Chapter 41: The Newborn Calf Is Not Afraid of Tigers

Because time is too tight. A lot of things were not figured out, and the excavation work began.

And the difference in height between the two rivers is not clear. That's what happened. The Yitong River, which is a tributary of the Songhua River. He flows down from Changbai Mountain, first from east to west, and then turns north into the Songhua River.

The place He Xi chose was close to the place where he turned the corner. Because the upstream is relatively high. So, in the digging of the canal, it is equivalent to the Yitong River branching here, all the way into the Songhua River, all the way into the Liao River.

What He Xi is worried about is that this direct diversion is not a waste of effort. Fortunately, the canal is too narrow. Especially in the middle section, some sections are even less than three zhang. The water is shallow. Up to one zhang. The amount of runoff is relatively small. The Yitong River has a relatively large amount of water. Even if it was a diversion, it was not completely diverted.

And now there is no problem.

But just because there are no problems now does not mean that there will be no problems in the future.

Because there is a lot of snow in the northeast, the amount of water in the Yitong River is still relatively large. However, this situation is not necessarily the norm. He Xi does not have hydrological data for this river in previous years. Once the Itong River is in drought. Still a problem for the canal.

In short, the whole project is full of problems and hidden dangers, but it is already the limit of what He Xi can do.

He Xi stood at the connection between the Yitong River and the Liaosong Canal, watched the water level stabilize and secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said secretly in his heart: "When I have time in the future, I must rebuild, I must rebuild." ”

People build rivers and bridges, all of which are famous for future generations. If he left this problem to posterity, the canal would have been left to future generations. Wouldn't it affect your own fame?

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Ping An doesn't know what is going on here. But at the same time as the water level of the Yitong River dropped, smoke was heard in the distance. To the north of Changchun Fort, there was no beacon tower, but for the sake of safety, Ping An sent a lot of shifts that did not collect day and night. When the enemy was discovered, a beacon fire was lit.

But only a few.

It is different from the number of nights that are not collected by the peacekeepers.

Ping'an's face sank slightly, he knew that those who didn't have time to light the beacon fire at night might have died. As for what is ignited now, it may not be able to live. Ping'an immediately ordered the drumming to be beaten, and all the soldiers in the entire Changchun Fort were gathered and packed into columns. Then under the command of the officers, they sat on the ground at the head of the city, in the open space in the middle of the city, and even on the long streets.

There are some experienced veterans who break the hard cake in their hands into small pieces, hold them in their mouths, and then drink a little water, soak them in their mouths until they are soft before eating.

Eat slowly, as if you were snaking.

This old man is very experienced.

Knowing that the pace of ancient warfare was very slow, it would take a while to discover the enemy's situation and really confront the enemy at this moment, and there might even be a false alarm. Therefore, he gathered the soldiers in peace, and except for a few guards at the head of the city, all sat on the ground and rested.

After all, standing all the time is also physically exhausting.

And the reason why the old pawn eats is not because he is hungry, but because he is worried that once the fight starts, he will not have a chance to eat. After all, in ancient times, once a war started, it was possible to fight fiercely for several hours, and even until dark. At that time, there was no time to eat and drink.

As for why you eat so slowly. Because people eat too much. You can't exercise vigorously.

So eat little by little, stay in shape, and get ready to fight.

Of course, there were also some old soldiers, who were not in the queue at all, leaning against the city walls, under the eaves, basking in the sun with their heads up, their helmets covering their eyes, and their snoring sounded. I actually fell asleep.

The Ping An Department was specially left by Feng Sheng, which can be called elite, and the elite represents a very high proportion of veterans. At this time, there is no need for peace to command, and they are consciously adjusting their state. Always ready to go. Only some recruits who had never been on the battlefield, seeing the veterans like this, gradually calmed down.

This is the greatest confidence of the Ming Dynasty, and there are nearly a million veterans in the army. It is from Huaixi to Jiangnan, from Jiangnan to Huguang, from Huguang to Beiping, and from Beiping to the grassland.

Famous generals.

At this time, the smoke and dust were lifted, and peace was far away from the city. Just looking at the momentum, there are tens of thousands of riders.

Ping An trembled with excitement. Because this is the largest dispatch of the Yuan army in several years. Since the fourteenth year of Hongwu, the Ming and Yuan armies have not fought a decisive battle at all. Originally, the battle of Liaodong was fought by the Ming Dynasty as a decisive battle. But Naha came to his knees.

And this time, although the Yuan army was several times outnumbered. And Ping'an was not afraid at all, but happy, because on the head of every Mongol on the opposite side, there were two words written on the head of the battle.

Ping An squinted his eyes, carefully observed the incoming enemy, and said; "Is the news out?"

The people around him said: "It has been spread, not only has the beacon fire been lit, but at the same time, ten people have been sent to report the news." ”

Ping An turned abruptly and descended the city wall, and said as he walked, "Prepare the horses." ”

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The vanguard of the Yuan army came to the city of Changchun Fort, and a horse came out of the ranks, wandering under the city, and said loudly: "The prime minister of the Great Yuan is the general in the city, and the heavenly soldiers are coming, and you are waiting for ------."

Before this person could finish speaking, suddenly the gate of Changchun Fort opened.

Ping An took the lead, with a steel-crossbow in his hand, and with a ride, a long arrow flew out. The man and the horse were shot on the ground, and then they threw away the steel crossbow, grabbed the spear, and immediately rushed out, with more than a thousand cavalry behind them, and Pegasus followed. Set off a storm of sand.

Ping'an's move was a big surprise to everyone.

You know, the Yuan army brigade is full of people. It's just behind, just a few miles. In cavalry combat, this distance is almost negligible. More than 1,000 people were surrounded by tens of thousands of cavalry, even if they were heavenly soldiers and generals, there was no chance of survival.

After all, the elite of the Yuan army has been much inferior to the elite cavalry of the Ming army. But even if it's too much, it's not to the point of being casual.

But the timing of a safe attack is also wonderful. The Mongol vanguard stationed horses under the city, thinking that the Ming army in the city would not attack. But they didn't know that the greatest power of cavalry was speed. Cavalry without speed has a greatly reduced combat effectiveness. Just stationed on the horse, from top to bottom, did not realize that the Ming army would attack, and wanted to speed up again. Therefore, when Ping An rushed over, the Mongol cavalry was already in disarray.

There are ready. In the hedge with the Ming army, this is also the best way for the cavalry to deal with it, some people want to retreat, let the war horses run first, and some people don't know what happened. Stunned in place.

But Ping'an even Feng Sheng agreed with the bravery, and he also showed it at this moment, first breaking through the enemy army that rushed over, and then killing through the enemy's main formation, driving the fleeing enemy, directly rushing at the opponent's army, even if there were thousands of troops and horses in front, there was no fear at this moment.

The Mongol forward, less than the Pingan cavalry. But at this moment, he was struck by peace, like an avalanche, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

It has to be said that having time for the morale of the army has a great impact on the performance on the battlefield.

The spirit of the founding of the Ming Dynasty has not dissipated, that is, everyone can be brave and can ascend to a high position. If you are talented, you can probably be promoted. Moreover, most of the grassroots soldiers also have the heart to serve the country. Therefore, after Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others, there are many generals of the Mesozoic and younger generations.

All very talented.

The real arrogance in the army, the fault line is Zhu Yuanzhang's massacre of the Xungui group. Because Xungui is never alone. It is a big net, so that most of the talented generals in the army, who are dead and exiled, will be exiled, even if a group of people are left, the original spirit will be gone.

The so-called Jingnan Honorable Nobles cannot be compared with the founding nobles at all, just look at the first contributor of Jingnan, Qiu Fu, who can be beaten and annihilated, you can see how good it is, among the founding nobles, his ability is estimated to be ranked more than a dozen outside, more than Lu Zhongheng, Tang Shengzong, and even Ye Wang.

And what does the Yuan army look like?

Wang Baobao and his brother are indeed characters, they are not loyal to Emperor Yuan, but they know that under the overall situation, political toppling is unacceptable. Therefore, when Wang Baobao's military power was at its peak, he also had some respect for Emperor Yuan. Tayin Timur was now also in the army directly under the Yuan court.

However, many things are not the business of one person, and they are not the work of one person, or a few people.