Zhao Yu burned the Yuan army's ship, and then sank two medium-sized vehicles and ships of the enemy in a row, and followed the other dragon ships to see the doorway, and found that the shortcomings of the vehicles and ships were difficult to exert their power as long as they copied the back road. However, the speed of the two ships is almost the same, and it will take two ships to catch them, one dragon ship will fire from a distance with a ballista, specifically destroying the rudder plate of the vehicle and ship, striking the husband hidden in the cabin, and if it loses power or steered, the other dragon ship can accelerate and initiate.

Of course, this combination is not fixed, but whoever occupies an advantageous position can launch an attack, and their main target is naturally the medium-sized vehicles and ships that pose the greatest threat to their own side. Twenty dragon ships shuttled among the enemy ships like shuttles, cooperating with each other to pursue and destroy the enemy ships, seeing that just now the evil wolves rushed into the flock, and in the blink of an eye, several fierce tigers entered the wolves, and the pursuers became the pursued, and the passive situation of the Song army was reversed.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's Chinese fleet has caught up!" Wang Meng said.

"What's the distance?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Your Majesty is about 500 paces, and there are about 200 warships!" Guantong said.

"Understood!" Zhao Yu responded, all the porthole guards were raised to look out, at this time the enemy large and medium-sized vehicles and ships on the lake were basically cleaned up, some had been injured and sunk, some ignited a fire, and turned around on the lake, many enemy soldiers floated on the lake holding the boat plank, the remnants of the wood shouted for help, and more of the corpses of the dead rippled on the lake. And those small warships were scattered, and it was difficult to form a formation, with gunboats blocking each other in front and dragon boats in the back, and it was already difficult to form a climate, so they just relied on their speed advantage to collide on the lake and seek opportunities to break through.

'Bang, bang, bang...... suddenly there was a series of muffled sounds, and there was a knocking sound on the deck, and a projectile actually broke through the iron guard net on the porthole and fell on the command platform.

"Firecracker!" Zhao Yu was taken aback and wanted to pick up the iron pellet in front of him, but as soon as he touched it, he was burned and his hands were scattered, and he also realized that it was fired by a fire gun, not a bow and crossbow, and immediately ordered, "Pay attention to protection, determine the target, and sink it!" ”

"Discover the target, seventy steps south on the starboard side, a small enemy warship!" The lookout post quickly spotted the target, and reported it.

"The starboard gun is loaded with flowering shells, the left rudder is three points, slow down and slow down, and adjust the attitude!" Zhao Yu turned his face to look over, and sure enough, the gunpowder smoke produced by the launch of an enemy ship had not completely dissipated, and he immediately ordered.

However, Zhao Yu was also secretly shocked in his heart, the last time he saw the Yuan army using firearms was a few years ago when he was fighting Quanzhou, when the enemy army was still very little equipped, but now the enemy's small warships have been installed, and from the inference of the sound just now, they have at least ten or more. And being able to shoot through the double-layered iron mesh at a distance of seventy paces is obviously more powerful than a large arc, and it is enough to kill a person.

"Starboard gun firing ready!" The artillery commander reported back.

"Your Majesty, the enemy ship has entered the firing area!" Wang Meng also prompted.

"Volley!" Zhao Yu looked at it and waved his hand and ordered.

"Boom, boom, boom......" More than a dozen ballistae opened fire together after receiving the order, compared to the artillery, there was no earth-shattering momentum, but the power was also not small, only to feel that the warship sank to the right for a while and then quickly returned to normal. At such a close distance, at least ninety percent of the shells hit the enemy ship, and the flowering shells fired by the heavy ballistas exploded directly through the enemy ship, and the medium ballista was enough to destroy its superstructure, and in a violent explosion, the enemy ship disintegrated instantly, and sank rapidly into the lake, but no one surfaced.

"Raise the alarm and tell the enemy that the enemy ships are equipped with firearms, and that they must be destroyed immediately when they are discovered!" Seeing that the enemy ship turned into flying ashes, Zhao Yu exhaled and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's Chinese army is approaching within three hundred steps!" Guantong hurried through the report.

"Inform all ships to return to their home, and order Dong to launch rockets to block the enemy brigade!" Zhao Hao looked at the sun outside the cabin, and then looked at the gradually leveling lake, it is estimated that the high tide is still over, and the enemy army has lost the advantage of going downstream, even if its gold juice cannon is destroyed, it will be difficult to affect his own side. The enemy's forward army basically lost most of it, and the remaining small vehicles and ships avoided the pursuit of the dragon ships and the blocking of the gunboats in front, so there was no need to race with them, so he ordered......

As the water flow stabilized and the Song army was fiercely attacked with firearms, the offensive momentum of the Yuan water army was stifled. However, the enemy army had already advanced to an area twenty miles south of the West Island, which exceeded Zhao Yu's previous expectations, and also broke the battle plan of completely annihilating the enemy's control and the Hudong line. This is due not only to the uncertainty of the timing of the attack on the enemy, but also to the underestimation of the enemy's strength, especially the unfavorable tactics for dealing with the golden juice cannons, vehicles and ships after they are put into use.

After the battle line stabilized a little, Zhao Yu summoned Dong Yicheng to come over the ship to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy. Now in terms of the number of ships, we are at an absolute disadvantage, and although Taihu Lake is large, it is not as good as the sea. This makes it difficult to carry out the tactics of destroying the enemy through large-scale maneuvers in the past to obtain local superiority; In addition, the reduction of depth also restricts the use of long-range firearms, and if you are not careful, you may accidentally injure your own side.

However, the enemy's superiority in numbers can be fully exerted in a small space, and the use of the air on one's own defense line to break through will also force oneself to fortify everywhere, which will greatly reduce the density of one's own firepower, and the effect of destroying the enemy will naturally be greatly reduced, and then force oneself to give up one's advantage in close combat with the enemy.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates are not fighting well, please punish them!" Dong Yicheng came on the boat and asked for the guilt first, at that time he was still full of confidence to annihilate the enemy sailors, but just now if His Majesty had not personally led the troops to attack, he was almost surrounded.

"The sin is not yours, but I am the enemy!" Zhao Yu waved his hand to get up and said.

"Shame on your subordinates!" The little emperor did not punish him, but said that he had done it, which made Dong Yicheng feel even more ashamed and salute again.

"Although we lost the opportunity at the beginning, it is not without a turnaround, so don't think about it." Zhao Yu asked Dong Yicheng to be exempt from the courtesy and boarded the top deck of the Sheji with him.

"Your Majesty, now that the enemy's naval division has crossed the line of the West Island, and although the area of Beihu is vast, the number of enemy warships is twice that of our army, and once it is melee, it is easy to be divided by the enemy. Dong Yicheng pointed to the situation and said.

"No, although we can solve the temporary danger by holding on to the formation, we will completely lose our mobility, and if the enemy attacks with fireships, or spills fire oil, will not all our troops be destroyed in the fire; In addition, our grain ships may not be able to protect, which will affect the overall situation and have too much impact on the morale of the people! Zhao Yu shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, if you lead the Protector Navy Division to withdraw first, your subordinates will fight to the death with the enemy, and you will fight for your life to leave the enemy in Taihu Lake!" Dong Yicheng thought about it and gritted his teeth.

"Do you want me to flee from the battle and put me in a land of injustice!" Zhao Yu shouted loudly when he heard it.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Dong Yicheng was shocked when he saw this, and immediately knelt down and said, "This is definitely not the intention of the subordinates, but the body of His Majesty's ten thousand gold, but there is a mistake, how can the subordinates take responsibility!" ”

"You think you have good intentions, but I abandon the army at this moment, how to gain a foothold in the DPRK in the future, and how to face the soldiers in the army!" Zhao Yu didn't let him get up, but pointed at Dong Yicheng and scolded, "I have led the troops since I was a child, how could I have been afraid of charging into battle, and I have done things that are afraid of the enemy and escape!" ”

"Of course the subordinates know that it is His Majesty's subordinates who fought bloody battles to lay this foundation, and everyone in the army is respectful!" Dong Yicheng raised his face and said.

"Eh, get up!" Zhao Yu looked at Dong Yicheng's appearance and sighed and raised his hand, he also knew that he had good intentions, but he couldn't do anything to retreat from the battle anyway, and the situation was not so bad that it was irreparable.

"What does Your Majesty command, my subordinates will never give up!" Dong Yicheng stood up and said well.

"You are dead, how can I reward you!" Zhao Hao smiled and pointed to the battlefield, "The current enemy seems to be fierce, but the tide has passed, they have lost their time, and the enemy's soldiers and sailors have suffered heavy losses, and they have become frightened birds, and their morale is low, otherwise they will not stop attacking." If you look at the enemy's two naval armies, they are not subordinate to each other, and the boundaries are clear. After the Zhending army captured the East Island, they passively slacked off the battle, knowing that the other two armies had suffered a lot of losses, but did not board the ship, indicating that they were already human; Our army is united in its heart, and when the tide recedes, it will return to us again, and it seems that it has lost its territory, but it can turn the tide and recapture it. ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, after the start of the war, our army has suffered very little losses, and the existing strength still has the strength to attack." Dong Yicheng said.

"Then how do you think you fight?" Zhao Yu nodded and asked again.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think that since the enemy army is not subordinate to each other, they can first attack the enemy on one road, and then look back after inflicting heavy losses on it, and then concentrate their forces to encircle and annihilate the other way!" Dong Yicheng said.

"Tell me about your plans!" Zhao Yu did not comment and let him continue.

"Your Majesty, the enemy of the moment seems to be encircling us with its wings outstretched, but its junction is on the West Island. The subordinates want to divide our army into two parts, one to attack the right flank of the enemy's Longwan Naval Division, and it will definitely use the left flank to cut off our rear road to the south to encircle and trap in Goose Bay. Dong Yicheng pointed to Beihu and said, "The other part of our army is fighting the enemy's Cao soldiers, although their numbers are numerous, but their combat effectiveness is the weakest, and we will suppress them to the north." At the same time, the dragon boat detachment was dispatched from the left flank of the Longwan Naval Division to copy the enemy's rear route from the waterway between the two islands. ”

"Well, that's good!" Zhao Hao nodded, "But there is one more thing to pay attention to, to prevent the Zhending Army from sneaking away when the situation is not good." ”

"Your Majesty is right." Dong Yicheng thought that he had indeed forgotten about this stubble, and pondered for a while, "The first brigade is still suspicious, if the enemy naval army is defeated, the grain ships do not need their protection, it is better to send them to Dukou Village, as long as they hold the two long bridges, the Zhending army will not be able to land, and sooner or later they will be trapped on the island!" ”

"Okay, that's it!" Zhao Yu said happily.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have a reluctant request, and I ask for your permission." Dong Yicheng saluted again.

"You say!" Seeing the solemnity of what he said, Zhao Yu frowned.

"My subordinates also ask Your Majesty to move to Hubei, if you can't do anything, please put the country first!" Dong Yicheng gave a big salute.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about it, I'm more afraid of death than you, and things are definitely faster than you!" Zhao Yu said with a smile when he heard this.

"Your Majesty......"

"Needless to say, this war is about whether Jiangdong can be stabilized, how can I stay out of it." Zhao Yu waved his hand to stop him, "After I led the escort army to lead away the enemy's Longwan Naval Division, you led the naval army of your headquarters to storm the Cao army, and at the same time, I asked Zheng Yong to lead the dragon boat to reinforce your army, and divide the Cao army from the island to help you destroy the enemy." ”

"Your Majesty, your subordinates led the army to lead away the Longwan Naval Division, and Your Majesty commanded a brigade to block the Zhending army!" Dong Yicheng was shocked when he heard this, he knew that the combat effectiveness of the Longwan Naval Division was not bad, and after retreating into Goose Bay, he lost his ability to maneuver and was in danger of being surrounded and annihilated, so he immediately asked to exchange tasks with the little emperor.

"Obey orders, if I can't fight them, can you do it?" Zhao Hao said sharply.

"Your Majesty......"

"The harder you fight over there, the faster it ends, the safer I will be!" Zhao Yu saw his sad look, and his heart softened and said softly.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates obey orders, but the enemy is good at close combat, and there is a lack of soldiers on the escort ship, so it is difficult to stop the enemy with only the guard battalion, please bring a regiment of marines with you, otherwise your subordinates would rather bear the crime of disobeying the order than let Your Majesty go!" Dong Yicheng's face was resolute.

"Okay, I'm done!" Zhao Yu saw that he looked like he was at home, and agreed with a smile......

The plan was decided, the whole army seized the time to have dinner, the 1st Marine Brigade was also assembled behind the escort, and a regiment of soldiers was assigned to each ship. Three cannon shots rang out, and the ships of the escort pulled out their anchors and oars, centered on the Sheji, and formed a sharp arrow formation to kill the right flank of the Longwan Naval Division. Seeing that the Song army was coming, Hubituo also hurriedly sent troops to meet them, and after the two armies were two arrows away, the Song army's forward gunboats opened fire at the same time, instantly tearing a gap in the array of the Yuan army and driving in. Seeing that the Song army had broken through the blockade, Hubituo hurriedly transferred the Chinese army to reinforce it, and at the same time ordered the left flank to cut off the Song army's retreat route to the south in a roundabout way, forcing the Song army to the east bank.

After the addition of the Yuanzhong army, they attacked from the flank with catapults, gradually containing the Song army's attack and forcing it to retreat to the east, while its own left flank army had already turned to the flank and cut off its retreat. The Song army was attacked on three sides and could not take care of each other, so it had to retreat into Goose Bay. Seeing that victory was in sight, Hubitu suddenly discovered that something was wrong, only to see the Song army in the rear rushing ashore at Dukou Village, dragging the boat ashore, and quickly establishing a defensive line to block the bridge road.

What made Hu Bituo even more uneasy was that the fleet that had defeated his forward army suddenly reappeared, and its back was all exposed at the moment, and it was too late to transfer the army to turn around, just when he was worried, the Song army fleet suddenly turned west, entered the waterway between the two islands, and went straight to the direction of the Cao army. But as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, a few more cannon shots, and another Song army fleet set off to kill south, and he couldn't help but worry about Zhang Xuan when he saw this......