Turbulent Times Chapter 1640: Wei Daoer

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North of Tiedan City, facing east from the port on the bank of the great river, more than two hundred miles away, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Gan Ziqi commanded a battalion of 50,000 seals and 30,000 cavalry with steel swords. Thousands of warships rushed towards Iron Pill City.

According to Wang Junlin's strategic plan, today is the day when the Seal Battalion and the Steel Knife Battalion will attack Danyang County.

The Seal Battalion and the 30,000-strong Steel Dao Battalion they pulled will go up the river from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and land on the beach near Tiedan City.

Tie Dan City is only 200 miles away from Danyang County City. The fall of Tie Dan City will definitely shake the Yuwen Clan. The time difference is played in this, which is actually a blitzkrieg.

Seven years ago, Wang Junlin subdued Gan Ziqi and other hundreds of overseas pirates, large and small, for his own use. At that time, there were 100,000 pirates gathered. After training, Snake Island has already been completely digested and has become a real elite unit of the Far East Army. However, after several years of consumption and elimination, there are only 80,000 people left in the Seal Battalion.

This time Gan Ziqi only brought out 50,000 troops in accordance with Wang Junlin's imperial decree, and another 30,000 sailors were stationed overseas on the island.

But with the addition of the 30,000 troops from the Steel Sword Battalion, Wang Junlin dispatched 80,000 troops this time, even if Huang Shaoqiu's 50,000 sailors were not counted.

Thousands of warships carrying 80,000 horses may still be a drop in the ocean in the boundless sea, but after entering the Yangtze River, the overwhelming number of ships almost covers the river.

Standing on the command ship of the 10,000-seat Seal, Gan Ziqi is full of spirit and full of confidence in the strategic goal of the trip.

Except for the 50,000 sailors of Xiao Ju's Liang State in the south of the Yangtze River, there are no other forces in the south of the Yangtze River with more than 10,000 sailors, and there is not much power to fight back against any navy of the Far East Army.

Therefore, when the SEAL battalion appeared in the Yangtze River, the whole process was truly like entering no one's land.

Since the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, in the Yangtze River Basin, except for a small number of water pirates who have ruled the Yangtze River and entered villages to plunder and rob, no army from the sea has ever entered the Yangtze River to attack the ports along the Yangtze River. Then attack the city.

So, although Yuwen Zhiji has been on guard against the troops of the Far East Army in Yangzhou County and Dongyang County because Wang Junlin came to Yangzhou, he really didn't think about the navy coming from the sea, so naturally he didn't have much vigilance and prevention.

"Order the whole army, the sailors will be the vanguard, approach and attack from a distance with giant catapults, cover the steel knife battalion to land ashore to seize the beachhead, and attack the enemy's defense line outside the city as quickly as possible.

"Follow me!"

On the other side, Wei Dao'er also gave his subordinates a task: "Command all the capitals, after we take down the defense line outside the city, we don't need to rush to attack the city first, but we must first penetrate inward immediately to cut off the connection between Iron Pill City and the outside world. Contact and channels, especially the connection with Danyang County, and then attack the city. Of course, if the enemy is stupid enough to not even close the city gate, they will naturally seize the opportunity to rush into the city."

"Yes!"

One order after another was quickly passed on to each warship through the semaphore, and then the captains again issued orders layer by layer.

"Order all warships to advance at full speed, after two hours

, launched an attack on the port of Iron Pill City. "Gan Ziqi pointed the long knife in the direction of Danyang County, and he couldn't help thinking in his heart: "I have been fighting pirates and Koreans overseas these years, and escorting overseas merchants. I have never had the opportunity to make great achievements. This opportunity must be seized, and this battle must be fought beautifully. "

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He Sansheng is an ordinary fisherman in Danyang County. He owns a fishing boat with a lot of materials. Although it is not a busy season for fishing, the family of three almost takes the boat as their home and lives on the river every day for their livelihood.

Although there are a lot of fresh fish in the Yangtze River, there are also many fishing boats and fishermen who rely on the river to earn their living. Disputes and even fights often occur because of the competition for the wharf site on the river.

Besides, the species of fish in the shallow water by the river are relatively common, and it is difficult to sell them at a good price. Only by sailing the boat to the depths of the river, can you find good fish and sell them at a good price.

This year's festival, the days are getting worse and worse. Although the drought, locust plague, and war have not affected Danyang County in the past few years, because the Yuwen family controls Danyang County, they raised 80,000 horses in one county. Moreover, in order to win over the nobles and big landlords in Danyang County, the Yuwen family didn't pay much attention to the people's livelihood.

This inevitably caused the taxes on the people of Danyang County to increase by two or three times in just a few years, even more serious than when the Sui Dynasty defeated Goguryeo.

Especially recently, the Yuwen family just added another war tax, which has almost driven poor people like He Sansheng to a dead end.

While fishing with his son, He Sansheng thought that after working hard day and night for a month, it would not be enough to pay the war tax. , really let the poor have no way to live”

"Father, I heard that the people under the rule of Lord Qin An are living a very good life. The people have white flour buns to eat every day, and they are full. A few years ago, before the death of the dog emperor of the Sui Dynasty, some people in Shandong suffered from disasters. The imperial court and the emperor not only ignored it, but also rushed to Fanyang County, and as a result, all the people who went to Fanyang County, Prince Qin An distributed food and fields, and now they are living very well!"

He Sansheng sighed again, and said: "Fan Yang is too far away from us, otherwise it would be good for our family to migrate there. Forget it, let's not talk about it, our trip today is really not in vain. What!" The son looked at the fish cabin full of all kinds of rare fish, and grinned from ear to ear, "These fish can be sold for at least one tael of silver when they go ashore."

The son still wanted to continue this topic, and said: "Father, Fanyang County is far away from us, but I heard that Yangzhou County and Dongyang County next door are actually controlled by King Qin'an's army. I also heard that these few days King Qin An also came to Yangzhou, why don't our family go to Yangzhou secretly at night! Life here in Danyang County is really difficult."

When He Sansheng heard it, he instinctively glanced left and right, remembering that he was on the big river, and he was not afraid of being heard by others, so he said in a low voice: "Baby! Your father and I have thought of this idea too. But this is all from hearsay, who knows if it is true, if you go to Yangzhou, it is not the territory of King Qin An and his old man, it is probably the same as here in Danyang County, we have a home here anyway, if If you go to Yangzhou, you will really become a refugee, and anyone can bully us."

"Hey! I really look forward to the Far East Army

It's enough to go to Danyang County as soon as possible and kill the Yuwen family's beast..." He Sansheng looked resentful.

"Father!" Before He Sansheng could finish speaking, the son suddenly raised his head, looked into the distance, with a dumbfounded expression on his face, raised his finger and said, "Many boats!"

He Sansheng was stunned for a moment, put away his fishing nets, and suddenly turned his head, on the level of the river, densely packed boats suddenly appeared, coming towards this side at an extremely fast speed.

The ships on the river approached a little closer, He Sansheng's face changed drastically, and he saw the military flag flying above the opposing ships. But this is not important, what is important is that they are on the route in the direction of other people's driving.

"Where did the navy army come from?" the son said in a daze.

He Sansheng shouted hoarsely while holding the oars: "What are you doing in a daze, row the boat quickly, row to one side, don't get in front of them!"

The son finally came to his senses, and together with He Sansheng, he rowed the fishing boat desperately. Fortunately, they were right next to them, and they quickly rowed out of the dangerous area, otherwise their boat would definitely be smashed into pieces.

No one of the officers and soldiers of the SEAL Battalion of the Far Eastern Army noticed that there was a tiny fishing boat on their side that was desperately moving away from them, and even if someone saw it, they didn't bother to pay attention.

When they were more than ten miles away from the river, they could already see the port of Iron Pill City clearly with binoculars. Gan Ziqi, who was on the Seal, could even see the panic in the port clearly with binoculars, but There are no naval warships or troops stationed here.

Not long after, there was no one on the pier, and there was no armed army to defend it. The long-range suppression attack prepared by the Navy Leopard Navy to cover the landing attack of the Steel Knife Battalion was useless at all.

The troop carrier arrived at the shore smoothly, and the springboard with a width of more than ten meters was pushed off the ship amidst the shouts of the soldiers of the Seal Battalion. Under the leadership of Wei Dao'er, the cavalry of the battalion jumped out of the boat, brandished their swords and rushed ashore, heading straight for Tiedan City.

The iron hoofs were clanging, beating on the stone floor of the port, and the cavalry all the way galloped past, rushing towards the north gate of Iron Pill City, which had not received any news from more than ten miles away.

When the 30,000 cavalrymen of the Steel Sword Battalion disembarked one after another, they overtook the four scattered and fled at the fastest speed, and the people who ran towards Iron Pill City appeared outside the Iron Pill City. There is a lot of traffic, and many people are waiting in line to enter the city.

When the 30,000 cavalry were four or five miles away, the people at the city gate and the guarding officers and soldiers felt the ground shaking and turned pale with fright. When they were about to close the city gate, suddenly someone among the people lining up in front of the gate shouted: " Bandits are coming!"

Then all the people came to their senses and rushed into the city with all their might. The four or five officers and soldiers who were collecting taxes were rushed aside. The officers and soldiers guarding the gate of Iron Pill City were killed by the masters of the military intelligence government who had been mixed in.

The hundreds of soldiers guarding the city gate in the squad rooms on both sides rushed out of the house in a panic, but they were blocked by many civilians running into the city in chaos.

When they managed to cut down some civilians and cut a **** road, when they reached the gate of the city, the cavalry of the 30,000 Steel Saber Battalion outside the city had rushed over like a torrent of steel.

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