Qian Song

Chapter 127 The Wind Has Stopped (Ask for a Monthly Pass!)

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end of june.

Suddenly, the front of the Yangtze River changed.

——A Song army navy consisting of seven or eight hundred ships of various sizes has arrived here.

Most of the ships in this fleet are very old, and they will definitely not be able to enter the front-line battle order in the Huben Navy.

Moreover, there are three or four hundred large ships with colorful flags fluttering, and they are dressed like flower boats.

This is the Ping Navy and Cheng Navy in Dengzhou, and... the Gyeonggi Navy.

Needless to say, Ping Haijun and Cheng Haijun.

These two naval forces can be regarded as the two largest naval forces of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

The battle has reached this level, and the Song army was trapped north of the Yangtze River because of the lack of naval forces and could not cross the river. Although these two naval forces did not have much combat effectiveness, they were the most capable naval forces of Zhao Song. Army, they all have to come to fight.

What is more interesting is this Gyeonggi water army.

At the beginning, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, excavated the 40-square-meter Kunming Pool near Chang'an to cultivate the water warfare capabilities of the Han army.

——Because Liu Che was about to attack the barbarian country Kunming at that time, he named the pool after the opponent's country name to show his determination and ambition.

Thousands of years later, Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who ruled most of the area north of the Jianghuai River, also carried out similar operations based on the same psychology.

——Chai Rong established a shipyard in Bianliang City, Tokyo, where the water system originally passed, and asked people to dig a training pool in the west of the city. Xiang Jiangning.

So this Gyeonggi water army was actually built in the Chai Rong period of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

However, before the bathtub fleet in Bianliang City, Tokyo was formed, Chai Rong died of illness.

In the second year, Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiaoyi mutiny, holding the Chai family's orphans and widows in his own hands.

However, the international strategy of the Northern Dynasty has not changed, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is still the number one goal of the Northern Song Dynasty to get rid of.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin not only built fleets in Yangzhou and Jingzhou, but also did not forget to strengthen the naval base west of the capital.

So Zhao Kuangyin asked people to continue to expand Chai Rong's pool, using more than 5000 people to expand the area of ​​the pool to a radius of [-] kilometers, and even built the fifth hall of Shuixin in the center, so that he could personally experience it. to watch fleet drills.

But before the pool was completed, the war to eliminate Nantang began.

Zhao Kuangyin went to see off the Gyeonggi navy with full of enthusiasm, hoping that the navy that had abolished Chai Rong and his hard work would wipe out the Southern Tang navy in one fell swoop.

But the result is that as soon as the Gyeonggi water army arrived on the battlefield, the Southern Tang water army was defeated by the real water army trained by the Northern Song general Cao Bin in the southern Jingchu area.

Therefore, the Gyeonggi water army is just the logistics and transportation department for the southward stage of the forbidden army, and its actual role is hardly worth mentioning.

In the time of Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Guangyi wanted to use the Gyeonggi water army to help him recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun, so he went to dig Zhao Kuangyin's bathtub and named it Jinmingchi.

At the same time, a large number of residents of the Jianghuai River Basin or descendants of the Southern Tang Dynasty were selected and sent to Bianliang City, Tokyo to serve as sailors for the most important navy of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

But with the failure of Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition and the strong counterattack of the Liao army, the Gyeonggi water army was useless at all.

However, in line with the emperor's need to control the most elite army in the country, this bathtub army is still consuming a lot of resources of the Northern Song Dynasty.

——In terms of establishment, the rest of the navy in the country is just the local army, but the Gyeonggi navy is classified as a forbidden army. Therefore, the "soldiers" of this navy enjoy the highest welfare treatment.

In the period of Song Zhenzong who was no longer willing to continue the Northern Expedition, some ministers suggested that the old ships of the Gyeonggi Navy be demolished and resources should be allocated to coastal defense areas.

But Zhao Heng was very dissatisfied with this. He said that every spring and summer, many people, including himself, went to Jinmingchi to watch the performances, and even offered rewards spontaneously. Why should such a beautiful Gyeonggi Navy be abolished? ?

Since then, the Gyeonggi water army left behind by Chai Rong in the later Zhou Dynasty has been completely reduced to an entertainment item for dignitaries to watch. Every year when the season comes, the emperor of Zhao Song Dynasty will personally go to the fifth hall of Shuixin to take his seat. Watching the Gyeonggi water army performing hard around them.

Those ever-changing long snake formations, rectangular formations and circular formations, as well as the "soldiers" of the Gyeonggi Navy's "soldiers" who used rockets and fireboats to burn the preset imaginary enemy ships, looked very entertaining.

The people in Bianliang City in Tokyo don't pay attention to its actual combat effect, they only want to achieve the best visual effect under the fluttering colorful flags.

No one expected that Zhao Song would send this guard of honor to join the battle.

But even with this seemingly large guard of honor, this patchwork navy is comparable to the Huben navy in terms of number of people, number of ships, and personnel equipment. It is far from comparable.

Therefore, even though this navy came, Niu Meng still didn't care, and even planned to find an opportunity to teach this navy a lesson, to brush up his military achievements and prestige, especially when Niu Meng heard a surrendered general say After the origin of the Gyeonggi Navy.

Within a few days, Niu Meng got the opportunity he wanted to wait for.

Almost when the Song army's reinforcements from the west line arrived in Jiangzhou and Hongzhou, the Song army's navy suddenly drove into the Yangtze River, and then challenged the Huben navy.

The prisoner Sun San stayed in a daze, feeling that things were abnormal, and advised Niu Meng not to fight, and beware of the Song army's deceit.

Niu Meng pointed at the colorful boats of the Jingji Water Army, and laughed loudly: "Why are you so afraid of it?"

Since the war with the Song Army, the Huben Navy has never lost a battle with the navy.

This made Niu Meng very proud. He thought that the Song army was all northern soldiers, not familiar with water warfare, and felt that the Song army's boats were not good enough.

After speaking, Niu Meng went to battle with his whole army.

The Huben Army is like this. In wartime, the generals have the right to say, and in peacetime, the supervising army has the right to say.

Moreover, Niu Meng was the first person to follow Li Cun. He was once the No. [-] figure in the Huben Army. very strong.

In this way, not to mention Sun San was dumbfounded, even Fang Wuji, the magistrate of Jiangning who stayed behind in Jiangning City, dared not control Niu Meng.

You know, Fang Wuji is also a veteran, and he was the first literati to follow Li Cun. He once assumed the duties of the Huben Army's chief steward and transport envoy, and his credit is by no means inferior to Niu Meng.

But then again, in the current strength comparison between the enemy and us, it is true that the tiger and ben navy has an absolute advantage.

So, whether it was Sun Sandai or Fang Wuji, they hesitated for a while, but in the end they didn't stop Niu Meng from fighting.

Therefore, Niu Meng personally commanded the Huben water army and the Song army water army to fight fiercely on the river.

From the beginning of the war, the Huben Navy had an absolute advantage. It can be said that the five-tooth warship of the Huben Navy can smash a warship of the Song Army Navy with one shot, even the largest flower boat.

As for the bed crossbows and javelins of the Huben Navy, everything is deadly.

It is no exaggeration to say that the strengths of the two sides cannot be compared at all.

But when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, a strange thing happened suddenly!

——All the warships of the Huben Navy stopped moving.

Soon there was the one who reacted quickly and realized that the warships of the Huben Navy were all big ships, and it was difficult to start without wind, and now there is no wind!

What happened next really made Niu Meng regret it.

I saw countless rockets shot out from the flower boats of the Song Army's navy, aiming at the sails of the large ships of the Huben Navy.

The large ships of the Huben Navy were unable to move and became the targets of the Song Army's rockets.

At the same time, the Song Army's navy set fire to a small boat to ram the big boat of the Huben Navy.

In a short while, more than half of the ships of the Huben Navy were set on fire by the "soldiers" of the Gyeonggi Navy who were good at setting fire.

What's even more frightening is that some of the fires reached the thunderbolts and explosives used by the Huben navy as secret weapons, and they burned and exploded. In an instant, the Huben navy lost more than half of their warships.

The Song army's navy wanted to follow suit and continue to burn the remaining warships of the Huben navy. Fortunately, Sun Sandai saw that the situation was not good, so he personally took the remaining navy to row a small boat to meet the enemy.

Later, the soldiers of the Huben Navy on the big ship did not fight the fire, and shot and killed the soldiers of the Song Army Navy against the fire.

In the end, the Song Army's water army was repelled by the fierce and fearless Huben water army.

According to statistics after the war, the Huben Navy lost almost two-thirds of its warships, many of which were five-tooth warships that Li Cun regarded as treasures, and the Huben Navy also lost hundreds of soldiers, two of them were Li Cun is very optimistic about the captains, and they all made great achievements in the battle with the Song army.

Undoubtedly, Niu Meng stabbed the big basket.

This matter was reported through layers of reports, and finally reported to Li Cun, who was paying close attention to the decisive battle between the Song Army and Fang Layi Army.

Li Cun saw that Niu Meng lost so much of the property he had saved so much in one battle, and felt very distressed.

But Sun San stayed in the memorial and made it very clear that although Niu Meng was careless in this battle, the main reason for the big defeat was that the wind stopped suddenly. It was God who helped Zhao Song, and Niu Meng couldn't be blamed entirely. .

Considering that Niu Meng was the first person to follow him and made great contributions to him, his only younger brother Niu Wei died in battle for him. Li Cun punished Niu Meng by demoting him and staying in his post, and fined him for half a year.

Li Cun lifted the board high and then lowered it gently.

Just wait for Niu Meng to make some military exploits in the future, and Li Cun will reinstate Niu Meng.

Let's talk about Niu Meng again.

After being dealt with by Li Cun, he was relieved, but also felt very unlucky. He should have made a great contribution, but it turned out to be a big mistake because the wind stopped.

In a bad mood, Niu Meng took a few soldiers to the tavern where he often went to drink, ordered two small dishes, and poured himself a drink.

When Niu Meng was almost [-]% drunk, he was going to get the jug and pour another bowl of wine.

But at this moment, one hand picked up Niu Meng's jug, poured the wine for Niu Meng, and said, "Niu Dutong, do you still remember Xiao Ke?"

Niu Meng heard the words, raised his drunken eyes, and blurted out: "It's you?!"

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That... I know I was wrong for breaking the chapter.

But I still have the audacity to hope that everyone will reward me with two chapters of monthly tickets for the sake of me joining the Jiusu class to code for everyone.

(End of this chapter)