Chapter 818: Mutual calculations

The secretary left, and Su You turned around: "It is now confirmed that the Jiaozhi Yuanjiang Navy is moving northward, and the target is our Guangnan Navy. Officers, based on this information, we will deduce the follow-up situation."

"The purpose of this battle is to destroy the ship and seize it, and then join forces with the Guangnan Navy to block the Furiang River Navy's outlet."

"After we kill the Yuanjiang Navy and solve the danger of enemies from the front and rear for the Guangnan Navy, we will lock Li Changjie in the area of ​​​​two rivers. With a partial force, we can take Thanglong!"

"The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind, I want to eat this big one! Revive the entire battle situation!"

"Hurry! The rainy season is coming soon, and we don't have much time!"

Sun Neng stood at attention: "Yes!"

On the north bank of the Furiang River, the fierce battle became intense as soon as it began.

The armies of Marquis Zhaowen and Ruan Gen came with great force, and Zhao Xi lacked the ability to mobilize in emergencies. This was not a lie at all, but he was really beaten to a series of defeats. He abandoned Xialiang County in Silang Prefecture in embarrassment and retreated to Shangliang.

Marquis Zhaowen's confidence increased greatly and he ordered Ruan Gen to advance further and strive to regain the entire territory of Silang.

Between Xialiang County and Shangliang County, there is a low pass in the middle called Shuangliang Village.

In the tenth year of Xining, on the first day of the second lunar month, there was no moon in the sky. A troop of troops dressed in black came to Shuangliang Village.

Ruan Gen led thousands of vanguard troops and hid under the stockade, listening to the sound of clappers in the stockade.

It's funny to say that Li Changjie agreed that the troops in various places would launch at the third watch, but the signal had to be obeyed by the orders of the Song army guarding the village.

The bangs rang three times in the village. Ruan Gen drew out his long sword and whispered to the soldiers around him: "The Marquis has an order. The first person to enter Shuangliang Village will be rewarded with ten taels and five hectares of land, and will be admitted to the emperor's personal guard! Brothers."

, glory and wealth, today!”

The sergeants nodded fiercely and rushed towards the village.

Nowadays, it is the habit of the Song Army to pull up the Thunderbolt as the first thing after nightfall in any critical place.

Moreover, Song Jun's habits became more and more vicious, and he used more and more tricks to pull ropes.

For example, today, Zhentian Lei was buried in the back, and then the rope was pulled along the road to the front, and then it was blocked in the middle of the road.

As a result, the mines did not go off as the Vietnamese army marched forward. Suddenly, the sergeant in front kicked the rope, and the mines exploded along the rear.

This attack made Ruan Gen miserable, and hundreds of corpses were immediately lying in front of the village.

The Song troops on the stockade immediately took action, throwing down lamps, balls and torches one after another, illuminating the bottom of the stockade.

The crossbow arrows were shot down in a whoosh, and occasionally there was a thunder that shook the sky. The Vietnamese troops within the range of the fire fell to the ground one after another.

Zhaowen Hou was waiting for news in the middle army. Hearing the explosion in front, he stood up suddenly and asked, "Is the Song army prepared?"

At this moment, shouts came from everywhere around the military camp, and the explosion was the signal. Song troops from all directions began to rush out of the valley and attack Zhaowen Hou's camp!

The Western Army has had enough meat in the past six months and has basically no night blindness.

Night fighting was originally the advantage that Su You brought to the Western Army back then. It was his favorite subject when he had nothing to do. Now it is like giving a pillow to sleepy people.

After finally luring Zhaowen Hou into a deep siege, Guo Kui made a big bet and mobilized two cavalrymen, Zhang Shiju and Wang Min, in order to annihilate in one fell swoop this difficult force that had delayed the Song army for half a year.

Fifty miles upstream, Li Changjie waved his hand: "Cross the river!"

More than four hundred ships were launched together, and countless black shadows were like sharp arrows, sailing towards the other shore.

Li Changjie used all his strength this time and prepared a total of 40,000 elite troops.

The chosen place to cross the river was within the defense zones of Huang Huangman and Liu Ji.

The two brothers were newcomers, and they couldn't get a high-quality match like Zhen Tianlei. Fortunately, Liu Ji also had a second thought and imitated the Song army and pulled up the rope, but there were a few pills at the end of the rope.

Empty can box with stones.

Li Changjie's vanguard troops tripped over cans and alerted the guards on the river bank. The guards lit an oil rattan ball on fire and fired it into the air with a hemp rope version of a crossbow.

Under the firelight, the Furiang River was filled with densely packed ships of all sizes. A dozen small, sharp-headed speedboats had docked at the riverside, and hundreds of people had already reached outside the camp.

The night watchmen were all stunned. There were at least tens of thousands of people here!

Ringing the gong around him frantically: "Enemy attacks, enemy attacks"

Huang Jinman and Liu Ji just received rewards from the Song army today. In addition to making them governors of the state, they were also rewarded with dozens of jars of fine wine and countless cans.

The two brothers were drinking wine and eating cans, feeling that good times were finally coming, when they heard the gong alarm.

Liu Ji suddenly jumped up: "Oh no!"

Grabbing weapons and rushing to the watchtower, the sergeants had already started firing ballistae to attack the boats on the river.

Most of the stone bullets and oil jars fell into the air, and only a few hit the river boats.

A flaming oil vat fell onto a flat-bottomed boat, and suddenly burst into flames. People on the boat jumped into the river with flames and shouts. The river boat rolled sideways on the river and then burned.

Through several burning river boats, Liu Ji knew that Li Changjie was ruthless this time.

He pulled Huang Jinman over who was organizing the defense: "Hurry to the Central Army and report a letter to the Minister of Economic Affairs and Strategy! Just say there are 40,000, not 50,000! Fifty thousand people are crossing the river! We can't hold it!"

Huang Jinman shouted: "Brother, go!"

Liu Ji kicked him off the watchtower: "This is a military order! If I die, Shiheng will be your son! Hurry!"

Huang Jinman stood below and looked at the wall: "Brother!"

Liu Ji didn't look back and waved his hand: "Get out of here!"

Huang Jinman stamped his feet, picked up his helmet and ran towards the back of the village.

Liu Ji shouted to his men: "Reinforcements are coming soon! Brothers, hold on! Where is the strong wine that the Song Dynasty rewarded us with? Bring it all over here for me!"

Hundreds of Vietnamese troops rushed over carrying bamboo ladders. Liu Ji took off his armor, tore off his robe, wrapped it in a wine jar brought by the sergeants, lit it, then raised it high and threw it down: "You are a thief!

Bullying me is not a true soldier, is it?!"

The wine vat was smashed at the bottom of the stockade, and a fire suddenly broke out.

The Tibetan soldiers immediately followed suit and threw down the wine jars, then threw down straw bundles and pine firewood, and burned the outside of the village to ashes.

But this was only temporary. Liu Ji and Huang Jinman had no more than 10,000 men in total, and many of them were just eating and drinking and following the cave master to make soy sauce. Against tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops, they were no match for them.

Soon, Liu Ji's main force was defeated, and he led the remaining army to escape into the mountains in the dark. The Guangyuan Army, which had just received its designation, was turned into a guerrilla force behind enemy lines in the blink of an eye.

Guo Kui was shocked when he received the news. He really followed Su Shaobao's mantra: Look at other people's bowls, and others are looking at your pot!

Now the Song army's focus is on the east. His central army was originally the rear army, but now it has become the front army facing Li Yue's main force!

Li Changjie would never raise troops without reason, and now he suddenly crossed the river to ask for a battle, it must be for great benefits.

Looking at the map in front of him, Guo Kui judged the situation in a blink of an eye. This battle was lost!

Judging from the comparison and deployment of the enemy's and our own forces, we can see that there was a huge gap in the Song army's layout unknowingly.

Li Changjie took advantage of Marquis Zhaowen's eagerness for war and asked him to suppress the Song army and clear a section of the Fuliang River waterway that was completely controlled by the Vietnamese army!

Later, they used the Furiang River Navy to attract the Song Dynasty Navy to the Furiang River.

What will Li Changjie do next? The Yuanjiang Navy must move north to attack the Guangnan Navy!

So what if the Song Army won a complete victory on land? Once the navy was lost, the Song Army's hope of crossing the river was completely cut off. In this battle, the final winner was Li Yue!

"What a great Li Changjie!"

The characteristics of a general are often both his shortcomings and his strengths.

Guo Kui is overly cautious, but never impulsive.

Now, he is already thinking about how to get the maximum result and lose decently.

"Tell Zhang Shiju and Wang Min that the whole army will attack and must destroy the puppet Zhaowen Hou tribe before dawn! Try to get He Bin and Yang Congxian to join him in the middle of the river."

"Then rely on the north bank, use ships to form a water fortress, rely on each other for support, and wait for the Chinese army!"

"The Chinese army will attack with me and repel the enemy!"

"In this battle, use all the thunderbolts! If you can kill one more enemy, kill one more for me!"

This was the order for the decisive battle. Wang Zhongzheng said: "Li Changjie is a fox. The crossing position is far upstream of our crossbow position, but the infantry has to pass there if it wants to come over. We only need to move the army forward, and the artillery camp can provide the army with

support!"

Guo Kui said: "That's true, but the key point you should pay attention to is still the water surface!"

"The ballista unit must continue to hide. Your target is Li Changjie's ships! If they go down the river to support the navy in the Furiang River, you must try your best to snipe to reduce the pressure on He Bin and Yang Congxian."
Chapter completed!