This mountain is mine

Chapter 274

"Boom-boom-boom!"

A few loud bangs, splashes of earth and rocks, and flames everywhere opened the prelude to the battle of Xiaonanshan.

Previously, when the Jurchens invaded Bianjing, Da Song did not fully resist the enemy, and many firearms in the firearms prison were not used. Although the power of Da Song's firearms could not be compared with the Jurchens' explosives, but in recent years Because Tang Kuo used explosives in Xiangzhou at the beginning, Da Song also saw the power of firearms from other countries, and he became alert.

Under Zhao Man's urging, Bi Kuo was inspired by the fragments of firearms he brought back, and he would not keep them privately. Due to various reasons, Da Song made great breakthroughs in the development and improvement of firearms.

When the city of Bianjing was broken, Fang's father was in charge of the firearms supervision. When the women's family members including Concubine Fang De were sent to Qingcheng Walled, a scholar-bureaucrat like Fang's father was also somewhat arrogant. He almost died of anger when he got the news. He and these female relatives were all killed, and he didn't want them to be reduced to playthings and lose the face of Da Song.

Before Fang Shi came to Qingcheng Walled, Fang's father gave him all the firearms left behind, and told him: "If you can't succeed, blow up Qingcheng Walled and all the people inside to save face."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to accomplish anything with just these servants and guards, let alone rush into Qingcheng Walled and keep the Libo army out.

At this time, these firearms came in handy.

The number of firearms enough to blow up the Qingcheng Walled City far exceeded the estimated number of Xie Libo.

"Fourth Master, the news has already spread. As long as the soldiers and horses outside are not too stupid, they should take precautions and will not let these Jurchens escape. The people in Xiaonanshan have all withdrawn along the mountain to the west. It’s not appropriate to stay long, we should go too.”

Listening to the noises outside, Steward Wu felt his old heart beating, and he wanted to run away.

Li Sijin hummed, still staring at the tragic situation of charging on the hillside: "Have you seen any trace of Tang Kuo?"

"No. It should have gone to another place. There are already our people down there. If we see him, we will send a signal."

The wind blows and the fire starts a prairie fire, and Li Sijin can't wait any longer, so Li Sijin said in a deep voice: "Let's go!"

Steward Wu let out an "hey", and the two quickly moved forward under the protection of the guards.

As soon as the two of them left here, the palace quickly burned.

The fire blocked the exit, and even if these Jurchens bypassed the fire, there would still be "surprises" waiting for them on the water outside.

Go west along the peaks, bypass a bamboo forest, and there is an open space, which is the royal animal garden, and you can go out after bypassing the animal garden.

Li Sijin walked all the way, except for a few women who were panicked and desperate to choose their way, he didn't see any Jurchens going west. Not far from here is the Song Bing Navy Camp. With thousands of people and a few firearms, it would be troublesome for the Jurchens who fled in a panic to meet them, Li Sijin had expected it earlier.

"Fourth Master, the fire is too big. It's about to burn down. If this beast garden burns up, it will be troublesome."

The recent emperors of the Song Dynasty did not like martial arts, nor did they have a hobby of hunting. There were no wild beasts in the zoo, and those beasts that were only kept in cages were just for fun.

However, the sound of the firearms had made the roaring and roaring of the ferocious beasts in the garden unceasing, and some of them had already broken free, and it took them a lot of effort to subdue the scurrying beasts.If there is a fire and they are frightened again, it will be troublesome. You must know that this beast garden is called Wanshou Garden, and if they rush out more, they will all confess to being here.

Li Sijin raised his eyebrows, looked back at the fire that was almost chasing him, not far behind, a few unkempt, panic-stricken women were coming this way, crying, saw him and shouted: "Help! "

Hearing the roar of the beast, he hesitated again. For a while, several women fell on the spot, their faces were ashes, and they didn't know where they were going.

There were also a few who followed Li Sijin without hesitation, some of them were concubines that Li Sijin had met before, these noble ladies threatened and lured him before, and some begged him to save them out , full of ugliness, Li Sijin is naturally lazy to pay attention to it.

However, he clearly saw that they were heading north, that was the direction of the imperial palace, and the wind was coming this way, and there was no fire in the north, so why did they all follow?
Li Sijin shouted, "Cut off the bridge."

There is a ditch when entering the animal garden, which can be used as a partition, and the fire cannot burn it.

Seeing the guards going to cut the bridge, several women stepped across quickly, and Li Sijin didn't let anyone stop him. Even if the ants are stealing their lives, he won't be soft-hearted and bring a few burdens, but he won't stop others from surviving.

Without waiting for Li Sijin to ask, these women regarded him as the backbone, and said everything in one go.

"There were Jurchens on the way to the palace. Now the road is broken. They went to the palace. I don't know how many people went there... These robbers even broke into the palace gate. There are thousands of imperial guards in the palace..."

As soon as Li Sijin heard it, he guessed that Tang Kuo had entered the palace in desperation?It is more difficult to escape from the palace than Xiaonanshan.

However, thinking that Tang Kuo has always acted in a weird way, he went to the palace, put him to death and then came back to life... If he took the emperor...

Li Sijin frowned, that's all, now that most of the Jurchen soldiers who had broken through from Xiaonan Mountain had been intercepted, even if Tang Kuo went out of Qingchengzhai alive, he might not be able to get out of Bianjing alive.The most urgent task right now is to go out first.

He took out a black cauldron from his purse, which contained the snow velvet that Miao Miao had given him earlier, and it was very effective in reassuring his mind.In the past, when he couldn't sleep, he would fall asleep after taking it out, and sleep until dawn.

This is true for people, let alone these long-haired animals. Sure enough, as soon as Xuerong came out, Li Sijin walked through the path in the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden, and the atmosphere in the cage around him suddenly eased, and he became less anxious.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, quickened their pace, and went forward, and successfully arrived at the west gate of Qingcheng Village. Fang Shi was waiting at the gate, and saw Li Sijin coming out with all his beard and tail, so he felt relieved.

Because Mrs. Fang doesn't want to go back to the palace, the Fang family doesn't want to get involved in the dispute between the Jiangnan and Bianjing courts because of her daughter's status. Now the situation is unclear, and it is not a good idea to risk standing in line. I am happy to see Fang Da The lady ran away, but she didn't expect what happened to Li Sijin.

When Li Sijin came out, Mrs. Fang had already left first. He didn't ask any more questions. He came out with Fang Shi and entered the navy station. There were not many people on the station, and the admiral of the navy was not in the camp either.

There were only a few soldiers patrolling the Bian River, and the deputy commander came out when he saw Fang, and rushed to meet him, and quickly sent away the ladies who escaped behind Li Sijin, with a bad look on their faces. There was only a long sigh on Fang's face.

Seeing this, Fang Shi asked, "Could it be that the Jurchens have rushed out? Where is Admiral Du? Received the news and went to the river to intercept the Jurchens?"

The deputy commander responded, and said worriedly: "The Jurchens are one side. After today, the troubles of the Jurchens will be solved in a while, but there is something else... Mr. Fang, you and I are not outsiders. Sooner or later you I will know, and I will tell you.

The water level of the Bian River has suddenly dropped a lot in the past few days, and people have already asked people to investigate it. Master Du handed over this matter to me. The news came just now. This is even more difficult than chasing the Jurchens. "

"Oh? The water of the Bian River comes from the Yellow River. Every year in February and March when the ice and snow melt in the upper reaches, the water tends to rise. Why did it drop this year?"

After Fang Shi finished speaking, the deputy commander frowned and worried, but Li Sijin snorted lightly and said: "If the water level drops, if it's not a drought, it's probably a dike burst. The river diverges, and the water level drops. Seeing you like this, could it be a man-made disaster?" ?”

The deputy commander looked at Li Sijin, full of amazement, and suddenly cupped his hands at him.

Fang Shi said: "Is that true?"

"Exactly, Li Gudu in Huaxian County broke through, broke the river east, passed between Puyang and Dongming, Juancheng, Juye, Jiaxiang, and Jinxiang and merged into Sishui, from Sishui to Huaihe River, seized Huaihe River and entered the sea. The water has submerged the two Huaihe Rivers, and there is flooding there... It is even more horrible now."

Fang Shi was taken aback and his body trembled: "How could this happen!"

The deputy commander said in a serious tone: "I found out clearly that it was an order issued by the court on the Jiangnan side. Previously, the Jurchens went down from Junzhou to attack Bianjing City. The Jiangnan side said that from Yanjing to Junzhou The first-line Jurchens are already familiar with it, and if the Yellow River is artificially diverted, their reinforcements will have no road map, so as not to invade the Song Dynasty again."

It is only a matter of time before the embankment of Hua County is removed, the Yellow River will burst, and the river will be diverted sooner or later. The river in Junzhou will be cut off from the upstream water source, and sooner or later it will dry up.

It doesn't sound completely unreasonable, it's just that the land of the Huaihe River was submerged by the flood when it was not a flood season, and it was too late to prepare for it, and the loss was heavy.

Submerged so many people, just to defend Bianjing and cut off the source of Jurchen reinforcements?This explanation makes people dare not believe it.

If you really want to save Bianjing, you won't be able to take away King Qin's division, and you will be able to send troops to help.Now make a gesture like this...

Chaos in the Huaihe River, even if the Jurchens were driven away and the emperor freed up, he couldn't deal with King Cheng and the Jiangnan court immediately. If you delay for a while, it will be stable. Is this old Zhao family separated?
However, innocent people should not be sacrificed for their lives.

Fang Shi's fists were clenched and his chest was heaving and heaving. In the end, the anger, excitement, and resentment could not be turned into steel, and he couldn't swear or curse. It only converged into a dull sense of powerlessness and indescribable exhaustion.

Before the foreign enemies were driven away, the court began to make trouble again.

The commander understood Fang Shi's mood, and said with the heavy heart of a fallen man in Tianya: "Master Fang, if you have any other news, don't forget to let the general know."

Li Sijin smiled coldly, and walked out, he is not a member of the officialdom, whoever is the emperor in the world has nothing to do with him.

He hurriedly left, heading home, he was worried all the way, hoping that Miaomiao was safe at home, halfway, the guard who went to inquire about the news came back, and he probably knew what was going on in the city.

Qin Wang's division arrived, Yang's army entered the city, Zhao Man lived, came, and left again, but the soldiers and horses were still there, and the situation in the city changed drastically.

Miao Miao disappeared, and in his house, Miao Miao's two children also disappeared.

The Jurchens in the city are really out of luck.

Li Sijin was stunned for a moment, digesting so much news in silence.

Not far away, I received the news that Jurchen Emperor Tang Kuo had captured Song Emperor Zhao Chi.

Endless chaos, but what does this have to do with him!Li Sijin thought in a waned mood.

(End of this chapter)