At the head of the city, the Xishou Baotai Military Division inspected Li Changshuo and put up a pergola and looked in the direction of Dulan Lake.

Although the distance is a little far, you can still see the unusual behavior of the lakeside from the high position.

Even faintly on the side of the Zero Wave Mountain, you can see that the soldiers are as small as ants in their eyes, constantly busy.

Li Changshuo wondered, "What is Song Jun doing?" ”

Behind him, he poked his head and said, "I can't see clearly, it seems to be digging fortifications......"

"Digging fortifications?" Li Changshuo's eyebrows twisted: "What fortifications are you digging for?" It's so far away from the city, what's the use of digging it? ”

When he came to the battlement, he held the city wall with both hands, stared hard and looked ahead, and his eyes hurt and he didn't see a meridian.

He said, "General, why don't you find a few people with good eyesight?" ”

Li Changshuo nodded, although he can do martial arts and his body is still strong, he likes to drink all the year round, his eyes are a little worse, and his personal entourage is similar to him.

After a while, several young soldiers came over to salute, and Li Changshuo said, "Let's see what these Song dogs are doing?" ”

The soldiers looked into the distance one after another, and only after a long time did they say: "General, I can't see clearly from Lingbo Mountain, but it seems that the lake is digging the ground." ”

The other said, "Dig a ditch for what kind of land." ”

"Ditch?" Li Changshuo's expression was even more puzzled when he heard this.

Another human: "General, the villain saw that he was not only digging a ditch, but also seemed to be piling up things, which seemed to be earth and stones. ”

"Pile up dirt and rocks?" Li Changshuo became more and more puzzled, and thought for a while: "From the lake to the end of Lingbo Mountain, form a line?" ”

"General, I can only see the lakeside, and I can't see what the Song army has done from Lingbo Mountain, but it does seem to be connected, and this fortification is in between."

Li Changshuo took a deep breath, waved his hand to let the soldier go down, and then sat in his chair without saying a word.

He had doubts in his heart, could it be that what did this Song army want to do in the mountains? But it looks a little different, after all, it started by the lake.

He said, "General, I'm afraid that the Song army has some conspiracy and tricks to use." ”

Li Changshuo's expression was complicated: "No matter what his conspiracy is, I don't think the other party has a lot of soldiers and horses, as long as he doesn't come out of Shichuan City, what can he do!" ”

He said with a smile: "What the general said is extremely true, the city of Fuchuan is strong, so he has to stick to it, and the other party must be helpless." ”

In the evening, it rained heavily in the sky, and Zhao Ta asked someone to prepare a few dishes, mutton in a basin, braised beef shank, stewed pheasant with mushrooms, steamed rabbit with wild vegetables, and a pot of white flour cakes and two pots of spirits.

He took a pot of wine at home and drank it while reading a book behind the case, and he didn't eat vegetables, taking a small sip each time, which was quite complacent.

It didn't take long for someone outside the tent to say: "Lord Wang, my subordinate Li Yanxian asked to see me." ”

Zhao Ta didn't raise his head: "Come in!" ”

The curtain door opened, and a mud monkey-like person walked into the big tent and saluted: "Lord, subordinates ......"

Zhao Ta put down the book and looked at him: "Why didn't you change into dry clothes?" Wouldn't you get sick if you were so damp? ”

Li Yanxian said embarrassedly: "When the subordinates heard the summoning of the prince, they hurried over, and they didn't have time to change their clothes......"

Zhao Ta said: "Come back after changing." ”

Li Yanxian ran out of the door in response, and then entered the tent after a while, Zhao Tachong pointed at the table over there: "Hurry up and eat, it's cold and hot." ”

Li Yanxian glanced at the wine and food on the table, swallowed his saliva unconsciously, his stomach "growled", he rubbed his hands and said: "It's not cold, it's not cold, it's warm right now, and it's not cold for a while." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "Then go eat, eat and talk." ”

Li Yanxian responded, after getting along with Zhao Ta in the past two days, he has removed a lot of restraints, not to mention the prince of a dynasty in the past, even if he is the head of the state capital, he also feels powerful, although he is not afraid, but he always feels that it is difficult to get close.

But in the past few days, I have come into contact with Zhao Ta, but I found that this person is different, I have admired his name for a long time before, otherwise I would not have ventured into the army after this unknown person came to Longyou.

In the fierce land of the northwest, who doesn't know the deeds of King Qin? Especially for people who are good at martial arts, or people who have military members at home, when it comes to the martial arts of the Great Song Dynasty, who doesn't give a thumbs up to praise this first?

As for what this person is doing here, the court does not have the will of the next side, even if there is any secret or secret inside? It's all their Zhao family's own business, and the people don't care what they do, not to mention that this one actually wants to point a sword at the wolf and destroy Western Xia!

Destroy Western Xia! The unfinished great business of the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, this is so exciting, emotional, and even strong!

Therefore, he Li Yanxian gathered more than 500 neighbors and friends and more than 500 heroes in the green forest to drive over the army!

Since he decided to follow, he was not polite at this moment, and said, "Lord Wang, that subordinate is rude." ”

Zhao Ta waved his hand, Li Yanxian sat down and began to eat and drink, the person who practiced martial arts was originally a big eater, not to mention that he was busy with fortifications for another day, and the soldiers were sent back early, but he walked alone from Lingbo Mountain to Dulan Lake and walked a few times, surveying the terrain against the drawings, Zhao Ta couldn't see him, so he sent someone to find him, and then called him back outside.

Just look at the wind and clouds, the dishes and cooking cakes on the table are reduced, and finally they are all eaten, this is not to stop, and then pick up the soup of mutton in the basin "Gu Dudu" and drink it bitterly, and wipe his mouth after putting it down: "Lord Wang, my subordinates have finished eating." ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him: "Have you ever eaten enough?" ”

Li Yanxian was a little embarrassed and smiled: "I'm full, I'm full, but my subordinates don't have such a big amount of food on weekdays." ”

Zhao Tan smiled: "Every time the imperial court moves troops, why do you have to raise military rations before the army is about to go on the march?" Raising soldiers on weekdays is not the same as eating and drinking. ”

Li Yanxian sneered: "The prince is more than his subordinates, and it is not that once he goes out on the march, or even on the battlefield, the amount of food will increase greatly, and it is possible to have one or two times more than before. ”

Zhao Ta said: "That's it, work hard today, eat more and explain to this king?" ”

Li Yanxian couldn't help but bow his head and said, "Lord Wang, it's the subordinates who are wrong." ”

Zhao Tan shook his head and said, "Okay, let's talk about the progress of the fortification." ”

Li Yanxian hurriedly recounted when he heard this, Zhao Ta listened silently from the beginning, to the end to find some faults and correct some omissions, time passed little by little, and the conversation did not end until it was close to midnight......

Early in the morning three days later, before Li Changshuo had finished breakfast in Shikichuan City, a soldier came to report: "General, it's not good!" ”

Li Changshuo hurriedly dropped the wine bowl: "The Song army is attacking the city again?" ”

Junding said: "It's not a siege, it's to start building fortifications on the side of Dulan Lake...... The villain couldn't say it well, so the general still went to the city to take a look in person. ”

Li Changshuo's face was gloomy, and he asked his soldiers to put on armor, and then went up to cover the head of Sichuan City, and when he looked out, his face immediately changed.

I saw that many Song troops had also gathered on this side of Dulan Lake, and they were digging a channel for the lake to flow to the moat.

This canal was originally used to divert lake water into the city river, once the city river is full, there will be a sluice gate to collect water, stop drainage, and the terrain on both sides is naturally the low point of the city river, otherwise it will not attract water, but it is not too low, even if the sluice gate is opened, there is no big problem, at most the water will overflow some, and it does not affect the city travel and other things.

But at this moment, the Song army was digging this canal, not only digging deeper and widening, but also raising both sides with earth and stones.

Seeing this, Li Changshuo couldn't help but let out a "bang" in his head, his eyes widened, and he pointed out of the city: "What are these Song dogs going to do?" They dug this nullah, they dug this nullah...... Do they still want to flood the river? ”

I couldn't see clearly from a distance before, but at this moment, the water diversion canal of the moat began to move on the opposite side, and Li Changshuo's first reaction was that the other party wanted water to attack the river.

He sat on the chair with a "poof" and muttered, "No, no, this lake is not enough, this lake is not enough to flood the city...... Come on, come on! ”

Immediately, a few soldiers ran over, looking flustered: "What's the matter with the general?" ”

Li Changshuo pointed at them and said, "Are you this Shikikawa veteran, or is your home near Zuo?" ”

Several people nodded together, they were all in the army for a year, and they were veterans.

Li Changshuo asked anxiously: "Now in the season, can it be rainy in Shikikawa?" ”

One of the soldiers wondered, "How does the general know how rainy it is?" In this area of Mt. Zero, it is normal in normal times, but it rains one after another in the summer months, and it will be better after the month. ”

"Ahh Li Changshuo suddenly shouted when he heard this, he didn't want to guess that it would come true, it was rainy this month, so the other party must want to flood the city.

"Song Jun is so vicious!" He "soared", got up from his chair again, and paced back and forth in front of the tower, looking extremely ugly.

"Yangmou, this is Yangmou!" Li Changshuo said angrily to himself: "If you don't stop it in the city, it will be flooded, and if you go out of the city to stop it, you will fall into the hands of the other party......"

Li Changshuo only felt upset for a while, since he could see that this was a Yang Mou, he also felt that there was no way to solve it, and Yang Mou was probably like this.

Unless reinforcements come and attack inside and outside, it is possible to retreat the Song army.

But where are the reinforcements at this moment? Huizhou itself is empty, and the letter to Brother Richard, the king of Jin, has not been replied to until now, not to mention that there is almost a lonely city on his side.

"You are optimistic about the city, and as soon as the Song military fortifications are near, you will attack with stone artillery...... And bed crossbows, all of them are used, and they can't be told to dig ditches and build embankments like this! Li Changshuo shouted, and then quickly walked down the city wall, he wanted to write a letter to Brother Richard and Huizhou again, this time in handwriting, telling the other party that if he didn't send someone to help, if Shichuan was lost, even Huizhou would definitely not be protected!

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed, these days have rained every three or five days, the water level of Dulan Lake has risen to the highest in history, if it were not for the nullahs at both ends, I am afraid that the lake water would have already bubbled up, flooding the land in front of the Shikigawa.

Li Changshuo went to the city every day to watch, and he became more and more anxious, and there was a letter from Huizhou to reply, and the Xishou Baotai Military Division commanded the army Mi Tuozandao to tell him to give up Fuchuan, and take all the soldiers and horses to break through to Huizhou, mainly Baohuizhou.

Li Changshuo moved his mind, but Brother Richard never came, he was afraid that he had just left here, and there would be news from there, and he would sit on wax at that time, and he didn't want to give up Fuchuan in his heart, after all, if Shichuan was lost, he and the Song army formed a situation of facing each other across the Rourou Wolf Mountain, which was very unfavorable to Western Xia.

He can only make preparations with two hands at the moment, pack up everything first, if Brother Richard sends someone to support, he will directly attack the Song army inside and outside, if Brother Richard does not send people, once the Song army wants to open the gate and release water, he will immediately open the east gate of Sichuan to break through to Huizhou.

As for whether the Song army was in ambush outside the city, and whether he could lead the army to escape, it was not the scope of consideration, the other party was a conspirator, which made people in a dilemma, even if they opened the door and escaped at this moment, they did not dare to guarantee whether they would meet the Song army to intercept and kill.

Another few days passed, and the sky remained gloomy, and there were hardly any sunny days this month.

Zhao Ta went to check the fortifications, but the road was muddy and he couldn't ride a horse, so he had to walk back and forth, leaving the camp in the morning and returning in the evening.

"It's almost, there is still a heavy rain left, and you can open the floodgates to release water." Zhao Ta sat in the big tent and looked at the generals.

"Lord Wang, will the Western Xia army in the city abandon the city and flee in advance?" Zhang Xiandao.

"I think there is a possibility, the Western Xia army is not stupid, the fortifications have been dug to the moat, and the eight ox crossbows on the city have also been used several times, I am afraid that they are all scrapped, such a dying struggle, regardless of the loss, must have saved the last idea of escaping." Yang Zhidao.

"Isn't it just right to run away? Ambush heavy troops on the road and snipe them! Xu Ning said.

Zhao Ta's eyes narrowed: "There are still seven or eight thousand troops in Fuchuan City, and it is not easy to intercept and kill them all on the road, not to mention that now that our battle line has been extended, it is the best policy to collect some troops." ”

"What the prince said is extremely true, now that our army has arrived in the east of Rouwolf, it is time to replenish the source of soldiers!" Du Yan said.

Zhao Ta pondered for a moment: "Shikikawa has not waited for reinforcements for so long, it can be seen that Huizhou must be empty, originally I didn't want to cross Rouwolf Mountain first, but since it is a god-given opportunity, I have to take one more step." ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately became excited, once they defeated Huizhou, it would be equivalent to taking the two military supervision divisions of Western Xia, not counting Xiliang Mansion, which was already considered to have completely gained a firm foothold in Western Xia.

"So, now it's time to step up the expansion of the army." Zhao Ta said again slowly.

By this time, it was completely dark outside, and thunder rumbled from time to time, indicating that another heavy rain was coming......

Li Changshuo was restless in the Shichuan Ya, there was already a heavy rain outside the door, he was flustered, he felt that the rain was not good, he had watched the city during the day, and saw that the lake was full of canals, and it seemed to be about to overflow, I was afraid that there would be another rain, and the Song army would not be able to open the gate even if he didn't want to.

And now, this rain is coming!

"General, secret letter, secret letter of King Jin!" At this time, the relatives outside the door ran in with a person who was drenched.

"Show it to me!" Li Changshuo took two steps forward and snatched the wax pill.

When he opened it, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he muttered, "Why do you have to be two days late?" It's too late, I'm afraid it's too late......"

Li Changshuo was stunned for a few breaths, and then said with a hideous expression: "Pass my general order, and immediately prepare to break through!" ”

"What?" Qin Sui was stunned: "General, it's pouring rain outside......"

"Hurry up and give the order, when the rain stops, everything will be too late!" Li Changshuo beat his chest and said: "It will take at least two days for the Jin King's reinforcements to arrive, and the Song army will inevitably open the gate after the rain, and if you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, his expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly ran outside into the rain curtain.

Half an hour later, Li Changshuo had already put on his armor and looked at the two lieutenant generals in front of him: "Are the people ready to be put in order?" ”

The two lieutenant generals said in unison: "All preparations are complete, and the troops at the head of the city are also withdrawing, and it will only take half an hour to assemble all at the east gate." ”

Li Changshuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a loud "boom" in the distance outside, as if the sky was falling apart, and it was like a mountain collapsing, and the sound was rolling through the rain curtain in the sky, and it was directly transmitted into the ya, even the ground trembled a few times.

A few people in the yamen couldn't help but freeze immediately, and then Li Changshuo's face was like ashes, and he roared: "Damn, the Song army actually opened the gate at this time, go, go, hurry up!" ”

To the west of Shikikawa City, the huge waves rolled up several zhang high, the boundless water was mixed with mountain rocks and mud, and the trees were thick and dry, and they went down from the Lingbo Mountain, and then rushed directly into the Dulan Lake with an unstoppable attitude, and then rushed forward to the Shikikawa with the water of the Dulan Lake.

This water is monstrous, and under the inertia, the speed is getting faster and faster, and everything that is blocking in front of it is all twisted to pieces, and finally they are combined with each other and move forward again.

I only heard a shocking earthquake, and the water hit the west city wall of Shikikawa, the wall shook a few times, and collapsed without damage, but there was a "boom" below, and the two city gates flew away without knowing where to go......

(End of chapter)