Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3022 The Battle of Crossing the River
The defenders of Jian'an City were terrified by the Tang army's harassment for several days. However, even if they knew that the Tang army's purpose was to harass, they did not dare to be careless.

After all, Tang Jun had demonstrated firearms that could blow down city walls before. Who knew which time they were feigning attacks and which time they suddenly came true?If I was negligent for a while, and the city wall was blown down by the Tang army and rushed into the city directly, then everything would be over and it would be unstoppable.

The Han people have been able to fight since ancient times, and they have come forth in large numbers. They have summed up countless tactics of war, and they are very good at playing the false and the real.If you are careless at this moment, you will have to suffer the price after falling into the trick the next moment...

For three consecutive days, the Tang army would cross the Daqing River in the evening and launch an aggressive attack on the mountain city, which was more violent. The Tang army would rush to the city and plant gunpowder. After the bang, the smoke and dust rose to the sky, and the city wall was blown to a gap. The defenders in the city were so frightened that they hurried to the gap to try to stop the Tang army from entering the city.

Then Tang Jun did not attack, and retreated cleanly like a tide.

Sometimes it’s just a false response to the story, the whistling of the horn makes people’s hearts numb and their scalps tight, but they just circle around the city and then recede...

The Goguryeo army defending the city was miserable.

Tang's soldiers were numerous, several times larger than their own, and the army took turns pulling to the city to feign an attack, while the rest of the troops took turns to rest.But there are only tens of thousands of Goguryeo defenders, and their combat effectiveness is more than one grade lower than that of the Tang army. How can they dare to be big?It must be the mobilization of all members, lest Tang Jun's fake show will be real, and they will rush into the city when they are not prepared, and everything will stop.

However, even knowing that the Tang army deliberately used this method of harassment to consume their morale and energy, the Goguryeo defenders did not dare to be careless.

Because this can better explain that Tang Jun's onslaught may be at the time of the next harassment...

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The third day of the harassment war, the first day of May.

evening.

His Majesty Li Er wore his helmet on and stood in full armor on the north bank of the Daqing River. The red tassels on top of the helmets of the guards around him were as red as blood under the afterglow of the setting sun, standing like a forest.

Watching groups of soldiers leave the camp and slowly gather on the north bank, several ships of the Navy went upstream along the river, stopped at a slightly narrow river, and erected a pontoon bridge leisurely .

Farther away, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the wide river surface with a bloody glow. At the estuary where the eyes cannot see, countless ships have assembled, with masts like forests and white sails like clouds, just waiting for the sky to completely darken. They will go upstream to cover the entire river, erect pontoon bridges to help the army cross the river, and then attack the city with artillery to help the army.

In the big camp behind them, hundreds of thousands of troops are already waiting for the battle, waiting for the horn of charge to sound, and they will destroy the world and build Ancheng in one fell swoop. The troops turned all the way to the east and went straight to Anshi City, and joined forces with Lu Guogong's Ministry to pull out this nail nailed in the heart of Liaodong, and bring the entire Liaodong old place into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

His Majesty Li Er stood facing the wind, with his beautiful beard fluttering on his chest, his expression excited and full of ambition.

Throughout the ages, there are only a few emperors who can command hundreds of thousands of troops to open up territories and lands. How many people can there be?
The setting sun gradually sank at the mouth of the mighty river, the light between the sky and the earth suddenly dimmed, and darkness gradually enveloped the entire earth.

A fast boat sailed quickly from the lower reaches of the river and docked at the river not far from His Majesty Li Er. A general in military uniform jumped from the boat to the shore, took two school lieutenants, and trotted to His Majesty Li Er. In front of him, he knelt down on one knee, gave a military salute, and said loudly: "The Royal Navy will support Cheng Wuting, and come here in the name of the commander-in-chief to coordinate the navy's plan to assist the army in combat. Your Majesty, please order!"

His Majesty Li Er was in high spirits and in a good mood. Hearing this, he chuckled, looked around, saw Cheng Mingzhen not far away from him, and asked with a smile, "But the general's family's thousand-mile horse?"

Cheng Mingzhen was so excited that he took two steps forward, and saluted, "It's the dog!"

"Thousands of miles horse" ah!Being able to get such a compliment from the emperor, it is conceivable that Cheng Wuting will receive countless bonuses in his future career, and it is not an exaggeration to say "Holy Family Youlong".

His Majesty Li Er shook his head and said: "The general is too modest, how can the tiger father have a dog?"

Turning back to Cheng Wuting, he said: "Allow the navy to go upstream immediately, assist the army to cross the river, and then bombard Jian'an City!"

"Here!"

Cheng Wu stood up, and after getting up, he ordered the two captains behind him, and the two captains turned back to the boat, and the clipper immediately turned around and ran downstream.

Cheng Wuting stayed here, acting as a bridge between the navy and the main force.

But the task assigned to him by Su Dingfang is also an opportunity for him.Being able to show his existence in front of His Majesty Li Er is an opportunity that countless lieutenant generals have dreamed of. Maybe the war is going well, the emperor is in a good mood, and he will be promoted in one sentence.

Even if you don't get promoted, as long as the emperor remembers your name, that is an extremely strong qualification.In the future, if there is a little meritorious service and promotion papers reported, they will be quickly approved, which will save a lot of hurdles.

In the darkness, teams of Tang troops left the camp and slowly gathered towards the river.

The Navy's ships also went upstream, and soon came to the middle of the river. Dozens of hundreds of ships were gathered together, fixed on the deck with wooden boards, and connected end to end to form a solid pontoon bridge. Tang Jun Under the leadership of their respective generals, they quickly crossed the river.

His Majesty Li Er stood on the bank on a war horse, looked at the dark shadows of warships in the river, and said with emotion: "In the past, the prosperity of the navy was only seen in the memorials of the battle reports. Only by seeing it in person today can I feel that This kind of aura of coercion across the seven seas and the ocean, very good, very good!"

Generally speaking, for the emperor's praise, Cheng Wuting, a naval general, should naturally thank him.

However, Cheng Wuting twitched the corners of his mouth, bowed and said, "Thank you for your compliment! It's just that your majesty doesn't know that the ships in front of you are small boats used by the navy to cross the sea. After all, the course of the Daqing River is too shallow, and only such small boats can be used. Come to carry out the mission. At this moment, in the water outside the river mouth, there are [-] warships several times larger than this assembled, and that is the foundation of the navy's crossing the ocean!"

When Cheng Mingzhen heard this, he almost went up and threw his own evil into the river!

The emperor is face to face, and the interest is just right, you will die if you say a few nice words along the way?This way of speaking is simply refuting the emperor's point of view, it is extremely stupid...

However, it is obvious that His Majesty Li Er is not so narrow-minded. Hearing Cheng Wuting's words, instead of feeling offended, he asked with great interest, "You mean, the warships at sea are several times the size of the warships here?"

Cheng Wuting said: "Exactly! The wind and waves are high on the ocean. If the warship is not large enough and the displacement is not enough, it will easily capsize. Therefore, the ships built by the navy recently are getting bigger and bigger. There are also more and more soldiers. For example, each of the ships in front of us can only be equipped with one cannon, because there is a very large recoil force when the cannon is fired. As for warships at sea, each ship can be equipped with ten cannons, which are mobile forts. Even if they encounter an enemy fleet ten times their own at sea, they can calmly bombard and kill them! However, in today's world, There is no country whose navy has reached one-tenth of our Royal Navy."

The implication is that our Royal Navy is invincible above the ocean!If any enemy fleet encounters it, there will be nothing but ashes and ashes and the end of the entire army.

This kind of domineering made His Majesty Li Er suddenly excited.

Because after all, this navy can be regarded as his "private soldier". As the emperor, he has such a powerful navy fleet, and at the same time, he is also conveying his great power to all overseas countries. Emperor Tang's unrivaled martial arts!

However, amid the excitement, it was inevitable that Fang Jun's words when he suggested changing the strategy of the Eastern Expedition sounded in his heart.The man said that there was no need to recruit so many troops, as long as the navy sailed up the river and went straight under the city of Pyongyang, and then stormed Pyongyang to make it fall, the entire Goguryeo regime was bound to collapse.At that time, since the division of the Liaodong soldiers of the Tang army, it will be clear one by one one by one, and it will not take long to occupy the entire territory of Goguryeo...

At that time, of course, it was necessary to consider the desire of various factions in the country for military merits, and had to adopt this "seeker has a share" method to launch a massive Eastern Expedition, which was also due to the reason that His Majesty Li Er did not trust the navy.

(End of this chapter)