Lord of the House: Chapter 47 Get a head start

Under the frequent harassment of the Huaidong Navy in the early stage, Zhedong's sentinels and garrison towers outside the Qianjiang Estuary built on Tanhu, Yehuangpan and other small islands in the sea were all destroyed. In the later period, the Zhedong Navy mainly studied Huaidong, and deployed beacon and sentry ships in the waters west of Daishan and Changdao Islands, including the Qianjiangkou waters, to warn the enemy and prevent the Huaidong Navy from sneaking.

There is no island base and garrison, and only relying on sentry ships to send police officers, consumes a lot of money. However, the She family was still very cautious about Huaidong, and even if the price was high, it would still be spent.

Huaidong's advance fleet, when the night passed the waters of Yehuangpan Island, noticed the sentry ships guarding the Zhedong Navy there. In the quiet and almost frozen night, the beacon ignited by the sentry ship, like the orange-red lamps tossing in the waves, ignited one after another, and quickly sent a warning to the Mingzhou Prefecture on the south bank.

The crescent moon is like a hook, and the stars are faint, except for the dark blue and ink-like sea surface, which is like a silk and satin shaking in the wind, with sparkling light and flickering. In the distance, there are the blurred boundaries of islands or land.

Chen Zhe stared at the sentry ship that was burning in the distance to warn him, and kept silent. This was his habit before the battle.

He was in a troop transport requisitioned from the Heishui Ocean Shipping Company. This deep-bellied ship with a capacity of 2,000 stones, including Chen Zui, carried half a battalion of 300 soldiers, in addition to a **** ship. More than 60 soldiers and crew members. On the flanks and outposts of the six troop transport ships, there are nearly 20 **** ships of various types from the Jinghai First Water Battalion.

They were only the left wing of the advance fleet, consisting of 3,000 sailors and infantry.

They did not pay attention to the Zhedong Zimu Sentinels that fled after the beacon fire was lit there. The left-wing advance fleet had a very clear operational goal, that is, to capture the border before the soldiers and horses left behind at the She family in Zhedong could react. Village.

Xiankou, the mouth of Xianyong River into the sea, is less than 30 miles away from Yinxian County, the capital of Mingzhou.

In the early years, in order to guard against the pirates from the East China Sea, the two Zhejian divisions set up a water and land army village on the north bank of the Yongjiang Estuary and at the east foot of the Shaxi Snake Mountain to guard against the pirates. After the luxury family occupied eastern Zhejiang, they also attached great importance to the village. Even if Su Tingzhan led the main force of eastern Zhejiang to attack Fuyang, the troops guarding the village were still more than 600, and there were warships in the dock.

The first target of the Huaidong Army's raid on Mingzhou Prefecture was the mouth of the city. If we can capture the village of Xiakou in one fell swoop, not only can we cut off the connection between Mingzhou Prefecture and Changguo and the Daishan Islands, but the follow-up ships can go up the Yongjiang River and directly put our troops into the hinterland of Mingzhou Prefecture.

"How long do we have to wait?" Sun Zhuang asked in a low voice.

He was inexperienced in sailing at sea, and when he saw the sentry ships set off one after another in the distant sea, he was worried that the delay would be too long, giving the She family's troops in eastern Zhejiang time to adjust their deployment, and the sneak attack would lose its suddenness.

Although Chen Zhu was not a qualified navy general, he had also traveled by boat twice here. He held the side of the boat and turned around and said to Sun Zhuang: "It doesn't take an hour, almost when the sky is getting bright, you can rush directly. In front of Zhaikou Village..."

"That's enough," Sun Zhuang said.

As long as an hour later, they will be able to hit the village directly. The guards of the She family in eastern Zhejiang have no idea of ​​the number of troops and the direction of the first attack. The sky is dark and there is no chance to adjust the deployment.

"Guy, save some energy after landing," Chen Zuo said in a low voice. "In addition to us, there are also the right-wing fleet that hit Jintang Island. Chankou Village and Jintang Village, As long as you can capture one place, the first raid will be considered a success! The village is too dangerous, and most of the garrisoned troops are elites, so it is normal that they cannot be defeated for a while. The key is to prevent reinforcements from entering. It will be easier to wait for the follow-up troops to press up and fight again..."

At this time, Chen Zui didn't care that Sun Zhuang was an ordinary soldier, and told him the entire battle plan of the advance forward, for fear that he would lose his life when attacking the stronghold!

"I know, you should take care of your own affairs!" Sun Zhuang patted the scales on his body and said with a smile, "My life, it's not that easy for Lord Yan to take it away..."

Chen Zhe smiled. As the left-wing striker, he could provide Sun Zhuang and others with the best scales, but he was in charge of the entire battle for the fortress. The military ordered that Sun Zhuang should not be placed in the army first.

If Sun Zhuang and others wanted to win the respect and status they deserved in the Huaidong Army, they could only rely on their military merits to rise to the top; other than that, there was no other shortcut.

The wind blew the sails whistling, caught in the sound of sea waves, like the sound of time passing, the night faded layer by layer in this silent atmosphere, and the surrounding islands, mountains and forests became layer by layer. bright.

The Zhekou Village under the Snake Mountain seems to be hidden in the commercial port of Minzhen Town on the edge of the forest. In the early morning mist, there are four warships from Eastern Zhejiang passing from the mouth of the Yongjiang River. At the outpost of the advance fleet, six warships went up to face it, and two Jiyun-class warships rushed directly into the Yongjiang Estuary to prevent the enemy from hiding in ambush in the Yongjiang Estuary.

At this time, it is better for the water-based warship to be in danger, and to avoid the troop transport ship with poor protection from directly attacking the enemy ship...

Sun Zhuang and 11 people from the old group, plus 60 other soldiers who had ascended the army first, had been transferred to the flat-bottomed landing ship. Sun Zhuang tried again to see if the metal pockets weighing about ten pounds were fastened tightly. He held a shield in one hand and a halberd exaggeratedly in the other. The Zhedong Jia soldiers who intercepted them from rushing to the beach, the Adam's apple rolled up and down, the mouth was full of saliva, and the blood was about to boil, Yu left and right smiled: "Look at these turtle sons, wash their necks, put their heads out and wait for us to cut!" Laughing, not afraid that arrows have already been shot from the shore; even if they are far away, the arrows are weak, and they are easily pushed away with a sword and a shield. While the two-winged warship was shooting arrows for cover, Sun Zhuang rushed down the bow and stepped on the shallow water to the beach...

The more than 100 steps in the battle for the beach have to be waded in shallow water, the sand and gravel are also chaotic, and it is easy to fall in a hurry. After walking about a hundred steps, the arrow was very strong. Sun Zhuang just used the shield to protect his face, and arrows kept hitting the shield or armor, making a clanging sound. It has to be said that the protection of scale armor is comparable to that of ordinary leather armor. In addition to the steel armor with dense fish scales, the lining is also extremely flexible and soft deerskin. Sun Zhuang's horse is now, so close to the distance, not to mention seven or eight arrows, but not a single arrow can penetrate the armor and cause him damage.

In addition to Sun Zhuang and others wearing fine scale armor, the others in Xian Dengjia should wear an extra layer of armor to prevent arrows.

Chen Zhe would use them to get ashore as quickly as possible, cover the subsequent landing of the soldiers, and quickly encircle the Zhaikou Village, and set up a defensive array to the west of the Zhaikou Village to prepare for reinforcements from Mingzhou City. I don't have enough time to suppress it first with a bow and crossbow, so I can only use armoured pawns to fight meleely...

Rushing closer, Sun Zhuang felt more and more blood boiling all over his body. His eyes were so wide that his eyes were split open. When he saw three soldiers from Zhedong came in cooperation, he roared, "Ah! Ah! Kill your mother!" It was as huge as thunder, and it was about to shake the eardrums of the people around him. Faced with two steel knives and a stabbing spear, Sun Zhuang avoided it. The spear stabbed by the enemy pawn, and then stepped up and stepped firmly, took a step forward and slapped the shield with backhand, and with a single shot, the face of the enemy **** in the center was smashed, and blood spurted out, revealing a terrifying appearance. force!

The swords cut by the enemy soldiers on the left flank were blocked by the armored soldiers on the side with their shields. Sun Zhuangli ignored the steel swords cut by the enemy soldiers at the front right in front of him. Steel knives, left shields and right knives, cooperated with the left and right armoured soldiers to move forward steadily like a rock, and soon tore apart and smashed the defensive array deployed by about sixty Zhedong armoured soldiers on the shore... …

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When they landed on Daheng Island on the 23rd, the sky was already dark, and Huaidong's deployment was still unclear. Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan couldn't see Lin Fu that night.

It was not until the early morning of the next day that Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan woke up from their sleep. Under the dim light of the wind lamp, they stepped on a huge warship with one foot deep and one foot shallow, only to see Lin Fu and Qin Chengzu. .

At this time, the sky was already bright, the sea was blue, and the light was bright enough to roughly see the surrounding scenery.

Watching warships and troop transport ships sail by, covering the sky and the earth, the sea area with a radius of dozens of miles seems to be filled with Huaidong warships, Chen Mingche and Chen Xiyan look at each other: Huaidong is fighting for this How many troops were mobilized?

Lin Fu, wearing a purple official robe, took his eyes back from the clear ocean, turned to look at Chen Xiyan and Chen Mingzhe, and said, "Lin Fu is in military affairs, so it is inconvenient to get off the boat to greet him, so I am a little bit scornful, please also ask Chen Xiyan. Elder Ge and Brother Mingzhe forgive me!" It was as if the enmity between them had never existed back then.

"..." Chen Xiyan was speechless for a while, and didn't know what to say. Looking at the current situation, it is more and more certain that Huaidong did not act hastily this time.

Chen Mingzhe asked, "Lord Lin had expected the luxury family to seize Linshui and gather troops to attack Fuyang?"

"How can people not know the prophets?" Lin Fu smiled slightly and said, "But the situation in Yanji is in danger, the troops are transferred from the south to the north, and the troops in the Jianghuai hinterland are empty, and the luxury family will definitely not miss this opportunity. In addition to the actions of the She family, I don't think Luo Xiancheng will be willing to be lonely in the west, but the news hasn't come through for a while."

"Huaidong has a better plan after all, and it happened when the forces of the extravagant family in eastern Zhejiang were empty." Chen Xiyan said with emotion.

"It's hard to say at this time," Lin Fu said. "I'll take a boat to eastern Zhejiang to oversee the battle. Are Chen Gelao and Mingzhe interested in going together?"

As long as Huaidong gathers heavy forces on the back of the Shejia's east Zhejiang, even if the Shejia captures Fuyang in the middle, the army will not dare to go further north from Fuyang and Linshui. At least at this time, the Pingjiang Mansion, which is on the inside of the two-front war, is not in great danger, not to mention that Chen Huawen and Su Pinxiao lead their troops to the front to block the opening, and Meng Yishan will soon lead his troops to cross the river south.

Instead of going back to Haiyu and watching the situation, it is better to go to eastern Zhejiang.

Chen Mingzhe glanced at Chen Xiyan, and Chen Xiyan said, "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful, and this old man will take a boat to eastern Zhejiang!"

Chen Mingzhe and Chen Xiyan sailed south with the Lin Fuyu Jinhai. Although they could not participate in the secrets, they could estimate their general physical fitness from the frequent passing of military orders and the main fleet of the Huaidong Army accompanying the Jinhai~www.mtlnovel.com~ To the scale of Huaidong's use of troops this time.

In addition to the 15,000-odd naval divisions of the first, second and third water battalions, Huaidong also dispatched two main battalions, including the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, the Changshan Battalion, and the Hailingfu Army. More than 10,000 people, the Chongzhou and Shengsi lines of defense were almost exhausted.

In addition, Chongcheng, Hecheng, and Jiangmen have assembled nearly 30,000 reserve troops, and collected nearly 500 merchants and sea ships. As long as the front line needs it, Fu Qinghe and Sun Jingtang will lead the troops. Thirty thousand reserve troops rushed to eastern Zhejiang to join the war by sea.

When the fleet crossed the waters of Huangyepan Island, the sun was in the middle of the sky. At this time, a letter ship returned to inform that the forward sharp soldiers had captured Jintang and Zhaikou.

The capture of Jintang and Zhaikou is only the first step, and it is the prelude to the war in eastern Zhejiang.

Judging from the situation last night and this morning, the beacon fire and post-riding communication system established by Shejia in Zhejiang and Zhejiang is not slow. I already know the news that Mingzhou Prefecture attacked Huai*!

For the soldiers and horses of the She family in Fuyang, it only takes more than half a day to travel by land to Xiaoshan; to Kuaiji, there is a shortcut to Puyang, which only takes more than one day; to Mingzhou Prefecture, it takes three days. For the soldiers and horses of the luxury family in southern Zhejiang, it only takes three days to bypass Yueqing by land to Ninghai, Xiangshan and other counties in the south of Mingzhou Prefecture, and to enter Zhuji and other counties in Kuaiji Prefecture by land by taking the road at the west foot of Tiantai Mountain. Three or four days.

The resistance of Mingzhou, Kuaiji and other city defenders and the reactions of She Feixiong on the western front and She Feihu on the southern front all determine the direction of the next battle in eastern Zhejiang.

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