The pursuit formation of the Song Navy was to form two columns with the Dengzhou Navy as the left flank and sail along the sea off Liaodong, with the middle being the column where Cheng Xishou's flagship was located, and the right flank being the two columns of the Haizhou Navy, each with a distance of ten miles between them. The formation adopted a gradual marching formation, and each column was ten miles apart from each other, forming a search surface sixty miles wide. The advantage of such a formation is that in the case of good visibility, they can watch each other, with the help of telescopes, they can communicate with each other through flags, and even if the visibility is poor, they can communicate through the sound of artillery.

Relying on his familiarity with this sea area and his skillful boating skills, the Song Shuijun gradually narrowed the distance between him and the Jin Shuijun after a night of uninterrupted pursuit. Finally, on the morning of the next day, the Haizhou Naval Division, which was located on the outside of the right flank, was the first to discover the traces of the Jinshui Army, and they immediately entered combat preparations, and at the same time informed their neighboring teammates of their discovery, and the neighboring team that received the enemy's report immediately informed the middle of the information. This method seems primitive, but in ancient times when there was no radio, it can be said to be the most convenient and advanced way to communicate.

"It's great to have caught the main fleet of the Golden Water Army!" Cheng Xuan received the report excitedly and said that he had not slept for two days and two nights, and he knew that he was already sixty and two, and his body and energy were no longer suitable for the days of drifting on the sea, and this expedition may be his own palace guard, if he could not completely annihilate the Jin Shui Army, not only failed to complete the emperor's trust, but also would be the regret of his life.

"Dutong, you can finally get your wish!" All the staff members in the cabin looked at the worries on their faces and congratulated in unison.

"Hehe, I finally live up to the emperor's grace!" Cheng Xuan arched his hand and smiled. "Report the location and speed of the Jin Army!" Capturing the traces of the main force of the Golden Water Army is only the first step in the battle, and how to surround and annihilate them next is the most important thing.

"Yes. Judging from the size and banner, there is no doubt that it is the Chinese army of the commander of the Jinshui Army, and their position is about fifteen miles to the left of the Haizhou Naval Division. In line with our initial judgment, we should go to Baozhou and prepare to withdraw our troops from the mouth of the Yalu River! Zhong Ping, a member of the Chinese army, marked the location of the two armies on the chart.

"Well, at the current speed, we should meet with their former army!" Cheng Xishou looked at the chart and stroked his beard and said suspiciously.

"This is also what the subordinates feel strange, neither our Chinese army nor the left wing have found the front army of the Jinshui Army, and the left wing has already advanced twenty miles from us, even if it exceeds the Chinese army a lot, it should be discovered, but there is no return, it is said that they should not be able to jump out of our encirclement!" Zhong Ping, who joined the army, also said confusedly.

"Order the left flank Dengzhou Naval Division and the Chinese Army to strengthen their observation. Be prepared to intercept and engage, and at the same time order the Haizhou Navy Division to find out its troop allocation! Cheng Xishou frowned and ordered, this thing is really strange, could it be that they discovered their whereabouts first and turned to flee.

"Dutong, will it be because after the enemy's front army Wuyan Puluhun was annihilated by our army, in order to prevent the dispersion of troops, the whole army was huddled together, and no forward was sent at all!" Another member of the army, Sun Tao, pondered for a moment and said.

"There is another possibility......" The sailor Du Yu Hou Changsi suddenly thought of something.

"What is possible!" Cheng Xishou asked.

"According to the plan, the Mingzhou Navy should have completed the transportation task all the way and is also on the way back. The route is intersecting with this annex, but we have not found any trace of it along the way, so our subordinates thought that it might be that the Golden Naval Army encountered it on the way to defeat, and mistakenly thought that it was the main force of our Naval Army. Send the forward army to meet the battle, causing it to open the way without the forward army! Tsuneji said.

"There are too many strange things about the Jinshui Army in this battle, and it is said that it wants to return from Baozhou. It is most convenient and fast to walk in a straight line, but it appears here; If it is to avoid the war. They should also hide away from the route, so as to avoid the pursuit of our army; Will they arrange it in this way to lure the enemy with the main force? Use the front army as a surprise soldier and suddenly kill the loan to win! Sun Tao said.

Jin Jun's strange move was very unreasonable, causing a lot of confusion to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they couldn't figure out their true intentions, but they didn't expect that Jin Shuijun just made the lowest mistake - Trek, and in order to make up for this mistake, there were many helpless moves to subvert imagination. There was only one thing they thought of, the army in front of the enemy might encounter the Mingzhou Naval Division, but it was difficult to make a conclusion in the fog.

"Reporting to the capital, the two teams of the Dengzhou Naval Division have begun to turn to intercept the Jinshui Army after receiving the order, but still no trace of their former army has been found; The Haizhou Navy Division reported that the Jin Navy was fleeing at full speed after discovering our army, and the course had not changed, and it would meet our army in about an hour, because the distance was too far, and it was impossible to check its configuration in detail! Zhong Ping reported after receiving the news from the teams.

"Well, the whereabouts of its former army are difficult to detect, and there are all kinds of possibilities, but now it is ready to be fired, and we must not give up encircling and annihilating its main force because of this, and advance at full speed, so that all teams can move closer to the Chinese army!" Cheng Xishou thought for a while and said......

The Jin Shui Army deviated from the course due to the night trek, and the adjustment of the formation delayed the time, but after discovering the Song Shui Army, Ali still insisted on his own plan and returned from the mouth of the Yalu River, and did not change the course, which happened to be parallel to the position of the Song Army's formation.

"Report to the capital, the left flank found another Song army fleet heading towards us at high speed, less than six miles away!" After discovering that Song Shuijun was tracking, Jin Shuijun accelerated with full sails and wanted to get rid of it, but he didn't expect that the one behind had not been shaken off, and another one appeared in front of him, and he hurriedly reported it to Xianmao Ali.

"Ignore it and go all out!" After receiving the report, Ali said after checking the direction of the enemy that the enemy only had about forty ships, and he could not stop his army, and he thought that this was just a vanguard of the Song army, and he did not want to entangle with them, in case he was caught up by the brigade behind, but at this time he was a little uneasy in his heart, suspecting that it was not the main force of the Song army that was engaged with the front army.

Ali was bent on avoiding the enemy and not engaging the Song army, but the situation developed more and more than he imagined. News kept coming from the front, and the Song fleet appeared in front of them, and the distance from them was less than five miles, and Atuhan, who had opened the way, asked to turn, and Ali gritted his teeth and continued to maintain the route.

After traveling less than ten miles, news came that the fourth Song fleet appeared, and the distance was closer, and the fleet was already less than fifty miles away from the mouth of the Yalu River.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, the front fleet heard the alarm again, and another Song fleet appeared, the front army had entered the range of the opponent's artillery, and Ali climbed on the deck and looked westward, his heart was cold, and the five fleets of the Song Navy had been concentrated in the sight, and his fleet stretched for several miles just in the attack surface of their various columns, like five fierce tigers that would pounce on the fleeing sheep at any time......

Cheng Xishou is also looking at the bow of the ship at this moment, the Jin Army fleet in front of him is in full view, it is centered on three building ships, 50 fighting ships as the backbone, 200 sea falcon ships as the main force of combat, which is also mixed with countless boats carrying sailors, the huge formation is mighty, the flag is waving, it is majestic, and almost all the essence of the Jin Navy is concentrated here.

"Raise the red battle flag and order all units to attack!" The number of ships owned by the Jin Navy is far greater than its own, but here it is also concentrated all the main warships of the two naval divisions of the Song Navy Dengzhou and Haizhou, equipped with thousands of artillery, and the ship's performance is excellent, and the sailors are skilled, this will be the largest naval battle since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

'Boom', the bow cannon of the Shenwei fired the first shot of the battle, the Song army launched an attack with a tactical group, and the five fleets were like five sharp blades inserted into the Jinshui Army fleet, using mobile tactics to intersperse and divide, and for a time the artillery roared in unison, and the sound shook the sea. Naturally, the Jin army would not sit idly by, and fired at the Song ships that broke into the formation, and the arrows and stones were fired indiscriminately, and the arrows fell like rain, and the two armies fought together.

Killing a general and capturing the flag is the highest honor for every soldier, and Cheng Xishou is certainly no exception. When the battle began, the Kamui rushed to the front, and with its tall and sturdy hull, it knocked over the two sea falcons that were responsible for covering the left flank of the Jin army, and inserted itself between the two fleets. Cheng Xishou ordered the Shenwei to adjust its direction, sail parallel to the enemy fleet, and approach the enemy's central army and kill the flagship of the Jinshui Army.

In an instant, the two side guns of the Shenwei fired one after another, sweeping the sea surface on the left and right, and immediately sinking a Jin Army fighting ship on the port side that rushed over to block it to the bottom of the sea, and the cannonballs falling on the starboard side exploded a sky-high column of water in the sea, overturning several boats that were tied to the back of the fighting ships, breaking through the outer defense circle of the Jin Water Army, and leading the middle fleet to rush into the enemy formation.

The Shenwei who moved forward bravely immediately became the target of the enemy's key care, and the stone bullets and arrows greeted fiercely, and the long arrows fired by a strong crossbow at close range pierced through the cowhide that was covered outside the cabin, and through the board of the command cabin, the sand table placed on the command platform was swept to the ground, and if it was a little more positive, Cheng Xi was nailed to the wall of the ship.

"Knock it over!" Cheng Xishou's face changed, and he pointed to a sea falcon ship that was lying in front of the battleship to stop them.

The sea falcon is a type of ship with excellent performance, the body is not large, the head is low and the tail is high, the hull is wide in the front and narrow in the back, and it is designed and built in imitation of the appearance of the sea falcon. There are four to eight floating planes on the left and right sides of the ship, which are shaped like the wings of a sea falcon, so that the ship can sail smoothly in the stormy seas, and the attack ship can fight in bad weather, which can be called the all-weather warship of this era, one of the famous combat ships.

Seeing the mountain-like hull of the Song warship pressed towards him, the sailors on the Haigu ship screamed in horror and shot the arrows in their hands, and some even pulled out their long knives and waved them, as if they wanted to cut down the battleship, and the oarsmen rowed like crazy, trying to dodge with their flexible advantages, but still failed to dodge, and were swept into the stern of the giant ship and capsized, and the flagship of the Jin Army was in front of them...... (To be continued......)