"Do I need to tell you this news? I already knew it a long time ago."
Hu Yanshou said disdainfully, "Besides, these are all just hearsay, it's not certain whether they are true or not."
"hehe."
Wang Kui smiled and said, "Your Huyan family is a noble family, so you can indeed get some gossip, but you don't know it."
"Don't know what?"
Huyan Shouyong still looked at the river with heartache, but he couldn't help being curious.
Wang Kui said mysteriously, "I have a cousin who is currently working as a supervisor at the Jiangnan Shipyard. He mentioned this matter during the Chinese New Year last year. The Constitutional Council has approved it, and it is said that it has entered the manufacturing process. Wouldn't it be better to have an ironclad ship in the future than this wooden boat?"
"Is there really an ironclad ship?"
Hu Yanshou opened his eyes wide.
Although he is a descendant of the Huyan family, the noble family has not had a good time in recent years. It is okay if there are promising children in the family, but if there is no successor, the power will naturally plummet.
His grandfather Huyan Zan was actually not a high-ranking official. The highest he had ever held was the deputy commander of a state and the governor of the state. He was considered a middle-level general of the fifth rank and was at the bottom of the list among the nobles.
It was for this reason that the Huyan family got nothing when the nobles were taking advantage of the military, which is why they were lucky enough to escape the last purge.
Moreover, Huyan Shouyong himself was also extremely brave, and at that time no sons of high-ranking nobles were willing to join the navy, which was generally considered to have the lowest status. This allowed him to take advantage of the situation and become the commander of the Pinghai Navy.
So in fact, Huyan Shouyong did not have any backing, so naturally he did not know some of the more secretive things about the court.
Although Wang Kui was not from a noble family, he had a relative who was directly engaged in the shipbuilding industry. Therefore, through this relationship, he learned about the major event that was being carried out in secret by the court.
"Of course. We are brothers who share life and death. Don't you still believe me?"
Wang Kui grabbed Huyan Shouyong's shoulder and pulled him southwest towards Guangning City, saying with a smile, "Our great achievement, not to mention capturing Xiao Xiaomu, is just cutting off Yuguan Pass. That's a huge military achievement. Wouldn't it be easy to ask the court for a few ironclad warships later? What's so great about these wooden boats? New ones won't come unless the old ones go."
Huyan Shouyong turned around and looked at the wood chips bobbing up and down in the waves with reluctance. At this time, most of the wood chips had been washed away, and only a few remnants were left rolling on the surface of the river.
He gritted his teeth and said, "If the imperial court has an ironclad ship, I will be the first to petition the court to request one!"
As he spoke, he looked up into the distance and muttered to himself, "Our Song Dynasty warships must be invincible. We must also let those infantry and cavalry see that our navy is not just a decoration like before. Now, with General Di, we have achieved things that even they can't do!"
It was completely dark.
With the protection of the flood, the Song army returned to the camp to rest with confidence.
In addition to arranging some sentries to observe the flood and the movements of the Liao army on the opposite bank, Di Qing ordered almost all the Song troops to return to Guangning or rest on the ships at Guangning Wharf on the seashore.
The Song army had a good night's rest, while the Liao army on the other side of the river was extremely anxious, but faced with the raging waves, they could not cross the Yuli River.
The water level did not slow down much until the next day, but the entire banks of the Yuli River were almost a swamp.
The water on the ground was nearly a foot deep, with silt piled up, like a swamp. The horses' hooves would sink to their ankles when they stepped in. In addition, the water flowed very fast, so unless the Liao people could fly, they would have no way to get through.
So compared to Di Qing's leisure at this time, Xiao Wanli really had no way to deal with it.
Yuguan is their nearest passage, and the rest of the passages must go through Xifengkou, which is an unknown how long the detour is. Moreover, there are mountains along the way, and the road is extremely rugged and difficult to travel. It is not so easy to deliver supplies to Xijin Prefecture.
Therefore, he could only stay where he was, and try to send a small force from the north of Jiaoshan to Lulong to cross the mountains and ridges to inquire about Xiao Xiaomu's news, while waiting for the river to recede.
The next morning, the rain was much lighter than yesterday. Sometimes it would even stop for a few hours, and then suddenly there would be a drizzle, and then turn into light rain.
But generally speaking it is no longer as big as it was a few days ago.
The Song army, who had been exhausted all day yesterday, had a good rest for the night. After breakfast in the morning, a batch of clean clothes were delivered from the supply ship, and they finally regained their previous energy and spirit.
Di Qing inspected the river and found that although most of the flood water accumulated by the Liao army had been discharged, the level of the Yuli River had risen a lot due to the rainfall in recent days.
When it was at its lowest point, the surface of the Yushui River was two or three feet away from the shore, and in some places, a small part of the riverbed was even exposed.
Even though the water in the middle of the river was deep enough for the Song army's ships to float and sail on the river, it made it difficult for the Song army's ships and artillery to reach the shore. At most, they could only reach Yumen Pass.
But now the river level has risen sharply, and the height of the ships has also risen sharply. If another Song army fleet appears on the river at this time, it will definitely threaten the Liao army on the east bank.
Unfortunately, all their small-tonnage ships were destroyed, and they had to use large-tonnage ships as a retreat, otherwise they would surely die if other accidents occurred.
Di Qing was thinking this.
After the army was reorganized, the Song army began to deploy defenses along the Guangning line again.
Two days later, the heavy rain finally stopped. As mid-winter approached November, the weather grew colder and the wilderness was filled with a damp atmosphere.
After the rain stopped, the Song army's firearms had room to be used again. Xiao Wanli tried several times to organize a fleet to cross the river, often at night, but was eventually discovered by the Song army and was repelled with difficulty.
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