armyinform Chapter 268 How Zhang Zuo Will Come...
Chapter 268 How Zhang Zuo Will Come...
Chapter 268 How Zhang Zuo Will Come...
Under the banner of the Huangzu Shuizhai Army in Qichun County, Zhang Shuo drove a light ship and other large and small river boats in front, and Pang Yan followed behind with other soldiers and horses from the Xiongba Battalion pretending to be merchant ships, following Wang Yuyan's plan , heading directly to the Guishe Gorge.
However, although Zhu Wei trusted Zhang Shuo, Pang Yan and Ling Cao secretly took precautions against Zhang Shuo and the others. On the warship ahead, Ling Cao arranged a few crossbows to aim at the deck through the door of the cabin. Zhang Shuo and a military lord on board, lest they suddenly change their minds and report to Huang Zu's defenders.
As for the two military princes on Pang Yan's ship, Pang Yan was standing there himself. If they dared to mess around, Pang Yan would be able to deal with them in one go.
So everything went according to Wang Yuyan's arrangement.
Marching on the water can be done non-stop day and night, all you need is to rotate the boatmen, and all the soldiers can also recover in the cabin without the fatigue of marching. Therefore, Zhu Wei's army set off from Poyang Lake, which is a day's work. Arrived in Qichun County.
Then it took only a day to drive from Qichun County. About the morning of the next day, the warship and other large and small river boats in front had already arrived in front of Guishe Gorge.
Soon the sentinels of Huang Zu on the cliffs on both sides of Guishe Gorge discovered the ships approaching on the river, and when they saw that it was their own warship flying their own flags, these sentries relaxed a lot.
Not long after, Zhang Shuo's warship led by five big river boats and dozens of small boats entered the Guishe Gorge. The gorge walls on both sides were steep, and it seemed that apes were jumping on the cliffs, occasionally dropping some debris The stones made a thumping sound when they hit the boat.
Guishe Gorge is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and the river is only [-] paces wide. Generally, boats entering Guishe Gorge can only go in file, but they dare not walk side by side. Looking from the boat to the sky, you can clearly see the two sides. On the side cliff, there are figures of Huang Zu's soldiers walking around.
Not long after Zhang Shuo and his fleet passed most of the canyon waterway of Guishe Gorge, two small boats were ushered in ahead. They should have been sent from Guishexia water village to inquire about the situation.
Standing on the small boat were two captains of the Guishexia Water Battalion Army, leading twenty or thirty soldiers, and saw Zhang Shuo standing on the deck of the warship, so they knew each other.
A village head couldn't help but asked curiously, "How did Zhang Zuo come back by boat, but what happened in Qichun?"
At this moment, the news of Zhu Wei's surprise attack on Jiangxia has not yet reached this side. It can be said that Zhu Wei's marching speed is faster than Huang Zu's scouts and spies left in Chaisang.
In other words, even if Huang Zu's scouts and spies sent letters to Xiling County in Jiangxia by flying pigeons, it would take time to send news from Xiling County to Guishexia Shuiying. Still two to say.
Therefore, Huang Zu's defenders on the Guishen Gorge water camp were also unprepared. This was also the premise of Wang Yuyan's original strategy of quickly attacking Guishen Gorge.
Of course, now everything depends on how Zhang Shuo acts.
Zhang Shuo glanced at the two chiefs on the small boat in front of him, then smiled and said, "A large caravan came from Xuzhou, with dozens of large ships and hundreds of small boats. Hey, a certain family is in Qichun. The county received the funds for the guards and escorted them all the way here, but in order to prevent misunderstandings on the Guishe Gorge, let me tell you first, by the way, the young master is in the camp!"
"Haha, it turns out that General Zhang Zuo made a small fortune. Young Master is not here. Now there are only Generals Chen Zuo and General Deng Zuo in the camp. Why do you need to inform him?"
The head of the village who spoke before also joked with Zhang Shuo with a smile, and then asked Zhang Shuo again.
"Haha, what are you reporting? Could it be possible that a certain family can still lie? The guard funds collected this time will also be handed over to the young master, so the certain family will also get a hard-earned money. Okay, hurry up and lead the way, by the way , tell the brothers on the cliff not to mess around, this is the big money owner, if you offend, you will be blamed if you ask me about it in the future! The master behind the ship trading company also has some status!"
Zhang Shuo said as if nothing had happened, and at the same time he couldn't help but deliberately gave a warning, so that the fleet led by Pang Yan could easily enter Guishe Gorge.
Now Zhang Shuo's side can only be regarded as the front team of the forward Xiongba camp, and the main force of the Xiongba camp is in the Pang Yan's fleet behind. Passed this dangerous pass on the river.
"Okay, okay, I'll send the order right away!"
The chiefs of the two small boats did not have any doubts, after all, they would never have thought that Zhang Shuo had surrendered to the enemy, so they were talking nonsense at the moment.
Soon, soldiers on the boat blew the bamboo whistle and sent a signal to the cliffs on both sides of Guishen Gorge. A short time later, a signal was also transmitted from the cliffs, indicating that the people on the cliffs already knew.
Although there are only three thousand soldiers in the Turtle Snake Gorge water camp now, this dangerous pass on the water that no one can pass is even more dangerous than the Hot Spring Pass guarded by three hundred Spartan warriors.
As long as the ships in the water camp of Guishe Gorge blocked the waterway, Zhu Wei's follow-up ships could not break through quickly, and could only be attacked by Huang Zu's soldiers on the two cliffs of Snake Mountain and Guishan Mountain with falling rocks, fireballs, and rockets in vain.
So [-] soldiers are actually enough to guard this side, because there is almost no way for the Zhuwei ships in the canyon to pose a threat to the cliff.
But now the Huangzu soldiers on the cliffs on both sides of the Guishe Gorge have completely lost their vigilance. There are orders from below telling them not to mess around with the ships coming in from below, so what else do they need to care about.
Not long after, Zhang Shuo had brought a few big boats and was about to sail out of Guishe Gorge. At the same time, Ling Cao secretly told the following boats to go back and inform Pang Yan, so that Pang Yan could come to Guishe Gorge with peace of mind.
Of course, the two military lords on Pang Yan's boat at that time could also make Huang Zu's soldiers on the cliffs on both sides of Guishe Gorge lose their defenses again.
As long as Zhang Shuo passes through the Guishe Gorge, Ling Cao will naturally be able to capture the nearly [-] forward soldiers hidden on the boat here, from the hillsides on both sides of the Guishe Gorge, to the two cliffs of the Guishe Gorge, and take it down. With these two cliffs, there is no threat to the bottom of Guishe Gorge.
In this way, as Zhang Shuo's battleship and the five large ships behind drove out of Guishe Gorge, not far ahead was a water army camp of Huang Zu.
This water army camp is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, directly connected to the cliffs of Snake Mountain on the north bank. Of course, there are rattan trestle bridges connecting the cliffs of Snake Mountain and Guishan Mountain on the opposite bank of the Yangtze River, so that the soldiers on duty on the two cliffs can also return to the water army camp at any time. Take turns to rest in the village.
At this moment, Zhang Shuo led the fleet and drove directly into the water army camp. Huang Zu's water army camp in Guishe Gorge did not have any doubts or precautions...
(End of this chapter)