In June of AD 1228, the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Xingqing of the Song Dynasty, several huge warships were traveling from south to north along the coast of the Huaihe River. The war flags of the "Great Song Dynasty" flying high on the ships were flapping in the wind. Different from the hard sails used by most merchant ships in the Song Dynasty, the warships of the Song Dynasty navy all use soft sails.
There are five Song Dynasty warships, two with 1,500 charges and three with 1,000 charges, each equipped with 40 cannons and 25 cannons, and each with 300 and 200 naval officers. The mounted artillery ranged from 7 Songjin to 25 Songjin. These two types of warships are currently the main warships of the Song Navy, sailing around the world, as far as Africa.
However, for these five warships, it was their first time to patrol the waters north of the Song Dynasty territory. Compared with the vigorous efforts to move from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Song Dynasty court seemed to lack enthusiasm for the "North Sea" waters north of the Song Dynasty sea area.
Strictly speaking, it was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty himself who had no enthusiasm for the East China Sea, the Korean Sea and the Sea of Japan under the control of Mongolia.
"Commander, I heard that Li Quan has defected to the Tatars, and he wants the court to provide him with food and salary. The straight mother-in-law is so shameless!"
The warship went all the way north and passed the Huai River Lianshui Army's outlet. Several Mongolian warships happened to be patrolling the coast. Liu Yungui, the deputy general of the Song Army's navy, couldn't help but make a curse word.
Li Quan, who was entrenched in Huaihai, Shandong, defected to Mongolia. Because the Song Dynasty had cut off the food and salary supply, he had a falling out with the Song Dynasty court. It is precisely because of this that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty seemed to have become interested in "Beihai".
"I really don't understand. Since the emperor dares to send troops to Hexi, why is he so hesitant about Li Quan? Could it be that we, the navy officers and the Huaidong Army, can't deal with Li Quan?"
"We only occupied Hexi last year. I'm afraid we don't have enough food and salary to use troops on both the east and west fronts at the same time. Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't issue so many national bonds."
"That should be the case. If the emperor dares to fight the Tatar army, how can he be afraid of Li Quan?"
The navy officers and men were talking about it on the bow, but they saw several Mongolian warships rushing towards the Song warship.
"What are they going to do? Are they looking for death?"
"These bastards are quite brave!"
Looking at the chasing Mongolian warships, the officers and men were all talking. Zhang Weixiao, the commander of the navy, stood on the deck, put down the telescope in his hand, and smiled coldly.
The navy of the Song Dynasty is said to be second in strength, but who dares to be ranked first in the world? These Mongolian sailors still want to make meritorious deeds and plunder, they are looking for death.
As one of the first batch of students to graduate from the Naval Academy of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Weixiao had one year in the academy and two years at sea. He had sailed to Southeast Asia and fought against pirates, so he had rich experience in naval warfare.
"General, the warship of the Loyalty Army! What should we do?"
Liu Yungui reported loudly to Zhang Weixiao, his eyes shining.
"What loyalist army? They are just lackeys of the Tatars!"
Zhang Weixiao said coldly and then said:
"Wait until they come up, fire a few shots, and drive them away!"
He really didn't pay attention to these small boats with four to five hundred materials.
The Mongolian warship was small and extremely fast, and quickly entered the firing range of the Song warship's artillery. The dark artillery muzzles were aimed at the approaching Mongolian warships.
"Puffy!"
The artillery fires almost flatly, and there is no need to aim at any angle. The 25-song jin heavy artillery can fire 500 shotshells, and iron balls and iron pellets are rushing towards the face. The two Mongolian troops in front bear the brunt. Sawdust is flying from the warship, and several large and small holes are punched in the hull. The Mongolian sailors on the deck are almost beaten. Sweep away.
Looking around, the entire deck was filled with bloody corpses and injured, squirming and screaming or motionless. Many Mongolian soldiers were beaten to pieces, with broken arms and legs, and human organs everywhere.
The Mongolian sailors on the Mongolian warship behind were stunned for a moment, and then they rowed back with all their strength, without any intention of saving their comrades.
"Chickens and dogs!"
Seeing the Mongolian warships escaping hastily, the navy officers and soldiers on the Song warships cheered, and Zhang Weixiao also shook his head.
Is this Li Quan's navy? He was really disappointed.
"General, do you want to enter from the seaport and directly destroy Li Quan's warship?"
Among the naval warships of the Song Army, the 1,000-ton naval warship was the main warship. The warship was equipped with wheels and could enter the sea and fight on the river.
"Don't! Our military order is to patrol, not to fight."
Zhang Weixiao did not hesitate and vetoed his subordinates' proposal.
Among the Song Navy, there were always military orders that no one could violate, let alone a small commander like him.
All the troops were angry and sailed the warships to the north. The coast was full of wasteland and grass, with broken walls and ruins, hordes of wild dogs, and corpses everywhere.
"Shandong, what a disaster it has suffered from the Tatars, it is such a crime!"
Liu Yungui put down his telescope and said bitterly, his nose felt sore.
His ancestors were from Haizhou, Shandong. He was young and sentimental, and could not bear to see the suffering in the world.
"Why don't our warships fight over?"
"One day, I will beat these bastards hard!"
The soldiers were all talking, but Zhang Weixiao remained silent.
Haizhou, Jiaozhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, these good ports in the north, will one day return to the rule of the Song Navy.
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Two days in a row were uneventful. On the morning of the third day, the Song Army's warships arrived in the waters near Goryeo. Many corpses were floating on the sea, so densely packed that all the troops were frightened.
"Why are there so many corpses on the sea? It can't be due to the wind and waves, right?"
"It looks like he is a maritime merchant from the Song Dynasty!"
The soldiers were talking a lot, and Zhang Weixiao commanded the warship to salvage the corpse. Sure enough, all the victims were dressed in Song Dynasty clothes and seemed to be all maritime merchants.
"General, are you caught in a storm?"
Liu Yungui muttered, Zhang Weixiao was also suspicious. The weather at sea is unpredictable, and perhaps something unexpected happened.
"General, it seems someone is still alive!"
A soldier shouted loudly, and Zhang Weixiao strode over.
"General, what should we do if the merchant ship is robbed? Who did this?"
The troops were indignant, Zhang Weixiao's face was gloomy, and Liu Yungui asked in a low voice.
This is the Tamna Sea. More than a hundred Song merchants were killed. The survivors said they encountered pirates. No wonder the Song merchants' ships were missing.
"General, could it be that he is really a pirate?"
A general asked curiously.
"Near here is Tamna Island. What kind of pirates are there? When did there be pirates? No need to ask, it was the Koreans from Tamna who did it!"
Zhang Weixiao made a decisive decision.
"General, what should we do?"
Liu Yunguihu asked.
"What should I do? If someone doesn't offend me, I won't offend anyone. If someone offends me... Humph!"
The purpose of the Song Navy's inspection was to ensure the safety of the Song merchant ships and to show off their muscles. Killing more than 100 Song Dynasty merchants, except the restless Tamra Goryeo army, who else has this strength?
"Send the order! Retrieve the body quickly and go to Tamna Island!"
Zhang Weixiao immediately issued a military order.
Blood debts are paid with blood, from morning to night, there is nothing to hesitate.
After salvaging the bodies, two more dying survivors were discovered. They spent the rest of their lives crying in each other's arms.
The warship headed east, and sure enough, arrived at Tamna Port in the afternoon. The naval generals raised their telescopes to watch. A large ship was parked in the port, surrounded by smaller ships.
Some people dressed as pirates were carrying goods from ships in the sea. There were about six to seven hundred people, coming and going, having a great time.
"General, that's our ship!"
The few surviving merchants saw it clearly and were so excited that they shouted loudly.
As expected, Zhang Weixiao raised his telescope and looked carefully.
"General, they are indeed these thieves!"
"General, they seem to have formed a formation on the beach and want to deal with us!"
The soldiers were filled with indignation, but Zhang Weixiao remained calm and continued to watch.
Standing on the shore of the port, looking at several warships approaching on the horizon, Tamluo garrison general Gao Zhongji frowned.
"Go and see, where is the warship?"
Before the cargo was unloaded, a warship was following behind, which seemed to be something bad.
I originally thought that by making this vote, I would be able to live happily for a while without anyone noticing, but unexpectedly, the news leaked out.
"General, it seems to be a warship from the Song Dynasty! They are coming for revenge!"
"How do you know it's a Song Dynasty warship?"
The sergeant came up to report, and Gao Zhongji felt relieved.
It turned out to be the "cowardly" navy, who thought it was the Mongolian army.
"General, on the whole sea, only the navy of the Song Dynasty uses soft sails. Look at these warships, they all have soft sails!"
"General, only half of the cargo has been unloaded. What should I do?"
The soldiers asked one after another, Gao Zhongji's eyes widened.
"What are you afraid of? There are only a few people in the Song army, and the navy is not infantry or cavalry. It is useless to go ashore! If they dare to go ashore, just defeat them!"
Gao Zhongji had been on the battlefield for a long time and had rich experience in robbery, so he immediately issued a military order.
"Send the order and prepare to fight!"
They all dressed up as pirates, repelled the "coward" navy, cleaned up the mess, and burned the ship. There is no proof and no evidence. Even if the "cowardly" court wants to hold people accountable, they can only ask and can't do anything.
As for the Goryeo court, it is now being oppressed by the Eastern Xia Kingdom and the Mongolian Kingdom, and is almost on the verge of subjugation. How can it control them?
The "pirates" were waiting at the port, and the Song soldiers on the warship were all suspicious.
"General, why don't they escape?"
"How can you throw away the meat that reaches your mouth?"
"General, it looks like these pirates are going to risk their lives!"
"Everyone listens to the order! Put down the boat, but don't fire on the warship until the boat approaches the port. Remember this!"
Zhang Weixiao immediately issued a military order.
The Navy of the Song Dynasty conducts drills on weekdays, both on land and sea. Beach landing drills are commonplace. Today is just a good time to test the actual combat.
When approaching the port, the Song army's warships all stopped, with one side of the ship facing the direction of the port. Immediately after, a dozen sampans and small boats were dropped from the warships, and small cannons and ammunition were also dropped by the soldiers. The soldiers of the Song Army rowed their boats towards the port.
When the boat approached the port shore, Zhang Weixiao nodded gently.
"Puffy!"
The flag was waved, the battleship was filled with smoke, and the rumbling sound of artillery was earth-shattering. Five warships and seventy or eighty cannons opened fire at the same time, and the iron balls screamed and flew, hitting their heads and faces, and hit the "pirates" on the shore.
The iron ball came at a slow speed, and Gao Zhongji thought he could catch it. With a "bang" sound, an iron ball hit a "pirate" next to Gao Zhongji. His brain exploded and plasma splashed all over Gao Zhongji's face.
Gao Zhongji was frightened and hurriedly leaned down.
As nearly a hundred artillery pieces fired together, the screams were heart-breaking. The iron ball hit the port shore, bounced and leaped, and there was immediately a scream and a tooth-aching sound of bones breaking. The "pirates" were bloody and bloody, people were constantly being knocked over, and the port was filled with blood and corpses.
Some "pirates" couldn't stand the bloody battlefield and ran away. Many even lost their weapons.
The Song Army's boat approached the port, and the small cannons on it began to fire again. The cannons of the sea ships and boats roared together, and as the Song Army's navy rushed to land on the beach, the shields covered it, and the thunder struck the "pirates" who were stubbornly resisting at the port.
The sound of artillery and thunderous explosions came one after another, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty navy quickly broke through the "pirate" position at the port.
Zhang Weixiao came ashore, and the "pirates" on the port suffered numerous casualties. The leader of the "pirates" Gao Zhongji was covered in shrapnel, bloody and bloody, and was already dead.
"Continue to pursue and occupy the county government office! Anyone who dares to resist will be shot to death!"
Zhang Weixiao's military order was issued, and Tamluo Island was filled with the sound of artillery explosions and earth-shattering shouts of killing.
At the end of June in the fourth year of Xingqing in the Song Dynasty, the navy of the Song Dynasty captured the small overseas island of Tamluo and wiped out more than a thousand defenders on the island. Zhang Weixiao, the commander of the Song Dynasty navy, sent an envoy to inform the Goryeo court. At the same time, he continued to patrol the maritime trade routes, waiting for the monsoon to turn and report to the Song court.
