The struggle of the reborn prince

As soon as Kong Yanzhou's plan came out, everyone was shocked. Once the Liang River water was released, the city would be completely submerged, all workshops would stop working, and the fertile land would be destroyed. It would be difficult to restore it for many years.The Song army was blocked, but it would also be a fatal blow to the economy of Liaoyang Prefecture. Forcing the fortress would also cause dissatisfaction among the people who suffered heavy losses. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to order the implementation of this decision.

"My lord, I think this plan is feasible. If the Song army breaks the embankment and releases the water, it will cause us great damage. Compared with our preparations, the loss is much smaller, and it can stop the enemy from outside. The two powers will harm each other. Whichever is less, even if there is a loss, it is much better than letting Liaoyang fall into the enemy's hands." Wanyan Tuhesu first expressed his support.

"My lord, the Song army is close at hand. As soon as Zhao Er's army arrives, they will attack the city. There is not much time left for us to prepare. My lord, we have to make plans early." Jiagu Wulibu, the defense envoy of Liaoyang, said, He fought the Song army many times, of course he knew the power of the artillery, and thought he was not an opponent.

Jiaguwuli was sixty years old, and he was also a young man who joined the army. He successively followed Wanyan Loushi to attack the Liao Dynasty, defeated Gao Yongchang, followed the Taizu to attack the Linhuang Mansion, and Sui Xie also took the Dading Mansion, helping Zong Wang to conquer the Song Dynasty and force him to surrender. Yanjing Mansion.But he has also experienced five! Top! Points! The defeat of Mashan in the novel, the destruction of Yanjing City, etc. It can be said that he has a wonderful life and rich combat experience.Because his family lived in muddy waters and was tired of fighting between the court and China, he asked to return to his hometown to guard Liaoyang. He wanted to enjoy his old age in peace, but he didn't expect to put on his armor again to fight on the battlefield.

"This... Liaoyang is the place where I have a lot of money and food. Once it is completely flooded, I'm afraid the Holy One will blame it." Wan Yanyong still hesitated, and ordered to flood the city even if it saved the city.But after the investigation, I can't afford to be guilty.

"My lord, the Holy Majesty wants to negotiate peace with the Southern Dynasties. According to Zuo Xiang, Zhao Er wants to use Liaoyang as the boundary. Under such circumstances, the Holy Majesty will agree if he wants to come. Liaoyang will become the front line at that time, and war may break out at any time. Things outside the city will be destroyed sooner or later." Li Qiong was anxious, this was the only way to solve the problem at present, and quickly persuaded him to make up his mind.

"My lord, the Song Army will be here soon. We don't have much time. If the Song Army soldiers approach the city, thousands of cannons will be fired. The city will be destroyed. It's too late to regret. If your Majesty commits a crime, I will bear it all!" "Wanyan suddenly stood up and saluted.One capital stays behind to control the military and administration of one place.Equivalent to the Tu Emperor, Wan Yanyong couldn't implement it without nodding his head. He understood that this was the only chance Liaoyang City could keep, so he could only stand up and ask again.

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to advance and retreat with you!" Li Qiong, Kong Yanzhou, Jiagu Wulibu and other civil and military officials saluted together.

"Okay, let's flood the city with water to resist the enemy. If something happens, I will be responsible for it." Wan Yanyong gritted his teeth and said. "Tuheshou, you immediately publish the list so that residents outside the city can enter the city. Chibi Qingye can't leave usable things for the Song army; Kong Yanzhou, you immediately survey the site of the dam. Select the location of the embankment, plan and arrange, and this commander will give you full authority. "Li Qiong, Jiagu Wulibu, you two are responsible for recruiting civilians and soldiers, and the construction of the dam will start immediately after the site is selected. It must be completed within four days, and the embankment will be released as soon as the Song army arrives."

"Your officer, please obey the commander's order!" All the generals saluted in unison, and immediately left the mansion to act according to their assignments...

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"What does Wan Yanyong want to do?" Ma Wei mumbled as he walked around in the handsome tent.

The scouts reported back in the early morning of the day before yesterday, and the Jin army set up obstacles in the river at dawn, drove the residents of the villages and fortresses outside the city to move to the city, and then set fire to nothing.But the city sent a large number of young men to start besieging the city and digging trenches, and piled the excavated soil into an earth barrier a hundred steps outside the city.At first, Ma Wei didn't take it seriously, thinking that the Jin army was clearing the fields from Chibi, and digging trenches and building fortifications to besiege the city was just to strengthen the city defense.

But then the situation became more and more wrong. Liaoyang City sent tens of thousands of men and women, not only civilian husbands, but also a large number of soldiers, rushing to work day and night. Reinforced with huge trees and stones, it doesn't look like an obstacle to stop the Song army, but like building another city wall.On the third day, it was a disaster. The barrier had already been built to a height of more than two feet, almost as high as the city wall, and it was still getting higher.

The Guanshishan camp also came to report that the Jin army had retreated ten miles overnight to set up a camp, as if they were shrinking the city defenses. They had already followed up and faced each other three miles apart.Last night, I quietly retreated another ten miles and went to camp five miles away from the city.Liu Bao and others were very puzzled by the inexplicable actions of the Jin army, and suspected that the Jurchens were up to some tricks to lure them to go deep alone, so they asked Mawei whether to advance or retreat.

The abnormal is the demon.None of the boundary trenches built by Jin State with huge manpower and material resources could stop the Song army's footsteps, and the example of Jinzhou City being bombarded into ruins is right in front of us.But Wan Yanyong still built the fortress, and it was too strange to have a large army to defend the city. In this way, they not only lost the depth of defense, but also dug their own graves, trapped themselves in the city, and could not escape even if they wanted to escape.

Ma Wei couldn't figure out what Wanyan Yong wanted to do, so he didn't dare to advance aggressively, so Liu Bao sent more scouts to investigate the situation before advancing successively, especially paying attention to whether there were enemy troops lurking on the two wings, and wanted to engage in tricks such as night attack .At the same time, he ordered the Marine Corps and Navy to clear the obstacles that the Jin Army had placed in the Liang River, approach Liaoyang City, clear the periphery, and join forces to attack the city after the emperor arrived, taking Liaoyang City in one fell swoop...

Two days later, Zhao Tun entered the Liang River by boat, and Ma Wei led the generals to meet him thirty miles away. After seeing the salute, the monarchs and ministers took their seats, and after a few pleasantries, the topic naturally shifted to the current battle.Ma Wei talked about the strange behavior of the Jin army in the past few days. Now the barracks outside the city have been built three feet high with the efforts of tens of thousands of people, and the Jin army outside the city retreated again and again. Yesterday, even the barracks were closed. Without dismantling, they retreated into the city.

"Oh, where are the water army and cavalry army now?" Zhao Tang immediately asked after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, the naval warships have penetrated into the Liang River and are less than five miles away from the city. The infantry and cavalry have occupied the camp of the Jin Army and are three miles away from the city. After His Majesty arrives, the whole army will attack the city together." Ma Wei said.

"Zhao Lian, where did Gao Chong go?" Zhao Tang turned around and asked.

"Your Majesty, it was reported yesterday that Commander-in-Chief Gao passed through the pass of Guanshi Mountain yesterday. According to the time and distance, he should be less than twenty miles away from the city." Zhao Lian replied.

"Hurry up and send someone to order Gao Chong to stop advancing, and the Tiger General and the Leopard Wing Army will quickly retreat to the vicinity of Guanshi Mountain. If necessary, they will abandon their luggage. There must be no mistakes; the fleet will stop immediately and continue to move forward. Ma Wei, you order the advance ship The team can retreat to join us near Sanjiangkou, no delay." Zhao Tuo's expression changed when he heard this, and he pointed to the sand table in Liaoyang Mansion.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although Zhao Lian and Ma Wei didn't understand why, seeing the emperor's unkind expression, they didn't dare to ask any more questions and split up to pass orders immediately.After a while, the two of them returned, only to see the emperor frowning in the cabin and grinding again. Everyone knew that he had something difficult in his heart, so no one dared to make a sound, and stared at the emperor circling around.

"Your Majesty, why did you withdraw the troops suddenly after you have arrived at the city?" A group of people looked at the emperor, their eyes were dizzy, Zhao Yong couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.

"Hey, Wan Yanyong looks honest, but his heart is so vicious!" Zhao Tang raised his eyes to look at Zhao Yong, then looked at the crowd, and said such an inexplicable sentence.

"Your Majesty, how do you say this?" Zhao Yong asked suspiciously, but he thought in his heart that no one is as ruthless as your Majesty. It was not your idea that tens of thousands of people were killed or injured in Jinzhou City under artillery fire, but it is not ruthless to kill them. Will speak out.

"Look, the landform of Liaoyang City, from the Baishi Mountain in the southeast to the Hun River in the northwest, the terrain is from high to low, from middle mountains to low mountains, high hills, and low hills. The slope in the same direction in the northwest slopes down slowly, and a low-lying area is formed between the two rivers." Zhao Tuo called everyone back to the sand table and pointed.

"Your Majesty, so what? We have already invaded the center of Liaoyang, and there is no danger except the city. Why are we retreating in such a hurry?" relation.

"What do you think the high fort that Wan Yanyong built outside the city is for?" Zhao Tong asked back.

"Of course it is to prevent our army from approaching the city, and we want to block our attack with trenches." Ma Wei said without hesitation, and all the generals nodded, because the recent battles have been fought around this kind of terrain.

"Hey, how did I teach you such a bunch of idiots!" Zhao Tun gave everyone a 'shock' and said angrily, "Then it's obviously a dam to protect the city from being flooded."

"Your Majesty means that Wan Yanyong wants to dig the embankment of the Liang River and flood the city!" Zhao Yong immediately reacted after hearing this, and said in surprise, he didn't care to rub his head that was so painful from the emperor's blow.

"This plan is really ruthless. Once our army is approaching the city, he suddenly digs the embankment, and the river rushes down. I'm afraid that hundreds of thousands of us will become turtles in the river!" Zhao Lian was also shocked. , said with a sigh.

"That's right, the levee was dug up, the river dropped suddenly, and our warships would run aground. At that time, the Jin army only needed to drive a small boat to clean up our entire fleet." Ma Wei put down his hand rubbing his head and said. "No, I have to personally urge the fleet to retreat quickly." After speaking, he ran out of the cabin and jumped on a fast boat...

"Fortunately, His Majesty saw Wan Yanyong's tricks clearly, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, otherwise our tens of thousands of troops will be wiped out under the city of Liaoyang, and several years of hard work will be destroyed in this torrent of water!" When the Song army suddenly withdrew and the rear army did not advance, Wan Yanyong realized that his strategy had been seen through. Immediately, Wan Yanyong ordered people to dig the embankment, and the Liang River rolled down. The water level suddenly dropped by more than ten feet. Slowly, Gao Chong looked at Liaoyang City in Zeguo under the setting sun and sighed. (To be continued..)