Ouyang Jingzhong nodded. He couldn't refuse, and he didn't want to refuse at all. Besides, the Hetao area is indeed very good. With an internal affairs master like Chu Xiangcheng here, I believe that the economy of Jiangnan Third Road will soon be on the right track. And in just a short time
In a few years, the Hetao, which was in need of improvement, has been transformed into the most prosperous economy in China. The Hetao must be full of talents.
Luo Xiang quickly raised his glass with both hands and stood up: "Commander, this is the tribute to you, Commander-in-Chief, from the three million people on Dahu Road who are students. Because of your kindness and generosity, the people have been saved from a war.
"
Ouyang Jingzhong took it with a smile, gestured to Luo Xiang to sit down, and said with a smile: "I am already eighty years old this year. Over the years, my body and bones have become worse and worse. I usually feel weak when I work. If it weren't for the empire,
In the current situation, I have already retired and returned to my hometown. Now that Dahu Road is handed over to you, I am very happy. Jiuyuan, you must not let down my expectations."
"Ah, Marshal, are you planning to retire and return home?" Luo Xiang said in surprise.
"Yes, the world now belongs to you people or even younger people. It's time for us old bones to go back and enjoy our old age. Why, do you still want to use these old bones of this handsome man?
Squeeze it dry?" Ouyang Jingzhong said jokingly.
Luo Xiang frowned, and he was really worried now: "Commander, the student definitely doesn't mean this. The student also hopes that you can live a long life and enjoy your old age, but now, only you can do it on Dahu Road and Jiangnan Road.
We can maintain our position. Think about it, old man, it will take time for us to arrange local officials in the Hetao, right? When we reorganize the 150,000 soldiers in the Southern Military Region, we will always need guidance, right? Moreover, if the Great Lakes and Jiangnan are suddenly brought under our rule in the Hetao, it will definitely
Some people may have doubts, and they need to be cleared up. Commander, if you leave like this, the students really won’t know where to start.”
It was rare to see Luo Xiang like this, and Ouyang Jingzhong couldn't help laughing: "Jiuyuan, don't worry, I can still hold on for a while. But you also need to hurry up. Whether the people are resuming production or being included in management,
It is a very urgent matter, as for the reorganization of the army."
Ouyang Jingzhong suddenly thought of Cheng Guochi and others, and was secretly worried. If he told them that he had surrendered to the Loop, what would they think? Would they think that they were greedy for glory and wealth? Besides, they are all very thoughtful. If
So what if you create chaos if you are not convinced?
But after thinking about it for a while, Ouyang Jingzhong also felt that he was a little unfounded. Although Cheng Guochi and others were a little arrogant, they didn't know they were so bold. Besides, without him to suppress them, there was no one among them who had the ability.
People with high prestige come to lead.
"As for the army, the soldiers in our Southern Military Region are all very capable of combat, especially in the Jianghuai area. Their combat effectiveness is even higher than yours in the Hetao. Hey, don't be dissatisfied with this. These are all soldiers trained by this commander himself.
, if you dare to shake your head, you are ruining my handsome face."
Luo Xiang smiled bitterly. After decades, he didn't expect that this old man would still be so funny.
"Commander, our current legion structure in Hetao, except for the Panshi Legion, the main legions only have 100,000 soldiers. Look, are your 150,000 soldiers organized into a legion of 100,000 and 50,000, or are they organized directly?
Into three legions?" Luo Xiang asked tentatively.
Ouyang Jingzhong thought for a while and said: "A few legions are not important, just compress them into a hundred thousand soldiers. Dahu Road has been through wars many times, and now we need a strong labor force to recuperate and recuperate. We cannot use so many soldiers in the army."
Luo Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. If all 150,000 people were transferred to the regular army in Hetao, the number would be too much. One hundred thousand people could not only ensure that all the elite of the Southern Army were included, but also give Ouyang Jingzhong an explanation. Naturally,
It couldn't be better.
"Commander, before our army marches south, you still need to keep an eye on this place. You should spend more time and help the students secure this territory first," Luo Xiang said flatteringly.
Ouyang Jingzhong chuckled: "Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me. I know your thoughts very well. Don't worry, after I return, I will inform the world that the Southern Military Region will be included in the rule of Hetao and let the Huai River expand.
The family has given up on this idea."
Luo Xiang continued: "Commander, our garrison on Yizhou Road and Yangzhou Road will try to get as close as possible to the general's defense line. The students are worried that Jinhua Mitsukoshi will take the lead in attacking after learning that you, Commander, are joining us in the Hetao. They are also
Commander, your reserve army is ready to cross Jiangnan Third Road at any time."
Ouyang Jingzhong nodded and said: "You are still careful. To be honest, if Pu Zhicheng and the four southern Yunnan tribes are willing to go all out, I am afraid that with the 150,000 soldiers in my hands, they will really be unable to stop them."
Luo Xiang laughed and said: "Commander, don't worry, Jinhua Mitsukoshi is already a grasshopper after autumn and can't jump around for a few more days. When our army returns from the Eastern Japan, the Jinhua Mitsukoshi clan will be wiped out.
"
He Bugui personally led 50,000 naval troops to block the Eastern Japanese navy, while Xue Sha and other Hetao troops, with the full help of Zhang Yuewan, landed ashore as quickly as possible. When Xue Sha's 20,000 cavalrymen had just landed on the shore
After the assembly was completed, high-pitched fighting sounds came from the mouth of Qingshui River. It was obvious that Fu Yishan had started taking action according to the predetermined plan.
Just as Hetao expected, Dongbo indeed deployed a large number of fireships in the upper reaches of Qingshui River, waiting for the Hetao navy to rush in and be killed. Who knew that Hetao only had a partial force of 20,000 troops, and it was only blocked near the massacre port at the mouth of Qingshui River
The merchant ships had no intention of going upstream.
The commander-in-chief of the Eastern Japanese Army hiding in Shimonoseki City is really an old acquaintance of Watanabe Shimota. He is not only responsible for commanding the Eastern Japanese Army, but also the highest person in charge of the entire battle. Seeing the cunning of the Hetao Navy, Watanabe Shimota also felt a little guilty.
Headache.
"Wait a minute, the Hetao Navy is now testing our defense line. We must not mess up our position." Watanabe said in a deep voice, not only to tell his subordinates, but also to comfort himself.
All the merchant ships near the port were responsible for luring the enemy. They had no combat effectiveness at all. Under the full attack of the Goryeo Navy, the entire army was quickly wiped out. Countless wooden planks and various sails were scattered in a mess.
On the battlefield, countless Japanese sailors fell into the sea and were swimming desperately towards the seaside. However, the Korean soldiers did not give them a chance. The 20,000-strong navy used each warship as a unit to shoot and kill the Japanese sailors in the water.
Fu Ruoshui had plenty of time now, so he searched very carefully, and he had the attitude that he would rather kill by mistake than miss. As long as he saw a black head in the sea, he would immediately shoot it with an arrow. Some sailors are smart,
He buried himself under the floating corpses of other dead people, thus narrowly escaping.
"Fu Yishan, make the noise as loud as possible. Well, the whole army is gathered together and ready to infiltrate into the port." Fu Ruoshui looked at the situation near the port and said with a satisfied look on his face: "The fire ships arranged by the East Japanese side
Just upstream, you are also a veteran of water battles and should know how to deal with it."
Fu Yishan responded with a "yes" and recruited a few soldiers to go and arrange it. Then he leaned next to Fu Ruoshui and said: "Princess, doesn't the order from the Hetao require us to only cruise near the port?"
"You are stupid. We have wiped out all the enemy forces in the port now. If we still stay here, even idiots will know that we have seen through their plan. Infiltrate inside and be careful, so that the opponent can
They will think that we are a vanguard force, spearheading the entire navy, so attention will be focused on us." Fu Ruoshui looked like he hated the iron.
Fu Yishan's face turned red and he stood aside without speaking.
Fu Ruoshui carefully looked at the form of Xiaguan Port and suddenly said in a confused manner: "Fu Yishan, you are also a veteran of our Kingdom of Korea. You don't need to mince words like this in the future. Don't forget what Fu Shuai ordered you at that time.
."
"Huh?" Fu Yishan's face turned even redder.
Fu Ruoshui did not answer, but walked straight forward, stood at the front of the battleship, and carefully looked at the situation in Xiaguan.
Fu Yishan wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long breath. He and Fu Ruoshui were not familiar with each other. After all, Fu Ruoshui followed Bu Xianzhi to Qingfeng's Tiandu Shengjing six years ago, and they have been there ever since.
Staying in Hetao, I have never been back to Korea in these years.
He had always believed that the reason why Fu Ruoshui was so famous in Goryeo was mainly because of her origin. She was not only the only princess of Goryeo King Jianwu King Fu Jianglin, but also a disciple of Bu Xianzhi. Therefore, she was already in her early years.
Ranked among the top ten heroes in China. However, only now did he truly feel Fu Ruoshui's shrewdness.
He naturally knew that his strategic purpose was to attract the attention of the defenders in the city to the greatest extent. However, the 20,000 navy troops were all Korean soldiers. If he leaned too forward, he would probably suffer a lot of damage. Therefore, with the intention of saving
Fu Yishan didn't want to go deeper into the idea of strength. But Fu Ruoshui saw through his intentions at a glance, but she obviously saved enough face for herself. It seems that this eldest princess who is only twenty years old does have an extraordinary mind.
The Goryeo Navy continued to penetrate deeper. The battleships moved very slowly, almost upstream of the Qingshui River. The trebuchets and other medium and long-range attack weapons on the battleships never stopped, especially those loaded with tung oil and kerosene.
The trebuchets and other fires never stopped. The main buildings of the East Japan War were originally bamboo and wood structures, and the fire quickly spread along the Xiaguan port towards the city of Xiaguan.
Watanabe Shimo felt something was wrong. If this was really just the vanguard of the Hetao Navy, they would not set fire to the city like this. Could it be that the other party had already seen through his arrangement?
While Watanabe Shimomo was hesitating, a soldier stumbled into his combat command room. When he saw Watanabe Shimomo, he immediately shouted with a look of despair: "Commander, it's not good! The main force of the Hetao Navy is encircling and suppressing Dekanzo.
His Royal Highness Zov's navy and a large number of cavalry landed successfully under the protection of their warships and are now outflanking us."
Watanabe Shita's expression changed, and he punched the map on the wooden table. The wooden table was overwhelmed and cracked in half, and the map also made a crisp sound.
"Assemble the entire army!" Watanabe Shimota said with a gloomy face. After thinking for a moment, Watanabe Shimota gritted his teeth and said: "All the fireship troops are dispatched. Since the other party has seen through our arrangement, let's kill them all!"
Following Watanabe Shimo's order, the fireboat troops in the upper reaches of the Qingshui River who had been waiting impatiently all lit the torches in their hands, cut off the cables and went down the flowing Qingshui River. They did not know the battlefield.
The situation has changed, and now they are just the victims of Watanabe Shimo's efforts to contain the Hetao Navy. They thought that if they continued this way, the Hetao Navy warships would immediately fall into a sea of fire, reversing their own situation in one fell swoop.
The current of the Qingshui River was already quite turbulent, and the Eastern Japanese Fire Boat moving down the river was like an unstoppable galloping of thousands of horses. However, when the warships of the Hetao Navy appeared in their eyes, they were surprised.
There are warships, and they are all large warships, but the number of warships is really too small. Looking at it, even the new recruits in the navy dare to judge with certainty that the opponent's strength will not exceed 30,000?
"Isn't it said that the combined forces of the Hetao Navy and the Korean Navy were as high as 150,000, and together with their transport ships, they should be able to cover the sky." The Japanese soldiers on the fireboat were a little stunned.
However, at this time, they had no time to modify their strategy. Hundreds of fire ships were already less than three miles away from the Hetao Navy, and they only needed a few breaths to rush into the opponent's warships.
"Although the number is a little less, at least the effort was not wasted." The Japanese soldiers thought for a moment and felt that they had not suffered a loss, and at least they had made some profit. After estimating the distance, the Japanese soldiers driving the fire boats jumped into the water one after another.
The fire ship, which had already adjusted its angle, rushed down.
Seeing this somewhat familiar scene, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of Fu Yishan's mouth. Dongbo's fire boat plan was not very clever, and its control was still far from their traditional small speedboat collision. Facing Dongbo
They have a way to resolve the collision of a small clipper ship as fierce as a wolf, let alone a fire ship like this.
The command flag was waved, and just when the opponent's fireship was still about two miles away from the own naval warship, dozens of small boats that had been prepared suddenly went upstream, with full sails and people rowing desperately on the small boats.
The soldiers increased the speed of the boat to the extreme.
There was a long distance between each two boats. The two boats were arranged in a row, and the distance between each row was only more than ten feet. They also rushed towards the Japanese fire ship with lightning speed.
Both sides were very fast, but what was surprising was that the Koryo navy's boat actually took a flanking route. Moreover, when they got around to both sides of the Dongwa fire ship, they could no longer row.
, and the speed of the Dongwa fire ship at the front suddenly dropped. It turned out that there was an iron cable tied between the two boats, and the two boats were separated as much as possible. The iron cable was immediately pulled out of the water, and then just blocked the Dongwa fire ship.
charge.
However, after all, the Eastern Japanese fire ships were flowing down the river, and they were numerous in number, with different tonnage sizes, and their momentum was unstoppable. Although the speed slowed down a little, causing some confusion, it did not affect the formation of the fire ships.
However, more than ten pairs of small boats rushed forward. Although they did not block the charge of the opponent's fire ship, they at least reduced the opponent's speed to a minimum. The small boats continued to go upstream, and the fire ship was still charging downward, affected by the iron rope.
, the fire ships on both sides began to pile up towards the middle. At this time, the trebuchets and other medium and long-range weapons on the Goryeo Navy battleships began to fire desperately. The fire ships at the front were the first to bear the brunt, and there were many fire ships immediately.
They fell apart under the bombardment of the trebuchets, and the shattered fire ships blocked the speed of the fire ships behind them. The Korean naval warships retreated while attacking, and the unmanned fire ships were able to rely on the current to go downhill, and soon
, hundreds of fire ships were completely wiped out, and the loss of the Goryeo Navy was only a dozen small ships at the beginning.
At this time, Watanabe Shimo had no intention of paying attention to the fireships carrying out suicide attacks on the Qingshui River. Due to the wonderful performance of the Koryo Navy at the beginning, his attention was completely attracted by the battle situation in front of him. As a result, more than 50,000 cavalrymen came ashore in the Loop.
, the sentinels of Dongbo discovered the other party's trace, but at this time Hetao no longer had to hide it. Under the leadership of Xue Sha Xinke and others, tens of thousands of cavalry formed a broad attack front and headed towards Xiaguan City.
Come.
Watanabe Shimota and Kato Takashi were the two Optimus Primes of the Eastern Japanese Army. Even compared with Haruka Jinyu and others who worshiped the capital, they were not far behind. As soon as he realized that something was wrong, Watanabe Shimomo immediately gathered the troops in the city.
One hundred thousand defenders quickly broke out towards the east.
Watanabe Shimo was also very clear in his mind. The terrain of Dongwa is high in the middle and low on the four sides, and there are flat plains along the coast. If he breaks out towards the north, although there is no ambush in the Hetao area, the speed of the infantry cannot match the speed of the cavalry.
In comparison, even if you temporarily escape the encirclement of the Hetao, you will definitely be chased and killed by the Hetao cavalry along the way.
If the army goes eastward, firstly, it can catch the Hetao cavalry by surprise. Secondly, as long as it breaks through the defense line of the Hetao cavalry, it will be able to rush into the mountains, and the Hetao cavalry will not be able to make an effective pursuit at all.
Looking back, his current situation is exactly the same as the situation of the Holy Bliss Church at Kuanxia Ferry that day, and the coaches of both sides also made the same choice.
Xue Sha really didn't expect that Watanabe Shimo would choose this kind of needle-point attack on Maimang. At this time, the only soldiers who landed in Hetao were the 50,000 cavalry, and the 100,000 Dongbo soldiers were united in one place, using all their attack power.
Once it was concentrated at one point, the Loop suffered a small loss immediately.
The attack point selected by Watanabe Shimo was just above the attack front of the Blood Killing Division. In order to surround Xiaguan City at the beginning, the Hetao Cavalry opened the battle line very wide, and the formation became a little thin. And all the 100,000 Eastern Japanese Army
They were the elite of the Eastern Japanese, and by surprise, they immediately opened a loophole in the defense line of the Hetao cavalry.