The atmosphere in the back hall of the Leizhou Marshal's Mansion was a little solemn, and Ali Hague also frowned, since the end of last month, he transferred the Shuai camp to Leizhou to prepare to attack Qiong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Yesterday the two sides each dispatched more than 200 warships to engage in a fierce battle, but it was still difficult to gain an advantage in the water battle, but instead lost a large number of warships, and more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded.

"Chen Wanhu, when will you be able to defeat the Qiongzhou Water Division?" Ali Hague glanced at the several generals on the lower seat, and asked Chen Yi who was in the right hand.

"It's handsome, it's almost there. The last general has figured out the tactics of the enemy army and the hydrology of the strait, and two more battles will definitely be able to annihilate the enemy's naval army and help the infantry army to land! Chen Yi got up and saluted.

"Chen Wanhu, you have said this several times, and every time you say that you can win in two days, but why do I see you every time there are more warships going out and fewer warships coming back?" A general on the lower left of the handsome seat asked with a smile.

"General Ulu, it's not some nonsense, but the naval battle is not a water battle, but the enemy is too cunning, and he actually lurked outside the port under the cover of fog, and suddenly launched an attack after our warships left the port, although our army suffered a slight loss, but also reduced the repulsion." Chen Yi defended himself.

"Oh, I see!" Wulu seemed to be surprised as if he had suddenly realized, and turned his face to the people sitting next to him, "But I remember that when I was in Ezhou, Chen Wanhu once said that he could defeat the Qiongzhou Navy in just one battle, isn't it also cowardly?" ”

"Well, I remember. Chen Wanhu once said in the Zhennan Palace, but what he said was to completely annihilate the Qiongzhou Navy and capture the remnants of the Song Dynasty and the remnants of the Song Dynasty. He also made a deep contemplation and thought for a while.

"Oh, yes, yes, that's what I said. But why did Chen Wanhu fail to win more than ten battles in a row, but he had to do it next time! Wulu looked at Chen Yi and said with a smile.

"Don't laugh at the two generals, it's really that the enemy has blockaded the strait too tightly, and whenever our warships just approached, a large number of enemy warships arrived, so they were often outnumbered." Chen Yi said with a smile, and looked at the deputy marshal Oluchi as if asking for help, hoping that he could help him break the siege.

"Say no more. This conquest of Qiongzhou was a sea-crossing operation, not just a horse with a fast sword that could not cross the sea. Most of the warships of our Jinghu Naval Division were lake boats, and there were not many sea ships that were replenished. However, the wind and waves at sea were high, the lake boats were swaying, and it was difficult for the soldiers to adapt for a while, and the enemy's firearms were sharp, so it was difficult for our catapults to restrain them. The defeat in the battle was not all Chen Wanhu's fault, and now that he has figured out the tactics of the enemy's naval army, why don't we wait a few more days! Olu turned his face and glared at the two generals.

"Thank you for the righteous words of the deputy marshal, at first I wanted to use the strength of the whole army to conquer the enemy's Baisha Water Camp in one fell swoop after the smuggling was completed, block their warships in the harbor, so that they could not go to sea, and then use the trebuchet to fire the gold juice cannon to burn them all, as long as we land on land, with a few generals will definitely be able to set foot on Qiongzhou." Seeing that Oluchi excused himself, Chen Yi also hurriedly explained, "Who knew that the Champa Province had to launch an attack on us with a lowly position, so as to attract the attention of the enemy army to us, so as to cover their crossing of the sea, so that the lowly plan would be in vain......

"Chen Wanhu, you said too much!" Ali Hague shouted sharply at this time. Xindao These southerners are the best at self-defense and exonerate themselves with clever words, while Oluchi still retains the simplicity of the Mengren and does not have the ghostly eyes of the southerners. But Chen Yi actually leaked the secrets of the two armies for himself, which is really hateful.

"Du Shuai, it's a mistake to be humble!" Chen Yi hurriedly saluted, although his face was full of humility, but he was secretly happy in his heart. He also knew that these words were inappropriate, but he had to say them if he didn't let them, otherwise he would have to carry the pot himself, otherwise the Tartar would have to use himself as a scapegoat when he turned his face one day. Now that everyone knows the truth, they can't put the blame on themselves, and it's really not a big deal compared to getting scolded and losing their heads.

"Du Shuai, everyone knows that the Qiongzhou sailors are not easy to deal with, and if you want to attack Qiongzhou, you must defeat them first. If we can't capture Qiongzhou, the Great Khan will blame us or we will be punished! The Qinzhou march was furious, got up and shouted.

"Yes, all handsome. Liu Shen was defeated by Qizhouyang, and he was already frightened, but he couldn't even affect our plan to attack Qiong! "The Lianzhou marching ten thousand households, Qi Rongzu was also deeply dissatisfied.

"Shut up, you can't be allowed to discuss military affairs!" Ali Hague saw that his two subordinates were also dissatisfied, and hurriedly stopped.

"The instigator must have made up his mind to calculate us!" At this time, Jinghu marched to Wanhu Zara'er and suddenly slapped his thigh and said.

"Don't talk nonsense, thanks to the cooperation of instigation in Guangzhou, we can smoothly transfer Leizhou!" As soon as the wave was suppressed, the wave rose again, and Oluchi waited for his words.

"Hongjira, you also saw it when we were transiting in Guangzhou. Those soldiers of Fuguang Province all claimed that they were going to conquer the city, and made a big publicity, lest the world not know, did this not inform the enemy that they were not attacking Qiong, so as not to be intercepted by the Qiongzhou naval army? Another Wan Hu beside Zara Lala said.

"Yes, yes, not only Guangzhou, but even the entire Jiangnan knew that they were going to occupy the city, at first I thought it was to cover the transfer of our army, but now I think it was premeditated, it was to put us in danger, so they crossed the Qizhou Ocean safely and went to Zhancheng." Hongji Raren claimed to be the Tao.

"yes, yes!" Chen Yi saw that he had already provoked a dispute, so he could get out of the successive failures, so he put on a bitter face and said, "As far as the humble knows, the Qiongzhou Navy Division has tens of thousands of troops and thousands of warships, if they do their best to prevent our army from crossing the sea, I am afraid that the lowly naval army will not be able to guarantee safety." It's a pity that our army has missed the opportunity to annihilate it, so we can only fight hard, alas......"

"Chen Wanhu, if you cross the sea in this situation, how sure do you think you are?" Sitting opposite him, he shook his head and sighed again and again, very unhappy, but he also knew that he needed the assistance of the navy to cross the sea, so he frowned and asked.

"No, one percent." Chen Yi replied without thinking about it, he had thought about it, only by involving everyone could he live in peace, lest the defeat of the army put the responsibility on himself.

"You...... What do you mean by that? As soon as Chen Yi spoke, everyone was shocked, and he didn't expect his answer to be so crisp, so he stammered and asked.

"It's simple. The dead Song Dynasty has always been known for his naval army, and he is even better at defending against danger. Qiongzhou also has Zhang Shijie, Liu Shiyong, Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xuan, who are strong generals who are good at water warfare, and their naval forces and warships are not inferior to our army. However, our naval army must not only undertake the task of fighting against the Qiongzhou Naval Division and escorting the landing of the army, but also undertake the task of carrying various armies across the sea. In this way, it is inevitable to take care of one and lose the other, and disperse the troops, how can they win? ”

"Chen Wanhu is too long, and others are majestic, right? Although we did not know how to sail on foot and horse, we were not afraid of anyone in the battle, could it be that they were just sitting on the boat and eating rice, as long as they were close, they could board the enemy ship and fight. Warm Buhua patted his chest and said.

"I don't mean to underestimate the general!" Chen Yi waved his hand and said with a smile, "When I first arrived, I thought that our army had more than 1,000 warships and tens of thousands of invincible warriors. But we have engaged them several times, and they only fight with meteor cannons or giant crossbows, and they will not engage with each other at all; Even if the ship is sent to attack closely, it is to use the iron-backed ship to ram it. ”

"And this iron-backed ship is surrounded by thick plates, covered with raw cowhide, the roof of the ship is inlaid with iron plates, and the trees have iron cones, even dozens of pounds of stone bullets can hardly hurt it; Attacking it with a bow and crossbow is even more like itching. However, if the troops are sent to cross the ship, they either have nowhere to climb or are assassinated by an iron cone, and once they get close, they often rush with all their strength, and the person who is hit will either capsize and sink in an instant, or the bilge will enter the water, and it will be difficult to move. ”

"Chen Wanhu means that we people are all waste when they get on the boat? Don't forget, whether it is in Jiaoshan or Xiangyang, we are the ones who took the ship and crossed the Yangtze River. Warm Buhua listened and said angrily.

"Don't worry, the general doesn't mean to despise him, he just tells the truth, and asks the general to remember that the Yangtze River is not the sea, how the Zhang brothers died, and why Liu Shen is so jealous of the Qiongzhou Navy!" Chen Yi was secretly happy when he saw his annoyance, with this group of people coming out, he was cheaper for himself, and replied with his hand.

"You ......" no matter how stupid it is, Chen Yi said in disguise that he was a waste when he got on the boat, and he stood up in a hurry and pointed at him and yelled, but he didn't know how to say it for a while.

"Sit down, what Chen Wanhu said is true!" Ali Hague swept away the temperature and said coldly. Although he did not directly deal with the Qiongzhou Naval Division, the naval army he mobilized last year was completely annihilated by him in the battle on Donghai Island, and all the warships anchored in the harbor were destroyed, which caused the attack on Qiongzhou to be delayed to this day, and forced him to secretly transfer troops this time.

"Chen Wanhu, then how can you cross Haiden Island?" Oruchi asked after a moment's silence.

"Deputy Marshal, as long as the enemy ships in Baisha Water Village in Qiongzhou can be transferred to the open sea, the humble duty is to die and send the troops to the shore!" Chen Yi got up and clasped his fists and saluted.

"It's not easy, is it?" Ou Luchi was a little embarrassed and said, "Baisha Water Village is the key place in Qiongzhou, if its empty door is wide open, our army can go straight to the palace city, but it is where the palace city of the remnants of the Song Dynasty is located, how can you give up!" ”

"Chen Wanhu, if you can transfer the sailor of Baisha Water Village, how sure are you?" At this time, Ali Hague suddenly asked.

"Yu is handsome, and he is eighty percent sure that he will send the foot and cavalry to the beachhead. And make a military order in the court, if you can't, be willing to be a military law! Chen Yi immediately got up and saluted and said solemnly. But he didn't think so, if he captured the city, the infantry and cavalry armies would be able to quickly control the whole island along the post road. And the navy can be said to be the only reliance in Qiongzhou, and no one will evacuate easily, so he concluded that even if he said it, it would be difficult for him to do it.

"Well, how does Chen Wanhu want to fight the enemy?" Ali Hague asked.

"Yu Dushuai, if the enemy naval army withdraws from Baisha Water Village, he can concentrate all the warships to form a barrier on the west side, intercept the enemy's two battalions of Chengmai and Changhua, and cover the landing of the transport fleet." Transferring away the enemy's Baisha Water Division is an impossible option, Chen Yi has no stomach case, but his reaction is also alert, and he was stunned for a moment.

"If the enemy's Baisha Sailor learns of our attack and immediately returns to help, how will Chen Wanhu respond?" Ali Hague asked again.

"Du Shuai, although the enemy has arranged a floating city in the strait and expanded the scope and frequency of inspections, they still dare not approach the north shore for ten miles in a single boat. If they are still able to see during the day, but at night they are also blind, and when the sentinel ships are attacked, they often return to Fucheng first to take refuge, and only ask for help from their water battalions when they find that our troops are still pursuing. Chen Yi thought for a while.

"And we took advantage of the night to avoid the enemy sentry ships set up in the waters off Chengmai and Changhua, and concentrated the warships scattered all over the place on the open sea of Thanksgiving, and immediately went to sea after grouping, at that time, even if the enemy Fucheng could find us, it would be difficult to defeat our thousands of warships. Even if a distress signal was issued, it would take two hours for a warship to be dispatched from the nearest port of Chengmai, but by this time our warship was already halfway there. ”

"At this time, it is the time when the tide rises, which is conducive to our army's sailing, and it only takes more than an hour to reach the outside of Baisha Harbor. At the same time, the lowly can send a fleet of warships to meet the enemy's naval forces, prevent them from attacking, intercept the convoy, and buy time for the generals to land. At that time, even if the enemy's Baisha Naval Division received reinforcements, I was afraid that our army had already begun to land and fight, and the lowly post had completed the escort mission, so there was no need to worry about the future, and we could lead the naval division to a decisive battle with the enemy. ”

"Adjutant Marshal, if the ship docks, how long will it take you to get to the beachhead?" Ali Hague asked instead, apparently he still had doubts about whether the Jinghu Sailor would be able to defeat the Qiongzhou Sailor.

"Yu Dushuai, as long as the ship docks, the last general will only need two hours to seize the beachhead, and in four hours he can send half of the army ashore, and capture Baisha Water Village in one day, and the whole army will board Qiongzhou." Oluchi was still more cautious, and according to his experience in crossing the river and fighting in those years, he pondered for a while before giving a more lenient answer.

"Well, the two generals have a thorough plan, and Ben Shuai is very pleased." Ali Hague nodded and said, "I don't know what is the preparation of the ten thousand households of the leading troops?" ”

"Yu Du Shuai, our armies have long been fed up in the harbor and river, not only can they not go ashore every day, but they also have to endure the attacks of snakes and insects, as long as Du Shuai gives an order, all armies will immediately be able to go into battle and fight, so that they can move their fists and feet in Qiongzhou!" Warmed Buhua listened and immediately spoke.

"Okay, then Ben Shuai will tell you a secret, when we capture Qiongzhou, what you see must be an empty boat of Baisha Water Village!" Ali Hague touched his beard and said with a smile, and the generals were stunned for a moment and cheered in unison, as if they had won the battle, but Chen Yi's face changed uncertainly......