Night fell quickly.

The danger of night battles at sea was so great that even the Tang army would try their best to avoid starting a war at night, and both sides would quit.

Baekje occupied everything on Tsushima Island, ate the grain of the Tang army, slept in the fortress houses of the Tang army, and was so unhappy.

They do have the qualifications to be happy, and they will be happy to take Tsushima Island bloodlessly on the first day.

In view of the records of the two night attacks of the Tang State and the burning of the enemy's camp, Mu Lie made a tight defense.

However, Wang An did not intend to launch a night attack, and the port of Tsushima Island was open and there was no way to catch turtles in the urn, and the night attack had little effect.

Wang An simply led his army to an island more than 50 miles away, so that the soldiers could rest for a night.

Everyone knows that tomorrow is the decisive battle.

Jie Longyun said: "What if the Tang army should not fight?" ”

Mu Lie Dao said confidently: "If they don't appear, we will lead the army to attack another island, I don't believe they can bear it." ”

"As long as he dares to appear in front of me...... Hum. ”

"But the Tang Army's boat maneuvering skills are above us, and we can't get into a chase with them."

"Tomorrow, our troops will be divided into four routes, I will be rash with the headquarters, and the three of you, General Zhen, General Xie, and General Jie, will also lead one each."

"We encircled from four directions, ignoring the harassing ranks of the Tang army, and went straight to the main forces of the enemy...... If necessary, you can ram the Don warship. ”

"In this case, I don't believe they can turn the sky upside down."

Everyone said in unison: "The general is wise." ”

……

The Tang Army is also making arrangements.

Shi Qin said: "We took the initiative to let the Tsushima base lose supplies, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for us." ”

"Baekje will not give us a chance to delay, they have more troops than us, and they will definitely seek us for a decisive battle. If we don't fight, they will probably go straight to Treasure Island. ”

"In other words, if nothing else, tomorrow will be the day of the decisive battle."

The result said: "I agree with Staff Officer Shi's analysis, the general of the fleet I am entangled with today is also a capable person, and when he found that the operation could not compare to our army, he retreated." ”

"He'll report the situation to Mu Lie...... If Baekje continues to fight tomorrow, there must be a way to deal with it, and we must guard against it. ”

Everyone nodded, which was a reasonable assumption.

Wang Andao: "The two sides swapped places, what would you do in the face of this situation?" ”

The result said neatly: "I will step up my training, and I will come out for a decisive battle when I have practiced my boat handling skills." ”

Everyone: "......"

Wang An didn't seem to hear his words, and said to himself: "If Mu Lie goes into battle, the best tactic is to divide the troops and encircle them...... My response is simple, let's divide our troops. ”

……

Before dawn the next day, the Tang army all got up, lit a fire and cooked to prepare for the next battle.

The lookout climbed the lookout pole and observed from a distance with a telescope, and countless fires also appeared on Baekje Island, apparently preparing in advance.

Soon a touch of orange appeared in the east, quickly staining half of the sky red, and then a huge golden sun broke free from its restraints and leaped out of the sea.

It's dawn.

It also means that the war has begun.

The Tang army was the first to appear in the waters near Tsushima Island and faced each other faintly.

A sentry immediately reported the situation to Mu Lie: "The enemy army appeared five miles away, and there were more than 60 warships. ”

Mu Lie asked, "Is there an enemy ship ambushing in the distance?" ”

"It has been observed, and there is no trace of the rest of the enemy within a hundred miles."

Xie Like said: "It seems that the Tang army is really ready to use these 5,000 men and 60 ships to fight a decisive battle with us." ”

Maxiong said: "No accident, I still want to follow the example of yesterday and use the ship control technique to contain us." ”

Mu Lie smiled: "Isn't it better? I'm afraid he won't come. The good swimmers drowned, and today the Tang army died in their proudest boat skills. ”

Then he said with a solemn face: "Xie Like, Zhenxiong Li, and Jie Longyun, the three of you led the army to go around the rear of the Tang army from a distance according to the plan. ”

"I led my headquarters to attack from the front and contain the enemy's main force...... At that time, we will surround in all directions and catch turtles in an urn. ”

"Yes."

The Baekje army immediately took action, and Xie Lik and the three of them each led more than 30 ships to break away from the army and sail into the vast sea.

Their ship will go around the back of the Tang army from more than 30 miles away, and they don't believe that such a big circle can still be discovered.

Mu Lie had been observing the Tang Army, and found that the other party was indifferent, thinking that they had not discovered their plan, and put their minds at ease.

As everyone knows, all this was seen by Tang Jun's lookout.

How far can you see with the naked eye on the sea?

Taking into account factors such as the curvature of the earth and the reflection of the sea, the naked eye can theoretically see objects hundreds of miles away.

Of course, the premise is that the object is large enough to actually be seen twenty or thirty miles away.

However, the telescope and the lookout pole almost raised this sight distance to the limit of the theory, and Baekje thought that his activities were secretive, but in fact his every move was completely exposed under the nose of the Tang army.

The Tang Army was not without divisions, there were several warships that did not come from the beginning, that is, the four gunboats.

There are more than sixty warships, and no one cares at all if there are four missing.

Wang Anqin led the gunboats to hide in the shadows, preparing to attack Baekje's detachment.

Shi Qin's eyes kept staring at the lookout pole, and when he saw the lookout hand playing the flag, he said directly to Wang An without using the communication corps to translate:

"Brigade commander, the enemy has divided his forces. One group of more than 30 warships to the left, and two teams of more than 60 ships to the right...... Good fellow, as you guessed, ready to go around and surround us. ”

Wang An said: "What's so hard to guess about this, I will also use this method instead." Don't look stupid, it's really easy to use. If there were no gunboats, we would have to wait for death but to escape. ”

Shi Qin smiled: "It's a pity that there is no if, we have gunboats." ”

Wang An said: "Yes, we have gunboats. So from the moment Baekje sent his troops, they had already lost. ”

Shi Qin said: "At this time, it may be that Fuyu Ju is happy about the occupation of Tsushima Island." ”

Wang An said: "I hope he can be so happy tomorrow...... Let's go to the right to block the two detachments. ”

Shi Qin persuaded: "This is too risky, isn't it?" Why don't you go to the one on the left first? That one has fewer boats and is more secure. ”

Wang An said: "You still don't understand the true power of gunboats, and you will know later, there is not much difference between thirty and sixty." ”

Shi Qin was indeed very puzzled, the most common sentence on Wang An's lips in the past two days was that you don't understand the true power of gunboats.

He said this to many people, leaving everyone confused. But they have been in contact with gunboats for a long time, how can they not understand?

Is there any secret in this that they don't know?

Shi Qin couldn't wait to see and see.

Under the command of the lookout, four gunboats accurately located the Baekje warship, and the commanders of these two detachments happened to be Maoho Ryu and Jaeong Yongyun.

Seeing that the enemy once again put on a long snake formation, and Man Fan rushed towards his fleet, Zhenxiong Li sneered: "I want to repeat the old trick again, and I only sent four ships, and the Tang Army's real donkey skills are exhausted." ”

Then he said to his subordinates: "This is the enemy's delaying tactic, ignore them, go at full speed and go around to the rear of the enemy's main forces." ”