To calm morale, the only thing we can do is to transport more materials to the front line. As long as we are not hungry and have a large amount of materials, the morale of the soldiers will be restored quickly and the morale of the military can be stabilized. This time, the four kings of Wu and Yue took out a large amount of silver and food from the treasury of their family. What they used before were all reserves of the local governments of Wu and Yue. It was really difficult for these four people to use their own things unless they had to.
Therefore, these materials belong to their own family, not to Wu.
But will things be so simple?
Liulang had already boarded the warship of the Dongting Lake Navy at this time, and the man stood at the bow of the ship and used a telescope to observe Caishiji opposite.
Caishiji, also known as Caishishan, is one of the three famous Yangtze River rocks.
Located at the foot of the Niuzhu Mountain on the north side of the Wuyue Bank in the southwest of Ma'anshan, it is only one mile away from the native mountain of Niuzhu Mountain.
The quarrying alum is facing the river, the mountains are steep, the cliffs stand on the river.
The river surface in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is the narrowest near the quarrying alum, forming a throat, and the rocks protrude into the river, which is both convenient for landing and easy for defense. It can be said to be the dangerous armor and southeast of quarrying!
If the Wu Yue army stationed the military camp on Niuzhu Mountain, then Liulang would be really difficult to attack. Even if he successfully landed, it would be difficult to expand the results of the battle. Just attacking Niuzhu Mountain would cost a huge price, and the garrison reinforcements of Taiping Prefecture would also arrive soon. At that time, Liulang would have to be driven back to the Yangtze River again, alarm the rebels of Wu Yue and Wu Kingdom, and stationed heavy troops in Caishiji.
Fortunately, the Wu Yue and Wu army were too confident that their navy was invincible, and they felt that it was too troublesome to station the military camp on the mountain, so they simply lined up the tents at one time and stationed on the river surface.
There were only 200,000 soldiers stationed in the garrison, all of whom were old, weak and disabled. These people were idle and did not train.
Some people even brought in small boats and fished directly by the river. They sold the high-quality fish to make some money for wine, and they only ate the ordinary ones themselves, without any warning.
The tide will fade in another hour, and Liulang did not choose to attack in the early morning because it was a good time to fish. At that time, many fish were just floating out of the water to breathe and look for food.
If the attack was made at that time, the fleet would be easily discovered by the fishing enemy. When the tide was about to fade, the defenders of Caishiji began to relax. Many people were preparing to eat and drink, then sleep, or secretly left the barracks and went outside to find women.
The sneak attack warships were ready. At this time, almost all the fishermen who were seeking a living on the river have gone home. Even if they have poor harvests, there will be no fish even if they stay for a while. It is better to go home and rest early and come early tomorrow morning, and maybe you will have good luck.
The Dongting Lake Navy's naval warship rushed to Caishiji smoothly. This time, the ships used were all captured from the Wuyue Naval Warship. Liulang asked the Zheng brothers to use the banner of the Wuyue Naval Warship to try to confuse the enemy and quickly approached and landed successfully.
However, things seemed not as smooth as expected. When the five warships were about to approach the river and rushed directly to the shore, the defenders on Caishiji suddenly shot out crossbows. Many soldiers from Dongting Lake Navy, who relaxed their vigilance, were shot in arrows and finally had to retreat.
It seems that there are some secret codes between the Wu Yue Navy and the Wu Yue army, which are used to contact and dock. The five warships that had attacked before kept seeing soldiers waving flags on the other side of the shore, but the Dongting Lake Navy did not know how to reply, and finally became like this.
Since the sneak attack failed, you can only attack hard!
The five retreated Shishima Shishiro Rokuro did not want to blame him, but instead informed the entire army: Send the order!If you advance but not retreat, you cannot attack and quarry within an hour, and all the warships will be stranded. Even if you swim, you will have to swim up. I, General Liulang, personally beat the drums for everyone!
As he said that, Liulang personally walked to the edge of the war drum, picked up the drum hammer, and rang the order to attack heavily.
Ten warships launched an attack on Caishiji. The enemies on the opposite river bank were all alarmed. Even though they were old and weak soldiers, they still had the advantage of geographical advantage. They had reefs to cover and a large number of crossbows to use. The arrows shot out were as numerous as locusts. The closer they approached the river bank, the more dangerous the reefs under the water were. The soldiers on the warship fired arrows and counterattacked, and most of them were blocked by reefs and shields.
There were many soldiers who were shot in the warship. Not all of them were Dongting Lake Naval Divisions. They tried to land for battle. Then at least half of the soldiers on the warships were fighting with the elite naval divisions before. Therefore, this time the power was the Fengzi Battalion of Laomatou. Now the soldiers of the Fengzi Battalion are constantly using serial crossbows to counterattack the enemies on the river bank, waiting for the warships to rush into the shallows to prepare for landing.
At this moment, the east wind suddenly blew again on the river surface, and the situation began to be unfavorable to the Dongting Lake Navy. With the east wind, the water current and wind direction were not conducive to the impact of the warship. As soon as the warship slowed down, the enemies on the river bank immediately used rockets. With the help of the east wind, the enemies on the river bank could shoot the arrow further. Meng Liang had no choice but to order the ten warships to attack that were forced to withdraw. In that case, it was really dangerous to change the sails. If you were not careful, the warship would be ignited by the rockets.
Liulang didn't care about the situation of the war, he just wanted the result, so he didn't ask anything. After the ten warships that attacked him retreated, he stopped beating the war drums, but waited for the new warships to rush forward, so that he would continue to beat the war drums. The personal soldiers around him handed a bowl of hot water to let Liulang drink and recover some of his strength. This time Liulang went to the battle, but even Diao Lin was not with him.
Liulang didn't ask, but Meng Liang was still anxious. Caishiji must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise the reinforcements from Taiping Prefecture would arrive and they would not be able to launch a strong attack. Meng Liang finally couldn't help but walk around on the warship and had to come up with a new strategy to launch a new round of attacks.
In fact, the previous sneak attack and a strong attack were not useless and were sacrificed in vain.
At least the first two sneak attacks and attacks have figured out the distribution of the enemy's troops, figured out the underwater reefs close to Caisuan, and consumed the enemy's arrows and physical strength.
Now there is only one successful attack, Meng Liang is very clear that another strong attack must be successful, and there is not much time left.
Big brother!Let me go!The warships were used as cover, and the main force attacked with a car and boat. If they really couldn't do it, swim up!
At the critical moment, Jiao Zan volunteered that this battle must be won, otherwise all the prestige that had been established before would be lost, and the Dongting Lake Navy will be looked down upon by the four battalions of the army again.
I'm going to go too, just so I feel relieved. I'm no match for your navy on and under water, but as long as I rush ashore, I'm not afraid of anyone!
Meng Liang finally couldn't help it. The three battalions had fought and killed people before, but only Fengzi Battalion did not take action. Now he finally had a chance. Meng Liang also knew a little about the current situation, so Meng Liang ran to Meng Liang's flagship from the beginning of the attack.
All right!I can only succeed, not fail. If even you fail, I can only command the giant ship to rush forward directly. Even if there are many people dead, I will have to conquer Caishiji.Someone came, tell the lord, ask the lord to beat the drum, and a new round of attacks will begin soon!
There were another ten warships, but this time was different from before. Behind the warship, there were twenty boats and boats. Behind the warship, they used the warships as cover. When the warships entered the range of the defenders on the river bank, they were once again greeted with rain of arrows like locusts. The 200,000 defenders on the river bank were probably already holding bows and crossbows.
This time, the warship did not make much counterattack, but rushed to the shore with all its might. When it reached the area where it could counterattack, it broke down and turned around to suppress the enemies on the river bank, covering the twenty boats behind it landed.
Jiao Zan and Meng Liang were both on the same boat. Both of them held shields in one hand and Jiao Zan in the other hand was a harpoon, while Meng Liang used a long spear. The boat was rushing towards Caishiji at the fastest speed with the soldiers on the boat. The sharp arrows falling from the sky were blocked by Jiao Zan and Meng Liang standing at the bow of the boat. However, it was really a problem for the two of them to stand at the bow of the boat. The boat was now barely balanced.
The enemy on the shore was right in front of you, and you could even clearly see what the commander of Caishiji looked like.
Jiao Zan, who had been enduring for a long time, finally had a chance. The harpoon in his hand was thrown out in an instant, and it immediately penetrated a hundred households that were commanding the soldier to rush up.
Immediately afterwards, Meng Liang roared angrily, threw out the shield in his hand, and jumped up at the same time, flying onto the rocks, and swept down five people in a row. Almost no enemy could block Meng Liang's attack.
kill!
He picked up the steel knife handed over by the navy soldiers behind him, rushed up with all the soldiers, and joined forces with Meng Liang. A group of people opened a gap. The two of them fought each other for a while. The enemies fell beside them, and they soon became bloody people. The enemy's blood spurted all over their bodies. Twenty boats, nearly two hundred people rushed to the shore. The quasar defenders who were still fighting to the death before were almost facing one side of the slaughter.
The drum shook the sky, and Liulang even took off his shirt and beat the war drum with a drum hammer. All the warships that had been waiting on the river were forward and rushed towards Caishiji together.
The defenders on Caishi'an were completely defeated. Their previous courage was relied on their advantage in the territory. Now the enemy has rushed up and cannot resist at all. They are just ordinary soldiers, a group of old, weak and remnants.
Being a soldier is just to make a living and make the whole family full. This situation has come to this and I really can't fight.
Everyone threw away the crossbow in their hands and the helmet on their heads. In order to run faster, some people took off their heavy armor while escaping. Faced with such escaped enemies, Meng Liang and Jiao Zan were too lazy to chase them. Although both of them were impatient and easy to kill, they also knew the severity of the matter. The key now is to quickly control the entire Caishiji and support the subsequent troops to cross the river.
Liulang, who was covered in sweat, finally put down the drum hammer and his personal soldiers sent a towel. The weather was quite hot, but after sweating, he had to put on his clothes quickly after he had finished wiping. The water vapor on the river was too heavy, and several gusts of river wind blew over, and it was a cold wind. Now that the quarrying alum was broken, the soldiers crossing the river advanced but not retreated. The main force of Wu Yue and Wu Kingdom was not here, and Liulang's heart had been tense and loosened a little.
Therefore, these materials belong to their own family, not to Wu.
But will things be so simple?
Liulang had already boarded the warship of the Dongting Lake Navy at this time, and the man stood at the bow of the ship and used a telescope to observe Caishiji opposite.
Caishiji, also known as Caishishan, is one of the three famous Yangtze River rocks.
Located at the foot of the Niuzhu Mountain on the north side of the Wuyue Bank in the southwest of Ma'anshan, it is only one mile away from the native mountain of Niuzhu Mountain.
The quarrying alum is facing the river, the mountains are steep, the cliffs stand on the river.
The river surface in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is the narrowest near the quarrying alum, forming a throat, and the rocks protrude into the river, which is both convenient for landing and easy for defense. It can be said to be the dangerous armor and southeast of quarrying!
If the Wu Yue army stationed the military camp on Niuzhu Mountain, then Liulang would be really difficult to attack. Even if he successfully landed, it would be difficult to expand the results of the battle. Just attacking Niuzhu Mountain would cost a huge price, and the garrison reinforcements of Taiping Prefecture would also arrive soon. At that time, Liulang would have to be driven back to the Yangtze River again, alarm the rebels of Wu Yue and Wu Kingdom, and stationed heavy troops in Caishiji.
Fortunately, the Wu Yue and Wu army were too confident that their navy was invincible, and they felt that it was too troublesome to station the military camp on the mountain, so they simply lined up the tents at one time and stationed on the river surface.
There were only 200,000 soldiers stationed in the garrison, all of whom were old, weak and disabled. These people were idle and did not train.
Some people even brought in small boats and fished directly by the river. They sold the high-quality fish to make some money for wine, and they only ate the ordinary ones themselves, without any warning.
The tide will fade in another hour, and Liulang did not choose to attack in the early morning because it was a good time to fish. At that time, many fish were just floating out of the water to breathe and look for food.
If the attack was made at that time, the fleet would be easily discovered by the fishing enemy. When the tide was about to fade, the defenders of Caishiji began to relax. Many people were preparing to eat and drink, then sleep, or secretly left the barracks and went outside to find women.
The sneak attack warships were ready. At this time, almost all the fishermen who were seeking a living on the river have gone home. Even if they have poor harvests, there will be no fish even if they stay for a while. It is better to go home and rest early and come early tomorrow morning, and maybe you will have good luck.
The Dongting Lake Navy's naval warship rushed to Caishiji smoothly. This time, the ships used were all captured from the Wuyue Naval Warship. Liulang asked the Zheng brothers to use the banner of the Wuyue Naval Warship to try to confuse the enemy and quickly approached and landed successfully.
However, things seemed not as smooth as expected. When the five warships were about to approach the river and rushed directly to the shore, the defenders on Caishiji suddenly shot out crossbows. Many soldiers from Dongting Lake Navy, who relaxed their vigilance, were shot in arrows and finally had to retreat.
It seems that there are some secret codes between the Wu Yue Navy and the Wu Yue army, which are used to contact and dock. The five warships that had attacked before kept seeing soldiers waving flags on the other side of the shore, but the Dongting Lake Navy did not know how to reply, and finally became like this.
Since the sneak attack failed, you can only attack hard!
The five retreated Shishima Shishiro Rokuro did not want to blame him, but instead informed the entire army: Send the order!If you advance but not retreat, you cannot attack and quarry within an hour, and all the warships will be stranded. Even if you swim, you will have to swim up. I, General Liulang, personally beat the drums for everyone!
As he said that, Liulang personally walked to the edge of the war drum, picked up the drum hammer, and rang the order to attack heavily.
Ten warships launched an attack on Caishiji. The enemies on the opposite river bank were all alarmed. Even though they were old and weak soldiers, they still had the advantage of geographical advantage. They had reefs to cover and a large number of crossbows to use. The arrows shot out were as numerous as locusts. The closer they approached the river bank, the more dangerous the reefs under the water were. The soldiers on the warship fired arrows and counterattacked, and most of them were blocked by reefs and shields.
There were many soldiers who were shot in the warship. Not all of them were Dongting Lake Naval Divisions. They tried to land for battle. Then at least half of the soldiers on the warships were fighting with the elite naval divisions before. Therefore, this time the power was the Fengzi Battalion of Laomatou. Now the soldiers of the Fengzi Battalion are constantly using serial crossbows to counterattack the enemies on the river bank, waiting for the warships to rush into the shallows to prepare for landing.
At this moment, the east wind suddenly blew again on the river surface, and the situation began to be unfavorable to the Dongting Lake Navy. With the east wind, the water current and wind direction were not conducive to the impact of the warship. As soon as the warship slowed down, the enemies on the river bank immediately used rockets. With the help of the east wind, the enemies on the river bank could shoot the arrow further. Meng Liang had no choice but to order the ten warships to attack that were forced to withdraw. In that case, it was really dangerous to change the sails. If you were not careful, the warship would be ignited by the rockets.
Liulang didn't care about the situation of the war, he just wanted the result, so he didn't ask anything. After the ten warships that attacked him retreated, he stopped beating the war drums, but waited for the new warships to rush forward, so that he would continue to beat the war drums. The personal soldiers around him handed a bowl of hot water to let Liulang drink and recover some of his strength. This time Liulang went to the battle, but even Diao Lin was not with him.
Liulang didn't ask, but Meng Liang was still anxious. Caishiji must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise the reinforcements from Taiping Prefecture would arrive and they would not be able to launch a strong attack. Meng Liang finally couldn't help but walk around on the warship and had to come up with a new strategy to launch a new round of attacks.
In fact, the previous sneak attack and a strong attack were not useless and were sacrificed in vain.
At least the first two sneak attacks and attacks have figured out the distribution of the enemy's troops, figured out the underwater reefs close to Caisuan, and consumed the enemy's arrows and physical strength.
Now there is only one successful attack, Meng Liang is very clear that another strong attack must be successful, and there is not much time left.
Big brother!Let me go!The warships were used as cover, and the main force attacked with a car and boat. If they really couldn't do it, swim up!
At the critical moment, Jiao Zan volunteered that this battle must be won, otherwise all the prestige that had been established before would be lost, and the Dongting Lake Navy will be looked down upon by the four battalions of the army again.
I'm going to go too, just so I feel relieved. I'm no match for your navy on and under water, but as long as I rush ashore, I'm not afraid of anyone!
Meng Liang finally couldn't help it. The three battalions had fought and killed people before, but only Fengzi Battalion did not take action. Now he finally had a chance. Meng Liang also knew a little about the current situation, so Meng Liang ran to Meng Liang's flagship from the beginning of the attack.
All right!I can only succeed, not fail. If even you fail, I can only command the giant ship to rush forward directly. Even if there are many people dead, I will have to conquer Caishiji.Someone came, tell the lord, ask the lord to beat the drum, and a new round of attacks will begin soon!
There were another ten warships, but this time was different from before. Behind the warship, there were twenty boats and boats. Behind the warship, they used the warships as cover. When the warships entered the range of the defenders on the river bank, they were once again greeted with rain of arrows like locusts. The 200,000 defenders on the river bank were probably already holding bows and crossbows.
This time, the warship did not make much counterattack, but rushed to the shore with all its might. When it reached the area where it could counterattack, it broke down and turned around to suppress the enemies on the river bank, covering the twenty boats behind it landed.
Jiao Zan and Meng Liang were both on the same boat. Both of them held shields in one hand and Jiao Zan in the other hand was a harpoon, while Meng Liang used a long spear. The boat was rushing towards Caishiji at the fastest speed with the soldiers on the boat. The sharp arrows falling from the sky were blocked by Jiao Zan and Meng Liang standing at the bow of the boat. However, it was really a problem for the two of them to stand at the bow of the boat. The boat was now barely balanced.
The enemy on the shore was right in front of you, and you could even clearly see what the commander of Caishiji looked like.
Jiao Zan, who had been enduring for a long time, finally had a chance. The harpoon in his hand was thrown out in an instant, and it immediately penetrated a hundred households that were commanding the soldier to rush up.
Immediately afterwards, Meng Liang roared angrily, threw out the shield in his hand, and jumped up at the same time, flying onto the rocks, and swept down five people in a row. Almost no enemy could block Meng Liang's attack.
kill!
He picked up the steel knife handed over by the navy soldiers behind him, rushed up with all the soldiers, and joined forces with Meng Liang. A group of people opened a gap. The two of them fought each other for a while. The enemies fell beside them, and they soon became bloody people. The enemy's blood spurted all over their bodies. Twenty boats, nearly two hundred people rushed to the shore. The quasar defenders who were still fighting to the death before were almost facing one side of the slaughter.
The drum shook the sky, and Liulang even took off his shirt and beat the war drum with a drum hammer. All the warships that had been waiting on the river were forward and rushed towards Caishiji together.
The defenders on Caishi'an were completely defeated. Their previous courage was relied on their advantage in the territory. Now the enemy has rushed up and cannot resist at all. They are just ordinary soldiers, a group of old, weak and remnants.
Being a soldier is just to make a living and make the whole family full. This situation has come to this and I really can't fight.
Everyone threw away the crossbow in their hands and the helmet on their heads. In order to run faster, some people took off their heavy armor while escaping. Faced with such escaped enemies, Meng Liang and Jiao Zan were too lazy to chase them. Although both of them were impatient and easy to kill, they also knew the severity of the matter. The key now is to quickly control the entire Caishiji and support the subsequent troops to cross the river.
Liulang, who was covered in sweat, finally put down the drum hammer and his personal soldiers sent a towel. The weather was quite hot, but after sweating, he had to put on his clothes quickly after he had finished wiping. The water vapor on the river was too heavy, and several gusts of river wind blew over, and it was a cold wind. Now that the quarrying alum was broken, the soldiers crossing the river advanced but not retreated. The main force of Wu Yue and Wu Kingdom was not here, and Liulang's heart had been tense and loosened a little.