Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 295 Killing the Turtle in the Urn

If you look down at Kunnan Bay from a high altitude, you will find that Kunnan Bay looks like a big round urn with a narrow mouth and a wide belly. .

At this time, the Nagasaki navy was like a soil turtle tempted by more than 100 ships of ten thousand stones. In order to seize the ships of ten thousand stones, they climbed into the urn without hesitation. In their minds, at this time, the Song army should still Sleeping in the barracks.

It's just that they never dreamed that [-] Song troops and more than [-] large ships had been waiting for them for a whole day.

Thirty miles to the north of the mouth of the bay, hundreds of ships with thousands of stones are moored close to the shore, and a promontory just covers them, making them invisible to the mouth of the bay in the south.

Di Qing stood on the front of the big ship, staring coldly at the front. Through the gaps of several big trees, he could vaguely see the situation at the mouth of the bay dozens of miles away, but the Nagasaki navy entered Kunnan Bay from the south of the mouth. No movement of the enemy army could be seen from them.

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Report to the commander, the enemy army has entered the bay, and there are only a dozen sentry ships at the mouth of the bay!"

Di Qing nodded, turned around and ordered: "The whole army is going!"

Just half an hour after Hirano Yoshi led the fleet into the bay, a fleet of more than [-] Wanshi warships sailed rapidly from the north. The dozen or so sentry ships standing guard near the mouth of the bay could not dodge in time, and the hull suddenly It was smashed to pieces by the huge ship, and dozens of warriors fell into the water.

The warriors struggled in the sea and called for help, but only cold arrows greeted them. After a shower of arrows, all the warriors who fell into the water were shot to death in the sea.

More than 300 warships immediately divided into two groups. One hundred warships blocked the exit of the bay, and the other two hundred warships surrounded and killed the Nagasaki navy from behind. Three bright rockets flew into the sky, and the gunpowder Burning in the air, emitting a bright red light.

At this time, Hiranoji didn't know that the mouth of the bay had been blocked. They were less than ten miles away from the wharf where the Song Army ship was moored, and the figure of the big ship ahead could be vaguely seen in the moonlight.

At this moment, a warrior suddenly pointed to the sky behind him and shouted: "Lord, look!"

Looking back, Hiranoji saw three bolides flying straight into the sky behind him, flashing bright red light across the sky.

Hirano Kichi was stunned, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, "No! We have been tricked."

Hiranoji immediately shouted anxiously: "The fleet turned around and withdrew from the bay! Withdraw quickly!"

The bell for retreat sounded on the big ship, and the Nagasaki navy adjusted their sails one after another and retreated southwestward. With the east wind, dozens of warships rushed towards the Nagasaki navy from the slant.

Although the ships of the Song Dynasty were huge, they were equipped with balanced rudders at the tail, and they were more flexible than enemy warships in turning and turning. They were extremely fast and gradually caught up with the warships of the Nagasaki Navy. , Soldiers kept screaming that the arrows fell into the water.

Most of the ships of the Nagasaki navy were shallow-bottomed boats of about [-] shi, which looked extremely small in front of the Song army's [-]-stone warships.

"boom!"

A ship of about [-] shi was knocked into two pieces by a large ship, and dozens of people on board fell into the water. Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen sea ships were overturned by the large ship of the Song army and began to sink rapidly.

Hirano Yoshi's commanding main ship fled to the front. He could no longer care about his subordinates, and shouted desperately: "Go! No one will survive if the ship sinks."

Less than twenty miles away, countless huge warships suddenly appeared in front of him. Yoshihiro Hirano was heartbroken. He knew that he had really fallen into the trap of the Song army. I am afraid that this would be his place of burial. land.

The murderous intent of martyrdom made him put all his eggs in one basket. Even if he died, he would sink the opponent's warship. He hissed and roared: "Rush over, and whoever dares to block will sink!"

The sails that were about to be put down just now were pulled up again, and the ship accelerated suddenly, rushing towards the frontmost Wanshi ship.

As soon as they were about to collide, the Song army's big ship suddenly turned to the left side, and the two ships passed by.

Suddenly, a black iron gourd was thrown from the big ship of the Song Army with flames shining, and it was thrown into the cabin accurately. With a muffled sound, the main ship of the Hirano jumped three feet high, the cabin was blown to pieces, a big hole was blasted in the ship wall, and sea water poured in violently.

Hirano Yoshi was overturned on the deck by the strong vibration. He thought the ship had been hit. At this moment, he suddenly felt the ship began to tilt. He quickly lay down on the side of the ship and looked down. There was a big black hole, and sea water was pouring in madly, and he was stunned.

At this moment, there was a terrible cracking sound from behind, and someone shouted: "The lord quickly escape!"

When he turned his head, the fallen mast hit him heavily, Hirano Kichi couldn't dodge, the heavy mast hit him hard on the head, his brain burst suddenly, and he died on the spot.

Even if he was not hit by the mast, Yoshihiro Hirano would die like other warriors. The big ship sank, and the warriors calling for help on the sea could not be rescued. He was shot to death by random arrows from soldiers of the Song Army.

Explosions continued to be heard on the sea, and the wreckage of the smashed ships was floating everywhere on the sea. This was a one-sided massacre. Facing the huge warships of the Song Army, the Nagasaki Navy was powerless to resist, and had only the fate of being massacred.

By daybreak, nearly [-] ships of the Nagasaki Navy had been destroyed, and [-] Japanese warriors had perished at the bottom of the sea, leaving no one alive.

But what pleased Fan Ning the most was that a total of 27 iron fire thunders were projected in this battle. Except for one that did not explode, the remaining 26 exploded, exerting tremendous power, which meant that the first iron fire thunder Walked out step by step.

But as the planner of this anti-sneak attack, Fan Ning still has a lot of things to do. They still need to gain the upper hand in politics and send envoys to Heianjing to reprimand Japan for the sneak attack on the Song army. The responsibility was shifted to Hirano Yoshi, so the Song army occupied Nagasaki, and the Japanese court had nothing to say.

Just two hours after the Nagasaki Navy was wiped out, General Zhang Dai led [-] soldiers and [-] warships to attack in the direction of Nagasaki. At the same time, Yu Xiaonian and several entourages left together. , They went to Heianjing to lodge a solemn protest to the Japanese court.

Just a few days before the naval battle broke out in Kunnan Bay, on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Pingjiang Mansion, hundreds of warships had been filled with various supplies and were ready to set off for Kunzhou.

Zhao Zongshi didn't go to sea this time. He is now serving as Hebei Xuanfu envoy, and he has gone to various prefectures in Hebei to inspect and appease.

There are 1000 troops following the fleet. They are the guardians of the fleet. Otherwise, the fleet full of supplies and people will only cheapen the pirates along the way.

Today is the third day of March, the last day for the fleet to berth, and the fleet will leave early tomorrow morning.

On the pier, Ming Ren and Ming Li were looking around anxiously, telling Zhu Pei that they must come today, but it is already afternoon, and there is no sign of Zhu Pei, so isn't she planning to come?

Regardless of whether Zhu Pei will come or not, brothers Mingren and Mingli must go to Kunzhou anyway. They have brought a lot of daily necessities, worth thousands of guan, and they are ready to go to Kunzhou to make a fortune.

It is indeed a fortune. Their trip to Kunzhou last year earned them more than 3 pennies. The [-]-jin piece of ambergris was bought by a rich man at a sky-high price of [-] pennies. , the income is so rich, why don't they go to Kunzhou anymore?
In addition to more than 500 officials who went to Kunzhou and Danzhou this time, there are about [-] residents from [-] households. They will be the first batch of pioneers to go to Kunzhou. These residents are all landless and bankrupt farmers in the north. Unable to stay in his hometown, he had to be displaced and became a refugee.

But the temptation given to them by the imperial court made them unable to refuse. Each family had two hectares of land, tax exemption for 50 years, and the government gave each person five buckets of rice and half a bucket of salt as living allowances every month in the first year. Tens of thousands of farmers who lost their land enthusiastically signed up. They will go to Danzhou and Kunzhou in three batches. The first batch of [-] households will go to Kunzhou.

At this time, Su Liang hurriedly sent over and asked, "Who are you two waiting for? I told you to board the boat!"

This time, Su Liang and Li Dashou were also transferred to Kunzhou by the Ministry of Officials. Li Dazhi served as the county lieutenant of Tang County, and Su Liang participated in the preparation of Han County. Low, but has become a full-time member, and is also awarded the eighth-rank secretary Lang Jingguan.

Mingren smiled and said, "Wait a little longer! We'll be on board right away."

Ming Li suddenly shouted, "It seems to be here."

In the distance, a covered boat was speeding along the river, and the boat stopped not far from them. A woman came down from it, her height was shockingly tall, followed by a pretty little lady, It was Jupe dressed as a village girl.

Su Liang opened his mouth wide, "So you were waiting for her!"

(End of this chapter)