This matter was not opposed to the six-member group, and Chen Kangbo decided to use his power to force the bill to pass.

The re-activated Yao Zhong, who was waiting for trial, caused great controversy in the court, and it was already a central discussion without anyone adding fuel to the fire.

However, Chen Kangbo disagreed with the public at the court meeting and argued with many opponents, insisting that the country's danger is greater than anything else, and capable generals should be used to avoid a worse ending.

Because of Chen Kangbo's tough stance and the support of the pro-war ministers, the proposal was passed, Yao Zhong was released, and he was appointed as the pacification envoy of Jingxi South Road, and could lead the Sichuan-Shu army out of Sichuan to urgently provide assistance to Xiangfan.

After learning the news, Yao Zhong immediately went to thank Chen Kangbo, and then quickly left Lin'an. He rushed to the Sichuan and Sichuan land with the order of mobilizing troops, preparing to mobilize troops to leave Sichuan for emergency support.

Although this set of actions will take at least three or four months to mobilize enough troops to go out to Sichuan to fight, he believes that the Xiangfan army can persist until that time.

He has confidence in the army he trained with one hand.

In a crisis, the Southern Song bureaucrats also had a lot of motivation to survive...

Faced with the second southern invasion by Ming, they hated Ming's betrayal, but were afraid of Ming's key attacks. They hoped for the army's desperate battle, and were willing to endure their greed a little for this.

However, the Southern Song bureaucrats who had not done efficiently for a long time occasionally did not achieve much success. After the Southern Song army was rectified, it was April 21st when Li Xianzhong's vanguard army was about to set off.

At this time, it had been half a month since the Ming army shelled Fancheng, and Xiangyang's city walls had been damaged in many places, and Xiangyang's city walls were also hit hard.

Su Yonglin mobilized Zhongdu's manpower and material resources to send ten general artillery groups and thirty chariots and cavalry general artillery groups to the Shenji Camp to enhance the firepower of the Shenji Camp.

After He Feihu got these equipment, he immediately increased his bombardment of Fancheng.

To be funny, the defenders of Fancheng began to use the iron bullets and weapons launched into the city to attack them for defense.

However, the Ming army's attack on Xiangfan was not limited to artillery bombardment on land.

In response to the situation where the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng rely on the Han River to exchange materials and communicate with each other, the Ming Navy organized a large number of people to start an attack on the Song Navy in Xiangfan area.

Xiangyang City and Fancheng stand together with water. Relying on the navy, even if land traffic is cut off, it can be connected through the Han River. For example, Xiangyang City provides a lot of manpower to Fancheng because of its sufficient manpower.

Wang Yan also tried to send a navy army through the Han River to attack their food routes in the rear of the Ming army in order to repel the Ming army.

But this attempt was shattered by Zhang Yuejing, who had long been accurate.

After receiving the news that the Song army dispatched a naval force to break the stalemate, Zhang Yuejing ordered the temporary Ming army inland water naval division to launch a strong attack on the Song army's Xiangfan naval division to cut off the last liaison channel between Xiangyang City and Fan City.

He did not allow the two cities to communicate with each other under his siege, nor did the Song army even want to use the navy to seize his way out.

The Xiangfan Navy of the Song army was not weak, and its main base was two docks north of Xiangyang City, with a number of ships of about 200.

So Zhang Yuejing organized more than 300 large and small warships into the Han River, blocking the Song Navy's advance from both sides, and fighting fiercely with the Song Navy.

In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the navy, Zhang Yuejing also asked the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion of He Feihu to transport some chariots and generals to warships with slightly larger tonnage.

So when the Ming Navy and the Song Navy fought, the power of the artillery was once again reflected.

On April 22, the fifth year of Hongwu, the Ming Navy concentrated its main force to launch a strong attack on the Song Navy. The Song Navy fought bravely, but eventually lost to most of the Ming Navy's strength and artillery bonus, and was defeated miserably.

Some small Song army warships had very bad luck, and they were really good to be hit by Ming army artillery. The hull broke with one blow, and most of the sailors on the ship were killed and could not continue to fight.

After more than two hours of fierce battle, the Xiangfan Naval Division of the Song army was wiped out and could not continue to control the Han River waterway.

Two docks north of Xiangyang City were captured by the Ming Navy. The Ming army ships approached the north of Xiangyang City and bombarded the northern city wall of Xiangyang, which was only more than 40 meters away from the Hanshui River, causing a huge deterrence to the Xiangyang defenders.

The entire army of the Song army's naval army has prevented Xiangyang and Fancheng from being able to communicate with each other, and they face helpless isolation between them.

Zhou Benyuan and Wang Yan witnessed the failure of the Song army's naval army and the power of the Ming army's naval army after winning the Ming army's naval war. They felt palpitations and were extremely worried, but they could not do anything about it.

However, for the two cities of Xiangfan, the biggest threat was not the Ming army's naval division, but the Ming army has not dispatched infantry since the war started.

The only few confrontations were outside the military camp. At that time, the Ming army had already destroyed the military camp through powerful artillery fire, forcing the remaining Song army to confront it head-on, and then won a great victory.

They didn't even know how many people the Ming army had lost since the war started.

And they have indeed lost more than 3,500 people, and more people were injured and lying on the hospital bed. Recently, there have been continuous deaths in the wounded soldiers, and their losses are still increasing.

So for them, the most terrifying thing now is no longer the navy, but the Ming army created a brand new way of war.

Hot Weapons War.

The firearm, which was originally considered to be the main combat weapon by the Song army, suddenly was greatly improved in the hands of the Ming army. The Ming army suddenly used firearms to increase the temperature of the battlefield and dominated the battlefield.

The Song army launched a shelling attack on the Song army's city at a very long distance, but the Song army wanted to fight back, but it had almost no effect because their weapons could not reach the Ming army's distance.

How can I fight this battle?

At this time, the reinforcements of the Song army had just set out from the gathering place. To reach the Xiangfan battlefield, the fastest vanguard army would take about half a month.

Zhou Benyuan and Wang Yan were anxious, waiting for the stars and the moon, just waiting for the Song army's assistance.

At the same time, Lin'an has not done any other actions except to send troops to aid Xiangfan.

Yu Yunwen realized that there was not much time, so he decided to quickly implement his own strategy to destroy the Yellow River Dam in Ming Dynasty.

He decided to attack the weaknesses of Ming State, forcing Ming State to retreat.

If he had a little bit of condemnation in his conscience before, then now he has no such feeling.

He must take action as soon as possible to avoid the devastating blow to the Southern Song Dynasty. If the Southern Song Dynasty is gone, what value does his conscience have?

So he came to the secret farm outside Lin'an City, gathered the 300 "warriors" involved in the operation, and told them the news that they were about to set out for the mission.

Three hundred "warriors" have different feelings about this.

Some people are frightened by this, some are desperate for it, some are in pain for this, and only a few are excited about it.

"The Song Dynasty provided shelter for you and others, and provided you with food, shelter, clothing, and daily necessities, which cost you a lot. Now, it's time for you to repay the Song Dynasty..."

Yu Yunwen stood in front of 300 people and delivered a "pre-war mobilization speech" to them.

It focused on the various services provided by the Southern Song Dynasty after they arrived in Lin'an, how much money they spent, how much convenience they gave them, etc., but it did not mention that the financials they carried when they came were enough for these people to live a safe and secure life in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, all the money fell into the hands of the Southern Song bureaucrats.

So they now need to pay some compensation for the Southern Song Dynasty's efforts, and the content of the compensation is to let them sneak into the Yellow River construction site and destroy the Yellow River dam.

To this end, they need to learn to use various tools, learn to swim, learn to hide themselves, learn to act at night, and learn to destroy engineering to the greatest extent.

In order to enable them to master professional skills, Yu Yunwen also arranged for them to observe and intern on-site, and personally took action to demolish an abandoned dam of a small scale.

This is a compulsory course for them.

They need to fully master these skills so that the Yellow River dam can be demolished better and faster.
Chapter completed!