Dashun Yongchang first year, April 2, early morning. The morning light has not yet appeared in the east, and the night is like a curtain, covering everything. There is only a crescent moon and countless stars embedded in the sky, flickering and releasing faint light.
Although the light was weak, it was enough for the old battalion soldiers of the Dashun Army under Li Guo to see the road ahead clearly. In the darkness, a team of up to 2,000 people was quietly crossing a pontoon bridge from the north bank of the Wei River to the south bank. The man's bridle is in his mouth, the horse's hooves are bound, and the bridle and bit tightly lock the neighing of the war horse. Accompanied by the surging Wei River water, there were only dense and weak footsteps.
Li Guo, like the soldiers under his command, did not march on horseback, but led his horses on the narrow bridge that was constantly floating. After walking for a while with his head lowered, he finally set foot on the land on the south bank of the Wei River. He looked up at the sky, which was still dark. It looked like it would be at least an hour before the sky started to light up.
The moon and stars are numerous in the sky, and tomorrow will obviously be a sunny day. There will be a breeze again tonight, and there will be no strong southeasterly wind to interfere with the fire attack organized by Li Yan.
In addition, the fierce attack on Tianjin Weibeicheng for three consecutive days should have mobilized the red thieves' troops to the maximum extent.
Tianjin Guard's southern city is mostly empty and poorly prepared, and the best troops must be in the northern city. As long as the pontoon is destroyed, the Zheng family's navy will be expelled. The red thieves soldiers and horses in Tianjin Weibeicheng will not be able to support Nancheng, and Nancheng will soon be broken by Dashun Tianbing.
At the same time, many archers will be placed on the mounds piled up on both sides of the Wei River in the southeast of Tianjin Acropolis. When the Zheng family's navy passed by, it was like thousands of arrows were fired, and they were all rockets! Burn those hateful "honest businessmen" to death... As soon as the Zheng family's fleet is destroyed, the city of Tianjin will be in trouble!
In short, the foolish father and son in Tianjin Wei City have only one way to die!
Just as I was thinking of this, I saw a horse's hoof ahead. Dozens of knights were coming towards Li Guo's banner. As he got closer, Li Guo noticed that there was a ball of fiery red on the first horse, and he knew it was the Red Lady.
"Is she the red lady?" Li Guo asked with a smile.
"Brother Tiger, it's my little sister." The red lady's voice was very clear, revealing a kind of boldness unique to the heroine of the Jianghu. Her skills were also very strong. As the horse approached, Li Guo realized that she was sitting sideways on the saddle. Then he jumped lightly and stood firmly in front of Li Guo.
"Hongmei, how are you?" Li Guo asked with a smile, "Can you handle the water battle? Do you want me to send a few hundred old brothers to help?"
"Do any of Brother Tiger's old brothers know how to swim?" Lady Hong smiled brightly, "My sister grew up by the Huai River, and she has some heroes from the Huai River under her command."
The Red Lady is a heroine from Xinyang, Henan. Strictly speaking, she is not from the north, but from Huaixi. The first uprising was in the Xinyang area, and of course there were some water bandits under his command.
"That's enough," Li Guo said with a smile, "With Hongmei taking action, the Zheng family's pirates are definitely no match... That group of people are just merchants on the sea, how can they fight against our Da Shuntian soldiers?"
The red lady smiled and said: "Brother Tiger, please stop making fun of me. She knows how good she is. How can the fish and shrimps in the Huaihe River compete with the dragons in the sea? But with dozens of fire boats to help, they can always force the Zheng family back." The sand ship is momentary."
"That's enough." Li Guo said with a smile, "Tianjin Wei Na City can be captured. If the Emperor of the Red Thieves is in Tianjin, he will definitely be in Na City... In half a day, Er and Mr. Chen can capture Tianjin Wei Na City. Oh! Hongmei, can you and your husband-in-law resist for so long?"
"Do your best!" The red lady's expression has become serious. "My boss and I only brought 2,000 people here. If we really fight, we won't be able to last for long."
"Don't worry!" Li Guo patted his chest, "The 2,000 people here in Nancheng and the 10,000 people from Chen Yongfu are guaranteed!"
The red lady's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled, "What should I do in Beicheng? Thousands of people in Tangtong have been exhausted for three days, can they still hold on?"
"It's not a big problem." Li Guo said, "Judging from the previous battles, Wu Sangui is nothing more than this. His Yiding cavalry is not particularly powerful. Even if he leaves the city, he will not defeat Tang Tong at once."
It turns out that the Dashun Army's plan after dawn was divided into three parts. Li Yan and Hong Niangzi dealt with the "Zheng Family Fleet" and the pontoon on the Wei River, Li Guo and Chen Yongfu attacked the south city of Tianjin, and Tang Tong bluffed outside the north city to contain Zhu Cixiang's main force.
Nancheng and Weihe don't seem to have big problems, but Tang Tong, who is in charge of Beicheng, worries the Red Lady.
Li Guo actually had no idea in his heart, after all, he had treated Tang Tong too harshly. But the problem is that he only has this few troops on hand, his 2,000 veterans of the post-camp, 2,000 from Li Yan and Hong Niangzi, 10,000 from Chen Yongfu, and 8,000 from Tang Tong. There are 22,000 people in total.
However, there were more than 10,000 red thieves surrounded by Tianjin Guards. The "Zheng Family Caravan" coming along the Wei River was estimated to have 5,000 people.
In terms of military strength, Li Guo and Li Yan did not have much advantage. If Tang Tong is not punished, how will this battle be fought?
Going back to the root of the current situation, it is actually the old camp of the Dashun Army that is a little tired. Without large rewards, they would not work hard to fight.
The red lady also knew that it was useless to say anything, so she had no choice but to bow her hands to Li Guo, and then led her men aside. After watching Li Guo's 2,000 soldiers and horses pass the pontoon bridge, she mounted her horse and ran towards Tianjin Wei's Nancheng. .
After Li Guo left, the dozens of knights who followed the Red Lady dismounted. What they carried with them were not swords, bows and arrows, but tools such as axes and saws. At that time, they began to dismantle the simply built pontoon bridge.
The pontoons soon turned into canoes, each of which had been loaded with flammable materials such as firewood and tattered cotton cloth, poured with grease, and sprinkled with a lot of gunpowder.
The red lady and the knights who demolished the bridge were wearing close-fitting water supports under their coats, and each got into a light boat. They are both good at handling boats and familiar with the water. Immediately, I drove my boat and followed the current slowly towards the pontoon bridge between the northern and southern cities of Tianjin.
Behind these dozens of canoes, there was another fleet going down the river.
This fleet used large water transport ships. They were collected by Li Yan and concentrated on the Wei River west of Tianjin Wei. They were slightly modified and used as warships.
However, the person responsible for steering was not Li Yan's soldiers, but the original boatmen on the canal. In addition to the boatmen, thirty or forty veterans of Li Yan's command were arranged on each boat. Although they were not very good at water, they still ventured onto the boat with the encouragement of Li Yan and Hong Niangzi.
On each boat, there are side signs on both sides. There is enough space between the side cards for firing bows and arrows. There are also ten strong warriors on each ship, each holding an oar, and they work hard to row the oar under the command of the boatman at the helm.
It is now the early morning of April 2, and the morning light shines from the eastern sky, illuminating the land around Tianjin Wei. However, after continuous heavy rain, the humidity on both sides of the Wei River was very heavy, resulting in morning fog. Above the Wei River, the fog covered the movement of the fleet led by Li Yan and Hong Niangzi.
Patrolling the pontoon were soldiers from Wang Qingtuo's Cao family. The leader was named Cao Yu. He was twenty-four or five years old. He was originally a scholar, but he also had some martial arts skills. Therefore, he was incorporated into the New Army to Overcome Difficulties and became a military officer. A captain. Now he is leading about twenty of the Cao family's children to guard the pontoon.
They had been on duty all night, and now they were all exhausted and yawning, and few of them paid attention to the foggy river surface.
Suddenly, someone yelled in horror: "Fire! Fire... there is fire on the river!"
