When Zhao Junsheng arrived at the mouth of the river by warship, the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division were salvaging the Song Army sailors who had fallen into the water, and the river was full of mutilation and corpses of warships, which was only a part, and most of them were washed away by the river.

Some of the Song Army's naval warships docked on the river were still burning, and some continued to emit thick smoke, and groups of Song Army sailor prisoners walked from the building boat to the lower deck with their heads in their arms, and squatted in a heap, surrounded by the soldiers of the Cadre Army's Naval Division with bows and arrows and weapons on guard.

After Zhao Junsheng's warship stopped, he put down a drawbridge and put it on another warship that had just experienced a battle, Wu Xi, the deputy general of the naval division, walked over quickly, climbed onto the roof deck of the warship and walked to Zhao Junsheng with a fist saluting: "Your Majesty, the Song army's naval division blocked at the mouth of the river was defeated by our army, except for a few captured, some of them were killed by our army, the other part fell into the water and was being salvaged, and the others were washed downstream by the river!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Jiankang is downstream, the wreckage of the washed away warship and the corpses of the officers and soldiers of the sailor division will soon be found by the patrol ships of the Song army's sailor division, and they will definitely report to Jiankang at that time, it seems that we have to deal with the Wuhu sailor of the Song army as soon as possible, and then go down the river to fight the Jiankang sailor, if they have enough time to prepare, we will have to pay more price!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, the minister has ordered the soldiers to salvage the fallen soldiers and ships as soon as possible, and it will be over in half an hour at most!"

At this time, Xu Yibao hugged his fists at Zhao Junsheng and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, in order to seize the time, it is better to let the warships of the vanguard fleet of our army move away and dredge a channel to let the main fleet behind pass through and go straight to Wuhu!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "It's well considered, just don't give the Song Army Sailor time to react, General Xu, you can command!" ”

"No!"

Xu Yibao immediately ordered the vanguard fleet to move its position first and make way for the channel.

After the order was issued, the warships lifted anchor and raised their sails, and within a quarter of an hour, the channel was cleared, and Xu Yibao immediately ordered the main fleet to pass through all into the river.

After thousands of warships all entered the river, the scene was quite vast and magnificent, and Zhao Junsheng stood on the top deck of the warship and looked at it, the field of vision was even wider, and he could see far away.

The mouth of the river is not far from Wuhu, but because it is upstream, the fleet travels slower than normal, and it took an hour and a half to reach the Wuhu River.

When the Qianjun Navy Division arrived on the Wuhu River, more than 600 warships of the Song Army and the Naval Division of the Song Army in Wuhu had all sailed out of the water village and set up a formation.

Zhao Junsheng stood on the deck and saw this, turned his head to look at Xu Yibao's pergola with his hand and observed, and said to Zhao Junsheng; "Your Majesty, it seems that we can't sneak attack, so we can only confront them head-on!"

"Then let's start, I also want to see what kind of scene the two sailors are head-to-head, and I want to see how this water battle is fought, so I'll leave everything to General Xu!"

Xu Yibao clenched his fists and bowed: "The minister will bow and die as hard as he can!" ”

Immediately, Xu Yibao ordered the fleet to be divided into three parts, each part is separated by several miles, although the river here is still quite open, but it can't accommodate too many warships, and the cadre army has more than 3,000 large and small warships, if they rush up to command and crowd together, they can't be used, and it is easy to give the Song army sailors a chance.

Under Xu Yibao's order, the front team of the cadres was ready to kill the Wuhu Navy Division in battle formation, and the squadron and rear team were on standby.

There are more than 1,000 warships in the front team, and they are lined up in battle formations on the river and are also stretched out for several miles, and the Wuhu Naval Division of the Song Army has more than 600 large and small warships, although there are nearly 400 fewer warships, but if the formation can be stretched out a little, it looks very spectacular, and it does not lose much in momentum.

On the flagship of the warship of the Song Army's naval division, Fan Tong, the general of the naval division, was observing the Qianjun naval division in front.

Adjutant General Liu Su said: "General, at the end of this year, I have been hearing that the cadre army is training sailors in Chaohu, but I don't believe it, but I didn't expect to go but it's true, you see that the number of cadres and sailors is amazing, except for those who are killing our army, there are still on the river in the rear, and there is no end in sight, I am afraid that they are pouring out this time, and the number of our warships is not as good as their vanguard troops, and the odds are unpredictable!" ”

Fan Tong sneered: "What about the large number? They practice in Chaohu all day long, like children playing at home, but they haven't really fought a water war, you look at it, once the fight starts, they will know what the real water war is, and it will definitely be chaos at that time! ”

Liu Su hurriedly persuaded: "General, don't underestimate the enemy, as the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, and lions fight rabbits with all their might, let's not capsize the boat in the gutter!" ”

Fan Tong nodded: "This will naturally be saved, don't worry, Ben will not be dizzy!" If we want to win, we must find another way, pass on my general's order, and order all warships to move closer to our flagship, line up in a dense formation, and rush over at the fastest speed in a prismatic shape to cut through their battle formation, and go straight to the place where their commander's flagship is! ”

Liu Su was a little worried when he heard this: "General, isn't it too risky to do this, if you are not careful, you will be trapped and die in the formation of the cadre fleet!" ”

"There are risks, but how can we close the gap in the number of troops and ships between the two sides without taking risks? Besides, as long as we rush fast enough, we won't have any problem taking down their boss's flagship before they have time to close and block! ”

Liu Su didn't say anything more, he nodded to the flag officer next to him.

After the signal flag passed the order, the Song warships quickly approached the flagship and lined up in a prismatic formation, and all the boatmen and soldiers rowed forward desperately.

Xu Yibao's flagship is at the back of the front team, and as the commander of the naval division, he must ensure that he can see the overall situation of the battlefield, so safety is the first thing for him.

Xu Yibao observed for a while and ordered: "Order the left side to the left, the right side to the right, get out of the middle waterway, and let the Song army fleet rush over!" Order the six rows of ships in the rear to form a dense formation, and give Ben to completely block the river! ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and the warships of the Qianjun Navy Division quickly formed a U-shaped formation, and there were six rows of warships at the bottom of the formation, which were extremely densely arranged, and almost every ship could be crossed by people on foot.

Xu Yibao turned to Zhao Junsheng and said: "Your Majesty, the general of the Song Army's naval division must adopt the tactics of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, you see that they killed in a prismatic dense formation, the purpose is to chisel through our fleet formation, the minister ordered the organization of six rows of dense fleet, the ships of the cadre army will definitely not be able to rush over, but they can carry out a broadside battle, directly rush to us, just in case, the minister sent people to prepare a light boat in the back, in case the soldiers can't stop it, please Your Majesty withdraw the rear fleet first!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Is the general so unconfident in the soldiers he trains? ”

"No, that's not what the minister meant, the minister is just in case!"

"That's okay, I believe in you, and I believe in all the soldiers, they will never let the Song army kill me, you let it go!"

The sudden change in the formation of the Cadre Army Sailor Division made Fan Tong, the general of the Song Army's Sailor Division, frown, and he snorted coldly: "Hmph, the Cadre Army Sailor actually got out of the middle waterway, they are trying to surround us, do they really think they can block our charge?" Pass the order, let all the ships go full speed, rush me, no matter what happens, keep going! ”

"Herald, drums!"

"No!"

A stout man raised two mallets and slammed them on the drum surface, and the drum made a deafening sound: "Knock, knock, knock······"

When the officers and men of the Song Army's naval division heard the sound of the drums, their spirits were greatly lifted, they felt their blood boiling, their strength increased greatly, the speed of paddling and pedaling increased, and the speed of the warship became faster and faster.

Both sides have reached the range of bed crossbows, and they have begun to fire crossbow arrows at each other's warships, and one by one, the crossbow arrows with thick arms and a foot long shot out to make a terrifying sound, and the boom penetrates the facilities on the opponent's warship, countless sawdust splashes, and some unlucky ghosts are pierced through the chest by the thick crossbow arrows, and they are killed on the spot.

The warships of both sides fired crossbow arrows while rushing forward, and some small warships were destroyed and overturned on the spot by the thick crossbow arrows, and the soldiers on board were caught upside down by the overturned warships.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and the crossbowmen on the warships of both sides fired arrows at each other almost at the same time, and waves of arrows rained down on each other, and the other side shot again, and the dense arrows fell on their respective warships, many soldiers were shot, the wounded wailed, and the critical ones fell on the spot.

Xu Yibao saw that a small part of the Song army's naval division warships had rushed into his own "U" shaped formation, and immediately ordered: "Order the warships on the left and right wings to seize the T-shaped position and ram the enemy warships, and conduct a broadside battle after the collision!" ”

The signal flag was waved out, the order was transmitted, and the captains of the ships immediately shouted: "Seize the T-position, full rudder left, and go at full speed!" ”

"Right full rudder, give me a pass!"

Xu Yibao ordered again: "The six rows of warships in the rear rush over!" ”

Now it was the Song Army's sailors rushing towards the flagship on Xu Yibao's side, while the Qianjun warships attacked from the left and right flanks respectively, and the rear also rushed up at the fastest speed.

"Boom, boom, boom······" The warships of the Song Army's naval division finally collided with the dense formation of the rear of the Qianjun naval division, and for a time sawdust flew wildly, the keel broke, and the officers and men on each ship on both sides felt a huge shock, and those who did not grasp it fell one after another, some fell to the head and bled out, some fell dizzy, and some were unharmed.

When the soldiers on both sides woke up from the impact, they picked up their weapons and rushed towards each other with a roar, shouting in their mouths: "Kill, kill—"