The struggle of the reborn prince

Facing the sudden attack, the Song army still reacted "clumsily", and some ships sailed into the Hun River in a panic. ~Le~Read~Novel.LeRead.cm Of course, there are also those who are loyal to their duties. Several warships broke away from the formation and charged head-on with the rushing Golden Army warships, but they forgot that doing so would not be able to exert the power of their broadside guns. Jin Jun's small boat was maneuverable and easily avoided their collision, and the camera fired rockets at it.

The sails of this era were basically made of oilcloth, and they caught fire when they saw a fire. Once a fire broke out, it would spread to the whole ship in an instant.At this time, the Song army's artillery was unable to function and lacked melee weapons, so they had no choice but to evade and drive straight forward to quickly open the distance and hide out of the range of bows and arrows.Such a careless approach just exposed the transport fleet it protected to the attacking front of the Jin army, but the warships behind could not arrive in time, and a game of wolves eating sheep was about to be staged .

At this moment, more than 20 ships of the Jin army also launched an attack on the east bank. Their mission is very clear, that is, to launch a feint attack from the front. After transferring the warships of the Song army, they use fireboats to attack the transport fleet. As long as the attack is successful, the enemy will be intercepted. It is impossible to advance or retreat on this section of the river.And these big guys who couldn't move became the targets of their attacks. At that time, the brigade navy on standby could calmly launch a general attack and wipe them out at Sanjiangkou.

The walking boat is equipped with eight pairs of ten oars, and many oarsmen paddle together and sail down the current with full sails, at a very fast speed.Since the Song Army's warships were all attracted by the frontal attack, without the heavy artillery fire, the Jin Army was even bolder.Of course, the infantry and cavalry soldiers on the transport ship of the Song Army refused to sit still and started shooting to stop them.The Jin Army learned the lesson of being beaten by the Song Army's infantry and cavalry last time. They spread a layer of soil on the fire boat, covered it with wooden boards, and piled up fire starters.This will not only keep the ship stable while sailing, but also prevent the bottom of the ship from being easily pierced by enemy bullets and sinking due to water leakage.

The firewood and soil piled up in the cabin became the best shelter for the sailors of the Jin army at this moment. The bullets hit it like stone bulls entering the sea, without any lethality, and the sporadic artillery fire of the Song army did not threaten them very much.After all, the artillerymen of the Song Army lacked the experience of shooting on swaying boats, and the artillery used could not be fixed on land, and the artillery position had to be readjusted every time a shot was fired.Therefore, it is impossible to form a barrage like a broadside gun, and the threat to them is minimal, not as good as the focused fire of the Lianzhu gun.

After approaching the heart of the river.The speed of the water flow increased, and the sailors of the Jin army stopped paddling and moved to the small boat tied to the stern. After reading the fire boat, they cut off the connected rope and let it rush down the current to the fleet of the Song army, and they escaped for their lives. time.Without looking back, he paddled his head and escaped out of the range of the Song Army's firearms at the fastest speed.Next, just wait and see the tragic scene of a fire dragon struggling and rolling on the big river...

"Du Shuai, thick smoke has risen from the east, and the enemy warships in front have also been diverted away. Are we launching an attack?" The lieutenant-general of the Jin Army's flagship reminded Xu Dao again.

"Wait a little longer, wait for the fire to grow bigger." Xu looked at the thick smoke rising from the river and said. He knew that the fire boat must have been cast at this moment, but because the Song Army's tall hull blocked the line of sight, it was impossible to see the specifics over there. battle situation.However, the Song Army's fleet did not stop advancing because of the attack and still turned to Lianghe.This made him feel a little uneasy, and decided to wait and see.

"You are handsome. There is a fire in the east, and there are explosions, and they have succeeded!" The lieutenant shouted excitedly.

"Give me the commander-in-chief's order. The whole army is dispatched to attack the enemy's downstream army. In this battle of life and death, all armies will do their best. Those who advance will be rewarded, and those who retreat will be killed!" The ship was ignited and made a loud noise, flames radiated everywhere, and thick smoke enveloped the entire river, indicating that the ambush on the east bank had successfully completed the interception mission, he ordered loudly.

Xu gave an order, and the sound of war drums and horns sounded one after another. Countless warships hidden behind the sandbar and among the reeds on the west bank swarmed out. Later, Qi Qi rushed to the weak fleet of the Song Shui Army. In this battle, the Jin Shui Army sent out all the warships and elite soldiers, and fought the Song Army here to completely defeat their attempt to attack Liaoyang from the water.For a while, the boats on the Sanjiangkou and Shili River were like crucian carp, and the sound of killing shook the sky...

"Order five warships including Weizhen and Weiyang to block the mouth of the Hun River, order three warships including Weilong and Weibao to block the mouth of the Lianghe River after the transport fleet enters the Liang River, and order three warships including Weiming and Weixin to block the mouth of the Hun River. Block the upper reaches of the Liao River, and the rest of the warships will meet the enemy brigade." Ma Wei stood on the deck of the flagship ship building and watched the Jin army dynamically issue orders with binoculars.

"Commander, the Jiangling navy has sunk all the fireboats released by the enemy on the east bank, waiting for the next order." Tian Yang reported at this time.

"Okay, let's make the first contribution first. Make him guerrilla on the left flank of the battle, intercept the remnants of the enemy, and pursue the encirclement and suppression after the enemy is defeated!" Ma Wei read his head.

Guan Tongshou quickly conveyed the orders from the flagship to the ships through semaphore. After receiving the orders, the warships quickly organized and sailed to the battle positions according to the plan, and the transport fleet also accelerated and quickly turned into Lianghe.

"Commander, I don't know how Xu will feel when he finds out that all the fleets he was going to attack suddenly turned into warships?" Tian Yang put down his binoculars and asked with a smile after the order was issued and the whole army moved in unison.

"Hehe, I have to ask, I must be surprised and delighted. He wiped out all the main warships of our navy, and he will be the boss of Liaodong Bay in the future!" Ma Wei replied with a twisted face and a smile.

"Haha, I don't think so. He is only surprised but not happy. After finding out that something is wrong, he must be thinking of running away." Song Yi said with a big smile.

"Where is he going? The upper reaches of the estuary are blocked, and our rear army is waiting for him in the lower reaches. When we get to the fork of the river, the Jiangling navy is chasing him, unless he goes ashore as a landlubber!" Tian Yang said with a smile.

"Don't underestimate the enemy. You see, there are trebuchets on the warships of the Golden Army, and there are bed crossbows on the sea falcons. Although our warships are strong, they can take a hit. Tell the ships to take these big guys out of range after they come into range." Get rid of them, and then deal with those little shrimps." While they were joking, Zheng Hai, who was in charge of the navy's specific operations, did not dare to neglect, and kept watching his opponent's movements.

"Okay, if I talk too much about the rest of the matter, I will command blindly. From now on, I will just watch the show and ask for the results, and the command power will be handed over to you." Ma Wei still has self-knowledge. Although he was praised by the emperor as an expert in amphibious warfare, But his strength is that he knows the rules of water warfare and the responsibilities of land warfare, and he can coordinate the two armies to fight. But when it comes to a specific battle, he still has to let Xian...

From the conversations of several Song Army generals, it can be heard that this is by no means a temporary intention, but a carefully planned concealment.When they stopped in Heye to rest, although they saw that the combat power of the Jiangling navy was strong enough to deal with the harassment of the Jinshui army, after all they only had forty warships, but they still seemed powerless to face the entire Jinshui army.Therefore, they pondered how to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, make them lose the ability to conduct large-scale raids, and solve the problem once and for all.

But at this time, the Jinshui army who came to harass every now and then disappeared, which made Ma Wei and others very puzzled. They sent the Jiangling navy to cooperate with the former army to search carefully, but they did not find their traces.So they thought that with the approach of the Song Army, Xu must have been pressured by the top leaders of the Jin Kingdom, and they knew that although the Song Army could suffer certain losses through harassment, it could not stop its advance.And his sudden retreat was precisely planning a big battle to severely injure the Song army and force it to give up its plan to attack Liaoyang.

Several senior generals agreed with Ma Wei's analysis, and their ideas coincided with Xu's. They all wanted to use a decisive battle to severely injure their opponents, but they still didn't know where they chose to fight.After some research, their eyes all fell on Sanjiangkou, where the water regime is complicated, with water lakes and sandbars all over it, which is a good place to hide soldiers.Moreover, there are many shoals in the river mouth, and it is difficult for our own large ships to maneuver. However, the advantages of the Jin army's small ships can be used. The wide waters can also make it easy to deploy troops, and they can launch an attack when they turn to Lianghe.

After determining the battle waters, Ma Wei and others formulated a corresponding combat plan to ensure that the Jin army would not startle the snake and let the Jin army discover that the Song army was also preparing to fight a decisive battle with it, but also ensure the safety of the supply fleet and make full use of it. advantage to destroy the enemy.So they came up with a decoy fleet. The fleet driving ahead was still organized according to the old-fashioned mix of warships and transport ships, but the general's main warships were all gathered behind, and the transport ships and baggage ships of the brigade were not at all. Moved and stayed in Heye.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Jin army, the Song army fleet made great fanfare, marched in a single column with great fanfare, and carefully camouflaged the warships, which looked no different from the past from a distance.After entering the Sanjiangkou waters, Ma Wei and others judged based on the terrain that when they turned, they would lean towards the east side in order to enter the Liang River. If the Jin army ambushed here, the main attacking fleet would lie on the east bank, which could shorten the attack. The distance reduced casualties, and the feigned attacking fleet was placed west of the center of the river, so they placed the Jiangling navy on the right wing to deal with the main attacking fleet of the Jin army.

The Song army did their calculations intentionally and unintentionally. When Xu launched the attack according to his own plan, the leading Song army warships pretended to be at a loss and sailed into the Lianghe and Hunhe estuaries to seize the battle positions and block the battlefield.However, the subsequent transport ships still turned to Lianghe as planned to confuse the Jin army and induce them to launch an attack, and then used the Jiangling navy to attack and destroy their fire attack fleet. At that time, what Xu saw and heard was the Jiangling navy The explosion sound and flames from the destroyed fireship made him mistakenly think that he had succeeded, and launched a general attack.But what awaited them at this time was the dark muzzle of the warship of the Song Army... (To be continued...)