The Dongzhou soldiers who landed on the island, under Qin Zhen's order, quickly occupied a favorable position and were ready to fight at any time.
On the sea in the distance, warships were slowly approaching under the light of fire. The whole atmosphere was tense instantly, and a battle broke out between the two sides.
Suddenly, a rhythmic whistle sounded from the approaching warship. The tensed people on the island looked startled, and then responded quickly.
This whistle was the signal passed between their troops. In order to prevent the enemy from knowing, they made more than ten different sets of whistle orders before setting off for the expedition.
In order to be rigorous, when encountering such a situation where the enemy and ourselves are unclear, at least three sets of checks must be checked.
The two sides passed each other, and listening to the accurate whistle, Qin Zhen's tense heart relaxed slightly. As the warship gradually docked, he looked at the familiar clothes coming off the warship.
Qin Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then rushed over with a group of his men. His eyes swept around, and soon he saw Wu Dingguo, Su Qi'an and others walking towards the crowd. Their faces were excited, and they quickly knelt down with fists in their hands to apologize. .
"I don't know if I'm the inspector or the governor. I almost offended you. I hope you will forgive me."
"Chief Qin, what did you say? You did a good job. You led an army. You didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend. You kept alert. You were not only responsible for yourself, but also for the soldiers under your command. What's wrong with you? Yes, please get up quickly."
Su Qi'an quickly waved his hands and helped him up. Wu Dingguo beside him looked at Qin Zhen with a surprised expression on his face and asked quickly.
"By the way, why are you here, Governor Qin? Who asked you to lead the troops? Now that you are here, who is guarding Dongzhou now?"
Listening to Wu Dingguo's inquiry, Qin Zhen organized his thoughts and told all the causes and consequences one by one.
Listening to Qin Zhen's explanation, the faces of Wu Dingguo, Xie Cang, and Su Yong gradually turned ugly.
Especially Wu Dingguo, his face was livid and his voice was low, "Qin County Sheriff, you have fallen into a trap. Zhou Zibin did this to deliberately transfer you. The current Dongzhou front line, if I expected it to be right, should be given to you by Zhou Zibin." It’s under control.”
"How is this possible! Governor, what on earth is going on? What happened." Qin Zhen was shocked. He was a little confused. He never imagined that Dongzhou would belong to Zhou Zibin just by leading his troops to support him.
Wu Dingguo sighed, and then told Qin Zhen everything he knew.
After listening to Wu Dingguo's story, Qin Zhen's face changed, his eyes flashed, and he was so shocked that he didn't speak for a long time.
This content is really exciting. The so-called supervisory envoy and the governor were besieged, but it was fabricated by Zhou Zibin. He was targeting the unequal information gap between the two sides.
Then he pretended to personally lead troops on a rescue mission. As long as he said this, it was basically impossible for his officials to agree, and this was precisely Zhou Zibin's trap.
Therefore, Qin Zhen took advantage of the situation and led the other half of the remaining frontline Dongzhou soldiers to go to sea to support. In this way, the frontline Dongzhou troops were empty, which just gave Zhou Zibin an honest reason to mobilize troops to take charge.
Zhou Zibin effortlessly took control of the nine frontline counties in just a few words.
This plan would be difficult for anyone else to accept, let alone Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen looked at Wu Dingguo and asked his doubts, "Grand Commander, how dare Zhou Zibin do this this time? Even if there is an unequal information gap, our troops have not been lost." "I found that something is wrong, no. Just in time to lead the army back directly, even if Zhou Zibin takes over the nine frontline counties, would he dare to take action against our Dongzhou soldiers returning to defend?"
"Doing this is undoubtedly a rebellion. Can the court let him go?"
Qin Zhen's doubts are normal, anyone would think so, but Su Qian gave Qin Zhen an explanation.
"You are right. No one would dare to do such a thing without absolute power, but Zhou Zibin is not an ordinary person. He dared to bring the troops of Houjiu County to the front line to basically take over. This shows that Houjiu County should It's under his control."
"And now, having taken over the first nine counties, the entire Dongzhou is under his control. If we return at this time, do you think Zhou Zibin will welcome us with peace of mind?"
Su Qian's words made Qin Zhen look solemn.
His mind was spinning rapidly, and suddenly his eyes froze, and he seemed to think of something, and said hesitantly with an unbelievable voice.
"What do you mean, sir, that he will attack us openly and openly on charges of being a bandit?"
"This...sir, how dare he do this!"
Qin Zhen was shocked in his heart. It wasn't that the reason was ridiculous. After carefully thinking about the previous arrangements, it was the most appropriate thing to do.
First of all, the entire Dongzhou is under his control. As long as he opens his mouth, his soldiers will definitely attack them.
Now, no one would believe that this large group of supporting troops returned to the defense unharmed and escaped unscathed.
Zhou Zibin could take advantage of the tense atmosphere of the war and stir up suspicion among the soldiers with just a few words, and then he could attack them without any burden.
In short, from the moment Qin Zhen led the army to sea for support, every step he took next fell into the trap set by Zhou Zibin in advance, waiting for him to jump into it.
After thinking about all this, Qin Zhen was angry in his heart. Zhou Zibin dared to openly break up with them. Their Dongzhou soldiers on the front line were not easy to bully.
Since he wants to fight, then he will fight with him. Qin Zhen doesn't believe it. Just because these soldiers from Houjiu County have never fought, are they their opponents?
"Sir, give me the order. As long as I give the order, I will definitely charge forward and recapture the first nine counties."
"My lord, give me the order!"
Behind him, a group of officers and soldiers who learned the truth were screaming, eager to kill them back as soon as possible.
Although this kind of killing back played into Zhou Zibin's plan, they couldn't control so much. Zhou Zibin's behavior was no different from shitting on their heads. It was a naked insult. .
The nine counties before and after Dongzhou were governed independently without interfering with each other. I thought that after the Dongzhou shepherd came to the front line, he changed his mind after seeing the tragic war.
Now it seems that he was just deliberately putting on a show to trick them around, and finally wanted to occupy the first nine counties.
Is it unbearable? If he just wants to fight, then he should have a good fight with his soldiers and let this Dongzhou Mu know the price of openly throwing dirty water on them and occupying the first nine counties.
Seeing everyone's indignant mood, Su Qian nodded slightly, expressing his understanding of everyone's mood, but disapproving of this style of play.
Zhou Zibin dared to break his face openly, which shows that he has been prepared for a long time. It is estimated that the first three counties of Dongzhou Coast have been arranged by Zhou Zibin's people and are waiting for their return.
Su Qian would not do this kind of loss-making business.
Zhou Zibin's betrayal was not something Su Qi'an expected, but it was pretty much the same.
Since Zhou Zibin couldn't bear it anymore and felt that he was in the right place at the right time and wanted to have a falling out with him, Su Qi'an would naturally satisfy him.
But this kind of satisfaction is not a direct confrontation, but a strategy and tactics.
"The entire army followed my envoy's order and stayed on the island with 3,000 men. The rest of the troops gathered and followed my envoy to fight back to Dongzhou."
"Fight back to Dongzhou! Fight back to Dongzhou!"
After listening to Su Qian'an's words, the mood of the officers and soldiers became even higher, and they shouted repeatedly. They were so excited, and more importantly, they saw the victory of this battle.
Through understanding, Qin Zhen knew that the battle on Zhoushan Island was fierce and both sides suffered heavy casualties. However, it was not that Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo were besieged. Instead, after a fierce battle, both sides paid casualties and finally conquered the last inner island.
The reason why there is no one on the island is because after conquering the inner island, Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo quickly commanded their soldiers to move towards the third naval battle support point more than ten nautical miles away. ..
Zhoushan Island was taken, and half of the Fuso Navy was also wiped out. The other half, the navy in the hands of Fujiwara Shinichi, and the navy commanded by Zhou Tai, although they fought back and forth.
But with the defeat in the two battlefields, he was instantly isolated on the last battlefield. Even if he won, it would be meaningless.
After Shinichi Fujiwara received the news of the defeat, he was very decisive and immediately took cover and retreated.
Zhou Tai's navy wanted to pursue and take advantage of the situation to annihilate
However, after pursuing for more than ten nautical miles, the weather at sea suddenly changed and a typhoon roared. In order to ensure the safety of the soldiers, he had no choice but to watch Fujiwara Shinichi escape with the remaining troops.
It can be said that with the departure of Fujiwara Shinichi's remnant army, the Dongzhou War that lasted for seven or eight days finally ended.
They won this battle. Not including them, there were a total of 80,000 people in this battle, and more than half of them suffered casualties. The most serious among them was Xie Cang's land army.
If it were not for the support of the Yuezhou Navy, the casualties would have been even greater.
Qin Zhen did not ask in depth about the specific process of this battle. When he saw Supervisor Feng from the Yuezhou investigation team on the island, he knew that there were some things that he, the county guard, could not know.
What can be told to him is the cause and effect of this war. As for more details, it is best not to be too curious and ask.
As the order was issued, in addition to the 3,000 people who stayed behind temporarily, the remaining 20,000 soldiers including him, a total of about 50,000 troops, set off in a mighty manner on thirty or forty warships.
Qin Zhen's face was excited. Although these 50,000 people were joined by different military branches such as Dongzhou, Yuezhou, Dongshan, and Split Mountain, those who could survive were all elites.
Looking from a distance, thirty or forty warships were coming in force, which made people feel an inexplicable momentum.
This is a scene that Qin Zhen has never seen before in all his years on the Dongzhou front line. This momentum is amazing.
As the warship started to move, Qin Zhen's expression changed slightly. He discovered that the direction they were going was not returning the same way, but heading in the opposite direction away from Dongzhou.
"Sir, what are we doing here?"
"Haha, since Zhou Zibin has set up his position and waits for us to come back, we will still give him a surprise. Don't worry, Zhou Zibin will regret it if he fights back to Dongzhou this time."
Su Qian explained with a smile, a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on her face.
