Fang Qifo attached great importance to the 30,000 Song army, and after discussing the countermeasures, he personally brought wine, meat, gold, silver and copper coins to the military camp to reward them.

Originally, these Song troops came to Fujian, and they were not very reluctant, and most of the soldiers in the army were people from Jiangnan and Zhejiang, and they had a lot of complaints in their hearts.

When the wine and meat are eaten and the money is in the heart, the resentment in my heart suddenly disappears.

To whom is it not sold?

These low-level Qiu Ba are already mothers with milk.

In addition, Fang Qifo promised in public that when the Qi army was defeated, there would be a reward, and there would be a reward.

For a time, the 30,000 Song army was greatly invigorated.

"How many Song troops are there?"

"The Admiral understands."

The brigade commander reported: "The brothers in the scout battalion came to report that a large number of Song troops were suspected to have appeared at the foot of the mountain. ”

The rainstorm was so great that the man's eyes couldn't be opened, and he shouted at the top of his voice.

In the dark and rainy night, the Song army and the Qi army were fighting together, and they couldn't tell each other apart at all.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the 8,000 Xuzhou army was assembled in the rainy night.

June is the typhoon-prone season, and although Jianzhou is hundreds of miles away from the sea, it will still be affected to some extent.

Wu Xuan ordered: "Inform all the soldiers to gather in small teams and take the whistle as an order." ”

Wu Lan naturally didn't believe in any nonsense about pythons turning into dragons, but since the guide was so cautious, there must be a reason.

Wu Xuan said: "Because of this, we have to break through even more, we can't see it, and the Song army can't see it either." If it is delayed until dawn, it will not be easy to break through. ”

Night combat is also one of the daily training items of the Qi army.

Zong Ze refused to persuade him to surrender three times and twice, exhausting the patience of the official family, and ordered him to take Zong Ze's head back to Beijing before the end of the year.

"Shhhh

These words frightened the soldiers into a daze.

Wu Lan waved his hand and ordered: "The brothers of the scout camp who have worked hard tonight, stick to the sentry post. ”

As one of the four canals of Tokyo, the Bianhe River is the main river connecting Kaifeng Prefecture with Jiangnan and Zhejiang.

Wu Lan pursed his lips and ordered: "The whole army continues to move forward, looking for a high place to camp. ”

After more than a year, he returned to Tokyo again.

In this kind of weather, don't think about making a fire to make food, everything is wet, even the bowstring of the god's arm crossbow is full of water and becomes loose.

The mountains are undulating, one after the other, and the official roads can only be built between the mountains, which makes for excellent ambush locations everywhere.

Wu Lan ordered: "Call the guide." ”

The guide hurriedly stopped: "Master Jun, don't do it." ”

However, instead of recovering his homeland as he once imagined, he was escorted to Tokyo City to be tried as a prisoner of the fallen king.

A treasure ship carved with dragons and phoenixes breaks through the river and goes upstream.

The soldiers of each squad eat, live and train together on weekdays, almost inseparable, and their tacit cooperation is far from being comparable to that of the Song army.

His hometown is in the northwest, and it is rare to see such capricious weather.

Bianhe.

In the private room on the second floor of the treasure ship, Zhao Ji stood by the window, looking at Tokyo City in the distance, with a complicated expression.

I have just entered Fujian, and the road is so difficult to walk, isn't it even more difficult to go inside?

Every year from May to September, the Sea Dragon King will exert his might, rolling up gusts of wind and waves, sometimes the wind blows for ten days and half a month, accompanied by heavy rain, who can withstand this?

These Song troops and warships were originally recruited and drilled by Liu Yanqing in the first two years to quell the rebellion of Zhong Xiang Yang Mi.

Wu Lan blew the command post, led 8,000 soldiers, abandoned the tent and other baggage, and went down the mountain in the dark.

The rainstorm is coming, one moment the sun is still shining, the next moment it is stormy, and there is no time for the transition at all.

Hearing this, the brigade commander was stunned: "General, it's dark right now, you can't see your five fingers, and if you break through the siege, I'm afraid you will be ambushed by the enemy." ”

The wind continued, but the rain gradually became lighter.

In the past, when we were in the northwest, there was a drought and little rain, and even if there was rain in summer, it would brew for most of the day.

Since the capture of the old Zhong Xiang before the fight, although Yang Mi is still on the run, he can't become a climate, and now he has become a water bandit.

Fortunately, the Qi army had special training, and the 8,000 people were divided into zero, fighting in small teams, and using whistles as military orders.

On the other side, Wang Yan led his troops to take over two Zhejiang roads and one Ying county town.

For a time, there was chaos at the foot of the mountain.

Kuang Zixin's side is also rectifying the sailors under Wang Yuan, and when the army is completed, he will immediately go north along the Yangtze River and take Xiangyang in one go.

The guide replied, "This rainstorm is blowing from the seaside, and I am afraid that it will not stop for a while." Every year in June and July, the Sea Dragon King will roll up the stormy waves, intermittently, sometimes big and sometimes small, no one can say, if you are unlucky, even the next month of heavy rain is possible. ”

In the tent, an oil lamp burned quietly, reflecting the dim light.

However, Wu Lan did not dare to fight for a long time, and after the breakthrough was successful, he retreated all the way to Longquan.

What's more, from a military point of view, Fujian is a typical easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Soon, a crisp and loud whistle sounded under the rain curtain.

A short time later, a magnificent giant city appeared ahead.

Hearing this, Wu Lan ordered: "Camp in place!" ”

Jiaoshui comes from top to bottom, sloping in, and it is indeed dangerous to camp in the valley, but there is a glimmer of life in the high places.

After just a little thought, Wu Lan ordered: "Gather the soldiers, pass on my military orders, and break through!" ”

……

Since the Song army dared to take advantage of the rainy night to besiege, it must have made sufficient preparations, and its strength was at least several times that of theirs.

The guide explained: "This place seems to be safe, but it is close to the mountains on the left and right, and the terrain is high in the east and low in the west. ”

Wu Luan's face was full of doubts: "What is Jiaoshui?" ”

"Why?"

"Don't be careless, march and fight cautiously."

Wiping the rain on his face, Wu Lan scolded: "Damn, this day is like seeing a ghost, and the rainstorm will come." ”

Wu Lan opened his eyes, sat up suddenly, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

With the surrender of Liu Yanqing, not only did Jinghu fall into the hands of Han Zhen, but also more than 30,000 Song troops and hundreds of warships.

The original strategy was to besiege Xiangyang, block the upper reaches of the Han River, enter Hanzhong through Chang'an, and attack Shuzhong.

When marching to battle, nature has nothing to do with comfort, and all soldiers sleep in wet clothes.

Halfway up the mountain, tents are set up in the middle of the dense forest.

"Kill, !!"

An hour later, the cloud-covered sky became extremely gloomy, and with the help of his guide, Wu Lan successfully found a large mountain to set up camp.

The brigade commander replied: "I don't know the specifics, there are no stars, no moon and no fire tonight, and the scouts can't see clearly at all, but just listening to the footsteps, I'm afraid there are more than 10,000." ”

The brigade commander's face was stunned.

"What's the matter with the military master?"

However, with the surrender of Wang Yuan and Liu Yanqing, the problem of sailors and warships was solved.

After the order was completed, the brigade commanders and battalion commanders dispersed one after another and returned to their camp tents to rest.

The brigade commander replied in a loud voice, and immediately turned to leave.

Liu Qi did not attack Xiangyang immediately, he was waiting, waiting for the arrival of the sailors in Hangzhou.

It is said that there are 100,000 mountains in Lingnan, and Fujian is not far behind.

He didn't understand water warfare, so he immediately appointed Liu Yanqing as his deputy general, reorganized the Song army's naval division, eliminated some old, weak, sick and disabled, retained only the young and strong, and stepped up training.

Wu Lan asked, "When will this rain stop?" ”

Thinking of this, he asked in a deep voice, "Then how to avoid Jiaoshui?" ”

"Breakout!"

Wu Xuan frowned.

After resting for two days, Fang Qifo personally led 30,000 Song troops to the border.

Wu Luan's expression remained unchanged and he continued to ask.

This man is a native of Fujian, and Wu Lan specially hired him as a guide before he set off.

The bean-sized raindrops slapped on the armor like hailstones, making a crackling sound.

Wu Lan took the cold water in the kettle, chewed dry cakes, looked at the dense mountains and rivers on the map, and said helplessly: "I understand now, why Yue Dushuai said that Shu Dao is difficult, and Min Dao is more difficult than Shu Dao." ”

It's night.

This Great Song Dynasty died in his own hands after all.

The words of this guide are set by one, but the words are not rough, and after careful consideration, there is still some truth.

Suddenly, a hurried shout came.

"General Wu, General Wu!"

After a while, a middle-aged man with a dark face walked quickly to the war horse.

The guide replied solemnly: "As the saying goes, people go to high places, and water flows to low places, so try to find high places to camp." ”

"Alas!"

Wu Luan, on the other hand, led 8,000 people from Longquan and went straight to Jianzhou.

"Order!"

Especially on rainy nights, when you can't see your fingers, it is most likely to cause chaos, so the Qi army has a special training method, and specially made several iron whistles with different timbres to assist the night combat command.

……

……

Wiping the rain on his face, the guide tried to open his eyes, and said with a solemn expression: "Fujian is mountainous, and there are often big snakes in the mountains. After turning into a Jiao, it can no longer hide in the mountains, and must enter the rivers, lakes and seas. Every June and July, when the sea dragon king is powerful, the dragon in the mountain will take the opportunity to escape into the rivers, lakes and seas, when leaving the mountain, the mountain collapses and the ground cracks, it is for the Jiao, the rain gathers the mountain rocks and trees, and swells down from the top of the mountain, we call it Jiaoshui. ”

Around the treasure ship, there are three or four passenger ships escorting, and the passenger ships are full of people, if you look closely, you will find that the ships are all sailors in paper armor.

The breakthrough of the Qi army caught the Song army by surprise.

Wu Xuan lay on the marching bed, half-asleep and half-awake.

After taking Shuzhong, take Xiangyang.

The howling wind, accompanied by the torrential rain, swept the heavens and the earth.

These sailors and warships happened to be cheaper than Liu Qi.

A brigade commander said with a smile: "Although there are tens of thousands of Song troops in Fujian, now that Zhao Ji has been captured, I am afraid that Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun have long lost their will to fight, and they are thinking about surrendering, so let's go through the motions this time." ”

On the sparkling river, there is an endless stream of passing ships, and there are thousands of sails competing for the current, and hundreds of boats are competing for the current, which is extremely noisy.

Due to the strong wind and rain, the scouts could not be sent too far, otherwise even if they found the enemy, they would not be able to report in time, so Wu Jue only set up a few sentry posts near the foot of the surrounding mountains.

Even if they can't be defeated, the enemy army will drill into the mountains and turn around to attack the grain route, and there is no way at all.

The key is that there are many mountains, and the climate is hot and humid, capricious.

Zhao Ji sighed faintly.

Zhao Kai looked terrified, and as he got closer and closer to Tokyo City, the fear in his heart became even worse, and he didn't know what fate would greet him.

(End of chapter)