Wanwan, the new year and the new moon are hooked with cold jade. Hooked with cold jade, the phoenix shoes are small, and the green eyebrows are frowned.
Moths are noisy, snow willows are adding makeup, candles, dragons, and fire trees are competing for each other. The third and fifth days of the Lantern Festival are not as good as the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
——"Recalling Qin'e·The moon on the sixth day of the first lunar month" Zhu Shuzhen (Song Dynasty)
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The name Jiangning means "Nothing happens outside the river, it is peaceful here, and the south of the Yangtze River is peaceful".
If you want to occupy the world, you must occupy the land of kingly aura. Jiangning is such a place.
Zijin Mountain winds from north to south, resembling a giant dragon lurking; Stone Mountain stands steeply beside the river, looking like a tiger crouching.
Jiangning is not only a difficult terrain, but also rich. With the benefit of the canal, it has become a gathering center for merchants from the north and south. It is also an important grain-producing area nearby. If the rice is ripe, the Jianghuai River is ripe.
Liu Zhan's navy sailed up the river and sailed the giant ship to the city wall of Jiangning City near the river. He tried to use the towering stern of the giant ship to board the water gate of the city wall and seize the city.
Bai Fu had already been prepared for this. Like Xia Shu City, Bai Fu rebuilt the city wall along the Jiangning River and moved the water gate back to distance it from the Yangtze River.
In view of the sea falcon's powerful balance and steering capabilities, Ma Daifeng borrowed from Cao Cao's thunderbolt chariot during the Three Kingdoms period and modified it into a thunderbolt boat capable of firing stone cannons.
Jiangning City has high walls and strong walls, making it more difficult to attack than Xia Shu City.
Different from ordinary trebuchets such as single tip, double tip, cyclone, tiger crouching, etc., the trebuchet on the Thunder Falcon is relatively small. There is no need for people to pull the gun rope, but a huge stone is tied to the tip and mounted on the gun carriage.
Install the iron hook to hook the gun barrel.
The Sea Falcon with floating plates has better buoyancy and stability than other warships, which improves the wind and wave resistance of the entire warship. It can show huge advantages in water combat under harsh weather conditions.
From a tactical point of view, for the sake of caution, if Liu Zhan cannot attack Jiangning by force, he should immediately transfer his army to Hukou.
In order to gain speed, Loach sacrificed its defense function and built all defense systems such as archery towers. Only a parapet was built on the side of the ship to barely provide cover for soldiers to block arrows.
In a moment, Liu Zhan's navy came closer, with flags fluttering and sails covering the river.
Bai Fu also reported that Yuchi Hussar had led the Anxi cavalry to Jurong to prevent Li Kefeng, the puppet governor of Changzhou, from coming overland from Changzhou. With this powerful Anxi cavalry in charge, they could ensure that no infantry cavalry could secure the left bank of the Yangtze River.
It poses a threat to Jiangning on land.
The navy of the Tang Army immediately marched westward and captured the mouth of the lake without any bloodshed.
Unable to swallow the betrayal, Liu Zhan vowed to trap to death the Tang army soldiers guarding the city, especially the Jiangning prefect Jiang Changqun and the five thousand Songzhou veterans who had betrayed him.
On the 30th of the first lunar month, the Battle of Chishui Lake officially began.
The five thousand Liu Zhan navy, led by Xu Yi, the puppet governor of Runzhou, slowly sailed out of the water camp one by one and headed towards the lake.
"Woo--" The war drums beat and the horns resounded across the sky.
After receiving the report, Bai Fu and a dozen generals boarded the boat and looked at the other side.
Without the coordinated operations of the giant ships, Liu Zhan could only rely on infantry to attack the city.
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By seizing the choke point at the mouth of the lake, Liu Zhan had control over whether the Tang navy's navy could enter Chishui Lake.
The Sea Falcon is a special kind of warship, with a low head and a high tail, large front and small back, which facilitates balance and steering. What's more special is that there are floating boards on both sides of the hull, which resembles a seabird spreading its wings and hence its name.
Relying on its fast and flying speed, under the cover of the main battleship, the Loach can unexpectedly and elusively approach the enemy's main battleship in a tense state of water battle, and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy through a lightning surprise attack.
Liu Zhan was unable to attack for a long time and suffered heavy casualties. He could only use siege tactics to surround Jiangning City.
In water battles, trebuchets are very powerful. Once a huge boulder hits the hull, the enemy ship can often be sunk. However, because the trebuchet gun mount is heavy and the gun tip used as a throwing rod is generally about two to three feet long, there is only "
Only the giant ship "Five Teeth" was equipped with trebuchets.
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Liu Zhan immediately divided his troops and mobilized part of the navy to enter Chishui Lake, trying to recapture Hukou through the waterway from Shimen Mountain to Hukou.
Liu Zhan's negligence was immediately seized upon by Bai Fu.
The easy operation and rapid-fire bursts make the "Meteor Repeater" extremely powerful. Five "Meteor Repeater" can weave a web of arrows in front of the formation.
Ding Jiuqu was not a brave man. Before the war, he carefully analyzed the weaknesses of the rebel ships, and formulated a detailed battle plan with Sheng Hailiu and other naval generals, preparing to deal a heavy blow to Liu Zhan's navy.
When firing a stone cannon, as long as the hook is opened, the boulder will immediately fall, pressing down the cannon tip, and at the same time, the stone projectile weighing 100 kilograms will be suddenly thrown out. This design saves manpower and is easy to use.
The Loach has a smaller hull, lighter weight, streamlined structure, and extremely fast speed, similar to light cavalry in horse battles.
The long and narrow waterway from Hukou to Shimen Mountain is the only way to enter Jiangning from the Huai River. Liu Zhan's army occupied Hukou, but the defense was very lax.
The upgraded bed crossbow loach has two secret weapons: the stern of the loach is equipped with a propeller, which is connected to the hull of the boat. The paddler (rower) can wind up the propeller by pressing the pedal. At the critical moment, the propeller can be
When you get off the machine, the propeller chords are released, and the propeller rotates quickly, allowing the loach to gallop on the waves as fast as a flying fish. Although one winding up can only make the propeller rotate for one stick of incense, at the critical moment, this stick can
That's enough time to avoid the trebuchets on the giant ship, or launch a thunderous attack.
The "Meteor Repeating Crossbow" is easy to operate. The loader can complete a series of auxiliary actions such as loading the arrow into the chamber and cocking the bow. The crossbow shooter only needs to focus all his energy on aiming and the key shot of shooting.
"Follow the order!" Ding Jiuqu accepted the order and left quickly.
The second secret weapon is the crossbow. The Ordnance Supervisor installed the repeating bed crossbow-"Meteor Repeating Crossbow" on the Loach.
An ordinary bed crossbow operated by three or five people can shoot three arrows in one stick of incense. The "Meteor Repeating Crossbow" can shoot thirty arrows in one stick of incense if the firepower does not decrease.
After entering Chishui Lake, you can reach Jiangning City by waterway and connect to the Yangtze River upstream of Jiangning City.
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He said to Ding Jiuqu: "General Ding, I will give you three thousand soldiers (sailors) and a hundred warships to defeat the rebels.
Chishui Lake is extremely wide, and the small black spots faintly visible on the lake gradually become larger. They are hundreds of warships, and they are all thousand-stone warships.
Before Bai Fu could speak, Ding Jiuqu strode forward, gave a military salute, and said loudly: "The last general is willing to lead the army into battle and give the rebels a head-on blow."
Except for Shuiguan, the other walls of Jiangning City were originally far away from the Yangtze River, making it difficult for Liu Zhan's tactics to be effective.
In the first battle, we must display our army’s momentum!”
There were Tang Army scouts on the lake who had already discovered the situation, and kept sending messages to the Tang Army's naval camp through pigeon letters and "Red Horse" boats...
After Bai Fu captured Hukou, Liu Zhan regretted it.
The intersection of Chishui Lake and Huai River is right on the edge of Hukou City. There is a narrow waterway about a hundred miles long in the south of Hukou. After passing Shimen Mountain, the lake suddenly opens up.
Nanhuzui is the narrowest part of the waterway from Hukou to Shimen Mountain.
On the contrary, if the battle situation in Jiangning goes unfavorably, Liu Zhan's navy can also enter the Huaihe River from the mouth of the lake to have an additional retreat route.
Different from the past, Ding Jiuqu's sea loach was upgraded by the ordnance supervisor led by Ma Daifeng before the war and was uniformly modified into the "bed crossbow sea loach".
Because Liu Zhan became angry and overly obsessed with attacking Jiangning, he ignored the importance of Hukou and did not send his trusted followers to guard it. As a result, when the Tang army arrived, the Hukou garrison immediately surrendered without a fight.
Ding Jiuqu's main warship was named "Zou Ge", also known as "Hai Loach".
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Bai Fu sent Yue Huzhu to lead a group of troops to guard Hukou City, the intersection of Chishui Lake and Huai River, and sent Pei Pookong to lead a group of troops to guard the mouth of Nanhu.
Ding Jiuqu's main warships, in addition to the "bednu Hailu", also have Ma Daifeng's modified and upgraded version of the "Thunderbolt Haifal".
Bai Fu nodded. The first battle involves military morale and must be a general who is proficient in water warfare.
In addition, the sea falcon modified thunder boat and the stone cannon fired by the trebuchet included not only stone bullets, but also earthen jars filled with kerosene.
If the earthen jar falls on the deck and breaks into pieces, the kerosene inside the jar will flow out. Once ignited by the rocket, it will immediately burst into flames.
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Ding Jiuqu is a master of boating who can chase the wind and waves. With these new weapons, Ding Jiuqu is extremely confident in defeating Liu Zhan's navy.
(PS: In order to make the water battle plot more coherent, another chapter will be added at 12 o'clock tonight.)