Chapter 212 Attacking the Battle of Jingzhou and Jiangxia
Under the policy of disintegration and disintegration that unites the majority, transforms a small number of people, and kills a very small number of people. {.}There is no more chance of turmoil in the entire Yangzhou area.
In addition to eliminating the very small number of stubborn elements and allowing the vast majority of people to gain tangible benefits, this is the basis for the stability of Yangzhou and even the entire world. In this chaotic world, having land to plant, having food to eat, and life is guaranteed, which is the happiness that the people desire most.
In the final battle in Wujun, the prefect Xu Gong was shot off the horse by Han Dang with an arrow. While he was captured alive, the soldiers also caught an "old friend" that the Jiangdong Army had long been missing. He was the Lu Jia who represented the Jiangdong Lu family without authorization and organized a group of family soldiers to resist the Jiangdong Army.
The Lu family's roots are basically in Wujun. After escaping from the Crystal Village in Shanyue, Lu Jia returned to his hometown.
Although the failure of the Jiangdong army, who designed Sun Ce again, led to the marriage between Zhou Yu and Xia Na, the stubborn Lu Jia still gave up. With his perfect tongue, he inspired a group of people from the family to join Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun.
Although he worked very hard in the subsequent battle, how could he stop the offensive craze of Gao Shun's camp with his slight power?
Sun Ce did not make things difficult for Lu Kang and Lu Xun for the sake of the Lu family.
After all, the Lu family has been very active in the cooperation with the Jiangdong Army in the past two years. Lu Kang has become seriously aged, and it is impossible to say when he will become immortal. If Lu Kang, as the old patriarch, was angry to death because his nephew Lu Jia was killed, it would inevitably leave a shadow in the hearts of the Lu family.
Therefore, Sun Ce just ordered Lu Jia to continue to accompany Xu Gong. He just went to participate in labor reform together. As for the time of the reform, it depends on their performance.
Maybe it's a year, maybe it's a lifetime.
As for Xu Gong's prefect, it was impossible for him to do it again. For those who like to cause trouble with him, they cannot kill them indiscriminately. It is better to concentrate on their care and send countless people to persuade and educate them.
Sun Ce, who knew the policy of captives of the later party, firmly believed that there were no one who could not be transformed. I thought that those last emperors and so many senior generals could obey and become a new person in the end.
The people who are detained now are just some ignorant landlords and powerful people, at most they are a prefect. If you educate more, you will definitely be a group of good people.
Seeing such a big turmoil, Sun Ce could calm down without hesitation. Yuan Shu of Shouchun was surprised and felt a little cold. He simply came to see the truth. He entrusted everything to the prince Yuan Yao and hid in his palace to spend the whole life and drink.
When Yangzhou was completely pacified and the biggest hidden danger was solved. Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief and transferred a large number of soldiers and ships from Zhenze to Poyang Lake, and after meeting Guo Jia and others who had been waiting for many days, he trained the navy in Poyang Lake.
There is no shortage of water-conscious talents on the ground along the river. The original elite soldiers of the Jiangdong Army, who were born and raised, could become the best navy with just a little training. In three months, the soldiers were mostly allowed to practice new catapults and crossbows on newly built warships.
After Guo Jia reported the news, 30,000 naval troops were already available. Sun Ce immediately came to Poyang with Li Ru, Zhou Yu, with 20,000 camps and 30,000 Lujiang County soldiers. The battle to pacify Jingxiang officially began.
This time, most of the strength of Lujiang County was transferred, but Sun Ce was not worried. He had never thought of conquering the entire Jingzhou area in a battle. As for Yuan Shu's light and dark methods, he had already had a way to deal with it and didn't care at all.
When Huang Zu of Jiangxia heard that Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army was renamed Jiangnan Army, he immediately understood the meaning. When chatting with his subordinates, he also laughed at the new name with disdain.
"What should I worry about Sun Ce, a young man and the like? How did I destroy his self-defeated father back then? Now I can still kill him again!
You dare to be called the Jiangnan Army in vain. Our well-trained 100,000 naval troops in Jingzhou are not the mud legs he took out from the fields. This general wants to turn him and his army into water ghosts outside Jiangxia City, as long as he dares to come!"
Although Huang Zu had already received news that Sun Ce's army was training troops in Poyang Lake, Huang Zu, as a long-time general of the water battle, had already made sufficient defenses and mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized to strengthen the defenses in Jiangxia.
Especially on the river surface outside Xiling County, the county seat, there were 8,000 warships of all kinds, covering the river surface dozens of miles long. This was almost the full strength of the Jingzhou navy. Every Jingzhou army soldier firmly believed in Huang Zu's bold words.
In the thoughts of the Jingzhou naval soldiers: "Is there any other force in the world that can compare with Jingzhou? It's impossible. If the enemy dares to invade, it's just seeking death! There are so many ants that can bite the elephant to death!"
However, the ants who were watching the sky in a well would never know how big the elephant was. So when the huge warship dozens of feet tall and nearly ten feet long appeared on the river outside the Xiling County of Jiangxia.
All the Jingzhou navy participating in the war were stunned, which was really like the ratio of ants to elephants.
Many ants can kill the elephant! But there must be enough powerful ants. Although there are many soldiers in Jingzhou, they are not as afraid of death as ants.
The Jiangnan Army is all such a huge warship. How can we attack and set fire? Not to mention that their tall ships cannot shoot up the ordinary arrows. Even if they shoot up, the raw cowhide covered everywhere will not burn at all.
If the boat hits the big boat, it is simply seeking death. Perhaps the fur of the other person will fall apart before it moves.
Seeing that it was not a big deal to stop and wait for the enemy to come to the door, Su Fei, the governor of the Jiangxia Navy, ordered the commander to the commander.
"The order is sent to the command, two thousand ships of the front army accelerate downward and use rockets to attack the enemy! If the rockets effectively stop and shoot the enemy on the spot. If it is ineffective, the front army will be placed straight downstream and the entire army will enter Poyang Lake to disturb the enemy's rear!"
The tall figure of the new Jianwei General Zhou Yu stood on the Hanhu, the leader of the Jiangnan Navy. Looking at the Jingzhou Navy, who had already begun to act, his eyes were filled with contempt.
The Jiangnan navy, who knew the simple tactics of the Jingzhou navy, had already prepared a sumptuous gift for the Jingzhou army, who had always been proud of.
As Jingzhou ships began to gradually accelerate with the wind, Zhou Yu turned to Zhou Tai beside him and said, "Send the order! After the enemy ships enter the range, each ship will eject tincture oil once before and after! The bed crossbow rocket is ready."
The Jiangxia navy, who received the military order, could only grit the bullet and approach the Jiangnan navy. The huge difference in tonnage between the two sides made most of the Jingzhou navy's usual tactics useless.
If you need to use siege ladders in water battles, those jumping gangs will be unrealistic to shoot. What's more, there are no ladders in each ship.
Today, the Jingzhou army can only take advantage of the smooth flow of the upstream to try whether the rockets can work.
However, what made the Jingzhou navy even more frightened and desperate was that the ships from both sides had not yet reached the range of the bow and arrow.
Countless black balls rose from the Jiangnan military ships far away. They flew quickly over the distance of nearly a thousand steps and fell into the Jingzhou fleet that rushed down in a dense formation.
Countless tall sails in the fleet became the best targets. The clay pots were blocked by the sails and fell off the surface of the ship, breaking on the deck with a scattered sound.
"The turbulent tank! It's turbulent oil! Stop the ship quickly and retreat!"
"Accelerate forward! Don't let the enemy shoot rockets!"
"Ensure the fire!"
The soldiers of Jingzhou on the decks of each ship screamed in panic. There was no way to fight this battle. Water battle, using fire to attack is the king.
However, even the farthest crossbow on his side could not reach the enemy's distance, but the enemy had already spilled tinder oil.
As long as there is a slight amount of Mars, countless ships of all sizes will be buried in the sea of fire. There are even several ships preparing for rockets themselves. Perhaps they have overturned the fire and have begun to burn violently.
On the deck, several soldiers who were splashed with oil screamed wildly and fluttered because of the severe pain, igniting everything they touched.
This all-wood warship, once it is poured with oil, it will be impossible to extinguish it without burning out the things that can be burned. Before the battle has begun, one of its formations has completely fallen into chaos.
Hundreds of boats crashed into a ball in panic. Even if they didn't hit them, they were blocked by the crowded ships and could not move. They could only stop on the river surface and watched the canister covering the sky falling like raindrops.
The two thousand small boats like boats that rushed forward in Jingzhou were more or less hit. Then came the crossbow arrows shot from the huge whistling crossbow.
But this kind of crossbow arrow was a strange idea that someone came up with. A whistle that could make sharp sounds were installed at the tail of the arrow. When the arrow was flying, the whistle made a terrifying and sharp sound, just like a modern artillery shell flying in the air.
As the crossbow arrows with fire were shot into the ship covered with tinder oil, a huge fire rose into the sky with a sound of the tent. It was obviously a battle with cold weapons, but under someone's careful design, it was like a modern artillery battle.
Seeing that the fire could no longer be stopped, the soldiers of Jingzhou who could still move on the boat all turned over and jumped out of the river. Although the river was covered with raging flames, no matter how much, the chances of surviving in the water were much greater.
Chen Ju, deputy governor of the Jingzhou Navy, shouted in panic: "General Su, let's retreat! If the enemy ship approaches, our small bed crossbow will not be able to withstand their attacks!"
Su Fei, who is always very kind to his subordinates, has changed his face at this moment.
He glared at his eyes and said angrily: "Shut up! As one of the main generals, you don't want to defeat the enemy, and you are still talking nonsense here to disrupt the morale of the army. If you dare to retreat again, be careful that the general will not be merciless and kill you to sacrifice the flag!" To be continued...
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