Chapter 992: The Fatal Strike
When Zhou Bin arrived at Baokang, the 1,000 troops he sent had successfully won Baokang. A day later, the other 3,000 troops led by Zhou Guangyi also arrived at Baokang. The father and son joined forces and immediately began to make intense defense. Although Baokang County is located on a key road and is stuck in the life gates of Yuzhou and Jingzhou, it is not big. If Zhou Guangyi wants to be prepared to block the enemy for a long time, he must prepare for all possible accidents.
Never underestimate your enemies. This is Zhou Guangyi’s lifelong experience.
When Xie Shukui arrived at Baokang, he was already facing a heavily guarded Baokang. Nearly 5,000 elite troops of the Northern Army had firmly occupied Baokang City. And when Lynch set out in front of him, Xie Cheng disappeared.
Xie Shukui was preparing to attack. It was not until the evening that he finally got the news that the troops led by Lynch and Xie Cheng had been ambushed by opponents in the mountains and their entire army was destroyed.
In addition to being shocked, Xie Shukui was preparing to attack, and sent someone to deliver a letter to Xie Shilin from Xiangcheng.
At this time, Xie Shilin in Xiangcheng was already in a dilemma. Hu Yaoguang relied on the long-range strike weapons composed of several five-masted warships to make Xie Shilin's round-over attack. Before attacking Hu Yaoguang's military formation, he was already extremely messy and the attack was not too dangerous. Even before attacking the military formation, the thunder fire like a storm quickly extinguished their hopes. Every seemingly massive attack was loud, with loud thunder and small raindrops. After a few days, there was no progress.
When Cao Xinyu's fleet appeared on the river again, Xie Shilin was almost desperate.
This time, Cao Xinyu brought reinforcements from the 5,000th Seventh Battalion. On the river beach, the morale of the Northern Army was greatly boosted. When they had only 5,000 people, they had to defend to the death, but now they had 10,000 people, so they could launch a counterattack.
Hu Yaoguang saw the opportunity to reverse offense and defense. However, Xie Shilin's eyes were dark. The enemy that could not be defeated by five thousand people became tens of thousands. Is there still a chance to fight this battle?
Xie Shukui's letter almost completely defeated Xie Shilin. Baokang had Zhou Guangyi's 5,000 troops stationed, and Xie Shukui, who had only more than 10,000 people, had a chance to defeat him. Just look at the situation here. The hope now is that Xie Zhao can see through the enemy's trap, return in time, and attack Baokang in two groups, so that there is hope.
Xie Shilin was still fantasizing that Xie Zhao could see through his opponent's dream of eating the plan in Jingzhou, but he didn't know that at this time, Hu Yaoguang and Cao Xinyu were plotting against him on the Cangjiang opposite him.
"General Hu, I have lost ten warships this time. Have you noticed it?" Cao Xinyu said mysteriously.
"No attention. As soon as you go out, thousands of sails are covering the sun. Who knows how many boats you have? I don't have the heart to count how many boats you have?" Hu Yaoguang smiled and said, "I only know that you just need to bring me five thousand people. Hahaha, with these five thousand people, I have to give Xie Shilin a good look!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, and then move him tomorrow!" Cao Xinyu said with a smile.
"Well, what do you think?" Hu Yaoguang said.
"I told you that I have lost ten warships. Do you know where they are?" Cao Xinyu asked.
"How do I know about your navy? I have been competing with Xie Shilin these days. He has been besieging me by tens of thousands of people. I am very troubled. Speaking of which, I really thank you this time. If you hadn't ordered the warship to run on the beach and use the thunderbolt cannons and demon-subduing crossbows on the warship to support me, it would be really hard for me to hold on. This time, you lost several warships, and I turned back..."
Cao Xinyu laughed, "Want to pay me back? Lao Hu, it's not that I underestimated you. If you sell your body of meat by pound, you won't pay me one more than me!"
"That's true!" Hu Yaoguang said with a smile.
"If you pay me aside, forget it. Looking back, I will look for Gao Yigong, all of them are from the Northern Army. In order to win this battle, it is worth it even if I pay these warships, even if I give up on me," Cao Xinyu said.
"By the way, Lao Cao, you just said that you went there with your ten warships?" Hu Yaoguang suddenly remembered what Cao Xinyu had just said.
"You finally remembered it, and I still think you don't care?"
"I just came back to my senses, what did they do?"
"They went to Qinzhou Wharf halfway." Cao Xinyu smiled, "You have encountered a dilemma here, and Zhou Guangyi is not at ease in Baokang. A unit has arrived in Qinzhou and is preparing to cross the river. The prince asked me to install some of this unit for you. This time, can you guess which unit it is, right?"
"In Qinzhou, we are preparing to cross the river. We have no other field troops in the north except Guangchang Camp?" Hu Yaoguang frowned, "But Guangchang Camp wants to maintain such a large territory as the North, and there is no force to be transferred at all?" Suddenly I remembered a unit and jumped up suddenly, "It can't be them, are they?"
"You finally remembered?" Cao Xinyu laughed proudly, "It's very troublesome for them to move, so it's going to take a day off, but only a small part of this army has arrived above Qinzhou Wharf, and I'll drag it all for you. Do you know who is leading the troops?"
"Meng Zhu?"
"Wrong, it's Jiang Xu!"
"Silly guy? He's out?"
"This kid is really too late to stand in Xingling these days!" Cao Xinyu smiled and said, "The prince originally ordered them to arrive only when attacking Jiangling, but as soon as this guy received the order, he immediately led his troops to run away. He had a big face and a lot of face. He needed as much as the carriages along the way, and he arrived at the dock a few days in advance. Meng Zhu did not have such a big face, and he is still on the road now. As for the large army led by Zhang Wei, it is even more behind."
“How many people?”
"one thousand!"
"One Thousand Modao Team!" Hu Yaoguang laughed loudly, "There is one Thousand Modao Team, and it is Jiang Xu, a human-shaped beast. This time I have to make Xie Shilin unable to eat it."
Cao Xinyu shook his head, "Old Hu, why are you staring at Xie Shilin?"
"Look at him, he doesn't like him!" Hu Yaoguang laughed, "Besides, Xie Shilin is their boss. If you deal with him, wouldn't it be easier to deal with him!"
"I suggest you fight the Yuzhou town army first, that's a soft persimmon. Look at their camp and defeat the Yuzhou town army. What other choices do Xie Shilin have besides running away? Isn't it easier for us to chase him behind?" Cao Xinyu said with a smile.
Hu Yaoguang stood up and circled a few circles in the cabin. "You are right, and our focus is not on Xie Shilin, but on Baokang first. Lao Cao, you are right. Let's fight the Yuzhou town army first and force Xie Shilin to run away. In this way, we can only restrain him by a smaller part of the army. The remaining people will only rush to Baokang and annihilate the Xie army there. We did not see Xie Shukui's military flag. That guy should have gone to Baokang."
"Destroy Xie Shukui and block Xie Zhao in Jingzhou. Xie Shilin's subordinates are about 20,000 now. Many have died in the past two days, right? With this little man, you can no longer cause any big waves. You can deal with him slowly in the future." Cao Xinyu said. "Our Northern Expedition Army can head to Beijing without any worries."
"General Cao is right. It is really hard to rest assured that with Xie Shilin, a capricious guy, staying beside him. How can they sleep soundly next to the bed?"
Jiang Xu arrived in Xiangcheng after noon the next day. His thousand soldiers did not get ashore, but remained on the boat, not even on the deck. They wanted to give Xie's army a big surprise in the next time.
When night fell, the counterattack of the Northern Army prepared for a whole day finally began. On the front of Xie Shilin's army, the Seventh Battalion sent 8,000 soldiers, while on the other side, only 2,000 troops were placed. It was obvious that they did not take the other side in their eyes. These two thousand people were just a warning and a restraining effect. Xie Shilin did not take this arrangement of the Northern Army. In his heart, the Northern Army was just a decoration that was not on the surface. What was important was the duel between himself and the opponent. Although the Northern Army had 8,000 people opposite him, he still had nearly 20,000 soldiers under his command, and he still had the advantage.
The opponent is about to counterattack, and he has no other way to imagine except to fight and strive for victory. Until this time, he is still fantasizing that victory will come inadvertently and that a miracle may happen.
The Northern Army of the Northern Army was dismantled from the thunder cannons and demon-subduing crossbows stranded on the beach. Under the cover of these long-range weapons, the main force of the Northern Army of the Northern Army commanded by Hu Yaoguang bravely launched a counterattack against the opponent.
On the beach that had been silent for a day, the sound of yelling and killing sounded again.
Xie Shilin had already prepared for the counterattack of the Northern Army and made corresponding arrangements. With the arrival of reinforcements of the Northern Army, the offensive and defensive momentum had been transferred. Even though Xie Shilin still had an advantage in the number of people at this time, he knew in his heart that there was a certain gap between the morale, strength, and weapons and equipment of the army. If he defended Xiangcheng, he could still hold a hope.
The fight has become increasingly fierce from the beginning. Both sides have already gained enough understanding of the battles these days, so there is no need to test it anymore.
When the battle was fierce and extremely tragic, the Thousand Modao team led by Jiang Xu had landed at this moment, and their heavy armor was also delivered to the shore by a small boat. Jiang Xu, who was wearing heavy armor, looked like a wall, carrying a huge Modao. He smiled wildly and strode forward. Behind him, the Thousand Modao team had rectified the queue, with iron armor slowly pressing towards the other side of the battlefield, the front line defended by the Yuzhou Town Army.
Chapter completed!