Mobei regards beards as honorable, and it must be a great humiliation if people burn their beards. Zheng Yunming really didn't think of insulting the Mongols or breaking their face at this time, his words didn't have any deep meaning, he really wanted to set a fire near Chibi and burn the beautiful dream of Wokotai sweeping Jinghu.

It is true that the defeat of the Mongols is first of all to gain an advantage in water warfare, and the use of fire in water warfare is also a common practice. But how to do it is a lot to be learned.

That night, 200 Jing'e naval warships from the upper reaches of Huangzhou anchored ten miles upstream of Huilongshan, and sent guard ships in front to form an oppressive force on the Mongolian warships on the Huilongshan River. At that time, the Mongolian naval army was like a gopher in the tunnel, and the way before and after had been blocked, and the future was very bleak.

In order to enable the upstream and downstream Song army and naval divisions to act in a coordinated manner, Jiang Hai sent an effective staff officer to take a two-wheeled boat to break back to the Longshan River overnight and go to the Jing'e naval army to hold talks with Zheng Yunming.

This staff member surnamed Li brought Jiang Hai's combat intentions, Jiang Hai's plan was simple and straightforward, the two armies agreed on a time, on a sunny and windless day, pulled anchor together and went out to fight, with three firecrackers as the order, and at the same time launched an attack on the Mongolian warships on the Huilongshan River. The two armies worked together to clear the river of Mongol ships.

"That's it." Zheng Yunming said to Staff Officer Li: "When it is sunny and windless, the two armies will act together to annihilate the Mongolian fleet. ”

After Staff Officer Li left happily, Zheng Yunming looked up at the sky, it was already the third watch, the thick dark clouds had completely obscured the moonlight, and the river was pitch black except for the lights lit by the sentinel boats that served as guards, and it was difficult to see the true feelings.

He looked at the horned flag on the bow of the ship, which was gently swaying as it was caressed by the breeze. He stood at the bow of the ship and pondered for a while, and shouted, "Call Commander Yang, Commander Peng, and Commander Zhang!" ”

After a while, the three commanders had already gathered on Zheng Yunming's six-car ship. Zheng Yunming looked at the three of them and shouted in a deep voice: "Intensify preparations tonight, take up battle positions tomorrow, once the northwest wind arrives, the whole army will set sail and raid the Mongolian ships in front!" ”

Peng Man was taken aback, he pressed the formation on the six-cart ship in the rear, but there had already been a herald of the back to pass on the agreement between Zheng Yunming and the Jianghai envoy, he asked in surprise: "Didn't you send troops to Jiangdu before?" Isn't it untrustworthy for the general to do this? ”

"Of course, it is not worth advocating in my private morality." Zheng Yunming shouted: "But this is a public war!" Soldier, treacherous! If you can't deceive your allies, how can you deceive the enemy! Now Jiang Hai is still holding his troops, only waiting for a day without wind and waves before deploying an attack. In this way, the Mongol army returning to the Longshan River saw that he had no attack at all, and naturally slackened off. And when I look at the celestial phenomena, tomorrow a fierce northwest wind will inevitably blow, and our army is upstream of the Mongols, which is a good opportunity to break the enemy with fire! The fighter plane is fleeting, and if you can't hold it firmly in your hands, you are risking the lives of yourself and thousands of friendly comrades, so if you can seize this moment and burn down the Mongolian warship in one fell swoop, even if some of them can't stand the Jiangdu unification, they have to do it as a last resort! ”

Yang Luo clasped his hands together and shouted, "That's right! After so many battles, the deputy capital has finally opened his mind! The only justice in fighting a war is victory! Mother-in-law and mother have so much to worry about, what kind of battle are they fighting? ”

Although Peng Man was a scholar, he was a person who had read the art of war and led soldiers, so he naturally knew that deceit was one of the basic elements of the art of war. He said to Zheng Yunming: "Everything is subject to the general's arrangement, but when the enemy sees our army coming, he will definitely pull anchor to meet the battle, and the number of our ships alone is not enough." ”

Zheng Yunming smiled mysteriously: "Of course it's not a frontal attack. I have my own way. ”

He pulled out an arrow from the wooden barrel and shouted: "Tomorrow we will march to destroy all the Mongolian ships near the left side of Huilongshan!" ”

As a general second only to Zheng Yunming in the Jing'e Navy, Yang Luo was supposed to follow Zheng Yunming to command the battle on a six-chariot ship. But Yang Luo has never liked to be in the middle of strategizing, and his favorite position is still on the front line. Although he did not plan to charge with the brave generals, the first line is always the place where he can intuitively experience the battlefield situation. Before the battle began, Yang Luo personally took a board boat to carefully and covertly drive into the vicinity of the Mongolian moored ships, this board boat was originally just a ferry used to transport guests, at this time it was completely inconspicuous among the thousands of civilian boats looted by the Mongols, Yang Luo ordered the boatman to dock the boat in front of a reed, and carefully look at the Mongolian ships in front,

Rows of fishing boats anchored along the river, and on the banks of the river, Mongolian soldiers lit fires, pitched tents, sang loudly, and waved swords in their hands. Apparently, they did not do much to prevent it, except for the dozens of fishing boats that served as sentry posts on the river. Large and small estuaries are also constantly flooded with warships. Obviously, the previous judgment was not wrong, they were indeed looking for the possibility of reaching Zhang Roujun's garrison by waterway, but the waterway in Huangzhou was as dense as a spider's web, and if they were not familiar with it, they might get lost in it, and it would take a lot of trouble to join Zhang Rou.

Yang Luo stood at the bow of the boat and his body was straight, at this time the reeds were growing luxuriantly, the reeds by the river were more than one person tall, even if he stood up straight, it was difficult for the Mongolians to see the white tassels on his helmet, he stared at the rows of dilapidated fishing boats on the shore without saying a word, and many fishermen's lifetime worth may be such a fishing boat. But after a great war, the ships became the spoils of the Mongols in an instant, and they themselves became slaves driven by the Tartars. In today's war, the casualties of these innocent Zhang Dahu people will definitely not be less. But this casualty must be endured, because once the Mongols crossed the Yangtze River, it was not only the inhabitants of Zhangdahu who were taken into slavery.

The northwest wind was blowing on Yang Luo's body, and it seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and the small flag planted in the stern of the plywood boat was already fluttering. Zheng Yunming was indeed right, the northwest wind had already swept the reeds and whistled in, blowing circles of waves on the river.

Maybe it's really as said in the commentary book, this Zheng Guanren really has the ability to know heaven and earth, and the skill of calling the wind and rain? Either way, Yang knew that this was the perfect time to attack. He said to the boatman, "Go back, you will catch up with the attacking fleet halfway through." ”

The boatman agreed, rowed his oars and headed upstream, and had just sailed out of the reeds and carefully advanced along the shadows of the riverbank, when suddenly the adjutant behind him shouted: "Commander, look, the Mongol ships are already on fire!" ”

Yang Luo was startled, and when he turned to look back, the Mongol ships anchored by the river in the cold northwest wind were already sparkling, and the fire flashed. He sincerely admired: "What a quick means! ”

During the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Gongjin had to use Huang Gai as a trick to make Cao Cao unguarded and successfully set fire. Zheng Yunming didn't have the time or the right people to carry out this ingenious plan. Fortunately, the Mongols did not have any generals like Cai Mao and Zhang Yun who were proficient in water warfare, and they would not be able to get one person until decades, and this person did not show any signs of rebellion, at least so far, and was still active on the front line of the battle against the Mongol army as Zheng Yunming's most trusted confidant. The Mongols did not have tens of thousands of Jingzhou naval soldiers who were proficient in water warfare to drive, but Zheng Yunming's Jing'e naval army was all water people who grew up in Jingzhou. Zheng Yunming then chose a simple and crude strategy, using dozens of fishing boats captured in the fierce battle the previous day, and loading each fishing boat with dry firewood and grass and poured fire oil. Then it was carefully covered with a straw mat and hidden in the cabin. Dozens of capable soldiers were also selected, dressed in the clothes and armor of the captured Mongol army, using the banner of the Mongols, and dressed up no different from the Mongols who returned to Longshan.

But he would not have put these camouflaged Mongol ships down directly from the river upstream. Dozens of Mongol warships suddenly appeared from the station of the Song army, and anyone could see that this was a fire attack plan by the Song general. He first found an officer who was familiar with the local river and asked him to lead the dozens of small boats upstream, from an inconspicuous estuary into a tributary of the great river, shuttling through the labyrinthine river, and then seizing a favorable opportunity to disguise himself as a Mongolian boat that could not find a way in the inland river and got lost, and mixed into the Mongolian fleet anchored by the river.

Most of the Mongol army rested on the shore, and the ships coming in and out of the river were one after another, and in the midst of the chaos, where could it be clear which ships were from here and which were sneaking in on the way? If it was on land, the Mongols had strict orders and strict discipline, but the Song soldiers touched the two Mongol ships before they started, and coerced the captives to say today's orders. In the midst of their hustle and bustle, these fishing boats, which looked like no different from other boats, managed to blend in with the crowded Mongol fleet, which was densely packed with not only boats, but also reeds that had withered in the autumn.

The northwest wind suddenly raised fire at the same time in several different parts of the Mongolian fleet at anchor, the wind destroyed the fire, the fire borrowed the power of the wind, and the dry reeds became the best fuel for the fire, and the flames jumped quickly from one ship to another, and in a short time the Mongolian mooring ground became a blazing purgatory. The Mongols did not expect the enemy to come from the upper reaches at all, did not come from the downstream, but lit a fire in the ships that had been moored around them, and the sergeants rushed over to put out the fire, but once the fire rose, the momentum swept through thousands of troops like iron horses, how could it be stopped by manpower alone?