At the end of the Shen period and the beginning of the unitary hour, in the hazy clouds and dark sunset, the roaring rainstorm came as scheduled.

At this time, whether it was Fan Zhongyan in Youyan or Di Qing in Yuguan, more than 200 kilometers away, they could realize the seriousness of the matter.

Rainy days will only greatly reduce the power of the firearms that the Song people rely on, and the gunpowder is easy to get wet, so care must be taken in storage and loading. Although the musket is waterproof, the wind and rain can still cause various problems for the musket.

For example, the success rate of flint ignition decreases, the gunpowder burns inadequately due to moisture, which makes the musket dumb, or even if the bullet is fired, it is affected by wind and rain, so that the accuracy of the head is greatly deviated.

And not only the muskets, but also the artillery will not be less affected. Therefore, in this vast rain, the Song army's ability to fight in the field will be seriously weakened.

At this moment, outside Yuguan, the sky is gloomy as ink, as if there is no sunshine, it is only in the afternoon, but it is gray as if it is approaching dusk.

If you stand on Yuguan and look outside, you will see that about five or six miles away from the city, there are more than ten Liao army camps in a row. They are not connected together, but they are scattered and distributed separately.

There are three or four thousand people in the camp, and there are more than 10,000 people, and there are at least 60,000 or 70,000 Liao troops east of Guangyu Pass through the Song army.

With the passage of time, the follow-up troops of the Liao State were all blocked to the east of Yuguan, and a large number of Liao troops, gunpowder, and materials were piled up, and they attacked at night, giving the Song army great trouble.

In the pouring rain, the Liao army camp in the distance suddenly woke up from the silence like death, with the sound of table tennis war drums and moo horns, in several camps that were horns of each other, a group of soldiers emerged from behind the battlements of the rammed earth wall, and the bow was wound out of the sheath.

Everywhere there was the whirring clash of ironclad leaves, anxious and irritated urges, neat shouts, and the short and urgent sound of orders and shrill whistles.

Xiao Wanli, the new king of Lanling County in Tokyo, inherited the title of his brother Xiao Pidi, Xiao Pidi was framed and died by the Empress Dowager Xiao in his early years, Yelu Zongzhen succeeded to the throne and rehabilitated him, because Xiao Pi had no queen, he reused his younger brother Xiao Wanli.

This person is only 40 years old this year, but he once followed Xiao Xiaomu to fight the rebellion in Tokyo, and he not only showed courage and good fighting, but also was quite brave and resourceful, and was deeply valued by Xiao Xiaomu.

He observed that although the Song army was strong in the field during the day, it was not satisfactory in night combat, so he formulated a strategy of many night attacks, which caused Di Qing a lot of trouble.

If it weren't for Di Qing's equally brave and good fighting, although he resisted more than ten times the Liao army with a small number of troops, but he did not fall behind at all, I am afraid that the Song army that attacked this time had been forced back by the Liao army from Yuguan and returned to the ship.

"The King."

Shulu Si Liji wore a robe and came on a horse in the rain.

The horses' hooves trampled mud and splashed everywhere.

He went to Xiao Wanli's side, then turned over and dismounted, and said, "King, the Song people's ships have opened. ”

"Dock ships?"

Xiao Wanli asked.

"Yes."

"The scouts saw them set sail for the sea, and disappeared. ”

"It's going to be dark soon, isn't going to sea looking for death at this time?"

Xiao Wanli was puzzled and looked to the east.

In the distance, the East China Sea was also covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder.

Even not fishermen know what happens when they go to sea in a rainstorm.

So it's hard to understand what Song Jun wants to do.

"Could they be going around our rear and attacking our soldiers?"

Shulu Si Riji said.

"It's not good, they must go west first and attack the king of Qi."

Xiao Wanli immediately realized that something was wrong.

The Song army now moved all their ships to the port of Yuguan, because it was close to Yushui, which made it easier for the fleet to block the river.

Quang Ninh, on the other hand, basically relied on the city for defense.

But on the same side of Guangning, there were not many Liao troops, less than 20,000 people.

After all, Yelu Zongzhen still had to deal with the main force of the Song army, and it was impossible to divide too many soldiers and horses to rush over from Xijin to support.

So the current situation is that the pressure on the Guangning side is far less than that of Yuguan.

It is very likely that the Song army wanted to break through one by one, first concentrating on attacking Xiao Xiaomu's side, which had a relatively small number of soldiers and horses, and then dealing with his side.

Just like the day before yesterday, the Song army suddenly attacked the Liao army stationed on the side of Jiaoshan.

"So what to do?"

When Shu Lu Si Liji heard Xiao Wanli's words, he also realized that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Now after the heavy rain, the Yushui is surging, and although the ships of the Song army are shaky, they have anchors and ropes to fix, and there are cannons on the boat, so we can't get close at all. ”

"The Song people are indeed powerful, using ships and cities to connect together, using each other as horns and supporting each other, if they want to break through one side, they will inevitably be attacked by the other side, and their cannons are very light"

Xiao Wanli frowned, the Liao army's artillery was more than 2,000 catties, and although the main battle artillery of the Song army was also more than 2,000 catties, it had a small steel cannon of more than 200 catties, and its mobility was much stronger than that of the Liao army.

In this case, it was difficult for them to bring the artillery to the shore or outside the city, after all, the artillery of the Song army was not a dry meal.

Now that it is raining heavily, the firearms of the Song army are indeed affected, but their artillery is also unusable, so he originally wanted to use the original method to raid the Song army under the city at night in the rain and directly force the siege.

Unexpectedly, the Song army's fleet at the dock left and made their tactical play, so the Liao army obviously had to consider countermeasures.

"You mean, the water is rising now?"

Xiao Wanli suddenly grasped the key.

There are Song army ships on the Yushui, and they can't go over to support Xiao Xiaomu, but if they can destroy the Song ships on the Yushui, then the Song army's defense line will be directly torn apart.

The Liao army can erect a pontoon bridge on the Yushui River, and the Liao army on the east and west sides can naturally communicate with each other, and they will no longer be separated from each other as before, and they will not be able to concentrate their forces.

"Yes."

Shulu Si Riji said.

"How high has it been?"

"It probably made the Song army's ships two feet taller."

"That's it?"

Xiao Wanli's brows furrowed.

It stands to reason that the higher the water level, the worse it is for them.

This meant that the higher the level of the Song army's ships, it was no longer as difficult to hit the shore as before.

But the same low water level meant that the current was not very turbulent, and it did not pose any threat to the Song army's ships, at most it made the ships sway.

Shu Lu Si Liji smiled bitterly: "The water level of Yushui has dropped a lot before, and this heavy rain has just begun, I'm afraid it won't rise so quickly." ”

"Then make the water flow of Yushui a little more turbulent and the water level a little higher!"

Xiao Wanli said with a cruel smile.

"What does the king mean by impounding water and flooding the river?"

Shulu Si Liji immediately understood what Xiao Wanli meant.

"You can do it!"

Xiao Wanli said.

"Yes."

Shulu Sirgi then reined in his horse and jumped away.

The elm water comes out of Jiaoshan, and the water level must have risen sharply due to heavy rain in the upper reaches.

All he needed to do was build a small dam in the mountains to plug the source, and soon enough water would come down to wash away the boats.

It was getting darker and darker, and it was the beginning of the unitary hour, that is, it was more than five o'clock in the afternoon, but it was like seven o'clock.

It was as if there was only a faint dim light left between heaven and earth.

With the transmission of the high horn sound, the Liao army in all directions began to attack Yuguan again.

It is not true that the combat strength of the Song army has declined, but in fact, the Liao army is just like that.

No one can show the unparalleled elite momentum in the torrential rain and dark night, not even the Liao army, which was once strong in the field.

As a result, the Liao army's offensive was chaotic, the command was out of balance, and the offensive was not orderly.

Guns and grenades were thrown at the top of the city, some were rushing, some were watching, and whenever the ladder was erected, no one dared to climb it.

Because Song Jun would definitely throw a few grenades down from the women's wall, many ladders were simply blown up.

The rain was falling with a crackling overhead, and grenades were thrown down from time to time, and everyone was worried, and no one wanted to be a victim.

Although the Liao army also had grenades, many grenades could not be thrown on the city under the wind and rain.

After all, it is the limit for ordinary people to throw twenty or thirty meters away, let alone to throw it more than one zhang high in the face of a violent storm, that is, three or four meters above the city.

The two sides went back and forth like this, and fought fiercely all night.

It was only at the beginning of the Yin period that the Liao army finally withdrew, leaving more than 1,000 corpses outside Yuguan.

The Song army at the head of the city was not having a good time, and the defenders in the city were only more than 1,000 people, and they fought to the death with tens of thousands of Liao troops outside the city, and the cost was very large.

If it weren't for the Song army on Yushui trying all kinds of ways to help, such as firing artillery in the rain, or shooting and harassing the Liao army from a distance, I'm afraid that the current Yuguan has changed hands.

"Report, marshal, the Liao army has retreated."

"Report, Marshal, the water in the city is starting to rise, and a lot of our gunpowder has been wet."

"Report, big marshal, there are twenty-one cannons entering the water and dumb fire."

"Report, we don't have enough grenades."

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All kinds of bad news followed, and Di Qing's face sank like water.

Although he calmly commanded the city for a night and repelled several attacks by the Liao army, he did not feel tired at all.

Even though his eyes were bloodshot, he was not moved at all, as if the bad news had no effect on him.

Until after a while, it was getting brighter. At about six o'clock in the morning, the world turned from the original darkness to gray fog.

The heavy rain on his head was still crackling down, and Liu Du, the deputy commander of the Ping Navy, hurriedly came and said, "Report, Di Shuai, the water level in Yushui has begun to drop." ”

"Has it gone down?"

Di Qing's face finally changed slightly, and he groaned, "How much has it dropped?" ”

"About five or six inches."

"Sure enough, the Liao army will definitely store water in Jiaoshan."

"What should we do?"

Liu Du asked, "Do you want all the boats to withdraw from the river now?" ”

"Nope."

Di Qing narrowed his eyes, "As soon as the boat leaves, they will inevitably know that the water storage is useless, and when the time comes, the flood will be discharged immediately, and as soon as the flood water leaves, they will be able to build a pontoon bridge immediately to rescue the west bank."

Saying that, Di Qing said again: "How is Hu Yan Shouyong and Wang Kui doing there?" ”

"There's no news yet."

"Let's see."

"Yes."

Liu Du took the order and left.

Xiao Wanli guessed correctly, some of the ships of the Song army left the dock and indeed attacked Xiao Xiaomu.

In the past few days, the main direction of the Song army's attack is Xiao Xiaomu, after several days of fighting, Xiao Xiaomu's side has suffered a lot of losses, and now it is in a slightly weakened situation.

The boats on the dock and the Yushui were the back hand of the Song army's retreat, and at the same time, it was also the last hole card.

Among them, the card of the dock has been played, and there are still boats on the Yushui River, once the Liao army successfully uses the flood to wash away the boats, then the Song army is completely out of the back road and back hand.

I have to say that the Liao army also has masters.

But it's a pity that Di Qing also guessed that the enemy would store water, so he also had a plan.

And so the time passed.

By noon, news had finally arrived from Quang Ninh.

After Hu Yan Shouyong led the fleet to Guangning, he raided Xiao Xiaomu's camp at night and cooperated with Wang Kui to achieve a great victory.

Xiao Xiaomu had to withdraw more than ten miles to the northwest, if it weren't for the lack of pursuit force of the Song army, I am afraid that Xiao Xiaomu would have been wiped out in this battle.

"The prefect once said that it is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord."

Di Qing groaned and said to Liu Du, who came to report: "Now that the Liao army in the west has been defeated, it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue. But if we concentrate our forces to the west, the enemy on the east bank will come. ”

Liu Du scratched his head and said, "Yes." ”

"So we have to thank the Liao army for helping us block the river, and when we defeat Xiao Xiaomu to the west, we will come back to continue to defend the Liao army on the east bank."

Di Qing smiled.

Liu Du was puzzled: "The Liao army helped us block the river? Di Shuai, the humble position is a little confused. ”

"What do you think would happen if we left immediately?"

"They're going to flood it."

"But what if we don't leave?"

"Wait until there is enough water to release the flood and wash away our boats."

"Then let them save it."

Di Qing said lightly: "Go and convey the military order, let everyone abandon the ship and leave, gather all the troops on the Yuguan Pass, and immediately go to the west bank to pursue Xiao Xiaomu." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Du was surprised: "But in this way, there are only 1,000 people left in Yuguan, if the Liao army comes to attack."

Di Qing said with a smile: "Let's not say that they don't dare to come during the day, even if they dare to come, we just abandon the city and leave, at this time they are already storing water in the upper mountains, why should they think about blocking the Liao army on the east bank?" Just storm Linyu Mountain! ”

In an instant, Liu Du understood.

That's right.

The Liao army wanted to store water to impact the ships.

Then they simply found another way.

Abandon the small boats in part of the river and keep the large boats.

Concentrate forces against Xiao Xiaomu.

If Xiao Wanli on the east bank noticed it and attacked in a big way, the Song army in Yuguan abandoned the city and fled, took an empty boat to the opposite bank, and then directly attacked the dam in Linyu Mountain.

There were many Liao troops, and their mobility was far inferior to that of the Song army. I don't believe that the Liao army can build a pontoon bridge in such a short time and quickly cross the river.

And once the river was not crossed, the Song army attacked the dam, and as long as the artillery was a few artillery areas, the dam collapsed.

At that time, the flood, which was originally used to wash away the ships of the Song army, became an obstacle to the support of the Liao army to the west.

Di Shuai's move to abandon the son to attack and kill is really a wonderful hand!

(End of chapter)