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Dongfang Chen's conjecture was correct. This Song Army navy fleet only transported 3000 people, all of whom were infantry, but there were quite a few sailors operating the ship, more than 1000 people.

The general who led the army was called Xu Yibao. He was surrounded and suppressed by Liu Yikang in the past. After Liu Yikang died, he had been stationed in Jingzhou. In order to get rid of the negative influence of Liu Yikang's incident on him in the past, Liu Jun agreed after receiving his letter, and transferred him to Xiao Sihua's subordinates.

This time, Xu Yibao proposed to Xiao Sihua the idea of ​​sending a fleet of troops and horses to take the water to raid the rear of the army at night, and he also issued a military order. Thoughts, he thinks the possibility of success is unlikely, but Xu Yibao is willing to issue a military order. As the coach, he is not good at suppressing the enthusiasm of the generals for war. Besides, Xiao Si doesn't want others to say that he excludes dissidents and nepotism, so he still agrees Xu Yibao's request was accepted.

At this time, Xu Yibao’s intestines were full of regrets, because the channel was blocked by iron cables, the fleet ships could not move forward, and the impeller was stuck by the iron cables, and they could not retreat, but the sailors on the warships behind did not know it and continued to move forward, so Suddenly, the boats collided with each other, people were turned upside down immediately, some boats were knocked over, and the soldiers fell into the water like dumplings.

There are also some ships that have been knocked out with big holes, and the river water poured into the cabins. The ships are sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. The sailors and soldiers on the ships panicked and ran around looking for a way out.

This operation was originally a secret operation. In order not to be discovered by the soldiers on both sides of the strait, Xu Yibao ordered in advance that no one on board the warships should be lit. Exactly how many ships had accidents, all I could hear were screams for help everywhere on the surrounding river, as miserable as the sound could be.

Just now, the battlefield suddenly lost speed during the fast sailing, and almost one of the nervous Song soldiers on the boat fell to the ground due to inertia, because the soldiers were all holding weapons in their hands, and accidentally injured them when they fell. There were countless people, and those who screamed and wailed one after another, which is why people in the barracks on the bank heard what happened on the river.

The extremely embarrassed Xu Yibao managed to get up, and he stood at the bow and shouted at the generals and soldiers beside him: "What's going on? Why can't the ship move?"

"General, I don't know what's going on. According to my memory, I shouldn't have gone on the wrong course!" General Hengjiang Shen Zheng replied with a mournful face.

Xu Yibao cursed: "If you haven't checked the reason yet, go check it out!"

"Yes yes yes!" Shen Zheng hurriedly agreed, turned around and ran away.

After a few breaths, the ship suddenly shook again, and there was a sound of wooden planks breaking. All the soldiers on the flagship were unable to stand firmly again, and many fell down.

At the same time, there were also a lot of shouts and cries for help from behind.

"General, it's bad. The ships behind couldn't see that we had stopped, and they were still moving forward. They hit the stern of our warship. A big hole was knocked out in the stern, and river water was pouring into the cabin!"

Only then did Xu Yibao realize that if he didn't give an order to stop all the ships and turn back, he was afraid that all the ships would run into him, and he didn't know how many people would be killed or injured. All ships stop and turn quickly!"

A general next to him turned pale with fright, and hurriedly stopped him: "No, general, the river here is not spacious. Once the army finds out, a thousand arrows will be fired at that time, and we will all be shot into hedgehogs!"

Xu Yibao was furious, and he slapped the general in a circle with his hands, cursing: "You have a pig's brain, how can there be such a stupid person in this world? You made such a big mess Movement, do you think that all the soldiers are deaf and blind, have they all fallen asleep? Hurry up and send an order!"

"Yes yes yes!" The general agreed, turned around and shouted: "Use light to send an order to order all warships to stop advancing and turn around and return!"

The speed of sending orders by lights at night is the fastest. Some warships in the front turned their backs and screamed for help. The soldiers on the Song Army warships in the rear also heard some movement, but they found that there were lights in the night ahead. , So he stopped the advance according to the order, and ordered the sailors to steer the boat back.

On the shore, Zhao Junsheng observed for a while, and ordered to Yang Lie: "Can you block their retreat?"

Yang Lie clasped his fists and said: "Yes! The last general ordered someone to forge two iron locks, one in front and one in the back. The front one blocks the advance of the enemy warships, and the rear one can block their way back as long as they are pulled up!"

Zhao Junsheng highly appreciated this: "General Yang is more considerate than I am, very good! Pass down the order and pull up the iron locks to cut off the return of the Song fleet!"

"Order!"

At this time, the ten small boats on the bank quickly rowed towards the Song army fleet in the center of the river. In the dark night, the Song army on the Song army ship was in chaos at this time, and no one noticed that the ten small boats were moving extremely fast. rushed over at the speed.

When these fire boats rushed to the vicinity, someone on the Song Army warship finally noticed the blurry figure of the small boat rushing towards him, and immediately shouted: "There is a boat rushing from the side!"

"Be on alert, be on alert quickly, crossbowmen get ready, release arrows—" The situation stabilized a bit, and the generals of the Song Army regained some composure, and a general ordered the soldiers to prepare to meet the enemy.

At this moment, the small boats that were rushing towards them suddenly caught fire, but they were still rushing towards the Song army's large ships.

"What's going on? Why are these boats on fire?" A General Song said suspiciously, and then his face changed drastically, and he pointed at the rushing fire boats and shouted: "Quickly shoot the arrows and shoot the fire boats to death!" People! Go and tell the helmsman to turn to avoid it, hurry up!"

"Swish, swish..." A wave of arrows shot at one of the foremost fireships, but this did not affect the speed of the fireship at all.

At this moment, the sailors on the fire boat jumped into the river and disappeared.

"Not good..." General Song's voice came to an abrupt end.

The generals and soldiers of the Song army on the warship watched helplessly as the fire boat crashed and could do nothing.

With a sound of "bump", the fire boat collided with the side of the Song army's warship, and the dragon's head got into the cabin of the warship and got stuck. Under the action of the wind, the fire of the fire boat instantly burned the wooden side of the ship.

"Push the fire boat away, push it away!" General Song yelled.

A Song soldier tried to push the fire boat with a spear in his hand, but they were engulfed by the fire as soon as they walked in. The sailors and boatmen paddling in the cabin were also terrified. The fire had already burned into the cabin, and everyone screamed Flee to the deck.

After the first fire boat ignited a Song army warship, the other nine fire boats also hit the Song army warship one after another, causing a fire that engulfed everyone and everything on the warship.

Countless soldiers of the Song army will be engulfed by the fire, howling miserably, and many people are forced to jump into the river by the fire.

The warship burned up and turned the entire river red and illuminated. Standing on the shore, Zhao Junsheng and the generals of the army could see the general situation on the river.

"Now it seems that the distance between the ships of the Song Army is not very dense. These ten fireboats can only burn some of the ships of the Song Army, but not all of them. Pass on my order to gather all the archers, The bed crossbow is on standby at the shore, get the rocket fuel ready!" Zhao Junsheng gave the order.

Chapter 1029 Talking about Jiang Xu's Leftover Treasure

"Report" a loud roar came from a distance.

The sound of horseshoes was approaching, and a knight rolled down from his horse and reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Report to Your Majesty, the front camp is being attacked by a large number of Song troops. General Yang sent a small school to report to Your Majesty. The remaining troops seem to be well-prepared, they have a large number of siege equipment, and the various ministries cooperate tacitly when attacking the city. Our army has a small number of defenders, and there is a faint tendency to be unable to resist it!"

After listening to the report, Zhao Junsheng touched his chin and said to the ministers: "What does Xiao Si mean by this? Does he want to use this attack as a cover for the navy to transport troops to sneak into the rear of our army, or is he using the actions of the navy to attack?" Attracting our army's attention to achieve the purpose of sneak attacking our army's front camp? National Teacher, what do you think of this?"

Dongfang Chen thought for a while and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I thought it was because Xiao Si was worried about the failure of the navy's operation, so he led the troops quietly to the front of our army's camp as a supplementary follow-up action. If the navy can quietly reach the rear of our army , he retreated; if the navy's action fails, our army's strength and attention will be here, and he will attack and capture our army's front camp!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked: "Don't you think that Xiao Sihua's move is a little too hasty? What if he captures the front camp of our army? Does he still want to take every step? Tonight he captured the front camp, tomorrow Our army will be able to take it back! He was not in a hurry before, he withdrew his troops from Yiling City to the Yidao and Yiting lines, no matter how our army provoked him, he would not be able to hold on. Now that our army is in full swing, he is more anxious than us. There's something wrong with this situation!"

Dongfang Chen shook his head and said: "For the time being, I can't think of Xiao Sihua's intention for doing this, but I think that the front camp cannot be lost. After all, it is a barrier. If the front camp is lost, the Song army can directly threaten this place!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "If you send troops to rescue, this black light will easily fall into the enemy's ambush. Maybe Xiao Sihua wants our army to send reinforcements. Yang Dayan has thousands of troops in his hand. I I don't believe that he can't stand it even for one night! Besides, the camp is on the mountain. Although the Song army has a lot of troops, they can't fully deploy it. It shouldn't be so easy to take it down. That's it for tonight, let's wait and see what happens!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Junsheng said to the knight who reported the letter: "Go back and tell Yang Big Eye, just say what I said, let him stand firm until dawn, and those who take a step back will be killed! In addition, if you are intercepted and captured by the Song army's ambush on the way back, Just say that I have ordered to send troops to rescue, let Yang Dayan try to persevere and wait for the reinforcements, General Song will definitely not embarrass you!"

"promise!"

The reason why Zhao Junsheng believes that Yang Dayan can defend is because Yang Dayan has [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in his hands. Big eyes are full of Yizhou soldiers who have just served in the army, and he is really worried that he will not be able to defend. After all, the fighting will of these Yizhou soldiers cannot be compared with that of the dry army.

Soon, all the archers in the army camps on both sides of the river came to the river bank to assemble and lined up. A large number of rockets were transported over. The archers were waiting for Zhao Junsheng's order.

At this time, the Song Army navy warships that had not been burned on the river had already retreated, turned around, and were about to retreat, but the retreat route had been blocked. Straighten blocked the waterway.

The Song Army Navy warship that was the first to retreat was stopped by iron locks. No matter how the boatmen stepped on the pedals and operated the oars, the warship could not move forward. The scene was staggered, and many people fell in a mess and lost their heads.

Next, the retreating Song Army naval warships rushed over and hit the iron chain and were forced to lose speed. Shouts and wailing came from these warships, and the soldiers panicked and lost their positions. The soldiers lost control for a while.

The other naval warships of the Song Army were also only concerned about fleeing for their lives. The boatmen stepped on the pedals and paddled desperately, but they ran over regardless. The ship crashed and stopped, and the ships in front were also smashed into tatters. Many ships were destroyed, and the river water poured into the cabin. Seeing the sinking of the ship, the soldiers transferred to other ships one after another.

"Your Majesty, the warships of the Song Army are only focused on escaping for their lives, and they are all crowded together!" Li Bao said to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng ordered coldly: "Order the archers on both sides of the strait to launch rockets at the Song army's warships, and the life bed crossbows will also join in!"

"promise!"

As the order was issued, the archers on the shore fired rockets one after another. Waves of rockets flew from the shore into the sky, and then fell on the Song army on the warship like a meteor shower. Many soldiers of the Song army would be shot to death, and many rockets were nailed to the warship. Start lighting the plank logs.

"Fire, put out the fire!" Song generals shouted one after another.