Chapter 2268: No open fire shines in the night sky, quiet like a fog, moving like a landslide
Just about two or three miles west of Nanjing, a fire actually appeared.
It seems that this fire is much larger than the bonfire. There are six or seven houses lit up together with a large flame, burning very fiercely.
They stood on the top of the city in the darkness and looked over there.
Only dazzling fires and Mars that were blown away by the wind.
That place is far away from the Jin army camp, and I don’t know where the Mongols lit a fire. What exactly do they want to do?
...When Monk Chen and the other two on the city saw the fire in the distance, they were also extremely surprised.
The three of you looked at me, I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in the Mongolian soldiers' gourds.
However, the other party's strange and unpredictable actions cast a haze in their hearts.
Monk Wanyan Chen looked at the Mongolian army camp with stars and bonfires in the distance, and was always uneasy.
There seemed to be an ominous sign that was slowly approaching him.
The fire burned for a whole night and was not extinguished.
Until the next morning, Monk Wanyan Chen and the other three climbed up the city wall early in the morning.
With enough energy, he looked towards the direction of the fire yesterday.
At this moment, I saw a cloud of smoke over there, and it was obvious that the fire had just gone out.
However, the location where the fire broke out yesterday was now covered by a large area of rising smoke, making them unable to see clearly what was there.
Then, Monk Wanyan Chen found that the Mongolian army in front of them once again rose up and approached his Nanjing city wall!... The other party was about to start siege again. In this case, Monk Wanyan Chen couldn't figure out what the other party had in his conspiracy, so he had to let his soldiers prepare to defend the city with all their strength.
In this way, they watched the enemy slowly approaching.
Until it gradually approached the first fortification when the Fire Dragon Cannon fired yesterday.
At this time, the Mongolian soldiers under the city lined up into a scattered army.
A large area of sparse soldiers bent down, holding the Mongolian army's round shield in their hands, and were moving forward slowly carefully.
As they were about to step on the ridge of the Fire Dragon Cannon position!... But at this moment, when Monk Wanyan Chen turned around.
But he found that Orejida, who was standing next to him, did not look at the enemy troops under the city.
He was still staring blankly at the location of the fire that had been burning last night.
When Monk Chen followed Jida's gaze and turned his head in surprise, he looked towards the west of the city.
Just saw some figures shaking in the smoke caused by the embers.
When he looked carefully, he found that the smoke over there was like a ghost.
It seemed that some cavalry were running wildly towards the north at an extremely fast speed! Looking at them, they rode their horses and ran wildly as if they were sprinting in front of the formation or chasing the enemy! "This..." At this moment, before Monk Wanyan Chen could figure it out, he felt that there was a sudden pain on his right wrist! Olei and Da stretched out his hand like lightning and suddenly grabbed Monk Wanyan Chen.
At this moment, the expression on Urei Jida's face became extremely ugly! "Is there a river embankment over there..." Urei Jida had just said half of the sentence when he saw Monk Wanyan Chen stomping his feet suddenly! "Oh no!"
In an instant, Monk Wanyan Chen's face suddenly changed drastically! "Qiu Jin is constantly clamoring! Let the soldiers outside the city come back... The civilians in the city prepare earth bags! Stand by at the city!"
Then, Monk Wanyan Chen sternly issued an order to the soldiers beside him.
Because of his excessive tension and his mood was thrilling, his voice was yelling! At this time, Wanyan Chenglin was still looking at the two people in front of him for no reason, wondering what they had discovered.
Then, under the order of Monk Wanyan Chen, the continuous sound of gold sounds sounded crisply on the city wall! The so-called "golden withdrawal of troops and the constant sound of gold sounds is a signal of the rapid retreat of the Jin army.
But the sound of gold sounds on the head of Nanjing City had just sounded not long ago.
The people on the city heard a crisp "crack" sound from the northwest of the city wall covered by smoke yesterday in the place where the fire broke out! Listening to this sound, it was like the sound of the tree trunk being crushed when hundreds of thousands of years of giant trees fell down! Everyone on the city head looked at that direction with a change in their faces, while Wanyan Chen and Olei and Da walked forward quickly, holding the chassis and looking down at the city.
"Hurry up! Retreat quickly!"
Just then, Monk Wanyan Chen gritted his teeth and muttered unconsciously.
His head was bounced straight, and his face turned red with nervousness! At this time, Wanyan Chenglin also followed the two of them for no reason.
However, just as he held the chassis in his hand and looked down at the city... Suddenly, a turbid wave rushed out without warning from the smoke in the northwest direction!... The rolling river water under the city was filled with countless dust and grass.
When it rushed all the way, it was like thousands of cavalry rushing against the enemy formation! I saw this rolling turbid current rushing forward at an extremely fast speed as soon as it emerged, and it came to the city of Nanjing in an instant! "So it was the Bian River! The Mongols dug up the Bian River embankment?"
At this time, Wanyan Chenglin finally figured it out! When he saw the vast river water under the city, he understood why Monk Wanyan Chen had such a big reaction! It turned out that the Mongolian army under the city had no intention of using human lives to fight for their underground fortifications.
When the Mongolian army found that the fortifications under the city were extremely low, they almost immediately withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.
After that, they took advantage of the darkness at night to dig the Bian River embankment west of Nanjing City.
From beginning to end, they wanted to flood the workplaces under Nanjing with river water! So last night, the Mongolian army lit such a large fire, which kept it burning all night.
It turned out that it was to use the heat of the flame to melt the hard frozen soil, so that they could easily dig the river bank.
And this morning, the smoke was obviously made by the Mongolian army on purpose.
They intended to intentionally block the eyes of the defensive generals in Nanjing City, so that they would continue to send troops into the tunnel without any sense! So, the shocking "crack" sound they heard just now.
Chapter completed!