Tan Jin was so distressed that he was going to die after receiving this casualty report, and before he could officially attack, he was caused so many casualties by the trebuchets, catapults and bed crossbows of the cadre army, but fortunately he retreated in time, otherwise the casualties would have been even greater.

But Tan Jin was not willing to give up this attack just like that, you must know that it was not a simple matter for him to organize an attack and get Xiao Bin's permission.

Tan Jin quickly reorganized the offensive, and this time he did not let the large warships enter the range of the long-range weapons of the Qianjun River Defense, but ordered the small boats to be lowered by the big warships, and after being fully loaded with soldiers, they dispersed and landed quickly.

After being attacked by the stone bullets and gravel of the cadres just now, the generals of the Song army also learned wisely, they did not dare to gather the boats together and rush to the river bank, but according to Tan Jin's orders, all of them were scattered, so that although the speed of the ships landing on the shore was affected, at least the probability of being attacked by stone shells and gravel could be reduced.

"General, there are too many trebuchets, stone carts, and bed crossbows in the cadre army, even if they are scattered and landed like this, I am afraid that the casualties of the soldiers will be very large!" The adjutant general said to Tan Jin.

Tan Jin said: "This is no way, they are the defenders, the defenders occupy the direction of the river bank and have a natural advantage to set up weapons of great destruction such as trebuchets and stone trucks, and our warships can only set up bed crossbows at most!" But don't worry too much, casualties are inevitable, but the stone bullets, gravel and crossbow arrows prepared by the cadres are limited, and it is impossible for them to carry out unlimited long-range strikes! ”

"Also, pass the order, the big warships will distance themselves and spread them out as much as possible, and after waiting for the stone bullets and gravel of the dry army to be launched more sparsely, our warships will lean over to provide long-range support to the soldiers who have landed!"

The adjutant clenched his fists and replied: "Obey!" ”

After the Song army dispatched a large number of fishing boats and small sampans, the cadres and the Xiecong army began to fire stone bombs and gravel again under the order of Wen Ding, countless stones fell from the sky, and hail fell on the river, many fishing boats and small sampans were overturned, some fishing boats were smashed out of big holes and leaked water and sank, and many Song troops were smashed to the point that their heads were broken and bleeding.

One by one, crossbow arrows were fired, some of them could kill several people at a time, and some of them shot through the bottom of the ship, so that the Song army on the ship hurriedly went to plug the loopholes.

Although the trebuchets, stone wagons and bed crossbows of the cadres caused great casualties to the attacking Song army, the Song army still quickly rushed to the shore in fishing boats and small sampans, and a large number of Song troops jumped out of the boats and rushed to the river bank defense line in armor.

The newly reconstructed riverbank defense facilities had not yet been completed, and after several rounds of bows and crossbow shots were fired, a large number of soldiers rushed behind the fortifications under the order of Wen Ding and rushed to the Song army that had already landed, and another melee on the river beach began.

After this group of Song troops came ashore, the Song warships began to get closer to the shore again, and began to provide long-range support with large crossbow arrows, attacking the bed crossbows, catapults and trebuchets on the fortifications on the riverbank of the Qianjun, and these heavy equipment of the Qianjun army immediately counterattacked the Song ships.

Both sides have their own advantages, the Song warships lack long-range attack power, but they have the ability to maneuver and can avoid attacks from the shore as much as possible; The long-range attack equipment of the cadres on the shore has strong attack power, but it cannot move.

For a time, after a period of attacking each other, the two sides suffered casualties, with the cadres suffering greater losses in terms of equipment and the Song army losing more in terms of troops and personnel.

The losses of the two sides in the melee on the river beach became bigger and bigger, and Tan Jin, the general of the Song army, had to throw in reinforcements again and again.

After fighting until the afternoon, Tan Jin had to admit that he had failed again this time, and none of the more than 800 people sent to land had returned, and they could not return, so they could only fight to the death.

Before dark, the Song fleet retreated, and the cadres began to light bonfires by the river and organize troops to clean up the battlefield.

In two successive beach landing battles, the Song army suffered heavy losses, with a total of more than 2,000 killed and more than 600 wounded.

The cadres were no better, and the losses of the two auxiliary troops combined amounted to 1,500 men, and the losses of the cadres exceeded 500.

When Liu Gon replenished his troops in place, there were no more people left in the reserves, and the troops began to be overstretched, so he had to apply to Zhao Junsheng to transfer more troops to replenish them, so as not to cause loopholes in the defense line due to insufficient troops.

Zhao Junsheng once again transferred 3,000 men from the Xiecong army to Liu Gon.

In the next three days, the Song army did not organize any more troops to cross the river to attack, and they needed to rest and recuperate to restore their morale, and the same was true on the side of the cadre army.

The Qianjun Naval Division has been blocked in the water village for the past few days and cannot move, no matter day or night, the Song Army's Naval Division is very closely guarded, and the Cadre Army's Naval Division has no chance to fight.

On this night, the northwest wind suddenly blew, which was an excellent opportunity for the Qianjun Naval Division, and Xu Yibao and Wu Xi, who had received the report, immediately organized troops to board the ship and prepare to rush out of the channel to break through the blockade of the Song Army's naval division on the river.

Xu Yibao and Wu Xi's strategy was to first select 60 death squads, use ten fishing boats loaded with fire-oil, and six dead soldiers on each boat rowed under the action of the northwest wind to quickly rush to the Song army's sailors on the river.

When the ten fishing boats were filled with oil, each of the dead soldiers tied an air bag blown up with an oilcloth to their bodies, and then rowed desperately, using the wind to rush out of the channel and rush towards the Song army's fleet on the river.

"Beat the drums!" Under Xu Yibao's order, several drummers waved drumsticks at the same time.

"Knock ······" The rumbling drums of war were heard.

On the Song army warships on the river, the Song army's sailors and generals ran onto the deck one after another.

"What's going on?" A Song Army Navy commander asked loudly.

"General, it's not good, it looks like the Qianjun Navy Division is about to rush out!"

The general of the Song Army's naval division sneered: "They are dreaming!" ”

The adjutant general said: "General, the situation is not right, now it is blowing in the northwest, and the dry army warships can just borrow the wind power!" ”

"So what?"

Soon, the death squad of the cadres rowed to the vicinity of the Song army's fleet, they lit the fire oil on the boat, the fire burned, these dead soldiers rowed the boat to the highest speed with their best efforts, and then jumped into the river with oilcloth air bags.

"Ahh The officers and men of the Song Army's naval division shouted in horror.

The generals of the Song army immediately shouted: "Stop the fire ships, don't let them get close to our warships, otherwise we will be finished!" ”

The adjutant general said in a hurry: "General, no, the speed of the fireship is too fast, and it can't be stopped at all!" ”

When the generals of the Song army saw it, they immediately ordered in a hurry: "Then give an order, let the warships disperse quickly, disperse quickly, otherwise once the fire starts, it will be burned by the spread of the fire!" ”

The officers and men of the Song Army's naval division and the boatmen reacted quickly this time, and while raising the iron anchor, they quickly dispersed with the help of wind and oars.

Two Song warships did not have time to dodge, they were hit by two fireships, and the collision angle of the high-speed fireship crashed into the body of the Song warship, and the oil exploded, and the two warships instantly burned in a large area, and many Song troops were killed and blown away before they even had time to jump ship.

In the water village, on the flagship of the fleet of the Cadre Army and the Naval Division, which had already been ready to go, Xu Yibao saw that the Song army fleet outside the blockade line in front was frightened by the fireboats and fled, he was in high spirits, and immediately shouted: "Soldiers, the channel has been opened, give Lao Tzu an order, all the fleets will attack, and kill them in turn!" ”

The rumbling of war drums sounded again, the fire on the flagship flickered in the darkness of the night, the order to set off had been given, and the ships poured into the channel and rushed towards the river.

The fireships opened the way in front, and the fleet of the Qianjun Navy Division followed behind all the way unimpeded, until all the warships rushed to the river and did not see the Song Army warships coming to block it, this time Xu Yibao was relieved, he immediately ordered all the warships to line up in a formation to prepare to meet the enemy, he knew that the Song Army Navy Division would definitely not give up easily, and they would definitely kill back, so it was necessary and unnecessary to prepare in advance.

Sure enough, when all the fireships burned up and sank on the river, the warships of the Song army's naval division converged again from all directions and only rushed towards the Qianjun naval division.

There are only a few Song army sailor warships blocking the Qianjun Water Village here, and most of the other Song army sailor warships are assisting the army to attack the river beach, Xu Yibao knows this, so he is not worried, he immediately ordered all the warships to meet them.

"Brothers, the time has come to take revenge, operate the boat for Lao Tzu to rush over, and cut him down!"

There were rumbling war drums from both fleets, and the lights were lit on each ship, and the wind and waves made the lights sway, and everyone was ready to fight, and when the two sides entered the striking distance of bows and crossbows, the commanders of both sides shouted: "Release the arrows-"

The bed crossbow is the first to wield, and one by one thick crossbow arrows shoot out, not only can shoot through the side of the ship, but even shoot the ship through a half, if there are unlucky ghosts, there are even several strung on it, once this thing is shot, the ship is a big hole.

When people turned over on their backs, accompanied by screams, the bloody gas also spread, but no one cared about this, everyone else was desperately releasing arrows, in order to shoot more arrows in the shortest possible time to shoot more enemies, so as to ensure that there were fewer and fewer arrows from the opposite side, and the chance of being injured or killed by the shot would be smaller and smaller.

In the terrifying whizzing of bows and arrows, as the planks of the ship were shot, sawdust flew wildly, some people continued to scream for injury, some people kept falling, and some ships were slowly sinking unconsciously, and by the time the soldiers realized that the ship was leaking, it was too late.

The bows and arrows of both sides did not stop, and the warships were rushing towards each other at a rapid pace.

"Bang Bang Bang ······" The warships of the Song army and the Qianjun army finally collided, and the officers and men on both sides staggered for a while, and when the hull of the ship stabilized, everyone came back to their senses and knew that the broadside battle had begun, and they all rushed towards each other.

"Kill—"