The monstrous flood poured down like the Milky Way, and the distant sky roared like a landslide.

With the last afterglow between heaven and earth, mixed with lightning, it can be vaguely seen that the rolling waves of the torrent overflowed, and the banks of the elm water were submerged in an instant.

The surging flood continued to pour downstream, and it didn't take long for it to approach the vicinity of Yuguan, about five kilometers from Jiaoshan.

At this moment, the Liao army on the other side has already noticed the roar of the mountains in the north, because the sky is dark, many people do not know what is happening, after hearing the movement, they have looked into the distance.

When they saw the surging flood, the Liao army, who was building the pontoon bridge, was almost distracted, and they were so frightened that they jumped up from the spot and ran towards the shore one by one.

Luckily, the dam collapsed so loudly that the flood water was overwhelming, and the distance of several kilometers gave them enough time to flee to the shores.

Otherwise, if they were any closer to Horn Mountain, I am afraid that the monstrous torrent would quickly overwhelm them.

But the thousands of Liao troops on the west bank could suffer, and the flood suddenly flooded and broke their formation, just as the Song army arrived, Di Qing immediately gave an order to summon up Yu Yong to annihilate this Liao army.

There was a flood in their rear, and seven or eight thousand Song troops blocked the road in front of them, and it didn't take long for them to fall to the ground one by one in the sound of gunfire, and then run to other places.

The bad weather and the fact that it was already dark at night made it impossible for the Song army to really annihilate this Liao army.

In fact, the Song army also fired a few shots in the distance, except for a few hundred unlucky people who ate the gun words, most of the Liao army fled in a panic along the north and south directions of the west bank.

Especially in the south, because the manic flood was coming at them fiercely at this time, if they went north, the flood that had already flooded to both sides was likely to sweep them into the waves, so they instinctively ran to the south.

The Song army did not chase either, the south is the sea, and a little further west is Guangning, there are Song ships on the sea, and the city of Guangning is now also occupied by the Song army, and the Liao army has almost no other place to go except to flee in the direction of Yingzhou City, which is a little more west.

Soon, the Liao army on the west bank was wiped out by the Song army.

Di Qing didn't do this before, firstly, the Song army's physical strength was close to exhaustion, and the Liao army was waiting for it solemnly, and the Liao army on the east coast would continue to support by boat, so they might not be able to eat it quickly.

The two Di Qing were also worried that if the dam suddenly collapsed when they were entangled with the Liao army, and the flood would spread everywhere, it would not be easy for them to get out of the battlefield.

Now there are no worries about this, they stand on the dry shore and shoot in the direction of the Liao army casually, they can't waste too much physical strength, and at the same time, the Liao army on the east bank can't beat it, it's completely easy to beat.

Almost when the Song army was chasing the Liao army on the west bank, Di Qing saw that on the surface of the Yushui River, the rumbling sound kept coming.

The monstrous waves seemed to collapse everything in front of them, and the ships of the Song army, which had been docked on the west bank of Yushui, were overturned in the river by the waves in an instant.

At first, boats were floating on the thirty or forty feet wide river, but it was not long before they quickly sank into the river, and then only a large number of sawdust rose and fell in the rolling waves.

"Marshal, our ship"

Hu Yanshou next to him opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the sawdust on the surface of the river.

Despite the limited width of the river, none of their large Fuchuan battleships, Flying Tiger frigates, and Sea Falcon attack ships cruised in the Yushuis.

However, they concentrated more than 20 assault ships, assault ships, landing ships, and combat ships of the two armies, and there were even a lot of supplies and artillery on board, which was almost half of the property of the Ping Navy and the Ding Navy.

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty Navy spent a lot of money, and the cheapest cost of each warship was thousands of guan, and the expensive ones were even tens of thousands, and the impact of this flood was hundreds of thousands of guan, and it was fake to say that it was not distressed.

"The prefect once said that fighting a war is about money."

Di Qing laughed, laughed so happily that tears were about to burst into laughter, patted Hu Yanshouyong's shoulder, pointed at the Liao army on the east bank and laughed: "If we exchange this money for our victory, why not?" ”

When the flood came, it literally washed away their boat on the Elm River. But these boats were originally bait, in order to trick the Liao army into flooding these boats themselves.

If there were thousands of their original Song troops on this ship, this would be a heavy loss.

But if the living forces are preserved, and only these ships are destroyed, but the Liao army cannot cross the river for at least a day or two, then everything is worth it.

A day or two was enough time for the Song army to rearrange the defensive line on the west bank and wait for the arrival of the town navy.

As long as the Liao army on the east bank is firmly embedded in the east of Shanhaiguan, a large number of Liao reinforcements and materials will not be sent to Xijin Mansion, then Yeluzong will really have only one end - defeat like a mountain!

"Okay, don't look at it, Di Shuai has gone back."

Wang Kui saw that Hu Yanshou was still looking at the river in a daze, and also patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "When this battle is over, we can write to the court with our merits and let them build you a boat." ”

"Lou ship?"

Hu Yanshou glanced at Wang Kui and said, "Can that thing be driven on the sea?" ”

"Inside information."

Wang Kui looked left and right, and then pretended to say mysteriously: "I heard that the imperial court is building ironclad ships, which are made of the kind of thing that can pull trains, and in the future, there will be no need for manpower, and it will be easy to travel thousands of miles a day on the sea, and they are all ironclads." ”

"Do you still need to say this news? I already knew. ”

Hu Yanshou said with disdain: "What's more, this is all a matter of chasing after the wind and shadows, whether there is or not is not necessarily." ”

"Huh."

Wang Kui smiled and said, "Your Huyan family is a noble family, and you can indeed get some gossip, but you don't know." ”

"Don't know what?"

Hu Yan Shouyong still looked at the river distressedly, but he couldn't help but be curious.

Wang Kuishen said mysteriously: "I have a brother who is now working as a supervisor in Jiangnan Shipyard, he mentioned this matter during the Chinese New Year last year, the Constitutional Yuan has approved it, and now it is said that it has entered the manufacturing process, and there will be an ironclad ship in the future, is it not better than this wooden ship?" ”

"Is there really an ironclad?"

Hu Yanshou's eyes widened.

Although he is a son of the Huyan family, Xungui has not had a good time in recent years, and the children in the family are okay, if there is no successor, his power will naturally plummet.

His grandfather Hu Yanzhu is actually not a high-ranking official, and when he was at the highest, he was only the deputy capital of a state and the assassin of the state, and he was regarded as a middle-level general of the fifth rank, and he belonged to the bottom of the nobles.

It is for this reason that the Huyan family couldn't catch anything when Xungui was fishing for oil and water in the army, so they got lucky in the last purge.

And Hu Yanshou used his own bravery, and there were no high-ranking nobles who were willing to go to the navy with the lowest status in the general concept, which made him pick up a bargain and become the commander of the Ping Navy.

So in fact, Hu Yan Shouyong can't talk about any backstage, so naturally he doesn't know some of the more secret things in the imperial court.

Although Wang Kui is not from a noble background, he can't stand that he has a relative who is directly engaged in the shipbuilding industry, so under this relationship, he actually learned about this important event that the imperial court was secretly carrying out.

"That's nature, they are all brothers who share life and death, don't you still believe me?"

Wang Kui pulled Huyan Shouyong's shoulder, and while pulling him towards Guangning City in the southwest, he said with a smile: "We have a great merit, let's not talk about catching Xiao Xiaomu, let's just say that cutting off Yuguan is also a great military merit, and it will not be easy to find the imperial court to ask for a few ironclad ships in the future?" What is there to care about in this wooden boat, the old one does not go, and the new one does not come. ”

Hu Yanshou turned his head and reluctantly glanced at the undulating sawdust, most of which had long since been washed away, leaving a little remnant rolling on the surface of the river.

He gritted his teeth and said: "If the imperial court has an ironclad ship, I will be the first to write to the imperial court to ask for one!" ”

Saying that, he raised his head and looked into the distance, and muttered to himself: "Our Great Song Dynasty's warships must be invincible in the world, and we must also let those infantry soldiers and horses take a look, our navy is not the same decoration as before, and now with this Di Shuai, we have done something that even they can't do!" ”

It was completely dark.

With the protection of the flood, Song Jun returned to the camp to rest with confidence and boldness.

In addition to arranging some sentry posts to observe the flood and the movements of the Liao army on the other side, almost all of the Song troops returned to Quang Ninh or the ships on the docks of Quang Ninh on the sea to rest.

The Song army rested beautifully for the night, while the Liao army on the other side of the river was anxious, but in the face of the rolling waves, they could not cross the Yushui.

The water slowed down a lot until the next day, but the entire Yushui bank was almost already a flood.

The water on the ground is nearly a foot deep, the silt is piled up, like a swampy place, the horse's hooves will sink into the ankles when stepping into it, and the water flow is very fast, unless the Liao people can fly, they can't pass at all.

So compared to Di Qing's leisurely at this time, Xiao Wanli really had no way at all.

Yuguan is their nearest passage, and the rest of the passages must take Xifengkou, which has to go around the distance, and there are mountains along the way, the road is extremely rugged and difficult, and the materials are not so easy to send to Xijin Mansion.

Therefore, he could only continue to stay where he was, while trying to find a way to send people from the north of Jiaoshan to Lulong to find out the news of Xiao Xiaomu. While waiting for the river to recede on its own.

The next morning, the rain was much lighter than yesterday, and sometimes it even stopped for a few hours, and then suddenly it drizzled and then turned to light rain and so on.

But all in all, it's not as big as it was a few days ago.

Song Jun, who was tired for a day yesterday, had a good night's rest, had breakfast in the morning, and brought a batch of clean clothes from the supply ship, which could be regarded as regaining his previous spirit.

Di Qing inspected the river and found that although most of the flood water accumulated by the Liao army had been drained, the level of the Yushui River had risen a lot due to the rain for many days.

At the lowest time before, there was a gap of two or three zhang between the river surface of Yushui and the shore, and in some places even a small part of the river beach was exposed.

Even if the water in the middle of the river was deep enough for the Song army's ships to float and sail on the river, it was difficult for the Song army's ships and artillery to reach the shore, and at most they could reach Yuguan.

But now that the river has skyrocketed, so that the height of the ships has also skyrocketed, if the Song army's fleet appears on the river at this time, it will inevitably threaten the Liao army on the east bank.

Unfortunately, all their small-tonnage ships were destroyed, and the large-tonnage ships had to be used as a way out, otherwise they would surely die if there were other accidents.

Di Qing was thinking so.

After the reorganization of the army, the Song army again began to deploy defenses along the Quang Ninh line.

After another two days, the heavy rain of the past few days finally stopped, and as the midwinter approached November, the weather became colder and colder, and the wilderness was filled with a moist smell.

After the rain stopped, the firearms of the Song army once again had room to play, and Xiao Wanli tried to organize a fleet to cross the river several times, often at night, but in the end the Song army noticed it and fought them back with difficulty.

It's very tough indeed.

Having lost the bridgehead of Yuguan and the fleet patrolling the Yushui, it was difficult for the Song army to detect the movements of the Liao army in advance.

You must know that it is five kilometers from Jiaoshan in the north to Yuguan City, and six kilometers from Yuguan City to the Bohai Sea in the south, which means that the length of Yushui is at least 11 kilometers or more.

With such a long line of defense without constant cruising of river vessels, it is necessary to divide a large number of defense zones and garrison them in various areas to observe the enemy.

However, the number of the Song army was originally small, and if the troops were divided, there would only be a few hundred Song troops in each defense area, but the number of Liao troops on the other side was increasing every day, and now it was eight or nine times that of the Song army.

Once the Liao army crossed the river in a small boat at night, it would be difficult for them to immediately block and succeed.

On several occasions, the Liao army secretly transported at least thousands of people, and if it were not for the Song army's desperate shooting and firing artillery regardless of ammunition, I am afraid that the Liao army would have secretly gained a foothold on the west bank at this time, and the two sides would have to carry out a tragic battle to capture the city of Guangning.

On October 26, the nineteenth day that the Song army cut off the Yuguan corridor, in the early morning of the morning, the Song army and the Liao army had been fighting fiercely for a day and night, but the Liao army on the other side crossed the river in a crazy boat.

Sitting on a small hillside on the west bank, Di Qing stared at the distance with a serious face, since the Liao army crossed the river again at night last night, they have been fighting a bloody battle with the Liao army for a long time.

If it was dawn before, the Liao army would quickly withdraw. But now the Liao army continued to charge, seemingly completely ignoring the Song army's artillery fire.

Because the Liao army also saw that as time went by, the firepower of the Song army had become lower and lower.

In the past, the Song army began to fire guns and cannons when the Liao army began to sail to the west coast on the other side of the river, but now they will not shoot until they have landed.

This can only explain one reason - the Song army is running out of bullets.

In fact, it is also true.

Di Qing naturally knew that it was the best policy to wait for the Liao army to land before shooting.

After all, even if this is done when there are enough bullets, it will only make the Liao army more and more numerous on the shore.

No one is a sharpshooter, and sometimes they need a lot of bullets to kill an enemy.

If you can shoot at the enemy's ships while they are moving, even if you scare them away and make them dare not come, it will be considered a success, and you must not give the Liao army a chance to go ashore.

However, the past few days of fighting have made the Song army almost run out of ammunition, and sometimes the Song army even has to fight with the Liao army in hand-to-hand combat.

This is obviously hugely bad news.

If the reinforcements hadn't arrived, then the Song army would probably have to go back to the ship and go back in disgrace.

That's when bad news came one after another.

A scout came to report: "Report, marshal, all the ammunition of the C-shaped battalion of the Dinghai Navy has been exhausted." ”

It didn't take long for another scout to report: "Newspaper, Dashuai, more than 1,000 Liao people in the defense area guarded by the T-shaped battalion of the Ping Navy have come ashore. ”

"Report, the Dinghai Navy Battalion is now engaged in a white-knuckle battle with the enemy."

"Newspaper"

All kinds of bad news kept coming, making Di Qing's face more and more calm.

He never expected the bullets to run out so quickly.

It's also strange that the Liao army has gone crazy these days, first of all, Xiao Xiaomu was captured alive, and secondly, if they are not eliminated, the supplies on the front line will not arrive for a long time, and Xiao Wanli and their senior generals of the Liao army on the east bank will definitely die.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Wanli and they could only give death orders to their subordinates, no matter how heavy the casualties were, they had to rush to the other side, even if they used their lives to consume the ammunition of the Song army.

So under the madness of the Liao army, the result was that the Song army's bullet consumption increased exponentially, and now it is close to exhaustion.

Even if the price paid is extremely high, it may be close to tens of thousands of Liao troops who died here.

But as long as they can win, they don't have any worries.

"Whew!"

Di Qing breathed a long sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Escort, come with me!" ”

He planned to go to the aid of the Dinghai Battalion.

The Jiazi Battalion has already begun to enter a white-knuckle battle with the Liao army, which means that they have not a single bullet left, and they can only fight hand-to-hand.

Once there is no suppression of ammunition, a steady stream of Liao troops will continue to come to the shore, and the Jiazi battalion defense area will be more auspicious and less auspicious.

And just when Di Qing took his personal guards to the Jiazi Camp to help, on the sea level in the south in the distance, I don't know when, some small black dots slowly appeared.

Someone exclaimed: "There are ships on the sea, there are ships on the sea." ”

Di Qing hurriedly took out the binoculars, and saw that the figure of the fleet appeared on the sea in the distance, and the flag on it was the army of the Great Song Dynasty!

"It's finally here."

Even Di Qing, who was as steady as a mountain, took a long breath.

As soon as reinforcements come, they are foolproof.

At this moment, on the east bank, Xiao Wanli was also observing the movement on the other side of the river.

When he found that the Song army had been much less gunfire since the day before yesterday, he concluded that the Song army's ammunition stock was running out.

So he made a quick decision and ordered the soldiers to launch a death charge.

Now it seems that things are as he expected.

Although their soldiers paid a heavy price, at least seven or eight thousand men had crossed the Yushui River and reached the opposite bank.

This also means that their men will continue to cross the river in the future, and the Song army will definitely be defeated.

Shu Lu Si Liji saw that Xiao Wanli's face was slightly relieved because the army had crossed the river a lot, but he was still solemn, so he said: "The king does not need to be worried, although we could not cross the river a few days before the flood, but the Song army has also lost the river support, and it is only a matter of time before we reach the other side of the river." ”

"I naturally know this, I'm worried about the safety of King Qi."

Xiao Wanli shook his head bitterly.

The flood washed away the boats on the Song River, and when the torrent receded and the current began to slow down, their boats seemed to be able to pass at last.

But Xiao Xiaomu's capture is still a big stone in his heart.

Although he and Xiao Xiaomu are both surnamed Xiao, they are both born in the surname Xiao, but the same surname Xiao has high and low status.

Compared with Xiao Xiaomu, his status is too far behind.

Xiao Xiaomu's arrest this time, even if he killed on the other side and defeated the Song army, I am afraid that it is too much merit in Yelu Zongzhen, and it is good not to be imprisoned and questioned.

Shulu Si Liji hurriedly comforted: "The king of Qi has a noble status, and the Song people will not dare to do harm, as long as we defeat the Song army, we may not be able to rescue the king of Qi." ”

"I hope so."

Xiao Wanli said noncommittally.

At this moment, someone shouted: "Great King, our people have been killed, and the Song army has begun to rout." ”

"Oh?"

Xiao Wanli hurriedly looked at the other side.

Seeing that the Song army on the other side of the bank really seemed to have begun to rout significantly, many people did not dare to continue to defend on the shore, and broke away from the battle one after another and fled in the direction of Quang Ninh.

At this moment, on the west side of Yushui, a large number of Liao troops began to land and quickly occupied the defense area on the opposite bank.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Wanli was overjoyed, and finally ran out of bullets for the Song army, so he immediately said: "Okay, pass on my general's order, and the front army will immediately board the ship and march to the opposite bank to cover the army across the river!" ”

He must cross the river with all the main forces and annihilate Di Qing to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

"Yes."

The herald should be down.

Soon, with Xiao Wanli's order, about 20,000 soldiers of the Liao army's front army began to officially prepare to board the ship.

However, it was not even two quarters of an hour later, almost when countless Liao soldiers approached the shore and began to board the boat and prepare to row to the opposite shore.

I don't know who shouted: "Look, Song fleet!" ”

Suddenly there was an uproar.

Many people's eyes are on the direction of the southern ocean.

Various ships on the Elm River began to fall into chaos.

Some want to keep walking, some want to paddle back, and some are at a loss.

Xiao Wanli on the shore was still thinking about annihilating this Song army and rescuing Xiao Xiaomu.

When the time comes, after making such a great contribution, presumably His Majesty will not punish him for his crimes again, but will reward him well.

Xiao Wanli thought about it, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

Di Qing is also the general of the Great Song Dynasty after Fan Zhongyan and Zhang Kang, if he can catch him or kill him, it will be a great achievement.

Just thinking like this, the noise nearby quickly caught his attention, and Xiao Wanli instinctively turned his head to look south.

At this glance, the originally happy face was almost directly sluggish, and the smile froze in an instant.

Because he saw a large number of ships appearing on the southern sea.

It was far away, but it was because he was standing on the shore several kilometers away, and the boats were already heading towards the Elm water.

That moment.

Xiao Wanli was almost in cardiac arrest!

(End of chapter)