The place where the Song army was besieged is the northwest of Jizhou City, which is not far from Hengshui Lake, and Hengshui Lake is a rare large freshwater lake in the north, and the terrain here is flat, the soil is white and soft, which is very conducive to excavation operations. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Gao Huaiyuan arranged the defense of the large array, he did not rest, but rushed to the position in the center of the Chinese army and carefully checked the actions of Niu Datong and others.

The terrain of the Song army is not good, lack of water source, and the army interrupts the water for a day is a disaster, now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the soldiers and generals fight fiercely for a day, the consumption of physical energy and water is very large, once you can't get drinking water, you will soon be exhausted, then this battle is considered a complete defeat without fighting, so Gao Huaiyuan just ended the fierce battle during the day, and sent Niu Datong to start leading a group of soldiers to dig a well in the array.

After all, it is close to a lake, and the groundwater level should be high, so digging a well on the spot is a last resort, but it is also a necessary thing.

Niu Datong made a lot of contributions in the battle to conquer Chuzhou, and now he is left by Gao Huaiyuan to do things, and he can just take on such a heavy responsibility.

So he personally led the troops to start digging the well on the spot, a group of people took turns to fight, the excavation speed was also very considerable, less than two watch days, they dug down more than two people deep, the pit has appeared mud, which made Gao Huaiyuan look at it after a great relief, with mud means that it is not far from the water.

He stood on the edge of the pit and said to the soldiers below: Work hard, dig out the water as soon as possible, I will give you a big credit, whether you can hold on to this battle depends on whether you can dig out the water!

Niu Datong raised his head and wiped a handful of sweat on his face, covered with mud, his face was painted like a mud monkey, and said with a smile: There must be water here, don't worry, I will be able to dig out the water soon! Brothers, look at us! Keep it up! Dig for me, dig the water out!

So a group of soldiers rose up even more, brandished their tools and dug up with their lives, and baskets of earth were lifted up and piled aside, and sure enough, they lived up to their expectations, and after digging a few feet deep, a trickle of water appeared in the pit, and the crowd immediately burst into cheers.

However, although the water was dug out, it was very turbid, full of sediment, and could not be drunk for the time being, so the well had to be washed, so everyone replaced the bucket and kept the water flowing out, and gradually the water in the well began to become much clearer, and the water that was scooped out, everyone was reluctant to pour it out, put it aside to precipitate, and when the sediment settled, they immediately came over and drank it.

The news of the water coming out of the well immediately spread throughout the army, making the soldiers who were so thirsty that their throats were smoky that they were very happy, and their morale immediately recovered.

Polu waited in the camp for more than an hour, until the fourth watch was halfway through, and he didn't get the news of the Song army's breakthrough, so he realized that he might have been wrong, the Song army was probably not to break through, but to strengthen the defense, and he understood that he was angry and immediately ordered the troops to start assaulting the Song army's large array, once the Song army strengthened the defense overnight, it would not be easy for them to fight again.

As the ground trembled, the Song army immediately noticed the movement of the Mongol army, and immediately the alarm in the army sounded, and the soldiers who lay down to rest got up and lined up to prepare for the enemy.

Because there were dark clouds in the sky blocking the moonlight, the earth was dark, and it was impossible to see the direction of the Mongols in the night.

The difference between the two armies was evident at this time, the vast majority of the Song army were Han people, and the food structure of the Han people in the Song Dynasty occupied a major position, resulting in a certain degree of vitamin A deficiency, so the night vision was poor, and the nomads were mostly meat-based, and the night vision was much stronger than that of the Han people.

The Song army knew that the Mongol army was starting to attack, but they couldn't see the Mongol soldiers in the night, so they suddenly became a little panicked.

The Mongol army had good night vision, and the Song army had to light torches and lamp balls in front of the battle in order to defend the army, which happened to be an excellent target for them.

A large number of Mongolian soldiers rode their horses and rushed to the Song army's array, and began to fire their bows and arrows at the Song army, and a rain of arrows suddenly fell from the sky in the night sky, even though it caused a lot of casualties to the Song army, so that the Song army suffered a big loss.

Seeing that the Song army was already in disarray, the Mongol army came and went several times of cavalry shooting, and then the army launched a charge against the army line.

Gao Huaiyuan ordered again and again that the armies should not panic, hold their own fronts, and use their shields to resist the arrows of the Outer Mongolian Army as much as possible, reducing the casualties of the Song army, and the generals also tried their best to suppress the soldiers and horses under their commands, and finally there was no sign of collapse, although there was some chaos, but the position of the armies did not change significantly, and they still remained in their positions.

Listening to the horns of the bulls outside the formation and the noisy shouts of killing, the Song army judged the actions of the Mongolian army, and with the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, the Song army realized that the Mongolian army was about to charge, so the Song army on the outer layer immediately ignited the prepared rocket and prepared for launch.

At this time, with the help of the light emitted by the Song army's array, the Mongol army had rushed close to the outermost branches and branches, and they all shouted loudly, and jumped up with their horses, and immediately a large number of Mongolian soldiers jumped over these obstacles, and rushed towards the Song army's chariot formation, they put away their bows and arrows, took off their respective weapons from the saddles, and rushed towards the Song army line with a howl.

But what they didn't expect was that just as they were rushing forward excitedly, the war horses suddenly screamed and crashed headlong into the ground, throwing the Mongol soldiers on their backs one by one, and slamming them on the ground.

The Mongol soldiers were thrown to pieces, but it was not clear what had happened, whether they had tripped over a rope or stepped on an thistle.

But they were so broken that they couldn't get up at all, someone reached out and touched the small pit on the ground, and suddenly understood, they were originally pitted by these small pits, and the war horse just stepped on these pits, and it was difficult to think about it!

Immediately afterwards, the Song army also found a large number of Mongolian troops who had crossed the branch defense line, and under the order of the officer, they shot rockets in the direction of the branches in front of them.

These rockets ignited the fire oil that was sprinkled on the branches and leaves, and suddenly burned violently, illuminating the front of the large array, and the figures of a large number of Mongolian soldiers were illuminated by the light of these flames, and the fire also prevented the impact of the Mongolian army, causing many war horses to let out a thin neigh.

Give me arrows! Shoot them, these bastards! An officer commanding the crossbowmen raised his arms and shouted when he saw the Mongol generals clearly.

The crossbowmen of the Song army, who had already been holding back their breath, immediately opened their bows and released arrows, shooting countless arrows with anger at all the living Mongolian soldiers who appeared in front of them.

The Mongol army, which was suddenly blocked by such a fierce blow, immediately paid a heavy price, they did not know the situation of the robes that had jumped over, the flames blocked their view, and at the same time the smoke was so thick that they could not open their eyes, and the arrows that rained down like rain caused them to fall from their horses from time to time.

But these Mongolian generals still braved the rain of arrows, urged their horses, jumped up with their horses, flew over the burning wall of fire, and rushed into the chariot formation.

But the small horse traps all over the ground became their nightmare, and the horses that had just landed stepped on the small pits, and hit the ground headlong, and the horses' legs were broken on the spot, and even their owners were crushed under the horses, making a beast-like scream.

The Mongol army launched an attack from three sides together, Polu's intention was very clear, that is, after attacking the Song army's array, forcing the Song army to retreat towards a gap, once the Song army was in chaos, it was the time for them to start a massacre, but they did not want to attack in several directions at the same time and were frustrated, as soon as their horses approached the Song army's array, they inexplicably fell to the ground one by one, and the people behind could not see what was happening in front, and continued to jump over them and attack towards the Song army's array.

At this time, Polu had lost control of the armies, and for a while he couldn't figure out what was going on, but he just ordered the constant trumpets and drums, urging his soldiers to continue to charge forward, squeezing the large array of the Song army in an attempt to seek a breakthrough.

At this time, the two armies shouted and killed the sky, there were fires everywhere, and the Mongolian soldiers also began to launch rockets, firing violently at the partial box cars that blocked them, trying to burn these obstructive things, many of the partial box cars immediately caught fire, and the Song army on the car risked their lives to desperately fight the flames on the car, and took soil to extinguish these rockets, but even so, there were still some vehicles that were ignited and began to ignite a raging fire.

As soon as he saw the partial box car on fire, Gao Huaiyuan immediately became nervous, now he has these partial box cars are the only thing that can resist the Mongol cavalry, once the continuous burning, then they will lose a reliable line of defense, so he urgently ordered the Song army in front of him to speed up the fire, once the existing vehicle can not extinguish the fire, it must be taken out as soon as possible, in order to prevent other vehicles from ignition.

The Song army also knew the importance of these partial box trucks to them, and many soldiers desperately stepped forward to put out the fire, and removed some of the vehicles that were already burning, and finally stopped the spread of the fire after paying a great price.