After Di Qing's army arrived in Quang Nam in October, they had several contacts with Nong Zhigao. Li Buqi was the commander of the governor's local military administration, and all military newspapers had to be handed over to him. Judging from the battle report of the Zhenwu army, because the equipment of the Song army was different from that in history, it formed a great advantage over the Nong army.

The basic method of fighting in Nong Zhigao's army was a team of three, with one person holding a rattan card in front and two people holding a shuttle dart and a rattan card to assassinate the target with a javelin. This three-person team system already has the prototype of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and the Song Army has never been exposed to such a style of play, so there is no way to crack it at all.

Moreover, the climate of Quang Nam is humid, and the compound bow is difficult to use in this humid environment, so in history, the Guangnan Song army mostly killed the enemy with javelins. Javelins and ordinary bows and arrows are difficult to penetrate the rattan cards used by Nong Zhigao's army, and Nong Zhigao's army has many rattan armor to protect themselves, so it is very difficult for the Song army to fight Nong Zhigao's army.

But now, due to the arrival of Li Buqi, the steel crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervisor has been mass-produced. With the arrival of Di Qing's army, the steel crossbows that were originally only issued in small quantities were also transported to Quang Nam in large quantities. Although the power of the steel crossbow is not as good as that of the Divine Arm Bow, it is no problem to shoot through the rattan armor at a distance of thirty meters, so that the Song army has an effective long-range and medium-range killing method against Nong Zhigao's army. Not to mention that there are light ballistas and torsion trebuchets at long distances, and there are tomahawk hammers used in northern fighting at close range, and a considerable part of the Song army, such as the Zhenwu army, is also equipped with rattan cards and rattan armor, and the level of protection is higher than that of Nong Zhigao's army.

After the Nong Zhigao army lost the protective advantage of rattan cards and rattan armor, the disadvantages of organization and discipline were revealed, whether it was a battle of several hundred people, or a fight of several people, at least the Zhenwu army completely suppressed the Nong Zhigao army.

The Zhenwu Army now has an experimental unit fully equipped with firearms - the "Shenji Battalion". The entire battalion had four companies, more than 500 people, all armed with handcuffs. The lead bullet of the handcuff can easily tear through the rattan plate at a distance of twenty or thirty meters. During a nong zhigao army attack the camp, the Shenji battalion faced more than 300 nong zhigao troops, and as a result, a volley made nong zhigao's army turn around and escape.

Although Nong Zhigao's army could fight smoothly against the Guangsong Song army, which had a weak will to fight and was lax in discipline, it was almost helpless in the face of Di Qing's army. After Nong Zhigao found that there was no hope of breaking through Jingxiang, he had to lead his troops to retreat to Yongzhou.

This is basically consistent with the judgment of Li Buqi and Di Qing. Now the whole of Quang Nam is basically ruined, and it is difficult for Nong Zhigao's more than 20,000 people to raise food anywhere. The so-called "no food, no army", once the grain and grass are exhausted, Nong Zhigao's army will only be scattered except for the part where he started. Only Yongzhou is close to Guangyuan Prefecture, and if Yongzhou can be reoccupied, it can be received by the natives of Guangyuan Prefecture. Not to mention whether the control of Guangyuan Prefecture has brought chaos to the soldiers under Nong Zhi's command who live in Guangyuan.

So, at the beginning of December of the fourth year of Huangyou, a big battle broke out between Nong Zhigao's army and Jiaozhi's army in Kunlun Pass, and the Song army, which followed Nong Zhigao, almost became a bystander.

At this time, Li Buqi did not wait for news in Guangzhou, he had already led a fleet of various maritime merchant ships to Qinzhou, preparing to kill the Jiaozhi people's naval army. This is the combat principle of "you fight yours, I fight mine" learned from Grandpa Mao.

The "militiamen" recruited from Fujian and Guangdong have only been training for a month, and they are still too early to be able to fight, so in fact, Li Buqi still does not have a unit that can fight on land. But at sea it's different. These maritime merchants and sailors are all old fritters at sea, and it is the ability of the housekeeper to sail through the storms and waves. Although neither the sailors of the merchant ships nor the newly recruited sailors had ever seen combat and had not even had time to train their combat skills, Li Buqi believed that the factors that determine the success or failure of naval operations were eight points in navigation skills and two points in combat skills and other aspects. Therefore, as long as you try to avoid fighting broadside battles, this miscellaneous sailor still has the ability to fight.

Another factor that made Li Buqi decide to fight a war as soon as possible was that the navy was really a money-burning business. With so many boats and so many people, the maintenance fee alone for daily training is a lot of money. Although Li Buqi will issue 2 million yuan of treasury bonds every month, he has to save money to spend, right? Let's hurry up and make this navy have some benefits.

Also, it's almost time for the merchant ships to go to sea. The ships returning this year have already been affected, and more than a dozen have been captured by the Cochins, and if the Cochin Navy in the Beibu Gulf is not cleared, it will affect this year's trade.

And Li Buqi believes that no matter how well he trains, his ability to fight a battle will not grow faster. In order to let the navy enter the state as soon as possible, he once again sacrificed the magic weapon of "training by fighting".

On the seventh day of the lunar month, riding on the gradually strong northeast wind, the fleet sailed out of the Pearl River estuary to the southwest in a straight line, and arrived in Qiongzhou after a day of calm sailing. After resting in Qiongzhou for half a day and a night, the fleet set sail to the northwest again, entered the Beibu Gulf, and went straight to the direction of Hepu.

After rounding the tip of the Leizhou Peninsula, Li Buqi sat under the umbrella on the stern rudder. From this position, the formation of the entire fleet can be clearly seen. At present, 16 large ships of 1,000 materials and 30 ships of less than 1,000 materials are lined up in neat two-way columns under the command of the banner, plowing the turbulent waves, and looking majestic. The sailing skills of this formation have improved a lot compared with when Li Buqi inspected the fleet in Humen a month ago.

Li Buqi was about to let the fleet conduct another deck combat exercise, when suddenly the sound of cannons from the pilot ship attracted his attention. Then the flags of the ships were waved, and the horns were passed on one after another, and the news came from the observation tower at the top of the mast that four ships had been found ahead, which seemed to be cochin ships, and asked for instructions on what to do.

This is a good opportunity for exercise. Li Buqi immediately gave an order: "Send a ship to intercept and verify the identity." If it's a cochin ship, sink it immediately! ”

Bai Pinghai received the order to inspect it, but it was not him who carried out the order, but Gao Qi and Wang Wanshun from Tamna Island. Wang Wanshun ordered a team of six clippers to be sent to intercept the suspicious ships, and after reviewing the order, Gao Qi ordered the order to be issued in the form of a flag.

Immediately, in the column near the coast, six galleons of three or four hundred materials broke out of formation, used their oars together, and began to cut diagonally in front of the four ships in the distance. Li Buqi also got up from his seat, picked up the binoculars and looked in that direction.

From the telescope, Li Buqi could vaguely see that the four ships that were originally heading for the Leizhou Peninsula had obviously spotted the approaching fleet, but he hesitated for a long time before he began to turn and escape. But although the ships of the Great Song Dynasty in this era seemed to Li Buqi to be slow and anxious, these ships ran slower than the six ships that chased them, and they delayed again, and they were caught up about an hour later.

After discovering that there was no escape, the four ships turned their bows and seemed to want to fight to the death, but the six ships did not give them a chance. From the telescope, Li Buqi could see something flying up from the Song ship, because a cloud obscured the sunlight, and he could see that those things were carrying bright flames. This should be a javelin or oil bomb soaked in oil.

Sure enough, after a few breaths, the fire that ignited on the four ships seemed to be the sails burning. The boats also lost power and drifted with the tide like dead fish. But the six clippers did not come closer, but surrounded the four ships that were getting bigger and bigger, still firing ballistas and bolts. This is a bit wasteful, but the oil transported by the Great Food and Tianfang Maritime Merchants, as well as the Great Song Maritime Merchants from the West, has been looted by Li Buqi, and they can afford to consume it.

After about two meals, five boats began to circle in place with half of their sails down, and one ship turned around and sailed towards the fleet, until it sailed to the side of Li Buqi's boat, and a strong man with a full face and beard jumped over and went up to the helm tower and knelt on one knee: "Qi Qi Yun Envoy!" Those four ships were indeed raided by Jiaozhi thieves, and they have all been burned. The Jiaozhi people jumped into the sea to escape, and Captain Qi was directing the capture. ”

Li doesn't give up or talk nonsense: "Okay, I won the first battle, I will remember my first achievements, and I will have my own reward when I go back!" ”

This battle was a success, and all of a sudden the atmosphere of the entire fleet was mobilized.