Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 200 The Battle of Sanjiangkou ([-])
In the north of Yuezhou, the tall and tall Zhou Xingfeng wore a thick armor and a burqa without any fancy accessories. He trampled on the sand and stone walls piled up by the river with his big feet. The wall is built one foot high, which can prevent the opponent from climbing up the slope.

Zhou Xingfeng was very satisfied when he saw the many soldiers waiting for the battle, the sentry towers erected on the beach, and the motionless slanted wall under his feet.

Then he shouted happily, "I'm here to guard, and those bastards on the other side won't be able to fight for 100 years."

The generals behind him responded again and again.

At this time someone said: "Jieshuai, Yuezhou sent over a dozen fat sheep, do you want to slaughter them tonight for meat and soup?"

"The soldiers can't eat, how can we start this first!" Zhou Xingfeng was dissatisfied, "Don't say such things in the future."

He was born in a poor and humble background, but after he became rich, he was strangely not extravagant and extravagant. Instead, he took the lead in frugality and shared weal and woe with the soldiers.

Therefore, the literati in Wuling City commented that he "could be frugal and encourage himself", so the soldiers obeyed and followed him more.

Zhou Xingfeng probably doesn't understand what it means to "encourage yourself to be thrifty", but his approach is very popular.

While everyone was talking, someone came to report: "Commander, the officer Sun who transported grain from Langzhou has arrived."

Zhou Xingfeng turned his head, his face changed, and he snorted angrily: "Hmph, didn't you promise that he would arrive before yesterday, why did it arrive today! Kill!"

Everyone was shocked, and then general Yang Shifan tried to dissuade him: "Jie Shuai should not be like this.

Sun has been doing things for so many years, and he has always been conscientious. He has not made any major mistakes, and it rained the night before yesterday, which delayed the trip. It can't be all his fault. "

Zhou Xingfeng immediately said: "There is no joke in the army, he should be killed if he fails!"

"But."

"There's nothing wrong with it!" Zhou Xingfeng interrupted him loudly, "If you make a mistake, you will be punished. It's a matter of course. Go get his head quickly." After speaking, he kicked the soldier beside him and urged him.

"He couldn't have predicted the heavy rain, not to mention that the punishment is too heavy." The civil servant beside him whispered.

Zhou Xingfeng glared at him, "I'm fighting a war, how can you fight a war without strict punishment, what do you know, a poor student!"

The man blushed and didn't dare to refute, everyone could only sigh.

Mrs. Yan is no longer in Yuezhou, so no one can stop their Jieshuai from killing people.

After a while, the unlucky Sun Cong was killed, and the bloody head was brought up by the soldiers. The blood was still warm, and Zhou Xingfeng ordered it to be buried.

This move did indeed play a role in deterring everyone, the atmosphere in the army became more solemn, and the military discipline became stricter.

The next day, Zhou Xingfeng led a group of generals to inspect Jiang Fang.

Thirty thousand troops lined the banks of the river, hundreds of boats sailed in the middle of the river, and the defense line on the south bank of the Sanjiang Estuary was impregnable, so Zhou Xingfeng was very happy.

Satisfied on the horseback, he said, "So what if Shi Congyun is on the opposite side?

He was able to defeat a [-]-strong army in the south of the Yangtze River, but he was no match for this old man. In the future, this old man will definitely go north to Wuping, east to Huainan, west to Shuzhong, and north to Guanzhong. Maybe one day the Central Plains will be defeated as well. "

Everyone laughed, but no one said anything. Everyone knows that they love to brag about their integrity.

Zhou Xingfeng got off his horse from time to time to talk to the soldiers.

"Zhou Jun has not moved for the past few days, are they going to retreat?" Someone asked curiously.

General Yang Shifan rode on horseback and agreed: "It would be good if I retreated from the Zhou army. It is July and the heat is unbearable. Tens of thousands of people are garrisoned in Jiangbei. Eating, drinking and drinking are all big problems."

"How many people does Zhou Jun have? It is said that there are 20?"

"Liar!" Zhou Xingfeng turned his head and said disdainfully, and pointed his horsewhip to the opposite bank, and he could vaguely see Zhou Jun by the woods.

"Look at the movement on the other side, it looks like 20 troops?

I have never seen what kind of formation a 20-strong army looks like, but judging by their appearance, they are no more than us.

We have 3 troops by the river, and there are [-] left behind in Langzhou. The troops from all the prefectures and counties can make up [-] troops, so there is no need to be afraid of them. "

"Congratulations, handsome!"

"Hahahaha." Zhou Xingfeng stroked his beard proudly.

But someone said in a low voice: "The army of Zhang Wenbiao, governor of Hengzhou, has not moved yet."

Speaking of Zhang Wenbiao, Zhou Xingfeng's face suddenly darkened, "If you don't come, then don't come, I don't expect him to come, we fight our own battles, don't worry about that."

Then he muttered, "Fortunately, I am alive. If I die, Zhang Wenbiao will definitely rebel." This was just muttering to himself, no one could hear clearly.

Afterwards, everyone stopped on the beach five or six miles downstream of Sanjiangkou. There was a stretch of beach about two miles long, and it was also Zhou Xingfeng's key fortified area.

The sandy land is different from the muddy land, it is not easy to sink people, and the water flow here is gentle, and the water depth on the shore is only below the waist. If you wash the beach from here, the boat can be rowed directly to the shore, which is the most ideal place to attack.

Zhou Xingfeng has stationed a large number of troops on the ground for two miles. In front are obstacles such as horses standing on the beach, fences, and deer villages. Behind him are sentry towers every fifty steps, and trenches have been dug.

A large number of soldiers are stationed here. If the situation is not right, they will rush to the beach to form an formation. The two-mile-long beach requires a large number of troops. Most of the [-] main forces are deployed in this section.

The reserve team is about [-], stationed at the rear about two miles from the river, and can support the front at any time through the wide avenue by the river.

Looking around on both sides of the river, there are crowds of people, flags flying across the river facing each other, heavily armored, the blood in Zhou Xingfeng's heart can't help but start to heat up.

He is 41 this year, and he doesn't know what year he will live to, but even if he dies this year, he is not afraid.

Zhou Xingfeng is full of confidence in his own arrangement, he has always been bold in doing things in his life, and this time is also the same.

Even if he knew the power of the Zhou Dynasty, Shi Congyun's illustrious reputation, and the Northern Division's prowess in fighting, he didn't think about peace talks or surrender at the first moment, but directly mobilized the entire army to confront the Zhou army head-on.

Because that's what he is.

From a poor and humble peasant family, from the hardships and hardships of not having enough food to eat and not covering his body, he has gone through gold and iron horses, hard work, and intrigues. He has come to the present position, holding the land of Kyushu, sitting on tens of thousands of troops, and dominating one side.

He has long since realized that a man can do this for a lifetime, and he will die if he dies. There is nothing to regret.

If there is anything he can't let go of, it's probably only the girls at home that give him a headache.

Others are afraid of him, obey him, and those who dissatisfy will soon be planned to kill by him, only the women in the family are not afraid, and they always sing against him, making him anxious and helpless.

She followed her when she was poor and poor, and walked along the way through hardships and hardships.

It's his first wife, he's from the same township, and he's an ordinary citizen. If he loses, he can die happily. He's afraid that his stubborn wife will end badly.

Zhou Xingfeng sighed secretly, even hid the weakness in his heart, and cursed in his heart, that old lady is really, just contradict him, and at this time, he will still be distracted.

At this time, a horseman came to report to him, saying that his wife Yan had arrived in Yuezhou and heard that he was killing people in Yuezhou, so she came to supervise.

Zhou Xingfeng was furious and cursed, "What is she doing here! She's here to seek death! I'll deal with her when I finish clearing up the army in the north!"

No matter what he scolded, he couldn't help it. The battle ahead made him dare not withdraw. At this time, the confrontation between the two armies has entered the most critical moment.

The Zhou army cannot last long, they must launch an effective attack within this month, otherwise they can only go back in despair.

And they also had to hold on to this critical period of one or two months, when the Zhou army might launch an attack at any time, and the soldiers would take turns sleeping and staring at the other side day and night. Naturally, Zhou Xingfeng couldn't walk away and could only curse.

When Zhou Xingfeng was actively defending, the other side had already made preparations.

Shi Congyun has ordered people to collect many small boats from the people and merchants around Sanjiangkou. In addition, these days, the craftsmen in the army are cutting wood and building boats by the river day and night, and there are already more than 500 small boats on the north bank.

Shi Congyun looked around along the river. These small boats could carry six to twelve people. They could not compete head-to-head with the Wuping navy cruising in Jiangzhou. The main purpose was to carry soldiers across the river.

Cao Bin followed him, patrolling all the way, and said with some doubts, "Marshal, I see that there are many people on the opposite beach, can we really rush up, or change to another place."

The shoal chosen by Shi Congyun was the key point for defense on the opposite bank. The shoal was about two miles long, and both the north and the south could see the importance of it.

"We have no choice. Within [-] miles upstream and downstream, this is the only place suitable for large-scale landing of the army. The rest are small sections of shallows. It is true that the enemy's defense will be much weaker, but it is also fatal to us.

It is true that there are few people who are on guard in small places, and there are few people who can go ashore in a short time, and we can't stand up if we go up. "Shi Congyun said.

Then he pointed at the opposite side: "The most important thing is to look at the deployment of the general on the other side, he should be a person who knows how to fight.

He must keep a reserve team behind Jiang'an, and he will replenish wherever he is in a hurry. It is almost difficult to achieve a surprise breakthrough. "

Cao Bin suddenly realized, "If the commander-in-chief doesn't say anything, I can't think of this."

"Naturally, I didn't understand it before, but after you have experienced more, you will understand that the main striker of the Southern Tang Kingdom didn't know how to keep the reserve team, so they were defeated in Zhengyang.

Such a large-scale battle must reserve a reserve team. If there are too many people and the front line is too long, it will be difficult to dispatch.

The reserve team is like an opportunity to correct mistakes. No one can tell what will happen on the battlefield and where there will be unexpected things. At this time, the reserve team needs to make up for the leaks in time.

If there is no reserve team, there will be no chance to correct mistakes. Since the main general on the opposite side is so well deployed and has a good balance of priorities, he must keep a large number of reserve teams behind the river bank. "

"So the risk of a surprise attack is very high. There is only one way at the moment. The main force of the large force breaks through, forces a firm foothold on the beach, opens up a safe landing field, and lets the follow-up troops cross the river, gradually tearing apart their defenses."

Shi Congyun's tone became serious: "I don't even want to be dismissed by this bastard, it's just that I have no choice.

So this battle is different from previous battles. The opposing general has blocked the chance for us to weaken him. There is no temptation, no feint, and the fight is a decisive battle. "

"A contest between masters?" Cao Bin looked at him.

Shi Congyun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "There is some reason for you to say that, and there are geographical constraints, but this is also half true.

For those who don't understand military affairs, all kinds of tricks can distract him, make him difficult to make decisions, be at a loss, and make mistakes to reveal his flaws.

But if the coach is decisive and has experience, then tricks won’t work, and he can only fight in an upright manner. This is the last battle I want to fight, and this is the current situation.”

"More than 100 people in our army have fallen ill. Fortunately, most of them are heatstroke. If they still can't cross the river, the rear supplies will be tight in September, and they haven't been spent here, so we have to fight."

Shi Congyun's heart is actually not peaceful, and he cannot be sure about the outcome of every war.

Just like in Zhengyang and Shu, the only sure thing was the Huainan battle of 10 people. From a strategic point of view, the Southern Tang Army's operations were fully guaranteed, and winning was almost inevitable.

In Sanjiangkou, however, the geographical conditions determined that there was nothing left to do strategically, and we had to fight hard. At this time, the variables were rather large.

Cao Bin also became nervous, "I originally thought that the commander-in-chief always wins every battle, and this battle must also be won."

"Hahahaha." Shi Congyun laughed. He didn't expect the famous Cao Bin to be so naive, and he needed him to educate him, so he felt a little proud.

"You can't think like this. There are no inevitable things in the world, especially wars. Even if I win a hundred games, there is still a high probability of losing in the one hundred and zero one, let alone only won a dozen battles.

Therefore, we must go all out in every game, treat it with caution, and remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. "

Cao Bin nodded after listening, "Thank you for your guidance, Marshal, I will definitely remember it in my heart."

The two looked at the riverside. The sun was setting and they were stained blood red when they met.On both sides of the beautiful river, the two armies are at war, staring at each other all the time. If there is no barrier of the beautiful Yangtze River, they would have rushed to fight to the death.

Shi Congyun dared to rush to the beach, so he naturally had his magic weapon.

His magic weapon is Huo Lei.He had moved the firearms battalion forward.

Hundreds of people from the Firearms Battalion have been training how to use fire mines in Daliang for several months, including throwing them, throwing them with trebuchets and other methods.

The number of Huolei was not many, at the beginning there were 210 batches, and later Feng Jisheng and others rushed to make another batch, [-], which were sent to Jiangling by Li Gu and transferred to the front-line army.

At this time, there were only 710 fire mines in the army in total. Shi Congyun thought that if these things could blow up a gap in the Wuping army on the beach and let the army go ashore, then the outcome would be determined.

It's just that he wasn't sure. He called 500 people from the Firearms Battalion to discuss this matter, and everyone talked about it.

Shi Congyun thought that he could dock the big ship in the middle of the river and use a trebuchet to throw fire and mines on the bank.

As a result, they were opposed by everyone. They all said that based on their training experience, the accuracy of the trebuchet was really poor, and if the initial firearm strikes did not achieve good results, they might startle the enemy.

Wu Pingbing is not a fool. After seeing the power of the fire and thunder, he will definitely avoid it deliberately in the future. It will be more effective to cause effective damage. The best is the first wave of output.

The soldiers of the Firearms Battalion discussed with him for a long time. In the end, most of them agreed that the best way was to use people to carry fire mines, mix them with the ordinary beach troops, and throw them directly into the Wuping army formation after reaching the beach.

Seeing their troops rushing to the beach, the Wuping army on the opposite side will definitely gather heavy troops on the beach, and form an array to prevent them from going up the riverside road. Killing effect.

This view was shared by many soldiers of the Firearms Battalion, and it was also a tactic they thought was feasible.

Shi Congyun did not insist on his own views, agreed with them, and followed what they said, but he also made minor adjustments himself.
(End of this chapter)