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While Yan Yong and others were discussing how to deal with the current crisis, the Song army's 'river engineering team' drove a large boat to the blocked breach that was still thirty paces wide. The helmsman of the large ship struggled to adjust the course with the helm handle, and the sailors on the shore side struggled with the current of the river to cross the boat at the breach, and then anchored and withdrew to the small boat behind.

The small boat, which had been waiting for a long time behind it, quickly approached and turned the stones from the cabin into the larger ship. As more and more stones were added, the ship gradually sank and submerged more than half of the hull. Zhao Lin, who had been observing from the side, ordered to chisel through the bilge and sink the ship, and several water ghosts acted quickly, chiseled the bottom of the boat and gushed into the river, and the overwhelmed boat shook twice and sank to the bottom of the river.

Zhao Lin seized the opportunity and ordered the soil bags and wooden cages that had been prepared to be pushed into the broken embankment, and the big water that flowed out turned into a small stream, and gradually turned into a small stream, and slowly fell silent. Everyone seized the opportunity to quickly strengthen and repair the embankment, and the water of the Liang River obediently flowed into the river to the west, and the water level began to rise gradually. Zhao Lin ordered again to blow up the dug canal, and the water accumulated in the wilderness was discharged into the various tributaries of the Liang River along the canal......

The water outside the city was constantly falling, and Wan Yanyong could no longer compose, so he ordered the first army to sail out of the city while the water was still on the surface to destroy the river embankment again. As a result, people were sent out, but not only was the embankment not dug up, but no one came back. Wan Yanyong, who did not give up, once again sent the army to break the embankment in several ways. When I arrived, there was still no return. Only then did he understand that the Song army had learned to be clever and had sent troops to garrison all the embankments in Lincheng. And he patrolled the river in a warboat, and when he found someone approaching the embankment, there was a burst of gunfire. It's hard to do it again.

Three days later, the water outside the city had receded, the trees and houses that had been submerged for more than ten days were re-exposed, and the embankment, which had been soaked for many days, had begun to collapse without the support of the water outside, becoming a huge pool of mud beams. Fortunately, as soon as the flood receded, the outside of the city was still very muddy, and people and horses could not walk, and the Song army did not approach the city, but everyone knew that it would not take a few days. The residual water will be evaporated, and the land will become rammed and hard after the water, not to mention leaving, there is no problem with running horses.

"Marshal, don't worry, the soldiers will come to block the water and come to Tutun, and the soldiers in our city still have the strength to fight." Wan Yan suddenly looked at Wan Yan Yong with a sad face and persuaded him.

"Why hasn't the peace envoy sent by the DPRK and China yet arrived?" Wan Yanyong sighed and asked, now that the plan to resist the enemy with water has failed, his love has plummeted. They also pinned their hopes on peace negotiations in order to delay time.

"Great Marshal, we besiege the city with water, and the land and water are cut off. Even if the peace envoy arrived, he could not inform or enter the city, but he should have arrived according to the distance. Li Qiong said with a wry smile, if Zhao Er had the heart to negotiate peace, he would not go to great lengths to block the break. But staying behind still has illusions about this, it's so naïve.

"The following officials only saw it. The two countries have become an endless trend, and the commander still has to actively prepare for war. Just in case. Wan Yan said suddenly.

"Of course, Zhao Er and I have a grudge against killing my father, this revenge is not shared, he only hates that he can't kill this thief with his own hands, and he will definitely avenge this big revenge when he meets on the battlefield today." Wan Yan Yong's face turned red when he was suddenly surprised, and he knew that he had lost his words and showed his cowardly side in front of everyone, so he hurriedly covered it up. After seeing the power of the Song army's firearms, he had long understood that the skillful bow horse he had always been proud of had no power to fight in front of the Song army's artillery and bead guns, and it was just a dream to kill thieves with this.

"The last general is willing to fight the enemy together with the marshal, and swear to kill Zhao Er!" Everyone in the hall saluted in unison.

"Thank you, now let's discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy!" Anyone can say big words, Wan Yan Liang said big things and hiccuped, and the servants scattered the loyal and righteous people who were killed and returned, since this is the case, let's come up with a way first, Wan Yan Yong sneered secretly.

"The last general thought that it would be better to go out of the city and fight with him in the field, and give full play to the advantage of our fast horses and sharp swords, and kill the enemy in the formation." Xiao Jiang finished his face and said first.

"No, the Song army's artillery has a long range and great power, and most of its field horses have been lost before they reach it, and the strength of its cavalry should not be underestimated. If we take the initiative to fight with it, it is exactly what Zhao Er can't ask for. Wanyan suddenly waved his hand, since the conquest of Yunzhong, he had fought against the New Song Army trained by Zhao Er more than ten times, and he had never been cheap, and finally he was captured by him, which became an indelible shadow in his heart.

"We can't help but remember the lesson of the fall of Jinzhou, it is precisely because they tried in vain to defend the city, but before the battle was engaged, the sergeants suffered more than half of the casualties under the enemy's raging artillery fire, and after the enemy entered the city, they had no strength to resist, and they were occupied in only one day." Jiagu Wuli said that he was not in favor of defending the city, which would be too passive.

"How can Jinzhou City be compared to Liaoyang City. The city of Jinzhou is small and narrow, and the range of the Song army's artillery can cover the whole city, and the army and civilians have no place to hide, of course, there will be heavy casualties; Liaoyang is up to five miles longitudinal and longitudinal, and its artillery cannot reach the inner city, so our army can hide troops in the inner city, and after it enters the city, it will start close combat with it, so that its artillery can not exert its power; In addition, there are 300,000 soldiers and civilians in our city, and a large number of Ding Zhuang can be recruited to replenish the troops, but the Song army cannot withstand such consumption. Li Qiong said.

"Well, this plan is feasible, kill the enemy's edge, eliminate its elite, take advantage of the situation to counterattack, good plan!" Wan Yanyong nodded after hearing this, although this kind of fighting will cause heavy casualties, it is a hundred times better than the city falling and people dying.

"Dashuai, now that the water has just receded, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, the Song army will think that we will not go out of the city, and now the two battalions are scattered everywhere, far apart, it is difficult to support each other, why not secretly send an elite army to attack Zhao Erxing's camp at night while it is dark, if it is attacked and killed, it can be a success." Kong Yanzhou offered another strategy.

"It's really a good plan, kill Zhao Er, the whole country of the Southern Dynasty will be leaderless, it will definitely fall into chaos, the troops and horses on both sides will be withdrawn, and the crisis will be solved!" Wan Yan Yong said happily, this strategy is the most in line with his mind, he can not only slash the enemy, but also retreat the enemy......

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At this time, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the Song army's hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in one place were very prone to epidemics, and the war horses were not tolerant of the heat and became listless. Now that the water has receded, it is still impossible to fight in a short period of time, and it is not easy for the enemy to escape, so Zhao Ta ordered the infantry cavalry to remove the troops on duty for combat readiness, and all the armies to enter the Guanshi Mountain and Baishi Mountain to escape the heat, and the war horses can also take advantage of this to cool off the heat. His life on the water was not good now, so he camped in a wooded area on the banks of the Liang River to escape the heat, while the sailors chose a spacious harbor to anchor, and the sailors had to go ashore to rest.

The Song army seems to be scattered in this arrangement, but as long as you look closely, you can find that they control all the water and land passages and passes in and out of Liaoyang City, and if people outside want to come in, and people inside want to go out, they have to pass under their noses, and it is impossible to say goodbye without saying goodbye. And the camp is the most important protection target, there are naval warships patrolling the river, on the embankment is the outer cordon arranged by the marines, and then there are the guards of the division of the deployment, and the innermost circle is the heavy barriers arranged by the guards, and a mosquito has to make a report if it wants to fly over.

He was ordered to carry out his own construction and sent several teams of scouts to find the location of the camp, but they often did not return, and they could not find it after tossing for many days, let alone any night raids. But he didn't want to give up, so on a dark and windy night, he led three thousand elites to launch a large-scale night attack according to his conjecture, and the result naturally went without saying, the Jin army that trekked in the quagmire for half the night arrived at the predetermined position and the sky was bright, and the Song army almost caught this group of exhausted mud monkeys without firing a shot, but this also made Wan Yan completely dead, and sighed every day.

But the worst thing is Xiao Zhonggong, he even has the heart to die. After the great water receded, the peace envoy sent by the imperial court finally arrived, and brought an edict, not only did not remove him from the post of peace envoy, but was promoted to Taifu, ordered him to continue to preside over the peace conference, authorized him to cede the land south of Jinzhou, and repeatedly told him that this was the bottom line. Xiao Zhonggong was 'moved' to cry when he saw it, the court thought that he had died in Jinzhou, and now he returned to Beijing to find him without a suitable placement, so he rewarded himself with this thankless job.

But as for the prospect of negotiations, Xiao Zhonggong shed tears when he mentioned it. The court first allowed himself to go to Pingzhou to negotiate, and proposed to the Southern Dynasty to demarcate the border with the Liuzhou River, but Xizhou was quickly conquered. When the imperial court was willing, Jinzhou was broken in a blink of an eye. Now that the Song army is under the city of Liaoyang, they have agreed to cede Jinzhou again, do they have to wait for the Song army to take Liaoyang down, and then agree to cede Liaoyang when they arrive in Shenzhou. He suspects that he is a dead star, where to go, where to lose?

Sure enough, as Xiao Zhonggong expected, when he entered the Song army camp for the third time, he was received by Shangshu Ma Kuo of the Southern Dynasty Rite Department. When he said that the imperial court had agreed to cede the south of Jinzhou, Ma Kuan shook his head like a rattle, saying that the first condition of the peace talks now was to cede the land south of Liaoyang Prefecture, otherwise there would be no talks. Xiao Zhonggong could only lobby again, hoping to see Zhao Er and tell him in person, but he was rejected again and again, and the express report he sent back to Jingshi was also rejected one by one.

A few days later, Xiao Zhonggong, who had nothing to do, suddenly received an invitation from the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to watch a good show together, but when he was led to the imperial tent, he found that he could actually see the head of Liaoyang Mansion here...... (To be continued......)