The three small fleets of the Song army crisscrossed through the Jin army's formation, and they were unstoppable. One by one, the warships of the Jin army were hit, caught on fire, and blown up. Thick and choking smoke enveloped the entire surface of the sea. The ships were sunk, and some of the soldiers on board were shot with bows and arrows, some were killed by artillery, and some were burned to death by fire. The desperate Jin soldiers jumped into the sea to flee for their lives, but became the target of the Song army's crossbowmen. Blood poured out of the water, screams and wails, roars and explosions resounded across the sea.

And the Jin army's ship array was also disturbed, no one listened to Yan Benxu's command anymore, large and small warships were all crashing like headless flies, fighting separately, and several warships sank because they collided with each other.

This was Li Gongzuo's strategy, first put on a defensive position, induced the Jin army's fleet to attack, and when the two armies' fleets approached, he took advantage of the Jin army's fleet to disperse, and sent a small fleet to break into the Jin army's ship formation, taking advantage of the speed and firepower of the Song army's warships when the wind was downwind, and disrupted the Jin army's formation in one fell swoop.

Wanyan Benxu looked at the small fleet of the three Song armies with a pale face, and the Jin army was in chaos. The shadow of victory just now has long since disappeared without a trace. And at this time, Wan Yan Changzhi was also iron-faced, the commander of the Song army did command the fleet superbly, and the control of the warship was far from what they could imagine for the Jurchens who grew up on horseback.

At this time, Yang Yan and others also admired Li Gongzuo's command.

Li Gongzuo said with a smile: "In fact, there are many Jin soldiers, the ships are small, and the tactics used to disperse the attack and show the opportunity to pedal the ship are good. But even the correct tactics need to be carried out by the right people, but unfortunately their ships, weapons, the quality of the soldiers and the command ability of the commander-in-chief are much different from our army, so even the correct tactics are useless. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "No matter how correct the tactics are, they need the right people to execute. That's not a bad thing to say. ”

At this time, Li Gongzuo ordered again, and the Song army's ship formation also quickly expanded, attacking the Jin army from the front.

The bed crossbow and slingshot on each ship fired in unison. Arrows and cannons suddenly became dense. The Jin army's ship formation was already chaotic in Song Zao, and at this time, it was even more powerless to fight back, and it completely fell into a situation of being passively beaten. The Song army attacked fiercely and burned and sank dozens of Jin army's warships in succession.

Three large Shenzhou also rushed into the Jin army's formation, and the fierce fire and arrow rain brought endless death to the Jin army.

Even Wanyan Changzhi and Wanyan Benxu's boats caught fire in many places, and they were hit three times by their own warships. Seeing the soldiers busy fighting the fire, Wan Yan Changzhi knew that the general trend was going forward, and the defeat of the Jin army was irretrievable. If you continue to fight, you may even lose your own life, after all, in this vast sea, there is nowhere to show your peerless martial arts, so you immediately ordered to retreat. In fact, without his order, the warships of the Jin army had already scattered and fled for their lives.

As soon as Li Gongzuo saw the retreat of the Jin army, he immediately ordered the Song army fleet to pursue, and planned to inflict heavy damage on the Jin army's fleet, so that they did not dare to pursue the Song army again. The warships of the Song army immediately outflanked and pursued from the left and right. Riding the tailwind, he pursued for more than 20 miles, and in the process of pursuit, he sank dozens of warships of the Jin army. The two wings closed together and intercepted more than 20 warships behind the Jin army, and the Song army took advantage of the situation to kick on the Jin soldiers' warships, captured more than 20 warships, and won a complete victory.

At this time, Li Gongzuo gave the order, turned the bow of the ship, and sailed south.

The battle lasted for nearly four hours, from noon to evening. The Song army lost 6 Flying Tiger Boats, 7 Sea Falcon Boats, 10 Loach Boats, and 15 Small Boats, a total of 38 large and small boats, and more than 2,000 people were killed. A total of 183 large and small ships of the Jin army were burned and sunk, and 22 warships of the Jin army were captured. More than 18,000 Jin soldiers were killed and more than 800 were captured. The results were brilliant. It is known as the "Battle of Fukuyama Island" in history.

This was also another large-scale naval battle between the Song and Jin after the "Battle of Chenjiadao" in the 31st year of Shaoxing (1161), which ended in the complete victory of the Song naval army, and once again made it clear that the Song State's superiority at sea was far superior to that of the Jin State.

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Suzhou, the Governor's Mansion.

Yue Lin hurriedly walked into the meeting hall, where Emperor Zhao Tuan, Zhang Jun, Li Xianzhong and others were discussing the military situation. Seeing Yue Lin hurriedly walking in, Zhao Tuan asked, "Shang Qing, is there something wrong?" ”

Yue Lin said: "Your Majesty, it's good news, Haizhou has reported that Yang Yan's expeditionary force has returned to the Great Song Dynasty safely, and there will be four or five days at most to reach Haizhou, and the two princesses are safe and sound," he paused, and said: "Only Yu Gongliang sacrificed his life for the country." ”

Zhao Tuan, Zhang Jun, Li Xianzhong and others were all overjoyed when they heard this, Zhao Tuan stood up suddenly, his face was red with excitement, and he said: "Great, great, they finally came back safely." ”

At this time, Zhang Jun also stood up tremblingly, and was about to speak, when suddenly there was a Venus in front of him, and the person fell to the ground all of a sudden.

It turned out that since Zhao Tuan withdrew to Suzhou, he no longer retreated, and he had to wait for the exact news of the expeditionary force.

Most of the state cities occupied by the Song army were recaptured by the Jin army, and Suzhou became the front line of the Song and Jin wars, and the Song and Jin armies fought many skirmishes on the border of Suzhou, and it was naturally very dangerous for the emperor to stay here. Therefore, the ministers persuaded him to return to Lin'an, at least he should return to Jianli Mansion, which was much safer than Suzhou, but Zhao Tuan insisted on not complying, and just sent Tang Siwei and Qian Duanli back to Lin'an to deal with government affairs first. I still stayed in Suzhou and didn't leave.

For more than ten days, there was no definite news of the expeditionary force, but all kinds of rumors kept coming, some good and bad, and some absurd. At this time, Zhang Junji was over seventy years old, since the Northern Expedition, he worked hard for military affairs for days, and when Qixian was besieged, he was exhausted because of every argument with Tang Siwei, and his body was not as good as before. As soon as he heard that the expeditionary force had finally returned, he was filled with joy and sorrow, and fainted even more at once.

Zhao Tuan hurriedly ordered someone to rescue him, and a few servants hurriedly put Zhang Jun in the bedroom and put him on the bed.

Zhao Tuan took a few close habits and watched the several imperial doctors who came with him busy embroidering Zhang Jun's arm, decocting soup, and boiling medicine for a while. At this time, Long Dayuan said to Zhao Tuan: "Your Majesty, since you now know that the expeditionary force has returned safely, then the emperor is also worried about it, and it is time to go back to Beijing." What's more, now that Wei Gong is ill, he should also be sent back to Beijing to recuperate. ”

Another close Xi Zeng also advised: "Now that the overall situation is stabilizing, it is not appropriate for the emperor to live in Suzhou for a long time, and he should return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Zeng Mo and Long Dayuan were originally the insiders of the palace when Zhao Tuan was the king. He has a close relationship with Zhao Tuan and has won Zhao Tuan's trust. After Zhao Tuan received the Zen, he immediately sealed the dragon Dayuan Zuowu doctor in addition to the privy deputy to undertake the decree, and Zeng Wu Yilang in addition to bringing imperial equipment and running the imperial city division. After admonishing the doctor Liu Du, the first two of them were originally old people in the palace, and they should not be treated without moderation. Therefore, Long Dayuan was changed to the governor of the cabinet, and he had the right to know the affairs of the cabinet, and he did not participate in political affairs, but he also ran the Imperial City Division. Because these two people have a close relationship with Zhao Tuan, they can also form a certain number of moves, and become an independent political force between the main battle, the main and the two factions.

At this time, Han Yanzhi and Liu Heng also rushed back from outside the city to visit Zhang Jun. Seeing that Zhao Tuan was there, he immediately persuaded Zhao Tuan to return to Lin'an. At this time, Zhang Junji woke up slowly, heard their discussion, and hurriedly struggled from the hospital bed, saying, "Your Majesty, ......"

When several people heard that Zhang Jun woke up, they all gathered by the bedside, and Zhao Tuan said: "Gong Wei, you take care of your body, don't get up." ”

Zhang Jun said: "Your Majesty, the minister's body is not in the way, but the emperor has not been stationed abroad for a long time, so it is better to return to Beijing immediately." ”

Only then did Zhao Tuan nod and said, "That's the case, just as Duke Wei said, prepare to return to Beijing." But after I and Wei Gong left, this border matter should be properly arranged? ”

Zhang Jun sat up and said: "You can use Han Ziwen to stay in the Jiankang Governor's Mansion to guard the Jiangfu, Jiangzhou, Chizhou, and Jiangyin armies of Zhenjiangfu, Jiangzhou, Chizhou, and Jiangyin, assisted by Li Xianzhong, and guarded by Li Bao along the coast. Then Wei Sheng guarded Haizhou, Chen Min guarded Sizhou, Qi Fang guarded Haozhou, and Guo Zhen guarded Liuhe. The two cities of Gaoyou and Chaoxian are the general trend, and the Guanshan of Chuzhou is repaired to strangle the enemy, and the Huaiyin and Ma armies are gathered to gather the water army and the horse army to live in Shouchun, and all the key places are built castles; It can be dangerous because of water, and all water is scarce; The addition of Jiang and Huai warships, and the preparation of bows and arrows of all armies, can be worry-free. What's more, the losses of the Jin Army in this Northern Expedition were not small, and only the granary of Heiyang Mountain was burned, and nearly one million stones of grain were lost. There will never be another large-scale southward invasion, and Your Majesty can rest assured. ”

Zhao Tuan nodded and said, "Okay, according to Duke Wei's words, prepare to drive, and return to Beijing on the same day." ”