Chapter 558 Strike halfway, but on the opposite side
Pang Ju led 300 players to Dahang City to build a dock for modified transport ships.
In order to be able to launch an attack on Yuguan from the sea, Bohai State's transport ships still need to be further modified and a fort installed on the ship.
Dahang City, also known as Dandong in the future, is a natural harbor in Northeast Asia.
The location of Dandong Port is also quite good. The fleets that go around the peninsula can just replenish in Dandong and then continue southward into the Bohai Sea. It is a city with a very important geographical location.
Such an important city on both sea and land was facing abandonment due to the Tang Dynasty's contractionary policy, and even had to be handed over to the Silla people on the opposite side. This is something that players cannot bear!
This Dahang City has been the territory of our Tang Dynasty since ancient times. You guys also want to fight for it?
Pang Ju immediately led the players and rushed to the edge of the Yalu River.
At the same time, An Shougui was inspecting the military camp.
There are two thousand soldiers in the entire military camp. These are all the assets saved by Anjia. They are also a powerful force in Silla.
This army is a new army trained by An Shougui's father and modeled on the Tang family's system.
It was also thanks to this marching army loyal to Anjia that Anjia was able to control North Silla Province in the Silla royal court and become a powerful minister.
An Shougui would visit the military camp regularly every day to build relationships with the officers and soldiers.
An Shougui also knew that the army was quite dissatisfied with him.
The eldest son of the An family has been facing off on the bank of the Yalu River for a month. It is clear that the person facing him is just an old soldier from the Tang Dynasty, but An Shougui has been reluctant to attack.
An Shougui refused to seize the city from the Tang Dynasty, so the soldiers had to brave the wind and snow to build the city on the Yalu River. They had to dig out the frozen soil every day. Wouldn't it be better to lay down Dahang City to survive the warm winter?
Just when An Shougui was inspecting the camp and appeasing the arrogant soldiers, a scout suddenly came to report.
"What, Tang Jun is calling?"
An Shougui took a deep breath and almost ordered a retreat.
At this time, the deputy general Jin Zai beside him asked loudly: "How many troops are there in the Tang army and where do they come from?"
The scout quickly said: "General Hui, the Tang army has three hundred troops and they came out of Dahang City!"
Jin Zai immediately raised his hand and said to An Shougui: "Your Majesty, this must be the last reinforcement of the Anton Protectorate! As long as this Tang army is destroyed, the entire Anton will be in our pocket!"
An Shougui frowned, and Jin Zai added: "Your Majesty, this time the Tang army took the initiative to attack our army. If we don't fight back, I'm afraid it will hurt the morale of the army!"
Although Jin Zai is An Shougui's deputy general, Jin Zai is usually responsible for training this new army, and An Shougui is only the nominal commander-in-chief of the army.
An Shougui didn't know much about military affairs, so he left the specific command of battles to Jin Zai.
Jin Zai's status in the An family is not low, and he is also a confidant who directly serves An Shougui's father.
The purpose of arranging Jin Zai to assist An Shougui this time was to train the next generation of An Shougui's heirs, and also to allow An Shougui and Jin Zai to get along so that they could have a tacit understanding in both civil and military affairs in the future.
Therefore, An Shougui could not ignore Jin Zai's suggestions. What's more, when Jin Zai said it, the surrounding soldiers drew their weapons and geared up. Apparently, they were building a city across the river this month, which suppressed these soldiers.
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An Shougui sighed. He knew that the morale of the military could not be violated. Although he did not want to go to war with the Tang Dynasty, his officers and soldiers were going to war, and he had no way to stop it.
An Shougui said: "Then open the camp and line up to meet the enemy. If the Tang people really attack, you must show them some color!"
Jin Zai immediately bowed his head and accepted the order, and the soldiers also cheered.
An Shougui rode out of the camp and saw the Tang army in the snow opposite.
This Tang army also wore red cloaks. Although there were only three hundred people, they brought a lot of war horses and equipment.
Jin Zai's eyes immediately became intense.
Although Silla's army was organized after the Tang army, due to Silla's lack of iron, its weapons lagged far behind the Tang army.
The soldiers all wore half-length leather armor, and their weapons only had a spear, and only a few elites were equipped with Tang knives. The Tang knives of Silla were far less durable than Tang knives, and they had to be re-polished after several cuts.
Seeing the heavily armed Tang army opposite, Jin Zai couldn't help but lick his lips. If he could eat this Tang army, wouldn't this batch of weapons and equipment be in the hands of our army?
Hearing that there were still some weapons of the Tang Dynasty that had not been taken away in the Governor's Mansion of Anton, Jin Zai became more ambitious again when he thought of this.
Jin Zai shouted in his heart: "This land was originally our Goguryeo land! It was just the shameless Tang army that invaded it!"
Jin Zai was a supporter of Goguryeoism and advocated "restoring the homeland of Goguryeo".
In his view, the Tang Dynasty, which had invaded the "homeland of Goguryeo", was an evil enemy, and the Tang Dynasty must be defeated in order to give them, the "successors of Goguryeo," more "living space."
"Get out of camp! Get into formation!"
Jin Zai gave an order, and the Silla soldiers also completed their assembly. The two armies looked at each other across the Yalu River.
At this time, the Yalu River had already frozen, and you only had to step on the river to get to the opposite position.
Jin Zai had already set up a battle formation, and the archers were aiming at the center of the frozen river. At this time, whoever attacked first would be the loser.
Jin Zai stood still. He planned to kill the morale of the opponent first and wait until the Tang army was tired before attacking.
But what surprised Jin Zai was that some Tang troops began to clear the snow and seemed to be setting up some kind of camp on the river bank.
Another group of soldiers actually started laying anti-slip straw on the frozen river. Are they preparing to cross the river?
Jin Zai was infuriated by the arrogance of the Tang army. A mere three hundred Tang troops dared to cross the river and attack the two thousand Silla elites who were waiting for work?
No matter how arrogant the commander on the opposite side is, this is still too much!
Could it be that none of the commanders of the Tang army had read military books and didn't know that the half-crossing was the most dangerous time for the army?
Impossible, the military books were all written by Han people, how could they not understand these principles!
This is simply equivalent to not taking the Silla people into consideration!
Although Jin Zai was angry, he quickly smiled.
Since Tang Jun is looking for death, he can help them. All he has to do is open up his camp and wait for Tang Jun to fall into the trap.
This also avoids accidents in the cross-river battle.
Jin Zai ordered the soldiers to assemble and prepare to attack the enemy when the Tang army landed.
In order to lure the Tang army to cross the river, Jin Zai specifically ordered the archers to put away their bows and arrows, not to attack the Tang army while the Tang army was laying straw, and to wait until the Tang army crossed the river to shoot arrows.
Pang Ju held the telescope and saw that these Silla sticks had indeed fallen into the trap, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"How's the artillery doing?"
The adjutant immediately said: "The artillery has been deployed and the angle is being adjusted."
Pang Ju came out this time with four artillery pieces.
This artillery is also equipped with the most advanced grenades, which are exactly the artillery shells demonstrated in the last Wuwei military exercise.
The center of this grenade is filled with gunpowder, and the explosive power can shatter city walls, and its lethality to soldiers is even more terrifying. The bursting shrapnel can turn into a metal death storm, strangulating soldiers within the explosion range.
"Let the gunners pay attention to where they land and don't kill too many people. If all these Silla people are killed, let the artillery company go to repair the dock!"
The adjutant immediately conveyed the order, and the straw-laying engineers had already laid the anti-skid road to the center of the Yalu River.
An Shougui sighed. Although he did not want to start a war with the Tang army, the other party took the initiative to attack and he could not help but fight back.
The commander on the opposite side was too reckless and even crossed the river to attack.
If the Tang people defended Dahang City, An Shougui could persuade the soldiers to come back and build the city.
Now if all three hundred Tang troops were wiped out, then Silla and Datang would no longer have any room for maneuver.
An Shougui sighed, did the Tang Dynasty really decline? The Anton Protectorate actually sent such a stupid and arrogant general?
Seeing that the anti-slip straw was about to be laid on the other side, Pang Ju led the soldiers and began to walk towards the ice.
As he walked, Pang Ju warned: "After the artillery fires, we will rush to the shore immediately. The main goal of this battle is to capture prisoners!"
"This Silla stick is sent to our door to do coolies. We can't be polite. We must take all the remaining soldiers back!"
"It's best to capture the enemy officers alive. If you encounter someone who resists to the death, shoot them to death. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Pang Ju nodded and looked at the eager players. This was the first large-scale battle after the implementation of the great detour strategy. The generals and players who had been holding back in Tongliao City for a long time were about to kill the bandits near Tongliao City.
and wild beasts have dug up their roots.
"Cross the river!"
Pang Ju gave an order, and the players began to step onto the ice, thinking about marching on the opposite side.
Jin Zai was ecstatic when he saw the Tang army actually stepping onto the ice. He immediately ordered the soldiers of the front army to prepare on the riverside. As soon as the Tang army landed, they would attack with spears, and then cooperate with the archers to fire volleys. It is estimated that more than half of the Tang army could be killed.
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Just after Jin Zai asked the front army to come to the shore, the artillery in the Tang army's camp also received the order to fire.
"emission!"
In order to reduce the damage, grenades with reduced gunpowder were specially used.
But the loud noise from the four cannon salvos still echoed in the empty snowfield.
Jin Zai's mount screamed in fright and threw Jin Zai to the ground. The commander of the Silla Army turned out to be the first injured in this battle.
Jin Zai stood up with support and saw a terrifying scene.
Four fireballs exploded around the Silla army, a metal storm swept through the entire army, and the soldiers howled in pain.
The soldiers at the center of the explosion were directly pricked into hedgehogs by the shrapnel storm. Some unlucky soldiers were hit by shrapnel in vital parts and fell without being able to cry out.
The soldiers on the edge of the explosion were not lucky either. Their leather armor could not protect their bodies at all, and their bodies were covered with wounds scratched by shrapnel.
The soldiers who were not affected were so frightened when they saw such a horrific scene that they put down their weapons and cried in their arms.
The soldiers who were ambushing on the shore were also frightened. In order to prevent shrapnel from destroying the ice, the four artillery shells did not choose the front army as a target.
But when they heard the terrible explosion and saw the fireball rising behind them, these soldiers also put down their weapons and knelt on the ground.
They completely forgot about their mission, and the player vanguard, who looked like tigers and wolves, easily landed on the other side.
"kill!"
The moment the cry of death rang out, this asymmetric war was over.