Chapter 138: Funan Capital
The warships appeared on the other side were enough 200, and they were all large warships, and they were not temporary numbers like the Ningzhou Army.
"This may not be the navy of Funan Kingdom, but more like our fleet." Yong Yue raised his eyes and said with a little uncertainty.
This navy was Sima Ji who was separated to welcome the Ningzhou Army's fleet. Why did the remaining navy stay at the beach instead of entering the river? Of course, I was afraid that the rear was broken. Besides, the fleet was huge and there would be many inconveniences after entering the river. Two hundred ships were just right. Sima Ji would not be so desperate to find Xiang Yu. This job is not suitable for the King of Yan to do it.
"Once we reach the capital of Funan, all villages within a radius of twenty miles will be killed. If the people of Funan are prepared, they will do this and cannot leak the news. If they do not notice our raid, they will rush in directly. But I guess it will be difficult." Murong Yun glanced at Duan Wuze and said, "It's time to change horses. Always running like this. If people can bear it, the horses will be tired."
The cavalry attacked the city with half the result with twice the effort. Although Murong Yun was a Xianbei person, he lived in Luoyang for a long time and had a deep understanding of this. If it was not smooth, the news should be prevented from leaking. The troops from all over the province of Funan came to rescue him. Therefore, the villages around Funan Capital were killed to prevent these Funan people from leaking news.
These Hu cavalry, especially the Murong family's cavalry, are all heavily armored, and only one person and two horses can ensure that the speed of the attack will not decrease. But even so, the consumption of horses is greater than usual.
The Jiaozhou Army that had already set out was not as anxious as Murong Yun. Although they are also rushing for a long distance, infantry and cavalry are different. The long-distance raid of infantry does not depend on how fast it runs. It is impossible for everyone to have the physical strength of a marathon. Even if the raid is successful, they will not have the strength to fight when they arrive at the place.
If an infantry wants to catch up with the cavalry, he does not need to run but walk. The key is that he cannot stop. This is the correct choice for people to chase horses.
"I miscalculated it. I would have done my leggings if I had known it." Of course, Sima Ji was different from ordinary soldiers. Even if he distributed a thousand horses to Murong Yun, his mount was still not a problem.
The army is now visible to the naked eye. Although the King of Yan thinks so, he does have a little bit of a sense of standing and talking without a pain in his back, but he has no choice. It has been so long since he came out to remember the problem of leggings.
Leggings have a very important role in actual military operations, especially in the absence of mechanized troops, which rely entirely on the soldiers’ legs to achieve large-scale movement and combat. Leggings are indispensable to improving soldiers’ walking ability. Leggings are even used because they are cloth belts, which reflect the good effect of leggings, and are continued to be used.
"Your Highness, I don't know why I frowned. Are you dissatisfied with the speed of the march?" Tang Shen rode alongside Sima Ji, and suddenly noticed the change in the expression of the King of Yan. He thought that the commander was not satisfied with the speed of the march.
Don't get me wrong. Tang Shen really didn't want to flatter him this time. He wanted to say a few words for the soldiers. After all, the requirements of the King of Yan were not something that ordinary people could achieve. Generals and schoolmen at all levels kept urging, and the soldiers were still gritting their teeth and persevering, and they really had their best efforts.
"It's nothing. If you are tired, you can slow down the marching speed a little, but you must not stop." Sima Ji took a deep breath. It's too late to say anything now. If the child dies, he will only get milk. What's the use?
Sima Ji changed the topic and said, "This Murong Yun is so disgusting. He actually used the corpse as a signpost, which was stinky."
Murong Yun thought about it more thoroughly. In order to prevent the army behind him from finding him, he sat down and marked the way. But can't he make some normal marks? He insisted on making the killed natives into road signs? It would be disgusting to see.
So that's it. Tang Chen nodded and followed Sima Ji's words, "The Hu people are so barbaric. Your Highness shouldn't have let them go. If our imperial guards attacked, it would never be like this."
Are you still thinking about the massacre of the city? Sima Ji glanced at Tang Chen without saying a word. Only the remaining 5,000 imperial guards can run faster than Hu Cavalry? You must know that the imperial guards are not all cavalry, and they are half and half uncoded. How can they attack?
After such interruption, Sima Ji forgot about the leggings. Even if he had thought about it for a long time, he might not have adopted it. Cloth was a hard currency in the Jin Dynasty, and its value was much higher than copper coins. Jia Nanfeng appeased Sima Liang, the King of Runan, and rewarded three million yuan, but only three hundred pieces of cloth.
A 50,000 army made two leggings out, how many pieces of cloth would be enough? It is estimated that it would be able to empty the Yan Prince's Mansion in Youzhou.
Not only Sima Ji and Murong Yun were eagerly heading towards Funan Capital, but also Ningzhou Army, who were almost hit by our friendly forces. Li Yi didn't know that he had saved his life. This navy who was separated into the river had already met the Funan Navy, and the result was naturally self-evident.
The Funan Navy was relatively strong than the Zhenla Navy, and it did not cause any trouble to the Guangzhou Navy who came across the sea. You should know that the Guangzhou Navy was first Yang Yu urged the manufacturing of warships in Guangzhou, and later the land machine was supplemented by Xianglin, and all kinds of equipment were available. In this case, the outcome of the Funan Navy was conceivable.
Now that the Ningzhou army has arrived ashore, after knowing the movement of the Southern Expedition Army, Li Yi asked Zhenla's captives and joined the ranks of the imperial guards of Funan. However, his luck is not very good, and the whereabouts of the Ningzhou army have been exposed long ago.
As soon as he got ashore, he was intercepted by the Funan army. The King of Yan led a large army and horses to follow Murong Yun's footsteps to the Funan Kingdom. Because there were too many soldiers and horses, the speed of advance was slightly slow. However, the explorer who sent caught up with Murong Yun and had already come to the army to report to Murong Yun how far the army was from Huqi. Don't worry. After hearing this, Murong Yun sighed: "The king led the army to follow us closely. Your Highness is strict in governing the army."
"That's right, uncle, it seems that the imperial guards of the Great Jin Dynasty are indeed not ordinary people." Duan Wuze also said deeply. The people around him agreed and sighed deeply that it was difficult for infantry to chase the cavalry.
"You forgot that this is the Jiaozhou Army, not the imperial guards of the Great Jin Dynasty." Murong Yun gave a few people a blank look and said to himself, "According to the prisoners before his death, this place is not far from Funan Kingdom."
The prisoner before his death? He caught up with Murong Yun and Hu Qi and rolled his eyes. There is also such a saying? The killing of prisoners is so pure and refined. Who said that the Hu people have a straightforward temperament?
On the other hand, after defeating the intercepted enemy, Li Yi led his troops to a pass after less than a cup of tea. It was said that it was a pass, but it was not very dangerous. After descending from Ningzhou, Li Yi felt that the environment here was far less dangerous than Ningzhou. The place where this pass was located seemed to be a large plain.
Although the Funan army that intercepted the Ningzhou army was newly defeated and their morale was slightly low, the army was neat, the soldiers looked solemn and ready, and it seemed that they were not as panicked as expected. Li Yi could not help but feel moved when he saw this scene from afar.
This kind of plain is actually a powerful cavalry unit. But Li Yi did not. The entire Ningzhou is covered with undulating terrain, and there is no conditions for raising horses on a large scale, nor is there a suitable battlefield. But this time he went south and even his soldiers' ships were too short. How could he get the horses onto the ship? How big is that?
"Array attack!" After observing for a while, Li Yi loudly ordered the Ningzhou army, "So what if there is no?" Isn't the other party not there? Since there is nothing, I still have the advantage.
"Captain, when the King of Yan conscripted Linyi, he encountered a war elephant." A small school of Guangzhou Navy reminded, "For this reason, Luoyang imperial guards fought to the death to win, so the captain should be careful."
"Ningzhou has no shortage of war elephants!" Li Yi could not say that Sima Ji was wrong. He dared not, so he could only tell the other party in a roundabout way. I have seen many battles in Ningzhou. What kind of war elephants have never seen?
Shield soldiers were in front and archers were behind. Li Yi shouted loudly. The army of the Nanyi Captain and the Yi generals controlled their headquarters separately and headed towards this pass. Li Yi originally wanted to bypass this pass and continue to march, but the Ningzhou army was not a cavalry unit. Once they could not get away, they were burdened by it. There was also a river on the other side.
Although the entire Ningzhou army looked a little uneven, the Ningzhou army was not short of combat effectiveness. Ningzhou itself has a complex environment and many tribes often meant to cause trouble, so Li Yi's army's combat effectiveness was sufficiently guaranteed. The 30,000 troops slowly pressed forward. Although there was no shock of the cavalry rushing forward, they also had a unique power.
Many of the Funan soldiers on the pass were nervous, and some even sweated profusely, especially the soldiers who fled to this pass. Even the defenders of the pass themselves couldn't help but tighten their fists.
"Shoot the arrow!" The pass guard watched the Ningzhou army get closer and loudly ordered, and then the arrows fell like rain. However, it was a little earlier and had not entered the range.
Shooting an arrow? Lingcheng Yishuai curled his lips. Sure enough, the three thousand soldiers wearing vine armor were unscathed, and continued to advance without any sense. This scene also fell in Li Yi's eyes, thinking about how to deal with him if Lingcheng Yishuai is dissatisfied in the future?
After all, the Huo Chao Fuji Armor Army does not exist, and the Nanyi Captain has no experience to learn from now.
In the Funan Palace, Funan King Fan Sheng, who had gold jewelry, cursed angrily, "Didn't it mean that the royal commander of the Great Jin Dynasty had been infected and had returned to China to get sick? Now tell me where did these Jin troops come from?"
"It may be the left-behind Jin army general who invaded our borders on his own initiative." A Yishuai explained carefully below.
Chapter completed!