Water Margin people

That night, the clouds in the sky grew thicker, and it was pitch dark.

"This weather is not very good!"

Yue Fei frowned and looked at the sky. The gloomy sky seemed to foreshadow a heavy rain, which would be very unfavorable for their attack on Xingxing Gorge.

"It's a pity that Taoist Gongsun and his men are not here, otherwise they would definitely be able to calculate when it will rain!"

Lin Chong sighed. In the past, he always thought that war was the business of professional soldiers like him. But after following Sun Lei, he had a deeper understanding of war. It was also very important to have people who understood astronomy and geography, could observe the sky at night, and were good at fortune-telling.

"It shouldn't rain, it seems like the weather has been like this for the past few days!"

Wang Jin shook his head. This was the Western Regions, and some of the methods used in the Central Plains to estimate the weather were not applicable.

"Generals, I have a plan!"

Lu You suddenly took out a book from his arms and spoke.

"Ok?"

Everyone looked at Lu You.

"This is a book on the climate of the Western Regions translated by Principal Li. It records the meteorological conditions of the Western Regions over the past hundred years."

Lu You handed over the book.

“Oh, there are such books?”

Lin Chong was overjoyed and quickly took out the picture, and several people started to look at it.

"Brother, why did you give it to them? This is our credit!"

Xin Qiji pulled Lu You's arm and said dissatisfiedly that this book was secretly given to him by Principal Li because he felt sorry for his hard work in the army so that he could gain some military merit.

"What do you mean by them and us? We are all comrades in the army, and we are of one mind and one life!"

Lu You glanced at Xin Qiji and said, Xin Qiji still has the mentality of a child, he likes to fight and compete, but this is the army, there is no need to fight or compete here, just concentrate on doing your work.

"Okay, okay, according to what's said here, it's indeed easy for sudden rain to fall in Xingxing Gorge at this time, but judging by the cloud cover, it will take another two days for the heavy rain to fall. We have to hurry up in these two days!"

Wang Jin finished reading the records above and said with a smile.

"Then follow the plan!"

Yue Fei said with a smile.

Early the next morning, the Qi army gathered and headed towards Xingxing Mountain.

"coming!"

Ibrahim became excited when he saw that the enemy started to attack the pass directly. He only had a 60 to 70 percent chance of winning if he went out to fight, but if he defended Xingxing Gorge, he would have a 100 percent chance of winning.

"The enemy is at the pass on Yao Gongda's side! Quick, get over there!"

The generals immediately took command. The Qi army advanced towards a wide pass on the west side, but this pass had already been built with stones.

At the pass, archers held their longbows tightly and were ready at any time.

"Remember, don't be stingy with your arrows. Shoot as soon as the enemy enters your shooting range. Kill all the enemies!"

Ibrahim shouted to the generals and soldiers, although this pass looks wide on the outside, only less than a hundred feet can be used for marching. Tens of thousands of troops guarding here are as solid as a rock.

The Qi army soon arrived outside the pass. Looking at the densely packed archers on the mountains and passes ahead, the Qi army was not at all panicked.

"I am Ibrahim, the king of the Eastern Karakhanid Khanate. Who are you bringing with you?"

Ibrahim stood on the pass and shouted at the army outside.

"General of Qi, General of the Western Expedition, Marquis of Wuping Yue Fei!"

Yue Fei rode forward and shouted.

"Yue Fei? This is the territory of Western Liao. Why are you Qi people here?"

Ibrahim shouted to Yue Fei.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Why are we here? Don't you know best? Why are you Dongkala people here?"

Yue Fei sneered, it was ridiculous that these foreign races were trying to use the tactic of first using courtesy and then using force.

The artillerymen took their artillery pieces and went to the front of the army and began to deploy them.

Ibrahim frowned as he looked at the black iron pipes. He didn't understand what the person in front of him wanted to do. Those black iron pipes were too short and not sharp enough. They didn't look like weapons at all.

"Khan, what are these people going to do?"

All the generals looked at Ibrahim in confusion; they didn't understand what the enemy was doing.

"Don't worry about it, just wait for the enemy to get close and shoot arrows at once!" Although Ibrahim didn't understand what the enemy was doing, all he needed to do was guard the pass.

"These people are so stupid to watch us set up the artillery positions like this."

Lin Chong shook his head helplessly.

"The army is ready!"

At Wang Jin's command, the army was ready to charge.

Ibrahim saw all this and was ecstatic. What he wanted was for the enemy to charge. As long as the enemy charged, this pass would become a meat grinder and grind the enemy into pieces.

"Artillery in position!"

As a shout spread, the army clenched their weapons.

"Everything is ready!"

Li Kui roared. He had already put on a set of heavy black armor, with a visor on it. They were the vanguard of the Xianzhen Camp in this charge.

"fire!"

Yue Fei roared.

"Bang bang bang..."

A series of sounds rang out, and the shells were fired from the barrel, with a puff of green smoke rising from the muzzle.

The defenders at the pass had no idea what was happening; the shells were coming too fast and they couldn't see clearly.

Ibrahim looked up at the sky. He seemed to see something flying into the sky. The others also looked up at the sky.

"what is that!"

Soon someone saw a dense mass of falling shells.

Ibrahim's face was filled with horror. He remembered something - gunpowder, this mysterious magic from the East that was said to be able to unleash the power of the gods.

"No... Boom boom boom!"

Before Ibrahim could say anything, the pass was instantly engulfed by the explosion.

The artillerymen fired shells continuously without any hesitation.

The sound of explosions above the pass never stopped. Tens of thousands of soldiers were stunned. Many people knelt on the ground and prayed in fear. They believed that this was the power of gods.

"No... This is the enemy's weapon, everyone hold your positions!"

Ibrahim roared, but his roar had no effect at all, and the army had lost control.

"kill!"

Li Kui had already started the charge with the Xianzhen Camp, and the army behind him followed closely.

The explosions at the pass continued and no one noticed the approaching enemies.

Li Kui rushed to the pass easily, and it was time to stop the artillery fire.

"kill!"

Li Kui led his men directly to the pass, swinging his axe and killing anyone he saw.

The Xianzhen Camp was like a group of steel beasts, instantly killing people and horses on the pass, and the following army also rushed up.

"kill!"

The shelling had just ended and the enemy's ears were buzzing, but suddenly there came shouts of killing.

"Let's go up too!"

Xin Qiji held the knife in his hand excitedly. This was his first time going to the battlefield, and he couldn't wait to rush up and kill the enemy.

"We are the army's reserve. It's not time for us to go up yet!"

Lu You said.

"Reserve?"

Xin Qiji asked in disbelief, these three words didn't sound like a good name no matter how you listened to them.

"Well, we'll go up after the army has finished fighting, or if there's any accident we'll take over."

Lu You nodded. (End of this chapter)