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Chapter 716 The Battle of Guazhou
In [-] A.D., after the war against Chen led by the Sui army, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered that all the palaces, cemeteries and city walls and cottages in Jiankang City, the capital of the Chen Dynasty, be wiped out.The Great Sui Dynasty ruled the world, and the old place of Jiankang was even more deliberately belittled.

After Jiankang was pacified, the area around Jiankang was still the center of the south of the Yangtze River. It connected Bashu and Jingxiang to the west, Sanwu to the east, and Huaihe River to the north.

Moreover, Jiankang still has a big river as a barrier, so after Du Fuwei's separatist regime, he did not choose to connect land and water. Jiangdu, which is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, established his base camp, but changed to Danyang, which is only a few dozen miles away from Jiankang, on the south bank. .This is also Du Fuwei's precautions. If one day Li Tang or Da Zhao's iron cavalry goes south, he will not be afraid of the iron cavalry of the two countries if he guards Danyang and has the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

However, Du Fuwei did not expect that Zhao Guo's attack on Danyang did not come from land, but from water.And it didn't come from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but actually entered the mouth of the Yangtze River from the sea, and then went upstream from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In order to attack Du Fuwei's lair, Du Fuwei's rebel general Zuo Xianyou also brought 150 soldiers and [-] warships to join the Silla Baekje [-] navy to form a multinational joint fleet. More than [-] warships marched from Jiangdu to the south bank.

Zuo Xianyou stepped onto the side of the ship, but saw that the United Fleet had been marching along the north bank of the Yangtze River.The vast Yangtze River is so wide that it is difficult to measure its width when viewed from the north bank to the south bank.

If it weren't for the east passing water on the rolling river, it would almost be thought that this place is a wide lake.

Zuo Xianyou said to the left and right with a calm face: "Let the Silla Baekje fleet follow us closely. The currents here are complicated. If you accidentally run aground, it's a trivial matter. I'm afraid the ship will be destroyed and people will die. I don't know if the fish and shrimp in the Yangtze River will eat these. Dongyi people."

Speaking of this, Zuo Xianyou couldn't help but sneered, and his subordinates also smiled in response to the occasion. They always looked down on Silla, the country of Baekje and Dongyi.

But Zuo Xianyou thought of what Li Chongjiu had told him, and he immediately looked down.Right now, I have betrayed both Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou. If I can't help Zhao Jun capture Danyang this time and allow Du Fuwei to escape to the south bank, then my future will be in jeopardy.

"Is Jingkou on the other side?" Zuo Xianyou asked his subordinates.
"Reporting to the guard, Guazhoudu is three miles ahead."

Zuo Xianyou nodded. Huan Wen, a powerful minister in the Southern Jin Dynasty, said that Jingkou wine can be drunk and soldiers can be used.The soldiers refer to the Beifu soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty stationed in Jingkou.

Since Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty defended Jiankang from his foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, there were two ferries that needed to be guarded. One was the Caishi Ferry in the upper reaches of Jiankang, and the other was the Guazhou Ferry in the lower reaches of Jiankang.The two ferry crossings are Liyang and Jingkou, which are the key points of Jiankang. In the Southern Dynasties, heavy troops had to be used to suppress them, so that Jiankang could rest easy.

In history, whenever you conquer the Yangtze River from the north to the south, you need to go through these two ferries. And succeed.Wan Yanliang, the hero of the later Jin Dynasty, was ruled by Yu Yunwen, a general of the Song Dynasty. He first crossed to quarry and failed, but was killed by his subordinates when he crossed to Guazhou.

Now Liyang, Jingkou is also the place where the Jianghuai army started. When Du Fuwei raised his troops, he called himself the general manager of Liyang. After he captured Jiangdu, he moved the base camp to Danyang, which is closer to the canal.

The general at the side said to Zuo Xianyou: "Guardian, after the king of Wu left Danyang, he deployed heavy troops to Jingkou. Now that the river has changed, Jingkou will get news. Our army suddenly attacks, I am afraid it will be disadvantageous!"

Zuo Xianyou said with a smile: "There is nothing to worry about. Although the Yangtze River is dangerous, since ancient times, I have never heard of losing Huaisi and still guarding the south of the Yangtze River. It's just Jingkou, let's see if I can break it. If Jingkou is taken, taking Danyang is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand."

Speaking of this, Zuo Xianyou waved his sleeve and shouted: "Beat the drums!"

With Zuo Xianyou's order, the drums on Zhao Jun's warship beat!Thirty warships of the Zhao army on the north bank turned their sails, and they were all pressed towards the south bank by the wind.

Seeing Zuo Xianyou like this, Baekje general Yunzhong also ordered the drums to be played, and led the Baekje fleet to come forward to support.On the other hand, Jin Chunqiu said: "General Zhao is too reckless, this is the capital of a country after all, the enemy army on the other side doesn't know the truth, so they attack rashly, what if they are ambushed?"

Yuan Xiao said: "But Your Highness, if we don't follow up, General Zhao will definitely blame him."

Jin Chunqiu said: "Master Yuan, you lead ten warships to go forward, and I lead the rest of the warships to observe the battle afterwards, what do you think?"

Yuan Xiao nodded.

But it is said that on the big river, the boat moves like flying, and the white sails are like snow.

Stay close to the water camp of the Jianghuai Army in Jingkou.But outside Jianshuiying, there is an iron chain blocking the river. Behind the iron chain is the two-mile-long floating river wooden city.The wooden city floats on the water, more than two feet high, like a city wall, also repaired with crenels, lookout holes, and a water gate in the middle, which is closed with a water gate.

The soldiers of the water battalion of the Jianghuai Army also climbed up the city wall after hearing the sound of the drum.The banners and flags on the city wall are scattered, it seems that there are not many Jianghuai soldiers.

Zuo Xianyou wondered, "Where's the Jianghuai military boats?"

The general at the side said: "It must be inside the water gate!"

Zuo Xianyou sneered and said: "It must be that the Jianghuai army lost their momentum when they saw our army attacking, so they didn't care about so much and approached the battleship."

Zuo Xianyou's warship rushed forward, and when it approached the water city, the front warship crossed, and the small catapults and bed crossbows on the ship rushed towards Fujiangmucheng.Throwing stones and crossbow arrows all hit the water city, causing the water to splash.The Jianghuai army also set fire to the front of the bow and arrow, and shot backhand at the Zhao army's battleship.

The two armies fought in water battles, and bows, crossbows and rockets shot you back and forth.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Xianyou decisively said to his subordinates: "Send a flag to the people of Baekje and Silla, and say that our army is feigning a frontal attack to contain them. They landed from the shoal next to the water city and outflanked the back of the water city."

After Yunzhong got Zuo Xianyou's banner, he immediately led the fleet to the shallows on the right side of Shuicheng.Thousands of Baekje sailors jumped onto the chai water boats behind the warships, rowed to land on the beach on the south bank, and detoured behind the water city.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Xianyou on the boat clapped his hands excitedly and said, "It's done!"

As soon as Zuo Xianyou finished speaking, a gong sounded suddenly on the hill beside the shoal.

On the hill, hundreds of Jianghuai soldiers showed their heads and shot arrows into the shallows, but seeing the arrows raining down, the Baekje soldiers on the shallows were suddenly overwhelmed and couldn't lift their heads, so they had to hide behind the rocks.The Baekje battleship had a shallow draft and could not approach for reinforcements, so it immediately asked Zuo Xianyou for help.

Zuo Xianyou was shocked and angry when he saw the trick, and wanted to mobilize the battleship to the riverside for support.At this time, on the small hill beside the river, several hidden trebuchets showed their heads and smashed towards the Zhao army's warship down the mountain.

But seeing a huge boulder coming down from the top of the mountain, it smashed a warship of Zhao Jun, Hengjiang, and broke it into two pieces.The water was stirred up and sprinkled all over the deck.Zuo Xianyou broke out in a cold sweat from shock, and quickly ordered the fleet to retreat, otherwise it would be lost on the shoal.

But the house leak happened to be raining all night, and Zuo Xianyou's fleet had just retreated. At this time, the sound of clappers sounded, but seeing the sandbar in the middle of the river, dozens of small boats of the Jianghuai Army rowed out and flanked the Baekje fleet from behind.It turned out that the boats in the water camp had already ambushed here, not inside the water gate.

Although such a small boat is not big, it is as fast as a galloping horse on the river.

Each boat carried more than 20 soldiers of the Jianghuai Army. When their small boats approached the Baekje warship, they picked up the hooks and put them on the boat, and hooked the back of the boat.These Jianghuai soldiers climbed up to the ship along the hook rope.

The powerful soldiers of the Jianghuai army are very good at water warfare, just like the barbarians are riding horses. The Jiangdong navy is the best in the world.Today they gave a very vivid lesson to the foreign Baekje army. They flexibly avoided the arrows shot from the Baekje ship, and climbed onto the bow one by one like apes. No, just jump onto the side of the ship and engage in a side-to-side battle.

The main force of the Baekje army is on the shore, but they can't retreat. Now these ships are short of troops. Under the fighting of the Jianghuai army, which is good at water warfare, the Baekje warships lost several ships in a row, and they were all full of soldiers. The sailors were all killed, and their bodies were thrown directly into the Yangtze River, turning the river red.

Zuo Xianyou, who was still in shock at the side, looked at this scene and couldn't help but tremble with fear.These soldiers of the Jianghuai Army were more like barbarians than barbarians.

When the Baekje Army suffered heavy casualties, Jin Chunqiu laughed heartily when he saw it. He said to Yuan Xiao, "I just said, this is the capital of the Jianghuai Army, and it is not so easy to attack. It’s really stupid to be a traitor without even knowing the layout of this place.”

Yuan Xiao said: "Your Highness, do we still have to watch from the sidelines?"

"Of course not," Jin Chunqiu said at this point: "Now that Zhao Jun and the people of Baekje have suffered, it's time for us Silla Erlang to behave."

During the conversation, dozens of Silla warships moved together, they approached the water city from the other side, the Jianghuai army on the shore saw Silla soldiers jumping from the ship's side into the water, and they actually swam across.

The Jianghuai army thought that these Silla people would rescue the Baekje fleet that was in a hard fight, but they didn't know that for the Silla people who hated Baekje, they would not go to rescue the Baekje fleet, but chose to attack the water gate. .

But seeing the Silla soldiers swimming across the river, they forcibly broke the iron chain in front of the water gate.The warships of the Silla people went straight to the water gate city through the gap.

"not good!"

"do not want!"

The Jianghuai soldiers on Mucheng screamed in shock, but saw two Silla warships with ramming angles wrapped around their bows, with full sails, coming straight towards the water gate along the rapids at an extremely fast speed.

The soldiers of the Jianghuai army on the city wall jumped into the water one after another seeing the imposing manner of the Silla warship.

Immediately, two Silla warships crashed into Fujiangmu City fiercely, one in front and the other behind.At this time, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, sawdust flying across the river, and a gap was knocked out of the Fujiang wooden city, breaking through the city wall.Another Silla warship was wedged directly into the city wall.

At this moment, everyone including Zhao Jun was shocked by the barbaric fighting style of the Silla people.

(End of this chapter)