"Zhao De led 5,000 troops to rescue Fangzhou?" Zhang Shanfu handed the secret report and sighed, "It's really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. Five thousand weak soldiers are going to find trouble for 15,000 troops."

This military newspaper was reported by Zhao Xingde through the Military Information Department. The General's Mansion of Xia State had never been said to be remote. Zhao De was far apart and was the action of the Baoyi Army of Song State, so he decided to send troops and report to the Marine Department as usual. However, Zhang Shanfu knew the combat power of the so-called "Yi soldiers" of Song State. The Marine Department estimated that one thousand "Yi soldiers" may not be the opponent of the two hundred Liao cavalry. After receiving the military newspaper, Zhao Xingde had sent troops from Ezhou, and it was too late to stop it.

Liu Yi raised his hand and picked up the military newspaper. After roughly looking through it, he placed it on the table and smiled indifferently: "The next wave of the Yangtze River pushes the previous wave, maybe Zhao De has a solution or not." He thought for a moment, and looked at Zhang Shanfu and smiled, "The General will not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Is it because of the soldiers and weapons of Baidi City?"

Since Zhao Xingde went to contact Ezhou, Xia State has been stockpiling food, grass and weapons in Baidi City, Shuzhong, and is preparing to launch a large-scale assistance to Hubei. However, Chen Dong was still wary of Xia State. Not only did he insist on purchasing Xia State's weapons with money and grain, but he also limited the number of Xia State's reinforcements to within 5,000. After Liu Yi and Zhang Shanfu discussed, he felt that since Ezhou could hold on now, there was no need to rush to give them a lot of assistance. After the five firearm battalions that advanced arrived in Shuzhong, they also stationed in Baidi City and remained in Baidi City.

"It's rare to have talent," Zhang Shanfu sighed, "Zhao De led his troops like he was catching beans. In a few days, he recruited thousands of bandits in the world and forced a Baoyi Army to pull up a Baoyi Army. His momentum in Ezhou was only slightly inferior to that of the Zhenguo Army. This person was a rare general. He was eager to make military achievements. If the Baoyi Army lost its vitality, it would be bad. After all, this team is different from the Zhenguo Army. It is under Zhao De's hands, and the troops are not the Song Dynasty official army in the past..."

Liu Yi nodded: "The general has a love for talent, so Liu should do it." He thought for a moment, "Let the five firearms stationed in Baidi City set off and set off the flag of the Baoyi Army to Guizhou and Zhao Dehui." Guizhou is in the middle of the Three Gorges. Although it is the city of Song State, because the place is remote, the Jiangling Navy only sent a small number of troops to station. The Song army in Guizhou knew that if the Xia army advanced eastward, this small land would not be able to defend at all, so he was familiar with the Shu State navy in early years. The Jiangling Navy saw it and could only acknowledge it and regarded the section of Guizhou to Xiazhou as a buffer for the forces of both sides.

After Zhang Shanfu said goodbye, a smile appeared in Liu Yi's eyes.

"Fangling, Fangling," he said to himself, took out a file under his desk and opened it, "Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." He looked through the file, which was a map depicted by road Cao, which was closely marked with the route from Lizhou, Hanzhong to Jinzhou, and then to Fangling. The dangerous passes that can station troops, the river channels for transporting grain, and the small roads between the mountains are clearly clear.

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The rain in April continued, and the humid climate in the south made Yelu Xianzhen very irritable. In the mud pond with sewage, the body of the army began to grow yellow and white maggots, which was disgusting. Yelu Xianzhen had to dispatch some troops to burn the body. It is said that summer was hot and humid, and Yelu Xianzhen was very worried about the outbreak of the horses. This small Fangzhou city actually blocked the Liao army for more than a month, which made Yelu Xianzhen feel so angry. If it weren't for the rugged mountain roads and the heavy artillery that could not be transported in, Fangzhou City would have been opened long ago. Before he knew it, the Liao army had already relied heavily on heavy artillery on the siege.

Yelu Xianzhen was secretly ruthless. Even if Gao Zhen, the governor of Fangzhou, surrendered, he would never accept that the men in Fangzhou must be killed. What made Yelu Xianzhen even more anxious was that the war in Xiangyang was in full swing. It is said that His Majesty had arrived at the city of Xiangyang in person. Yelu Xianzhen was unwilling to miss the battle to break through Xiangyang. Yelu Xianzhen's eyelids suddenly jumped up. He frowned and looked at the plum rain that seemed to have not broken the line. The continuous green mountains behind the rain curtain seemed like a wall, and they could not gallop like the grassland. Yelu Xianzhen felt very, very stuffy in his chest, and he missed the open and cool and pleasant Hebei Plain.

Compared with the prosperous and flat Hebei and Henan, Fangzhou can be called poor mountains and rivers, with few people and no oil and water. Many poor people have a family of several pieces of ragged clothes, even poorer than the Khitans in the north. This greatly reduces the enthusiasm of the Liao army to plunder everywhere. Not only is the mountain road difficult to walk, but the bandits of the Southern Dynasty are also very cunning. More than ten days ago, a group of more than 100 cavalrymen of the Liao army were lured into the deep mountains, and they suffered a great loss. Yelu Xianzhen strictly prohibited his subordinates from entering the mountainous areas. These days, the thieves of the Southern Dynasty did not have the courage to go to the plain to challenge the Khitan cavalry. Thinking of this, Yelu Xianzhen snorted a slight "hum" in his nose.

The walls of Fangzhou in the rain seemed to be broken and decayed, and the originally towering and neat city heads were damaged. Outside the city, there were ladders and siege cars everywhere. The siege army was like a group of walking corpses outside the city, advancing numbly in the rain, piled up the earth bags under the city. The round tents of the Liao army were distributed around the city like gray mushrooms. Because the Song army in Fangzhou had no strength to go out to fight, and the Liao army was mostly cavalry, so the tents were scattered very wide, just to prevent water accumulation in rainy days, the Liao army's camp was slightly higher than the river embankment.

In the view of Qianli Mirror, a big river runs through the plains at the foot of the mountain, and several small rivers flow into it. Because of the continuous spring rain, the water surface has risen not far from the top of the river embankment, which is the result of the Baoyi army building seven or eight dams to intercept mountain torrents in the upstream. The Song army garrisons who were guarding the Tangba Rivers in various places had long since fled. It was getting late, and in order to prevent the Liao army from slapping stones, the city was pitch black and silent, and it looked like a ghost city from afar. After the Liao army outside the city retreated its troops and returned to the camp, they lit clusters of bonfires, and the smoke drifted far away with the smell of barbecue. No matter the continuous rainfall for more than ten days or the slow rise of the river surface, it did not arouse the Liao army's alertness.

"Just tonight, dig the dike." Zhao Xingde whispered.

"After the order." Several people lowered their voices and replied. There were fires flashing in their eyes. These days, under the guidance of the local Qingfeng and Taiping villages in Fangzhou, the generals urged their subordinates to build dams and block the mountain torrents, regardless of the heavy rain and mud, and they all spent a lot of effort to wait for this day. Qin Ye and Liu Fan's two village leaders were also extremely excited, and they were holding back their energy to kill the Khitan dog tonight.

"The Master of Qin Village, Master of Liu Village," Zhao Xingde asked, "Can several dams crash the dam and drain the water at several dams and lakes break the dam and drain the water?" The key to the action tonight was to create several artificially small flood peaks. Floods from various mountain streams retracted into rivers near Fangzhou in a short time, putting unbearable pressure on the large and small river embankments, and eventually causing the dam to collapse and floods to overflow.

Liu Fan nodded repeatedly and said, "It must be, it will definitely be destroyed!"

Zhao Xingde nodded and looked at Qin Ye. Qin Ye also said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, we are all native Fangzhou people, and we are very familiar with this heartbreaking river embankment. Every spring, the government has to catch up with the embankment to strengthen the river embankment. Many brothers escaped into the mountains because they delayed the spring plowing and could not survive. This year, because Liaogou came in, no one took care of the river embankment, just like paper-paste, how could it withstand the water rise!" He laughed twice and said proudly, "Liaogou signed the army master, delayed the repair of the embankment, and suffered on his own. This is called, "What kind of life is it, how can he not live on himself."

"Heaven can still survive if he commits evil, but he can't live if he commits evil!" Zhao Xingde whispered.

"Ah--Yes!" Qin Ye smiled complimentedly, "Are we a rough man, or Mr. Zhao is powerful!" Liu Fan also nodded with the same sense and said to himself that these deadly rivers are in front of us, and we just can't see them, so we can only fight against the Khitan dogs. Otherwise, we are blind in front of us, and we are blind, only Wenchangjun like Mr. Zhao can see through it.

When the two camp leaders expressed their loyalty to General Zhao, the generals burst into laughter.

He had long been used to the ability of the commander Zhao Xingde, such as Du Chujiao and other old subordinates. Even if Zhao Xingde had his own arrangements when he said that he led his army to weaken the enemy's formation, he might have believed it. And Lu Mingyu and Luo Xian's newly acquired generals gradually felt this way, as if they could solve any difficulties calmly in Zhao Xingde's hands. This time, five thousand mobs were used to rescue Fangzhou from Ezhou to western expeditions. It was originally a matter of knowing that it was impossible to do it. But the journey was smooth, and more than two thousand firearms were added to Guizhou, and there was a plan to flood the seven armies with water instead of soldiers. Now he had a stable victory. Before he knew it, the generals were more respectful to the commander Zhao Xingde, a commander.

"Gao Su, the mind is strong." Zhao Xingde said again, "When it's dark, the firearms battalion will occupy the pre-set positions and do not alarm the Liao army."

"The last general understands!" Gao Su and Liu Zhijian responded in a low voice. What the firearm battalion wants to occupy is a low and small hillside near the mountain. The artillery is mounted on this hillside, and the range can cover the largest highland outside Fangzhou City. Zhao Xingde expected that after the water rise, the Liao army would be caught off guard in the darkness, and the large group of people could not find a way out quickly. If they were smart, they would rush to the nearby highlands to avoid floods, and the highlands would be filled with Liao army. At that time, the Xia army's artillery, whose range was roughly calculated, could bombard the highlands. The Liao army would either stand on the highlands and rush to the cannons or be driven into the flood.

The night gradually became deeper. The fire in the Liao army camp gradually faded away, leaving only some dim bonfires. The sound of drizzle made people feel particularly sleepy. This was a very quiet night. Except for the faint sound of coming from afar, it seemed to be the roar of the wrath of the river god...
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