The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1535 Small Boat Surprise Attack
Zhao Dongting sighed softly, "That's right...the flood came at an inappropriate time..."

Le Chan pursed her lips, walked behind Zhao Dongting and kneaded his shoulders, and said softly, "Then how can the emperor get food?"

Zhao Dongting said: "Except for the roads in the territory that were not affected by the disaster, I'm afraid I can only borrow food from Liu. Tubo is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is barren, so there is not much food. Xixia has just encountered a war, and it is a hundred wastes. It was not easy for Li Fanrong and Gushu Tea to be self-sufficient when there were so many displaced refugees. However, although Liuqiu learned the most advanced planting method in Song Dynasty, there was only such a big place after all. , Even if it is borrowing food, I don’t know if it can solve this crisis.”

Le Chan also sighed when she heard the words, "It's too difficult. Our Song Dynasty has the most abundant food production, and if we are all so stretched, let alone them..."

Then she said again: "I don't know if the emperor has ever thought about negotiating peace with the Yuan Dynasty?"

Zhao Dongting turned to look at her when he heard the words.

Le Chan said slowly: "The soldiers of my court fought successively on the front line, and the Yuan army suffered losses one after another in haste. At this time, it should be biting the bullet and confronting our soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. The concubine thinks that they don't want to continue fighting Why don't the emperor use this as a reason to ask the Yuan Dynasty to compensate us with food, and then our army will withdraw from the front line?"

Zhao Dongting frowned and thought for a while.

"No."

In the end, he spit out these two words.

He said in a low voice: "Not to mention whether the Yuan Dynasty will agree to a peace negotiation, even if they agree, I am not willing to withdraw our troops. For this campaign, we will send out all the elites of the Song Dynasty and withdraw them. When we attack Yuan next time, we don't know when it will be." .And the Yuan army must be prepared by then. It will never be as easy as it is now to set up a base in their territory. Moreover, if the frontline army is withdrawn only because of such flood disasters, then there will be such a situation all year round. What about the disaster?"

In the final analysis, the foundation of Da Song is too weak, and the ability to deal with sudden situations is too poor.

But Zhao Dongting did not regret that he attacked the Yuan Dynasty in such a haste.

He has been sitting in the position of emperor for more than ten years, but he doesn't want to keep sitting like this forever.He also wants to pursue the kind of life he wants.

After hearing what he said, Le Chan fell silent.

Zhao Dongting thought for a while, but suddenly a little light appeared in his eyes, and said: "You can't get food from the Yuan Dynasty, but you can go to Yueli Dynasty, Chenla and other countries to try."

The light in his eyes became more and more obvious, "The monarch of the Yueli Dynasty is still in our hands. Counting the time, their envoys should be here soon. And Chenla still has so many soldiers on Guangnan West Road , I think, if they are asked to exchange food for these soldiers to go back, they should not refuse."

After all, he stood up directly and ran out of the room.

Le Chan watched Zhao Dongting run out in such a hurry, with various complex emotions such as relief and pity emerging in her eyes.

Zhao Dongting almost rushed to the imperial study, and then hurriedly wrote a letter.

One letter was written to Wen Yuanli, the Jiedu envoy of West Guangnan Road.

Another letter was written to King A Xinghuang of Liuqiu.

After writing these two letters, he hurriedly announced Yi Shiyu to the imperial study room, and asked him to spread the two letters as quickly as possible.

If there were food and grass assistance from Liuqiu, Yueli Dynasty, and Chenla, then this crisis should have passed safely.

Just when Yi Shiyu received the letter and was about to leave the imperial study, Zhao Dongting stopped him.

He thought for a while, and wrote two more letters.

These two letters were addressed to Lord Mayi and Lord Boni respectively.

Be prepared.

Zhao Dongting is used to making the best preparations.Although it was a long way from Boni and Mayi to the Great Song Dynasty, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to transport the grain, but now, they don't care about so much.

Being able to survive the disaster and guarantee the food and grass of the frontline army is the top priority.

While Zhao Dongting seemed to be a bit battered here, in Haizhou, Tu Boda's surprise attack army was also preparing to set off from the coast.

The young general personally led the army, and there were more than two hundred small boats.There were more than [-] dead men on board.

These boats were carried by soldiers into the water.

Then they carried the Thunderbolt and other things to the ship.

The waterline of the boat kept dropping.

In the end, there were nearly a hundred Thunderbolts piled up on each small boat.In addition to Hong Tianlei, there was a lot of hay on the boat.

In the night, the soldiers on the boat rowed the oars in their hands and headed towards the sea.

The young general followed behind with dozens of small boats.

These dozens of small boats did not have anything like thunder and thunder, but they were all carrying barrels of kerosene.All the officers and men on board carried bows and arrows.

There are not many waves on the sea, but the sound of the sea wind and waves is enough to cover up the movement of these small boats.

There are less than three hundred small boats, which are really too insignificant in the endless sea, and they can be said to be silent in action.

But at this time, Huang Hua led the naval battleship and was still at sea.

In order to prevent ships from drifting away with the waves, the ships are connected with chains.

Under the moonlight, dozens of naval warships swayed like that.

Except for the guards on board, the rest of the soldiers were already asleep.

The generals of the Song Dynasty were not omnipotent. Although they must have been prepared for the Yuan army's surprise attack, they did not necessarily expect that the Yuan army would conduct a surprise attack in this way.

The nearly [-] small boats of the Yuan army were ups and downs on the sea. After more than an hour, they finally found the naval battleship of the Song Dynasty.

When the young general saw dozens of gigantic warships in the moonlight, his face instantly showed excitement.

If his strategy can be successful this time, then this will definitely become his famous battle.

He couldn't help the excitement in his heart, and growled: "Quick! Quick! Come over!"

The speed of the boat seemed to increase.

Not long after, they were only twenty meters away from the naval warships of the soldiers of the Xingguo Military Region.

At sea, the moonlight is always extraordinarily bright.With such a distance, even these small boats could no longer hide their tracks.

Some officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army who were on watch at night on the naval battleship saw these scattered and approaching boats, their eyes widened suddenly, and then they yelled at the top of their lungs, "Enemy attack! There is enemy attack!"

He ran to the ship's big pendulum and shook the firing pin vigorously.

The sound of dong dong dong resounded quickly in the sea.

Immediately afterwards, such shouts and bells quickly spread to the rest of the naval battleships.

Gunshots followed.

Only at this time, the small boats of the Yuan army were getting closer and closer to the naval battle formation.

By the time Huang Hua and the others hurried from the cabin to the deck, some of the boats were no more than ten meters away from the warship.

At such a distance, it is already difficult for the grenade to play any role.

Huang Hua stared at these small boats, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Of course he could see what was piled up on these small boats, and the hay was enough to explain what the Yuan army was up to.

At this moment, there was also a chill from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

If these small boats were allowed to rely on the Shanghai warships, their losses would be extremely heavy.

The naval warships of Song Dynasty are indeed powerful, but they will definitely not be able to withstand such an explosion!
And if the ship is bombed and sunk, in such a sea, the soldiers who fell into the water probably have little chance of being rescued.

Huang Hua's tone changed a bit, and he shouted sharply but hoarsely: "Use rockets! Use rockets to meet the enemy!"

His shout finally woke up many soldiers on his ship.

Someone hurriedly ran to carry the oil drum, bow and arrow.

At this time, it was obviously too late to untie the chain between the ship and the ship.

Soon, flames appeared on the surface of the sea.

A series of rockets shot towards the boats.

But it was still too late.

Some small boats were already approaching the naval battleship, and rockets were fired from the following small boats.

The dead men on the small boat didn't have much hope of survival, but after the small boat approached the naval battleship, they still jumped into the sea.

Some rockets hit the dry grass that the boats had piled up.

The dry grass burns quickly.

In less than 2 minutes, there was finally a deafening explosion resounding across the sea.

A huge flame suddenly exploded.

The boat was shattered in the explosion.

(End of this chapter)