Hearing this, he smiled whitely: "The king, the minister has been preparing for this matter, Shanxi is what our Qin army must take, for a month, the minister and Li Gongzi ordered all over the country to train people, in the meantime, Li Gongzi came up with another idea, to all the prime of men, all the titles of the book, into the military register. [Full text reading. It can also be regarded as a strategy for the whole people to be soldiers. ”

King Qin said: "You mean, these people are people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, which is the same as the system of my Qin State."

Baitou: "Two thousand years ago, the Qin State was like this. That's why we can form an army of millions. Today, the population of Guanzhong has increased to millions, of which Ding Zhuang has five or six hundred thousand, if these people can go into battle, they are naturally not afraid of anyone. ”

King Qin said: "That's true, I didn't think of this strategy for a while. It seems that Li Gongzi is indeed familiar with history, and it comes in handy at this time. ”

Bai Qi said: "When these Ding Zhuang practice for a period of time and can go into battle, it will be the day when the Qin army captures Shanxi." ”

King Qin muttered: "How long will it take to send troops?"

Bai Qi said: "Two months at most." King Qin said: "Okay, then we will send troops in Layue, and take advantage of the approaching New Year to march in one fell swoop." Or you can get a miracle effect. Do not spread this matter, lest the officers and soldiers take precautions. "Whitehead.

After discussing the matter of attacking Shanxi, Bai Qi and Li Yan worked together to strictly supervise the training of men and horses, Bai Qi put down all the generals under him, and let them go to various county towns to train strong men and teach the Qin army tactics, and there were captured officers and soldiers in the Qin army, and Bai Qi also promoted these people, so that the Qin army could be familiar with the combat methods of the officers and soldiers.

Bai Qi felt that although the tactics of the Qin army were rampant for a while, after two thousand years, they had fallen behind, especially the understanding of cavalry, which had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Two thousand years ago, cavalry was only an auxiliary branch, the main force on the battlefield, was the chariot and infantry, fortunately the Huns at that time often fought with the Qin army, so the Qin army still paid attention to the use of cavalry, which was far stronger than the countries at that time, except for the Zhao State can be matched, all countries are not opponents. Interestingly, in the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, Bai Qi used cavalry to cut off the connection between the besieged Zhao army and the base camp.

Therefore, Bai Qi attaches great importance to cavalry, not to mention that at this time, whether it is the Manchu Qing Army or the Guanning Iron Cavalry, they are all extremely fierce cavalry, so Bai Qi also attaches great importance to the training of cavalry.

With the funding of Lü Ru, the king of Liangzhou, the Qin army had a lot of war horses, so the cavalry developed rapidly.

Just when the Qin army was preparing to attack Shanxi, the situation in the world suddenly took a fundamental turn, which should not have come so quickly, but God intervened in it.

The reason for this is that the rain has been so heavy this fall.

Henan Kaifeng under the heavy siege of Li Zicheng, still stands majestic, immovable, like Mount Tai in the wind and rain, several generations of construction make the city wall extremely strong, the peasant army can not shake, so it wants to besiege for a long time.

However, the situation in Kaifeng City has changed dramatically because of the continuous autumn rains.

That is the grain stored in the city.

Originally, a large amount of grain was stored in Kaifeng City early in the morning, which was enough to support the military and civilians in the city for a year, although Sun Chuanting had used some of it, but the amount was not much. Therefore, the food in the city will last for at least ten months.

However, the heavy rain for more than two days destroyed countless granaries, and a lot of grain drifted away and flowed into the gutter. And I don't know who spread the news that the grain in the warehouse has decreased sharply, and the grain warehouse will be empty in three months at most.

The news immediately spread like the wind throughout the entire Kaifeng City, those soldiers were the first to stir, many officers ignored the general's order, and took the soldiers to the granary to grab grain, these people moved, and the people in the city did not want to wait for death, so they also rushed to grab food.

The whole city was in chaos.

After Chen Yongfu, Huang Peng and others suppressed this trend, a lot of food was lost.

Later, the prefect counted that the current food was only enough to eat for two months.

In two months, the question of whether the court is sure to repel Li Zimin does not need to be considered, even the children in the city know that it is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, Zhu Gong, the king of Zhou, wrote an urgent document in his hand, and sent it to the capital with a flying pigeon.

Chongzhen is also at a loss, at present, Li Luo's coalition army of four or five hundred thousand horses, and has just defeated Sun Chuanting, morale is strong, while the official army is demoralized, and wants to relieve the siege of Kaifeng in a short time, without this ability, but Kaifeng City can only hold out for two months at most.

So Chongzhen once again personally summoned Sun Chuanting to Beijing to discuss the matter.

Sun Chuanting has been very busy for several days, he has recruited more than 10,000 new people, and now he has more than 30,000 troops in his hands, but the war horse equipment is not complete, and the training of sergeants is not systematic, so he cannot go out to fight. But Chongzhen refused to give up Kaifeng and Henan, and if he had to lift the siege of Kaifeng, Sun Chuanting could not disobey the order.

So Sun Chuanting took out the last trick and went into battle in person, and if he didn't succeed, he became a benevolent.

Unexpectedly, Chongzhen did not ask him to march quickly, but took out a secret book and handed it to him to see, Sun Chuanting opened it and took a look, it was written by Huang Shu, the magistrate in Kaifeng City, and with the consent of King Zhou, it was to be handed over to the court for decision.

The reason why this book is very secret is because the things written on it are too important for ordinary people to make decisions, so they can only ask the emperor.

Sun Chuanting read the secret letter and also gasped.

It turned out that what Huang Shu wrote in this book was against the world's condemnation. To put it in layman's terms, it is the practice of killing 800 enemies and losing 3,000 yourself.

This trick was to dig up the embankment of the Yellow River and flood the peasant army.

Recently, the autumn rain has been continuous, the water level of the Yellow River has skyrocketed, Sun Chuanting led the army on the north bank of the Yellow River, as long as a small group of men and horses are sent to the south bank, open a hole, the water of the Yellow River will inevitably pour down, within a radius of 100 miles, people and animals are all fish and turtles.

But in this way, Kaifeng City is not immune, and it is inevitable that the flood will pour into the city, so Huang Shu wrote at the end that this move is a last resort, and he would rather flood Kaifeng City than leave it to the thieves.

Chongzhen for the Yellow River water conservancy, nature is clear, this river can almost be called a harmful river, since ancient times there are clouds, the Yellow River is harmful, only a set of profits, only the upstream of the Hetao area, not subject to disasters, to Henan Kaifeng and other places, sediment filling, so that the water level is getting higher and higher, can only build embankments on the river bank, to block the river water.

Historically, the Yellow River has breached many times, and each time it bursts, it will cause huge losses to the people within hundreds of miles.

If it is a natural disaster, no one has to say, but if the embankment is artificially opened, how will the people comment in the future, why Chongzhen has to think about it.

He pulled everyone out of the hall, and pondered in the hall alone, if this trick succeeded, the peasant army would be drowned a lot, and even most of it might be injured, but the price paid was too heavy, after the water was released, Kaifeng City must be an ocean, even if the water receded, it would become a ruin, and such an important city would be destroyed in one fell swoop, and he was extremely heartbroken.

But Huang Shu is not unreasonable, once Kaifeng falls into the hands of the peasant army, Li Zicheng will inevitably use it as his base camp to run Henan, and then go north to attack the capital.

Kaifeng must not be left to thieves.

Chongzhen finally made up his mind, he summoned Sun Chuanting and gave him a secret decree, ordering him to find an opportunity to break the Yellow River, but he must not leak the news.

Sun Chuanting understood that he was only an executor at this time and could not raise any objections, so he had to receive the order.

He returned to the camp and immediately sent his own bloody subordinates to find 800 soldiers, these people were the first Yulin soldiers to follow him, there was no problem in terms of loyalty, Sun Chuanting ordered these people to be on standby at all times, and then he used flying pigeons to send a secret message to Kaifeng.

At this time, Kaifeng City was besieged to death, and there were countless treasures in the city, which could not be left to Li Zicheng, and Sun Chuanting sent this secret letter to tell the prefect and King Zhou in the city, as well as Chen Yongfu, Huang Shu and others, to prepare as soon as possible, because in recent days, the Yellow River will be opened.

After receiving Sun Chuanting's reply, the king of Zhou and the officials in the city began to act secretly, loading treasures and other items on a ship secretly prepared in advance, preparing to escape from the city by the flood. This matter was done very secretly, and the people and soldiers in the city did not know about it at all.

After Sun Chuanting sent the letter, he eagerly waited for the reply to the book, and within a few days, the reply came, saying that the materials and treasures in the city had been loaded into the ship, and they could leave the city as soon as the water arrived.

After getting this news, Sun Chuanting no longer hesitated, because if it was delayed any longer, the rainy season would pass, and when the water level of the Yellow River would fall, this plan would have no power.

So that night, Sun Chuanting sent 800 water fighting troops. These people set off in secret with small boats, hoes and shovels and other things.

Before leaving, Sun Chuanting personally saw them off, and everyone was rewarded with a big bowl of wine, and Sun Chuanting also picked up the bowl and raised it at everyone: "Everyone, if the food in Kaifeng City can be supported for more than five months, I will never ask the Holy Lord to implement this policy." As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless, as soon as the gap opens, the river will collapse and pour down, and the people of Henan do not know how many will die in the flood. Although it can drown the intruders and thieves, Kaifeng City will inevitably be destroyed by the flood. Success or failure is difficult to guess. As a courtier, I can only do what I am told, so you should not hesitate to go, this move is related to the fortune of the country, it is a strong man's move to break his wrist, and the Holy One has no choice. ”

Finally, he said, "If anyone leaks half a word, you 800 people will have to sacrifice 800 heads, understand?"

Everyone complied and drank the liquor in the bowl in one gulp.

Sun Chuanting watched the 800 Decisive Water Army disappear into the night, and then let out a long sigh: "Could it be that God really doesn't bless me Daming?"

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