Li Jikui's staff had been waiting for the Tielin Army's next move, but he did not expect that the Tielin Army would be so ruthless.
Standing a hundred meters away, the staff felt a wave of heat hitting their faces.
More than ten meters away, Li Jikui was jumping up and down in anger, and there were two corpses on the ground next to him.
Needless to say, he was hacked to death to vent his anger.
The entire Dangxiang camp was in chaos. A few miles away on Gray Wolf Mountain, Qing Huai also commanded the main force of the Tielin Army and was working feverishly.
More than 3,000 people took advantage of the darkness and were digging the ground frantically.
Behind them, a ditch more than two meters wide extended into the depths of the mountain forest.
"Have you confirmed that the drain below is blocked?"
Qinghuai asked.
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, it's completely blocked."
Xu Xiao patted his chest and promised: "As long as we divert the water down, the party members will never be able to get through."
"There must be no mistakes or a waste of sir's hard work."
Qinghuai looked at the fire all over the sky in the north: "Such a big fire, no matter where it burns, will cause great losses to the Dangxiang people. The Dangxiang people will definitely attack the mountain. I hope sir can hold on."
"Sir, you are extremely intelligent and courageous. You will be fine."
Xu Xiao's eyes were full of admiration: "Master Hou, you don't know, the first time I heard your husband talk about this plan, I was so frightened that I thought your husband was crazy and wanted to use thousands of dollars from our Tielin Army.
people to block the party's tens of thousands of troops.
Later, my husband told me about Gray Wolf Mountain and the water canal, and I had to believe it."
"That's right. If a person like Mr. dares to take action, he should have a countermeasure."
Qinghuai nodded slightly and asked: "Did you set up an ambush on the road to intercept the party scouts?"
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis. Barbed wire has been laid on the road, and horse pits have been dug. Party scouts will come and kill them all."
Xu Xiao said confidently: "Besides, the Dangxiang people are working hard to put out the fire. Where can we send out scouts?"
"The more times this happens, the less we can take it lightly. Send people to keep an eye on it. If a party scout is found, he must not be allowed to run away."
Qinghuai said: "In addition, let everyone work harder and bring the water here before dawn."
"yes!"
Xu Xiao turned around and ran out.
At midnight, the last section of the canal was finally dug.
Xu Xiao followed the ditch and ran to the back of Gray Wolf Mountain.
At the end of the canal is a lake halfway up the mountain, hundreds of acres in size.
At this time, there is only three meters between the lake and the canal. As long as the last three meters are dug, the water from the lake can be introduced into the canal.
Xu Xiao gave an order, and dozens of Tielin Army soldiers waved their hoes and dug into the ground frantically.
boom!
The moment the canal was dug, floods surged down.
Most of the Iron Forest Army soldiers digging the ditch were washed away.
However, these soldiers were all chosen to be able to understand water. After being washed away for a while, they climbed up from the ditch on their own.
The flood water rushed down the canal, quickly passed through Gray Wolf Mountain, and flowed onto the road.
This mountain road is the only way from Qingshui Valley to Weizhou City, and it is also the only way.
At that time, Jin Feng passed by here and found that the terrain here was low. He curiously asked the soldiers of the Tielin Army who were accompanying him if there would be water accumulation here.
The soldier replied that this section of the road was originally a lake. Hundreds of years ago, in order to trade with Dangxiang, the Dakang nobles sent people to dig a drainage outlet under the lake and drain the water, so that the road was built.
Later, when Jin Feng took over the Tielin Army and checked the detailed terrain map of the area, he discovered the reservoir on the mountainside of Gray Wolf Mountain, and immediately thought of cutting off this section of the road with water.
Xu Xiao was asked to find some soldiers who were familiar with the nearby terrain, and after repeated discussions, the plan was finally finalized.
Facts have proved that Jin Feng's plan was successful.
At dawn, the wide road had turned into a lake dozens of meters wide and seven to eight meters deep.
"It turns out that the war can still be fought like this. Sir, you are such a genius. Just a small canal completely blocked the way for the party members to invade south!"
Qinghuai looked at the lake and sighed: "If he can really hold Qingshui Valley, the Dangxiang people's southern expedition is a joke, they will die here!"
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis. I have built dozens of catapults, and I will definitely be able to defend Qingshui Valley."
"Is the catapult really that powerful?"
Qinghuai asked.
"Really, I saw with my own eyes that the catapult threw a stone as big as a basin hundreds of steps away, creating a big hole in the ground."
Xu Xiao said: "Sir, if you throw it into the canyon, you can throw it farther, enough to cover the entire Qingshui Valley."
"That's good."
Qinghuai said: "Move the second, third and fourth battalions over to guard the drainage channel. Anyone who dares to come close will be killed without mercy."
"yes!"
Xu Xiao also knew the importance of the drainage outlet and nodded quickly.
Fortunately, the drainage outlet is on the south side, and the large party of party members cannot get through, so they can only send a small number of elites such as scouts to pass.
With three battalions on guard, no matter how elite a single soldier is, it is impossible to reopen the drainage channel.
Not to mention, until now, the party members still don’t know that their path has been flooded, and they are still trying their best to put out the fire.
The fire burned until daybreak and was not extinguished.
In order to direct the fire fighting, Li Jikui's hair was curled up and his face was completely smoked.
But what made him even more angry was that the huge grain storehouse was burned to the ground, and many surrounding tents were also affected.
"Zhuo Ban, attack Qingshui Mountain for me, I want Tielin Army to die!"
Li Jikui roared with an angry face.
"yes!"
Zhuo Ban agreed and immediately began to assemble the team.
The staff originally wanted to dissuade him, but seeing Li Jikui's face, he had to sigh and give up.
Half an hour later, Dangxiang's army began to attack the mountain.
Qingshui Mountain is surrounded by steep cliffs on three sides. Only the south side has a path less than two feet wide that can go up the mountain, so this path has become the main battlefield.
Countless party soldiers brandished machetes and rushed onto the path.
Jin Feng transferred more than half of the few heavy crossbows and installed several catapults.
When the party soldiers rushed to be more than ten feet away from the heavy crossbow, Zhong Wu, who was directing the battle, gave an order, and the crossbowman who had been prepared immediately slammed the trigger.
Whoosh!
Huge arrows like spears shot out from the grass.
With the power of a heavy crossbow, the penetrating power of shooting at such a close range is too strong.
The Dangxiang people were crowded too tightly, and this arrow took away the lives of more than twenty Dangxiang soldiers before they stopped.
The noisy battlefield fell into silence.
And this was just the beginning. With the crisp sound of a few bowstrings, several more arrows flew out.
Most of the more than two hundred party soldiers who had been crowding the path just now were lost, and the ground was littered with corpses.
"Charge them all, it will take a long time to cock the Tielin Army's heavy crossbow, kill them!"
The captain in charge roared angrily.
Upon hearing this, the frightened soldiers immediately regained their courage, stepped on the corpses of their companions, and launched another charge.