried musketeers on patrol from time to time, and occasionally crossed the plank road area to watch the western army shoot towards the river.

This way of teaching can only strengthen the vigilance at night to prevent the rebels from coming to rob the camp by boat.

Although Zhong Shidao also warned the soldiers to beware of surprise attacks from the direction of Shahe, their attention has long been attracted by the plank road and the navy.Not to mention the patrolling sentries, even the generals are inevitably negligent.

Gu San and Shi Biao, leading Zhu Ming's personal guards, first went to the camp in the mountains to supply supplies.

After resting for a day, we set off with dry food.

Carrying the boat over the mountains and ridges, walked more than 20 miles on the mountain road, and then took a boat down the river, heading straight to the Western Army camp [-] miles away.

The raiding force consisted of only 1000 people, all of whom were Ju Ming's personal guards.One-fifth of them came from Daming Township and Jintan Village, and the rest were selected from various armies.

A few miles away from the mouth of the Shahe River, Gu San and Shi Biao abandoned their boats and landed, fearing that they would be discovered by the Western Army guarding there.

Hundreds of years later, this place also belongs to the scope of Shimen Reservoir, and there is no place to stay when the water level rises.

But at this time, there are some flat river banks, together with not so steep hillsides, where the camps of the Western Army are located.

There are tens of thousands of troops, and the terrain is narrow, stretching for nearly ten miles when camping.

Gu San and Shi Biao led the troops to abandon their boats and climb over the mountains, avoiding the place where the camp was most likely to be attacked, which was also the place where the Western Army was most heavily guarded, so they randomly chose a camp as the target of the night attack.

Hiding in the mountains during the day, Gu San and Shi Biao went to observe the enemy's situation in person.

They are located on the cliff overlooking the West Army Camp.

After choosing a suitable place, they went back to the forest to rest. In the evening, they connected the ropes carried by each person and tied them to a tree for fixation.

He also looked for a rock in the forest, hid behind the rock and made a bonfire, and used the bonfire to ignite the fire pocket for later use.

One after another, the personal guard soldiers descended from the cliff along the rope and came to the rear of the Western Army camp.

This kind of operation can no longer be prevented by strengthening the vigilance. The way of teaching is just to let the soldiers guard the mouth of Shahe River. How could they expect the surprise troops to come down from above?

The Western Army camp stretching for ten miles, how could they have the energy to guard against the top of their heads?

The elite selected from tens of thousands of people can eat meat every day, and they can be called "special forces".

They descended to a place where the slope was slightly gentle on the mountainside, took out the torches and torches from their waists, and surrounded each other to block the fire as much as possible.

Then hold the torch and rush to the camp below.

In order to cross the mountains, they did not wear any armor, not even a long spear, but all held a waist knife.

The sentinels of the Western Army were all guarding the side of Baoshui, and no one paid attention to the back.

After setting fire to several military tents, the soldiers shouted, "It's flooded!"

"kill!"

The elite soldiers of the rebel army rushed into the army tents and hacked randomly, but they did not hack the enemy to death, as long as they frightened the enemy to run for their lives, they focused more on lighting fires everywhere.

Flames ignited one after another.

Countless soldiers of the Western Army woke up from their sleep, not to mention wearing armor, they didn't even bother to hold weapons, so they ran around in panic in the dark.

These soldiers of the Western Army had long since given up wanting to fight. After being attacked at night, their morale completely collapsed.

"Father, let's go!" Zhong Hao and Zhong Xi ran away dragging their teacher.

The West Military Camp is divided into three parts, one part is on the east bank of Baoshui, the other part is on the west bank of Baoshui and the north bank of Shahe River.The camps that Gu San and Shi Biao attacked at night were located on the west bank of Baoshui and the south bank of Shahe River.

The Shahe River is a tributary of the Baoshui River. Many small boats are docked at the confluence of the two rivers.

Zhong Shidao, father and son fled for two miles in the dark, and quickly jumped into the boat to another camp.

The Western Army who escaped quickly could board the boat, while those who escaped slowly could only jump into the river.

Many of them knelt down and surrendered directly, because they remembered that Zhu Dalang would not kill prisoners.

After Zhong Shidao escaped from the Shahe River, he found that the north bank of the Shahe River was also in chaos.The Western Army here was not attacked at all, but they still ran for their lives in panic.It took a whole night of cultivating the teacher's way to barely take in the rout soldiers, but thousands of people still escaped inexplicably.

After daybreak, boat after boat of rebel troops were transported to the camp captured by surprise attack, and confronted the surviving Western Army across the Shahe River.

Zhu Ming no longer replaced the plank beams, and led his troops to step on the temporary plank road to repair the northernmost section, and the main force of the rebel army moved to the south bank of the Shahe River.

Offensive and defensive changes, now it's the turn of the rebels to attack!
(End of this chapter)