After all, killing is also a force job. After the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division who were not in black attacked the Yuezhou Road for nearly an hour, it was difficult for them to break through the enemy formation, so they had to slow down the offensive and let themselves breathe a sigh of relief.

"Compared with yesterday, today's black-clothed thief's offensive is much more powerful!" Taking advantage of the fact that the black-clothed army temporarily slowed down the offensive, an officer and soldier general Zuo Chang sighed, but he couldn't help but say so.

"It seems that yesterday's soldiers and horses are not the elite troops among the black-clothed thieves, but today's people are the backbone of the thieves." Hearing this, the officers and soldiers of the hundred households under his command, the officers and soldiers who commanded the warship under his feet and the four warships around him, stared at the black-clothed army with a pair of eyes, and couldn't help but say so at this time.

"Hey, at this time, I know that this black-clothed thief really deserves his reputation! Yesterday's thief army, although inexperienced in water warfare, but if you talk about bravery, it is definitely rare in the world. Now I didn't think that there were even more elite troops among the black-clothed thieves.

It seems that if our army wants to shoot it away, it will have to pay a lot of price! Hearing this, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but sigh like this.

Obviously, after this hard battle, he still has a little awe for the black-clothed army. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be about "knocking out" instead of "defeating" the thief in black.

But no matter what he thinks in his heart at this time. But hearing the sound of war drums, the warships and horses of the black-clothed army couldn't help but attack and kill again.

Therefore, after the two armies breathed a little easier, they couldn't help but start a fierce battle again on the river.

Of course, neither of the two sides in this fierce battle could help the other. A battle that lasted for nearly two hours only left the corpses of more than a thousand soldiers and dozens of large and small warships in the river.

……

"Hey, Ziyu. In today's battle, although our army has been considered to be the best of its best, our army is the attacker. Therefore, after a battle, the casualties of our army are still greater than those of the Tartars who resisted us. In this case, when will our army defeat these Tartar sailors who are resisting us? ”

After the war, it was night. In Zhang Shihua's Chinese army tent, because of two successive battles, no substantive results were achieved. So at this time, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but ask the military advisor Zhao Ziyu about his plans.

"Lord, Sun Tzu once said, 'Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles'. As far as I know, the chief general who commanded and commanded the officers and soldiers of the naval division was Pei Changqing, the governor of Yuezhou. Pei Changqing, this person is a family of military merits in the Yuan Dynasty court.

At a young age, he was known for his courage and stability. Then he took over his father's position, and he was famous for his old and serious behavior. For such a person, the best way to defeat him is to use the righteous method to suppress others.

However, how much our army is fighting here, it has allowed it to occupy the advantageous position. In this way, if our army wants to win, it will have to win by surprise. ”

In the tent, Zhao Ziyu said to herself. But after saying such a thing, he really couldn't help but fall silent.

Obviously, although Zhao Ziyu understands the truth of surprising victory. But no matter how surprising, it is still difficult to come up with an effective method for a while.

Pei Changqing asked his sailors and soldiers to completely block the river. Therefore, it is impossible to sneak attack. On this river, sneak attacks and night attacks are impossible. And the officers and sailors blocked the river again, and even after sending elite troops around, it was impossible to talk about it. In this way, how can we 'win by surprise'?

Zhao Ziyu kept thinking in his heart. But because Pei Changqing was cautious and occupied the advantage of geographical advantages, he couldn't think of any decent way for a while.

So I saw that Zhao Ziyu had been keeping his head down and was speechless in the tent. Zhang Shihua, who also couldn't think of any good way over there, couldn't help but sigh subconsciously.

"Hey, if you can burn the naval warships of the Yuezhou Tartars with one fire like the Battle of Chibi in the Three Kingdoms, it will be easy!"

"Yes!!" Suddenly, hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Zhao Ziyu, who had been bowing his head in the camp, couldn't help but stop.

"Fire Attack!?" Zhang Shihua's words subconsciously couldn't help but find new inspiration for him.

Therefore, at this time, he could not help touching the beard on his chin, and pondered in the tent as if no one was around.

"My lord, maybe our army can really break the enemy with fire!" There was silence in the tent for a long time with his head down, but Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but say such a sentence.

"Huh!? What does Ziyu mean? Suddenly, hearing Zhao Ziyu's words, Zhang Shihua was naturally puzzled.

"My lord, you think. At this time, winter is approaching, so the west wind often blows on the river. And our army is also located to the west of the officers and soldiers, and this west wind can help our army to attack with fire. ”

"Ziyu, what you said is good. However, Ziyu, it is not easy to defeat the enemy with fire attack on this river. After all, officers and sailors will not connect the warships under their feet with iron cables. ”

"Naturally, this subordinate knows. But my lord, the position of our army in this battle is equivalent to Cao Mengde in the Three Kingdoms period! Hearing Zhang Shihua's questioning words, Zhao Ziyu smiled slightly, but he couldn't help but say so.

Therefore, when he heard his words, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but ask, so that he could explain his words more clearly.

"Lord, you think. The position of our army at this time is exactly in the upstream position of these officers and soldiers compared with the officers and soldiers of Yuezhou Road. Therefore, if the west wind is blowing, our army's clipper ship will raise its sails and go down the river, and it will certainly not be the officers and men of the Yuezhou Naval Division who are downstream.

That's why Your Majesty wants to come. Since our army occupies such a position at this time, why not pile up flammable materials on those clippers. Then ignite the flammable materials on the ships and turn the clippers into fire ships, as a way to shock the fleet of Tartars. ”

"This ......" heard Zhao Ziyu's words. Zhang Shihua, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help but be silent. Then he unconsciously touched the beard on his chin, silently thinking about the feasibility of this method.

The clipper sails, with the help of the wind, and then goes down the river. The speed of the ship is bound to reach an unimaginable level. Therefore, such a clipper is indeed not something that the officers and men of the Yuezhou Road and Water Division who are in a downwind position can dodge.

The clipper turned into a fireboat, and then rammed into the ships of the officers and men of the Yuezhou Road and Water Division with an unstoppable speed. At that time, it is estimated that the speed of the ship at that time alone will be enough to knock the ships of the officers and men of the naval division into pieces.

Zhang Shihua thought like this in his heart, but he couldn't help but find that if he followed Zhao Ziyu's method, he might really get miraculous results.

However...... "Ziyu, if we follow this method, the price our army will have to pay is not small!" Zhang Shihua sighed like this, and couldn't help but express the worries in his heart.

Yes, that's the obvious thing. Because if you want to follow Zhao Ziyu's method, then the black-clothed army will at least take out dozens of medium-sized fish boats for assault.

After all, if you want to deal the most serious blow to the warships of the officers and soldiers of the Marine Division, it is naturally impossible for the Black-clothed Army to only let the sampan boats be used as fireboats.

If a sampan boat is really used as a fireboat, then it is estimated that such a small boat will not be able to approach the warship of the officers and soldiers of the sailor division, and will be intercepted by the officers and men of the sailor division with a long pole.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Zhang Shihua and the others could only take out a medium-sized assault warship like the Fish Boat, which had both speed and volume. After all, the biggest advantage of a medium-sized assault warship like the Fish Boat is its speed on the river.

Even in such cases, in order to cooperate with the success of the squid boat. They also had to come up with five or six more large warships such as the iron-walled ploughshare-bewked plane falcon warship.

But you know, after these two days of war. The total losses of the Blackcoat Army were only one Sea Falcon, two multi-oared warships, and more than a dozen Fish Clippers.

Therefore, when so many ships were to be used as fireships and sacrifices at once, Zhang Shihua naturally had to worry about it.

Because there is no guarantee that this method will succeed. If it fails, the ships will all be lost.

But at this time, I heard Zhang Shihua's worried words.

As the military advisor of the black-clothed army, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but make a gesture to Zhang Shihua, and then said to Zhang Shihua in a firm tone: "Lord, the two armies are fighting each other, and they are not doing business, so what is the profit."

Lord, at this time, to use a country slang is reluctant to let the child trap the wolf! Zhao Ziyu said this, his eyes looked very firm.

Therefore, seeing this, after Zhang Shihua paused silently, he couldn't help but nod and said, "In this case, then do what you said Ziyu." ”

Therefore, the two of them couldn't help but decide on this fire attack method.

……

"Kill!" The shouts of killing above the river are still loud. On the third day, the movement of the black-clothed army was as usual. Compared to the previous two days, there is no difference. On the surface, he pretended to be going to die with the officers and soldiers on Yuezhou Road.

However, at this time, if you go to the sailor camp where the black-clothed army is stationed, you can find that in the sailor's camp of the black-clothed army, hundreds of craftsmen are busy renovating the warships docked on the shore.

In accordance with Zhang Shihua's request, they filled the warships docked on the shore with flammable materials in an orderly and fast manner, and did not forget to remove the useless things on the warships.

"My lord, if you only want the speed of the warship according to the side you requested, you can also remove the pavilion and other places where the soldiers live on the ship. In this way, not only can the speed increase the speed of the warship by 30%, but it will not make a big impression of the ship's sturdiness. ”

On the shore where the warship docked, Shen Shi, a master craftsman with the army, couldn't help but say to Zhang Shihua on the shore like this, and asked Zhang Shihua for instructions.

"Master Shen, you are much more professional than me in this regard. So you can just look at this kind of thing. As long as you get it done at this point, it doesn't matter what the outcome is. I'm going to do it for you. Zhang Shihua stood on the shore with his hands in his hands, and he couldn't help but say so.

Therefore, when Shen Shi heard Zhang Shihua's words, his face couldn't help but flash with excitement.

"My lord, don't worry, Your Majesty will definitely not disappoint you this time." Shen Shi, who looked excited and excited, patted his chest and assured Zhang Shihua.

And the reason why he is so excited is also because if he can calculate another merit this time, his official position can also be at the same level.

Such a result has a great attraction for Shen Shi, who has gradually become a bureaucrat from a craftsman.

After all, he, Shen Shi, is also a person with great ambitions. When he was drunk in private, he thought more than once that if Zhang Shihua became the Son of Heaven, could he, the master craftsman of the Black-clothed Army, go one step further and officially become an official official of the Ministry of Industry under Zhang Shihua.

Yes, even if it's just a small seven-grade clerk in the Ministry of Industry. Although it is said that his current treatment in the black-clothed army is not lower than that of Zheng Sanpin, the squire of the Ministry of Works. But such an official position is also the greatest pursuit of his life.

After all, the Ministry of Industry is the highest yamen in charge of construction projects in the world. Any project, it is a large project to requisition tens of thousands of people. Entering the Ministry of Industry is definitely the biggest dream of all ambitious craftsmen in the world.

So, in the case of harboring such dreams. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but put all his energy in front of him, and secretly thought in his heart that he must do this thing well.

However, Zhang Shihua didn't know what Shen Shi was thinking.

At this time, he was only on the bank of the river for a while. Then he took a step and left the bank of the river. After all, compared with Shen Shi's work, he was now more concerned about the battle situation on the river.

……

Almost two hours later, the two armies on the river also withdrew their troops. Of course, this time is not much different from the previous two.

Today, the Black-Coated Army is also the attacker, and the officers and men of the Yuezhou Navy Division are also as strictly defended as they were two days ago. Therefore, in this battle, the two armies combined suffered almost more than 1,000 casualties. Of course, the number of casualties of the Blackcoat Army was also slightly greater than that of the officers and soldiers.

However, this evening, in Zhang Shihua's Chinese army camp, the generals under Zhang Shihua gathered here again.

"My lord, everything is ready. You see, when it comes to understanding whether our army is going to carry out a fire attack? In the tent of the Chinese army, after the generals came, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but be the first to salute and said.

(To be continued.......................................... ）