At this time, Tangyi soldiers were pushing pieces of driftwood wrapped with iron thorns into the water, presumably to increase the impact on them when the water came over.

Retreat?

The passage opened on the west side of Meitang Mountain is only six feet wide. Even if they are given an extra day, how many more than 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 civilians gathered in the valley south of Meitang Mountain can be evacuated?

Not to mention tens of thousands of stones of combat supplies.

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The trunk and tributaries of the Nanfeishui River south of Wujinling are winding and winding. The flow rate of the water in early spring is not high, about thirty miles per hour. Considering the depth and width of the valley inside Shenjiaji, it is necessary to form an enemy.

To control the water potential of ice dams with sufficient impact and to break down hidden dams along the coast to collect water, the timing must be very precise, but in fact it is difficult to achieve complete accuracy.

In any case, with the current technical conditions in this world, it is absolutely impossible to make the enemy completely defenseless.

All efforts are made to shorten the reaction time of the enemy after arousing sufficient vigilance.

At almost the moment when the morning sun emerged from the ridge to the east, the ice dam accumulated more than seven feet high finally collapsed, and the turbid water carried the broken river water like a galloping horse, carrying pieces of driftwood to snatch away from the gap.

Go down the embankment.

Because too much debris and wood accumulated in the river below, and a large amount of broken river ice poured directly into the river below, the cold water was forced to sweep towards the enemy's front camps on both sides.

The fence walls built outside the enemy camp and the berms on both sides of the river were too thin, and the gaps were opened in a few strokes.

With nearly two hours of reaction time, most of the enemy's front battalion soldiers retreated to the high ground on the left and right wings, but this could not save the Shouzhou Army's defeat.

Yuan Guowei climbed to the Eagle's Mouth Cliff and borrowed a bronze telescope to see more clearly the panic in the enemy camp. A large number of abandoned baggage vehicles were washed down by the flood, mules and horses were struggling in the flood, and countless supplies were swept away by the flood.

Then, as the water rolled further downstream, it rolled away.

Although Meitang Mountain, four miles away from the Nanfeishui River, is not as high as Wujin Ridge on the south side, the valley pass at the foot of the mountain is narrower, and a large number of debris, drowned mules and horses, and river ice accumulate there.

If it doesn't go down, it will get clogged again very quickly.

This will not only aggravate the flooding on the south side of Meitang Mountain, but will also completely eliminate the possibility of the enemy's rapid withdrawal from the pass on the west side of Meitang Mountain.

Of course, Han Qian would not allow the enemy troops to calmly climb over Meitang Mountain and withdraw north. The troop dispatch channel in front of the valley had been completely washed away by the flood, but the four thousand elite troops deployed to the two wings of Wujin Ridge since yesterday

Time to get started.

The northern slope of Wujin Ridge was previously a flood channel formed mainly due to the impact of rainwater. It was filled with rocks and trees. It was originally extremely rugged and could only be climbed by mountain hunters or small groups of elite soldiers and horses. However,

In order to facilitate the multi-passage attack, the Shouzhou Army spent more than a month clearing away rocks and trees. At this time, it was time for the elite Tangyi soldiers to attack down the dangerous slope.

Although the Shouzhou Army also built some trenches, fences, enclosures and other defensive fortifications on these flood channels on the north slope to prevent the Tangyi soldiers from counterattacking from these flood channels, a large number of soldiers were crowded to the two wings.

The steep slopes and chaos caused the soldiers behind these fortifications to form a chaotic mess.

The army and the people cannot be organized in an orderly manner. No matter how strong the city is, it is just a decoration, let alone a simple fortification?

The elite Tangyi soldiers who attacked down the steep slope could only carry a small number of heavy crossbows and scorpion cannons on their shoulders, but the fire oil cans and stone bullets they fired were definitely not dense, but they were able to attack the enemy from a high position.

The damage caused and the chaos created are far greater than before.

There was no hope of stopping the spread of chaos, let alone organizing soldiers to block the condescending offensive launched by Tangyi soldiers. Xu Mingzhen, Xu Jin and others saw that the situation was over, so they could only ride horses and wading through the water warehouse to Mei Tang in panic, surrounded by guards.

The southern slope of the mountain was evacuated.

Although this directly declared the defeat of the troops of the front camp, for Xu Mingzhen, Xu Jin, Wen Ruilin and others, the more than 7,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 able-bodied civilians of the front camp had to be resolutely abandoned.

If we don't want the situation to completely collapse, the key to preserving the vitality of the Shouzhou Army is how many of the more than 20,000 elite troops from the southern slope of Meitang Mountain can be withdrawn into Anfeng Village.

In the camp on the river beach, the water was more than three feet deep, and broken river ice was swirling.

Arriving at the southern slope of Meitang Mountain, Wen Ruilin looked pretty from the waist up, but his waist below was numb after being soaked in the water for more than half an hour, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably. The guards on the left and right came over with fur coats and pulled him over.

Wrapped up and drank several sips of wine, it took a while to calm down.

The southern slope of Meitang Mountain was also in chaos. The low-lying riverbanks and valleys had been flooded by floods. Although the southern slope was not as steep as the northern slope of Wujin Ridge, 30,000 to 40,000 horses crowded over, especially the generals.

When trying to lead the war horses over the mountains to retreat north, someone or the horse often slipped and brought down a large area.

At this time, Wen Ruilin looked towards the front camp with tears in his eyes, and saw that the Tangyi soldiers had reached the foot of the mountain, driving countless generals and civilians directly into the cold muddy water, and then forced them to abandon their armor

, wading through the water and concentrating on the south wall; there were also many drowned people, and countless corpses were floating this way.

Two groups of Tangyi soldiers were fighting towards the north along the edge of the mountain where the muddy water swirled. Fortunately, the terrain was rugged and blocked by trees and insurgent soldiers. Their advance was not fast, but the soldiers along the line were in chaos and had to surrender.

, either to escape to the steeper mountains on both sides, or to be driven into the water like headless flies, struggling to squeeze into the trees for shelter. No one thought of organizing people and horses to delay the advance of these two Tangyi soldiers.

"Xu Datou, Gu Tuzi, take people to the foot of the mountains on both sides." Xu Mingzhen shouted.

Seeing that there was chaos on the southern slope of Meitang Mountain, there was no existing road but people and horses were fighting each other. It was not easy to sort them out. We had to arrange manpower to intercept the pursuers on both sides in order to buy more time.

The terrain on both sides is steep and dangerous. As long as there are three to five hundred elite soldiers who can hold on to the position without risking their own lives, it will not be a problem to delay for three to five hours.

Xu Mingzhen has been guarding the border for many years, and there is no shortage of brave soldiers around her. The two generals whose names were called immediately stepped out of the queue, leading dozens of guards, and walked to the foot of the mountains on both sides, while walking through the chaotic crowd of people.

Pull out more warriors who dare to fight.

After that, Xu Mingzhen arranged for his generals and guards to go out to sort out the chaos on the southern slope of Meitang Mountain, push the mules and carriages down the valley, and suppress the chaos of soldiers and civilians, so that Yixu would not be so chaotic.

Wen Ruilin finally followed Xu Mingzhen and others to climb to the top of Meitang Mountain. At this time, he saw that the narrow river mouth to the west of Meitang Mountain was blocked by a large number of mules and horses carcasses, heavy baggage and debris, and river ice once again formed a precarious iceberg.

The dam turned the valley two to three miles wide and about four miles long in the south of Meitang Mountain into a turbid mountain lake mixed with floating corpses and river ice.

Of course, most of the low-rise simple barracks are still above the water, and a large number of mules and horses are still standing in the cold muddy water. It can be seen that the flooding is not very deep, but the blow to the Shouzhou Army is fatal enough.

The only good thing is that the interception of soldiers and horses organized by the front and rear wings is quite effective. The rugged terrain makes it difficult for the Tangyi soldiers to pass, let alone carrying heavy weapons. The narrow terrain makes it impossible for both sides to deploy their formations.

Time stood still.

There was a loud "crash" sound. Wen Ruilin looked around and saw that a large number of floating ice might have accumulated. The ice dam on the west side of Meitang Mountain collapsed within two hours of its formation. The turbid water carried a large number of corpses.

Baggage and debris and river ice poured downstream.

Wen Ruilin groaned in pain. As he expected, a large number of corpses, baggage and sundries and ice floes were pushed forward by the water for a short time, blocking the river again and raising the water level, forcing the turbid water to carry the ice floes to both sides.

Side flooding irrigation.

The road on the south side of Meitang Mountain was also not high. A large number of people who had retreated south stayed on the road. Watching the flood coming, they hurriedly fled to the steep and steep mountains on both sides again.

Perhaps Tangyi soldiers also noticed that after the ice dam of Meitang Mountain collapsed, the water in the river south of Meitang Mountain quickly stabilized. Wen Ruilin soon saw dozens of paddle boats coming along the river. In addition to being murderous,

In addition to armored soldiers, there are also war weapons such as crossbows and scorpion cannons.

"The road to the south is not flooded deeply, so retreat!"

Wen Ruilin turned around and saw Xu Yin trying to persuade Xu Mingzhen not to persist any longer. He thought so. If the siltation below was washed away by the flood again, Tangyi soldiers might take a boat to go around them and establish an interception.

position.

There is another one. There is a mess everywhere now, and it is inconvenient to send messages. If the Tangyi soldiers go around in front of them, and the Anfengzhai side is in chaos and accepts the defeated soldiers, they are unprepared. The elite Tangyi soldiers who have been bypassed take advantage of the chaos.
Chapter completed!