In Bali, south of Susong, a continuous stream of watercrafts docked at the pier. A large number of officers and soldiers in red quickly boarded the pier through the springboard. The town guards set up flags everywhere to indicate the assembly areas of each division after landing, and to those who
The newly landed flag troops roared, telling them to speed up their operations and vacate the assembly area at the pier.
The flag generals of each group were beating and scolding each other. After landing, they formed a team and were immediately led by their respective chiefs to leave the dock.
The Marine Corps, which was the first to go ashore, had formed an array in the north outside Chang'an Port. Two small cannons were deployed on both sides of the array, which was enough to protect the safety of the landing site. The Ranger Flag Team of the Marine Corps was divided into four groups and chased nearby.
A few rogue horse soldiers were discovered.
Pang Yu's flagship was in the second batch. The ship swayed for a while and docked at the pier. Two springboards were set up. Pang Yu took the lead to land and strode up to the pier. Guo Fengyou and others set up tables in a nearby rice and bean shop.
, as a temporary command post.
Taking advantage of this gap, Pang Yu observed the overall landing operation on the dock. The garrison battalion had experience in landing on such a dock. Due to the presence of a large number of shops along the coast, the landing troops could only leave the landing site from both ends. Due to the widespread encroachment of the shops,
streets, making the road to the dock even narrower.
The wharf of Chang'an Port is wide, but in order to facilitate the movement of troops, the fleet docks ten ships at a time. Each ship carries a flag team and puts down two bureaus of soldiers at a time.
The troops of the first division are landing now. Soldiers are everywhere. The roars of officers are everywhere. There are many masts on the lake. The first batch of cannon boats leaves, and the second batch of ten cannon boats enters the dock from the east.
At this time, there was a loud noise, and two cannon boats collided in front of Pang Yu's eyes. Several soldiers were knocked into the water, causing chaos nearby.
Pang Yu was not surprised. The Land War Division's landing was very smooth because all the ships carrying them were navy ships. During the usual joint training, even the ships were relatively fixed and cooperated well with each other, while many of the land camp's ships were collected from civilian ships.
, although there are navy people on board to command, they will not immediately become as skilled as the navy ships. The order will be chaotic during the voyage, and the collision and capsizing during landing are all expected.
Although this landing site cannot be said to be in order, it is far different from the chaos of the first landing at Puzikou. Pang Yu is not worried about the quality of the landing at the moment, only the speed of completion.
Fortunately, I saw soldiers disembarking from the ship carrying small bronze cannons. The ships nearby should be the troops directly under the First Division, consisting of the Ranger Flag Team, the Infantry Ranger Flag Team, the Artillery Flag Team, flags and drums, etc.
It means that the landing of the first division is about to end.
At this time, Guo Fengyou and others had set up the command post. Pang Yu left the dock and strode into the Midou shop. Xie Zhaofa, the blacksmith commander and Yao Dongshan were already waiting inside.
The blacksmith told the general manager directly, "Seven gangsters were caught in the medicine shop in front, and one of them broke into the Taotian camp to take charge of the team."
"Why did you catch him?"
"These thieves are sleeping."
Pang Yu was slightly surprised. It seemed that the bandits were completely unaware of the direction of Susong County and were still sleeping in broad daylight.
The blacksmith general continued, "After interrogating this thief, he had a night battle with the army somewhere on the post road last night. He injured his hand and evacuated to Susong to recuperate. Because he had recovered a lot from his injuries, he came to the lake and waited, preparing to arrest him.
The people who came ashore."
Pang Yu nodded, "Bring him in."
After a while, a shirtless gangster was dragged in. Pang Yu took a look. He was about 26 or 27 years old. The cloth wrapped around his left arm was still stained with blood. There was no red scarf on his head, but his bun was indeed
The three-vertebral bun popular among Westerners was now kneeling on the ground, occasionally peeking at the surrounding officers and soldiers with a rather panicked expression.
Pang Yu took a moment to look at him and knew that this person was not a strong-willed person, and he would confess without even being tortured. He immediately said to him, "I am the general of the Anqing garrison camp. I am asking you a question now. If you answer it honestly, you can
You will be spared the death penalty."
"A villain must be honest if he is honest."
"How did you plan to break into Taotian?"
"The boss said that the Jiangnan soldiers can't be defeated. Master Chuang and the Eighth Master of Xiying have combined their forces to suppress the officers and soldiers of Anqing Mansion before they can survive."
"How many battalions are there in total? Who else is there besides the eight thieves?"
The guard opened his mouth for a moment and said, "There are a lot of people on the left and right. We only asked the villain to retreat when the Western Camp came."
Pang Yu heard the man explain quickly, then looked at Xie Zhaofa and motioned for him to continue asking.
"Where did you fight with the army at night yesterday?"
The guard knelt on the ground and said carefully, "I don't know where I am. I only know that the officers and soldiers are on a mountain."
Xie Zhaofa took a step forward and asked, "Is there a river around?"
"To tell you what, if there is no river, there are just mountains."
Pang Yu frowned. If Shi Kefa listened to his advice and defended in the old county, the rogue bandits would not be able to miss the river.
In his plan, Jiuxian County was the best chopping block. It was far away from Erlang Town and was naturally blocked by the Jiuxian County River. After defeating the brigade, most of the bandits could not escape.
There is no river now. It is possible that the battle will be fought at Fengxiang Station. The advantage is that the main force of the rogue bandits is further away, and Pang Yu can have enough time to capture Erlang Town. The disadvantage is that Pang Yu needs to walk a longer distance, and the terrain around Fengxiang Station is also difficult.
Easier to escape.
Xie Zhaofa paused and asked, "Does the post road go through the mountain or down the mountain?"
The "Shan" management team tilted its head and seemed not to remember clearly.
Xie Zhaofa looked at Guo Fengyou, and Guo Fengyou went over and pinched the injured part of the guard's left arm, and the room was filled with screams.
"Sir, spare my life, I'm crossing the mountain."
The bandit screamed, "I remember, I left the post road and walked to attack. The post road went to the mountain."
Pang Yu and Xie Zhaofa looked at each other and said almost at the same time, "Fengjia Pu."
Because they had just visited last month, both of them were familiar with this place. Susong was only here, and the post road passed directly through the hillside.
Pang Yu quickly returned to the table. Fengjiapu was only twenty miles away from Erlang Town, which was closer than Susong to Erlang Town.
Xie Zhaofa asked a few more questions, including the time it took the management team to get here, how many rivers they passed through from Erlang Town, and finally determined that the place where the night attack took place was Fengjiadian.
This was completely beyond Pang Yu's expectation. He never expected that Cheng Long would be so active and call directly from Taihu Lake to Fengjia Store, which made his plan even more difficult.
Now that the army has landed, there are a lot of rogues operating around. The news will be spread to Erlang Town one after another. There is even a pedestrian path along the Chema River. This guard team probably came from that road. The speed at which the news will be spread to Fengjiapu will be
Faster.
This news made the situation in Pang Yu suddenly tense. Not only were there a large number of rogue bandits, they were only twenty miles away from Erlang Town, while Pang Yu was more than forty miles away from Erlang Town, and they were all infantry.
From the moment he arrived near Chang'an Port, Pang Yu got all the bad news. The strength and location of the bandits exceeded his plan. Pang Yu lay on his desk and thought. Others did not dare to interrupt. The room was a little quiet. Yao Dong
Shan discussed with Xie Zhaofa in a low voice while the blacksmith listened. The bandit guard touched his left arm and fell to the ground groaning. Pang Yu waved his hand and Guo Fengyou dragged him out.
Pang Yu frowned and looked at the map, "Has the first division finished landing?"
Yao Dongshan glanced at the dock and said immediately, "The last two rounds are lining up."
"Any news from the cavalry?"
"No."
Xie Zhaofa quickly agreed. He roughly knew Pang Yu's plan, and said in a low voice, "Sir, if we only use two divisions to attack first, if there are many bandits under Erlang's control, they will be alerted by the failure of the attack."
Pang Yu frowned. His plan was to complete the landing of all the infantry. After the cavalry arrived, they would go to Erlang Town together. The cavalry would be responsible for the forward assault mission. After capturing Erlang Town, if there was a large group of bandits in the direction of Guangji, the cavalry would pursue them towards the pass.
To prevent the rogue bandits from reorganizing in the direction of Guangji, one part of the infantry defended the Erlang Bridge, while the main force immediately attacked eastward along the post road. This investment of troops was the most powerful and did not leave the rogue bandits time to react.
But now it is known that when Cheng Long arrived at Fengjiadian, not only did he lose the location, but he was also ten miles closer than planned. Adding in the time for the rogue horse soldiers to report the news, the distance was shortened by twenty miles. If he continued to wait for the follow-up troops to land at Chang'an Port,
, the rogue bandits will get more reaction time.
The advantage of the garrison battalion now is that even if the rogue bandits receive the news, they cannot determine Pang Yu's strength and target for a while, but they will first recover some of the elite and adjust their front and rear formations. This will make the garrison battalion lose the suddenness of the surprise attack.
This will add a lot of trouble to subsequent attacks.
I told Xie Zhaofa earlier that as soon as I landed, all plans would be useless. In fact, they were just words of comfort, but I didn't expect that the words turned out to be true.
Xie Zhaofa's worries were justified, and Pang Yu needed to weigh the risks of the two plans.
Pang Yu waved to Blacksmith and Yao Dongshan, and said firmly, "The Land War Department and the First Division are the vanguard, with Yao Dongshan as the vanguard officer. Immediately attack Erlang Town, without stopping in the middle to divide the troops, and seize it as quickly as possible.
And guard Erlang Town until my officer arrives."
"Yes, sir."
Yao Dongshan and the blacksmith stood at attention at the same time, and answered in a conditioned reflex.
The two of them turned around and went out. Yao Dongshan suddenly stopped and said, "Sir, the county seat is where the roads of the same county meet. I previously praised the painting house plan and did not leave any troops to guard it. I think we should keep troops to guard it."
"I understand. Go and do your work. The Department of Marine Warfare will leave five rangers at the dock."
Yao Dongshan hurriedly went out. The atmosphere in the room was solemn. Pang Yu was walking around in the room, while Xie Zhaofa had been lying in front of the map.
After a while, Xie Zhaofa said to Pang Yu, "Sir, what Yao Dongshan said makes some sense."
"The bandits are powerful. Our battalion must not only defend Erlang Town, but also attack the post road, and may even attack the pass. These are the three directions. It is not appropriate to divide our troops at this time."
"I think I can put a small army here. Sir, please take a look."
Xie Zhaofa waited for Pang Yu to come over and clicked several times on the map. "The plains around Yi Road are about a triangle. Erlang Town controls the west channel, Jiuxian County controls the east channel, and the area between Fengjiadian and Erlang is
, only the Chema River has a pedestrian road leading to the county town, so you can leave a troop to block this road, so that the rogues will have nowhere to escape."
Pang Yu frowned for a long time. The most important thing for him now is to defeat the army of rogues. On this basis, he can expand the results. However, Susong County does have a role. The entire garrison camp is currently deployed. If there are rogues escaping through this tunnel, they can
It leads directly to Shipai, bypassing Taihu Lake and escaping into the mountains.
"One game at most."
Seeing that Xie Zhaofa still wanted to persuade, Pang Yu waved his hand to stop him and said, "Send three rangers to find the Cavalry Division on the road and ask them to come as quickly as possible. They don't have to go to Chang'an Port, but go directly to Susong County. If they arrive,
The brigade has already headed to Erlang, and asked them to come immediately; notify the navy to speed up and complete the landing within an hour; also, find several tailors from the camp to make a few big flags with left characters, and make the left characters bigger.
, I need to use it before arriving at Erlang Town."
Xie Zhaofa was puzzled. Tailors were also part of the establishment of each battalion. Everyone had to march. How could tailors complete the march while threading needles to make flags at the same time?
But Pang Yu's tone was firm. This was someone else's business. Xie Zhaofa himself had put Pang Yu in a difficult situation because he came up with a good idea. Now there was no need to provoke the boss for a few tailors.
At that moment, he just agreed and immediately sent his men to pass the order. The ferry landing ships were tight this time, and almost all of them were infantry. The spare ships gave priority to the artillery, so only the Marine Warfare Division brought the Rangers, because they were the first
Once the group is disembarked, battlefield reconnaissance needs to be carried out.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and Wang Zenglu strode towards Midou Store. Pang Yu seized the time and briefly explained the deployment to him. Wang Zenglu was a little nervous. Pang Yu looked at him and said, "As soon as your company lands ashore, occupy Susong County. Wait for it."
After all the officers have gathered together, we will go to Erlang Town and leave a bureau under your command to guard the county town. Instead of acting together with the brigade, let them block the pedestrian path from the Chema River. This bureau will fight alone and you will send a capable person."
Time was running out, and Wang Zenglu had no more words to say. He took the order and hurried out. There were soldiers lining up everywhere on the dock. He caught a glimpse of Ng Tak Choi who was yelling.
Wang Zenglu paused for a moment, pushed aside a few Zhenfu soldiers blocking the way, came to Wu Dacai and said, "Mr. Wu Bai, after attacking Susong County, you stay in the county and block the pedestrian road leading to Chema River."
Wu DaCai stood at attention and said, "Yes, sir, block the pedestrian path leading to the Chema River."
Wang Zenglu didn't return the favor, but patted him and said, "This road is yours, so it must be blocked."
The order was very clear, but Wu Dacai didn't even know where the road was, but he was not worried. He remembered the place of origin of most of the people in his bureau. At least ten of them were from Susong, and two of them were from Susong.
You should be able to ask them about Chema River, but you need to wait until you leave the pier.
Just as he was about to continue forming his team, Wu Da Tsai suddenly saw Mr. Hou's figure passing in front of him. He had not seen Mr. Hou for a long time since he started to prepare for the invasion, so he hurriedly caught up with him and said, "Hello, Mr. Hou, please take care of yourself for this battle."
"
Mr. Hou's face was not very good. He looked up and saw Wu Dacai. He chuckled and cupped his hands and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Wu. I'm only a clerk, so I won't worry about Mr. Wu."
After Mr. Hou said this, he stopped laughing and walked into the Midou shop. Wu Tachai stared blankly at the door of the Midou shop for a moment, then slowly turned around and walked towards his team.