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The night is low, and it is already dawn and the fog is heavy.

More than 4,000 Yuan army warships lined up in battle formations under the leadership of Dong Wenbing toward Ningbo Port, and a large area of ​​darkness covered the sea. Since Ningbo Port was put into use, Ningbo Port has become the lifeline of the Southern Song Dynasty. A large amount of materials were continuously transported from Guangzhou and Fuzhou and other places in Lingnan, solving Li Jun's urgent needs. At the same time, specialties from Jiangnan and other places were transported from here to Guangzhou and Fuzhou, and then transferred to sea for overseas trade.

Ningbo Port has just been built and has a very important strategic position. Destroying Ningbo Port has become Boyan's top priority. It can be imagined that if Ningbo Port is not available, Lin'an would not be as suffocated as Britain during World War II, and its strength would be greatly lost. Not to mention anything else, the equipment of dozens of troops in Lin'an would be a problem.

Li Jun knew very well that Lin'an alone would not be able to build equipment that could be equipped with hundreds of thousands of troops before the war broke out in the spring. If the army was to quickly armed, it would have to get support from Fuzhou and Guangzhou. Advanced equipment and skilled workers were sent to these two places. If Ningbo Port was destroyed, then these equipment would not be transported in. Of course, Li Jun had another way, which was to take the land, but not to mention the cost of land, the transportation volume was too small and it was not convenient to take the sea.

In addition to weapons, there are also a large amount of military supplies, such as clothes, food, fire, cast iron bombs and artillery. The artillery is very bulky, and if you go by land, the problem will be big. Taking the sea is the best choice.

It was precisely based on these considerations that after receiving the information, Boyan ordered Dong Wenbing to lead the warships to completely destroy Ningbo Port and cut off Li Jun's sea lifeline. Li Jun was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and would not know the importance of Ningbo Port, so he would naturally spend a lot of effort to deploy defense forces. In order to make contributions in one fell swoop, Boyan decisively dispatched a huge fleet of more than 4,000 warships and also selected the attack time before and after dawn. Because this was the time when people were most tired, they were easy to be careless.

Dong Wenbing stood on the bow of the boat, looked at Ningbo Port in the night, and said to Dong Wenyong beside him: "After the Battle of Jiaoshan, tens of thousands of warships in the Song Dynasty have been lost, which is most of their naval forces. Even if Zhao Qi gathered together, there were only more than a thousand ships. In addition, they had firepower support on the island, only two thousand ships had combat power, and we had more than four thousand ships. This was two to one. We had an absolute advantage and we were sure to win this battle."

The Southern Song Dynasty court was incompetent, and no one would object. However, this does not mean that the Southern Song Dynasty court was inaction. It was consistent in its understanding of the importance of river defense. Everyone knew that only by defending the Yangtze River defense line could one be more secure. Therefore, several generations of emperors had invested huge investment in building warships, establishing strong naval armies, and strengthening the Yangtze River defense line.

Everyone knows that the Mongols are dominant on horseback, and they are landslides. They can't do it after getting into the water. They can only sigh at the Yangtze River defense line. It is precisely based on these considerations that Mengge decided to adopt a big roundabout strategy, conquered Shaanxi, advanced west from northern Sichuan, and destroyed Dali at that time, which is now Yunnan Province, and prepared to advance east from Guizhou to Jiangxi, and attack the Southern Song Dynasty from behind. In order to implement this strategy, Mengge personally led the expedition and eventually died in Diaoyu Mountain.

It was not until Kublai Kan adopted Guo Kan's suggestion and decided to implement the central government's breakthrough strategy that he invested huge amounts of money to build warships and form a powerful naval army. According to what I understand, the Southern Song naval army at that time was extremely strong, which was not comparable to that of the Yuan Dynasty naval army. After the capture of Xiangyang, the Yuan army advanced in large quantities. First, it was necessary to ensure the safety of waterways to ensure supply, and then the Jiaoshan River Battle. The reason why the Yuan army won the battle in Jiaoshan was that there were Hui Hui artillery on the shore to support it, the second was that A Shu was used properly, and Dong Wenbing's hard work was also used. Finally, Zhang Shijie made mistakes in the arrangement of troops.

Threat the safety of water routes was a strategic goal of the Southern Song Dynasty court at that time. The Jiaoshan River War mobilized more than 10,000 warships, which could be said to have all the naval forces of the Southern Song Dynasty. The consequences after the defeat were very serious. The Southern Song Dynasty had almost no naval forces, and it was impossible for them to threaten the Yuan army on the water route.

Dong Wenbing, whose courtesy name was Yanming, was a native of Zhending. His father Dong Jun became an official in Mongolia when Genghis Khan and made great achievements. Dong Wenbing was his eldest son. Dong Wenbing was extremely smart since he was a child. He had the wisdom of adulthood at a young age and was very convinced by the middle-aged. Later, he joined Kublai Khan with dozens of horses, which was highly appreciated by Kublai Khan and favored him.

This man was also a Han. Although he did not become an official in the Song Dynasty like Lu Wenhuan and then defected to Mongolia, he acted as the vanguard of the Song Dynasty like Lu Wenhuan. Especially in the battle of Jiaoshan, Zhang Shijie led tens of thousands of warships to fight to the death. It was this man who led the Yuan Dynasty navy to carry out a central breakthrough and stopped Zhang Shijie's offensive. In addition, Buber set up Hui Hui cannons on the land and bombarded Zhang Shijie, which caused Zhang Shijie to suffer a crushing defeat in Jiaoshan, which caused almost all the navy troops, resulting in the Southern Song Dynasty navy not being the opponent of the Yuan Dynasty navy until now.

Dong Wenbing was good at fighting, and was trusted by Kublai Khan. Boyan led his army to advance towards Lin'an, and his troops were divided into three groups. The right side was led by Alahan, from Lishui and through Dusong Pass, while the middle side was led by Boyan himself. The left side was led by Dong Wenbing, who walked on the water route, entered the sea from the Yangtze River, landed in Hangzhou Bay, arrived at Haiyan, and met with Boyan.

When the sun came out, Ningbo Port would be wiped out in front of his rapid offensive, he couldn't help but feel full of confidence and ambitious, which was quite as complacent as Cao Man's complacent attitude as he was walking on the river and writing poems with a spear before the Battle of Red Cliff. He was just a few glasses of wine and some servants.

Dong Wenyong is Dong Wenbing's younger brother, and was infected by his confidence and said, "Brother said that. Brother still used the tactics of the battle in Jiaoshan that day, concentrated superior forces to implement a central breakthrough, followed up with both wings, and covered our advancement. It was the best strategy. The attack was launched at dawn, and when the sun came out, Ningbo Port was also destroyed. It could be withdrawn at noon, and a celebration banquet could be held in the evening."

Dong Wenbing is extremely wise. After fighting for so many years, he rarely loses. He has no doubt about defeating the Song army with twice his strength. He smiled and said, "You are too optimistic, but it is not much worse."

"Without Ningbo Port, the supplies from Lingnan cannot be transported in. No matter how powerful Zhao Qi is, he is incapable of anything." Dong Wenyong smiled proudly and said, "When our reinforcements arrive, we will regroup and take down Lin'an in one go."

"That should be something that the Prime Minister and Zhonghe are considering. Let's do what we are doing right now." Dong Wenbing smiled and said, "Send the order and start the attack."

As soon as the order was passed, thousands of warships suddenly accelerated and rushed over like arrows away from the string.

According to Dong Wenbing's idea, there must be ships in the port, and there is no defense at all. They just need to let go of their hands and feet. It can be said that fighting such an unprepared enemy is easier than drinking horse milk wine. However, the facts were very different from his expectations. As soon as he rushed into the port, he found that there was nothing on several simple piers. Not to mention the ship, there was not even a ghost.

Dong Wenbing was also a good general who had been through the battle formation for a long time. He immediately realized that something was wrong and hurriedly ordered, saying: "Seal the two wings, move forward at full speed, and rush forward. Don't pay attention to the firepower on the islands and reefs."

Dong Wenyong was a little confused and asked in confusion: "Brother, we should retreat, how could we move forward?"

"This is very simple. Since the enemy is prepared, he naturally deploys a large number of troops in the rear to cut off our retreat. As long as we rush forward, we can catch him off guard, disrupt the enemy's deployment, and seek victory in chaos." Dong Wenbing explained impatiently.

Dong Wenbing is indeed worthy of being a famous general. It is really not easy to think of this level in a hurry. However, what he is talking about is the general situation. If it is an unusual situation, his method will be useless.

The Yuan army ships lined up in battle formations, rushing forward like arrows off the strings. They didn't rush for a long time and stopped involuntarily. The ships in front suddenly stopped, and the ships behind were unclear, so they couldn't stop and hit them head-on, causing people to overturn. One by one, thousands of warships collided one after another, and a shocking "rear-finishing traffic accident".

Dong Wenbing couldn't stop his power, and hit the mast head-on, a big green bag appeared on his forehead, and he held back the pain and shouted, "What's going on?" No one can ask or answer this question.

Dong Wen used the angrily wind lamp to inquire and got the answer from the ship in front of him, and reported: "Brother, we have fallen into the trap."

"This is not nonsense. Who doesn't know that you have been trapped? You have to say nothing." Dong Wenbing cursed his younger brother in his heart. If it weren't for the affection between his brothers, he would have raised his hand and slapped him twice.

Dong Wenyong did not notice Dong Wenbing's face looked ugly and said, "The enemy was too cunning. He threw down straws in the sea. He could not see it in the darkness. All the warships were stopped."

It is true that the predecessors were the most sleepy, but they were also the darkest. It can be said that they could not see their hands and their hands were rushing forward. They did not expect that the Song army would throw countless straws in the sea. When they discovered it, it was too late.

"Send the order, reorganize the battle formation and prepare for battle." Dong Wenbing issued an order with a pale face. Unfortunately, the entire fleet collided with each other and had already fallen apart. There was no way to reorganize the battle formation. Even if he wanted to fight, he would have no choice but to take the lead.

"It's wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful. Such a large-scale rear-end collision accident can't even think of the Hollywood directors who have sharpened their heads and pursued the impact of perspective. I bet that if they know, they will definitely ask me to be an action creative director." Li Jun stood on the shore, listening to the people shouting and neighing from the Yuan army fleet, thinking boredly.

Zhao Liangchun stood beside Li Jun, raised his thumb, praised him, and said, "Your Majesty, I admire you." Although only numbers are only, they are better than thousands of words of praise.

Li Jun smiled and said, "Don't put gilds on my face anymore. Wu Mu has used this method long ago."

Yue Fei is also called Yue Wumu, and friends know this. Yue Fei used this method to suppress the Yang Yao uprising under the orders. Yang Yao's naval army was very powerful and defeated the Song army many times. He thought he was arrogant. Yue Fei threw grass all over the lake. Yang Yao's naval army could no longer be used. Yue Fei easily destroyed this peasant uprising.

"Wu Mu has a saying: The best way to fight after formation is to use it depends on one's heart." Zhao Liangchun praised and said: "The emperor expected the enemy to be the first, and the pre-arrangement was made, which was exactly what Wu Mu said."

Li Jun waved his hand and smiled, "I'm a little bit arrogant after hearing what you said. This is not difficult at all. Dong Wenbing's famous generals are talented and easy to change. Once he finds that there is no one in the port, he will inevitably have a different reaction from ordinary people. I guess he would think that we have ambush behind us and will cut off his retreat. He will rush forward without retreating, and throwing some straw to him."

Zhao Liangchun still looked amazed and said, "The emperor is humble, and his virtue is truly admired by me. However, I still want to say that the emperor has unpredictable opportunities for ghosts and gods to use troops, and it is unpredictable. I thought that in the battle of Jiaoshan that day, Zhang Shijie used more than 10,000 warships, but he still returned in a great defeat. The emperor used the most inconspicuous straw to trap Dong Wenbing, the traitor, here, is a great masterpiece."

Li Jun shook his hand and said, "This is wrong. Zhang Shijie had a very good chance of winning in Jiaoshan's battle that day. The reason why he failed was that he made a mistake in deploying troops, the second was that he was bombarded by Buber's Hui artillery, and the third was that Dong Wenbing fought to the death to stop Zhang Shijie's offensive and failed."

"He thought that Dong Wenbing was Zhenjiang, and he was throwing himself into the trap." Zhao Liangchun said angrily: "Your Majesty, I'll catch this traitor."

Li Jun nodded and said, "Go. First, order the gunship to surround the periphery to prevent the enemy who escaped from the net from escaping. In addition, all the firepower on the islands and reefs should be invested, so don't save me. The Song Dynasty had some supplies, and it would be endless to attack the enemy who covered the two wings into the sea to feed the turtle." He pointed to the chaotic Yuan army fleet in the dark and said, "Let's give the gift to Dong Wenbing. I hope he has a great life and will not be roasted into jerky meat."

After a quiet sentence, Zhao Liangchun planned the entire battle. Thinking of the four words "be sure of the truth", he said excitedly: "Prince, please rest assured, I understand." He turned around and left.

Dong Wenbing stood at the bow of the ship and yelled anxiously, asking the Yuan army to reorganize the battle formation. This was just a fool. The ships were crowded together and could not move. How could they reorganize the battle formation? Dong Wenbing was also a good general. Seeing that it was really not possible, he sent an order to prepare for melee battle. According to his idea, the next step for the Song army was naturally to jump on the Yuan army warship to fight in melee. However, Dong Wenbing, a good general who was highly appreciated by Kublai Khan, miscalculated today, and the Song army had no plans to fight in melee.

In just a moment, countless angrily lanterns rose from the sea, and countless ships appeared on the sea, pressing towards the Yuan army, and there were countless shadows.

Dong Wenbing made a rough calculation that the Song army's ships were far above the Yuan army, which means that his military strength was not superior. If it were in close combat, he would definitely be unfavorable. No matter how brave he was, he had to change his color. He could not understand where Li Jun made so many ships in his dream.

It was not until the ship was approaching that he had put his heart down. It turned out that these boats were fishing boats, not warships, so he was naturally not afraid. His heart finally fell back when he reached his throat.

"They are crazy. Even the fisherman who caught the fish wanted to fight our elite navy. He thought we were fish? This is a whim." Dong Wenyong couldn't understand Li Jun's intentions and couldn't help but mock him a little.

Dong Wenbing agreed with this, but he felt uneasy. He looked around and saw the situation. His face turned pale and shouted: "They are not here to fight us in close combat, they are here to catch prisoners."

Dong Wen said with a confused look on his face, "Brother, don't be ambitious and destroy our prestige. Our navy is a selection of elite soldiers. Is there anything that cheap to catch us?"

"You are really a pig-smart, and you don't think about it." If Dong Wenbing hadn't been for the sake of his brothers, he would have slapped him in the face and cursed hatefully, saying, "You see clearly that the ships in front are loaded with fire-driven objects. They want to get close to set the boat."

As if he was making a note of his words, as soon as he finished speaking, more than a hundred ships in front rushed into the Yuan army formation and immediately caught fire. There were more than a hundred heads of fire in an instant, and there were quite a few Yuan army ships burning. The Yuan army ships were crowded together and they couldn't even turn around. Setting fire to burn was naturally the best solution.

Li Jun was rigorous in thinking and did not miss the water. The gifts prepared for Dong Wenbing were far more than this. While the fireboat set fire, the Hui cannons on the warship began to show their power. The huge rocks and cast iron bombs were thrown over, destroying and destroying many ships, causing chaos to the already chaotic Yuan army.

Perhaps it was Tianyou good man. When the fire just took shape, a strong wind blew. A strong sea breeze blew, and the fire instantly expanded ten times. The flames soared into the air, and the flames swept over and over, ruthlessly swallowing the Yuan army's warships.

During the Battle of Jiaoshan that day, the Yuan army set fire to Zhang Shijie's warship. Unexpectedly, this scene reappeared today. It was just that the host and guest were in a state of change, and the attack and defense were in a state of change. The Yuan army burned the fire so that there was nowhere to hide, so they had to jump into the cold sea. This made the fishermen cheap. The fishermen excitedly caught the prisoners under the protection of the Song army. The sea water was cold and bone-broken. After a while, the Yuan army's limbs became stiff. The fishermen who were used to catching fish were more relaxed and effortless than catching the slippery fish.

The Mongolians had too many evil deeds in Jiangnan. The people of the Song Dynasty hated them to the core and took this opportunity to deal with the Yuan army. Some of them stabbed them with fishing forks, some hit and kicked them, some grabbed them, put them in fishing nets and put them in the sea water and soaked them. The more straightforward way was to grab them, tie them up, then throw them into the sea water and sank them to the bottom of the sea to feed them. Out of public anger, I don’t know how many Yuan army killed them.

Dong Wenyong said that Ningbo was destroyed by dawn. His words were a little inverted. By dawn, it was not Ningbo Port, but the Yuan army fleet. The flames reflected the red of half of the sky, adding a beautiful scenery to the beautiful morning.

Looking at the beautiful morning glow and listening to the soldiers' cheers of victory, Li Jun felt a surge of heart, and couldn't help but hum a military song she sang countless times: "The night in the military port is quiet, the waves gently shake the warships, the young sailors rest on the waves, and a sweet smile appeared in their sleep. The sea breeze blows gently, the waves gently shake, how hard the sailors are, how hard they are, back to the embrace of the motherland, let our sailors sleep well... The sea breeze blows gently, the waves gently shake, how hard the sailors are, when the morning glow reflects the red sea surface, see our warships start to anchor again." Li Jun sang this song "Night at the Military Port" countless times, and the words are sang in a straight voice, which is very authentic and contagious.

As soon as the song fell, someone heard someone shouting loudly: "Okay, good lyrics." Li Jun looked at it and didn't know when Zhao Liangchun came to him. He sang too much and did not notice that Zhao Liangchun was here.

Zhao Liangchun did not salute Li Jun immediately, but sang with a beat: "The night in the military port is quiet, the waves shake the warship gently..." He sang a few lines, and hundreds of Song soldiers around him also sang with him: "The night in the military port is quiet, the waves shake the warship gently."

This song is light, friendly, and very contagious. It is even more rare to fit the scene before us. The navy participating in the war couldn't help but hum along. First, they hummed, and then they opened their throats and sang to the fullest. For a moment, the entire Ningbo Port was filled with the loud singing of "Military Port Night".

This song "Night in the Military Port" was included in "Selected Poems of Emperor Duzong of the Great Song Dynasty". The comment was "This poem is light, concise, friendly, and extremely contagious. It has spread all over the world since its first singing in Ningbo, and the navy still loves it."

Li Jun just sang it with emotion for a moment. Unexpectedly, this song "Night of the Military Port" became a military song of the Royal Navy of the Song Dynasty, which was very popular among the soldiers. When the powerful Royal Navy of the Song Dynasty appeared in the distance, this song "Night of the Military Port" would be sung at the end of the world!

After finally singing, the boiling Ningbo Port returned to calm. Li Jun asked, "General Zhao, tell me the situation."

"Abide by the order." Zhao Liangchun took the order and said, "Master, we destroyed a total of 35600 enemy ships in this battle, and only 3500 people fled. It's a pity that we didn't catch the traitor Dong Wenbing." It was a pity.

Li Jun comforted him and said, "It's a pity that he can run away. Monks can't run away from the temple. We have a chance in the future. If Ningbo can't catch him, we can catch him in other places. If other places don't work, most of them will do it." This means that no matter how cunning he is, he can escape, and when the Song army invades Dadu and destroys the Yuan Dynasty, see where he will escape.

"Yes, yes, the emperor is right. This thief must have a day to be awarded the title." Zhao Liangchun was so excited that he almost sang it, saying, "Your Majesty, we only lost more than 100 ships in this battle. We have achieved such a great victory, which really makes me happy. This is all the emperor's wise wisdom!"

Li Jun waved his hand and said humbly: "Don't put gilds on our faces. If you want to thank you, you have to thank Liu Hezi. If his water guerrillas had not sent us accurate information, how could such a victory be achieved?"

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with this." Zhao Liangchun said a little stubbornly, "If the emperor hadn't planned, even if they sent information, we would have paid a much greater price."

This is the truth, Li Jun smiled and said, "Just pick up something nice."

Zhao Liangchun was not excited yet and said, "Master, our gunships are showing off in this battle. Seventy or eighty-eight percent of the Tartars on both wings were sunk for our gunships. The gunships have a long range and are flexible. The Tartars are just living targets, one shot is accurate, one shot is one shot, and no second shot is fired."

Li Jun patted his shoulder and said, "You are too boasting. Our artillery is too accurate, so how can we not shoot a second artillery? You can't panic as a general, it's a serious crime." After that, Li Jun couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Liangchun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am so happy. I will be punished, and I will be punished."

Using artillery on warships and strengthening Ningbo's defense capabilities was the idea that Li Jun thought of at the Yuan Army Wharf. To convert the existing warships into gunships, it required a lot of artillery, and of course Huang Yongshan was the one who was unlucky. Considering that the artillery production was too late, Li Jun ordered each warship to be equipped with one or two doors. Even so, the Mongolian navy could not resist and bombarded a lot.

This naval battle is a classic example of winning with fewer victory. The Song army almost wiped out the invading enemy under an absolute disadvantage, which was a grand event that had never been seen in the history of the Song Dynasty. The reason why this naval battle was famous for its long time is not because of its victory, but because of its great significance.

One is that the artillery warship was put into use, and its performance was tested in actual combat, providing good evidence for Li Jun to build a powerful naval fleet with artillery warships as the main body. The large amount of artillery warships invested in actual combat has sealed traditional warships in history.

No one can deny that Huang Yongshan was a genius scientist. When he transformed the warship, he had a whim to replace the donkey with a steam engine and provide new impetus for the warship. When he told Li Jun this idea, Li Jun made a decision on the spot and asked him to let go. Using the steam engine as power has long proved history. Li Jun considered that the conditions at that time were unlikely to be able to do it, so he did not mention it. Unexpectedly, Huang Yongshan actually thought about it, and naturally it hit it off.

It is just a good name to be called a steam boat. From a strict mark, it is just a "deformal" with the reputation of steam. It was only transformed on the original basis and replaced the donkey with a steam engine. It has a more powerful and more advanced power system, and the rest are not moved intact.

Due to the short time, Huang Yongshan had only time to transform ten ships. It was these ten warships that created an amazing miracle in this naval battle. When the Yuan army retreated, Zheng Jinghe, a famous naval general who enjoyed the reputation of "the father of naval warfare", led these ten warships to chase them relentlessly, and drove hundreds of Yuan army ships across the Yangtze River estuary like a duck. He had to retreat until the shells were finished.

Second, the famous naval general Zheng Jinghe made his mark. He took advantage of the advantages of steamship maneuvering, flexibility and long range of artillery artillery to boldly break into the Yuan army formation and fired fire, causing heavy damage to the Yuan warships and achieved brilliant results of annihilation of nearly 200 enemy ships.
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