In the festival hall, the aftermath of the young master's episode has not subsided, and the topic of dividing the troops is very loud and boiling.

Liao Shanhe said in a strange manner: "Don't forget, there are hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops in Kaifeng. Our army's strength is already insufficient, and once the troops are divided, they will be weak, and it is easy to capsize in the gutter. ”

Li Zhongyi glanced at Liao Shanhe quietly, this kid looks like a rough man, but he is actually shrewd in his bones. On the surface, Liao Shanhe did not approve of the division of troops, but in fact, he did not want anyone to threaten Li Zhongyi's absolute control position.

For Liao Shanhe's unspoken thoughts, many people in the festival hall are looking at the fire.

Liu Heyang saw it very clearly, but he had other thoughts in his heart, his eyes rolled, and then he got up and hugged his fists and said, "Lord, you robes." Whether or not to divide troops depends on the situation and geographical conditions of the operation. Our army's advance in Kaifeng is bound to rely on the benefits of the Yellow River's water transportation, so the coordination of the sailors and the parallel advance of the land division between the rivers are the military common sense taught to us by the mountain chief. ”

Liao Shanhe rolled his eyes, Liu Heyang actually took out Li Zhongyi's words to suppress everyone, what is this trying to do?

Li Zhongyi glanced at Liu Heyang interestingly, among the important generals in the army, Liu Heyang's personality is very calm, and he has never been a person who talks nonsense.

Moreover, Liu Heyang's opinion is indeed a fair opinion, and there is no trace of insinuation.

At this time, Song Yunxiang slowly got up and said loudly: "Brother Hongguang, if our army is sandwiched into the river, Kaifeng can also be sandwiched by the river." More importantly, if Kaifeng places 100,000 forbidden troops on each side of the river, and then sets fire boats down the river, how to deal with it? ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, he didn't look away, don't look at Song Yunxiang is a state official, but he is a natural general.

I think that at the beginning, when Li Zhongyi was in charge of Lingzhou, if it weren't for Song Yunxiang risking thousands of deaths to sneak into the desert Hanhai and find out the details of the water source, it would never be so dangerous to sweep the party clan.

Since then, Song Yunxiang has attracted the attention of Li Zhongyi, and has been gradually promoted to the secretary of the Senate of the Inspectorate, and even the chief general of the First Army.

Yang Lie's always indifferent eyes swept over Song Yunxiang's body, and there was no stop, and finally fixed on Li Zhongyi's side face.

The calm on the surface, in fact, could not completely hide the emotional fluctuations in Yang Lie's heart.

Since the establishment of Hechi, after a few years, the Central Plains region has finally ushered in a new situation: Dingding Central Plains!

"I've been kneeling for a long time, and I don't know how to stand up!"

"Expel the Tartars, restore China, and exalt your prestige outside the territory!"

"Those who offend me as a strong man and a mighty man, although they are far away, will be punished!"

These Han spirit that Li Zhongyi has been preaching were broken and crumpled by Yang Lie, and finally seeped into his heart like spring rain.

Liu Heyang didn't notice Yang Lie, who bowed his head and pondered, and he retorted without hesitation: "As far as I know, our sailors are not only equipped with artillery, but also have many bamboo pennies. ”

Li Zhongyi held the tea cup in his hand, without any inappropriate expression on his face, but secretly sighed in his heart, Liu Heyang was a layman in the water war after all.

In this era, Li Zhongyi knew better than anyone that with the firepower of more than 30 copper cannons that had been built one after another, in the face of the overwhelming upstream fireships, he had no choice but to turn around and run!

The reason is actually obvious, Kaifeng will definitely adopt a strategy of fire attack in the face of the huge fleet going against the water.

Earlier in the Battle of Chibi in the Three Kingdoms, Huang Gai's fire attack on Cao Ying, its bow was covered with nails, not to mention Zhao Lao Er and Han Tong, who were not bad at military literacy?

Since it was set on fire to the boat on the wide water of the Yellow River, it must have been driven down the river by boatmen with good water qualities. As long as the boatmen have the time to jump into the water to escape, they can calmly swim out of the water before the collision occurs.

As for the method of splashing water in advance to soak the plank, it can also play some role. But the problem is that the fireboat on the Kaifeng side will definitely add oil such as animal fat.

Once the warship of the Li Jiajun Navy Division is nailed to death by the fire ship, how long can the wind borrow the power of the fire, and the fire borrow the power of the wind?

Li Zhongyi saw it very clearly, but he just lowered his head and drank tea, deliberately not squeaking. He wants to see if there are any people on the Senate side who are really familiar with the laws of water warfare?

"Liu Du makes this statement fallacious...... Li Zhongyi's thoughts were not finished, when he saw someone come forward and loudly retort to Liu Heyang, "If the boat that sets fire is filled with the fat of cattle, sheep or pigs, the strategy of pouring water and preventing fire will be self-defeating." ”

There was no emotion at all about this, and everyone in the festival hall, including Li Zhongyi, all turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.

After Li Zhongyi saw the man's face clearly, he couldn't help but smile slightly, it turned out to be Zhao Laoqi, the deputy commander of the water division!

"There is a certain strategy, please ask the Lord and all of you to be right!" Zhao Laoqi clasped his fists and shook his fists, completed the formal politeness, and began his tirade, "According to the rules of the naval division, when the enemy arson is attacking, the first priority is to fall into the cabin ......"

Li Zhongyi nodded, the most vulnerable part of the ship to catch fire is not the deck, but the long sail used to borrow the wind.

In this era, sails were greased when they were maintained due to the need to be waterproof and to ensure stretch.

Once the sails covered with grease are ignited, the entire warship will be hopeless, which is the basic common sense that all officers and soldiers of the naval division must master.

"The Lord has always focused on finding a solution to a problem while finding it. I have a not-so-mature idea, and I will say it first, just for your reference. Zhao Laoqi straightened his waist and said loudly, "The Lord once sent someone to measure the width of the Yellow River, and the widest part of the river from Binzhou to Kaifeng is only more than three miles. At present, our sailors have more than 200 newly built large ships, and only need to draw out more than 30 to block the entire river. Some people may ask, even if the river is blocked, do you still have to burn it together? ”

"In fact, the Lord almost emptied the craftsmen of the Goryeo Kingdom, including a large number of blacksmiths. At present, as far as a certain person knows, there are still more than 100,000 catties of iron in our army. It is better to melt a part of the iron, make it into a thin iron plate, and nail it to the board or the cabin of the ship. If the upstream fireships sail down the river, we can use iron chains to connect the ships together, which not only blocks the river and does not disturb our main fleet, but also invalidates the enemy's fire attack, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

As soon as Zhao Laoyi's words came out, the knowledgeable Li Zhongyi couldn't help but applaud, "Okay, what a powerful Zhao Laoqi, Lao Zileng is right you." ”

Less than two days after the meeting, Li Jiajun, which is also the first ironclad warship in historical records, was successfully born on the coast of Dengzhou.