There is a small military camp of the Puppet Qi Army in the northeast of Hanyang, with a garrison of four to five thousand people. It is a peripheral security camp, mainly to prevent local rebels from sneak attacks on the Hanyang camp.
The rebel army has always been a serious problem for the Jurchens and the puppet Qi army, which has prevented the Jin soldiers from consolidating their occupation of the north. It is also for this reason that the Jin soldiers decided to negotiate peace with the Song army and use a Huairou policy to control the north.
It took two generations for the northern Han people to gradually identify with the Jin Kingdom.
In Jingxiang, they had been encountering small groups of rebels attacking from the waterway. Although the losses were not great, the soldiers were so overwhelmed that they always thought that the enemy was coming to kill them. There was no peace at all, which made Dong Xian very worried.
The security camp is specially used to deal with the rebels, allowing the rebels to harass the security camp and make the soldiers in the main camp feel at ease.
At night, a group of Song Army cavalry appeared in each of the three directions of the security camp. Yang Zaixing joined forces with Liu Cui and Liu Qiong to prepare to take out the camp first.
When the time came to the third watch, Yang Zaixing ordered in a deep voice: "Fire the signal arrow!"
Three gunpowder arrows shot into the sky at the same time, flashing red flames in the night sky.
The three cavalry groups launched at the same time, the sound of horse hooves was like rolling thunder, the ground was shaking, and the military camp sentry also sounded a rapid alarm.
The soldiers in the military camp stood up to fight, but it was too late. The camp was knocked down, and ten thousand cavalry rushed into the camp from three directions like a flood that broke a dike.
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At the fourth watch, the alarm bell rang in the puppet Qi army camp outside Hanyang City. Tens of thousands of puppet Qi soldiers woke up from their dreams. They all slept with their armor, their weapons beside them, and they didn't even take off their shoes.
The soldiers rushed out of the tent and gathered urgently.
Dong Xian also drew his sword and rushed out of the tent, asking sternly: "What happened?"
The general on duty, Wang Jian, knelt down on one knee and reported, "The northwest camp was attacked by the Song Army's cavalry an hour ago and the entire army has been destroyed!"
Dong Xian's eyes widened, "How many cavalry are there?"
A general who escaped next to him said tremblingly: "Marshal Qi, there are about ten thousand people, they are very fierce, no less than the Jin soldiers!"
Dong Xian felt a chill in his heart, and he immediately realized that this army was probably Chen Qing's cavalry, and there must be no one but him.
What about Kong Yanzhou's army? There was no news at all, and Dong Xian couldn't even imagine it.
Now Dong Xian had no time to think too much. He ordered all the tents to be dismantled, the soldiers slept on the ground, and he deployed 20,000 crossbowmen to guard the surrounding areas.
Lieutenant General Song Ling whispered: "Why don't we send an army to the northwest to take a look at the situation!"
Dong Xian shook his head, "The enemy is hiding in the dark, we'd better not act rashly and wait until daybreak!"
None of the soldiers could sleep. The fear of Chen Qing filled every soldier's heart. If Chen Qing's cavalry came to kill them, their death would be instant. At this time, they would rather endure the cold night and sleepiness.
Dare not close my eyes.
Tens of thousands of soldiers worked hard until dawn, but there was still no movement, but the soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief.
Dong Xian also canceled today's siege plan. Chen Qing's army unexpectedly came to kill him. He had to re-evaluate and re-draw the plan.
In the big tent, more than a dozen generals were arguing. Some generals believed that they could divide their troops into two groups and fight on two fronts. Some generals believed that the combat effectiveness of 10,000 cavalry was very powerful, equivalent to an army of 30,000 to 40,000. If the number of troops was small,
If there are too many troops, then there will not be enough troops to attack the city.
Last night, all 5,000 soldiers in the northwest camp were wiped out. Their current strength is only 47,000. How can they fight on two fronts?
Dong Xian had been silent all this time, but then he slowly said: "I'm afraid the situation is not good!"
The tent immediately became quiet. More than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at Dong Xian. Dong Xian sighed and said: "I don't understand the danger of Jiangling. Chen Qing's cavalry will not appear in Hanyang. I guess Kong Yanzhou's army is already in danger."
Everyone gasped. They killed three thousand enemies, suffered eight hundred losses, and wiped out all twenty thousand of Kong Yanzhou's men. Didn't they suffer no losses?
Dong Xian nodded, "I doubt it too, but what I'm more worried about now is the navy. He will never allow us to threaten Baling again, so he will definitely attack our navy!"
At this moment, a soldier bowed at the door and said: "Marshal, Xu Dutong sent someone to say there is an emergency!"
Everyone suddenly looked at each other. Could it be that the marshal's worries turned out to be true?
Dong Xian tried his best to calm down and ordered: "Come in!"
After a moment, a soldier walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Marshal, my family has lost two battles and the situation is not good. I implore the commander to immediately recall the Hanshui fleet for rescue!"
The Hanshui fleet that the soldiers mentioned was the forty warships that sent wounded soldiers back to Xiangyang. Dong Xian was speechless. Not to mention that the fleet had already gone to Xiangyang. Even if he had not gone to Xiangyang, he would not have been able to arrange for a navy to rescue them.
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"How did it fail?" Dong Xian asked.
"Reporting to the marshal, the opponent's vehicles and ships were very agile. They kept throwing kerosene and firearms into the ship. The brothers who went to put out the fire were killed and injured by firearms. We couldn't get close to the opponent's warship at all. We lost two people in the first battle.
Of the ten warships, more than twenty were lost in the second battle, and the other side refused to surrender at all. There were more than a dozen ships shooting at our soldiers on the river."
"What's the situation now?"
"When I dived and left, there were still seventeen warships left, and my brothers only had more than a thousand people left. I don't know now."
"When did you dive?"
"At four o'clock last night, near Qingshanji, I first went to the east bank of the Han River, then swam across the Han River to ask for help!"
Based on Dong Xian's understanding of Chen Qing, he knew that Chen Qing would never give the enemy a chance. Xu Yun estimated that the situation was already in danger. He was really helpless and had no choice but to order to the commander Wang Jian: "You rush to the river with 3,000 soldiers."
, try to rescue the fallen soldiers."
"Follow the order!"
Wang Jian took the order arrow and left quickly.
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Zheng Ping and Li Shihong were completely speechless. The two of them were convinced by the powerful water warfare power of kerosene and firearms. Coupled with the high speed and flexibility of the vehicles and ships, the opponent was unable to resist. Even Chen Qing's big ship did not have to fight, relying on a
With hundreds of vehicles and ships, they defeated the enemy.
Forty-three of the sixty large ships were sunk, leaving seventeen ships trapped in the middle of the river at the junction of the Han River and the Yangtze River.
Xu Yun was already furious. The Mingzhou navy he had commanded for more than twenty years lost most of it in one day and one night. All three thousand soldiers who had followed him for many years were killed at the bottom of the river. The Song army did not accept prisoners of war.
Kill the soldiers who fell into the water without mercy.
What made Xu Yun even more frightened was that Chen Qing did not give them a chance to escape to the shore. They abandoned the ship and escaped, and the other party also got the warship. It was originally a way to get the best of both worlds, but Chen Qing ignored them and insisted on killing them.
Kill them all.
In fact, Xu Yun also knew what the problem was. It had something to do with their bloodbath in Wuhu County. The wealth and women they robbed were all in Huangshi County, and now they may become nothing more than a dream.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The war drums of the attack on the river sounded again, and eighty thousand-stone chariots and ships came from all directions.
"Du Tong, fight the enemy!" a general shouted.
Xu Yun gritted his teeth and stared at a five thousand stone ship a few miles away. He had long discovered that this ship was the opponent's handsome ship. Every time, he would change the flag first, and then the other ships would follow suit.
"Then let's die together!"
Xu Yun shouted, "Cover me to break out and sink the five thousand stone ship!"
Xu Yun gave the order to cover the main ship's breakout, and four warships escorted him front and rear, left and right, and broke out to the west.
This is a tactic of sacrificing the followers to protect the main ship. The oncoming Song Army chariots and ships were met by Xu Yun's entourage ships, and they broke through the encirclement and suppression of five chariots and ships in a row. The main ship broke out of the encirclement of the Song Army warships and attacked those behind.
There are two cars and boats chasing him.
At this time, Chen Qingshuai's ship issued an order to engage in battle. The five-thousand-stone warship hoisted its sails and rushed towards the enemy's main ship. The two vehicles and ships that were chasing the enemy's main ship also slowed down.
