Since last night, the gourd water in the canyon has been cut off, and the Western Xia army has changed the direction of the gourd water and cut off the water source of the Song army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Water sources are more important to the Song army than food, and once the water source is cut off, tens of thousands of Song troops and hundreds of thousands of Xiang troops will not be able to stay for a day.

Early in the morning, hundreds of soldiers gathered in front of a depression near the cliff, and not far from it was a pond covering an area of about two acres, but this pond alone could not sustain the survival of more than 100,000 people, and the Song army had to find a new source of water.

The soldiers were divided into ten groups and dug a well every ten zhang, and they had been digging for most of the night, and the well had reached one zhang, but the water had not yet come out.

He was not worried, he didn't know how many times he had experienced the water source being cut off over the years, and in the end he could always solve the problem, the key was in the garrison, as long as the garrison was not on the hill, he could dig a well to get water no matter what.

Moreover, he had prepared a pool of several acres of land in advance, which was enough for them to use it for at least ten days.

"Marshal, the intelligence department Li joins the army and asks to see you!"

As soon as the planter turned around, he saw Li Yanqing standing dozens of steps away, holding a pumpkin-shaped black bump in his arms, and a soldier behind him also hugged one.

His heart moved, and he quickly stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Could it be that this is what you said........

"Returning to the marshal, this is the strange soldier that his subordinates are talking about!"

"What is this?" The seed master touched the shell of the pig iron casting and asked with a smile.

"It's a firearm, to be precise, it's a more powerful thunderbolt, and my subordinates think it's enough to blow up a big hole in the Yinchuan city wall!"

Seed Master Dao's eyes lit up, "This is the firearm you made?" ”

"It is the gunpowder formula provided by the subordinates, it is made by gunpowder craftsmen and blacksmiths, the subordinates have done experiments, the effect is very good, and the subordinates are sure that they can break the city!"

Li Yanqing was deeply impressed by the battle to capture the dam, and the promise he made, the Seed Master Dao was almost convinced, and the Seed Master Dao pondered for a moment and said, "Since you are so sure, then you can try it tonight." ”

At this time, the soldiers digging the well suddenly shouted at the same time, "Dashuai, the water is out!" ”

The planter is overjoyed, this is really a good sign!

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When the night was getting dark, a cavalryman galloped to the city and shouted to the city: "General Li Liangfu is here?" ”

Li Liangfu happened to be patrolling the city, and when he heard the shouting, he probed and asked, "I'm Li Liangfu, what's going on next?" ”

"We still have hundreds of soldiers' bodies that have not been found, and it is estimated that they have sunk to the bottom of the moat, and my marshal asks General Li for permission to salvage them!"

Li Liangfu pondered for a while, and then said: "It can be salvaged, but the number of salvage people is not allowed to exceed ten!" ”

"Thank you, General Lee!" The cavalry urged the horses to gallop back.

In the Song army camp, thousands of tents have been dismantled, and in the wide open space, 30,000 soldiers have been ready, they are lined up in three phalanxes, 500 fortifiers are in the front, and they will be responsible for building five pontoon bridges.

Behind the five hundred fortifications is six thousand heavy armored cavalry, the cavalry of the Song Dynasty, including the war horse, almost all have armor, but they are not fully armored, but they are guarded in the critical place, the cavalry is holding spears, murderous, they will be the first batch of troops to enter Yinchuan City.

The two phalanxes in the back were 24,000 heavy armored infantry, with the spear army in front and the sword and shield army in the back.

But today, everyone is a little confused, is the Lord going to attack Yinchuan City at night? But...... And what's the point of preparing cavalry? And you don't need crossbowmen, how can you attack a city? Countless questions lingered in the hearts of everyone, and almost all the soldiers were confused, even so, the fiasco of the first siege left a shadow in everyone's hearts, and the morale was slightly insufficient.

Three thousand crossbow soldiers were deployed on the board wall, and the cultivator Dao stood on the camp wall with his hands, looking at the dark Yinchuan City three miles away, can he really break the city tonight? He wasn't sure in his heart either.

Seed Master Dao glanced at Li Yanqing with the corner of his eye, only to see that his face was calm and he couldn't see any expression, which made Seed Master Dao secretly sigh in his heart, the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, he was a young man arrogant, but the young man in front of him was deeply hidden, and when he was with him, he couldn't imagine his age at all.

At this time, the war horse galloped up, and the cavalry immediately shouted: "Great commander, the other party is allowed to collect corpses in the river, but no more than ten people are allowed." ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, turned back to Li Yanqing and said, "It's time to go!" ”

Li Yanqing carried a bow and arrow on his back, his arrows were ten fire oil arrows, used for ignition, followed by Hao Da and Hao Er, each of them carried a thunderbolt, and setting the lead also requires good skills, especially to ensure that the two thunders detonate at the same time, ordinary craftsmen can't do it, only the master craftsman of the thunder will understand the subtleties.

The other seven were the sailors who were covering them, and the gate of the barracks opened a crack, and ten people pushed a cart out of the barracks and walked briskly towards Yinchuan City.

The excuse of the planter to fish for the corpse is very ingenious, it is the custom of the party to fish for the corpse in the river at night, the person who dies in the river is the water ghost, the water ghost is the dark ghost, the sun is jealous, the corpse must be out of the water at night, and the soul will not disperse It is precisely because of this taboo that Li Liangfu agreed to the request of the planter.

Even so, Li Liangfu still stood at the head of the city and coldly observed the Song army fishing for corpses in the river, and ten Song soldiers lit paper candles by the river, placed chickens, ducks, and pumpkin offerings, and after paying homage to the fallen soldiers in the river, they began to go down to the river to retrieve the corpses.

"Find one!" There was a shout from the east, and the first corpse began to emerge from the water.

At this time, someone's eyes were looking to the east, but Hao Da and Hao Er quietly moved the two big pumpkins in the sacrifice to the city wall, they took out a few broken city bricks, and clearly stuffed the two earth-shattering thunderbolts into it, the two carefully clamped the length of the fuse wire, knotted the two fuse wires together, and the last long lead rested on the edge of a keg filled with fire oil.

They had then dived into the water and swam across the moat, and the other soldiers had already scooped up more than two dozen corpses and threw them onto carts to transport back the first batch of corpses.

Walking a hundred steps away, Li Yanqing stopped, he picked up the bow and arrow that had been placed behind a big stone in advance, wound the arrow, slowly pulled it away, and aimed at the small barrel at the foot of the wall a hundred steps away, "You can ignite it!" ”

Li Liangfu didn't notice the Hao brothers' movements under the base of the city wall, but he saw Li Yanqing's archery posture in the distance, and he was taken aback, what was this doing?

A hundred paces away, a flame burst into flames, and then an arrow that flickered into the air turned into a rocket, which shot into a keg filled with oil with extraordinary accuracy, and the keg burst into flames, and then ignited the fuse.

Li Liangfu looked at the flames that were burning under the city wall, he had realized that he had been fooled, he was extremely angry in his heart, and he turned around and yelled: "Go and get water!" ”

Several soldiers rushed away, and all the Western Xia soldiers, including Li Liangfu, did not realize what they were going to face?

After Li Yanqing shot an arrow, he turned around and ran wildly, and the Hao brothers and other soldiers didn't care about the cart, so they spread their legs and ran wildly, only running fifty steps, and the Hao brothers shouted: "It's going to explode, get down!" ”

Ten people lay down one after another, Li Yanqing lay on the back of a boulder, his hands tightly covered his ears, his eyes looked at the city wall without blinking, at this time, the seed master on the camp wall and all the generals held their breath, staring at the city wall in the distance, only to see two extremely dazzling red lights burst out in a row, followed by two earth-shattering explosions, like thunder on the ground, the earth began to tremble, white smoke was filled, and nothing could be seen within dozens of zhang.

The soldiers in the barracks were so shocked by these two deafening explosions that their hearts were about to jump out, and many soldiers squatted down and covered their ears tightly, and although the horses had blocked their ears beforehand, many of them were frightened, their front hooves raised high, and they screamed violently.

Seed Master Dao's face changed greatly, just by the sound of this explosion, he knew that Yinchuan City was not safe, and he was extremely shocked in his heart, what kind of firearm is this? The Great Song Dynasty didn't have such a powerful firearm, could it really be the strange soldier that Li Yanqing had just made?

The Song army camp could not feel the power of the explosion, but the ten Song soldiers one hundred and fifty steps away felt it very deeply, their ears were buzzing, dust and stones fell from the sky, and everyone was almost covered in mud, and one by one they became gray.

At this time, the smoke finally dissipated, only to see that the city wall was blown open with a 20 zhang wide gap, and the city wall more than 100 zhang long next to it also collapsed, hundreds of Western Xia soldiers were blown up or buried, and hundreds of soldiers within 100 steps from the explosion point were also shocked to death, and even the main general Li Liangfu was gone.

The planter Dao was overjoyed, and immediately shouted: "Attack!" ”

Five hundred fortifications rushed out of the camp gate with wooden planks and rushed towards Yinchuan City, followed by six thousand cavalry, and a group of cavalry rushed out and galloped at full speed in the wilderness.

"Kill!"

The 30,000 Song troops shouted like thunder, pouring towards Yinchuan City like a tide......