Although He Weixian was anxious and lamented that the clever wife could not cook without rice, he ordered a search near the canal and the lake, and obtained more than 300 ships of all sizes and sizes. However, not many of them were useful. You should know that fir trees are the best, followed by pine trees. The cost of pine trees is low, and most of the ships in the inland rivers are pine trees. However, the pine trees are prone to rot and require overhaul in three years, and even so, they will be scrapped in five or six years.

Therefore, this batch of ships can be picked and selected, and there are more than a hundred people who can use it. The so-called large ships are the remaining canals. Although they are 400 stone ships, the standard canal length is only about seven meters and more than two meters wide. The cargo can be piled up and the code is high, but people cannot stack them up. Therefore, even large ships can carry six or seventy people, which is the limit. Moreover, soldiers also need to carry weapons in battle, but in fact they can only carry fifty people at most. Unfortunately, there are only ten canal ships, and the rest can carry ferries and cargo ships of twenty or thirty people, and fishing boats of only ten people.

In this way, He Weixian's plan to use 5,000 troops to attack the Song army's rear camp seemed to be stranded because there were not enough ships. But he was not willing to do so, so he decided to use all available ships to carry 2,000 infantry troops, including 1,000 firearm guards and 1,000 soldiers as the main combat forces on the water. In a few cases, he took horses to put them on the battlefield by land.

Yuwashi and Bodaer were almost crying when they heard this arrangement. This guy was simply treating war as a joke and treated human life as grass. First, how to cooperate between two groups of people. Three thousand cavalry raided a hundred miles, and how to ensure that they were not discovered by the enemy was a big problem. Then, according to their deployment, the troops on land should avoid the main road and march along the small paths by the lake to cooperate with each other. However, the speed of the two was different, so how to ensure that they could reach the destination at the same time. Moreover, the lake was full of mudflats, and the mud and sand were soft, and the hooves of war horses were easily trapped and could not gallop.

The two tried hard to persuade He Weixian to give up the plan, but he had already taken the weight and took it upon himself, and once again carried out a great sweat to impeach the two of them for the name of timid and timid battle and delayed the opportunity for war. They had no choice but to follow it. So in the evening three days later, the army quietly left the camp in the evening, and the forerunner commander Yu Washi led the land route. He Weixian did not make any mistakes and personally led the water route army to go.

He Weixian boarded the tallest and luxurious handsome ship in the fleet surrounded by his followers. Everyone with a discerning eye knew that this ship was actually a boat ship used for lake tours. It seemed tall and magnificent, but it was only suitable for walking by the lake when the wind was calm, not for sailing in deep waters, and was even more joking as a warship. But he claimed to be a romantic talent, but he also liked this ship as his handsome ship.

A hundred boats were fighting for crossing, and thousands of troops were finally launched. He Weixian was also wearing military uniforms, wearing helmets and armor, hanging a treasure knife, standing on the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, and actually felt proud. He also wanted to learn from his ancestors to make achievements on the battlefield, hoping to one day inherit the ancestor's title. But he turned his face and looked at the 1,000-year-old Jia Zhenhou, the 1,000-year-old firearm guard beside him and felt very disappointed. When he got on the boat, he had already seen the soldiers crying and the fellow villagers who were left behind, explaining his affairs afterwards, as if this battle was not about making achievements, but about leaving but not returning.

"Jia Qianhu, can the siege detectives be rewarded?" Although He Weixian was arrogant and confident, he was not a fool. 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 Southern Dynasty emperor's camp.

"Reported to the internal envoy, the sentry detectives who returned today reported that there was no abnormal movement in the enemy camp, and only a few teams of grain ships headed north along the canal. The young emperor of the Southern Dynasty has only led his troops to fish and shrimp in the lake in the past two days, and hunted wild animals." Jia Zhenhou said with his fists.

"Well, it seems that as I expected, the spy before did not alarm the snake, which aroused their alertness." He Weixian raised his lips and said with a provocation.

"The inner messenger's magic tricks are so good, how can he be compared to that little thief!" Jia Zhen forced a smile on his face, with a big beard, and he said. He was not from Bai Ding. His father was also the commander of the left wing of the Han army. He followed Kublai Khan to fight in the east and west. He once accompanied his father to fight left and right. Later, Ahma was killed, which aroused Kublai Khan's suspicion. A large number of Han generals were stripped of power. He was granted the thousand-household guards' personal army to serve him. Therefore, he had practical experience, and he seemed to have loopholes in the battle plan and had no chance of winning, but he did not dare to disobey. Otherwise, if he was included in the book, the family would be implicated.

"Hey, I have not passed through the battle formation. I have only read a few military books. I often listen to the Khan's teachings and are just a little bit about military affairs. I also need Jia Qianhu to give me more advice!" Jia Zhenhou said modestly.

"How dare you, how dare you!" Jia Zhenhou said repeatedly, thinking to himself that you have brought out all the sweat, why would I still dare to give advice?

"Jia Qianhu, this battle happened to be successful, destroying the enemy's baggage, which will surely defeat the enemy's retreat and relieve the Khan's worries. Jia Qianhu is also a great achievement, and I will definitely submit a letter to the Khan for a title!" He Weixian said. He also realized that the generals did not support his plan, and someone needed to serve him at the moment, so naturally they would have to offer some benefits.

"The last general will work hard to repay the great Khan's kindness. At that time, he will rely on the inner envoy to say many good words!" Jia Zhenhou said politely again. However, he secretly complained in his heart that it would be great if he could go back alive.

"We are all from the Marquis of the Han army. We are already in a state of great excitement, so it is appropriate to take care of each other." He Weixian said happily when he saw that he was very sensible, "Have you ever ordered the tactics formulated by this official?"

"All have been arranged according to the eunuch's instructions. Once the war starts, get close to the enemy ship and first use a large gun to severely damage it. Then use a small gun to kill and injure the soldiers on the enemy ship, and then quickly get close to board the enemy ship. The other ships take the opportunity to rush into the water camp, release rockets and burn the enemy ships, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack the camp and cooperate with our army to capture and kill the enemy emperor on the shore!"

"Yeah, it's not bad." He Weixian nodded and said with satisfaction, "After the war starts, you must act quickly, don't get entangled with enemy ships. As long as the enemy's troops are in chaos, you must keep a blind eye on the imperial boats of the Southern Dynasty emperor to prevent him from escaping in the chaos!"

"Yes, I will follow the instructions of the internal envoy!" Jia Zhenhou agreed, sighing in his heart that this guy was really fantastic. He fought against the Song army navy with his own broken ships. He could think of how he could use his feet, but he still said politely, "The internal envoy, the night wind on the lake is cool, please rest in the cabin!"

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

This surprise attack fleet was inherently inadequate. The firearm guards and infantry carried were all northerners from top to bottom. Those who were a little good at water were ignorant of boating and sailing. They all rely on forced civil sailors to drive. These boatmen were also good at water, but they did not undergo military training, and they did not know how to form formations and form formations. They did not know how to cover and cooperate between the ships, and they could not understand the flags. Soon after they sailed, the formations were in chaos and became their own battles.

In addition, the fleet is made up of various ships, not to mention the size, but also by sails, and some by oars and oars, and the speed must be different. As the distance extends, the consequences of different speeds appear. The small boats that should be the outposts are quickly surpassed by large ships driven by sails. However, small boats are often driven by oars and oars, and people's physical strength is always limited, and even if they want to catch up, they are willing but not enough. Therefore, the time is not long, and the entire fleet is like a sheep poop, and it has become a intermittent long line.

This chaos became even worse after it was completely dark. Because of concerns about being discovered by the Song army and exposing the target, He Weixian ordered that each ship not be allowed to hold lights, so it was difficult to determine the distance between each ship. The ship did not want the car on the land, and could brake suddenly if it was about to hit it. Therefore, when the two ships were too close, it was too late to stop the ship and turn. At this time, it was time to see who was bigger and who was strong. Therefore, after a loud bang, there was a burst of cry for help, but the land ducks flapped for a while and disappeared, and many people were drowned before rescue.

In addition, sailors are not familiar with every channel in the lake, and at night they often do not sail, to prevent them from accidentally stranding or trekking. Even if they cannot return, they will approach the shore and anchor and wait for dawn. But at this time, they can only follow sailors who have experience in night sailing and are familiar with the terrain. And those ships that leave the fleet are not so lucky, some are sinking from the beach, some are mistakenly entering the river, some are reed marshes, and some are circling on the lake without knowing the direction.

After He Weixian found out that something was wrong, he also tried to re-form, but he could not think of an appropriate method for a while. He raised the mast light to make the ship want to get closer, but he was worried that he would be discovered by the Song army's whistle ship, and he was even more afraid to be collided by other ships. The sound of the horns was indeed understood by the Mongolian army, but he did not dare to blow them. The sound of the thing could be heard from the open space for twenty or thirty miles. How could the Song army not be vigilant?

Before he could figure out the method, He Weixian could not hold on at this time. As the fleet penetrated deep into the middle of the lake, the wind became stronger. The boat he was riding on was shallow and the superstructure was high. It was much more violent than other ships after being exposed to the wind. He was inevitably seasick. Not only did he vomit and couldn't stand it. He was caught in the cabin by his followers. Although Jia Zhenhou was also seasick, he was still stronger than his resistance and could still hold on. He didn't care much about it. He called and let the ships move as close as possible and did not get separated.

What is even more worrying is that the water and land armies cannot communicate. There are no watches in this era. Although the time for the meeting and attack was agreed in advance, no one can figure out what time it is now, whether it is fast or slow? I don’t know whether the other party’s march was smooth and where he reached. Everything was like a blind man and a blind horse…
Chapter completed!