Chapter 898 Dreaming
When Zang Ba saw the people from Wulian Mountain rushing out of the wall of the dock, he knew something was wrong.
The thing he was most worried about happened, that is, the number of Wulian Mountain people in the barrier was far greater than he expected.
Once everyone in Langya realized this, Zang Ba reacted immediately.
He took out his last trump card.
Soon, horns were blaring on the hillside, and the fifty wooden boats that had been moored on Mu Shui began to stow away their stone anchors, and then headed towards Daokou Village downstream
Zang Ba planned to use the fleet as a platform to directly face the shore Daokou Village launched an attack.
At this time, the fifty wooden ships sent to fight by Zang Ba rushed forward with Zang Ba's last hope.
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There was a slight breeze on the water today, and the water was calm.
If it weren't for the sound of fighting on the left bank that shook the sky and the earth, today could be described as windy and sunny.
As the commander-in-chief of the Langya Army fleet, Yang Fuzheng stood on the flagship very calmly, with forty-nine wooden boats behind him filling Mu Shui.
In Yang Fu's field of vision, the Wulian Mountain soldiers did not establish much of a defense line against Mu Shui Waterway, but only blocked it with a pontoon in the water.
This kind of pontoon bridge is useless at all. It can be broken by a fleet of ships.
It seems that those Wulian Mountain Soldiers are also mountain cannons and do not understand the importance of Mu Shui at all.
Thinking of this, Yang Fu looked at the flag on the left and saw that the wind direction was downwind, so he ordered:
"Raise the sails, accelerate forward, and order the stern to attack first and hit the pontoon in front."
< br>After saying that, the commander holding a small flag on the mast began to signal to the fleet behind.
The cockroaches, who were already rushing forward, took the lead in crossing the flagship and rushing forward. Because the water surface was not very wide, they just used the quickest way to hurriedly form a horizontal formation.
That is to say, more than a dozen stern boats are all lined up and moving forward together.
But at this moment, the wind direction on the water suddenly changed, from tailwind to headwind. The cockroach, which was still going smoothly, suddenly lost most of its kinetic energy.
Although this situation is not common, it is not uncommon, so without Yang Fu on the flagship signaling, the sterns themselves began to rock the oars and continue moving forward.
When Yang Fu in the rear saw these situations, he couldn't help but nodded, and secretly praised these people in his heart.
In fact, the Langya soldiers had never had a naval force before. However, in order to learn from Yangzhou, Chen Deng began to organize and train naval forces in several coastal counties.
Zang Ba felt at that time that he could control Mu Shui and enter the river and the sea, so he spent a lot of money to build a fleet of fifty ships.
In order to build a navy, Zang Ba specially invited several water pirates from Donglai and asked them to help him train his navy.
At this time, Yang Fu, Ma Tao, and Peng Yu in the fleet were all from Donglai, and they had all been pirates along the coast before.
So the three of them did not take this change of direction seriously. After all, the situation was too clear. The enemy had no navy at all. If they came now, they would directly crush the situation.
Soon, the leading cockroach directly hit the pontoon blocking the river.
However, due to insufficient kinetic energy, many of these sterns were entangled with the pontoon bridge and did not open much of a gap.
Seeing this situation, these sterns quickly took action and started pushing the pontoon bridge with things like poles.
The behavior of the cockroach naturally triggered a counterattack from Daokou Village on the left bank. A group of crossbowmen released arrows at the pontoon bridge.
Those cockroaches needed to defend against arrows and push the pontoon bridge, and they were suddenly in a hurry.
Yang Fu, who had been at the rear, frowned when he saw this scene, and finally ordered all the fleets to collide together.
Especially the flagship he was on was used as a pioneer. Who made his ship the one with the largest displacement?
But at this time, Yang Fu discovered a strange place.
That is, there are black things floating on the water for some reason. These things look like liquids, but they float completely on the water, are not miscible at all, and also emit a strong pungent smell.
Yang Fu couldn't figure this out, but instinctively felt that it wouldn't be a good thing.
He was about to ask someone to scoop a bucket up for them to distinguish, but at this moment, the Wulian Mountain soldiers who were still shooting arrows normally on the wall of the village on the bank suddenly changed to Rocket.
Then, with everyone’s incomprehensible gazes, he shot towards the pontoon.
Those pontoons had been doused with oil before, and oil was also floating on the nearby water.
The moment the arrow ignited the pontoon, fireworks shot up into the sky and even formed air waves.
In an instant, just an instant, Mu Shui was ignited.
Langya Zhong’s fifty fleets were all engulfed in flames.
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After the navy was dispatched, Zang Ba wanted to care, but the collapse of the war situation and the turmoil of people's hearts did not allow him to be distracted here.
Due to the collapse of the front line and the suspicion of the commanders at the rear, the entire front was constantly retreating.
Zang Ba must stabilize the situation immediately.
Without any hesitation, he rushed down the hillside, jumped directly onto his horse, and then rushed to the front line.
He went directly to the commanders point to point and told them that if they wanted to survive at this moment, they must capture the front village.
Zang Ba also pointed to the advancing fleet and told these young commanders that the victory will be mine.
None of these young handsome men who are in control of Qingxu is stupid. They know that they were concealed by Zang Ba, but they understand that Zang Ba’s approach is right.
And what if I just run now? Didn’t the Taishan Army from behind still not come?
What if there are more people in Wulian Mountain in front than expected? If you dare to block their way now, let them die!
So, the people of Langya Mountain who were forced into despair burst out with murderous intent, and finally decided to give it a try.
Zang Ba persuaded them one by one. In his encouragement, all the young commanders screamed, until he saw the last young commander, who was pointing to the river out of habit.
Everyone around him was stunned by the scene in front of them.
What kind of scene is that? The flames burned directly on the water, and the black smoke was so thick that it covered the sky and the sun.
The entire sky showed huge flaming clouds, and everything looked like an apocalyptic scene.
Zang Ba was stunned. He looked at this scene at a loss, and his cognition was completely subverted.
At this moment, a large raindrop suddenly fell on Zang Ba's cheek. He was stunned for a moment, and then Zang Ba turned his back to the sky.
The sky was changing, and the heavy rain suddenly came.
This is really a downpour, this is really a life-saving downpour!
At this moment Zang Ba could no longer hold back his laughter and shouted at that day:
"Sure enough, God is on my side too!"
After saying that, he looked towards the river to see how the fire was extinguished.
But what did he see?
Although the fireworks on the water have decreased, there are no signs of going out. Until this time, Zang Ba collapsed.
Taishan’s army has ghosts and gods helping him, what can Zang Ba do?
But a bigger collapse was yet to come. The heavy rain evaporated a huge mist, and in the mist, a huge vibration came from it.
Then, countless cavalry broke through the mist.
They rushed up the hillside and into the military formation, unmatched.
It was in the heavy rain that Guan Yu led two thousand cavalry to finally arrive at the battlefield. Looking at the defenseless Langya Army lying across the wilderness, the morale of the Taishan Army reached its peak.
At the same time, the Langya army lost all morale and collapsed across the board.
Countless Langya soldiers and disciples abandoned their front lines, abandoned their helmets and armor, and struggled to escape in the muddy water.
No one had the courage to fight again. The young commanders who had just been excited to fight to the death were devastated when they looked at the swarming Taishan Army's sudden cavalry.
They ran in all directions, and countless people were trampled to death.
At this time, Zang Ba was still struggling. He stood on his horse, raised a big flag, and shouted personally in the rain:
"Anyone who passes my flag will be killed!"
But the heavy rain obscured his voice, and no one could see clearly that the man on the horse was their commander-in-chief.
In the chaos, even Zang Ba was so squeezed that he fell off his horse.
Then countless pairs of feet trampled him into a pulp.
It is true that "it was scattered into mud and crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same."
At this point, the Langya thief party, which has been in the Qingxu for more than ten years and has gone through two generations, has become history.
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On the banks of the Mushui River, when the thirteen thousand Langya troops were wiped out, only about 120 miles away from them, a Xuzhou army was entering Langya in embarrassment in the heavy rain. The county is Qiucheng.
They are reinforcements coming from Yan County in the East China Sea, and their commander is Wang Lang, a famous scholar in Xuzhou.
And he came specifically to support the besieged Zang Ba on the orders of Chen Deng of Pengcheng.
It turns out that when Langya's Zang Ba was cut off from his return, Chen Deng, who was on the front line of Pengcheng, also got the news.
Chen Deng immediately ordered Wang Lang's army in the East China Sea to lead his troops northward to reopen Mushui and meet Zang Ba.
But this order became the first mistake Chen Deng made in the entire war.
There is nothing wrong with sending troops to open up Zang Ba's retreat, but the mistake is to use Wang Lang as the reinforcements coach.
Wang Lang, a Confucian minister, had several experiences in mobilizing the army, but he was timid in using troops. How could he achieve good results with him as the commander of the reinforcements?
Chen Deng naturally knew this. After all, he was under Wang Lang's command back then. At that time, Cao Cao's rescue of Qingzhou failed because of Wang Lang's cowardice. In the end, it was Chen Deng who turned the tide.
But he can't do it without Wang Lang, because the only people close to Langya are Wang Lang's five thousand troops. Without him, Chen Deng won't be able to raise troops to support Langya in a short time.
So in order to prevent Wang Lang from making the same old mistake again, Chen Deng sent Xu Hao, an aide to the shogunate, as a supervisor to urge Wang Lang to advance as soon as possible.
If Chen Deng made a mistake in choosing Wang Lang as the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, making his staff the supervisor was his second mistake.
Wang Lang was timid and not good at fighting. Now that he saw the supervisor, he felt that he was not trusted by Chen Deng, so he handed over all military decisions to Xu Hao.
As for Xu Hao, he came from the Xu family in Gumu. He thought he had great talents, but he just didn't have the opportunity to display them. Now that he was directly given the opportunity to command an army, he suddenly felt that the opportunity had come.
This person has no actual combat experience. He has only learned some tactics and strategies. He is okay in advising military aircraft in the shogunate. Once it comes to actual operations, it is just talk on paper.
Suddenly arriving at this location, this person first spent many days in Shan County.
What to do?
Xu Hao personally checked the warehouses in Shan County to determine how much Japanese military rations the East China Sea could supply him once he sent troops.
As the previous state seat of Xuzhou, Yan County was severely weakened by Cao Cao's massacre, but there were still many loyal people.
One of the warriors is called Liu Xiong, who comes from the lineage of King Langya and can be regarded as a small prince. Of course, now that the Han Dynasty is dead, such miscellaneous dragons and grandsons are of no use.
But Liu Xiong was a strong general in the Xuzhou Army, and he couldn't stand Xu Hao's actions.
He repeatedly asked Xu Hao to send troops to rescue immediately, pointing out that rescuing people was like putting out fires. How could he be so gentle and wait until everything was ready before setting off?
But Liu Xiong didn’t say it was okay. Once he did, Xu Hao thought he was dissatisfied with him and looked down on his shogunate background.
So, Xu Hao scolded Liu Xiong and instead sent him to a military camp below to become a junior general.
In fact, Xu Hao has his own considerations. He is not really a fool.
In his opinion, even if Zang Ba was in danger, he would still stay in the city of Juxian. Juxian was a strong city for defense, and there were also reserves in the city. Even if there was not much, he would still have nothing to hold on for more than a month. problematic.
And if Xu Hao rushes to rescue like this, the biggest risk is to jump into the ambush of Taishan Army.
Encircling points and calling for reinforcements has always been the specialty of the Taishan Army. Xu Hao studies battle cases. How could he not know this?
So, he wanted to make a contrast here, and he just stayed in the city for a few days.
On the one hand, they arranged the food and fodder, and on the other hand, they also made the Taishan army think that Zang Ba had no reinforcements.
So, after everything was settled, Xu Hao secretly left the city in the middle of the night with as many as eight thousand Donghai soldiers.
The purpose is to prevent the Taishan Army’s spies from discovering it.
But when Xu Hao and the others reached Langya territory, a heavy rain suddenly came.
As a native of Xuzhou, Xu Hao knows that the plum rain with Jianghuai characteristics has finally arrived.
This kind of heavy rain will fall for ten or eight days at a time. Although Xu Hao is worried about Zang Ba's reserves during this process, he can only go to the nearby Jiqiu City to take shelter from the rain.
In fact, in Xu Hao's mind, his most ideal campsite is Kaiyang in front.
Not only is the city bigger there, but it can also guard the Nimeng Passage from Mount Tai into Xuzhou.
Taking over from Zang Ba and guarding the Nimeng Passage is another task that Chen Deng asked Xu Hao to complete.
But because of the heavy rain, this mission can only be put on hold temporarily. After all, if we barely march to Kaiyang City in such a heavy rainstorm, half of the people in the army may fall ill by the time they arrive.
Therefore, he could only avoid entering Jiqiu City first and wait for the heavy rain to pass before setting off.
While drinking the ginger soup prepared by the county magistrate, Xu Hao looked at the heavy rain outside the hall, and couldn't help but have this thought in his mind:
"If I had listened to Liu Xiong before, , I should have arrived at Kaiyang City by now.”
But it doesn’t matter, the person in charge of Kaiyang City at this time is Chen Deng’s younger brother, Chen Ying.
With this meticulous clan general sitting in charge, Kaiyang City must be foolproof.
Thinking of this, Xu Hao drank the ginger soup in one gulp. After inspecting the camp situation of the troops again, he returned to the hall safely and slept in his clothes.
Dreaming in the rain must be a good dream!