When it was still dark, Shi Jun came out wearing armor and stood at Sanjiangkou.
The soldiers boarded the ships one after another. There were only more than 3,800 people in total, including thirty-one large ships and more than sixty small boats.
Fang Yankai looked at the battle with a hint of bitterness on his face. After answering, he turned around and walked towards the river.
"Zhengshu, Li Feiyu promised you directly?"
Behind him, Shi Jun asked.
Fang Yankai turned around and said, "Yes, Feiyu's military training was originally to fight against Mongolia, and he took the overall situation into consideration."
"That's it. Don't worry anymore. You will win today. Let's go."
Shi Jun was a little worried that Fang Yankai could not command the 500 river patrolmen in Qingfu County, but seeing that he did not mention the problem, he did not say more.
As for Li Xia, he still disliked him very much.
That young man always gave him a feeling of being "ignorant"...
Fang Yankai boarded the boat and stood next to Li Xia. He sighed deeply again, as if to remind him that "Zhizhou doesn't appreciate you."
Li Xia doesn't care, he appreciates Shi Jun, but he doesn't need Shi Jun's appreciation.
Also fighting against the Mongols, Shi Jun wanted the Song Dynasty to be stable after protecting the country and the people; Li Xia believed that if the Song Dynasty was not broken and a new dynasty was built, the world would perish.
Fundamentally, people whose positions are completely opposite to each other, why should they seek the approval of the other party?
When they first met at the state office, Li Xia was neither humble nor overbearing, which made Shi Jun unhappy; but if he was humble, Shi Jun would only hate him more.
In Li Xia's view, it is useless to please others. No one can be liked by everyone, this is normal.
If you want to rebel, you shouldn't ask for recognition from the loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty. You just need to hide it from them.
And if you want to hide it from Shi Jun, Fang Yankai is the best way to hide it.
…
"I hid it for you." Fang Yankai said, "Zhizhou thought that this river patrolman was still under my control, and he didn't know that you killed Zhang Yuanming."
"Thanks."
"But I don't understand why you act like this." Fang Yankai said, "Why are you holding on to Xunjiang's hand?"
Li Xia looked up at Fan without answering, as if listening to the wind.
Today we have not only a favorable flow, but also a favorable wind. The wind blows from the west, making the sails roar fiercely.
Fang Yankai said: "The county deducted this year's autumn taxes to train these people. After this battle, they will not be able to keep them, so they have not joined the military. You embezzled the Zhang family's wealth, and you are training private soldiers. You are also forcing
You want me to hide this from the state department...why?"
Li Xia was silent for a while, and finally said: "I once told Bao San that it would be strange for me as a county captain to do these things, but if I were the commander of Shu, would these actions still seem strange to you?"
"Do you want to be the commander of Shu?" Fang Yankai looked up at the Yangtze River and murmured: "The ambition is lofty."
"After today's battle, whether it is success or failure, Shi Zhizhou will not be in office for too long. What will happen in Xuzhou in the future? Do you want to bet on Shi Zhizhou, or would you rather us soldiers keep one side safe?"
"I never thought about this."
"Think slowly."
Fang Yankai said: "I was forced by you... you just said not long ago that you wouldn't force me."
"Two different things." Li Xia said: "I promised not to force you to hand over the power of the bookkeeper, but I never said I would allow you to touch my soldiers. This is my bottom line, don't touch it."
"Do you know why I hid it for you?"
"I just said you were forced by me."
"I just thought of something... Since you have guessed Zhizhou's attitude, you could have come without anyone, but you still came."
Li Xia said: "It is right to attack Wulianghetai. You can give it a try."
"Shuai Shu... You can't become Shu Shuai just by fighting against Mongolia, but your ambition is commendable."
"The landlord only needs to help me win this battle, no need to think too much."
Fang Yankai smiled bitterly.
He has always been an assistant official since he entered the officialdom. Last year, the county magistrate Jiang Chun was quite strong. It was not until this year that Jiang Chun saw that his term was approaching and the two of them had a tacit understanding that he gradually became more like a chief official.
As a result, a more powerful county captain came.
"I hope I can win this battle. I also want to make a great contribution and transfer to another party."
While he was talking, the Xuzhou Army had already started marching towards the Mongolian Army in front...
"The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains."
The small fleet was carrying no baggage, the boats were light and there were few people, and it sailed quickly downstream...
Liu Jinsuo felt a little seasick.
This was the first time for him to take such a fast boat.
Among the five squad leaders, Liu Jinsuo was the weakest in water warfare, so Li Xia chose to be on his boat, and at the same time, Yu Tian and more than 20 people were also on board.
Yu Tian had participated in the Battle of Mahujiang and had some understanding of water warfare. He stood aside and whispered to Liu Jinsuo how to command the soldiers to maneuver the ship.
Until the afternoon, from a distance, I suddenly saw rows of boats on the river in front of me, as well as cavalry advancing on the shore.
Liu Jinsuo was startled and murmured: "So many people!"
Turning around to look at Yu Tian, I saw that he was also pale.
"Are you scared?"
"They are all the ships we were captured on." Yu Tian murmured...
Li Xia turned around, glanced at Liu Jinsuo and others, and somewhat understood why Shi Jun wanted to arrange the 500 people from Qingfu County in the rear.
The Xuzhou garrison had seen the Mongolian army in battle and did not panic in the face of the battle; the river patrolmen in Qingfu County were different. No matter how courageous they were, the feelings they felt after hearing about 30,000 people and seeing them with their own eyes were completely different.
Thinking about it this way, Shi Jun was able to command 3,000 men to pursue 30,000 men, so he was very skillful in running an army.
The Song Dynasty used civilian officials to run the army, but at this time of crisis, they could really produce some civil servants who could fight. Only Li Xia knew now that they were Yu Jie, Jia Sidao, Yi Shiying, Shi Jun... thinking about this also made him think about the Song Dynasty.
The death was quite emotional.
This battle was rushed, both sides were in a bit of confusion, and Li Xia was not in command, as he did not occupy the best position to see the overall situation.
Only Shi Jun gave orders on the building ship.
When Li Xia had a second thought, he saw Shi Jun's flag waving in front of him, and without hesitation he ordered the front army to collide with the Wu Liang Hetai army!
The wind on the river was fierce and the water was surging. The Mongolian soldiers in front crowded onto the river like giants, but the Xuzhou army did not slow down.
Li Xia couldn't help but admire him.
Even though his positions were different, he admired Shi Jun's courage and was sincerely willing to help him win this battle.
…
The ships were getting closer and closer, and gradually the Mongolian army's formation was no longer visible.
A loud noise was heard as Xuzhou's warship collided with the Mongolian navy.
Li Xia looked around and could only see the boat in front of him.
"Slow down." Fang Yankai stood next to Li Xia, looking at the flag on Shi Jun's battleship, and reminded him in a low voice.
Li Xia gave the order as told.
He knew that he was not as good as Fang Yankai in reading Shi Jun's flag, but he stubbornly refused to hand over the command and refused to let anyone touch his troops. He would rather let Fang Yankai have access to them.
"The front army fires arrows, and the rear army fires cannons!"
"Set up the artillery!"
There were killing cries coming from ahead.
Li Xia's boat was equipped with a small gun mount.
What was thrown was not a stone, but a porcelain caltrop fireball.
Because of the hasty advance of the army and the assault by light boats, it was obvious that they could not bring any stones, because Shi Jun moved out all the remaining firearms in Xuzhou.
Today, there are many firearms on the battlefields of the Mongolian and Song Dynasties, but this is the first time Li Xia saw them on the battlefield, because Wu Lianghetai came from Dali and carried very few firearms; Qingfu and Junlianzhou were small places.
The porcelain tribulus fireball is actually a "ceramic bomb" that looks like a sea urchin. The round porcelain jar contains black powder and iron blade fragments, and there are back thorns on the shell. Light the fuse, throw it out with the gun mount, and explode on the enemy's position.
The ship in front also had rockets, which were made by attaching cannons to the arrows, lighting them, and then shooting them out.
…
As a modern person, Li Xia is very good at sports such as fencing, swimming, rock climbing, basketball, badminton, and many other sports, but he has no understanding of firearms.
His chemistry and physics were very poor. He had only heard the names of black powder and yellow gunpowder, but did not understand the difference between them.
If you ask him how to make firearms, he doesn't know as much as Shi Jun.
All he can say is "Firearms are very useful, very useful. If we continue to study them, we may be able to make guns." That's all.
When he first saw the porcelain tribulus fireball, Li Xia also studied it and found that he could not make any improvements. Finally, he said, "I will try the gunpowder formula here again to see how it is more powerful."
At that time, Fang Yankai said to him, "The firearms workshop has definitely tried it."
Li Xia is not upset. He knows that firearms can be developed, even without the knowledge of later generations, but they can rely on the wisdom of the Chinese people and the wisdom of the four great inventions to change the world.
…
"put!"
On the shaking deck, one by one the soldiers held porcelain caltrop fireballs, lit the fuses, and placed them in the cannon pockets. Another soldier shouted and pulled down the cannon tip with force.
The artillery passed over the Syrian army warships in front and hit the Mongolian army ships.
"Boom!" The explosion came back.
"Bang!" A ship collided in front of them, a battle broke out, and a killing cry rang out.
There was the sound of horses neighing on the shore, and then, arrows rained down...