Chapter 1637: Rushing to the rescue of the giant deer
This confrontation between Zhu Tianpeng and Zhou Yu can be called the first naval battle in Chinese history.
The generals on both sides are the top naval commanders, and the lower-level sergeants are no less inferior to the southern navy soldiers. Logically speaking, it should be a wonderful naval battle.
However, under the Qin army's epoch-making water weapon, the flying rocks of the catapult, even Zhu Tianpeng, who had 100 points of commander, had no way to do it. As soon as the battle started, he was forced to avoid its sharp edge and fled in embarrassment.
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In the end, the Qin army only suffered very few casualties, but destroyed most of the Qi army's warships. Only a thousand Qi soldiers were left and fled back to Qi. Zhou Yu could be said to have achieved a complete victory in this battle.
"Report...General Zhou Yu defeated the Qi army. Zhu Tianpeng only led a thousand remaining troops and fled back to Qi in embarrassment."
After hearing the news, Li Jing was no exception and asked: "Why are there only Zhu Tianpeng and Wang Mang?"
"Wang Mang's whereabouts are unknown and he has not reunited with Zhu Tianpeng."
"Huh? Are you going to find Liu Che? You are really bold."
Li Jing frowned. He was very determined to get rid of Wang Mang. This man's ability to make trouble was too strong. If he didn't get rid of him, he would be in trouble.
Seeing that Wang Mang did not go to Qi State, Li Jing instinctively thought that he must have returned to the Northern Han Dynasty, but he never thought that Wang Mang was going to harm the foreign tribes.
In order to get rid of Wang Mang this time, Li Jing did not hesitate to let Zhou Yu expose the catapult, but he still failed to get rid of Wang Mang and Zhu Tianpeng.
It is conceivable that if a water warfare weapon such as a catapult is exposed to all the princes at once, it will definitely be imitated by the princes with water armies in the future. By then, this major advantage of the Qin army in water warfare will no longer be available.
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“It’s not cost-effective, it’s really not cost-effective.”
Li Jing also felt that this transaction was a bit of a loss, but there was nothing he could do about it. The Chinese people loved to imitate and were born with the gene of being a copycat.
"That's all, Liu Che will take care of him."
Li Jing shook his head, not thinking too much about Wang Mang, and immediately ordered: "Immediately send an order to Zhou Yu. Although the Beihai war is over, Qingbei has not yet fallen into the hands of our army. We still need the navy to contribute, so don't go back yet."
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Appoint Zhou Yu as the chief general and command 10,000 naval troops and 15,000 defenders in Beihai, totaling 25,000 troops. We will wipe out the four counties of Qingbei as soon as possible and unify Qingbei."
Qingzhou originally had two counties and four kingdoms, but now including the newly established Liangshan Army, there are seven counties in total.
Among the seven counties in Qingzhou, there are only three counties south of the Yellow River, namely: Donglai, Qiguo, and Pingyuan, all of which belong to Qiguo.
There are four counties north of the Yellow River: Beihai, Liangshan, Jinan, and Le'an.
Now there are no defenders in the cities in Liangshan County, and Jinan and Le'an, which are owned by Yuan Shao, have basically been drained of their troops.
Let's put it this way, today's four Qingbei counties, except Beihai, the other three counties are in a military vacuum. At this time, it is almost effortless to send troops to attack.
The generals in Beihai were shocked when they heard this. They had worked hard for so long to achieve the great situation in Qingbei now. How could they give the credit to others?
"Master Taishou, let Zhou Yu lead the army to conquer the remaining three counties, then what are we going to do?" Tai Shici stepped forward and asked.
"Yeah yeah……"
The generals of the Beihai Department agreed one after another.
"Of course you have more important tasks."
Li Jing glanced at the generals with a funny look and said: "The whole army listens to the order, target the giant deer, and set off immediately."
After hearing this, the generals immediately understood that conquering the three counties of Qingbei, which had few soldiers, would not be as great as entering the battlefield in Hebei. The prefect was really shrewd.
Why did Li Jing work so hard in Qingzhou? Is it not to counterattack Hebei and become the key to winning the battle in Hebei? Only by achieving such achievements can he catch up with Bai Qi.
Now that the goal was finally achieved, it was certainly impossible for Li Jing to stay and waste time for the three counties with few defenders. For him, the most important thing was to counterattack Hebei.
The main reason why he chose Zhou Yu instead of his generals was that Li Jing also knew that most of his men were reckless men who did not know how to use their brains in fighting and would only fight hard.
Although there are not many defenders in the three counties now, there are still a few thousand. Li Jing is afraid that his men will choose to attack by force. Such command will only increase casualties.
Although Huang Feihu was capable of commanding troops, Li Jing didn't know him well enough, but Zhou Yu was different.
Zhou Yu has been practicing in the army for a long time. His style of commanding troops is strong yet soft, and he is both wise and courageous. He is a rookie in the army that the lord is very optimistic about. It is almost not difficult for Zhou Yu to conquer three counties with only a few thousand defenders.
Another point is that Zhou Yu is a disciple of Bai Qi, and Bai Qi has a favor for Li Jing, so even if he returns the favor to Bai Qi, Li Jing must help Zhou Yu appropriately.
Of course, Li Jing also knew that Zhou Yu had no strong generals, and to conquer the three counties of Qingbei, he needed generals to attack the city, so he left the five tiger generals of Liangshan, Jintai, and Shi Wengong to Zhou Yu.
Li Jing left all the affairs of Qingbei to Zhou Yu, and he personally led the 30,000 elite troops who had just won the victory, as well as most of the strong generals in the army, and prepared to rush to Julu to assist Su Dingfang.
It would have been uncomfortable for Lian Po to face Su Dingfang's 125,000 with an army of 80,000. But at this time, if an elite force of 30,000 suddenly came from behind, you can imagine what kind of shock would happen to the Julu battlefield.
On the other side, Zhou Yu was also shocked after receiving Li Jing's order, because it was simply giving him credit. However, when he took over Qingbei's affairs, he realized that it was not as easy as he thought, because it was not as easy as he thought.
There are nearly 40,000 prisoners of war waiting for him to arrange.
In the great victory of Beihai, the Qin army captured nearly 40,000 enemy troops. The number of prisoners even exceeded Zhou Yu's total strength. If not handled properly, it could even lead to catastrophe.
Zhou Yu also realized that the problem of prisoners must be solved first, so he first reorganized the prisoners and then began to recover the three counties.
In the end, Zhou Yu took 25,000 troops and 40,000 prisoners of war troops reorganized after the chaos. In less than half a month, he conquered ten counties in Jinan, nine counties in Le'an, and eleven counties in Liangshan, a total of three counties.
All ten counties were captured.
At the same time, Qin Hao in Huguan finally received the battle statistics from the system.
[The Battle of the North Sea officially ends, statistics begin...
The Battle of Beihai lasted for three months in total, starting with the three armies of foot, cavalry and water attacking Liangshan, and ending with the naval battle at the mouth of the Yellow River, including:
The three armies of foot, cavalry and water attacked Liangshan, killing 11,000 enemies, capturing 22,000, and losing 1,000 themselves;
The Yellow River flooded the Qi army in the battle, killing 45,000 enemies and damaging 4,500 themselves;
The fire attack burned the forest and blocked the road, killing five thousand enemies;
In the battle where Ran Min fell, he killed five thousand enemies and lost three thousand himself;
In the defensive battle of Beihai, one thousand enemies were killed and two thousand five hundred were lost;
A great victory in Beihai, killing 20,000 enemies, capturing 10,000, and losing 10,000;
After two victories, he pursued Zhang twice, killing 1,100 enemies, taking 30,000 prisoners, and losing 500 to himself;
According to statistics, Li Jing and Linlin annihilated a total of 150,000 enemies, including 88,000 enemy kills, 62,000 prisoners, and 26,000 self-inflicted losses.
After deducting casualties, the total reward is 1240 summoning points, and the host currently has a total of 3740 summons.】
[The Battle of the North Sea, with more than 200,000 people planned before and after, has reached the battle standard.
Li Jing used an army of 40,000 to fight against an army of 160,000 from the six princes, and achieved the result of wiping out 150,000 enemies and inflicting losses of 26,000 on his own.
The battle loss ratio in this battle is 5.7:1, with an SS rating and a silver summoning card as a reward.]