If you want to cross the river and sweep across the south of the Yangtze River, you must remove these two tricky water troops. Mengge's solution is very simple, setting a high reward standard, and recruiting skilled craftsmen from various countries to create new ships for Mongolia.

Finally, the new ships that were enough to suppress the Southern Dynasties were provided by the navy craftsmen from Goryeo. They presented Mongolian Khan with a carefully conceived new style of warships. This new warship was converted based on ordinary building ships and greatly reduced the useless ship tower. Instead, it was a shell made of hardwood covering the entire upper deck, just like a turtle back panel. There were only a narrow crossroads for passage in the middle, and iron sharp corners and sharp blades were equipped around the warships, making it difficult for the enemy jumpers to get close to. The warships were equipped with the latest weapons achievements of Mongolia, long-barrel cannons cast in bronze. According to the estimates of the Song Dynasty spies, the ship was equipped with at least fourteen to sixteen artillery pieces that were equal to the small iron general cannons of the Song Dynasty to suppress the long-range firepower that the Song Dynasty relied on to boast.

This will be the ace weapon used by Mongolia to destroy the elite navy of the Song army. In addition, Mengge also recruited tens of thousands of shipbuilders and more than 100,000 civilians and built a brand-new warship of 7,000. This is an unprecedented number. In history, the troops that attacked the Southern Dynasties in the past were as numerous as 3,000, and the warships used were never as numerous as today. Naturally, under the urgency of time, these ships were not large in scale, mostly just small oar boats, but so many ships were enough to cross the vast Yangtze River. When fighting with the navy of the Song Dynasty, these warships could still leverage the advantages of wolves fighting against tigers and use their number to siege the elite Song army warships.

Most Mongolian generals were unsure of the arrangement of Mengge Khan. They did not know whether such careful preparations and such a large fleet could really shake the surface advantage of the Southern Dynasties that depended on themselves. After all, they have been suffering losses on the water in the past ten years, so that everyone agreed that the northern naval army was not as good as the Southern army. They even adopted extreme combat methods, such as trying to build dams on the Han River to block the Han River and form land paths. Naturally, such a whimsical idea would be easily defeated by the coordinated combat of the Song Dynasty's waters and army.

The first water battle that occurred after heading south proved that Mengge's idea was correct. With the support of thirty tortoise shell ships, a thousand Mongolian small warships, with the support of land crossbows and small artillery, launched an attack on more than 100 warships of the Jinghu Navy that came to test. The core of these warships was twenty Dongting gunboats. After a short and fierce battle, the Mongolian army defeated the powerful Dongting gunboats for the first time in three years. This psychologically constructed support was extraordinary. Even when the good news came to Taiyuan, the entire Oerduo cheered inside and outside.

Ten Dongting gunboats were destroyed or captured, and the Song army lost more than 30 warships. Although the results were not fruitful, they broke the legend that Dongting gunboats were invincible.

Next, the Mongolian army advanced along the water and land, and began to march towards the hinterland of Jinghu Lake.

The army advanced into four routes. Marshal Du, Nuo Pin, led 70,000 cavalry as a vanguard, and joined with the vanguard troops who were besieging Yingzhou. Except for the 20,000 troops who continued to attack Yingzhou, they all took warships and went down the Han River to take straight to Ezhou City. Marshal Du, led 50,000 cavalry along the river to escort all the Song Dynasty troops that dared to come and stop them.

He also led 30,000 guerrilla troops in the marshal's chariot to attack Fuzhou and Huangzhou, and restrained the troops of the Jing-E Dutong Division stationed in Huangzhou, making it impossible for them to provide timely reinforcements to Ezhou.

With Zhongshu Nahan as the second team, he led 100,000 cavalry and infantry artillery troops as the first phase of the besieging force, he set up a siege line outside Ezhou, built a besieged position, built a fort, dug trenches, and built a pontoon bridge, waiting for the arrival of the main force.

Finally, there were 150,000 main elite troops led by Mengge, including the elite troops of the Western Expedition Army that Mongolia had become famous in the Western Expedition countries, the main force of Qiexue who had been in Helin for a long time, and the Wuwei Army trained by Kublai Khan himself. The army included Zhao Bi, the commander of the Jianghuai Jinghu, Yang Weizhong, the commander of the Jianghuai Jinghu, the commander of the north and south roads, Hao Jingjing, the commander of the Jingnan Xuanfu, and the commander of the generals, the commander of the two princes were the commander of Hantuhu, the son of Belegutai and the grandson of Huduhu. The two of them, together with the head of the Wanggu tribe and the son-in-law Jun Buhua, formed the command core team closest to the Khan.

Below the three, there were equipped with Shuntian Wanhu Zhang Rou, Henan Strategic Envoy Shi Tianze, the commander of the world's commander, the commander of the Western Regions, the commander of the world's commander, the commander of the Western Regions, the commander of the Wanhu Bolicha, the commander of the Wanhu Shishu (nephew of Shi Tianze), the commander of the Xiangyang army, the commander of the Wanhu Dangxiang, the commander of the Hedong Road, the commander of the Hongjila division, the commander of the Wanhu Nachen, the commander of the Dongping Road, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Navy, the commander of the Zhongdu, the commander of the Daluhuachi, the commander of the Khitan, the commander of the Pingyang two routes of the Daluhuachi, the commander of the various colors of the craftsmen, the commander of the Wanhu Yang Fu, the commander of the head unit, and the commander of the Dahan army, the commander of the Dahuchi, the commander of the Dahuchi, the commander of the two routes of the Daluhuachi, the commander of the Pingyang army, the commander of the various colors of the craftsmen, the commander of the Wanhu Yang Fu, the commander of the head unit, and the commander of the Dahan army, the commander of the Dahan army, the commander of the Dahuchi, the commander of the Dahuchi, the commander of the two routes of the Dahuchi, the commander of the various colors of the craftsmen, the commander of the Wanhu Yang Fu, the commander of the army, led the troops of the headquarters and followed the Khan to the expedition.

In addition, there were tens of thousands of soldiers from the Western Regions to assist in the war. The farthest one was even Georgistan and Armenia on the far west coast of the West Sea. Among them, Georgistan provided 2,500 archers and cavalrymen who were skilled in cavalry and shooting, while Armenia was sent by 500 elite iron armored cavalry led by Prince Heergen. In addition, Gaochang Zhiyi Dudu (king) Mamuladejin also led more than 10,000 soldiers from Gaochang and the Western Regions of the nearby small states to assist in the war.

All Mongolian Qiexue Army, all hostile army, Wuwei Army, tens of thousands of households, tens of thousands of Han people, Tubo soldiers, Uygur soldiers, Jurchen soldiers, Khitan soldiers, Tubo soldiers, Dangxiang soldiers, Bohai soldiers, Gorye soldiers, and even various Hu soldiers in the Western Regions. This time, the Mongolians really dispatched the troops in the country to all out all their troops, determined to take overwhelming advantage, first capture Jinghu and then take Lin'an.

At this time, the entire Song Dynasty was calling out the same person's name. Where is Zheng Xianggong and his new Shenwu Army now? Everyone wanted to let this brand new army have wings and fly to Ezhou to block this terrible Hu army.

At this time, Zheng Yunming was sitting in the tent set up on the Chibi, quietly watching teams of warships rise against the water with a glass. There were countless cattle, horses and soldiers on the shore. Mongolian cattle were dragging thick ropes and walking hard on the bank. Around them, teams of carrying spears and halberds were carrying spears and halberds. The new musket team was passing over them and heading towards the upstream.

The whole country was looking forward to Zheng Yunming's troops as if they were looking forward to putting out fires, from ordinary people to important officials of the Privy Council, everyone was asking: "Where has Zheng Yunming been?" "When will Zheng Yunming be on the front line?"

The most anxious thing is the emperor himself. Since Zheng Yunming set off, he has received an envoy from the Golden Cards' urgent delivery shop every day, allowing Zheng Yunming to report how many miles he has gone today, and there have been changes on the road. After arriving in Huangzhou, the Golden Cards' even reached two or three roads a day.

Zheng Yunming knew the temper of the emperor who had served for more than ten years. Since the emperor failed to enter Luo, he was invaded by the Mongols almost every year. Regardless of the victory or defeat, the court would normally provide pensions to the battle without officers and soldiers, repair the destroyed countryside, repair the destroyed cities, and save the people who were exiled due to war. This invisibly planted the seeds of fear in the heart of the emperor. In addition, the country has been weak for three hundred years. The whole country is not as confident as it seems to be about the victory or defeat of the official army to fight the Hu people, and even so for the emperor. He wished he could ask Zheng Yunming his views on the situation of the war every day. If it weren't for the fact that his ancestors had learned too many historical lessons from the generals, he even wanted to learn from Emperor Taizong and send a formation map to the most famous military commander under his command.

Zheng Yunming seemed completely unmoved. No matter how the emperor urged him or how anxious the military and civilians across the country were, he strictly ordered warships to advance under the cover of the land army, and stipulated that the army's speed should not exceed fifty miles per day.

Liu Kezhuang, the supervisor of the government, suggested that his old boss, who had been in charge of many years, should consider the surging public opinion more or less, and at least he should act like he was rushing to the front line to rescue him overnight, otherwise he would not be able to explain the public opinion.

Zheng Yunming just said calmly: "This time the Tartars attacked in full force, as long as our army could not deal with it, the country would be overturned immediately. Will it be said that if the war is defeated and the whole country is a slave to the Tartars, is it called an explanation?"

So he ignored the golden-shaped cards that were being held in succession and still asked the army to move step by step, completely ignoring the thousands of Mongolian troops along the Han River toward the already isolated city of Ezhou.

On October 17, Meng Zhijing, deputy envoy of Hunan pacification, led 20,000 Hunan troops to Chibi and merged with the Shenwu New Army. Zheng Yunming ordered the deputy commander of Shenwu, Zhang Shijie, who was in charge of the front line, to attack and advance 11,000, and ordered the deputy commander Wang Jian and the deputy commander Zhang Shun to lead 5,000 troops from the left and right troops of Shenwu to serve as flank guards and began to tentatively march towards Ezhou.

At this time, the Mongolian army was also seriously and firmly carrying out the Khan's plan to encircle the important towns in the hinterland of Jinghu Lake. Prince Mogedu led 30,000 cavalry troops and more than 50 artillery gates to besiege Yingzhou. The Secretariat Nahan led 50,000 cavalry troops and more than 30 artillery gatekeepers Jiangling City besieged the city. However, the focus of these two places was not on siege, but on attacking aid. Mogedu's main task was to intercept the local defenders from Huaixi and eastern Hubei. Nahan's mission was to use Yidu as the boundary to block the Song army that was flowing downstream from Sichuan to rescue Jinghu Lake.

In addition, the capital Marshal Nurphy led a 50,000 army to guard the Dukou, surrounded Yueyang City, and intercepted the main force of the Song army coming from the downstream. Li Zhen led 10,000 people to guard the entrance of Dongting Lake, blocking some of the Jinge Navy and Ezhou Navy that had retreated into Dongting Lake.
Chapter completed!