Under the frequent harassment attacks of the Huaidong Navy in the early stage, all the outposts and garrison towers built by the Eastern Zhejiang Province on Tanhu, Yehuangpan and other small islands in the sea were completely destroyed.
, beacon sentry ships were deployed in the waters west of Daishan and Changdao Islands, including the Qianjiang Estuary, to warn of the enemy's situation and to guard against sneak attacks by the Huaidong Navy.
There is no island-based garrison, and it is expensive to rely solely on sentry ships to deploy police. However, the She family is still wary of Huaidong, and no matter how high the price is, it will still have to be spent.
When Huaidong's advance fleet passed through the waters of Yehuangpan Island at night, it was noticed by the sentinel ships deployed by the Zhejiang Navy there. In the night, which was so quiet that it almost solidified, the beacon lights lit by the sentry ships seemed to be floating on the waves.
The bumpy orange lamps inside were lit one after another, quickly sending a warning message to Mingzhou Prefecture on the south bank.
The crescent moon is like a hook, the stars are sparse, except for the dark blue ink-like sea surface, which is like silk trembling in the wind, there are sparkling lights, and further away, there is the blurred boundary of an island or land.
Chen Zhi stared at the sentinel ship burning a beacon fire in the distance without saying a word. This was his habit before a battle.
He was on a troop transport requisitioned from the Blackwater Shipping Company. This two-thousand-stone deep-bellied sea-going ship carried a total of half a battalion of three hundred soldiers, including Chen Zhi, and there were also escorts.
There are more than 60 soldiers and crew members. On the wings and outposts of the six troop transport ships are nearly 20 escort warships of various types from the Jinghai First Water Battalion.
They were only the left wing of the advance fleet, a mixture of navy and infantry, totaling 3,000 people.
They ignored the Zhejiang sentry ships that fled in all directions after lighting the beacon fire there. The left-wing advance fleet's combat goal was very clear, which was to capture Hekou before the She family's soldiers and horses left behind in Eastern Zhejiang could react.
Village.
Pokou, where the Yongjiang River enters the sea, is less than thirty miles away from Yin County, the capital city of Mingzhou. It controls the entrance of the Yongjiang River to the sea. It is the island of Changguo in the east and the key pass and dangerous area of the Mingzhou Plain in the west.
In the early years, in order to guard against the East China Sea invaders, the two Zhejiang counties established a water and land military fort on the north bank of the Yongjiang River mouth and at the east foot of the Snake Mountain in Shaxi to guard against the invaders.
Attention. Even if Su Tingzhan led the main force of soldiers and horses from eastern Zhejiang to march westward to attack Fuyang, the number of troops guarding Peikou Village was still over 600, and there were warships stationed in Wugang.
The first target of the Huaidong Army's attack on Mingzhou Prefecture was Bokou. If they could capture Bokou Village in one fell swoop, they would not only be able to cut off the connection between Mingzhou Prefecture, Changguo, and the Daishan Islands, but the subsequent warships would also be able to go up the Yongjiang River and directly attack the Mingzhou Prefecture.
Send troops into the hinterland of Mingzhou Prefecture.
"How long do we have to wait?" Sun Zhuang came over and asked in a low voice.
He had no experience in sea navigation, and when he saw beacon fires being lit one after another on the high seas, he was worried that the delay would be too long, giving the She family's troops in eastern Zhejiang time to adjust their deployment, and the sneak attack would lose its surprise.
Although Chen Zhi was not a qualified navy general, he had traveled the sea route twice by boat. He held on to the side of the boat and turned around and said to Sun Zhuang: "It won't take an hour, almost as soon as the sky breaks.
Arrive in front of Pankou Village..."
"That's enough." Sun Zhuang said.
It only took another hour to directly attack Pankou Village. The She family's defenders in eastern Zhejiang were confused about the number of troops and the direction of the first attack. It was dark and there was no chance to adjust their deployment.
"Master Gan, save some strength when you get ashore," Chen Zhi said in a suppressed voice. "In addition to us, the fleet that will sail first will also include the right-wing fleet that will attack Jintang Island. Paikou Village and Jintang Village,
As long as one place can be captured, the first wave of raids will be considered a success! Zhuokou Village is too dangerous, and the soldiers stationed there are mostly elites. It is normal that they cannot be defeated for a while. Your Excellency has also given instructions to save your troops. If you cannot defeat them for a while, why?
relationship, the key is to prevent reinforcements from entering. It will be easier to wait until the follow-up troops come up to attack..."
At this time, Chen Zhi didn't care about Sun Zhuangcai's identity as an ordinary soldier. He told him the entire battle plan of the vanguard, fearing that he would risk his life during the attack on the stronghold!
"I know, you'd better take care of your own affairs!" Sun Zhuang patted the rustling scales on his body and said with a smile, "It's not that easy for the Lord of Hell to take away my life..."
Chen Zhi smiled. As the leader of the left wing forward, he could provide the best scale armor to Sun Zhuang and others, but he was responsible for commanding the entire fortification operation. He could not take the lead and fight alongside Sun Zhuang, nor could he violate Lin Fu's orders.
According to the military order, Sun Zhuang was not arranged to join the army first.
If Sun Zhuang and others want to win their due respect and status in the Huaidong Army, they can only rely on military merit; apart from that, there is no other shortcut.
The wind blew the sails whirring, mixed with the sound of the waves, like the sound of time passing. The night faded layer by layer in this silent atmosphere, and the surrounding islands, mountains, and forests became layer by layer.
bright.
Benkou Village under Snake Mountain is like a Minzhen Commercial Port hidden on the edge of the forest. Its edges are exposed in the early morning mist. Four warships from eastern Zhejiang are coming from the mouth of the Yongjiang River. Six warships are the outpost of the advance fleet.
, and two Jiyun-class warships rushed directly into the Yongjiang estuary to prevent the enemy from hiding an ambush in the Yongjiang estuary.
At this time, it is better to put the water camp warship in danger, but also to avoid the troop transport ship with poor protection from being directly attacked by the enemy ship...
Sun Zhuang, eleven members of his old army, and sixty other soldiers who had boarded first, had been transferred to the flat-bottomed landing boat. Sun Zhuang tried again to see if the metal bag weighing about ten kilograms was fastened tightly, and held it in one hand.
Shield, holding the halberd exaggeratedly in one hand, stood on the bow of the ship, staring at the Shejiabu soldiers in the distance who intercepted them to grab the beach on the outside of Suikou Village, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, his mouth was full of fluids, and his blood felt like it was about to boil.
, laughed with the left and right: "Look at these little turtles, their necks have been washed, and their heads are sticking out for us to cut!" Everyone laughed, not afraid that arrows had already been shot from the shore; they were so far away that the arrows would be unable to shoot.
He casually used his sword and shield to push it aside. While the warships on both wings were shooting arrows to cover him, Sun Zhuang rushed off the bow of the ship first and rushed to the beach in the shallow water...
For more than a hundred steps to fight for the beach, we had to wade through shallow water, and the sand and gravel were messy. It was easy to fall if we walked in a hurry, so we could only move forward slowly with shield against shield and the arrows. After walking for about a hundred steps, the arrows were very powerful. Sun Zhuang
Just use the shield to protect your face, arrows are constantly hitting the shield or armor, making a clanging sound. It must be said that the protection of scale armor is unmatched by ordinary leather armor, except for steel armor with dense fish scales.
, the inner lining is also extremely tough and soft deerskin. Sun Zhuang was on horseback, and at least seven or eight arrows were hit at such a close distance, but none of them could penetrate the armor and cause damage to him.
Except for Sun Zhuang and others who were first to ascend the armor, it was best for the others to wear an extra layer of synthetic armor to protect themselves from arrows.
Chen Zhi wanted to use them to get ashore as quickly as possible, cover the subsequent landing of the soldiers, quickly encircle the Poikou Village, and build a defensive array to the west of the Poikou Village to prepare for the reinforcements coming from Mingzhou Fucheng.
There is not enough time to use the bow and crossbow to suppress it first, so I can only use the armor and soldiers to fight melee...
Rushing closer, Sun Zhuang felt his blood boiling all the more, and his eyes were so wide that they were about to burst open. When he saw three East Zhejiang soldiers approaching in cooperation, he roared: "Ah! Ah! I will kill your mother-in-law!"
It was as big as thunder, and it shook the eardrums of the people around him. Faced with two steel knives and a stabbing spear, Sun Zhuang did not avoid them. When they were stunned by the roar, he used his shield to hold down the center.
The spear thrust by the enemy soldier was stabbed forward with one step, and then reversed after taking a step forward. With one strike, the face of the enemy soldier in the middle was smashed to pieces, and blood spurted out, showing a terrifying force!
The sword slashed by the enemy soldier on the left wing was blocked by the armored soldier beside him with his shield. Sun Zhuangli ignored the steel sword slashed by the enemy soldier on the right front and stabbed him in the chest with his halberd. He discarded the halberd and knelt down to pick up one.
Steel knives, left shields and right knives, in cooperation with the left and right armored soldiers, were as steady as a rock, advancing forward, and soon tore apart the defensive array set up by about 60 eastern Zhejiang armored soldiers on the beach, and smashed it to pieces...
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When they landed on Daheng Island on the 23rd, it was already dark and Huaidong's deployment was not yet clear. Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan did not see Lin Fu that night.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan woke up from their sleep. Under the dim light of the wind lantern, they stepped onto a huge warship and saw Lin Fu and Qin Chengzu.
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At this time, the sky was already bright and clear, the sea water was blue, and the light was bright enough to roughly see the surrounding scenery.
Looking at the warships and troopships sailing past, the sea area covering dozens of miles in radius seemed to be filled with Huaidong warships. Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan looked at each other: Huaidong is fighting for this.
How many troops were mobilized?
Lin Fu was wearing a purple official robe. He took his eyes away from the clear sea and turned to look at Chen Xiyan. Chen Mingzhe bowed and said: "Lin Fu is busy with military affairs. It is inconvenient to get off the boat to greet me. I am a bit negligent. Please let me know."
Brother Ge and Mingzhe forgive me!" It was as if the hatred between each other never existed at all.
"..." Chen Xiyan was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say. Looking at the current situation, he became more and more certain that Huaidong was definitely not acting in a hurry this time.
Chen Mingzhe asked: "Master Lin had already expected that the She family would seize Linshui and gather troops to attack Fuyang?"
"How can one predict the future?" Lin Fu smiled slightly and said, "However, the situation in Yan and Hebei is in danger, the troops from the south are transferred to the north, and the troops in the Jianghuai hinterland are empty. The She family will definitely not miss this opportunity. It is not difficult to guess...
In addition to the She family's actions, I think Luo Xiancheng will not be lonely in the west, but the news has not been transmitted for a while."
"Huaidong had the upper hand in the end, and it happened to be when the She family's troops in eastern Zhejiang were empty." Chen Xiyan said with emotion.
"It's hard to tell at this time," Lin Fu said, "I will immediately take a boat to eastern Zhejiang to supervise the battle. Are Mr. Chen Ge and Ming Zhe interested in traveling with me?"
As long as Huaidong gathers heavy troops to hit the She family's back in eastern Zhejiang, even if the She family captures Fuyang in the middle, the army will not dare to go deep north from Fuyang and Linshui. At least at this time, Pingjiang is on the inside of the two-front war.
There is not much danger to the Mansion, not to mention that Chen Huawen and Su Pinxiao will lead their troops to the front to block the gap. Meng Yishan will soon lead his troops to cross the river and go south.
Instead of returning to Haiyu to wait and see the situation, it is better to follow him to eastern Zhejiang.
Chen Mingzhe glanced at Chen Xiyan, who said: "Being respectful is worse than obeying your orders, so I will take a boat trip to eastern Zhejiang!"
Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan sailed south with the Lin Fu Sheng Jin Hai. Although they could not participate in the secrets, from the frequent transmission of military orders and the main fleet of the Huaidong Army accompanying the Jin Hai, they could roughly estimate what Huaidong would do this time.
The scale of military use.
In addition to the more than 15,000 main naval forces of the First, Second, and Third Water Battalions, Huaidong also dispatched two main infantry battalions including Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, Changshan Battalion, and Hailingfu Army.
With more than 10,000 men, the Chongzhou and Shengsi defense lines were almost completely depleted.
In addition, Chongcheng, Hecheng, and Jiangmen have assembled nearly 30,000 reserve troops and recruited nearly 500 commercial and civilian ships. When needed on the front line, Fu Qinghe and Sun Jingtang will lead these troops.
Thirty thousand reserve troops rushed to eastern Zhejiang by sea to join the war.
When the fleet passed the waters of Huangyepan Island, the sun was at zenith. At this time, a letter ship came back to report that the forward troops had captured Jintang and Pokou villages.
Capturing Jintang and Pokou Village was only the first step, and it was the prelude to the war in eastern Zhejiang.
Judging from the situation last night and this morning, the Fenghuo and Yiqi communication systems established by the She family in Zhejiang and Zhejiang are not slow in efficiency. She Feihu in southern Zhejiang and She Feixiong supervising the battle in Fuyang or Linshui should be at this time
Already know the news about Mingzhou Prefecture’s raid on Huaidong!
It only takes more than half a day for the She family's soldiers and horses in Fuyang to go to Xiaoshan by land; there is a shortcut to Puyang to Kuaiji, which only takes a little more than a day; it takes three days to get to Mingzhou Prefecture. The She family is in southern Zhejiang
With soldiers and horses, it only takes three days to take the overland route around Yueqing to Ninghai, Xiangshan and other counties in the south of Mingzhou Prefecture. It also only takes three or four days to take the land route and take the valley road in the west of Tiantai Mountain to Zhuji and other counties in Kuaiji Prefecture.
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The strength of the resistance of the defenders in Mingzhou, Kuaiji and other cities, as well as the reactions of She Fei Xiong on the western front and She Fei Hu on the southern front, all determine the direction of the next war in eastern Zhejiang.
In theory, the She family could mobilize more than 100,000 troops to fight in eastern Zhejiang, and the Huaidong Army could only seize the opportunity for three or four days.