Chapter 158: Even if you turn into ashes, you will recognize him
Sichuan, Wanzhou. At this time, the city walls near the Yangtze River were full of people, all of them were armoured with great Song generals. They were stretching their necks and looking at the strange-looking warships on the waters of the Yangtze River - Chen Dexing's three-layer oar-mounted warships.
These three-layer oar-mounted warships are not very big on the river near Yangzhou, but when they arrive on the Sichuan River, they become giants! The width of the Sichuan River is usually only about four hundred steps, and the water flows are fast, and usually there are no large ships sailing. Even if there are large ships, they will go downstream and never come back after going down the river. As for boating against the current, they are still large ships that rely on their own push. Anyway, it is the first time that Lu Wende's brother, Lu Wenhuan, who restrains the support of the Sichuan army, has seen them on the river near Wanzhou.
Lu Wenhuan is in his early forties and is extremely majestic, but he is a little darker. He is the sixth brother of Lu Wende, the leader of Anfeng general, and also the number one general under Lu Wende. However, although this general is big, he is a little too cautious. To put it bluntly, he is a little timid - of course he is timid on the battlefield, which is completely inconsistent with his majestic and rough appearance.
However, timidity also has the benefits of being timid. Lu Wende was very relieved to hand over the capital of the Lu family in Anfeng to him to command, and there was no need to worry that Lu Wenhuan would use troops to lose all his capital. But sometimes Lu Wende himself could not stand the caution of his sixth brother. A while ago, he even "destroyed his relatives for justice" and wrote to the court that he would not be able to advance and demoted two-level officials to retain them.
However, after being demoted, Lu Wenhuan was still cautious. Facing Nu Lin, who had only more than 10,000 people, he could not afford to go out. Tens of thousands of troops were blocked in Wanzhou. So when Chen Dexing arrived, countless warship axles and oars were connected on the river near Wanzhou City, there were countless warships connected by axles and oars, and the battalions grew for several miles, with a great momentum of a large army gathering.
"I'm a thief. There are so many soldiers in Wanzhou City, why can't I take Fuzhou... Brother, it seems that the Tartars in Fuzhou are very capable, not as easy as Ye Liugan."
"Yes, brother, I heard that the army of the Khan of the Tatars is in Hezhou and is not far from Fuzhou. If we join forces with each other twice, this battle will not be easy to fight."
Those who were talking to Chen Dexing were two powerful generals under his command, Lu Hu and Gao Da.
Chen Dexing snorted and pointed at the small wooden boat moored by a palm fan in his hand: "The warships in Chuanjiang seem to be shrinking three-layer oars, thin, long and thin, and cannot resist touching them at all. If the Beiluo side is full of such goods, what else can we worry about?"
Gao Da nodded when he heard this, "The warships in Chuanjiang are like dragon boats, all of which are fast-sentence ships, but they are troublesome if there are too many. In addition, the Beilu can also exile and set fire ships. The military newspaper said that the Lu family army suffered a lot from the fire ships."
Chen Dexing waved his hand gently: "There is nothing to be afraid of in the fire ships. At worst, it can be reversed. We have practiced during training, and the bow of the third-layer oars have a corner, so it is not difficult to break it." He slowly shook his fan, "Now I just don't know if the military situation in Fuzhou has changed. If only Niao Lin's 15,000 people, our twenty oars will be enough to deal with it."
Chen Dexing brought a total of 30 boats in Chuanjiang, of which only twenty oars were ships, and the rest were ships carrying supplies. They were dragged by Minjie to Wanzhou. However, it was impossible to fight the Fuzhou floating bridge. So the only one-third of the battle was enough to carry 5,000 people. It was almost one-third of the opponent, but Chen Dexing still had the confidence to win.
At this time, the Tiger oarship that Chen Dexing was riding on had already approached an empty pier. Chen Dexing waved his fan suddenly and said, "Let's go, get off the boat and go to meet Lu Liuweng."
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"The military situation has not changed much. The enemy in Fuzhou is still about 10,000. However, the terrain of Fuzhou is dangerous and the Northern Barbarians are sometimes in operation, so it is probably difficult to break for a while. Liu Zhongwu has already recruited dead soldiers in Chongqing, and a family has also recruited hundreds of dead soldiers. He is preparing to set a boat north from Fengdu County, and surrender and set fire on the night of dark and windy wind, burning the Fuzhou floating bridge."
In Wanzhou City, in Lu Wenhuan's camp, a small military controversy was underway. Chen Dexing and Lu Wenhuan, as well as Fan Wenhu, who was a few hours later than Chen Dexing, and Chen Dexing's deputy Lu Shihu, were gathered in a side hall in Lu Wenhuan's office, and were discussing military information around a wooden picture.
"No need to attack, just attack the great formation. At the end, twenty oars will be brought, all of which can fire thunder. It's no problem to just pontoon bridges."
Chen Dexing did not agree with sneak attacks, because if he wanted to sneak attacks, he would have nothing to do. The third-layer oars were giants on the Sichuan River, and they were not used to fight surprise attacks. And he was indeed sure to win, if... Fuzhou really had only 15,000 Mongolian troops.
Although Lu Wenhuan was a little unhappy, he changed his eyes with Lu Shihu and nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then the nephew will go to Fengdu to station first. After five days, a certain family and Wenhu will also lead troops there. If it doesn't work, find a way to attack."
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On the same day Chen Dexing arrived in Wanzhou, a more powerful army was advancing on the surface of the Jialing River outside Chongqing. It was advancing eastward for the first time!
On the surface of the river, the white flags and sails of the Mongolians almost covered the sky and the sun. Hundreds of warships, head to tail, and swaggered through the eyes of tens of thousands of Song soldiers in Chongqing. Then they turned from the Jialing River to the Yangtze River and advanced smoothly. At the west bank of the Jialing River and the north bank of the Yangtze River, there was also an army of tens of thousands of people advancing, about half of them riding horses, all of them were the most elite Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian Khan Mengge also rode his horse forward among these Mongolian cavalry, accompanied by tens of thousands of elite entourages of Qiexue, accompanied by his civil servants and military generals, and dozens of beautiful concubines, and even looked at the Chongqing Prefecture on the other side of the Jialing River.
"Mongge Da Khan is there!"
On a slender warship in Jiangzhong, Li Cuixian dressed in men's clothes frowned gently and asked the monk Liu in a monk's robe next to him, "Do you remember his appearance?"
"Remember, I recognize him even if I turn into ashes!" Liu gritted his teeth and lowered his voice.
Under Li Cuixian's arrangement, Monk Liu had seen Meng Ge several times, of course he had a glimpse from afar, but it was enough for him to remember Meng Ge's appearance. But he didn't understand very well, what is the use of remembering Meng Ge's appearance on the battlefield?
Li Cuixian opened a Japanese fan and shook it gently, as if he was talking to himself: "Meng Ge's going east, the situation of the battle will be changing! I don't know where Qingzhi is now? Does anyone tell him that Meng Ge has gone east?"
At the same time, on the winding mountain roads in the Shizhu Fufu Division, Liang Chongru also rode a Yunnan horse. He was guarding more than a dozen Song soldiers, walking slowly, muttering in an inauspicious voice: "The Khan of the Tartars has gone east. If Chen Dexing hits the head, he will die. As long as he dies, I, Liang Chongru, can be at ease to become an official. It is a pity that the country has gone to such a tiger general. And only if I am loyal and diligent in serving the court can I compensate for today's past..."
Chapter completed!