Although He Weixian was anxious, it was a pity that it was difficult for Qiao Woman to cook without rice, so he ordered every kind of search in the vicinity of the canal and the lake, and obtained more than 300 large and small boats. But there are not many that can be used, you must know that shipbuilding is based on fir wood, followed by pine. Whereas, pine is inexpensive, and most of the boats in the inland rivers are pine. But pine wood is perishable, and it takes three years to overhaul it, and even then it will be scrapped in five or six years.

Therefore, these ships are selective, and there are more than 100 that can be used. The so-called big boat is the remaining boat on the canal, although it is a 400 stone boat, but the length of the standard boat is about seven zhang, and the width is more than two zhang. The load can be stacked high, but people can't stack it, so even a large ship can carry sixty or seventy people, which is already the limit, and soldiers still need to carry weapons in battle, in fact, they can barely carry fifty people at most. It is a pity that there are only about a dozen boats, and the rest are ferries and cargo boats that can carry 20 or 30 people, and there are also fishing boats that can only carry about 10 people.

As a result, He Weixian's plan to use 5,000 troops to surprise attack the rear camp of the Song army seems to be stranded because of the lack of ships. But he was not reconciled, so he decided to use all available ships to carry 2,000 infantry troops, including 1,000 firearms guards and 1,000 soldiers as the main combat force on the water, and the insufficient number was thrown into the battlefield by land by horse.

Yu Wa and Bo Da'er almost cried when they heard this arrangement, this thing is simply taking war as a child's play, and treating human life as a mustard. First of all, how to cooperate with the two roads of men and horses, 3,000 cavalry rushed for 100 miles, and how to ensure that they were not discovered by the enemy army is a big problem. In other words, according to its deployment, the land soldiers and horses should avoid the main road and march along the small road by the lake to meet each other, but the speed of the two marches is different, and how to ensure that they can reach the destination at the same time. Moreover, the lake is full of tidal flats, the mud and sand are soft, and the hooves of the war horses are easy to get trapped, and they cannot gallop at all.

The two bitterly persuaded He Weixian to give up the plan, but he had already eaten the scales at this time, and once again raised the sweat to impeach the two in the name of cowardice and cowardice, and they had no choice but to comply. So three days later, in the evening, the army quietly left the camp by twilight, and Lu Lu was led by Yuwa, the commander of the avant-garde. And He Weixian did not lose his word, and personally led the waterway army to go.

Surrounded by his entourage, He Weixian boarded the tallest and most luxurious handsome ship in the fleet, and everyone with a discerning eye knew that this boat was actually a boat used for swimming in the lake. It seems to be tall and magnificent, but in fact, it is only suitable for walking around the lake when the wind is calm, and it is not suitable for sailing in deep water, and it is even more fun to be a warship. But he prides himself on being a merry and talented man, and he still looks at this ship as his handsome ship.

Hundreds of boats fought for the crossing, and thousands of armies were launched. He Weixian was also dressed in military uniform, with a helmet and armor, a treasure knife hanging from his waist, and standing on the bow of the ship with his back hand, he actually gave birth to a sense of pride, and he also wanted to learn from his ancestors to make contributions on the battlefield, hoping to inherit the ancestor one day. But he turned his face to look at the crying face of Jia Zhenhou, the thousandth household of the firearms guard beside him, and suddenly felt very disappointed, when he just got on the ship, he had already seen the soldiers and the villagers who stayed behind crying, explaining what was behind him, as if this battle was not a meritorious service, but a place to go and no return.

"Jia Qianhu, can the sentinel be rewarded?" Although He Weixian is arrogant and confident, he is not a fool, and after delaying these two days, he also sent spies to the rear camp of the Song army to spy on the enemy's movements and determine the location of the emperor's camp in the Southern Dynasty.

"Envoy, the sentinels who have returned today have reported that there is no change in the enemy's camp, and only a few teams of boats are heading north along the canal. And the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty only led the army to fish and shrimp in the lake in the past two days, and hunted wild animals. Jia Zhenhou clenched his fists and saluted.

"Well, it seems that as I expected, the previous spies did not startle the snakes and alert them." He Weixian said with a provocative remark at the corner of his mouth.

"The inner envoy is clever, how can he compare to that little thief!" Jia Zhenhou squeezed out a smile on his bearded big face and said. He was also not born in Baiding, his father also served as the commander of the left wing of the Han army, and the general who followed Kublai Khan's expedition to the east and west, he had accompanied his father to fight left and right, and later Ahma was killed, which caused Kublai Khan's suspicion, and a large number of Han generals were cut to power. Therefore, he has actual combat experience, and in his opinion, this battle plan is full of loopholes and has no chance of winning, but he does not dare to disobey his orders, otherwise he will be involved in one book, and the family will be implicated.

"Eh, this official has not gone through the battle formation, but he has only read a few military books, and he often listens to the teachings of the Great Khan, and he is just familiar with military affairs, and he needs Jia Qianhu to give him a lot of advice!" Jia Zhenhou said modestly.

"How dare you, how dare you!" Jia Zhenhou said repeatedly, and said in his heart that you have carried out the sweat, how dare I advise.

"Jia Qianhu, this battle happened to be successful, ruining the enemy's baggage, and it will definitely break the enemy's retreat and relieve the Great Khan's worries. Jia Qianhu is also a great achievement, and this official will definitely play the Great Khan and ask for the seal! He Weixian said. He also saw that the generals did not support his plan, and someone needed to serve him at the moment, so he naturally had to offer some benefits.

"The last general will serve the death force to repay the great Khan's grace, and at that time, he will rely on the internal envoy to say a few good words!" Jia Zhenhou saluted again. And in his heart, he secretly slandered himself, not to mention winning, it would be good to go back alive.

"We are all from the Han army, and we are all in one breath, and we should take care of each other." He Weixian saw that he was very sensible, and said happily, "Have you ever ordered the tactics formulated by this official to go down?" ”

"They have all been arranged according to the orders of the chamberlain, and once the battle begins, they will approach the enemy ship and first inflict heavy damage on it with a large gun, and then use a small gun to kill and wound the soldiers on the enemy ship after getting a little closer, and then quickly approach and board the enemy ship. The other ships took the opportunity to rush into the water village, released rockets to burn the enemy boats, and then took advantage of the chaos to go ashore and attack the camp, and cooperate with our army on the shore to capture and kill the enemy emperor! ”

"Well, that's good." He Weixian nodded and said with satisfaction, "After the war, you must act quickly, don't get entangled with the enemy ships, as long as the enemy army is in chaos, you must stare at the imperial boat of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to prevent him from escaping!" ”

"Yes, this official will obey the orders of the envoy!" Jia Zhenhou agreed, sighing in his heart that this product was really whimsical, with his own broken ships to fight against the Song Army's sailors, the result could be imagined with his feet, but he still said politely, "Internal envoy, the night breeze on the lake is cool, please rest in the cabin!" ”

"It's okay, everything depends on Jia Qianhu!" At this time, the sky was getting darker, the wind became clammy and cold, and He Weixian was also uncomfortable, and he did not shirk it. But soon he couldn't sit still in the cabin.

This surprise fleet was originally deficient, and the firearms guards and infantry carried by them were all northerners from top to bottom, and those who were a little good at water knew nothing about boating and sailing, and they all relied on civilian sailors who were forcibly conscripted to drive the boats. To say that these boatmen are also good at water, but they have not undergone military training, let alone know how to form formations, how to form formations, do not know how to cover and cooperate with each other, and do not understand the flags.

In addition, the fleet used is also a patchwork of various ships, not to mention the size, some are driven by sails, some are driven by oars, the speed must be different, with the extension of the distance, the consequences of the difference in speed are revealed, and the small boats that should have been outposts are soon overtaken by the large ships driven by the sails. However, small boats mostly rely on oars to urge the navigation, and people's physical strength is always limited, even if they want to catch up, they are more than willing but not enough. Therefore, it did not take long, and the whole fleet was like sheep, and it became a long and intermittent line.

This confusion is exacerbated by the fact that it is completely dark. Because he was worried that he would be discovered by the Song army and expose the target, He Weixian strictly ordered the ships not to hold the lights, so it was difficult to determine the distance between the ships, and the ships did not want to be on land. Therefore, when the two ships are too close, it is too late to stop and turn, and it is up to them to see whose ship is bigger and whose ship is stronger. So often a loud bang is followed by bursts of cries for help, but those landlubbers flutter for a while and then stop talking, and many people drown before they can be rescued.

In addition, sailors are not familiar with every channel in the lake, and they often do not sail at night to prevent straying in the shallows, running aground or getting lost, and even if they cannot return, they will anchor at the nearest shore and wait for dawn. But at this time, marching in the darkness of the night, they could only follow those sailors who had experience in night sailing and knew the terrain well. And those ships that broke away from the fleet were not so lucky, some touched the beach and sank, some strayed into the river, some got lost in the reeds, and some circled on the lake without knowing the direction.

After He Weixian found out that something was wrong, he also tried to re-form, but he couldn't think of an appropriate method for a while. Raising the mast light made the ship want to get closer to him, but he was afraid of being discovered by the Song army's sentinel ships, and even more afraid of being collided by other ships; The sound of the horn was indeed understood by the Mongolian army, but they did not dare to blow it, the sound made by that thing could be heard for twenty or thirty miles in the open space, and the Song army could not be vigilant when it heard it.

Before he could figure out the method, He Weixian couldn't hold on at this time. As the fleet moved deeper into the middle of the lake, the wind grew stronger, and the boat he was riding on had a shallow draft and a high superstructure, and swayed more violently than any other boat. He inevitably became seasick, not only vomited in the dark, but was too dizzy to stand, and was carried to the cabin by his entourage to rest. And although Jia Zhenhou was also seasick, he was still stronger than his resistance, and he could still hold on, so he couldn't take care of it anymore, and asked the ships to get as close as possible by calling them, so as not to get separated.

What is even more worrying is that the two armies cannot communicate with each other. And there are no watches in this era, although the time of the rendezvous attack is agreed in advance, but no one can figure out what time it is, whether it is fast or slow? I don't know if the other party's march went smoothly and what position it reached. Everything was in chaos like a blind man and a blind horse......