Legend of the Knight

In July, the imperial vanguard reached Hezhou and set up camp near the river in Hezhou.

In mid-July, a large number of civilians built water and land docks in Hezhou on the north bank, and installed huge bed crossbows on the docks.

This is after the Sea Shark Gang showed off their secret weapon, the big slingshot, and the talented people in the court thought of a countermeasure. They moved the bed crossbow installed on the city wall to deal with the siege towers to the navy camp.

This kind of bed crossbow with huge triangular arrow shafts can shoot down a siege tower with only a few arrows. Ships, which are thin-skinned and have many traps, can be called the water nemesis.

The intention of the imperial court is obvious. The purpose of building a water village in Hezhou is to attack Caishiji on the south bank.

To attack Nanjing from the north bank of the Yangtze River, there are three ways to choose. You can first capture Caishiji on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and then attack Nanjing; or attack Zhenjiang on the south bank from Yangzhou, and then attack Nanjing; Who is the dog.

It is most difficult to directly attack Nanjing. If there is not enough transport capacity to invest a huge amount of troops at one time, the siege battle will become a refueling war.

The second most difficult thing is to attack Zhenjiang from Yangzhou.Because after the Yangtze River reaches Yangzhou, the north and south rivers are twenty miles wide, and the waves are so mighty that they are actually no different from the sea.

Therefore, since ancient times, when attacking Nanjing across the river from the north, most of them crossed the river from Hezhou.The river here is "only" a few miles wide, and it is the easiest place to cross the river.After going south to occupy Caishiji, reorganize and reorganize the army, and finally attack Nanjing eastward.

The last battle of Caishiji was the battle for the founding of the dynasty a hundred years ago.

After the Taizu of this dynasty established his capital in Nanjing, he fought against the army of the previous dynasty who went south in Caishiji.

Relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, Taizu defeated the army of the previous dynasty ten times stronger than his own, and took the opportunity to counterattack, took the capital of the previous dynasty in one go, and completed the war of destroying the country.

Later, in order to expel the remnants of the previous dynasty and prevent them from invading the south again, Emperor Chengzu moved his capital to the north and settled in the current capital.

This time the vanguard of the imperial court is crossing the river in Hezhou again, obviously wanting to wager another battle of Caishiji, which will bet on the fate of the country.

Let's not say anything, this stud will win or lose.

But at this juncture, King Cheng sent all his troops to Nanchang instead.

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Throughout the dynasties, from north to south, the most difficult natural moat to cross is the rolling Yangtze River.

The river, which is often several miles wide, has caused countless heroes to bow their heads.

From the north to the south, there are three roads to choose from, which are the upper, middle and lower roads of the Yangtze River.

The first road is to enter Shu from Hanzhong, go down the river from Shu, and go to Changsha to attack the south.

The middle road is from Xiangyang, crossing Hankou south to Wuchang.

(Wuhan, which appeared by mistake in the previous article, was three counties in ancient times, namely Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang, which were triangular in shape.

Among them, Hankou and Hanyang are in the north of the Yangtze River, separated by the Han River, and Wuchang is on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

At that time, it was the original plot, I didn’t expect that the original plot was not rigorous, so I followed the mistake).

The next step is to attack Nanjing.

Nanchang, located at the confluence of Poyang Lake and Ganjiang River, is an important defense point of King Cheng.

Whether it is on the top road or the middle road, it will eventually pass through Nanchang.

King Cheng believes that the emperor should be using the strategy of "building plank roads in the open and keeping the warehouse in the dark".

Building a water village in Hezhou was nothing more than trying to attract my attention and let me use my troops to defend Nanjing. As a result, the imperial army walked in the middle and stabbed in sideways.

King Cheng's judgment is based on the fact that the court navy has no ability to defeat the Sea Shark Gang.

As long as the Haisha gang is not destroyed, the imperial court will not be able to cross the Yangtze River southward. Even if they have to cross the Yangtze River by force, they will queue up to deliver their heads and stretch their necks to hit others with knives.

The emperor would not do such a stupid thing.

In August, the entire imperial army marched southward.

In September, the imperial army reached Hezhou, with a total of 20 people.

This time, not only King Cheng, but everyone was confused, the play was too real, if it goes on like this, I will almost believe it.

Xiong Tianba also couldn't understand what the other bank was doing. His only way was to stare at the north bank every day to see how they wanted to cross the river.

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In mid-September, Xiong Tianba received an urgent report that the dozen or so boats of the Sea Shark Gang in Zhenjiang had been wiped out by the imperial fleet.

When Xiong Tianba heard it, he didn't feel very good.

Water warfare is different from land warfare. There is no such thing as a surprise attack in water warfare.

Whether it is fighting on a vast river, lake or sea, it often takes a long time from the discovery of the enemy to the engagement of the two sides.

During this period, the two sides can observe the size, number and formation of the opponent's ships at any time to adjust their own formation and tactics.

Therefore, water battles are all playing cards.

The original tactical guidance of the imperial navy’s naval forces, “The larger the boat, the smaller the smaller, the more the smaller the smaller”, is itself a summary of experience in water warfare. It was only because the Sea Shark Gang was equipped with secret weapons that it defeated the imperial navy. I was caught off guard.

Although the Sea Shark Gang only put a dozen or so boats at the mouth of Zhenjiang, these were all large warships to prevent the imperial court from secretly crossing the river from Yangzhou.

But what I didn't expect was that the dozen or so boats were beaten to annihilation.

It doesn't make sense!

As I said before, a water battle is a battle of clear cards. If the opponent is found to be aggressive, the other party can completely retreat.

If you can't fight, you don't know how to escape.

Unless there is only one possibility, that is, the dozen or so boats of the Sea Shark Gang did not escape even if they wanted to.

But, impossible!

You know, all the ships of the Sea Shark Gang are distant sea warships.

Even if they are all warships, sea ships and river ships are not the same.

The wind and waves on the river are small, and you can anchor at the shore at any time, so river boats are often flat-bottomed boats, and the hulls are very wide and tall.

In this way, in addition to improving the capacity of the ship, it is also possible to build tall arrow towers on the ship.When the warship is close to the shore, it can directly use the range bonus of the arrow tower to carry out long-range strikes on the soldiers on the shore.

But in this way, the moving speed of the river boat is very slow.

Sea-going ships, especially warships in the open sea, first and foremost focus on speed.

If on land, whoever has cavalry has the initiative in war, then at sea, whoever has the fastest ship has the initiative in naval warfare.

As long as the boat is fast enough, it will come when it wants, leave when it wants, fight when it wants to fight, and flee when it wants to escape. The party with the slower boat can only stare blankly.

All the ships of the Sea Shark Gang adopt the most advanced shipbuilding technology at present, and the speed of the ships is far faster than that of the imperial court, not to mention the river boats, so the Sea Shark Gang can easily destroy the imperial court's navy ships.

Now, a strange thing happened. The warships of the Sea Shark Gang equipped with powerful firepower and super high maneuverability were completely wiped out by the imperial navy.

Xiong Tianba and Shi Yi closed the door and thought about it all night without understanding what was going on.

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Three days later, hundreds of large ships of the imperial navy sailed upstream from the river in a show of power. King Cheng stood on the Nanjing city tower and watched from afar. His hands were about to crush the bricks of the city.

The emperor actually played his cards right, he just wanted to cross the river from Hezhou.Now, King Cheng's army is all in Nanchang, thousands of miles away from Nanjing.

Even if King Cheng flew pigeons to send letters to Nanchang immediately, the army immediately broke out and set off. According to the marching speed of [-] miles a day, it would take more than a month to get here.In fact, it took a lot of time to pull out the camp and secure the village. The army would not be able to withdraw within two or three months.

King Cheng felt tense for a while, and he said to the personal eunuch beside him: "Pass on my order, Xiong Tianba, the commander of the Fengshui Division, will be General Zhaoyong (third-rank general), and Shi Yi, the commander of the Fengshui Division, will be General Guangwei." (Deputy general of the fourth rank), I hope that the two of you can continue to work hard and smash the eunuchs and rebellious army."

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In the case of their own small defeat, they suddenly received the seal of King Cheng. Both Xiong Tianba and Shi Yi felt that something bad happened this time.

Xiong Tianba and Shi Yi already knew the news that the imperial navy was going upstream, and now they are discussing whether to take advantage of the imperial navy's upstream upstream, give them a head-on blow, or let them go. The imperial navy entered Hong Kong, and another company camp was set on fire.

In the end, the result of the discussion was that Shi Yi first took thirty warships to "touch" to see the reality of the court.

A few days later, the court's navy finally arrived at Jiangdao near Hezhou. Shi Yi stood on the bow of the ship and watched the huge fleet slowly approaching in the distance, his body as straight as a steel gun tower.

No need to take a second look, Shi Yi has already recognized that the warships walking in front are all Japanese ships.

The difference between Japanese warships and the court's high-seas warships is that they abandoned their huge size and strong hull, and they were thin and light, and they traveled with the word "fast".

Because the Japanese knew that they could not compete with the Central Plains court in building large ships. Since they were no match for building large ships, they gave up the large ships completely and went another way.

Therefore, the Japanese attach great importance to jumping gang battles in naval battles.

The speed of the Japanese ships was very fast. After they rushed close to the big ship, their entire ship was abandoned, and all the crew jumped to help with knives.This desperate style of play caused huge casualties to the Sea Shark Gang.

Seeing Japanese boats appearing in the imperial navy, all members of the Haisha Gang felt a sense of hatred and hatred.

Pirates and eunuchs are indeed the same breed.

I am a dignified man of the sea shark gang, and I am sworn to death with thieves!

However, with hundreds of Japanese boats pressing ahead, Shi Yi naturally didn't think of heading to the battle.

Even if he can die, Shi Yi still has to consider the life and death of his hundreds of brothers.

Shi Yi's thirty or so boats had to stop on the Nanjiang River, watching the hundreds of sails crossing the river in the distance.

At this moment, a Japanese boat broke away from the brigade and came straight to this side. The members of the Sea Shark Gang saw it, but they applauded.

"His grandma's, here comes a death."

This group of water thieves who had just turned into a regular army did not say that the two countries were at war and would not kill them.

If you can kill an enemy for nothing, why not?

Just when everyone was preparing to use the big slingshot to load thunderbolt bullets and kerosene to greet this lifeless Japanese ship, Shi Yi ordered no attack.

The Japanese boat with a huge "black mound" embroidered on its sail got closer and closer, and Shi Yi's heart became tighter and tighter for no reason.

Heizuka, this is a gang of Japanese pirates who have the deepest blood feud with the Sea Shark Gang. The Sea Shark Gang once used heavy kerosene and thunderbolts to wipe out the Heizuka fleet in one fell swoop, and destroyed an important stronghold of them on the small island in the Central Plains.

Afterwards, the Heizuka pirate disappeared from the Central Plains waters, and Shi Yi thought he would never see this pirate again.

Is it true that friends don't get together? I didn't expect that everyone would meet here after many years.

The Japanese boat got closer and closer, and it stopped when it was thirty steps away from Shi Yi's boat.

On the bow of the Japanese boat, a Japanese man wearing a Japanese official uniform (daimyo) stood. When the boat stopped, he shouted to this side: "Master, are you all right?"

Who the hell is your master!
Why didn't I know that there was a pirate apprentice!

Shi Yi opened his mouth and was about to curse back, when the Japanese shouted again: "Do you remember Niu Xiaoer?"

Junior?

Shi Yi tightly squeezed the Panlong stick in his hand.

No, not possible, absolutely not.

The Japanese shouted again: "I think back then, when you were a soldier and I was a thief, you killed me and hid me in a hole in the ground for days and nights and dared not come out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we meet now, I am a sea soldier and you are a thief, our identities have been switched. "

"Fart your mother!" Shi Yi yelled at the Japanese: "I don't know you!
Let me tell you, whether you are a pirate or a eunuch, you are my sworn enemy!

enemy! ! "

Shi Yi tore his throat and roared loudly, with a sound of blood mixed in his voice.

"Swords have no eyes, water and fire have no mercy, and there are no fathers and sons on the battlefield.

Master, since we each have our own masters, we can only fight each other in battle.

Killing you is my greatest respect for you.

Farewell, Xiao Er. "

After the Japanese made a salute to Shi Yi, the Japanese boat rowed towards the north bank.

Shi Yi stood on the bow, his body was as straight as a steel gun tower, but his tears couldn't stop falling down.

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The Kurozuka Toshi family took out all their own ships and naval forces, followed Lu Shaolin's arrangement, crossed the sea from Wa Island to Koryo, joined the Northern Navy of the imperial court, and then the fleet crossed the Yellow Sea to the Central Plains.

Unlike his older brother Heizuka Luo Wang Xin Niannian who wanted to become a daimyo of the Wa Island, he lived in the Central Plains as a native of the Central Plains for a few years and had seen the prosperous Heizuka Toshi family in the Central Plains.

Just when Kurozuka Toshiie was suffocating for Wajima's life, Lu Shaolin came, this man with energy beyond his imagination, every time he appeared, it meant that his life would usher in a huge turning point.

As expected by Toshika Kurozuka, Lu Shaolin came to Wa Island this time as a secret envoy of the Emperor of Central Plains, and the terms he offered were extremely attractive.

As a result, his elder brother Heizuka Luo Wang rejected Lu Shaolin's request.

On the one hand, this is the family fortune that King Heizhong Luo is reluctant to save after more than ten years of painstaking efforts. On the other hand, he does not believe that Lu Shaolin can really fulfill his promise, and he even doubts Lu Shaolin's identity. Just a charlatan.

But Kurozuka Toshiie is different, he knows that this is an opportunity he has dreamed of, and once he misses this opportunity, he will never have it again in this life!
Opportunity to become a high official in the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty!
My elder brother grew up on Wajima since he was a child. He will never understand how happy it is to be able to live in the imperial court.

So, just when Lu Shaolin reminded himself to seize the last chance, Kurozuka Toshiie finally couldn't bear it any longer. He pulled out his waistband and stabbed King Kurozuka Luo from behind, and finally beheaded him with the sword , to help King Heizuka Luo complete a seppuku.

The strength of the Sea Shark Gang is very strong, and it is indeed possible for the Heizuka Navy to die with them.

But what about that?
Since I have become a high official of the Celestial Dynasty, why should I care about the position of the little Wajima daimyo?

There is an old Chinese saying that those who know current affairs are heroes.

Master, I will leave you with the last dignity as I did to my elder brother, King Heizuka Luo. (end of this chapter)