The struggle of the reborn prince

Wan Yanyong, who was guarding Liaoyang Mansion, was very bored. Recently, he received an order from the emperor to reinforce Jinzhou to rescue the besieged Wanyan Liang, which made him in a dilemma.Rescuing Jinzhou, my own life is also not easy. The Song Army navy has seized Yaozhou, controlled the mouth of the Liaohe River and is moving northward. The states and counties under his jurisdiction are frequently in emergency. , the emperor issued an imperial decree, and if he didn't obey it, he would be disobedient, and he was moody, and it was very likely that he would be killed if he was upset.

After pondering for a long time, Wan Yanyong still had to send troops to rescue him, so he sent Shenzhou soldiers and horses to make Li Cheng the commander of the army, leading [-] soldiers and horses from the headquarters, and joined Xianzhou, Qianzhou, Liaoxi Prefecture and other prefectures and counties with a total of [-] defenders. Reinforce Jinzhou.Before leaving, he repeatedly told him to fight quickly when he got there, and return immediately after defeating the Song army, and he must not stay too long, lest he be eaten by the Song army.What made him even more depressed was that the grand master immediately ordered him to fight the enemy in Liaoyang Mansion, and he must be defeated.This is really an order from the leader. I have sent out the reserve team. Now you ask me to fight a decisive battle. What should I use to fight against them!

The kid Wanyanyong basically inherited his father's honesty and duty. Although he was helpless, the reinforcements had already been dispatched, and the battle had to continue.Now there is Jinzhou blocking the land route, the most urgent task is to prevent the Song Army's navy from going north, and it is best to hit it hard.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Sima Yi begged Gongsun Yuan, and once floated the Liao River to transfer the soldiers and luggage from the mouth of the Liao River to the city of Liaoyang; in the Tang Dynasty, when Li Shimin regained Liaodong, soldiers from both floods and droughts forced the city of Liaodong.During the period of the Liao Kingdom, merchants from the Central Plains and the south also passed through the Liaohe River and turned to the Hunhe River and the Lianghe River to sell goods under the city of Liaoyang.After the peace talks in the past few years, the Song water army sent ships to Liaoyang City to pick up the besieged army and the former emperor, so the Jin army had long been vigilant about this.

After Wan Yanyong was transferred to stay in Liaoyang, he began to prepare the army for war.He built fortresses at various ferry crossings and set up iron chains to block the river.He also requested the central government to transfer the navy who took refuge in Liaoyang in winter to the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Prefecture in order to strengthen the water defense force.Prevent Song Shuijun from going up to the hinterland by Liaobei.Wu Shu feels that the current Jinshui Division is slightly better than nothing. In the past few years, it has never been easy to compete with the Song Army for control of the Yalu River, so he agreed, and now it has become the main force against the Song Shui Army's invasion...

"Xu Dutong, after the Song army captured Yaozhou, why did your water army retreat without a fight, allowing it to go deep." Wan Yanyong was very angry when he learned that the water army only fled to Xianxiang after the first battle in Yaozhou. He was recalled to Liaoyang for questioning.

"Commander, the last general is not timid to fight. It's just that our navy is too weak compared to the Song army, and the big ships are only a thousand hu, so it is difficult to confront the Song army's warships head-on. Especially in the area from Yaozhou to Xianxiang, the river is flat and open. We are not opponents at all, and it is not easy to hit a stone with an egg." Xu Wen argued.

"Then the navy retreated without a fight, and let the Song army run rampant in the Liaohe River?" Wan Yanyong became even more angry when he heard this, because he couldn't help but speak harshly.

"Commander, please listen to the general's explanation." After watching Yan Yong's face turn livid, Xu Wen knew that he was annoyed, "Commander, the last general retreated to Xianxiang just to annihilate the Song navy. Don't look at the Song navy relying on the boat at sea. They are tall enough to run rampant, but it is difficult for them to maneuver in the river, so our small boats have room to use them. The river to the north of Xianxiang is winding. The waterways are narrow and there are many river branches. It is easy to conceal and can attack enemy ships unexpectedly. Attack. Dodge their fire."

"Marshal, Li Dutong has been in the navy for many years and is familiar with water warfare. This is his strategy to avoid the reality and defeat the falsehood, so as not to repeat the fate of the navy in the Korean Gulf." Liaoyang Mansion Yin Wanyan couldn't help nodding suddenly. , turned his face and said to Wan Yanyong.

"This...if the Song army abandons their boats and goes ashore along the main road, will we just watch them drive in and approach the city?" Wan Yanyong didn't know how to refute for a while, so he changed the subject.

"Marshal, we can fortify the walls and clear the fields, and evacuate all the people from the counties on both sides of the river to the big cities far away from the river. The Song army can't plunder food and has to rely on water supplies to supply supplies. They dare not land at will. Besides, they are alone. With the army at the bank, he won't divide his troops again, he can only march along the waterway." Li Qiong, Supervisor of Liaoyang Military and Horse Commandery, said with a smile.

"Commander, the two generals are right. The key to our battle is whether we can annihilate the enemy's navy. If they approach the city, the outcome will be unknown." Wanyan said in a convincing manner.

"There is not much time left for us now. If Zuo Shuai's mansion can't resist the Song army going north by land, they can continue to go north after they break through Jinzhou. However, there are no strong cities and dangerous passes along the way, and they can go straight to the city in a few days. Therefore, we must You have to break through all the way before you can go back to the division and fight again, otherwise the tens of thousands of Song troops will attack the city and they will not be able to defend Liaoyang Mansion." Li Qiong said.

"Then whether we can hold Liaoyang City depends on Xu Dutong." Wan Yanyong said to Xu Wengong.

"The commander-in-chief is serious. The general is greatly favored by His Majesty and Grand Master, and he is highly valued by the commander-in-chief. There is nothing to repay him. The general will lead the army to Xianxiang, and will do his best to wipe out the enemy in the Liaohe River!" Xu Wen was flattered Hurry up and salute.

Next, Wan Yanyong ordered Tuhe to urge all prefectures and counties to fortify the walls and clear the fields, conscript young men from all ministries, send troops to cooperate with the water army to fight by land, and strengthen the strength of the forts along the river.Send Li Qiong to take the time to consolidate the city and hoard food and grass in case the navy loses and Yicheng fights with the Song army...

After Xu Wen took the order, he immediately mobilized all the ships to go down the river to meet the Song Army navy.He was originally a general of the old navy in the original Song Dynasty. He has rich experience in water warfare and command ability in the navy is also one of the few, but because of his bad background, he has been tabooed by his colleagues. country.But in the Jinshui Army, he also didn't get what he wanted. Although he was a high-ranking official with a generous salary, he was still not trusted. This situation did not change until the Jinshui Army was defeated.

When Xu Wen took over Jin Guo's navy, although it was just a mess, he still tried his best to restore it, but it no longer had the scale of the day, and became a dispensable arm, and they were strictly prohibited from provoking Song's navy. divisions and merchant ships.Xu Wen is aggrieved, he wants to compete with his old team, but his warships combined are not as big as others, how dare he.But he did hold his breath, thinking that Song Jin would fight sooner or later, and he would definitely have a place to be brave.

The vicissitudes of the past ten years have turned the former water dragon into an old water dragon who is nearly [-] years old, but Xu Wen's desire to fight has not diminished. Da Song who let him know what regret is, let Jin Guo who took him know what it means to be worthwhile.He vigorously led his fleet down the river to the front line to meet Song Shuijun...

After the Song water army captured Yaozhou, it began to march upstream. It began to plan to coordinate flood and drought.But they soon discovered that the soil layer on the river bank had been opened due to the warmth of spring, and there were many reeds on the bank and the wetland grass formed when the water rose, which made it difficult to march on the muddy road, especially the heavy artillery vehicles, so they had to board the ship again. Enter by water.

But the waterway is not smooth, especially now that the rainy season has just arrived, and there is little water from the upper reaches so that the Liaohe River is not full of water. It is good at the mouth of the sea.But the further up the river, the narrower the river, and more turns. This is because the boats must be careful of the shoals and river branches formed by the impact of the river, so as to prevent the warship from being stranded or strayed into other waterways.

The sun had just risen that day, and the warship 'Weihu' had already started survey operations. Since most of the auxiliary ships that entered the Liaohe River last time were Wei-class auxiliary ships, the tonnage was small, and the river had been diverted or silted up for many years, causing the channel to change. Changes, in order to prevent accidents, the navy sent advance ships to measure the channel and draw charts.Because a branch of the river in front merged into the Liaohe River and formed a river branch, because the sediment brought by the river is easy to silt in the river branch when the water volume is reduced, so the water depth and the width of the channel must be carefully measured. Now it is moored at on the fairway.

The surveying sailor of the 'Great Tiger' has already started work, the sail has been lowered, and the lookout post on the mast is vigilantly observing the surroundings, but he soon became bored. There is no wind on the river at this time, and the current is relatively calm However, there was not a single boat, not even a small sampan, to be seen on the river.He looked down at the gunners on the bow chatting leisurely by the cannons. The machine gunners on the top of the ship tower looked at the river in a daze. consciousness.

It's not that the water army is willing to do this, but when they thought that this expedition would be a big fight, they found that there was no opponent at all. The gold water army only disappeared when they entered the estuary. Many warships entered the river for many days. I haven't even touched the opportunity to fire.But these days, except for their mighty fleet on the river, the Jin Army's reconnaissance ships can't be seen, and they spend their days in boring and monotonous sailing every day.

So even though the 'Weihu' is currently carrying out missions on its own, no one is worried that the enemy will appear.The largest warship of the Jin army is only a thousand hu, even if it collided head-on, it would not be their opponent, not to mention that there are artillery and machine guns on the own warship, I am afraid it will be sunk before it can get close.Even if a large number of enemy warships appear, as long as they send out a signal, the former army warships five miles behind can quickly come to reinforce them.

"Enemy attack!" Just as the watchman was about to stand up and stretch himself, he suddenly noticed a commotion in the reeds on both sides of the river. At first he thought it was some wild animal, but he rubbed his eyes and saw that it was several enemy ships They are quietly driving out of the river branch and approaching them... (to be continued...)