The bow of the Tiger ploughed a snow-white wave, and the course went straight to the west. The sailors on the deck were repeatedly practicing the Thunderbolt cannon and the Eight Bull crossbow, and with the tall command of the commander of the Thunderbolt Navy and the bow (captain) of the Tiger, the sailors nervously reloaded the training shells and giant arrows.

Chen Dexing and Lu Shihu stood side by side on the top of the watchtower, observing their training with interest. On the aft deck of the ship, there are also naval cadets from the military academy who are in the camp, under the leadership of Taoist priest, practicing the use of the sextant to find the direction and positioning-of this is of course to prepare for future navigation, and there is no need to find this thing in the Yangtze River.

At the moment, some southeast winds are blowing, and the Yangtze River is surging and undulating. On the surface of the river, 20 three-story oars and 10 vehicles and boats were divided into two columns, rocking the oars and stepping on the wing wheels, and sailing towards the middle reaches of the Yangtze River at a speed of about five knots.

Since the westward journey, Chen Dexing has lived on the Tiger most of the time, and arranged the two daughters of Yang Po'er and Wang Rong'er and the daughters of the rest of the high-ranking officers of the Perak Navy Army on a car and ship - of course, he has to take his daughters, this expedition is not a month or two can be completed, and it is possible to fight for a year. You can't let all the officials be monks for a year, right? Now almost all the troops of the Great Song Dynasty even have camp prostitutes for the entertainment of senior officers, and the lack of camp prostitutes in the Perak Navy is already a bit special, and if even the female dependents are not allowed to bring them, it will be a bit unkind.

"Qingzhi, the information in the west is very bad, Taiwei Lu and Taiwei Liu have been defeated in Fuzhou for a while, and the two Taiwei seem to have made some trouble."

At this time, Lu Shihu took out the military report that had just been sent by the fast sentry ship, and the news on it was ten days ago, Lu Wende and Liu Cheng once again suffered in Fuzhou - the pontoon bridge built by the Mongols in Fuzhou in history made the Song army suffer!

And what is even more worrying is the deepening contradiction between Liu Cheng and Lu Wende. Both of them complained to Jia Yidao's Xuanfu Division, accusing the other party of not fighting to the death and retreating first, so that the offensive fell short.

"Qingzhi," Lu Shihu paused for a moment, lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you clearly, there will be only one Shu Shuai in the future, either Taiwei Lu or Taiwei Liu, this is the shape of one river that cannot tolerate two tigers!" ”

Help Lu Wende deal with Liu Quan?

Chen Dexing sneered, and said lightly: "The Thunderbolt Naval Army is under the control of Lu Shiweng, and the credit of the Thunderbolt Naval Army naturally has Lu Shiweng's share. ”

Lu Shihu frowned slightly, listening to Chen Dexing's meaning, the next battle seems to be going to let the Thunderbolt Navy fight! How many people are there in this Thunderbolt Army? There were more than 8,000 troops with them, and most of them were oarsmen who did not have much combat effectiveness, how could they defeat hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops?

"Qingzhi, the military newspaper also said that Captain Lu had gathered 10,000 warships in Kawaguchi, preparing to launch another offensive in June. Liu Taiwei spent a lot of money to recruit dead soldiers, and prepared to attack the Fuzhou pontoon bridge at the same time. ”

"Ten thousand?" Chen Dexing just shook his head, "It's good to have two thousand, but it doesn't take two thousand, my twenty oars are enough to break through the Fuling pontoon bridge!" ”

He patted the watchtower baffle and was a little indignant: "...... In this battle, we have a hair stone, a thunderbolt, and this kind of three-layer oared ship, we are sure to win! But to win, it depends on the cooperation of the upstream armies. In any case, it is time to restore Sichuan, and it is best to force Mongolia to abandon Dali, so that the shape of the upper reaches can be restored to before the year of Baoyou. In this way, our Great Song Dynasty can have the capital to confront Mongolia for a long time! ”

Lu Shihu just smiled bitterly, how could this Chen Dexing really have the intention of seeking the country wholeheartedly? Who else in the Great Song Dynasty today would think about long-term things? It's all about the present.

Chen Dexing sighed again and said: "When the world is peaceful, Sichuan is the country of abundance!" Although most of it has been made into white ground now, the foundation is still there. The territory of the land of abundance is still there! If Chengdu can be restored and the battle line can be pushed back to northern Sichuan and Hanzhong, with the financial resources of the country of abundance, it will be able to support 200,000 strong soldiers alone! If there is another person like Yu Qiaoyin to run it, Beiyu will have a headache for the safety of Guanzhong. He snorted coldly, "If you want to be Shu Shuai, you have to recover Shu Land, right?" If you can't even get your hands on Chengdu, what kind of Shu handsome should you be? ”

Lu Shihu looked at Chen Dexing and just shook his head: "Qingzhi...... Where is it as easy as you think, it is not easy to solve the siege of Diaoyu City this time, how dare you think of Chengdu? ”

Chen Dexing snorted coldly: "I just dare to think of Chengdu!" This battle not only had to destroy the main force of the Tartar Khan, but also to take Chengdu and Hanzhong in one fell swoop! ”

In the history that Chen Dexing knew, the Mongol Great Khan died under the Diaoyu City, and Kublai Khan was defeated under the Ezhou City, and this round of Mongol-Song confrontation can be said to have ended with a complete victory for the Song army. However, the Great Song Dynasty did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, recovering Chengdu and Hanzhong, and even made the Song army's form in Sichuan further anxious because of Liu Quan's rebellion later. This battle is really inexplicable!

Chen Dexing turned his face and looked at Lu Shihu meaningfully: "Brother Lu Shi, the younger brother is also a member of An Fengjun, and he is Lu Shiweng's junior, so he is naturally on Lu Shiweng's side." But the battle of Sichuan and Shu has a bearing on the survival of our Great Song Dynasty! We are in the Anfeng department, and the wealth of our Lu and Chen families is always tied to the Great Song Dynasty! Only with the Great Song Dynasty can we have a qiē! So in this battle, the younger brother wants a biggest victory no matter what, it is not enough to drive back the northern army, but also to recover the whole Sichuan! Only by taking Sichuan, the Jinghu Lake in the middle reaches can be safe, the Jinghu Antai and Huai can be worry-free, the two Huai can be worry-free, and the Jiangnan can enjoy the glory. ”

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Jinghu North Road, Gangneung Fucheng.

The city, located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, dozens of kilometers southwest of the Han River, has always been the political center of the Jinghu region, and it has also been a famous city in history.

The surging Yangtze River meanders through the south of Gangneung City, and there are two lakes called "Taihu Lake" and "Changhu Lake" on the east and west sides of Gangneung Prefecture, which are connected to the Yangtze River by the Guò Canal and moat. The two lakes are densely packed with warships, and they are two huge naval bases. The Jiangling city wall built against the two lakes and the Yangtze River is also extremely huge, the circumference of the city wall is more than 20 li, as high as three zhang, there are six city gates, two gatehouses, the moat is ten zhang wide, one and a half zhang deep. It's a fortified city that is hard to attack!

In the area along the Yangtze River in the south of the city, there are also dense military camps and wharves at this moment. The various naval warships were connected in a long line. Wearing a felt hat on his head and a red battle jacket, the Song sergeant was carrying a weapon and patrolling back and forth. Wearing short clothes and tied up with strips of cloth, the people shuttled back and forth carrying grain and grass and baggage.

The entire Gangneung was a military city with more than 100,000 troops gathered at this time.

The arrival of Chen Dexing's twenty three-decker oars and ten vehicles and ships did not attract much attention. There are so many warships here, and these oars are not the only ones with strange shapes. Led by a small sentinel ship with oars and oars to guide the way, Chen Dexing's fleet slowly sailed through the channel and headed for the anchorage. Chen Dexing stood on the watchtower and looked at the qiē in front of him.

Gangneung has arrived, and Diaoyu Castle is not far away. There's a great battle taking place that will change the course of world history! Unfortunately, China's history of suffering has not been changed by the death of the Mongol Khan.

Of course, in the original history, there was no Chen Dexing!