After Su Jin delivered the letter to the city, he took his people straight to the Hunan Dam. After a night of accumulation, the water in the dam was almost overflowing the earth dam, and the simple earth dam was also in danger.
The Dynasty led thousands of soldiers standing in the knee-deep water on the shore. Each ten people had a thick rope, and the end of the rope was tied to the corner of the straw bag on the embankment. Just waiting for an order, they pulled out the straw bag filled with soil.
Straw bag, the dam will collapse immediately.
Su Jin rode his horse and stood in the water overflowing the river embankment, waiting quietly, looking at the city of Zuzhou. He knew what the collapse of the embankment meant, so he gave the other party a subtle warning in advance, hoping that the other party would take it seriously and evacuate the people.
; But there was no sign of evacuating the people at the top of Zuzhou City. It seemed that the warning was of no use.
"Commander, to begin with, we have already done our utmost to be benevolent and righteous, and we cannot delay any more."
"Wait a minute, wait another half an hour." Su Jin waved his hand.
An hour and a half passed. Su Jin gritted his teeth. He knew he could not wait any longer. He had been delayed in Zuzhou for too long. The scouts sent out had already detected the Liao army's reinforcements in Linhuang Mansion in Bailiwan.
The intention is that if we delay, we may really fall into the encirclement of the Liao army and fight with them.
"Don't blame me for being ruthless. This is a life-and-death fight, and that's all I can do." Su Jin shouted loudly: "Open the dam!"
All the soldiers shouted in unison with all their strength. Bags of straw bags were pulled away from the embankment. Hundreds of bags of straw were removed. The already precarious embankment was already crumbling. As the critical dozens of bags of straw bags were pulled away,
The dam slowly collapsed, and suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound, and the collapse speed intensified. In the blink of an eye, the dam had collapsed in the center, forming a large gap more than two feet long. The water rolled over the brown foam and capsized with a loud sound.
And down.
The huge flood poured into the lake, creating a huge wave that moved quickly, and soon reached under the city wall on the other side, stirring up a sea of ocher-yellow waves. As the water continued to pour in, the water in the South Lake surged crazily, and half of the water surged.
An hour later, the water level had reached the embankment on the inside of the northern city wall.
In this half hour, Su Jin was pleased to find that there was movement at the top of Zuzhou City. The loud clanging sound of gongs was heard in the distance. This was an alarm of fire or disaster. It seemed that the people of Zuzhou City
Signs of the surge in the lake water have been discovered. Even though they were far away, the sounds of people crying and running could still be heard clearly. Many figures of people running upwards gradually appeared on the high roofs and city walls. Su Jinyu cried out.
It seemed that the city lord of Zuzhou understood his warning.
An hour later, more than half of the water stored in the dam was released into the South Lake. The South Lake surged and the water surface became much wider. Looking at Zuzhou City, it was already a vast expanse of water. Half of the city wall more than two feet high was flooded, and the water flow
There was nowhere to drain, and the water was rushing up and down the streets in the city. The water in the city was already more than half a person's height. On the roofs, city walls, and treetops, people were densely packed, watching in horror the gradually rising floodwaters.
The situation was worse than Su Jin expected. Su Jin originally estimated based on visual inspection that the north side of Zuzhou City was four or five feet lower than the south side, but now it seems that it is much more than that. Fortunately, there is not much water left in the dam, and the lake surface
The wider it is, the more water it can hold. It can only rise to about half a foot at most, but even so, many people's hiding places are no longer safe.
Ye Lurong, the lord of Zuzhou City, was about to cry. He never expected that the Song Army would do this. When he realized the Song Army's intention, it was already too late. Fortunately, he immediately ordered the gongs to sound as a warning, telling the people to seek higher ground.
To avoid it, the water came so fast that he didn't even have time to open the north gate to let the soldiers and people escape from the city.
At this moment, he was lying on the city wall like the soldiers and common people. There was flood water half a foot below his feet. What a fight? How could we fight if we couldn't move even an inch? Fortunately, the Song army could not attack through the water, so it was still safe for the time being.
Su Jin had already figured it out. Last night when Jingtai and the Dynasty were busy, Pan Jiang and his 50,000 soldiers were also busy. There were lush trees nearby, and fir was the most common tree species here. It was both tall and light. In one night, Pan Jiang and his men
I have made thousands of simple wooden rafts, which come in handy now.
Su Jin gave an order, and thousands of rafts were launched into the water. Five or six Song soldiers on top were waiting with bows, arrows, guns and knives. The rafts cut through the vast lake and went straight to the head of Zuzhou City. The soldiers at the city head showed no resistance.
If you take action at this time, you will be asking for death. Others don't have to fight with you. They just need to turn around and go back. Everyone will be trapped in the water until they die.
The wooden platoons shuttled back and forth, not fighting, but more like rescue. They spent the whole afternoon going back and forth to bring the people and disarmed Liao soldiers to the high ground in the south. The disarmed soldiers sat on the ground dejectedly.
, soaked to the skin; the people were gathered in another open space.
It took more than 10,000 defenders and more than 30,000 civilians in the city to rescue them all until dark; hundreds of civilians had no time to escape or their houses were soaked by water and collapsed and were drowned, but this was already a very small casualty.
Su Jin was also scratching his head. It was originally a fight, but now it has become a rescue. However, Su Jin has put down a barrier in his mind. Taking the city without killing people is naturally much better than killing people. However, the current problem is that the flood also blocks the northward movement.
This was not considered beforehand.
That night, Su Jin convened everyone to discuss the next step. The flood blocked the road to the north. Linhuang Mansion on the Shangjing Road was very close, but he couldn't get there. He didn't know how many days it would take to wait for the flood to recede. He couldn't wait here for the water.
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Pan Jiang's suggestion was to take a detour to the east and spend some time making a semicircle to attack Yikun County east of Linhuang Mansion; Jingtai's suggestion was to turn around and attack Yongzhou southeast.
A small group of Liao soldiers who went back to rescue Linhuang Mansion were intercepted and killed on the way.
Su Jin weighed it again and again and decided to implement the second option, because a detour to attack Linhuang Mansion in Beijing would definitely take more time, and the Liao army was reinforcing Linhuang Mansion. When they arrived, the opponent would be well prepared; the same could not be said for attacking Yongzhou.
It was a good choice, because as we got further and further away from Linhuang Mansion, the psychological shock to the Liao people became smaller and smaller. The longer it went, the harder it would be to go to Beijing, because reinforcements would continue to arrive.
The lesser of two evils, attacking Yongzhou would at least not lead to a head-to-head confrontation with the Liao people. Moreover, continuing to roam the hinterland of the Liao country was also a major concern for the Liao people. They could not ignore themselves.
How to deal with Zuzhou soldiers is a difficult problem. Massacre is naturally inhumane, but leaving them behind may become opponents on the battlefield in the future. After thinking about it, Su Jin decided to bring these more than 10,000 Zuzhou soldiers as civilian husbands accompanying the army.
There was no need to keep the city lord Ye Lurong, and since he was swearing and swearing, Ma Han dragged him to the woods and cut off his head.
Su Jin's decision to attack Yongzhou in the southeast was undoubtedly the most correct. Although Su Jin was unwilling and a little unhappy, in fact, if they passed Zuzhou and arrived near Linhuang Mansion, they would find that they were faced with two Jurchens from Goryeo.
The 100,000 border troops transferred back to block the attack took nearly half a month from the capture of Raozhou to the flooding of Zuzhou. Not only did the border troops from the east arrive, but also the 50,000 Liao soldiers who withdrew reinforcements from the front line.
The army has also arrived near Gaozhou, which was burned to ashes. If Su Jin's army engages the Liao army on the outskirts of Linhuang Mansion, it will be hit by a pincer attack from above and below.
As soon as Su Jin was given the order to turn around and go south, he unintentionally got a big advantage. At noon on the second day of the march, at a place called Naitou Mountain, 200 miles north of Yongzhou, the cavalry exploring the road came to report that they encountered three soldiers.
When Pan Jiang and others heard about the appearance of Wan Liaojun, they immediately beamed with joy, as they had another advantage to take advantage of.
These 30,000 soldiers were the reinforcements sent north to rescue the Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing. Since a dozen days ago, the Song army raided Gaozhou and pretended to attack Dading, frightening Yelu Jiyou, the political minister of Pingzhang in the Prime Minister's Palace in Zhongjing, to death, so he quickly sent troops from the surrounding prefectures and counties.
Shrinking the protection, unexpectedly the Song army was so cunning that they lost their tricks and turned north to capture Raozhou easily. Yeluji friends still did not dare to act rashly, but then the emperor sent an imperial edict from the south, requiring all the capitals of Zhongjing Road to be
Boss Yelu Jiyou was reluctant to rush to reinforce Linhuang Mansion because he was afraid that the Song people would come back again and Dading would be in danger after the troops were transferred.
After waiting for many days, the news came that the Song army had arrived in Zuzhou. Yelujiyou was relieved and ordered his general to lead 30,000 troops to reinforce Linhuang Mansion. It took longer than the 50,000 troops to withdraw from the southern front.
Still later.
Moreover, he was also very clever. In order to avoid chasing the Song army in Zuzhou, he specially ordered his generals to go north via Yongzhou. This could not only avoid encounters, but also delay time. Maybe by the time they reached Linhuang Mansion, the battle was over and the victory was
Naturally, he can get the credit for his contribution, and he did not lose any troops or horses in the defeat. After all, these troops and horses were all his tribe soldiers.
But I didn't expect that when the transportation was delivered to the canopy, God would not have his wish. People were unlucky enough to drink cold water to stuff their teeth. Even if they took a detour, they would still be blocked by Su Jin's army.