December XIX.

Yingri Bay, Chinaport.

Li Xiao pondered in the curling smoke.

There was a knock on the door, and Zhang Cong reported in a low voice outside the door, "Dashuai, Zhao Yaqian sent someone to send back the news, and the fourth fleet of the Japanese people will also arrive." ”

"It's already here, it looks like the decisive battle is about to begin."

At this time, it was already the cold winter of Layue, and the situation on the peninsula had once again undergone great changes. After the autumn, Li Xiao waved the banner of attacking the Japanese to aid Silla, first cut and then played, and directly led 30,000 troops out of Baekgang Port.

10,000 Silla soldiers were placed in Busan, south of Silla, and a surprise attack on Gimhaeseong, which was controlled by the Japanese, attracting the attention of many Japanese people, and then Li Xiao led 20,000 troops across the southern coast, went directly around the east coast of Silla, and sailed into the Gosan River at the eastern port of the royal capital of Geumseong.

The Silla people welcomed the Tang army who came under the banner of rescuing Silla, and Li Xiao did not encounter the slightest resistance, and went all the way up the Geshan River and directly arrived at the bottom of the royal capital Jincheng.

On the one hand, Jin Famin sent people to reward the Tang army, and on the other hand, he asked the Tang army to be stationed by the river outside the city.

Then, on the same night, pro-Tang aristocratic officials in Jincheng opened the gate of the royal capital to welcome the Tang army, which had already sneaked into the city.

After a night, the Tang army took control of the city of Silla.

Li Xiao installed Kim Jung-mun, the son of Kim In-wen, as the new governor of Jirim-do, and took the throne of Silla, and the chaos in Jinseong subsided.

With the support of Li Xiao's 20,000 Tang troops, Jin Zhengwen's puppet court quickly took control of the court.

After that, Li Xiao began to prepare for war in Yingri Bay, the mouth of his brother's river, hundreds of miles east of Jincheng, to prepare for the invasion of the Japanese army.

Only by defeating the Japanese army can the Tang army really control Silla, otherwise it is possible that it is possible to make wedding clothes for the Japanese people.

Now, the end of the year is approaching.

Li Xiao's soldiers were divided into two routes, with 5,000 Tang troops and 5,000 Xiangyong stationed in Jincheng. Another 10,000 people were stationed in Yingri Bay, and 10,000 Silla troops assisted in the defense.

Zhao Zhiman's naval division had a total of more than 300 ships, but more than 100 remained in Jincheng, and only more than 180 ships were in Yingri Bay, with a naval force of 20,000.

After the Japanese army could not open the passage to Jincheng by land, they also followed Li Xiao's sea route, and after they met with four consecutive groups of soldiers and horses, they already had a total of more than 1,000 ships and 50,000 troops.

Compared with many large warships such as Li Xiaoshui's building ships and fighting ships, the warships of the Japanese people were pitifully small, usually only the size of ships and yachts, and many of them were even small ships as big as sea falcons.

For this war, Li Xiao has been waiting for a long time and planning for a long time.

Yingri Bay, Brother Mountain River Estuary, this is a battlefield specially selected by Li Xiao.

Leaning on the golden city and facing the river and the sea, it can be attacked and defended.

Especially in the bay, the wind and waves are small, the water surface is wide, and the large warship fleet of the Tang Army is suitable for the Tang Army, and compared with the battle in the narrow inland river, it can effectively avoid the situation of being attacked by the small boats of the Japanese army.

"Gather the generals and prepare for the meeting." Li Xiao got up.

Zhang Cong took the order.

A moment later, all the generals had already rushed to Li Xiao's hall.

In the military conference hall of the castle, Li Xiao stared at the quaint emperor in front of him, "Everyone, the decisive battle is finally about to begin, the four fleets of the Japanese have arrived, and now there are more than 1,000 large and small warships and more than 50,000 soldiers and horses gathered on the beach not far from us, and their number is more than twice that of us." ”

"However, we have the advantage of going to sea and entering the river, our warships are more advanced, our equipment is also better, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will have a more tacit understanding when they cooperate in battle. Although there are many Japanese people, they are composed of four troops and horses, and there will definitely be problems in command, and their troops are mobilized from various islands of the Japanese country, and they are far inferior to us in terms of equipment and training. ”

"So I have reason to believe that we will win this battle."

The battlefield was specially chosen by Li Xiao, and the Tang army had been waiting for three months for this battle. In the past three months, the Tang Army, with the full assistance of the Jincheng puppet court, has built three forts and two water villages in Yingri Bay.

Sufficient stockpiling of grain, grass, and ordnance, and sufficient recuperation for soldiers.

"Dashuai, Abehirov among the Japanese generals is said to be known as a good fighter on the water in the Japanese country." Wang Fangyi reminded.

"Dashuai, not all of them are small boats, there are also some big boats, they have both large and small ships, and small boats are convenient to move, if they take the initiative to block us at the mouth of the river to fight with their numerical superiority, I am afraid that we will not have much advantage." Liu Renliang also said.

Li Xiao took off the sword in front of him, pulled it out, and gently wiped the blade of the horizontal knife with a piece of deerskin.

This is an extremely sharp knife, and Datang's horizontal knife represents one of the most advanced knife casting techniques of this era. The best horizontal knife can cut seven layers of cowhide with one sword, and a soldier wearing leather armor will be directly cut off by a knife at the waist.

Moreover, the horizontal knife also has a stabbing advantage, and the sharp tip has a strong armor-piercing performance.

As far as Li Xiao knew, the Japanese army had very little armor, and their knives were far less sharp and strong than Tang's. And the combat of the sailors is actually hand-to-hand combat, with sharper horizontal knives and strong armor, they can occupy greater favorable conditions, not to mention that the warships of the Tang army are larger and more advanced.

"What Wang Sima and Liu Changshi said is certainly reasonable, but these are actually in our deduction for a long time, so we will not give them such a chance at all, and we will never let them block us in the river. Seeing the three castles and two water villages at the mouth of the coastal bay river, we can fight according to the city, and the bows and crossbows and catapults on the city can also help, so although the Japanese army is more than twice as many as us, but this battle has not yet been fought I know that we have won, these three months, I have been waiting for this day, waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, and now this opportunity has come. ”

The elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Anton Mansion have long been looking forward to the arrival of the Japanese army, and everyone is looking forward to finishing this battle as soon as possible, and then they will be able to return to Anton for the New Year.

"Now the generals listen to my command!"

"The last general will obey the order!"

In the hall, a group of generals in iron armor all stood up, and the armor leaves on their bodies rattled.

The next day, early in the morning.

The fourth batch of 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Luyuan Junchen arrived, and nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Japanese army gathered near the mouth of the Geshan River.

"We have more than 1,000 warships and 60,000 soldiers, and our strength is three times that of the combined forces of the Tang and Silla forces, and the soldiers can drown them with a single charge."

On the deck of a large ship in the Japanese fleet, Abehirov arrogantly said to the rest of the generals.

Excessive self-confidence made this general, who claimed to be good at water warfare, not do any analysis of the waters of the theater at all, and gave the order for the whole army to attack.

For a time, more than 1,000 large and small ships rushed to the Tang Army's water village at the mouth of the river, and they tried to suppress the Tang army with a wave of fierce attacks, break through the Tang army's water village, and force the Tang army to retreat to the narrow waters of the Geshan River, so as to give full play to their advantages of small and flexible ships and large numbers, and finally defeat the Tang army.

"Rush, annihilate the Tang Army, and enter Jincheng, Banzai!"