There are many discussions among military fans in previous life about why the Song navy failed frequently in the battle with the Yuan navy. Some people say that it was because of the help of Liu Zheng, the Song rebel general, that the Yuan army was able to train a strong navy; some people say that it was because of the gap in the quality of warships and soldiers of the two armies that the Song navy was defeated; some people think that it was the Song navy and the treacherous slander who took power, which caused the navy generals to defect on a large scale, which led to the decline of the navy's strength... They said a lot, and they all argued and could not stop.

Zhao Bing thought that all these reasons might be the reasons for the failure of the battle, but it was not the main cause, but he couldn't tell the reason. At this time, he saw a netizen saying that the main reason for the defeat of the Song army to the Yuan army in the water battle was strategic and tactical failure. They adhered to the rules and did not want to make progress. In addition, civil officials were engaged in military operations and did not know how to pretend to be aware of the blind command, which led to the failure of battles.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, except for the two dynasties, Taizu and Taizong, which were actively and strategically aggressive and took offensives, although the other dynasties had battles to expand borders, they all adopted passive and passive simple defense in their strategic and tactical aspects, which even worsened after losing the Central Plains. In ancient times, the navy was not the main force of war, but the auxiliary armies of the infantry and cavalry, so their strategies and tactics were also affected, and the same was true.

However, the navy is a mobile service, which is most effective for attacks and has a similar function to the cavalry. However, the Song army failed to use the superior navy as a tool for strategic attacks. It was mainly used as a defensive means to rush to rescue dangerous cities by water. During the siege of Xiangfan, the famous scholar Jin Luxiang wrote to the court, suggesting to send heavy troops to attack Youji directly to restrain the Meng army in Xiangfan. This bold attack strategy with naval troops as the main force was obviously not adopted. The Song Dynasty sent navy troops to the north several times, with a small scale and no effect.

At the level of tactics, the Song fleet exploited passive defenses in large-scale water wars. For example, in the Battle of Jiaoshan, each ten company of Song ships was a boat, running iron cables, and sunk on the river. In the Battle of Yashan, Song also had more than a thousand giant ships, and the middle house was covered with large cables, and the buildings were like city walls. This kind of passive defense, which consisted of ships, completely ignored the characteristics of navy maneuvers. It was not only trapped in passive beatings, but also destroyed by fire attacks.

In contrast to the Song army, the Mongols were born into a nomadic people and mainly used cavalry combat. Genghis Khan even made the maneuverability of the cavalry to the extreme, rushing thousands of miles and interspersed roundabouts and other mobile tactics, and some generals would definitely bring these concepts to the water war after turning into naval forces. In the early days, the navy was not strong enough, and it was only used as auxiliary attacks. However, during the Battle of the Yangtze River, the navy had become the main attacking army. The Mongols often used naval forces as tools for attack, flexibly used frontal attacks, side-sided roundabouts, and water 6 coordinated attacks, and bravely attacked to break the enemy's main force.

It is precisely because of different tactics that the Song navy mostly relied on large ships. Although the large ships were powerful, they lacked mobility and operated entirely by wind power. If there was no wind, they would fall into passiveness. In the Battle of Jiaoshan, the Song navy was beaten because of the lack of wind. The Mongolian navy was good at using water whistle horses, drawn light boats such as capital ships, and flew around them, which made the attack advantage and harassment take turns, causing the Song army to lose sight of each other. The Song army's defense line was broken through in one place and could not be rescued. The Yuan army took the opportunity to break in, which often led to the collapse of the Song army on the entire line.

Liu Shen, the commander of the Yuan army who pursued the Song army this time, was indeed not easy to mess with. He was not only good at six battles, but also proficient in water battles. He was the deputy commander of the Mongolian Han army general who conquered the Song Dynasty in the south. After leading his troops to conquer Li Yu in Jinan, he led his troops to surround Xiang, Fan and Baizhang and Lumen two mountains to capture Xiang and Fan two cities. He also defeated the enemy with his boat troops and promoted the general of Qianhu Martial Arts with his merits. When he was ordered to defend Lumen Mountain, he repeatedly surrendered the Song reinforcements.

After the Yuan army attacked the Song Dynasty in a large scale, Liu Shen participated in the Battle of Shayang Ferry and was promoted to General Wuyi for his merits; in the Battle of Jiaoshan, he was promoted to General Wangyuan with ten thousand households and golden tiger talismans; and he was reborn as General Zhaoyong; in Hezhou, he expressed Luhuachi, which translated it as the chief officer, and the official in charge of seals had real power. According to the Yuan Dynasty's official system, Han people were not allowed to hold this position. It was because of his outstanding contribution that he made exceptions that he made an exception to let him hold this position. The commander of the Song army in the Battle of Jiaoshan was Zhang Shijie. That battle could be said to have defeated him and was frightened.

Zhao Bing "designed" the turtle ship, so he naturally knew that this kind of ship has many advantages, but its shortcomings were also outstanding. When the battlefield was a preset battlefield and the combat method was ambush or sneak attack, this kind of ship could only play a very important role. The turtle ship shone brightly in the Luliang naval battle in the Ming Dynasty when Korea resisted the Japanese invasion. In the final battle, once the turtle ship attacked without suddenness, it was easy to fall into the siege of melee. Although its solid hull could ensure that it was not sunk, its role in naval battle was not possible.

Simply put, the turtle ship is actually similar to the French breastplate heavy cavalry in the 6th battle, and can play a large role in the plains that are conducive to charge. Once it falls into a melee and there is no sprint distance, it basically becomes a living target. In the case of a downwind, large sailing warships can basically reach a degree of more than eight knots. On the one hand, the turtle ship no longer has the advantage of degree, and the distance is also made the turtle ship unable to use the impact angle to attack, so it is very important to seize a favorable battle position. Therefore, when Chen Renweng proposed to adopt the raid tactic, Zhao Bing was naturally very interested and wanted to hear his plans...

There is an island in the ocean of Qizhou, called Qizhou Island, which is 60 miles away from the coast. You can use the island to set up an ambush with the hidden soldiers, allowing the imperial fleet to suddenly come out when the enemy fleet arrives, so as to seize the effect of a surprise attack. During the war, each ship is in groups, cooperates with each other, fight along the outer edge of the enemy fleet, use crossbows to shoot the enemy soldiers on the ship, and then hit the enemy ship at the angular impact, so as to force the enemy ship to turn around and fight again through constant battles, so as to achieve the purpose of rescuing the imperial fleet. Instead of going deep into the enemy's formation to avoid falling into a melee and being trapped by the enemy. After our brigade navy arrives, we will wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.

Zhao Bing had not organized a specific battle, but he thought Chen Renweng's plan was feasible. But he thought it would be better to attack the enemy's tail, and he could use the wind to take advantage of the wind; secondly, the attack of the enemy's rear army would inevitably cause panic, but it was very difficult for them to turn around to fight, and they would inevitably squeeze and collide with each other in panic. And after they turned the ship, it became a headwind, thus losing their advantage, and difficulty in maneuvering became a living target for them to hit. In addition, they could also destroy the mast sails of the enemy ships through crossbows, causing the enemy ship to lose its power and trap them on the sea.
Chapter completed!