Chapter 16: The Expedition (7)

With Duan Shao's military order, the Eastern Wei army soon dug a channel of the Fen River on the mountainside, and the Fen River continued to slip out along the river, and near the downstream, the Eastern Wei army had already built a number of dikes and reservoirs, and built high walls around them, and the water of the Fen River flowed endlessly to these dikes and reservoirs.

Gao Yang looked at the embankment reservoir not far away, the river water is already rising, soon these reservoirs will be smashed open, the water of the Fen River will rush to the city, by that time I don't know how many soldiers will die, and the river will flood all the farmland and houses at the foot of the mountain, and many people will be homeless.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little unbearable in his heart, but this has been the case since ancient wars, and he couldn't help but be ruthless at the moment, straightened his mind, and arched his hand towards Duan Shao on the main throne and said: "Dashuai, it's almost time, should you smash the embankment?" ”

Duan Shao overlooked the city of Fennan not far away, at this time most of the Eastern Wei army had already quietly moved to a high place, leaving only a small part in the military camp still confusing the enemy, and the enemy in the city was taking advantage of the rest time to repair the city gate and city wall, rescue the wounded, it seems that the strange place in the Eastern Wei military camp has not yet been discovered.

Duan Shao replied softly: "Let's start, Li Mu Lao Pifu should also be about to notice the situation in our army's barracks, hum, but it's too late, the first scene should end." ”

Although it was just a whisper, Gao Yang struck a stirring spirit, nodded heavily, and said, "Well, the last general will arrange it." After saying that, he began to walk down, and ordered to the flag-bearers around him: "Start smashing the embankment." ”

Hearing this, the standard-bearer respectfully saluted, and then raised the flag, and soon, the embankment continued to collapse, and the river was like a dragon that had been imprisoned for a long time, roaring downward, spurting towards the city of Fennan below.

In Fennan City, Li Mugang finished inspecting the work at the head of the city, holding the saber on his waist with one hand and pressing it on the city wall with the other, his eyes were stunned to look at the Eastern Wei military camp in the distance, listening to the noise in the military camp, his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

When the adjutant general next to him saw it, he asked suspiciously, "General, but what's wrong?" ”

Li Mu didn't answer, looked at the enemy barracks without saying a word, and then pointed to the barracks in the distance and asked, "What's wrong with you looking at the enemy's barracks?" ”

The adjutant general didn't know why, stared at the Eastern Wei military camp in the distance for a while, at this time the noise in the barracks continued, and there was smoke rising from everywhere, there was nothing particularly inappropriate, and glanced at the colleagues next to him suspiciously, those colleagues saw the eyes of the deputy general, knew what he meant, and immediately shook their heads in response.

The adjutant general had no choice but to bow his hand and say: "General, the general is stupid, and he can't see anything wrong with the enemy for the time being." ”

Li Mu turned his head and said lightly: "Today's enemy camp is different from the past, and there is a lack of voice. ”

"Oh? What is the sound? The deputy will continue to ask suspiciously.

"Wailing!" Li Mu suddenly raised his voice and replied.

"Ahh The adjutant general sighed, listened carefully, and did not find the wails of the wounded soldiers in the barracks, compared to the previous siege, there was indeed a lack of the wails of the wounded soldiers, could it be that the enemy was retreating?

Li Mu ignored the adjutant general and ordered loudly: "Send the order to send a team of cavalry out of the city to explore and see if there are any discoveries?" ”

Li Mu didn't know at this time whether Duan Shao was deliberately singing about the empty camp plan or had already withdrawn from the army, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he could only wait to check it out, but there was a faint uneasiness in his heart, for now, reinforcements would not appear so early, and the enemy's advantage was still there, on the contrary, the defenders in Fennan City were already exhausted, and there was no reason to let the enemy retreat so quickly?

While thinking about it, a lord of the city hurriedly ran up, hurriedly knelt down and said: "General, when the guards of the lower officials were patrolling the back mountain today, they found that the water of the Fen River had a downward flow trend, and I thought it was the ice melting, but in the harsh winter, how could the ice melt?" When Xia Guan was in doubt, he went to check it himself and found that the ice did not have a tendency to melt, and the water was flowing down from above. ”

After Li Mu heard this, he was shocked, and his eyes looked towards the mountains of the Luliang Mountains, although it was cold winter, but this place was on the sunny side, and he could clearly see the scene on the mountain, and he could indeed see a small stream of water flowing downward, which was very strange.

Suddenly, Li Mu thought of a terrible place, and ordered with wide eyes: "It's not good, the enemy wants to flood Fencheng, and the enemy military camp must be an empty camp, hurry, quickly arrange for the soldiers to be stationed on the mound, let the soldiers go to the high place, and quickly prepare." ”

After Li Mu's reminder, these generals all looked at each other in surprise, and then hurriedly went downstairs to prepare. However, it was too late, and before the defenders of Fennan City could prepare, suddenly, the water of the Fen River roared down like a giant dragon, and by virtue of the condescending terrain, the momentum was even more violent, and it pounced on Fennan City in the blink of an eye, like a big bad wolf pounced on the little white rabbit. Soon, the river broke down the walls, flooded the houses, and swallowed everything in its path like a big mouth, and everywhere there were the heart-rending cries of the soldiers, the sound of sprinting, and the howling of the river.

Gao Yang, standing on the top of the mountain, looked at Fennan City and was swallowed by the river in a blink of an eye, manpower had no resistance in front of nature, and he didn't know how many people could live, so he stood in place, staring at Fennan City in a daze, quietly feeling the horror of nature, and maintained this posture motionless.

After a long time, the sky gradually darkened, and the weather gradually became colder, and a trace of coolness floated down from the sky, falling on the forehead, slightly cold.

Murong Shisu and He Ba Shiwen have been standing next to him to accompany him, and Murong Shisu also personally put a cloak on Gao Yang's body, and said softly: "General, go down, Duan Shuai has ordered the whole army to enter the city." ”

Gao Yang came to his senses when he heard this, only to find that a light rain had unconsciously drifted under the blue gray sky, and the weather was starting to get colder, maybe the river should freeze soon after, so that even if the enemy counterattacked, he didn't have to worry too much about being flooded.

The waters of the Fen River gradually flowed down the plains, but the city of Fennan was already in shambles, full of debris and corpses. The Eastern Wei army has already entered the city without breaking the effort, even the living soldiers quickly lost their weapons and surrendered, this group of soldiers has long been frightened by the flood, their morale has been lost, and they are already thankful for surviving, how can they still resist.

Gao Yang accompanied Duan Shao and several main generals into Fennan City, and at this moment, a soldier hurriedly walked up, came to Duan Shao's horse and knelt down and said: "Report to the commander, our army has surrounded the enemy thief leader Li Mu, General Qilian is leading the army to confront him, and he has come to report to the commander." ”

Duan Shao let out an "um" and ordered to the soldiers: "Yes, Qi Lianmeng also made a great contribution to tell Qi Lianmeng not to hurt General Li Mu." ”

When the soldier had heard this, he saluted respectfully, and went down to report it.

Duan Shao didn't talk nonsense at the moment, and said to the generals with a smile: "Li Mu is also an old opponent, although he was defeated by us, but it is by no means a lack of ability, this person has inflicted heavy losses on our army in the battles of Shayuan, Bishan and other battles, and he is an opponent worthy of respect, everyone follow me to meet this old friend." ”

After saying that, he laughed heartily and trotted forward.....