On March 17th, when Zhao Yucheng led the army to attack the city, the navy of the peasant army rushed to Dehua military port in the early morning to destroy and capture more than 30 Song Jun warships in the port.
In this Jiujiang area, the rivers in Song Jun, the naval patrol in the middle of the river, and the warships wiped out the peasant army and gained control of the Yangtze River water.
Then the navy division of the peasant army marched westward and arrived at Matoushu, where it cooperated with Zhang Xiaohu troops to blockade this section of the Yangtze River waterway to prevent the Ezhou army from attacking before the army captured Dehua County.
But for this, Yu-cheng Zhao and Zhang Xiaohu obviously think too much.
On March 16th, the news of Zhou Yun’s help was sent to Ezhou and Wang Shun, who was shocked to learn that the peasant army had initiated the war on its own initiative.
"The thief army took the initiative to attack Jiujiang army? Is there such a thing? "
"It’s true! Moreover, the number of thief troops is very large, and the king’s control is very necessary. Otherwise, once the Jiujiang army is defeated, the thief army will inevitably attack Ezhou. How can the Ezhou army be immune? Also ask the king to send troops to help! "
Wang Shun hesitated for a moment and nodded slowly.
"Okay, I know. I’ll arrange troops to support you immediately. Go back and tell Zhou Zhizhi to hold on and don’t give up!"
"Thank you, Wang Zhi!"
The messenger thanked Wang Shun for arranging cavalry protection and returning to Dehua immediately.
After the messenger left, Wang Shun did not immediately arrange military forces to support Zhou Yun, but thought of another thing.
How could the peasant army suddenly take the initiative to launch a war?
Shouldn’t they be the defensive side?
Why did you suddenly take the initiative to attack?
Moreover, it sounds that their troops are still quite large, so Zhou Yun can’t fight independently, and he needs to send troops to support them to fight against the peasant army.
How did the peasant army suddenly become so strong?
Wang Shun thought about the eye condition and thought about the current new army that is not strong in his own hands.
A soldier who has just joined the army and trained for months, some soldiers still can’t master the coordination method of the army, and even can’t use weapons very little.
Especially in the aspect of crossbowmen, crossbowmen are easy to train, and it is really difficult to become an army without two or three years.
But the problem is that he is mostly a long bow, but he is very short of strong crossbows and arm bows.
Although some ordnance supplies were obtained by bribing Ezhou officials, the number of important strong crossbows and arm bows is still very small, so the current Ezhou army is facing the extreme shortage of long-range shooting power
He told the Privy Council about this kind of thing before he led his army to Ezhou, but the Privy Council was indifferent to it and told him that there would be a solution when he got to Ezhou.
Then Wang Shun found out that …
In the end, there will be a road-a dead end.
He expect that making up ordnance would become a mean for local bureaucrats to earn extra money.
A group of recruits who can’t even form and change formations quickly, and there are less than 2,000 archers and crossbowmen in total. This is his army of 30,000.
But despite such a professional general, Wang Shun still has no despair.
If he is given another year, he is confident that he can pull up a more regular army with certain fighting capacity.
He will work hard to train the army, making it more professional, more effective and able to win the battle.
But his army is loaded with silver-like spear heads, which look good but not real.
When the Privy Council was preparing to launch the fourth encirclement and suppression war, Wang Shun made his own suggestion to the Privy Council, thinking that it should be suspended for some time to let the recruits get more adequate training, just for the months of training in Lin’ an City …
Really underestimate the amount of training required by professional troops.
However, the Privy Council told him that this kind of thing should be decided by the Privy Council and the minister of the court, the emperor, and he should not interfere in the decision-making of the court
Otherwise, it’s hard to say
Wang Shun, who knows the truth, can choose to shut up
But the eye problem is not to shut up and solve it. He doesn’t want to make trouble, but he took the initiative to find him.
Jiujiang army became an army earlier, and the number of veterans is also relatively large. Wang Shun believes that Jiujiang army’s combat effectiveness requires Ezhou army. Now Jiujiang army can’t cope with the peasant army. Even if the army is out, it is estimated that it will be defeated by the peasant army’s counterattack.
It is wrong and unwise to send troops even if you know that you will be defeated.
At this time, General Zhi should know his own shortcomings and choose the right way to avoid the blood. Wang Shun made a decision-
Fuck support. Old people don’t die.
When the army is under-trained, the best way to offset the disadvantages and give full play to the advantages is to defend the city and offset the gap between itself and the elite army as long as possible, and then …
Ask Xiangyang army for help!
Xiangyang’s army bases are all from the battlefield, and quite a few of them have fought face to face with the Jin people. The veteran oil is quite strong when it comes to fighting. It is an absolute elite among Song Jun. They don’t need to all come, even if 10 thousand people come, it will be enough to cope with the peasant army.
But then again, his colleagues asked for help. If he didn’t send any soldiers to the court, things would not be good in the future. Wang Shun decided to take a compromise.
That is, the goal of sending troops is to support Jiujiang army, but this speed will not change …
It’s more particular
It’s not easy to walk in the rain, it’s not easy to walk in the wind, it’s not easy to walk in the thunder, it’s not easy to walk in the sun, it’s hard to tell the direction and it’s hard to walk in the cloudy days.
The marching speed will be very slow.
When did you arrive in Dehua County to support Zhou Yun …
Let’s keep going!
Wang Shun quickly made a decision that was in his own interest.
Although Yu Zhouyun has no holiday, there is nothing worth risking to help his friendship.
Moreover, he also heard that Zhou Yun was very unhappy with the peasant army for doing business and flying, which made the newcomers have no foundation and could not do business.
It’s time to suffer
I’ll just mind my own business.
Chapter 13 Dehua City Broken
So when the peasant army surrounded and attacked Dehua County, the Ezhou Army did dispatch 10,000 reinforcements to Dehua County.
However, after they arrived in Wuchang county on March 20, they stopped marching because of drizzle.
The reason is that it is too rainy and the road is too slippery to walk, so you can have a rest for a while.
In this period, Wang Shunzhong’s troops were stationed around Ezhou City.
He set up 2,000 troops in Qingshan and Bailuji, respectively, to arrange river defense to prevent the peasant army from advancing westward along the Yangtze River waterway.
Fankou also stationed an army of 2,000 men and Wuchang 10,000 troops to meet.
The remaining 14 thousand predecessors’ troops were stationed in the military camps outside Ezhou City and Ezhou City respectively, forming a corner potential.
After finishing this division of labor, Wang Shun feels that he is almost safe, and then he can wait for Xiangyang army to come to the rescue.
Zhou Yun struggled and looked forward to Wang Shun’s support, but Wang Shun’s reinforcements were delayed.