Chapter 62: Jiaoshanshui Battle

I know that friends are familiar with the Three Kingdoms. I will first take the exam for my friends, which is where Sun Quan’s capital? My friends will answer without any difficulties that it is now Nanjing, which is right. If I continue to ask my friends a question, where did Sun Quan settle the capital after moving out of Suzhou before he settled the capital from Nanjing? I am afraid there will be few friends who know about it.

The answer to this question is Zhenjiang, which is the famous Jingkou. The earliest construction of Zhenjiang was the Wu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period 2,500 years ago. Zhenjiang had three mountains, Beigu Mountain, Jinshan and Jiaoshan. Each of them had its own strengths, Jinshan was beautiful, Jiaoshan was beautiful, and Beigushan was steep. Speaking of the history and mythological stories of Jinshan, people would think of the White Snake flooding Jinshan in "The Legend of the White Snake", and the famous Liang Hongyu beat the drums to fight Jinshan.

As for Jiaoshan, maybe not many people know about it. Just a year ago, there was a big battle here. Zhang Shijie led more than 10,000 warships from the Southern Song Dynasty to fight to the death. Finally, he defeated A Shu, Zhang Hongfan, Bubo, and Dong Wenbing together, losing more than 100,000 troops, and losing almost all the navy troops of the Southern Song Dynasty here.

Only a year has passed, and there will be another big battle at the foot of Jiaoshan. This time, the two sides fighting were still the Mongolian and Song navy. The Mongolian side’s navy is no longer commanded by A Shu, but Dong Wenbing, who participated in the Jiaoshan River War a year ago. The Southern Song side was not Zhang Shijie, but Zheng Jinghe.

A soft ray of sunshine rose from the horizon and a new day had begun.

Zheng Jinghe, who had been chasing Dong Wenbing's navy for three days, was still chasing the enemy. Seeing the main fleet of the Song army from afar, Zheng Jinghe ordered that the Dong Wenbing's navy, who followed him to retreat to the main formation at full speed, and hurriedly supplied shells from the supply ship to prepare for the upcoming battle.

Under Zheng Jinghe's command, the Song army gathered the gunships together, and the cannons looked like beasts, staring at the Mongolian navy. Zheng Jinghe was a genius commander who knew the benefits of concentrating the use of power. He also formed 400 steamships together, preparing to use the fast speed of the steamship to intersperse, harass and restrain.

Seeing the Song army's fleet from afar, Dong Wenbing could see at a glance that the strength of the Song army was far less powerful than that of him. He had absolute superior troops and could defeat Zheng Jinghe like he had defeated Zhang Shijie a year ago. A proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. At this time, Dong Wenbing would never have imagined that this battle was far beyond his expectations. He was defeated, not Zheng Jinghe. At that time, he had no place to cry and had nowhere to go except to cry to King Yama.

"A baby who is still not dry and wants to compete with me. Don't you know if Jiang is still the old man's hot words?" Dong Wenbing sneered and said, "I will order all the ships to be divided into three teams on the left, center and right, with three thousand ships on the left and right, covering the middle road, and the rest follow me, rushed into the enemy's formation, jumped onto the ship to engage in hand-to-hand combat."

In the last Jiaoshan Battle, Dong Wenbing used this method to break through Zhang Shijie's formation and suppress Zhang Shijie's offensive. Today, he wanted to put his hands together, defeat Zheng Jinghe in the same place and continue his glory again.

Under Dong Wenbing's command, the Mongolian navy was triangular, or like a wedge, with a protruding middle road, followed closely by the left and right wings, aiming at the Song army's formation.

Looking at the neatly formed naval army, Dong Wenyong smiled and said, "Brother, after today, we will have another victory. Last time, all the great achievements were snatched by A Shu. This time, this great achievements belong to the eldest brother. I wish you success first."

Dong Wenxin also smiled and said, "Yes, brother, this is a great contribution."

"You guys, don't think about putting a high hat on me. There is no war before I can fight." Dong Wenbing said with a smile. Look at his appearance, he is not humble, he is purely just like he should be so. His eyes are almost a slit. He looked at Song Jun who was getting closer and closer and said, "Today is a good day."

Dong Wenbing had a good idea, but it was too wishful thinking. His opponent was Zheng Jinghe, a natural naval general, who was better at naval battles than Zhang Shijie. Furthermore, although the number of the Southern Song naval troops is smaller than that of him, the quality is much better than a year ago. Not only is the quality of warships qualitatively improved, but also the status of the Southern Song soldiers has improved, the quality of officers has been greatly improved, and the overall combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

"Sun Tzu said that the formation of troops should be like a snake in Changshan, and it should be able to respond to the front and back. If the attack is at the beginning, the end will arrive, and the attack is at the beginning and the end will arrive. When Dong Wenbing's formation is first and last, the end will arrive. In fact, it cannot be taken into account anywhere." Zheng Jinghe said to General Wang Meng beside him with a smile.

Although Wang Meng was an old navy general who had been walking on the water for a long time, he could not see the flaws of Dong Wenbing's formation and said a little confused: "General Zheng, can you give me some advice? In my opinion, Dong Wenbing's formation is very complete."

Zheng Jinghe smiled and pointed to the Mongolian navy and explained: "Look, the two wings have equal cover power. It seems reasonable, but it is actually unreasonable. It lacks mobile forces. If we restrain the left and right wings, the middle will be exposed."

"Yes, it makes sense." Wang Meng agreed.

Zheng Jinghe then explained: "My tactics are not to fight against him, but to help our army's ships fly fast and their guns have a long range, and to fight with him little by little."

"General Zheng, how should I fight? Can I tell you a little more specific?" Wang Meng was a little confused again and said, "Our army has the advantages of long range and flexible maneuverability. How can we use it to achieve the maximum effect?"

Zheng Jinghe looked at him and said, "The explanation is not as good as a live demonstration, you will understand immediately." With a wave of the flag in his hand, all the artillery was aimed at Dong Wenbing's army and opened fire. The shells dragged their long tail flames and drew a curve that was even more graceful and moving than the curves drawn by the national master of the Danqing Dynasty. The overwhelming shells hit the sky. Amid the shocking explosion, many Mongolian warships were broken and sunk.

The number of artillery now is much more than that of Zheng Jinghe when bombing Anqing. The power of a platoon in the past is naturally much greater. More than 100 warships were missing in the middle of Mongolia, and a large blank area appeared. The original triangle suddenly had no vertex and turned into a trapezoid. Dong Wenbing lined up in a wedge formation, trying to wedge into the Song army formation without a vertex. See how he could wedge into it?

Zheng Jinghe's established tactic was to first use the advantage of the long range of artillery guns to fire some Mongolian warships, and weaken him little by little. Under his command, several more platoons of artillery fired, and knocked out many Mongolian warships. When the Mongolian navy rushed up and could no longer fight, he immediately turned around and retreated, and began to use guerrilla tactics, retreated into the main force stationed in the distance, and other warships protected the gunships.

Under the command of Zheng Jinghe, the Song army began to retreat across the board. The retreating Song army was not idle, and the artillery was aimed at the Mongolian navy and kept firing volleys. Under the dense bombardment of artillery after rounds of artillery, the Mongolian navy suffered a lot of losses. After only less than ten miles, the Mongolian navy lost almost thousands of warships.

On the other hand, the Song army suffered very little losses, with only a dozen warships sunk.

After paying the price of thousands of warships, Dong Wenbing's heart was so angry that he had achieved such a little pitiful result. He shouted: "This little girl is so irritable that I'm so angry. Come on, press my entire army and beat him hard." Dong Wenbing is also a good general. Logically speaking, he would not get angry easily, but Zheng Jinghe's tactic of not fighting with you and fighting with you made him unable to use it. The huge navy army composed of more than 10,000 warships was useless at all. He paid such a great price. Where did he put his face? Dong Wenbing was extremely talented and always appreciated by Kublai Khan. He was so angry that he could not get angry at Zheng Jinghe.

Back then, he was really "loyalty and touching". He led dozens of people to join Kublai Khan. Due to lack of food, many people starved to death. In the end, there were only a few left, so hungry that they could not move. He had no intention of giving up joining Kublai Khan. If Kublai Khan had not received the news that he came to join and sent his brother to send him food, he would have starved to death. If he hadn't done Zheng Jinghe's fleet, how could he be worthy of Kublai Khan's kindness? He drew out his scimitar and shouted: "Run up, kill! Kill! Kill!"

Dong Wenyong reminded: "Brother, don't make a fire for this little loss."

"Look at the situation clearly, their advantage lies in their strong maneuver power and long range, and our advantage lies in their superior force. When you get close to the ship and fight, you are the best way to win." Although Dong Wenbing was not satisfied with Dong Wen's use of interruption, he still had to explain to him for his brotherhood.

Although Dong Wenbing got angry, he was able to maintain a bright future. He is indeed a good general. It is not unreasonable that Kublai Khan always trusted him.

After his explanation, Dong Wenyong immediately woke up and said, "Brother is wise!" As Dong Wenbing said, the best way for the Mongolian navy to win was to force Zheng Jinghe to fight hard with them and use the advantage of military strength to completely defeat the Song army.

"This monkey, if you want to let him jump a few laps first, you will be anxious." Zheng Jinghe smiled at Wang Meng and said, "Dong Wenbing is anxious, and it's time to go on the stage." As the flag was waving, the artillery was aimed at the left wing of the Mongolian navy, and several platoons of cannons came down and the three thousand warships on the left wing lost hundreds of them. The originally neat formation suddenly became messy.

Four hundred steamships immediately left the main force and headed straight to the left wing, firing fire while rushing. When they rushed to the left wing, the left wing lost more than a hundred warships. Taking advantage of the chaos in the left wing, the steamship rushed straight over and quickly maneuvered towards the rear of the Mongolian navy.

If the steamboat rushed behind, hundreds of artillery guns were aimed at the back of the Mongolian navy, which means that the Mongolian navy would be attacked from front and back, which was extremely unfavorable. Dong Wenbing knew that the steamboat must be stopped from maneuvering backwards, so he immediately ordered Dong Wenyong to lead a thousand warships to intercept.

In desperation, Dong Wenbing even forgot the characteristics of the steamship's extremely fast speed. With the speed of the steamship, there was no place that Mongolian ships could catch up with. Dong Wenyong was dispatched. The steamship had already been maneuvering far away, and Dong Wenyong could only sigh.

"Damn it, you're running so fast!" Dong Wenyong stomped his feet and cursed indignantly. Just as his curses were not over, a shell was aimed at him and landed in front of him and exploded. A huge explosion sounded, and a lot of minced meat was added to the fireball, and a slum of blood was splattering far away. Dong Wenyong had completely disappeared from this world.

Dong Wenbing was stunned for a moment before screaming: "Second brother!" Dong Wenyong had long died, and his sad voice was left on the river surface, tears flowed down his cheeks, and he roared: "I'll fight with you." The scimitar in his hand cursed at Zheng Jinghe, "Dog thief, come and die." His eyes were like a squirting out of fire. If Zheng Jinghe was in front of him, he would definitely have eaten it.

"If the dog is anxious, it will jump over the wall. If the monkey is anxious, it will go up a tree. Dong Wenbing, a dog traitor, is the dog who jumps over the wall, the monkey who climbs up the tree." Zheng Jinghe smiled at Wang Meng with a calm expression and ordered loudly: "There are all. Target: Dong Wenbing. Prepare, let it go!" With a wave of the flag in his hand, thousands of cannons aimed at Dong Wenbing and fired a fire volley. Thousands of shells flew past the sky, reflecting half of the sky red, as if a meteor crossed the sky. It was very beautiful and beautiful, and it was a wonder.

Amid the earth-shaking explosion, the ships around Dong Wenbing were in great trouble with him. They were either defeated or shot into the sea. He was really a disaster star.

More than a dozen shells accurately hit Dong Wenbing's command ship, in modern terms, his flagship. The command ship immediately exploded more than a dozen large holes, and the river kept pouring in. Dong Wenbing himself raised a huge shock wave, flying high like a kite, falling heavily on the boat board, and his helmet hit the boat board and made a wonderful sound like a clanging sound, as if ridiculing him.

Dong Wenbing vomited blood and struggled to stand up. Before he could wake up from the dizziness, an iron gun that was blown up high and fell down. The tip of the gun was just inserted into the Baihui hole above his head. He didn't even have time to hum and then went to King Yan to report. The loyal minister who had defected to Hu Lie, at least remained unchanged, was nailed to the board of the ship. The river flooded the command ship, and his body was also flooded, and he sank to the Yangtze River to feed the turtle.

When he was advancing to Lin'an for the first time, Alahan was responsible for the right-road army, from Dusong Pass to Lin'an, and a hand-thrown cast iron bomb in Songjiang was blown into pieces; Boyan was responsible for the middle-road army, from Jiangyin to Lin'an, which made Li Jun angry; Dong Wenbing was responsible for the left-road army, from water to Lin'an, and died in Jiaoshan. At this point, all three main responsible persons who were advancing to Lin'an for the first time in the Mongolian army died.

In the last Jiaoshanshui battle, Dong Wenbing's fierce battle was an important reason for Zhang Shijie's disastrous defeat. Just one year later, the former winner Dong Wenbing was buried here. This is exactly the old saying, "It's not that you don't repay, but the time has not come." Traitors can't escape punishment after all.

Zhang Shijie, who hated Dong Wenbing to the core, was so excited that he cried when he learned that Dong Wenbing had died in battle. If Zheng Jinghe had not dragged him hard, he would have knelt down and kowtowed to Zheng Jinghe.

Dong Wenxin, who was on the same boat as Dong Wenbing, was also blown into pieces. The three brothers of the Dong family died in this water battle. The three brothers were trusted by Kublai Khan, but they ended up being loyal to Kublai Khan in this way. Perhaps, the net of heaven is vast and unlimited, and God will not bless the traitor!

After the beheading was successful, the Mongolian navy lost command and fell into chaos. Zheng Jinghe immediately grabbed the fighter plane and directed the Song army's artillery ships to bombard the fiercely, pushing forward while the Song army's artillery fire seemed to be free of money, and kept plowing in the Mongolian fleet. In a short while, a thick layer of broken wood, broken limbs, broken arms, blood, and corpses floated on the river.

The four hundred steamships were not idle either. They fully utilized their advantage of fast speed and boldly interspersed them. They would bomb the Mongolian ships everywhere. After a bombing, the originally dense fleet would immediately become sparse.

In this battle, Zheng Jinghe fully utilized his "Zheng family tactics" that mainly interspersed, and decisively divided his troops to intersperse the Mongolian navy behind the Mongolian navy, and then used the advantage of long artillery range to bomb the Mongolian navy to divide the Mongolian navy into several unconnected groups, and then divided them and annihilate them.

The battle lasted for three days before it was finished. When the battle ended, except for less than a thousand Mongolian ships who escaped, the rest were either broken, sunk, or surrendered and became prisoners.

The control of the Yangtze River waterway lost a year ago has returned to his master, Song Jun.

The remaining light surpasses blood. Zheng Jinghe looked at the sunset and felt that the sunset was so beautiful. He breathed the air mixed with blood and air, just like the honey in the eyes of a bee, so sweet. The sweet wind made the tiredness on his face disappear, so relieved.

A thick layer of blood was floating on the surface of the Yangtze River, and a red tide was slowly flowing eastward. This red tide arrived at the East China Sea ten days later, dyeing the East China Sea red and dissipating after a long time.

In the last Jiaoshan Battle a year ago, the Southern Song Dynasty mobilized all the naval forces, hoping to block the Yangtze River waterway with its powerful naval forces, thus threatening Boyan's rear, so that he could not let go of his hands and feet in Jiangnan. If this plan of the Song Dynasty was realized, not to mention Boyan in Jiangnan, even Kublai Khan, who was far away in the capital, would not sleep peacefully. Unfortunately, Zhang Shijie's defeat was too bad, which caused the naval forces that were originally powerful and likely to block the Yangtze River waterway to be completely lost. From then on, the Yangtze River waterway fell into the control of the Mongolian naval army, and the Yangtze River natural barrier had lost its role as a barrier in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Mongolian army could obtain reinforcements from Jiangbei at any time.

In the battle a year ago, the Song army dispatched more than 10,000 warships. Now, Zheng Jinghe only has more than 4,000 warships in his hands, while his opponent, Dong Wenbing, has more than 10,000 warships. The strength comparison between the two sides is two to one, which is extremely unfavorable to Zheng Jinghe. However, the result of the war was unexpected. The Song army suffered little losses, and the Mongolian navy copied the scene when Zhang Shijie was wiped out a year ago. Except for the few warships that escaped, the rest were buried at the bottom of the river. The bodies floating on the Yangtze River were also as they were a year ago. It took half a month to gradually disappear.

After Zhang Shijie was defeated, countless Song army corpses floating on the Yangtze River did not disappear until half a month later. The local people spontaneously organized themselves and used fishing boats to pick up the Song army's corpses and buried them nearby, burying them in several tens of thousands of people. After this Jiaoshan Battle, the people applauded and wished that the Mongolian navy would die, so they would not salvage the corpses and let the corpses float to the East China Sea to feed the turtle.

"Now, it's not the time to rest, there is still a place we need to work." Zheng Jing and the young genius commander swallowed the yawn back and warned themselves in this way.
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