Chapter 604: The Great Flood City
In the past, when the Tatars attacked the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely use a series of strong offens to break through the Ming city. After entering the city, it was a killing and plundering, and the Ming soldiers and horses who were directly killed were discouraged and had no intention of fighting again.
Then most of the remaining cities were not attacked, or pretended to resist for a while, and then they retreated.
But this time, in the battle of Jizhou Mansion, the Tatar army seemed to have changed its tone. They set up camp across the moat of Jizhou and did not make a single attack except for the first day of tentative assault.
As for what the inside story is, Jiang Bin knows it, and Jiang Xia also knows it.
Time flies, seven days go by in a flash. Jizhou Mansion seemed unusually calm, as if the so-called Tatar army that was going to attack Jizhou Mansion did not exist at all. The Tatar army stationed outside the city did not look like they had come to fight, but rather like a large sightseeing tour.
On the tenth day, in the morning, between nine and eleven o'clock.
The two flying pigeon biography were delivered to Jiang Xia and Jiang Bin respectively. The flying pigeon biography sent to Jiang Xia was written by Yang Yiqing himself, the main content is that the Beijing division was besieged by the three-way army, the composition of the soldiers and horses in the Beijing division was too complicated, and the generals who led the troops had their own thoughts, and they urgently needed Jiang Xia to return to Beijing to preside over the overall situation.
And the flying pigeon biography that Jiang Bin received wrote that the Beijing division was about to break the city, and hoped that Jiang Bin would attack them on both sides and break the Beijing division in one fell swoop.
It is only necessary to take the Jingshi, and according to the agreement, the other party is willing to assign all the territory east of Jizhou Mansion to Tatars.
To the east of Jizhou Prefecture, the territory area is not small. However, in terms of property, economy, and whether the land is fertile, it is not too good. The reason why Jiang Bin wants this territory is naturally not only for such a little land, but because this territory is the gateway to the Ming Dynasty, and if he gets this place, he wants to fight the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it is completely suitable for both advance and retreat.
As soon as Jiang Bin put away the flying pigeon book, he immediately shouted: "Someone! ”
Two soldiers immediately walked in outside the tent, and after seeing Jiang Bin, the two soldiers saluted him at the same time and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”
Jiang Bin said: "Pass the order and prepare to attack the city!" ”
"Yes!" The two soldiers answered loudly, their voices revealing a bit of excitement and excitement.
In the Jizhou Mansion, in the conference hall. After Jiang Xia read the book of flying pigeons, his expression was a little solemn. He looked up at Xia Jialin and asked, "Lord Xia, how is the situation in Jiangbei County now?" ”
Xia Jialin sighed, bowed to Jiang Xia and replied: "Back to the emperor, Jiangbei County has been flooded. At present, it only needs to blow up the sluice gate of the Qingshui River, and the water will rush into Jizhou Mansion. ”
Jiang Xia bowed slightly, and asked again: "Then the people of Jizhou Mansion, have they all withdrawn?" ”
"The people have basically withdrawn."
Jiang Xia let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, let's withdraw too." ”
"Yes." Xia Jialin answered, and then stepped back to prepare.
Jiang Xia glanced at Zhang Meng, Xiao Kill, and Qian Juexing, and they each saluted Jiang Xia, and then retreated.
After leaving the door of the conference hall, Zhang Meng couldn't help but ask Qian Juexing, "Brother Juexing, what is Brother Jiang going to do?" It's been ten days, and I don't know what he's going to do just by seeing him constantly transferring people out of Jizhou Mansion. Now that you have to withdraw from Jizhou Mansion, then this Jizhou Mansion will be handed over to the Tatars? ”
Qian Juexing looked at Zhang Meng and raised his eyebrows, but did not speak. Xiao Shu on the side said, "You still haven't understood? Brother Jiang is preparing to emulate Guan Yunchang and flood the Tatar army. ”
"Flooded Tatar army? Where does the water come from? Luanhe is half an hour's road away from us, is it possible that Brother Jiang still has the ability to transfer water here? Zhang Meng asked confusedly.
Xiao Shu shook his head and said, "Normally, Brother Jiang asks you to read more, but you just refuse." Don't figure out what's going on now, right?
The terrain of Jizhou Mansion is relatively low, and the terrain of Jiangbei County is higher. Jiangbei County is adjacent to Jizhou Prefecture, and the Qingshui River in the county leads directly to the Luan River.
Brother Jiang blocked the channel of the Luan River, and the river water would flow backwards to the Qingshui River in Jiangbei County. In order to change the course of the Qingshui River, there was a dam adjacent to Jizhou Mansion. Now, after ten days, Jiangbei County has basically been flooded, and the river is temporarily flowing downward.
But now all you need to do now is blast the dam open, and the river will flow directly into Jizhou's capital. With the amount of river water in Jiangbei County today, Jizhou Mansion can be flooded in less than an hour. As soon as the Jizhou Mansion is flooded, the Tatar army will come in......"
"Oh, I see, when the time comes, while the Tatar army is at a loss, we will kill one more carbine!"
Xiao Shu looked at Zhang Meng and smiled slightly, "After all, I didn't get stupid." ”
Zhang Meng squeezed his big bronze bell-like eyes and asked, "Is this...... Praise me? ”
After the soldiers and horses in Jizhou City were ready, Jiang Xia withdrew from Jizhou Mansion with his people. Outside Jizhou Mansion, Xia Jialin had already sent someone to prepare the ship.
Jiang Xia specially ordered someone to find a low mountain and stood on the mountain to watch the situation in Jizhou Mansion.
Suddenly, the trumpets of the Tatar attack sounded. Jiang Xia, who was standing on the low mountain, was slightly surprised, although he estimated that the Tatars were about to start attacking the city, but he did not expect the Tatars to attack so quickly.
Although it is a bit of a coincidence, it is just the right time for the Tatar army to enjoy this great gift.
Since there were no soldiers guarding the Jizhou Mansion at all, the Tatar attack was very smooth. They first sent men to investigate all the traps and sweep away the thistles before they began to fill the moat.
By the time the moat was filled, more than an hour had passed. From the outside, Jizhou Mansion seemed to be very calm, and when Jiang Bin rode to the side of the moat, he felt very puzzled in his heart.
Captain Sansai on the side asked Jiang Bin, "My lord, should we go into the city now?" ”
Jiang Bin shook his head and said, "No, it's too quiet, I feel a little abnormal." ”
When Sanse heard this, he thought about it and asked, "Could it be that the Ming army in the city was afraid, so they fled with people?" ”
"Run?" When Jiang Bin heard this, he immediately thought that he had received a message from the flying pigeon, so Jiang Xia must have also known the news of the emergency of the Beijing Division.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Jiang Xia was likely to have run away with someone, so he hurriedly ordered: "Quick! Break down the gates now! ”
"Yes!" Sansai immediately gave the order, and a group of Tatar soldiers rushed to the city gate with a broken door. Poqi just hit the gate of Jizhou Mansion, only to hear "Bang!" There was a loud bang.
The city gate suddenly broke open, and the flood rushed out, drowning the soldiers who broke through the city gate directly.