Lu Xun and Xu Daofu stood side by side on the building ship, watching their fleet collide with the imperial ships.
At that time, Xu Daofu went to Jiankang to watch the review ceremony and found that the ships of the imperial fleet were low in shape, so he had the idea to strengthen the bows of his own ships and build the hulls taller so that he could have the upper hand in battle.
Seeing the imperial ships being torn apart by the collision of his own fleet, Lu Xun twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Taofu, at first I was still doubtful when I saw the ship you built. Only after today's battle did I know that you were far-sighted." m.
The warship the two of them were riding on had four floors and was twelve feet high. Standing on it and overlooking the overall situation, Xu Daofu called it the "eight-foot warship." Xu Daofu had witnessed Liu Yu sending people to assassinate Yang Anxuan, and he was very interested in the battleship Yang Anxuan was riding on. The assassin clearly cut open the battleship first, so why didn't he see the ship sinking?
Xu Daofu was puzzled. After returning to Shixing, he sent a spy to Xiangyang to investigate. Finally, he spent a lot of money to find out the secret of the watertight compartment from a boatman.
According to the boatman, Xu Daofu divided the cabin into nine cabins based on the structure of bamboo, which he called the "Eight-Owl Ship". The Guangzhou Navy built a total of nine "Eight-Off Ship".
The battle situation on the river was one-sided, and the navy led by Liu Yi was defeated. Xu Daofu ordered his men to wave flags and direct the warships to clash. Even the warship Liu Yi was on was smashed and leaked.
Liu Yi hurriedly ordered to dock, abandoned the ship and fled hastily. He only had a few hundred people with him, and most of the 20,000 soldiers and horses he led became prisoners.
After Liu Daogui of Jiangling learned that Lu Xun was leading the fleet to the east, he handed over the seal of the Nanman captain to Liu Zun, who proposed to join the army, and asked him to guard Jiangling City. He personally led Sima Wang Zhenzhi and Yangwei General Tan Daoji, and eight thousand soldiers and horses advanced by land and water to attack The army was stationed at Huan Qian in Lingyang City, Tianmen County.
On May 3, the two armies fought fiercely outside Lingyang City. The Shu army was defeated and fled. Huan Qian was killed by the pursuers, and the remaining Shu army retreated to Yanghe County. Huan Qian died, and the Longkang Huan clan withdrew from this historical stage.
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In Jingling, Wang Zhen's evil detective learned that Liu Daogui and his army had left Jiangling City. Only Liu Zun and 1,600 men were left to defend the city. Standing in front of the map, Wang Zhene had an uncontrollable impulse. At this moment, he led his army to seize Jiangling without any effort.
He became famous all over the world after one battle. Wang Zhen'e was valued by his grandfather Wang Meng when he was young. Later, the Wang family fell apart with the defeat of the former Qin Dynasty. Wang Zhen'e wanted to assist the emperor, make achievements, and become a marquis and prime minister like his grandfather.
When Yan Ling attended the cultural gathering, Yang An Xuanhui saw people and chased him to Songshan Mountain, which greatly moved Wang Zhene. In the future, history books may put this incident alongside Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage and Moon Night Pursuing Letters. Wang Zhene promised that he would be like Zhuge Liang and Han Xin. Disappointing the Lord's high expectations.
Exhaling the hot air in his chest, Wang Zhene returned to the table, took a few sips of cold tea to calm himself down.
He has followed Yang Anxuan for nine years. He captured Yongzhou from Xiangyang, repulsed Huanxuan's attack, defeated the invasion of Qin and Wei, regained the two counties of Hongnong and Shangluo, gained the land of Yanzhou, captured Liangzhou with Yang Siping, and captured the north with Yang Zijingqiao. Qingzhou has achieved such brilliant results in less than ten years, and the lord deserves a lot of credit. Not only can he go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he can also strategize and be both civil and military.
Pumping his arms, Wang Zhene was a little frustrated. Not only compared to the lord, Meng Longfu, and Shen Qingzhi, but also the ordinary soldiers in the heroic camp were three points better than him. Wang Zhene thought mockingly to himself, the master often said that he was like Zhuge Liang and Xiao He, using his wits but not his strength.
Thinking of using wisdom, Wang Zhene stroked his beard with some satisfaction. There were many brave generals under his lord's command, but there were only a handful of people who were good at strategy. Hu Fan who was far away in Beiqingzhou, Zhu Lingshi who guarded Shangluo, Fu Hongzhi in Jiangzhou City, By the way, there is also Wang Huilong. These people can stand alone, but they are not as good as themselves.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he restrained it. He claimed to be very resourceful, but he did not dare to be self-righteous in front of his lord. The two often coincided with each other when thinking about strategies, and the lord's vision was more original, and he could foresee the development of the situation. Wang Zhen was disgusted and convinced.
Take the defeat of Yan as an example. Wang Zhen'e thought that the imperial army would go through Pengcheng and pass through Lu County to attack Taishan County. However, Yang Anxuan thought that Liu Yu had a gambler's character and would lead his army to take the risk to Daxian Mountain, and judged that the Yan army would not attack in Daxian Mountain. Xianshan blocked it, and it turned out just as Yang Anxuan expected.
The tactic of taking advantage of the opportunity of the imperial troops to attack Guanggu City and transporting naval troops to Donglai to capture the four counties of Beiqingzhou was a stroke of genius, which made Wang Zhene admire him greatly.
During his nine years in Xiangyang, Wang Zhene witnessed the great changes in Yongzhou. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, Confucian scholars flocked to the city, the military was booming, and commerce was prosperous. As one of them, Wang Zhene was very proud. He firmly believed that his lord would be determined in the future. Can conquer the world and establish a dynasty.
Wang Zhen'e deeply felt the kindness of encounter and was determined to establish meritorious service and honor his ancestors just like his grandfather had done with Fu Jian.
Seeing that Yang Zijing, Hu Fan, Yang Anyuan and others were awarded titles for their meritorious service, Wang Zhene's thoughts were ready to move. Every time his lord went on an expedition, he was left to guard the rear. Although this was a sign of trust in him, it also limited his opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
The imperial court ordered the Yongzhou Army to go south to help suppress the rebellion. It was rare that the lord did not want to fight in person. Wang Zhene certainly did not want to miss this opportunity to make meritorious deeds and asked the lord to fight. Yang Anxuan readily agreed. Before leaving for the expedition, Yang Anxuan told him to "fish in troubled waters". Wang Zhene turned his teacup and thought carefully.
The eight thousand soldiers who accompanied him on the expedition were the elite of Yongzhou's army. Wang Zhene was confident that he could defeat the enemy even if he faced five times the rebel force. Most of the fierce generals in the army were stationed on one side, and Wang Zhene selected a group of low-ranking generals in the army to follow him into battle.
Most of these generals, including Zhou Chao of Yiyang, Li Qiang of Pengcheng, and Feng Heng of Nanyang, were promoted from ordinary soldiers through meritorious service, and most of them participated in the battles against Qin, Wei, and Shu.
Yang Anxuan implemented a military merit system in the army. Soldiers who performed meritorious services were rewarded, and several generals who robbed soldiers of their merits were punished. This allowed Yang Anxuan to obtain loyal, brave, and militant officers.
Wang Zhen'e knew that the "fish" his lord was talking about were the soldiers under Lu Xun's command and the people in distress, which were different from the "big fish" in his mind such as Jiangling, Baling, Xiakou and other cities. However, his lord was right. If you take Jiangling at this time, you will be despised by the world, and the gain will outweigh the loss.
It had been two days since Lu Xun's army left Baling. Wang Zhen'e ordered the navy to set off and follow Lu Xun at a distance of thirty miles.
Lu Xun and Liu Yi fought fiercely at Sangluozhou. In less than two hours, the imperial navy was wiped out. Liu Yi took hundreds of his men to the shore and escaped. When the news was reported to Wang Zhen'e, Wang Zhen'e sneered coldly. : "What a loser. Even 20,000 pigs can probably last for a few days."
Lu Xun did not expect such an easy victory. He ordered his men to clean the battlefield and collect the ships. The captured baggage piled up like a mountain. Xu Daofu selected several generals from the prisoners for interrogation and learned that Liu Yu had returned to Jiankang.
Lu Xun was shocked and said: "Liu Yu has returned to the capital. Jiankang is already on guard. Liu Yu is as ferocious as a tiger and is invincible. Why don't we return to Xunyang first and overturn you to defend Jiangzhou, and then lead the army to seize Jiangling. This way we can occupy it." The land of Jing, Jiang, and Guangzhou is enough to resist the imperial court."
Xu Daofu thought to himself, if you hadn't delayed it for several months, Liu Yu would have attacked Yan in Guanggu City at this time, and it would have been easy to take advantage of the opportunity to seize Jiankang.
"Although Liu Yu returned to Beijing, his army was still stranded in Jiangbei. After Liu Yi's defeat, the imperial court did not have many troops. If we did not pursue the victory, it would be difficult to attack Jiankang when the troops from the Northern Expedition returned." Xu Dao Fu firmly objected.
The two could not argue, so Lu Xun sent Ruan Jing, an official in the army, to escort the baggage and prisoners back to Xunyang City first.
Three hundred warships and 10,000 soldiers escorted the baggage and prisoners to Xunyang City. Xunyang City was dozens of miles away, and the imperial army was newly defeated. Ruan Jing was not prepared for a sneak attack.
Riding on the eight-boat ship, Ruan Jing drank and joked with a group of cronies in the cabin, and let the captured singer sing and compose music. Suddenly, there were sounds of killing, and someone rushed in to report. There were officers and soldiers on the river to intercept them.
Ruan Jing was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "There are actually officers and soldiers who came to die. You guys, let's kill the enemy with stupidity." Yesterday's battle with Liu Yi's navy doubled the confidence of Lu Xun's army.
When they left the cabin, they saw hundreds of warships appearing upstream, blocking the way. Countless arrows fell like raindrops, and from time to time someone was hit by an arrow and fell into the river.
Ruan Jing shouted loudly: "Come forward and knock down these bastards of officers and soldiers."
The flag was waved to convey the military order, and the Bianmin Navy rushed forward and collided with the Yongzhou Navy. The expected hull break did not occur. Instead, the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to jump on board and fight on the deck.
Wang Zhene took a few glances, and saw that all the Yongzhou troops were fighting bravely to take the lead, but the civilian army collapsed at the first touch, and people kept jumping from the boats into the water to escape. His eyes fell on the tall "Eight-Owl Ship". Although he didn't know what the ship was called, Wang Zhene estimated that the leader of the rebel army should be on board.
The flag was waved, and Zhou Chao led fifty warships to attack the eight-ship. Ruan Jing on the eight-ship found that the situation was not good. This group of officers and soldiers were much stronger than Liu Yi's navy. The soldiers he led More than 400 warships were divided into small pieces and fought independently on the river.
Ruan Jing was standing on the top of the ship, shouting at the top of his lungs and ordering the retreat to form a formation. He saw dozens of Jin army ships shooting at the eight-stern ship he was riding on like sharp arrows. Ruan Jing knew that the eight-armed ship looked majestic, but if it was surrounded by the Jin army, it would be difficult to escape.
The ships on the side of the order were blocked in front of the eight-gun ship. Ruan Jing discovered that there were wheel-like paddles on both sides of the Jin army's ships. They were very flexible in advancing and retreating. They could use the water flow to cleverly hit the side of their own navy's ships, and the ship shot out The huge crossbow pierced the hull of the ship easily, and countless sharp arrows rose from the ship, overwhelming his own soldiers to the point where they could not fight back.
Within a quarter of an hour, seven or eight ships were knocked over, and struggling soldiers were floating on the river. Ruan Jing estimated that the Jin army's ships would break through the obstruction and arrive next to the eight-stern ship in a while.
Looking at the cronies beside him, all of them looked fearful, Ruan Jing ordered: "Let the archers line up at the bow of the ship to prevent the Jin army from boarding the ship."
After saying that, Ruan Jing hurriedly got down from the top of the boat, boarded the boat with more than a dozen of his cronies, and fled in panic.
An hour later, the sound of fighting quieted down. Wang Zhene ordered the rescue of those who fell into the river, gathered the rebel boats in one place, counted the seized materials, and returned two-quarters of an hour later.
Zhou Chao boarded the ship excitedly and reported, "General Wang, we have captured eighty-seven warships and found that there were more than 8,000 captured Jin troops and a lot of baggage."
Wang Zhene was overjoyed. He did not expect to rescue the prisoners so easily. It seemed that the ship that had just engaged in the battle was transporting supplies and prisoners to Xunyang.
Ruan Jing fled back to Sangluozhou and reported to Lu Xun in disgrace that the ship had been hijacked by the Jin army. Lu Xun was surprised and asked: "Where did the Jin army come from? How many ships are there? Could it be that Liu Yu sent troops?"
When he learned that the Jin army's ships came from upstream, about three hundred, Lu Xun was shocked and replied to Xu Dao: "Didn't Xi Zuo say that Liu Daogui led his army to attack the Shu army? How could the Jin army appear in Xunyang? There are only more than 300 boats, and the number of people is only about 10,000. If the road is overturned, you can lead the people to catch up."
Sangluozhou was only forty miles away from the battle site. When Xu Daofu arrived with 800 warships, he saw that there was no ship in the river. The broken planks of the ship were washed away by the river, and there were still several arrows on them. Trembling in the river wind.
The clipper chased forward for more than 20 miles, but no Jin ship was seen. Xu Daofu called Ruan Jing to ask for details, and learned that there were wheel-shaped foreign objects on both sides of the Jin ship. He snorted coldly: "They are Yongzhou soldiers and horses."
Xu Daofu knew about the Yongzhou soldiers and horses going south. He and Lu Xun analyzed that Liu Yu did not want to see Yongzhou soldiers and horses participating in the battle, and would only let the Yongzhou army contain them. Unexpectedly, the Yongzhou army attacked brazenly and took away the Jin army prisoners of war.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Daofu ordered to return to the army. The Yongzhou Army's participation in the war had made the originally good situation unpredictable, and he wanted to discuss it with Lu Xun.
Some people died, but not completely...
