One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Xin smiled and said: "Madam is still smart. I have something I want to ask Madam for."

Yu Liyan rolled his eyes at Li Xin and said, "I know your husband won't come to see me for no reason. Tell me, if you need my help with anything, your husband needs my help."

Li Xin said: "It's not a big deal. A child is coming over in a few days, and my wife may need to take care of him for a while."

Yu Liyan asked: "Whose child is the child?"

Li Xin replied: "Did Madam forget the letter from a few days ago?"

Yu Liyan then remembered and said, "Oh, it turns out to be Liang Xing's child. Okay, no problem. Leave the child to me. I will take good care of him."

Seven or eight days later, Zhang Rong brought a child to Li Xin. Li Xin looked at the one-and-a-half-year-old Liang Lei and said with a smile, "Hello, kid."

Liang Lei hid behind Zhang Rong's legs and looked at Li Xin with fear and said nothing. Yu Liyan covered his mouth and chuckled: "Kid, come here, sister will take you to play."

Liang Lei followed Yu Liyan happily. Li Xin scratched his head and said: "Zhang Rong, is this person so scary?"

Zhang Rong waved his hand and said, "No, no."

As soon as Zhang Rong finished speaking, Li Xin heard the guard shout: "My lord, the seventh general wants to see you."

Ruan Xiaoqi was usually busy with patrol matters and rarely came to see Li Xin. This time, he must have asked for an urgent meeting. Thinking of this, Li Xin replied: "Let the Seventh General come in."

Ruan Xiaoqi came in and clasped his fists and said: "My lord, our navy's recent investigation found that there was something unusual at the Gaoli Pier, and ships were gathering on a large scale."

Li Xin asked: "How many days has this happened?"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "Just in the past two or three days, and in the past month or so, we have intercepted many ships traveling to and from Jeju Island. It seems that Korea discovered something unusual in Jeju Island and made this reaction."

Li Xin said: "Okay, Goryeo is finally coming. This time I will beat them so hard that they will never dare to come to Jeju Island again, and order the whole island to enter a state of war readiness."

Everyone clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

Li Xin continued: "Seventh General, your naval force must detect the enemy's departure time. As soon as the enemy sets off, he will report to XX, and XX will be on your boat for the next few days."

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "Yes, my lord, I will get the order at the end."

Li Xin continued to order: "Zhang Rong, your water ghost team sneaked into the enemy's dock at night after the enemy's fleet was far away from the dock, and burned everything on the dock. Remember not to be reluctant to fight. When the fire starts, Retreat quickly."

Zhang Rong cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord, I finally understand."

When Li Xin and others rushed to the pier, Zhai Jin also arrived at the pier. Li Xin said: "General Zhai, you lead three thousand infantry to defend Jeju Island. I will lead two thousand infantry and the navy to fight against the enemy." military."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Okay, my lord, I understand."

Li Xin boarded Ruan Xiaoqi's ship. Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet originally consisted of twenty Gonggong ships. After more than a month of additions, there are now forty Gonggong ships. Each Gonggong ship except Fifty infantry troops, Li Xin is equipped with naval troops, including gunners, sailors, and boat operators.

Li Xin stayed on the ship for a day, and Ruan Xiaoqi came to report at midnight the next day: "Lord, the enemy has moved."

Li Xin asked: "Have you ever found out how many ships the enemy has come?"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "My subordinates have all found out that there is a large sea ship that is much larger than our ship. It seems that the load capacity should be four or five times that of ours. There are fifteen ships of the same class as ours." , there are more than forty ships left that are smaller than ours.”

Li Xin frowned and said: "There are a little few ships here. It seems that the enemy is not sure about our military strength on the island, so he sent a fleet to test us first. No matter what, since they have arrived at our door, let's Eat it all.”

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "Yes, my lord, let's take this small fleet as an appetizer first."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, wait until the enemy fleet approaches Jeju Island before attacking, so as not to prevent anyone from escaping. Also, this is your fleet's first real naval battle, so you must bring out the results of your usual training. .”

Ruan Xiaoqi cupped his fists and said, "My lord, just look at it. Our navy will definitely eat up the enemy's fleet this time."

At noon, the Goryeo fleet was finally seen. Ruan Xiaoqi took a look at the wind direction and then ordered: "Order all ships to seize the upper wind. Then the fleet will move horizontally, and there will be ten ships on the left and right wings waiting for the enemy fleet to enter." Once my fire is within range, I will then outflank the enemy fleet from both sides and don’t let any enemy ship go.”

After receiving the order, each ship took action quickly. When Goryeo's fleet was only meters away from Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet, Ruan Xiaoqi gave the order and the twenty ships in the middle of the fleet opened fire first. .

For a moment, the sound of artillery boomed, and countless cannonballs formed a barrage in front of the Goryeo fleet. Several ships at the front of the Goryeo fleet were instantly hit by the cannonballs. The Goryeo sailors who were hit by the cannonballs were instantly smashed to pieces. and died. The Goryeo sailors were frightened by this bloody and unknown scene. While the Goryeo sailors were in a daze, the hulls of the first Goryeo ships had begun to take in water and sink.

Ruan Xiaoqi saw the right moment and ordered the ships on both sides to surround the Korean fleet. If there was a plane in the sky at this time, Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet could be seen in an arc while firing cannons and surrounding the Korean fleet. .

More and more Goryeo ships were hit. At this time, the Goryeo fleet reacted and wanted to escape, but it was already too late. It was not easy for wooden ships to turn around at sea.

The ships of the Koryo fleet turned around and prepared to escape. However, Ruan Xiaoqi would not give the Koryo fleet time to turn around and escape. Forty Gonggong ships continued to fire at the Koryo fleet. The cannonballs were flying in the sky. Many ships in the fleet were sunk before they could turn around, and some were still in the process of turning around or just after turning around.

The entire battle lasted for an hour, and all more than Korean ships in the Korean fleet were sunk. The largest ship was sunk in the end. The bigger the ship, the harder it is to sink.

Ruan Xiaoqi said happily: "Haha, my lord, this battle was really enjoyable. All the ships in the enemy fleet were sunk."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Well, you did a good job. Look at how many Korean sailors are alive on the sea. They were all picked up and tied up and sent back to Xinghan Island to work as coolies."

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "Okay, I will finally get the order."

Soon Ruan Xiaoqi captured all the living Korean sailors. Li Xin asked: "General Seven, how many Korean prisoners are there in total?"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "My lord, we have captured a total of people, including who were slightly injured. The seriously injured generals have not been captured, and they will not survive even if they are recovered."