Seeing that the Jin army had retreated to the camp and knew that they would not continue to attack, after the truce, Feng Ling led one hundred and twenty soldiers borrowed from He Jianzhong to leave Xingyang City and climb to Longshou Peak. Each soldier carried a load of oil on his shoulder, and after more than an hour, a group of people went to Luoxia Temple under the guidance of Xu Zhenren who was with him, and walked straight to the edge of the Taoist Temple, the Guanxia Platform on the bank of the Jinxiang River.

The west of Xingdu Mountain starts from the Canglan River, connects the Jinxiang River in the east, and is formerly known as Kunbi Mountain, which is the branch vein of Pishan Mountain. Its shape resembles a swimming dragon into the water, and Xingyang City is built under the mountain. The monarchs of the past dynasties of Chen Guoguo hoped that this dragon could prosper the Chen capital, so it was renamed Xingdu Mountain, which means that the dragon rejuvenated the Chen capital.

Xu Zhenren's Luoxia Temple was built on the Longshou Peak of Xingdu Mountain. The water flow under the peak swirls, leading the river wind to reverse, and the water vapor spirals into the sky in the morning and evening, and under the reflection of the glow, the scenery is bizarre, like clouds falling into the river. The word Luoxia is named because of this.

Looking from the Guanxia Terrace, Feng Ling had to sigh that the heavens and the earth were magical, and all things were created.

On the north side of the mountain, the Jinxiang River originally flowed from west to east, but when it reached the top of the Hindu Mountain, it suddenly turned at a right angle, and flowed south for 800 miles to join the Daming River.

The intersection of Hindu Mountain and Jinxiang River forms a peculiar topography, which is called the Water Dragon Vortex. This terrain is extremely rare, so the old legend is that the mountain dragon comes from the ancestral mountain, is about to take shape, because of the grace of not giving up the ancestral mountain, it is unforgettable, looking back at the ancestral mountain, so it loses the momentum of moving forward, not allowed to enter the sea into a real dragon, and finally repairs to exhaustion, and reverts to the mountain stranded on the riverside.

Kanyu talks about the water dragon whirlpool, which is the mountain dragon wading head review, forming a semi-circular terrain, which is the water dragon whirlpool, which should borrow the dragon qi to cultivate the body and prosper the road, and it is not suitable to bury the descendants of the tomb. There are two changes in this image, if it follows the river, he can transform into a dragon one day. If the river is blocked, the head will be cut off and the mountains will be turned into mountains.

The dragon head at the water dragon whirlpool is half into the river, and the Jinxiang River of more than 200 thousand is divided into two by the dragon head looking back from the middle. Half of the river flows through the east side of the mountain to the south, the other half of the river flows into the mountain through the west side of the mountain and then turns around along the river to return, the river water swells in the rainy season, it is common to see the high tide of the south river and press the north river, it is a very spectacle.

After standing on the viewing platform and enjoying the wonders, Feng Ling took out the clock stone and put it in his hand to watch the needle shadow of the time clock, which was two quarters of the hour.

When evening came, Xu Zhenren led the men in Guanzhong to bring food to everyone. Seeing Feng Ling's unhurried soldiers piling up the oil drums on the side of the platform, Xu Zhenren didn't know why Feng Ling abandoned the city to command the defense, but he brought a lot of fire oil to this Guanxia platform. When the soldiers were busy, they faced Feng Ling and asked, "Young Master, what do you mean by bringing fire oil here?" ”

Feng Ling smiled and replied, "Pray for rain." ”

Looking at the sky, there were clouds in the sky, but they were not dense, not like a rainy day. After thinking about it a little, although he didn't know the connection between Feng Ling and praying for rain and the battle situation, but with his belief in the master and apprentice, Xu Zhenren didn't ask more.

The real person didn't ask much, and Feng Ling didn't say much, looking at the southeast from time to time, and looking at the time stone from time to time, but he didn't look at the Jin army outside Xingyang City.

On the other side, the Jin army will have a big tent.

After dinner, it was already dark outside the tent. The generals stood in two rows in front of the sand table in the tent, and General Li Yan stared at the sand table in Xingyang City by the light of the fire in the account. After listening to the time, he grabbed an arrow in the pot and said: "The right striker Xiao did not leave behind the order, and ordered you to take 2,000 shields and 6,000 foot soldiers, and make a feint attack on the west gate at eight o'clock in the hour, and attack the city to raise fire as a letter, and wait for the 'rocket army' to shoot all the shots, and take advantage of the chaos to attack." ”

"Order."

With the second arrow, General Li Yan said: "Li Jin of the Chinese army listened to the order and ordered you to lead a thousand archers, four crossbow beds, and two catapult torches. ”

"Order."

The third arrow was handed over to Hu Lie, the left striker. "Order you to take 2,000 shields and 6,000 foot soldiers, and make a feint attack on the West Gate at eight o'clock in the morning, and wait for the 'Rocket Army' to shoot all the shots, and take advantage of the chaos to attack."

"No."

"Zuo Min of the Chinese army, you have ordered you to lead a thousand archers, four crossbow beds, and two catapult torches to respond to Hu Lie."

"Yes."

"Zhongjun Ji Zuoche, I see that the houses in the northwest of Xingyang City are the most dense, and I order you to lead a thousand cavalry to cover, lead the headquarters of the 'Rocket Army', and camp 800 steps away from the city in the northwest direction.

Li Yan's arrow ordered five out, and the Jin army poured out of the nest except for the cavalry, and the soldiers went to the battlefield in three ways.

The Jin "Rocket Army" is a unique divine soldier of the Jin State, and is known as the three major divine armies of Zhongzhou together with the Qin Iron Cavalry and the Chu Water Division.

"Rocket" is made by the famous craftsman of the Jin Kingdom, the body of the arrow is more than half a foot than the step arrow, and the tail feathers are slightly larger. Under the arrow, there is a clay pipe, which is filled with sulfur saltpeter, and the lead is drawn out two inches from the inside. Use four simultaneous fashions into a special copper pipe, the leads are tied together, and ignited at the same time, flying out in a moment, capable of shooting a thousand steps. After shooting or falling to the ground, the pottery pipe bursts, sulfur saltpeter flies, the person is injured, and the object is ignited, the power is huge, and it is a sharp weapon for the night attack of the siege.

The Jin army relied on this sharp weapon to dominate the north of the Mingjiang River, and I don't know how many camps and cities were broken. However, it is difficult to make this material, and the production of sulfur saltpeter is extremely scarce. Otherwise, the Jin State would have already dominated Zhongzhou.

Ji Zuoche's reputation in the Jin army is not low, which is all due to being in charge of the 3,000 "Rocket Army". At this moment, with the long-famous "Rocket Army", he went to the designated position, and he couldn't help but be complacent. I thought to myself: The strong attack of the armies has been fruitless, and it is not up to me to rely on my "rocket army" to go out.

After visually measuring the distance, on the back of the high ground 800 steps away from the city, Ji Zuoche ordered the "Rocket Army" to press the copper pipes that had already been assembled by two steps horizontally, three steps vertically, and one row of 150 cylinders, and the formation of 20 rows in front and back was diagonally inserted towards the northwest corner of Xingyang City, waiting for the forward to raise the fire order.

Xingyang City, the city is brightly lit, and the soldiers patrol back and forth, in an orderly manner. The two armies of Chen and Jin were separated by no more than five miles, and as soon as the Jin army moved, the Chen army knew about it, so the Chen army did not arrange it in advance.

At the second hour of the day, Lao Yuan saw the enemy army marching and stopped two miles away, but did not attack immediately. He Jianzhong didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered all the departments to immediately enter the garrison according to Feng Ling's order.

In the first battle of the day, seeing that the Jin army attacked the city as expected by the young master, the Chen army was stable, thinking that as long as it held on, Xingyang would not be broken.

But who knew that the Jin army was preparing a thunderous blow, which was about to burn Xingyang and break the city.

At eight o'clock, the waning moon sets, the clouds are thick and the stars are sparse, and the breeze is light. The cool summer breeze swept across Li Yan's face, and Li Yan looked up at the sky suddenly, and couldn't help but feel a little ominous in his heart. But at this time, the military order had been issued, the formation had been completed, and he could only press it, not thinking about it, and immediately ordered the Jin army to start attacking.

After receiving the order, the Jin army suddenly rushed straight to Xingyang City like a fierce tiger on the mountain, and it was only half a moment before they arrived at the city. Xiao Buyu immediately ordered the Jin army to raise fire and wait for a feint.

Seeing the fire under the city, Ji Zuo ordered the fire to be ignited. In a short time, 3,000 tubes were ignited one by one, and 12,000 "rockets" poured towards Xingyang City at intervals in an orderly manner. The northwest defenders of Xingyang looked at the fireworks in the sky, stunned and at a loss. The fireworks-like "rocket" tribe entered the houses in the city, and occasionally fell on the wall. When Chen Jun came back to his senses, the city was already screaming and crying, and the fire was continuous. Seeing this, Chen Jun's army was in turmoil, and the soldiers did not open their bows and arrows, and their arrows were not projected, and their defense was interrupted.

On the other hand, the Jin army already knew that there would be such a fighter, so they immediately erected a ladder and climbed while they were in chaos. When the Chen army found that the Jin army had climbed to the top of the city and was close at hand, he panicked to defend, but he couldn't stop it, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of Jin troops climbed to the top of the city and began to seize the city. For a time, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the two armies fought together in the city, and the situation was tragic.

The fire broke out in the city, but Feng Ling still did not look at Xingyang City. It wasn't until 12 o'clock that Feng Ling put away the stone carvings and ordered all the oil to be poured into the river, and Feng Ling and several soldiers held torches and immediately threw the torches into the river, and then ordered all the soldiers to go down the mountain.

Guanxia platform is more than 300 miles away from the river, the torch falls, it ignites when it encounters oil, and the river surface is on fire in an instant. When the river water is hot, a large amount of water vapor transpirprates, spreading in all directions. However, it was blocked by the semi-circular mountain, and driven by the water whirlpool, it immediately turned into a wind and flew up to the sky to form a tornado, which continued to grow at the water dragon whirlpool, and in a moment it went straight to the sky like a dragon. All the surrounding clouds were absorbed and mixed together, and suddenly the dark clouds covered the moon and the stars did not appear. In the next moment, the southeast wind seemed to be predetermined, the wind was fierce, the wind and clouds were surging, lightning and thunder, and the heavy rain was falling suddenly, driven by the southeast wind, the tornado drew water along the river, and the clouds and rain flew to the northwest.

Xu Zhenren looked at the scene in front of him, knowing that the fire attack of the Jin army had failed, and while he was stunned, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Feng Ling's plan was strange and his calculation was accurate.

The water dragon whirlpool is only a dozen miles northwest of Xingyang City, and the tornado with water and heavy rain will come in an instant. As soon as the fire broke out in the city, it suddenly rained heavily, and the fire was extinguished in less than half an hour.

The Chen army in the city and the Jin army under the city were all hit by the sudden rain, and they forgot about the siege and defense for a while. Seeing that the fire was extinguished, Chen Jun reacted first, and they all shouted: "The sky is endless, Chen Guo!" After the shout, the morale of the defending soldiers was suddenly ignited, and they all worked hard to counterattack the enemy.

The Jin army that was besieging the city was drenched, and the invincible "rocket army" was completely ineffective, only to see the drummers stop beating, the general was speechless, and the soldiers were sluggish, all standing in the rain without knowing why. The Jin army, which had just reached the head of the city, was even more caught off guard, and was either knocked down from the city by the Chen army that rushed up, or divided the corpses with random knives, the offensive was stagnant, and the formation was scattered.

On the stage of the Jin army, Li Yan and other soldiers raised their eyes to the sky, but they were all dumbfounded. Just now, the chaos in the city has appeared, and he is preparing to wave his army to take the city, but he doesn't understand why the heavy rain is pouring down, and the offensive he has painstakingly created will be destroyed in an instant.

After a while, Li Yan returned to his senses, that is, he beat his chest and feet, and shouted at the sky. Seeing this, the left and right hurriedly persuaded him. Wu Xiu Nian, who joined the army, saw that he couldn't do anything, so he was busy ordering Mingjin to withdraw the army.

Exactly: the slaughter of people is determined outside Xingyang, and the night attack of rockets punishes the ferocious. The young master's magic shook the sky, and the dragon soared into the sky and gathered thunder. The starry night rain extinguished the fire, and the soldiers did nothing. The enemy was broken before he showed his true body, and the Jin army retreated to the city in vain.