As the battle began, Dong Yichang breathed a sigh of relief. He was ordered to intercept the Goryeo navy from going to sea for more than ten days, in order to prevent the enemy from escaping into the sea, they did not dare to leave this water area for a moment, although there was still food in storage, but because they could not get water from the port, the accumulated water had become stinky, making it difficult to swallow, and they could only take some rain to replenish it.

In fact, Dong Yicheng also wanted to attack the Goryeo naval army that was blocked at sea several times, but he also knew that his side was inferior in the number of enemy warships, and as soon as the cannon sounded, once the Goryeo naval army fled without a fight, he really could not guarantee that all the enemy would be encircled and annihilated at sea. So he decided to wait for his work, and he had more food and water, but the Goryeo navy did not, from the mouths of the captured prisoners in several tentative attacks they launched, Dong Yicheng learned that they were about to run out of food.

Dong Yicheng further decided that as long as he didn't move, watch them. The Goryeo navy did not dare to move, and if they returned to Mingzhou, they were worried that they would follow and pursue, and even if they went smoothly, the food and water would not be enough to support them until they returned to Hong Kong. So if they don't want to surrender, they can only consume themselves, and he also concluded that Boyan should be more anxious than himself, tens of thousands of people were blocked at sea and could not enter the port, and if they held back for a few more days, they starved to death without fighting.

After thinking about it, Dong Yicheng calculated that Boyan would send troops to rescue, and the only force they could use was to return to the navy, as long as they were also drawn out and wiped out, it would be difficult for Meng Yuan, who had lost the navy, to do anything, and the war would basically be over. So he urgently reported to the emperor, explaining his plan, and asked for reinforcements.

His Majesty immediately approved his latest plan and mobilized the Imperial Navy to reinforce him. Dong Yicheng was overjoyed, but he was more worried about the two days of waiting for reinforcements, knowing that the current naval army stationed in Jiangdong only left their first naval division and the imperial front naval army, and part of the imperial naval army was transferred by the little emperor to escort the Nanyang caravan.

Now that all the Imperial Naval Army is transferred to support his own battle, it is equivalent to the opening of the gate on the water in Jiangdong, if he is detected by the enemy and exploits the loophole, Dong Yicheng feels that he has won, and he has no shame to go back; In addition, when the battle started, he had no bottom at all, and it was not something he could control, in case the Imperial Front Navy came all the way, and he had already wiped the table and swept the floor, not only ran in vain, but also let the enemy go, which was also unexplainable.

There is also the issue of command, Dong Yicheng, as an old man in the army, naturally knows that the Imperial Navy is directly subordinate to the emperor, and the Privy Council has no right to dispatch. And the escort army has always been a high-ranking and low-level match, the captain of an ordinary small warship may have the title of commander, while in other sailors, most of them are just heads, and the commander can command medium-sized warships. If the emperor is personally defeated, everyone has to obey unconditionally, but if a guy with chicken feathers as an arrow fights for command, it will be troublesome.

After contacting the Imperial Navy that arrived last night, Dong Yicheng called God to have eyes, and he and Zhang Hao introduced the situation to each other and further discussed the battle plan. His Majesty made it clear in his will that Dong Yicheng would command the two armies in a unified manner, and if he did not obey the military order, he could cut it first and then play it, and at the same time granted the right of expediency to adjust the battle plan at any time according to the development of the war situation, without reporting, and all for the purpose of completely annihilating the enemy's naval army.

Dong Yicheng was very pleased, it seems that the emperor still trusts these old brothers very much, not only put his own army under his command, but also granted totalitarian power, if this battle cannot be won, then he really has to jump into the sea to feed the fish. And the only thing to worry about at the moment is Zhang Hao, who is currently in command of the Imperial Naval Army, although he has participated in a lot of battles and has made great contributions, but after entering Jiangnan, the former commander Zheng Yong was promoted to the deputy commander of the army, he only took over the position of commander, obviously lacking the experience of commanding large formations......

"What's the mess?" Sima Hu, the first sailor who was also on the Taishan, frowned and said to Dong Yicheng.

"Yes, do the Sprinkle family suspect that this is a water army? The quality is so poor that I can't even adjust the formation while on the move! Dong Yicheng was also puzzled.

After Meng Yuan returned to the sea after returning to the sea of the navy, according to Dong Yicheng's thoughts, the first thing that the Goryeo navy should think of after receiving reinforcements was to flank themselves with friendly forces, and only after inflicting heavy losses on themselves could they retreat safely into the mouth of the Huai River. But what he didn't expect was that when the Goryeo naval army found out that his side was attacking, he didn't even do anything to block it, and immediately turned to the wind to withdraw from the battlefield, and then bypassed his own formation and took the road.

In Dong Yicheng's view, the performance of the Huihui Navy was indeed a cut above that of the Goryeo Navy Army, and after entering the open sea, it quickly approached them with the help of the tide, and even when it found that the back road was copied, it only hesitated a little and launched an offensive formation to rush up to the interception detachment they sent. It seems to be violent, but at the beginning of the change of formation, the horse's feet were exposed, and the formation was scattered, and it was difficult to even maintain it.

"Yes, we're just firing and testing it, the Goryeo Navy has already messed up, and it's like a headless fly, breaking our plans, and it's too late to chase it!" Hu Ziru saw that after seeing the blow to the Goryeo naval army, he actually stopped turning and continued to speed southeast.

Their original plan was to engage the Goryeo Navy with several columns to penetrate the Goryeo Army formation while walking, jump to the periphery and reorganize the formation, and with the cooperation of the Imperial Front Navy, complete the encirclement of the Goryeo Navy and the Huihui Navy Army. However, the outermost Goryeo navy took advantage of the distance difference between the two sides to turn and flee first, which caught them a little off guard, and they felt like they were punching the cotton, and it took time and distance for the warship to turn, and they were traveling in multiple columns, so it would take more space and longer time. But he had to turn back to deal with the returning water army that caught up.

"Don't worry, as Your Majesty said, we are getting stronger and stronger, and Meng Yuan is getting weaker and weaker." Dong Yicheng put down the telescope in his hand and said.

"Dutong, we have to act quickly, otherwise the Goryeo Navy will run away. And although the return to the water army is chaotic, they can also break our resistance if they follow the tide, and they must make adjustments immediately. Hu Ziru looked at Dong Yicheng's casual appearance, and said a little anxiously.

"Look at it again, the Imperial Navy is worthy of being personally trained by His Majesty, they have seen our passivity and launched an action!" Dong Yicheng said, "Their dragon fleet has launched a surprise attack on the rear army of the Huihui Water Army, which will slow down the enemy's advance and even force it to turn back and engage in battle; Looking at the southeast direction again, its gunboat detachment has turned to the southeast, and at the speed of both sides, it is estimated that it can stop the enemy's Goryeo naval army and drive it back into the encirclement. ”

"At the moment, we have the same course, the same plan, and jump to the outermost part to complete the encirclement. In another two quarters of an hour, the low tide will be over, and the advantage of the returning water army will be lost, and then we will be able to do it. Now the order is given to intercept the detachment to the north and seize the upper hand! Dong Yicheng immediately ordered.

"Well, the Imperial Navy is indeed well-trained, they block the entrance to the sea with large warships that move slowly, use the fastest dragon ships as assault detachments to disturb the enemy, and use relatively fast and agile medium gunboats for pursuit and interception tasks, and they are unscrupulous in the distribution of forces. Looking at their dragon boat detachment, there was no sense of delay in adjusting the formation during the march, and the speed did not decrease at all. The same is true for the gunboat detachment, which can complete the prediction in advance as the course of the enemy ship changes, and can always seize the front of the enemy with the most appropriate angle change. I'm afraid none of our three major sailors can do it so perfectly! Hu Ziru sighed.

"It is said that Liu Cheng used to be a general of my dynasty, but later he took refuge in Meng Yuan and assisted him in organizing and training the navy, so the Meng Yuan navy can be said to be a teacher of Liu Quan. But at present, the tactics of our navy have been subverted by His Majesty, from the use of tactics, the deployment of warships, the change of weapons, and even the rules of the army are very different. The transformation of the warship in the voyage seems simple, but in fact, it is very knowledgeable, and it is also the basis of warfare, and His Majesty has also put a lot of effort into training. Dong Yicheng said.

"Looking at Meng Yuan's command, you know that the training is slack, if Your Majesty sees it, you will have to beat their butts to pieces. It is true that the imperial navy is the elite of the army, but they also train the hardest, you must know that they are all under the nose of His Majesty, and it is difficult to escape His Majesty's eyes. We are also lazy these days, and we must train diligently after the war, and we must not lose to these juniors! ”

"Du Tong just said that His Majesty has long said that Meng Yuan's combat power will weaken day by day, why haven't I heard of it!" Hu Ziru nodded and asked again.

"Yudutong, after the Goryeo naval army was intercepted, it has turned to the northwest!" This is the watchpost.

"Well, let the forward fleet follow and turn, annihilate the enemy ships that have straggled, drive them into the encirclement, and after joining up with the Imperial Navy, press the enemy to the northwest." After hearing the report, Dong Yicheng looked at the situation and ordered, "The rear army turned to the southwest to block the passage for the enemy to flee to the south. The Chinese army turned its course and prepared to engage the enemy! ”

At this moment, the warships were chasing each other, and the various armies were constantly adjusting their course, and they had penetrated nearly 20 miles into the open sea. The influence of the low tide here gradually subsided, the sea surface tended to be calm, and the Huihui naval army could no longer use the power of the tide, Dong Yicheng adjusted the formation in time, dispatched the armies to form an encirclement, pressed the enemy in the direction of the coast, and gradually contracted the encirclement.

"Everything, let's talk about it!" Seeing that the armies began to act according to the order, Hu Ziru continued the topic just now.

"It seems that Hu Sima also has the demeanor of a general, and when the war comes, he still has the leisure to listen to stories!" Dong Yicheng twisted his face and smiled.

"Xia Guan is just curious, how His Majesty made his judgment at that time!" Hu Ziru sneered a little embarrassedly.

"At that time, the Shuaifu army arrived in Qiongzhou not long ago, and just got a respite, when the Shuaifu army was just full of 10,000 soldiers, but Mengyuan was in the middle of the sky, and everyone doubted whether we could gain a foothold in Qiongzhou. However, His Majesty said not to look at the small number of soldiers in front of us, but we are in the initial stage, and we will get better and better after development. Don't look at the momentum of the Mongol Yuan, but there is a phase of prosperity and decline, the Mongols have been fighting for decades, and the elite is gradually exhausted, so they can only rely on the Semu and Han people to join to expand their strength. ”

"Then there is the fact that after many years of fighting, people have decided that the Mongols' will to fight will gradually be weakened, and they will lose their enterprising spirit and indulge in enjoyment. Moreover, the Mongols were born barbarians and made plundering as a profession, but after the victory, they did not form a perfect social system, and with the death of Temujin, there was no one who could rely on strong prestige to rule the whole country, and sooner or later they would fall into division, and civil strife would not stop! Dong Yicheng said.

"His Majesty was only six years old that day, and everyone was skeptical, but ten years later, what His Majesty said has been confirmed one by one. Since the capture of Jiangnan, Meng Yuan has failed to fight for Japan twice, and the conquest of Annan has been deeply trapped, and the lost troops will have to withdraw; The four major Mongolian khanates were in their own hands, and they actually existed in name only. The kings of the northwest did not submit to the imperial court, and the conquests continued, and after the death of Kublai Khan, it intensified. Not to mention the Mongolian armies that were annihilated in the battle to recover Jiangnan, and then look at the Mongolian naval army in front of you where it still looks like it used to sweep across the north and south of the river! ”

"Your Majesty is really an immortal talent, and he has seen the situation today clearly ten years ago. Look at the fact that we currently have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, sitting on the rich land of Baizhou in the south of the Yangtze River, although the enemy army in front of us has superior troops, but they dare not fight us head-on, it is really a reversal of the situation! Hu Ziru's eyes lit up, and he deeply regretted that he could not listen to His Majesty's teachings that day.

"Let's talk about it after the war, I still want to complete the task assigned by His Majesty, but the Sprinkle family has made a military order in front of His Majesty, and let go of the enemy army to meet him!" Seeing that the situation had been completed and the enemy army had been caught in the circle, Dong Yicheng smiled and said.

"Fish in the net, if you want to escape, how can it be so easy!" Hu Ziru looked at the battlefield. At this time, the enemy's two naval armies were surrounded within a range of about 20 miles from north to south and 15 miles from east to west, and hundreds of warships were like schools of fish in a net, but it was not easy to fish them out.

After being intercepted, the Goryeo navy also tried to break through the blockade line, but under the heavy artillery fire of the Song army, more than a dozen warships were damaged, and either the fire was ignited, or the cabin was penetrated into the water and slowly sank into the water. There were not only sailors and soldiers on it, but also newly trained sailors, dead floating on the surface of the sea like broken planks, sinking and sinking with the waves. The living are struggling and wailing in the icy waters, but who can help them? can only seek more blessings for themselves and fend for themselves.

The situation of the Hui Navy was not good at this time, and their rear army was also fiercely counterattacked at first after being harassed by the Imperial Navy, but they soon found that it was in vain, and the closed hull could not only block their rain of crossbow shots, but also the stone projectiles thrown by the trebuchets could not destroy them. However, their cannonballs can easily penetrate their warship, and the angle of attack hidden in the water can pierce the bilge with a single blow. When they tried to take advantage of the opportunity to jump into hand-to-hand combat, they were either stabbed to death by the iron cone on the roof of the cabin, or they had nowhere to start in the face of the sturdy hull......