By the end of July, just after the typhoon season, hundreds of large and small ships gathered at the ports of Guangzhou and Lianzhou to prepare for a general attack. This time, Li Buqi loaded all the troops he could put on the ship, a total of 12,000 "militiamen," 2,000 Zhenwu troops, 1,000 marines, 3,000 soldiers, and 2,000 marines now stationed on Cat Ba Island, making a total of almost 20,000 infantry.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, Li Buqi led the fleet from the port of Guangzhou, first to Qiongzhou, and then went straight to Ji Po Island. By the time he arrived at Cat Ba Island, the fleet of ships that had set sail from Lien Chau had already unloaded the loaded personnel and supplies on Cat Ba Island. Li Buqi did not stop at Cat Ba Island, but went directly to the place that was probably the coastal defense of the later generations, and landed 6,000 troops and set up a village in one day.

Over the past year, the Song army and the Jiaozhi army from Cat Po Island have fought many times at the mouth of the Bai Teng River, and the people of Jiao have long dared not live here, and there are only more than 10,000 Jiaozhi troops left here, focusing on defending the Bai Teng River. In order to prevent the Song army from going straight into the river, the Jiaozhi people also set up several horizontal iron cables in the Baiteng River to block the passage of ships. Li Buqi wants to advance by land and water, and he must cut these iron cables.

The Jiaozhi people have been staring at this place, and the Song army's huge landing operation naturally can't hide the scouts of the Jiaozhi people. After the Song army set up the camp, a large number of Jiaozhi troops had already come from the direction of the Baiteng River and set up a position outside the Song army's camp to prevent the Song army from entering the interior.

Gao Shiyao, the inspector of Guangdu and Duandu, held a telescope and looked at the Jiaozhi team for a while and made a judgment: "Yun Envoy, I see that there are only 3,000 Jiaozhi people, and while their foothold is not stable, I will lead an army to rush over, and I will definitely be able to drive them all away." ”

Shi Quanbin, the envoy of the inner garden, knew Li Buqi's battle plan, and said with a smile: "If you drive all the Jiaozhi people away, how can you attract all the Jiaozhi troops and how can you capture the prisoners?" ”

Seeing Gao Shiyao's uncertain expression, Li Buqi said, "Okay, you just need to follow the order to fight, and you will understand in a few days." ”

Gao Shiyao hurriedly answered. Li Buqi said: "Okay, you take 2,000 people out of the camp and drive the Jiaozhi people away." Be careful not to chase too far as you go. ”

Gao Shiyao received the order suspiciously, and led a group of "militia" out of the camp to attack the Jiaozhi people. Each of these militiamen had a shield, two pike darts or battle axes, and a large knife on their backs, and at least half of them were covered in iron or rattan armor, and there were 800 crossbowmen in each regiment, who slowly squeezed towards the cochin men in a sharp formation. As soon as the Cochins came within range of the crossbows, the team stopped moving forward and the crossbowmen began firing the crossbows.

Eventually, the Cochins were overwhelmed by the crossbows and began to swarm and charge, and the hand-to-hand infantry began to advance at a slow pace, and then threw pike darts at the onrushing Cochins and slashed into the enemy line.

Most of the backbone of these "militias" had fought against the Jiaozhi people with the Diqing army and the marines, and under their restraint, the whole team advanced almost as neatly as it had been in training, and fiercely collided with the Jiaozhi people's ranks.

If the Jiaozhi people are fighting in small units, their soldiers are more fierce than the Song army, but this kind of competition organization and discipline is not what they are good at. The 3,000 Cochin Army was like the impact of a huge wave, and after a few blows, it could not withstand it, and began to retreat continuously, and finally began to retreat.

Li Buqi looked back at the hourglass hanging next to him and nodded: "It only took a little more time than a pillar of incense." With such an elite division, this time it will definitely take the Thang Long Mansion. ”

At this time, Shi Quanbin shouted: "Another Jiaozhi army is coming." ”

Li Buqi raised his binoculars to look over, and saw that the black-pressed Jiaozhi people from the direction of the Baiteng River were approaching, and hurriedly ordered: "Mingjin, let Gao Shiyao withdraw." ”

In the past, although the Song army landed repeatedly, they retreated after plundering, never set up a fortress on the shore, and did not have so many troops. Therefore, the abnormality of the Song army this time made the main general of Jiaozhi, Li Dezheng's brother-in-law Shen Chenggui, think that the situation this time is different from the past, and hurriedly command the Jiaozhi army on both sides of the Baiteng River to rush over to besiege the Song army, even if the Song army cannot be annihilated, the Song army will be driven into the sea.

In the past year, the Jiaozhi army guarding the coast was exhausted, but the Song army did not know when to quietly go ashore, and did not leave any hands, so there were not many achievements, but because a large number of people were taken away and scolded by the emperor, they were scolded by the people, and their morale was low. Shen Chenggui thought that since the Song army had blatantly landed this time and did not evacuate immediately, it gave him a chance. Even if it was just to drive the Song army into the sea, it could be advertised as a victory, which was good for boosting the morale of the people.

For the next three days, the Song army carried out a tentative attack on the Jiaozhi army every day, posing as if it was about to rush inland, while the Jiaozhi army did not show weakness and launched a-for-tat attack on the Song army, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate for a while. Shen Chenggui was in a hurry, and seeing that more than 10,000 Jiaozhi troops were worthy of a tie with the Song army, he transferred more troops from other parts of the coast, and also transferred dozens of elephants under his command.

By 15 September, the strength of Jiaozhi had reached 23,000, and Shen Chenggui felt that he could settle the battle in one battle, and since the morning, he has placed all his troops in front of the Song army camp. It's just that what makes him hurt is that behind the Song army camp is the beach, and the Song army's speedboats shuttle back and forth on the sea, and when they see a Jiaozhi army trying to cross the beach, they use ballistas and strong crossbows to greet them, so the Jiaozhi army can only attack from the inland direction. The front is too narrow, there are more than 20,000 people, and some of them can't be opened, which is a taboo for soldiers.

But Shen Chenggui's military is also self-taught, so he thinks it's nothing. When there are more people huddled together, it will appear that there are more people, and the enemy will be afraid to see it. So as soon as he gave the order, the Jiaozhi people began to pounce on the camp of the Song army with dozens of elephants as the vanguard.

Li Buqi had already climbed to the watchpole in the camp and had a clear view of the formation of the Jiaozhi people. When he saw the elephants, he knew that the Cochins were ready to take a desperate gamble. Since this was the case, there was nothing to hide, and he ordered that all the musketeers of the Zhenwu Army and the "Quang Nam Militia" be pulled up and a blocking line was arranged.

According to the battle plan, Qi Bin, the envoy of the supply and reserve warehouse, and Duan Chong, the "militia" commander, would land on the Tushan Peninsula after the Jiaozhi people withdrew their coastal defenses, and then detour back to the back of the Jiaozhi army and defeat the Jiaozhi army from both sides. The fight here is so fierce, it is estimated that there is no need to contact the signal, Qi Bin and Duan Chong should know that it is time for them to play.

Although Li did not give up believing Duan Chong, he still ordered the release of wolf smoke to send a signal to the roundabout army. At this time, the forward of the Jiaozhi people also began to approach the Song army camp, and Li Buqi hurriedly got down from the lookout pole, put on a helmet, and put on a rattan armor - he was actually very afraid of death.

The ensuing battle was a bit dull for Li Buqi, that is, the Song army successively used ballistas, trebuchets and steel crossbows to block and shoot at the Jiaozhi people. Although the Jiaozhi people continued to fall, the Jiaozhi people in the back would bravely make up for it and howl and rush towards the Song army. Especially the elephants with thick skin and green armor, even light ballistas and trebuchets could not cause fatal damage, and under the control of the cochin people on the back of the elephants, they lowered their heads and howled and rushed over, and as they ran, the ground shook slightly.

In the face of these huge monsters, the southern soldiers were better, and the Zhenwu soldiers from the north were already colorless, although they were still firmly standing in their combat positions, but the fire ropes in their hands kept trembling.

Finally, when the elephants rushed into a distance of thirty meters, the commanders' strange shouts because of nervousness rang out one after another, and immediately spewed huge flames from the copper cannons on the gun carriages, and a loud noise followed, and the lead bullets the size of broad beans swarmed towards the dense Cochin people.