"Your Majesty, the river doesn't seem to be right this afternoon!

Salon came from outside wearing this black general's armor, and his riding boots stained with mud and sand by the river rubbed against the red carpet at the door of the military tent, and he was trying to scrape the mud off it, when a phantom shadow fell heavily on him, and a copy of the text rolled at his feet

"Bastard, that's a hand-woven goose down carpet" The fat man's slightly angry voice came from inside the military tent, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the third goose down carpet that you have defiled, and it has come three times in one morning, and each time it has been like this, do you know the value of these carpets? Each one is worth more than a thousand gold, and I will record it in your military expenses this time!"

"Don't, Your Majesty, you know that I am the poorest one among the other legions, and if I deduct three thousand gold at once, that is a squadron's reward!" Hearing that this carpet was worth a thousand gold, Salonon was frightened and hurriedly removed his boots, looked carefully at the red carpet under his feet that was covered with mud under his feet, and muttered and said, "No, Your Majesty, I remember that such carpets are not used by military equipment to lay tents, and each one is worth only ten silver coins! Could it be that the carpet used by His Majesty is different from that of others?" I can't see it!"

"Lay it in my military tent, it's worth a thousand gold" The fat man watched the carpet he had just changed turn into a mud blanket under the feet of the ruined man, and snorted with dissatisfaction, "If you have an opinion, you can appeal to the top!"

"Tell me up, how can that be!" Salon subconsciously stuck out his tongue and joked, isn't your superior the Falcon Majesty yourself! Let yourself state upwards, this style of playing scoundrels is indeed worthy of the Falcon Majesty.

"Since you don't have an opinion, then what are you still standing there looking at!" the fat man dropped the pen in his hand, rolled up the map on the table, and rolled his eyes at Salon with a sad face. He said, "Don't bring me the text on the ground! That's the report you asked for an increase in military spending, if you don't want it, I don't care, you can take it and shine your shoes, this is free for you! Don't think I don't know who you are looking to write it, who else can there be in this kind of rhetorical style but choice! I haven't seen you for a while, you have grown up, and the relationship between the military and political chiefs in the northwest is good!"

"Don't, don't do this, Your Majesty! I haven't followed His Majesty's orders and learned more about government affairs," Salon defended in a panic. Regardless of his demeanor, he picked up the report on the ground, walked over with a fart, and put his hands respectfully on the fat man's table

The two guards standing at the door of the tent raised their heads in unison, the affection of the monograph was like admiring the beautiful moonlight with a lover in broad daylight, no matter how prestigious the five army commanders were, stomping their feet outside could make the imperial military world tremble, but in front of the Falcon Majesty, it was like a mouse seeing a cat, and he didn't even dare to breathe

"Tell me, what are you so excited about!

The fat man casually pressed the report down. His gaze swept across Salon's face like lightning, and he said slowly, "The Gallic army has been on the banks of the Sona River for two days, and the first army to arrive is 70,000 people, and then the main force of 110,000 people. In addition to the onslaught on the first day, the enemy launched several tentative attacks on the riverside on the second day, but no progress was made, and more than 3,000 people were lost in vain. It's the third day, and the other party hasn't moved all morning, so he must have other ideas!" I just feel that the water on the river is not as urgent as before!" "Salon's face flashed a hint of suddenness, and he said disapprerovitously, "I searched the upstream and middle reaches, and it is strange to say, the flow of the upstream section of the river has not changed much, but as the river channel is getting wider and wider, and the water flows into the relatively wide middle reaches of the river, the river has fallen a lot, and the depth is obviously insufficient.

"You mean, I don't know why the river has become less?" The fat man's face suddenly became solemn, and he suddenly stood up and interrupted Salon's report, "Yes, that's probably what it means!" Salonn was taken aback by the fat man's action, and he didn't know why it caused such a strong reaction from His Majesty the Falcon, but he still nodded affirmatively, "Although it seems a little incredible, but I do have such a feeling, I didn't feel it when I set off in the morning, but when I returned in the afternoon, I could obviously feel that something was wrong!" Interesting! Nothing is impossible in this world, the other party is not swimming downstream, obviously has his own plans! I am also guessing, but now the answer is already obvious" The fat man's eyes were deep, as if he thought of something, and touched his chin with his hand, "It seems that we have met an opponent with a lot of ideas, it is impossible for the river to change so much in a few days, unless the other party cuts off the tributaries to reduce the river water inflow, so that the subsequent large army can force the river to cross on foot!"

"No, how is this possible!" Salon blinked his eyes in disbelief, it was hard to believe that the water of a river with plenty of water could be lowered to a depth that could be crossed on foot in a matter of days,

"Don't forget, it's the dry season of the Sona River!" The fat man spread out the map of the Sona River on the table, and clicked his finger on the map, "From the map, it can be seen that the middle section of the main stream of the Sona River that flows east-west has four tributaries in the southern part of the map, and the Sona River is in the dry season, most of the water flows from the tributaries, and the main stream is not much,"

"If these tributaries are cut off, I can say that the flow will be halved in a few days, and the other side can clearly see that."

The fat man's finger tapped fiercely in the lower section of the map, "If the entire Sona River is compared to a wooden plank under pressure, the gentle zone downstream is undoubtedly the weakest part of this plank! The middle stream has become gentle, and it will become even more gentle downstream," As long as the water flow is reduced to a certain distance, all the large and small river shoals downstream will surface the river, and the other party should be waiting for this, when the time comes, the other party only needs to take advantage of the infantry cluster and forcibly cross the river along the river shoals,

"Although our army has 40,000 troops downstream, it is a 5-mile-long river, and 40,000 people are not much on average, while the other side has 180,000 troops, under the full attack, as long as the timing is grasped, it can be completely broken in one fell swoop on the weak point of the downstream with superior strength in a short period of time before the main reinforcements of our midstream force arrive!"

"So what do we do?"

Salon gasped. The imperial generals who have experienced a hundred battles and have seen countless opponents are also a little dizzy this time, and probably only the Falcon Majesty will make such an unbelievable judgment that is closest to the truth, if it is himself, it is estimated that when the downstream collapses, he can't figure out how the other party will do it!"Actually, it's not difficult! He intercepts the tributaries, then we will go upstream to cut off the mainstream!" The fat man smiled, "If he wants to cross the river, we will help him!" "What? Cut off the mainstream! Help the enemy cross the river? What kind of mess is this?" Sallon's one-eyed eyes were as wide as a brass bell. Stunned, he thought that he had misheard, and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, are you sure you want to cut off the main stream? Doesn't this make the river completely lose its flow?" "You are right, cutting off the main stream is to make the flow of the river more gentle! Let the shallows downstream be exposed in advance" The fat man nodded, and pressed his five fingers heavily on the river map on the table, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, showing strong self-confidence, and said, "This battle of the Sona River." We fought on the river, and the other side was advancing north into the city, and strategically speaking, the defending side seemed to have the advantage on the river. But in reality, in order to hold this 50-mile-long river, we had 230,000 men, but we had to divide our forces to defend it.

"The strategic initiative is lost, while the other side is able to maneuver and concentrate forces. Choose the location, seize our weakness at any time to launch an all-out attack, I don't know when the other party launched the main attack, I don't know the location of the attack, this uncertainty is the biggest trouble in our defense, the other party will attack the upstream as soon as it comes, it should also be to confuse us, now it's okay, the other party jumped into the pit by himself, the location of the attack can be clearly downstream, as for the time, just look at when the downstream is exposed alluvial shoal!" Salong looked abrupt, and was about to turn around when a rumbling sound swept over the tent,

"What is this?" The fat man's face flashed with a hint of astonishment, he walked quickly to the door of the tent, raised his head and looked at the sky above his head, the clear sky did not know when the dark clouds were covered, just now it was a muffled thunder, at the other end of the Sona River, an inky sky, it seemed to be a sign before a heavy rain "Salon, bring more people, the barrage should be as strong as possible" The corner of the fat man's mouth showed a mysterious smile, and he instructed Salon, "I hope it is a heavy rain that can wash away a qiē!"

"Majesty, I don't understand!" Saron looked confused, he didn't know why His Majesty the Falcon said that,

"Just carry out the order!" The fat man didn't want to explain anything, waved his hand at him, and said coldly, "Within five days, if you can't stop the water upstream before receiving the order, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, you don't have to be the commander of the legion!"

"Yes!" Salong shuddered, joking to joke, but he could feel that His Majesty's words were true!

In the middle of the night, the light rain turned into a heavy rain that swept across the entire area, and the large raindrops were blown by the wind like naughty children

"Boom" thunder resounded in the middle of the low clouds, and the ears of the people below the earthquake rang gracefully, and the dazzling blue electric light pierced the black night sky like a chaotic dance, illuminating the arrogant figure of Stanley Spencer standing beside a section of the river downstream of Sona,

In front of him, the rapids swirled, the rushing of the currents roared, and the river that had just dried up had begun to rise with a momentum of rising, and the shallows that had just emerged in the river were once again submerged by the rapids

Because I didn't expect to encounter heavy rain, the dams that blocked several tributaries were broken away, and more than a dozen soldiers were swept away by the torrent, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

"My lord, the current is too fast, and it is completely impossible to force a crossing based on the shallows!"

An officer jumped into the river with a rope tied to his body, trying to pass along the position of the shoal, but he was staggered by the rapids, and his body hit a rock that came out of his body, if it wasn't for the rope tied to his body, he would have been washed away long ago, and the soldiers were violently pulling him up, "This rain, it's not the right time!"

Stanley Bincer raised his head angrily, looked at the white raindrops falling above his head, his eyebrows were tightly condensed into a Sichuan character, his melancholy gaze was like a flame staring at the surging river, and his hands clenched into fists were slightly white because of the force that had passed through the joints

Now is the dry season, intercept the tributaries, reduce the flow of water, it is difficult to hide from the eyes of the discerning for a long time, it was possible to cross the river tonight, but the sudden rainstorm, so that the plan is messed up. had to be postponed, and the danger expanded rapidly,

Once the change in the water flow is noticed by the other party, his ingenious layout will become a dead end that will cause heavy losses to the army.

And the number of troops in the northwest this time was also beyond his expectations,

The fifty-mile-long river was heavily garrisoned, and several attempts ended in failure. I thought that the northwest was a plate of scattered sand, and as long as the northwest coast was defeated, the overall situation would be decided, but I didn't expect the northwest to be so united, "Your Majesty the Emperor underestimated the northwest!"

Stanley Spencer sighed secretly, the momentum of the Gallic army's advance and surprise attack had been contained, and the northwest army that was holding on to the river was now like a solid gate, completely blocking the direction of the army's advance. "My lord, according to my experience, this rain is in time, and it should be in a hurry!" a middle-aged Gallic general looked up at the sky. Beside him, he said, "It's better for us to slow down, the dark night is not conducive to forcibly crossing the river." The swelling of the river has also increased the difficulty of crossing the river.

According to the scouts' reports, the opposing forces have been strengthened and fortifications have been built on the banks of the river. It was so dark that we couldn't see anything clearly, if we just ran headlong into it. The troops crossing the river will only be in crisis!"" Ssenu. I want to take a break, but time waits for no one!"

Stanley Spencer sighed, looked at the general, who had been his partner for many years, and said with an ugly face, "There are still ten days left before the southwest side promised to provide logistics, if it is not possible to attack the sea city within this time, the army will be in a disadvantageous situation, and this conquest battle has become a joke that embarrasses the emperor's majesty, and the 180,000 Gallic army can't take a single northwest! ......“

The Gallic general's face was gloomy, people are not as good as the sky, who would have thought that this rain would come at such an untimely time, if it were not for this rain, at this time tomorrow, the army would have swept through the northwest army opposite, and let the herald cavalry gallop towards Imperial Kyoto with good news,

"Order the Third Army that cuts off the tributaries to increase its strength, regardless of losses, after the heavy rain, the tributary rivers must be blocked" Stanley Spencer gave the order to the herald behind him with a hideous face, "As long as the rain slows down, tomorrow night, we will take a forced crossing!" "My lord, if you do this, our troops will suffer great losses!" Ssenu's face showed a sad face, "Since it is a war, losses are inevitable!"

Spice Spencer raised his head resolutely, and looked at the little fire in the camp of the Northwest Army opposite with a deep gaze, "I believe that the other party would not have thought that we would take advantage of the rainy night to attack, in this offensive and defensive battle, the opportunity between us and the northwest is a line of life and death!"

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the rainstorm came and went quickly,

When the sun of the next day showed the faces of both sides from behind the dark clouds, the time had been pushed to noon on the fourth day of the battle, the river was rarely clear, and there was no muddy and rolling mud and sand after the heavy rain.

According to the duke's analysis, this seems to be a sign that the heavens are unfavorable to the northwest, and the Vekia falcon should pay more attention, the fat man's face looks unimpressed, the Gallic army has cut off the tributaries, Salon has cut off the main stream, and there is water to call it hell, send away the Duke of Denia, the fat man went downstream, the torrent that used to tumble is no longer visible, only the gentle water is sparkling and flashing on the river surface, and the green algae can be clearly seen, and the bottom is clearly visible!" Your Majesty, last night we noticed that there seemed to be movement on the other side!"

In charge of the defense here is Yagrins, the general who has severely damaged the Goudes in the Battle of Silver Bird Mountain, has been recognized as a defense expert, the fat man handed over this important section of the river to him, is to value his ability to calm down in the face of all kinds of situations, as a general, he is not stable, how can his subordinate soldiers have the heart of victory! For the scene in front of him, he was also solemn, although he did not find anything abnormal, but this crystal clear river itself is a "big movement?"

The fat man stopped, stood on the edge of the river and tilted his head, his eyes looked at the river, under a rock protruding from the river, he could vaguely see a shallow reef more than ten meters long, he didn't know that last night, just opposite him, Stanley Spencer used to stare at the river like this, but the river was not clear at that time, but the torrent was rolling

"It's not very big, it seems to be a floating object in the rapids!but I don't know why, I always feel like there will be a situation soon" Jarrins's tone was uncertain, it was raining heavily last night, even he didn't think the other side would cross the river in such a situation, but it was completely intuitive, "Indeed, you're right! It could be tonight!" The corner of the fat man's mouth said half-jokingly, retracting his gaze from the river, so many people have noticed the abnormality, it is impossible for the other side not to hurry up, the clear river proves that the other party intercepted the tributary interception very successfully, the next step, should be to cross ......the river!