Feng Bashang was suspicious of who was responsible for the sneak attack on Feiru County and captured people and burned cotton. After receiving the news, Wei Emperor Tuoba Si revealed that it was Yong's army.
Last year, the navy of the Yong army defeated the navy of the Song army at Shuiling Mountain, and now it sneaked across the sea to attack the state of Yan. Tuoba Si thought of the hundreds of miles of coast of Jizhou (Wei). If the navy of the Yong army attacked from the sea, the state of Wei would be in trouble. .
After Abo, the governor of Jizhou, came to Liyangjin, Tuoba Si ordered Eqing to take over as the governor of Jizhou and govern Xindu (now Jizhou City, Hebei Province). Tuoba Si ordered Eqing to build beacon towers in coastal ports and strongholds, and station three thousand naval forces in Yangxin and Zhangwu cities to defend against attacks from the sea at any time.
The fundamental solution was to establish a strong navy. Tuoba Si summoned the Jin envoy He Lang and reiterated the fact that the Jin State sent five hundred craftsmen to the Wei State. To show his sincerity, Tuoba Si issued an edict in front of He Lang, ordering Changsun Song stationed in Yewang City and Shusun Jian stationed in Ji County City to organize their troops and prepare to attack Yong.
Changsun Song was deeply ashamed of his failure in the previous attack on Yishi City. Now that the food is in the warehouse, the military rations are sufficient, and the autumn is high and the horses are fat, it is the time to use force. Changsun Song once again led an army of 40,000 to garrison Anyi City.
The battle may not be possible, but Yang Anxuan's original plan to mobilize more troops from Beiyong Prefecture and Si Prefecture failed. The Wei army moved westward to contain the troops, indicating that the alliance between Liu Yu and Wei State had deepened.
Liu Zhong kidnapped more than 10,000 people from Yan State and brought them to the counties of Beiqingzhou. Yang Anxuan asked Yang Zijing to settle these people, arrange their residences, and distribute their fields. The more young people there are, the stronger the country will be. More taxes, more grain, more soldiers.
After receiving the award, Liu Zhong became even more uncontrollable and simply brought hundreds of captive people to attack Beiyan Jizhou City again. These people begged to return to the Northern Kingdom to pick up their families. After waiting at sea for three days, Liu Zhong returned to Feiru Pier to pick up the people who had defected after hearing the news.
More than 10,000 people came to seek refuge with their families, and some even emptied the entire village. Feng Ba appointed Shangdang Gong Yao Zhao to concurrently serve as the governor of Youzhou, but Yao Zhao was still in Longcheng at this time, and there was no one in Feiru County. He was in charge and did not dare to go to war, and the hearts of the entire Yan country were floating.
On the return journey, Liu Zhong led his ships to the Liaodong County area occupied by Goguryeo and took away thousands of people.
In September, the navy of the Yong army attacked Yangxin City. The navy of Wei Zhen heard the news and went to war. Liu Zhong hurriedly kidnapped more than a thousand people and left.
Then, the navy of the Yong Army went south to Xuzhou, broke through Yandu City (today's Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province), and sent troops everywhere to plunder people and board ships. When the Song army arrived three days later, only an empty Yandu City was left.
All of a sudden, Yong's navy moved north and south, and all the countries were unhappy. They moved their people inland and built forts and beacons on the coastline to guard against the invasion of Yong's navy.
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In Jiangling, the war lasted for more than three months. Both sides were very cautious for fear of being caught by the other side. The fighting on the battlefield was satisfactory. In September, Yang Anxuan retreated his army to Ji Nancheng and sent Zhang Feng's army to garrison Zhijiang, waiting for an opportunity to seize Yiling City.
Liu Yu is waiting for the arrival of the ships with modified rackets from the capital. At present, the Yangshui division is afraid of the Yong army's new warships and is defending on the river. After the new warships arrived, Liu Yu prepared a massive counterattack. After the Yong Army's navy was defeated on the river, he ordered the Xiakou troops to attack Jiangxia County and retake Anlu City. The Yangkou division and Jingling troops and horses moved up the river together by land and water. , pointing directly at Xiangyang and Fancheng; if Yang Anxuan returned to rescue Xiangyang, then he would lead the Jiangling army all the way north.
At the end of September, the installation of racket poles on the eighteen large-scale ships that Liu Yu had been waiting for was finally completed and sailed to the Yangtze River, heading for Xiakou and Yangkou.
The secret spies of the Yongjun Commercial Affairs Department were paying attention to the shipyard in Xuanwu Lake. These eighteen tall ships were discovered by the secret spies as soon as they left Xuanwu Lake. Seeing the wooden poles standing high on the hull, the spy didn't know what they were for, so he quickly drew a diagram and reported it to Yang Anxuan.
When Yang Anxuan received the drawing, he immediately thought of the racket stick, which uses heavy objects to fall from a height to crush enemy ships. The ships of the Song Army were taller than their own warships, and there was not much room to maneuver on the river. Once approached by a ship carrying a racket, the ship was in danger of being smashed by the racket.
The sharp weapon on board, the racket, did not gradually disappear until the emergence of artillery in the Song Dynasty. Although black powder is now available, artillery is technically difficult to cast. Although he developed a rocket cabinet, the rocket's flight distance was not far, its direction was difficult to control, and its combustion intensity was not strong enough, making it difficult to defeat the enemy on the river.
Passing the drawings around, Lu Gui looked at them, smacked his lips and said, "
"This thing is an improvement on the Jumei used by Du Tao when he defeated Tao Kan. It can only be defeated from a distance. This thing is sharp in close combat unless our army also rebuilds its ships."
Gao Changqing stroked his beard and said: If you can tie a flammable object to the crossbow arrow and hit the hull of the ship, it will burn the ship.
Yang Anxuan thought of something and said: Du Huidu once used a pheasant-tail torch to burn the Luxun battleship. Can the pheasant-tail torch be tied to the crossbow arrow?
Good or bad, I'm afraid the fire will burn the crossbow string. Gao Changqing frowned.
The crossbow string is made from the sinews of cows and horses mixed with kneaded silk. It is not easy to make and takes a long time. If the crossbow string is exposed to fire, it will immediately become brittle and useless.
Yang Anxuan said: This thing is very powerful. If a ship equipped with this thing is allowed to approach the water stronghold, it can easily break through the fence. If there is no other way, we have to first install a pheasant tail torch on the crossbow arrows to respond to the enemy.
Lu Gui suggested: Tao Kan installed long wooden poles on both sides of the ship to prevent ships like this from approaching. The Lord unexpectedly ordered the Navy ships to install long wooden poles.
Yang Anxuan frowned. Installing a long pole was not a permanent solution. Since it was a water battle, he simply let Qian Lei think of countermeasures. He forwarded the effectiveness and drawings of the Song Army's new warships to Qian Lei, and asked Yu Ying to write down the countermeasures that everyone thought of for Qian Lei's reference.
Qian Lei is cautious, and Yang Anxuan is reassured by him. In the letter, Yang Anxuan told Qian Lei that he had ordered craftsmen from the Ordnance Department to rush to Zhangshanshui Village and ask for the necessary items directly from Xiangyang.
At noon the next day, Qian Lei received the urgent report from Ji Nancheng. After reading it carefully, he took the map and thought about it. Song's new ship relied on its height to hit the ship with heavy objects. Most of its own ships were equipped with wheels, and their reverse speed was faster than Song's ship.
The Lord's letter stated that Song Master's equipment was installed on the building ship. The building ship has a large hull, deep draft, and slow speed. As long as you don't get close to it, you can first use a crossbow arrow with a pheasant tail torch to hit the hull, and then choose a sharpshooter. Light the pheasant tail torch with a rocket so that the bowstring on the crossbow bed is not damaged.
The waterway from Xiangyang to Jingling of the Han River is winding and winding, and many river sections are in the shape of a bow. Near Zhangshan (sixty miles northeast of Changlin County, Jingzhou, east of today's Fuzhang Mountain) is a canyon more than ten miles long. You can start from the mountain bank Throw boulders to stop the enemy. There are sandbars on this section of the river, which can also be used.
Qian Lei rubbed his chin, and the strategy to defeat the enemy gradually took shape in his mind.
Eighteen ships with rackets installed left eight in Xiakou, and the remaining ten arrived at Yangkou Village on October 7. Wang Zhongde personally boarded the ship to test the power of the racket poles. He couldn't help but be happy when he saw that the six racket poles on the building were like giants swinging hammers, easily sinking a three-foot-long walking barge.
During this period, the navy led by Wang Zhongde huddled in the stronghold, using iron ropes and heavy stones to block the Yong ship's attack. Watching the Yong ship showing off its power on the river, they felt really aggrieved. Now they can finally feel proud.
After discussing with Dao Yanzhi, on October 12, the Song army advanced by land and water and launched an attack at the same time.
Wang Zhene received a letter from Yang Anxuan, reminding him that the Song Army might launch an attack when the new ships arrived. Qian Lei had written to him a few days earlier and told him that if the Song Army's navy went into battle, he would set up an ambush in the Zhangshan section.
When Yanzhi defended Jingcheng without fighting, Wangzhen's evil forces were insufficient and unable to attack the city, so they could only contain Jingling City's northwest troops and prevent Jingling City's soldiers and horses from supporting Jiangling. Now that the Song Army finally came out of the turtle cave, Wang Zhene certainly would not miss the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Dao Yanzhi was a veteran general and acted steadily. Wang Zhene wanted to lure the enemy, but Dao Yanzhi did not rush forward and only fought with Yong's army near Jingling City.
Wang Zhene had no choice but to take advantage of the northwest wind, and used a rocket box to fire at the Song army in the charging formation, burning the Song army's chariot. When Yan saw that the situation was not good, he abandoned the chariot and returned to Jingling City.
On the river, the Song Navy fought with the Yong Navy in the waters near Yangkou. Wang Zhongde dispatched two large ships equipped with rackets and sank seven Yong ships, and the Yong Navy retreated.
Wang Zhongde did not see the sturdy battleships of the Yong Army as described by Liu Cui.
Because Yong's army was probably luring the enemy and did not rush to pursue it, Qian Lei's strategy of luring the enemy failed.
At Hai hour on October 15th, Zuo Yanzhi led 3,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, took a boat from Yangkou Village to the north, and quietly circled to the north of the evil camp in Wangzhen, preparing to retaliate and set the camp on fire.
Wang Zhen'e had scouts all around the camp, and he knew the Song army had landed, so he sent out all the 1,500 light cavalry in the camp to meet the enemy.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Yan Zhi knew that the night attack had been exposed. This place was several miles away from the landing place, and it was too late to retreat.
After a little thought, Yanzhi divided the three thousand men into three teams and personally led a thousand people to form a formation to meet the enemy. The other two teams were lying in wait.
Wang Zhen'e led his light cavalry to attack and charged directly into the Song army's formation. Until Yanzhi knew that with his own thousand infantry, it was impossible to withstand the attack of Qingqi, let alone the number of Qingqi attacking was more than a thousand.
In a desperate situation, the only option was to be ruthless, until Yanzhi stood behind the shield wall with spears in both hands. The war horse galloped forward and broke through the shield wall. When Yanzhi took advantage of the horse's slowing down, he jumped up and stabbed Yong Qi on the horse.
The soldiers around him were all the best soldiers selected by Yanzhi. Seeing how brave their leader was, they all risked their lives and used the darkness of night to chop at Yong Ma's legs.
The infantry was finally unable to defeat the light cavalry. Wang Zhene led the light cavalry to quickly break up the Song army's formation, and was about to turn around and fight back. The fire lit up on the north side, and a group of Song soldiers shot arrows at Yong Qi.
Wang Zhene didn't say much, and rushed towards the fire with his Qingqi. As the war horses approached, the Song army dispersed. Wang Zhene rushed in, and the horses' hoofs crushed the earthen jars on the ground.
Hearing the sound of shattering, Wang Zhene secretly thought something was wrong and shouted: "Quickly retreat."
Earthen pots were thrown from all directions, and the pungent smell of sulfur spread. Then torches were thrown, explosions were heard, and firelight splashed everywhere.
Wang Zhen'e relied on the speed of his horse to rush away from the sea of fire. Unexpectedly, there was a Song army blocking the way on the east side. Before the horse could rush closer, the gunpowder cans were thrown towards him. At this time, Yanzhi reorganized his troops and came to surround Yongqi with the ambushed soldiers and horses.
In the dark night, there were shouts of killing and fire everywhere. Wang Zhene didn't know how many soldiers and horses the Song army had, so he had to retreat westward with his Qingqi.
When Yanzhi saw Yong's cavalry retreating, he knew that Yong's camp was ready, so he took the soldiers back to the landing place and returned to Jingling City at night.
Wang Zhongde saw that Yanzhi's sneak attack was not successful and hundreds of soldiers were killed, and his own morale was low. In order to boost morale, Wang Zhongde brought four large ships and 200 warships to attack Yongjun Zhangshanshui Village.
