Episode 10 Chapter 444
Chapter 444: The active attack by the Mo Kingdom Navy was mainly based on fire attack. Half of the 200 large ships of the Feng Kingdom Navy were completely burned, and some were damaged and urgently needed to be repaired. Read the full text.
In the first battle of Zhenjiang, the Fengyu coalition suffered a great defeat.
Not only did the 5,000 soldiers of the Baizhan Army die inexplicably, but also more than half of the ships that were transported from the Feng Kingdom with great difficulty were lost. This was like a blow to the morale of the Fengyu coalition.
Later, Tang Yin also summarized this matter in a letter to the Feng Kingdom court: If a country has no navy, it is like a missing limb. In front of the enemy's powerful navy, it will never dare to fight hard, but can only avoid its edge, secretly go through the side door, and do despicable things. Shame! This is a great shame!
He blamed the failure on the fact that the Feng Kingdom court did not prepare for the rainy day, did not attach importance to the navy, and did not train the navy, so that they did not dare to confront the Mo Kingdom navy head-on on the Zhenjiang battlefield, so the enemy took advantage of the loopholes and caused a series of unnecessary losses to their side.
Tang Yin's reply to the court, especially the ending with several humiliations, to a large extent also spurred the civil and military officials in the court. It was not until the defeat of the first battle of the Zhenjiang naval battle that Feng Kingdom really attached importance to the navy.
Of course, this is also a later story. After all, Rome was not built in a day, and distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near.
Now, the combat effectiveness of the Feng Kingdom navy has been greatly reduced, and it no longer poses a threat to the Mo Kingdom navy on the south bank, and has completely lost the strength to compete head-on with the Mo Kingdom navy. At this time, the war was already very unfavorable to the Fengyu coalition. Zhenjiang seemed to have become an insurmountable barrier. However, if the war continued to drag on, the Fengyu coalition would not only consume a huge amount of food and grass, but also the best opportunities for war. Once the East China Sea Navy of the Mo Kingdom arrived in Zhenjiang, the Fengyu coalition would completely lose hope in crossing the river.
Tang Yin had to hold He Yi, the chief general of the Feng Kingdom Navy, accountable for the loss of so many ships even though his own navy was not used.
He Yi's reply to Tang Yin was that he thought his main force would cross Zhenjiang through the backwater bay, so he was also negligent in taking precautions. When the Mo Kingdom Navy attacked, most of his soldiers were not on the ships, but were resting in the camp to prepare for battle. When he heard the alarm and rushed out of the camp and returned to the ship, many ships had been attacked by the enemy's rockets and caught fire. If he hadn't led his soldiers to rescue and fight back against the enemy, I'm afraid more ships would have been burned.
The implication is that the main responsibility is not on him. Not only is he innocent, but he has made contributions.
Tang Yin certainly couldn't accept such words. Without further questioning, he directly charged He Yi with dereliction of duty and escorted him back to Yancheng. He was handed over to the left prime minister Qiu Zhen and the military and political hall for disposal. The two deputy generals Sun Bing and Xu Yan took over He Yi's position.
When He Yi made a big mistake, these two orthodox naval generals from Ning people finally became the daughter-in-law and replaced He Yi's position as the second chief general of the Feng Kingdom Navy.
No matter what Sun Bing and Xu Yan are like, they are indeed much better than He Yi in naval warfare.
Now that the Feng Kingdom's ships were seriously damaged, Sun and Xu proposed to Tang Yin that they should immediately mobilize the craftsmen from Ningdi to rush over and build ships on the north bank of Zhenjiang. They should build as many ships as possible, at least to ensure that they had the strength to fight head-on with the Mo Kingdom's navy.
Tang Yin felt that what Sun Bing and Xu Yan said was very right. While he followed their proposal, he recruited the ship craftsmen from Ningdi, and ordered his subordinates to recruit people locally and hire local craftsmen from Mo Kingdom with a large sum of money.
I don't know if it's too late to make up for the loss now, Tang Yin can only do his best and leave it to fate.
On the other hand, Ah San and Ah Si followed Tang Yin's order and led people to Yingjiang Town to bring the old mayor and all his family members back to the barracks.
Knowing that the mayor of Yingjiang Town was brought back, Tang Yin's anger, which had not yet completely subsided, rose again. He said in a deep voice: "Bring him to the central army tent to see me!"
The old mayor was taken to the central army tent by the Feng Army. When he arrived, Tang Yin was sharpening a knife with leather sandpaper. The crescent-shaped steel knife was shining coldly and piercing people's eyes.
At this time, the old mayor didn't know what happened. He was trembling all over. After entering, the old man didn't dare to look at who was in the big tent. He knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, saying: "I am here to see you..."
"Do you still recognize me?" Tang Yin glanced at him and continued to sharpen the blade with leather sandpaper.
Hearing his words, the old mayor felt that it sounded very familiar. He looked up and was immediately shocked.
A few days ago, Tang Yin was wearing casual clothes, but now he has changed into gorgeous brocade clothes with embroidered belts. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. At this time, Tang Yin was less gentle, but more cold and violent.
The old town was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Benefactor?"
"I don't deserve it." Tang Yin sneered and said, "My name is Tang Yin. You can call me King Feng, or call me by my name, but don't call me benefactor anymore." He put down the leather sand, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped the blade.
Tang Yin? King Feng Tang Yin! The old town's head buzzed, and he could hardly believe his ears. The young man who saved his daughter was actually King Feng Tang Yin! He knelt on the ground with his eyes wide open, staring at Tang Yin blankly, and didn't move for a long time.
Regardless of his reaction after learning his true identity, Tang Yin's eyes still fell on his scimitar, and he said softly: "You are so brave that you dare to collude with the Mo army on the other side and deceive this king. Do you know that this is a capital crime that will punish all nine clans?"
The old town boy trembled for a while, then suddenly came back to his senses. He stammered and asked: "No... I don't know why His Highness the Wind King said this!"
Bang! The scimitar in Tang Yin's hand hit the table hard, and he looked directly at the old mayor with fierce eyes, and said in a ferocious voice: "You still dare to pretend to be confused with me? Just now, my army was coming back from When we were crossing the river at Shuiwan, we were plotted against by Mo Jun. Five thousand soldiers were left without any bones. Based on this alone, even if you have a hundred heads, I won’t be able to chop them off!”
The old man in the town finally understood what had happened. He collapsed on the ground and shouted repeatedly: "You are wronged, I am wronged. I dare you to swear to God that I never knew there was an ambush in Huishui Bay. Otherwise, I would be a great person." I don’t even dare to recommend Huishuiwan to His Highness the Feng King. I hope His Highness the Feng King is aware of it!”
"Don't you know there is an ambush there? Haha -" Tang Yin laughed angrily and said: "To the south of Backwater Bay, the river is covered with spikes, making it difficult for ships to approach. You said there are people secretly fishing there, I, the king I would like to know how they fish in the river full of spikes!"
"This..." The old mayor was also dumbfounded. He didn't know what was going on on the south side of the backwater bay. After all, he was not the one who went out to fish, but some brave fishermen. He only knew about it through the fishermen. There were no Mo Jun sentries in the Backwater Bay area, so it was safe to get out of the boat. As for the spikes arranged under the river in the south, he had no idea at all.
But now that I want to explain this, I can no longer explain it clearly. The old mayor was so anxious that he was sweating all over and could only keep shouting about injustice.
The more he complained, the more furious Tang Yin became. Without any warning, the latter suddenly grabbed the scimitar on the table. With a wave of his hand, the scimitar turned into a streak of lightning and shot straight at the old mayor.
The old mayor didn't even react before he was hit in the chest by the flying knife. There was a thud in his ear, and the blade penetrated his chest and came out from behind.
As Tang Yin threw out the flying knife, others also ducked in front of the old mayor, and with lightning speed, he quickly drew out his machete, then swung it sideways, and with a click, the old mayor's head fell off, but no blood spurted out. came out, and steaming mist came out from all over its body.
Tang Yin sucked up the spiritual energy floating in the air, and shouted to the left and right with lingering anger: "Behead all the men in this thief's family, and hand over the female family members to the Hundred War Army."
"Yes!" The guards on the left and right hurriedly agreed and ran out quickly. Then, another guard came in and dragged the old mayor's body out.
The knife hit the old mayor. Tang Yin put away the knife and sat back on the mat. Only then did he calm down and search the soul of the old mayor for the specific details of his affair with Nan'an Mo Jun.
But what Tang Yin didn't expect was that the old town mayor had no contact with the Mo army since they withdrew to the south of Zhenjiang. As for the spikes placed under the backwater bay, the old town really didn't know. Affection.
Could it be that I killed him by mistake? Tang Yin frowned secretly. If the old mayor and Mo Jun hadn't colluded, how could Mo Jun set up an ambush in Backwater Bay? Could it be that Mo Jun had set it up a long time ago? This seems to be the only explanation that makes sense.
After some careful analysis, Tang Yin could probably confirm that the Mok army must have felt that the backwater bay area was difficult to defend, so they simply abandoned the defense. However, in order to prevent themselves from sneaking across the river from the backwater bay, they set up the river there early. There are spikes underneath.
It can be seen that Gao Hang, the new commander of Mozambique's navy, is much smarter and more cunning than he thought, and his defense on the south bank is really watertight.
Even though he knew that he had wrongly blamed the old mayor, Tang Yin did not take back his life. He could only make the mistake and executed all the men in the old mayor's family, while the female relatives were rewarded to the soldiers of the Hundred Wars Army.
If the truth is revealed, firstly, it will damage the prestige of the monarch; secondly, it will let the soldiers know that there is such a powerful commander on the other side, which will also have a certain impact on one's own morale, fearing that it will lead to timidity and panic. psychology.
Tang Yin could hide it from others, but he couldn't hide it from himself. How to defeat Mo Country's new coach Gao Hang was a headache for him.
After the Fengyu Allied Forces suffered a setback in the first battle, five days later, Jade King Lingshuang arrived at the Fengyu Allied Forces camp. Along with Lingshuang came the 100,000 Yuguo Central Army and the 20,000 Feiyu Army headed by Qingyu. .