Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 113 Xijin Ferry

A centipede boat broke away from the fleet, sailed into the waterway, and rowed quickly towards Xijin Ferry.

Standing on the pier, Wei Xingchao and Baihu anxiously waited for the coming reinforcements.

"Old Sun, are you sure our warships are coming, aren't you dazzled?" Wei Xingchao wondered if Sun Qianhu had hallucinations due to too much pressure after waiting for so long before the reinforcements sent by the general entered the port. .

"Absolutely not, my lord, not only me, but many people under my command have seen it too!" Sun Baihu quickly retorted.

"Then why haven't they come here yet? Logically speaking, the warship should have entered the port during our round-trip time?"

"My lord, did you ask me if I didn't?"

"My lords, there is movement on the water, it's a centipede boat!" Suddenly, a small flag with keen ears heard the sound of water splashing, and hurriedly stopped the conversation between Qianhu and Baihu.

"Well, the centipede boat? This is not trusting that we can defend until now." Following the words of the small flag, Wei Xingchao also found the centipede boat that was gradually approaching.

A little disappointed, feeling that his determination to defend the camp to the death was tarnished by the leader of the reinforcements.

"My lord, you can't say that. Since the reinforcements have come to support, they must know about the attack on Zhenjiang. More than 5000 people in Zhenjiang Guards have been taken care of by those rebels, let alone our navy's Thousand Households. A mere thousand people? If you were a reinforcement, would you send someone here to discuss and investigate first, in order to ensure the safety of your own people?"

Seeing Wei Xingchao frowned, Sun Baihu murmured inwardly that he was not good, and didn't bother to welcome the reinforcement envoy, so he patted Wei Xingchao's shoulder with his right hand and came to explain the truth to him.

"Oh, I know, I just feel a little slighted? Suspected? Don't know.

But I'm not going to get mad at something that everyone does.As you said, if I were me, I would do the same. "

Without paying attention to Sun Baihu behind him, Wei Xingchao adjusted his mood and changed to a very excited expression and walked towards the centipede boat that was about to dock.

Sun Baihu breathed a sigh of relief seeing that his Qianhu was indeed not angry, and hurried forward to chat with the people on the centipede boat.

The person who led the team was Guan Sheng's vice president. After some negotiations, the two parties finally found out the identity of the other party, and they were relieved.

"That's great, that's great, I didn't expect that Lord Guan would personally bring someone here. The name of Da Dao Guan Sheng is so impressive to me!" Wei Xingchao said with emotion.

Although both Wei Xingchao and Guan Sheng are military officers at the level of Qianhu/Qianzong.Although he is a navy division, he is essentially no different from the thousands of households in the ordinary guards in the inland areas. At most, he has more ways to get money, and because the garrison is urgent, the military needs can be replenished quickly.Compared with Guan Sheng, who followed the great general Jia Hun in the Northern Expedition to Mieyuan and became famous, he was far from a famous general.

Not to mention that Guan Sheng still has a small title, the gap with him, Wei Xingchao, will be even greater.

Wei Xingchao no longer had the slightest negative thoughts.

"Brother, may I ask, how many people did Lord Guan bring to support this time?" Although Wei Xingchao was very excited to see the famous people, but in front of the enemy, the actual strength of the troops makes people feel more at ease.

"My department brought the [-] vanguard battalion from the Jiangnan camp to support, but due to the lack of ships and the slow boarding speed, the governor ordered Brother Guan and my subordinates to lead the [-] elite to come first."

"Ten thousand? Is it too little? There were 2 Bailian thieves who besieged my navy's garrison before. What's more, we have to attack the city. Even if those rebels have no experience in defending the city, they don't need it." Surrounded by ten times, but you can defend from a high position, even with 1 people, you can't eat it down?" Wei Xingchao expressed his worries.

1 people is really too little, even if Guan Sheng leads the team himself, it would be whimsical to want to take down Zhenjiang, which was originally an important city of Jiangfang.

"No, no, it's 3. It's the [-] army led by the governor himself!" Speaking of Jia Hun, the vice president immediately became proud.

"What? The Governor is here in person!" Wei Xingchao froze on the spot.

The vice president grinned, turned around and gestured towards the centipede boat, and the people on the centipede boat nodded, turned the boat around and headed out of the port.

Not long after, a low-pitched horn sounded, and a warship sailed into the berth, followed by those large merchant ships that quickly filled the wharf of Xijindu.

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Jinling, Yanziji.

The ships conscripted from Caishiji were loaded with [-] soldiers from the Jiangnan battalion, and drifted slowly towards Xijin Ferry.

"Governor, the boats that sent Mr. Guan Qian to Zhenjiang have returned." The guards trotted over and reported to Jia Hui.

"Understood. There is only the Firearms Battalion left on the pier. Yang Zhi's 1000 people and ours are more than 200, right?" Jia Hun, who was leaning on the chair and seemed to be taking a nap, opened his eyes and stretched his muscles. .

"Yes, we are the only ones left." The soldier replied truthfully.

For this reinforcement, Jia Hun first sent the elite of the [-] Pioneer Battalion to set off first, with the primary goal of helping the Neihe Navy to defend the garrison, and then it was all up to Guan Sheng himself.

Auxiliary soldiers were transported in the second batch.In the past, sending auxiliary soldiers was mainly to expand the camp, build equipment and many other tasks.

More than 1000 people came with a large number of artillery. It was more than enough to defend a Xijin Ferry Wharf, and another [-] soldiers also took up space.Ten thousand auxiliary soldiers are much more effective than ten thousand combat soldiers at this time.

"Then let's go, let the firearms battalion get on those merchant ships. With so many guns, the warships can't carry them." After putting water in the tiger's cub, Jia Hun pulled up his trousers and rinsed them in the water basin. The two handles went out the door.A few soldiers hurriedly carried Jia Hun's long sword, short spear, horse lance and other weapons on their backs, followed him out of the room, and walked towards the pier.

After boarding the warship, Jia Hun entered the room where Guan Sheng had been staying before. Being outside would put the captain under a lot of pressure, and if he made another mistake, it would be troublesome.

Sitting on the chair, Jia Hun watched Guan Sheng's performance on the small map.

Not long after Jia Hun set off from the other [-] Pioneer Battalion, he began to watch Guan Sheng's every move in Zhenjiang.

Not long after going ashore, the White Lotus Sect organized another offensive. About 2 people launched an attack towards the Xijin Ferry Wharf. Even the artillery that hadn't appeared for several hours roared on the battlefield again, as if to It's like taking down Xijindu in one go.

Guan Sheng left the [-] vanguard battalion to defend in place, while he took advantage of the moonless night to lead his [-] cavalry headquarters to detour to the local artillery position and launch a charge, annihilating the White Lotus Sect's artillery. The troops also blew up several heavy cannons that had been removed from the city walls.
Jia Hun didn't quite understand why the White Lotus Sect had to unload the heavy artillery.The cities around Zhenjiang are basically still under the control of Daqi, and officers and soldiers from all directions will come to suppress the rebellion at any time. Instead of cherishing these precious cannons, they dismantle them to attack an opponent of the current situation of the White Lotus Sect. Xijindu
Forget it, I don't want to.

After the artillery unit was wiped out, the morale of the Bailian thief without long-range fire support was greatly reduced. Perhaps the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect was next to the artillery unit.The next performance of the [-] white lotus sect army was chaotic and disorderly, and Guan Sheng broke through the formation from the rear and killed them. The army formation collapsed instantly.

Don't they have a Chinese army?Or do they think that relying on Zhenjiang City does not need the Chinese army, and it is enough for everyone to charge forward?
Based on what Jia Hun has observed so far, even if someone from the Zhenjiang Guard came to serve as a grassroots officer, it would not be able to cover up the fact that the White Lotus Sect itself is a bunch of mobs.

Cultists, domestic slaves, street sneakers, and rangers, the number of troops in Zhenjiang Guard is the smallest, 5000 people, and they have not fought a war for many years
In vain he prepared nervously for nearly two months.
For a while I didn't know what to say.

What a loss, what a loss, I gave so many favors to Huguang Fujian Commander and Donghai Navy
I even feel that it is a bit redundant to call the Jianghuai soldiers.

Forget it, it's just training.

Down the river, we arrived at Xijin Ferry in a short time.

Guan Sheng had already been waiting on the pier with Wei Xingchao and others.

The pier is no longer the deserted sign it was before Guan Shenglai, and it is busy and bustling again.

It's just that everyone is busy loading and unloading goods on weekdays, but now it looks like a big construction site.

"The lord is here, come, brothers of the Wei family, and come with me to meet the commander-in-chief!" Seeing the vermilion flag of the vermilion bird fluttering on the warship, Guan Sheng hurriedly took the flag that is still in the dock and the camp with him. All the officials walked towards the warship.

Wei Xingchao had also met Jia Hun. Two months ago, the governor had disembarked here from Yangzhou by boat, and he was patted on the shoulder by the governor to encourage him. He was so excited that he didn't fall asleep for several days!

When the warship docked, the auxiliary soldiers hurriedly caught the reins thrown from the bow, and several of them tied the reins firmly to the pier with all their strength, and then put the ship ladder on the warship.

A few armored soldiers, who were probably personal soldiers, disembarked first and stood by the ladder.

Everyone hurriedly adjusted their armor, for fear of giving the general a bad impression.

The Xijin Ferry Wharf, which had been full of people, also fell silent, and everyone was watching the warship carrying the governor.

I vaguely saw a tall figure appearing above the ship ladder.

Boom, boom.
The boots bumped against the solid wooden ladder, firmly and forcefully.

Step by step.
The unrestrained and domineering governor of the left army was no longer seen, replaced by the ruthless and fierce General Sima.

The civil and military people on the pier couldn't bear it anymore, they pushed the golden mountain and inverted the jade pillar one after another, and knelt on the ground.

"The next official (the last general) sees the general!"

Boom!
A pair of boots stopped in front of Wei Xingchao and turned towards him.

Wei Xingchao's nervous hair stood on end.

"Wei Xingchao?"

"The end is here!" Wei Xingchao's voice trembled.

"Look up and look at me."

Wei Xingchao raised his head with difficulty, his eyes looked directly at the general's face illuminated by the flames.

"With a mere 1000 troops, we stopped the Bailian thief's tens of thousands of horses for five hours until the reinforcements arrived, and we saved the Xijin Ferry Wharf. Well done, I'll do it for you!"

The general bent down, patted Wei Xingchao on the shoulder, and looked at him encouragingly.

Wei Xingchao kept shaking with excitement.

"The Last General, The Last General"

"I know, it's hard work."

Patting him on the shoulder again, Jia Hun straightened up.

"Everyone has worked hard, excuse me, get up."

"Xiaguan (last general) thank you, General!"

Everyone got up one after another and stood respectfully in place.

"How is it, Lord Guan? How does it feel to lead thousands of people to fight alone for the first time?" Jia Hun walked to Guan Sheng's side.

"Last general. Thank you general for cultivating!" Guan Sheng didn't say much, and kowtowed to the ground again.

"Okay, don't come here for your own people, let's go, let's go and see how you are doing."

Jia Hun rode on the horses led by his own soldiers and walked out of the ferry.

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"General, the pier of Xijindu is too difficult to hold 3 people, not to mention a large amount of firecrackers, cannons and gunpowder. It is too dangerous. The last general asked the auxiliary soldiers to expand the camp eastward."

The east side of Xijin Ferry has really become a large construction site, and at least [-] auxiliary soldiers are rapidly building camps here.

"Well, how did you guard Zhenjiang City?" Jia Hun asked casually, observing if there were any mistakes.

"Return to the lord, the last general has sent all the ten generals under his command to monitor Zhenjiang City from beyond the range of the bow and arrow, and kill any rebels who leave the city." Guan Sheng rode on the horse, one neck behind Jia Hun. At a distance, he cupped his hands and began to report his arrangement to Jia Hun.

"It's okay. Almost everything has been considered. If you can do this, you can already be alone. After this battle, go to the frontier army to practice. Where do you want to go? Northwest, Anxi, or your hometown Jindi Frontier?"

Jia Hui turned around and looked at Guan Shengwen, who was so excited that he could no longer maintain his usual composure.

"Master, the general wants to continue to follow you!"

Jia Hun laughed.

"I remember, you are the oldest among the three people who followed me, right? You are almost forty, and you can't be the chief executive for the rest of your life, right? You don't want to mention the title anymore? Just go with peace of mind. Don't Forget, I am your backer, no one dares to take away your military achievements."

With a twitch of the horsewhip, the war horse carried Jia Hun on its back and trotted towards the east, and the military officers behind them also hurriedly rode their horses and chased Jia Hun away, but Guan Sheng, who had been standing there for a long time and could not calm down, showed envious and jealous eyes.
Jia Hun ran out of the construction site with his soldiers, ran all the way to a mile away from Zhenjiang City, and looked at this important Jiangfang town that had been breached from the inside.

The bed crossbow arrows flying from time to time landed on the ground not far from Jia Hun, frightening the soldiers, but this did not affect Jia Hun's observation of the city layout in the slightest.

After all, the feeling from the sky is different from that from the side.

For example, the foundation of the western city wall, which was eroded by the water of the canal, was severely eroded.

The west side of Zhenjiang City used a canal as a moat. Originally, the river bank was some distance away from the city wall, but in the past two years, there was too much rain here and the river bank was eroded a lot.

If it was another city, Jia Hun planned to attack the city from here, but this is a canal, and he would only attack the canal when he was tired of living, not to mention that the river was not narrow.

After thinking about it, I gave up this plan and continued to walk around the city.

　I wrote and deleted, deleted and wrote again, especially the next battle plan, I changed it and changed it to this point...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)