Late Tang

In the town general's mansion, Li Wei, the tenth general of the battalion who had just been promoted to a reconnaissance battalion, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said loudly to the officers in the hall who participated in the pre-war military meeting: "Basically, we have found out clearly. All the capital was drawn out, and a total of 5000 troops were dispatched, including [-] garrison soldiers, [-] servants, [-] auxiliary soldiers, [-] children of the garrison army from Daxie Village, and [-] sailors. Thousands. At present, they are all assembled on the South Island of Daxie Village. Feng Zhang has mobilized all the warships, nearly a hundred in size."

"Our spies reported that there are three five-tooth warships, eight three-story warships, eight iron-clad sea falcons, twelve ordinary sea falcons, and there are eighteen warships, twenty galleys, and yachts. Thirty, 38 armed merchant ships, with a total size of 130 and seven ships, and its fleet can carry all its troops to attack at one time. Judging from Feng Zhang's posture, this time he seems to be preparing to gather all the soldiers and horses, directly from Fenghuang in the east of our town. Hill Pier attack."

Everyone couldn't help being a little amazed, Feng Zhang seemed really crazy, he actually assembled all the soldiers and horses, even leaving behind those left behind.

"General, why don't we send a fleet to attack Fengzhang's other island forts?" Wang Zhong couldn't help but suggested.

"No, everyone must not be fooled. The only way to deal with it now is to defend the island and fight. If we see that the other islands are empty and attack right away, then we may be tempted by Feng Zhang. The enemy's strategy. Shoudao, we have the advantage, but if we are pulled out by Feng Zhang to fight, then although we have just captured a batch of warships, we are not familiar with it, let alone cooperate with each other, so we can't beat them in sea battles Yes. Don't be easily seduced by the other party!"

In this battle, Shoudao is the key. How to preserve strength and eliminate the opponent's vital forces is fundamental.With Feng Zhang's army at his side, even if he could take a few empty islands, what's the point.

"Are you sure Feng Zhang will attack the island from the direction of Phoenix Mountain Wharf?" Lin Wu asked.

Li Jing walked into the hall, where there was a Daxie Zhai sand table made of glutinous rice for Li Jing's guidance and reconnaissance. There were more than 30 large and small islands in the three major archipelagos listed, clearly.After taking a baton, he pointed to the town of Shamen, which was half surrounded by Heishan Island and the North and South Long Islands.

"Look, although Shamen Town is surrounded on three and a half sides, in the south, west and north, outside the three docks, there are three subsidiary island barriers: Niutuozi Island, Yangtuozi Island and Shaobing Island. We have already set up a lot of fortresses on these three islands. If Fengzhang attacks from these three sides, then he must take down these three small islands first. With Fengzhang's current mood, it is estimated that he would like to attack the Samana immediately. Killed us. Therefore, it is normal for him to directly choose the Phoenix Wharf without the barrier of the outer island to attack, not to mention, the Phoenix Wharf is the closest to the South Island."

He looked at everyone and said: "This time, our focus is on the defense of the Phoenix Mountain Wharf. The left wing of the Battle Barracks is transferred to the Phoenix Mountain Wharf for defense, and the entire auxiliary barracks is used as a reserve team, ready to support at any time. In addition, the The heavy crossbows and cannons we seized last time were all deployed at the Phoenix Mountain Wharf."

Hearing this arrangement, Megan was a little dissatisfied. After a long time, her fleet was fine.

"General, where is the location of my sailor battalion?" Since those warships were captured in the last battle, her fleet can be described as strong and powerful, with a three-story battleship, three iron-clad sea falcons, two Ordinary sea falcons, five warships, two walkers, one yacht, and twenty armed merchant ships.With 34 warships of all sizes, the sailor battalion has [-] soldiers and [-] crew members.A veritable standard battalion head, with many people and many ships.

Li Jing glanced at Megan, who was eager to try, and said mercilessly: "This time, you have nothing to do, you and your fleet will be stationed on Yangduozi Island, on the south, west, and north coasts of Shamen. Guard patrols to strictly prevent a small group of enemy troops from sneaking in. And make a gesture of attacking the north and south Long Islands from the north through the Pearl Water Gate at any time, so as to contain Fengzhang."

Megan was very dissatisfied, and shouted: "Such a naval battle, why did our fleet be sent to patrol instead, did you make a mistake?"

"I didn't make a mistake, it was you who made a mistake." Li Jing said: "Don't think that you have to fiddle with a few warships. These warships are not easy to come by. You have to protect me well. This battle we are going to fight It's a defensive battle, why is your fleet joining in the fun, stay in the west, I don't want you to go crazy and take the fleet to fight desperately."

There is no room for objection to Li Jing's words, only people like Feng Zhang who are in a daze and miscalculate Li Jing's strength will gather warships to attack Shamen Town.Li Jing would not be so stupid as to use his own fleet to fight him at sea.If he was Feng Zhang, he would definitely send a fleet to surround and not attack, completely blockade the town of Salmonella, and then find a way to turn Li Jing into a rebel, asking for more soldiers to attack the town of Salmonella.

No matter how powerful his fleet is, Li Jing is not afraid of him at all if he forcibly attacks the island.

Finally, Zhang Hong asked whether he would temporarily live in the fortification site and various workshops on the island and impose martial law on the island.Even distribute weapons to the young and strong people and coordinate defense.

"There is no need to stop the construction sites and workshops. We have nearly 6000 soldiers and horses in each battalion of the town army and the sailor fleet. In addition, the brothers in Zhendonghai are also here this time. Together, we have nearly [-] soldiers and horses. Zhang Zhang's strength is not much different. What's more, we are defending, he is attacking, and the advantage is entirely on our side. It is enough to loosen the outside and tighten the inside, so there is no need to be too tense. There is no need to call the people strong now, and everything can be done as usual .”

There are actually great advantages to guarding the island to fight, that is, the opponent can only attack from a few places, and with the barrier of the sea, Li Jing doesn't even have to do such things as fortify the wall and clear the field, let alone worry about the villages and villages under his command. The people were plundered.

In the early morning of February 26, Feng Zhang personally boarded the Anlan ship, commanded more than 100 warships, and brought 5000 troops out of the nest, heading straight for the Phoenix Mountain Wharf on Salmon Island, with white sails like clouds and flags like ocean.

Li Jing had to report that Fengzhang's army was attacking, and he also put on his armor and went into battle, boarding the bastion of Fenghuang Mountain Wharf to command.

Not long after, the Fengzhang Fleet arrived at a thousand steps outside the Phoenix Mountain Wharf and stopped at sea, more than a thousand steps away, the Fengzhang Fleet was in the east, and Li Jing led the battle barracks to the left, and the auxiliary barracks, reconnaissance battalion, etc. were densely spread out at the wharf, waiting in full force.

Feng Zhang sent a speedboat to the pier with a white flag and handed over a letter.In the letter, Feng Zhang scolded Li Jing for committing crimes against the superiors, and the rebels for causing chaos.Shouted, "The traitor, how dare you bully me." ’ And the letter asked Li Jing to lead his fleet to a decisive battle at sea with him.Li Jing snorted, this Feng Zhang is really funny, he can fight whenever he wants, even before the battle starts.

Li Jing told the messenger, "Feng Zhang is the top, but he has repeatedly murdered his subordinates. Don't you feel ashamed? What you have done today is a real wolf. Don't you think I'm easy to bully you? Tell Feng Zhang that the more he rushes to attack, the more he shows a guilty conscience. Feng Ming, Wu Qian, Zhang Lie and other allies and colleagues have already felt Feng Zhang's crime and stood up. Come out and expose his many crimes, and join me in the crusade against Feng Zhang. I have sent letters to Dengzhou Song Shijun and Qingzhou Song Jieshuai to report the details here. It will not take long. Song Jieshuai will wait for the peak Everyone must be aware of Fengzhang's crimes. At that time, as soon as our Pinglu army arrived, Fengzhang would die without a place to bury him. If he is still awake, let him immediately bind himself and come to plead guilty. At that time, I can still read For the sake of old love, ask Shuai Song and the imperial court to help him with favors."

Feng Zhang was furious after hearing the letter, and pointed to the Phoenix Mountain pier and shouted: "Whoever captures Li Jing alive will be rewarded with ten thousand guan, and those who get his corpse will be rewarded with a hundred guan. The first person to attack the island will be promoted to a higher rank and rewarded with a thousand guan."

As soon as the words fell, the fleet's drums and horns sounded in unison, and the army began to surge forward, rushing forward.

Seeing Feng Zhang being enraged and aggressively attacking him, not only did Li Jing not panic at all, but his face was full of smiles.

Because there is no outer island barrier at Fenghuangshan Wharf, after unifying the piers and building three small bastions at the beginning, two fortifications were built in the later period. A group of three bastions were built respectively.Now the entire Phoenix Mountain Wharf has a total of nine bastions. The upper and lower five-story bastions with a circumference of six feet and a circumference of fifty steps stand on the shore of the wharf, forming an indestructible coastal defense line.

In particular, the heavy crossbows and cannons equipped on these bastions directly blocked the [-]-step range of the pier.Except for these nine bastions, the logistics department and engineers have completely sealed off the pier in the past few days and arranged various fortifications at the pier.Not only were rows of sharpened wooden piles driven into the pier, but even three wooden fences were erected, as well as countless horse and deer feet, and two moats two feet wide and one foot deep were dug.

Behind the last Haogou, there are four general wheel cannons with a range of one thousand steps that require 200 people to operate, and four lathe crossbows that also require a hundred people to operate.Behind these fortifications, there are 1000 soldiers in the left wing of the combat battalion, and a reserve team of 1000 auxiliary battalions.

This is completely a line of defense, Li Jing is not afraid that Feng Zhang will attack, but he is afraid that he will not come.

Half of Shamen Town's power is concentrated in Fenghuang Wharf, and there are more than 30 temporary three-foot-high arrow towers.

In Li Jing's plan, there was no chance for Feng Zhang to land on the beach. These fortifications gave Li Jing the most powerful long-range strike force, directly locking the entire pier.Even if Feng Zhang risked his life to rush to the pier, in front of the criss-crossing fortifications, every step they took would fill the ditches and blood-stained pier with corpses.

The drums of war were rumbling, Feng Zhang looked at the forts lined up on the pier, but he didn't pay much attention.It's just a small Shamen town, how many soldiers can Li Jing have, he has only been in office for more than a month, even if the one-eyed flood dragon is destroyed and one of his squadrons is destroyed, he just thinks that Li Jing relies on attacks and other means.In a real head-to-head encounter, Li Jing would not be his opponent at all.He has more than 1 horses and hundreds of warships. He only needs one charge, and Li Jing will be destroyed.

Amidst the sound of the charge horn, the assault ship was at the forefront, followed by the escort frigate, followed by the sea falcon battleship, and the dozen or so tall fighting ships and building ships fell behind.Everyone thought it was a good time to go, and they wanted to charge forward, wanting to be the first to rush to the pier and win the huge reward.

Standing beside Li Jing, the four leaders of Zhendonghai couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw Feng Zhang rushing forward like this.Especially the yellow beard who participated in the ambush at Tieshan Port, looked at the fleet coming at full speed without even lowering the sails, and laughed loudly: "This Feng Zhang has lived at sea for more than ten years." , at any rate, his subordinates are also the number one fleet in Ziqing Town, they are so stupid, facing such fortifications on the shore, they just bumped into it like this. I really laughed to death, he must not know how Feng Ming's fleet was in Tieshan Port Defeated. Otherwise, he would never be so stupid to repeat the same mistakes."

Li Jing also laughed, "Feng Zhang has never met an opponent in Daxie Village. All these years, he has been fainted. Now his head is full of anger, so how can he be sober? But this is just right, we can let him Repay Feng Ming for the feeling he made before."

"Get closer and fight again. We can't scare Fengzhang away. Without my order, no one is allowed to use Shenhuo to attack. We have to fish well, let him go wild for a while, and let him know about Shenhuo later. sharp."

Soon, the enemy ships rushing to the front had entered the range of heavy crossbows and cannons on the pier, but those crossbowmen and gunners were all sticking to Li Jing's orders, and never fired without orders.At this time, only the crossbowmen on the top of the nine bastions began to shoot symbolically to trick them into approaching.

The rooks on the bastion fired Firebolts, and the cannons also threw fuel tanks. However, because Li Jing made a special confession, this round of attack was just for confusion, so there was only one rook and cannon on each fort. Most of the scattered crossbow bolts and fuel tanks fell into the sea, and only one or two hit the target.However, the warships rushing to the front were all covered with rawhide, so the fire could not burn at all, and was extinguished by the sailors on the ship with a pump.

Seeing this, Feng Zhang, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help sneering, "Could it be that this is Li Jing's magical fire, which is just kerosene? The whole army rushed forward and wiped out Li Jing."

With scattered crossbow bolts and fuel tanks, the charging battleship is getting closer and closer, and the soldiers on the bastion can even see the Daxie soldiers on the deck of the battleship, holding swords and shields, and screaming like ghosts with.But Feng Zhang was very cunning, although he spoke arrogantly, he led the three building boats and eight fighting ships full of soldiers and kept slowly falling behind, always a thousand steps away from the pier.

Li Jing also quickly discovered this situation. He sneered and said, "It seems that Feng Zhang is also worried about our magic fire. It seems that the fire oil tank just now didn't fool him. Pass on my order and only use [-]% of the ballista for the time being." For attacking, Shenhuo will not be used for the time being."

Feng Zhang is very cunning, but Li Jing is very confident in catching this big fish, all he needs now is a little more patience.

(To be continued)