Raindrops slipped down the eaves of the lily hat, dripped on the cheekbones, slid down the cheeks, and landed on the armor, and the faintest sound could be heard.

Qin Zhongshu glanced sideways at Wei Yu, and there was no trace of anxiety and impatience on his solemn and silent face. The rain that lasted for nearly ten days almost exhausted people's patience, Wei Yu could be so calm, Qin Zhongshu couldn't help but secretly admire it in his heart.

The heavy rain forced Jiang Ning to stop the fierce offensive, Jiang Ning did not expect the sudden heavy rain to last for such a long time, and before the rainy season, he continuously sent additional troops to the Liyang battlefield. In the face of Jiang Ning's troops invested in the Liyang battlefield, Zhu Tongshan should have the consciousness that this battle is hopeless. Jiang Ning hoped that Zhu Tongshan would be forced to withdraw his troops to Liyang City under such pressure, and Wei Yu would transfer the troops on the Lanling defense line to the area between Liyang City and the camp to ambush Zhu Tongshan, forcing Zhu Tongshan to fight a decisive battle outside the city.

Even if Zhu Tongshan did not give up the barracks, Wei Yu would organize twice the enemy's strong forces to forcibly attack the dilapidated Liyang stronghold.

Before the rainy season, Jiang Ning hoped that the Fengling camp commanded by Wei Yu would end the Liyang War before the summer; But when everything was ready, it ushered in a rainstorm that lasted for ten days.

When the rainy season will end, no one can predict; Zhu Tongshan knew that there was no hope of victory in this battle, and it was very likely that when the rainstorm season passed, he would lead his troops to withdraw into Liyang City. However, Jiang Ning did not have time to transfer his troops to intercept him on his way back. In this way, Jiangning's months of preparations on both sides of the Jiyuan Canal will be empty.

Wei Yu waited in Lanling for eight days, and saw that the torrential rain was still not slowing down, so he resolutely led the elite 10,000 people in Lanling, braved the torrential rain, detoured back to the east of Fengling City, crossed the Jiyuan Canal, and inserted it into the area between Liyang City and the camp. In the rainstorm, the bowstring was weak, and the general's physical exertion was also great, and he waited in the mountains for two days, but the rainstorm still showed no signs of stopping.

If the heavy rain does not stop until tomorrow, the army will be forced to return to the south bank of the Jiyuan Canal, otherwise even if it waits for the Liyang army, it will not be able to intercept it.

Qin Zhongshu thought maliciously in his heart: If Zhu Tongshan took advantage of the rainy night to withdraw from the camp and meet Wei Yu's ambush army at this time, I wonder if Wei Yu can hold on until the reinforcements arrive?

The 100-mile area between Liyang City and the barracks, the hills are low but continuous for hundreds of miles, and the low-level land is flooded into Zeguo, which makes the mountain pass where Wei Yu led the army become the only place for the Liyang camp army to return to Liyang. However, the terrain of the pass is open and easy, and the defenders do not have much advantage in the terrain. Wei Yu only led 10,000 troops to block the way of the 30,000 Liyang troops who were eager to return to the city, and the danger was known. And this place is only more than 30 miles away from Liyang City, and Zhu Tongshan can mobilize the city guards to attack it together. Even if the reinforcements arrived in time, the soldiers and horses led by Wei Yu were in the innermost layer of the decisive battlefield.

Judging from this point alone, Qin Zhongshu couldn't help but secretly obey Wei Yu's courage and fearlessness. This kind of courage to die and live after death is often lacking in generals.

The felt and rain lily that sheltered from the rain were soaked by the rain as early as the journey, and the clothes on the body were also soaked, and there were few places in the mountains where a fire could be made, so they were used to boil ginger soup hot water for the sergeants to drink. Unable to dry the soaked clothes, in the past two days, Qin Zhongshu was soaked throughout, and he was unaware at first, but at this time he felt the chill drilling into his bones, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Seeing this situation, Cao San was secretly worried. It's not that I'm worried that Qin Zhongshu is sick, but I'm worried that the 10,000 soldiers waiting here can't bear the cold on their bodies.

Cao San obeyed Gu Mingshan's wishes, and when he left Xuancheng, he took Feng Ge'er and Qin Zhongshu with him, and arrived at the Fengling camp together to meet Wei Yu. Wei Yu was a little surprised to see that he could see through his plan based on hearsay alone, but he didn't like his methods, and taking him with him was more like taking the opportunity to detain him.

Under Wei Yu's account, Xiao Wuye, Ban Zhaolin, Yang Shang and others are all handsome in the world, and Qin Zhongshu has converged a lot. Cao San and Qin Zhongshu got along together for a few days, knowing that he had not changed his surname, but was afraid of Wei Yu. Qin Zhongshu has no rank in the army, and he talks nonsense, Wei Yu is very likely to slaughter him if he doesn't like it, and then talk to Xu Ruyu and Kou Zichan.

Wei Yu was muscular, and Cao San struggled to make out the vague shadow he left behind in the night.

The army waited in the rain for two days, and the Liyang army in the city and the camp should be aware of the existence of this road of soldiers and horses, and Zhu Tongshan will choose this road to return to Liyang City?

Cao San coughed lightly and said, "Depending on the situation, the rain will stop in the next two days, do you want Qingfeng to ride out in advance?" ”

Wei Yu was silent, and after a while, he turned around and said: "The rain is soaked in the hills, the road is wet and slippery, the role of the fine cavalry has been limited too much, there is no need to dispatch in advance, I wish Tongshan to come tomorrow, we also have to return to the south bank." ”

Cao San saw that Wei Yu had plans to besiege the city, so he didn't say anything anymore.

Qin Zhongshu said softly: "I wish Tongshan not to return to Liyang, there are still three places to go." ”

Cao San turned his head in surprise; Wei Yu snorted coldly, and said unappreciatively: "Return to Dangtu in the north, cross the canal in the south, and don't move, are you talking about these three places?" ”

Qin Zhongshu was stunned for a long time before he said: "It is these three places, the general has long known in his heart. ”

The corners of Cao San's mouth rose slightly, he smiled silently, and said secretly: Wei Yu has frustrated Gongliang Youqin several times, is it just by luck?

Just after midnight, the torrential rain that lasted for ten days finally stopped, and Wei Yu let a bonfire be lit in the camp, and ordered the sergeants to sit around the fire, dry their clothes as soon as possible, and get rid of the cold in their bodies.

Zhu Tongshan looked at the starry campfire in the Tangyi Pass in the distance, and in two hours, the sky would be white, and whether the Zhu family could survive a little vitality depended on whether it could successfully break through the blockade of the Jiangning Army in Tangyi Mountain. Jiangning only used 10,000 soldiers and horses to block the Tangyi Pass, and if it was peacetime, it was impossible to force it through when the chasing troops had not arrived; But Jiang Ning's generals waited in the rain for two days and two nights, and their combat strength probably made the torrential rain wear away.

Zhu Tongshan turned his head sideways and asked, "What are the movements of the battalion army on the north bank of Jiangning?" ”

One person said: "The torrential rain washed away most of the roads, our army retreated, and the soldiers and horses in charge of the palace will destroy the roads. ”

"How long will it take to come by water by a warship?"

"More than one day."

As soon as the time was enough, Zhu Tongshan breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the troops to advance towards Tangyi Mountain with all their might, as long as they broke through the blockade line of Tangyi Mountain within one day, they could breathe a sigh of relief. It's just that in the fourteen counties of Liyang, Wuyi, he led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to finally trap Ducheng, and the ending was too unsatisfactory.

After months of testing in Jiangning, not only did the forces in Jiangjin, Yuhang and other places not react, but even Lanling and Wuzhou, which have the same branches and lineage, have not moved.

Thinking of this, Zhu Tongshan couldn't help but sigh again and again.

Wei Yubu's soldiers and horses in Tangyi Mountain consumed too much energy in the torrential rain, and it was not until the Liyang Army advanced to the foot of Tangyi Mountain that the outpost scout department discovered the enemy's situation. Without giving Wei Yu much time to prepare, Liyang launched a fierce offensive against the Tangyi Pass at the moment of dawn.

Zhu Tongshan knew that he had to pass through the mountain pass before the pursuers rushed to Tangyi Mountain, and as soon as he came up, he invested the most elite combat power of the Liyang Army, and commanded the two partial troops to detour back to the mountain crest on both sides of the mountain pass. Wei Yu originally arranged defensive forces on the ridge of the mountain on both sides, but under the torrential rain, there was only one stone ridge on the ridge of the ridge, and Wei Yu withdrew the soldiers and horses on the ridge.

However, Zhu Tongshan seemed to know that the rainstorm would stop in the early morning, so he set off for a few hours, asking Wei Yu to misestimate the time when the Liyang army appeared at the Tangyi Pass. Fortunately, there will not be too many Liyang troops on the mountain ridge, otherwise the blockade troops in the mountain pass will not only have to face the frontal charge, but also face the arrow rain of the Liyang army on the mountain ridge on both sides.

Qin Zhongshu listened to the earth-shaking sound of the battle, and said secretly: Looking at this situation, Wei Yu did not hesitate to consume the elite combat power here in order to block Zhutong Mountain from Liyang City. Is it worth it?

Qin Zhongshu glanced at Brother Feng and asked, "How long will it take for Feng Yuanyuan to lead the troops to arrive?" ”

The open ground in front of the mountain pass is fan-shaped, which can be used by both sides to invest thousands of troops at a time, Zhu Tongshan does not count the casualties of the strong attack here, Wei Yu does not avoid the edge, so that Ban Zhaolin leads the soldiers to resist the convergence of the fan-shaped terrain, the longbow behind the soldiers makes the rain soak, the bowstring is weak, there is not much lethality outside a hundred steps, and between a hundred steps, the two armies can quickly contact one place. The Liyang Army's attack on the Tangyi Pass was almost a white-knuckle fight, which was extremely tragic. Wei Yu organized elite generals to recapture the ridges on both sides. The mountain ridge is not much for both sides to invest, and it has little impact on the frontal battlefield for a while, but the mountain ridge is in the hands of the Liyang army, and it finally makes people feel the threat of the flank at all times. Although the mountain ridge can only accommodate 500 people, and the road from the foot of the mountain to the mountain ridge is muddy, it is impossible for the Liyang army to attack the flank of the mountain pass defenders from the mountain ridge on a large scale, but only 500 elite combat power such as Qingfeng cavalry can play an unexpected role at the most critical moment.

Feng Ge'er stood on the high rock, looking at the Shura field on the fan-shaped ground, only to feel that the hot blood in his chest was about to gush out, and after a while, he came back to his senses, turned around and asked, "Ah, what did you say?" Qin Zhongshu asked again. Feng Ge'er said: "If General Feng chases after him, it won't be much later?" ”

Qin Zhongshu said: "If this is the case, Zhu Tongshan will not storm the Tangyi Pass, this God seems to help Zhu Tongshan, but this juncture stopped, the Liyang army was drenched in the rain for three hours, but we were drenched for thirty hours, the decisive battle can only count on Feng Yuanyuan's reinforcements, I think it is quite difficult for the soldiers and horses here to block the Liyang army." ”

"Do you think General Feng's reinforcements won't be able to arrive on time?"

Qin Zhongshu saw Cao San coming from behind, and seeing that there was no worry on his face, he smiled slightly, and said, "General Feng can naturally rush over, but he won't follow behind the Liyang Army?" If General Feng follows behind Zhu Tongshan, Zhu Tongshan only needs to send a small number of troops, which can delay General Feng's journey, so that he cannot arrive here in time to participate in the decisive battle. Although he said this, he still didn't know where General Feng would come from.

Cao San smiled without saying a word, looking at the ridge on the left. Qin Zhongshu followed his gaze and looked over, only to feel that the Liyang army occupying the ridge of Linhe Mountain had completely lost its initial ferocity as if it had suddenly lost its courage, and at this time, the Jiangning soldiers who attacked from the inside were forced to retreat.

Qin Zhongshu suddenly realized and said, "General Feng has rushed over from the waterway. ”

The Liyang army on the mountain ridge was the first to see the battleship on the Jiyuan Canal, and their morale was greatly depressed, but Jiang Ning, who was tired after the rain, was like a surge of new strength, and took back the mountain ridge on both sides in one go.

Feng Ge'er asked in surprise, "How could General Feng be so fast?" ”

Feng Yuanyuan had already moved his troops from the barracks to the battleship, and naturally followed Zhu Tongshan to rush over. Qin Zhongshu did not answer his question, and followed Cao San to the mountain crest near the river, only to see two warships pouring out of the sky, and they were sailing ashore, and the soldiers on the ship were constantly going ashore in array, and the first to go ashore was surrounded by a car array, in the shape of a semicircle, and gradually unfolded outward, longbowmen, crossbowmen, sword and shield hands, halberd soldiers, and after the layers of Yanzhi chariots, it was finally three thousand Qingfeng horses.

Qin Zhongshu asked, "General Feng, who is accustomed to wearing black armor, can be in the battle array. ”

Feng Ge'er said: "I can't see that far, looking at the situation, there are nearly 20,000 people down, and General Feng will naturally lead the army in person." ”

Qin Zhongshu said: "There are only 20,000 people, and Brother Feng will also use the number of soldiers from Dayan?" Qin Zhongshu couldn't see it really, he saw a dense black shadow in the sky, and when he heard that there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses coming down from the battleship, he said, "It seems that this reinforcement is led by General Xiao." ”

Cao San was about to speak, but saw Wei Yu leading Jingwei to climb up. Zhu Tongshan found that the reinforcements coming from the waterway had stopped the frontal offensive and shrunk the array.

Wei Yu walked to Cao San's side and said, "Zhu Tongshan saw the cavalry battalion coming down from the boat, or gathered the array to prepare for a decisive battle, it seems that he had expected Feng Yuanyuan to lead the army to intercept his way to Dangtu. ”

Qin Zhongshu couldn't help but ask, "If Zhu Tongshan does not move, how should General Wei deal with it?" ”

Wei Yu's face sank, his nose snorted coldly, and said, "How can there be no danger in using soldiers?" ”

The strength of the Jiangning Army's camp on the east bank of the Dongqing River and the north bank of the Jiyuan Canal had been emptied before the withdrawal of the camp in Liyang, but in order not to arouse the vigilance of Zhutongshan, the stone-throwing crossbow position at the forefront remained unchanged. In addition to the 3,000 stone-throwing crossbowmen, there were only 3,000 longbowmen on the crossbow position, and the troops of the flanks and rear battalions were withdrawn, and these 7,000 men were in a very dangerous situation. If Zhu Tongshan had not withdrawn from the camp and left when the rain had stopped, he would definitely see the reality there and attack from the flanks.

Although the warships would meet from the water, in the fierce battle, the reinforcements could not get off the ships and fight, and the crossbowmen and longbowmen could not quickly withdraw to the ships, and most of the 7,000 men would face the end of the river of corpses.

The use of tactics cannot avoid danger, Wei Yu put 7,000 people in danger to ensure the victory of the overall situation, in fact, it is beyond blame. Cao San saw that Qin Zhongshu couldn't help but speak suspiciously at this time, and secretly sighed that it was a little unkind. However, Zhong Shu was able to see through everything in an instant, which was a little surprising.

When Brother Feng saw the three of them, his face changed several times in a few words, and he was surprised in his heart, but Wei Yu's murderous reputation was widely rumored even in Jiangning, but Brother Feng was a little worried that Qin Zhongshu's language was lost.

After a moment of silence, Wei Yu's face was slightly pale, he looked at Cao San, and said: "From Jiangning to Lishui, and then to Fengling, what words do you have?" ”

Cao San said: "When Cao San left Jiangning, Mr. Shao and Master Mei both talked to me, coming from Lishui, and Master Gu also said: For the Zhu family, it is not appropriate to slaughter the enemy quickly. Cao San knew this, so he didn't agree to the adults. ”

Wei Yu looked into the distance, and said after a while: "Jiang Jin sent Yi Xingzhi to Mr. Yixing, there is a request to intercede for Zhu Tongshan, and Mr. sent a letter, let me break off the opportunity." Immediately fly to Jiangning and report to Mr. Yu that he knows. ”

Feng Yuanyuan was about to lead the troops over to encircle him, and Zhu Tongshan had become a wilderness to trap the enemy, and whether he was annihilated or captured was all in Wei Yu's thoughts. With one thought, he can decide the life and death of tens of thousands of people, and such power is indeed enviable.

Qin Zhongshu looked at Wei Yu's side face like a knife and an axe, thoughtful.

Soon after, Feng Yuanyuan led the army from the north and approached the Liyang army from the north.

The Liyang army formed a formation at the foot of Tangyi Mountain, Xiao Wuye led the troops from the southwest, and Feng Yuanyuan led the troops from the northwest to force the Liyang army to shrink to the low depression of the riverside mountain. In the end, he was trapped at the southwest foot of Tangyi Mountain and the corner of the north bank of Jiyuan Canal and could not move. The warships of the Jiangning Water Battalion blocked the Jiyuan Canal in the south, the elite infantry covered the flanks with thousands of longbow crossbows and crossbows to block the Tangyi Mountains and slopes in the east, and the hills in the west and north were a joint camp of 40,000 elite foot soldiers.

Wei Yu commanded Fengling to camp water, foot, and ride nearly 60,000 elites, and besieged the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Zhutong Mountain in the west of Tangyi Mountain.

A few days later, Zhang Xu commanded the troops to cross the river, and surrounded the Wuwei army led by Ziyang Yalan, and when Tu guarded the general Zhu Yuanqi to surrender the city. Zhang continued to command the troops stationed in Dangtu, Ziyang Yalan led the troops and horses and 10,000 troops to Liyang, along the way four counties, all looked at the wind and fell, to Liyang City, Liyang guard Zhou Mengfu horseback out of the city, in front of the halberd, said: "Tongshan Gong has the grace of knowing me, Mengfu can't bear it; However, Mengfu could not see the destruction of the homes of the people of Liyang. With that, he waved his halberd and rushed towards the Jiangning army.

Under Liyang City, I saw a man wielding a halberd to charge towards the army, and the blood-colored light of the setting sun sprinkled on Zhou Mengfu's silver armor.

Ziyang Yalan slowly retreated, Zhou Mengfu rushed to the slope where Ziyang Yalan was originally located, turned over and dismounted, inserted the halberd on the ground, bowed three times to Liyang City, let out a long roar, took off the waist guard, and the horizontal knife killed himself.

Liyang's deputy general Ye Tian closed the city and guarded the three days, and then surrendered after the three days. At the same time, Li Gonglin led 10,000 elites to cross the Qingjiang River and arrived at the western border of Liyang, capturing Wuzhou and other seven counties. In addition to the 30,000 soldiers and horses trapped at the southwest foot of Tangyi Mountain, the whole territory of Liyang fell into Jiangning's pocket.

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