This triangular coast on the north side of the Jiehe River has now become a construction site. Thousands of soldiers and civilians were busy in the cold wind, and the materials for building the wall and the village had already been transported to the shore, but the construction of the wall encountered problems. It turned out that Yang Yingqi had also brought a lot of coarse cement this time -- this was the product of the great lighthouse construction in recent years -- hoping to speed up the progress of building the wall. Who knew it was too cold, there was only ice on the shore and no water! This coarse cement can't be used!

Yang Yingqi braved the cold to go ashore, looking at the long embankment wall that had been erected, and felt embarrassed.

This "wall", which is not a wall at all, is made of bricks, on which stones and sediment are piled up, and debris is piled on top of the sediment. If this wall is solidified with cement, it can be turned into a solid wall in a day or two, enclosing this seaside area and turning this land into a land island! The Han soldiers will guard inside, near the river and the sea, so they will not be afraid of the cavalry of Yelu Dashi. As long as they stand their ground, build a dock behind the wall, and transport all kinds of defensive equipment and material resources from Jinmen and Liaokou in an endless stream, with a strong wall on the ground for defense, and ships on the sea to help, the Liao people will not be afraid to attack with tens of thousands of troops -- because of the terrain, the attack surface of this small triangle is extremely small, and it is useless if the number of attackers is small, and it is impossible to rush forward if there are too many people! But...... It's all built on the premise that coarse cement can be used!

"Seventh General, why don't we burn ice for water." It was suggested.

"Boil water?" Yang Yingqi smiled bitterly: "We don't have much fuel, let's talk about how long it will burn!" Alas, forget it, this is also the way to go......"

Several sappers began to try to burn the ice, but the ice melted and then mixed with cement and sediment, and before the process was completed, it solidified. One of the sappers with excellent skills had succeeded in making it, but the others might not have been as clever as he was, and that kind of caution would not have made the progress quicker. And the worst thing is that the method of boiling water is too slow!

Another sapper advised: "There is too little water like this!" We have thunderbolts on our boat, so we might as well use them to blow up the ice in the waterfront river and get water from the river. "Hanbu's thunderbolt fireball is made by mixing gunpowder with iron sheets and poison, and then pasting it into a spherical hard shell with multiple layers of paper, and then coating the shell with flammable ignition materials. Yang Yingqi attaches great importance to the development of thermal weapons, and the craftsmen of the Han Department have improved year by year in recent years, and the thunderbolt fireball has developed into a primary explosive weapon. Although the blast was not powerful enough to blast through too thick ice, the ice near the boundary river was not thick, and there were undercurrents underneath. If you choose a good location, it is not surprising to boil some ice holes and fetch water.

Yang Yingqi said in his heart: "This method is better, faster than boiling water." But now the weather is still too slow to adjust the cement, the cement has not yet fallen, and the snowflakes have drifted in first. This time it was launched ahead of schedule, and I didn't calculate the time in my busy schedule, but I really miscalculated. ”

Suddenly, there was an uproar in front of him, and Yang Yingqi's heart froze, and he saw a horse galloping in front of him, rolled off his horse, and whispered: "Seven generals, the Hou Cavalry of the Khitans!" ”

Yang Yingqi couldn't help but sigh, his shoulders shook, and he didn't notice that the swan robe fell to the ground, and asked, "Did you stop it?" ”

"The second general has already sent someone to intercept it, but the distance is a little far, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up!"

Yang Yingqi snorted, turned over on his horse, and galloped in the direction where Cao Guangbi was, and the knight was stunned for a while and said, "When did the Seventh General become so vigorous?" ”

An old subordinate next to him heard it: "The Seventh General seems to have been like this before, but then it seems to have become tender." It's really strange to say. ”

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"No waiting!" Yelu Dashi said: "Although the construction of the city wall in Xiongzhou is noteworthy, it is not urgent. But I don't know what the matter in Cangzhou is! ”

Xiao Gan said: "But now it's night, we've been walking for a day, people are tired, even if something happens over there, it's useless for us to rush over." ”

Yelu Dashi groaned, "What you say is reasonable. Herald: Tomorrow's fourth watch will depart! ”

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"What should I do?" Ouyang Shi said: "As soon as this Hou rides away, the Khitan people will know in less than half a day!" ”

Cao Guangbi snorted and said, "What if you know!" My men and horses are already ready to fight, so let me fight that Liao general! "The elite of the Han Department and the female truth are in a relationship, in various battles in the north, the Khitan army is often won with one enemy five, or even one enemy ten, Cao Guangbi has 800 elite soldiers on hand, so he does not take Yelu Dashi's more than 2,000 horses in his eyes.

Yang Yingqi said: "We have been in contact with the soldiers and horses of the Khitan North Road, and the soldiers and horses on Yanyun's side are on the front line of the Great Song Dynasty, and they may not be as weak as those in the north." ”

Cao Guangbi sneered: "Then you are wrong!" Song Liao hadn't fought a major battle for more than a hundred years. The soldiers and horses on Yan Yun's side are actually not very good. ”

"But what if you win this battle?" Yang Yingqi said: "Winning a battle is not an end, but a means. Our aim was to gain a small stronghold on the north bank of the Boundary River, and now ......," he said, pointing to the long embankment wall, "which is like papier-mâché, and a horse kicks it to the side!" ”

Ouyang Shi said: "Could it be that we can't go back like this?" It's easy to meet two Song people who are so foolish, and it took so much mental effort, so I am really unwilling to go back like this! It's better to go to the south bank and let Li Yinggu set aside a place for us to build a port. Then find a way to let him deceive and deceive us and cover us. ”

Yang Yingqi shook his head and said: "This kind of thing, sooner or later, wear the bang." ”

Ouyang Shi said: "Wear the bang, wear the bang!" What are you afraid of! Isn't it the same with Cheongyang Port? ”

Yang Yingqi just shook his head: "The situation in Qingyang Port is different from here. ”

Cao Guangbi said: "I don't approve of going to Songjing to open a port. But you can't go back like that. Anyway, we still have some time, Seventh, you let the sappers as soon as possible. When the Liao people came, I was on top. ”

Yang Yingqi calculated: "Yelu Dashi has been gone for a day, and it is estimated that his Hou rode to his current station tomorrow morning or noon. He will come back quickly, at least for more than half a day. That is to say, if he judges correctly, he will arrive at dusk tomorrow at the earliest. I don't think Yelu Dashi's men and horses can eat the second brother - if they win, then naturally there is no need to say anything. If they lose or are at odds with us, he will definitely return to Yanjing to transfer troops. Once back and forth, plus delays, it will take about three to five days for most of Yanjing's troops and horses to arrive. In other words, we will complete the stubborn project in five to seven days! But now there is a problem with the construction of this embankment, and according to the current progress, I am afraid that this wall alone will take us five or six days, and it will be too late anyway! ”

Ouyang Shi couldn't help but scold: "It's all caused by this ghost weather!" ”

Yang Yingqi smiled bitterly: "You can't blame God for it. Originally, my plan would have started a month or two later, and even if it wasn't spring yet, it wouldn't be as cold as it is now. Who knew that the lord of the country was so fast, so tired that we also started in advance, disrupting the rhythm. ”

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Yelu Dashi dipped his pillow but didn't sleep, stared at him for a while, and called the guard at the door to come in and said, "Go and tell Xiao Gan, I will only let him sleep until the third watch!" ”

When the guard had gone out, he fell asleep.

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