Although the Han River is not as wide as the Yangtze River, except for the narrower water surface in the upper and lower reaches, the water surface in the middle reaches is more than 200 zhang, and the widest part even reaches more than 300 zhang and is nearly 1,000 meters wide.

Entering Jingmen City, it is only more than 100 miles away from the waterway of Xiangyang City, which is already the middle reaches of the Han River.

There is no doubt that the Mongol cavalry is dominant on land, but now that the fleet is on the water, it is obvious that the horses under the crotch of the cavalry cannot be two sacrificed animals. The width of the water area is nearly a thousand meters, and the fleet sails in the middle of the water, and the closest place on both sides of the river is three or four hundred meters away, unless the Mongols have bed crossbows with a very long range, except for a few sharpshooters with amazing arm strength, I am afraid that the Mongol cavalry will not be able to pose any threat to the fleet in the middle of the Han River.

This kind of drawback, Jia Rudao can see it, and the commander of the Mongolian cavalry can also see it. If he couldn't even see this, then it would be impossible to rely on only 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry to firmly drag the hundreds of thousands of Song troops in the Huaixi and Huaidong theaters in various places. Of course, the Mongolian cavalry was too cunning, and the commanders of the Huaixi and Huaidong theaters had their own plans in mind, which were also two very important reasons.

The Mongol cavalry was able to dominate the land route by its swift speed and powerful impact. Bringing a bed crossbow or a trebuchet with a long enough range will only drag down their greatest advantage, and judging from the battle situation of more than half a month, the Mongolian cavalry is obviously lightly armed and mainly guerrilla. Then naturally it is impossible to carry large siege equipment. You must know that whether it is a bed crossbow or a trebuchet, it is a weapon used in siege warfare.

Since the cavalry who knew that the cavalry was dominant by land could not exercise the fleet of the Song Army's naval division in the water, but the Mongolian cavalry still came, and they came with great fanfare, then there was obviously another reason behind this.

Since the commander of the Mongol cavalry is not a fool, then he must have had something else to rely on or be prepared.

To deal with the Song Army's water division, the most powerful weapon can obviously only be used by the water division to deal with the water division.

So, where are the sailors of the Mongols?

This is what Jia Yidao is most worried about.

Jiang Hai came quickly.

Meng Hui can let Jiang Hai pick up Jia Rudao, obviously he has great trust in Jiang Hai. Therefore, Jiang Hai knows very well about the friendship between Meng Hui and Jia Nidao, if Jiang Hai still has a little scrutiny of Jia Nidao, then when Jia Nidao knew that he did not spend money to personally supervise hundreds of thousands of troops to go south to besiege Xiangyang City, Meng Hui had already said that he would return to Lin'an City, and Zhao Yun clearly said that he would let Jia Nidao decide whether to go or go back, but he still insisted on choosing to go to Xiangyang City to sacrifice the army, but Jiang Hai began to accept Jia Nidao from the bottom of his heart.

Now in the entire Jinghu Army, the mentality of the vast majority of generals is also the same as Jiang Hai. The Great Song Dynasty's national policy of emphasizing literature over military force also directly led to the antagonism between civil ministers and military generals.

Wenchen looked down on the generals, and the generals also looked down on the scholars who could only do it and were powerless. Not to mention a powerful person like Jia Yidao, who has not dried up but is young and powerful because of nepotism.

Putting aside the encouragement of the morale of the Emperor's Imperial Army to the heavily oppressed Jinghu Theater for the time being, just Jia Yidao's courage is enough to make those martial artists who may not even know a few big characters admire from their hearts.

I'm afraid that even Jia Yidao himself didn't expect that his decision made after weighing it for a long time would have such an unexpected gain.

The two, one is grateful and admired, and the other is also willing to make friends, so they have gotten along very well along the way.

After listening to Jia Yidao's worry, Jiang Hai showed a bit of surprise on his face. His surprise was not because Jia Nidao said that the Mongols might be used by the Mongol cavalry on the shore to assist and lure the enemy, but because Jia Nidao was able to see this.

When the Mongolian cavalry appeared, Jiang Hai had already thought of this, if he didn't have this awareness, I am afraid that Meng Hui would not hand over the most elite Xiangyang sailor to him to command.

"Thank you, sir. If he had encountered so many Mongol cavalry on land, the last general would have dragged the adults away by now. But now it is on the Han River, and it is on the territory of the sailors of my Great Song Dynasty. Cavalry, my Great Song soldiers are not as good as the Mongols, but when it comes to the water division, hehe, the Mongols are not as good as my Great Song Water Division even if they shoot horses now. Sit down and watch the end of the battle for the adults. ”

Jiang Hai smiled and bowed to Jia Rudao.

"Ha Lu Ha, good! It seems that the Tao will sit back and wait for Commander Jiang to return successfully. ”

Seeing Jiang Hai like this, Jia Rudao didn't say more. Jiang Hai is a professional in military affairs, although he has a vision, but in real battles, especially in naval operations, he is not as good as Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai hugged his fists and left in a hurry.

Soon, Jia Yidao saw that the originally hurried sound of war drums suddenly changed, and then various flags on Jianghai's ship, that is, the flagship of the Xiangyang Naval Division, waved one after another.

I saw that the more than 20 warships in the front and tail of the fleet, which were originally sailing in columns, soon began to speed up and break away from the brigade and lined up on the river in a zigzag shape, while the rest of the warships were extended in turn to defend more than 20 ships carrying 2,000 forbidden troops and military materials, including Jia Rudao's ship, but in a moment, the longitudinal fleet became a defensive formation with the word "work".

The front, middle, and tail were all wrapped in sixty or seventy battleships of the Xiangyang Naval Division, guarding more than twenty warships with little attack power, including the Jia Rudao boat, in the middle.

Has the Song Army Sailor started to use the flag language?

Looking at the ever-changing flags of various colors on the Jianghaizao boat, Jia Rudao's heart was shocked. Although the flag language used by the Song Army's sailors is still rudimentary, and it still needs to be matched by drums, this is already a great progress in Jia Rudao's view, and the surprise given to him by the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty is big enough.

And that's not all.

Most of the entire fleet has been adjusted to a defensive formation, but there are still more than 20 warships of different shapes slowly breaking away from the brigade under the leadership of the Jianghai boat, divided into two columns and began to cruise around the periphery of the fleet, obviously to guard against the surprise attack of the Mongolian sailors who have not yet seen any movement.

The Han River is regarded as the inland river of the Great Song Dynasty, but because the defense lines of the Great Song Dynasty and the Mongols in the Jingxiang area are intertwined, even if there are sailors of the Great Song Dynasty who often clear them, but because the defense lines of the Great Song Dynasty are on the defensive as a whole on the land route, there is no way to completely clean up the Mongolian sailors, which is also the main reason why after entering the Han River, Jia Nidao saw so many fewer merchant ships than on the Yangtze River.

On the north bank of the Han River, the roar of horses' hooves that was still faintly heard has now become overwhelming, even on this ship, Jia Yidao can feel the hull of the ship vibrating slightly, in the Han River, from time to time there are big fish that jump out of the water because of fright, and the entire Han River, like water about to boil, boils.

Looking at the north shore, the sky is covered with smoke and dust, but nothing can be seen clearly. Jia Rudao thought about it, turned around and returned to the cabin, but when he came out, there was an extra cylindrical thing in his hand.

"Hey, what is this?"