Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Feng Jiye's department used sand boats to carry artillery and a large amount of luggage. The march was very slow. After three days of chasing, they did not chase anything, but burned, killed and looted all the way.

Three days later, Feng Jiye felt as if he had walked into an uninhabited wilderness, and the people along the river had all fled after hearing the news.

Standing on the deck, his eyes are full of grass and trees, the green fields and lush forests, and the pale reeds on the shoal by the river are in harmony with each other.

The "ding dong" sound of the oars stirring in the water seemed a bit lonely, and the screaming birds made the sky very empty. There were more than 2,000 Xu Jun on the shore gathered together, and it seemed that there were not many people.

At this time, apart from the densely populated cities and markets, the people in the countryside are really sparse.

But Feng Jiye had no intention of enjoying the scenery, and such a bland march made him feel restless.

He stood there bored for a long time, when a light boat rowed towards him. A warrior boarded the flagship deck, cupped his fists in salute, straightened his waist and pointed to the northwest, "General Feng, please look, the section of the river ahead is unusual."

Feng Jiye looked at it for a while, and said, "That white thing is the reed water?"

Wu Fu said: "Exactly, in the three-mile-long river ahead, there are three tributaries in the front and back, and the waterway is complicated; and there are large stretches of reeds on the river. The forests on both sides are dense and dense. This terrain is very easy to hide land and water troops, so we must guard against it."

Feng Jiye's expression was serious, and he pondered: "There are too many woods and reeds, and the scouts can't search for a while. There are not hundreds of people who spend days and nights and can't find anything."

Wu Fu said: "General Feng is wise!"

The fleet and soldiers continued to advance slowly, and the endless reeds and jungles appeared more and more clearly in sight. Another general approached the flagship in a small boat and asked Feng Jiye if he would stop marching.

Feng Jiye thought for a while and said, "Go ahead!"

"General..." the general said.

Feng Jiye said irritably: "What are the people and horses doing here?"

The military commander hurriedly warned: "Beware of ambushes!"

Feng Jiye waved his hand: "Water comes to cover, soldiers come to block! Order the whole army to be alert!"

"Decree!"

The sound of bells, drums and shouts on the river was lively for a while, and then gradually became quieter. The oars on the big and small boats still stirred the river water slowly, and the boats floating on the cool green water continued to go upstream.

Feng Jiye could no longer dislike the stuffy weather, so he took his helmet and put it on, and put his hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist. The eyes stared at one place and one place very slowly.

The people around seemed to be holding their breath, waiting to pass through the invisible waters smoothly. A guard on the deck freed up a hand and silently wiped the sweat dripping from the brim of the iron helmet. Time is passing very slowly.

After a long time, suddenly a lot of people shouted from a boat ahead.

Feng Jiye immediately turned his head to look, and asked loudly, "What happened?"

Someone replied: "General, that ship seems to have hit something, we can only wait for the people in front to report!"

Feng Jiye said decisively: "Ring the bell and order all ships to stop advancing!"

The river was noisy again.

After a while, two bamboo rafts emerged from the reeds and water plants, and then more board boats and bamboo rafts appeared on the river at once. First, they went straight to a wounded ship with a crooked mast, shouting loudly from all directions.

Feng Jiye shouted: "Prepare for battle!"

He looked up, and saw that a row of triangular flags on the flagship ship tower had just been replaced with black flags indicating the stop of the advance, and the continuous beating of the bronze bell continued. At this time, the drummer in the cabin rang the war drum again "dong dong dong...".

There were shouts and killings on the river, and there was a lot of noise. After a while, the sound of "bang bang bang..." guns came in, and the small cannons and muskets on the sand boats rang out, and the gunpowder smoke spread quickly on the water like white mist.

"Papa..." Feng Jiye heard the sound of firearms firing from the woods on the shore. Xu Jun's infantry set fire|the guns all fired in salvo, so there were bursts of explosions in the forest, and the waves of sound came and went one after another.

Feng Jiye stood steadily on the deck with his sword in his hands, observing the scene in front of him coldly. He thinks that the water surface is open, which is convenient for Xu Jun's firearms to display their firepower, and the situation should be better; the most worrying thing is the soldiers and horses in the woods on the bank. In short combat, it is obvious that the number of people has a great effect.

At this time, someone rowed over and shouted: "General Feng, there are sharp wooden stakes in the river, and two boats collided with water!"

Feng Jiye responded with a wave of his hand.

A deafening explosion on the flagship deck made his ears ring. After firing the cannon, other loaded sub-cannon carriages were pushed onto the side of the ship. The soldiers yelled and pulled out the bright copper cannons in the cast iron barrels and replaced them with new ones. After Feng Jiye led the troops, he learned about these weapons of the forbidden army. The power and range of the mother and child cannons were far inferior to those of the cast copper cannons, but they were lighter and could be put on small boats, and they were enough to deal with the sampans of the Jiaozhou Navy.

The gunpowder smoke after the artillery fire drifted away a little, and Feng Jiye vaguely saw the enemy soldiers holding logs on the water and shouting, and the wooden boards and bamboo poles on the river were everywhere, in a mess.

A large fire ignited in the reeds not far away, but there was no wind in the air, and it was difficult for the fire to spread. It was chaos all around.

"Let go!" A general pointed his sword at the boat in the distance. More than a dozen sharpshooters drew their bowstrings. Their postures with their heads held high were almost the same. Feng Jiye could tell that the soldiers of the imperial army were well-trained.

The scream of the arrow being hit in the distance was quickly covered by the sound of the explosion of the light cannon that sprayed | flames.

In less than an hour, the sampans and bamboo rafts on the river no longer appeared, and the enemy's ambushes and siege would not be effective. There are gunfire and bows and arrows in the distance, and muskets nearby, even shields can't stand it!

The words of repelling the enemy soldiers were shouted from the surrounding warships.

Feng Jiye asked: "How about the people on the shore?"

After the gunpowder smoke cleared, a small boat came, and the people standing on the boat could not reach the flagship, so they clasped their fists and shouted: "The enemy soldiers failed to break through our heavy infantry phalanx, and fled in rout!"

After hearing this, Feng Jiye breathed a sigh of relief, looking back at the generals of the Forbidden Army on the left and right, he said happily: "The people of the Huben Army are really good, I still underestimate you."

Hearing the exaggeration, the generals yelled: "We infantry are fighting against the elite heavy cavalry of the Liao Kingdom. To deal with the barbarian army, we can beat them to pieces without firearms!"

"Hahaha……"

The sound of guns and guns gradually died down, only sporadic gunshots. Xu Jun cleaned up the battlefield, rescued the wounded and those who fell into the water, killed the enemy soldiers who did not escape, and stayed on the river with hidden piles for half a day before passing through this dangerous place. At that time, the sun had set on the treetops in the west.

Feng Jiye sent a line of envoys to camp in a place with an open view.

That night, all the generals gathered in the tents of the Chinese army and discussed a lot. After three or four days after leaving "Taiping Village", everyone gradually became confused.

A general murmured: "In this situation, nothing can catch up. The only way to fight is to wait for the enemy to attack. The farther and farther away from the camp, the deeper into the enemy's territory, it is better to go back after winning a few games."

Feng Jiye clapped his palms and said loudly: "The rebellious troops along the road are all idiots. Leading elite soldiers to work hard for this little military exploit will undoubtedly drive away tigers and kill chickens!"

Everyone asked one after another: "What advice does General Feng have?"

Feng Jiye turned over a picture with simple lines, tapped it three times with his finger, "Luocheng!"

"Wow!" The tent immediately erupted, and everyone's expressions became exaggerated. Some were shocked, some looked puzzled, and some just shook their heads.

The civilian officer accompanying the army immediately objected: "No! We are the vanguard army, with few troops and horses, and the country is thousands of miles away from the mountains and seas. We have not decided to fight the Jiaozhou army in advance, let alone attack the enemy's capital as soon as we come?!"

"Bang!" Feng Jiye raised his hand and threw the iron cup to the ground, and it was immediately flattened. He was furious, and said angrily: "I am the chief general! Even if Chief Shi Zheng Xianchun and Deputy General Zhang Jiankui are present, they can have the final say? Ah!"

Immediately there was no sound in the tent, and the civil servant also fell silent. Naturally, no one else spoke on the fire.

Unexpectedly, Feng Jiye was a temperamental person at all. He was furious just now, but in a blink of an eye he said in a serious manner: "The enemy soldiers are vulnerable, but we are not familiar with the place, we can't find them, and we can't catch up. But human nature is that if you can run away, monks can't run away from the temple. There is a place where we can make contributions... Luocheng!"

"Three thousand fine armors are enough to destroy the country!" Feng Jiye's eyes were red, and his emotions couldn't be suppressed. "I have seen more than once, and with the majestic formation, the number of enemy soldiers is no match. We can easily defeat the enemy soldiers. Now that there are some heavy artillery in the cabin, why can't we attack the city?"

A middle-aged military commander cautiously persuaded him: "General Feng is brave, resourceful, and quite courageous. But to storm an important town, we must first besiege the city. We have less than 3,000 people. How can we siege the city? Under Chen Bing's city, there are enemy territories on all sides. There are no food roads or retreat routes. The scouts can't move an inch. Even if it is an army of tigers and wolves, how can we fight under the high wall?"

Feng Jiye said: "The fortifications of Luocheng are far different from the cities in the Central Plains, so don't worry about it. As for the surrounding strongholds, aren't they the places where our troops 'expropriate' grain? The small mouths we got can be driven up to dig soil to attack the city..."

He didn't wait for the general to open his mouth, and immediately asked firmly: "You are not tempted by the achievement of destroying the country (Jiaozhou has established a country named Da Quyue). Three thousand elite armors destroyed the country and spread it all over the world. Don't billions of people in the world love to talk about it? Glory to the ancestors, success and fame, just today!"

Obviously, what Feng Jiye said before had little effect, but the last sentence really moved the generals present. Generals are not greedy for merit? It was like the sun rising from the west!

Only the civilian officer who accompanied the army said: "The military power is in the hands of General Feng. If General Feng insists on going his own way, the subordinate officer has to send a fast horse to respond immediately and inform Zheng Changshi."

Feng Jiye said angrily: "Damn, what's the matter with love!"