Chapter 60 The Battle of Liaoji (2)
March 16th, early in the morning, Fanhan Port.
General Wang Shi, Lieutenant General Wang Man, Zuo Zong, accompanied by Naval Colonel Li Min and Zhang Tian, came to Fanhan Port together. Seeing the first 50,000 troops, which were already arranged in an orderly manner in Fanhan Port, waiting for the order to board the ship.
General Wang Shi turned around and ordered Li Min and Zhang Tian: "College Li Min, Zhang Tian obey the order."
Li Min and Zhang Tian replied together: "I obey the order."
Wang Shi nodded and said to the two: "You two can arrange the navy, organize our soldiers and start boarding the ship."
"No." Li Min and Zhang Tian replied together.
On March 16, the battle between Liaodi and Ji Kingdom finally ignited the war under Xin'an City.
Just as General Wang Shi led the army and began to board the ship at Fanhan and prepare to head to the rear of Ji Kingdom.
General Bo Wang, who confronted the Ji army in the east, also pointed to the map on the wall and instructed Lieutenant General Wu Yangjing: "General Wu, now our army is confronting the Ji army led by Jing of Ji Kingdom, here. Thirty thousand cavalry have secretly moved to the border of the ancient city of Ji Kingdom."
"General Wu, the battle between our Liao land and Ji Kingdom has been fully launched today. You will lead the more than 30,000 cavalry troops in Guyi and prepare to set off! I will lead the army to restrain the enemy from the front. Whether you can bypass the blockade of the Ji army and occupy the Heishuili and Jiangjie is all up to you."
Lieutenant General Wu Yangjing bowed and said, "Please rest assured General Bo, your subordinates can set off. We must use the mobility of our Liao cavalry to occupy Heishuili and Jiangjie, and launch an attack from the rear of the enemy."
Bo Wang nodded and said to Wu Yangjing: "I believe that General Wu will live up to his mission."
On the battleships of the Liao Navy and the requisitioned merchant ships, all the decks were filled with soldiers from the Liao territory. After Wang Shi, Wang Bud, Zuo Zong and others boarded the ship, all the ships began to form in advance, including the requisitioned merchant ships, and all the navy warships were outside, and rushed south along the coastline and headed down towards the Huajinli port of Ji Kingdom.
Wang Shi looked at the time when the 50,000 troops boarded the ship. It took almost two hours, which was one hour faster than he had estimated in advance, and felt very satisfied. Next, we have to see how long it would take to go to Huajinli.
Naval Colonels Li Min and Zhang Tian controlled the speed of the ship. In the evening, around Xu hour (19:00 to 21:00).
According to the information explored in advance, Huajinli and even the four surrounding villages are just small fishing villages, and no Ji Kingdom army is stationed.
Because in this era, fishermen's fishing boats are all small boats and cannot go to the farther sea.
In early spring, the sea was calm and the waves were heard in the ears of the Liao soldiers. Moreover, at this time, the sky was getting darker, and no fishing boats were seen on the sea. The entire sea near Huajinli was quietly...
Wang Shi took out his telescope and looked in the direction of Huajinli. At this time, he found that a stream of black smoke was emerging near the Huajinli port. Wang Shi knew that this was ignited by the intelligence officers who came here in advance, saying that everything was safe and they could log in.
General Wang Shi was overjoyed and said to Lieutenant General Wang Meng and Zuo Zong behind him: "God helps me, and order our army to log in immediately. After logging in, act as planned as soon as possible."
On all the warships and on the requisitioned merchant ships, countless small boats were placed down and carried soldiers from Liao to Huajinli.
After Wang Shi landed, Colonel Wang Fenghai, the Intelligence Bureau, came to Wang Shi in the clothes of a local businessman, and excitedly said to Wang Shi: "General Wang, I will cooperate with you personally this time, so I'm happy!"
When Wang Shi saw Wang Fenghai, he was very happy. He walked up to him, beat Wang Fenghai, and said to him: "Lieutenant Colonel Wang, what is the situation in these villages in Huajinli now?"
Wang Fenghai laughed and said to Wang Shi: "General, there is no Ji Kingdom army here in Huajin now, and the four nearby villages are also ordinary villagers. In the future, villages dozens of miles away generally do not contact these villages without any trouble."
Wang Shi was even happier when he heard this. It seems that as long as the first 50,000 troops landed in the rear of the Ji army, it would be said that they were half successful.
Before the army could all come ashore, after about 10,000 people came, Wang Shi said to Wang Meng and Zuo Zong: "Immediately lead people to block Huajinli and several nearby villages, control Huajinli and four nearby fishing villages, control all fishing boats of these fishermen, block all news, and allow them to enter and not leave. We have to rest for two to three days here, and we must not leak any news."
Wang and Zuo Zong agreed, "Promise."
Immediately, Wang Meng and Zuo Zong immediately arranged an army. Under the leadership of several intelligence personnel under Wang Fenghai, they took advantage of the night to run to several villages near Huajinli and began to block the villages and surrounding areas.
Wang Shi said to Wang Fenghai beside him at this time: "What is the strength and status of the Ji army in Lieutenant Colonel Wang, Shun'an, Pingcheng, Baiyuanli?"
Wang Fenghai said to Wang Shi: "General, Shun'an, Baiyuanli only has a force ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 troops. Because Pingcheng is the grain base of the Ji army, it is now found that 30,000 troops are stationed in Pingcheng."
The army of this era attaches great importance to food and grass, so there are 30,000 troops in Pingcheng, which is also expected by Wang Shi.
After the entire army came ashore, it was already midnight at night. At this time, Huajinli and the four nearby villages were firmly controlled by the Liao army and blocked all external passages.
Wang Shi went to Navy Colonel Li Min and Zhang Tiandao: "If the raid is successful this time, the navy will make the first contribution. If your navy works harder, you will stagger the rest of the people. Don't pause these two days, transport the remaining soldiers of the Liao army, war horses and other supplies to Huajin."
Li Min and Zhang Tian clasped their fists together and said, "I will never let down the general's entrustedness."
In the early morning of March 17, the navy and its requisitioned merchant ships returned to Fanhan Port. Li Min and Zhang Tian and other naval officers and soldiers organized the remaining 50,000 troops to board the ship, and on the other hand, they sent people to inform their lords and general Rong Feng as soon as possible about the news of the successful landing.
In the front-line central army tent, General Rongfu was extremely excited after receiving the news and said to Ji Kang: "June, our army's plan to raid the Ji army has been half successful. Our front-line army can continue to challenge and put pressure on the front-line Ji army to ensure that our raiding army is safe behind the enemy."
Ji Kang was also very happy. After hearing Rongfu's words, he nodded and said to Rongfu: "General Rongfu, you should implement it according to the plan!"
Then the Liao army continued to go to the Beiba Shuihe defense line in Ji Kingdom and challenged the Ji army, but the Ji army could not defend it. General Rongfu asked the major general to Gao Dayi to command the stone throwing chariot to throw stones with small weight to the defense line, and to attack the enemy, but did not attack the Ji army's defense line.
After the Liao army led by Wang Shi occupied Huajinli, the next day, he ordered an army of 50,000 to use materials locally and start building barriers in Huajinli.
The villagers in Huajinli and five nearby villages were extremely nervous when they first saw the arrival of the Liao army.
But in the end, seeing that the Liao army was disciplined and did not violate it. If the villagers helped build barriers, they would not only manage food, but also pay for wages. The villagers in several villages also provided food subsidies, and as the price of not allowing them to go out, they immediately felt at ease.
In the afternoon, the Navy transported the remaining 50,000 troops. Then the Navy returned to Fanhan, preparing to transport another batch of grain, war horses and other military supplies to the army, and transported forty catapults.
On March 18, the second group of 50,000 troops rested in Huajin for a night, and completely recovered and joined the ranks of building barriers.
On the same day, after the challenge failed, the Liao army launched a small-scale attack on the Ji army's defense line and was defeated by the Ji army.
When it was dark, all the food, horses and other supplies transported by the navy arrived in Huajinli. The entire barrier in Huajinli had been built with the efforts of a hundred thousand troops.
General Wang Shi did not rush to send troops to advance eastward to Shun'an, but instead asked the Liao army to continue to rest in Huajinli for a day, strengthen the fortress, and held a military meeting within the barriers in Huajinli.
In the army's tent, Wang Shi pointed to the map and said, "This time I raided the army behind Ji Kingdom, and all of them have been in place. But the difficulties facing us have just begun."
"If our army can occupy Shun'an, Pingcheng, Baiyuanli and the main force of the Ji army confronting our army in front will be trapped under the heavy encirclement of our Liao army. Without food and grass, our army can quickly occupy the entire Ji country. Therefore, the burden on us is very heavy."
Speaking of this, Wang Shi did not hesitate at all. Lieutenant General Wang Bun, Zuo Zong, Navy Colonel Li Min and Zhang Tian, and even Colonel Wang Fenghai of the Intelligence Bureau directly ordered:
"I order the Lieutenant General Wang to take the army of 20,000. The next day, when it was dark, he would go to Shun'an under the leadership of the intelligence bureau personnel. After arriving at Shun'an City, he would secretly lurk in the mountains and wait for the 22nd day to launch an attack on Shun'an City."
"Lieutenant General Zuo Zong led a 20,000 army. Today it was dark, led by the intelligence agencies to Baiyuanli. General Zuo Zong, your burden is very heavy, and Baiyuanli is a long journey. When you go this time, you should be careful not to disclose our army's whereabouts. You need to walk at night and rest during the day. I will not finalize the specific attack time for you, you can control it yourself."
"The Navy has also joined the battle this time. Li Min and Zhang Tian, my more than 100,000 troops are now in the rear of Ji Kingdom. The barriers in Huajin are the last retreat for our army. Your navy has 15,000 people, and I will give you another 5,000 soldiers, totaling 20,000. Not only should we take good care of the ships, but we should also guard this place and never relax."
"Col. Wang Fenghai, you will follow me and lead more than 50,000 troops to set out tonight to raid Pingcheng. We will also quickly report to Junhou and General Rongfu to our army plan and ask them to cooperate positively."
Speaking of this, Wang Shi's tone couldn't help but improve, and he said to the generals: "Dear generals, a real man will make achievements in his life for the rest of his life. Everyone should go down and prepare to go!"
Lieutenant General Wang Man, Zuo Zong and other generals stood up together and said to Wang Shi in unison: "No."
Just as Wang Shi held a meeting in Huajinli, Lieutenant General Wu Yangjing also arrived near the ancient city on the border of Liaoji.
Chapter completed!