Chapter 902 The Battle of Feishui

The military camp of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the central tent.

Ouyang Shuo glanced at Jia Xu, Jia Xu understood, and said, "Counting the 300,000 troops in Shouyang, the enemy's army is 600,000, and our army base camp is less than 340,000 including the navy. "

"In the comparison of local forces, our army has the upper hand. Since a decisive battle is going to take place, we must strike first before the enemy's Shouyang army arrives, and defeat the enemy army on the other side in one fell swoop. If we win this battle, the Shouyang army will not be a concern. "

Xie Xuan said suspiciously: "If you take the initiative to attack, you have to cross the Feishui. The Qin army will not be so stupid as to take the initiative to retreat, right?"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Of course I won't retreat."

"What should I do?"

"If they don't withdraw, our army will attack by force."

If the person in front of him was not a well-known Three Kingdoms advisor, Xie Xuan would have sneered and said, "Strong attack? I heard it right, how many soldiers will be lost, and can this battle still be fought?"

"Don't worry, general." Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "Even if our army does not attack by force, when the enemy's Shouyang army arrives, we will take the initiative to attack. It is better to strike first. The key lies in the control of Feishui. , That’s why the enemy Zhoushan Fleet wants to break through the Yashan Fleet and enter the Feishui River first, wanting to seize the opportunity.”

"I see."

Xie Xuan understood that before the decisive battle, the naval forces of both sides had to compete.

Xie Shi was still a little worried, and asked, "Can the Yashan fleet win?"

For the Yashan fleet, Ouyang Shuo was full of confidence and said with a smile, "The odds of winning are more than 90%."

"Okay, then it's settled."

Xie Shi no longer hesitated, and immediately made a decision. Jingzhou's victory made him full of confidence in the Alien Legion.

After deciding on a strategy for an early decisive battle and reaching a consensus, the five discussed the details of the battle in detail before they dispersed.

As soon as the discussion was over, the entire Eastern Jin camp took action.

Ouyang Shuo summoned the lords to report the decisive battle. Whether they like it or not, the lords cannot object to the decision that Ouyang Shuo and Xie Shi made together.

Go to war or quit the campaign map and want to sit back and watch? Don't even think about it.

Of course, there are basically no such boring lords. Everyone leads their troops into the battle map. No matter what other goals they have, the goal of earning merit points is the same.

That being the case, there is no reason not to fight.

Huo Qubing officially succeeded Xie Shi as the temporary commander-in-chief of the Jin army, commanding an army of 340,000 troops, with Xie Xuan as the deputy general. After seeing Ouyang Shuo, all the lords handed over their military power one by one.

As for how to arrange troops, it was Huo Qubing's business.

After Xie Shi left office, he was not idle. As the governor, he temporarily recruited tens of thousands of laborers in the city near Feishui. At the same time, he searched for a large amount of wood and transported it to the east bank of Feishui overnight.

Carpenters are the main laborers, and they are used to build pontoon bridges on the Feishui River.

The entire barracks became lively in an instant, and the atmosphere before the war was both tense and enthusiastic. The Beifu army wanted to repel the Qin army and regain the rivers and mountains; the alien army wanted to kill the generals and kill the enemy and make contributions.

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The movements of the Eastern Jin camp naturally alarmed the former Qin.

Fu Jian believed it, and frowned a little more. Dichen and Wu Qi had no choice but to keep cheering Fu Jian up, saying that the Jin army would take the initiative to attack and they would never be able to cross Feishui and so on.

Even so, Fu Jian still couldn't sleep at night.

Unhappy things happened one after another, which nearly broke the emperor's confidence.

Dichen and the others were also quite depressed. Except for the relatively smooth entry into the battle map, the following things always felt controlled every step of the way, falling into the rhythm of the enemy, and extremely aggrieved.

It's only strange that they lack top counselors like Jia Xu.

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On the fifteenth day of the battle, the Huaihe River Basin.

Since the start of the war, the navy, which has been quiet, has become the focus of the audience. Whoever can win the control of Feishui will win the war for himself.

The torrential Huaihe River flows endlessly.

Early in the morning, the two fleets confronted each other at the junction of the Huaihe River and the Feishui River.

The Yashan Fleet is led by Admiral Yu Dayou, and the Zhoushan Fleet is led by a retired admiral.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Xiongba is only a second-class marquis, and the number of troops he can bring to the battle map is limited. In order to earn merit points, Xiongba also brought a part of the army, so the Zhoushan fleet only came with half of the formation, which is half the number of troops.

Coupled with the 10,000 sailors brought by Xie Shi, the gap in troop strength became even more obvious.

It's just fighting on inland rivers, and strength is not the decisive factor for victory. After all, no matter how many warships there are, only a dozen or so warships in front of the river are really fighting each other.

The battle started at eight o'clock in the morning.

Everyone is an old opponent, there is no ink, and the artillery fires directly, and there are few tactics, just bombard each other until the enemy ship is sunk. One ship is sunk, and another ship is added later, and the cycle repeats.

Since the tactics are not bad, it depends on the pros and cons of the weapons and equipment of both sides.

Both sides are warships, and the key is artillery.

The Yashan fleet used the improved P1 artillery, coupled with the help of the flying squad, the fleet gradually gained the upper hand in the battle, forcing the Zhoushan fleet to retreat continuously.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the entire intersection fell under the control of the Yashan Fleet.

At this moment, Xie Shi commanded 10,000 sailors to jump in from the rear, relying on the Yashan Fleet to withstand the firepower in front, relying on the light hull to complete the diversion and smoothly enter Feishui.

Although the Zhoushan Fleet was in a hurry, they were entangled by the Yashan Fleet and were unable to escape, so they had no choice.

At about 12 o'clock in the morning, all the navy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty entered Feishui.

Seeing this, Yu Dayou immediately adjusted his formation, completely blocked the entrance of Feishui, and the fleet turned on the defensive. The commander of the Zhoushan Fleet saw that the Yashan Fleet was laying iron chains across the river, so he had no choice but to give up.

It is not easy for every battleship to come. Overlord City is no better than the Great Xia Dynasty, but it cannot withstand such consumption. They have done their best, and need not make fearless sacrifices.

In this way, in just one morning, the navies of both sides will decide the winner.

Seeing this, Yu Dayou arranged for five buildings and warships to enter Feishui to assist the Eastern Jin navy to completely control Feishui.

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The navy is fighting, and the others are not idle.

Xie Shi temporarily conscripted labor to build a pontoon bridge on the Feishui River early in the morning for the army to cross the river. When the Eastern Jin Navy entered the river, the whole project was speeded up in vain.

The Qin army wanted to sabotage, but under the bombing of the flying squad, it had little effect. It was approaching five o'clock in the afternoon, and the Qin army knew that the pontoon bridge could not be destroyed, so they simply ignored it and focused on rectifying their armaments.

As the evening approaches, fifty pontoon bridges hover quietly over the Feishui River.

This night, doomed to sleepless.

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On the sixteenth day of the battle, the sun rose.

The atmosphere of war has reached its peak, and some soldiers didn't even sleep well because of their nervousness. When the sun rose, the barracks on both sides of the Fei River had already woken up.

The sergeants of both sides got up silently, put on their armors, finished their breakfast, and rushed to the school grounds to assemble.

The naval warships lined up on the bank of the Feishui River in turn. Between the battleships and the battleships, there were temporary pontoon bridges that led to the opposite bank.

On the west bank of Feishui, 300,000 Qin troops were waiting in formation, ready for battle.

According to Wu Qi's arrangement, the 50,000 Qin army was placed at the back to protect the safety of Emperor Fu Jian, but Wu Qi actually gave up the use of the 50,000 Qin army.

The real backbone is still the 250,000 alien army.

The army was deployed one by one along the river bank, the military appearance was neat and strict. Although Wu Qi took over the command of the Alien Legion for only half a month, he has already run all the departments in an orderly manner, and he is worthy of being a general.

This time, the Qin army waited for work with ease, but it was convenient for them to occupy the favorable location.

On the other side, nearly 250,000 alien troops also took the lead, and the 70,000 Beifu army was placed on the right flank by Huo Qubing as a cover.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the war horn sounded.

"Woo~~~~"

Accompanied by the sound of distant horns, the guns of warships fired in unison, and the Wei army crossed the river to provide fire cover, and the west bank of Feishui was immediately cleared to a land of 100 meters for the Jin army to land.

"Come on!!!"

The vast army followed Feishui, ready to fight the Qin army to the death.

"kill!!!"

Qin Jun was also not to be outdone, and each of them was full of fighting spirit.

In just twenty minutes, the frontline troops of the two sides had already fought and fought together.

In this special terrain, infantry is still useful.

Naturally, the temporary pontoon bridge was not expected to be very useful, and most of the soldiers had not received relevant training, so they would inevitably stumble when crossing the river.

From time to time, soldiers fell into the water and were salvaged by the navy.

In this way, the first attack of the Jin army was easily blocked by the Qin army, which greatly boosted the morale of the Qin army.

Huo Qubing was not discouraged either, and the follow-up troops crossed the river continuously, fighting with the Qin army, in exchange for sacrifices for war space, and the entire west bank of Feishui was caught in the flames of war.

When it really came to the decisive battle, there were no tactics to speak of, and it was all up to the commander-in-chief's temporary command.

Wu Qi played against Huo Qubing, but the two great generals were evenly matched.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the Jin army finally crossed the Feishui River after suffering huge casualties. The battlefield was completely transferred to the west bank, and the war entered a critical period.

Both sides in the war are territorial elite troops, and their combat power is comparable.

This confrontation resulted in heavy casualties.

The entire battlefield is like a huge meat grinder, and people are killed at any time.

There are nearly half a million troops on both sides. Under the dispatch of the two generals, you come and go, with a lot of wisdom.

Without going to the battlefield in person, it is impossible to imagine the scene of half a million troops fighting each other. Looking around, the whole land was covered by Xuanjia warriors, densely packed with people.

No matter who it is, once they enter such a battlefield, the blood in their body will boil uncontrollably.

Ouyang Shuo appeared on the battlefield with three thousand martial guards. In the battle map, dead soldiers can be resurrected with battle contribution points, which is the best opportunity for training.

For Ouyang Shuo, it was to absorb the killing spirit for the Heavenly Demon Spear.

Such an elite army is simply unrivaled on the battlefield, and it is unstoppable. Seeing Wu Qi, he wanted to arrange an army to cover up the killing, but he didn't want Ouyang Shuo to use his body as a bait to cooperate with Huo Qubing to launch a counter-siege.

After being fooled once, Wu Qi stopped thinking about killing Ouyang Shuo and focused on the main battlefield.

The battle lasted for a whole day, and the world was smashed and blood flowed like rivers. The two sides in the war were evenly matched, but there was no winner, and they were still stalemate with each other.