Na He Xiongqi originally thought that no matter whether the news was good or bad, as long as there was news, it would be better than no news at all. Who would have expected that such desperate news would come.
In the dim light of the morning, in the meeting hall of the Dengzhou General Mansion, a candle as thick as a baby's arm was burning loudly, with a slight aroma of fat. Na He Xiongqi seemed to have exhausted all his strength and was sitting on the Taishi chair. Fan Wenlan,
Tong Huacheng stared at a few pieces of messy rice paper on the long desk with a pale face.
This is the letter and newspaper sent by Ye Ji Baishi from Shaocheng. It was wrapped in oilcloth and kept close to his body. He risked his life to cross the blockade from Haicheng and brought it to Jianjinzhou in Liaodong. These pieces of rice paper were written in a sloppy way.
They are all scenes of the Battle of Hejin and the bombardment of Baeryeong Mountain.
The scenes of the Battle of Hejin and the shelling of Baeryeong Mountain are difficult to describe with words. Only when an artist depicts the situation on paper can people have a more direct understanding - but this kind of understanding is too cruel!
The Battle of Hejin ended with the total destruction of the Goryeo Navy and the Huaidong Navy without losing a single soldier or ship. Ye Ji Baishi had 20,000 horse and elite infantry in Shaocheng, and he actually drove Shaocheng away - like this
How do you make people accept the results of a victory?
Tong Huacheng originally thought that the Huaidong Navy was unable to organize two large-scale naval battles in just over a month. However, who would have thought that in the Hejin Naval Battle, the Huaidong Navy could annihilate Goryeo without damaging a single ship or soldier.
All of the Shaocheng Navy? The Huaidong Navy so easily won the victory in the Hejin Naval Battle, so it naturally has the ability to continue fighting!
This means that they have spent ten precious days waiting for news. The Huaidong Navy may appear on the sea outside Dengzhou City at any time!
Is this the true situation of Fuhuo Nu in Huaidong?
The warships of the Goryeo Navy were hit by ambushed crossbows three or four miles away, causing their masts to break and the ships torn apart. They risked their lives to break out of the encirclement, but they attracted even more crazy barrage coverage, which was like being trapped in a prison of death. The shelling of Baengnyeong Mountain was even more devastating.
It was terrifying. The water village and the county town five or six miles away were all covered by the Fuhuo Crossbow. The spherical iron bullets weighing twenty or thirty kilograms seemed to be like death stars. Such a Fuhuo Crossbow, Huaidong
The equipment of a warship ranges from ten to more than a hundred.
The power of the Fuhuo Crossbow is not weaker than that of the stone-throwing crossbow at close range. In the past, Beiyan soldiers and horses attacked cities and plundered the territory. In order to defeat the tenacious enemy, they would often organize hundreds of stone-throwing crossbows to bombard the enemy city.
Now Huaidong actually concentrated such powerful force on a single warship.
A warship powerful enough to fight against a mighty city!
The seemingly impregnable sea defense line will face a warship like this, which is like a terrifying hell...
Could it be that the fundamental reason why Huaidong lay dormant for two and a half years was to build such a warship that was as terrifying as hell?
"Su Tingzhan should be notified immediately to abandon Miaoshan Island, Huangcheng Island, Daoyu Village and Tieshan Village. All warships should be retreated to the inland waterways to avoid enemy ships..." Although Tong Huacheng grasped the situation
It was a military spy, but he himself was a resourceful general. If the situation was really like what Ye Ji Baishi asked the painter to draw, the sea-locking defense line would have completely lost its meaning of existence.
"Could it be that the eldest prince was boasting to cover up the collapse?" Na He Xiongqi asked Fan Wenlan in despair and with a little luck.
Fan Wenlan was full of bitterness. Na He Xiongqi could be said to be one of the most pragmatic and sober generals in the Beiyan Army. However, he had been running the army in Dengzhou for six or seven years and devoted almost all his energy to the sea defense line.
How can we easily admit that the sea-locking defense line is a pile of useless ruins in front of Huaidong's new warships and fire-fighting crossbows?
The most critical thing at the moment is not to secure the coastal defense line, but to ensure these warships and the last bit of maritime counterattack capability, so that the Huaidong Army cannot drive straight into the Bohai Bay, directly attack the Tianjin Sea, and directly attack Yanjing...
Is it just really useful?
Fan Wenlan really couldn't imagine what a bad impact it would have on the entire Shandong and Hehuai defense lines once the sea-locking defense line was torn open and Jinhai and Yanjing were fatally threatened!
In the past, Fan Wenlan could realize that Huaidong had a certain strategic advantage, but he did not think that the Northern Yan turmoil was over. Only then did he realize that Huaidong simply had a certain strategic advantage. The so-called Northern Expedition was simply to
Crush Dayan!
Why did the Huaidong Navy not advance eastward to attack Hanyang after their great victory in Hejin and the capture of Shao City?
First, Goryeo was not the main target of the Huaidong Expedition. Secondly, the hills and dense forest areas on the west flank of Hanyang could hinder the Huaidong Army's rapid assault on Hanyang.
Once the Huaidong Army is asked to occupy Jinhai, there will be no obstruction from Jinhai to Yanjing. At this time, the total number of troops of Beiyan in Yanjing, Jinhai, Changli and other places is only 50,000. How to stop the Huaidong Army?
Occupy Jinhai?
"General Nah, when life and death are at stake, if you hesitate even a little, you will die without a burial place. Please make a decision quickly!" Tong Chenghua urged.
"I'm afraid it's too late!" Na He Xiongqi said with an ashen face, "Listen, is there an alarm bell ringing?"
Tong Huacheng and Fan Wenlan took a breather, and the faint alarm bell was ringing. Tong Huacheng pushed open the row of doors in the Mingtang, and saw a beacon burning in the southeast corner of the city wall, indicating that a large number of enemy troops were approaching...
Although the Dengzhou Army has built a large number of beacon towers on the southern side of the Shandong Peninsula, the Huaidong Navy only needs to make a slight detour at sea to make all the beacon towers of the Dengzhou Army along the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula deaf.
dumb.
Na He Xiongqi, Fan Wenlan, and Tong Huacheng climbed to the top of the city in panic again. At this time, the rising sun was like a new life, jumping out from the sea and sky in the east, shining golden light on the sea and mountains in the east of Dengzhou.
There are hundreds of giant sails hanging above the sea water, shining with golden light.
Almost at the same time, the sound of bombardment like thunder came from the sea and the sky. Just when everyone in Dengzhou was caught off guard and failed to react in time, the Dengzhou naval battle kicked off...
"Why hasn't General Su come here yet?" Then He Xiongqi suddenly thought that after so long, Su Tingzhan had not even come from Daoyu Village.
"General Su is going to inspect Huangcheng Island at night, and Daoyu Village has sent a boat to Huangcheng Island to invite him." The confidant soldiers who were sent to invite Su Tingzhan had already rushed back and had not had a chance to return to duty.
When Na He Xiongqi asked about it, he quickly came forward to report it.
Su Tingzhan is at sea?
Did the sudden naval battle occur when Su Tingzhan encountered the Huaidong warship when he returned to land?
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Su Tingzhan went to Huangcheng Island for inspection before night. He stayed on Huangcheng Island at night and met Na Hexiong on the road.
The ship sent by Qi to find him met him.
However, at this moment, the beacon sentry ship in the southwest waters of Huangcheng Island issued a warning first. The beacon lighted by the sentry ship was like a sudden bright morning star in the clear morning.
An enemy ship was heading straight for Huangcheng Island. Su Tingzhan had no choice but to return to Huangcheng Island to organize the defense. For the time being, he could not think of returning to Dengzhou to meet with Na He Xiongqi and Fan Wenlan.
Huangcheng Island is one of the four main fortresses of the sea-locking defense line. In addition to the 3,000 elite Reeboks guarding the fortress, there are also 5,000 naval troops and more than 60 warships - the combat power cannot be underestimated.
The Liaodong Jiantie Village, Miaoshan Village and Dengzhou Swordfish Village are more powerful than Huangcheng Island, and the furthest distance between them is only a hundred miles, and the sailing distance on the sea is only half a day's journey.
The rising sun on April 16 was like a bright red pill jumping out of the clouds covering the sea and sky, emitting a boundless ray of light. The Huaidong warship came from the south, and its masts folded sideways under the shining of the morning sun.
Shine out.
Su Tingzhan put on his battle armor in a hurry, and his thin scale armor shone like silver in the morning sun. Standing on the top deck of the building, he squinted at the Huaidong warships sailing fast in tandem to see if there was any change in formation.
Su Tingzhan calmly ordered: "The first and second wing fleets will leave the stronghold and go around the South Cliff Crossbow Platform to the southwest wing of Donghuangcheng Island to prepare for the enemy...train for thousands of days.
Use it for a while, sons and daughters, don't lose your own life and lose your own face. Those who run away from the battle will be killed without hesitation. Parents, wives and children will sit together, you know!" Su Tingzhan repeated without much emotion in his tone.
The military order also ordered the shirtless warriors on the left and right to beat the bronze drums to encourage people's hearts.
In Su Tingzhan's view, no matter how powerful the incoming Huaidong Navy is, they cannot passively defend. Instead, they must take advantage of the favorable conditions close to the island to actively organize an attack. Only in this way can the Huaidong Army's attack be eliminated.
Attack with vigor, and only by doing everything possible to defeat a weak or tired enemy can you have more chances to win.
On the south cliff of the east island of Huangcheng Island, the water is deep and the cliff is straight and twenty feet high. There is a crossbow platform with a heavy crossbow that can cover the sea area within 500 steps. The warships of the first and second wing fleets are all stern boats.
The Nanya Crossbow Platform engaged the Huaidong warships in front of them; they also mobilized a dozen warships out of the water village to the left wing for strict defense, so that the two five-masted main warships were escorted by several large-wing warships.
An array was formed outside the south entrance of Huangcheng Island, and two other five-masted warships were arranged inside to prepare for battle, ready to send aid at any time...
After making the above arrangements, Su Tingzhan boarded the South Cliff Crossbow Platform to better direct the water battle.
When he boarded the crossbow platform on the south bank, he happened to see the twenty-odd Huaidong warships that were advancing rapidly in column, and they had transformed into a strange ship formation. In the center were two horizontal formations intertwined with each other, and it seemed that there were
The two cone-shaped formation ships attacking Xìng were on both wings - if Su Tingzhan had seen the detailed drawings of the Hejin naval battle brought by Hanyang's messenger earlier, he would not be so surprised, and at this time he was with
Like the generals who encountered this ship formation for the first time, the Goryeo Navy was filled with doubts.
Perhaps because of the frequent fights with Huaidong, Su Tingzhan felt more of a sense of crisis than doubts. Unfortunately, on the battlefield, the time given to him to think was too limited.
More than twenty Huaidong warships slowly pulled the southern end of Huangcheng Island into the shooting range. Su Tingzhan watched helplessly as the sides of the Huaidong warships spit out flames and white smoke intensively.
, nearly two hundred solid iron bullets at a time were targeted at the two five-masted main warships at the south entrance, and they were fired intensively from a distance.
Hitting the water, the làng pillar reaches the sky.
Hitting the ship, the mast was broken and the ship was broken into pieces.
Hit the cliff and shake the ground!
With the addition of Deshe's craftsmen, Beiyan's Tieshan Ship was able to build large ships with a carrying capacity of 8,000 shi in the fifth year of Yongxing. In three years, a total of sixteen five-masted warships were built, four of which were
Stationed at Huangcheng Island.
Two of the five-masted warships prepared for battle outside Nankou were built by Su Tingzhan as the Dengzhou Navy to personally supervise their construction.
In order to enhance the structural strength, in addition to the watertight compartments, the decks are double-layered. Although it is not a complete iron frame ship, a large number of cast iron components are used, angle iron is wrapped on the front side, and heavy chuáng crossbows and scorpion crossbows are placed. It is a Dengzhou water ship.
The division's most advanced warship.
These two warships, which Su Tingzhan thought could compete with the warships of the Huaidong Navy, were completely changed under a dense barrage bombardment. The hull was so huge that more than 180 solid iron bullets were fired.
, nearly one-third of them hit the hull at one time.
The two main warships, which Su Tingzhan was proud of, were almost beyond recognition in the blink of an eye. They were corpses, with holes and cracks everywhere, and the masts made of whole giant trees were also broken.
The root was smashed down horizontally, tearing a piece of the sail, smashing a corner of the stern cabin, and several soldiers were stuck on the mast root, unable to struggle out, crying and howling...
Including Su Tingzhan, including the fleet arrayed on the southeast wing of Nanya Nutai, they were all shocked by the situation in front of them, and they did not even notice that the Huaidong warship was slowly approaching along the ocean.
This time, the forts of the Huaidong warships all pointed at the crossbow platform on the south cliff of Huangcheng Island...