Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 31 Flooded Jinyang
Liu Jiye jumped off the moat, swam to the base of the city wall, and shouted upwards.

The generals of the defending army at the head of North Seoul heard the shouts from the city and immediately set up lanterns and torches.But he couldn't see the appearance of the man under the city, but he could hear the voice of his own commander, and hurriedly asked someone to use a rope to move a big basket from the top of the city.Ask him to sit in the basket.Only then did this disgraced general be dragged to the top of the city.

In the Northern Camp of the Great Song Dynasty, Cao Bin looked at Ye Chen with a bloody face.It looked bloody like that, and if a delicate little lady saw it, she might have a nightmare.But in the eyes of General Cao.That is the most glorious medal for a soldier.

Cao Bin just glanced at Ye Chen and turned back to the camp.After entering the front camp, he ordered to go down.Let people immediately report the details of the enemy's sneak attack tonight to the middle camp where the emperor is located.He also sent the news to the three besieging armies in the east, west, south and west by means of drums and lights.Only then did I return to the handsome tent to rest.

Ye Chen followed Wang Chao and the soldiers who participated in the battle to the Jiaoying stove, and brought water from the newly dug well.The soldiers washed the blood off their bodies.All of them were topless, giggling and washing the blood off their bodies.

Some of their Paoze brothers died in the first battle just now.There are also some who have suffered injuries and broken limbs, and are now recuperating under the care of military medical officers.But from the faces of these soldiers, Ye Chen couldn't see a trace of sadness and nostalgia at all.Even though they had just fought side by side, these people could block a knife for their companions without hesitation.

Ye Chen took off his armor, untied the cloth towel that bound his hair, let his hair that was about ten inches long spread freely, took off his blood-stained battle robe and armor, and was naked, which was a little thinner compared with the robes, but it was still full of blood. Healthy and strong body.Take a bucket of water and pour it from the top of your head...

"Brother Ye! I saw you were gentle and quiet before. You dared to be so fierce when you killed the enemy for the first time. You didn't embarrass our commander." When walking back, Wang Chao patted Ye Chen on the shoulder and praised him.

Recruits are always ostracized and bullied.Even if it had already been spread that Ye Chen was a disciple of a master, and he was proficient in arithmetic, and he was valued by Cao Bin, but if he was an idiot, no one in this army would take him seriously.

In the army, if you want to win the respect of others, you have to fight with your ability.Fight today.Ye Chen has been regarded as his own by these arrogant soldiers under Cao Bin's command.

In Jinyang City, after Liu Jiye fled back to the city, he mourned for his thousand strong men and wept bitterly.After this battle.Emperor Liu Jiyuan was terrified and dared not accept the proposal to attack the camp at night. He only ordered the four cities to be closed to prevent the Song army from attacking the city again.The Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty ascended the heights and gazed into the distance every day in the palace, looking wistfully at the north, just like a watchman's stone. His messengers for help had been sent out long ago, but the Khitan people never showed up.Has the father emperor abandoned him as the son emperor?As time went by, Liu Jiye became more and more desperate.

Seeing that Liu Jiye was not dead, Guo Wuwei felt a little regretful at first, thinking whether to personally assassinate Liu Jiye secretly.

However, he has not waited for the messenger's reply, which made him restless and restless.Forget about Liu Jiye.

Master Zhang Wumeng Feiniao passed on a letter, specifically telling him to take advantage of the merits of dedicating the city to join the Song Dynasty and win high-ranking officials, paving the way for the Taiping Sect forces to enter the Central Plains and infiltrate the Song Dynasty.

"Could it be that Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin is so confident that the water of the Fen River will be able to break through Jinyang City, so he feels that it is unnecessary for me to surrender and cooperate with the outside world. Hmph... If this is the case, then I must use some real skills to help the faint king defend Jinyang Yangcheng. When Zhao Kuangyin can't attack Jinyang, he will definitely think of my usefulness." Guo Wuwei murmured to himself with an ugly face.

At the end of April, the Song army's dam building project was coming to an end, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu, Cao Bin and others went to the Fen River northeast of Jinyang City to watch the embankment.

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin came to the Fen River, he received an urgent report saying that the Khitan army came from Dingzhou and Shiling Pass in two ways to reinforce the Northern Han Dynasty.

Because Ye Chen brought relevant military information in advance, the Song army had already prepared ten days ago and sent two troops to defend, so Zhao Kuangyin was not panicked or worried.However, just to be on the safe side, he hurriedly recruited He Jiyun, the defense envoy of Dizhou, and allocated him [-] cavalry to teach him the opportunity face to face, and ordered him to go to Shiling Pass to reinforce and resist the enemy. He Jiyun was given the hemp powder to relieve the heat, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow at noon, I will be here to wait for the good news of Aiqing."

He Jiyun drank the hemp powder in one gulp, bowed deeply to Taizu, got on his horse, and galloped away.

Because the Song army had been prepared for a long time, and waited for work with ease, and with He Jiyun's reinforcements, they set up an ambush in the north of Yangqu, defeated the Khitan army, captured Wuzhou governor Wang Yanfu, beheaded more than [-] people, captured [-] horses, and armor There are countless weapons.

Not long afterward, another news came that the Song Army from Dingzhou had also severely damaged another Khitan reinforcement army in the Jiashan area.

The vanguards of the Khitan's two reinforcements were frustrated, and the army was temporarily blocked five hundred miles away.The last glimmer of hope in the isolated city of Jinyang seems to have vanished for the time being.Only now is it really at stake.

But what Zhao Kuangyin didn't know was that there was another 3000 fine cavalry from the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun occupied by Khitan. The third route sneaked into the vicinity of Handan, Changzhi, and Linfen.

And these three places are the places where the three grain roads that the Song army transported from the hinterland to the front line must pass through.

On the eighth day of May, Jinyang City. The "flooding" plan was implemented.

Ye Chen followed Cao Bin with a group of soldiers, rode out of the camp, and looked at Jinyang City in the distance.The armies on both sides behind him are ready to go, ready to attack at any time.

With the sound of a shocking trumpet, the levee of the Fen River suddenly burst, and after a long time of storage, the water level of the Fen River, which had risen sharply, was turbulent and turbulent. Accompanied by a thrilling roar, it flew madly towards Jinyang City. and go.

The mountains and plains were wild and wild, and in an instant it turned into a watery country, a vast ocean.

The moat of Jinyang City was filled, the suspension bridge was gone, half of the city wall was submerged, and the water level was still rising at an alarming rate.The raging waves that have been rushing for thousands of miles are suddenly blocked here, like thousands of irritated bison, violently rushing towards the city wall.Rows of sky-shattering waves slammed against the city wall and the crenels with great force, turning them into pieces, and in an instant a new tide regrouped and charged fiercely again.

There was panic in Jinyang City, as if it was the eve of the end of the day. There was almost no distinction between soldiers and civilians in the city, regardless of age or age.They built embankments along the city, and the people took the initiative to send the door panels, wood, and prepared bricks and stones to the city, and then organized themselves to carry the earth and stone materials on their shoulders.

At the moment of facing the torrential flood, all the soldiers and civilians in Jinyang City really reached the same hatred.Because they know that once the flood floods the city, no distinction will be made between the good and the bad, regardless of whether soldiers or civilians, good or evil, will face extinction.

Two days later, Jinyang City was washed away by Fen River.The flood poured in from the Yanxiamen urn city, and with an irresistible momentum, it passed through the two-story outer city and poured straight into the city.

Zhao Kuangyin inspected the embankment in person, and saw that the water that had been washed away at the city gate gradually widened to more than three feet, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were struggling to block it.

At this time, there was a flood blocking it, and it was difficult for the Song army to enter.

Zhao Kuangyin gave an order, and the drums sounded the order, and the bowmen of all the armies released their arrows together. Thousands of arrows were fired, like countless locusts, shooting towards the mouth of the water in a chaotic manner.

Many people fell to the ground with arrows, and the team blocking the water mouth was in disarray. The water mouth became bigger and bigger, and Jinyang City was about to be destroyed.

At this moment, a haystack with a length and width of four to five feet suddenly floated in the city, sealing the water outlet tightly. Countless arrows of the Song army drilled into the haystack silently, but it was difficult to penetrate it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers and civilians in the city rushed forward and stepped up to build dikes, finally blocking the water outlet.

In Jinyang City, Guo Wuwei's face was slightly pale. Standing on the inner city wall, countless people under the city bowed down and shouted that the Prime Minister has great powers. Regardless of their relationship with Guo Wuwei in the past, all civil and military officials looked at Guo Wuwei with admiration at this time.Liu Jiyuan, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, was even more grateful and frightened.

That's right!The reason why the big haystack, which was four to five feet in size and weighed six to seven hundred catties, was able to block the gap in an instant at one time was because Guo Wuwei used all his strength to do it, regardless of the consumption of his true energy.

Seeing that the cooked ducks flew away again, Zhao Kuangyin was furious, and immediately ordered the army to drive the light boats that had been prepared and burn the outer city gates. For a while, hundreds of boats competed in the vast ocean and rushed towards each city gate.

At the same time, the drums of the Song Army were loudly shouting and cheering.On the top of Jinyang City, Liu Jiye, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Han Dynasty, ordered the defenders to draw bows and arrows, and shoot a volley of arrows at the boat.

Li Huaizhong, the commander of the east and west squads of the imperial army, led a small group of elite soldiers, mounted a special boat with a dock, and blocked all the arrows from the dock, cutting the waves and cutting the waves far ahead.He rushed towards the south gate of the city like lightning.The people on board had already prepared fires and igniters such as smoke, sulfur, and anointing oil. Once they approached the city gate, they would immediately set fire to it.If the city gates are burned and floods pour in, Taicheng City will be destroyed without attack.

The boat was getting closer and closer to the city gate, thirty feet, twenty feet, fifteen feet... Countless arrows were shot from the head of Jinyang City, but it was difficult for them to break through the fine iron dock.

But at this moment, on the top of the city, Guo Wuwei, who was standing beside Liu Jiyuan, the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, grabbed a hard bow from the side, took a handful of arrows, and shot them out one by one.

Amidst the hissing sound, the arrows shot by Guo Wuwei were as fast as lightning, but they all shot through the dock, and they were hidden in the dock, including Li Huaizhong, and all Song soldiers were shot to death.

At this time, the trebuchets at the head of North Han City were also ready, and the remaining few special boats at the other three city gates were all overturned and sank into the water.The Song army on the ordinary boat was not flexible enough to dodge in the water, and suffered heavy losses under the bow and arrow of the Northern Han Dynasty. Less than half of them came back alive.

The Song army's plan to burn the city gate failed, and the siege was frustrated again.

It was getting late at this time, and the siege continued illegally, so Zhao Kuangyin had to order the troops to withdraw and return to the camp.

(End of this chapter)