These elite soldiers who spent more than half a year training look extremely strong.
But they are still some distance from the heyday of their branch of the military.
I have only been practicing for more than half a year now, and the battlefields I have experienced are only suppressing bandits and attacking strongholds, hunting monsters, and have not experienced the battlefield baptism of hundreds of thousands of troops.
The evil spirit in them is not enough. For example, if the white horse cavalry reaches its peak state, the eighth-level commander can lead the cavalry to trample thousands of troops and attack and kill the ninth-level generals with relatively ordinary strength.
Those who can leave their names in the vast history are called special troops. Their strength is definitely different from ordinary soldiers and horses.
This time, many elites were gathered to take oaths to fight.
A lot of time was wasted in the previous steps, but these elite soldiers still maintained a neat military formation, and no one moved. It was quite similar to the historical scene when Qi Jiguang was the commander-in-chief of the army in the north, when he ordered his troops to be neatly organized on a rainy night, shocking others.
Many of the officials who followed Wang Jing to take the oath of oath were scholars who had just passed through Enke and entered the central government as civil servants.
They had never seen elite soldiers with such strict military discipline and were intimidating, and they were secretly shocked.
However, those old people in Yangzhou, officials who entered the official position relatively early in the Xia Dynasty, have long been accustomed to the powerful soldiers and horses of their own court, and they are not surprised. If these soldiers are not like this, they will feel strange.
"This is the true master of the king!"
Gao You admired secretly in his heart.
Yu Zhenai, the chief of the Secretariat who had been following Wang Jing, although he was entrusted with important tasks and became a close official of the emperor, he had a systematic understanding of the political and military affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty.
We also know that the Daxia Dynasty has won many battles in recent years, and the soldiers in the army must be strong.
But now that he saw it with his own eyes, Fu Youde could truly compare the invincible Ming army in his impression with the powerful soldiers and horses in front of him.
His eyes were dim and his mood suddenly became very good.
Fu Youde didn't know much about military affairs, but he was at least a top famous official and he still had good vision.
It can be seen that after this elite army went south, Lu Xun and the Song army in the south would not be able to resist this sharp knife if they joined forces. Our side has a great chance of winning.
He is now the chief secret supervisor of the Great Xia Dynasty and has gained the emperor's attention.
The stronger the Daxia Dynasty is, the better its future prospects will be.
A rising tide lifts all boats. So Fu Youde was naturally in a good mood after seeing how powerful Daxia was.
"General Wei, let's start swearing an oath!"
This time, the main force of the Xia army's central army mainly brought generals who had just defected to the army.
Their military positions were temporary assignments. During this period, they trained troops and suppressed bandits, and after they made great achievements, they gradually gained real power.
At this time, among the surrounding generals, Yuwen Chengdu was the guard commander. Yang Dayan and Lin Renzhao were both capable, but not capable of commanding.
In order to cultivate new talents, it is also to give the other party a reputation.
Xia Jun directly ordered Wei Rui to come out and preside over the swearing-in. It was obvious that Wei Rui would be the one to preside over the command of the main force of the Chinese army heading south this time.
Wei Rui, Xie Xuan, and Tan Daoji are all world-class generals, and Wang Jing and Chen Qingzhi are also world-class wizards.
But Wei Rui is the only one whose ability and demeanor are rare. He is also modest, narrow-minded and tolerant. He is also the leader of the Nanliang Clan. He serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, and no one is dissatisfied.
If Xie Xuan is replaced as the main general, Wang Jing and Tan Daoji will not say it openly, but if they are dissatisfied behind the scenes...
When Wei Rui went on an expedition in history, he often held the White Horn Ruyi and commanded the entire army on a bamboo boat. He was wearing armor and looked like a strong man, but he was respected by countless sergeants.
However, on swearing-in and more important occasions, Wei Rui still had to change his armor and pretend to be a general.
After Wei Rui listened to the order.
Taking the tiger talisman from Yu Zhen's hand, he bowed deeply to Xia Jun, then turned around and came to the general stand to hold the oath of war ceremony.
The so-called oath is to sacrifice to the gods and the sky to ensure victory in the battle. To weaken the soldiers' confidence in fighting, it is often necessary to kill three animals.
Some generals with ruthless personalities will even find a few enemies in the army who obey military orders before sending out troops, and kill them to sacrifice the flag before sending out troops.
Of course, Xia Jun and Wei Rui are both like that. Just use three animals instead of sacrifices.
After the sacrifice.
Wei Rui drew out his long sword and swung it suddenly, causing tens of thousands of noisy elites to let out a deafening roar.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
This earth-shattering roar aroused endless evil energy, which rose into the sky and formed the shape of a tiger and wolf in the void. Endless evil energy, overwhelming, began to sweep towards the south.
After the swearing-in meeting, Xia Jun took his close ministers on board the Royal Expedition and, escorted by tens of thousands of elites, ran towards Taixing Mansion along the road they took last time to the south.
Wei Rui has an overview of these tens of thousands of elites.
Among them, the nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Beifu Army were mainly led by Wang Jing, and there were also Jiefan soldiers trained by Xie Xuan. According to the previously discussed strategy, wait until the three major camps and the Lu Xun and Song armies go to war.
Wang Jing wanted to use the Beifu Army as the main force, and a group of elite soldiers and horses were thrust directly into Gao Chun, like a poisoned dagger, piercing Lu Xun's heart.
This task is quite difficult, so in addition to Wang Jing, Xia Jun is going to give Wang Jing two more helpers.
One of them is Xie Xuan, who trained Jie Fanbing. Plus Xiao Moke, who wants to make meritorious deeds but can honestly disobey orders.
The three of them worked together. Only then would Xia Jun feel that everything was safe.
The army was dispatched in great force.
Shen Yi, Bu Zhi, Li Shanchang and others behind watched the army leave. The emperor personally led the expedition, so they naturally stayed behind to guard the capital, especially Shen Yi. At a time when famous officials of the ninth level were emerging one after another, he was only close to the peak of the first level, and was still far away from the eighth level. There is half a step.
In terms of ability, there is no way to compare with Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, Xie An and others.
His qualifications are too early, the time he has followed Yu Zhen, and the degree of loyalty to Xia Jun are unmatched by others.
Only if he stays at the rear can Xia Jun feel at ease on the front line.
Shen Yi at this time was to Xia Jun what Liu Muzhi was to Liu Yu in history, although not to the extent that Liu Yu gave up Guanzhong and retreated after Liu Mu died.
But if something happened to him when Xia Jun was on an expedition, Xia Jun would really be unsettled and divert some of his attention to the rear.
Except for the civil and military officials who watched the battle leave.
The spies hiding in the dark also began to hurriedly pass on the news to Jinling and Lin'an that Xia Jun led the generals to leave Yangzhou and go to the front line.
After Yu Zhen swore to go to war.
This crucial battle that swept through the southeast and determined the hegemony of the southeast, and even the former lord of the south, had truly begun.
...
Before Wang Jing crossed the river and rushed to Jiangyin.
Action has already been taken to conduct camp battles at key locations in the three major provinces.
The first is Jiangdong Camp.
Murong Shaozong and Shi Wansui did not stay in Suzhou. Instead, they followed the soldiers and horses and took the initiative to go south, setting up defense lines in the dangerous places of Pingwang Mansion and Dianshan Lake.
The defense line here was built as early as half a year ago. The purpose was to guard against Han Shizhong who was stationed in Jiaxing.
According to the strategy discussed by Xia Jun and Gao Fu, the soldiers and horses camped in Jiangdong only need to hold a line of defense so that the Song army can move northward from here.
Chang Yuchun, who was camped in Zhenjiang, led the battle westward towards the Jurong camp. The scouts and cavalry on both sides in the wilderness fought against each other like wild wolves, blocking each other's view as much as possible.
Fu Youde and Xu Da have already begun a tentative fight.
Two famous generals who had never fought against each other in history were now competing for their own masters.
But the two sides were only fighting on a small scale, not a big war.
Only Yu Zhenai, Yang Kan and others who were camped in Lujiang took boats and launched an extremely fierce attack on Dangtu after receiving Yu Zhen's order.
In terms of navy, Daxia's navy is also invincible. Not long ago, it defeated Soochow's navy and blocked the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, preventing Lu Xun's navy from crossing Zhenjiang.
Lu Xun's navy had basically never experienced a war.
Both the battleships and the navy were not as powerful as the Daxia Navy.
Boom!
The five-toothed battleship of the Great Xia Navy was like a ferocious beast lying on the mountain on the water. It ran rampant on the river. When it encountered Lu Xun's warship, it was first bombarded with kerosene bombs, and then used racquet sticks and bows and arrows from a medium distance. Blast the enemy warships to pieces.
If the battleship is hit by the racket of the five-tooth warship, the side of the warship will basically be smashed to pieces and it will be unable to continue sailing.
On the river.
More than a dozen large five-tooth ships were connected together to form a battle formation of the navy, which intimidated the Lu Xun warships from a distance, so that they did not dare to rush forward rashly. Then came the fast ships of the Great Xia Navy, carrying elite soldiers. , launched an attack against Yu Zhen's defense line on the shore. The Ya big ships were connected together to form a battle formation of the navy, which frightened the Lu Xun warships from a distance, so that they did not dare to rush forward rashly. Then came the clippers and small boats of the Daxia Navy, carrying elite soldiers, and set up a plan towards Yu Zhen. Launch an attack on the shore's defenses.
If it weren't for Dangtu's nail being pulled out. No matter how many soldiers and horses the Lujiang camp had, they would not dare to advance eastward.
boom!
The sound of kerosene bombs hitting the warships and Lu Xun's water village continued to vibrate. A relatively large Lu Xun warship was blazing with flames and thick smoke, and was about to sink.
Not long after, dozens of burning Lu Xun boats were charging toward the distant Five-Toothed Ship.
These flaming ships were the death squads of the Lu Xun Navy. There were a large number of kerosene bombs on the ships. If they had not hit the Seven-Tooth Ship, they might have been blown over by the Five-Tooth Ship's strong defense.
"Send the order and stop the enemy!"
On a large five-tooth ship, Yu Zhenai was commanding the navy. He saw the small boat acting as a suicide squad and immediately waved the command flag.
Immediately a dozen warships rushed out.
There are iron cables connecting these warships, crisscrossing back and forth, like an iron net surrounding dozens of large ships. Immediately afterwards. The boats hit the iron rope.
Boom! The boat exploded with a bang, and the hulls of more than a dozen warships connected by iron ropes also trembled, and the iron ropes connecting each other were abruptly broken.
Fireworks shot up into the sky and spread in all directions. A faint cloud of smoke covered most of the battlefield on the river.
The soldiers of Yu Zhen, who acted as a suicide squad, were shattered into pieces, and part of the Daxia navy also fell into the river like dumplings in the roar that shook the earth and the river. Quite a bit of damage occurred.
Lu Xun Dazhai in Dangtu.
Zhu Yuanzhang's originally dark face became expressionless at this time, and his eyes burst out with a cold light, staring closely at the fight on the river.
In the current situation, Lu Xun was obviously at a disadvantage.
The battle on the river continued, but as Yu Zhen's warships sank one by one, Lu Xun's situation became worse and worse.
If Lu Xun's navy was completely destroyed, Daxia's Lujiang camp troops would have the courage to cross Dangtu and go down the river to attack the dangerous places around Jinling and win a great victory.
This is the most important defensive pass in the siege of Jinling. In the history of the original world, when Chen Youliang attacked Jinling, his troops came here. As long as he captured Dasheng Pass, he could march his troops to the gates of Jinling City.
In history, He Ruobi asked Kang Maocai to use a false surrender strategy to achieve a complete victory in the Battle of Longwan. But these cannot conceal the panic of the civil and military officials in Jinling City when Chen Youliang attacked Dasheng Pass.
"The navy of the Ming army is really sharp!"
After a while.
Yu Zhenai sighed secretly, asked his personal guards to wave the command flag, and Cheng Jian directed the navy to gradually retreat.
Before the big battle between the two armies, Cheng Jian wanted to test it out first, and today it was just a tentative fight with Yu Zhenshui Division.
But the result of the test made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very bad.
The navy did not have an advantage, which meant that Lu Xun could not take the initiative to attack. In the battle between the two sides, he could only defend and defend. Lost initiative.
The navy of the Ming army did not pursue them fiercely.
Because Zhang Juzheng and Yang Kan knew that Yu Zhen would not be easy to deal with with Zhu Yuanzhang in charge.
Even if the Ming army could gain some advantage, it would not be possible to destroy the opponent's navy in the first attack and attack all the way to the entrance of the enemy's Dangtu camp.
In the case where neither side has dispatched any generals above the military level.
This battle can also be classified as a tentative attack, but it is different from the tentative attack in Zhenjiang. In He Ruobi's tentative attack, more than 2,000 people were lost on his own side.
The losses of the Ming army were not small. Shen You had less than 17 warships and more than 4,000 soldiers died in the battle.
Daxia won a small victory.
After the fighting ended, both sides began to send out small boats to salvage their fallen soldiers on the river...
In the case of Dangtu, after the battle, both sides sent messengers to quickly report to their respective monarchs.
About half a day later.
In Jinling City, Zhu Yuanzhang received battle reports from Dangtu and Jurong respectively.
"Daxia's navy is sharp, Chang Yuchun suffered a small defeat... He Ruobi, Yang Kan, Zhang Hao, Lu Meng... Chang Yuchun's opponents are all famous generals!"
He Ruobi's brows moved slightly, and the emotion was unclear on his face.
Zhu Biao frowned deeply and said in a deep voice: "Father, we need to summon more craftsmen to speed up shipbuilding! With General Chang's ability, if he defends tightly, he should be able to defend Dangtu, but if the warships lose too much If there are too many, our army will not be able to attack, and Xia's army will be able to swim down the river..."
Li Wenzhong, who acted as a staff officer, nodded repeatedly and said: "What the prince said is very true, but we should not be careless in the direction of Jurong. Wang Jing has stationed hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiangyin. If these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses join Fu Youde, Jurong will It’s dangerous!”
When Li Wenzhong mentioned the name Fu Youde.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both had some changes in their eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression remained calm, and he did not seem to take Wang Jing's hundreds of thousands of troops seriously, but Zhu Biao's eyes were obviously a little complicated.
Fu Youde! This name is very familiar to him.
This is a famous general who made great contributions to his father in the original history. It's a pity...
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