Because they had to be wary of a sneak attack by the Qi army, the Song army was nervous.
This three days in a row made the Song Army soldiers feel exhausted.
At this time, on the building boat, a soldier stood with a spear in his hand. Although he was standing, his head hung down from time to time, apparently fishing.
"Cheer up!" The officer walked up to the soldier and patted him on the shoulder.
The soldier was awakened and quickly begged for mercy, "Brother Dutou, Qi's gunships have been dangling in front of us all day long, and there will be a false charge from time to time. I haven't had a good sleep for several days."
The officer knew clearly that not only the soldiers, but also him had been on tenterhooks these past few days. He was woken up by a scream as soon as he lay down.
This situation made the morale of the Song army very low. They knew in their hearts that this was a plan by the Qi army to tire out the enemy, but they had to brace themselves to deal with it.
After all, the fire boats swimming on the river are all genuine.
If they are not careful and careful, if the Qi munitions ship really rushes over, the big ship will not be able to avoid it, and it will definitely be burned down.
"Thank you!" The officer didn't know what to say and could only comfort him casually.
"Brother Dutou, it's not okay to go on like this! Brothers don't have to rest. If the Qi army really launches an attack, we won't be able to resist it! Now the brothers are being tortured every day, I think it's better to take advantage of everyone's strength. , Fight with the Qi army!" The soldier obviously knew the officer well and continued to complain.
The officer's face darkened. He actually agreed with the soldier's words, but he still reprimanded him: "It's up to the princes to decide how to fight, so there's no room for you to talk too much!"
When the soldiers heard this, they trembled and quickly stood up straight, looking at the river with vigilant eyes.
The officer shook his head and was about to stride away when the voice of the soldiers behind him sounded again, "Brother Dutou, those animals are here again!"
The officer heard the sound and quickly walked back to the side of the ship. From a distance, he saw densely packed small boats appearing on the river.
In the past few days, the Qi army often used small boats to attack the Song army's large ships. When the large ships adjusted their hulls in panic and prepared to attack, they relied on their maneuverability to make a big turn on the river and row back upstream.
When the officer saw the boat approaching, his face was a little angry. Qi Jun used this trick one after another to prevent him from immediately issuing a defense order.
These Qi army boats should turn back before approaching.
The officer was thinking about it when he suddenly noticed something was wrong. He frowned and looked behind the boat, and saw the Qi army's large ship covering the river.
The officer's expression suddenly changed, "No! Call the police immediately!"
Almost at the same time, the Song fleet on the river gradually realized that the Qi army was going to get serious this time.
"Defense!" The officers' urgent calls rang out from each Song Army warship.
At the same time, the battle flag was hoisted on the navy flagship.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The gunners on the Song Army's warship fired rapidly, and clouds of smoke rose from the ship.
For a moment, cannonballs roared out one after another, and the cannonballs penetrated into the water, stirring up water columns that reached the sky.
However, Qi's fireships had small targets and rushed forward rapidly, so it was difficult to be hit by Song's artillery.
On the navy flagship, Jia Sidao and Ding Daquan saw this scene and suddenly became anxious, "Attention big ship, the small ship is going to intercept!"
The Qi army's fireships went down the river. The Song army's large ship adjusted its hull to avoid it, while the small boat stepped forward to intercept the escort, intending to prevent the Qi army's fireships from colliding.
When the Qi Army fireships braved the shelling and shuttled through the water jets stirred up, on the Qi Army ship behind them, Zhao Tai drew his saber and shouted loudly: "The whole army attacks!"
For a time, thousands of ships of the Qi army were on the river, following the fire ships and rushing toward the Song navy.
When the navy launched an attack, Liu Zheng led tens of thousands of surrender troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River and also rushed towards the Song army camp on the bank.
On the river, the naval forces of the Qi and Song armies fought fiercely.
On the bank of the river, the Qi and Song armies were fighting fiercely on horseback and men.
In an instant, within a radius of tens of miles of Dingjiazhou, the sound of cannons rumbled and the sound of killing shook the sky.
The Qi army came all the way with high morale and overwhelming momentum, while the Song army was in low morale and exhausted physically and mentally.
Less than an hour into the battle, the Southern Song Dynasty's army collapsed first, just like the Battle of Dingjiazhou in history.
The reason for the collapse of the Song Army was similar to the Battle of Dingjiazhou in Mongolia and Song Dynasty, which was that the generals of the Song Army fled before the battle.
In fact, the Song army's water strength was not weak, but the Qi army was so powerful that they were timid before fighting, and it was certain that they would be unable to defeat the Qi army before the battle began.
Therefore, during the battle, the Song army watched the Qi army rushing forward in a fire boat, and saw the Qi soldiers bravely climbing onto the boat without fear of death. Feeling fear in their hearts, they greased the soles of their feet.
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Yangzhou.
After the war between Song and Qi, Qi attacked Song from three directions.
Now both the West and Central Route armies have made progress, but only the East Route army has not made any progress for several months.
Of course, this has something to do with the strategy of the East Route Army, which is to drag the main force of the Song Army to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but seeing the achievements of the West Route Army and the Middle Route Army, the generals of the East Route Army must also be very anxious.
Now that Mongolia has been driven out of the Great Wall, the fighting in the north has basically stopped. If the generals of the Qi army want to make meritorious deeds, they will have to look at this battle between Qi and Song.
Anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see that after the war between Qi and Song, the King of Qi unified the world and must have wanted to unseat Zhao Yun and become the emperor himself.
This means that after defeating Lin'an, Zhao Tai will most likely become emperor soon.
When Zhao Tai proclaims himself emperor, he will definitely reward the meritorious officials.
Throughout the ages, at the beginning of a dynasty, rewards were relatively easy to obtain, and the conditions for granting titles were relatively loose.
Therefore, in this battle between Qi and Song, if you can't get any credit, you will definitely be left behind a lot when it comes to rewards.
After Zhao Tai ascends the throne, if he wants a title, the required merit will be several times that of the founding of the country. Unless he waits for the middle and later stages of the dynasty, when titles become more abundant, it will be easier to obtain the title.
However, the title at that time was not as valuable as it was when the country was founded.
Watching the West Route Army advance into Sichuan and the Middle Route Army capture Jingchu and move down the river to Jinling, the generals of the East Route Army were anxious.
If they don't make meritorious deeds, Lin'an will surrender.
Therefore, when Zhao Tai's troops came to Anqing and the Song army dispatched troops to intercept Zhao Tai in the middle reaches, the generals of the Eastern Route Army realized that their opportunity had come.
During the fierce battle between Qi and Song Dynasty in Dingjiazhou, officers and soldiers of the Eastern Route Army boarded the warships of the Qi Navy one after another.
At this time, on the tall ship, Lu Wende was in high spirits, waved his hand and shouted loudly, "All troops set off!"
After a military order, thousands of warships at several ferries on the north bank of the Yangtze River lifted anchors and raised sails one after another. Then their bows broke through the river and headed for the south bank in a mighty manner.
On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Song Army's sentinel ship discovered the Qi Army fleet that had rushed through the center of the river. The Song soldiers fired warning rockets into the sky in fear.
In an instant, the Song Army camps on the south bank were like bombing camps. Countless Song soldiers rushed out of the camps with weapons in hand.
They stood on the riverside and saw countless large ships, sailing towards them...
