The annoying rain hasn't stopped since April. The drizzle is soft, and countless chapters of talented and beautiful people have been achieved, but for the baggage grain truck, the continuous rain is simply an endless nightmare. The road surface was completely soaked by days of rain, and the big wheels pressed against it, and there were rut marks half a foot deep.

"Drive, drive!" The mules and horses pulling the cart struggled to pull forward in the muddy water, but the extremely sticky earth clinged to the wheels and axles, and only the grain cart could not move an inch. Suddenly, the strength of the mule and horse seemed to be carried to the extreme, and the four hooves suddenly slipped. With a "boom-" sound, the cart full of grain and grass suddenly retreated, and with a bang, the ropes tied to the sound of the car were also broken, and the bundles of grass that had been piled up like mountains fell into the muddy water in a mess. The signatories of the escort car hurriedly piled up the grain and grass on the cart.

"Damn, it's the grain cart of Jiangning Mansion again, and one cart is two or three thousand catties." Xia Mao'er spat out.

This kind of large grain cart is only available in the government, and Jiangnan is commonly known as the Taiping car, but the grain cart used by the government to transport grain has a different style. The Lele cart brought by the Liao army from the north could not be on the road at all in the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, so the Liao army requisitioned grain and grass, and if it were not for some soft bones to donate the grain cart of the government, it would have taken a lot of effort to collect the cart from the people.

"Be careful, silence." Lu Mingyu's face was slightly gloomy, and he, Xia Mao'er and the others crouched in the grass next to the post road, and said in a low voice: "Counting this batch of grain trucks, there should be hundreds of grain trucks blocking Wuwei." With a wave of his hand, he quietly retreated into the woods, and only straightened up until he was completely unsightly on the post road. At this time, Lu Mingyu, Xia Mao'er and several others were covered in mud and water, their hair buns, clothes, and clogs were all soaked by the rain. But they didn't care.

Wong Tai Sin said that tomorrow will be fine, and the day after tomorrow will probably be the time when the thieves will go on the road. Big brother, let's start on the road after tomorrow. Xia Mao'er said happily, "Wong Tai Sin's words are always very smart. "Wong Tai Sin" is a god in Chao County, the ability to do things is still ordinary, the wind and rain measurement is extremely accurate, no one knows it within a radius of dozens of miles, and when it comes to the season of harvesting and grabbing seeds, his family's incense is quasi-vigorous. For this kind of warlock, Xia Mao'er and other bandits are ten out of ten.

Lu Mingyu frowned, nodded and said, "I hope so, act according to the arrangement, and go to gather the brothers of each battalion first." A murderous aura appeared on his face, "Tell everyone, this time with their heads in charge, who is going to leak the slightest rumor, not only the people who have lost the wind will not leave the chickens and dogs of the whole family, but the neighbors will not be left with the one who reported them, and the men, women and children will also be killed!" ”

"Big brother, don't worry!" Xia Mao'er pursed her lips, "Look at who dares him!" ”

While speaking, he came to the place where the horse was tethered, and several former water cowards walked to the war horse with their chests and belly, and with a farewell waist knife, they turned over on the horse, and the horse's hooves flew in the drizzle, and the mud splashed and splashed, ten times more arrogant than the authentic officials and soldiers, as if there were 100,000 urgent things.

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The rain that had lasted for thirty days finally stopped, and Yelu Yanjin, the general of the Northern Courtyard, let out a long breath of turbidity, he looked at the gray sky with a faint ray of sunshine, Yelu Yanjin had never felt that the sun was so bright. If it weren't for the reason of Immortality, he couldn't help but scold like the Southern Dynasty military man, "Thief God!" ”

Because the roads were muddy due to heavy rain, 87 grain trucks, full of 170,000 catties of military rations, were blocked on the road one after another. Yelu Yanjin also ordered his subordinates to whip the signing army and force them forward, but the grain cart was as slow as a turtle crawling on the muddy road, and the cavalry escorting could only move slowly. Yelu Yanjin estimated that if he really went on like this, if he didn't reach Shuzhou, the subordinates who escorted the grain cart would have to lose half, and he wouldn't be able to travel much. So, he chose the Wuwei Army, a slightly stronger and more spacious post station, gathered the grain convoys that came one after another, and at the same time gathered the soldiers and horses who escorted the grain and grass, 2,000 Khitan cavalry, plus the signing army, a total of more than 4,000 people.

"It's not going to rain tomorrow, is it?" Yelu Yanjin asked.

After a day of rain, the ground has just dried out and hardened, and if it rains again, it will be very troublesome. Now Yelu Yanjin has an almost instinctive rejection of the rain.

"Don't worry, my lord, Wong Tai Sin won't be wrong." Han general Liu Lianmei smiled, "He said that the rain was harvested yesterday, and it really stopped, and the next few days are all red sunshine, which is enough for us to travel to Shuzhou." "He was a subordinate of Li Cheng, and Song was originally just a commander, but after he surrendered to the Liao Dynasty, he was promoted to the commander of an army, and his power was greater than before. Therefore, he did his best for this errand to escort military rations.

Yelu Yanjin let out a "grace" and was noncommittal. "Heavy rain is blocked, but the pros and cons are mixed, so many soldiers and horses are escorted, and the little thief can't make up his mind." He muttered to himself, but still turned around and instructed Beiyuan Langjun Duo Luoli no, "Be careful on the road, if you encounter dangerous rocks in the mountains, don't be afraid of trouble, you have to investigate clearly." ”

Dorori was not Yelu Yanjin's old subordinate, and said with a smile, "This small steamed bun mountain in the Southern Dynasty has sparse woods, and it is difficult to hide a horse." Seeing that the general's brows were slightly furrowed, he arched his hand and said loudly, "Obey your orders!" Before the general scolded, the horse ran out. Having said that, Dorori did not spread his hundred horses far away, and ordered them not to be afraid of fatigue or trouble, as long as it was the top of the hill on both sides of the road, and the front and back ends of the valley road, at least they should climb up and take a look.

There are more than 4,000 escort troops in the grain transport team, plus more than 3,000 working masters, the long line, in the middle is more than 100 heavy grain carts, the front and rear are Han military camps, and the Khitan cavalry is on both sides of the grain carts, walking slowly according to the bridles, while looking at the lush greenery on both sides of the road. As Doroli did not say, the mountains on both sides of the road were gentle, and the woods were not as tall and dense as those in Liaodong, but low and sparse, and between the gaps in the woods, there were grasses half a man high. Therefore, the Khitan cavalry was also very relaxed, although the scout stopped the horse and dismounted and climbed the hills along the way to check, but it was more just a false order, standing on the top of the mountain with an unobstructed view, and there was no careful search.

Several Khitan cavalry screamed and rushed down the gentle slope, as if they were racing horses with each other. The Khitan people didn't notice at all, only in the grass outside the zhang, but there were three people lying there, and the mud spots brought up by the horse's hooves splashed on Xia Mao'er's mouth.

"These miscellaneous things," Xia Mao'er said disdainfully, "only care about searching things, such a big man is in front of him, but he is not suspicious." ”

Not far away, he looked at a dilapidated mill on the hillside, which seemed to have been abandoned by its owner for a long time, leaving only a dilapidated house and a few water wheels. However, this is what the Baoyi military arranged first. After the Liao army surveyed both sides of the mountain road that stretched for two or three miles, the large group of men and horses began to slowly enter. Xia Mao'er estimated the time, whispered two words to his subordinates, twisted his body like a gecko, and quietly lay down in the grass and retreated, which was practiced by stepping on the road all year round. The Liao soldiers on the horse looked around from time to time, only to see the grass and dwarf trees swaying in the wind at a glance, and they were stunned not to find half a figure.

Coming to a hidden mountain col, about four or five thousand people have been waiting for a long time, Xia Mao'er suppressed her excitement, strode to Lu Mingyu and the others who stood up, bowed down and said: "Lord Du, the Liao thief has entered the valley, and the brothers are now rushing up to the valley, it's the right time." ”

"Good!" Lu Mingyu's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice: "Notify all departments to prepare to act, and don't alarm the Liao thieves!" ”

"Yes!" The herald's army hurried up the hill beside him, where the hill was gentle and low, and he soon climbed up the hill, crouched under a large conspicuous tree, took out the mirror in his arms, and reflected the sunlight in several fixed places, and it was not long before all those places responded. In an instant, almost the entire valley was filled with a pre-battle tension. At this time, on the left and right sides of the mountain road, there were more than 2,000 people running to the mountains in the distance, in addition to the fire guns, bows and crossbows, there were mules and horses pulling more than a dozen iron barrel cannons, and at the front end of the mountain road, nearly 3,000 foot soldiers formed a formation and slowly moved forward, intending to block the way of the Liao army's advance, only the Liao army's way did not appear soldiers and horses.

Lu Mingyu and Xia Mao'er climbed to the mill in the middle of the mountain in advance, this is the preset artillery position, the winch of the water wheel that seems to be the mill has been flattened, more than a hundred soldiers are winding the rope around the middle wheel axle, and more than a dozen mules and horses have also been led over one after another, around the huge winch. At the other end of the rope, the Gaosu command attached the rope towed to the gun wagon of the iron barrel cannon, and there was no road suitable for mules and horses to tow the artillery up the mountain, so he came up with the idea of using a wheel and axle winch to pull the four-inch gun up the mountain. The firing range here is excellent, and there is another preset artillery position on the opposite side of the mountain road, which forms a cross-fire on both sides, and the fire can cover the entire mountain trail.

Lu Mingyu's face sank like water, covering up the ups and downs of his heart. In this battle of ambushing the Liao army's grain road, Zhao Xingde completely gave the command to his generals for the first time, and he cherished it very much.

At this time, the Liao army had already discovered the abnormal movement on the mountain, and there was a commotion in the team, and they began to make loud noises. The Liao army urged the master to speed up the chariot, and some of the Khitan cavalry overtook the team and rushed to the valley mouth, and the other part of the Khitan cavalry and the Han army camp killed together towards the hills on both sides. The hill was low, and the Liao army rushed to the close distance from the mill before jumping off the war horse, brandishing a scimitar bow and arrow to rush up to kill.

A few sergeants climbed in front of a round boulder, "You can't be wrong." The leading prince muttered to himself. With a solemn face, he dug out a lead from under the rock, lit it with a light fire, and then several people lowered their bodies and quickly ran away. "One, two, three......" Wang Ziang did not forget to count as he ran. ran out dozens of steps before squatting on the ground. "Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!" Wang Ziang counted carefully, and suddenly, a spark appeared in his eyes.

With a loud bang, there was an earth-shattering loud sound, and the huge rock was shaken by the explosive force of gunpowder, and it actually staggered down the mountain, and happened to be in the middle of the Liao army's column, cutting the continuous team in half.