Xu Wen waved his army forward, wanting to annihilate the Song army's transport fleet in one fell swoop and make it lose the ability to attack and follow-up, but when he found out that the Song army fired the first volley, he felt that things had changed, because with what he knew, the Song army's transport ships could not have fired such a dense barrage even if they were equipped with self-defense artillery. He ordered the only remaining 20 large warships of the Jin army to speed forward and counterattack with their equipped trebuchets and bed crossbows to suppress the Song army's 'limited' artillery.

The trebuchet equipped on the warship can throw stones, bolts and other firearms, although the power of the explosion is smaller, but there are many flammable and smoke things, which can cause a fire after hitting the target. The bed crossbow is the most powerful long-range weapon in the era of cold soldiers, with a long range and great power, and ordinary warships will inevitably be pierced by it, and hitting the keel may be the end of the ship's destruction and death. In the absence of artillery, Xu Wen's two weapons are indeed extremely powerful weapons of great destruction, and they are still a great threat to the Song Water Army.

The Song army had already discovered the stone thrower on the large warship of the Jin army and listed it as a key target, so it was immediately attacked after it moved forward into the firing range. The Song army's Weizi-class battleships are generally equipped with 40 guns, 20 guns on each side, and now more than 20 warships of the Chinese army are distributed on the river for several miles, and a salvo is 400 cannons firing at the same time. Under unified control, they took turns firing at enemy ships, in which flowering shells and solid shells were used interchangeably to kill and injure the hull and personnel respectively. Several Jin warships that rushed forward were covered by artillery fire, and in the blink of an eye, the masts were broken, and the ships were destroyed and people died.

And the warships of the Jin army were under the blow. Regardless of whether it was in range or not, the stone thrower and the bed crossbow were fired in unison. For a time, there were many cannons and stones in the air, and guns and arrows shuttled. But after all, the equipment of the two armies is one era apart. The power, range, and rate of fire of the artillery were not comparable to that of the stone throwers and bed crossbows, and the Jin army was quickly defeated in the counter-fire, and was suppressed by the Song artillery, and they were bombarded by ten, or even dozens of shells, when they fired one stone and one arrow.

In order to avoid the dense artillery fire of the Song army, the large warship of the Jin army had to turn left and right in the battle formation, but forgot that there were still their little brothers under their feet, which were shattered by the collision and overturned by the wake brought up when turning. And the small boats also felt the danger, and the shells of the Song army fell wherever these big ships went. They were so frightened that they all avoided it from afar, which completely exposed them to Song Jun's field of vision.

Seeing the fierce artillery fire of the Song army, Xu Wen, who had long been suspicious, finally concluded that he had fallen into a trap and had a hard encounter with the Song army, but when he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of his boat to make a U-turn and evacuate to the back of the river and the sandbar, he announced that he had no way to go, and the intersection of the three estuaries was all blocked by the Song warships, leaving only one way to escape to the lower reaches of the Liao River, and there is probably a chance to turn defeat into victory here.

Song Jun played such a big trick. If they disguise their main warships as transport fleets to deal heavy blows to themselves, then their convoys will inevitably be in a state of unprotected, and if they can mobilize a force to take advantage of the weakness, they will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the enemy. The boat is small and fast, and it is going down the river. Xu Wen thought that he could quickly get out of the range of the Song army's artillery, and by the time they turned the bow of the ship to catch up, he was already miles away.

After Xu Wen figured it out. Quickly ordered the remaining several large warships to launch a decisive attack, rushing up to ram the Song warships. At the same time, they use small warships to entangle the enemy and buy time for themselves to change their strategy. Everyone knows that rushing up and stalking Song Jun at this moment is definitely going and there is no return, but fortunately, Xu Wen has a good way to control his subordinates on weekdays. In addition, the 'victory' of the Song naval army in the battle made him very prestigious among the soldiers, and he also distributed all the money and goods to the soldiers, so that the army was willing to die for him, and also allowed him to carry out his plan.

Seeing that the battle had entered a stalemate, Xu Wen led the first army to quietly move backwards and leave the battlefield, and suddenly turned downstream. But the entire battlefield was under the supervision of the Song army, and it was impossible for more than 100 boats and loach boats to rush out of the circle of fire without attracting attention, and the news quickly spread to the flagship. Ma Wei was shocked when he heard this, the transport ships and baggage ships were all at the Tsuruno Wharf, and they were completely in a state of no warship escort, even if there were infantry cavalry troops participating in the guard, it would be difficult to resist the impact of hundreds of Jin army warships, as long as a few ships broke through the defensive circle, it would cause a devastating blow to the transport fleet.

"This Xu Dadao really has two hits, and he actually guessed our empty door." Ma Wei had to admire Xu Wen's reflexes, and thought of a way to turn defeat into victory at the moment when he was at a disadvantage.

"Dashuai, chase it! It would be bad for them to break into Tsuruno. Zheng Hai said anxiously.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up, the battle is in the middle of now, and it's easy to be attacked by enemy ships when turning, and besides, they're going down the river and they're fast, and they'll be gone by the time we're done." Tian Yang said with a wry smile.

"Dispatch the Jiangling Navy to pursue immediately, and we will do our best to end the battle and return to help!" Ma Wei looked at the fierce battle on the battlefield, those Jin army warships that broke through the blockade of the barrage and broke into the dead end of artillery shooting, but they were destroyed and captured by the Jiangling Navy that met them, and secretly scolded himself for forgetting them, and immediately gave an order.

"Marshal, the enemy army has more than 100 warships, and the Jiangling Navy only has 30 warships, the number is very different, can it be done?" Zheng Hai said worriedly.

"Don't underestimate people, just wait for them to send Xu Dadao's head!" Ma Wei patted Zheng Hai on the shoulder and said......

Although Du Feng won the opportunity to participate in the war through his own efforts, he was still a side drum player, catching those trash fish that slipped through the net in the artillery fire, and he was completely unable to give full play to his strengths, and he was naturally dissatisfied in his heart. It's going to be difficult, and with the current war situation, there's really nothing to do with them.

"Good news, Commander, the Marshal has ordered us to pursue the enemy forces fleeing downstream!" Guantong reported to Du Feng.

"Oh, that's great!" Du Feng was stunned for a moment and said, "Notify all the ships, three or three together, and pursue in front of arrows." ”

Seeing the signal sent by the flagship, the ships of the Gangneung Navy scattered throughout the battlefield immediately moved closer to the flagship, and under the dispatch of the command flag, the three warships formed a group, three groups were one wing, with the flagship group as the front, and the other three groups cruising in front and back echoed, and quickly formed a formation in the assembly. After the flagship of the fleet gave the signal that it was ready to set off, the Gangneung naval ships hung their sails and raised their battle flags, and the boatmen stepped on the wheels in unison to the sound of drums, and gradually accelerated to the south.

Although Song and Jin's two armies were small warships dispatched at the moment, there was still a gap between them. The Jin Army's boat is mainly driven by man-made propellers, and the single sail is used as auxiliary power; The vehicles and ships of the Song army were driven by legs and pedals, and the main and auxiliary sails were hung as auxiliary power. The arm can't twist the thigh is enough to show the difference between the two, and the efficiency of the blade of the wheel is several times higher than that of the single oar, and the speed is naturally much faster.

Although the Jin army took a step first, it could not travel more than five miles, and the Jiangling naval army could already see their tails, and they also found the pursuers, and their speed suddenly increased. Du Feng ordered the replacement of the footman, increased the speed and chased with all his might, and the bow of the warship was high, as if it was flying close to the water.

"Change the formation to meet the enemy, insert a three-way column from the enemy's left flank, divide the enemy formation, and intercept the enemy ship in a roundabout way." As the speed increased, the warship was undulating on the water, and the turbulence became more and more severe, but Du Feng stood firmly on the deck without being affected at all, and at this moment the broken enemy ship had already entered the range of their bow guns.

The 'boom' forward ships were the first to open fire, but instead of using solid shells, they used shotguns, and hundreds of small projectiles spouted out of the muzzles of the guns, and the sailors on the enemy ships in front were swept off like fallen leaves, and the speed of the ships that had lost their helmsmen and some oarsmen decreased sharply, and the distance between the two armies was again reduced.

"How did they come so quickly?" Xu Wen looked behind him and said with some doubts, with his experience, it was difficult for the warships of the Song Water Army to catch up with him when there was no strong wind, but now in just two moments, his rear army had already entered the range of their artillery, which meant that the distance between the two armies was less than three hundred steps.

"Du Shuai, the enemy intends to insert and divide our army from our left flank, how to deal with it?" The adjutant general reports.

"When they enter our battle formation, the ships take the opportunity to ram, wound their oarsmen with a salvo of bows and crossbows, and then cross the ships to fight." Xu Wenluo groaned and ordered, now that the ships of the two armies are similar, he does not believe that he will suffer a loss in the collision, and he can still have an advantage by fighting more and less.

However, the Song army didn't seem to give them a chance, and the warship that rushed out in the oblique stab hit it from the side first, and the strong impact force generated by the speed made the triangular angle of attack of Qian Tu penetrate deeply into the side of the ship, and then the reverse wheel retreated, and the river instantly poured in, and the golden boat broke and sank in a blink of an eye. When the golden ships behind them accelerated up to ram their stern, they were first met with heavy machine-gun fire, and while they were dodging, they started forward again, and their guns and machine guns were not idle, and if they were shot at close range, they would be doomed. Those archers had just bent their bows and arrows, and the rain of bullets had already swept in their faces, where was there a chance to shoot.

The Jiangling Navy punched and kicked out from the right flank of the Jin army's fleet, and then launched another attack from right to left, taking a big 'zigzag', interspersing back and forth to stir up the entire Jin army's fleet, the formation was scattered, the losses were heavy, and the marching speed was greatly reduced. However, they did not stop, constantly changing their formations, or forming horizontal formations, or forming columns, or launching attacks and encirclement against the enemy again and again in small groups, giving full play to their speed superiority.

Although the Jin army also wanted to counterattack, as soon as they put themselves in the right position, the Song army's warships swept by like dragonflies in the water, leaving them with a string of blood rain...... (To be continued......)