"Steaming cloud Mengze, shaking Yueyang City"

A place name that was only seen in the history books in later generations, I don't know when it disappeared in the long river of history, and in the legend, this Daze almost included most of the Jiangling Mansion and Yuezhou, I don't know whether it was human activities or environmental changes, so that it became the Jianghan Plain today, leaving only a small part of Dongting Lake. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

From the map, Dongting Lake in this time and space is like the heart of a human being, the river meanders from the direction of the lake mouth, as if the main artery, and the capillary network composed of large and small rivers such as Lishui, Yuanshui, Lushui, Xiangshui, and Miluo provides it with recurring water resources.

When the Yuanren naval army that traveled up the river day and night appeared on the side of Linxiang County, the city built on the edge of the river had not even had time to close the city gate, but just when they were terrified and didn't know what to do, they suddenly found that the enemy had no intention of stopping at all.

Standing on the high platform, Zhang Hongfan has a full view of the reaction of the Song people along the coast, those officials, soldiers, and people who either fled in panic or were stunned, in his opinion, are the most normal, but such a person is not worth stopping at all, just let the foot rider who follows him to receive it, and when the Song people's naval army is defeated, there may not be any major battles, because according to reliable sources, from here all the way to Jinghu South Road, the Song people's troops are not much.

At this moment, on the boat under his feet, he is the only one left, as the commander of the whole army, Ali Hague has already gone ashore before entering the territory of Yuezhou, the meaning can no longer be obvious, the navy will be entrusted to him alone, Ali Hague only wants a result, that is, victory.

For the total number of more than 2,000, this wide river seems a little narrow, and the side with more troops is most concerned about the narrowness of the battlefield, because that means that too much strength cannot be invested in the front, which is not conducive to giving full play to their advantages, therefore, as the commander of the naval army, Zhang Hongfan will be so eager, in his mind, the best battlefield is the vast Dongting Lake.

His boat did not come from the seizure, except for a part of those ships that were burned under the city of Jiankang, the rest were left in Ezhou by Ali Hague, this one was newly built later, it is obviously a little different from the warships of the Song people, in order to facilitate the movement in a windless or breezy environment, hidden under the second deck is a large rowing room, occupied by two rows of up to hundreds of people, and in the top deck, leaning against the female wall behind a few crossbow machines and stone bullets, is their biggest reliance.

Behind him, hundreds of such boats are the main force of this naval army, together with smaller flat-bottomed clippers, boats and patrol boats, which constitute the entire strength of this naval army, of course, including the number of no more than three hundred forwards, the commander is his own brother, Zhang Hongzheng, deputy of the Baoding Road march.

"Report, the forward has sent a signal that our army has arrived at the mouth of the Jingjiang River, and no trace of the Song people has been found."

"Tell Zhang Hongzheng that the Song people must be nearby, let his people expand the search area, and once they encounter an enemy, they will report immediately."

Zhang Hongfan was not surprised by the result of the striker's detection, if the Song people avoided the battle, it meant that they might even give up Yuezhou City, judging from the reaction of Linxiang County, this situation is unlikely, then there is only one possibility left, where the opponent is waiting for him.

The river turned a bend of nearly one hundred and eighty degrees here, and the water became much slower after being absorbed by Dongting Lake, and the seemingly calm river surface was full of whirlpools formed by the impact of several river waters, and Zhang Hongfan, who gave the order, looked at the mouth of the lake like a crocodile's mouth in the distance, and frowned deeply.

As everyone knows, their every move has been reported to Yuezhou by the scouts on the shore, such a big movement, even if there is no big killer weapon like the clairhand, Gao Shijie can also anticipate the enemy's opportunity, because this is his territory after all, since the moment the Yuanren Navy entered Linxiang County, a steady stream of news has been sent over from the shore, and the other party's momentum and fast movements have made him feel deep pressure.

Fight or avoid?

At this moment, he had one last chance, and on both sides of the lake, under the cover of the embankment, he lined up all the more than a thousand warships under his command, and the enemy was getting closer and closer, so close that he could already see the shadow of the sails. Gao Shijie knew that his subordinates were waiting for his general order, and that trace of hesitation was immediately left behind by him.

"Raise the flag, hoist the sails, accelerate forward, block them, and meet the head-on attack."

Almost at the same time, a large black shadow suddenly appeared on the water surface of the lake's mouth, feeling as if the sky was suddenly covered by dark clouds, and when this dark cloud really appeared in front of him, Zhang Hongzheng, the forward commander of the Yuanren Water Army, found that his subordinates were still in a scattered state and had not formed a formation at all.

"Beat the drums, meet the enemy!"

He was almost shouting in a hoarse tone, he didn't expect the Song people to hide under his nose, and he didn't expect that they would take the initiative to attack, instead of waiting in the water village, now he has only one choice, with a ship that can still react, to block them and win time for the main force of the brigade behind.

I have to say that his reaction was very fast, and after a while, the warships following him formed a line, forming a slightly forward burst formation with him as the center, the cold river wind blew his fighting spirit, and the unfavorable situation stimulated his fighting spirit, Zhang Hongzheng pulled out his saber, and looked at the direction of the warship without blinking, on the mast that was more than several heavy, a tooth flag danced in the wind, and there was a striking "high" word on it, he knew that it was the commander of the Song people, and it was also his biggest goal in this battle.

"A salvo of stone bullets!"

The Song warships lined up in a U-shape, from both sides of the river to the Yuan people, because of the opposite direction, the speed of the two sides approaching was very fast, and they suddenly entered the range of the stone bullets, with Gao Shijie's order, the stone bullets launched from the warships at the head were shrouded in the surroundings of the enemy ships, most of them fell directly into the river, and the few hits hit Zhang Hongzheng's vanguard ship sawdust flying, and people kept screaming and falling.

The Battle of Dongting started in such a way that both sides were a little caught off guard.