Chapter 361
Zhao Bing knew more than anyone else about the situation at this time. Of course, he could not wait for the miracle to appear. He hoped that at the last moment, God would "swoosh" and then send himself back to the 21st century, so he also had to prepare.? ?? w ww.
The best way to transfer Xingchao to Qiongzhou is. The forces of both sides are united to deal with Zhang Hongfan's attack, but Zhao Bing felt that the best time had been missed. Now the enemy has discovered that Xingchao is on the coast of Guangdong and sent a large number of sentry ships to search. Such a fleet will inevitably appear soon. If it follows and pursues, it is likely that the tragedy of the Battle of Jingao will be staged again. In addition, Zhao Bing is not sure that he can persuade Zhang Shijie to go to Qiongzhou. Rampant action may cause deeper misunderstandings.
Similarly, summoning the Qiongzhou Army to help in the war at this extremely sensitive time will make Zhang Shijie feel uneasy, worried that his Majesty will take the opportunity to get rid of it. This may lead to unreasonable suspicion and prevention between the two sides, and only increase internal friction, which may lead to the preservation of each other, resulting in the situation where "one monk has water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat," and everyone will be finished together.
It is not possible to rely on the power of Qiongzhou, and continuing to go to the sea is not a long-term solution. From the bottom of my heart, Zhao Bing also hopes to fight this battle, which will further damage the Yuan Dynasty's naval army, even if it takes a short period of peace, so that he and the Changchao have a chance to breathe. He knew that this was not without precedent in the world. In the Battle of Greece and Persian Salami more than a thousand years ago, the situation facing Greece was very similar to the current situation of going to the Changchao, but Greece won this battle, thus changing the fate of itself and the world.
It was 480 BC. After three years of preparation, the new Persian king Xerxes I personally led 6 armies 300,000 and 1,000 warships to attack Greece again. Xerxes first formed an alliance with Carthage, the maritime power of the Mediterranean, to restrain them from the Greek city-state Syracuse on Sicily, Italy, and then built two pontoon bridges in the Heraspont Strait, which divided Eurasia, and established multiple logistics bases along the way in Thrace. Many Greek city-state countries surrendered to the Persian Empire and sent troops to participate in the war. After everything was ready, Xerxes led his troops to Europe from the Heraspont Strait, and attacked Greece through Thrace and Macedonia.
Before the Battle of Salamis, Greek city-states were not maritime powers. At that time, the Mediterranean sailing powers were Phoenicia and Carthage, and they stood on the side of Persia in previous Greece wars. Athens had the most powerful navy in Greece at that time, but there were less than 400 triple-ocket warships and more than 50 single-ocket warships. Persia had no navy at first, but after conquering Phoenicia and Egypt along the Mediterranean coast, they formed their huge fleet into Persian navy and became the new maritime overlord. The Athenian navy was simply unable to compete with them for the control of the Aegean sea.
The commander of the Greek coalition was the Spartan noble Julibiard. He learned that 1,200 Persian warships were gathered in the southeast of the strait, and was shocked by the power of the Persian navy. He was preparing to abandon Salamis Island and retreat to the Peloponnese Peninsula for passive defense, which aroused the Greek consul Mistokli firmly opposed it. While the two were arguing, Athenian general Aristide arrived at Salamis Island by fast ship from the exile ground and told everyone that Xerxes sent the Egyptian fleet of the Persian navy to the west side of Salamis Island, blocking the exit of the strait, and preparing to capture the Greek coalition.
Dimistokli told everyone that there was no way out and convinced everyone to fight to the death with Persia. The Persians cut off the Greeks' retreat, which aroused the courage and determination of the Greek coalition to fight to the death. The other ships of the fleet were ready to fight with the enemy fleet at sea. The Strait of Salamis was tortuous and narrow, and more than 300 warships of the Greek Navy were anchored in the strait. The Persian fleet, which was dominant in number, could not launch a majestic formation to strike the Greek fleet. When the vanguard of the Persian fleet approached the narrow entrance of the strait, other warships followed closely. The Greeks suddenly changed their course and turned around and shot back.
The soldiers in the Greek army were not forced to fight. They all had the spirit of fighting to defend their hometown and relatives. Not only that, they also had good tactics, ships with good combat performance and very skilled ship handling skills, which ensured their victory in their battles. The Persians sent troops by force conquered people, their morale was low and they were very tired of war. Their sailing warships were designed according to the tactics of jumping gang combat, and their actions were not flexible enough. Their 6th team members always wanted the ships and ships to be tangled together as soon as possible, and the enemy and us fought on the deck through the sidelines, making the deck of the warship a floating battlefield.
After the battle began, the dexterous Greek three-layer oars-mounted warships rushed left and right, circled around the enemy's sails and warships to avoid being hooked by the Persian anchor hooks. At the same time, he used the impact angle to attack those enemies that were crowded together again and again. The Persian warships were either sunk or forced back to the subsequent fleet. Although the Persians were still better than the Greeks in terms of strength, they were depressed and had no intention of fighting. When the west wind blew, the Persian ships were busy raising sails to escape. Faced with this situation, Xerxes had to admit that the fortress in Greece could not defeat the Greeks, and thus gave up his conquest of Greece.
Zhang Shijie's situation is undoubtedly much better than that of Themistokeli, and he has much stronger military power than the Greeks. Moreover, most of the Yuan army's ship workers were "Minjiang sailors, and their hearts were all about the south." Once "the southern ship was defeated and the Fujian and Zhejiang sailors would change in the northern boat, there would be a principle of annihilation." The above words were not imagined by Zhao Bing, but written by Wen Tianxiang, who was imprisoned in the Yuan army's ship, and he felt that it was in line with the current situation. But it was regrettable that Zhang Shijie was not Tamistokeli, and he was not the strong Mistokeli.
Therefore, if you want to win this battle and save the defeat, Zhao Bing found it difficult. In the entire Song-Yuan War, only Meng Gong could barely be considered a famous general in the Song army, but unfortunately he died too early. People like Yu Jie, Wang Jian and others can be considered good generals, but they are far from famous generals. As for Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi, Xia Gui, Lu Wende, and Lu Wenhuan, the best adjective is at best the last general. But on the other side, the commander like Ali Hague and Boyan is not mentioned. Even Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng are currently above Zhang Shijie, and the other generals who abandoned literature and followed the military in the court were even worse.
Chapter completed!