Wen Tianxiang was very satisfied after seeing it and immediately ordered action.
Zhang Qi and Wang Bao mobilized special forces to quickly march eastward to Xuzhou via land. A large group of people followed closely behind and surrounded them.
Sun Huchen gathered the ships to form a navy, and Wen Tianxiang reminded him that the King of Han was very dissatisfied with the Northern Expeditionary Army's failure to intercept the Tatar warships at Zhenwu Mountain this time. In the future, we will build our own navy, and we need generals to seize ships and train troops. However, the requisitioned civilian ships must be returned to the people, and if they are damaged, they must be compensated.
Wen Tianxiang said thoughtfully that the military regulations of the Guards were good, and it was good not to take any property from the people. If they still buy, sell, and rob by force, what is the difference between them and the Tatars?
Sun Huchen agreed graciously. He knew the importance of the navy to the war, and went up to dispatch and inspect ship after ship. He did not dare to be careless.
Yi Yaomei of the Changning Army was surprised when she got the radio. A flickering iron box ticked and ticked to instantly send news thousands of miles away. It was amazing. When I heard Zhu Jingyi say that the King of Han lost his energy immediately after his wedding, he looked listless and left everything to the military advisor.
Guo Xiang saw that this woman was also in love with the King of Han.
She fiddled with her watch and said, "Look, it's a token of love sent by the King of Han." My aunt still wants to have a taste of being pampered by the King of Han. Is Brigadier Yi willing to do that?
Yi Yaomei glared at her and said that the King of Han was not his man, so she could do whatever she wanted.
Guo Xiang laughed and said that this girl is not casual, and Lin'er is not a selfish woman. Let's first think about how to win Xuzhou now.
Yi Yaomei said disdainfully that the 7th Brigade could dispatch 30,000 troops, so it would not be a problem to surround Xuzhou.
Guo Xiang shook his head and said that the King of Han called for wisdom. Every Guardsman was a brother of the King of Han. He did not want the soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Yi Yaomei said she didn't want it either, so what should she do?
Soon, Sun Huchen's military order arrived on behalf of the Chinese army's headquarters, ordering the 7th Brigade to prepare defenses on the spot and select elite soldiers and civilians who knew the water to join them in Xuzhou.
Yi Yaomei doesn't understand what this is for?
Guo Xiang said it was simple. Xuzhou City was on the Sanjiangkou side, facing water on three sides, and a ferry was needed to attack.
When the King of Han wanted to form a navy, he needed soldiers who knew how to swim.
Yi Yaomei understood immediately and ordered the seventh brigade to go north to the riverside and urged the military adviser to seize the ships for later use.
Wang Weizheng, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army, had just arrived in Xuzhou and organized eight thousand troops from nearby counties to defend the city. The special operations brigade and the main force of the First Brigade of the Guards crossed the Mahu River from Guanhekou and penetrated into the back of Sanjiangkou. They came from the typhoon shelter in large numbers. Cross the river and hit Sanjiangkou directly, and quickly block the west gate and south gate of Sanjiangkou in two ways.
Wang Weizheng saw the Guards moving on the hilltop above Xuzhou City, and his heart pounded. The Song army was coming too fast.
This Xuzhou City is the ancient city that he destroyed during the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago after the Wang family army attacked Lao Xuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River and destroyed the city. He then went to Sanjiangkou to restore and rebuild it according to the mountains. They didn't have time to reinforce the city and fully restore it.
This guy had been hit hard by the Guards' artillery fire, and he knew how powerful the Song Army's artillery fire was. If the Song Army set up cannons on the hill above the city, he would be dead.
And indeed it is.
Sun Huchen got the advice of Zhou Yu, the captain of the special operations team. The special operations team protected the artillery and moved the mortars to the mountains to target the city for bombing. It was necessary to ensure that no innocent people were harmed and to protect every building in the city for convenience. It was used by the large tent of the Central Army in the Northern Expedition.
Because there are so few restored houses in the city, it is not an exaggeration to describe them as the hair on a bald man's head.
The Guards of the Song Dynasty came too fast, far exceeding Wang Weizheng's speed of mobilizing troops. Unconvinced, he sent messengers to Jiazhou and Luzhou for help, and sent his trusted aides to lead troops to attack the mountain, trying to seize the commanding heights on the mountain.
However, it was too late.
The Guards did not assemble and deploy troops according to traditional methods like him, nor did they ride horses, row boats, and use the method of flying eagles to send messages to ask for help and mobilize troops. After the telegrams of Didi and Didi were sent out, tens of thousands of troops cheered and surrounded us.
How did this guy know that they were occupiers and robbers? The people of Song Dynasty were afraid when they saw them and had no time to hide.
In the eyes of the people, the Guards of the Great Song Dynasty were recognized as kings, and they were kings who cared about the people. The people supported them, helped lead the way, and strived to be husbandmen of the people, and took the initiative to offer their own boats for ferrying expeditions. The efficiency of its operation is remarkable.
This guy convened the generals to discuss matters. Several of his uncles said that the city was built on a mountain and was strong enough to not be afraid. While we were holding on, we mobilized troops to rush for reinforcements and cooperated internally and externally to eat up the current Song army to repay the emperor's favor.
Wang Weizheng secretly scolded his elders for chasing motorcycles and not understanding science. They were really a bunch of frogs in a well. The Song army had artillery, and if it covered Xuzhou with its firepower, it would be reduced to a broken wall, and it could still defend itself.
His military advisor was still quite clear-headed, and the first strategy he thought of was the first of the thirty-six strategies. It was better to run quickly than to walk.
At present, it is only the infantry of the Song Army that is besieging the city, but there are no enemy naval ships on the Mahu River. Why? The Song army must first cut off the land route, and then cut off the water route and surround them to death.
Most of these defenders are the leaders of the Wang family army. To put it simply, all of them are landlubbers. They are very good on land and can stretch their hips on the water.
Everyone became nervous upon hearing this.
It is said that the Song army numbered tens of thousands, and most of them came from the south. The basis of these Song troops was the navy, and everyone on the boat was a super expert and a water dragon.
They were still discussing, and the sentry ship on the river had already sent intelligence: the Song army used the warships they captured at Zhenwu Mountain to march eastward, and seized the ships along the way. Several sentry ships were unable to evade and were captured, and some who desperately escaped were captured. The Song Army's rockets were blown to pieces and sank into the river, and none of them came back.
Now the navy of the Song Army is about to arrive at Sanjiangkou.
Wang Weizheng was slumped on the handsome chair, stunned and at a loss.
Knowing that they could not escape, the military advisor immediately adjusted his deployment to defend the mouth of the bay and the wharf, and ordered warships to cruise at the mouth of the Sanjiang River to drive away the Song Navy.
Sun Huchen sat on a handsome boat and observed the Sanjiang Estuary along the east coast. He was happy when he saw hundreds of ships of various sizes parked at the docks and bays. During the meeting, the King of Han criticized them for moving too slowly and causing too many enemy warships in Zhenwu Mountain to escape. He wanted to take them all back this time.
This girl coldly ordered the fourth brigade to take the lead tonight and seize the ship.
As night fell, Zhang Qi launched an attack on the North Gate and West Gate on the mountain in accordance with Sun Huchen's military order. The mortars aimed at the shooting targets calibrated during the day and fired violently to clear the trebuchets and return artillery on the city wall.
Soldiers with good shooting skills met the enemy in concealment, specializing in attacking those who showed up. The Yuan soldiers who defended the city did not dare to stand in front of the torches, and huddled under the crenellations of the city wall one by one. Wang Weizheng immediately mobilized troops to reinforce the mountain.
After the time of two sticks of incense, Sun Huchen's fleet was dispatched. The clippers carried rocket soldiers and approached the dock to shoot at the enemy ships cruising on the river. The death squads behind them followed up with grenades and tear gas to seize the ships.
The pier at Sanjiangkou and the bay where boats were docked suddenly exploded, with fierce explosions and shouts everywhere.
When Wang Weizheng received the report of the Song army's violent attack on the dock, he immediately realized that the Song army was attacking from the east and west and wanted to seize his warship, leaving him unable to escape.
He knew he had fallen into the trap and immediately mobilized troops to reinforce the dock.
This guy knew very well that once the warships were gone, he would have no choice but to defend Xuzhou.
This is almost impossible to accomplish. He has more than 10,000 people including boatmen and all officials in his hands. How can he hold it?
The military advisor pointed to the flickering explosions and fireworks on the East Gate Pier and said, "Song's army indeed has god-level firearms. Even ten rounds of artillery can't handle such a violent explosion. Xuzhou cannot hold on."
The light of the torches on the river swayed, dense and floating like will-o'-the-wisps. Wang Weizheng wondered where the Song army's ships came from? He remembered that only a few of the ships from Zhenwu Mountain were lost after they left. Why did so many warships suddenly appear?
This guy had been injured at Erdao Bay in Lingxiao Mountain. His face turned pale at this time. When he thought that the reinforcements were still on the way and he didn't know when they would arrive, he became anxious and urged his men to fight to the death.
The two sides fought fiercely on the river.
Since the Yuan army in Zhenwu Mountain drove away the warships, the Song army captured only light boats and small fishing boats collected along the way, which are also commonly known as fast boats. This kind of ship carries few people, but its steering and speed are very fast, which is convenient for the Song army to carry artillery with rocket launchers to attack enemy ships.
Sun Huchen strictly carried out Zhao Bingyan's military orders to reduce casualties and did not ask the generals to risk their lives to seize the ship. He always maintained a stone's throw from the Yuan army's river bank defense line to avoid casualties caused by unfamiliar conditions at night.
He found that he could no longer seize the ship easily and simply retreated with his troops.
