He stalks the green horse and heads to the south of the war city.
Wuli Yuli Formation, three into the nine-fold encirclement.
The name is a terrifying general Wu An, blood stained the clothes of King Qin.
For the emperor's will, he will never return without success.
"Zhancheng South" Southern and Northern Dynasties: Wu Jun
—I am the dividing line —
Wankou Town, one of the peripheral nodes of the water network transportation system with Yangzhou as the core. It is precisely because Hangou, the main road of the Grand Canal, was named after the first slight turning point of the Unicom Dajiang River. It also became the location of the city where many travellers and merchants from Jiangdong, corresponding money, boat money and other names were collected.
Therefore, here not only a lot of officials from the Transshipment Department, the Salt and Iron Inspection Institute, and the Jieya Pushing Officer, known as Xiaosanya, are gathered here, and there is even an exclusive guard and patrol soldiers, as well as corresponding Zhanggao’s outer earth-wood wall is to protect the important tax customs that provides financial resources for the court and the festival, so as not to lose money in the troubled times.
But at this moment, this large stronghold named Wankou Town has also become an important defensive node in Huaiyang to prevent the Taiping Army’s surface forces from entering the hinterland of Huaiyang; and on the basis of being further reinforced, it is in the river channel. In the middle, there are many sections set up section by section, and the silted area composed of wooden piles and bamboo rafts driven into the bottom of the river, and sinking ships.
Chai Zai, who is already a deputy captain of the boat division, is also squinting at the messy arrow towers, guard towers and small formations on the shore, rushing to flee amidst the collapse of the rumbling small artillery bombardment and the splashing smoke. , The ruined figure. As for the so-called ambush and interception methods along the banks of the river, it has become a real joke here.
The multi-layered baffle on the ship gang and the gun position with limited rotation angle and horizon, plus the high crossbow and firecracker calibrated equipped with shooting soldiers, most of the low water wheels submerged in the water; let this ship The transformed vehicles and ships are like small, relatively self-sustaining fortresses that move on the water surface, and are sufficient to deal with most situations from the water and the shore with ease.
As for the countermeasures in most water battles, they are of little use in front of these armed vehicles. This can be seen from the smoky traces and the baffles on the ship gang after repair and replacement. It is difficult to light the hull of a ship that has been watered by rockets alone, and it is more threatening to vehicles. Ballistas need to be this accurate, and it is often difficult to escape the corresponding firearm's return after firing once.
It is also unrealistic to use drifters from upstream to hit or set fire to the boat. This is because this is the Hangou section of the canal where the waves are calm and the water is not thriving, rather than a big river with fast currents. Therefore, the real threat to these vehicles and ships traveling along the Caohe River, that is, the ant-attached gang jumped attack from the shore under the cover of arrows from the shore after being blocked from the way.
But at this point, in front of the gunfire shotguns armed to the teeth and the arson bombs on the ship, and a small amount of arson bombs that can still burn on the water, it is just a kind of unequal and futile exchange of meaning. What's more, these vehicles and ships do not travel alone, but often act as targets that attract coastal enemies to attack, and then follow-up teams on the shore provide tactical coordination of outflanking, chasing, and annihilation.
Therefore, when the newly-formed boat division from Jiangdong is ready to make corresponding preparations and is determined to enter the Cao River in Jiangbei at any cost; the so-called clean-field-style gradual resistance and the interception of harassment attacks are arranged along the coast. It's up. As the town of Wankou got closer and closer, the arrows radiating from behind the wall became denser.
But most of them were blocked by the side board of the ship and the hand held at the back. Only a few fish that slipped through the gap by chance could cause some sporadic casualties. At the moment when the guns on the ship roared, a large piece of the wall of Wankou Town broke apart, or the fragments of the fragments hidden behind them flew up.
Seeing that the firewood used the boat where he was, he leaned straight against the largest section of the river bank; suddenly the hull shook and turned to one side and stopped slowly, but suddenly the hull shook in between the water splashes and tumbling. I have already encountered the interception stakes laid in the water.
And at this moment, behind the original lifeless river barrier, a jagged clamor and roar suddenly erupted, and a lot of wet heads popped up; it was like a fish migrating upstream. After scrambling over the chaotic embankment, he plunged into the water, and approached the chariots and boats where Chai Zai was located.
"When you encounter the enemy at three o'clock in the northwest corner, let go..."
Following the response of the commands and chants on board, most of the dozens of gunmen waiting on board have already reached out of the baffle and radiated on their own. I saw amidst the scoffing splashes and ripples, these ambushes who jumped into the water, like wild ducks scattered by the shooting, one after another among the bloody splashes. Falling or struggling to roll in the water.
However, there are still some fishes that have escaped the smashing of the net, and they dived into the water like fish; and they appeared beside the ship amidst the sound of splashes, a blind spot of vision beyond the reach of the crossbow. among. But instead of climbing upwards in a hurry, he chiseled with the forehead axe tied to his arm, struggling to hit the hull on the left and right of the waterline.
However, at this time, the firewood was not used in a hurry, and people took out a few special gunpowder cans. After pulling out the fire and igniting the fuze in the waterproof cover, it fell down to the side of the ship and threw out a few splashes. . Then it was extremely dull and banged loudly one after another, and several fierce turbid splashes of water blew up on the side of the ship one after another.
As a result, the fierce gouge noises from the side of the boat disappeared all of a sudden, and besides the large swarms of white fish and shrimps, besides the large swarms of whitening fish and shrimps, there was a mouth and nose with blood and followed the waves on the large turbid and tumbling water on the side of the boat.* * Yang's human corpse. Chai Zai could not help but sighed. The small amount of "anti-submarine bombs" equipped on the ship is really easy to use, but the only side effect will make people less sensitive to fish and shrimp aquatic products in a short time.
With the failure of this round of ambushes, more of the attackers from behind the barrier turned into floating bodies, or they were shot and sunk into the water one after another in the process of turning around and dying to swim and escape. The inside and outside of the levee were gradually emptied, and the lowered boat re-mounted a group of soldiers on the levee, and began to load and unload many objects on the spot.
The following vehicles and ships also anchored in the river, and joined the bombardment sequence on the town of Bend. Among them, several special-shaped vehicles and ships came forward with long hooks. The iron hoops and hooks connected with the thick ropes were fixed on the uneven wooden stakes in the water under the guidance of the soldiers in the water;
Then, along with the small flags swaying on the ships and the water wheels that began to roll in the opposite direction, the rows and stakes that were towed by the tight ropes also slanted and turned over in a splash of sludge. When it fell apart, it became a section of things floating on the water. After just over half an hour, most of the obstacles that the nails inserted around the barrier disappeared.
At this time, several sharp horns sounded in the direction of the embankment on the river surface again, and the soldiers who worked on the embankment began to re-board and propel away. But in the chaotic town of Wankou, it suddenly opened wide from the side door, and a group of men and horses rushed towards the bank of the river not far away to kill.
Then it was unsurprisingly shrouded in the fireworks and bullets from the nearby vehicles and ships; it swept across the ground like a rice-cutting river, and the blood flowed into the river. Flee back. At the same time, amid the sound of the horn of the transmission, the boat division team that followed up along the river finally reached the other side of Wankou Town, and launched an attack formation amidst the sound of the entire team's commands and whistles.
At this time, the town of Wankou also seemed to have finally reached a certain critical point, and its morale was severely depressed and it suddenly collapsed. They pushed and trampled each other from the doors that opened suddenly, rushing out of a group of people in a mess. People flowed in; therefore, these boat divisions who had just arrived in the southeast of Wankou Town had to change from a horizontal phalanx to a column that was more conducive to pursuit, and then outflanked and intercepted them along the dilapidated wall.
At the same time, not far to the north of Wankou Town, the backup of Shou Hao Army, who was galloping along the avenue, also rushed towards Hao Hao, led by Zhong Li Tuan Training Envoy Zhong Taizhang; and then looked into the distance. The thick plume of smoke rose gradually, and he suddenly lost his voice:
"Am I late after all?"
However, he did not give up and continued to lead the team forward, and saw that in the distance, behind the thick willow trees on both sides of the canal, there were row after row of masts with the Taiping Green Flag. Zhong Taizhang couldn't help but face right and left:
"I don’t want the division of the thief army to go deep into this! However, I have the kindness of knowing and supporting me, and we married, so I can’t just give it back, but I don’t know if there are strong men who dare to follow me and try the length of his generation. ?"
"I wish to obey..."
The left and right of the Xiangdang background also responded in unison; then they became a formation conducive to the offensive, with knives in the front, spear wings and crossbows in the center, and a few horses behind, toward the smoke and fire. Liao's position rushed past.
However, it didn't take long for them to encounter the "thief" who ran vaguely in the fireworks that came back from the north of the town, and they did not hesitate to swing a knife and gun to smash them out. Then I was a little stunned to see that the Taiping Sergeant and Banner had already occupied the wall.
At this time, there was a sudden loud noise on the water in the distance, and Zhong Taizhang led the support army to be dizzy, hands and feet numb, and many people with limited courage simply fell on their legs with soft legs. Are on the ground; and the few horse teams that have postponed the Temple Army are even more startled.
And after the smoke bursting from the big canopy on the river quickly dissipated, it was seen that a large gap of several meters wide had appeared on the original position of the levee, and the fierce water that gathered above was allowed to wrap up countless pieces of earth and wood. Various sundries, scouring the edges of the continuous gaps, continuously collapse and expand, turning into large pounding sounds on the bottom shells of anchored vehicles and ships.
In the middle of the river, Chai Zaiyong also sighed secretly. The specific casualties of the rush and the transition were not large, mainly due to mental fatigue and loss of material equipment. After all, they had already broken through more than a dozen blockades blocked by rivers of all stripes.
The stop-and-go continuous fighting made this section of the river, which was clearly less than twenty or thirty miles away, and it took them several times longer than usual to make sure to pass. But the price is worth it. After breaking through this last narrow obstruction, the next step is a smooth road with wide waters. (End of this chapter)