False Eunuch: With Many Children, I'm as Happy as a Fish in Water

Dingjiazhou is a small place with a tidal flat less than ten miles long. Sun Huchen, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, led tens of thousands of people to form camps along the way.

Cooperating with the naval forces of the Southern Song Dynasty to coordinate the response, it should have been impregnable.

However, Jia Sidao and his generals obviously did not expect that Kublai Khan would suddenly launch such a fierce offensive regardless of casualties.

If you look at it from the sky, this land is already stained red with blood.

Nearly 700,000 troops from Song and Mongolia were fighting together, and the scene was extremely tragic.

On the battlefield, flags fluttered, drums beat loudly, and the soldiers' shouts and fighting intertwined together, like a symphony of death.

On this tragic battlefield, the most eye-catching incident was the collision between the two naval vessels.

These ships collided with each other like wild beasts, splashing water dozens of feet high.

The soldiers on the ship were holding various weapons and pounced on the other side's ship.

However, the naval forces of the Southern Song Dynasty were much better than those of Mongolia in terms of boats and even training.

On the other hand, most of the navy troops under Lu Wenhuan were recently recruited and surrendered Song troops, and they were filled with fishing boats.

Jia Sidao looked at the Mongolian boat that was sunk into the water under the attack of the Southern Song Navy's crossbow catapult, and a look of pride flashed on his face.

"You Tatars, do you know the advantages of boats?"

Jia Sidao believed that his arrangements were foolproof, and coupled with the already arranged fire attack, he could catch them all as soon as the Mongolian navy entered the ambush circle.

However, the next action of the Mongolian navy instantly froze the smile on his face.

See!

Dozens of small boats filled with hay and oil swarmed out and headed straight for the Southern Song navy.

Fire attack!

In ancient river warfare, fire attack was the most effective method.

Obviously, the other party also thought about it.

Just watching the Southern Song Dynasty naval formations commotion for a moment, many cockroaches were hit by fire ships and then burned.

For a moment, the river surface burst into flames.

Fortunately, Jia Sidao's navy was not restrained by chains, so overall, the number of Southern Song Dynasty boats set alight by fire ships was not large.

But even so, the Southern Song Dynasty's first line of defense was eventually opened by the Mongolian navy.

Jia Sidao looked at the Song Meng navy who was entering the boarding battle, and his expression was ugly.

He didn't want his precious naval force to be dragged into such a bad battle.

Moreover, Lu Wenhuan must be thinking of using cannon fodder to exchange money with the Southern Song Navy. Naturally, he cannot let the other party succeed.

Jia Sidao made a prompt decision and issued a military order:

"Pass this commander's military order and order Xia Gui to lead the navy to retreat!"

The navy of the Southern Song Dynasty, who received Jia Sidao's order, began to retreat quickly as soon as they were granted amnesty.

But the Mongolian navy refused to give up and followed closely behind.

Under Jia Sidao's astonished gaze, a large number of Mongolian fleets suddenly appeared and landed on the Dingjiazhou beach.

Tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers disembarked and formed a formation, heading straight towards the camp where Sun Huchen was stationed.

Jia Sidao looked gloomy. If the Mongolian soldiers succeeded, the consequences would be disastrous.

He immediately sent someone to tell Sun Huchen, ordering him to annihilate all the Mongolian troops who landed ashore no matter what the cost!

The Song army obeyed the order and went out.

But don't want to.

As soon as the soldiers of the two sides fought, Jia Sidao heard a piece of bad news.

It is said that Sun Huchen abandoned his army and fled, and a Mongolian cavalry team from behind bypassed Dingjiazhou and cut off the food route of the Southern Song Dynasty army!

"Why is this so?!"

When Jia Sidao heard this, his face was filled with shock.

Just like the original history.

This life-and-death battle that determined the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was extremely comical.

Sun Huchen, the general of the Southern Song Dynasty, fled after hearing the battle.

There was also Xia Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Song Dynasty navy. When he learned that Sun Huchen had escaped, he was afraid that Jia Sidao would win, so he also ran away with most of the Southern Song navy's boats.

Just because he was defeated miserably in the Battle of Huhuangzhou before, once Jia Sidao won this time, he would not be able to escape the blame for the defeat. Only by dragging Jia Sidao into the water could he think of peace and quiet.

Therefore, in just half a day, most of the elite Southern Song troops led by Jia Sidao were lost.

What's more serious is that the Southern Song navy that Xia Gui took away caused Dingjiazhou to lose its geographical defensive advantage, and the Southern Song soldiers stationed there were in trouble!

Jia Sidao was worried, fearing that the Mongolian army would learn the news and immediately order the army to retreat.

I personally took the boat and ran away first.

The entire Battle of Dingjiazhou was full of absurdity and ridicule in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Southern Song Dynasty lost 180,000 soldiers in this battle, and the Mongolian side only lost less than 20,000 soldiers.

From then on, Lin'an was no longer in danger.

Soon, Kublai Khan learned about the changes in the Southern Song Dynasty army, and he rarely laughed.

This Jia Sidao really lived up to the word "childish" he said.

He immediately ordered the rear troops to move forward quickly, and at the same time commanded the navy to charge with all its strength, and asked the armies on both sides of the strait to pursue the Song army along the river.

The Southern Song Dynasty army, which lost its general, was like a fly without a head. The soldiers fought independently, without any structure, and there were even deserters.

The warships of the Song Army were floating back and forth in the Yangtze River, gathering and dispersing in a chaotic mess.

Lu Wenhuan looked at the chaotic Southern Song army formation with complacency, thinking that the Song Dynasty was about to be destroyed, and his status in Mongolia could be improved to a higher level.

He decided to ask Kublai Khan to serve as a vanguard and invade Lin'an.

Lu Wenhuan knew that as a traitor, there was no turning back.

Only by betraying him to the end can he gain Kublai Khan's trust.

But just when Lu Wenhuan was about to press all the Mongolian naval forces under his command and approach Dingjiazhou, he suddenly heard a commotion among his men.

"Um?"

Lu Wenhuan couldn't help but look angry and frowned.

Just when he was about to ask, he saw a fleet of ships appearing out of thin air a few miles upstream!

"This is……?!"

Lu Wenhuan was horrified by the sudden appearance of the fleet.

You know, under his command, the flanks of the pursuing Mongolian navy were completely exposed to the opponent.

If the other party is not a friendly force, the consequences will be disastrous!

"etc……"

While Lu Wenhuan was horrified, a thought flashed through his mind. "Is it possible that this is Jia Sidao's strategy to lure the enemy deeper?"

No!

Lu Wenhuan immediately gave up the idea.

How could an incompetent person like Jia Sidao come up with such a plan? !

Just when Lu Wenhuan was lucky enough to hope that the visitor was not the Southern Song Navy, he hurriedly ordered his men to send a fleet to intercept them.

But it is naturally not easy for the Mongolian navy to be separated.

At the same time, Kublai Khan in the military tent camp also learned about the arrival of a mysterious fleet from upstream.

His face turned gloomy, and he didn't expect a strange army to appear behind him.

There were many senior generals and ministers under Kublai Khan, and they immediately reacted and repeatedly asked Kublai Khan to move elsewhere.

After all, the Mongolian army is now following military orders to pursue the defeated troops of the Southern Song Dynasty, leaving the rear empty and without much defense.

As for this mysterious fleet, it was naturally led by the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun.

"According to your order, we need to kill this barbarian navy as soon as possible!" Zhang Heng screamed excitedly.

Compared with the Mongolian navy,

He led less than a hundred naval vessels, but on the Mongolian side, there were thousands!

However, Zhang Heng was not afraid at all.

He vaguely remembered that his elder once said that times have changed!

indeed.

Times have changed.

Boom!

This sudden navy fleet formed a neat formation three miles away from Lu Wenhuan.

What surprised Lu Wenhuan even more was that the two largest ships in the fleet, with strange shapes, actually exposed their sides towards him.

What is this for?

Then…

Lu Wenhuan saw dozens of flames suddenly spitting out from the side of the big ship, like brilliant fireworks blooming in the night sky!

That's right, with loud noises, the thunderous front-loaded smoothbore cannon fired.

Each solid iron ball the size of a human head, driven by the kinetic energy of gunpowder, hit the Mongolian navy heavily.

The confused Mongolian navy soldiers had not yet realized what had happened.

I saw that many of my colleagues were transformed into broken limbs and pieces of flesh by the impact of the sky-breaking thing!

Lu Wenhuan stared blankly at the strange thing that shattered a dozen boats into pieces in one volley, feeling something bad in his heart.

After a long time, he realized that the person coming was an enemy, not a friend!

At the same time, Lu Wenhuan noticed that after some maneuvers, the enemy fleet revealed the merchant ship filled with fodder, tung oil and other fire starters.

This scene made Lu Wenhuan break out into thin cold sweat on his forehead.

Big trouble!