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The rising sun has not yet risen above the sea, but the sea has been dyed red, Zhao Yu stood on the bow deck and looked around, hundreds of large and small warships surrounded their own ships like the moon. In front of the imperial ship were thirty medium-sized warships of the Navy's forward fleet, which were in a sharp formation under the command and command of a large ship, and they also carried the soldiers of the front army. Scattered among them were small sloops, covered by a curtain of straw mats, which looked like the usual cargo ships along the coast.

The Chinese military fleet where Zhao Yuzhou was located was the largest, with more than 100 ships, not only carrying all the officers and soldiers of the left, center, and right armies, but also a group of people belonging to the royal palace and subordinates such as the Medical Institute, the Metropolitan Hospital, and the General Bureau. In order to be able to accommodate so many people, Zhao Yu also made a contribution, and he contributed the other three 2,000-hu sea ships allocated by the Queen Mother to his use.

The first floor of Zhao Yu's ship was occupied by the guards and sailors, and the second floor was the residence and office of the royal officials. The third floor is a cadre of the inner house, and the fourth floor is his exclusive place, and the bilge holds all the things used in the house, but it is a little ashamed to say that there is really nothing of value except for some food, drinking water, tables, chairs and benches. The other two ships, one of which had been converted into a hospital ship, were allocated to the medical hospital, and now except for the wounded soldiers who had not yet recovered, they were stockpiled medicinal herbs; Another will become the mobile office of the Commander if the enemy sinks it. Then the whole institution is paralyzed by more than half.

The rear army had the fewest ships, but they had the heaviest responsibility, and not only did they have what little food they had left. It also carried the soldiers of the rear army and the craftsmen of the Tosakuin, the families of the army and the children of the old camp. However, their combat ability is the worst, and most of the soldiers are composed of volunteers who have just been reorganized and have not been trained. But there is no way to do this, the big war is imminent, and they can't be allowed to rush to the front, otherwise they won't be able to help, and if they don't get it right, they will have to make a mess.

"Whew......" Zhao Hao let out a long breath, and the cold morning breeze made his sore head seem to be a little easier. It's been three days since I went to sea today. In order to avoid the enemy patrol ships, they have been sailing away from the coast, and so far it has been quite smooth. He didn't encounter the enemy, but now that he was getting closer and closer to Guangzhou, his nerves were getting tighter and tighter.

"Your Highness, it's windy at sea, let's go into the cabin and rest!" Wang De bent down and put a brocade robe on the prince.

"Not necessarily. It's stuffy in the cabin. It's still fresher on deck. Zhao Yu waved his hand and said.

"Your Highness is too nervous!" That's when someone interjected.

"Hehe, I'm afraid Mr. didn't sleep either!" Zhao Yu looked up at Ying Jieyan holding a pair of black circles, and returned the salute with a smile.

"Yes, the big war is coming, and it is inevitable." Ying Jieyan also said with a smile, as the commander-in-chief of this war, he is also under great pressure, and now he has only ten days of grain storage, and the cash box has bottomed out. If they hadn't taken Guangzhou to get supplies, they wouldn't even be able to go to Qiongzhou. Therefore, this battle is only guaranteed to be won and not lost. Most of the soldiers in the army are volunteers, and most of them have never seen a major battle, and they do not know their real combat strength, and there is not much time for the second reorganization of the various armies, and there is a lack of tacit understanding between the various armies, and it is really difficult to say whether they will win or lose.

"Sir, don't be too anxious, the enemy army is still in the north, morale is declining, and the military discipline of the Yuan army has always been harsh, they will not be entangled with us for a long time, and we will survive them if we can't beat them." Zhao Hao gritted his back molars and said that the spies who went to Guangzhou when they were off the shore had returned, saying that the enemy army had collected a large amount of grain and grass and had begun to concentrate, and the army had shown signs of withdrawal in recent days.

"What His Highness said is very true, but I'm afraid we won't be able to endure it, and once the Yuan army finds it difficult to hold, it will definitely destroy the city, so what's the use of us taking a ruined city?" Ying Jieyan said with a wry smile.

"Yes, this king has ignored that the Tartars are all jackals, how can they give away the city completely." Zhao Hao sighed and said, "Oh, it's not good, there seems to be a situation ahead!" When he looked up, he noticed that the formation of the warships in front of him had suddenly changed, and the warships behind him were speeding up to line up with the forward ships.

"Your Highness, don't panic, the Tartar Navy has not moved south, it may be a patrol ship sent by Guangzhou, the number will not be too many, it is definitely not our opponent!" He set up a canopy and looked south.

"Zhang Jin, look at what the signal they sent out from the ship means!" Zhao Yu instructed Zhang Jindao, the guard who was on guard, who was originally an officer of the Dongshizhai Water Army and was familiar with the communication signals on the water.

"Your Highness, the former army has found three large ships, and it is difficult to determine their identities, so they have sent fast ships to check them out, and ordered the rest of the ships to prepare for battle." Zhang Jin jumped onto the lookout on the bow of the ship to observe for a moment and replied.

"Send a signal to the front army that all enemy ships, merchant ships, and fishing boats will be intercepted, and if they escape, they will be resolutely sunk and will never be allowed to escape." Zhao Hao ordered.

"Your Highness, if a merchant ship is sunk by us, we may hurt innocents!" Ying Jieyan hurriedly blocked the road, now that the two countries are at war, those distant feudal ships will flee when they see a large number of warships, so they will definitely not escape the fate of being destroyed, so it is not against the way of heaven to not argue about goodness.

"Sir, we have been discovered at this moment, and if we let them go and let them flee back to inform the enemy, will we not reveal their whereabouts, and we will lose the opportunity, so there must be no woman's kindness." Zhao Yu said resolutely, in his previous life, he had heard too many things about letting go of civilians who entered the war zone because of their soft-heartedness, which resulted in losing the battle.

"Your Highness......"

"Zhang Jin, send a signal!" The incident was urgent, Zhao Yu didn't want to argue with Ying Jieyan at this moment, and turned his face to Zhang Jin.

"Yes." Zhang Jin saw that the two were arguing, and he didn't know what to do for a while, but he still resolutely obeyed His Highness's order.

At the sound of Zhang Jin's command, the handsome ship raised the liaison flag, and the trumpeters in the battle on the mast immediately waved the flag to convey the order to the vanguard army. Zhao Yu also got on the bow lookout with the help of Ni Liang, and saw that the signal flag on the ship was also waved by the front army, but he didn't know very well, but the forward army had begun to change formations. Several medium-sized Mengchong warships lowered their sails and drove them straight up with man-powered rocking oars, while the rest of the warships also changed course and made a detour to the wings, intending to outflank the 'enemy ships'.

"Quick, order to speed up, let's rush too!" Zhao Yu said to Zheng Yi on the lookout, who was the eldest son of Zheng Fuweng, the leader of the Tan soldiers, and was selected to serve as a naval master on the handsome ship, that is, a modern navigator and pilot.

"This ...... Your Highness, don't worry, they can't run. Zheng Yi looked at Ying Jieyan, who followed later, hesitated and said.

"You...... Alas! Zhao Yu sighed and glanced at Ying Jieyan and didn't say anything more, understanding that he was now the commander of the First Army, and no one would let him come to the front in person.

However, Zhao Yu also understood that it was difficult for the enemy ship to escape the pursuit, because it was now blowing the southern trade wind, and his own fleet was sailing against the wind, so he could only constantly adjust the angle of the sail and move forward in a roundabout way, so Liu Zhu was correct to order the Mengchong boat with both oars and sails to change the power. The enemy ship is a ship with the wind, the speed is very fast, it is not easy to turn around and escape, it must first slow down and adjust the sails and then turn at a large angle, but it will collide with the roundabout own warship, if it does not turn around and go straight forward, it is difficult to pass through the rear of their own Chinese and rear fleets, it can be said to be a dilemma.

"Your Highness, I see, they haven't turned the corner yet, and they can't outrun our Meng Chong ship anyway." Contacting the general ship in front of him through the flag language has been determined to be the patrol ship of the Yuan army, Zheng Yi is tall and sees far, and constantly tells His Highness the situation in front of him who is anxious to jump his feet.

"yes, how can I not see!" Zhao Yu craned his neck and stood on tiptoe to see the warships in front of him, and he couldn't distinguish the flag of friend or foe at all, he was a little skeptical that this Zheng Yi had developed clairvoyance because of his perennial life at sea, or that he was born with a pair of farsighted eyes.

"Your Highness, be careful of falling into the sea!" Ying Jieyan saw that His Royal Highness was going to climb the fence of the lookout and hurriedly went up to hug him, but he secretly sighed in his heart that His Highness's big things were calm, and this kind of trivial matter became panicked, but I also understand that children like to watch a lively scene!

"Ni Liang, you squat!" Zhao Yu suddenly thought of something, and dragged Ni Liangdao, who was following him closely, this kid still refused to leave him when he became the commander of the guards, so he was in a hurry, how could he do it if no one cared about the guards for a long time.

"Okay, stand up!" Ni Liang has always been obedient to the words of the prince, although he didn't know what kind of moth he was, but he still squatted down obediently, and Zhao Yu immediately climbed on his shoulder and shouted loudly.

"I can see it clearly this time, it's so close, why don't you hit them with a ballista!" Zhao Yu stood tall this time, saw far away, and pulled out the telescope from the 'treasure bag' to observe in the distance, although this is just a toy, but it is several times clearer than the naked eye, seeing the rapid approach of the warships of the two sides, he was anxious.

"Put Your Highness down quickly, don't fall." Ying Jieyan was frightened by His Royal Highness's appearance, where is there still the majesty of the prince of the dynasty, it is simply injured, and he is even more worried about His Highness's injury, and he is in a hurry to help His Highness down.

"Don't move, don't move, fire!" Zhao Yu saw the highlights, how could he pay attention to Ying Yan's nagging, patted Ni Liang's helmet and shouted, "Oops, it's missed, why don't you shoot a salvo, hit them under the waterline, what's the use of piercing a hole in the boat!" ”

"My lord, what is in your Highness's hand?" Zhang Jin was a little depressed, his eyes were known as clairvoyance, but he couldn't see the ballista fired, and His Royal Highness actually relied on a cylinder to see where the stone projectiles fired by the ballista fell, he asked curiously about Ying Jieyan beside him.

"How do I know, protect Your Highness!" Ying Jieyan said angrily, in fact, he was also curious about what His Highness was in his hands, but he was still relatively reserved, and His Highness was not honest riding on Ni Liang's shoulder, jumping up and down, which made people look worried, but he couldn't be dragged down, so he could only listen to His Highness's live broadcast while carefully protecting him.

"Hit, hit, Zhang Jin signaled, you must stay alive, you can't kill them all!" Several Mengchong ships equipped with ballistas finally came with a salvo, and I don't know how many shots hit, anyway, the hull of the enemy ship began to tilt......

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