The struggle of the reborn prince

The pursuit formation of the Song Navy is that the Dengzhou Navy formed two columns on the left wing and sailed along the Liaodong Sea. Keep a distance of ten miles.The formation adopts a step-by-step marching form, and each column is ten miles apart, forming a search area with a width of sixty miles.The advantage of such a formation is that when the visibility is good, they can watch each other, and with the help of telescopes, they can communicate with each other through semaphores, and even if the visibility is poor, they can communicate through gunfire.

Relying on the familiarity of this sea area and skilled boat handling skills, Song Shuijun gradually narrowed the distance between him and Jin Shuijun after a night of uninterrupted pursuit.Finally, in the morning of the next day, the Haizhou navy located on the outside of the right wing was the first to discover the traces of the Jinshui Army. They immediately entered combat readiness, and at the same time informed their neighbors of their discovery. Tell the information to the middle road.This method may seem primitive, but in ancient times without radio, it can be said to be the most convenient and advanced way of communication.

"The main fleet of the Jinshui Army has been caught, that's great!" Cheng Xishou said excitedly when he received the report. He hadn't slept for two days and two nights. He knew that he was already in his sixties, and his body and energy were no longer suitable for drifting on the sea. Today, this expedition may be his masterpiece of guarding the palace. If he cannot wipe out the Jinshui army, he will not only fail to fulfill the emperor's great entrustment, but it will also be a regret in his life.

"Dutong, you can finally get your wish!" All the staff in the cabin looked at Dutong sweeping away the worries on their faces, and congratulated in unison.

"Hehe, I finally lived up to the mighty grace of the emperor!" Cheng Xishou said with a smile, cupping his hands. "Report the location and speed of the Jinshui Army!" Capturing the traces of the main force of the Jinshui Army is only the first step in the battle, and the next step is how to surround and annihilate them.

"Follow the order. Judging from the scale and banner, it is undoubtedly the Chinese army of Xiemao Ali, the commander of the Jinshui Army. Their position is about fifteen miles in front of the left front of the Haizhou Navy. Consistent with our initial judgment, they should go to Baozhou and prepare to take their own ducks. Withdraw from Lujiangkou!" Zhong Ping, who joined the Chinese army, marked the positions of the two armies on the chart.

"Well, based on the current speed, we should have met their former army!" Cheng Xishou said suspiciously while looking at the chart and stroking his beard.

"This is what makes my subordinates feel strange. Neither our central army nor the left wing found the former Jinshui army, and the left wing has already advanced twenty miles from us. Even if it is much farther than the central army, it should have been discovered, but it didn't Return, ordinarily they should not be able to jump out of our encirclement!" Zhong Ping, who joined the army, also said in confusion.

"Order the left-wing Dengzhou navy and the Chinese army to step up observation. Prepare for interception and battle, and at the same time order the Haizhou navy to check the deployment of its troops!" Cheng Xishou frowned and ordered. This is really strange, isn't it? They found their whereabouts first, turned and fled.

"Dutong, is it possible that after the enemy's former army Uyan Puluhun was annihilated by our army, the whole army huddled together to prevent the dispersion of troops, and did not send forward at all!" Sun Tao, another soldier in the army, said for a moment.

"There is another possibility..." Chang Si, the capital of the navy, suddenly thought of something.

"What's possible!" Cheng Xishou asked.

"According to the plan, the Mingzhou navy should have completed the transport mission and is on the way back. The route is intersecting this attachment, but we have not found any trace of it all the way, so my subordinates thought that the Jinshui army might encounter it on the way back. Mistakenly thinking that our navy is the main force. Sending the front army to fight, leading to no front army to open the way!" Chang Si said.

"There are too many strange things about the Jinshui army in this battle. It is said that they want to return from Baozhou. It should be the most convenient and quick way to go in a straight line, but it appeared here; if it is to avoid the war and go around, it should also stay away from the route. Dodge the pursuit of our army; will they use the main force to lure the enemy in such an arrangement? Use the former army as a surprise soldier, and suddenly kill to win!" Sun Tao said.

Jin Jun's strange actions were so unreasonable that they caused quite a bit of confusion to Da Song and his group. They couldn't figure out their true intentions, but they didn't expect that Jin Shuijun just made a low-level mistake - Mi Hang, in order to make up for this mistake And there have been many helpless moves that subvert the imagination.Only one thing they thought of was that the enemy's front army might encounter the Mingzhou navy, but it was difficult to draw a conclusion in the fog.

"Report to Dutong that the two teams of the Dengzhou Navy have begun to turn to intercept the Jinshui Army after receiving the order, but still have not found any traces of its former army; An hour later, we will meet our army, because the distance is too far to check its configuration in detail!" Zhong Ping reported after receiving the news from each team.

"Well, the whereabouts of the former army is difficult to detect, there are all kinds of possibilities, but now the arrow is on the string and has to be launched, so don't give up encircling and annihilating the main force, advance at full speed, and make all the teams move closer to the central army!" Cheng Xishou thought for a while and said. ...

The Jinshui army deviated from the course due to the night trek, and the adjustment of the formation was delayed. After discovering the Song Shui army, Xiemao Ali still insisted on his plan and insisted on returning from the mouth of the Yalu River without changing the course, which happened to be parallel to the formation position of the Song army. .

"Report to the capital, and the left wing found another Song army fleet approaching us at a high speed, less than six miles away!" After discovering that the Song navy was chasing it, the Jinshui army accelerated with full sail and wanted to get rid of it, but they didn't expect that the one behind hadn't shaken off yet. , another one appeared in front, and hurriedly reported it to Xiemao Ali.

"Don't worry about it, move forward with all your strength!" Xiemao Ali said after receiving the report and checking the direction of the enemy. The enemy only had about forty ships, and he could not stop his army. He thought it was just a forward of the Song army. He didn't want to get entangled with them, in case he was caught up by the brigade behind, but at this moment he felt a little uneasy, suspecting that it was not the main force of the Song army who was fighting with the former army.

Xiemao Ali devoted himself to avoiding the enemy and not engaging the Song army, but the development of the situation was getting more and more beyond his imagination.The news kept coming from the front that another Song army fleet appeared ahead, and the distance to them was less than five miles. Atuhan, who opened the way, asked to turn, and Xiemao Ali gritted his teeth and continued to maintain the course.

Less than ten miles away, another news came that the fourth Song army fleet appeared, and the distance was even closer. At this time, the fleet was less than fifty miles away from the mouth of the Yalu River. Xiemao Ali didn't want to waste all his previous efforts, but he also realized that even if the former army could If he broke through, the middle road he was in would also come into contact with the Song army, so he had to send a fleet of sea falcon ships to protect his left wing.

At the first moment of Shen Shi, the front fleet sent an alarm again, and another Song army fleet appeared, and the front army had entered the range of the opponent's artillery. Xiemao Ali boarded the deck and looked west, feeling cold in his heart. The five fleets of the Song Shui Army have been concentrated here, and their own fleet stretches for several miles and is right in the attacking surface of their various columns, just like five fierce tigers eyeing a tiger, ready to pounce on the flock of fleeing sheep at any time...

Cheng Xishou was also looking at the bow of the ship at the moment, and he had a panoramic view of the Golden Army fleet in front of him. It was centered on three large ships, fifty battleships were the backbone, and two hundred seafalcon ships were the main combat force. Unclear walkers carry sailors, and the huge formation is mighty, with flags flying, which is truly majestic. Almost all the essence of the Jinshui Army is concentrated here.

"Raise the red battle flag and order all the ministries to attack!" The number of ships owned by the Jinshui Army far exceeds that of its own, but here are also concentrated all the main warships of the two navy divisions of the Song Shui Army Dengzhou and Haizhou, equipped with thousands of artillery pieces, and The performance of the ship is excellent, and the sailors are skilled. This will be the biggest naval battle since the founding of the Song Dynasty. As the commander, Cheng Xishou was extremely excited and waved the command flag.

'Boom', the bow gun of the Shenwei fired the first shot of the battle. The Song army launched an attack with a tactical group. The five fleets inserted into the Jinshui Army fleet like five sharp blades. Qiming, the sound shook the sea.Naturally, the Jin army would not sit still and fired at the Song ships that broke into the formation one after another.

Killing the general and capturing the flag is the highest honor for every soldier, and Cheng Xishou is no exception.After the battle started, the Shenwei rushed to the forefront. With its tall and solid hull, it overturned the two sea falcon ships responsible for covering the left flank of the Jin army, and inserted itself between the two fleets.Cheng Xishou ordered the Shenwei to adjust its direction and sail parallel to the enemy fleet, approaching the enemy's central army and heading towards the flagship of the Jinshui Army.

In an instant, the artillery on both sides of the Shenwei fired one after another, sweeping across the sea on the left and right, and immediately sank a golden warship that was rushing over to block it on the port side to the bottom of the sea. A walker tethered behind the battleship broke through the outer defensive circle of the Jinshui Army and led the middle fleet into the enemy's formation.

The brave Shenwei immediately became the target of the enemy's attention. Stone bullets and arrows greeted fiercely, and a long arrow fired from a crossbow at close range pierced the cowhide covered outside the cabin. He swept the sand table on the command platform to the ground, and if it was more upright, he nailed Cheng Xishou to the ship's wall.

"Knock it over!" Cheng Xishou's face changed, and he pointed to a sea falcon ship lying in front of the battleship to stop them from advancing.

The sea falcon ship is a ship with excellent performance. It is small in size, with a low head and a high tail. The hull is wide at the front and narrow at the rear.There are four to eight floating boards on the left and right sides of the ship, which are shaped like the wings of sea falcons, so that the ship can sail smoothly in rough seas and can fight in bad weather. It can be called an all-weather warship of this era and one of the famous battleships. .

Seeing the mountain-like hull of the Song Army warship pressing towards them, the sailors on the Seafalcon yelled in horror and shot out the arrows in their hands. Some even drew out their long knives and waved them, as if they wanted to chop the battleship over. The hands paddled like crazy, trying to dodge with their own agility, but they still couldn't dodge. They were swept by the stern of the giant ship and capsized. The flagship of the Golden Army was right in front of them... )