Dingnan City is very close to the estuary of the Honghe River, and Li Foma's fleet also arrived here a few days ago. Originally, Li Foma should have led the fleet to welcome the envoys of the Song Dynasty, but because of the differences in the etiquette of "kneeling to welcome", Li Foma did not rush to welcome it, but sent someone to contact the envoys of the Song State to discuss the matter of not kneeling to welcome the etiquette.

Although Li Foma was quite contemptuous to the Song Dynasty, he actually listened to what Guo Shengyi advised him before. After all, the Song Dynasty is different from the past. Dangxiang and Liao Kingdom were so powerful that they were defeated by the Song Dynasty, not to mention their small Li Dynasty, so Li Foma dared not really break up with the Song Dynasty until it was absolutely necessary.

However, the people sent by Lifoma came back soon, but the other party was hesitant and dared not report when he saw Lifoma. This made him immediately ask in annoyance: "What did the envoys of Song State say? Tell me all the words without missing a word!"

"This..." The visitor also showed a hesitant expression when he heard Li Foma's words, but when he saw the other party's angry eyes, he immediately did not dare to hesitate anymore, so he replied in fear and trepidation, "Report to Your Majesty, the envoy of Song State said... say..."

The man hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and told the truth: "The envoy of Song State said that you would kneel on the bow of the ship and head to the Song State fleet to welcome the imperial edict!"

"Bang!" As soon as the other party finished speaking, Li Foma slapped the table, his whole face turned red and purple. He didn't expect that he had already shown such sincerity. The envoy of Song State did not appreciate it, but made even more excessive demands. If he knelt on the bow of the ship in front of everyone to welcome the imperial edict, then he, the Emperor of the Li Dynasty, would probably have his prestige ruined!

"It's too much!" After a while, Li Foma squeezed out a few words from his teeth, and his anger reached a certain level, hoping to pick up the knife and confirm the hateful envoy Song.

"Your Majesty calmed down. I had already said all the good things and even gave me a large sum of money. However, the other party took the gift, but he did not let go. Instead, he made more excessive requests. I really had no choice but to come back and report to Your Majesty!" At this time, the minister sent there was afraid that Li Foma Qian would be guilty of him, so he immediately explained.

"Your Majesty, the Song Envoy is obviously deliberately making things difficult for me, Li Chao, there must be a fraud!" Guo Shengyi next to him couldn't help but speak again. He had felt that Song Envoy was not doing well before, and now he was even more sure.

"No matter what he is cheating, I will pass on my orders. The navy gathers to send troops. I want the envoy Song to see if they dare to let me kneel down in front of my army!" Li Foma was already stunned by anger and immediately ordered.

"Your Majesty...this..."

Guo Shengyi next to him originally wanted to persuade him again, but as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by Li Foma and said, "No need to say more, Song State bullies too much. If he agreed to them today, what is the difference between death? I want to see if that envoy of Song dared to be so arrogant when he was surrounded by a large army!"

Seeing that Li Foma had made up his mind, Guo Shengyi could only sigh and stop speaking. Then the navy in Dingnan City immediately gathered. Dingnan City was originally an important port for the Li Dynasty, and it was also the base of the navy. In addition, when Li Foma arrived here from Shenglong, he also brought a large number of troops. Now the two armies gathered together, with a total of 30,000 to 40,000 people, and then took a warship to the entrance of the Honghe River to kill.

At the same time, Di Qing, the commander Wang and the envoy Liu, were also standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the formation of the ship behind him, and the commander Wang was the first to ask: "Envoy Liu, are you sure Li Foma will come?"

"I will definitely come. With Li Foma's nature, it would be strange if he could endure such humiliation, so he would definitely not agree to my request. Since that is the case, we have a reason to send troops. If he doesn't ask for troops, then we will kill them directly, destroy their navy in Dingnan City, and then fight all the way to Shenglong!" Envoy Liu smiled gloomyly. His mission had been completed, and it will be up to the performance of Di Qing and Commander Wang.

"It would be best if the Li Dynasty's navy could come. Our warship was too big and was built to fight at sea. If it entered the Red River channel, it might affect the performance of the warship!" Commander Wang said calmly when he heard this.

"It seems that this battle will be commanded by the king to take the lead!" Di Qing also smiled relaxedly at this time. Although it was a battle to destroy the country, he was no longer the ignorant young man back then. After the experience accumulated in two wars, he had long been accustomed to this atmosphere on the battlefield.

"Brother Di, just look at it. Navy combat is not only a competition of soldiers, but the most important thing is the competition of warships. When it comes to the excellence of warships, we in the Song Dynasty have never been afraid of anyone!" Commander Wang said in a good mood at this time.

Although the attack on Li Dynasty was originally used to use the navy, because most of Li Zhang's main cities were not near the sea, according to their previous expectations, the war would definitely take place on land, which was also the reason for di Qing to be transferred. However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Unexpectedly, Li Foma actually led the navy to come and changed the battlefield to the sea. This was also great news for Commander Wang.

Of course, even if you win this battle alone, you may not be able to destroy Li Zhang, so the future war will definitely be concentrated on land, and then I will still have to trouble Di Qing to command.

Dingnan City is not far from the sea estuary. That afternoon, the Li Dynasty's navy came over with great momentum. Thousands of warships almost covered the river. In comparison, only hundreds of warships in the Song Dynasty seemed a bit thin, but compared to the Li Dynasty's small boats, the Song army's warships were several times larger. In front of them, the Li Dynasty's small boats were like mice surrounding a cat. Although there were too many mice, they could kill the cat, but a random melon seed could kill the cat.

"Kill!" Commander Wang saw the Li Chao's navy coming, and he didn't say anything nonsense at all. He directly ordered the warships to charge forward.

However, Li Foma, who was in charge of the navy, was shocked when he saw the Song Dynasty navy rushing towards him. He was not really going to fight with the Song Dynasty, but wanted to show his Li Dynasty's military power in front of the envoys of the Song Dynasty, and then force the other party to remove the humiliating etiquette. However, he did not expect that the Song Dynasty navy did not give him any chance to explain and rushed towards them directly.

Faced with this situation, it was too late for Li Foma to regret it, but at this time he calmed down. Since war was inevitable, let's fight a war quickly and see who is the overlord of the sea? Speaking of which, after defeating Champa at the sea, Li Foma was full of confidence in his navy. Even though the Song people's warships were tall, the number was still too small.

"Boom boom boom" However, what Li Foma never expected was that the warships of both sides had not yet contacted, but only heard a loud thunderous sound suddenly erupting from the other party's Great Song warship. Then, the river surface seemed to be hit by something, and huge waves burst out. Some warships that were too close were directly overturned, and countless Li Chao water soldiers also fell into the water.

"Your Majesty, this... this is the firearm of the Song people!" Just when Li Foma was stunned, Guo Shengyi next to him finally recognized the things on the ship and shouted immediately. He had heard that the firearms of the Song Dynasty had been sharp. It was precisely through the benefits of the firearms that the Song Dynasty could defeat the great enemies such as Dangxiang and Liao Kingdom in a row. However, he did not expect that the Song people actually installed the firearms on the ship. How should they resist this?

After the initial shock, Li Foma quickly reacted, but at this time he could not help but retreat. He gritted his teeth and said again: "No matter what kind of firearm, water, pass my order, the navy soldiers advanced at full speed, the first to board the enemy ship, reward a thousand gold and be granted a marquis!"
Chapter completed!