Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 396
Different from ordinary people, watching the Jizhou army retreat in embarrassment, rolling up smoke and dust all over the place, Wang Zheng's expression is still a little dignified.

After all, a coach like him who has an overview of the overall situation naturally knows that the enemy's withdrawal this time is not because of defeat, nor does it mean that Fenggao and even Taishan County will be safe.

Yuan Tan's biggest concern now is the lack of food. Once he returns to Linzi and replenishes the food, the Jizhou army may make a comeback at any time!

It is even possible that the next wave of offensives will be even more violent. After all, no one knows how long Gongsun Zan on the Youzhou side can hold on. , the war in Fenggao and even Taishan will resume in an instant!

But right now, I don't care about so much. The next thing to do is to let Feng Gao recover as soon as possible.

In order to appease the people in the war-torn city, Wang Zheng issued an order, and the three armies became busy again in an instant, carrying out various post-war emergency arrangements, searching for possible hidden enemy spies and internal agents in the city, organizing soldiers, and recruiting people to urgently repair those who were forced by Jizhou. Crossbow destroyed the city wall, re-excavated the filled moat, contained the corpses of soldiers killed in battle inside and outside the city, opened the granary to increase disaster relief efforts, etc.
Such things as calming the hearts of the people, governing from chaos, and restoring order, the rebellious Tianjun has already done it with ease. After a series of actions, Fenggao City quickly regained its vitality.

After the initial determination of the interior of the western military wing, Wang Zheng was not in a hurry to return immediately, but continued to sit in Fenggao town to calm down. On the one hand, he sent people to understand the latest war situation on the North Sea country, and on the other hand, he ordered the iron cavalry Starting from the north gate of Fenggao, they followed the direction in which the Jizhou army retreated.

At this time, the battle on the other side is also in full swing, and compared to Mount Tai's side, the waterway is advancing side by side, and it is getting more intense.

Bohai Sea.

"Reporting to Captain, there are several Donglai Zuoke ahead."

Hearing this, Chen Jiao nodded. Water warfare and land warfare are nothing more than different forms. They are essentially a form of war, and there is no real difference in the layout and strategy that should be there.

For example, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in a hundred battles.

Therefore, before the main forces of the two armies fight head-on, sentry cavalry will be arranged to spy on the actual strength of the opposing troops, the distribution of troops, changes in formation, etc., and in water battles, Zouke plays the role of this kind of sentry.

This point has long been known to Chen Jiao after fighting during this period of time.

Now that Zou Ke has appeared, it proves that the building boats of the Donglai Navy are not far away.

Wang Junlou sailed off to Yizhou, and Jinling Wang received sadly.

The building boat gets its name because the boat is tall and wide, and looks like a building.

Before the popularity of hot weapons, water warfare was nothing more than long-distance bows and arrows, and the main methods of close combat were collision warfare and side-on-board warfare. At the end of the Poyang Lake water battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, they were all well-deserved protagonists!
The sailors on board are divided into sword and shield soldiers, archers, and boatmen. The sword and shield soldiers are responsible for defense and "jump gang" fighting after the ship approaches, while the archers are equipped with bows and arrows, daggers and cover shooters.The sailor is in charge of the advance and retreat of ships. Similarly, due to the mutual restraint of water and fire, fire attack in water battles is far more important than land battles. Bows and crossbows are mainly used to launch rockets with burning fat, as well as "fire beasts" and "fire birds". and "fire boats", etc., to attack the enemy.

Of course, the center of gravity of building ships is too high to be unstable and not suitable for long-distance sailing. Therefore, most of them only serve as the main force in water battles in inland rivers and coastal areas.

But in the Han Dynasty, it was its most glorious era.

Especially after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to destroy South Vietnam and Weman Korea and other wars, the buildings and boats showed their power, covering the sea with thousands of sails and destroying the enemy's country. It is really impressive and fascinating.

"Destroy Donglai first and go away, and don't let one go!"

At the same time that people sent the semaphore to summon Guan Cheng, Chen Jiao looked at it from afar, then raised his head and asked, "What's the direction of the wind?"

"Report to Captain, the south wind is blowing today!"

Compared with land warfare, besides the formation, the wind direction and water direction are very important in water warfare. Since the wind direction blows from south to north, if you want to win the next battle, the enemy and us, who will occupy first Whoever has the upper wind in the south has the upper hand.

"Tell the whole army," Chen Jiao said without hesitation, "Turn around and sail south!"

"Here!"

It was a correct decision to go in the direction where Ke appeared, and the brigade of the Donglai Navy must be behind them, turn south, and then use the wind to suppress the enemy.

Starting from the first row and the westernmost building boat, turn south in turn.One after another.After the first row diverted, the second row followed.The formation of the buildings and boats has changed from a horizontal line to a vertical line.All the sails on the ship were hoisted up. The masts of large ships were tens of feet high and could hang dozens of sail curtains, and the sails of medium-sized ships were as few as a dozen.

The wind was blowing with white sails, flags, banners, swords and guns were planted all over every building and boat, and the fleet moved forward at full speed amidst the mighty momentum.

Not long after turning around, a group of enemy ships sailed out from the left side of Buqi's port.

A rough look shows that the number is not many, there are twenty or thirty ships.The few ships at the front were neatly arranged, while the rear ones were in a state of chaos, adjusting in a hurry while sailing.

The chaos on the opposite side proves that this raid was very successful. The Donglai navy never expected that so many warships would suddenly appear in the Bohai Sea, and did not make any preparations at all. It was only at this time that they rushed to fight.

They can't be blamed for this.

Although the bandits in Dongnae have been very serious in recent years, they are basically dominated by the Yellow Turban bandits on land. In contrast, the pirates in the Bohai Sea have obviously focused more on North Korea, Fusang and other places in recent years, but they have decreased. The intrusion into Dongnai County, but occasionally occurs a few times, and the scale is very small.

Who knew that all of a sudden, the sea that was as calm as an ancient well suddenly burst into flames!

Not only did several forces headed by Zhang Chongyue unite and come out in full force, Donglai Kingdom didn't even expect that even the Xuzhou navy also participated.

Just kidding, those small broken boats in Xuzhou have also become an army?
It was completely unexpected.

Chen Jiao was not interested in guessing the enemy's thoughts, but just stared at the front and asked, "Can you find out how many enemy ships are here?"

"26 ships, including five building ships, four or five each of the big wing, middle wing, small wing, sudden mao, and bridge ship." An officer replied: "Lieutenant, this should not be the entire force of the enemy on this road. "

"There are three large ports along the coast of Buqi and Donglai County where warships can berth. I think there may be many docked in the port that have never left the port. Captain, we should seize the opportunity and wait for the other party to recover. , Annihilate this group of enemies on the opposite side first!"

"That's true." Chen Jiao nodded: "This is what the general said to break down one by one!"

At this time, the sentinel came to report, and the semaphore from Guan Cheng's boat also sent out the same suggestion, and he even recommended himself as a forward.

Chen Jiao has nothing to do. Although he also wants to make meritorious service, he still has some points.

Whether it is the Xuzhou navy that was not organized before, or the water thieves he and his men used to only run rampant in inland lakes, they were inexperienced in naval warfare at the beginning. The gain outweighs the loss.

"Then let Shuai Guan give us a good start. We are responsible for encircling the two wings and not allowing one to escape. The reserve team does not move to prevent other ships from the Donglai Navy from coming to help."

As the order was issued, the two fleets coincidentally started their second diversion.

The first half is the Qingzhou water bandits led by Guan Qu. They turned from south to north, and quickly approached the enemy ships along the upwind.

The second half is the Xuzhou navy led by Chen Jiao, which began to expand to the left and right sides in an arc shape, and the stern drew long waves, turning into two bird wings.

Not long after sailing out of the port, the Donglai navy was severely and mercilessly attacked by the management department.

The first attack was naturally the arrow holes and spear holes on the low wall of the building boat!
The water thieves in the battle grid kept throwing rockets. While drawing countless parabolas on the sea surface, they quickly fell towards the enemy. Because the sea surface was undulating and turbulent, it was difficult to aim at first, and most of them shot directly into the air. On the surface of the sea, huge waves splashed, only a small part fell on the Donglai boat in the front row, causing a panic.

Hearing the shouts of Donglai soldiers and seeing them panicking and running around, Guan Cheng on the boat showed a cruel smile, this is what he wanted!
The direct damage of this type of weapon is not that great, and its purpose is to make the enemy rush to dodge the fire!

Taking advantage of this time, under the continuous acceleration of Guan Cheng, the ships of both sides were getting closer and closer, and soon entered a stone's throw.

Guan Cheng waved his hand again, and the water thieves gave up their rockets at the same time, and switched to ordinary strong bows and some javelins.

The swishing sound was endless, like a shower of countless arrows, continuously falling on the opposite ship.

At this time, the enemy on the opposite side seemed to have finally reacted, and began to fight back under the organization of some generals, but Guan Cheng had the upper hand. With the help of the wind, the arrows were fast and fast, but Donglai was against the wind. On the other hand, the arrows fired were weak and weak, and most of them were blown away by the wind before they approached the enemy ship.

Guan Cheng gave another order, actually ordering his own Lou Chuan to go forward bravely, trying to penetrate the formation of the Donglai Navy. The closer the distance, the more destructive the arrows are.The Donglai navy propped up the cowhide and barely resisted.The ships in front used all their means, some slammed forward, using the strength of the hull to plow and sink the pirates' boats, and some supported left and right, throwing arrows desperately,
Seeing the absolute upper hand in the first battle, Chen Jiao, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but secretly nodded. Guan Cheng really has some skills, no wonder Zhou Mu valued it so much.
But the more capable you are, the less threats you will pose to me in the future.
Thinking of this, Chen Jiao's eyes became a little gloomy and cold. The poisonous snake-like eyes were more likely to spy on the warships of his own allies, but turned a blind eye to the real enemy Donglai Army.

At this time, a person beside him reminded: "Captain, look at the enemy's rear!"

Ok?
Chen Jiao was stunned, and followed the prestige, but saw that this time was different from the hard-fought battle at the front. After this period of time, the rear formation of the Donglai Navy had roughly adjusted its formation. He paused slightly, but instead of moving forward, he retreated back for a while.
What's happening here?
When Chen Jiao was wondering, the next moment, he saw Donglai's rear army retreat for a while, then suddenly changed direction and galloped towards the gap in the east.

"As soon as the war started, I wanted to escape."

This scene made Chen Jiao dumbfounded, especially at this time when his colleagues were fighting hard in front, they didn't want to step forward to support, but took the initiative to retreat.
This is too unbearable, right?
Chen Jiao turned to the left and right, and found that the warships of the Guancheng Department were mostly attracted by the front formation of the Donglai Navy. Forked!

wrong!

The enemy's rear army didn't want to escape, but wanted to rush out of the encirclement before the encirclement circle of Xuzhou Army and Guan Chengbu was formally formed, and then detour from the east to the south to seize the upper air!
Is this really treating me as a display?

After figuring this out, Chen Jiao let out a cold snort, waved the flag while waving his hands, and several of the Central Wing ships under his command also accelerated forward at the same time, avoiding the range where the two armies clashed in front, and galloped east quickly!

With the wind down, their speed was naturally faster than that of the Donglai navy, and they immediately took the lead and filled the gap to the east.

The hook and sickle stretched out, and grabbed a Donglai sailor who was on the outpost. The bow of the ship suddenly turned sideways, and the soldiers on the ship hooked and sickled at the same time. The sailors of the water army overturned, and the pawns who fell into the sea were shot to death by the archers as soon as they showed their heads.

After seven or eight rounds of fighting, the Donglai navy's breakout failed.

At this time, the encirclement circle has gradually formed, connecting into a large arc, all the warships are firing bows and arrows, dozens of hooks, sickles, and rackets, one is raised, and the other is dropped.The Donglai navy had almost no power to fight back, retreating steadily, sinking ships one after another, and slowly being compressed into the port.

More than 20 ships, in the small space of the harbor, can't turn around at all.

At this point, the victory and defeat have been divided, and the enemy's defeat is only a matter of time, just wait for a few more waves of attacks, and wait for the Donglai navy to surrender. At this time, Chen Jiao even began to look at the opponent's battle After all, Wang Zheng had an agreement with Guan Cheng and Zhang Chongyue before the war, and if anyone was captured, [-]% of the pirates and [-]% of Xuzhou.

Among the more than 20 ships, Xuzhou can get eight or nine of them, and now Chen Jiao is the biggest official in the navy, which is considered a small gain.

Since the fierce battle, no other part of the Donglai Navy has been seen.

The lookout post on Diao Dou suddenly shouted: "North! North! There is a fleet coming from the north."

Chen Jiao's heart tightened, he hurriedly raised his head to watch, and at the same time ordered the whole army to be on alert. His wings were supposed to protect the friendly army.

The fleet from the north came close, but it was a false alarm. It turned out to be Zhang Chongyue's pirate warship, but they had already dealt with the North Sea enemy on that side first, and came to "support" at this time.

Pirates are good at naval battles, but not land battles.Donglai's water army can be handed over to them to deal with, and the Xuzhou army on Chen Jiao's side must take action to capture Buqi's port.

In fact, even if pirate land warfare is also going on, Wang Zheng will never allow them to board Buqi's port for half a step. If they want to occupy this place as a stronghold, what can they do if they don't leave?
It's not good to tear your face right away, right?
With the addition of the new force, under the joint efforts of the three parties, the Donglai water army was no longer able to resist, and soon they were all wiped out. In the next few days, the Xuzhou army successfully captured the port of Buqi, and the pirate alliance found Donglai water. Two other fierce naval battles were fought at the other two places where the army was stationed.

If, as Guan Cheng said, the Donglai navy had no fighting spirit, less than [-]% of the ships sank, and the rest surrendered, and then the entire Bohai Sea completely fell into the control of the Xuzhou army

After all, it is hard to change the nature of bandits. Guan Cheng's side is still restrained, but Zhang Chongyue's side has no scruples. After landing on land, they captured two coastal counties and robbed them all. If it wasn't for the fear of the king's government, for fear that the other party would turn his back on him afterwards, he would be even more presumptuous.

The news of the navy's success spread to Xiapi one by one, and the news of the Tianjun's success followed closely.

(End of this chapter)