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"If it is such a big flood, it may wash away the walls of Hanzhong City! But......" Guo Yi pondered for a while before saying calmly: "Marshal, the kind of flood that can destroy the entire Hanzhong City as you said, I'm afraid it's rare in a year, but now it's winter!" How could there be such a big flood? ”

"Hehe, it's true that there won't be a flood now, so let's create a once-in-a-year flood!" Li Jing said to Lin Mo and Guo Yi with a smile: "I already have a detailed and thoughtful plan to create floods, but I'm afraid we have to evacuate the people downstream first, and at the same time, we have to guard the canyon pass upstream, so that the Tang army can't come up and destroy it!" ”

As soon as Li Jing said this, even if the two of them were stupid, they understood that the emotional marshal wanted to break the embankment upstream of Hanzhong City and release water to flood the city.

Lin Mo's eyes immediately lit up and said, "Marshal, this plan to release the flooded city is good!" If it can really be implemented smoothly, the Tang Army will be completely annihilated. And the casualties of our troops will be small. It's just that we have to find a way to make Tang Jun blind, and we can't let them discover the abnormal situation upstream! ”

"It's just that the surname in the city can be ......" Li Jing was still a little hesitant. After all, he is not a man who will do anything to win a war.

Lin Mo said confidently: "Don't worry, marshal, I have already sent scouts to learn that Li Jiancheng wants to fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, and he thinks that Hanzhong City may fight a protracted war, and the surnames will waste food in vain if they stay in the city." So they were forcibly relocated to Guanzhong. Now there are no surnames in the city, only the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army are stationed! ”

After hearing this, Li Jing said: "If that's the case, it's okay!" It's just a matter of sniping Tang Army scouts, who do you two see to take over this task? ”

Lin Modang took a step forward, patted his chest and said, "Marshal, leave the matter of sniping the Tang Army scouts to me!" I'm an old scout! It will definitely make the scouts of the Tang Army go and never return! ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "Okay!" Let's get started now! I'll leave the levee to you! The canyon was not wide, only about five or six feet, and the river had overflowed the dam, so if we had buried the 'gunpowder' designed by the armor-maker at the bottom of the embankment, we would have detonated it. It will definitely create a flood that is rare in a year, and completely wash away the Hanzhong City that stopped in front of us! ”

Guo Yi was in a hurry at this time, and hurriedly asked, "Marshal, what about me?" "He knew it was a low-hanging fruit!

Li Jing smiled slightly and said, "Yi, I naturally won't forget you!" Rest assured! You definitely have a share of the credit! You will inform the surnames of several counties downstream to evacuate quickly, and at the same time let our people move to higher places at night. However, don't move the camp, lest the Tang army find out that the situation is wrong! ”

Guo Yi was overjoyed, and he also patted his chest proudly and promised: "Marshal, rest assured!" It's up to me! We'll be sure to do it for you! ”

Li Jing nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "However, if we keep our troops here, we will neither attack the city nor withdraw." Li Jiancheng will inevitably be suspicious. Therefore, in the month before the levee burst, it was not possible to stop the siege, but it was only necessary to focus on harassment as much as possible, and not to suffer heavy casualties. In addition to this, soldiers are constantly being sent to cut down trees......"

"First, I used this to confuse the Tang army, thinking that we were building siege equipment. Second, these trees were cut down and made into rafts for our army to ride after the flood came. Without further ado, I'm going to break the levee in five days, I don't know what you think? ”

Lin Mo and Guo Yi glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Subordinates obey the marshal's orders!" ”

Li Jing laughed, and then said loudly to them: "Then now everyone go back to sleep first, and have a good night's rest!" Tomorrow morning, the embankment will be built, the trees will be felled, and the surname will be notified to evacuate...... We will try to end this battle within five days, and then enter the city of Wuguan! ”

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On the first night, the large forces of the Zhou army had all moved to a nearby high mountain, but the original camp had not been removed, and even some sentries were planted at the gate of the camp, and piles of bonfires were still lit in the camp, creating a bright illusion to paralyze the enemy.

Of course, dozens of rafts had been quietly set up in the tents, and when the flood water washed down, these sentries who were used to confuse the enemy could immediately escape on the rafts.

At this time, Lin Mo had already stood at the mouth of the canyon in the upper reaches of the Fushui River, and found that the amount of water flowing out from behind the embankment in the canyon was much smaller.

Originally, the embankment was only halfway up the mountainside, and Lin Mo was afraid that the water would not be enough, so he laid a lot of stones on the top of the dam, increasing the entire embankment by more than 20 zhang. The storage capacity of the reservoir has been more than doubled. If it weren't for a torrential rain, the river would have been flooded. I'm afraid that this frustrated river will be cut off because of his interception.

However, the amount of water accumulated in this embankment has also reached a rather alarming level, and it is estimated that after the dam is really blown up, this flood may not only occur once a year, but at least once in two years.

Looking at the locked and roaring water in the dam, Lin Mofang smiled and said, "Okay! I think the time is almost up, so let's get ready to break the embankment. This time we must give Tang Jun an unforgettable memory! ”

After hearing this, a general next to Lin Mo also nodded, and then walked to a bush next to him and lit a fire fuse.

The fuse was extraordinarily long, more than 20 zhang long, and there was enough reaction time for them to evacuate calmly.

Seeing the fuse burning, Lin Mo also took out a ceremonial flower from his arms, lit it, and threw it violently into the sky.

Then, with a "poof", the flower flew quickly into the sky, and then exploded into a bright red spark. In this dark night, it is very eye-catching.

At this time, in the large camp outside Hanzhong City, the soldiers of the Zhou army who disguised themselves as sentinels to stay behind to confuse the enemy, after seeing this salute, immediately dragged out the raft in the camp tent under the leadership of Guo Yi, and then sat on it.

And the Tang soldiers on the city wall of Hanzhong soon found the red fireworks on the horizon, and hurriedly ran to report to Li Jiancheng.

After Li Jiancheng heard this, his heart was also tight, from last night to tonight, none of the scouts he sent out came back. This shows that the Zhou army sent a large number of sharpshooters in charge of sniping and ambushed their scouts. Judging from his many years of experience in leading troops to fight, this must be something important that Li Jing wanted to cover up, for fear of being discovered by his scouts.

He originally planned to send some more soldiers with strong martial arts to reconnoiter out of the city early the next morning, but he didn't expect that there would be a change in the Zhou army tonight, and this red salute flower was obviously a signal of action.

"This king estimates that Li Jing has seen that he has attacked dozens of times during the day in the past few days, and all of them have been in vain, so he plans to sneak attack the city at night, after all, our trebuchets cannot be launched at night, and the shooting accuracy of the arrows is greatly reduced!" Li Jiancheng thought about it for a while, and then he thought it was true.

"Tell those who are resting to go up to the wall! Heighten your vigilance! He immediately issued an order to the Tang army defenders at the head of the city to strengthen their vigilance and strictly guard against them.

Immediately, he himself hurriedly put on his armor and hurriedly walked up to the city wall to observe the movement of the Zhou army camp on the other side of the Han River.

At this moment, more than 20 miles upstream from Hanzhong City, the fuse had already burned to a pile of gunpowder buried under the dam......

"Boom!"

There was a sudden burst of light under the dam of the canyon, and then a deafening explosion rang out.

A huge cloud of flames and smoke rose from the levee, and the improvised dam collapsed in an instant.

In an instant, the surging river immediately roared out like a wild horse......

The roaring rapids carried a monstrous wave and swept straight downstream......

The soldiers of the Zhou army standing on the high place were a little frightened at this time, and this flood was also scary. Looking at this momentum and impact, is it only a flood that occurs once in a year or two? I'm afraid it's enough for a once-in-a-millennium event. Such a big flood rushed downstream, I am afraid that Hanzhong City will be washed away immediately.

"Let's go! Now, let's go down the river and see how the Tang army coped with this great flood! Lin Mo said with a wicked smile.

Immediately, he led a mixed team of more than 6,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 craftsmen to slowly walk downstream along the rushing Fushui River.

By this time, the current in the river had eased considerably, and they no longer had to sit on rafts, but they still had to dripble in the water to move forward.

A local craftsman who came to help raise the levee said: "In the mountainous area of Hanzhong, because of the turbulent water, the impact of the flood is strong, but it comes and goes quickly. The impact of such a large flood is also unprecedented, and according to our experience for many years, it is possible that the walls of Hanzhong City should have been completely washed over, or even the entire city was washed away......"

Lin Mo and his Zhou officers and soldiers also nodded and praised each other. For everyone present, this was the first time in their lives that they had seen such a large-scale flood.

Although the sentries of the Zhou army who stayed behind to guard the large camp at the foot of the mountain had been prepared early, when such a big flood roared down, the Han water suddenly swelled more than ten zhang high, and they and the large camp were washed to pieces.

It's just that fortunately, since everyone was on the raft, there were no casualties.

The flood was so large that Hanzhong City, which is located at the confluence of the Fushui River and the Han River, must have suffered a heavy blow.

Guo Yi was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said to the Zhou soldiers who had already prepared beside him: "Let's row the raft to the front and take a look!" Hanzhong City and the Tang Army in the city should be finished! ”

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