One Piece of Song Dynasty

Early in the morning on the third day of the first lunar month, Wei Yuan came to report to Li Xin: "Your Majesty, a Jin army fleet was found fifty miles behind us. There are about two to three hundred ships, all of them fast ships."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, you go and prepare with seventy warships. This is our first large-scale battle with the Jin Army. This battle must be won."

Wei Yuan cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will be confident of winning this battle."

After Wei Yuan left, Li Xin came to the cabin where Zhao Gou was under house arrest and said: "Your Majesty, madam, the Jin army fleet is only fifty miles away from us. Let's go and watch the battle together."

Zhao Gou said: "Okay, let me see how my brother-in-law attacked the Jin army."

Zhao Gou, Wu Shaofen and Gillian followed Li Xin to the deck to watch the battle. Later, Li Xin also notified Zhang Xiaochun and others to come and watch the battle.

This time, the Jin Army's pursuit fleet was commanded by two generals, Ali and Puluhun, sent by Jin Wushu. There were about troops. Since Jin Wushu occupied Mingzhou, he sent these two men to pursue the coast by boat. Zhao Gou.

At this time, a Jin Army scout reported to the two men: "Report to the two generals that the Song Army fleet has been spotted fifty miles ahead."

Ali said excitedly: "Great, we finally caught up. It's not easy. He ordered the fleet to speed up and catch up with Zhao Gou'er."

More than half an hour later, the Song fleet became increasingly clear.

Puluhun said in confusion: "The formation of these dozens of Song fleets is so weird. They are all horizontal and still in a curved formation."

Ali said: "Maybe the Song army saw that they couldn't escape, so they wanted to fight us."

Puluhun sneered and said: "Maybe, I don't know where they got the courage to stand up to me, the Golden Warrior."

Ali said: "The dog jumped over the wall when it was anxious, and the rabbit bit when it was anxious. It seems that Zhao Gou was driven into panic, but our Dajin army has never been defeated against the Song army, and there will be no surprises this time." , ordered the fleet to speed up and rush over, kill the Song fleet and capture Zhao Gou'er alive."

Through the telescope, Li Xin saw the Jin army fleet speeding towards them and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Stupid."

Zhao Gou was also playing with a telescope on the side and said: "This thing in my brother-in-law's hand is really useful. You can see the situation of the entire battlefield from a long distance."

Li Xin gave binoculars to everyone watching the battle. Wu Shaofen put down the binoculars and said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Army fleet has accelerated and rushed over. I see why our fleet hasn't moved yet."

Li Xin said: "Madam, don't worry, these Jin soldiers are on the verge of death and don't know it yet. You will see them running away with their heads in their hands soon."

Lu Yihao, who was watching the battle on the side, also asked: "Yongxi, the Jin army fleet is rushing over, why hasn't our fleet moved yet?"

Zhao Ding also echoed: "That's right, why hasn't there been any movement?"

Zhang Xiaochun said: "Don't worry, you two, you will soon see the golden fleet destroyed in ashes."

Wei Yuan placed ten slower Dayu Type ships in the middle, and the remaining faster Gonggong Type ships were arranged on both sides. When the Jin army fleet entered the naval fleet, it was meters away. When they were close, Wei Yuan gave an order, and the seventy warships started firing together. There was an earth-shattering sound for a while, and thousands of cannons roared at the Jin army. This scene shocked everyone who saw cannons for the first time. people.

Twenty or thirty of the ships that the Jin Army rushed in front were defeated in an instant, and many ships began to take in water and sink. The Jin Army was stunned for a while when faced with such a scene.

It took Ali a while to react and said: "What's going on? Go and see what's going on."

The sound of artillery continued, and ships were constantly being destroyed. Soon, soldiers from the Jin Army came to report: "Two generals, the Song Army must have used some new weapons. Our ships are still far away from the Song Army fleet. Places far away have been sunk, and dozens of ships have been immobilized."

Puluhun said: "General Ali, let's withdraw quickly. Judging from the appearance of the Song army, they want to annihilate us today."

Ali said angrily: "It was just close. I didn't expect to be bitten. Withdraw the troops."

Following the two men's orders, the Jin Army fleet began to prepare to withdraw. However, it was not easy for the sailboat to turn around. At this time, the Gonggong II warships deployed on both wings had begun to approach the two wings of the Jin Army fleet while fighting. The Jin Army The scene was chaotic for a time.

Li Xin put down the telescope and said: "The defeat of the Jin Army has been determined."

Zhao Gou put down the telescope and sighed: "My brother-in-law is really powerful. He is much stronger than me. Since I came to the throne, I have only escaped when facing the Jin army."

Li Xin said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be discouraged. What the Emperor inherited was a mess. It took me several years and countless money to build such a strong army."

Wu Shaofen on the side also said: "Your Majesty's methods are indeed brilliant, Shaofen admires him."

Li Xin smiled and said: "This victory can be regarded as my farewell gift to the emperor and the two ladies."

Zhao Gou nodded and said: "Okay, this is a good gift, I like it."

At this moment, Zhang Xiaochun, Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao on the other side said: "How are you two? Please reply to the letter now. The defeat of the Jin Army has been decided."

Lu Yihao's eyes shone brightly and he said, "Yong Xi, what on earth is that fire-breathing thing on the boat?"

Zhang Xiaochun explained: "That is an artillery piece. It is a unique firearm in the prince's army. It has an effective range of one mile."

Zhao Ding asked: "What is the effective range?"

Zhang Xiaochun replied: "It means that the accuracy can be guaranteed within a mile, and it can be hit even further away, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed."

Lu Yihao asked: "This artillery can definitely be used to attack the city?"

Zhang Xiaochun nodded and said: "Of course, but now the prince will not equip the infantry with such sharp weapons."

Lu Yihao stared and said, "Why is this?"

Zhang Xiaochun said: "Because our army lacks cavalry, although this artillery is powerful, it is also heavy. If equipped to the infantry, it will not only slow down the marching speed of the infantry, but also will be easily taken over by the enemy's cavalry because of the lack of cavalry protection. That way On the contrary, it is detrimental to our army, so currently artillery can only be used to defend cities or naval forces."

Lu Yihao said angrily: "It's the cavalry again. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has lost many battles that should not have been lost due to the lack of cavalry."

Zhang Xiaochun pretended to sigh and said: "What can be done? The traditional horse breeding land left to us by our ancestors has been lost, but I think the prince will definitely solve the problem of cavalry in the future."

Zhao Ding looked at Zhang Xiaochun and said, "I don't think you look depressed at all. Is there something else you are hiding from us?"

Zhang Xiaochun said with a smile: "Haha, Yuan Zhen is really sharp-eyed. I might as well tell you that our army already has a horse breeding land."

Lu Yihao was surprised and said: "What, there is already a horse breeding land where is it?"