"Uncle Feng, we need to bring the captives and supplies to Scenic Creek City as soon as possible and hand them over to Guan Zheng, placing them under his command.”Su Yi said.
Reorganizing the captives was a problem. If things went wrong, there might be a mutiny. However, Su Yi was not worried. He just needed to get rid of all the troublemakers he encountered during the reorganization.
Although this method was fast, it caused the morale of the soldiers to be low. They could not fight against the wind and might even scatter.
Su Yi planned to transfer generals from the three armies to serve as the generals of these four new guards. Some of the surrendered generals would be transferred to the other guards to serve as deputy generals. This way, they could control the army faster.
"Ziyu, we'll do as you say."
Feng San Bao agreed, the Vanguard Selection Army still had things to do, the battle in the ling grains still needed to be done by the Vanguard Selection Army.
Su Yi immediately set off for Jingxi City. Jingxi City was the closest to the Gourd Valley, so it was the best choice.
Along the way, Su Yi had been thinking about whether he should reorganize the captured alien army. When he had occupied the four cities on the north side of the ling valley, he had captured forty thousand alien soldiers.
These foreign tribes had lived in the ling grains for over a hundred years and had already assimilated seventy to eighty percent of the Han people in the ling grains. After all, the majority of the ling grains were still Han people and basically every foreign tribe could speak Han Chinese.
However, after thinking about it, he decided to put this thought aside and wait until he occupied the three cities of Shi Hai, Xin Pu, and Qu Luo.
Once the ling grains were in his hands, it would be time to settle the issue. With ling grains as a base that could be used to attack and defend, he would be able to fight against large guilds.
Jingxi City was 30 kilometers away from the inner pass of the Gourd Valley, and Yang City was 35 kilometers away from the inner pass.
Scenic Creek City was closer to the Spirit River, while Yang Cheng was further away. After all, Yang Cheng was located beside the Flying-Message Ridge. Although the Feixin Ridge was a ridge, it connected the north and south, dividing Linhai County into two. It was a natural barrier.
The eastern part of the ling valley had the flying letter mountain barrier, the western part had the Luo ding mountain barrier, the southern part was the ocean, besides the seashore of Shi Hai city and the ling river, the other parts of the coastline were hundred meter tall cliffs, the northern part also had the Yue mountain barrier.
Jingxi City and Yang City were too far away from the Gourd Valley. It was not suitable to build the three checkpoints in the Gourd Valley as supply stations.
Su Yi decided to build a village five kilometers away from the inner pass as a supply station.
Then, he would build two villages in the inner valley and the outer valley. Su Yi didn't plan to open the ling grains to the outside world. These two villages would become trading places for merchants and merchants. Of course, there were other uses.
An hour later, Su Yi and Feng Sanbao's army arrived at Jingxi City. By now, all the cities on the north bank of the Spirit River had been occupied by Su Yi. Only the three cities on the south bank were still in the hands of the Outsiders.
They were Xinpu City, which was 10km away from the Black Moon Ridge Gorge. The second was Shi Hai City, which was 40km away from the Spirit River and was built by the sea. It was rich in refined salt. The third was Quluo City, which was built at the center of the south bank. It was about 40km away from Qingfeng City, Xinpu City, and Shi Hai City. It was 50km away from the Luo Ding Mountain passage.
The Yueling Gorge passage was ten kilometers long. After setting up the checkpoint, they could use Xinpu City as a supply station. The Luo Ding mountain passage was also ten kilometers long. There was an abandoned town five kilometers away from the Luo Ding mountain passage in the ling valley. If they reoccupied it, they could use it as a supply station.
After Su Yi and Feng Sanbao arrived at Jingxi City, they immediately began to organize the captives. They transferred the generals to manage them and placed the two King level generals, Zhang Hong and Zhou Chong, who had surrendered, into the Vanguard Selection Army as guards.
After resting for two hours, they left the wounded to be treated by the three armies and some of the supplies were left to be managed by the three armies. Su Yi and Feng Sanbao led the 110,000 men and set off. Finally, they gathered at the predetermined location on the north bank of the Spirit River.
At the same time, Su Yi gave an order to Guan Zheng's army to do their best to occupy the hero's altar, towns and villages within the ling grains.
Su Yi sent out 1,000 Iron Eagle Guards to investigate the situation on the south bank, including the Luo Ding Mountain passage and Yue Ling Gorge. He also ordered the Hengjiang Squadron and the Seventh Squadron to gather and attack Xinpu City together with the Vanguard Selection Army.
According to the plan, the army would first arrive at the assembly point. 50,000 people would set off by boat, while the other portion would cross the river and head to Xinpu City by land.
It wasn't that Su Yi didn't want to transport everyone away at once, but that there weren't enough ships.
Su Yi of the Hengjiang Squadron was used to carry out long-distance strategic missions. Currently, they only had three silver-level light ironclad ships, three silver-level hunting cruisers, three silver-level frigates, and four six-masted transport ships.
The Seventh Fleet's development goal was also the main force of the long-distance strategy. Their equipment was even worse. They only had one light ironclad ship, one hunting patrol ship, one frigate, four six-masted transport ships, and the rest were obtained from the bandits when they built the village. Moreover, the speed of ordinary ships was extremely slow. It was impossible to use one or two sailboats to transport troops.
Xinpu city was the second most powerful force in ling grains. After the ling grains battle, they only had an army of twelve thousand people and a navy of three thousand people. They were equipped with ten four masted warships and twenty three masted warships. The warships were equipped with small ballistae.
The Hengjiang Squadron and the Seventh Squadron had only been established a few days ago, so they didn't have much confidence in fighting Su Yi. If it wasn't for the fact that the ironclads were protected by armor, had strong collision abilities, and were equipped with small trebuchets, Su Yi wouldn't have dared to send out these two fleets.
The patrol hunting ships were fast, and the warships were only equipped with small ballistae. They were few in number and did not have much firepower.
Although the frigate's speed was not as fast as the hunting patrol ship, its firepower was much stronger. This was because it was larger than the hunting patrol ship and could install more ballistae.
Half an hour later, the troops that had disembarked and the troops that had come by land met up by the river five miles away from Xinpu City.
Su Yi and Feng Sanbao discussed the plan to attack the city and decided to show the enemy that they were weak and lure them out of the city for a decisive battle.
Su Yi knew that the non-humankind in Xinpu City definitely knew that Su Yi's faction didn't appear in the ling grains and their strength was definitely on guard.
If pretending to be weak didn't work, then they could only attack by force.
As for the enemy's navy, Su Yi was not worried and left it to Jiang Qin to handle. Although the ships did not have the advantage in numbers, they could definitely crush the enemy in terms of quality. With the Imperial General Jiang Qin leading, Su Yi was even less worried.
The terrain within one or two kilometers of Xinpu City was flat. They could not find a suitable terrain for the army to hide, so they could only stay two kilometers away.
However, with the addition of ten times the speed of the army, one minute was enough for them to charge to the city gate.
"Order the Third Guard to send two battalions to the west gate, and one battalion to each of the north and south gates to feign an attack.”Feng Sanbao ordered. The east gate was too close to the spirit river, and attacking the east gate would most likely result in the enemy navy attacking. In order to avoid huge losses, they did not attack the east gate.
Su Yi handed the command to Feng Sanbao. Su Yi knew nothing about attacking the city.
When the four battalions of the second guard rushed to the city gate, they realized that it had already been closed. The enemy on the city gate tower was heavily guarded, so they had no way to attack.
The feint troops did not carry any siege weapons and only carried a few long ladders. The losses of the attack would definitely be great, so they had to retreat from the enemy's long-range attack range.
"My lord, it seems that luring the enemy out of the city won't work. The enemy might have already known that our army is attacking the city and the city gates have already been closed.”Feng Sanbao said. He could already see that the troops had suffered a setback.
"Then let's surround them and push out the three ladder trucks to give them some pressure.”Su Yi said. This small scale ladder truck was just built in the territory and Su Yi brought it over.
"Order Jiang Qin to deal with the enemy navy as quickly as possible and assist the army in attacking the city.”
The army surrounded the city from three sides. Su Yi placed three ladder carts at the west gate. Su Yi wanted to place trebuchets and ballistae, but the territory only produced 20 trebuchets and 40 ballistae. These were all equipped on the warships.
The two fleets gathered together and were temporarily under Jiang Qin's command. Twelve battleships sailed downstream and headed straight for the enemy navy camp.
The range of the small catapults was about 500 meters, and the range of the small ballistae was about 500 meters. Strictly speaking, this kind of equipment had no advantage in water battles.
The silver-level ironclad ship was 120 meters long, 30 meters wide, and had a draft of 5 meters. Ten trebuchets were installed on each side of the ship, two on the front deck, and three on the rear deck.
The silver-grade patrol ship was 100 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 4 meters deep. Its advantage was its speed. However, only ballistae could be installed on both sides of the ship, and trebuchets could only be installed on the front and rear decks.
The frigate was 100 meters long, 25 meters wide, and had a draft of 4.5 meters. Its advantage was its firepower. Catapults could be installed on both sides or on the deck.
Under Jiang Qin's command, the twelve warships got into an offensive formation and used their fastest speed to close in on the enemy warships.。
The enemy's fleet had already discovered these twelve warships, and all of them had come out to meet them.
The enemy fleet was only a fifty-meter-long four-masted warship, and there were even smaller three-masted warships. Even if Jiang Qin commanded a newly formed fleet, he was not afraid.
One of the ironclads was Jiang Qin's flagship. After the enemy ships entered the attack range, the three ironclads took the lead to attack. They adjusted their hulls and the trebuchets began to show their might.
Boulders were thrown one after another. Unfortunately, their accuracy was too poor. The first round of attacks only damaged two ships. One look at Jiang Qin's gloomy face and one could tell that he was very dissatisfied.
The enemy also began to fire their arrows. The ironclads were protected by armor and the parapet. The small ballistae's arrows could not hurt the ironclads at all. Only some unlucky people on the deck were shot through.
The patrol ships and frigates also began to show their might, focusing their fire on the 40 ballistae. The small ballistae were 1.2 meters long and 3 centimeters in diameter.
The sound of the wind breaking rang out as the two armies 'crossbow bolts shot at each other.
The warships under Su Yi's command had the advantage of speed. The warships had protective walls, so there were not many casualties. The battle lasted for an hour, and the three ironclad warships sank five ships. After injuring ten ships, the stone bullets were used up.
Jiang Qin was furious. He had to use up all the stone shells on a trashy warship to achieve this result.
"Speed up to the maximum and smash the enemy ship.”Jiang Qin said loudly.
"Yes, Admiral."
The sailors in the cabin all used their full strength, and the ironclad ship increased its speed.
"Turn the helm!" Jiang Qin shouted.
……
"Hit it!"
……
Bang…
A four-masted warship of the enemy fleet was smashed into pieces, and all the sailors on the ship fell into the river. Those who were lucky could grab a piece of driftwood, but those who were unlucky would already be dead.
The sailors on the ironclads weren't in a good condition either. Those who couldn't hold onto the force of the collision fell one after another, and some of their faces were swollen.
"Continue to crash into them and sink them.”Jiang Qin said loudly, his face brimming with excitement.
This kind of fragile warship could not withstand a single collision from an ironclad warship.
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