Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

In the early morning, the mist on the Sanggan River had not cleared, and the two armies faced each other across the river. The Qin army got up early, buried pots and cooked food, and the whole army had breakfast.

Because the scouts from the southeast came back in the middle of the night yesterday, they had already contacted the navy. The navy was blocked on the road, but I assured them that they would arrive tomorrow morning.

In the distance, the deep twilight on the horizon has not dissipated, and the outlines of the mountains are covered with a layer of hazy dark red edges, and it is impossible to see what is hidden under those shadows.

However, Li Chuyun was sure that some people would be panicked and frightened.

"Will the navy arrive in time?" Guo Jin asked suspiciously as he stood beside Li Chuyun, looking at the only light in the distance.

"The general said yes."

"It's not easy to dredge the river. I used to be the governor of Zizhou. When I dredged the river, let alone a few boats, even when the mountain torrent broke out in May and June, it would be difficult to clear a few trees into the river. It took half a month." Guo Jin said in disbelief,

"The scouts said that the Liao army scuttled many ships in the south"

What he said was full of worry.

"You mean that General Si lied about the military situation."

Guo Jin didn't answer, Si Chao was the oldest general in the group, "What the last general means is that we shouldn't put all our expectations on the navy, we should be prepared here.

If the navy doesn't arrive in time, I also need to be able to attack independently. "

Li Chuyun glanced at Guo Jin, and said, "General Guo's words are also reasonable."

He believed in Si Chao very much in his heart, because compared to Guo Jin, who joined Qin's core generals group later, Si Chao and him joined the government together. They both joined during the Huainan War, and they both fought Huainan together. battle.

When it comes to feelings, Guo Jin is completely incomparable to Si Chao, so at the beginning when Guo Jin questioned Si Chao, Li Chuyun felt a little sullen, but he calmed down quickly, looking at the densely packed fortress with the Liao army on the other side, he felt that he The words are not entirely unreasonable.

After being with the officials for a long time, he has learned one thing, that is, it is okay to vent, but the mind must be calm.

When outsiders look at the official's work, they always feel that he is scolding, lustful and greedy for money, which seems to have nothing to do with what scholars call a benevolent emperor.

But gradually he also understood the official's behavior style. Officials like to yell and yell when they encounter things, or they are greedy for money and lust without hiding it, but that is just a kind of catharsis. make a judgment.

Not everyone has this ability.

Thinking of this, Li Chuyun also suppressed his inner dissatisfaction, calmly considered Guo Jin's suggestion, thought twice, and saw that after the brighter sky, some light had already dyed the top of the mountain far behind into gold, he said: "If the sky is bright, Afterwards, there was no news from the south, so we started building rafts."

Guo Jin nodded, and both of them looked at the opposite bank. The river was pitch black, and the sound of running water could still be heard. The Liao army on the opposite bank had already risen one after another, and many fortresses by the river were lit up, making the river surface become sparkling in a short while. Lin.

The shore was like a long bright dragon. Many people were looking at the river, and some people ran to the river to drink water and wash their faces. From time to time, some people would shout a few curse words at them in broken Chinese. …

The tranquility of the early morning has not been broken, the air is fresh and cold, and the tension of the confrontation between the two armies is still pervasive. It is not an easy task to face off on the river bank for several miles. If it takes a long time, both armies will be exhausted.

After a while, the east side became brighter and brighter, and the long shadow cast by the woods behind the self-camp covered all the Liao troops. In a more distant place, the outline of Youzhou City was looming.

Most of the soldiers of the Qin army had assembled, looking across from the shore.

In the shadow of dawn, the Liao army did not notice their assembly, and the Qin army, which already had more than 1 people, was on the front line for several miles.

Most of the eyes of the people were on the lower reaches of the Sanggan River. Time passed bit by bit, but the agreed fleet still hadn't arrived.

Li Chuyun, Li Hanchao and others all boarded the sentry tower by the river early and looked south.

Li Jilong, Meng Xuanzhe, and Guo Jin had already gone to the front to lead the troops and wait.

Under the calm, everyone was anxiously waiting for the fleet coming from downstream. This time, there was no conflict between the navy and the army, but eagerness and anxiety like lovers.

Soon, in the mountains to the east, half of the sun has been exposed, and the fiery red sun is shining, sprinkled into the sky, and the Sanggan River is blood-red, as if it is full of blood, reflecting on both sides of the river, making people feel like a dream, and there is a strange feeling in their hearts. full of unease.

Looking at the scenery here, the river was red with blood, the young scholar Zhang Qixian said: "This may be a sign, here today, it is destined to flow into a river of blood."

More veterans on the battlefield did not say a word. They had a wide range of knowledge, had seen far more tragic and terrifying scenes than this, experienced more cruel and terrifying scenes, and did not have so much poetic charm.

Li Hanchao stroked his beard with a smile and said: "Back then, the officials killed tens of thousands of Khitan people in Guanbei, and the corpses piled up into mountains, and the piles were even with the city wall. That's called blood flowing into rivers."

After speaking, his gaze was still downstream.

Chaoyang gradually dissipated the sporadic morning mist, and everyone was looking forward to it, feeling uneasy.

Just when Li Chuyun was a little shaken, the sharp-eyed scout shouted: "White! There are white things."

Li Chuyun immediately looked at the downstream river bend, a piece of white higher than the woods on both sides, shining in the morning light, like a layer of gold edging, especially dazzling, it is cutting through the shelter of the woods, moving towards the upstream direction.

"It's a sail! It must be a sail!" Someone shouted.

"Such a big sail must be a navy ship!"

"There's no wind, what are they Yang Fan doing?"

"Nonsense, it must be for us to see, it's five or six miles away, you can see it if you don't have a sail"

The people next to him were talking about it, and Li Chuyun was also excited, but he tried his best to restrain his emotions, and only said: "Let the scouts look at it."

But before he finished speaking, a few fast horses in the distance passed over the tents of the barracks, followed the avenue in the barracks to the sentry tower, and came up with the correct command, and said excitedly: "Commander, the navy has arrived at the river bend downstream. Now, about four miles away, thirty gunboats are leading the way, and they are all here! They said they were waiting for the command of the commander-in-chief.

General Si also asked me to tell the commander-in-chief that two-thirds of the navy's artillery had been concentrated on the starboard side overnight. "

Li Chuyun immediately became excited. Thirty gunboats didn't sound like much, but they already accounted for [-]% of the country's gunboats. Those ships were all black, big and heavy gunboats.

Thirty ships, equipped with about [-] Type [-] naval guns, even considering the balance of the hull, can only use two-thirds of the starboard side, which is almost four to five hundred naval guns. The fortress group was sent to the west.

Among the temporary forts, camps, and sentry towers of the Liao army on the opposite bank of the river, the rammed-earth fortress was probably specially set up to deal with their field artillery.

It is true that the fortress field gun with rammed earth and masonry structure does not hurt or itch, but the naval gun is different. He has observed it for a long time, and the artillery team has far overestimated the thickness. They all feel that the power of the naval gun can easily It collapsed.

Li Chuyun immediately ordered: "Let the water army come up, enter the confrontation river section, line up, and destroy the fortress on the other side with firepower. Follow-up transport ships came up with [-] ships to erect the pontoon bridge. The Liao people destroyed the ship and the bridge."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Let Guo go in and guide the naval bombardment."

The orderly immediately went to carry out the order.

Then Li Chuyun hurriedly got off the sentry tower and summoned all the messengers: "Quickly send an order to all the troops and say that the navy has arrived. Everyone is ready to cross the river. Gather the six artillery battalions to the forced crossing point and prepare to cover the troops to cross the river." .”