Shortly after Cao Zhizhou led the Yazhou Army to Jiading, Niulin ordered the attack to begin. The Mongolian army's attack was still the same old routine, first with siege equipment and then with infantry. The main forces attacking the city were naturally the Xinfu Army and the Meizhou and Yazhou armies. The Mongolian cavalry was still the supervising team. The terrain of Jiading City is steep, and it has never fallen to the enemy since the Mongols invaded Sichuan in 1242, which shows that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This time, the Mongolian army was still struggling under Jiading City. They used all methods such as attacking the city with ants, digging tunnels, burning and smoking, but made no progress except for one casualty. On the contrary, the Jiading army destroyed many siege equipment.
In the half-month siege, the Mongolian army only reached the city gate twice. Once, Liu Daer was inspired by the tactics of the Perak Army and sent a suicide squad to rush to the city gate carrying black powder on their backs, and successfully placed dozens of kilograms of black powder. After a loud noise, although the Jiading city gate was blown to pieces, the Mongolian army suddenly discovered that the city gate hole had been blocked. Another time, Cao Zhizhou successfully deceived the Yi and Tibetan soldiers to attack the city. He promised that if the city was defeated, he would allow them to loot for three days, and all the loot would belong to him. After hearing such words from the barbarian soldiers who had tasted the sweetness in Hongya and Jiajiang County, they rushed to the city gate with a roar, but they only stopped at the city gate. After the city gate was blown to pieces, Yu San planted landmines at the city gate, blowing up these Yi and Tibetan barbarians until their flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The water gate of Jiading City is the thinnest part of the city wall. In previous siege battles, because the Mongolian army was not good at water warfare, this place became the most defensive place in Jiading City. Today is no different than before. Liu Daer's betrayal gave the Mongolian army enough water power to defeat the Jiading navy. However, with the fire support on the city wall, the Jiading navy still managed to resist the Meizhou navy's attack on Shuimen. When the land war situation entered a stalemate, both the offensive and defensive sides realized that the success or failure of Jiading City depended on the success or failure of the water battle. Faced with the deadlock, Niu Lin had no choice but to send messengers to Chengdu repeatedly to urge Liu Heima to send naval troops for reinforcements.
The Mongolian general who led the navy from Chengdu south to Jiading was named Shi Mojianzhi. Like Liu Heima, he was also a Khitan. He performed extraordinary feats in the Battle of Mahujiang where Niulin defeated Zhang Shi, the capital of Xuzhou. He was a Mongolian general. There are few generals in the army who are proficient in water warfare. When Shi Mojian could only see Pengshan City in the distance, he ordered the fleet to stop. Although Liu Heima told him that Pengshan City had surrendered, and the scout ship also reported that the Mongolian flag was hoisted on top of the city, and there were small boats ready to guide him, he, who was always cautious, still ordered the entire army to prepare for battle. This time he brought more than 200 warships of various sizes and 1,500 navy soldiers, forming a long line along the Jinjiang River, which was more than two miles long. This is the naval force that Liu Heima spent a year and a lot of resources rebuilding. If once lost, the Sichuan Army would no longer be able to rebuild the navy in a short time.
The prudent Shi Mojian only sent a small school to Pengshan City, asking Zhou Jianshen to go to his ship to discuss military affairs, and went to the front line of Jiading to meet with Niu Lin. Xiao Xiao also said that Pengshan is located at a strategic location, and the garrison and ships should not move lightly to prevent the attack of the Perak Army. Zhou Jianshen only needs to take a few of his followers to come in a small boat to rub stones and press the boat. As soon as Huang Dagen, who was sitting in the city, heard this request, he knew that this opponent was not easy to deal with. This Shi Mojian was just an old fox. He was there to discuss military affairs with Zhou Jianshen and meet with Niu Lin. He clearly asked Zhou Jianshen to come and be a hostage so that the Mongolian navy ships could safely pass through Pengshan City.
After waiting for a long time, a small boat carrying a few people from Pengshan City Water Village came to the Mongolian fleet. At this time, the Mongolian fleet was still in the Jinjiang River, about three miles away from Pengshan City on the Minjiang River waterway, and Shimo's boat was in the center of the Mongolian fleet, four miles away from Pengshan City. When the boat reached the front line of the Mongolian ships, Shi Mojian only saw a flag with the word "zhou" embroidered on the boat, and felt a lot more at ease. When the new generals of the vassal army surrendered to Mongolia, they were required to submit a certificate of name along with their personal birth date, place of origin, appearance and other information to the Mongolian army. Zhou Jianshen was no exception. And in order not to make Liu Da'er suspicious, the staff did not describe Zhou Jianshen's appearance indiscriminately, but the description was somewhat rough.
When the Pengshan City boat was still tens of meters away from the boat, Shi Mojian only looked at the leader standing at the bow of the boat. His appearance was consistent with Zhou Jianshen's appearance as described in the name of the boat. At that moment, he felt calm and relaxed. Be alert. However, a Mongolian military colonel on the boat next to him suddenly loudly ordered the boat to stop moving forward. Shi Mojie was quite displeased with the primary school's loud shouting. Just when he was about to scold him, he saw the boat speeding towards him. There are five people in this small boat. Except for the person standing on the bow, the other four people are rowing hard. It's just that although this small boat looks like a speedboat, it has a deep draft and is not moving very fast. At this time, it is still more than thirty meters away from Shi Momo's boat.
Just when Shi Mojian was confused, the Mongolian military commander who had just shouted to stop the boat cried out "blasting boat" in a sad voice. After saying that, he suddenly jumped into the water and swam desperately to the shore. This junior high school student had a lucky escape in the last Pengshanshui battle and had seen the devastating power of the Thunderbolt Army's blasting ship. His cry made the rest of the Mongolian troops wake up from a dream. Some were running around, some jumped into the water in a panic, and some attacked the boat. Shi Mojian had only heard about the power of the Perak Army's blasting ships, and this time he also prepared many suicide ships to intercept the blasting ships. But despite all calculations, he still didn't expect that the Perak Army would use this method to attack. With no time to regret, Shi Mojian turned around and entered the cabin. In order to prevent artillery attacks, his ship was not only made of extremely thick wood, but also had a cabin installed with thick iron plates.
As the Perak Army's blasting ships passed between the Mongolian ships, most of the ballistae and bows fired by the Mongolian army hit their own ships. Only a few hit the target, but they also stopped the blasting ships. At this moment, the blasting ship was already riddled with scars, a ballista shot hit the hull, and the cabin was slowly filled with water. The man standing on the bow of the ship had been hit by more than ten arrows, and he looked like a hedgehog. At this moment, he was leaning on the big iron ball in the cabin. While pulling the fuse, he whispered to the remaining two people. The sailor escaped. Two of the four sailors who had just rowed had been shot to death. When the two sailors saw that the fuse was starting to smoke, they gritted their teeth and cried, "We will be brothers again in the next life, squad leader." After saying that, they turned around and jumped into the water.
The people on the Pili Army's blasting ship were not Zhou Jianshen and his escorts, but soldiers from the Navy's blasting ship company. When Shi Mojian only proposed to let Zhou Jianshen be a hostage, Huang Dagen thought of taking this opportunity to let Shi Mojian just shoot himself in the foot. To achieve the greatest results, it must be the blasting ship. But this task was not assigned to Zhou Jianshen. On the one hand, he is leading an infantry battalion, and the soldiers are not good at water combat; on the other hand, it is also because blasting is a very professional technology that cannot be learned in a short time, let alone mastered. Therefore, Huang Dagen handed over the task to the naval brigade blasting ship company.
Demolition ship companies often carry out suicide missions, and the casualty rate is often over 90%. Warriors who are not determined to die cannot take the mission, so all soldiers sign up voluntarily. The forces work reciprocally. The deeper the oppression, the deeper the hatred, and the more intense the resistance. The brutal killings of the Mongolian army created too many warriors who wanted to avenge their families and their country. They lived in secret in the world, and their only belief was to avenge the Mongolian army and repay the debt with blood. Le Quan'an initially only wanted to set up one blasting ship company, but there were so many people who signed up that he had no choice but to set up two blasting ship companies. To carry out this task, because there were too many competitors, the candidate was finally determined by drawing lots.
