Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 447 The Sun Rises From the West

The deployment of Qiji coalition forces on the front line of the Yellow River is like this. Among the Jinbei army with a total strength of [-], [-] went north to the Nanpi area. Since there were no boats from afar, unless the Han army fleet went to Nanpi to assist the Yan army to cross the river, with only these [-] troops, there was hope that they could stop the Yan army who shamelessly betrayed the overlord of Western Chu for a long time.

3 troops were deployed to the Gaotang area to prevent the Han army from crossing the river in Gaotang or smuggling at Yuanting further upstream; [-] Jibei troops were in charge of the ferry in Ge County, which is second only to the plain, and another [-] troops were deployed. Stationed at Yimu Xiaodu between Liaoge County and the plain, nearly [-] soldiers familiar with water were organized into the temporary navy of the Jibei Army, responsible for mobile operations on the water, and the remaining [-] soldiers, including the reserve team, The Duoji Northern Army, as well as the [-] Qi Army sent by Qi Wang Tianjia to help the Jibei Army, were all stationed at the most important Pingyuandu.

More than [-] Qiji coalition forces and temporary naval forces are stationed at Pingyuandu. If the Han army really initiates a rush to cross the plain, then the Qiji coalition army will definitely not have to worry. Wait until more Qi-Chu coalition forces arrive for reinforcements.However, whether it is Jibei Wang Tianda, Jibei Army General Tian Ji, or Qi Army reinforcements leader Tian Bu, they have to worry about such a terrible question-whether the extremely despicable and cunning Han army will come to another outstanding soldier , Break through their Yellow River defense line at other crossings?

This is almost a doomed thing. Avoiding the truth and pretending to be false is a common method of military strategists. Uncle Zhou, the coach of the Northern Front Corps of the Han Army, is notoriously shameless in this respect. Wu Bao smuggled across the Yellow River and cheated Zhang Han, Dong Yi, and Sima Xin. Now who is not afraid that this despicable villain will repeat his old tricks, attacking the plains on the surface, but actually suddenly crossing at other ferry crossings? river?
Moreover, Uncle Zhou, a shameless villain, seemed to be preparing to come to Yin again this time. After he successfully arrived at the west bank of Pingyuan Ferry, when the Han army fleet came to meet him as scheduled, Uncle Zhou not only did not take the When the Han army first arrived and their morale was high, they launched a rush to cross. On the contrary, they also let the main force of the northern line of the Han army set up a camp on the west bank of the plain ferry, so that the soldiers of the Han army who had not been greatly affected by their physical strength could rest at ease. At the same time, they sent ships to explore with great fanfare The hydrological route of Pingyuandu pretended to be really planning to cross the river directly in the plain.

On the contrary, in Ge County and Gaotang, where the strength of the Qi-Ji Allied Forces was weak, the two partial divisions of the Han Army did nothing. It seems that it is just to properly contain the Jibei Army defenders in these places, and there is no plan to cross the river at these ferries at all.

The more Uncle Zhou was like this, Tian Da, Tian Ji and Tian Bu, who were familiar with his bad nature, were of course more upset, and they were forced to take time out of gatherings to discuss whether they should properly adjust the deployment of troops on the Yellow River defense line.For the sake of prudence, Tianda, the king of Jibei, who is at his feet, once considered drawing two troops from the plain garrison to go to Gaotang and Ge counties, which are also suitable for a large number of enemies to rush across, to reinforce the defenders there.

Tian Bu, who had suffered a great loss from Uncle Zhou on the battlefield of Zhaodi, also agreed with Tian Da's decision. On the contrary, Tian Ji, who had never fought against Uncle Zhou, thought that there was no need to rush to adjust, and said to Tian Da: "Your Majesty, I feel There is no need for this. Our defenders in Gaotang and Ge counties are relatively weak, but the Han thieves there don’t have enough boats to cross the river. Even if they want to launch a sneak attack, they can only send reinforcements from Pingyuandu Therefore, we only need to keep an eye on the fleet of the traitors. As long as we confirm the movement of the fleet of traitors, there is no time to send troops to reinforce Gaotang and Ge County. There is no need to preemptively adjust. Deployment of troops, revealing flaws for the Han thieves to take advantage of."

Tian Da was hesitant to be persuaded by Tian Ji, but Tian Bu said: "Although the general's words are reasonable, as long as we keep an eye on the traitor fleet, we can also determine the location of the traitor's crossing in advance, but if the traitor fleet Should we sneak out at night and go to other ferries to catch up with the Han bandits crossing the river, or it might catch us off guard."

Tian Ji didn't dare to deny this possibility, so he could only nod his head, while Tian Da thought twice, and then said: "It's best to be careful, we have enough troops around us, so let's send [-] troops from the Jibei Army to go Reinforce Gaotang, General Tianbe, please send [-] troops to help Ge County, so that even if the Han bandits suddenly try to cheat, we will still have enough troops at these two important crossings."

Tian Bu was generous, and he didn't care about dividing troops from his own command. He immediately agreed, and also voluntarily agreed to let the reinforcements he sent to Ge County follow the orders of the Jibei Army's Ge County defender. Tian Da was overjoyed and hurried to Tian Thank you, and then immediately followed the plan, and Tianbu each assigned troops to reinforce the defenders at the two important crossings of Gaotang and Gexian.

In this way, when the Han army had not yet crossed the Yellow River, in order to be on the safe side, to prevent the notoriously shameless Uncle Zhou from attacking the north, the Qiji coalition adjusted its own The Yellow River line of defense was deployed, and the situation was reported to Uncle Zhou by the scouts of the Han army. Uncle Zhou couldn't help laughing outright, and said: "It seems that it is better to be kind. If this goes on like this, no one will believe this What the general said."

The scouts of the Qiji coalition army also made important discoveries. After more than a day of confrontation across the river, the scouts of the Qiji coalition army suddenly discovered that the cooking time of the Han army had become longer. There was a strong smell of meat, obviously feasting on the sailors, ready to make the fleet take action.As a result, after confirming this point, the scouts of the Qiji coalition army did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported the situation to Tian Da and the others.

It was also a coincidence that when he heard the news, Xiang Zhuang, the commander-in-chief of the Western Chu Army, also sent a fast horse to send a letter to Wang Tianda of Jibei. It is to remind the Qiji allied forces to be careful to prevent the Han army from attacking the plains, and actually launch a sneak attack at other ferry crossings. At the same time, it also clearly pointed out that if the Han army launches a smuggling at other ferry crossings, the place can only be Ge County in the lower reaches of the plain, using Han army ships The speed advantage of the team going down the river caught the Qiji coalition forces by surprise.

After carefully reading Xiang Zhuang's letter, he felt that Xiang Zhuang's words were very reasonable, and combined with the discovery of the self-armed scouts, Tian Da inevitably felt a little worried, and said to Tian Ji in front of him: "The fleet of Han thieves, is it possible that they are here?" We are going to be dispatched suddenly tonight to go from Pingyuan to Ge County to help the Han bandits there cross the river, right? If this is the case, we will be under great pressure in Ge County."

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Tian Ji comforted: "In the end, people will closely monitor the Han bandit fleet, and let our sailors be ready to attack at any time. Once the Han bandit fleet is found to be dispatched suddenly, let our crew The navy immediately attacked, and first killed the ferries of some traitors on the road, and then went to Li County to help our defenders."

"I'm afraid this is not enough." Tian Da frowned and said, "If the Han bandits really plan to cross the river in Ge County, then the [-] partial divisions they sent there must be the main force soldiers, and our defenders in Ge County are not as strong. Han thieves, if we fail to stop the Han thieves from crossing the river and let the Han thieves open a gap in Ge County, then our Dahe defense line may completely collapse."

"How does the king plan to deal with it?" Tian Ji asked.

Tian Da frowned and thought about it. After a while, Tian Da gritted his teeth again and said, "Why don't we do this? We have enough troops to cross the plains. Why don't we send [-] reinforcements to Ge County while we still have some time? Let Li County be more confident in guarding the ferry."

"Your Majesty, do you still need to divide the troops?" Tian Jiyi was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "What if our judgment is wrong and the Han thieves really start to rush across here in Pingyuan?"

"What are you afraid of?" Tian Da said, "Even if we send another [-] reinforcements to Ge County, we still have nearly [-] troops at Pingyuandu. Excuse me. Besides, General Xiang Zhuang’s letter also makes sense. With the treachery of the Han thieves and Uncle Zhou’s military style, there is almost no possibility of directly launching a rush to cross the plain. False, secretly crossing Ge County is the most likely thing to do."

Tian Ji persuaded again with good intentions, but Tian Da insisted on his own opinion, believing that it was absolutely impossible for the Han army to launch a rush to cross the plains. He persisted and decided to immediately send [-] reinforcements to the north, rushing to Ge County to reinforce the defenders there. .Then after making this arrangement, Tian Da asked Tian Ji to organize the Jibei Army to prepare for the battle, in order to deal with the Han army's rush to cross the plain the next day. At the same time, he sent someone to contact Tian Bu and asked Tian Ji to organize the Qi army to prepare for the battle. Work.

Near the evening, the situation of the Jinbei Army's redistribution was reported to Uncle Zhou by the scouts of the Han Army. After hearing this, Uncle Zhou expressed helplessness and said, "Tian Dapifu, you really don't know how to write the word "dead". We are not half as good as us, yet we still dare to divide our troops to fortify everywhere, it seems that tomorrow's battle will be difficult for us even if we don't want to win."

Then, in the early morning of the next day, Tian Da, Tian Ji, Tian Bu and others knew that Uncle Zhou had really not cheated them this time. As soon as the day dawned, more than [-] soldiers of the Han army came out under the leadership of Uncle Zhou himself. battalion, and lined up to the Pingyuan Ferry to board the ship and attack. At the same time, all the temporarily formed sailors of the Han army also boarded the ship and began to prepare for the escort out of the port. They were also frank and straightforward for the first time.So much so that when the situation was reported to Tian Da and the others, Tian Da screamed out on the spot, "The sun rises from the west today? The Chinese bandits really stormed the plains and confronted us head-on?"

Fortunately, although the uncharacteristic behavior of the Han army surprised Tian Da and others, it did not completely catch the Qi-Ji coalition army by surprise. Soon, the Jibei army and Qi army attacked with all their strength under the leadership of Tian Da and Tianbu. , Came to the Pingyuan Ferry and prepared to guard the river. At the same time, the temporary navy officers and soldiers formed by the Jibei Army than the Han Army also boarded the ship and quickly made preparations for the battle.

Halfway through the hour, the Han army took the lead. Under the leadership of the Han army's temporary naval commander, Shen Ke, more than [-] Han army officers and soldiers first sailed out of the port, manipulating more than [-] armed ships and more than a hundred sampans. The clipper sailed to the east bank of the Yellow River and directly to the location of the Jinbei Army navy.Seeing this scene, Tian Da, Tian Ji, Tian Bu and others also immediately understood the intention of the Han army. They knew that the Han army wanted to fight a very rare Yellow River water battle with the Jinbei army navy on the river surface first, and kill Jibei army. The navy of the Northern Army, and then launched a troop transport to rush across.

After understanding this, Tian Da laughed outright, and said, "It's good to fight in the water. Since you Chinese thieves like to seek your own death, then this king will help you! Give Tian the order to lead him immediately." The sailors attack and kill the sailors of the traitors!"

This time, the Han army is indeed attacking the enemy's strengths based on its own shortcomings, because the navy of the Jibei Army not only has an advantage in the number of ships and the number of troops, but also draws on the experience and experience of being robbed by the Han army in the plains. The lesson is that the Yellow River Navy was established earlier than the Han Army, and it also received water warfare training earlier than the Han Army Navy. Relatively speaking, it has more experience in water warfare, and is far more familiar with the hydrological routes in the plain than the Han Army. Therefore, Tian Da has absolute confidence, knowing that even on land, the self-army is absolutely impossible to be the opponent of the Han army, but when it comes to the water, this situation will definitely be reversed!
Tian Xun, the naval commander of the Jibei Army, was more confident than Tian Da. Just after receiving Tian Da's order, Tian Xun couldn't wait to shout: "Show the flag, all warships attack, kill the traitor sailors for me! "

The flag was played, and the Jinbei Army Navy, composed of more than [-] armed ships and more than [-] sampans and clippers, immediately set sail and aggressively greeted the Han Army Navy, and was obviously faster than the Han Army Navy during the attack. Faster, the speed of arranging the ship array is faster.Seeing this scene, Tian Da and the others, who were full of confidence in the navy of their own army, were of course elated, and they all pictured such a wonderful scene in their minds-as long as the escort navy of the Han army is killed, then on the west bank of the Yellow River, No matter how many Han army ships transported troops across the river, they would only become a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the brave and invincible Jinbei army sailors.

The level of rookie and timidity of the Han Army Navy is far below the imagination of the Jinbei Army. Just after seeing the Jinbei Army Navy attack, the extremely timid Han Army Navy Commander Shen Ke asked the flagship to raise the flag and let everyone The ships of the Han army lowered their sails and shrank their ships to prepare for group battles. They almost wrote the words "greed for life and fear of death" directly on the red flag of the Han army.Seeing this scene, Tian Xun was more impolite while laughing, and shouted: "Beat the drum, speed up, and kill the broken boat of the traitors!"

With the sound of war drums, the officers and men of the Jinbei Army's Navy sailed hard and rowed. It also shot up into the sky early, and just after entering the range of the bow and crossbow, the soldiers of the Jinbei Army Navy rushed to release the arrows, and couldn't wait to shoot the feather arrows at the Han Army Navy soldiers hiding behind the shield.

"Dong dong dong dong dong!"

The sound of new war drums suddenly sounded on the west bank of the Yellow River. Behind a dam on the west bank, dozens of huge boulders suddenly flew up, spinning and drawing long arcs in the sky, roaring and smashing towards the Han army that was rushing towards them. The Jinbei Army fleet of the navy fleet, the sailors of the Jinbei Army were caught off guard, and they all exclaimed, "What the hell is that?!"

"The new trebuchet of the Han thief!" On the land on the east bank of the Yellow River, Tianbe, the commander of the Qi Army who had participated in the second Julu War, was the first to understand what it was, and he was immediately frightened and shouted. "I've been fooled! The Chinese bandits want to use the trebuchet to kill our navy first! Then we can cross the river with confidence!"

It was too late to understand Uncle Zhou's vicious intentions. A huge boulder worth 50 yuan had already been smashed onto the head of the Jinbei Army Navy Fleet. The army armed the deck of the big ship, and smashed through the deck without any effort, and then smashed through the bottom of the ship. When the soldiers of the Jibei Army on the ship screamed, the bow of the ship sank immediately and gradually began to tilt.

More boulders smashed into the river, not to mention splashes several feet high, and the waves brought about shook the surrounding Jinbei Army sampan clippers, and several Jinbei Army sampan boats were directly hit by the boulders. To make matters worse, the hull of the ship was directly shattered, and the sailors on board were sucked into the water, screaming in despair like killing a pig.During the period, several large armed ships of the Jibei Army were hit by boulders, and all of them were smashed through the deck and bottom of the ship in an instant, directly losing their navigation and combat capabilities.

Seeing this scene, the generals and soldiers of the Han Army Navy and the Han Army on the west bank were of course cheering and their morale was greatly boosted, but the generals and soldiers of the Qiji coalition army on the east bank of the Yellow River were all screaming and making noise everywhere. The others were even ashamed, and without thinking about it, they already understood that the Chinese navy had been fooled by the Han army, and what kind of fate the Chinese navy would face.

The most miserable ones were of course the sailors of the Jibei Army. After being knocked dizzy by the boulders of the Han army, they finally recovered. Tian Xun, the head of the Jinbei Army's naval division, who came back to his senses, yelled crazily, "Quick! Quick! Call the flag! Go back to the east bank, back to the east bank!"

Of course, ships carrying sailors and soldiers cannot be as flexible as soldiers or war horses on land, especially the main armed ships of the Jinbei Army Navy, so before the armed ships of the Jibei Army turned their bows, Han The army's second round of huge boulders had already flown in, and once again smashed into the already chaotic fleet of the Jibei Army Navy, the sound of cracking wood and the screams of the soldiers of the Jibei Army suddenly appeared again. The surface of the Yellow River, which is still very clear, reverberates...

Using a counterweight trebuchet to beat the boat was not an idea given by Xiang Kang to Uncle Zhou. Xiang Kang, who has a poor history, did not know that when the Yuan army destroyed the Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army used this tactic to kill the main force of the Yangtze River Navy in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a new tactic that the military genius Uncle Zhou came up with after acquiring the counterweight trebuchet.However, Han Xin, the most dangerous opponent of Uncle Zhou's expedition to the east this time, suffered a loss because he was never able to obtain a counterweight trebuchet, so it was impossible to imagine that Uncle Zhou would use such a tactic to deal with the Jinbei army that could seriously threaten the Han army to cross the river. navy.

It is also because of this that Han Xin, the soldier fairy, guessed wrongly from the very beginning where the military genius Uncle Zhou crossed the river. It also caused Liu Laosan and Xiang Zhuang to be kind and dishelpful, misleading the Qiji coalition forces to divide their troops again and again, further reducing the Han army's strength. The difficulty of crossing the Yellow River directly on the plain.

(End of this chapter)