Chapter 833: The second step of the Huanglong Plan

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Liaodong, Huanggu Island Fort.

Huanggudao Fort (now 30 kilometers east of Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province) is located in a relatively remote location. It is a simple military fortress with no towns around it. Whether it is Fuzhou Wei to the west or Liaoyang to the north, the distance is quite far away.

From an economic perspective, the existence of Huanggu Island Fort has almost no meaning. Because, around it, there are undeveloped land. In the past, not many people lived here. After the Great Jin army controlled this place, the surrounding area was even more desolate and completely uninhabited. However, this location cannot be given up easily.

Because, once the Hu Ben Army lands here and gains a foothold here, the consequences will be very serious. There are no other strongholds around Huanggu Island Fort, and the Hu Ben Army can develop here, hoard troops, and then continue to attack. They can go west, attack Fuzhou Guard, or north, attack Liaodong, or east, attack Dingliao Right Guard. No matter what the situation is, it will be a headache.

It is precisely because of the important location of Huanggu Island Fort, the Jin army retained the defenders here after retreating the coastal garrisons. Huanggu Island Fort was just a short distance from the coast, just beyond the range of the flying dragon cannon. The Hu Ben Navy was unable to use the cannon to destroy the place. This made the senior officials of the Jin army believe that they could still stop the Hu Ben Army from landing here.

These days, Durba has been restless and his left eyelid has been leaping. He quietly prayed to Changshengtian and concluded that he might have great risks in these days. Whether he can avoid this disaster depends on his own luck. Durba thought about it and felt that the only one that could bring risks to him was the Hu Ben Army. It seems that the Hu Ben Army's attack on Huanggu Island Fort was about to begin.

He was originally Changsui of Yuetuo's third son, and he had been working in the rear. Later, he finally got the opportunity to go to the battle. Originally, he wanted to actively join the Nanluo army and wanted to go to the core hinterland of Ming Kingdom to rob. However, in the end, by chance, he actually came to Huanggu Island Fort and became the garrison here.

If you can't participate in Nanluo, you will not be able to obtain sufficient spoils. At the beginning, Durba was indeed very upset, thinking that the superiors underestimated him and were full of dissatisfaction. After coming to Huanggu Island Fort, Durba was also depressed and could not be energetic at all. He seemed to be a walking corpse, and spent half a year at Huanggu Island Fort.

However, as Huang Taiji's battle in Northern Zhili was unfavorable, Durba began to feel lucky. The unfavorable battle in Northern Zhili always came vaguely, making people half-believing, but worried. At the beginning, Durba thought it was a rumor spread by the Hu Ben Army, and didn't take it seriously. However, when Huang Taiji quietly returned to Shenyang, he had to believe that the previous rumors were all true.

This time, so many people died in Nanluo, and many of the warriors he was familiar with were beaten to death by the Hu Ben Army. He secretly thanked that he did not participate in Nanluo. Otherwise, he might have turned into a pile of yellow earth and died in Beizhili. Because of the retreat in a hurry, Huang Taiji even fled in a panic without having time to clean up the bodies of the dead.

However, after being lucky, Durba felt his mood heavy again, and his eyes were dim. Nanluo failed, the Great Jin army suffered an unprecedented heavy blow, and its strength was greatly weakened. What will happen to the future of the Great Jin Kingdom? If the Tiger Ben Army continues to bite the Great Jin Kingdom, can the Great Jin Kingdom stop the Tiger Ben Army's continued attack?

"well!"

"It's so dead!"

Durba sighed to himself.

He turned out to be Niulu Zhangjing of Zhenglan Banner. After guarding Huanggu Island Fort, he was promoted and became Jiala Zhangjing, and was in charge. However, he had only three Niulu who were dissatisfied with him. Among them, there were a considerable number of supplementary personnel, and Durba was very dissatisfied with the combat power. For this reason, he had asked Yuetuo for reinforcements several times, but was rejected by Yuetuo.

Among the three dissatisfied Niulu, a considerable number of them are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. Such power is indeed a bit thin. Durba felt that if the Hu Ben Army came to attack, Huanggu Island Fort would be very dangerous. However, this is the most military force that Yuetuo could give him. Even Yuetuo himself, there were not many Niulu, so where could more reinforcements be transferred to Huanggu Island Fort?

In Huanggu Island Fort, the strongest ones were the 1,500 northern natives. They were all summoned by Huang Taiji from the deep mountains and forests in various ways. Because these natives were dressed more rough than the Great Jin army themselves, even Durba couldn't help calling them savages behind them.

These savages were indeed very fierce in war. Their fighting ability and archery skills made Durba admire him very much. Several of them, even Durba, felt that they were not opponents. When he was young, Durba once killed a tiger alone and became famous for his neighbors. However, these northern natives were said to be able to kill a black bear alone. Durba still felt that the black bear was a little harder to deal with between the tiger and the black bear.

Logically speaking, Durba should be very relieved if he has such a group of people under his command. In fact, Durba is not at all relieved and does not worry at all on weekdays. Because it is unlikely that Durba wants to effectively manage these savages. Even if Durba wants to take care of them, these savages will not buy them.

Basically, these northern natives, in Huanggu Island Fort, and even in the entire Great Jin Kingdom, were themselves, and even Huang Taiji could not effectively shock these people. Their arrival was to help the Great Jin Kingdom. Therefore, they felt that they were guests of the Great Jin Kingdom. Since they were guests, they had to enjoy privileges.

In addition, there are two thousand Han military flags and almost one thousand Korean minions in Huanggu Island Fort. Compared with those natives, these people were very worried about Durba. With just one look, these people came over happily. Durba told them to go east, but they dared not go west. Durba told them to close the door, but they dared not catch chickens. However, the state of these people was very unstable, and Durba was also worried.

In fact, for reasons of trust, Durba did not dare to let the Han army flag and the Koreans appear on the battlefield. He was very worried that once he fought with the Hu Ben army, would these guys turn around and run away, or even directly counterattack and do it on the Jin army by themselves. This situation is definitely not impossible.

Durba already knew the news of Huang Taiji's defeat, and I believe these Han military flags and Koreans also knew it. Their ability to inquire about news has always been the strongest, and even Durba would sigh. After learning about the complete defeat of the Great Jin army, what kind of changes will happen to their mentality is something that no one can say.

Unlike Huang Taiji, Durba had almost no favoritism for the Han army flag. Durba looked down on these guys who betrayed the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart. Who would respect those who betrayed his motherland and his nation? These guys who had milk were mothers. Since they could surrender to the Jin army for their lives, they would also betray the Jin army for their lives.

Durba was in the same fortress with such a person, and did not feel safe at all. For this reason, he specially stuffed the Han military flag into the corner and sent people to stare at him. If these guys had any trouble, Durba would not mind taking action first. Anyway, he did not expect these Han military flags to have any effect.

Durba's current mission is to block the landing of the Hu Ben Army. If these people are not enough to use them or even counterattacks when the Hu Ben Army lands, wouldn't it be a waste? Instead of taking advantage of the Hu Ben Army, it would be better to deal with them simply.

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Suddenly, the low horn came quickly.

"The enemy is here!"

Durba was shocked and hurriedly climbed to the top of Huanggu Island Fort.

Sure enough, when he looked towards the sea to the south, he saw a large number of Tiger Army warships. On the masts of the warships, the red Tiger Army flag was hung, which was very easy to identify even with the naked eye. A rough estimate of the number was at least thirty or forty.

“Come up!”

"All up!"

"The Hu Ben Army is here!"

Durba's conditioned reflexes roared.

Immediately, he felt that his roar was not strong enough, so he walked aside, picked up the drum-beating hammer, and beat the cowhide drum desperately. These cowhide drums were all stolen from the Ming army, and the Jin army had few opportunities to use them. Now the situation is critical, and Durba doesn't care about so many.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The powerful drum sounds came one after another.

The dust around the cowhide drum kept falling down under the strong vibration. The entire Huanggu Island Fort was filled with such drum sounds, and even the Hu Ben Army vanguard ships far away on the sea could vaguely hear the drum sounds.

Amid the violent drums, Tartars hurriedly ran out from below, took bows and arrows, and hurried to the city wall, preparing to counterattack the Hu Ben Army. The natives from the north, the Han flag rebels, and the Korean minions, all climbed up to the city wall. The originally empty city wall was immediately crowded with people.

The rebels of the Han army flag hurriedly loaded ammunition into the cannons and aimed the muzzle at the outside field. Because the location of Huanggu Island Fort was relatively remote, if attacked by the Huben Army, the other Jin troops could not provide timely reinforcements. Therefore, while Yue Tuo increased the number of defenders as much as possible, he also equipped Huanggu Island Fort with a large number of cannons. Basically, among the fortresses on the front line along the coast, the strongest defense is this Huanggu Island Fort.

"So many enemies!"

“It’s really a lot!”

Someone whispered, obviously a little scared.

Since Huang Taiji was defeated in Northern Zhili, there have been more and more legends about the Hu Ben Army. These legends are basically unreliable. For example, some people say that they saw with their own eyes that Zhang Zhun had three heads and six arms, and was reincarnated by Nezha, so they were so powerful. Some people say that Zhang Zhun was the third prince of the Dragon King, so that the Hu Ben Army navy was so fierce.

These rumors were of no benefit to the Jin army, but instead caused panic. Therefore, Daishan ordered that discussions and disseminations of related rumors be prohibited, and violators would be severely punished. However, rumors have always been like this. The more you suppress them, the faster you spread. The more you deny them, the more people you believe. Daishan ordered these rumors to be curbed, which actually made the rumors more reliable, which Daishan did not expect.

"Shut up!"

"Don't speak!"

Durba turned around and cursed fiercely.

Before the Hu Ben Army launched a real attack, you were scared to be like this bird. When the war started, don’t you surrender?

"It seems to be the Marines of the Tiger Army?"

A heart-stirring approached Durba and said in a low voice.

"It should be them."

Durba said in a low voice.

As the war gradually developed, the Tatars also strengthened their intelligence infiltration of the Tiger Ben Army, and their understanding of the Tiger Ben Army became more and more. The Tatars already knew that the Tiger Ben Army's military structure, the composition, garrison, and even accurate military forces, as well as the accurate names of the commanders of each unit, were no longer blind as before.

There is no doubt that in such a landing battle, the Hu Ben Army must have been the Marine Corps. The Hu Ben Army's Marine Corps was such a special task. Before, their landing in Jinzhou Guard was the Marine Corps. Now three days have passed, and they have moved to Huanggu Island Fort without any difficulties. The huge sea is all over the world of the Hu Ben Army.

That's right, it was the Marine Corps who launched an attack on Huanggu Island Fort. After occupying Shiheyi and Xiaoheishan areas, they handed over the defense to the Weizi Camp that caught up behind them, and then adjusted their troops, got on the ship again, and launched an attack on Huanggu Island Fort. This was the second step of Huanglong's plan, and it was also planned early in the morning.

The Wei-zi Battalion is one of the four latest established battalions of the Hu Ben Army, and the commander is Zhou Yanyu. Their main task is to block the Tatars' counterattack against the Jinzhou Guards. As for Li Yang's land artillery battalion, it is temporarily on the line of Shiheyi. That side is the focus of the Tatars' attack.

The port outside Huanggu Island Fort has also been completely destroyed by the Tartars. The waterway is full of stones. Time is tight, and the Hu Ben Army does not have enough time to carry out underwater blasting. Therefore, it is unlikely to get closer to the port to get ashore.

"Transfer to the sampan!"

“Go ahead quickly!”

Fang He shouted loudly.

At this time, the transport ship was about 150 meters away from the shore and could not continue to move forward. He had to transfer to the sampan. In the midst of busyness, the soldiers of the Tiger Army Marine Corps came down from the ropes and moved to the top of the sampan. After the sampan was full, they set off immediately and drove quickly towards the sampan.

The boats, driven by the soldiers' hard paddles, rushed towards the shore quickly. The oars splashed a lot of waves, and long white marks were left behind at the back of the stern. Durba and the others could vaguely see that these boats were like sharp arrows, dragging their long tails and galloping towards them.

As for those shallow-drained Cangshan boats, they were on guard, and their muzzles were facing the direction of Huanggu Island Fort, and they could provide firepower support at any time. In fact, there were no enemies on the coast. All the enemies were huddled in Huanggu Island Fort.

"Prepare for war!"

"Prepare for war!"

"Prepare for war!"

When he found that the Tiger Army Marines began to land, Durba hurriedly yelled.

If the Hu Ben Army wants to attack Huanggudao Fort, of course he has to fight back to the death. Huanggudao Fort is so remote that even if he immediately sends people to Deliying City for help, Yuetuo will send cavalry to rescue him, it will take at least three or four hours in the middle. If he doesn't fight hard during these three or four hours, he might be eaten by the Hu Ben Army.

“They got ashore.”

Wang Shide held up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and said with a little excitement.

When they got ashore, the Marine Corps did not encounter resistance. All the sampans were smoothly approaching the shore. The soldiers on the sampans jumped down quickly, crossed the beach, and kept moving forward. The Tartars at Huanggu Island Fort did not have the courage to come out to stop them. Soon, the Marine Corps soldiers had already left the beach and continued to move forward.

"Oh shit!"

Durba was whispering a curse.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to fight back, he doesn’t dare to fight back, nor can he fight back. Because on the sea, the muzzles of the Cangshan ship are closely monitoring them. If they come out to fight back, they will inevitably enter the range of the flying dragon cannon. At that time, the Marine Corps does not need to take action, and the navy’s artillery alone will be enough to destroy them.

Durba was very brave and fierce. In the battle, he was always on the front line with fearless fear, otherwise he would not be appreciated by Dai Shan and Yue Tuo. However, this definitely does not mean that he does not have basic wisdom. Seeing that the guns of the Hu Ben Army were already close to the coast, if he rushed out to die, he would be really a fool.

He had to wait for the Hu Ben Army to attack Huanggu Island Fortress, and then give the opponent the maximum damage, so that the opponent could retreat. The Hu Ben Army's naval cannon could not hit Huanggu Island Fortress, which was his greatest advantage. Without the help of the Hu Ben Army's cannon, they would inevitably be hit by Durba's hard-working counterattack when they attacked the city.

"Wang Yilun, what the hell do you want to do?"

Durba suddenly started to sniff.

It turned out that he accidentally saw a figure and wanted to retreat behind. He had a little objection to this person, but now he saw that the other party was actually retreating in the face of the battle, and he immediately got angry. He retreated in front of the formation and shook the morale of the army, and wanted to kill him on the spot.

"Baturu, I..."

The figure stiffened for a moment and stammered.

"Wang Yilun, don't forget who gave you a way out! If we hadn't taken you in, you would have been cut off by Zhang Zhun! If you wanted to die, I would have cut off your head now and given it to Zhang Zhun!"
To be continued...