Chapter 56: Thousands of Torchs of Fish and Dragons Rage (1)

At this safe distance, Zhang Weixiao lined up the plyboats, fishing boats and Ezhou naval army's oars, with archers in front and musketeers standing behind, and began to fire rockets and guns at the Mongolian warships. It was originally a simple truth to naval army combat with bows and arrows first. Only troops who were not familiar with water warfare and could not shoot accurately on the shaking deck would have to choose to sacrifice their lives for melee combat, which is currently very inefficient. Although this method often works against the poor morale Song naval army. For example, a few days ago, Shi Tianze only led a suicide squad to attack the Song navy near Lumen Mountain in Hanshui, causing more than 50 Song warships to surrender. However, if it is a rival with strict discipline and high morale, melee combat will be far less efficient than fire attack and bow and arrow shooting.

Archers shot out a wave of rockets with barbs. These rockets designed for water warfare will be firmly nailed on them and cannot be pulled out once they are shot through the sails or boards. They can only let the flames burn, burning them all. After the archers shoot, the musketman immediately takes them. The long-range weapon that is more suitable for water warfare than the bows and arrows is the musket. Although these muskets are quite rough and have very poor accuracy, once they are invented, Zheng Yunming, deputy governor of Jing and E, expected that this will be the future Song Dynasty on the river surface.

He obtained the advantage of the Mongolian navy, so he gave a batch of iron muskets to the Jinge Navy for use first. However, the Jingchu army was the first to guard Xiangyang City, and the navy could not have obtained too many firearms. However, the sound of the only dozens of muskets firing together was enough to shock the Mongolian army, especially unlike on land, the Mongolian army at this moment, even people and war horses were crowded on the ship, and there was no room for dodging. Once a lead bullet hit, it often caused a series of casualties.

Zhang Weixiao deployed the soldiers to shoot hard, and commanded the warships to approach the Mongolians carefully. When the distance between the two sides was close enough, he quickly threw the turbulent oil tank, fire caltrops and lime cannons and other weapons. At this time, the turbulent oil tanks exerted their original power. Once one or two hit a fishing boat, they were ignited by torches, and soon they would be burned into a piece of black charcoal. Zhang Weixiao ordered people to drive the fast ship to approach the Mongolian ship, and then burned the enemy's bow with a fire spitting barrel, making the Mongolian fleet even more chaotic.

The Mongolian general who was watching the battle downstream saw that the Song army had gained the upper hand again. If they continued to fight, they would probably be burned to death by the Song people on the Yangtze River. The elite army that ruined the Khans was the stupidest act. He decisively chose to retreat. The Mongolian army hung all the fishing boats with sails. The soldiers either used oars or poles, and in short, they used everything they could use to row the river and fled downstream.

Zhang Weixiao didn't care about chasing the enemy. His first task at the moment was to meet with his father's ship, and then rescue Peng Manyu's troops who had just experienced fierce battles. These warships that were once besieged by Mongolian fishing boats were covered with corpses and wounded soldiers, and many wounded people were floating in the water waiting for salvage.

But Peng Man was angry at Zhang Weixiao's 56th chapter of the 1000 torches (1)

The action of stopping the pursuit was extremely dissatisfied. When he was taken to Zhang Lian to meet the father and son on the extraordinary sea swan ship that was watching the enemy's material formation behind him, he immediately made it clear that Zhang Weixiao made a big mistake.

"Why not pursue the victory!" Zhang Lian and Zhang Weixiao and his son rarely saw Peng Man, who had been so angry: "It doesn't matter, the key is to catch the enemy! After going through a lot of hardships, they finally defeated the enemy, but did not pursue the victory, so we were besieged by the enemy ship and died so many brothers, would they all be sacrificed in vain!"

Zhang Weixiao raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth to curse, but was stopped by his old father.

"We have consumed a lot of energy after fighting this time. The number of Tartars is large." Zhang Lian responded with a humble and arrogant attitude: "We don't seem to be inferior, but most of them are fishermen who come to talk about the powerful fishermen. If we really fight against the Tartars, we will inevitably reveal their true colors. Moreover, the Tartars have many people after all, and all they can do is to disperse them. If the Tartars come back to their senses and turn around to attack us, they will suffer losses by themselves."

"Why are you afraid of the number of enemies?" Peng Man pointed to the team of Song army ships slowly sailing down from afar and shouted: "What's this a reinforcement?"

Zhang Weixiao replied coldly: "We also want to ask you. Recently, there has been no notice that friendly ships will arrive. Where did this team of warships come from?"

He reminded Peng Man with one sentence. Peng Man walked to the stern of the boat in three steps in two steps. Seeing a four-car ship opposite, about twenty plywood ships were behind him, slowly approaching this side. He stretched out his hand and shouted, "Get the bow!" A archer quickly handed over the bow. Peng Man tried the strength of the bow, as if it could not be compared with his love bow. At this time, the situation was urgent and he didn't care much. He drew an arrow and put it on the bow, squeaked and pulled the bowstring, aimed at the flag on the bow of the four-car ship, and shouted: "Where did the ship opposite come from? Quickly report the name of the main general!"

The guards on the four vehicles quickly opened the cabin, and a man emerged from the cabin, strode to the bow of the ship. The silver fine armor on their bodies shone brightly, and the silver phoenix winged helmet was paired with white helmet tassels. The majestic appearance was Zheng Yunming, the deputy governor of Jinge.

The three of them were shocked and hurriedly called the sailor to lean on Zheng Yunming's four-car ship. The three of them jumped up to meet Zheng Yunming.

"You must ask me why I came to Ezhou. It's very simple, because Xiangyang cannot use me for the time being." Zheng Yunming said: "The war has spread to various prefectures and counties south of Xiangyang. It is impossible for the Zhao General to sit still, so I sent me downstream to command the navy and army to cooperate with local troops to block the Mongols' plunder."

The mobilization war on the periphery of Xiangyang was so successful that it not only prevented the Mongolian army from siegeing Xiangyang, but also temporarily lifted the threat to the fortresses around Xiangyang. In order to avoid the Song army attacking again, the 56th chapter of the 1000-row torch fish and dragon rage (1)

The Mongolian military camp had to withdraw the army through Tanxi and move it to the border of Junzhou. On the other hand, Huduhu sent thousands of cavalry to monitor the operation of the Fortress of the Tuoling, and he also led his subordinates to the south of Xiangyang to attack and loot. The Mongolians did not know that it was dangerous to allow the defenders in Xiangyang to operate freely, but because of the favorable situation caused by the Song people's active attack, they had to retreat temporarily for a while, giving Xiangyang defenders room for free to move. When they saw the Mongols retreat, Zheng Yunming immediately applied to the commander to lead a team of troops to travel south along the Han River on a boat and headed to Ezhou to command the navy to block the Mongolian army that was looting in the south.

"Sitting in Xiangyang City now has nothing to do." His eagerness to try reminded Zhao Kui of his youth: "It's better to let me lead a team of soldiers to Ezhou, join the navy warships leading the river, and defeat the Mongolian soldiers and horses that went south one by one, which is worse than sitting here for free." His relationship with Zhao Jingshi is not as good as others, so he can speak so unscrupulously. If this is changed to Wang Deng or Lu Xun's statement, it will inevitably make people misunderstood that the Zhenwu Army, who is self-admiring, is ridiculing the generals of Xiangyang to be content with peace and not enterprising.

Zhao Jingzhi Envoy heard this and just smiled slightly. He knew that the war the day before yesterday had inspired Zheng Yunming's blood. The young young man was begging for a fight at this moment. Unless he used the name of the Jingzhi Envoy to come forward to suppress it, it would be difficult for him to take back his request.

But at this time, Zhao Kui had his own considerations. The Mongols near Xiangyang had already stopped fighting. He even sent thousands of infantry across the river to support Fancheng, expelling the Mongols for more than ten miles. But this temporary security does not mean the final victory of the entire Xiangyang defense battle. On the contrary, they only achieved a small-scale success. The main force of the Mongols had not really fought with Xiangyang. When they drove the prisoners who had plundered from the south and met the newly added craftsmen from the north, they would not have to worry about food and grass, and they would not have a clear victory after fighting with Xiangyang with their morale. And he obviously felt that the Hu people were not just plundering this time. They focused on conquering the important town of Xiangyang, in order to freely enter and exit the Jinghu area in the next few years and clear the obstacles for crossing the river.

The most urgent task is to send an army to follow the Mongolian army south and intercept them when they plundered them. After thinking about it, Zheng Yunming, the most suitable task among the generals in Xiangyang, was the guest general. After a few months in Jinghu, he was not familiar with the soldiers and horses from all over Jinghu. Hu Xian was old, not to mention that without him, the lax militiamen did not know what kind of chaos they would cause in Xiangyang. Meng Jing was Meng Gong's brother. If he was sent south, he would be able to cooperate with Meng Gong downstream, but he was just a commander and was not the confidant of the deputy envoy of Bianzhijie of Jiangling Prefecture. It was obviously impossible for him to command so many ships from Jiangling to Ezhou as the commander-in-chief.

The only person who is qualified to mobilize the troops to intercept the Mongolian army in Ezhou. Even if this will send Zheng Gong’s son to the front line to take risks, Chapter 56, Thousand Torchs of Fish and Dragons are angry (1)

But Mr. Zheng is now just unemployed and cannot control many political matters. Zheng Yunming already has the status of the number one general in Jinghu. If he is not sent to garrison, even the officials, militia and generals from Jinghu are unreasonable.

He had only one choice, which was to let the young general go deep into the front line of the battle again, allowing him to shine on the new stage.
Chapter completed!