In the first month of the second year of Xiangxing (1279 AD), Zhang Hongfan, the commander of the Yuan army, learned from the Southern Song rebels that the court of the Southern Song Emperor Zhao Fu was hiding in the southern sea of Mount Gao (in present-day Xinhui County, Guangdong), so he led the Yuan Dynasty boat division into the sea and directly attacked the mountain.
When we arrived at the landscape of the Water, I saw more than a thousand giant ships of the Southern Song Dynasty Sailors forming a long line, connected by giant ropes, across the sea, like the Great Wall.
Zhang Hongfan was overjoyed to see this, so he wanted to emulate Zhuge Liang's Battle of Chibi, use the strategy of fire attack, and immediately order his subordinates to shoot rockets soaked in grease, and for a time the fire dragons flew in unison and directly attacked the Song ship.
Who knew that the Southern Song Dynasty general Zhang Shijie had long been prepared, and the song dynasty shell was coated with thick wet mud. Just listening to a thudding sound, the rocket fell on the wet mud, and Zhang Hongfan's fire attack failed.
Zhang Hongfan knew that Zhang Shijie's nephew was in his army, so he ordered someone to call him over and order him to shout to Zhang Shijie, persuade Zhang Shijie to surrender, and Xu Yi was a high-ranking official Houlu.
Zhang Shijie was not at all moved, and replied in an awe-inspiring voice: "I know that surrender can gain life and wealth, but righteousness cannot be moved!" ”
Zhang Hongfan also ordered Wen Tianxiang to write a letter to persuade him to surrender. It turned out that Wen Tianxiang had committed suicide by taking poison and did not die, and when he woke up, he was imprisoned in Zhang Hongfan's camp. Wen Tianxiang said: "I am still alive and cannot defend my parents, how can I teach people to betray the country!" ”
Zhang Hongfan repeatedly pressed the order, and Wen Tianxiang wrote a piece of paper to him. Only to see that only two poems of Wen Tianxiang were written on it: "Who has not died since ancient times, leave Dan's heart to take care of Khan Qing!" Zhang Hongfan knew that his intentions were unavoidable and was no longer reluctant.