Chapter 407: Maintaining Stability
Zhang Shijie's retreat caused a chain reaction, and the Song army either fled or surrendered, which was much unexpected by Zhao Yu, he thought that as long as he opened fire, he would be able to stabilize the right guard, as long as he mobilized his military strength to block Zhang Hongzheng, who was attacking the left guard. www.biquge.info But now the defeated Left Guard not only disrupted the Chinese army, but also broke a gap in the northern defense line, regardless of the safety of the friendly army, followed the handsome ship to the north and defeated, which was equivalent to throwing a mess to himself.
"Send an order, guide the defeated warships to withdraw from the eastern waterway to the rear of the formation, and those who violate the order and surrender to the enemy will be sunk!" Zhao Yu was originally afraid of hurting friendly troops, but for the sake of the overall situation, he could only be ruthless.
"Your Majesty, some of them have been forced to surrender to the enemy, so please be cautious. As long as Your Majesty wins, they will be corrected! Lu Xiufu saw that His Majesty was going to sink the ship, and said in a hurry.
"Hmph, as long as the flag is erected and lowered, it is our enemy, if there is a heart of loyalty to the monarch and the country, it will not be like this!" Zhao Hao snorted coldly.
"Your Majesty, not all of them are willing to surrender to the enemy, many of them are coerced, and I hope to let them live!" Lu Xiufu persuaded again.
"What Lu Xiang said is reasonable. But at this time, I can't distinguish who is the mastermind and who is the coercion, and I can only do extraordinary things in extraordinary times! Zhao Yu hesitated for a moment, now is it time for me to live if you die, and if you have the kindness of a woman, you will harm others and yourself, so she said with a hard heart.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with making a decision immediately, only in this way can we deter the unrighteous people in the army!" Deng Guangjian stood firmly on the emperor's side, and said with a dark face.
"Alas, it is not a good thing for Your Majesty to have a tyrannical heart at a young age!" Lu Xiufu sighed.
"Lu Xiang, at this moment, they have abandoned the Lord and surrendered to the enemy, it has violated the general righteousness, Your Majesty is doing the right thing for heaven and maintaining the dynasty, and it can never be called tyrannical!" Xu Zongren said.
'......Boom' Zhao Yu didn't want to listen to them arguing about the justice of their actions, he was more concerned about the battle situation, at this moment the Sheji continued to send signals to the Song army warships with flags, a warship rushed to the front regardless of the order, Zheng Yong now hit a round of stone bullets on the bow of his ship to warn, but he still refused to turn, the second round was replaced by a real flowering bomb, in the middle of the bow of the ship, immediately ignited a fire, the boat behind saw this and immediately turned to the east waterway, did not dare to break again. And the Song ships that surrendered were not so polite, and all those who were within the shooting range were attacked indiscriminately, and went with their new masters.
Although Zhao Hao's series of orders did not fundamentally change the battle situation for the time being, the continuous firing of rockets still made Zhang Hongzheng temporarily give up the attack and retreat and regroup. The raised imperial flag is like stinky meat that attracts flies, and Zhang Hongfan, who hopes to make miraculous achievements, is firmly attracted, and he constantly urges the army to attack, wanting to seize the remnants of the Song Dynasty who are close at hand and dedicate themselves to Kublai Khan's steps, but the distance of one hundred and ten steps seems to lie across the heavenly river of the two, so that he can't get close.
Still insisting on fighting, the emperor boat became a beacon in the hearts of the Song army in a panic, and they chose the right path under His Majesty's tough means, and retreated north under the cover of the barrage of artillery fire and rockets of the escort army, hiding behind the emperor boat. But many of them soon felt that they were really shameless, that they should have rushed to the front to protect the emperor and the imperial court, but now they had to rely on His Majesty's help to escape from the enemy, and rely on His Majesty's protection to avoid the pursuit of the enemy.
"Your Majesty, Liu Shiyong, the commander of the people's army, led the army to escort and ask to join the battle!" Guantong hand reported.
"Accurate, let him concurrently serve as the deputy commander of the army in front of the palace, gather the remnants of the army, and line up in the northwest!" Zhao Hao replied.
"Your Majesty, Lu Shicheng, the commander of the Huai Army, led the rear army to escort him and ask to return to the battle!"
"Quasi, let him also take charge of the rest of the Huai Army and line up in the northeast!" Zhao Hao replied.
"Your Majesty, Privy Council Senator Du Hu has returned with fifty warships and asked to return to the battle!"
"Quasi, enter the Chinese army to escort!"
"Your Majesty, Mao Xiang, the squire of the military department, has led thirty warships to return, and asked to enter the battle to escort them!"
"Your Majesty, the Privy Council servant Gao Gui led forty warships and asked to enter the battle to escort them!"
"Your Majesty, the right minister Yao Liangchen led the army of 10,000 people, and 100 ships asked to enter the battle to escort!" ……
At this moment, under the blocking and firing of the firearms of the protectors, the Yuan army was also forced to stop the attack, and the two armies faced each other across the mile and rearranged their troops. With the return of many officials and soldiers and civilians, more than 400 large and small warships have been gathered in the formation of the guards, tens of thousands of personnel, and the soldiers have not had time to check, but there should be no less than 20,000 people, under the command of Zhao Yu, each returned to its place, forming a circular array, the front of the enemy is shielded by the guard warships, the two wings are the strengthened Liu Shiyong and Lu Shicheng, followed by the Huai army temporarily led by Du Hu and the stragglers who cannot return to the team, and then the collected volunteers and the people's army and their families.
The situation was slightly stable, but Zhao Yu did not dare to relax in the slightest, while arranging people to find and contact the Empress Dowager's ship, while arranging manpower to appease the army and the people, and sending courtiers to convey the holy oracle to posthumously appoint the generals of the army, and at the same time to protect the ships of the army to inspect and replenish ammunition, refurbish weapons, prepare for another battle, and arrange medical care to help the wounded. He breathed a sigh of relief when all the orders were given, and at this time both sides had suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted after a day of fierce fighting. What made Zhao Hao happy was that he still had an army to be used for, and the dragon fleet had already been detoured behind the enemy, although it was a little thin, but there was a tendency to attack from both sides.
"What time is it?" The sky was dark, the wind and rain were mixed, and the sun could not be seen, and Zhao Yu couldn't tell the time, so he turned around and asked Wang De.
"Your Majesty, it's the beginning of the unitary time, drink some tea to moisten your throat!" Wang De saw that His Majesty finally had the kung fu to take care of himself, and hurriedly held a cup of tea.
"The tide is going to go out in another hour, so bring me something to eat." Zhao Yu saw the water and felt that his throat was already smoking, just now he kept pulling his throat to issue orders and shouted hoarsely, took a sip of tea and muttered. But thinking about what I did just now, I suddenly found that I might really be the leader's material, such a big scene, such a chaotic situation was actually stabilized under my own scheduling, and I couldn't help but be a little complacent.
"Your Majesty, what do you want to eat? If there is no banner erected by His Majesty today, I am afraid that I will ...... Alas, it's still scary to think about it now! Wang De said with palpitations.
"Just grab some jerky, eat and get ready for the next while!" Zhao Yu said casually.
"Your Majesty, do you still want to fight?" Wang De said tightly in his heart when he heard this.
"Of course, as long as you withstand this while, the next thing is for us to have the final say!" Zhao Hao grinned, he knew that the battle had come to this point, Zhang Hongfan would definitely take advantage of the short time before the tide to launch a final attack, otherwise he would die...... (To be continued.) )