On September 12 of the first year of Kaiqing, the autumn was high and crisp, and the sun was shining.

The shells of the three-catty cannon smashed the planks on the waterline at the stern of the Mongolian ship like tofu, and a large amount of river water rushed in through the gap. However, the sailors did not stop pulling the oars, because they felt that their ship was about to be destroyed, and they pulled the large oars even more desperately, hoping to escape back to shore.

Three three-pound shells roared, hitting the fleeing Mongol ships one after another, and shattering the planks of the entire stern waterline. More water rolled in, and the efforts of the desperate paddlers affected the balance of the boat, and the boat began to tilt rapidly. Seeing that the ship was irretrievable, the sailors jumped from the boat into the Yangtze River, trying to escape by swimming to ascend to heaven.

However, their wishes were dashed moments later, and a large number of Song ships swarmed up, and the Mongol sailors who tried to resist were stabbed to death with spears, and their bodies were dragged aboard with hooked sickles or long poles tied to hooks. The sailors or Mongols who shouted 'spare their lives' were cautiously caught on board and tied with ropes. The bustling river is as lively as a fish market.

The pursuing ship began to turn around and return home, Jia Yidao on the boat took off the earmuffs, plucked out the itchy ears with his fingers, and smiled at Zhao Jiaren: "Jiaren, the artillery is not as loud as you said." ”

Zhao Jiaren just smiled, this kind of thing varies from person to person, Jia Rudao can understand Zhao Jiaren's kindness.

Jia Rudao stepped onto the deck and heard the noise of the Mongol troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and his angry voice soared into the sky. He couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that the Mongols also know that they roar when they are angry, and cry out when they are sad. ”

Half an hour ago, more than 30 Mongolian ships of one or two thousand materials came to meet Zhao Jiaren's fleet. Zhao Jiaren ordered the small ships to retreat and commanded six large ships to meet the enemy head-on. Half an hour later, the last Mongol ship was sunk in the river a hundred and fifty paces from the shore. The Mongol soldiers on those ships used to fire bed crossbows at Zhao Jiaren's warship, and once shot arrows like rain at Zhao Jiaren's ships. Now they were either killed, captured, or drowned, and only a very lucky few escaped back to the southern shore where the Mongol army was located.

There were at least 100 Mongol troops on each large ship, and the total of more than 30 ships was only 5,000. The slaughter of the Mongol army to achieve this kind of figure would only appear in a simple fantasy. Now that he is on the front line of the bloody battle, and has achieved unprecedented results, he is in a happy mood, and said angrily: "Talking and laughing, the canopy is gone, and I want to come to Zhou Lang Chibi on the river today." ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled with him. He looked at the 400 boats on the river like hard fishermen, and felt that the speculative armies in the world were probably the same. After Jia Rudao issued the order last night that 'anyone who does not obey the military order will not be killed', the 300 ships that were originally requested to come out have become 400. At first, these ships hid behind the military ship that Jia Nidao was riding, and when they saw Zhao Jiaren's ships destroying the Mongol military ships like chopping melons and vegetables, they immediately understood Jia Nidao's intention to make them have to bring hooked sickles and ropes.

Needless to say, the gang swarmed to capture the Mongols who had fallen overboard. Such a sharp reaction made Zhao Jiaren quite satisfied in addition to surprise. He thought that these scum scum would not even be able to capture prisoners.

Jia Rudao's cold voice sounded, "Jiaren doesn't need to worry. The first credit for this battle is yours, and no matter how many captives those people capture, they won't give them a great credit. ”

Zhao Jiaren turned his head to look at Jia Nidao, but saw that Jia Nidao glanced at the Song army on the river who were capturing prisoners with a vicious gaze, and he could see that he did not have a good impression of these people.

"When the Mongols are repelled, it is naturally Jia Gong who presides over the division of credit. I naturally have a good faith in Jia Gong. But Jia Gong, do you want to go to Ezhou after that? Zhao Jiaren asked. Jia Rudao is a smart person, and Zhao Jiaren doesn't think that such a smart person will be so confused as to try to plunder the military exploits of the Zhao clan. He asked the next question bluntly.

Zhao Jiaren's preparations over the years have revolved around the Battle of Ezhou. Historically, the Mongols went south, and the Song Emperor Lizong's very important Jia Nidao defended Ezhou, while the Mongol Khan Meng Ge died in Sichuan, and Kublai Khan withdrew his troops from Ezhou in order to compete for the position of the Great Khan. The crisis of the Southern Song Dynasty was resolved.

This time the Yangtze River will never be controlled by the Mongols again, but this does not mean that the war has been won. If Kublai Khan wreaked havoc on Jinghu South Road and Jiangxi, and then went to Yunnan and Kangding, he would still be able to retreat to the desert safely. The key now is to hold Ezhou so that Kublai Khan cannot act so wantonly.

Jia Rudao didn't know that Zhao Jiaren had such complicated thoughts in his heart, so he nodded resolutely, "Since Jiaren can control the river, he will not let the Mongolian army calmly travel between the two sides of the river." I can enter Ezhou with confidence. If you hold Ezhou, you can wait for the upper armies to go down the river. Once all the armies are united, the Mongols will have to go if they don't go. ”

Seeing that Jia Rudao was ready to take responsibility, Zhao Jiaren breathed a sigh of relief, but said with a straight face: "I really want to follow Jia Gong into Ezhou and protect Jia Gong by my side." However, I really can't get out of it. Please rest assured that as long as I have a breath, I will not let the Mongolian ship go back and forth on the river. ”

Jia Yidao knew that Zhao Jiaren had been smart since he was a child, but he didn't know that Zhao Jiaren also had acting skills. He was also touched by the nineteen-year-old boy's words. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard the thunder on the river, and Jia Rudao's heart moved. This time, the Mongolian navy dispatched more than 30 large ships and 5,000 sailors. Among them must be important generals. Now the Song army, which is salvaging the Mongolian army that has fallen into the water, is so happy, and it must be rewarded.

Sure enough, he saw several Song army ships rowing with all their might from the salvage place, coming towards Jia Rudao's ship.

The joy of the Song army meant the grief of the Mongol army. Kublai Khan's square face was wide open, and his eyes were full of essence. The leader of the team this time was Dong Wenbing, who led his younger brother Wen Yong and Wen Zhongshuai to attack. The complete sinking of the fleet was already a heavy loss, and the loss of Dong Wenbing, a brave general who was heavily armed by Kublai Khan, made Kublai Khan feel even more painful.

Seeing Kublai Khan's mood, Hao Jing opened his mouth and said, "My lord." The Song army is salvaging our soldiers. In order to ask for merit from Lin'an, they will never kill them. ”

Kublai Khan did not reply, and it could be seen that the heroic man was trying to restrain his agitation. After a while, Kublai Khan said: "Zhang Rou, storm Ezhou, and after the capture, exchange the captured generals in the city for Dong Wenbing." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Rou replied immediately.

"Zhu Guobao." Kublai Khan shouted, "In this situation, can you keep the river?" ”

Zhu Guobao was a fierce general, and when he crossed the river from Huangpi, he won 17 battles with the Song army's naval division. Listening to Kublai Khan's inquiry, Zhu Guobao replied decisively: "If you can't afford the enemy, you should outwit it." I am willing to set up a return cannon to induce the Song army to pursue and then break it. ”

"Go ahead! Be quick! Kublai Khan replied.

After Zhu Guobao was ordered, he prepared to prepare for the big tent, and Kublai Khan stopped Zhu Guobao again, "Tell the generals of the navy that the people who can capture the bow of the Song navy will be promoted to 100 households, and the people who can capture the warships of the Song navy will be promoted to 1,000 households." Can capture the general of the Song State Navy and promote 10,000 households! ”

Hearing this order, Hao Jing couldn't help frowning slightly. He had followed Kublai Khan for so long, and it was the first time he had seen Kublai Khan give such an unconfident order. It can be seen that in front of such a powerful naval army of the Song State, Kublai Khan finally got a little confused.