"I'm!" Zhou Kong's anger did not subside, and the burn scar on the left side of his face twitched faintly: "The bastards of the Holy Order, they have their share in killing and plundering money, and they are all rats when disaster comes, and they run faster than rabbits." ”

"General Zhou, that Baili Yan's despicable methods are really hateful, neither attacking nor besieging the city, but spreading rumors to Chengzhong, causing panic in people's hearts, and making us mess up. If it drags on for a long time, people's hearts will disperse sooner or later. When reinforcements arrive, you should hurry to fight them, so as not to have too many dreams at night. ”

"I know that this reinforcement hasn't arrived yet. I don't know if Han Qi has succeeded there, why hasn't the Xian army withdrawn from the mountains. ”

"The morning before yesterday, there was a fire at night, and today it has died down, and the situation in the mountains is unknown.

"Okay, let people out of the city tonight, but don't go through the tunnels, sneak out of the city, I always think it's weird."

"No!"

Two days later, Zhaocheng Shengxun's complaint came to the hands of Shentong, who ignored it and threw it into the fire and burned it.

"Song He, is there any news coming back from Zhaocheng Mountain?" Shentong asked, casually throwing Diao into the tea stove.

"Qiqi Heavenly King, the Xian army is heavily guarded in the mountains, and it is difficult for the scouts to penetrate into the mountain camp, but a few days ago, there was a loud noise in the mountains, and there was a big fire at night, I don't know what the Xian army is doing."

"Fire? The Xian army is not bombing the mountain. ”

"Maybe it's possible, but it's useless to blow up the mountain, it's more than ten miles away from Zhaocheng."

Shentong spread out the topographic map, looked at the fifteen miles south of Zhaocheng, and found the words "Qinghe".

"Song He, there is a Qing River south of Zhaocheng?"

"Yes, I also went by boat last year, it is a small river, the widest part is only more than 30 steps, the narrowest point is only 15 steps, and the small boat that can walk a thousand stones can pass, but the big boat can't walk."

"Shhh...... So what is Bailiyan doing blowing up the mountain by the Qing River, is it trying to divert water into Zhaocheng? ”

"There is no such possibility."

Song He denied it, and the supernatural power hurriedly asked:

"Why can't you bring water?"

"The Qinghe River is lower than the mountains on both sides, there is a mountain in the Zhaocheng Mountain from the Qinghe River to the west, the mountain is higher than the Qinghe River from north to south, this water is flowing from the high to the place, where can it flow from the low to the high."

Although this is reasonable, Bai Liyan's behavior is deviant and disorderly, and he must be guarded against. And besieging Shen Duchi's army actively avoided the battle, as if he was not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, on the contrary, Bailiyan knew that our army's reinforcements were coming, but he still calmly dealt with me, and he must have a way to break through Zhaocheng.

Oh no, it's a bad thing to go to Bailiyan. The herald army immediately moved thirty miles to Lintai. ”

"No!"

After finishing speaking, the divine power sent a letter to Zhou Kong, and sent it to Zhaocheng to warn him with the fastest war horse.

At the same time, the Qinghe River was dammed for seven days to store water layer by layer, raising the water level by 15 zhang, and introducing water into the valley through the mountain valley trail. The water level in the valley continued for a day, rising to seven feet and then stagnation, and overnight without rising the water level. Bailiyan rushed to the mountains to investigate when he heard the news, but there was still no water discharged out of the valley:

"Hell, after more than a day of water, why doesn't it rise? Even if it's a leak, there should be a place to go. ”

"Master Hou, there is no place for water within a radius of more than ten miles, will it seep into the ground?" Jiang Jie guessed.

"It's not like, if it seeps into the ground, there is always a time when the ground is full of water, besides, the water of the Qinghe River is still being introduced into the valley, even if it seeps into the ground, the seepage is inevitably too fast, and it does not rise in a day and night, how much water will flow away. Go, order the Qinghe side to stop the water diversion, expand the cofferdam mouth by two zhang, and discharge the excess river water downstream. ”

"No!"

In the past half hour, the water of the Qinghe River has been discharged downstream through the cofferdam channel, and the water level in the valley has dropped by more than half a foot before dusk with a slight trend.

"Master Hou, this water leaks really fast, it seems that there is a place draining."

"Well, there's weirdness here. Orders are given to all the hills, keep an eye on them at night, and if the water level continues to rise for half an hour, immediately search me inch by inch along the water's edge to see if there is any leakage. ”

"No!"

Whether the reservoir is impounded or the pond is dug manually, the water level does not rise but falls, there must be cracks and underground rivers, and after the surface water is replenished into the underground fissure and the dark river fills it, the water level should not continue to fall, unless there are huge karst caves and waterways underground, and the ground seepage is not enough to fill it.

Changyin County is located on the bank of the Sishui River, Zhaocheng is only one hundred and eighty miles away from the river, the groundwater is extremely abundant, the underground water content is high, the possibility of surface water penetration is very low, there is no probability that the water injection will not rise for two days, unless there is a karst cave underground.

At the same time that Baili Yan poured water into the valley, because the terrain of Zhaocheng was lower than the valley, the water poured into the tunnel, and poured into Zhaocheng from the tunnel, forming two pipe surges, flooding a lot in the east of the city, and the urgent group of people around the sky turned on fire:

"General Fang, hasn't the irrigation been blocked yet!"

"No, the water is too big, and the soil and rocks filled in it have been washed away in a blink of an eye, and now the east of the city is flooded by three percent, and if it continues to be flooded, the east of the city will be soaked in water within two days."

"What the hell, how did you get into the water! Could it be that the dog thieves wandered around the mountains for seven or eight days, and found a secret passage to fill the city with water? ”

"Isn't this going to be, how can the Xianjun know about the secret passage? Or is there something wrong with Han Qi. ”

Fang Ke guessed, and Zhou Kong categorically denied it:

"Who Han Qi is, I know best, is to pick his skin, and he doesn't have the guts. Did all the people who let it out come back? ”

"Some are back, some are not. The blockade of the Xian army was extremely tight, and it was very difficult to enter the mountains. ”

"A bunch of useless waste. Pass on my order, immediately let people enter the mountain from other tunnels to find out the situation, and transfer Wang Cheng, Liu Damao, Zhang Ergou, Zhang Yao, and Guo Ping to the camp in the east of the city to stand by, and prepare to attack at any time tonight. ”

"The reinforcements will enter Xingcheng at least two days later, and the attack tonight is too hasty, in case it is a trick by Baili Yan, we will lose more than we gain."

"You know what!" Zhou Kongshu said: "The Xianjun must have diverted water in the mountains, and accidentally poured water into two secret passages in the city. He should not have noticed it at this time, and when the water in the mountains does not rise, the Xianjun army will definitely guess the clue, and then our secrets will be gone.

It is better to take advantage of the fact that the water has not stopped, and the Xian army has not yet discovered the clues, as long as Han Qi does not move, the Xian army will not know the other secret passages in the mountains, and at this time, it will be caught off guard, and it can annihilate more than 10,000 people and horses of the Xian army in the mountains in one fell swoop, and then kill it outside the mountain, and it will definitely be able to hit it hard. When the reinforcements arrived, the Xian army had only one way to retreat to Lintai, and at that time, the Xian army would not be defeated if it marched eastward. ”

Zhou Kong immediately made a decision and transferred more than 15,000 people to the camp in the east of the city, and attacked the Xian army in the mountains at night through other secret passages that had not yet been flooded.

Soon after nightfall, when the water level in the valley dropped to two feet and no longer fell, the Xian soldiers groped along the water's edge and accidentally discovered two caves.

"Hou Ye, Hou Ye!" Jiang Jie hurriedly broke into the big tent in the mountains: "Master Hou, no wonder this water can't be saved, two secret passages were found in the valley, and the water flowed away from the secret passages." ”

"What, secret passage. What to go! ”

"The east-west direction should lead to Zhaocheng."

"How is this possible, Ben Shuai surveyed the terrain twice and dug two secret passages, how can there be no traces. Let's go, go and see. ”

Rushed to the scene of the incident, and the soldiers were surrounded by two cave entrances, one south and one north. The water went deeper into the cave for more than 100 steps and then silted up in the low-lying area, blocking the passage to the west.

"Hell, this tunnel is big enough for two people to pass side by side, and the amount of earthwork is so large that it can't be recently excavated."

Bai Liyan suddenly became suspicious, and in a blink of an eye, she thought that Han Qitou must have surrendered fraudulently. The intention was to lure the Xian army out of the mountains, so that the soldiers and horses of Zhaocheng could make a detour behind the Xian army, or suddenly move to the vicinity of Lintai to launch a surprise attack.

Thinking of this, I was shocked again:

"It's not good, Jiang Jie, quickly order all the battalions in the mountains to immediately go north out of the mountain and go to the camp outside the mountain to converge."

"Master Hou suspects that there are other secret ways."

"There must be other secret passages leading to the mountain, otherwise these two secret passages cannot be only about a hundred or ten steps apart from each other in the north and south, and if they are so close to each other, there must be other caves, and I can't find them for a while.

Now that the water must have poured into the city, the defenders of the city would have been killed tonight if they had made a quick decision. Our army is unfamiliar with the terrain, the battalions are scattered, and the battle at night is definitely not its opponent, so we should withdraw quickly. ”

"No!"

The garrisons in the mountains are scattered on various hills, and it is not easy to assemble, and the number and distribution location of the Black Turban Army are unknown, so they are in a hurry to respond to the battle, and it is very easy to be divided and surrounded.

At the same time that the Xian army discovered the secret passage, the scouts of Zhaocheng who probed into the mountains returned to the city through the secret passage to report the news:

"General Qiyu Zhou, the Xian army is still in the mountains, and no abnormalities have been found." The spy said quickly.

"Oh, do you see more troops?"

"There was no increase in troops, but there was a faint sound of splashing, like the flow of water nearby."

"Sure enough!" Zhou Kong was in high spirits, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "The Baili thief is really treacherous, he has stayed in the mountains for so long, and he wants to flood the city with water, which is really despicable." ”

At this time, Funk said:

"General Zhou, while the Xianjun army has not yet discovered the clues, send troops immediately, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

"Okay, send an order to the camp in the east of the city, immediately go down the tunnel and go out of the city, and kill this group of dog thieves. Tell the brothers that whoever kills the head of Baili Yan will be rewarded with 100 pieces of silver. ”

Zhou Kong gritted his teeth and took out a hundred inches of silver to boost morale, but he didn't know what Bai Liyan would think after learning that his head was only worth a hundred inches of silver.

The Xian army quickly withdrew from the mountains at this time, and Bailiyan returned to the camp first to transfer troops.

"This Han Qi dog thief really surrendered, wait for me to arrest him for interrogation!"

Gu Zhong was furious, and turned around to catch Han Qi for interrogation, but was stopped by Bai Liyan at the next moment:

"General Gu Zhong is slow, although Han Qi is hateful, it is useful for the general to keep him."

"Deputy Marshal, what's the use of keeping such dog thieves, just slash and forget it."

"Don't be reckless. You go to the right camp first, pick up the soldiers and horses out of the mountain, remember to occupy the hill on the right flank of our army, no matter how fierce it is, you must defend it to the death. ”

"The last general obeys!"

Many hills on the right flank of the battalion are between 15 and 200 meters above the ground, and after the loss, the Black Turban Army can set up a swarm on the top of the hill to launch an offensive against the large battalion, and the maximum firing range will be increased from 200 to 250 steps, and the entire large battalion will be within the radiation range of the Black Turban Army, and it will be extremely difficult to even pull out the battalion.

With the mountain as a shield, the Black Turban Army can only attack the outer mountain from the mountain, and the swarm shoots at a limited height, unable to cross the mountain, even if it flies over the mountain, it is affected by gravity and range loss, and the straight-line distance cannot fly far.

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