Chapter 267
While Liu Shen was shrinking his defense and preparing to counterattack, Ying Jieyan also dispatched troops to redeploy.? �
At the same time, Ying Jieyan sent Jiang Yan to lead the 100 warships and the dragon ships of the rear army to the army and the dragon ship detachment of the Defeat Army from the rear island to join Chen Renweng, and unified the dispatch and command of the two departments as auxiliary attacks, attracting the enemy troops so that they cannot draw troops back to the rescue commander. If His Highness breaks out from the south, he will immediately mobilize all troops to respond and escort him out of the battlefield. He must not let His Highness lose his mistakes. He must maintain contact, rescue His Highness and inform the other party after rescuing His Highness, so that he can adjust his troops and fight again. He must severely damage Liu Shen's troops and lose his ability to reach Qiongzhou.
In addition, when passing Wenchang, Ying Jieyan ordered Zhao Mengjin to return to Qiongzhou first to preside over the overall situation on the island, mobilizing the central army to maneuver towards Changhua to prevent the enemy from coming to the island; he also ordered the Right Army and the Front Army to enter combat preparations, and the coastal fortresses were retreated and strengthened coastal inspections. The existing enemy troops tried to board the 6th and launched a counterattack immediately; and the Left Army was also ready to reinforce Qiongzhou at any time, and sent some troops to maneuver towards Qiongzhou first, opening up roads, repairing bridges, and ensuring the passage of the army.
He also ordered all prefectures and counties to cancel their leave, and the chief officials were not allowed to leave without permission. Ding Zhuangyi and bravery went to the city to assist the garrison in defense. He strictly investigated those entering and leaving the city, fishing boats, and merchant ships were not allowed to leave the port. Those who made up rumors would immediately punish them. The officials and officials should also be on duty day and night, raise money and grain, arrange camps and berths, and prepare for the welcome. At the same time, the news of His Highness leaving Qiongzhou was strictly blocked. Those who leaked the news immediately refused to pardon.
Ying Jieyan summoned him more than anyone else at this moment. His Highness was deeply trapped in the enemy formation and his life and death were unknown. He would have a little less danger from attacking him as soon as possible and also reduced the pressure for him to break through. So after the preparations were completed, he immediately launched a formation to attack. In order to speed up the attack rhythm of this attack, he changed his usual tactic of using rocket ships to bombard first and wait for the enemy formation to scatter before attacking. Instead, he ordered the warships in front and the rocket ships to accompany the attack, and used their long range to marching and shooting on the side. In order to prevent accidental injuries, he asked him to increase the elevation angle of the shooting to ensure that the rockets could fly over the fleet and fall into the enemy formation...
On the other side, Jiang Yan led his troops around Qizhou Island to meet with Chen Renweng, but unexpectedly he found that his younger brother Jiang Yan was also there. The brothers had a lot to say when they met, but the war was urgent and there was no time to reminisce about the past, and the two did not have to argue for anyone, so all power naturally belonged to the boss. Jiang Yan did not hesitate to take over the command of the three armies without hesitation.
Because they were in the limelight, Jiang Yan and the prince had the same idea to choose the attack point to the front right wing of the enemy, reducing the impact of large enemy ships powered by sails. Considering that the imperial guards in front of the palace led by Jiang Yan fought hard for many days and lacked supplies, resulting in a decrease in combat effectiveness; and Chen Renweng had been fighting fiercely for a long time in the enemy's battle, and before he could rest, he took the rear army he brought as the main attack. Chen Renweng led the main force of the front army to cover the two wings, and the imperial guards in front of the palace were the rear responders.
However, Jiang Yan's arrangement made Chen Renweng have objections. Although the main responsibility of His Highness was not to him, he was the chief general of the Defence Army. After all, he was the chief general of the Defence Army. He was unlucky to escape the blame. Moreover, His Highness had the grace of saving his life, and promoted him to the chief general of the First Army with great trust and care. He also regarded His Highness as a confidant for his age. Those who spoke for his confidant died, and Chen Renweng could not sit idly by in public or private. Therefore, he asked the Dragon Boat Team of the Defence Army as the main force of the assault, as the main attack, and to open up a path for the army. Then he used the advantages of good protection, strong attack power and fast dragon boats to search and rescue His Highness and cover his breakthrough.
Although Jiang Qi had heard of dragon ships, he spent most of his time in Leizhou, but he had never seen the combat effectiveness of dragon ships. At first, he was a little hesitant. But when he learned that his Highness had defeated the enemy vanguard with only eleven dragon ships as the main force, he had sunk and injured more than 100 enemy warships, captured more than 40, and killed the former army commander Haladai. It was precisely because of this that his Highness dared to attack the enemy brigade twice. He rushed into the enemy formation alone to kill Liu Shen in order to hold the main fleet.
Jiang Qi was used to seeing His Highness always surprise or frightened, and then he knew what His Highness was going deep into the enemy formation. He was worried and thought about it carefully if it wasn't for his sudden arrival that caused the enemy to shrink its defense and had already taken advantage of the chaos to break through the two lines of the enemy's defense, perhaps he had really succeeded and killed Liu Shen on the horse, but he would be drowned in the sea. In anger, he also secretly admired the boldness and agility of his precious students.
Jiang Jin was different. He was used to being timid and timid and fearful young emperor. Although he had heard of what His Highness did, his level was not enough to be more than ordinary people. He could not even close his mouth when he heard about King Wei's "great achievements". You must know that he fought with Liu Shen for more than a dozen times, but he never took advantage of it. In the Battle of Hengqin in Jingao, they also occupied the geographical advantage, and their troops were three times that of Liu Shen. They repelled after paying a huge price. Although everyone claimed to be a great victory, everyone knew what was going on and said that the small victory was barely enough. The claim of the great victory was just to make the Queen Mother and Your Majesty relieve themselves, gather the scattered morale to increase morale.
The small victory in the commander's office only used more than 3,000 troops and less than 40 warships to defeat the enemy's vanguard army and the commander was killed. However, the little prince did not give up after learning that the reinforcements had been released, and he wanted to kill the enemy's commander and wipe out Liu Shen's troops. In order to achieve this goal, the King of Wei actually took the battle to lead a single ship assault. Not to mention whether the plan was perfect, Jiang Zheng thought that his courage alone was enough to kill the generals in the court's army in seconds.
But Jiang Jin also knew very well what the general's mansion army looked like a year ago. Judging from the combat effectiveness of the defeated army in front of him, it was enough to be comparable to the Yuan army. As the most elite imperial guards in front of him, they were willing to give up the disadvantage. Looking at his brother's attitude, he didn't seem surprised by him except being angry. This made Jiang Jin realize that King of Guard was definitely not like His Majesty, and that the general's mansion army would look like today. Judging from the expressions of the general's generals in front of him, he knew that his prestige in the army was unmatched. This shocked him and was even more curious.
Jiang Xu thought for a moment and felt that what Chen Renweng said was reasonable. Their purpose was to rescue His Highness first. So he adjusted his deployment. The army was the main force of the attack. The Destroyer Army hid behind the scenes of the war. When he was about to catch the enemy, he suddenly rushed out in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. After opening the gap, he could move alone into the formation to find His Highness. Chen Renweng was overjoyed and decided not to take any ships. He changed the Brave to his flagship and went deep into the front line to command the fleet...
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The reinforcements on both sides were eager to arrange troops to rescue His Highness in the sea of suffering. Although Zhao Bing, the person involved, was not very easy and even very dangerous, he felt that it was not difficult to support him. After this morning's battle, he realized that his previous understanding was wrong. At first, he thought that large warships like building ships, which pose the greatest threat to dragon ships, were because they were huge in size and had better impact. If the dragon ship was pinched or hit by them, it would be difficult to bear even if they were strong. On the other hand, these large warships were equipped with more complete weapons, and their power was equally huge, which posed a great threat to dragon ships. But in actual combat, he realized that these seemingly reasonable reasons were difficult to hold.
The large warship hull is strongly sunk, but it comes at the cost of losing good mobility. It is impossible to catch up with the dragon boat and impact the possibility of hitting the dragon boat, but it is almost none. It is also not easy for two large ships to attack the dragon boat. They are slow, difficult to adjust the direction, and require a large space for movement. Therefore, a slight mistake in the attacking dragon boat will lead to their own killing. In addition to destroying it, the crossbow can also be close to the enemy ship and enter the lower limit of its shooting angle and it will be safe. The rod is not all over the two sides and is difficult to move. As long as it is a little far away from it or hides in a dead corner, it is a decoration.
Zhao Bing thought that the biggest threat to dragon ships was small and medium-sized warships that also had good mobility. Although their single ship was not enough to injure, sink, or even be injured by them. However, they could limit the mobility of dragon ships through fighting and compress their range of movement. Once surrounded by several or even dozens of ships, they would become dead turtles. Sooner or later, they would be smashed open by someone to light a fire.
Now the Warriors seem to be deeply trapped in the enemy formation, but Liu Shen gathers all ships to re-arrange the formation, and also prevents the Song army from being attacked by the sneak attack during the contraction. Therefore, he has to keep the warships in the middle and cut off the cover. This is like the two armies on the ground on the 6th that have to send cavalry to protect the formation to prevent the enemy from raiding in the chaos. In this way, there are not many ships that can participate in the encirclement of Zhao Bing. In addition, the sea is not as stable as the 6th. Under the influence of wind and ocean currents, stability is relative. If the ship does not break down, it will be difficult to maintain the formation without falling off the anchorage. This will inevitably leave many loopholes to exploit, so he can still be at ease.
With Zhao Bing's restless personality, why was he willing to stay idle? He also seized the opportunity to sank him while hiding, and injured more than ten enemy ships that surrounded him. He did not count the enemy soldiers injured by crossbows, and probably there were 180. But he did not forget his purpose of staying here. He still managed to approach the enemy's commander's ship when he was evading. It was less than 200 steps nearest, but when he was about to attack, he was always seen by the enemy ship. He had no choice but to give up and continue to dodge and find another opportunity.
‘Boom, boom…’
"Your Highness, reinforcements are starting to attack!" Wang Meng said excitedly when he saw the rockets in the north dragging the fiery red tail flames through the air, and then fell down quickly, causing bursts of explosions.
"Well, why is there something wrong? The drums should be from the rear army. Why are they here?" Zhao Bing listened carefully and wondered. He did not notify him because he did not inform him in order not to let Ying Jieyan get in. Instead, he ordered Liu Zhu to lead his army to aid. But now the rear army is here, indicating that Ying Jieyan and Jiang Yu have arrived.
"Your Highness, the last general will be the same. Then will our general's naval army arrive? Then Liu Shen is really doomed!" Although the drums are beating and the gold is a common contact signal, there are still differences in actual combat so that the positions and requests of each army can be identified. Wang Meng also confirmed that what His Highness said is true.
"Yes, since that's the case, let's surround the four sides and the center blossoms!" Zhao Bing nodded and said. Anyway, things have been like this, so we can only take one step at a time. The most urgent task is to kill Liu Shen. As long as the commander's ship is taken away, the enemy will inevitably be in chaos when surrounded by all sides, especially the Song army who had just surrendered must be frightened and will not be able to fight for life and death.
"Your Highness, run!" Just as Zhao Bing was about to launch a sniper operation again, several more enemy ships were surrounded by them from all sides and hurriedly warned him.
"Turn left, three points, plus!" Zhao Bing looked up and saw a sailboat powered by sailboat rushed over. This ship was equipped with a corner to collide with it and it was not cheap. So he ordered the rudder to hide on the port side of another enemy ship and run in parallel with it, so the rudder was empty. And their dragon boat was hiding in the formation like a loach, and gave it a cold slap for a while. Therefore, it had long been notorious and became a crossing rat that everyone shouted to beat. The enemy ship parallel to him appeared to hide here and arched a bow and arrow, and stones were indispensable to serve.
"Complete!"
‘Dong’
"It's so dangerous!" With a loud bang, the bow of the ship suddenly jumped up and fell down again. Zhao Bing was pushed up by Lao Gao, but he didn't care. Instead, he shouted that it was dangerous. When he just passed a large ship, he got closer. The enemy ship lowered the pole, which scared him so much that he rushed over and barely avoided the attack of the huge rocks. The splashing waves pushed the ship up Lao Gao. Not to mention hitting it, it would be enough to get choked on the side.
His reinforcements had already attacked, and the enemy's warships kept moving forward, but they did not chase him for a moment except for throwing a wave of "anger" at him when they passed by. And with the large-scale dispatch of the enemy ship, the space left for him gradually increased. Seeing this, Zhao Bing seized the opportunity to try to approach Liu Shen's coaching ship again.
Chapter completed!