"mean!"
Wanyan Loushi's face was livid. He knew that he had been tricked. An army of tens of thousands was actually frightened by a dozen empty jars.
Lin Chong had already led his army back to Datong Mansion.
"You despicable and shameless guys, get out and die!"
Wanyan Loushi pointed at Datong Mansion and roared.
"Come and attack the city!"
Yang Zhi looked at Wanyan Lou's room below the city and smiled.
The crossbows and trebuchets were still firing at each other, and the crossbows on both sides did not stop.
The battle lasted for an hour before both sides retreated. The Jin army retreated to Baishan Mountain outside the city.
"Your Majesty, this Qi army is far more difficult to deal with than we thought!"
Wanyan Zonghan looked at Wanyan Wu and said, "They have been preparing for this battle for a long time. It can be said that they have exhausted all their wealth. They even specially modified the shield vehicle based on the battle situation in Liaodong to deal with the explosive arrows of the crossbow." , but that's it, even though their strength was several times that of the enemy, they didn't take any advantage at all.
"The enemy's firearms are as sharp as we expected. Datong City is high and deep, so it may be difficult to attack the city by force!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Datong Mansion in the distance and said, this was once the capital of Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. The Yuhe River flowed from the north and became the natural moat of Datong Mansion. Now that the flowers are blooming, the moat has become a barrier. an insurmountable gap.
"Your Majesty, the enemy used fierce fire oil today. Although it was a false move in the end, the fear of fire oil has to be guarded against."
Wanyan Loushi opened his mouth and said that he was not carried away by anger. Attacking the city was a tough battle. If the enemy used kerosene when the battle was the fiercest, it would be enough to change the entire battle situation.
"Well, fierce fire oil is really troublesome!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai nodded. He had seen this thing today. The fierce fire oil was indestructible. Even if the shield car encountered it, it would only be burned.
"Your Majesty, the current in Yuhe River is getting bigger and bigger, so why not build a dam on the river and flood Datong Mansion?"
Wanyan Zonghan pointed at the Yu River flowing from the north and said.
"This is a big project!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai frowned and said, Yuhe has abundant water flow in summer, but the problem is that Hongtao Mountain and Cailiang Mountain are too far apart, so the dam needs to be built very big.
"Your Majesty, there are still many civilians in Xuande County, why not recruit them all? Anyway, there is wood on this mountain!"
Wanyan Loushi pointed to the lush Hongtao Mountain and Cailiang Mountain, where the materials for building the dam were readily available.
As for the people of Xuande, most of them are Khitan, Bohai, and Mongolian people who are unwilling to stand firm and clear the country in Jiuzhou in the north of Shanxi Province. These people are unwilling to accept the rule of Qi State. They seek refuge from the grassland peoples further north.
"Okay, mobilize the people and build the dam!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai agreed. It just so happened that he didn't want to end the battle so quickly. Today's movement was big enough to stop Tokyo's mouth.
"In addition, send someone to Tokyo and tell Xie Ye that we will capture Shanbei Kyushu!"
Wanyan Wu Qingmai looked at Wanyan Zonghan and said.
Datong Mansion.
On the city wall, soldiers are repairing the city wall.
"The enemy's trebuchet is in some trouble!"
Lin Chong looked at the ruins on the city wall. Although the enemy's gunpowder was not as powerful as theirs, the quantity was enough to make up for it, and a lot of the city wall was still damaged.
"If this is the case, then it is not difficult to stop the enemy. We have killed thousands of people today. If we fight like this for a few more times, the enemy will retreat."
Yang Zhi said.
"The enemy shouldn't fight like this. If they really didn't care about the cost, they wouldn't retreat today!"
Lin Chong shook his head and said, war is a matter of going strong in one go, then weakening, and finally ending in three.
"Then they will go west?"
Fengtai said.
"We can't let them pass so quickly, right? The soldiers and civilians over there haven't retreated yet!"
Yuan Lang said, although the various places have been fortified and cleared, the transfer still takes time.
"Let's see the enemy's movements first. If they want to leave, then we will go out of the city and fight."
Lin Chong nodded and said that they must delay the enemy here for at least five days so that the soldiers and civilians of Shuofang, Huanzhou, and Yingzhou can move.
That night, Xuande County.
"Catch all the young men in the city!"
Wanyan Loushi ordered to the city guard officials.
"General, what are you doing? We are about to go out to herd!"
The city guard looked at Wanyan Lou's room and asked, now that the grass is growing and the orioles are flying, there are many herdsmen here. It is time to drive the cattle and sheep to the north grassland to start a year of grazing, which will not happen until autumn. Rush back.
"Herding? Just let the old men and women take their children. The young men must be recruited to fight!"
Wanyan Loushi said coldly, the southern expedition is the most important thing, as for herding the old and the weak, that's all.
"How does this work?"
The city guard quickly said that herding is the most important thing. Without the young and strong, how can the old, weak, women and children graze? In autumn, he will have to hand over the cattle, sheep and horses.
"Stop talking!"
Wanyan Loushi didn't want to talk nonsense with the city guards.
Soon the young men in the city were gathered together, and Wanyan Lou led them towards Datong Mansion. These people were all herdsmen, riding their own horses and traveling very fast.
At noon the next day, Wanyan Loushi and others arrived at Baishan Mountain.
“Chopping down trees to build dams!”
Wanyan Wu didn't waste any time begging for money, he gave the order directly, and tens of thousands of people rushed to Hongtao Mountain and Cailiang Mountain to cut wood in an instant.
"What are they going to do? What kind of siege equipment are they going to attack?"
Yang Zhi's expression changed slightly, the enemy's unusual behavior was not a good sign.
"No, they are going to build a dam!"
Lin Chong's face darkened. He saw the enemy's purpose. The felled wood was piled on both sides of the Yu River.
"dam!"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, the enemy actually wanted to attack with water.
"Although the terrain around Datong Mansion is a bit low, it will not be flooded!"
Yuan Lang pointed to the area around Datong Mansion and said, Datong Mansion is located in a basin between mountains, with Hongtao Mountain and Cailiang Mountain in front, and Hengshan Mountain and Taihang Mountain in the rear.
"It's hard to say. It's still spring, and the water in the Yuhe River is not abundant. In a few days, if the weather gets warmer, the water flow in the Yuhe River will probably double. By then, the enemy may divert water to forcefully flood the north gate."
Lin Chong looked at Yuhe in the distance and said, the enemy does not necessarily want to flood Datong Mansion, they just want to break through Datong Mansion.
"What should we do? Go out and have a surprise attack?"
Fengtai looked at the farmers who were logging in the distance. It was too easy for tens of thousands of people to build a dam.
"Those people are just waiting for us to get out!"
Yuan Lang pointed to the Jin army arrayed in the distance. Those people were waiting for them to go out.
"I didn't expect that our most commonly used tactics would be used by the enemy!"
Lin Chong frowned and said, isn't this tactic what they have always used.
"They're forcing us out!"
Yang Zhi said, if they don't go out of the city to fight, the enemy will boil the frogs in warm water and slowly grind them to death.
"Send an order to reinforce the north gate and seal the entire city gate!"
Lin Chong pointed to the North Gate at his feet and said, "The enemy is pouring water, and the North Gate is under the greatest pressure."
(End of chapter)
