"We can't go back, but we can't just wait for it to freeze." After Ba Lisu's slightly fair statement, there was another slightly awkward silence, Wanyan suddenly dragged his legs forward and took a step forward.

This can be regarded as a reconciliation between the capital and the marshal. "We have to do something, either to hinder the Song army from attacking the city, or to support the city. Anyway, we can't just wait! Otherwise, how will the high government in the city see us? There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city.

Even the army can’t explain it.”

"That's exactly what I mean." Ba Lisu nodded slowly and looked around. "If you have any ideas, please tell us as much as possible!"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally looked at Ali and Piaohe.

To put it bluntly, these two are playing at home, and now they are geographically restricted, so we have to listen to their opinions.

But it was obvious that these two people had been scolded by Wanyan Ben before. At this time, they didn't know whether they were angry or something, but they still stood there and didn't bother to say anything.

After waiting for a while, Zan Lubu, who was very familiar with Ali and was now regarded as Wanyan Benn's subordinate, laughed sarcastically and said almost jokingly:

"How about we find a way to cut off the Yellow River?"

Everyone laughed, and at this moment, Ali finally said calmly: "It can be done!"

The laughter in the courtyard stopped abruptly.

"Are you kidding?" Zan Lubu asked.

"No kidding." Ali told his old friend calmly. "The Yellow River in Hebei is wrong now... It is not so much the Yellow River. It is better to say that the water system in Hebei borrowed the course of the Yellow River, or the course of the Yellow River invaded the water system in Hebei. This kind of

Under this situation, the river in front of us has more water in the Yellow River during the flood season, and in the dry season, Hebei has more water, and the water flow is slow and the water sources are mixed. In addition, the river has too many branches, cutting off a fork, and

It won’t cause any trouble.”

Everyone was stunned and immediately excited.

But soon, Balisu realized something, and then asked seriously: "If we follow what General Ali said, how many days will it take to unite the people of this place with 200,000 people?"

"If the Song army does not invade, there will be thirty to fifty thousand civilians. It will be useless if there are too many...about twenty or thirty days." Ali was still calm. "And after it is cut off, we must prevent the mud at the bottom of the river from making it difficult to move."

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Ba Lisu smiled awkwardly: "Twenty or thirty days, it's better to wait for the ice to freeze!"

"I was trying to break down what Zan Lubu said." Ali also smiled.

"The situation is difficult, I would like to ask the old general for some advice." Wu Shu spoke again, but he rarely got up, made a gesture to Ali, and then sat back down.

Ali glanced at the other party and finally stopped laughing: "If you want to support Yuancheng at this time, it's not that there is no way. Divide into small groups to cross the river from the south, then find some boats, change the water route and go to the port area southeast of Yuancheng. Logically speaking

It’s still possible to get in... The Song Army can’t really be locked in from all sides... But that’s just logically speaking, it’s impossible to get in and become an organized force.”

Everyone nodded one after another and became a little serious - no matter what, as long as they can enter the city at this time, even if it is a few people or dozens of people, it will be a great encouragement to the defenders in the city.

Even if the probability of success is low, you should still give it a try.

"The next thing." Ali continued calmly. "Of course it is a joke to cut off the Yellow River, but we can cut off the Yongji Canal to disrupt the Song army..."

Wushu, pulling away from the speed, everyone's spirits were lifted again, because Yongji Canal is next to Ligu Town and also passes through the Jinjun camp.

"What does Yongji Canal say?" Ba Lisu asked proactively.

"The Yongji Canal is an artificial canal that diverts water from Qi, and the Huan River flows into the river channel in front... It crosses the Yellow River, arrives under Yuancheng, and then crosses the Song Army camp." Ali said calmly. "And because of forced water diversion and artificial

Because of this, when the river was diverted from the Yellow River on the other side, it was actually in a low position, with a somewhat overhanging posture. If we cut it off from the lower reaches, it would inevitably overflow in the Song Army camp. It depends on the situation, and we may be lucky.

Being able to divide Song's military camp into three would require a lot of effort if he was unlucky, or if he could deal with it properly."

Everyone finally cheered up, and this seemed like a serious method.

I couldn't help but nod my head when I pulled away.

Wu Shu even left his seat directly, stepped forward to hold Ali's hand, and praised him repeatedly.

But Ali shook his head directly: "This is not my idea. I am a Jurchen old man, how do I know anything about hydrology and geography? These are some of the words he said when I was with Gaodu Tong before, and they were remembered by me. I think of them today.

I think it’s feasible and it’s just a temporary show off... And we don’t know how effective this kind of thing will be. We can only say that we gave it a try while it was not freezing and needed something to deal with the morale of the troops below."

Everyone sighed more and more.

In this way, today's military meeting did not end in vain.

First of all, it must have unified their thinking and strengthened the authority of the coach. Secondly, the Jin Army finally found a strategy that they could try and that seemed feasible.

Of course, everyone knows that this can only be a "perfunctory" countermeasure, and we still have to wait for the ice to form before we can really fight and end it.

There was no words to say that day, and everyone held a banquet to entertain Ali and Liohe. Even Wanyan Ben, seeing that he had lost face, did not dare to disobey the fourth prince again, so he reluctantly left half happily.

Immediately, in the evening, Wu Shu personally went to the river downstream to see Ali and Piao back to the camp as a comfort... The warships of the Song Army could not really cover everything... There was no way to find opportunities for transportation on the river.

.

For the time being, we will not mention how Ali and Piao cut off the Yongji Canal after they returned to camp. We will only mention that that night, the moon was waning and the stars were sparse.

'Yu Yan, knowing that he had to wait for the Yellow River to freeze if he wanted to launch an actual attack, was a little anxious to get angry, so he simply didn't rush back to the camp. Instead, he took advantage of the darkness and took the Taishinu and other attendants along the Yellow River embankment.

, walked slowly downstream next to the water surface, and asked the attendant to test the ice on the edge along the way, just to observe the ice situation.

After all, the current temperature situation is already very delicate.

For example, the Yongji Canal and the Jinying side were left alone, and a thick layer of ice had formed on them. Soldiers had to break through the palm-thick ice to get water. The Yongji Canal section of the Song Army should have relied on

It must be completely iced before transportation.

The same is true for the Yellow River. From early morning to dusk every day, soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty kept pounding ice in order to delay the ice as much as possible.

Under this situation, if there is one or two more days of cooling and another round of ice and snow, it may really freeze over.

In this way, Wanyan Wushu followed the river under the cover of night. Along the way, he could clearly feel that the ice on the riverside was getting wider and thicker as time went by.

When looking at the area where the Song Army camp was located, there was only ice slag on the river... This is of course understandable, because Wu Shu saw with his own eyes that there were many Song soldiers and civilians on the river holding torches and riding in small boats all night long.

Breaking the ice. What particularly surprised Wu Shu was that there was a lot of movement around the Song Army's warship. It was obvious that the ship was anchored in the river, and it was only the first half of the night that directly caused the ice to freeze, forcing the Song Army to do this.

From this point of view, there is no way to avoid the freezing of the Yellow River. The Song army also knew this and was only doing its best to transport supplies and control the river channel.

By the way, it was the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, half way through the night before, the northwest wind was strong, and the moonlight and starlight above were not very clear, so it was a typical cold winter night.

However, at this time, the camps on both sides of the river were all dense and vast, with bonfires stretching for dozens of miles. Wu Shu stood on the inside of the river embankment and saw the firelight on both sides reflecting each other. There was a faint light in the river due to the color of ice and water in the dark night. It was a little glimpse.

In addition to the situation, he was in a state of trance.

The river rises for thousands of miles, travels downstream, divides into two, and then divides into five. It seems vast and magnificent, but in fact, the water volume inside it is no longer as abundant as it is upstream. The water source inside has changed, making it difficult to find the root cause.

In fact, Wu Shu secretly thought that if this were not the case, the river might not be frozen every year.

However, after thinking about it, a big river is still a big river. Even if it is in dry water, even though it is only a fork, it is still as majestic as if it were a row of boats, making hundreds of thousands of troops look at the river and sigh, unable to make any progress.

Compared with the weather, time and geography, what are mere human affairs? How much attention should be paid to the general trend?

Should we learn from the words in the newspaper of Zhao Guan's residence in the south and arouse people's determination to conquer heaven, or should we just go down the river and let go? Or should we do our best and obey the destiny and act according to our own strength?

In a daze, the ruling prince of the Jin Kingdom actually became a little crazy for a while.

However, just when the fourth prince was used to being sexy, he suddenly sighed, ignoring etiquette, and directly dragged Wu Shu to the river embankment. When Wu Shu came back to his senses, he also saw two boats in the river.

Come over to the west side of the shore, and the figures on the boat are clearly flashing under the light on both sides of the shore, and they look like elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty wearing armor.

Perhaps they are the elite of the Song Army team who came to cross the river for reconnaissance. Although it seems that they are not here for him, there should be no big danger, but there is no need for a gentleman to stand under a dangerous wall... Wu Shu thought while hurriedly talking to the Grand Master

The slaves and other attendants boarded the river embankment, preparing to turn back.

But this action revealed their whereabouts, and the two ships swung directly towards this side.

When Wu Shu came to this side of the river embankment, he also heard the sound of boats hitting the thin ice on the other side of the river embankment, and he was about to get on his horse. But at this time, the other side took the initiative and said with a smile:

"I wonder which general of the Jin Kingdom didn't go to bed at night, but came to the river to watch the scenery?"

When Wu Shu heard the other party's loud voice and calm words, he knew he had met a general of the Song Army, but his heart moved slightly. He mounted his horse and signaled to the Grand Master Nu and others.

The Taishi Nu and other attendants quickly bent their bows and prepared arrows, just in case. At the same time, they personally took off a large shield and turned on their horses to cover their Wushu. Across a river embankment, on the opposite side, there was the sound of bowstrings and the clatter of armor.

It seems that he is also preparing.

When Taishi Nu and others were ready, Wu Shu smiled on his horse and said, "Privy Envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, King Wanyan Wushu of Wei is here. I don't know which general of the Song Kingdom has the same sentiment as me, and he is by the river late at night.

Sightseeing?”

There was obviously some commotion on the other side, but it soon calmed down, and the former general continued to respond with a relaxed smile: "Marshal of the Hebei Road of the Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, the commander of the imperial camp's front army, is here! The fourth prince, it is rare to meet, so why not cross the embankment?

Let’s talk about it here?”

Wu Shu was also stunned for a while, and Taishinu and others were also in an uproar for a moment, but soon, Wu Shu smiled bitterly and said: "I have long heard that Marshal Yue is the best in Hebei in terms of bows, horses, swords and guns, and even in the army, he is only

Because of his qualifications, he was slightly beaten by King Han... You are so brave that no man can deserve it. If I go over at this time, I'm afraid I will be shot... If Marshal Yue is interested, why not come here? I will definitely entertain you.

.”

The man on the other side of the river, that is, Yue Fei, smiled even more when he heard this: "Fourth Prince, please don't try to coax me. No matter how strong my martial arts skills are, at such a distance, even if I take a heavy Jurchen arrow, I will be crippled even if I don't die... Why bother asking for trouble?"

?”

"That's right, that's right." Wu Shu nodded repeatedly and sighed, but he was thoughtful. "If that's the case, let's not shake hands and have a chat across the embankment?"

"What are you talking about?" In the dark night, Yue Fei held the bow behind his back, but for some reason he became solemn. "Now that things have come to this, does the fourth prince want to reason with me about the current situation?"

"Even if we meet at war, why can't we be reasonable?" Wu Shu said disapprovingly. "What's more, we meet on the embankment in the middle of the night today. Although we can't hide our faces, it's still a rare opportunity. And it's wrong to say it. It's not good.

, and you won’t have to worry about losing morale and provoking impeachment.”

"The fourth prince may have misunderstood." Yue Fei replied with a sigh. "I don't think we can't talk here, but there are some things that really don't need to be said... The Jurchens invaded China, killed my people, robbed my property, destroyed my city, and took away my
To be continued...