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Chapter 246 Breaking Through the Yangtze River

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    The application time is approaching, and the decisive naval battle on the Luoshan battlefield is still going on. The Mite Qingshui Division, which has always occupied the superiority in the number of ships and naval combat power, has unknowingly gained a new advantage-the superiority of soldiers' physical strength!

    The tactics of the Qing army's navy was to use less movement to control more movement, using the best soldiers and large ships, and strive to fight with the Wu army's navy on the side of the ship;  Strong advantages, make up for the weak with spirit, and make up for the weak with speed.

    The two tactics have their own strengths and strengths, and it is indeed difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom in a short period of time, but as time goes on, with the exhaustion of the oarsmen's physical strength, the weakness of Wu Jun's warships with less troops will gradually become weaker.  It was exposed, almost every soldier was exhausted, and almost every soldier had been sent to the paddling position with the most physical exertion several times in turn.  It also slowed down - and the warships of the Wu Army have been running around and fighting, and the physical exertion of the soldiers is naturally even greater.

    On the contrary, after a long period of time, the cumbersome but large-capacity warships of the Qing army gradually revealed the advantage that the soldiers had less exercise and had time to rest and recover their physical strength. Even the most cumbersome and slow warships  The sand boat has also gradually caught up with Wu Jun's light and flexible medium-sized warship in speed, and has gradually narrowed the distance from Wu Jun's warship.

    "Son Du Hui, you are a pirate who was born in naval warfare." Seeing the speed of the warships of the self army gradually catching up with the speed of the warships of the Wu army, Yang Jie couldn't help showing a grin on his handsome face, and murmured: "  So you have forgotten that river warfare is not as good as surface warfare. On the surface of the sea, as long as the wind and current are suitable, the boat is small and flexible, and there is a lot of room for maneuvering. The sailors have time to take advantage of the wind to rest.  You can't win, and you will never lose! But in the narrow river battlefield, hehe, your ships rely on manpower to paddle quickly, and I want to see how long your navy recruits can last!"

    "Yang Jie, you are lucky." Du Hui, who also discovered this situation, also smiled wryly, and sighed secretly: "If I can have twenty more warships, even ten more, or I  If the sailors have more experience and experience, they can destroy more warships full of dogs when they have enough physical strength before. In this battle, it is not a dream to win the battle with the weak. But, hehe, the success is on the verge of failure, and the victory is near failure."

    "Flag!" After observing the battlefield situation for a long time, Yang Jie stood up and ordered: "All the ships move closer to the flagship, give up the outer water surface to Wu Dog, and let Wu Dog play for a while until they are exhausted.  It¡¯s not too late to clean them up!¡±

    The flag was played, and the well-trained ships of the Qing army began to converge on the flagship, compressing the space for the Wu army's warships to move inside the battlefield, and giving up the relatively wide outer water surface to the Wu army.  Seeing this scene, although Du Hui immediately understood Yang Jie's sinister intention to consume the soldiers' physical strength faster, but because of the small number of ships and weak soldiers, and the lack of collision resistance, the heavy warships could only order  The ships continued to roam and fight on the periphery, taking the opportunity to think hard about the strategy to defeat the enemy.

    "Boom!" At this moment, there was an earth-shattering loud noise in the Qing army fleet. A Qing army sand-crushing boat swayed violently. Flames burst out from the side of the ship, blasting a hole more than three feet high, and the river surged into the cabin.  Tilting quickly, the Qing soldiers on the ship didn't even have time to react and adjust, they were already screaming and rolling into the water, causing the Qing fleet to be in chaos.

    "When did Wu Gou's suicide boat sneak in?" Yang Jie jumped up in shock, and quickly shouted: "Send the order quickly, be careful of Wugou's sampan boats, all the Wugou boats in the middle of the fleet are sunk!  "

    "Boom!" Another loud noise sounded from under the bow of Yang Jie's flagship, and the bow jumped up like an electric shock. Yang Jie seemed to be pushed violently, and suddenly staggered and fell on his back. Fortunately, the soldiers rushed to help him  Stopped, but before Yang Jie and the others stood still, the bow of the flagship had already hit the river again, and the huge inertia brought Yang Jie and the soldiers to dive forward together, and they all fell to the ground.

    "Junmen, Junmen!" Several Qing soldiers rushed forward, trying to support Yang Jie, but Yang Jie ignored his chin and scratched a large piece of oily skin on the deck, and just yelled frantically: "Send the order quickly!"  , order to sink all Wugou sampans! Sink all Wugou sampans!"

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Although all the Wu army's sampans and small boats on the battlefield were taken care of by the Qing army's warships, the sound of terrifying and violent explosions still sounded one after another in the Qing army's fleet.  The ships were damaged and destroyed at the same time, and the soldiers and generals of the Qing army on these warships were also very puzzled. There were obviously no Wu army ships around us, so why were our warships blown up for no reason?

    "It was our own boat that blew it up!" Finally a Qing soldier saw the situation clearly and shouted, "I saw it, it was our sampan that blew it up.The governor replied impassionedly: "But as a minister of the Qing Dynasty, the slave naturally swore to live and die with Hanyang. Even if it is the last soldier, as long as the slave is still alive, Wu Gou will never want to step into Hanyang City."  step!"

    "Then what should I do?" Chang Ning almost didn't growl, and said with a mournful face: "What about the king? Will Wu Gou spare the king?"

    "This" Cai Yurong originally wanted to say that you can also commit suicide to die for your country, but after thinking about it, Cai Yurong changed his mind and said: "Then, Lord Gong, what do you think the servant should do?"

    "Let's break through." Chang Ning couldn't wait to say: "I asked just now, Wu Gou didn't arrange troops at the north gate, we have time to break through from the north gate now."

    "My lord, I dare not issue this order." Cai Yurong quickly shook his head and said, "Although the force in the hands of this slave is less than 30% of Wu Gou's, Wu Gou has already demolished half of the city wall at the west gate of Hanyang, and it is only time to break through Hanyang.  The problem, but the slave is entrusted by the emperor and entrusted by the master, so he can only live and die with Hanyang City.  Long live the emperor has explained."

    "Let me explain for you!" Prince Gong stomped his feet and said, "Governor Cai, thanks to you being an experienced military officer, why don't you even understand the principle of not sticking to the gains and losses of one city and one place? You are the only one in the middle of Huguang now.  With an army, if all of them are lost in Hanyang City, what can be used to stop Wu Gou's army from going north?"

    "This" Governor Cai pondered hypocritically, "Of course the prince's words are the best and most reasonable, but what about the master"

    "I've already said it, I'll explain it for you!" Chang Ning stomped his feet even more, and said anxiously: "Don't you even believe what I say? Do you want me to write a memorial for you in front of you? It means that you are  I gave up Hanyang to protect me from breaking through, and I will bear all the blame! I don¡¯t believe it, the third brother would want my younger brother to be like Jie Shu and Le Erjin, who was captured by Wu Dog and cut off his fingers, and even doubled.  I can't even lift the chopsticks!"

    "It's fine to have your words." Cai Yurong was happy in his heart, but said with hesitation on his face: "Of course the prince is right, but"

    "I knew that you were afraid of taking on this responsibility!" Chang Ning yelled helplessly: "Bring a pen and paper, and I will give Cai Butang ink to prove that the order to retreat was given by me."

    As he said that, Prince Gong actually wrote a handwritten warrant to Cai Yurong, ordering Cai Yurong to give up the Hanyang guards to break through by himself, and then forced it into Cai Yurong's hands. After receiving this warrant, Cai Yurong was completely relieved.  It was urgent, and the Qing army's retreat and destruction of the city was a foregone conclusion. Cai Yurong quickly issued an order, "Come here, gather all the troops, and escort Prince Gong to break through to the North City, and go to the upper reaches of the Han River to find a ferry to cross the river."

    After a while, Cai Yurong hastily assembled the last 2,000-odd troops, surrounded by Chang Ning and broke through to the north gate regardless of the self-armed soldiers who were still fighting hard on the west gate wall.  When the news spread to Ximen, the defenders of the Qing army at Ximen yelled and threw down their weapons and surrendered to the Wu army.  The things were returned to their original owners, and a little bit fell into the hands of Wu Jun.

    Cai Yurong's army, who successfully broke through the siege, was not happy for long. Their team hadn't escaped thirty miles north along the Han River before they were ambushed by Wu Yingqi's cavalry who had been waiting here for a long time. After a fierce battle, their morale completely collapsed.  The 3,000 Qing army was wiped out, nearly half of them were wiped out, and the rest all surrendered. Cai Yurong, his eldest son Cai Lin, and his second son Cai Xun escaped from the Han River by swimming with logs in their arms. Cai Ji and other three sons died tragically in the chaos.  In the middle, he was trampled into meat paste by Wu Jun's cavalry.

    As for our Prince Gong, because his status was too noble, he was always stared at by Wu Jun, and he didn't have the courage to dive into the water to escape. In the end, he still held the thought that losing his fingers is better than losing his head, and surrendered to Wu Jun, which became the battle of Wu Jun crossing the river.  The most important prisoner captured in the war, Chang Ning's deputy Hubu servant Dadu also surrendered helplessly, and was captured by the Wu army together with Chang Ning.

    So far, the Wu army's sudden campaign of crossing the river ended in a complete victory. The Qing army's defense line from Dongting Lake to Hanyang was completely broken by the Wu army. The main force of the navy was almost wiped out. The infantry and cavalry suffered heavy losses.  Fleeing to Jingzhou, Huangzhou, Jiujiang and other places to survive, Hanyang, an important town on the Yangtze River, fell and became the advance base of Wu Jun's Northern Expedition.  The prefectural capitals in northern Huguang, Henan, Anhui, and Shaanxi in Mite Qing are like beauties stripped of their clothes, completely exposed to the insatiable pervert in Pingxi Palace!  In the land of the Central Plains, Mite Qing is already there, and there is no danger to defend!  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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