??The heavy rain poured down, not only pouring the ground into mud, but also shattering Chen Shujian's heart. The head coach of Chen Jun who was guarding Yingzhou, who was sitting in Xisai Mountain, was now saddened by the urgent report he had just sent.

The government army attacking Jinzhou, Jiangbei, had a major incident. The Xincai camp, which had stored countless food and grass, was attacked. The Sui army successfully attacked and burned the food and grass clean. This fire not only burned the government army's ambition to recover Jinzhou, but also caused the main force of the government army that advanced to Yongxing to be in a dilemma.

If the food and supplies are gone, you can only withdraw your troops, but the Sui army is right in front of you, but it is not so easy to leave. Retreat in front of the enemy has always been a difficult task. If it is not handled well, retreat will turn into a retreat and eventually turn into a disastrous defeat.

He didn't say anything about the government troops in Yongxing's retreat. If he thought too much, he would only increase his worries, but there was another headache for him: what should the government troops under Qichang City do?

This army was to cover up and recover the flanks of the Jinzhou official army. There was no need to stay there now, so how to safely withdraw the troops in front of the Zhou army became his trouble.

The plan was perfect at the beginning. Send troops to attack Qichang, Qizhou Prefecture, the state of Zhou, Jiangbei. If you can take it, it is best to nail it there if you can't. First, you can mobilize the troops from Bazhou on the west side to put out the fire, so that the troops sent by Wuchang and Xisai in Jiangnan can be besieged Yanji, which is to attack the west.

Secondly, the official army nailed to Qichang could restrain the Zhou army and make it have no time to look east, so that it could ensure that the flanks of the main force that recovered Jinzhou were not disturbed. The original plan was reversed due to the attack of Xin Cai.

The government troops under Yongxing and Qichang City were in a dilemma. If the handling was improper, it would be a devastating blow to the morale of the government army. The offensive of the northward advance for two consecutive years was disintegrated. Now, if the northward advance again in the third year is severe, the government will most likely not send troops northward again.

When Chen Shujian thought of his elder brother who had just ascended the throne for less than a year, he had a headache. This great emperor of Chen knew how to drink and have fun throughout his life, or recite poems and banquets with his favorite concubines. He was completely uninterested in state affairs. He did not seem to care about the last wishes of the previous emperors to fight the Central Plains to recover their hometown in the north.

Uncle Chen looked at the heavy rain outside the window and let down the urgent report. Once it rained in the south of the Yangtze River, it would not be easy to stop. The roads were muddy and the rivers surged and the lakes and ponds were overflowing. When it rained heavily, even warships were inconvenient to drive on the river. In this way, the actions of both sides of the enemy and us had to stop☆↖↖↖↖↖↖↖↖,m.≠.co▼m stopped.

The government troops under Qichang City could only wait until the rain stopped. Anyway, he had sent several orders to make the generals cautious, and whether they could do it was the other party's business. As long as the main warships of the navy stationed in Xisai Mountain were still intact, the situation would not be much damaged.

The only thing that makes people unable to let go is Yanji. The only capital of the Zhou army in Jiangnan is very tenacious. It stood firm under the constant siege of its own army. It attacked for several days and suffered heavy casualties, but its own army still failed to break through the Zhou army camp.

A feeling of powerlessness surged in his heart. Chen Shujian felt that leading troops to fight was indeed a headache, that is, the court needed royal family and vassal kings to be military supervisors, and he didn't want to take on such a chore. It would be great to leave the war to the generals who could fight to deal with it.

"Send the order and continue to attack Yanji after the rain stops..."

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Yanji, Zhou Jun camp in heavy rain.

The state soldiers were walking on the muddy ground and patrolling the defense area of ​​the team. He wore a hat, a straw raincoat, a straw sandals, and was wearing a raincoat, a trouser, a trouser, a straw sandals and a walk in the rain. Chen Jun besieged Yanji for several days, and the arrival of the heavy rain finally stopped and allowed the Zhou army guarding the village to breathe.

Chen's army attacked day and night, while the defenders defended day and night. All the soldiers of the state finally saw what a big scene was, like a tide of soldiers, dense siege equipment, and "stones like flying locusts" and "arrows like rain".

Everyone walked up to the village wall with ginger and looked outside the village. They saw that the open space where corpses were originally everywhere had turned into a water slum, and the bodies of many Chen soldiers who died in the battle were soaked in the water and seeped out a trace of scarlet red.

Many ponds outside the camp have been filled with soil by Chen Jun. If there is no problem on sunny days, they will turn into mud once they are soaked in rain. Most of the wreckage of pointed wooden donkeys, cloud ladders and other siege equipment that were originally scattered on it have been scattered into mud, and most of the big stones thrown out by the catapult cart are also trapped in mud.

"Ah, it doesn't matter if these catapults are wet in the rain, right?" Liang Ding asked from the side. As a fellow comrade, they have a close relationship and are now stationed in Yanji Village.

"It shouldn't matter. Chen Tongjun is not afraid of rain." Quanyou turned around and looked at the towering catapult carts in the village. These catapult carts were not pulled by people but were very powerful. Thanks to these weapons, many people would save a lot of manpower. Otherwise, not many people would have been able to survive a day by pulling ropes and hair.

"This thing is really powerful. It's much better than the cannon carts that dozens of people pull." Liang Ding sincerely exclaimed. His catapult cart was protected by the village wall in the camp. Although he could not see the scene outside, he still pointed at whatever he wanted with the command of the lookout hand on the village wall.

"It doesn't matter if the iron on it is rusted. After a few days of war, the rust will disappear." Quanyou added. This is his newly inquired 'secret'. "This thing is firm. When the sky clears, Chen Jun will dare to come again, it will be dead."

The stones were piled up on the ground in the camp, and these were transported from Jiangbei. Fortunately, there was a pier built in Yanji that allowed warships to dock. Not only the stones and arrows were transported from Xiyang City.

This kind of catapult is a good thing. In order to protect the cannon during the battle, he still pulled up a curtain in front of each catapult to block the flying stones. Chen Jun's catapult in the wilderness outside the city was not so lucky. First, the catapult required many people to pull ropes together, and second, the catapult was close to the casing distance, even if a large shield was placed to cover it, it was useless, because each of the stones thrown out weighed dozens of kilograms.

A stone fell down, a large shield and a catapult were smashed to pieces. If you were lucky, you could even hit the crowd of people who pulled the ropes and hair cannons. At least ten lives would be possible after this.

There are also those ladders that collapsed as soon as they were hit. Of course, the pointed wooden donkey is relatively solid, but it is half broken when it hits. When you come to the wall of the village, you will collapse after throwing stones. In addition, everyone is full of confidence in sticking to Yanji.

Quanyou and Liang Ding walked around the defensive area of ​​the team and returned to the barracks. Most of the barracks built in hasty were built with bamboo and wooden boards. Considering that the rainy season prevented waterlogging, it was a high-legged house.

Although it is a high-legged house built with bamboo and wooden boards, it is very strong. Of course, the problem is that it makes a creaking sound when walking on the floor. It is quite prominent. It is raining inside the house outside. The soldiers lie on the couch and listen to the sound of the rain and fall asleep soundly.

A high-legged house can accommodate two accommodations, a team of five, and a soldier's belongings and armor and weapons. Quan You and Liang Ding first inspected a high-legged house in the team and then turned to the next second house next to check.

The soldiers were setting fires to bake clothes. The most annoying thing about the continuous rainy days was that the clothes were wet, and they were not not wearing them. However, this time, they were stationed in Yanji and prepared a lot of dry firewood in advance, all for the convenience of soldiers baking clothes and even bedding.

The most feared by high-legged houses is thatched. In order to prevent Chen Jun from setting rockets to burn the house, the house is covered with a layer of wet thatch. However, if a fire is made in the house, fire prevention is also very important. It must be supervised by oneself. If there is any problem, the first thing to be asked is the first one to be punished.

"Is firewood enough?" Quanyou asked. The soldier who was supervising the soldiers' baking clothes stood up and replied. He had just distributed the new batch of firewood to a large amount. Quanyou looked at the soldiers' bedding, and confirmed that there was no trace of moisture, turning around and walking to the next high-legged house.

"Where is the bow?" Quanyou asked. A soldier took him to the first large wooden box in the corner, opened the lid with a ginger, and a row of neat bows appeared inside. The soldier immediately covered it after seeing Quanyou clearly.

"Don't worry, one hundred people in the team. There is definitely no problem with these bows in the drying box. Yang Sima has demonstrated it before."

“All the numbers are right?”

"One less is taken to take me a few to behead you!"

Maintenance of bows and arrows on rainy days is a big problem. The bow body and bow string are most afraid of getting damp, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, so moisture prevention is very important. If you force the bow to pull it on a rainy day, it is not impossible, but the bow will be exhausted afterwards, so you will not fight on rainy days.

In order to maintain the bow body and the bow and silk court, many moisture-proof drying boxes were made, and distributed to each team for them to keep the bow properly on their own. Of course, there will be Shangguan to conduct random inspections from time to time. If you find that the custody is not properly maintained, the entire team will be punished.

"Where are the arrows? Where are they..." Before Quanyou finished speaking, he saw bundles of feathered arrows in the corner. He walked up to pull out a few arrows to check. The soldier smiled and said no problem. When he was leading the arrow, they were too tall and could be relieved.

"There is no mistake. Our state soldiers rely on bows and arrows to kill the enemy. If the bow is soft and the arrow is bent, it won't work."

"Don't worry, the whole team, everyone has shot more arrows in the past few days than last year!" The soldier rubbed his shoulders, "Fortunately, he can rest after raining these days, otherwise he would almost be able to lift his hands if he pulled the bow and shot arrows all day long."

"Why, do you want to go back?"

"If there is no place, we will do what we will do when we go back." The soldier smiled. The injured and lost combat power were all taken back to Jiangbei by the ship to recover. Although he could avoid the war and save his life when he returned, the soldiers in the state wanted to stay in Yanji to kill the enemy.

For nothing else, it is the four words "make meritorious service and receive rewards"!

The construction of water conservancy management outside Xiyang City will be carried out to manage Santaihe. According to the prevention of floods next year, twice the land will be reclaimed. The state government has released news that soldiers who have made military contributions can divide the land. Although the newly reclaimed fields will take several years or even more than ten years to become mature fields, this is already a great temptation for soldiers.

The other things are empty for the common people, and only the fields are real. When the opportunity is right in front of you, no one will give up easily. However, the soldiers also had some doubts when they saw the heavy rain not stopping.
Chapter completed!