Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Looking around on both sides of the river, there are crowds of people, flags flying across the river facing each other, heavily armored, the blood in Zhou Xingfeng's heart can't help but start to heat up.

He is 41 this year, and he doesn't know what year he will live to, but even if he dies this year, he is not afraid.

Zhou Xingfeng is full of confidence in his own arrangement, he has always been bold in doing things in his life, and this time is also the same.

Even if he knew the power of the Zhou Dynasty, Shi Congyun's illustrious reputation, and the Northern Division's prowess in fighting, he didn't think about peace talks or surrender at the first moment, but directly mobilized the entire army to confront the Zhou army head-on.

Because that's what he is.

From a poor and humble peasant family, from the hardships and hardships of not having enough food to eat and not covering his body, he has gone through gold and iron horses, hard work, and intrigues. He has come to the present position, holding the land of Kyushu, sitting on tens of thousands of troops, and dominating one side.

He has long since realized that a man can do this for a lifetime, and he will die if he dies. There is nothing to regret.

If there is anything he can't let go of, it's probably only the girls at home that give him a headache.

Others are afraid of him, obey him, and those who dissatisfy will soon be planned to kill by him, only the women in the family are not afraid, and they always sing against him, making him anxious and helpless.

She followed her when she was poor and poor, and walked along the way through hardships and hardships.

It's his first wife, he's from the same township, and he's an ordinary citizen. If he loses, he can die happily. He's afraid that his stubborn wife will end badly.

Zhou Xingfeng sighed secretly, even hid the weakness in his heart, and cursed in his heart, that old lady is really, just contradict him, and at this time, he will still be distracted.

At this time, a horseman came to report to him, saying that his wife Yan had arrived in Yuezhou and heard that he was killing people in Yuezhou, so she came to supervise.

Zhou Xingfeng was furious and cursed, "What is she doing here! She's here to seek death! I'll deal with her when I finish clearing up the army in the north!"

No matter what he scolded, he couldn't help it. The battle ahead made him dare not withdraw. At this time, the confrontation between the two armies has entered the most critical moment.

The Zhou army cannot last long, they must launch an effective attack within this month, otherwise they can only go back in despair.

And they also had to hold on to this critical period of one or two months, when the Zhou army might launch an attack at any time, and the soldiers would take turns sleeping and staring at the other side day and night. Naturally, Zhou Xingfeng couldn't walk away and could only curse.

.......

When Zhou Xingfeng was actively defending, the other side had already made preparations.

Shi Congyun has ordered people to collect many small boats from the people and merchants around Sanjiangkou. In addition, these days, the craftsmen in the army are cutting wood and building boats by the river day and night, and there are already more than 500 small boats on the north bank.

Shi Congyun looked around along the river. These small boats could carry six to twelve people. They could not compete head-to-head with the Wuping navy cruising in Jiangzhou. The main purpose was to carry soldiers across the river.

Cao Bin followed him, patrolling all the way, and said with some doubts, "Marshal, I see that there are many people on the opposite beach, can we really rush up, or change to another place."

The shoal chosen by Shi Congyun was the key point for defense on the opposite bank. The shoal was about two miles long, and both the north and the south could see the importance of it.

"We have no choice. Within [-] miles upstream and downstream, this is the only place suitable for large-scale landing of the army. The rest are small sections of shallows. It is true that the enemy's defense will be much weaker, but it is also fatal to us.

It is true that there are few people who are on guard in small places, and there are few people who can go ashore in a short time, and we can't stand up if we go up. "Shi Congyun said.

Then he pointed at the opposite side: "The most important thing is to look at the deployment of the general on the other side, he should be a person who knows how to fight.

He must keep a reserve team behind Jiang'an, and he will replenish wherever he is in a hurry. It is almost difficult to achieve a surprise breakthrough. "

Cao Bin suddenly realized, "If the commander-in-chief doesn't say anything, I can't think of this."

"Naturally, I didn't understand it before, but after you have experienced more, you will understand that the main striker of the Southern Tang Kingdom didn't know how to keep the reserve team, so they were defeated in Zhengyang.

Such a large-scale battle must reserve a reserve team. If there are too many people and the front line is too long, it will be difficult to dispatch.

The reserve team is like an opportunity to correct mistakes. No one can tell what will happen on the battlefield and where there will be unexpected things. At this time, the reserve team needs to make up for the leaks in time.

If there is no reserve team, there will be no chance to correct mistakes. Since the main general on the opposite side is so well deployed and has a good balance of priorities, he must keep a large number of reserve teams behind the river bank. "

"So the risk of a surprise attack is very high. There is only one way at the moment. The main force of the large force breaks through, forces a firm foothold on the beach, opens up a safe landing field, and lets the follow-up troops cross the river, gradually tearing apart their defenses."

Shi Congyun's tone became serious: "I don't even want to be dismissed by this bastard, it's just that I have no choice.

So this battle is different from previous battles. The opposing general has blocked the chance for us to weaken him. There is no temptation, no feint, and the fight is a decisive battle. "

"A contest between masters?" Cao Bin looked at him.

Shi Congyun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "There is some reason for you to say that, and there are geographical constraints, but this is also half true.

For those who don't understand military affairs, all kinds of tricks can distract him, make him difficult to make decisions, be at a loss, and make mistakes to reveal his flaws.

But if the coach is decisive and has experience, then tricks won’t work, and he can only fight in a straight-forward manner. This is the last battle I want to fight, and this is the current situation..."

"More than 100 people in our army have fallen ill. Fortunately, most of them are heatstroke. If they still can't cross the river, the rear supplies will be tight in September, and they haven't been exhausted here, so we have to fight.... ..."

Shi Congyun's heart is actually not peaceful, and he cannot be sure about the outcome of every war.

Just like in Zhengyang and Shu, the only sure thing was the Huainan battle of 10 people. From a strategic point of view, the Southern Tang Army's operations were fully guaranteed, and winning was almost inevitable.

In Sanjiangkou, however, the geographical conditions determined that there was nothing left to do strategically, and we had to fight hard. At this time, the variables were rather large.

Cao Bin also became nervous, "I originally thought that the commander-in-chief always wins every battle, and this battle must also be won."

"Hahahaha..." Shi Congyun laughed. He didn't expect the famous Cao Bin to be so naive, and he needed him to educate him, so he felt a little proud.

"You can't think like this. There are no inevitable things in the world, especially wars. Even if I win a hundred games, I still have a high probability of losing in one game, not to mention only winning a dozen battles.

Therefore, we must go all out in every game, treat it with caution, and remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. "

Cao Bin nodded after listening, "Thank you for your guidance, Marshal, I will definitely remember it in my heart."

The two looked at the riverside. The sun was setting and they were stained blood red when they met.On both sides of the beautiful river, the two armies are at war, staring at each other all the time. If there is no barrier of the beautiful Yangtze River, they would have rushed to fight to the death.

........

Shi Congyun dared to rush to the beach, so he naturally had his magic weapon.

His magic weapon is Huo Lei.He had moved the firearms battalion forward.

Hundreds of people from the Firearms Battalion have been training how to use fire mines in Daliang for several months, including throwing them, throwing them with trebuchets and other methods.

The number of Huolei was not many, at the beginning there were 210 batches, and later Feng Jisheng and others rushed to make another batch, [-], which were sent to Jiangling by Li Gu and transferred to the front-line army.

At this time, there were only 710 fire mines in the army in total. Shi Congyun thought that if these things could blow up a gap in the Wuping army on the beach and let the army go ashore, then the outcome would be determined.

It's just that he wasn't sure. He called 500 people from the Firearms Battalion to discuss this matter, and everyone talked about it.

Shi Congyun thought that he could dock the big ship in the middle of the river and use a trebuchet to throw fire and mines on the bank.

As a result, they were opposed by everyone. They all said that based on their training experience, the accuracy of the trebuchet was really poor, and if the initial firearm strikes did not achieve good results, they might startle the enemy.

Wu Pingbing is not a fool. After seeing the power of the fire and thunder, he will definitely avoid it deliberately in the future. It will be more effective to cause effective damage. The best is the first wave of output.

The soldiers of the Firearms Battalion discussed with him for a long time. In the end, most of them agreed that the best way was to use people to carry fire mines, mix them with the ordinary beach troops, and throw them directly into the Wuping army formation after reaching the beach.

Seeing their troops rushing to the beach, the Wuping army on the opposite side will definitely gather heavy troops on the beach, and form an array to prevent them from going up the riverside road. Killing effect.

This view was shared by many soldiers of the Firearms Battalion, and it was also a tactic they thought was feasible.

Shi Congyun didn't insist on his own views, agreed with them, and followed what they said, but he also made minor adjustments...

Chapter 202, The Battle of Sanjiangkou ([-])

Shi Congyun's fine-tuning was that the soldiers of the Firearms Battalion did not go to the beach first, but waited in the river by boat, and let other troops fight out of a slightly safer beachhead before they went on.

The hundreds of people in the firearms battalion were selected by him. Some of them are technical soldiers. They used to operate and build heavy equipment such as catapults and bed crossbows. There are babies in the army.

Shi Congyun was reluctant to send them away.

........

On July [-]th, the weather was hot, Shi Congyun did not hold a military meeting in the sweltering tent, but called everyone to hold the meeting under the shade of a cool tree.

This time, in addition to Li Chuyun, Wang Quanbin and other main generals, there are also many army commanders, and even commanders, more than 100 people.

The reason why Shi Congyun called so many people had his own considerations.

There is nothing to hide about the battle plan this time. To put it bluntly, it is just positive, so it is better to let the generals and soldiers at the grassroots level know the battle plan. Everyone has a clear purpose.

Shi Congyun stood on a big rock covered with blue moss in the forest, surrounded by many generals, he said:

"Everyone, we are going to fight a big battle tomorrow. You must have been watching those on the opposite side for a long time. After fighting in the past, we will return home in a glorious manner, make great achievements, and be rewarded and knighted.

If we can't get through, we'll have to tuck our tails in and go back like a drowning dog. "

Laughter erupted from the crowd, Shi Congyun didn't scold, but also laughed along with him: "In my opinion, we have fought this way, and we have never seen any battle formation before, so of course we won't be afraid of them. I can be ashamed If you go back, at worst, the officials will scold you, and the glory and wealth will always be there.

But the problem can't be looked at that way!

We have all come here all the way, every soldier, corporal leader, team leader, captain, captain, commander, and commander, regardless of recruits or veterans, young or old.

As a coach, if you have the attitude of going back as a big deal, you don’t know how many brothers will die tomorrow. As commanders, you are all in command. If you don’t go all out, many brothers under your command will die in vain tomorrow!

We have come all the way to the present, we can't be so heartless and irresponsible.

So as soon as the fight starts tomorrow, I hope that each and every one of you will lead by example and give your all.

Can it be done! "

"Yes!" Everyone below said in unison, startling a large number of birds in the forest.

Only then was Shi Congyun satisfied, "Next, I will tell you the overall battle plan.

After going back, I told my brothers that I remembered everything clearly. When the time came, the river would be chaotic. If I accidentally got separated from the large army, I would know what to do. "

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened.

"The overall battle plan is very simple, divided into two steps.

And you don't have to remember the first step. Si Chao's navy attacked the Wuping navy cruising near Sanjiangkou from downstream, drove them towards Dongting Lake, and cleared the waters around Sanjiangkou.

The second step is what you have to do.

Many soldiers in the north of the river had to take more than 500 small boats to quickly cross the beach in the south, land on the shore, occupy the riverside and establish a stable position, and support the large troops in the rear to cross the river.

Once the whole army crosses the river, they will march south and capture the Wuping army camp.

Let me talk about the specific execution sequence of the second step here. If you really can’t remember it, it’s best to write it down.

The first batch of beach flushing was in charge of the first army of the second wing of the control crane, and the signal was the red flag......"

.......

On the same day, Shi Congyun explained all the attack plans in the woods.

Then everyone returned to the camp and informed the soldiers that the whole army had begun to prepare for the next day's battle.

Early the next morning, the sun was rising, and the soldiers in the army got up early and started to cook.

At noon, after getting up, many soldiers began to check their armor and weapons, preparing for today's battle. Before noon, all the troops began to eat ahead of time, and today all the troops added meat to make the soldiers full and fight more vigorously.

The sun was gradually rising, and everyone was staring nervously at the river to the east, because everyone knew that the first step in the battle was the attack by Si Chao's navy.

Shi Congyun also came down to the riverside to the east of Sanjiangkou under the escort of many personal soldiers, climbed a high slope, and looked at the entire river in the distance.

You can see the overall situation here, and many flag bearers follow him with flags of various colors. If you fly the flag from this position, the entire riverside can see it. At this time, the flag can be used as a signal.

Li Chuyun, Wang Quanbin and others have already gone to the riverside to lead the troops. At this time, there are still many ships of the Wuping Navy sailing in the heart of the river. Most of them are relying on the south bank, and they dare not approach.

Shi Congyun didn't take a boat to command the envoys because the risk was too great. Sail and manpower could not fight against nature.

In history, Cao Cao and Cao Pi were keen to attack the state of Wu across the Yangtze River. Cao Cao made no progress but was not that shameful. Cao Pi fought with the whole country several times. The most embarrassing time was when he recited a poem on the Yangtze River, and then the wind drove the boat Blowing to the south bank of the Yangtze River, Cao Pi, who was still in shock, almost became a prisoner before the war was fought.

It shows that the Yangtze River cannot be controlled by human beings. If he is also blown to the other side on the boat, he will be in big trouble.

He also kept looking east.

Before noon, the shadows of large sails began to appear in the eastern sky.

Si Chao's navy is here.

As the ships approached, the scene on the river gradually became clearer. About a quarter of an hour later, the densely packed sails completely covered the river in the distance, and hundreds of large Zhou army ships showed their ferocious fangs and claws, approaching Sanjiangkou.

The soldiers on the guard tower on the other side also noticed the situation in the distance, and hurriedly climbed down the stairs to report. Shi Congyun could see clearly.

The navy is his trump card.

The other side began to raise semaphore toward the middle of the river, and some people were shouting at the boats in the river, but Shi Congyun couldn't hear what they were saying.

However, there are many Wuping ships on the river, some hundreds of them, and they are densely packed for several miles. Such shouts are not enough to make them react.

When Zhou Jun's large ships appeared in a row on the east side of the river, they had completely blocked the water surface and sailed towards them.

Zhou Jun's rushing boat was in front, with huge sharp ramming angles in front, and the tall Qiyun warship behind, rushing straight towards the Wuping army near Sanjiangkou.

There were many warships in Wuping, but most of them were small boats. Faced with such a situation, many small boats in front were so frightened that they turned around and wanted to run back.

But the boats a few miles behind didn't know what was going on, so they didn't make any moves, but instead blocked the boats ahead.

For a while, the navy had not yet joined the battle, and the east began to be chaotic. In the panic, many Wuping army boats were washed to the north bank by the river due to improper operation.

The north bank was where the Zhou army was stationed. Once it landed, many bows and crossbows greeted them, and they were hooked by the Zhou army with hook locks, hooked branches, etc. and dragged to the shore. He was hacked to death with a knife.