The sailors and warships of the Jinxuedi people were stationed separately in peacetime, and the warships were leased to merchants and officials for the purpose of running goods inside and outside the customs, so their sailors were attached to the army, and also adopted the army's establishment and equipment.

More than 100,000 of the hundreds of thousands of auxiliary legions in the provinces of Po Song and Songdia were sailors, and at the moment they were either pinned down by Delangi and Chubigon, or they had been killed in battle and besieged, and their sailors were sharply reduced.

Compared with the army, the sailors are actually technical troops, and the operational requirements of the professional navy are different from those of the army.

As the saying goes, ten years of the Army, fifty years of the Air Force, and a hundred years of the Navy.

Whether it is a navy or a navy, its tradition and a series of combat system rules and regulations are the result of long-term experience. It is not possible to establish a complete system as quickly as the army in a short period of time. The countries of the Central Plains should train a qualified navy for as little as five years or as much as 10 years, and in order to dominate the water, it is not necessary to accumulate experience and national strength in 20 or 30 years.

The sources of the coalition are complex, and they are all infantry, but in terms of water warfare theory and strategy, they are far above the Jin Xuedi people who have no experience in water warfare.

"At this time, the stakes are very important, and the battle situation is still unclear, after the situation is settled a little, and all the grain and grass are transported into the valley, I asked Mr. Su and your second uncle, how about making a decision?"

"It's okay, I've ordered someone to prepare meat, and I'll ask Yan Gongzi to rest here today."

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate."

The grain and grass in the grain are running out, and now they are all killing horses for meat, although the food is good, but it is not necessarily a good thing to eat meat.

In the era of farming, meat was a scarce non-staple food, and better food often meant that it was quickly put into a brutal battle, and when the food was out of food, it was the end of the road, and the only way to satisfy hunger was to kill horses. Of course, it could be a celebration feast, but at least for the time being, there is still no hope of a decisive victory.

Gongliangxiu's flood transportation method was undoubtedly a stroke of genius for the coalition forces in difficult times, and quickly alleviated the crisis of food shortage in the valley.

Just two days after thousands of stones, grains, and medicine bottles were transported into the valley, 100,000 barbarian recruits bypassed the south and bypassed the West River to reach the outside of the West Mountain. What was even more cruel was that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the swamp was constantly seeping water, and the filling of the soil was no longer helpful, and it was impossible for people to pass through.

At the same time, the alleviation of the fighting in Xishan allowed Su Fangyi to draw more troops from Xishan into the battle for the eastern mountains. After arriving at the outer lake, tens of thousands of Nakikas quickly went into battle, which caught Su Fangyi by surprise and caused them to be surrounded by Nakikas from outside the mountain.

After the arrival of reinforcements from the West Mountain, they annihilated the barbarian army in the Inner Mountain and opened the passage to the Outer Mountain, and the battle fell into a confrontation. Except for the more than 10,000 veterans of the honor regiment trapped in the mountains who broke out of the encirclement under the response of Nakikas, the rest were all trapped in the mountains, either starved to death or killed, which was extremely tragic.

Since the start of the war in the south, the Jinxuedi people have never suffered such a major setback, more than 130,000 killed in just one month, not more than 130,000 casualties, a total of two years of war dead, more than 220,000 killed in the rear of the local area, the casualties of the coalition army and the new vassals are also not much better, with more than 100,000 people killed in a row, and their vitality is greatly damaged. The fierceness of the battle is embarrassing.

It took nine days to rush through the Xishan cave, more than 50 people died, all of them were injured by the implementation, after the cave, there were still rocks rolling down from time to time, the coalition army risked their lives to transport grain, grass, gunpowder, weapons, and herbs into the valley from the West River, and the Jinxuedi people on both sides of the West River could only sigh and be helpless.

The commander of the legion, Temir, was in a coma for half a month, saying that it was a blood attack, but in fact, he was emotional, and he was angry and caused hypertension, causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. When he woke up, he learned of the fiasco, and then he fell into a coma with arrhythmia and almost died.

At the same time, Su Fangyi impounded and discharged water upstream several times, impacting the outer lake, causing the channel that had been filled in on the west side of the outer lake to be affected by the impact of the water, and it was difficult to pass through the water. Coupled with the heavy rains for several days, the road to the west bank was cut off, and the attack on the mountain was extremely difficult, and Nakikas was forced to withdraw all his troops and horses from the outer lake to the south.

At the same time, the remnants of Cartenson outside the West Mountain still failed to escape the fate of being annihilated by the coalition forces, because the swamp blocked the way to escape south, and the river blocked the river in the west, Cartenson had only the only way out to escape east into the mountain and bypass south.

The coalition army quickly dispatched troops after seizing through the cave, and Gongliang set up a plan to open the door and release the dogs, and set up an ambush on the road that must be passed in the mountains southeast of Xishan, and the heavy troops blocked the siege layer by layer, forcing Cartonson and the remnants to flee to the mountains east of Cupigon, and continued to flee south by the road.

The coalition forces took advantage of the exhaustion of the mountains and mountains to launch a surprise attack, and in one fell swoop, Cartenson himself escaped with only a few men, and the rest were all killed or scattered, and a large area of land outside the West Mountain was thus acquired by the coalition forces, and the West River was opened

At the end of the war on the Eastern and Western Fronts, Bailiyan led the naval army to and from Delangi and Qiubigong, and continuously transported the supplies hoarded by Delangi to the valley, and a large number of wounded who had retreated from Delangi were able to be transported back to the valley for recuperation.

In May, the heavy rain gradually stopped, and after the fire burned continuously for more than ten days, the oil gradually stopped gushing due to the weakening of underground pressure, and the fire was suppressed.

When the fire has weakened, Bailiyan organized more than 10,000 people, digging from all directions to cover the fire area to the wellhead of the fire source, and found a huge fire hole with a diameter of more than one zhang, after more than ten days of release and burning, the pungent hydride in the air was greatly weakened, and the flames that could gush more than ten zhang high before were now receding from their ferocity, and they could only float on the ground to continue to burn, Bailiyan tried to reduce the fire, but failed.

The pressure of oil gushing out of the ground is much less than before, and if the oil gushing out is not controlled, the consequences will be unimaginable.

A circular wall had to be built within a radius of 50 paces from the wellhead to enclose it to store the oil that was constantly gushing out and on fire. When the oil level rises to a safe height, a small hole can be opened under the wall, so that the oil on the surface continues to burn, and the liquid level below it is isolated from the air, which can be safely discharged and is very convenient to use.

However, after a few months, the wellhead that continued to burn due to combustion volatilization, the asphalt consistency on the surface increased, and the combustible substances were difficult to generate, and the wellhead was hardened after more than half a year, almost semi-solidified, and the daily trend of the fire was weak.

By mid-May, the heavy rain that had been going on for more than a month finally stopped, the ice and snow melted upstream, the water level rose sharply, and the backflow of the Derangi Pass became more serious, making the north and south completely impassable. However, the Mooney Corps on the south side of the pass did not give up, and built an earthen wall in the south, and at the same time tried to cover the swamp north of Delangi, seeking to block the new front in the north on the south side.

Temir, Etis, Nakicas, Cartenson, and others, who had been withdrawn from Cupigon, joined forces with the recruits on the south bank of the West Mountain Marsh, and while repairing, they tried to cross the swamp again after the heavy rain, but this time, it was no longer only the dreaded gunpowder that awaited them, but also the inexhaustible supply of oil.

On this day, Bailiyan sailed south from downstream, and two of the ships were loaded with oil.

The oil was packed in barrels, barrels for cured meat, and empty barrels for sulphur and saltpeter, and the coalition had previously captured countless barrels, thousands of which were extremely easy to transport.

Gongliangxiu also went south with the ship, and after careful calculation by Bailiyan and Su Fangyi, they decided to set off for the west in the near future.

First, they plundered ships to strengthen the naval army, and secondly, they raised supplies, burned their rear, and forced the Jinxuedi people to divide their troops to return to help, so as to reduce the frontal pressure of the coalition army and facilitate the recuperation of the army. In addition, with the help of the convenience of waterways, more Central Plains people were captured and used by the coalition army, which increased the momentum.

It was the second half of the night when they arrived at Dranki, and the camp of the Jinxuedi people was encircled on all sides, and the navy became the only water passage between the north and the south.

When he saw Gongliangwen, he had been asleep for a long time.

Since the fierce fighting in April, De Langi has been attacking and killing day and night, and Gongliang Wen has fought so much that sleeping is almost a luxury. Bailiyan couldn't bear to be disturbed, and came to the mountain pass with Gongliangxiu to investigate the military situation.

"Major General, the lights under the mountain are lined up one after another, and the momentum is solemn and majestic, this scene is magnificent?"

Baili Yan pointed to the barbarian army camp under the mountain, and Gongliangxiu shook his head and said:

"The mandate of heaven is fixed, although the barbarian camp is strong, it will eventually be overcome, and its plan is not enough."

"Destiny? Major General Believes in Destiny? ”

"Why, Yan Gongzi doesn't believe in the Mandate of Heaven?"

Gongliangxiu asked him rhetorically, Bailiyan naturally didn't believe in the Mandate of Heaven.

"The words of the Mandate of Heaven are too vain, and a certain person does not use the Mandate of Heaven to determine success or failure."

"Oh, if it's not the Mandate of Heaven, what is it?"

"People too! Everything arises because of people, because people perish, and the success or failure of rise and fall is done by manpower. Since ancient times, the change of dynasties and the fall of princes have all been defeated due to man-made disasters and prospered due to manpower. People's minds are returned, it is the so-called obedience to heaven, and people's hearts are in turmoil, which means that the world is uneasy, and the mandate of heaven is just the handle of the power, in order to cover the ears and eyes of the people in the world.

The so-called way of destiny, in Yan's view, is just human desire, a bowl of rice in the hands of the people, a meal of meat on the table, the people live and work in peace and contentment, everyone has their land, lives and has their house, and has food and clothing every day, which is the destiny of heaven.

If the life of everyone in the world is safe, the so-called destiny of heaven will be obtained by the king's power. If everyone is in danger and has no life to live, how can we talk about the destiny of heaven? The Mandate of Heaven is nothing more than the principle of the king holding himself hostage to orthodoxy, what does the young general think? ”

Gongliangxiu was silent, but his heart was turbulent and stirred up a thousand waves, and he suddenly realized how ridiculous he was, let alone the so-called "Mandate of Heaven". Gongliangxiu was shocked to find at this time that the figure of Baili Yan under the moonlight was so majestic, the faint majestic qi was infinitely surging, and the king's qi was looming.

Gongliang Xiu was secretly surprised:

"Could it be that Gongzi Yan has the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers?"

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and the more he thought about it, the more impossible it became.

Seeing that Gongliang Xiu was silent, his eyes were surprised, Bai Liyan didn't know what he thought, so he didn't ask again, and the two stood on the top of the mountain until dawn.

(End of chapter)