The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 328 Chapter 327 Comprehensive Counterattack
Near the ferry of the Yellow River in Baima County, tens of thousands of Han troops were fully armed, and Zhang Yan was riding a black cloud and riding a snow horse, surrounded by Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Lu Meng and others, waiting quietly on the bank of the Yellow River.

Along the banks of the Yellow River, ferries of all sizes gathered, and these boats were also ready for battle. Some peasants evenly loaded boxes of heavy items onto the fishing boats, and Gan Ning directed the peasants on the fishing boats to load them.

After all the heavy items were loaded onto the fishing boat, Gan Ning asked the peasants to pile piles of flammable hay on top of the items that had just been loaded up. The bow, stern, and hull of the fishing boat were all covered with this layer. Layers of forage, people can not see any clues.

After Gan Ning instructed the peasants to finish these tasks, he boarded the shore, came straight to Zhang Yan, and said respectfully: "I will report to the Regent, the general has loaded the fishing boat according to the Regent's order, and it will be ready in a while." Set off."

Zhang Yan observed every move just now on the shore, nodded to Gan Ning in satisfaction, and then said: "This mission is very dangerous, and you may be smashed to pieces. You have to think about it, do you have to go?"

Gan Ning cupped his fists and said, "Even if it's going up the mountain of knives or going down into the sea of ​​fire, the last general will not hesitate!"

Zhang Yan admired Gan Ning's courage, but he still had some worries after all. Originally, he wanted to go by himself, because only he really understood how to use these secret weapons.But he is the commander-in-chief of the entire army and the regent, even if he wants to go, he will be stopped by the generals, and he will not be allowed to risk himself.

In this way, the heavy responsibility fell on Gan Ning who volunteered.

The secret weapon has already been created by Zhang Yan. It is extremely powerful. It is a weapon that has never been seen in this era, and it is even a big killer. With this weapon, Zhang Yan does not need to wait for Liannu With the appearance of this weapon, you can use this weapon to directly sweep Hebei.

After several days of intensive training, Zhang Yan has taught all the generals under his account how to use the secret weapon.At first, several generals competed to be the vanguard, but Zhang Yan finally chose Gan Ning, because Gan Ning was familiar with water and was the perfect candidate for this task.

Now that Gan Ning has been selected, there is no doubt. Zhang Yan looked up at the sky and saw the sun was rising, and the warm sun was shining on the earth. It was a good weather.

"Since you insist on this, go now, remember the method I taught you, and don't hurt your own people." Zhang Yan instructed.

Gan Ning nodded heavily, turned around and walked towards the shore, jumped onto the fishing boat, and shouted to the twenty fishing boats waiting here: "Let's go!"

Following Gan Ning's order, the twenty fishing boats left the shore, slowly entered the Yellow River, and headed for the opposite bank.

When Gan Ning and the others gradually left, Zhang Yan said to Lu Meng, "You can go too!"

Lu Meng clasped his fists together and replied, "No!"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Meng jumped onto a ship docked on the shore, then raised his hand, waved at the flag bearer on the ship, and shouted loudly: "Send the order, the whole army is going!"

After the flag bearer heard Lu Meng's words, he immediately boarded the mast of the boat, stood on the mast and began to play the flag to inform the ships to set off.

Not long after, the fifty scorpions slowly left the bank and headed for the center of the Yellow River, keeping a distance from Gan Ning's fishing boat.

Fifty warships, each with twenty soldiers, a total of 1000 people.These 1000 people were carefully selected from Zhang Yan's bodyguards, and everyone could swim and dive.

And the boats they were on were all offensive speedboats with good defense in ancient China. The hull was long and narrow, and a ram was erected at the bow. The top of the ram was covered with a layer of iron, which was specially used to attack the enemy vessel.

Among them, there are double rows of oars around the scorpion. If you feel that the speed is slow during driving, you can also use the oars to row the boat to increase the speed of the scorpion.

After the fifty boats left the shore, Zhang Yan said to Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others who surrounded him, "It's time for us to set off."

Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun replied in unison: "No!"

So, everyone came to the bank of the Yellow River together, boarded several small boats docked on the bank, and then these small boats took them to the fighting boat and the building boat which were still some distance away from the shore.

Fighting ship is one of the warships commonly used in ancient water battles, and its offensiveness, protection and load capacity are much higher than those of warships.

The warship is actually a small boat used for charging, and the fighting ship is a warship. Each fighting ship can accommodate a hundred soldiers except the helmsman and sailors.

There is also a parapet on the fighting ship, which is three feet high. There are arrow holes for shooting on the parapet, which are specially used to attack the enemy.There are soldiers on the high platform at the stern to observe the situation on the water.There are sheds on the deck, and there are parapets on the sheds. Soldiers can stand on the sheds. There are flags and golden drums erected in the front, back, left and right, which are used to command the battle and strengthen the momentum.

The Louchuan is the largest warship in this era. It is a kind of warship with a particularly huge deck structure, high ship height and wide head, and looks like a building, so it is called "louchuan".

The ship building is tall and can be used for close combat from a distance. Since ancient water battles were mostly based on bow and arrow shooting, ship collision and hand-to-hand combat, the size of the ship directly determines the number of sailors and soldiers that a single ship can accommodate, as well as the number of ships. The impact force, so the building ship served as the main ship of water warfare to a large extent in ancient times.However, due to the high height and unstable center of gravity of the ships, they mostly serve as the main force in inland water battles, but they are rarely seen in the sea.

The small boat that Zhang Yan was on took him directly to the vicinity of the building boat. Zhang Yan boarded the building boat, and the dark cloud riding snow horse under his seat was transported to the side of the building boat by the boat. There is a door at the bottom. After opening, the war horse can From there, go inside the cabin.

And Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun boarded four fighting ships respectively, and the four fighting ships surrounded Zhang Yan's building ship in four directions: front, rear, left, and right. They all had an apricot-yellow flag, indicating that this was the captain's ship, while Zhang Yan's boat had a golden flag embroidered with a black dragon with its fangs and claws, indicating that this was the flagship.

The dragon flag fluttered with the wind, Zhang Yan climbed to the top of the tower boat, and looked around at the hundreds of large and small warships moored on the river, feeling as if he would be at the top and see all the small mountains.

Because the time for this attack on Hebei was too short, Zhang Yan only built a Louchuan, and he also felt that with the secret weapon, the Louchuan basically did not need to participate in the battle, but as the flagship to command the entire army, the Louchuan The boat is also indispensable, which is a matter of image and majesty.

Yesterday, the building boat was officially launched, and the trial voyage was successful. In addition, two days ago, the secret weapon was successfully developed, and Li Cai, who had just returned, learned the news that the Wuhuan people sent troops. Zhang Yan decided to attack Hebei today.

In addition, Zhang Yan also specially issued a secret order to Tai Shici and Xu Huang who were stationed in Hanoi, asking Tai Shici and Xu Huang to lead their troops to attack Bingzhou respectively. Leading the army to walk the Taihang Mountain Trail, according to the topographic map of Taihang Mountain left by Zhang Yan, bypassing the important control card, entering Bingzhou, and cooperating with Tai Shici, strive to win Bingzhou in one go.

The breeze was blowing, and the moisture of the Yellow River was mixed in the wind. The golden sun shone on all the boats on the Yellow River, and the golden dragon flag echoed the golden sun. The standard-bearer said: "Head the order, the army sets off!"

Following Zhang Yan's order, the flag bearer began to wave the flag in his hand. Immediately after seeing the flags flying, all the ships lifted anchor and sailed away, leaving the place where they were originally stationed.

At the same time when Zhang Yan and others set sail, at the ferry of Qiancheng County, Le'an County, located on the land of Qingzhou, Zang Ba, the left general, led four generals Zhang He, Gao Lan, Chen Ying, Lu Dai, and Kong Rong. , Kan Ze, Wang Xiu, Bu Zhi, Yan Yu and others also boarded ships one after another and sailed to Yanci County on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Cao Cao asked Xia Houyuan to guard the plains with heavy troops, and even sent Xun You as his staff to prevent Zhang Yan's army from attacking from Gaotang.But this time, Zhang Yan changed his offensive route, following the route Yuan Tan attacked Qingzhou last time, and counterattacked Hebei by the same route.

Moreover, Zhang Yan's goal this time is not the plain, but Bohai County, which is located at the northern end of the plain.

As soon as Zang Ba's army arrived in Hebei, Zhang He and Gao Lan would be the vanguards and march north along the three counties of Leling, Chonghe and Dongguang to attack Nanpi.

Nanpi is the county seat of Bohai County, and it was the foundation of Yuan Shao's occupation of Jizhou. It is adjacent to the sea in the east, Youzhou in the north, and Hejian State in the west. Zhang He is from Hejian County, and Gao Lan is from Anping County. These two men were former generals under Yuan Shao. After Cao Cao usurped Yuan's power, although he killed many people, Cao Cao's behavior was shameless, so many people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

This time, Zhang Yan asked Zhang He and Gao Lan to serve as the main attackers. He considered using their influence in Hebei to call on the army and people of Hebei to resist Cao Cao. After occupying Nanpi, it can be used as a stronghold for the army and easy to defend Difficult to attack, both offensive and defensive, like a nail inserted in the heart of Cao Cao.

At this time, only a month had passed since the battle between Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao, and Zhang Yan had already started to counterattack, and he also divided his troops into three groups.

Cao Cao, who had just usurped power in Hebei, was facing internal and external troubles. Facing Zhang Yan's all-out attack, it was still unknown whether he could repel Zhang Yan.

And will a generation of heroes in the past history perish in Hebei under Zhang Yan's onslaught?
This battle will be the last head-to-head confrontation between Zhang Yan and Cao Cao. This battle is also destined to be a battle of fate between the two heroes.

On the surface of the Yellow River, Zhang Yan was riding a large boat, looking at hundreds of warships, large and small, and he, with great ambitions, uttered a deep cry from the bottom of his heart: "Cao Cao, let me end your life... ..."

(End of this chapter)