The next morning, the weather finally cleared, after yesterday's rainstorm, the water level of the Qinhuai River was a little turbulent, the waves beat the ships and the port, the nearby reefs, etc., and today there is no cloud, the sky is clear, and the temperature of the summer day has suddenly jumped up, but it is not so that people are drowsy all of a sudden, because they have to face not only themselves, but the enemy, for fear that a drowsiness, will let the other party take advantage of it.

Last night, the army of the three countries has followed the rising river, quickly reached the lower reaches of the Qinhuai River, at this moment the Qinhuai River on both sides of the crowd of people, everywhere are soldiers wearing armor, densely intertwined, they all stared at everything around, and on both sides of the Qinhuai River, the main force of the Tang army is stationed on the north bank, the main force of the Song, (Southern) Han and Wu Yue armies is stationed on the south bank of the river, the army has been stretched along the river bank, the two sides of the people and horses have been deadlocked on both sides, and there are about 200,000 people and horses.

With so many men and horses all concentrated in one place, it was also a battle with the largest number of participants during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

The warships of the Song army on the Qinhuai River have gone north at this moment, and all the large and small warships are crowded on the river, Yang Xin, Li Hanqiong and other sailors have arrived at Jinling City, Jiangning Mansion in the lower reaches of the Qinhuai River, in addition to the navy, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Zhi Tingxiao, Ding Deyu, Qian Yu and Ma Bujun are also stationed outside Jiangning Mansion at this moment, and the horses step on the Qinhuai River, and the momentum is close to the solid city of Jiangning Mansion, making this thousand-year-old city have a feeling of black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it.

The officials and people in the city also got the news of the siege of the city by the Three Kingdoms Alliance for the first time, and they didn't know whether to be happy or sad, what they were most afraid of was that the enemy army would treat them as flies and dogs, so that they would be even more worse than dead.

The sun is rising higher and higher, and the armies of the three countries on the other side are a little impatient, and according to the arrangement of the past few days, they plan to start the next step of the siege plan.

At this moment, on the river, under the scorching sun, I suddenly saw several huge rafts carrying firewood swimming from the west of the Qinhuai River, this is Yang Xin and Li Hanqiong's sailors, and the small boats they set up carrying firewood have left the side close to their sailors.

Rockets are shot like locusts, because the wind direction is favorable to the Song army's side of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, at this moment the firewood on the ship was ignited by the rocket, and suddenly the fire caught fire, the fire rose to the sky and the smoke was billowing down, along the turbulent Qinhuai River, rampage to the (southern) Tang Army water village on the opposite bank.

The twenty-three zhang wide raft floated like a volcano, and after the wind caught fire, it began to move fast because of the wind and the water potential, but at this moment there was nothing to stop it on the water surface of the Qinhuai River.

The opposite (southern) Tang army warships all hung sails, they did not have time to remove the white sails, the lit firewood was as difficult to extinguish as a volcano, the Tang army sailors did not have time to retreat, the raft quickly moved to the opposite bank near the water village, not long after, the flame spread and ignited the fence of the water village, the fire was bigger.

The thick smoke of the large cloud was spreading, making the whole air gray, and some could not see the direction clearly, and the scorching temperature and the smoke and dust covering the surrounding five or six miles were even more frightening, and at this moment the (southern) Tang army retreated in front, and the formation in the army was in chaos.

Because of the depth of the water, the cavalry of the Song State were on the boats, and when they saw the chaos of the Tang army's retreating formation, Cao Bin ordered to chase after him, and then the boats full of iron cavalry went down the river in a honeycomb, and the water splashed everywhere, and the ships of the Song army's sailors formed a long formation, covering the east and west sides of the entire river in their hands.

…… On the Qinhuai River, a large number of Song ships rowed boats to transport troops across the river, and at this moment the forced crossing of the Qinhuai River is the best favorable time, because the retreat of the Tang army made the Song army see hope, their first step is to control the Qinhuai River, and then gradually encroach on the opponent's position, and finally the siege battle.

On the side of the river (south) Tang Army's naval army, no one extinguished the fire in the west, and the entire river burned by a fire became more and more hot, and even the river surface was shrouded in a layer of faint smoke, and the black ash of the reeds burned out in the air fell down, Cao Bin tried his best to hold the clairvoyant mirror and watch all the scenes in the distance, but there were some scenes of fires, wood collapses, and charred corpses in the field of vision...... Cao Bin put down the clairvoyant mirror, and at this moment even the clairvoyant mirror was covered with a layer of black ash, he wiped some dust, and let Pan Mei on the side also look at the situation in the distance.

The water and banks of the river shimmered, and the metallic luster of the plate armor stood out in the sunlight...... Under the leadership of the cavalry of the Song army, the army of Han Zhi Tingxiao and the horse infantry army of Qian Yu of Wu Yue Guo rushed in all directions, dividing the formation of the Tang army into several parts, and the Tang army was divided into several sections in the formation in horror and allowed to be slaughtered.

On the entire bank of the Qinhuai River, the sound of the waves rolling east to the river has been completely covered, and at this moment, the embankment, the river and the land are full of chaos.

"Rush ......"

"Kill ......"

The shouts resounded all over the land, a large number of soldiers spread forward, all of them were chaotic soldiers, but the momentum scene was turbulent, on the river surface a few zhang wide, sawing out, and gradually forcing the other party back to the opposite bank, the Song army, the Han army and the Wu Yue army under the leadership of the naval warship, had landed on the other bank, and inserted a sharp bayonet in the heart of the other side.

Such a large-scale scene, the drums and trumpets on both sides of the two wings could not hear each other, and as far as the eye could see, the Tang army that had fled in the distance was clear at a glance, but when they turned back, they gathered around the city to fight against the surging Three Kingdoms army.

The scorching sun overhead was still as hot as a scorching summer, and the entire battlefield was choked by thick smoke and smoke, which made it impossible to distinguish the direction of the surroundings for a long time, and temporarily became a barrier to protect the retreat of the Tang army.

This is a military dividing line, a chasm.

After the battle for most of the day, the afternoon sun became more and more violent, and the sun also made the physical strength of both sides somewhat depleted, and at this moment the two camps were also a little unbearable, and the two sides changed from large-scale battles against the enemy to small-scale confrontations.

The Tang army basically lost a lot of naval troops, while the armies of the Song, (Southern) Han and Wu Yue countries only lost part of them sporadically, and at this moment they had begun to go on the defensive, they had already discussed their tactics and strategies in the camp tents, and they had temporarily adapted to their own situation, and they also set up some siege equipment, which were basically tall and mighty, and they were all newly developed and improved weapons by the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervisor.

In addition, this time, the generals of the Song army all held a clairvoyant mirror in their hands, looking at the strong city wall of Jiangning Mansion in the extreme distance opposite, in the field of vision of the clairvoyant, the generals could clearly see everything in the distance, and suddenly pulled it into their eyes, if they stretched out their hands, it seemed to be within reach.

Pan Mei said on the side: "My Great Song army has this sharp weapon, and once again it can play a greater role in the siege battle, so that the enemy army is not able to hold back." ”

At this moment, Cao Bin looked at the city and saw everything in the distance clearly, and then he took off the clairvoyant mirror on his eyes, and then said to Pan Mei beside him: "This thing is good, but my Great Song Dynasty general is only owned by generals above the first level, and the rest of the low-level generals naturally use a lot of this thing, and they are afraid of being snooped on by the enemy and take it away, so they only made seven or eight of them." However, there is still a flaw in this thing, if it is late at night, it will not play its role. ”

Pan Mei also had a deep understanding of this, he knew what Cao Bin meant, and then he asked again: "Cao Deployment, why don't you see your kid?" ”

Cao Bin said: "This kid is still in the concierge courtyard in the city, and so are Wang Taishi (Wang Pu). ”

Speaking of Cao Can, he has been in the city these days, and today he also heard from the forbidden army patrolling the streets in the city that heard about the siege of Jiangning Mansion by the Three Kingdoms army, in this regard, Cao Can has a feeling of powerlessness, and now there are not many Song troops in the city, and most of them are more than a dozen forbidden soldiers who protect the Song envoys Wang Pu and Dong Zhongyan.

At this moment, Cao Can is still walking on the road, everything outside the city today, he also has heard some from the mouth of the people sergeant, he is very optimistic about the battle situation, at this moment he passed by the side, and suddenly from the opposite side came a young man wearing a round neck dark blue robe, sneaky, his face was partially hidden, and before the young man approached, Cao Can recognized the other party.

However, the other party also recognized Cao Can, and he quickly took Cao Can's hand and went around to a secluded place, where there was no one here, but it looked a little shady under the scorching sun.

Cao Can's face was happy, and he immediately arched his hand and said, "Cao Can has seen His Royal Highness the King of Wei. ”

The young man was Zhao Dezhao, and at this moment he said: "Brother Can'er is polite." ”

Cao Can didn't know why Zhao Dezhao suddenly appeared here, but he also guessed something from Wang Pu and Cao Bin, but he was also a careful person, and he knew that King Wei's style of acting was that he was also waiting for news, which happened to happen today.

Zhao Dezhao knew what Cao Can was going to ask, so he said: "This is not the place to talk, let's go and talk elsewhere." After speaking, Zhao Dezhao led the way in front, not far from Qianjin Yixiao Building.

When he arrived at Qianjin Yixiao Building, Zhao Dezhao took Cao Can to a utility room where wine jars and other places were stored, and then lifted the wooden planks on the floor.

Cao Can's face was stunned for a moment, there was actually a big hole hidden under the wooden board, and then Zhao Dezhao said to him: "This is the Yuanshan Temple that can lead directly to the outside of the city, I need you to go outside the city to tell General Cao, let him rest assured." In a few days, Jiangning Mansion will personally open the city to greet him. ”

"Kaesong greeting?" Cao Can listened to Zhao Dezhao's words, and already knew a lot of things that had happened recently, just Kaecheng, would the other party surrender so easily?

Zhao Dezhao did not return to Cao Can's doubts, he squinted his eyes and said: "It's not good for me to come forward at the moment, after all, I'm just a prince, and I always have to avoid suspicion about things in the army. ”

Cao Can understood what Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, meant, then went back to the protocol and told Wang Pu everything...... When Wang Pu found out, he immediately wrote a handwritten letter for Cao Can to go out of the city and bring it to Cao Bin.

Cao Can then took the letter and changed into ordinary clothes and left.

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