The construction of Yingkou City is in full swing, the weather is getting warmer, and the time has entered the second half of February. In the early morning of this day, Li Jing was sleeping in the cabin and villa, and the four maids had already come to the outside room, poured hot water for Li Jing, and arranged the toiletries.

A simple wooden folding table was already set up for breakfast, white rice porridge, a plate of peeled and boiled eggs, a small plate of finely shredded sea cabbage, a small plate of dace with tempeh, and a small pot of sweet and sour shredded rodishes. A small pot and a half pound of warm Huadiao wine.

This is the location of the quayside near the mouth of the river. Suddenly, a clicking sound came, continuously, the sound became louder and louder, the earth seemed to tremble slightly, the four maids looked around in panic, Xiaomei said: "What's the matter, isn't it the earth dragon that wants to turn over"

"Wake up the young master quickly, and go out to an open place quickly," Xiaolan said urgently.

The four maids were suddenly busy, some went to get clothes, and some went to wake up Li Jing.

Li Jing sat up.

"The river is open, damn, the river is open, fortunately, the earthwork is almost dug up, and it will be civilized soon," Li Jing muttered. Immediately afterwards, the four maids rushed in, and while hurriedly dressing Li Jing, they said in a panic: "Oh no, young master, the earth dragon has turned over." "Young master, let's run out. The house is going to fall" "I'm scared to death, run away".

Li Jing said depressedly: "What nonsense, what kind of earth dragon turned over, it was the Liao River that opened, this is the sound of ice cracking." However, this kind of scenery is not usually seen, so you can go and see it and come back to eat. “

Li Jing got dressed and came to the river with the four maids and Bai Yu, only to see that the river surface was as flat as a mirror yesterday, and at this time, cracks appeared out of thin air, extending irregularly like lightning, and soon the river surface was as dense as a spider's web. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, like a thunderclap on the ground, and a huge piece of river ice arched. Immediately after that, a stream of water gushed out, subject to the weight of the ice, and as soon as there was a breakthrough, the waves immediately erupted and surged.

Immediately after that, a huge roar, from far to near, the waves mixed with ice, like an avalanche rolling, like a mountain and a sea, roaring and screaming and surging, unstoppable to sweep away everything. The thick willow trees beside the river were easily cut by the passing ice cubes like sickles cutting grass, and the power contained the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying.

Li Jing stood on a high place and looked at the river, but fortunately, the livestock and plows were stored on the construction site, and there was no loss. Li Jing pointed to the wide Liaohe River and said to the four maids and others: "The Kaihe River can be divided into "Wenkai River" and "Wukai River". When the "Wenkai River" is opened, the ice melts slowly, the density of the flowing ridge is small, and the river is opened smoothly. If the "Wukai River", the thaw comes very quickly, especially the temperature rises sharply or the water level soars, and the large ice cubes surge down, so that it is easy to cause ice cubes, because the ice cubes, drift ice plugs, the overflow area is reduced, and the ice dam can be formed, with the increase of the water level, there will be water drum ice cracking, ice overflowing embankment, forming a catastrophe, and its degree of harm is far more than the flood. When the time comes, the water will overflow the levee and flood our camp. “

Xiaolan smiled: "The water quality of the maid is very good, and the young master will definitely be able to be rescued ashore at that time." “

"Silly girl, you think it's in the sea, it's ice water here, people will freeze directly when they fall, and they can still swim there. Besides, there were ice cubes colliding with each other everywhere, and if you squeezed it, you would be squeezed to death. “

Xiaolan stuck out her tongue mischievously.

"Young master, young master, will that form an ice dam?" Xiao Zhu hurriedly asked.

"I can't look at it, the river is quite stable. If you form an ice dam, you can let the sappers blow it up with gunpowder/barrels. “

Li Jing came to the war room after dinner, saw that everyone was together, and continued to study the current military situation with everyone.

"Fengji Fort has been guarding for ten days," Li Jing asked

"Back to the big handsome, it's already the eleventh day. After Li Bingcheng broke through the siege, he has been on guard for five days and four nights today. “

"Do you know who is left behind, this is a talent, but unfortunately it is unlikely that he will come out alive." Li Jing said with a sigh.

"I found it out, it is a person named Li Xin, a general, a native of Kaiyuan, who participated in the Second War of Aid to Korea, and is also a veteran, in his fifties this year. He was responsible for commanding 2,000 infantry and 900 artillery to defend Fengji Fort. The cavalry was personally commanded by General Li Bingcheng. He was in charge of six large Luzon cannons and more than 100 one- to two-pounder small Francophone cannons. There were also hundreds of people in the city, including people, blacksmiths, carpenters, and handymen. “

"I remember that it's been three days since the city was broken, and Dai Shan hasn't completely occupied the northern city yet. I don't know how he managed to fight, it's a talent for street fighting, it's a pity. Li Jing said with a sigh.

Li Xin was studying the battle situation in Li Bingcheng's room at this time. He was holding an oil lamp and looking at the map of the city, studying how to defend it tomorrow, and in the past few days, less than 800 of the more than 3,000 people had been fighting. Every street and barricade was fought over and over again. If he couldn't hold it, he ignited the buried gunpowder and blew up the Houjin army.

Li Xi studied in detail the case of Tai Qian ambushing the Wara army outside the Desheng Gate, and all the doors and windows were made of bricks, leaving shooting holes. Combined with barricades, holes were made in the walls of houses and courtyards, and even traffic trenches were dug and covered with pine planks to lay earth. Concentrate muskets and three-eyed guns, and shoot constantly. Small groups of enemy troops sent two or three times as many people to jump from the rooftops to surround and strangle. The Lumi gun has the characteristics of long range and high accuracy, and is ambushed in high places, such as behind the ridge and on the drum tower, to kill high-value targets such as officers and cavalry.

The six Luzon bronze cannons also rotated and pitched from side to side, firing in all directions to support the barricades and houses. Sometimes a cannon just ricocheted along the street, hitting hundreds of meters and hitting a bloody alley. The little Franc cannon has run out, so he simply uses the pebbles as shotguns. I'm not afraid of wearing out the breech. The intensity of the battle was too high, and a large number of artillery pieces were blown apart. It's basically scrapped, and there is no need to blow it up.

Li Xin suddenly heard the sound of someone covering his mouth and coughing with his hand in the closet next to the wall, Li Xin immediately pulled out his knife, motioned to his soldiers to pick up his spear, and opened the wardrobe door, only to see a little maid, her teeth fighting, trembling all over, and her eyes widened in horror, looking at these fierce officers and soldiers. He was still holding a bag of dry food in his hand.

"Who are you and how are you here,"

"I'm the maid of the aunt's wife, my name is Xiaohong, the official spares his life, don't kill me" said and cried in fright. Li Xin suddenly remembered that Li Bingcheng had a concubine room by his side, although he didn't know this maid named Xiaohong, but outsiders couldn't get in here. Suddenly relaxed, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, we are the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, not the Tartars." Come out'.

The soldiers called Xiaohong out, Xiaohong lowered her head and nervously grasped the corners of her clothes with her hands, trembling constantly. At this time, Li Xin suddenly thought, where did Li Bingcheng's inner family go, when he went out of the city, he didn't see any female dependents, they all rushed out on horseback, everyone was fighting desperately these days, and they didn't have time to think about this problem.

"Xiaohong, what about the relatives of the chief soldier, where is the old housekeeper, why are you hiding here alone."