In the face of the sudden attack, the Song army still reacted 'clumsy', and some ships actually sailed into the Hunhe River in a panic. Of course, there were also those who were loyal to their duties, and several warships broke away from the formation and collided head-on with the rushing Jin warships, but forgot that they could not exert the power of their gunwales by doing so, while the small boats of the Jin army were maneuverable and nimble, avoiding their collision lightly, and firing rockets at them.

The sails of this era were basically made of oil cloth, and when they caught fire, they would spread to the whole ship as soon as they caught fire. At this time, the Song warships could not play a role in artillery, and lacked melee weapons, so they could only helplessly avoid and sail forward quickly, so as to quickly open the distance and hide outside the range of bows and arrows. Such a reckless approach happened to expose the convoy it protected to the offensive front of the Jin army, and the warships behind could not arrive in time, and a game of wolves eating sheep was about to be staged.

On the east bank, more than 20 ships of the Jin army also launched an attack, and their task was very clear, that is, to launch a feint attack on the front, transfer the Song army's warships away, and then use the fireships to attack the transport fleet, as long as the attack was successful, the enemy army would be intercepted on this section of the river, and there would be no way to advance or retreat. And these immobile big guys have become the target of their attack, and then the standby brigade of sailors can calmly launch a general attack and annihilate them at the mouth of the three rivers.

The boat is equipped with eight pairs of sixteen oars, and many oarsmen paddle together and hang the sails down the river at a very fast speed. Because the warships of the Song army were attracted by the frontal attack, there was no fierce artillery fire to stop it, which made the Jin army even more bold. Of course, the infantry cavalry on the transport ship of the Song army refused to sit still, and also began to shoot to block it. The Jin army learned the lesson of the last time they were beaten by the Song army's cavalry, and they spread a layer of earth in the fireboat, covered it with wooden planks, and then piled up the things that ignited the fire. This not only keeps the ship stable while sailing, but also prevents the bottom of the ship from leaking and sinking due to the light penetration of enemy bullets.

The firewood, grass and dirt piled up in the cabin became the best cover for the Jin army's sailors at this moment, and the bullets hit it like a stone ox entering the sea, without lethality, and the sporadic artillery fire of the Song army was very limited to their threat. After all, the artillerymen of the Song army lacked the experience of shooting on rocking boats, and the artillery they used could not be fixed on land, and each shot had to be repositioned. Therefore, it is simply impossible to form a barrage like a gunwald, and the threat to them is minimal, and it is not as good as the concentrated fire of the bead gun.

After approaching the heart of the river. As the speed of the current increased, the Jin sailors stopped paddling and moved to the stern tethered boat, lit the fireboat, cut the connected ropes, and let it run down the river to the Song fleet, and it was time for them to flee for their lives. Without looking back, he paddled his head and fled as fast as he could, out of range of the Song army's firearms. Let's just wait to see the tragic scene of a fire dragon struggling and rolling on the river......

"Dushuai, smoke has risen from the east, and the enemy warships in front of us have also been diverted, are we attacking?" The deputy general of the flagship of the Jin Army reminded Xu Wendao again.

"Wait, wait until the fire gets bigger." Xu Wen looked at the smoke rising from the river and said, he understood that the fireship must have been cast at this moment, but because the tall hull of the Song army blocked the view, he couldn't see the specific battle situation over there. The Song flotilla did not stop advancing because of the attack, but still turned to the Liang River. This made him feel a little uneasy in his heart, and he decided to wait and see.

"It's all handsome. There was a fire in the east, there was an explosion, and they got it! The lieutenant shouted excitedly.

"Pass my commander's order, the whole army will go out to attack the enemy's downstream Chinese army, life and death will be fought here, all armies will do their best, those who advance will be rewarded, and those who retreat will be killed!" Xu Wen looked to the east, there was a red under the clouds, and as the Song army ships were ignited, there was a loud noise, the fire was everywhere, and the smoke covered the entire river, indicating that the ambush on the east bank had successfully completed the interception mission, and he ordered loudly.

Xu Wen gave an order, the sound of war drums and horns sounded one after another, and countless warships hidden behind the sandbar and in the reeds on the west bank swarmed out, with small warships such as boats and sea loaches as the vanguard, and large warships such as warships and sea falcons rushed back to rush towards the thin fleet of the Song navy. At one time, the boats on the ten-mile river at the mouth of the three rivers were like crucian carp, and the sound of killing shook the sky......

"Order five warships including Weizhen and Weiyang to block the mouth of the Hunhe River, order three warships including Weilong and Weibao to block the mouth of the Lianghe River after the transport fleet enters the Liang River, and order three warships including Weiming and Weixin to block the upper reaches of the Liaohe River, and the rest of the warships to meet the enemy brigade." Ma Wei stood on the top deck of the flagship shipbuilding, holding a telescope and watching the movements of the Jin army and giving orders.

"Marshal, the Jiangling Navy has sunk all the fireboats released by the enemy on the east bank, waiting for the next order." Tian Yang reported at this time.

"Okay, let's take the first credit. Order it to guerrilla on the left flank of the battle formation, intercept the remnants of the enemy, and pursue the encirclement and suppression after the enemy is dispersed! Ma Wei nodded.

After receiving the order, the warships quickly formed and sailed to the battle position according to the plan, and the convoy also sped up and quickly turned into the Liang River.

"Great Marshal, I wonder how Xu Wen would feel when he found out that the fleet he was about to attack suddenly turned into warships?" The order was given, the whole army moved together, Tian Yang put down the binoculars and asked with a smile.

"Hehe, this still needs to be asked, he must be surprised and delighted, he wiped out the main warships of our navy, and he will be the boss of Liaodong Bay in the future!" Ma Wei replied with a twisted face and a smile.

"Haha, I don't think so, he is only surprised but not happy, and after finding out that something is wrong, he must be thinking of running away." Song Yi said with a laugh.

"Where did he flee? The mouth of the river upstream is blocked, and there is our rear army waiting for him downstream, and there is a Jiangling navy chasing him when he gets into the river, unless he goes ashore as a landlubber! Tian Yang said with a smile.

"Don't underestimate the enemy, you see, the Jin Army's warships are equipped with trebuchets, and the sea falcons have bed crossbows on their ships, although our warships are strong, they can withstand it all at once, inform the ships to kill these big guys first after they come into range, and then deal with those small shrimps." In their jokes, Zheng Hai, who was in charge of the specific operations of the navy, did not dare to slack off, and kept watching the dynamics of the opponent.

"Okay, if I talk more about the rest of the things, I'll just be blind in command, and I'll just watch the show and ask for the results, and the command will be handed over to you." Ma Wei is still self-aware, although he is praised by the emperor as an expert in amphibious warfare, but his strength is that he knows the rules of water warfare, and understands the responsibilities of land warfare, and can coordinate the combat of the two armies, but he still has to let the virtuous ......

From the conversations of several generals of the Song army, it can be heard that this was by no means their temporary intention, but a carefully planned concealment. When they stopped to rest in Tsuruno, although they saw that the combat effectiveness of the Gangneung Navy was enough to deal with the harassment of the Jinshui Army, they only had forty warships after all, and they were still powerless to face the entire Jinshui Army. Therefore, they pondered how to inflict heavy losses on the enemy, so that he would lose the ability to conduct large-scale raids and operations, and solve the problem once and for all.

But at this time, the Jin Shui Army, which came to harass them every three or five days, disappeared, which made Ma Wei and the others very puzzled, and then sent the Jiangling Navy Army to cooperate with the front army to search carefully, but no trace of them was found. So they thought that with the approach of the Song army, Xu Wen must have been under pressure from the high-level of the Jin State, and understood that although the attack and harassment could cause certain losses to the Song army, it could not stop its advance. And his sudden retreat was planning a major battle to inflict heavy losses on the Song army, forcing it to abandon its plan to attack Liaoyang.

Several high-ranking generals agreed with Ma Wei's analysis, and their ideas coincided with Xu Wen's, and they all figured out a decisive battle to inflict heavy damage on their opponents, but they did not know where he chose to fight the decisive battle. After some research, their eyes fell on the Sanjiang estuary, where the water situation is complicated, and the water lakes and sandbars are all over the place, which is a good place to hide soldiers. In addition, there are many shallows in the estuary, and it is difficult for their big ships to maneuver, but they can give full play to the advantages of the small boats of the Jin army, and the wide water area can also allow them to calmly arrange their troops, and they can launch an attack when they turn to the Liang River.

After judging the combat waters, Ma Wei and others formulated a corresponding battle plan to ensure that not only did not startle the Jin army to discover the Song army's intention to fight a decisive battle with it, but also to ensure the safety of the baggage fleet, and to make full use of their own advantages to destroy the enemy army. So they made a decoy fleet, and the fleet in front was still a mixed group of warships and transport ships in the old days, but all the main warships of the Chinese army were concentrated behind, and the transport ships and baggage ships of the brigade did not move at all, and remained in Tsuruno.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Jin army, the Song army fleet made a big fanfare, opened a posture to march in a single column, and carefully camouflaged the warships, which looked no different from the past from a distance. After entering the waters of Sanjiangkou, Ma Wei and others judged according to the terrain that when they turned, they would definitely lean to the east in order to enter the Liang River, and the Jin army would ambush the main attack fleet on the east bank here, so as to shorten the attack distance and reduce casualties, and the feint attack fleet would be deployed west of the center of the river, so they would put the Jiangling Navy on the right flank to deal with the main attack fleet of the Jin army.

When Xu Wen launched an attack according to his plan, the leading Song warships pretended to be caught off guard and sailed into the mouth of the Liang River and the Hunhe River respectively to seize the battle position and block the battlefield. However, the subsequent transport ships still turned to the Liang River according to the plan to confuse the Jin army and induce it to attack, and then annihilated their fire attack fleet with the Jiangling navy. But what was waiting for them at this time was the muzzle of the black hole of the Song army's warship...... (To be continued......)