In the second half of the night when the Song and Wu Yue armies had just arrived in Lishui tonight, there was still a warm wind blowing in the air, and the warm wind was blowing, blowing a faint smell of grass.

Not far from the river pond and other waterfront areas, you can hear a few frog whining, if you look up at this time, the night sky is full of stars, it looks particularly bright and gorgeous, but the Lishui city in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River is now in the baptism of war.

From day to night, Yang Xin had already led his Song soldiers to storm the south gate of Lishui non-stop, but as it was late today, Yang Xin had already ordered the Song soldiers to retreat eight miles and set up camp on the hill eight miles away.

At this moment, everything in Lishui seemed a little quiet, and the Song army and Wu Yueguo outside the city had stopped attacking almost at the same time, and all of them died down.

Li Xiong, the commander of the Tang army at the head of Lishui City, looked out of the north city gate, and Li Hanqiong in the distance also set up camp, and Li Xiong was a little relieved at this moment, and under this, Li Xiong began to gather his generals again to discuss the next military affairs.

Li Xiong, the commander of the Tang army, secretly thought in his heart at this moment, he thought that Lishui was also a strong city, surrounded by the natural Qinhuai River and Shijiu Lake, and the water conservancy added a guarantee for it, and the Maoshan Mountains in the northeast also protected this city, if it was only besieged by the strength of the Song army, I am afraid it would take a lot of manpower, material resources, and time to conquer it.

This is also why Li Xiong, the commander of the Tang army, stubbornly believed that as long as he held the city of Lishui, he could rely on the Qinhuai River and Shijiu Lake to deal with the Song army and Wu Yue's army. The Tang army, from Li Xiong to ordinary soldiers, all agreed that defending the city now was the best way, and only in this way could Lishui drag down the Song army that was rushing for hundreds of miles.

Moreover, they could also take advantage of the darkness of the night to harass the enemy's camp with a small force of troops, and Li Xiong did the same, sending a small force of elite cavalry, intending to harass one of the Song troops in the second half of the night.

However, it was only the first half of the night, and Li Xiong was only preparing for a sneak attack, and at this moment, the cavalry officers in the city received the order from their superiors and had already begun to pack up everything.

The atmosphere inside the city suddenly became tense, but outside the city was as quiet and peaceful as ever, but it was not long before this peaceful atmosphere was broken.

This is the location of the north and west of the city, and at the same time, many boats suddenly floated from the water surface of the Qinhuai River, and the waves were repeated, colliding with the boats, and the water splashed into the stone embankment like a break, and it seemed that the boats were moving so fast that they were about to hit the stone embankment on the shore.

The moment the ship hit the stone embankment, it had steadily slowed down and docked steadily on the stone embankment on the shore.

"Quick, brethren, send these to the tent of the Governor of Ding tonight." At the urging of the generals of the Song Army and the Navy at the bow of the ship, the deck was erected, and then the soldiers transported the coffins and other items loaded in the cabin to the dock.

At this moment, there are a few carriages and horses docked on the wharf to transport the army's military straw and other things, these carriages and horses are one after another, from the east side of the ferry to the west side of the ferry, and these carriages and horses are all sent by Ding Deyu's army.

All the coffins carried down from the ship have been loaded into the car, and under the escort of the coachman, all these coffins have been transported to the army of Ding Deyu in the east of the city.

Seeing this, Li Hanqiong, who was standing on a big ship in the distance, also hoped that after this battle, the Song army would be able to conquer Lishui in the shortest possible time, and several armies would win a complete victory under the encirclement.

The horses and chariots gradually disappeared into the night......

At the east gate of Lishui, about four miles away, at night, Ding Deyu and Qian Yu's Wu Yueguo army has been stationed on the bank of the Qinhuai River, these large camp tents are lined up, and in those military tents, the soldiers are digging tunnels in the military tents under the cover of the military tents.

From this afternoon to tonight, the tunnel has been being excavated, according to the plan of Wu Yongzi, three or four miles of tunnels, the soldiers need to keep digging, it takes about two days of work, now it is only half a day, the tunnel has been dug a mile long.

After Ding Deyu came out of the military tent, he went straight to the camp where the tunnel was dug, and saw that the soldiers were digging the tunnel intensively.

The tunnels were being excavated, and the earth excavated from them was also transported through the dustpan, and all of them were dumped in the tents, so that the enemy would not find out.

Generally speaking, it was not uncommon to dig holes and transport soldiers through tunnels, and it was in this situation that the Song army used military tents as cover and then acted to achieve their goals.

At this moment, Ding Deyu only saw a dark hole, and those soldiers were already in the tunnel at a very deep distance, Ding Deyu only saw that the soil in the military tent had been piled high, and some soldiers used hoes to smooth the soil to prevent the soil from suddenly overturning the hole.

Ding Deyu looked at the soldiers who were digging the tunnel, he felt a little unbearable, but he still said his heart and said, "The soldiers have worked hard, and you will be tired for a while." ”

The three soldiers were leveling the dirt with earth, and when they heard Ding Deyu say this, they were grateful: "Brothers, thank you for your concern."

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the military tent, and then the three of Wuyongzi and the apprentice had already come in, and the three of them looked at the tunnel being dug, and the busy soldiers, estimating that according to this process, it is estimated that the next step can be implemented after the sun sets tomorrow.

At this moment, Ding Deyu saw that Wu Yongzi was coming, and he asked rhetorically: "Military Master, is this method really useful?"

"As soon as this method is used, the gates of the city will collapse." An Deyu, who was on the side of Wuyongzi, said calmly.

At the same time, Ding Deyu tilted his head towards Wu Yongzi, he hoped that Wu Yongzi could give him an answer, but Wu Yongzi looked serious, and then nodded.

Since this is the case, Ding Deyu has nothing to say, so he pinned all the hopes of the Song army on the siege of the city.

An Dongye suddenly remembered something, and he immediately prayed: "By the way, Ding Dujian, the scout just came to report, and the coffin we want is already on the way to the camp."

"Really?" Ding Deyu was not very happy, he had a trace of concern.

The three of them also knew Ding Deyu's concerns, so they checked the situation of digging tunnels in the barracks, and then went out of the military tent.

In the night sky, there is no moonlight, but there are bright stars, little by little the starlight is shining, a warm wind blows in the ears, making people feel very comfortable, and the three of them look up at the night sky while walking.

"Master, just looking at Ding Dujian's face, he doesn't seem to be very happy." Antoye immediately blurted out.

Wu Yongzi looked up at Xinghe with a peaceful look: "Brother Dong, he must be so worried that our army will not be able to attack and the soldiers will suffer too many losses."

An Dongye on the side didn't say much, and An Deyu looked up at the stars like a mediocre child.

At the same time, in order to cooperate with the soldiers digging tunnels, Ding Deyu set up a lot of soldiers to patrol around the military tent, so as to make a look of siege training soldiers and horses, so as to confuse the Tang soldiers on the city tower.

Ding Deyu's method is very good, the more the movement is very loud, the other party thinks that he is going to prepare for a sneak attack on Lishui City at night, which also makes the enemy close the city gate, and he doesn't even do such a thing as a sneak attack.

At this moment, there was a small sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance, saying that it was small, because the horses' hooves were all tied with soft strips of cloth, which was also because of the commotion, for fear that the enemy would find out.

The coffins had been transported to the barracks station, and Wu Yongzi counted them, and there were about a hundred pairs.

Li An, a soldier of the Song army who escorted the coffin, said: "Back to the capital prison, Commander Li has asked the last general to transport the coffin and other things here. ”

"Well, there's Lao Li's head." Ding Deyu walked out of the military tent, and then watched several truckloads of coffins being transported, and he asked his soldiers to order it, a total of a hundred pairs.

"These hundred pairs are reserved for the enemy." Wu Yongzi walked out of the military tent with a smile, then approached the coffin, and then pushed the coffin board hard, only to see that some sulfur, saltpeter and other things were exposed inside.

At this moment, Qian Yu also walked out of the military tent, and saw many carriages and horses loaded with coffins parked in the camp, and he said: "The military advisor's clever plan is really good, but I don't know if I can give Tang Jun a surprise tonight?" "Qian Yu estimates the day, maybe he won't be able to implement the plan tonight.

"Lord, this is not in a hurry." Wu Yongzi looked at the galloping Qinhuai River in the distance.

The soldiers had already transported all the coffins from the carts and horses, and were now in full swing to transport all these things to the military tents.

In the barracks, the soldiers were still digging tunnels, and the soil in Lishui was a little loose, but it did not prevent them from digging tunnels.

Yang Xin's troops in the south of the city were stationed steadily, and there was no movement at all.

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In the second half of the night, the drawbridge on the moat in the north of the city had been put down steadily, and the drawbridge made a dull sound when it was lowered, and then, a cavalry of less than 100 people came out of the city, and the horses of the Tang army officers and soldiers had been placed with a lot of prepared things, including gunpowder, rockets, bows and crossbows and other things made by the ordnance supervisor.

"Since Yang Xin injured my Tang Shenwei Water Army, I will hurt the Song Army several times tonight." The cavalry soldiers secretly made up their minds in their hearts, and then left the city and disappeared under the bright galaxy.

The cavalry had already set off and headed into the distance.

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At night, the water of the Qinhuai River was already turbulent, and the waves crashed on the hull of the boat with a loud sound.

Li Hanqiong couldn't sleep tonight, he had been thinking about the plan on the sand table in the barracks, as we all know, Lishui was an important town in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River in the Tang State, and it was also a line of defense to defend Jiangning Mansion.

Tonight, he sent people to send all those coffins to the Ding Deyu army in the east of the city, which was also carefully considered, and the military advisor Wuyongzi insisted on digging the tunnel, and then buried the coffin filled with gunpowder and other materials into the tunnel, and then ignited the gunpowder to bombard the city wall. Li Hanqiong knew that the guard general who was familiar with Lishui was Li Xiong, the commander of the Tang army, and this person was a good hand at defending the city, and the Song army would never dare to take it lightly.

On the Qinhuai River, the Tang State Navy has been almost annihilated by the Song State Navy Li Hanqiong and Yang Xin's Department, and this news must have also reached Li Xiong's ears, so Li Hanqiong also deployed a lot of troops along the Qinhuai River, tonight according to his expectations, this Li Xiong is estimated to send people to attack his camp at night.