The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 492 Reinforcements, Flood

At the head of Shichuan City, Li Changshuo, the inspection envoy of the Xishou Baotai Military Division, put up a pergola with his hands and looked towards Dulan Lake.

Although the distance is a bit far, from a high position one can still see the unusual behavior by the lake.

You can even vaguely see it from the Lingbo Mountain. The soldiers are as small as ants, busy and busy.

Li Changshuo wondered: "What is Song Jun doing?"

The person behind him poked his head and said, "I can't see clearly, it seems like they are digging fortifications..."

"Dig fortifications?" Li Changshuo frowned: "What kind of fortifications are dug? It's so far away from the city, what's the point of digging?"

The person who followed him came to the battlements and held the city wall with both hands, and looked forward with his eyes wide open. His eyes hurt from looking at them, but he could not see Ziwu Maoyou.

He said: "General, why don't you find some people with good eyesight to take a look?"

Li Changshuo nodded. Although his martial arts skills were good and his body was still strong, he loved drinking all year round. His eyesight was a bit poor, and his followers were similar to him.

After a while, several young soldiers came over to greet them, and Li Changshuo said, "Look what these Song dogs are doing?"

The soldiers looked into the distance one after another. After a long time, one person said: "General, I can't see clearly from Lingbo Mountain, but there seems to be digging at the lakeside."

Another said: "What kind of ground should be dug? It should be digging ditches."

"Ditch?" Li Changshuo looked even more confused when he heard this.

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

"A pile of earth and rocks?" Li Changshuo became more and more puzzled and thought for a while: "A line from the lake to the other side of Lingbo Mountain?"

"General, we can only see clearly the lakeside. We can't see what the Song army did at Lingbo Mountain, but it does seem to be connected. This fortification is between the two."

Li Changshuo took a deep breath, waved the soldier down, and then sat on the chair without saying a word.

He had doubts in his heart, could it be that the Song army wanted to do something in the mountains?But it doesn’t look like it, after all, it started from the lakeside.

The personal attendant said: "General, I'm afraid the Song army has some conspiracy and tricks that they plan to use."

Li Changshuo had a complicated look on his face: "No matter what his conspiracy is, I don't think the opponent's troops are very large. As long as he sticks to Fuchuan City and doesn't leave, what can he do!"

The personal attendant smiled and said: "What the general said is absolutely true. Fuchuan City is strong, so we have to hold on. There will be nothing the other side can do."

In the evening, it started to rain heavily again. Zhao Tong asked someone to prepare several dishes, including mutton in a water basin, braised beef shank, stewed pheasant with mushrooms, steamed rabbit with wild vegetables, a large pot of white flour cakes, and two pots of strong wine.

He took a bottle of wine and drank it while reading behind the desk. He didn't eat any food, but took a small sip at a time, feeling quite satisfied.

Not long after, someone outside the tent said: "Your Majesty, my subordinate Li Yanxian would like to see you."

Zhao Tong didn't even raise his head: "Come in!"

The curtain door opened, and a man who looked like a clay monkey walked into the big tent and saluted: "Your Majesty, my subordinates..."

Zhao Tong put down the book and looked at him: "Why didn't you change into dry clothes? Wouldn't it make you sick if you are so wet?"

Li Yanxian said awkwardly: "When my subordinate heard the prince's call, he hurried over and didn't even have time to change clothes..."

Zhao Tong said: "Come back after changing."

Li Yanxian responded and ran out of the door. After a while, he entered the tent again. Zhao Tao pointed at the table over there: "Eat quickly, let's warm up when it's cold."

Li Yanxian looked at the food and wine on the table, swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and his stomach growled. He rubbed his hands and said, "It's not cold, it's not cold. It's warm now, and it won't be cold for a while."

Zhao Tong nodded: "Then go and eat. Let's talk after eating."

Li Yanxian responded. After these two days of getting along with Zhao Yu, he had lost many of his restraints. In the past, let alone a prince, even the chief official of the state government, he felt very powerful. Although he was not afraid, he was always It feels difficult to get close.

But after getting in touch with Zhao Yu in the past few days, I found that this person was different. I had admired his name for a long time, otherwise he would not have rashly defected to the army after this person came to Longyou without any reason.

In the mighty land of the northwest, who doesn’t know the deeds of King Qin?Especially those who are fond of martial arts, or those whose families have soldiers in the army. When talking about the literary talents and martial arts of the Song Dynasty today, who would not give thumbs up to this person who is number one?

As for what this person is doing here, the imperial court has not issued any orders, so what if there is some hidden story or secret in it?It's all the Zhao family's own business, the common people don't care what they do, not to mention that this guy actually wants to point his sword at Tianlang and kill Xixia!
Kill Xixia!It is a great undertaking that the Song Dynasty has not completed for hundreds of years. This is so exciting, exciting and even magnificent!

So Li Yanxian gathered his neighbors and friends, more than [-] heroes from Green Forest, and rushed to join the army!

Since he decided to follow, he was not polite at this moment and said: "Your Majesty, that subordinate is rude."

Zhao Tong waved his hand, and Li Yanxian sat down and began to eat and drink. People who practice martial arts have a lot of food, not to mention that he had been busy with fortifications for another day. The soldiers were sent back early, but he walked alone from Lingbo Mountain to Dulan Lake and back again. After several trips to survey the terrain according to the drawings, Zhao Tong couldn't see him, so he sent someone to look for him and then called him back outside.

Just like a whirlwind, the dishes and cakes on the table seemed to be reduced, and finally they were all eaten. Not giving up, he picked up the mutton soup in the basin and drank it, put it down and wiped his mouth. : "Your Majesty, this subordinate has finished eating."

Zhao Tong glanced at him: "Have you eaten enough?"

Li Yanxian smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm full, I'm full. In fact, my subordinates don't usually have such a big appetite."

Zhao Tong smiled: "Every time the imperial court launches a military campaign, why does it have to raise military rations before the army is about to go on an expedition? Don't you also need to eat and drink to raise troops on weekdays?"

Li Yanxian said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, when you compare your subordinates, not only when you go on a march, but even when you go to the battlefield, your food intake will increase greatly. It may be one or two times more than before."

Zhao Tong said: "That's it. You have worked hard today and you have eaten a lot. Why do you want to explain to me?"

Li Yanxian couldn't help but lower his head and said, "Your Majesty, my subordinates were wrong."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "Okay, let's talk about the progress of the fortifications."

When Li Yanxian heard the words, he hurriedly spoke. Zhao Tan listened silently at the beginning, and finally found some faults and corrected some omissions. Time passed by little by little, and the conversation did not end until near midnight...

Three days later, early in the morning, before Li Changshuo had finished his breakfast in Shikawa Castle, a soldier came to report: "General, it's bad!"

Li Changshuo hurriedly threw down his wine bowl: "Is the Song army coming to attack the city again?"

The soldier said: "It's not about attacking the city, it's about starting to build fortifications towards Dulan Lake... I can't say for sure, but the general should go to the city to take a look in person."

Li Changshuo had a gloomy face and asked his soldiers to put on armor, then went up to the top of Fuchuan City. When he looked out, his expression suddenly changed.I saw many Song troops gathered on this side of Dulan Lake, digging a channel from the lake to the moat.

This canal was originally used to divert lake water into the city river. Once the city river was full, the gates were opened to collect water and stop diversion. The terrain on both sides is naturally the low point of the city river, otherwise it would not be able to divert water, but it is not that low. It's too much. Even if the gate is opened, it won't be a big deal. At most, the water will overflow, which will not affect travel in the city.

But at this moment, the Song army was digging the canal. Not only was it deep and widened, but it was also raised with earth and rocks on both sides.

Li Changshuo couldn't help but bang his head when he saw this. He widened his eyes and pointed outside the city: "What are these Song dogs going to do? They dug this nullah, they dug this nullah... Do they still want to flood Shikawa River?"

He could not see clearly from a distance before, but now the water diversion channel of the moat started to be moved on the opposite side. Li Changshuo's first reaction was that the opponent wanted to attack Shikukawa with water.

He sat down on the chair with a "pop" sound and murmured: "No, no, there is not enough water in the lake, there is not enough water in the lake to flood the city... Come on, come on!"

Several soldiers immediately ran over, looking flustered: "General, what's the matter?"

Li Changshuo pointed at them and said, "Are you veterans of Shikawa, or do you live nearby?"

Several people nodded together. They had been in the army for more than one year and were considered veterans.

Li Changshuo asked anxiously: "It's the season now, can it rain more in Fuchuan?"

One of the soldiers wondered: "How does the general know how rainy it is? This area of ​​Lingbo Mountain is usually normal, but every summer it rains continuously during this month. It will probably get better after the month."

"Ah!" Li Changshuo shouted immediately after hearing this. Unexpectedly, his guess turned out to be true. It was rainy this month, so the other party must have wanted to store water to flood the city.

"The Song army is so vicious!" He shouted, stood up from the chair again, and paced back and forth in front of the tower, looking extremely ugly.

"A conspiracy, this is a conspiracy!" Li Changshuo angrily said to himself: "If you don't go out of the city to stop it, it will be flooded. If you go out of the city to stop it, it will play into the opponent's hands..."

Li Changshuo only felt upset for a while. Since he could see that this was a conspiracy, he realized that there was no solution. This was usually the case for conspiracy.

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

But where are the reinforcements coming from now?Huizhou itself is empty, and there is no reply to the letter to Brother Richard, the king of Jin, so far, it is almost a lonely city for him.

"You are keeping an eye on the city. Once the Song army's fortifications get close, fire stone cannons to attack... and crossbows. You can't let them dig canals and build embankments safely like this!" Li Changshuo shouted, and then walked quickly After getting off the city wall, he wanted to write another letter to Brother Richard and Huizhou, this time in handwriting, telling the other party that if they didn't send people to help, even if Shichuan was lost, even Huizhou would definitely not be safe!
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed. During these days, it has rained every now and then. The water level of Dulan Lake has risen to the highest level in history. If there were no open channels at both ends to divert the water, the lake water would have emerged and flooded the land in front of Shikawa River.

Li Changshuo went to the city to watch every day, becoming more and more anxious. There was a letter from Huizhou in reply. Mi Jinzandao, the commander of the Xishou Baotai Army, asked him to abandon Fuchuan and break out with all his troops. Huizhou, mainly Baohuizhou.

Li Changshuo was thinking about it, but there was still no letter from Brother Richard. He was afraid that if there was news from the other side just after he left here, he would sit on the wax bed at home, and he didn't want to give up Shichuan. After all, he would lose Shichuan. They formed a situation with the Song army facing each other across Roulang Mountain, which was very detrimental to Xixia.

He could only make two preparations at the moment. He would pack everything up first. If Brother Richard sent people to support him, he would directly attack the Song Army from both inside and outside. If Brother Richard did not send people, once the Song Army wanted to open the floodgates and release the water, they would Immediately open the east gate of Shichuan to break through and rush to Huizhou.

As for whether the Song army has an ambush outside the city, and whether he can escape with his own army, that is not the scope of consideration. The other party is plotting, which means people are in a dilemma. Even if they open the door and escape at this moment, there is no guarantee that they will be able to escape. Encountered the Song army and intercepted him.

A few more days have passed, and the sky has been gloomy. There have been almost no sunny days this month.

Zhao Tong went to inspect the fortifications, but the road was muddy and he couldn't ride a horse, so he had to walk back and forth. He left the camp in the morning and returned in the evening.

"It's almost there. There's still a heavy rain before we can open the gate and release the water." Zhao Tong sat in the tent and looked at the generals.

"Your Majesty, will the Xixia army in the city abandon the city in advance and escape?" Zhang Xian said.

"I think it's possible. The Xixia army is not stupid. The fortifications have been dug to the moat. The Eight Bull Crossbows on the city have been used several times. I'm afraid they are all scrapped. With such a desperate struggle, regardless of losses, they will definitely save some and escape in the end. thoughts." Yang Zhidao.

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

Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes: "There are still seven or eight thousand troops in Shichuan City. It is not easy to intercept them all on the road. Moreover, our front line has been stretched now, so it is best to collect some surrender troops."

"What the prince said is absolutely true. Now that our army has reached Roulang in the east, it's time to replenish the source of troops!" Du Bu said.

Zhao Tong thought for a moment: "Fuchuan has not waited for reinforcements for so long, which shows that Huizhou must be empty. Originally, I did not want to go through Roulang Mountain first, but since God has given me this opportunity, I have to take an extra step."

The generals immediately became excited after hearing this. Once they captured Huizhou, it would be equivalent to taking over the two military supervisory departments in Xixia. Not counting the Xiliang Mansion, they had already established a firm foothold in Xixia.

"So, now we need to step up our military expansion." Zhao Tong said again slowly.

At this time, it was completely dark outside, and thunder rumbled from time to time, indicating that another heavy rain was about to come...

Li Changshuo was restless in Fuchuan Yamen. Heavy raindrops were already falling outside the door. He was panicked and felt that the rain was not good. He had watched it at the city head during the day and saw that the lake was full and the canal was swollen. It seemed that it was about to rain. If it overflows, there may be another rain, and Song Jun will not be able to open the gate even if he doesn't want to.

And now, the rain is coming!
"General, secret message, secret message from the King of Jin!" At this time, a person outside the door came running in, all wet.

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

When he took it apart and took a look, his face changed greatly and he murmured: "Why do we need two nights at night? It's too late, I'm afraid it's too late..."

Li Changshuo stayed for a few breaths, and then said with a ferocious expression: "Send my order to the general and prepare to break out immediately!"

"What?" The attendant was stunned: "General, it's raining heavily outside..."

"Go and deliver the order quickly, it will be too late when the rain stops!" Li Changshuo beat his chest and said: "It will take at least two days for the King of Jin's reinforcements to arrive. The Song army will definitely open the gate after the rain. If we don't leave now, we can't leave!"

"Ah?" The follower's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurriedly ran outside into the rain curtain.

Half an hour later, Li Changshuo had put on his armor and looked at the two deputy generals in front of him: "Are the men and horses ready to organize themselves?"

The two lieutenants said together: "We are all ready. The troops at the top of the city are also withdrawing. It will only take half a quarter of an hour for them all to gather at the east gate."

Li Changshuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a loud "boom" in the distance outside. It was like the sky was falling apart or a mountain collapsing. The sound billowed through the rain curtains in the sky and passed directly into the yamen, even on the ground. Trembling a few times.

Several people in the yamen were stunned immediately, and then Li Changshuo turned pale and roared: "Damn it, the Song Army actually opened the gate at this time, let's go, let's go, hurry up!"

To the west of Shikawa City, huge waves rolled up several feet high. The boundless water was mixed with rocks and mud, and thick and dry trees descended from Lingbo Mountain. Then, with an unstoppable attitude, it rushed directly into Dulan Lake, and then took it with it. Crossing the water of Orchid Lake, it rushed forward towards Shikawa River.

The water surged into the sky, and under the inertia, the speed became faster and faster. All obstacles in front were crushed to pieces, and finally they joined together and moved forward again.

There was a huge earthquake, and the water hit the wall of Shikawa West. The wall shook a few times, but it collapsed without damage, but there was a muffled "bang" below, and the two city gates flew away without knowing where to go...

(End of this chapter)