Even if there are stars as evidence to help people identify the direction at night, it is impossible to go around in circles at will when sailing on the sea.
The fleet's route must be corrected in time based on reference objects in the sky and on land every once in a while, so as not to completely lose its course.
It takes at least a day and a half to sail from Tuoji Island to Jiaowan.
It was impossible for the man named Han to insert the line straight into Jiaowan like drawing a line on a map. After dawn, he had to adjust the course and bring the warship closer to the land, and then he could see a fixed area of land reference on the sea.
Continue sailing southwest until you reach Jiaowan safely.
At most he left half an hour early.
On the sea, you can't go far in half an hour, and it's easy to catch up!
After daybreak, as long as the Goryeo fleet pursues the coastline of the Song Dynasty, it will not worry about losing its target.
"This guy is full of cunning tricks, but after all he is a land general and doesn't know anything about naval warfare!" Cai Renyuan was sure that he could catch up and kill Han Qing before he escaped into Jiaowan. Cai Renyuan gritted his teeth and shook his fist! "This guy,
After I catch up with him, I will make him regret so much that he even vomits out his intestines!"
Land warfare has the tactics of land warfare, and water warfare has the ultimate move of water warfare. Although so far, the Korean navy has been hacked to pieces by Han Qing. However, what Han Qing relies on is all conspiracy and trickery, not once
It was a victory in an upright naval battle.
Cai Renyuan, on the other hand, has been famous at sea for many years and has rich combat experience. He doesn't believe that if he bites Han Qing at sea, the latter can escape calmly.
It was as if a god somewhere had heard his inner wish. At midnight the next day, Cai Qing, the deputy commander of the army, hurriedly came to report that the Song Dynasty fleet had been spotted in the direction of Kuntu!
"Send the order, catch up, no matter the cost!" Cai Renyuan, who was resting with his eyes closed on the first floor of the Tianshu flagship, felt so energetic that he jumped out of bed and opened the window with his own hands.
It was midsummer, the sky was already bright, and the visibility on the sea was extremely high. Without using any tools, his eyes saw a row of sparrow-sized ships at the junction of the sea and the sky in front of him.
To the right of the group of "sparrows", there is a fertile land that stretches deep into the sea, like pines and cypresses growing in the sky beside the cliff.
On the top of the pines and cypresses, there are two faint golden auspicious clouds, one small and one big, flickering in and out.
Fifteen miles away at most, no more! With years of experience and intuition in water battles, Cai Renyuan quickly made a judgment on the distance between himself and the target.
The main fleet of the Koryo Navy, which had long been holding back its resentment and hatred, suddenly accelerated, using both sails and oars, and pursued the target direction.
The two sides were heading in basically the same direction, and the difference in wind power that the sails could borrow was not too big. Although the distance of fifteen miles was not that far, it would take at least an hour and a half to equalize.
Cai Renyuan was experienced and patient enough. After glaring at the fleet in the distance for a few times, he quickly withdrew his gaze and turned his head towards the wall.
A huge and detailed map quickly came into view.
It took ten years of meticulous work by Goryeo to make it. Although it is not as accurate as the maps of later generations, it far exceeds any map released by the people and officials of the Song Dynasty in this era.
At first glance, Cai Renyuan found his current location on the map based on the scene he just saw.
Near the Chengshan Peninsula in Dengzhou during the Great Song Dynasty.
The two auspicious clouds dyed golden by the sun are not real clouds, but two islands. The larger one is Jiming Island, and the smaller one is Hailu Island.
Around Chengshan is Chengwan, where there is no harbor that can provide protection for warships.
After Chengwan, there is Wulei Bay. There is a natural harbor similar in size to Dengzhou. It was washed by the Wen River and can be used for fishing boats to berth. However, in most parts of the harbor, the water is only five to seven feet deep, and the seabed is full of
It’s silt. It’s impossible for warships to park inside, and there’s no city to support them!
After Wulei Bay, walk for more than an hour and you will reach Rushhan Village Port. There is a water village in the harbor that has been abandoned for many years. The defense facilities are not as good as Furong Island!
After Rushhanzhai Port, there is an Oolong Bay, also formed by river water. The bay is wide enough, but unfortunately, it is still full of mud. If a warship rushes in hastily, it will definitely end up stranded!
Further south, you don’t have to look any further.
Although the summer is long, Han Qing's warship can only escape to the vicinity of Oolong Bay before dark. But before that, the Korean fleet can already bite it, and then rush on board to dismantle it into eight pieces.
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"Come here, prepare some food for me!" Taking a deep breath, Cai Renyuan looked away from the map and ordered downstairs.
"Yes!" the soldier agreed and brought over the food carefully prepared by the cook. While Cai Ren was eating, he mentally sketched out the plan for the decisive battle.
With plenty of time and plenty of troops, he basically has a chance to win this battle.
"Commander, we have captured the Song army!" An hour later, Cai Qing, the deputy commander of the army, ran up the stairs again, panting and reporting to Cai Renyuan.
"How many warships are there in total, no matter how big or small?" Cai Renyuan handed the teacup in his hand to the soldiers beside him and asked with a frown.
The dining table in front of him has been replaced by a rice plate and bamboo chips. Corn dyed with indigo is piled in a sea-like shape on the rice plate. There are also more than a dozen thumb-sized bamboo carvings in front of him, representing the entire Goryeo Empire.
fleet.
"There are thirty-two large ships and eleven sentinel ships." Cai Qing reported truthfully based on his own observations without thinking.
"What formation, show me!" Cai Renyuan frowned again and ordered through gritted teeth.
With only thirty-two battleships, he destroyed his entire rearguard squadron. Han Qing's arrogance made him unable to help but be angry.
However, considering that there were hundreds of fishing boats participating in the battle last night, and now, the fishing boats had already fled and could no longer provide any help to Han Qing. The anger in Cai Renyuan's heart calmed down again, and he just got up and walked to the dining table, waiting patiently
Cai Qing's response.
Cai Qing agreed very neatly, and the movements of his hands were also very neat. He grabbed the wooden carvings representing the fleet one by one from the bamboo basket beside the dining table, and quickly placed them on the rice plate.
However, after only placing a few pieces, his movements slowed down, and he still refused to take out his right hand that had reached into the bamboo basket.
"What's wrong, can't you even do such a small thing?" Cai Renyuan was strict with the juniors and immediately frowned even more tightly.
"No, it's not! Forgive me, Commander!" Cai Qing, who finally got the chance to show off in front of Cai Renyuan, heard this and quickly placed the captured wood carvings on the rice plate. While placing them, he explained in a hoarse voice, "
Commander Qi, the Song army has no intention of fighting, so it always uses the Yanxing formation. However, most of the warships on the right side of Yanyi are, probably, from the hands of Huangfu Gong and Che Li.
The ones that were stolen. Also, all the sentry ships are of the Korean standard!"
