Chapter 43 Water Wheel(2/2)
The leader of Meng'an, who was called Mo Liye, saw a flag here in the distance, and the flag had extraordinary regulations. Knowing that it was a senior official of the Song Army, he blew a whistle and led one or two hundred riders to this direction, hoping to come and get someone first.
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Unexpectedly, just as this guy turned towards the river embankment, with hundreds of steps still to go, dozens of mud bombs with gunpowder packets were fired from behind the flag, knocking the dense Jin Army cavalry into panic.
At the same time, hundreds of leather-armored sergeants suddenly poured out from behind the river embankment, all holding powerful crossbows and waiting in full formation.
The leader of the group, Meng An Moriye, was hit by a splintered mud bomb on his face and was swollen to a large extent. He was furious for a moment, but seeing this, he could only return to the team in embarrassment.
The eyelids of Da Kan, who was lagging behind and holding the battle, were twitching, but he shouted angrily: "Why are you so stupid? Didn't you mention that there are artillery carts on the river? Don't worry about this, just dismount and let me break into the water village. The water is
There are still Song troops in the stronghold!"
The knights of the Golden Army around and in front heard the military order, but they just turned around and looked at it coldly. Morino was even more angry and roared wildly, like a wild beast howling.
Da Qing knew that he was speaking unscrupulously, so he quickly corrected himself in shame: "I drank too much and was anxious...Brothers, please dismount with me and enter the camp to fight on foot. After the war, not only will I not take any seizures, but I will also take some from home."
I will take the gold and silver as a thank you gift to you all! Brother Morino, I will give you a special reward afterwards!"
After saying this, the man took the initiative to dismount, and personally held short soldiers and led his own bodyguards to rush into the water village filled with fly ash. Only then did Morino sneer, dismount and lead the troops to attack.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Yu Yunwen on the river embankment was panicked for a moment and went to see his cheap father-in-law, but Zhang Rong just sat upright with his nose covered. Not only that, the hundreds of soldiers also stopped and returned to the river embankment to cover their faces.
Rest your nose.
Just like that, for a full quarter of an hour, I heard the shouts and killings in the water village filled with smoke and fire, as if Li Bao's troops were fighting with these reinforcements who had suddenly joined, Zhang Rong just calmly turned around and ordered:
"Wave the flag for me!"
Yu Yunwen didn't bother to cover his mouth and nose, and quickly raised the flag with all his strength and waved it with all his strength... At this time, this smart new scholar just realized that his father-in-law put him here not because he felt sorry for his seasickness, but because he liked it.
I am tall, so I can lift the flag higher!
Once Zhang Rong's commanding flag waved, the river immediately became busy. First, several people lurked in the old embankment... which was the incomplete embankment in the old north course of the Yellow River. It was also the natural outer wall of the Jinjun water village... several people lurked in the old embankment.
The flag bearers of the Song Army navy under the old embankment were reminded by their friends in the river, and almost all went ashore together, facing the still powerful fire, waving various flags in their hands towards the water village.
The soldiers on the ship in the river also shouted loudly and seemed to be calling for something.
Yu Yunwen, whose face was covered with dust, was puzzled for a moment.
But it was only for a moment. Soon, the leather-armored sailors who broke into the water village in the early stage followed the sound and flags and escaped from the gray and hot water village. They escaped from the direction of the river embankment and directly met the ships.
With the support, we returned to the river to rest.
Yu Yunwen, who looked back out of curiosity, clearly saw that as soon as these people returned to the river, their first reaction was not to bandage their wounds, but to wash them in the cold river water and wet their face-wrapped linen cloths.
Not to mention, almost at the same time, Xiao En, commander of the navy under Zhang Rong, who was originally waiting for orders in the river, had already arrived behind Zhang Rong. At this time, he led more than a thousand troops who had been recharging their strength for a long time.
The leather-armored warrior also wrapped his face in wet linen and calmly landed from behind Zhang Rong.
Then Yu Yunwen, who was stunned and just waving the flag numbly, surged past him and once again attacked the water village from the southeast, scoring twice.
"Stop it!"
Seeing Li Bao and Xiao En advancing and retreating along the river embankment, using the control of the waterway and river embankment to complete the rotation and continuing to attack, Zhang Rong naturally thought of caring about his son-in-law. "Go and wash the linen under the river..."
...Wash up for me too...and then come back."
Yu Yunwen had already seen it with his heart far away, but with a sense of excitement, he went down and washed the linen for himself and Zhang Rong in a hurry, and then came back to hold the flag.
Then, after handing over the wet linen, the young Jinshi couldn't help but take advantage of the situation and ask one more question: "Captain... taking advantage of the water to escape easily in turns, although it is not as exquisite as the Moon Formation, it is still quite ingenious."
It’s done, what’s the name?”
"Although I don't know what the jumping formation is, there is still a way to explain this move." Captain Zhang, who took the wet cloth, sat calmly as usual and said slowly. "We always call it a water wheel in our water pond...
…I just didn’t hear what you said about the dangers of vomiting before.”
Just like that, Xiao En led his troops to rush in from behind again, and the shouts of killing suddenly started again in the gray and flaming water village, but Yu Yunwen was temporarily confused because of a 'water wheel'.
And while Zhang Yuweng and his son-in-law were discussing the essence of the art of war, two miles away to the northeast, under the increasingly gray sky, facing the increasingly dense and gray Gaojing Mountain, a military intelligence report from the front was quickly received.
The cavalry could not see the Song troops in the water village withdrawing from the river embankment, but they could see the Song troops in the river pouring out from the river embankment on the east side of the water village and stuffing themselves into the village.
No analysis is needed to know that Yamato Morino is going to be in trouble, because now it is their turn to be flanked by fire and assault troops.
But unexpectedly, Gao Jingshan remained calm and stood still in the slightly dim wilderness, looking at the flying catkins in the sky without saying a word.
After waiting for a while, as another group of sentries returned and reported the approximate number of Song Army ships on the main road of the Yellow River, the Jin Army Ten Thousand Households finally spoke:
"Goron!"
Meng'an, another member of the Bohai tribe who was accompanying him, quickly stepped forward and handed over his hands to obey the order.
"The situation is clear." Gao Jingshan reined in his horse and said calmly. "The Song army only has five or six thousand people. The first wave and those who just entered should be one or two thousand people. Counting their manpower to operate the ships, this is already
This is the limit... Logically speaking, you should attack at this time and completely bury the two groups of Song troops in the water stronghold. But it is getting late, and it is getting dark quickly in winter, and the fire continues unabated, and the gray catkins are also
More and more, riverbanks and river channels are also controlled by others... So you go over and fight whenever you can. When we wait for the source of our large army, it will be great, but if you find it difficult, don't be reluctant to fight, as long as you penetrate the second
Wave reinforcements, gather Morino, and then bring them out, you will be considered a credit! Go, I will guard the defeated troops here, gather the troops, and wait for you to come back."
Gao Long was obviously Gao Jingshan's confidant, but with a slight gesture of his hand, he led his troops and galloped away to the east.
For a Meng'an force of 1,000 men, more than half are cavalry under the standard Meng'an-Mouke system, and a small portion are Han army supplementary troops. However, in order to provide rapid support this time, Gao Jingshan even brought war horses with the Han army's supplementary troops. Therefore,
As soon as the military order was issued, the formation was really astonishing like a thousand cavalry rolling up a flat hill. They once again followed the previous fierce route and headed towards the water village.
As Gao Jingshan said, it gets dark very quickly in winter, and at this time, the gray catkins become more and more lush, and the sky becomes darker, but such movement cannot be covered up at all... On the river embankment, Zhang Rong and Yu Yunwen
It was clear that among them, the latter was just a man who was going to the battlefield for the first time, and he was still as frightened as before.
"Wave the flag!" Seeing the Jin army dismounting and pouring in from the northeast of the water village, Zhang Rong remained calm and waited for a while before giving the order.
Yu Yunwen was panicked for a moment, but still waved the flag in a hurry.
But this time, there was still movement. On the river embankment, other flag-bearers echoed in unison, and there was a noise in the river... Yu Yunwen was a little confused. The last time the flag was waved, since Xiao En led the Sejin Army, now the flag is waved.
, who else can go?
After thinking this, the young Jinshi couldn't bear it anymore, but he looked back again, and saw a man wearing leather armor, holding a short-handed soldier, and wrapping himself in a wet cloth coming towards him.
As he approached, Yu Yunwen saw clearly that this person was none other than Po Li San and Li Bao who had retreated to the river before!
Xiao En stood and retreated, and calmly boarded the river embankment to rest under the cover of the monk ship's gun carriage. However, Li Bao and the previously withdrawn troops, who had rested for a while, turned from the river to this side, and then surged up the river embankment again. He repeated his old trick and headed straight towards the water village.
But now, Yu Yunwen finally realized why this tactic was called "Water Wheel".
Isn't the current scene just like a water wheel turning over and over under the impact of the Yellow River, and then allowing one's own troops to take advantage of the water to always be in a superior assault state?
Moreover, he originally wanted to persuade his cheap father-in-law to transport some Song troops from the other side of the river... After the fire, many Song troops had already gathered on the south bank of the Yellow River to watch the battle... He just thought that the ships were limited, and once the Jin army became large, When reinforcements arrived, it was inevitable that they would not be able to retreat completely, so they hesitated and did not make up their mind.
But who would have thought that Captain Zhang, the leader of Zhang Da, was so capable on the water? If Yu Yunwen had previously said that his water rotation skills were comparable to Queyue Formation, it was flattering his father-in-law, but now he is completely convinced , some things are truly ingenious!
Returning to the front, Li Bao once again entered the water village from the rear. The Jin army was in chaos in the village. He didn't know how many Song troops were coming. He only felt that the impact from behind was continuous, forcing them to the river, and the scorching heat on the river bank. However, there was so much dust that it was difficult to breathe and indeed it was difficult to stand on the ground.
In fact, there were no three or five rotations at all. Before sunset, with Xiao En's second intrusion, it took the water wheel two complete turns around the Yellow River embankment as its axis. The water wheel was repeatedly photographed in the water village. The reinforcements of the Jin army were completely unable to hold up... They were really not beaten to death by the Song army. Rather than saying that the Song army was tyrannical, it was better to say that they were burned by their own iron armor, by the dust in the air, and by the fire that was difficult to lower. I felt so desperate that I lost my fighting ability.
The two Meng'an, Gao Long and Mo Liye joined forces and struggled to escape with the remaining soldiers, but Da was seen with his own eyes and was killed by the Song army in the chaos.
In response to this, Gao Jingshan, a member of the Jin army who was standing in the northeast of the water village with a group of remnant soldiers guarding thousands of war horses, could only cover his nose and stand in silence, listening to the faint shouts of killing coming from the water village without saying a word. ...It was like a large number of scattered Jin troops trapped in the water stronghold by soot and high temperature. The number was unknown, and we could only determine how many of them there were when the corpses were inspected.
Gradually, the setting sun appeared, and the broad Yellow River North Flow Road was full of glow. Although there were not many open fires in Xiaowu Village on the north side of the river, it was still red and hot, and the gray catkins in the sky brought a different color to the world.
At this time, the Jin Army Brigade finally came to help, and Zhang Rong, who was sitting on the river embankment, calmly ordered to withdraw his troops and turn back to the river.
For a moment, cheers resounded across the river, and even several groups of Song troops who had gathered on the other side of the river also learned of their victory and echoed from across the river.
Seeing all the ministries turning back one after another, Zhang Rong just put away the mazaar after sitting for a long time, preparing to be the last to leave and upload.
However, at this moment, a Jin army with no soldiers or armor, using the last glimmer of light, galloped towards the gray cloth holding a white flag. When they arrived, the white cloth was already stained with gray, but they tried their best to stop their horses. A stone's throw away, and then taking advantage of the cheers and shouting, he shouted loudly: "The guardian of Kaide Mansion in Dajin, General Gao of Wanhu Gaojingshan sent an envoy to ask, who is the commander of the navy of the Song Army? Can you leave his name?!"
Zhang Rong sat on the embankment for half a day with his arms open, his face and body covered in black ash. When he heard this, he dropped the already dry linen in his hands and turned around suddenly.
The cheering soldiers nearby on the river could be seen clearly by the light, but they all stopped based on instinct, and then affected almost all the soldiers on the river... And in the silence, Yu Yunwen, who had also turned into a gray man, hurriedly raised his flag and stood up again.
"Go back and tell Gao, don't ask me who I am!" Zhang Rong put his hand on his hips and pointed at each other far away, but he used the voice of singing fishermen's songs on the water slope that day to speak hard. "As long as you guys remember,
From now on, it won’t be you Jin people who have the final say on the Yellow River, that’s all!”
After saying this, he took his son-in-law down the embankment and boarded the boat. Then hundreds of boats started to sail in the river one after another, sparkling, and headed back to Henan. And this dynasty's Taiwei, Jiedu Envoy, and Yuying Navy
They all controlled the surrounding area, but under the leadership of the commander Xiao En, who personally rowed a small boat, he gradually sang a fishing song.
As the saying goes:
"My grandfather was born in Liangshanbo, and his nature was to kill people.
He has killed the unjust man who has killed the fire, and he has killed the general Jin Renniao.
The hero does not know how to read poetry and books, and only lives in Liangshan Boli.
Once you reach the Yellow River, you will travel across the world."
The envoy was at a loss when he was scolded at first, but when he heard this song, he was horrified for a moment... Who among the Jin people does not know the name of Zhang Rong in Liangshan Bo and the battle of Shoutoutan?
He hurriedly unfurled the flag and returned to the formation to report.
However, there was no need for him to repay the favor. The song was far away and shocked both banks of the Yellow River. Gao Jingshan, who heard the fishermen's songs in the distance, had already felt relieved. If Zhang Rong from Liangshan Bo was in front of him, how likely would the Marshal's Mansion be to tolerate this defeat?
Before sunset, the Song navy had crossed the river and returned to the south bank...
After a while, when the sun set and darkened, the two sides completely stopped fighting. Only reflected in the dim light was the Yellow River between the two sides, which never stopped flowing day and night.
Chapter completed!