Unlike ordinary people, Wang Zheng's expression was still a little solemn when he saw the Jizhou army retreating in embarrassment and throwing up smoke and dust all over the place.
After all, a commander like him who has an overview of the overall situation naturally knows that the enemy's withdrawal this time is not due to defeat, nor does it mean that Fenggao and even Taishan County can rest easy.
Yuan Tan's biggest concern now is the lack of food. Once he returns to Linzi and replenishes the food supply, the Jizhou Army may come back at any time!
It is even possible that the next wave of offensive will be even more violent. After all, no one knows how long Gongsun Zan on the other side of Youzhou can hold on. If Yuan Shao solves the war on the other side in advance than his own heavenly army, he will be able to free up his hands.
, the war in Fenggao and even Mount Tai suddenly started again!
But I can't care about so much right now. The next thing to do is to recover Feng Gao as soon as possible.
In order to appease the people in the war-torn city, Wang Zheng gave an order, and the three armies were immediately busy again, carrying out various post-war emergency arrangements, searching for enemy spies who might be hiding in the city, responding internally, organizing soldiers, and recruiting people to urgently repair the forces that had been forced by Jizhou.
The damaged city wall was re-excavated, the filled moat was re-excavated, the corpses of soldiers killed in the city and inside were collected, the granary was opened to increase disaster relief efforts, etc...
The Heavenly Army, which started as a rebel, was already very good at calming people's hearts, bringing order out of chaos, and restoring order. After a series of actions, Fenggao City quickly regained its vitality.
After the internal arrangement of the western military wing was initially determined, Wang Zheng was not in a hurry to return immediately. Instead, he continued to sit in Fenggao and keep calm. On the one hand, he sent people to understand the latest war situation in Beihai Kingdom, and on the other hand, he ordered the iron cavalry to
Starting from the north gate of Fenggao, we followed the direction in which the Jizhou Army retreated.
...
At this time, the war was also in full swing on the other side, and compared with the Taishan side, it was even more intense by waterway.
Bohai Sea area.
"Reporting to the captain, there are several Donglai Ke Ke in front."
Hearing this, Chen Jiao nodded. Water and land battles are just different forms. They are essentially a form of war. There is no real difference in the layout and strategy.
For example, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight without danger.
Therefore, before the main forces of the two armies engage in a head-on battle, sentry cavalry will be arranged to spy on the opponent's strength, troop distribution, formation changes, etc. In water battles, Zoukei plays the role of this kind of sentinel.
Chen Jiao already knew this after fighting for a long time.
The appearance of Zou Ke proves that the large ships of the navy coming from the east are not far away.
When Wang Jun's boat sailed down to Yizhou, the king of Jinling suddenly lost his temper.
The building boat is so named because the boat is tall and wide at the front, and looks like a building.
Before the popularization of thermal weapons, water warfare was nothing more than long-range warfare with bows and arrows, and the main methods of close combat were ramming warfare and boarding warfare. Therefore, building ships were suitable for both long-range and close combat. Starting from the Battle of Wuyue in the Spring and Autumn Period, until the Yuan Dynasty
Before the Poyang Lake water battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang at the end, they were all well-deserved protagonists!
The navy on board is divided into sword and shield soldiers, archers, and boatmen. The sword and shield soldiers are responsible for defense and "jump gang" fighting after the ship approaches. The archers are equipped with bows, arrows, daggers, and cover sailors. The boatmen are in charge of the advancement and retreat of the ship. Similarly,
Because water and fire are in conflict with each other, fire attacks are far more important in water battles than in land battles. They mainly use bows and crossbows to launch rockets with burning grease, as well as "fire beasts", "fire birds" and "fire ships".
The enemy attacks.
Of course, because the ships were too tall, their center of gravity was often unstable and they were not suitable for long-distance voyages. Therefore, most of them only served as the main force in water battles on inland rivers and coastal areas. When the Blue Star Age of Navigation began, they could only quietly withdraw from the stage of history.
But the Han Dynasty was its most glorious era.
Especially in the wars such as when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to destroy South Vietnam and defend Korea, the towers and ships showed great power, covering the sea with thousands of sails and destroying the enemy country. It is really impressive and fascinating.
"Destroy Dong Lai Zu Ke first, and don't let any of them go!"
While signaling Guan Cheng, Chen Jiao looked into the distance for a while, then raised his head and asked, "What's the direction of the wind?"
"Captain, the south wind is blowing today!"
Compared with land battles, in water battles, in addition to formations, the direction of the wind and water is crucial. Since the wind direction blows from south to north, if you want to win the next battle, which one of us and the enemy will occupy first?
Whoever is upwind in the south has the advantage.
"Send a message to the entire army," Chen Jiao said without hesitation: "Turn around and sail south!"
"Here!"
If we go in the direction where Ke appears, the fleet of navy troops coming from the east will be behind them. It is a correct decision to turn south and then use the wind to suppress the enemy.
Starting from the first row, the westernmost building boat, turn southward one by one. One row after another. After the first row has turned, the second row will follow. The formation of the building boats changes from a horizontal row to a horizontal row.
It became an upright character. The sails on the ship were all raised. The masts of large ships were more than ten feet high and could hang dozens of sails. The sails of medium-sized ships could be as few as a dozen.
The wind was blowing and the sails were white, and every ship was decorated with flags, flags, swords and guns. With great momentum, the fleet moved forward at full speed.
Shortly after changing course, a group of enemy ships came out from the left side of Buqi's port.
At a rough look, there are not many in number, there are twenty or thirty ships. The first few ships are arranged fairly neatly, but the ones behind are in chaos. They are making adjustments in a hurry while sailing.
The chaos on the other side proved that this raid was very successful. The Donglai Navy did not expect that so many warships would suddenly appear in the Bohai Sea. They did not make any preparations and only rushed to join the battle at this time.
Can't blame them.
Although the bandit troubles in Donglai have been serious in the past few years, they are still mainly caused by the Yellow Turban bandits on land. In contrast, the focus of the Bohai bandits in recent years has obviously been more on North Korea, Fusang and other places, but has decreased.
The intrusion into Donglai County only occurs occasionally and the scale is very small.
Who would have known that suddenly, the sea that was as calm as an ancient well would suddenly burst into flames!
Not only did several forces headed by Zhang Chongyue unite and come out in full force, but what Donglaiguo didn't expect was that even the Xuzhou navy also participated.
Are you kidding, those small broken boats in Xuzhou have also become an army?
It's completely unexpected.
Chen Jiao was not interested in guessing what the enemy was thinking. He just stared ahead and asked, "Can we find out how many enemy ships there are in total?"
"Twenty-six ships, including five tower ships, four or five each in large wing, middle wing, small wing, sudden attack, bridge ship, etc." An officer replied: "Colonel, these should not be all the enemies on this road.
troops."
"There are three large ports along the coast of Buqi and Donglai County where warships can berth. I think there may be many that are parked in the ports and have not left the port. Lieutenant, we should seize the opportunity before the opponent comes to his senses.
, first annihilate the group of enemies on the opposite side!"
"That's true." Chen Jiao nodded: "This is what the general said about defeating them one by one!"
At this time, the sentry came to report, and the flag signal coming from Guan Cheng's ship also issued the same suggestion, and even volunteered to be the vanguard.
Chen Jiao is incompetent. Although he also wants to make meritorious deeds, he still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Whether it was the previously unorganized Xuzhou navy or he and his men, who had only been rampant in inland lakes before, they lacked experience in naval warfare at the beginning.
The gain outweighs the loss.
"Then let Guan Qushuai give us a good start first. We are responsible for encircling both sides and not allowing one ship to escape. The reserve team will not move to prevent other ships from the navy from the east from coming to help."
As the order was issued, the two fleets began their second diversion in unison.
The first half is the Qingzhou water pirates led by Guan Qu. They turn from south to north and quickly approach the enemy's ship along the upwind mouth.
In the second half, the Xuzhou navy led by Chen Jiao began to expand in an arc shape to the left and right sides, and long waves were drawn from the stern, turning into two bird wings.
Not long after, not far from the port, the Donglai navy received a ruthless and comprehensive attack from the Guan Chengbu.
The first ones to attack were naturally the arrow holes and spear holes drilled in the low wall of the building!
The water pirates in the battle grid kept throwing rockets. While they drew countless parabolas on the sea surface, they quickly fell towards the enemy. Because the sea surface was undulating and undulating, it was difficult to aim. Most of them were shot directly in the air.
Huge waves splashed up on the sea surface, but only a small part fell on the Donglai boat in the front row, causing a panic.
Hearing the shouts of the soldiers coming from the east and seeing them running around in a panic, Guan Cheng on the ship showed a cruel smile. This was the effect he wanted!
The direct damage of this type of weapon is not great, and its purpose is precisely to make the enemy busy putting out the fire and avoiding it!
Taking advantage of this time, Guan Cheng's side continued to accelerate, and the ships on both sides got closer and closer, and soon they were within a stone's throw.
Guan Cheng waved his hand again, and the water thieves gave up their rockets and turned to ordinary strong bows, crossbows, and some javelins.
The sound of whooshing was endless, and countless arrows seemed to be missing like a shower, and they kept falling on the ships on the opposite side.
At this time, the enemy on the opposite side seemed to finally react and began to fight back under the organization of some generals. However, Guan Cheng's side occupied the upper wind. With the help of the wind, the arrows missed quickly and swiftly, but the wind was against them from the east.
On the way up, the arrows fired became limp and weak, and most of them were blown away by the wind before they even got close to the enemy ship.
Guan Cheng gave another order, and actually ordered his own building boat to bravely step forward first, trying to penetrate into the formation of the Donglai Navy. The closer the distance, the more destructive power of the missed arrows. The Donglai Navy held up.
The cowhide barely resisted. The ships in front used all their means. Some rammed forward, using the power of the hull to plow down the pirate's track, and some supported it left and right, desperately throwing rocks.
Seeing that he had the absolute upper hand in the first battle, Chen Jiao, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but nodded secretly. Guan Cheng really has some skills. No wonder Zhou Mu values it so much...
But the more capable you are, the greater the threat to me in the future...
Thinking of this, Chen Jiao's eyes became a little cold, and his venomous snake-like eyes were more focused on spying on his own friendly warships, instead turning a blind eye to the real enemy, the Donglai Army.
At this time, a person next to him reminded him: "Colonel, look at the enemy's rear formation!"
Um?
Chen Jiao was startled, and looked around, only to see that this time was different from the vigorous fighting at the front. After this period of time, the rear formation of the Donglai Navy had roughly adjusted its formation, and more than a dozen mid-ships had gathered in one place.
There was a slight pause, but instead of moving forward, he retreated for a while...
What's happening here?
When Chen Jiao was wondering, the next moment he saw the rear army coming from the east retreating for a while, then suddenly changing direction and galloping towards the gap to the east.
"As soon as the war started, I wanted to escape..."
This scene made Chen Jiao stunned, especially when his colleagues were fighting hard at the front. They didn't want to step forward to support, but took the initiative to retreat. This...
Isn’t this too unbearable?
Chen Jiao looked around and found that Guan Chengbu's warships were mostly attracted by the front line of the navy from the east. He stared at the enemy's rear army for a while, and suddenly his eyes widened and he understood what he wanted to do.
Something went wrong!
wrong!
The enemy's rear army did not want to escape, but wanted to take advantage of the encirclement of Xuzhou Army and Guan Chengbu to break out of the encirclement before it was formally formed, and then detour back to the south from the east to seize the upper wind!
Are you really treating me like a decoration?
After thinking about this, Chen Jiao snorted coldly, waved his flag and waved the flag. At the same time, several of his center-wing ships accelerated forward, avoiding the scope of the confrontation between the two armies in front, and quickly galloped away to the east!
With a favorable wind, their speed was naturally faster than that of the navy coming from the east. They immediately took the lead and filled the gap to the east.
The hook and sickle stretched out and grabbed a Donglai navy ship that was on the outpost. The bow of the ship suddenly turned sideways. The soldiers on the boat used their hook and sickle hands at the same time. There was only a "swish" sound, and the Donglai navy suddenly turned sideways.
The navy's ship capsized and the soldiers who fell into the sea were shot to death by the archers as soon as they showed their heads.
After seven or eight rounds of fighting, the Donglai Navy's breakout failed.
At this time, the encirclement has gradually formed, connecting into a large arc. All the warships are firing bows and throwing arrows. Dozens of hooks, sickles, and racket poles are rising and falling. The navy from the east
With almost no power to fight back, they were retreating steadily, sinking ships one after another, and slowly being compressed into the harbor.
There are more than 20 ships, and it is impossible to move around in the small space of the harbor.
At this point in the fight, the victory has been decided, and the enemy's defeat is just a matter of time. All they have to do is wait for a few more waves of attacks and wait for the Donglai navy to surrender. At this time, Chen Jiao even began to look at the battle on the opposite side.
After the war, Wang Zheng, Guan Cheng, and Zhang Chongyue had an agreement that if anything was captured, the pirates would get 60% and Xuzhou 40%.
Of these more than twenty ships, Xuzhou could get eight or nine. Now Chen Jiao was the biggest official in the naval force, and he had made some small gains.
Since the fierce battle, no other part of the Donglai Navy has been seen.
The lookout post on Diao Dou suddenly shouted: "North! North! There is a fleet coming from the north."
Chen Jiao felt nervous and hurriedly raised his head to look. At the same time, he ordered the entire army to be on alert. His wings were supposed to protect the friendly forces.
When the fleet from the north approached, it was a false alarm. It turned out to be Zhang Chongyue's pirate warship. However, they had already dealt with the enemies in the North Sea on that side and came to "support" at this time.
The pirates are good at sea battles, but not land battles. The navy from the east can be dealt with by them, and the Xuzhou army on Chen Jiao's side must take action to capture Buqi's port.
In fact, even if the pirates are good at land warfare, Wang Zheng will never let them board the port of Buqi. What if they want to occupy this place as a stronghold and refuse to leave?
It’s not easy to break up right away, right?
With the addition of new forces and the combined efforts of the three parties, the Donglai Navy was no longer able to resist, and soon all of them were destroyed. In the following days, the Xuzhou Army successfully captured Buqi's port, and the Pirate Alliance found Donglai Shui.
Two more fierce naval battles were fought at the other two military garrison locations.
As Guan Cheng said, the navy from the east had no fighting spirit, less than 20% of the ships sank, and the rest surrendered. Then the entire Bohai Sea fell completely under the control of the Xuzhou Army.
When the fighting was in full swing, it was difficult to change the nature of thieves. Guan Cheng was still restrained, but Zhang Chongyue had no scruples. After landing on land, he captured two coastal counties and plundered them all.
If he hadn't been a little wary of Wang Zheng and feared that the other party would turn against him later, he might have become even more impudent.
The good news from the navy army spread to Xiapi piece by piece, and the good news from the heavenly army also followed closely.