At noon, the 100,000 army had landed, and the sea ships began to return to Shengsi Island to pick up Zhao Ge's remaining army, according to Li Qing's military order, Zhao Ge could also lead 40,000 troops to cross the sea for reinforcements; After the last group of sea ships left, Li Qing led the army into Qingdun City, of course, it was impossible for all the 100,000 troops to be stationed in the city, and all the troops stayed outside the city.
Inside the big tent of the Xia Army.
The tent was full of generals of the Xia army, and as for Shimazu Tadahisa, the three were not qualified to come in to discuss the matter; Li Qing looked at the map and said to Zhou Yang: "Zhou Yang obeys the order, this king will give you 30,000 Japanese soldiers, and 5,000 elite cavalry will lead the army to take Huating and the villages and towns along the way, and the strong men and women will be arrested by this king, and all of them will be sent back to the camp, as for the old and weak women and children, they will be left to fend for themselves; Our army is not very strong now, so don't go too far alone. ” "Yes, the last will understand" "Zhou Hai obeys the order, this king will give you 40,000 Japanese soldiers and 10,000 elite horsemen; You led the army south, occupied and destroyed the Song army's various salt farms along the coast, and occupied Guangchen Town, Weitang Field, Xiuzhou City and other places; Like Zhou Yang, all the strong men and women were transported back to the camp."
"Yes, the last general commanded," Zhou Hai ordered; "But Lord Wang, as soon as the last general leads the army away, there will only be 5,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 Japanese soldiers left by your side."
"Don't worry about this king, Zhao Ge will lead the follow-up reinforcements to arrive two days later, as long as you complete the tasks assigned by this king, there will be absolutely no problem with the safety of this king, hurry up and do it" Li Qing said to the two.
"Yes, the last will retire" According to Li Qing's military order, the Xia army will soon occupy the entire territory of Xiuzhou by attacking at the same time, but Xiuzhou is not very oily and water, and the coastal area of Xiuzhou is the main salt-producing area of the Great Song Dynasty.
Jiangyin Song Army Naval Division Jiangnan Battalion.
The Jiangnan camp of the Song army had just been built, and Li Bao and the sailors had just moved into this new camp for a few days, so Li Qing and everyone under his command did not know the news; On the river outside Jiangyin City, a clipper ship of the Song army was docking, and before the warship could stop, an officer of the Song Army's naval division jumped off the boat and rushed towards the big tent of the Chinese army.
"Newspaper, newspaper, Xisha Island urgent report" At this time, Li Bao was studying the military book in the big tent of the Chinese army, and after the officer came in, Li Bao put down the military book, and the officer reported to Li Baoyu: "Marshal, Dongsha Island and Xisha Island were suddenly attacked by a large number of sailors, Dongsha Island fell, General Wang is leading the army to guard Xisha Island, please send reinforcements quickly." ” Li Bao frowned and asked, "Where did the large number of sailors come from, and what banner do they have?"
"Captain, the enemy army is still flying the skull flag."
"Skull Banner."
Li Bao said with a frown; "Isn't the Skull Banner those pirates, it's really bold, let's talk about how many ships the enemy army has" "Your lord, there are hundreds of pirate ships on the river."
"No, how can a group of pirates have so many ships, it doesn't seem to be Xia Jun."
Li Bao suddenly realized; "It seems that it was the Xia Jun sailor who had been harassing me along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty and robbing the sea ships before; But what is the purpose of the Xia Army's sailors going south, is it possible that they are going to attack Jiangning Mansion?"
"Marshal, you better hurry up and send troops to rescue, you can't care so much."
The officer said eagerly: "The attack of the Xia Army's naval division is very fierce, and I am worried that General Wang will not be able to hold on for a long time. ” "Someone is coming, the commander will order that all the warships in the camp will immediately set sail to reinforce Xisha Island."
Li Bao issued a military order; "Whether it is the Xia army or the pirates, if they dare to come to the Yangtze River to spread wilderness, Ben Shuai will definitely not come back."
Zhou Bao gave an order, 50,000 sailors and more than 500 warships stationed in the camp of the Jiangnan Navy Division pulled anchor and set sail down the river, heading straight for Xisha Island; At this time, the Xia Army's sailors with the skull flag were confronting the remnants of the Song Army's sailors on the river outside Xisha Island.
Now there are still 300 warships in the remnants of the Song army, in the first round of night raids, the Xia army led by Feng Frame did not sink all the sailors of the Song Army, this is mainly because the intelligence work in front of the station is not enough, according to the information obtained by Feng Frame, the Song army stationed in Xisha and Dongsha The sailor warships are mainly in two docks, one is the south pier of Dongsha Island, and the other is the east pier of Xisha Island, but in fact, the Song army also has a secret pier, located in the west of Xisha Island, after losing contact with Yushan Island, Wang Zongze transferred most of the warships of the Song army to the west wharf of Xisha Island, which led to the current scene.
"General, what should we do now," the adjutant general asked Feng Box.
"What's the situation on Xisha Island?"
asked Feng Box.
"Our army has landed on Xisha Island and is currently clearing the remaining enemy on the island."
"Looking at the posture of the Song army, there are at least three hundred warships, and it is impossible to wipe them all out in a short time, and the reinforcements of the Song army's naval division will be able to arrive in a few days, so more Song warships must be sunk before the Song army's reinforcements arrive."
"But general, our army is in the lower reaches, which is not conducive to the offensive at all, and the last general's suggestion is to mainly drag down the Song army."
Feng Frame resolutely ordered: "Order, attack with all your strength, and use broadside battles to attack the Song army's warships." ” For the Xia Army's naval division, the battle is the best choice, once the two armies are in close combat, the advantage of the Song army will be instantly neutralized, and the Xia army's individual combat ability is stronger than that of the Song army, so that the Xia army can play to its strengths and avoid weaknesses, and attack the enemy's weakness with its own advantages.
But Wang Zongze was not stupid, watching the Xia army's sailors attack him, Wang Zongze ordered: "Open the distance from the enemy army, use bed crossbows and catapults to launch a counterattack on the enemy army." ” At the mouth of the Yangtze River, hundreds of warships on both sides fought together, and the two sides kept a certain distance, both using catapults and bed crossbows to attack, Feng Frame's strategy was not implemented, Feng Frame was annoyed by this, and the familiar with the Yangtze River and the ability to fight on the water, the Xia Army was not stronger than the Song Army, the Xia Army's sailors and soldiers were from the north, and the Song Army's sailors were all locals, and they would drive boats since they were children, and they were not familiar with the Yangtze River.
Although the Song army's warships are fewer than the Xia army, but the two sides are still inseparable from each other, needless to say that the water war kung fu Song army is indeed stronger than the Xia army, the two sides fought from morning to evening, the Xia army lost more than 20 warships, and the Song army lost about the same as the Xia army.
At the same time in the Changguo Islands, led by Zhou Tao of the South Road Naval Division, has approached the Song Army's Changguo Naval Division battalion, these days Zhou Tao sent some of his ships under the banner of merchant ships, has been the Song Army's Changguo Naval Division for several days to observe, although they are all the new naval divisions of the Song Army, but the Changguo Naval Division does not have any vigilance, after all, the sky is high here, the emperor is far away, and it is an island, and few people usually come.
Although they are both water divisions, there is still a difference between the Jiangnan Water Division and the Changguo Water Division, the Jiangnan Water Division belongs to the Song Army's forbidden army water division, while the Changguo Water Division is just a local water division, and the two sides are simply a heaven and an underground in terms of treatment
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