Chapter 734: An Unexpected War
Dingnan City, which is very close to the mouth of the Red River, and Li Foma's fleet also arrived here a few days ago, Li Foma should have led the fleet to meet the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, but because there was a disagreement on the etiquette of "kneeling to welcome", Li Foma did not rush to greet him, but sent people to contact the envoys of the Song State to discuss the matter of exempting the etiquette of kneeling and greeting.
Although Li Foma was quite contemptuous of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, he still listened to the words that Guo Shengyi persuaded him before, after all, the current Great Song Dynasty is different from the past, the party and the Liao State are so powerful that they were defeated by the Song State, not to mention their small Li Dynasty, so Li Foma did not dare to really tear his face with the Great Song Dynasty unless it was absolutely necessary.
However, the person sent by Li Foma came back soon, but the other party was a little hesitant to report when he saw Li Foma, which made him immediately ask in annoyance: "What did the envoys of the Song State say, tell me not a word!" ”
"This ......" The person who came also showed a hesitant expression when he heard Li Foma's words, but when he saw the other party's angry eyes, he immediately didn't dare to hesitate anymore, so he replied with sincere fear, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Song Kingdom said...... Say ......"
Choking and Strange Novels|w~w~w.
This person hesitated for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and said honestly: "The envoy of the Song Kingdom said that you should kneel on the bow of the ship and go to the fleet of the Song Kingdom to welcome the holy decree!" ”
"Phew!" As soon as the other party's words fell, Li Foma slapped on the table, his whole face was red and purple, he didn't expect that he had already shown such sincerity, the envoy of the Song State not only did not appreciate it, but also made more excessive demands, if he knelt on the bow of the ship in front of everyone to meet the holy decree, then he, the emperor of the Li Dynasty, would probably lose his prestige!
"Too much deception!" After a long while, Li Foma squeezed a few words out of his teeth, and his anger reached a peak at this time, and he wanted to personally raise his knife to confirm the hateful Song envoy.
"Your Majesty is angry, the minister has said all the good things, and even sent a large amount of money, but the other party accepted the gift, but did not let go at all, but made more excessive requests, the minister really has no choice but to come back to report to Your Majesty!" At this time, the minister sent was afraid that Li Foma would take the blame on himself, so he immediately explained.
"Your Majesty, the Song envoy is obviously deliberately making things difficult for my Li Dynasty, there must be deception in this!" At this time, Guo Shengyi next to him couldn't help but speak again, he had felt that Song Envoy's behavior was wrong before, and now he was even more sure.
"It doesn't matter if he cheats or not, pass on my orders, the sailors will gather and send troops, I want to let the Song envoy see, in front of my army, do they dare to let me kneel to greet me!" At this time, Li Foma was already overwhelmed by anger, and immediately ordered.
"Your Majesty...... This ......"
Guo Shengyi next to him originally wanted to persuade again, but as soon as the words came out, he was interrupted by Li Foma: "Needless to say, the Song Kingdom deceived people too much, if they agreed to them today, what is the difference between it and death, I want to see if that Song envoy dares to be so arrogant when he is surrounded by a large army!" ”
Seeing that Li Foma had made up his mind, Guo Shengyi could only sigh and stop speaking, and then the sailors of Dingnan City also immediately assembled, Dingnan City was originally an important port of the Li Dynasty, and it was also the station of the sailors, in addition, when Li Foma arrived here from Shenglong, he also brought a large number of troops, and now the two armies are gathered, there are 30,000 or 40,000 people, and then they take the warship to the mouth of the Red River to kill.
At the same time, Di Qing, the Wang Commander and the Liu Envoy were also standing at the bow of the boat, watching the formation of the ship behind them, and the Wang Commander couldn't help but ask, "Envoy Liu, are you sure Li Fuma will come?" ”
"It will definitely come, with Li Foma's temperament, it would be strange if he could suffer this kind of humiliation, so he will definitely not agree to my request, since this is the case, we will also have a reason to send troops, if he doesn't mention the troops to kill, then we will directly kill them, destroy their sailors in Dingnan City, and then fight all the way to Shenglong!" Envoy Liu smiled gloomily and said, his task has been completed, and the next thing to see is the performance of Di Qing and Commander Wang.
"If the Li Dynasty's sailors can kill the best, our warships are too big, they were originally built to fight at sea, if they enter the Red River, it may affect the performance of the warships!" Commander Wang also said very calmly when he heard this.
"It seems that this battle will be commanded by the king, so that you will take the lead!" Di Qing also smiled lightly at this time, although it was a battle to destroy the country, he was no longer the ignorant and ignorant teenager he was back then, and the experience accumulated after two major wars made him accustomed to this kind of battlefield atmosphere.
"Brother Di, just look at it, the naval division is not only the quality of the soldiers, but also the competition of the warships, when it comes to the quality of the warships, our Great Song Dynasty is really not afraid of anyone!" Commander Wang was also in a good mood at this time.
Originally, although the navy was used to attack the Li Dynasty this time, because most of Li Zhang's main cities were not near the sea, so according to their previous expectations, this war would definitely be fought on land, which was also the reason why Di Qing came, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, but I didn't expect Li Foma to personally lead the naval division to come, and also changed the battlefield to the sea, which was also a great news for the Wang commander.
Of course, even if this battle is won, I am afraid that Li Zhang will not be destroyed, so the future war will definitely be concentrated on land, and Di Qing will still have to trouble Di Qing to command it.
Dingnan City is not far from the mouth of the sea, that afternoon, Li Dynasty's sailors killed violently, thousands of warships almost covered the river, in comparison, the Great Song Dynasty here hundreds of warships really seem a little thin, but compared to the Li Dynasty's boats, the Song Army's warships are several times larger, Li Dynasty's boats in front of them, like mice around the cat, although more mice can bite the cat to death, but the cat can kill these mice with a random melon seed.
"Kill!" When the commander of the Wang Dynasty saw the sailors of the Li Dynasty coming, he didn't talk nonsense at all, and directly ordered the various warships to charge forward.
However, Li Foma, who was sitting among the sailors, was startled when he saw the rushing Great Song Navy, he didn't really want to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty, but wanted to show his Li Dynasty's strength in front of the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, and then forced the other party to remove those humiliating etiquette, but he didn't expect that this Great Song Dynasty sailors didn't give him a chance to explain at all, and they rushed directly to kill them.
Faced with this situation, Li Foma regretted it too late, but at this time he calmed down, since war is inevitable, then fight happily to see who is the overlord of the sea? Speaking of which, after the defeat of Champa at sea before, Li Foma was also full of confidence in his sailors, even if the Song people's warships were tall, but the number was still too small.
"Boom, boom~" However, what Li Foma never expected was that the warships of the two sides had not yet touched, but they only heard a thunderous sound suddenly erupt on the other party's Great Song warship, and then the river surface seemed to be hit by something, and huge waves erupted, and some of the warships that were too close were directly overturned, and countless Li Chao sailors also fell into the water.
"Your Majesty is not good, this ...... This is the firearm of the Song people! Just when Li Foma was dumbfounded, Guo Shengyi next to him finally recognized the things on the ship, and immediately shouted, he had long heard that the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty were sharp, and it was precisely with the benefit of firearms that the Great Song Dynasty could defeat the great enemies of the party and the Liao State in a row, but he didn't expect the Song people to put firearms on the ship, how could they resist?
After the initial shock, Li Foma also reacted quickly, but at this time, he couldn't help but retreat, and immediately gritted his teeth and said again: "It doesn't matter what firearms and water weapons he has, pass on my orders, the sailors and soldiers will advance at full speed, and the first one to board the enemy ship will be rewarded with a thousand gold and made a marquis!" ”
Although Guo Shengyi knew the power of the firearms, it was too late to retreat at this time, and he could only help Li Foma convey the order, but at this time, the sailors of the Li Dynasty were stupid by this first round of artillery, no matter how rich Li Foma's reward was, there were still many people who did not react, and even some warships were quietly slowing down.