Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 620 bad news again and again

In Hejian County, Fan Ning stood in front of the stereotyped map in thought without saying a word, his expression was a little dignified, Yelu Hongji recruited hundreds of thousands of civilians to build a dam on the Juma River, it was beyond his expectation.

How to prevent the Liao Kingdom from building a dam, Fan Ning also had no good solution for a while.

"Let's talk about it, everyone! What do you think of?"

Fan Ning said to more than a dozen generals: "Let's brainstorm and see if there is any good plan."

"Let me say a few words first!"

Commander Zhang Shang took a step forward, saluted Fan Ning, and said in a deep voice, "Since the Liao army wants to relieve the plight of the Eastern Route Army, can we wipe out the Eastern Route Army before the completion of the dam construction?"

Di Qing also nodded with a smile, "Zhang Tongzhi's thinking is good. As far as I know, the Liao army did not build a camp, but stationed thousands of large tents on the spot, relying on thousands of sentries to patrol the periphery, which is prone to accidents. Why don't we take the initiative to attack and lure the enemy into battle."

The judge Zhang Yi also said: "It's better to use a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, use warships to delay the construction of the dam by the Liao army, and on the other hand, send troops to encircle and wipe out the Eastern Route Army. If possible, send troops to black water to attack the Khitan people's lair."

General Wei Xu interjected: "Speaking of the navy, I think of the navy on Juehua Island. They can take advantage of this opportunity to build a strong city on the Liaoxi Corridor. If they retreat, they can return to the sea, and if they advance, they can cut off Yanshan Mansion and the sea. The connection between Liaoyang Prefecture."

Fan Ning nodded. Seeing that Liu Kui seemed to have something to say, but hesitated to speak, he smiled and said, "Everyone, step back first! Let me think about it."

After everyone went back to the camp, Fan Ning asked Liu Kui, "What do you want to say about joining the army?"

Liu Kui said slowly: "The humble official has two suggestions. First, support the Jurchens and the Wugu tribe and the enemy army tribe on the grassland to resist the Liao Dynasty and disrupt the rear of the Liao Kingdom; second, we should take advantage of Yelv Yixin's move Chess."

Everyone retreated, and Fan Ning paced back and forth in the room alone. He needed to clear his mind. Although what everyone said was correct, everything had priorities. , It is still necessary to prevent the Liao army from building dams, and it is also necessary to trap and kill the Liao East Army, support the Jurchen and the grassland tribes, and prepare for the early affairs of buying Yelu Yixin.

Thinking of this, Fan Ning turned around and said, "Please quickly invite Judge Zhang and Sima Liu to see me!"

That night, Zhang Yi and Liu Kui left Hejian Mansion by boat. The two assigned different tasks. Liu Kui went to Pingdao and then to Liaoyang Mansion. An intelligence network has been established in Tokyo City, and Liu Kui needs the help of the intelligence network to go to Beijing.

And Zhang Yi went to Kunzhou, and then followed the army from Kunzhou to Jingzhou. After establishing a supply base in Jingzhou, the fleet entered the black water. gold.

On the pier, Fan Ning said to Zhang Wei: "Supporting the Jurchens requires conditional and selective support. We can't support the wolves and attract tigers in the future. The Wanyan family is the king of the Jurchens. This family cannot be left behind." , I don’t care what method you use, the Wanyan family will be wiped out by me, we support the Shixian tribe and Mature Nuzhen on Haidong Road.”

Zhang Yi was a little puzzled and said: "I heard that the Liao Kingdom is now mainly attacking and destroying the Wanyan tribe, so it should support the Wanyan tribe to resist the Liao Dynasty."

Fan Ning shook his head, "This matter involves prophecy and is extremely confidential. There is a monument in Changbai Mountain that reads 'Wan Yan Xing, Liao and Song Dynasties. It is extremely important for the Wanyan family to lead the Jurchens to fight against the Liao Kingdom, it is better for the Liao army to destroy the Jurchens directly than to let the Wanyan tribe rise without authorization, do you remember?"

Seeing Fan Ning's stern expression, Zhang Wei nodded, "Remember the humble job!"

Fan Ning said to Liu Kui again: "Yelu Yixin is greedy for money and power, and is full of ambitions. Just like what I said today, we can give him Danzhou first to show our sincerity. As long as the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, he is allowed to lead the rest of the Khitan to take Korea. Jianguo, or give him Kunzhou, let him choose one."

Fan Ning wasn't worried that Yelu Yixin would give birth to some demon moths. Historically, Yelu Yixin had secretly colluded with Da Song. How could he not leave a way out for himself?
Liu Kui nodded, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, the humble official will definitely play by ear and make good friends with Yelv Yixin."

The two boarded the boat, and Fan Ning bid farewell to the two on the shore, "The task is heavy, and it depends on the two envoys!"

The two stood at the stern of the boat and saluted Fanning, the boat gradually moved away
The dam construction of Baigou has already started. On the north bank of Baigou, a huge shed has been built. The gravel in the shed is piled up like a mountain. Hundreds of craftsmen have already laid fifty-foot-long wooden piles in the river. It is very dense, consisting of two layers, one next to the other, about a foot wide, forming a water tank, a large amount of stones, soil and wood are poured into this water tank, and the dam is formed after compaction.

Most of the peasants were in charge of quarrying and transportation. Tens of thousands of peasants used wheelbarrows to dump truckloads of soil and gravel into the river. In five days, a ten-foot-long dam was formed.

At the middle of the night, a large number of civilians on the shore were still busy. At this time, several Song army warships appeared on the river several miles away.

Dozens of small sampans soon appeared on the water. This kind of small sampan is like a miniature version of the black shed boat in the south of the Yangtze River. It is completely black and can only accommodate one person. But there are no soldiers.

Dozens of water ghosts pushed their small sampans to swim towards the dam hundreds of steps away. They stopped at [-] steps, and a water ghost swam in the front. Huozhezi lit the match rope and pushed the boat towards the embankment with all his strength. Immediately, he plunged into the water and swam quickly towards Jiangxinzhou.

The fire rope had burned into the black shed, the sparks disappeared, and the soldiers on the embankment did not notice the boat approaching. Just as the boat approached the river dam, a red light burst out from the boat and it exploded.

The iron fire mine on the boat is an enhanced and upgraded version of the original iron fire mine. It weighs 120 catties and is extremely powerful.

A column of water rose several feet high on the river, rocks flew across the river, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the huge explosion alarmed the Liao army camp on the bank. All the soldiers who were sleeping were awakened. Yelu Hongji got up and walked out of the tent and asked : "What's the noise?"

The guard pointed to the direction of the river and said, "His Majesty, it seems that the voice is coming from the river."

Yelu Hongji frowned, could it be the Song Army's firearm?

At this time, there was another violent explosion from the direction of the river. Yelu Hongji was startled, and he immediately realized that it must be the Song army using iron fire thunder to blow up the dam.

He immediately ordered: "Move [-] crossbowmen to the river to release arrows to prevent the Song army from continuing to blow up the dam!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the third and fourth explosions came again.

Yelu Hongji was very anxious, he got on his horse and rushed out of the camp. Hundreds of guards got on their horses in fright and chased after him.

Explosions continued one after another, almost one wave just leveled off and another wave rose again. It took a full twelve times before the explosion finally subsided. The dam more than twenty feet long had disappeared without a trace. Nearly a hundred soldiers and dozens of civilians were bombed. died, and civil strife broke out on the shore, and thousands of civilians took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Yelu Hongji rushed to the river with thousands of people, and Yelu Wende knelt down on one knee and reported to him: "Your Majesty, it was bombed by the Song Army's iron fire and thunder, and it came very secretly and suddenly."

After finishing speaking, he presented a piece of iron skin, "This is the iron fire thunder skin that flew ashore, please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

Yelu Hongji didn't answer, he rode his horse to the bank and looked towards the river, only to see that the river had calmed down, it was pitch black in the distance, and there were no boats in sight, but they spent several days piling up and The completed [-]-foot-long dam has disappeared.

Yelu Hongji turned around and asked, "Is the underwater part of the dam still there?"

Yelv Wende looked puzzled: "The humble officer has sent soldiers to look at it. The underwater wooden piles have been blown up by the roots, and gravel and soil have been laid on the river bed. The dam is completely destroyed."

Yelu Hongji was extremely annoyed, and he snorted heavily: "The dam will be built again, and leather rafts must be sent to guard both sides at night, and the dam is not allowed to be blown up again, otherwise, you, the chief general, will not be able to do it again." It's done."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Yelu Hongji turned his horse's head and returned to the big camp, he didn't want to continue to sleep after entering the big tent, he asked again: "Is there any battle report from Yizhou?"

The guard hurriedly said: "It has already been delivered, but it must be delivered when I just fell asleep."

"Where is the battle report? Haven't given it to me yet!"

The battle report was on the table, and the guards presented it to Yelu Hongji, who threw the iron piece of Tie Huolei on the table, then took the battle report, and just after reading a few lines, he slapped the table angrily, yelling, "Useless fool! Idiot, incompetent bastard, what use is he?"

This battle report turned out to be an apology. In the report, Yelu Kunping described the course of several battles. They were all about to reach the top of the city, but they were defeated by the Song Army's Tie Huo Lei. There were six battles, with 1000 casualties. With [-] people, he had to lead less than [-] remnants out of Yi County in a hurry, and even the camp was captured by the Song army.

Tonight, Yelu Hongji was about to go crazy with anger. First, the dam failed repeatedly, and then there was bad news from Yi County. Is this a defense or a siege?
After thinking about it, it was still because Song Jun owned Tie Huolei.

He immediately decreed that the Liao State Gunpowder Bureau must imitate the iron shell fire mine within three months.

(End of this chapter)