Jiangxia City.

The atmosphere in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion was tense, the military generals of Wenchen observed each other's faces, and Xu Yibao stood in the middle with his head bowed, very ashamed.

Zhao Junsheng asked in a deep voice: "So to say that the water master is blocked in the water village and can't get out, it is tantamount to abandoning his martial arts?" ”

Xu Yibao bowed down on one knee, "It's the minister's carelessness, please ask Your Majesty to surrender!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's tone was not good: "I'm asking you, the water master can only nest in the water village, can he no longer play a role?" ”

Xu Yibao hurriedly said: "That's not it, since the Song army's sailors can raid and block the estuary of the river, the ministers and others can naturally take the opportunity to sneak attack them, but the Song army has just successfully attacked and blocked us in the water village, and it will definitely be on guard against us, and it will not easily let us regain control of the estuary, so the ministers need time to plan and deploy a counterattack, intending to regain control of the river!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "How long will it take you?" ”

"This ······ The minister can't be sure when the time will come, so he can't give His Majesty an exact time! ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned and looked at the generals: "The Song army blocked our army's water division in Shuizhai, and then they are definitely going to cross the river, when do you think they will cross the river to attack?" ”

Li Bao stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Song army no longer has our army's sailors to stir up the situation, and they can cross the river recklessly, maybe they are already preparing at this time, and they can do it at any time!" ”

Sima Chuzhi stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, if the old minister is Xiao Bin, he will definitely choose to attack at night, the dark night is the biggest cover, at night, people are easy to get sleepy!" And although it is almost October, there is no shortage of vegetables, fruits, and fish, and there is no widespread night blindness in the Song army in winter at this time, so the old minister thinks that they are likely to launch a night attack, and it is unknown where they will choose to land! ”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment and asked Liu Gon: "General Liu, if the Song army raids any part of the Jiang'an defense line, or attacks the whole line, how long can my defenders resist?" ”

Liu Gon stood up: "Back to Your Majesty, as long as the defenders are vigilant and don't give the Song army a chance, even if the Song army storms on all fronts, with the existing river defense forces, if they want to occupy the river defense fortifications, it will take at least three days!" ”

"Well, you should be dedicated to Jiangfang, and you must inspect the prices of each post to prevent the soldiers on duty from being lazy and dozing off, and once such things are discovered, they will be severely punished!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other generals and officials: "You all perform your duties, especially the military generals, restrain the soldiers well, and let all the soldiers be on standby, ready to fight at any time!" ”

All the generals stood up and saluted together: "No! ”

The Song army's actions were expected by Sima Chu, and after midnight that night, a landing fleet composed of a large number of fishing boats and small sampans approached a key river defense site fifteen miles downstream of Jiangxia City from the opposite bank.

The guard posts of the cadres and the assistant army guarding here originally did not find that the Song army was coming to sneak attack, after all, it was at night, the light was dim, and it was not easy to see the small boats on the river, but suddenly there was a deafening sound of war drums from the meeting, which not only alarmed the guard post, but also alarmed the other defenders.

Under the orders of the generals and officers, the cadres and the co-operatives quickly entered the garrison combat positions and prepared for battle.

The drums of war had not yet fallen, a large number of shouts of killing sounded, and a rain of arrows flew from the surface of the river to the fortifications on the defense line on the river bank.

The rain of arrows did little damage to the cadres and co-servants hiding in the fortifications, but it also angered the defenders, and the commander of the cadres ordered the arrows to be fired to counterattack.

The cadres and the co-concierge army could not see the enemy clearly at all, and could only blindly shoot arrows at the river.

However, the commander of the cadre army soon sensed that something was wrong, and only heard the sound of the enemy's war drums and shouts of killing, and the enemy's arrows stopped after only a few rounds, but no enemy troops rushed up to the river beach.

"Order the departments to stop firing arrows and fire two rounds of rockets instead! Order the soldiers behind the fence and stone barrier to be vigilant, if the Song army lands and attacks, they must be kept out of the fence and stone barrier! ”

"Yes!"

If the cadres want to convey the military order, they must first blow the horn to remind the signal soldiers in the fortifications to pay attention to receiving the military order, and then convey the military order with the shaking action of the lamp, just like the flag.

The location of the light signal is located at the highest point, so that all the signal soldiers in the fortifications can see it.

By this means, the military orders of the cadres were conveyed very quickly, and the cadres and auxiliary troops in the fortifications soon received orders to stop firing ordinary arrows and use rockets instead.

After the first wave of rockets was fired, a large number of rockets were set up on some small boats on the river, and many haystacks were erected on the boats, and many of the arrows fired before were collected from the haystacks on the boats.

"These Song people are really too deceitful, really Lao Tzu has never read, and I don't know that Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms used this trick to deceive Cao Cao with many arrows?" The commander of the cadre army stood in the highest fortification, and after seeing the situation on the river through the firelight, he could not help but curse.

At this time, a large number of small boats on the river were hit by rockets, and the haystacks on the boats began to burn, and a long strip of more than a dozen small boats all caught fire, burning into a piece, the less the fire, the bigger the fire, the Song army hiding on the nearby ships couldn't stand it, it was too hot, and the fire could spread at any time.

"General, the fire is about to burn to the ship where the soldiers are hidden, what should I do?" One lieutenant asked aloud.

Song General Zong Yue immediately made a decision and ordered: "These arrows collected can't be saved, so pass the order down and push all these burning ships to the shore!" ”

"No!"

The military order was conveyed one after another, and the Song soldiers finally pushed the burning grass boat in front of them to the shore when the fire spread to their boat.

It is already the beginning of October, no matter day or night, the north, northwest or northeast wind is mostly blowing, and at this time the northeast wind is hanging on the river, and the grass boat on fire is pushed out and soon blown back by the northeast wind, which frightens the soldiers and generals on the Song army ships to shout again and again, and quickly control the ships to retreat.

The cadres and co-servants in the fortifications on the shore were shocked when they saw the Song army approaching the fireboats, and they laughed loudly one by one.

The Song army ships finally got rid of more than a dozen fireboats, and by the time they burned and sank underwater, a whole hour had passed.

The first feint attack was easily resolved by the cadres in this way, and the Song army was not very willing, and the deputy general asked Zong Yue: "General, the grass boat has also been burned clean, what should I do now?" ”

Zong Yue said: "Our task has not been completed, immediately organize the strength of ten ships to land and attack, everyone has prepared shields, we must protect ourselves, our task is to feint, attract the attention and strength of the enemy, and cover for the real main attack of friendly forces!" ”

"No!"

The real attack of the Song army began, and ten fishing boats were loaded with soldiers, who slowly approached the shore with oars in one hand and shields in the other.

The speed of the water flow on the river here is relatively gentle, and the sound of flowing water is very small, and at night, in order to judge whether there are enemy troops rowing by boat, the cadres have also specially arranged for listeners, relying on the sound of the water to judge whether there are ships approaching.

Although the attacking Song troops paddled lightly, they made a lot of noise, and after the listeners reported what they had heard, several rockets were fired from a high arrow tower.

Although there was only a faint light, the cadres and coerced soldiers in the fortifications still spotted the ten fishing boats.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The rain of arrows fell, there was a sound of knocking on the river, some of the arrows were blocked by the shields of the Song army, a small number of arrows were shot on the side of the ship, and most of the arrows were shot in the water, but there were still Song soldiers who were shot and let out a miserable scream.

After a few rounds of arrows, ten fishing boats docked, the war drums sounded, and the soldiers of the Song army shouted loudly, holding shields in front of them, and jumped off the fishing boats with weapons in one hand and rushed towards the river bank fortifications.

The front cadres and the co-concierge army used the stone barricades and fences to defend, before the Song army rushed over, the arrows shot hard, and they could always shoot a few, and when the Song army rushed to the near place, they immediately stabbed them with spears and spears, and some were stabbed to death on the spot, and some were blocked with shields, and then counterattacked with weapons, and the two sides fought at the fence and stone barriers.

At this time, on the river ten miles upstream of Jiangxia City, a large number of Song army naval division warships anchored and stopped on the river, put down a large number of small boats, and the small boats were full of Song army generals.

There is no way, whether it is fifteen miles downstream or ten miles upstream, if you want to land, you can only use small boats, and large ships cannot get close at all, and once you get close to the river bank, there is a danger of running aground.

A large number of small boats loaded with Song soldiers made a lot of noise as they approached the riverbank, and the assistant soldiers in charge of guarding and guarding heard it and threw a torch into the river.

The light of the torches barely illuminated a certain range, and the Song army boat at the front was discovered, and the guard post immediately sounded the gong: "Dangdangdang······"

All the cadres and co-followers were awakened and quickly entered the defensive posts one by one.

The Song army is here in the direction of the lord, this time the landing of the Song army soldiers there are more than 1,000 people, after being discovered, the Song general Tan Jin yelled: "Rush over to Lao Tzu, row quickly!" ”

The soldiers of the Song army, with shields in one hand and paddles desperately in the other, rushed to the shore as fast as they could, "Kill, kill—" A large number of shouts of killing came from the river.

"Whoosh ······" Arrows began to be fired incessantly in the riverbank fortifications, many arrows were shot in the river, some arrows were blocked by shields, and some Song soldiers were shot and screamed.

The ships at the front of the Song army finally rushed to the shore, and the Song soldiers on the boat jumped down from the boats and rushed towards the fortifications, and in the process of disembarking and charging, people were shot to death.