Kai Fu Han

Chapter 342
Liu Xinqi's "crying for poverty" statement to the leader of the rebel army before was all a strategy.

With the current industrial strength of the Xinghan League, if Liu Xinqi is willing, he can arm more than 10 cold weapon troops within a month.

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At noon on February [-]th, the three fleets reached the coast closest to Salt Mountain.

This coast is 130 miles away from Yanshan County and there are no traces of human construction. In other words, there is no usable port.

After the fleet arrived, the "old and weak" rebels who were preparing to go to the Xinghan League were still on the way. The navy officers did not wait idle and immediately began to build a temporary dock.

The trees were cut down on the shore to build a wooden pier. The pier extended into the sea, allowing sand boats to dock on the pier, and people could walk directly from the shore to the boat along the pier.

Reduces the time-consuming use of boats to transport goods back and forth.

This wooden pier is too simple and the distance to the sea is short, so the water depth is not enough for the Fuchuan to dock. Therefore, if you want to go to Fuchuan from the shore, you still need a sand boat as an intermediate ship for transshipment.

The new mountain-class battleships enter the water deeper than the Fuchuan and also require transshipment.

The two docks had just been built, and the first batch of rebels, the "old and weak", had arrived at the coast and began to board the ship in an orderly manner under the command of the navy officers.

The walking boats of the three fleets rushed directly onto the beach, carrying the "old and weak" rebels to Fuchuan and Shanyue-class warships.

"These rebels haven't seen food and weapons yet, but they are willing to let people board the ship first." Li Cang said to Zhao Liang next to him.

"This is what the alliance leader said, credibility! As long as you establish credibility with the people and allies, many things will become much easier." Zhao Liang replied.

"More than 7 people have to be transported. I don't know when it will be completed." Li Cang did not continue to delve deeper into this topic to avoid being educated by Zhao Liang.

"It's very fast. There are no supplies to drag down, and most of the soldiers have disembarked, leaving only the sailors who are operating the ship. It can be returned in four days, and the shipment will be completed very quickly." Zhao Liang was not precise, he could only say that it was very fast.

A county-level sand ship can accommodate the most basic supplies and sailors to operate the ship, and can also accommodate more than 300 people. Fortunately, there are not too many waves in the Bohai Bay, allowing the navy to operate to such extremes.

According to this standard, three fleets can transport 5000 or 7 people in one wave, five round trips, and the transportation can be completed in 20 days.

"I just don't know if the Jin Army in Cangzhou and Wumai will give us this time." Zhao Liang finally added.

"If the leader is with the rebels, they will definitely gain this time." Li Cang had full trust in Liu Xinqi.

Things don't go as planned!

The fleet had just transported away the first batch of people. On the 23rd, the Wanyan Zongfu Army in Cangzhou left the city.

The Military Intelligence Department immediately sent the information back to Yanshan.

"Where is Wumai's Wanyan Zongbijun?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"There is no movement yet. The whole city is under martial law. Soldiers went into the city at night to investigate. They could only see some superficial signs, but Wanyan Zongbi's army showed no signs of leaving the city." Liu Xinbao replied.

I don’t know what kind of cunning and power struggle there is. Wanyan Zongbi did not help Wanyan Zongfu, but sat on the mountain and watched the fight between tigers and tigers.

With too little information, Liu Xinqi, who couldn't figure out what was going on, could only choose to "soldiers to block, water to cover".

"Have all the old and weak left the city?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Everyone has gone to the temporary port on the coast. There are only 2 young rebels left in the city." Liu Xinbao replied.

The original people in the city were also carried away by this wave.

"Arrange to let the marines guard the main road from Yanshan to the coast, and not let the small group of Wanyan Zong's auxiliary army affect the retreat of the 'old and weak' rebels." Liu Xinqi ordered. "Yes!" Liu Xinbao turned around and went out to deliver the order.

In order to make as much space as possible for the ships, all marines from the three fleets landed in Cangzhou and set up camp ten miles east of Yanshan Mountain.

Not long after the silence, a messenger from the Rebel Army came outside the door, asking Liu Xinqi to go to the Yanshan County Government to discuss matters.

"The enemy is coming fiercely. Should we stay close to the city and defend it, or go out to meet the enemy?"

Strength in numbers makes people bold, and when Yu Jin had 10 men under his command, he was not afraid of the Jin army.Now that the manpower has increased from [-] to [-], the courage has become smaller, and there is no longer the confidence that Liu Xinqi had when he first came here.

"Wanyan Zongfu's army alone left us trapped in the small town. If Wanyan Zongbi's army comes again, wouldn't we be dead?"

"I wonder what the alliance leader can do?" Yu Jin asked humbly.

"It takes two days to march from Cangzhou to Yanshan, and I have received news that the weapons supplies transported by the alliance have arrived at the shore, and they can be transported to Yanshan in as soon as three days." Liu Xinqi said: "I will arrange for my The people holding back Yan Zong's auxiliary army for a day or two, and when the weapons and supplies are in place, they will be distributed to the soldiers of the rebel army immediately, and then we will have a showdown with them outside the city."

"If you win, you can go north and west to seek survival. If you lose, there's nothing else to worry about."

"Now our rebel army is only young and strong, can't we evacuate first?" Yu Jin asked.

This is because they are timid in the face of battle and want to flee without fighting.

"No, it will take fifteen days for the rebels to evacuate because they are old and weak. We must hold off the Jin army for fifteen days and not let them go to the Bohai Sea." Liu Xinqi explained patiently: "If you escape now, the people of the rebels will be dispersed. There’s no way we can lead the team.”

After hearing Liu Xinqi's words, Yu Jin and Yang Jin also knew that the only way to fight now was to fight. The two of them made eye contact with each other and didn't know what they were thinking.

"Don't think about surrendering to the Jin Army. If you surrender to the Jin Army, the soldier may survive, but you two will definitely die." Liu Xinqi said, without explaining why they would definitely die if they surrendered.

Either the Jin army would kill them to vent their anger, or Liu Xinqi would kill Rangmen to vent his anger.

"How does the alliance leader plan to hold back Wanyan Zong's auxiliary army?" Yu Jin asked carefully.

"I'll take my own initiative, so you can rest assured and seize the next two days to train and make your men stronger." Liu Xinqi replied, somewhat intending to turn his back on guests.

After saying goodbye to the two of them, he left the county office.

"Where is Jiao Rui?" Liu Xinqi asked.

After sending the special warfare company to Binzhou on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Jiao Rui did not act with the rebels, but maneuvered around the periphery.He would help the rebels when they were desperate and show them a way out.

Previously, when Jiao Rui was around Wumai, he mainly stared at Wanyan Zongbijun.

After receiving the news today, Liu Xinqi immediately sent Liu Xinbao a flying eagle to send Jiao Rui to Yanshan.

"I guess we have already passed Qingyun Town. In another hour or so, we should be able to reach Yanshan." Liu Xinbao replied.

All members of the special operations company, with no logistics units, march very fast, and their ultimate speed can reach [-] miles a day.

"Send another message to tell them not to come to Yanshan, but to go directly to Cangzhou, and hold back Wanyan Zong's auxiliary army. Then you must send elite military intelligence officers to keep an eye on Wanyan Zongbi, and report any changes in time, but they can't wrap us up Dumplings." Liu Xinqi warned.

"Promise to complete the mission." Liu Xinbao performed a military salute, which was regarded as a military order.

"Go and pass the order."

(End of this chapter)