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Chapter 1018 The first battle at Jingkou

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Jingkou is the old capital of Jiangdong. After the capital moved to Jianye, Jingkou gradually became deserted. However, it was only politically marginalized and its economic status was still very high. It is the exit of the Piling County Canal through the Yangtze River. The grain transported from Piling County was transferred in Jingkou and then transported to Jianye after being replaced by a large ship. Jingkou has become the largest material transit place in Jiangdong, and the commerce is very developed.

At present, Jiangdong is making every effort to clear the canal from Wujun to Piling County, and at the same time expand the waterway between the Qinhuai River and the Piling Canal. Once these two canals are opened, Danyang, Piling and Wujun will be connected together. Wujun's grain and materials can be transported directly to the Yangtze River, then from the Yangtze River to Jianye, or directly to Jianye through the Qinhuai River.

Therefore, in the canal system in Jiangnan, Jingkou plays an important role. In the military layout of Jiangdong, ten thousand of Jianye's ten thousand troops were deployed in Jingkou, and the veteran Han Dangdang was commanded.

Since Gan Ning got the deployment map of the Jiangdong army, he was targeted and knew what he should do. Liu Jing ordered him to restrain the Jianye army, but did not let him stand by and watch. Seizing Jingkou and controlling the canal hub was the most effective way to restrain the Jianye army.

On the morning of that day, the remaining huge warships slowly approached the Yangtze River Wharf outside Jingkou City. The Yangtze River Wharf in Jingkou is a civilian wharf. A year ago, there were thousands of sails here, and cargo ships of large and small crowded the river outside the wharf. However, since Jiangdong decided to transform a cargo ship into a military ship, a large number of cargo ships fled to the north shore and did not return. The dock had become deserted and there was no civilian.

However, the tension of the military still enveloped the Jingkou Wharf. Not far from the Wharf, the Jiangdong Army built eight tall sentry towers, and the river surface could be directly seen from the sentry towers, while the seven thousand Jiangdong Army was stationed in the Jingkou Iron City.

At this time, a rapid alarm bell came from the mail tower. The soldiers had already seen several warships appear on the river outside the dock. The alarm bell alarmed the soldiers stationed in Jiangdong several miles away. Under the leadership of General Han Dang, they rushed towards the Yangtze River pier.

At this time, a thousand Jiangdong soldiers stationed on the dock had launched bows and arrows attacks on the docking enemy ships. They were hiding behind a mud bag wall outside the stairs, and dense arrows shot towards the Han army warships like raindrops.

More than a dozen large Han army ships had already landed on the dock, and long boards were placed on the land. Several Han soldiers were on each ship. They held shields in their hands and walked slowly towards the shore with dense arrows. Although the Han army's shield formed a shield wall, many soldiers were still shot by arrows and fell into the river with screams.

At this time, the stone cannons on the warship also fought back. With the huge bang, dozens of tiny oil pots weighing more than ten kilograms were shot towards the mud bag wall. The pots fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. The tiny oil flowed everywhere. As dozens of rockets shot, the fire burned with a blast and spread rapidly. A section of the mud bag wall was ignited, and the soldiers hiding behind the wall evacuated to both sides.

More and more potted pots of tincture oil hit the mud bag wall, and the fire spread faster and faster. Most of the mud walls that were nearly a mile long were engulfed by the fire. A thousand Jiangdong soldiers could no longer hide in the mud wall, so they had to give up the cover and evacuate backwards.

The Jiangdong Army's bow and arrow defense gradually disappeared, and the Han army began to land on a large scale. Teams of soldiers ran ashore, the big ship left, and another big ship docked, and countless Han soldiers poured out.

This time, Gan Ning was led by Gan Ning himself. He originally considered landing at night and attacking Jingkou, but in order to use actual combat to hone the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Gan Ning decided to land in the daytime and fight fiercely with the Jiangdong Army. He was confident that he would defeat the Jiangdong Army in one battle.

A thousand soldiers from Jiangdong evacuated the dock, and the Han army began to land quickly. Teams of soldiers rushed down from the ship and lined up quickly. Before the brigade of enemy troops arrived, 10,000 Han army had landed 7,000 people. They lined up in an orderly manner and were full of murderous aura, preparing to fight the Jiangdong army to the death.

Gan Ning rode on the war horse and stared coldly ahead. He could see clearly that a large group of Jiangdong soldiers appeared on the right side of Beigu Mountain in front. They were about one mile away and were quickly approaching the dock.

"Bow and arrow ready!"

With a command from Gan Ning, the soldiers of the Thousand Han Army took off their bows and arrows, walked forward quickly, pulled the arrows and raised the bows and arrows, waiting for the order to fire.

At this time, Han Dang also saw the enemy troops in the distance. He was secretly surprised. There were seven or eight thousand people arranged on the dock, but the enemy troops on the large ship were still landing, but there were unknown how many Han troops would come ashore. Han Dang felt a little uneasy.

At the beginning of the year, the Jiangdong Army had only 10,000 troops, and later it forced tens of thousands of troops to conquer them, which was called the New Army. The New Army generally lacked training, had no combat experience, and had poor combat effectiveness, so it could only serve as an auxiliary army.

Originally, tens of thousands of troops were relatively elite, of which 20,000 were stationed in the capital Jianye, and another 10,000 were deployed in Wujun, and used in conjunction with 20,000 new troops.

Another 10,000 new troops were stationed near Jingkou in Piling County. It was the army commanded by Han Dang. This was also the helpless move of the Jiangdong Army. Sun Quan wanted to give priority to ensuring the safety of the capital Jianye, so he deployed the most elite troops in Jianye, and Jingkou could only deploy the new troops.

Ten thousand troops were deployed in Jingkou, and the number was used to make up for the shortcomings of training and combat effectiveness. Among them, 7,000 troops were guarding Jingkou City, while the other thousand troops were stationed in Yunyang County, which was slightly south.

Yunyang County is the intersection of the Qinhuai River and the Canal, and its strategic location is equally important. When the Han army had completely controlled the Yangtze River, the fleet from Wujun could only transfer to the Qinhuai River in Yunyang County and enter Jianye along the Qinhuai River.

Seeing that the Han army was ready for bows and arrows, Han Dang raised his hand and said, "Cease the battle and advance!"

The order was passed quickly, and the seven thousand troops stopped the march, and Han Dang ordered again: "Let's move forward!"

The Jiangdong Army quickly formed a team and formed a large formation about the Han army. Seven thousand people raised their spears, but refused to charge forward. Although the other party showed no sign of attacking the Han army, Gan Ning still did not order to put down the bow and arrow. He waited patiently. As the famous Han army, the last warship, got off the warship, ten thousand Han troops had been fully lined up.

At this time, Gan Ning saw that the other party still had no intention of attacking, and immediately ordered: "Replace the spear with bows and arrows!"

Thousands of soldiers took back their bows and arrows and began to turn into spears. The Han army was like a reservoir gradually filled with water, waiting for the order to attack. With Gan Ning's order, "Strike!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The Han sermon drums were loud, and ten thousand Han soldiers shouted and shouted, and murderous aura burst out, as if a powerful tide rushed towards the Jiangdong army outside.

Han Dang also shouted: "Come on!"

The seven thousand soldiers of the Jiangdong Army had never undergone actual combat and were not sufficiently trained. More importantly, they were forced to join the army and were unwilling to work hard for Sun Quan. Under the powerful impact of the Han soldiers, the Jiangdong soldiers became timid and feared the war. They shrank their hands and feet and left the Han army to fight.

"Stop, don't escape!"

The commander Lin Hong shouted loudly and beat him with a whip, but he still couldn't stop the fleeing soldiers. At this time, a strange horn sound came from afar. Lin Hong was stunned. He also saw the Han army battle flags appearing in the north. The official road was dusty, and the overwhelming Han soldiers came to the south.
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