"Are there any good swimmers in the army?" Outside Yecheng, Chen Mo's camp.

The location of the underground culvert has been found, in the moat, I don't know how long it takes to swim, but there are dozens of zhang to say the least, such a cold weather, not to mention that there are a bunch of landlubbers here, even if there are people who are good swimmers, they haven't swam past, I'm afraid they will freeze to death.

The generals in the tent looked at each other, shaking their heads blankly, Chen Mo's generals, most of them were northern men, fighting on horseback, charging into battle, it was no problem, but swimming in the water obviously involved their blind spot, that is, Cui Geng, who was born in Nanyang, also grew up in Luoyang since he was a child, and knew some water, but it was only limited to running into the water and fluttering twice, and he couldn't sink it, so it would be difficult for him to swim across a distance of dozens of zhang.

Seeing this, Chen Mo had a little headache, and he hit Ye Cheng, but in the face of this majestic city wall, he was a little helpless for a while, it was not a flaw, it was really helpless.

Seeing that the generals did not speak, Ma Jun, who came to return to his life, hesitated, bowed and said, "My lord, there is no question whether it can be used or not." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Chen Mo looked at Ma Jun and said, "Deheng, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ma Jun first saluted everyone, and then said: "This time I investigated this moat, and found that the connection between this moat and Zhangshui is not close, but there are two plans, one can build a dam upstream, while the river is not yet frozen, gather a lot of water, and break the city with a water attack plan. ”

Ma Jun said as he came to the front of the map and pointed to a few places: "Block these places, so that the water will not disperse, but our army needs to retreat ten miles to the village to avoid being affected." ”

Chen Mo nodded, flooding Yecheng can naturally break through Yecheng, but in this way, it will definitely be ruined, not only Yecheng, but also the villages and cities downstream of this turbid water will be affected, and once this big water is released, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives will be destroyed, and it may even breed plagues, leading to greater disasters.

As a last resort, Chen Mo was reluctant to break the city with this strategy, and looked at Ma Jundao: "I don't know what the other strategy is?" ”

"It's still a water plan, but this plan is not to irrigate the city, but to cut off the moat, and lead the turbid water to other places, so that the moat dries up, and the culvert hidden under it is naturally exposed, but in this way, I am afraid that the enemy defenders will also be prepared, if the other party blocks the inland river in time, or ambushes it, then it is a plan to attack with water, the other party only needs to fill the inland river and seal the four gates, then the plan of water attack is difficult to work." Ma Jun bowed and said.

Chen Mo nodded, but didn't speak, just tapped his fingers on the table, frowning and thinking about these two strategies.

"Lord, the water attack plan is the most stable!" Seeing that Chen Mo didn't speak, Yang Xiu hesitated for a moment, and saluted Chen Mo: "Cultivating the righteousness of the lord, I don't want to harm the people in the city, but if we use the strategy of cutting off the water, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed, if the war lasts, the casualties and the people may not be few, not to mention that if this opportunity is missed, our army may lose the opportunity to break the city!" ”

Now that Yuan Shang and Cao Cao are fighting in the Qinghe area, it is difficult for the two families to withdraw from Yecheng for a while, and this is the weakest time for Yecheng.

Chen Mo didn't speak, he didn't understand this truth, and even the change in luck explained everything, these two strategies were almost certain to succeed with a water attack strategy, but if the water was cut off, the outcome would be unpredictable.

Chen Mo has never regarded himself as benevolent and righteous, because he knows very well that sitting in his position, there is nothing to say about benevolence and righteousness, if it is purely based on gains and losses, Yang Xiu is right, but Chen Mo is indeed a little difficult to get over in his heart, this matter is easy to say, he touches his lips up and down, but this decides, it is hundreds of thousands of living beings, if every battle is fought like this, after the world is reunified, I am afraid that there will not be many people in this Central Plains.

Chen Mo finally stopped tapping on the table and looked at everyone: "Ma Jun! ”

"In!" Ma Jun hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to listen to the order.

"Immediately start diverting the water from the river and cut off the water from the moat." Chen Mo looked at Ma Jundao.

"Whoa!" Ma Jun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, saluted Chen Mo with some excitement, turned around and strode away.

"Lord, this ......" Yang Xiu opened his mouth and said.

"I know, from the current point of view, what Dezu said is indeed the best policy, but if we take a longer view, if we really take Yecheng with a water attack strategy, what do we get?" Chen Mo looked at the generals and said in a deep voice.

"The hatred of the people of Jizhou, the ruined Yecheng, you may have been born in a wealthy family, in your eyes, these thousands of people may be just a number, and you can't understand how the people who are ruined because of your words feel like people." Chen Mo stood up and said: "We are waiting to send troops to help the world, and the blade in our hands is to protect the people, not to treat the people as mustard. ”

Yang Xiu wanted to say something more, but Wu Yi and Gao Shun suddenly took a step forward and said solemnly: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard and help the Lord to break through Yecheng!" ”

Cui Geng, Bao Geng, and Shi Geng stood up, bowed and said, "The last general is willing to die for the Lord!" ”

Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhang Xiu and other generals also got up one after another, bowed down and said: "I am willing to die for the Lord." ”

"Go and prepare, Wuyi!" Chen Mo got up and said.

"The last general!" Wu Yi took a step forward and bowed.

"Lead the army to move east, make the appearance of intercepting Yuan Shang's way back, and confuse the enemy army in the city." Chen Mo lifted a command arrow and handed it to Wu Yidao.

"The last general commands!" Wu Yi took the arrow, bowed, and turned to leave.

"Gao Shun!" Chen Mo picked up another arrow and looked at Gao Shun.

"The last general!" Gao Shun bowed.

"The matter of the surprise attack, you need to be elite, the army moves east, and the siege will begin tomorrow, after the water source is exhausted, you lead the trap camp to enter the city through the culvert, if you can successfully infiltrate, use the rocket as the number, and attack the east gate!"

"Whoa!" Gao Shun took the arrow, bowed, and withdrew from the big tent.

"Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhang Xiu!" Chen Mo picked up the three arrows again and looked at the crowd.

"The last general!" The three generals got up and bowed.

"Each of the three of you will lead a cavalry, cruising in all directions of Yecheng and blocking the four gates." Chen Mo handed the arrow to the three of them and said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" The three generals bowed down to receive the order and withdrew from the big tent.

"The rest of the generals, move with me to the east gate, and from tomorrow, follow me to storm the east city and break through Yecheng!" Chen Mo looked at the rest of the generals in the tent and said loudly.

"The last general commands!"

After the generals agreed, they left to prepare for the siege.

"Alas~" Yang Xiu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh when he saw everyone leaving, looked at Xun Yu beside him and said: "Brother Gongda, why do you say that the lord is this, as long as Yecheng is captured, the livelihood of Yecheng will be enough to recover in ten years, why follow the woman's benevolence." ”

Yang Xiu doesn't understand, why would a heroic figure like Chen Mo have compassion for hundreds of thousands of people?

"It's a pity......" Xun You got up and shook his head with a smile, glanced at Yang Xiu and said, "There are too few people in this world who are as kind as a woman like the lord. ”

Although Chen Mo never thought of being a hero, it was obvious that Chen Mo had a heroic heart.

"Why can't you see clearly?" Yang Xiu frowned.

"It's you who see too short." Xun You walked out and said, "If you follow the law of Dezu, you can certainly break through Yecheng very quickly, but do you know how long it will take to make up for the hearts lost in this battle?" Hundreds of thousands. ”

"The lord never cares about these ......," Yang Xiu was puzzled, Chen Mo rarely cared about what others thought of him.

"If these hundreds of thousands of people die because of you, how will Dezu feel?" Xun You asked rhetorically.

Yang Xiu shook his head, what could he think? Hundreds of thousands of people, Yang Xiu didn't have too many concepts in his mind.

"Go out and experience more, maybe you will have a different opinion." Xun You said with a smile as he walked.

Although Yang Xiu is quick and knowledgeable, he may be accustomed to looking down on the common people from above, some things are not as thorough as others understand, the battle of Jizhou is not only a soldier, but also a contest in the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people are also a battlefield, and the figure of the people's hearts, Yang Xiu is not a star and a half, if you can't understand this, no matter how talented you are, you can't be a qualified strategist.

"Brother Gongda, what does this mean? Hope to solve the puzzle! Yang Xiu was stunned for a long time, and when he saw Xun Yu leaving, he hurriedly caught up with him, and asked as he ran.

……

Chen Mo's movements on this side naturally couldn't be concealed from the Jizhou army in the city.

Gao Gan found the match, frowned, and said, "Then Chen Mo moved to Dongcheng, I don't know why?" ”

"This is to cut off the lord's way back, or to lure the lord back and fight the lord outside the city!" The judge sighed, although there is no talk of encircling the point to send reinforcements in this era, but there are many precedents for this kind of thing, and Chen Mo's move is no more obvious, that is, he sees that Jizhou is difficult to break, and wants to use Jizhou as bait to attract Yuan Shang to annihilate.

"How's that okay?" Gao Gan asked with a frown.

"Try to send Ruishi out of the city, inform the princes, don't fall into Chen Mo's ambush, now Yecheng has enough soldiers and horses, and there are advantages of a strong city, then Chen Mo is obviously eager to break the city, as long as there is no chaos on the lord's side, Yecheng is worry-free!" Although I don't know how Chen Mo defeated Han Qiong and Zhang He, at least in this Yecheng, Chen Mo did not have a way to break it in a short time, which also reassured the trial a lot.

The most terrifying time for the enemy is before he appears, and when he appears, that sense of fear will gradually disappear, and now it is this state, as long as Chen Mo can't break through Yecheng in a short time, the morale of the Yecheng soldiers will slowly rise, and when the time comes, it will be even more difficult for Chen Mo to break the city.