Ali Hague stood on the deck and looked up to see that the smoke had gradually dissipated, and the bright moon in the sky was like a disk, illuminating the sea surface clearly, and he looked at the coastline again, but saw the firelight, from Baisha Island to the west, there was no end, just like a fire dragon intercepting his fleet at sea. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and all the departments that went ashore made no progress, which made him anxious, but helpless.

What made Ali Hague most angry was that the Qiongzhou Navy had all returned to help, not only defeated the escort fleet, but also cut off its own back route, and at the moment all the armies suffered heavy casualties, especially the 30,000 troops attacking the estuary were more than half lost. More than 1,000 warships were wrecked, stranded, scattered, and ...... There are also those who surrendered to the Song army that he did not want to see, and he only had less than 300 ships left to use.

What does this mean? Ali Hague knew very well that he had fallen into a desperate situation, and the only troops in his hands were now 20,000 people, Hongjira and Zaraer, and the recruited She soldiers and the requisitioned troops had been sent to Baisha Island and Jiangkou to participate in the attack. Unable to provide enough ships and no warships to escort them, he believed that he would not be able to cross the strait at all before he was wiped out by the Qiongzhou navy on the periphery.

"Du Shuai, all departments and thousands of households have already boarded the ship!" Just as Ali Hague was in a state of confusion, a pro-soldier said.

"Hmm!" Ali Hague snorted, there was no way to break the enemy, and he took advantage of the darkness to order all the ministries and thousands of households to board the ship to discuss the matter. Although he was accustomed to the battlefield and was used to fighting, he was still stunned when he entered the cabin and saw everyone.

"Oruchi, how are you doing?" Without waiting for everyone to salute, Ali Hague asked after taking a seat.

"Du Shuai, we have attacked more than 20 times since we went to the island, but the pontoon bridges have been destroyed, and the forced crossing has failed, even if some people successfully rushed to Haitian Island, but there is no backup, and they will soon be killed by the Song army!" Oruchi sighed.

"What is the situation of the armies on the island?" Ali Hague asked again.

"After a day of hard fighting, there was no progress, and with heavy casualties, morale was extremely low!" Oluchi sighed again.

"Du Shuai, the most scarce thing on the island now is water, the ship has been destroyed, and it is full of salt water that is undrinkable. The soldiers could only chew raw rice to satisfy their hunger and suck weed juice to quench their thirst, but tens of thousands of people on the island now have a single grass that is extremely rare. If it goes on like this, what combat power can we talk about! Ulu said.

"Yes, all handsome!" Yi Lie also interjected, "In the small place of Baisha Island, tens of thousands of people have gathered, and the Song army's meteor cannon can cover the entire south of the island, our army has no walled city to rely on, and there is nothing to use to hide, so the soldiers can only gather in the north of the island and even on the beachhead." Once the tide rises tomorrow and the sea rises, most of them will have to be drowned without the Song army attacking and killing. ”

"Du Shuai, the same is true in the direction of the estuary, after the high tide, the fortress of the Song army is only a hundred steps away from the beachhead, and the soldiers are all within the range of the bow and crossbow, and at that time the high tide will either be shot to death or drowned. We need to plan ahead. "Tempering is not a word.

"Then you haven't been able to break through for a long time, haven't you looked for another breakthrough from other places?" Ali Hague asked.

"Du Shuai, we also tried to break through from the small sea or loosely fortified places, but the Song army either planted bamboo sticks in it, or arranged traps, and cut the river bank into a steep slope, which was difficult for the soldiers to climb." Qi Rongzu said, "The Song army lit bonfires everywhere along the coast, and patrols were arranged even in places where it was difficult to land, and we sent soldiers to find a breakthrough, but they were either found and captured, or they took the opportunity to escape!" ”

"Escape?! There are actually deserters, so why not enforce military law! Ali Hague was furious when he heard this.

"Du Shuai, more than half of the southerners in the army have surrendered, and now that there is no progress in the long-term battle in Qiongzhou, and there are many casualties, it is not unusual for those southerners to sneak away. But the enforcement of military law must first catch them, the current situation is chaotic and critical, even if they are caught, how dare they enforce military law! Qi Rongzu smiled bitterly.

"Do they dare to mutiny?" Ali Hague has always been strict in governing the army, and he was shocked that there was a large-scale escape in the army, and the main general did not dare to stop it.

"Hehe, don't talk about mutiny, now those soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, they can't eat, they can't drink, they eat our hearts, once the trouble starts, how to suppress it! Isn't it, Chen Wanhu? After saying with a wry smile, he looked at Chen Yidao again.

"What's going on?" Ali Hague asked with a frown.

"Last night, a warship under Chen Wanhu wanted to enter the Song Army Water Village from the mouth of the river, but it ran aground on the shore!" Warm and smiling.

"Du Shuai, it was a lowly warship that went to help in the war, but I didn't expect to get lost." Chen Yi hurriedly explained.

"Haha, did anyone come to help with a white flag?" As if he had heard the most ridiculous thing, he laughed and laughed.

"This ...... How is this possible, the lowly position has always enforced the law very strictly, and they must have seen it wrong. Chen Yi looked embarrassed, and quickly explained.

"Chen Wanhu, I saw with my own eyes that you had seventy or eighty boats sailing down the mouth of the river into the Nandu River, but you obeyed like a lamb and didn't fire a single arrow, isn't it a rebellion?" Qi Rongzu sneered and continued to expose.

"Du Shuai, it's not that you are humble and unwilling to do your best!" Chen Yi listened to the cold sweat on his face, and knelt down and said, "Most of the Qiongzhou naval army are old troops of the Song Dynasty, and they have lost one after another, who knows that they can't withstand their persuasion, and the temptation of the heavy rewards they offer will all drop ......."

"You...... You, Ben Shuai slaughtered you! Ali Hague, who has always been mild-mannered, heard this strange explanation, and was also angry, and shouted at the case.

"Du Shuai, the humble position has indeed tried his best to restrain it, but the enemy's sailor firearms are so sharp, it is really impossible to resist!" It is not a new thing for the Mongols to kill their generals in battle, and Chen Yi was frightened when he saw two personal soldiers coming forward, and he couldn't help explaining.

"Du Shuai, it's not good!" At this moment, someone hurriedly barged in.

"What's the matter, what's the panic!" Ali Hague was angry, seeing that it was Wanhu Zara who stayed behind in the Chinese army, and shouted loudly.

"Du Shuai, just now I urged the ships to dock and increase the troops, but those She soldiers actually wanted to snatch the ships and ask to return to their hometowns." Zarat replied.

"Reverse? How dare they rob ships? Ali Hague's head immediately swelled when he heard this, the matter of the escape of the southern soldiers over there has not been resolved, and the She soldiers here are already a blatant rebellion.

"Du Shuai, She Bing suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, and he was inevitably dissatisfied in his heart, who knew that such a thing was done!" Qi Rongzu thought for a while and said.

"The casualties were huge, how many people did they die?" Ali Hague asked with a frown.

"The two 10,000 troops have lost thousands of people, and the wounded are not counted, but these She soldiers are indeed very brave and good at fighting, and they have broken into the fortress several times, but unfortunately the support is not strong and unsuccessful!" Qi Rongzu was a little regretful, but his expression was obviously not regretful for the heavy death of the She soldiers, but heartache for the failure to capture the village.

"You must stop them, otherwise you will be killed, these She people have always been dissatisfied with the court, and it is better to die!" Ali Hague listened but was not surprised, when the pacification of Liangguang, the She resistance was extremely fierce, and repeatedly sent aid to the remnants of the Song Dynasty, and it took a lot of effort to divide and disintegrate and use civil strife to subjugate them, but some tribes are still rebellious. The She people were born in a wild place, fierce and aggressive, very vindictive, and constantly attacked and killed each other internally, and keeping it was also a trouble. In addition, it is their consistent practice to use surrendered troops to fight in the front and consume the enemy's troops.

"Yes, I'll give the order!" After giving a salute, Zarat hurriedly left the cabin to dispose of it.

"Du Shuai, those Han troops on the island who signed the levy are also unstable, and if they continue to fight, they may mutiny, should they be withdrawn first?" Oluchi thought for a moment.

"Hmph, do you want to let them take the ship if you take it down? Order them to erect pontoon bridges for the forwards, order the pro-army to supervise the battle, and those who dare to retreat will be killed! Ali Hague snorted coldly, his meaning was very clear, he had already used these Han troops as consumables, and he would die if he died.

"Yes, I see!" Oluchi replied.

"Chen Wanhu, you get up first!" Ali Hague looked at Chen Yi, who was still kneeling on the ground, hesitated and said.

"Xie Dushuai is not slashed!" Chen Yi kowtowed again, then got up and stepped aside to wipe the cold sweat. In his heart, he secretly said that he was lucky, if it weren't for the fact that she soldiers happened to mess up his own life, but he also felt cold.

"As you have seen in the current situation, it is difficult to seize the beachhead after a long period of hard fighting, the naval forces have been defeated and are no longer capable of fighting, the warships have almost been lost, and the enemy naval forces have cut off the way for our retreats. I thought that the thieves were preparing for a decisive battle after dawn, when the tide would rise and our army would be trapped on the shore from two sides. What are your strategies to defeat the enemy? Ali Hague asked, glancing at the crowd.

"Du Shuai means that if we can't break through the village and land in Qiongzhou before the high tide tomorrow, there will be only one dead end?" Busy Wu asked first.

"Exactly!" Ali Hague nodded. As soon as these words came out, the cabin immediately fell silent, as if everyone was holding their breath, and they couldn't even hear the sound of panting.

"Du Shuai, our army has now suffered more than thirty percent casualties, and if it is still unable to break through the enemy walled city at dawn after another battle, it will be really as Du Shuai said. Why don't you take advantage of the fact that your strength still exists, break through the siege overnight and return to Guangxi, reorganize the army and fight again! It took a while for Oluchi to break the gloom and say.

"Vice Marshal, do you mean that you are not sure that you will break through Haitian Island and land in Qiongzhou before the high tide?" Hearing that Oluchi actually advocated the withdrawal of troops, he was shocked, but he still kept his face calm.

"Well, this battle is fierce, and the casualties are so large, I haven't seen it for many years after the first battle of Xiangfan." Ou Luchi sighed and said, "If this battle is won, it is fine, but if it is defeated, at this time, all the troops of Huguang Province and Fujian Road will be exhausted, and the Qiongzhou army will be able to cross the strait without effort and sweep through the counties on the southeast coast, and the situation will be even more out of control at that time!" ”

"The deputy marshal is reasonable, now that our internal forces are empty, once the attack on Qiong army is too heavy to lose, we will not be able to return to help, so we can't explain to the Great Khan!" Warming does not take immediate agreement.

"Exactly, even if we take Qiongzhou? They have almost no loss in the navy, and they can abandon the island and will go to the sea, or move to the mainland, and our warships have been destroyed, and they are not able to pursue at all, but they will be trapped on this isolated island, which is tantamount to returning to the mountains and releasing the dragon and the sea of people! Qi Rongzu also followed.

"This ......" Ali Hague muttered silently, clenching his fists secretly. In fact, he already knew very well in his heart what these people meant, and they didn't want to fight anymore. And in my heart, I even sighed that since the pacification of Jiangnan, the people on the seat have all collected huge wealth, forcibly occupied thousands of hectares of land, and arbitrarily plundered and drove the people into slavery, so that these fierce generals have gradually lost their enterprising spirit, and their courage has also been consumed in extravagance.

"Du Shuai, now that the time has passed, it is still possible to break through the blockade of the enemy naval army while it is dark, and it will be even more difficult after dawn!" Seeing that he didn't speak, he said again.

"Shut up, if the remnants of the Song Dynasty are not destroyed, they can sit in the court and weigh the system, so that the Jiangnan mob will be lucky, so that the turmoil will be endless. Only by suppressing Qiongzhou and capturing the puppet emperor can we achieve long-term peace and stability in the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone asked to withdraw from the army, Ali Hague was angry, no matter how good the cultivation was, he couldn't help it, slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "The Great Khan has entrusted us with a heavy responsibility, and now we will retreat when we encounter a slight setback, are your bones softened by women, blindfolded by money?" There is no longer the courage of the past! ”

"Du Shuai, we are not cowardly, but for the sake of the country. Once our army is defeated, the thieves will attack and harass the four directions on the sea, and it will be difficult to calm down the non-heavy troops, so it is better to trap them on the island! Oruchi persuaded again. In fact, he has already understood that yesterday when the army was in its prime, it was impossible to break through the first line of defense of the Song army in one fell swoop, and now his own water battle was lost, and there was no backup, and it was almost impossible to win when the army was sleepy and the army was unstable, but faced the danger of annihilation.

"Please think twice!" The generals also followed the petition.

"Whoever retreats again!" Ali Hague did not compromise, but shouted sharply, "You immediately turn around and lead your troops to start attacking, be sure to break through the barrier before dawn and occupy the coast, otherwise don't blame Ben Shuai for being ruthless!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone looked at each other with a helpless face, and knew that their determination could not be changed, so they could only salute together, and then disembarked and returned to the army.

"Chen Wanhu, you immediately lead a hundred warships to the rear to block the attack of the enemy ships, and if a ship invades the formation, you will come to see you!" Ali Hague looked at Chen Yidao, who had not dared to say anything.

"Obedience!" Chen Yi was also trembling when he heard this, knowing that unless God opened his eyes, this would be an impossible task, but at this moment, he could only bite the bullet and go next, or he would be beheaded for public display at the moment. Ali Hague immediately ordered all the ships to unload the supplies and replenish the troops, and immediately ordered all the ships to gather in the array, and ordered that anyone who approached should be shot and not boarded......