"Boom!"

Thunder and rain roared.

In the Yangtze River basin in summer, this kind of weather is normal, and there will be a heavy rain from time to time.

Deng Xia's artillery position had already been set up with thatched roofs, and drainage ditches had been dug around it. When the rainstorm was about to fall, the artillerymen took out tarps and covered the guns and powder kegs tightly to prevent the strong wind from blowing the raindrops into the shed.

Yan Qi, the general of the Chu army, stood in the camp in despair, he already knew that Zhijiang City was lost.

Moreover, it was the news brought by the guard general Li Huan himself!

"I was wrong, I shouldn't be careless, I should have put all the soldiers on the city wall......" Li Huan looked very embarrassed.

He was awakened by the shouts of killing last night, and hurriedly put on his armor and picked up his weapons, but Han Shizhong had already occupied many city walls. Li Huan didn't even bother to put on his shoes, and gathered his troops barefoot, but the city was breached in the dark, and his soldiers had already dispersed.

No matter how religious fanaticism is, the soldiers are also human beings, and this situation can no longer be fought.

There were still some small boats in the south of the city, and Li Huan fled by boat, leaving only more than a dozen remnants of soldiers to follow.

When he fled to the camp to meet Yan Qi, Li Huan found that not only was he not wearing shoes, but his legs were bare, and he was only wearing a pair of shorts on his lower body.

Yan Qi looked back at Li Huan, although he was angry in his heart, he did not reprimand him sharply.

Because he himself did not expect that the enemy army would actually cross the river in the most open place and directly attack and occupy Zhijiang County.

If Yan Qi defends the city, he will also let the soldiers stay on the city wall in rotation, and the rest of the troops will be on standby in the city, at most they will arrange more sentry posts everywhere.

But it is also difficult to prevent the sentry posts, and those sentries must be careless, and most of them will have to sleep at night.

There was a warship on the wharf, and the sailors were all fucking dead, and they didn't know that they had been touched by thousands of people.

Li Huan felt sorry for himself for a long time, his tone became weaker and weaker, and he lowered his head and asked, "Do you want to lead troops to take Zhijiang City back?" ”

"I can't get it back." Yan Qi shook his head.

Li Huan asked again: "Then take advantage of the torrential rain to withdraw the remaining soldiers to the south bank?" ”

Yan Qi still shook his head: "Let's see how long this rain will last." When the enemy eats a Zhijiang Castle, he has to spit out something. ”

The rain was intermittent, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and it rained for two days and one night one after another.

In the end, it turned into a drizzle, as if God couldn't pee.

Not only did it rain here, but heavy rain fell in many surrounding states and counties, and the water level of the Yangtze River began to rise sharply, and it had been flooded outside the camp of the Chu army.

The water became more and more turbulent, and the troops of Han Shizhong, He Ji and others could only stay in Zhijiang City, and it was impossible to go back in a small boat. It was even difficult to attack the Chu army camp, because the roads were muddy, and the forty-mile march alone would be half exhausted.

"Go across the river, destroy the enemy's artillery and then go, you have to give an explanation to the old man (Zhong Xiang)!"

Yan Qi said ruthlessly.

1,000 Chu troops stayed behind to guard the camp, and the remaining 7,000 people braved the light rain to board a boat to cross the river.

Due to the strong current, the ship was swept further downstream, and by the time it landed three or four miles from the artillery position.

"Boom!"

The tarp was lifted, and the artillery was once again powerful.

But no matter how well Deng Xia is waterproof, the air humidity during this time is already very high, and the rain for two consecutive days has exacerbated the problem.

The gunpowder was damp, and eighteen artillery pieces fired a salvo, seven of which did not explode.

Thousands of Chu troops landed on the shore in the rain and assembled, stepping on the mud and slowly walking towards the artillery position.

"The cavalry couldn't run, and the ground was soaked in rain." Chen Ziyi said depressedly.

Geng Zhongnian said: "Call the artillery back and defend the camp together." ”

Deng Xia was still directing the artillery to reload and ignite, but from time to time there were squibs. And those Chu army formations were very scattered, and a few people were at most killed in one shot, and this casualty could not deter the inspired religious army.

The herald ran to the artillery position, Deng Xia hesitated for a moment, and had to say: "All of them put another cannon and withdraw to the battalion!" ”

There were more than 1,000 cavalry in the camp, and more than 100 logistics to take care of the war horses. Each of the eighty heavy horsemen was accompanied by two servants, who also wore light armor and possessed weapons.

In addition, there are still thousands of people, who are responsible for transporting grain, artillery and small boats in the early stage, and help build artillery positions in the later stage to help the cavalry fill in some rugged terrain.

After the artillery returned, everyone organized, and even the people defended with a flat pole.

Yan Qi quickly occupied the artillery position, pointed at the artillery and said, "Pull back to the ship!" ”

How is it possible to hold it?

The lightest of these pig iron guns is 2,000 catties, and the heaviest is 2,500 catties. After the rain, it was muddy and difficult to walk, and the wheels of the cannon were all stuck in the mud, and it was difficult to drag them even if the wheels were removed.

I was busy for half a day, only dragging a few meters away.

Yan Qi let the warship go upstream, rowing this way against the turbulent river, wanting to drag the cannon to the river and board the ship nearby.

But how can the Yangtze River in the rising water period be easy to sail against the current?

The boatmen and sailors paddled frantically, and finally advanced some distance, and then retreated after a little loss of strength.

Yan Qi had no choice but to capture the enemy's artillery, but he couldn't transport it away at all. He could only order: "Drag it into the river and sink!" Pointing to the shells and powder kegs, "Move them all and throw them into the river!" ”

Shells and powder kegs were thrown into the river one after another.

But the artillery was very troublesome, although it was dragged to the river, but if it wanted to sink the river, the last section could not be towed, unless a person stood in the river.

It must be pushed to the river by manpower!

To be honest, it doesn't matter even if it's the Shen River, the river here is very shallow. Wait until the water level drops, and then send someone to salvage it.

When Yan Qi was fighting with artillery, Li Huan was leading the Chu army to attack the camp.

Chen Ziyi's more than 1,000 cavalry, although they could not gallop on horseback, were all well-armed. In particular, the eighty heavy cavalry were all temporarily converted into heavy infantry.

At the beginning of the Chu army's attack on the village, the defense line of the people was precarious, but the eighty "heavy infantry" fought back.

There is a war horse but it can't be used, Chen Ziyi held back the fire in his belly, and his arms kept stabbing with guns. Eighty tin cans covered in armor, with only three small holes in the eyes and mouth, stepped slowly forward on the muddy ground.

The Chu army, who was only dressed in light armor, could not hurt them in the slightest, no matter how they wielded their swords and shots.

The more he fought, the more frightened he became, and he was soon broken through the formation.

"It's the Dark Lord's soldiers!"

A few Chu soldiers looked at the terrifying visor and suddenly remembered the legend of Manichaeism.

The main god of Manichaeism is naturally the Great Mingzun, and the villain is the Dark Lord.

Its teachings are a blend of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Yahism, and it has a dualistic religious view of good and evil. Light represents good, darkness represents evil, and light will triumph over darkness.

Demons hide in the dark world, constantly eroding the human world, causing chaos in this world.

Even the ancestors of human beings were born to demons by the Dark Lord. Because human beings are the descendants of demons, the Great Ming Zun sent the messenger of light to the human world to save the souls of mankind.

"Demon soldiers! Demon Soldiers! ”

Similar shouts came and went, and most of these Chu troops were believers, pious and ignorant.

In addition to extreme fear, they firmly believe that the hoplites are demon soldiers, and the terrifying appearance of the helmet is not the devil.

With the breakthrough of the heavy infantry, more and more of the Chu army engaged in the battle with the heavy infantry began to turn around and flee.

There were even a few Chu soldiers, remembering that human beings were the descendants of demons, and there was a wonderful change of faith in the battle, and they threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground: "Demon Soldier Ancestor, I am your descendant." Please don't kill me, I don't believe in Mingzun in the future, I only believe in the Dark Lord! ”

Dark Lord Faith and Ancestor Worship?

The heavy infantry did not attack again, because there were more enemies to deal with.

Seeing that the Dark Lord could live, more and more Chu soldiers knelt on the ground.

At this moment, they worshipped the Dark Lord, the emperor of the devil's ancestors!

Eighty heavy infantry broke through the Chu formation, and the defense line of Keminfu was also broken.

A large number of people broke down and fled, while the Chu army roared in pursuit, and both sides limped forward in the mud.

"Blow the trumpet, don't chase anymore, come back and surround the enemy's flank!"

The generals of the Chu army also have knowledge, and there is a fart for chasing and killing the rout, and the top priority is to cooperate with friendly forces and flank the enemy who is still fighting on both sides.

Soon, thousands of people were all defeated!

Only artillery, cavalry, and cavalry were still fighting, and after hundreds of casualties, they gradually shrank into a circle formation, and no matter how the Chu army attacked, they could not take it.

The eighty heavy infantry was still expanding their gains, and they were invincible on the way forward, and those Chu troops either fled or knelt down to ask for forgiveness from the demon soldiers.

Yan Qi was still struggling with artillery, but when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately gave up and brought the reserves over to join the battle.

However, the 80 heavy infantry cooperated with the friendly forces to flank the local enemy on both sides, directly causing a large-scale rout of the Chu army. When Yan Qi came to answer, the Chu army was almost completely defeated, even if he came in time, it was useless, eighty iron cans were not something they could deal with, and they had to use heavy crossbows, heavy arrows or blunt weapons to break the formation.

Yan Qi was carried by the rout and fled downstream, where warships anchored and waited.

Chen Ziyi ordered the whole army to pursue and kill, but the eighty heavy infantry moved slowly and could not participate in the pursuit of the rout.

In this battle, the people died the most. After two or three hundred dead and wounded, thousands of people collapsed.

The whole army chased out, and there was no servant to help remove the armor, and the heavy infantry could only help each other, and some people took it off themselves.

When Chen Ziyi unloaded his armor and chased to the river, many Chu troops had already boarded the ship, and those who did not have time to board the ship were driven into the river. With this turbulent flow rate, no matter how good the water quality of the Chu army is, it is estimated that not many people can survive.

Yan Qi took the remnants across the river by boat, and all of them were washed further downstream and landed.

The more than 1,000 Chu troops left behind in the camp, as well as the grain and grass in the camp, he couldn't pick them up for the time being, so he could only wait for the river flow rate to drop.

In the direction of Zhijiang City, Han Shizhong was marching with 4,000 soldiers on a muddy road in the light rain. The armor and shoes were taken off, and the long-card giant shield was not brought, and they rushed towards the Chu army camp.

Of course, Han Shizhong didn't know that the main force of the Chu army crossed the river to attack friendly troops, he only knew that the road was slippery in rainy days, and most of the enemy troops were defenseless, and the night attack had a great chance of success!

The next night, the light rain had long since stopped, but the river was still rising.

Han Shizhong raided the enemy camp, and more than 1,000 left-behind Chu troops were demoralized, and all of them fled in panic. But he couldn't escape, so he stopped running to the riverside and chose to surrender in despair.

Yan Qi looked at the enemy flags on the other side, and the whole person fell into a trance.

He hasn't grown up yet, he is not the veteran general who defected to Yue Fei, just a novice general who has rebelled for more than half a year and has been fighting against the wind.

In this state, I just met the veteran oil son Han Shizhong!

(End of chapter)