Five days later, Yakushima Pier. \ All the 3,500 sea ships under the command of Li Qing, the king of Yan, gathered here, and the Xia army only carried seven days' grain and grass in this battle, and the rest were weapons, bed crossbows, arrows, and war horses; In addition, Li Qing gathered an army of 200,000, of which 80,000 soldiers had just crossed the sea, 40,000 soldiers of the Qinglong Naval Division, and 80,000 were all servants of the Japanese state, led by Shimazu Tadahisa, Yamashita Masao, and Kitano Jiro respectively.
Among them, the 160,000 troops were all loaded on 3,000 sea ships, and the entire sea ship fleet was stuffed to the brim, as for the other 500 all warships loaded with the 40,000 officers and soldiers of the Qinglong Naval Division, according to Li Qing's battle plan, the 40,000 soldiers of the Naval Division were the vanguard of this operation and the key to the victory of this operation; The sailors' warships were faster than the seagoing ships, and although they set off together, they did not arrive together.
The generals on the dock gathered together, and Li Qing said to everyone: "General Feng, General Zhou, you two are the key to the victory of our army; The fleet of sailors was divided into two parts; The North Route Naval Division was the main force, with General Feng Frame leading 400 warships and 30,000 sailors to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it was necessary to block all the Jiangnan Naval Division fleets of the Song Army in the Yangtze River; Supplemented by the South Road Naval Division, General Zhou Tao led 100 warships and 10,000 soldiers to the Song Army's Changguo Naval Division's camp, striving for the complete annihilation of the Song Army's Changguo Naval Division.
The rest of the generals led 160,000 soldiers and 3,000 ships to land in the area of Qingdun Salt Field in the Great Song Dynasty, and then the army went north to attack Suzhou, using this as the basis to sweep the entire Suhu area; The key to this battle lies in the operation of the naval division, and it is necessary to deal a heavy blow to the Great Song naval division at the beginning, otherwise even if our army can grab the grain and grass, it will not be able to transport it back."
Li Qing said his battle plan again and again, the purpose of which was to let the generals know his mission; After Li Qing finished speaking, all the generals said in unison: "Obey the military orders of the prince" "The Generals Embark on the Ship and Sail" After Li Qing's military order was issued, all the generals boarded their respective warships, but Zhao Ge, Shimazu Tadahisa, Yamashita Masao and Kitano Jiro all followed Li Qing to board the flagship Sea Dragon; This should be the largest sea-crossing operation in history, and it is very spectacular for 3,500 warships to go to sea together; Li Qing stood on the deck of the Sea Dragon and looked at the endless fleet, this was the only sailor fleet in the Great Xia Empire, which was created by Li Qing, the king of Yan.
However, the ships of this fleet today are still mainly medium-sized ships, mainly about 2,000 ships; The fleet was soon divided into three parts, one to the north and one to the south, leaving only three thousand ships to defend the Sea Dragon, which was going to the east, and the sailors of the Xia army had already traveled countless times on this route, so they didn't have to worry about getting lost at all.
Three days later, the North Road Naval Division Fleet led by Feng Frame arrived at the Yangtze River estuary outside the Yushan Island 100 miles east, where Feng Frame's naval fleet was discovered by the Song Army's Jiangnan Naval Division, in order to defend the Yangtze River estuary, the Song Army's Jiangnan Naval Division commander Li Bao arranged a detachment on Yushan Island, with 5,000 naval division officers and more than 100 warships, their main task is to warn and patrol this sea area.
"General Yu, discover the Jiangnan Navy Division of the Song Army."
A lieutenant general came to Feng Box's cabin and said a few ways.
Feng Quan asked the deputy general as he walked to the deck, "How many ships does the Song army have?"
"General Yu has ten sea ships, which are sailing from south to north, and it seems that they are going to Yushan Island."
The adjutant general reported to Feng Frame.
Feng Frame stood on the top deck of the Jianglong and looked south, and sure enough, there were ten ships under the banner of the Song Army sailing, but at this time the Song Army fleet had already changed course and sailed eastward; Feng Frame issued a military order very decisively: "Send an order, send fifty warships on the right flank to take the initiative to attack and sink all the Song warships." ” "Yes, the last general commands" After the flag was issued, fifty ships of the Xia Army Naval Division immediately chased after the Song ships, facing the siege of the Xia Army's fleet, although the Song Army resisted stubbornly but it was meaningless, the two sides fought for an hour after ten Song Army Naval Division ships were all annihilated, and the Xia Army won the victory, but the Xia Army also had a sea ship that was sunk, and several were heavily damaged; This battle was the first battle of the Song-Xia Jiangnan Campaign, and also laid the foundation for the Xia army's surprise attack in the future.
"General, the ships of the Song Army's naval division have all been wiped out."
The adjutant general reported to Feng Box.
Feng Frame nodded and said, "Order the whole army to attack and occupy Yushan Island at full speed. ” In order to prevent the Song army on Yushan Island from escaping, Feng Frame ordered to outflank the rear road of the Song army from both flanks, this is a war without suspense, the Xia army occupies the absolute superiority of the force, the Song army's Yushan Island sailor was caught off guard by the Xia army before it even had time to leave the port, and the soldiers of the Qinglong Naval Division have experienced countless exercises for the landing operation, and they also have actual combat experience when grabbing the Song ships; Therefore, when landing on Yushan Island, the progress of the Song army was very smooth, and it took only three hours to take the entire territory of Yushan Island, and captured the remnants of the Song army and warships on the island.
Taking Yushan Island was the basis for the Xia army to win the naval battle, because none of the Song warships on Yushan Island could run, which means that now that the war has begun, the Great Song Dynasty still knows nothing; Feng Frame left part of his troops on Yushan Island, and led the army to continue westward to the mouth of the Yangtze River, in fact, for how to contain the Song Army's Jiangnan Naval Division, Feng Frame had already planned, to block the Song Army's Naval Division within the Yangtze River is a very simple matter, just occupy the two islands at the mouth of the Yangtze River, these two islands are the impact islands formed by the Yangtze River silt accumulation, and are called the predecessors of Dongsha Island and Xisha Island Chongming Island by the locals.
As a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, Li Bao naturally knew the importance of Dongsha Island and Xisha Island, Li Bao had deployed heavy troops on these two islands, and the islands were very close to each other and could be used to support each other; Li Bao arranged an army of 50,000 on the two islands, and more than half of the warships of the Jiangnan Navy Division were here, and the first general under Li Bao's command, Wang Zongze, was guarding here.
Because the Song army guarded the two islands very tightly, so Feng Frame did not know about the situation of the Song army's garrison on these two islands, so after taking Yushan Island, although Feng Frame led the naval division to continue to advance, but did not prepare to attack the two islands immediately, Feng Frame was ready to arrive at dawn, and launched an attack when the defense of the two islands was the weakest.
Xisha Island, in the camp of the Song Army's naval division.
"General, until now, the brothers of Yushan Island have not sent back any news, do you say that something happened to Yushan Island?"
a deputy general asked Wang Zongze.
Wang Zongze said very confidently: "Don't worry, there will be no big incident, tell the brothers to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and send two other sea ships to Yushan Island to find out the situation." ” Although Wang Zongze said so, he was still a little worried in his heart, it turned out that in order to prevent a possible attack from the sea, Yushan Island and Xisha Island had a daily contact, but no one arrived today, and the cautious Wang Zongze had to make preparations.
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