Chapter 396: The Beginning

In Zhao Hao's view, the Mongol team is composed of traitors, but it is not accurate to think about it, it should be said that it is a national army composed of multi-ethnic rebels, but what makes him puzzled is why these rebellions of all ethnic groups are willing to be driven by the Mongols, is it money, high-ranking officials, or killing? And if it was to select the 'Top Ten Rebels of the Mengyuan Period', he thought that Li Heng should occupy a place, because this guy was different from other vassals who betrayed their own nation and their own country. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Heng is a descendant of the authentic Western Xia clan, his grandfather died in the unyielding battle when the Mongols attacked the Western Xia, and his father Li Weizhong was captured, I don't know whether he was smart or well-behaved and sensible, not only was he not killed by the Mongols who always liked to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but was adopted by the Mongolian king, and later became a Daru Huachi. After Li Heng was born, he was taken by the princess of King Song of Mongolia, and was adopted as an adopted son again. However, Zhao Yu liked to accept the godson of other tribesmen for the Mongols, and took hostages in disguise.

With such a good godfather, Li Heng seems to have forgotten the hatred of the country and the family, or he does not have the mind of Murong Fu who has not forgotten to restore the country for generations, but has become a minion of the Mongols with peace of mind. In the third year of Zhongtong, with the help of his godfather and brother Yixiang, Li Heng was appointed as the judge of the Shangshu Division, and did not forget to denounce Li Pu's rebellion, so he was awarded by Kublai Khan as the governor of Zilai Lu Oulu and Peijin Fu.

In the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Heng was reappointed as General Xuanwu, Yidu Zilai New Army Wanhu, and followed the Yuan army to attack the Song Dynasty. The Yuan army attacked Xiangyang, and the defender Lü Wenhuan crossed the Han River with a fishing boat to peep at the Yuan army's military situation, and Li Heng set up an ambush to defeat Lü Wenhuan, and cut off the waterway from Xiangyang to the outside. In the spring of the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Heng led the elite troops to cross the Han River, and first ascended the city from the south of Fancheng. After that, Xiangyang also fell. He was promoted to General Mingwei with his merits, and he wore a golden tiger talisman. In the following year, he defeated Xia Gui, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, defeated Ezhou and Hanyang, and was promoted to General Xuanwei with merit.

After that, Li Heng followed Prime Minister Boyan to the east of the Yangtze River to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Heng followed the right Cheng Ali Hague to Dongting and captured the Song general Gao Shijie. Then capture Yuezhou and Shashi. Soon, the Yuan army sent troops in three ways, he was the left deputy marshal, and he sent troops out of Jiangxi at the instigation of the marshal of the capital. chased Song Xiangwen Tianxiang all the way to the empty pit, captured his wife and daughter, surrendered 200,000 people, captured more than 20 people including Zhao Shisheng, the Song army's envoy, and surrendered more than 200,000 Song soldiers. Later, he defeated the Song soldiers in Meiling.

In the fourteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Heng served as the governor of Jiangxi. In the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Heng served as the deputy marshal of the Mongolian Han Army, broke through Guangzhou, and came to Yashan. He can be said to have participated in the successive battles to destroy the Song Dynasty, made great contributions to the Yuan Dynasty, stepped on the bones of the Han people like mountains and rose all the way, and became the vanguard of the Song Dynasty......

In the previous battle for Yashan Island, the Yuan army not only failed to retake the island, but also suffered heavy casualties, and the plan to exhaust the enemy also went bankrupt. Coach Zhang Hongfan decided to launch a decisive battle in the near future in view of the fact that his side had been fighting for a long time, it was difficult to replenish the baggage, and it was difficult to obtain reinforcements, but there was a dispute over how to fight. In view of the failure of several attacks and the sharpness of the Song army's firearms, the generals thought that they should concentrate the big ships as the vanguard, and use the large trebuchets carried on them to smash the water village formed by the Song army's big ships, and then break the village to destroy the enemy.

However, Zhang Hongfan did not adopt it, he thought that using a trebuchet to break the Song army's ship formation would force it to rush out of the ocean and escape, and it would be difficult to complete the task of total annihilation here. Li Heng also believes that although the enemy has been surrounded, the Song army can advance and retreat with the tide, and the arrival of the rainy season also makes it meaningless to cut off Qiaoji Road. Therefore, it is most suitable for a rapid attack, otherwise the opponent can escape by taking advantage of the wind and tide, and in the end it will not succeed, which is equivalent to wasting military strength. As a result, under the strong leadership of the two coaches, the tactics of the north and south were formed.

At this moment, Li Heng led his troops to take advantage of the darkness of the night and the high tide to go out to sea from the cliff gate to the north from the east of the island to the north to return to the enemy's rear, but he always felt unsteady all the way, as if he had one eye staring at his every move, feeling that this was not to sneak attack the Song camp, but to jump into a trap impatiently. Of course, this feeling is not because he does not have the confidence to defeat the Song army, but from the intuition of a battlefield veteran.

"Stop the ship and drop anchor!" Under the leadership of the Song generals who surrendered to the Yuan army, Li Heng's sailors bypassed many reefs and successfully used the rising tide to pass through the Dongnengzhou narrow road into the inland sea, and he then ordered the ship to be docked, extinguish the lights, and wait for the tide to recede.

In the dark night, the lights of the Song army's water village were unusually bright, and the island was also brightly lit, and it was even more audible, which made Li Heng feel a little at ease, he thought that if the Song army was aware, he would definitely withdraw the garrison on the island to the water village to strengthen its strength, or concentrate its forces on land to fight against the island. Now the troops are divided into two places not only difficult to support each other, but also will disperse the troops, weaken the defensive strength of the water village, as long as the water village is broken, the Song army on the island will have no way back, surrender without a fight.

"Send a sentry ship to see if there are any ambushes!" The lieutenant Sakhri saw that there was still some time before the tide receded, and that the place where they anchored the ship was still more than ten miles away from the Song camp, and he couldn't see the scene clearly, so he wanted to order someone to go to the camp.

"Not allowed!" Li Heng immediately stopped when he heard this, "The Song army has already become a frightened bird, and will definitely send a sentinel ship to patrol the vicinity, if it encounters our army, it will definitely warn, and it will be difficult to receive the effect of a surprise attack!" ”

"Yes, the deputy marshal is clear!" Although Sahri was a Mongolian general, he was still very convinced by Li Heng, so he stopped talking.

Li Heng looked back at his fleet, and the more than 120 warships he brought from Guangzhou had already lost forty percent of them in the fierce battle with the Song army, and most of them were destroyed by his iron-backed dragon ships and firearms, so he had to transfer fifty warships from the commander to supplement the shortage. What made his heart ache was that the strong army he brought from Jiangxi also suffered a lot of losses in the seizure of the island, although some troops were added to make up the amount, but the combat effectiveness was obviously not as good as before. But the uneasiness in his heart did not come from this, and this ominous premonition became stronger and stronger, and he couldn't find the reason and couldn't get rid of it, which made him feel irritable.

"Vice Marshal, the tide is receding!" I don't know how much time has passed in my thoughts, this is the lieutenant general reminded.

"All armies obey the order, the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty is at this moment, and all armies must move forward bravely!" Li Heng shook his head vigorously when he heard this, he knew that the big war was coming, and he shouldn't have these unrealistic thoughts, he climbed high and shouted loudly, as if he wanted to shout out the stuffiness in his chest, "Lift the anchor, turn the bow of the ship, and use the stern to meet the enemy!" ”

The tide began to recede, the sea surface was rippling, the river was surging south with the seawater, and with Li Heng's order, the whole army lifted anchor and rushed down the river to the Song Army Water Village, and a decisive battle that may shine in the annals of history finally began...... (To be continued.) )