Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4186 Meeting in a narrow road

Zheng Rentai looked gloomy and uncertain, and looked at Dugu Yanyun suspiciously.

The Dugu family is the descendant and has a deep entanglement with the Li Tang royal family. You have me, I have you, both glory and loss. It is reasonable to say that no matter who is the emperor, it is impossible to shake the status and power of the Dugu family.

But as one of the backbones of Guanlong's lineage, in the current situation of Yuwen Shi and his strong support for the King of Jin in Tongguan, Dugu Yanyun went to his side to act as a lobbyist, which means that the Guanlong clan has exploded extremely seriously civil unrest, and even splits.

This is not a trivial matter. It should be noted that even though Shandong and Jiangnan clans began to enter the court in large numbers, the Guanlong clan that has been entrenched in Guanzhong for hundreds of years is still deeply rooted and powerful. Even after a fiasco and suppressed by the imperial court, their The remaining power is still not to be underestimated.

If the Guanlong clan really has been split, their strength will be greatly reduced. After that, no matter who wins the crown prince or the king of Jin, they will be able to control the court situation steadily.

At that time, the influence of the gatekeepers in Shandong and Jiangnan will be greatly reduced, although they will still become the pillars of the court, but compared with the sacrifices now made, they may not meet the expectations of the gatekeepers in the two places...

Seeing Zheng Rentai's momentum soften, Dugu Yanyun held a pot to pour tea for him, and whispered: "The collapse of the Jiangnan private army has led to a reversal of the situation, and the King of Jin did not have an advantage before, not to mention now? Sui Liguo suffered a severe setback and has never recovered. Since entering the Tang Dynasty, he has been repeatedly suppressed, and he has finally accumulated a little fortune. Do you really want to fight for everything on this Yellow River?

Zheng Rentai drank the tea slowly and remained silent.

Dugu Yanyun frowned, this old guy is a little bit oily...

He was thinking about how to persuade Zheng Rentai to give up sticking to Banzhu and let the navy enter the Yellow River, when Zheng Rentai suddenly said: "This matter, my worthy brother does not need to say more. I am loyal to Your Majesty and to the family, how can I give up Banzhu and let the navy master the strategy. The back of the King of Jin has put the Shandong family into a state of doom? If the master and the disciples of Shui have their own appearance, they can't attack the fortress, and they can't break through me, then naturally everything will not be mentioned. If Liu Renji is really a famous general, he can conquer my position in one battle. , I turned my head, disarmed and returned to the fields, returned to Xingyang, and never came back, how about it?"

Dugu Yanyun was overjoyed: "A word is settled?"

Zheng Rentai's face was stubborn: "It's hard to chase a horse!"

Dugu Yanyun said again: "But there is no need to disarm and return to the field. My brother is now in his prime, and his bow and horse are skilled in martial arts. There are very few honorable officials who can surpass you. Build a business."

This is not a flattery. Among the honorable officials of Zhenguan, apart from Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Yu Chi Gong, etc., who would dare to say that the military strategy of Wu Yong is more stable than Zheng Rentai?It's just that Zheng Rentai has been in poor health over the years, coupled with the unprecedented suppression by His Majesty Li Er, Zheng Rentai had to fade out of the court.

Zheng Rentai was expressionless, and said lightly: "The situation is chaotic and the overall situation is undecided. It's too early to say this."

Dugu Yanyun was about to speak, when a lieutenant outside quickly stepped in and reported: "Master Qi, thirty miles to the south, the navy fleet is coming at full speed, and its speed is extremely fast, and it will arrive here in half an hour. "

"Good come!"

Zheng Rentai shouted loudly, stood up, looked down at Dugu Yanyun who was still sitting on the bench, and said arrogantly: "My wise brother, let's stand here for my brother, and wait for my brother to defeat this group of arrogant, arrogant and rebellious people. Children, have a drink with you again!"

Then he grabbed the horizontal knife at the door and strode out of the account: "Bang the drum, gather the generals, and this commander kill the enemy!"

"Here!"

Boom boom boom!
A sound of war drums went from slow to fast, and finally gathered like a gust of wind and rain, turning into a dense thunder that shook the heart, inspiring arrogance and making the blood flow!
More than [-] elite soldiers lined up under the command of drums and semaphores. The hedgehogs gathered on both sides of the canal. Behind them, the Yellow River was turbulent. , all eyes were fixed on the canal.

At the end where the river and the sky meet, a white sail suddenly jumped out and caught my eye.

……

The battle between the two armies began with the confrontation between the scouts. The scouts on both sides spied on the other side's virtual and real arrangements, and at the same time, they wanted to prevent their own secrets from being detected by the other side. Therefore, in the area between the armies, the scouts fought rarely. Known, but even crueler.

Liu Renji's eyes were like electricity, watching the scouts who appeared from time to time in the woods on both sides of the canal fighting with each other, his face was iron, and he didn't move.

The lieutenant came to him and replied, "The scouts have sent back news that Zheng Rentai is sitting in Banzhu, tightly holding the sluice gate, and his [-] elite soldiers are lined up on both sides of the canal, just waiting for us to bump into each other. General, do you want to? Ordered to slow down and avoid its edge?"

Liu Rengui said curiously: "We have also fought many battles overseas. Almost every time, we have won more with less. In the past, we have dealt with such situations in the same way?"

The lieutenant was a little embarrassed, and said hurriedly: "Naturally, our navy is well-equipped and powerful. Even if the enemy in front of me is ten times or one hundred times more than me, why should we be afraid? Just artillery clearing the way, heavy armor accompanying, and all the way to pass... ...But now, Zheng Rentai is in front of him, and his subordinates are the elites of the lineage who have been fighting for a long time."

In the past few years, the navy has destroyed cities and countries overseas, and is invincible. He has long cultivated the belief that the entire army will win.

The navy's tactics are not complicated either. Long-range artillery bombardment and nearby platoons of guns resist the enemy. If the enemy still does not disperse after repeated blows, they will send out a wave of armored cavalry to charge, or the heavy armored infantry will push them across... Under the condition that the weapons and equipment are far beyond the opponent's level, there has never been an enemy that can stop the sailors and soldiers from advancing.

But this is the Tang Dynasty after all. After all, in front of him is the elite division who once moved to the north and the south with His Majesty Li Er and swept the four directions.

Liu Ren Orbit: "What about the elites who have been in battle? In front of artillery, the quality of the soldiers is not important. What matters is whether the opponent has weapons that can suppress us equally. If you don't have any... what else is there to consider? Order, tear off the gun jacket, load the bombs, line up the muskets, and equip the iron cavalry as a reserve team!"

"Here!"

The lieutenant did not dare to say more, and quickly conveyed the order.

The war drums on the ship were beating, and the dense drum sound spread on the river.

The cannons on the warship were stripped of their coats, revealing their sturdy barrels. Soldiers stuffed the propellant packs into them, tamped them with wooden pestles, and then filled them with explosives.

The so-called blooming bomb is an iron ball with gunpowder placed in a hollow. There are casting patterns on the sphere. After the launch, the delay lead detonates the built-in gunpowder, causing the iron ball to burst from it, and the lines on the sphere burst first, forming a Hundreds of fragments, under the power of gunpowder, kill the enemy...

The dozen or so warships in the rear of the hall opened their cabins, took out the warhorses from the bilge, and put iron armor on the warhorses on the deck. The reins stand on the side of the warhorse.

Dozens of warships rushed towards Banzhu by the wind.

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Zheng Rentai sat on the back of a horse, looked at the navy ships coming fast in the distance, and said to the left and right: "It is extremely difficult to sail against the current, but watching the navy ships come violently and enter the galloping horse, you can see that they are building ships, The skill of manoeuvring a boat has become unparalleled in the world, and it is not without reason that it has been invincible in the world over the years."

This is an objective evaluation, and it also recognizes the strength of the navy, but it is only on the water.

No matter how tyrannical you are on the water, if you want to capture Banzhu and enter the Yellow River, you must defeat the ten thousand elite soldiers gathered on both sides of the canal under your command.

When it comes to land warfare, who have you been afraid of?
Even Li Ji, Yuchigong, Cheng Yaojin and others are not afraid, not to mention a little-known Liu Rengui...

He raised his hand and said loudly, "The catapult is ready! The bowman is ready! The river is ready!"

Arranged here to intercept the navy from going north to prevent it from entering the Yellow River, he naturally conducted in-depth research on the navy's tactics and tactics, and came to the conclusion that it is impossible to fight with it.The shipbuilding skills of Jiangnan Shipyard are unparalleled in the world. For the time being, regardless of the sea ships, the newly built warships based on the drawings of the former Sui Wuya warships are extremely huge. , the soldiers on the ship with firearms are more conducive to close combat.

Therefore, he transported the catapults for siege and placed them on both sides of the canal. Just by reducing the speed of the navy ships, he could accurately throw boulders and kill them.

How can a sturdy ship be attacked by boulders falling from the sky?
A sour sound of "quack quack" sounded, and the huge winches installed on both sides of the canal began to turn, and the arm-thick iron cables that had sunk to the bottom of the river were slowly twisted, and more than ten iron cables crossed three feet above the river surface. The distance between them is more than ten feet, which can effectively buffer the momentum of the enemy ship.

Iron chains block the river, as long as the enemy ships are blocked on the river, it becomes a target, and the defenders on both sides of the strait can attack.

The drums were blaring, the battle clouds were densely covered, and the navy ships on the river in the distance came galloping like runaway war horses.

Zheng Rentai's raised arm slammed down: "The catapult, let it go!"

Crash!The ropes were cut off, and the wooden bucket carrying the stones was quickly raised by the connecting rod pulled by the tendon. The stones in the wooden bucket were thrown high by inertia and fell into the canal.

Puff puff!The aiming of the catapults was poor, but dozens of catapults were fired at the same time to form a dense array, so although most of the stones fell into the river and caused a splash, there were still many stones that fell on the navy warships , for a time sawdust flying.

But how could such a blow be able to slow down the sailors?
The ship moved forward rapidly, the soldiers on the deck had already lit the artillery leads, and the muzzles of countless artillery were turned to both sides and aimed at the defenders on the shore.

(End of this chapter)