The messengers who came out of Pyongyang galloped to all directions of the sea east, and the military and government departments at all levels were in a state of war and urgently started.

In the sea to the west, on an isolated island, Liu Yang boarded the flagship, which was a large vehicle and ship. This kind of boat first appeared in the Song Dynasty, also known as the wheel boat, on both sides of the boat press the runner that can paddle the water, use manpower to step on the runner, push the ship forward and backward, less affected by the wind direction and flow direction, compared with the pure use of sails and wooden oars of the ship, much more advanced.

The main force of the Japanese led by him consisted of more than 200 large and small ships, including more than 150 warships and more than 50 ships for drawing water and supply.

Among the warships, there are two chariot ships and four building ships, all of which are three or four floors up and down, and are more than 20 zhang long. The second medium-sized ships, such as Mengchong and fighting ships, have dozens of them, which are narrow, long, and fast, and are the main force of attack and pursuit in naval warfare. Small warships, similar to the light speed boats of the Mengyuan Dynasty and the walking boats of the former Song Dynasty, can be used for sentinel patrols, raids, broadside battles, etc.

It was early in the morning, and the light rain did not stop.

Looking at the sea in the distance, the blue waves are rippling. It was drizzling and sometimes seabirds flew low. The cool air is crisp and salty, and it is refreshing. Liu Yang looked far away and saw that there was a faint black line at the junction of the sea and sky in the east, winding and undulating. There, it is the west coast of South Goryeo.

According to the intelligence, the main force of the Goryeo naval division has been successfully diverted from the mountains, and most of them have gathered in the south coast area, and are engaged in the battle with the partial division of the Japanese people. The navy left near Ganghwa Island had about 100 warships, and the number of vehicles and buildings was similar to that of the Japanese, with more medium-sized ships than the Japanese and fewer small ships.

Liu Yang stared at it for a long time and withdrew his gaze.

He raised his hand and waved it down slightly, and three cannons rang out on the flagship, and the warships lifted anchor and raised their sails. There are more than 200 ships, Meng Chong and fighting ships on both wings, surrounding the cars and ships, building ships in the middle, walking kes and yachts interspersed in the formation, or front or back, the supply ships are at the end, the sails are connected, the oars are heard, the mighty and mighty, stretching for more than ten miles.

"The general gave an order yesterday and told us to attack immediately. Today is gloomy and rainy, which is a good opportunity for a sneak attack. Nagano-kun, what do you think are the chances of winning this battle? ”

This flagship was originally Shiro Nagano's ship, and he stood beside Liu Yang. Hearing the question, he was not in a hurry to answer, but first raised his eyes to look at the red flag planted in the bow of the ship.

He thought for a moment and said, "There are many ships in the Goryeo sailors, but the soldiers are not resistant to war. I have fought with them no less than dozens of times, and although I have never fought such a large-scale naval battle, I have inferred from the experience of the past that as long as our troops can successfully break through into the enemy's position and inflict great casualties, they will not be able to hold out and will retreat in a race with two percent of their ships. ”

"Twenty percent?"

"Liu Jun has never fought with the Goryeo Naval Division, so he doesn't know. This shipwreck is two, and they will retreat, or my conservative estimate. Since your country set up Goryeo as the province of the Eastern Expedition, there has been no naval division in the strict sense of the word. The combat effectiveness of such a patchwork army can be imagined. Perhaps with the strength of our army, it will not be easy to annihilate them. Defeat them, it's easy. ”

Meng Yuan twice went east to Japan, and Goryeo was ordered to build more than 1,000 ships, and most of the original sailors were also requisitioned. When Meng Yuan was in his prime, Goryeo did not dare to develop a naval army, and the current king of Goryeo ascended the throne, although he took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to cope with the attack of the Japanese invaders, and supplemented the strength of some naval forces, it was still far from enough.

Shiro Nagano's words have the element of boasting about his good fighting, but they are not without factual basis.

Liu Yang smiled innocently and said, "I have no experience in water warfare. In this case, it's all up to Nagano-kun. The etiquette of the scholar and the Japanese gave him a bow.

Shiro Nagano laughed and took it in stride. He has a cooperative relationship with Haidong, and is essentially very wary of Haidong's people. However, as far as Liu Yang is concerned, he doesn't hate this person at all, to a certain extent, he still despises it a little and doesn't pay attention to it at all.

Because Liu Yang is too honest.

For example, if he is called to drink at a banquet, he will definitely get drunk, even in the lair of the Japanese robbers. And, what he says, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing. No matter how others provoke him, he has never been angry, and his signature smile is revealed, such a person is simply a harmless animal, how can he arouse the vigilance of others?

"Liu Jun, don't worry, this battle, you can watch it from the side, and watch my wrist, how to clean up the ghost of the Goryeo sailor crying wolf, and beat it to the embarrassment!"

By the afternoon, the outline of Ganghwa Island could be seen clearly.

In accordance with the pre-established tactics, the fleet paused slightly and adjusted the order of the ships slightly. Thirty Mengchong and fighting ships were lined up as the first echelon. Vehicles and ships and buildings followed closely behind, as the center and backbone. The remaining dozen or so medium-sized warships, lined up on the left and right, as the second echelon, are also reserves.

Even if this is a state of readiness, all the supply ships stopped and did not move forward, and two Mengchong and more than a dozen Xingke were divided to be responsible for protection.

Liu Yang went up to the shipbuilding and saw another car on the left, and Tojiro, who had not appeared for a long time, also appeared. Meng Chong in front of him, and at the same time, the figure of Fuji Mitsuhide appeared. He looked to the right, and Kikuzaburo waved this big flag, and was issuing a flag, directing the few ships behind him to speed up and probe forward.

Cloudy, blue sea, white sails, red flags.

Before Liu Yang sent an envoy to Tsushima, Deng She specially invited someone to give him a make-up lesson. In addition to explaining the history of the Wa Kingdom and the repeated harassment of Goryeo by the Wako, he also talked about several famous naval battles in history.

The naval battle of the Xiongjin River between the Tang and the Japanese state, four battles and four victories, burned 400 Japanese warships, and the rest of the Japanese army surrendered, so the Tang army occupied the entire territory of Baekje. On the island of Chenjiadao in the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Baobu of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy attacked more with less, and with 3,000 naval troops, he destroyed 600 warships of the Jin Army and annihilated 100,000 enemies, smashing the strategic plan of the Jin State to swallow up the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this moment, the angry sea is surging and the waves are like a tide.

The smoke of gunpowder on the sea, which had long since passed, seemed to suddenly fill the eyes again, and countless ships of the enemy and us were densely packed with fierce battles. Thunderous drums, earth-shattering killings, arrows like locusts, flames rising. And the cry of victory in the end, a bright smile bloomed on the faces of the bloody men, they raised their weapons high, shouting, shouting: China, China! The military flag of the Tang and Song dynasties shows the blue sky and blue sea.

Liu Yang was so excited that he grabbed the guardrail with both hands.

Men are heroes and run rampant on the sea. He has never sailed, and he does not know the vastness of the heavens and the earth. Without naval battles, I don't know the pride of riding the wind and waves.

"Pick up the enemy ahead!"

Flags were sent back in waves.

Tojiro's flag was unfurled, and the Japanese soldiers who belonged to his department shouted, shocking the earth, and raised their swords and guns. Liu Yang turned his eyes to look at Shiro Nagano. Shiro Nagano picked up the drumsticks and struck the war drums in front of him, and the Japanese soldiers under his subordinate raised their swords and guns with another shout.

Swords and guns are lined up, and battle flags are flying.

"How many enemies?"

"Two Korean yachts."

Yachts, responsible for the responsibility of sentinels. The brigade of the Goryeo Navy Division is not far from here.

"Herald Tojiro, one of Goryeo's two yachts is not allowed to go."

"The flag asks, is the fleet accelerating?"

"How's the wind?"

"South wind."

In naval battles, formation is important, and wind and water direction are even more important. The south wind blows from the south to the north, that is, in order to win the next battle, the enemy and the enemy, whoever occupies the upper wind of the south first, will have the advantage. Liu Yang still has this common sense, and he doesn't think about it: "The whole army will turn around and go south." ”

If the Goryeo army appears in front, then the brigade of the Goryeo navy must be behind them. It was the right decision to turn south and then use the wind to oppress the Goryeo navy.

Start with the first row and the southernmost ships, and turn south in turn. One after the other. The first row was transferred, and the second row followed. The formation of the warships changed from a horizontal line to a vertical line. The sails on the ship are all raised, the masts of the big ships are more than ten zhang high, and dozens of sail curtains can be hung, and the sails of medium-sized ships are less than a dozen. The wind drummed white sails, and the fleet moved forward at full speed.

Soon after the change of course, a group of enemy ships sailed out on the left side of Ganghwa Island.

Roughly speaking, there are not many of them, twenty or thirty. The first few ships were neatly arranged, and the rear were chaotic, making adjustments in a hurry while sailing. At a glance, it was clear that Liu Yang's surprise attack was very successful, and the Goryeo sailors did not expect that the Japanese would appear here at all, so they did not prepare at all and rushed to the battle.

And the Koreans are not to blame for this.

In the past, there were many incursions of the Japanese in South Goryeo, and sometimes, the scale was not small. But there has never been a time like this time, when several major forces have united and poured out. Take the Matsuura Party and the Fujiju Party as examples, who would have thought that they, who were not in harmony with each other, would actually act together under the thread of Deng She? Totally unexpected.

"How many enemy ships are there?"

"Thirty-four. Two large ships, fourteen medium ships. ”

"On Ganghwa Island and the coast of South Goryeo, there are three large harbors where warships can anchor. The other ships of the Goryeo sailors should have been in the other two harbors. Liu Jun, our army should go all out and annihilate the enemy in front of us before the Goryeo Navy comes to their senses! This is called individual breakdown. ”

"Nagano-kun is very true."

The flag on Tojiro's ship also made the same suggestion. Liu Yang agreed: "Take Jiro-kun as the striker and destroy this enemy first." Nagano-kun's warship was responsible for encircling the two wings, and not allowing one of them to escape. The reserves did not move to prevent the arrival of other ships of the Goryeo Naval Division. ”

The ships of the Japanese were not equipped with many firearms. There were only two or three artillery pieces and dozens of guns. They are equipped on two vehicles and ships and some Mengchong and fighting ships. Most of the warships still use cold weapons. Spears, swords, bows, crossbows, stone throwers, etc., as well as hooks, sickles, and slapsticks, etc., are used to hook and hit enemy ships.

Artillery and other materials can be useful in field battles and siege warfare, but they are of little practical use when used at sea. Because of the undulations, it is difficult to aim, and even if it hits an enemy ship, the damage caused is not large. The most important role of the artillery prepared by the Japanese is not in combat, but in deterrence. The firecracker is used to engage in broadside battles. Therefore, the number is small and harmless.

With the order given, the entire fleet began a second turnaround.

The first half of the Tojiro part turns from south to north, and the stern of the ship makes a long wave, approaching the Goryeo enemy ship from the upwind port. Shiro Nagano expands to the left and right, forming two arcs. If the entire fleet is compared to a bird, the Tojiro department is the head of the bird, some of the ships led by Liu Yang are the body of the birds, and the Shiro part of Nagano is its two wings.

The Goryeo navy had only sailed far from the port when it was attacked by the Japanese navy.

The trebuchets on large and medium-sized ships are the first to strike. Large pieces of stones, forming a parabola, some hit the air, fell on the surface of the sea, splashing huge waves; Some hit, landed on the front row of the Goryeo hull, or smashed the deck, or knocked down a few pawns.

Although Liu Yang was in the middle and rear, he could already hear the shouts of the soldiers, they were in a hurry, running everywhere, and after a long time, a general came out, reorganized them, and launched a counterattack.

The Goryeo warships also lacked artillery and firearms, and it was raining again at this time, and the rockets could not be fired. The ships of both sides drew closer and closer, and soon passed the range of the trebuchet, and the powerful crossbow was at work. Arrows pierced through the rain curtain, and the showers rained down on each other's ships in bursts.

The Japanese navy is upwind, and the arrows borrow the power of the wind, fast and fast. The Goryeo navy was at a downwind, and the arrows fired were weak and weak, and most of them were blown away by the wind before they could get close to the enemy ships.

The Japanese people stepped forward bravely and tried to penetrate the formation of the Goryeo navy, and the closer they were, the more destructive the arrows were. The Goryeo navy held up the cowhide and barely resisted. The ships in front of them used all their means, some forward*, using the power of their hulls to plow the Japanese people's walks, and some of them supported to the left and right, desperately projecting arrows.

"Liu Jun, let's look at the rear of the Li army."

Different from the exhaustive battle in the front, the rear formation of the Goryeo Navy has roughly adjusted its formation after this period of time, and more than a dozen Mengchong ships gathered in one place, paused slightly, and began to retreat backwards. After retreating not far, he suddenly changed direction and galloped towards the gap to the east.

"When the war just started, it wants to escape?"

Liu Yang looked left and right and found that the firepower of the two warships of Tengjiro and Nagano Shiro was mostly attracted by the front line of the Goryeo naval army. He suddenly realized that the rear of the Li army did not want to escape, but wanted to break out of the encirclement while the encirclement of the Japanese people had not yet been officially formed, and then detour back to the south from the east to seize the upper hand.

"Nagano-kun?"

Shiro Nagano smiled proudly, ordered the flag to swing, and three or four fighting ships broke away from the confrontation with the front line of the Li army, and hurried eastward, they had a tailwind, and the speed was faster than the Li army, and they took the lead to fill the gap in the east. The hook and sickle stretched out and dragged the outpost of a Lijun walker, the bow of the ship turned to the side, and the hook and sickle of the Japanese on the ship exerted force at the same time, only to hear a "whoosh", and the Lijun walker capsized with it, and the Lijun who fell into the sea showed his head slightly, that is, he was shot to death by the Japanese archers.

The two sides are very close.

The sailors on the boat could see each other's faces, one shouting timidly in Goryeo and the other fiercely in Wayu.

Since Deng She's trade with Jiangsu and Zhejiang, gunpowder and other materials have been replenished a lot, and some of the Japanese people have been supported. On each ship of the Japanese people, there were one to three Han soldiers, who nominally assisted in the war, but in fact, they took the opportunity to learn the naval combat experience of the Japanese people. They are responsible for the gunpowder. Seeing that the distance was near, they bravely lifted barrels of gunpowder, lit the fuse, and threw them at the neighboring Lijun ships.

It was raining, but it wasn't raining. Just because a rocket is difficult to launch doesn't mean that gunpowder won't explode.

The explosion was deafening, and the ships trembled at it. The gravel and other materials buried in the gunpowder burst out, and the soldiers of the Li army in the vicinity were blown to pieces. The flames touched the sails, and the fire burned. The drizzle was blurry, the flames were rising to the sky, the smoke was filled, and the billowing black smoke was followed by dark clouds.

After two or three rounds of fighting, Lijun's breakthrough failed.

The encirclement of the Japanese people gradually formed, connected into a large arc, and all the warships were firing bows and arrows, throwing gunpowder, dozens of hooks, sickles, and slapsticks, this one raised, and that one fell. The Li army barely had the strength to fight back, and was defeated one after another, sinking ships one after another, and slowly, being compressed into the harbor.

More than 20 ships, in the small space of the harbor, could not be turned around at all.

Liu Yang watched the battle at this time, knowing that there was nothing to see underneath. Just wait for another attack and wait for the Lijun army to surrender. Before the war, Deng She had an agreement with the Japanese people, and if there was any capture, the Japanese people would be sixty percent and Haidong would be forty percent. Of these more than 20 ships, Haidong can get eight or nine, and there is a small harvest.

So far, there has been no trace of the Goryeo Naval Division.

The lookout post on Diao Dou suddenly shouted: "North! Northern! A fleet of ships is coming from the north. ”

Liu Yang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked up.

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1, the Battle of the Kumatsu River.

Tang invaded Goguryeo, the Baekje of the Korean Peninsula, and with the support of Goguryeo, invaded Silla many times. King Chunqiu of Silla asked for help, and Tang Gaozong sent an army to Baekje in order to isolate Goguryeo and gain a foothold on the Korean Peninsula.

In August of the third year of Yongshuo, in the name of aiding Baekje, the Wa Kingdom mobilized 27,000 elite troops to attack Silla. Tang general Liu Renliang's naval army fought a fierce naval battle with the Japanese naval army at the mouth of the Xiongjin River. The Tang Navy won four battles and four victories, and the Japanese army was almost completely annihilated. The Tang army occupied the entire territory of Baekje, forming a flanking attack on Goguryeo.