December 19th.

Welcoming the side of Riwan, Tangren Port.

Li Xiao pondered in the curling smoke.

A knock on the door came, and Zhang Cong whispered outside the door, "Master General, Zhao Yaqian sent someone to send back the news, and the fourth Japanese fleet will also arrive."

"Have you arrived? It seems that the decisive battle is about to begin."

It was already the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, and the situation on the peninsula changed a lot again. After the autumn, Li Xiao took action first and then reported, and directly led 30,000 troops out of Baijiang Port.

In Busan, South Silla, 10,000 Silla soldiers were laid down and raided the Japanese controlled Jinhai City, attracting the attention of a lot of Japanese people. Then Li Xiao led 20,000 soldiers across the southern coast and directly circled to the east coast of Silla, and drove into the brother's river at the port east of the royal capital Jincheng.

The Silla people were very welcome to the Tang army who came under the banner of rescue Silla. Without any resistance, Li Xiao walked upstream along his brother's mountain river and arrived directly under the royal capital Jincheng.

While sending people to reward the Tang army, Jin Famin asked the Tang army to station on the riverside outside the city.

Then that night, aristocratic officials in Jincheng who were pro-Tang opened the gate of the royal capital to welcome the Tang army who had already sneaked to the city secretly.

After one night, Tang Jun controlled Silla City.

Li Xiao supported Jin Zhengwen, son of Jin In-wen, as the new Grand Governor of Jilindao, took over the throne of Silla, and the chaos in Jincheng quelled.

With the support of Li Xiao and the 20,000 Tang troops, Jin Zhengwen's puppet court quickly controlled the court.

After that, Li Xiao began to prepare for war at Yingriwan, Jiangkou, hundreds of miles east of Jincheng, and prepare for the war.

Only by defeating the Japanese army can the Tang army truly control Silla, otherwise it may have made wedding clothes for the Japanese.

Now, the end of the year is approaching.

Li Xiao's army was divided into two groups, with 5,000 Tang troops and 5,000 township soldiers stationed in Jincheng. Another 10,000 people stationed in Yingri Bay, and 10,000 Silla troops assisting in defense.

Zhao Chiman's navy had a total of more than 300 ships, but there were still more than 100 ships left in Jincheng, and there were only more than 180 ships in Yingri Bay, with a naval and land force of 20,000.

After the Japanese army could not open the passage to Jincheng on land, they also followed Li Xiao's sea route. After four consecutive batches of troops and horses, they had a total of more than 1,000 ships and a military force of 50,000.

Compared with Li Xiao's naval ships, many large warships such as fighting ships, the Japanese warships were pitifully small, usually only the size of ships and yachts, and many even were small ships as big as sea falcon ships.

For this war, Li Xiao had been waiting for a long time and planning for a long time.

Yingriwan, brother Shanjiangkou, this is the battlefield that Li Xiao specially selected.

Relying on the back of Jincheng, by the river and by the sea, you can attack or defend.

Especially when fighting in the bay, the wind and waves are small and the water surface is wide. It is suitable for the Tang army's warship fleet. Compared with fighting in a narrow inland river, it can effectively avoid the situation of being attacked by the Japanese ships and being unfavorable to avoid being attacked by the Japanese ships.

"Call the generals and prepare for discussion." Li Xiao stood up.

Zhang Cong took the order and went there.

After a while, all the generals rushed to Li Xiao's hall.

In the castle military conference hall, Li Xiao stared at the ancient emperor's imperial sword in front of him, "Everyone, the decisive battle is finally about to begin. The four Japanese fleets have arrived. Now, more than a thousand warships and more than 50,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered on the beach not far away from us. The number is more than twice ours."

"However, we have the advantage of going to sea to rivers. Our warships are more advanced and our equipment is more well-equipped. The soldiers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will have a more tacit understanding in cooperation with each other. Although the Japanese are numerous, they are composed of four soldiers and horses, so there will definitely be problems in command. In addition, their soldiers are mobilized from various islands in Japan. Whether it is equipment or training, they are far inferior to us."

"So I have reason to believe that we will win this battle."

The battlefield was specially chosen by Li Xiao, and the Tang army had been waiting for this battle for three months. In these three months, with the full assistance of the Jincheng puppet court, the Tang army had built three forts and two water camps in Yingriwan.

There is sufficient stockpiling of food and weapons and soldiers, and sufficient rest.

"The Grand Marshal, Abebirov, among the Japanese generals, is said to be known as good at fighting on the water in Japan." Wang Fangyi reminded.

"The general, not all the Japanese are small boats, and there are also some large boats. They have both large and small boats, and the small boats are convenient to move. If they take the initiative to block us at the Jiangkou by relying on their number advantage, we are afraid we will not have much advantage." Liu Rengui also said.

Li Xiao took off the sword in front of him, pulled it out, and gently wiped the blade of the horizontal knife with a piece of deer skin.

This is an extremely sharp knife. The horizontal knife of the Tang Dynasty represents one of the most advanced knife casting techniques of this era. The best horizontal knife can cut off seven layers of cowhide with one knife. A soldier wearing leather armor will be cut in the waist with one knife and will be cut in the waist.

Moreover, the horizontal knife has the advantage of stabbing, and the sharp tip has extremely strong armor-breaking properties.

According to what Li Xiao understood, the Japanese army had very few armor, and their swords were far less sharp and strong than Tang's. Navy combat was actually close-knit combat. With sharper horizontal swords and strong armor, they could occupy greater favorable conditions, not to mention that the Tang army's warships were larger and more advanced.

"What Wang Sima and Liu Changshi said is reasonable, but these are actually in our deductions, so we will not give them such an opportunity at all. We will never let them block us in the river. Seeing the three castles along the mouth of the Bay River, we can fight by the city, and the crossbows, catapults, etc. on the city can also help. Therefore, although the Japanese army is more than twice as high as ours, I knew we had won before the battle was fought. For the past three months, I have been waiting for this day, waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, and now this opportunity has come."

The elite soldiers of the Andong Mansion of the Tang Dynasty had long been looking forward to the arrival of the Japanese army. Everyone was looking forward to the battle early and then they could return to Andong for the New Year.

"Now all the generals listen to my handsome order!"

"The last one will obey the order!"

In the hall, a group of generals in iron armor all stood up, and the armor leaves on their bodies were clattering.

The next day, early morning.

The fourth batch of 10,000 troops led by the monarch and ministers of Luyuan arrived, and nearly 60,000 Japanese troops gathered near the mouth of the brother-sanjiang River.

"We have more than a thousand warships and 60,000 soldiers. In terms of strength, the soldiers can subdue them with just one charge."

On the deck of a large ship in the Japanese fleet, Abebirov arrogantly led the other generals.

Excessive confidence made this Japanese general, who claimed to be good at water warfare, not even analyzed the waters of the war zone, and issued an order to attack the entire army.

For a time, more than a thousand large and small ships rushed towards the Tang army's water camp at the entrance of the river with murderous intent. They tried to suppress the Tang army with a fierce attack, defeat the Tang army's water camp, and force the Tang army to retreat to the narrow waters of the brothers' mountains, so as to give full play to their small, flexible and large-scale advantages, and defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!