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"Xiangguo, in this way, it seems that there is only one way to fight hard. However, what is Xiangguo's good strategy for how to use troops to raid. Otherwise, let's take the initiative to attack, just like the attack on the camp that night, and kill them by surprise? Yan Zhenqing frowned.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Yan Taishou, that kind of adventurous thing can be repeated again and again. The night raid on the camp was a last resort, but now it doesn't have to be. ”

"Could it be that Xiangguo has any other tricks to stop the enemy? There is no risk to rely on, there is no terrain to use, so what should I do? Yan Zhenqing's words asked what most people were thinking, and everyone looked at Wang Yuan anxiously, waiting for his answer.

Wang Yuan said quietly: "It is true that I can't use the natural geographical advantages for my use, but I am not willing to give up after all, I went around in a circle, and traveled four or five miles along the Qishui River, and finally I found a place to use it." ”

Everyone was in high spirits and all looked happy. But seeing that Wang Yuan moved the wicker in his hand along the simple topographic map on the ground, he said, "Everyone, please take a look." This is the county seat of Qi County. The county seat was dilapidated, and the city walls were collapsed, which was not enough to serve as a place to resist. This willow branch is the Qishui River, which is located ten miles south of the city. On the other side of the river is Niutou Mountain, and our official road to the south goes around the east side of Niutou Mountain. You don't have to pay attention to Niutou Mountain here, as I said just now, this is just a small mountain bag, and it can't be used. But look at here, these two rocks here are two small hills, which the locals call Shuanglu Mountain. Kisui passes through the depression between the Shuanglu Mountains, and this is the terrain that we can take advantage of. ”

Everyone moved along his wicker, listening to Wang Yuan's narration, most of the people's expressions were confused.

"What does the big marshal mean by using the depression between these two milk mountains to set up an ambush to resist the enemy? That seems unlikely. One of these milk mountains is just two small hills, and there is no way to hide soldiers at all. Second, Shuanglu Mountain is not next to the road, and forcibly luring the rebels into it will be understood the intention. Moreover, the Qishui River passes through the mountains, and the mountain depression is actually a river, and there is no road to enter at all. Even if they could ambush them on Shuanglu Mountain, the thieves would not be stupid enough to wade into the depression between the mountain bags. Tan Ping finally couldn't help but speak, he had looked at the terrain of the Shuanglu Mountain, and with his eyes, he could see that it was not an ambush location that could be used at all.

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded: "I didn't say that I wanted to ambush here, you are right, it can't be used as an ambush location." Soldiers and horses can't hide, and they are far away from official roads, so thieves are not stupid. But as you just said, the depression between the mountains is the channel of the Qishui River, and this is where it can be used. I won't detour either, and the terrain between the two peaks of my Shuanglu Mountain is very suitable for building a dam. ”

Everyone was stunned, the big marshal's thinking was jumping too fast, when the military situation was urgent, how could he think of building water conservancy? It's really confusing. How to get to the embankment.

However, someone soon understood Wang Yuan's intentions, and Gongsun Lan, who had been sitting quietly beside Wang Yuan, suddenly whispered in the silence: "Is Erlang going to build a dam to store water?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and praised him: "You still understand me, I just want to build a dam to store river water for my use." ”

Li Heng really didn't understand what Wang Yuan was talking about, so he hurriedly asked, "What's the use of storing water?" What exactly is Marshal Wang talking about? ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It's very simple, build a water storage dam between the Shuangru Mountains upstream, and when the rebels chase the troops across the river, destroy the dam to defend against the enemy with a torrent." That's all I can think of. The terrain between the two mountain packs of Shuangru Mountain is long, and it is very suitable to build a dike. Come to think of it, the Qishui River is still quite turbulent now, and it only takes a short time to accumulate a large amount of river water. When the thieves come after them, there is no water in the lower river, and they will cross the river directly, and then we will destroy the embankment, and the torrent will roll down, and in an instant we will be able to cut off both sides of the river. For a short time, the water was so strong that it was impossible for the thieves to cross the river. Let's take advantage of the barrier of the river to divide the thieves into two. As long as the timing is right, we can only let half of the pursuers cross the river. It's not that I, Wang Yuan, boasted, maybe we can't do anything against 30,000 enemy soldiers, but we are not afraid to deal with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. If you destroy the enemy in three percent, the thieves will be defeated, and this is my strategy to resist the enemy. ”

Everyone opened their mouths blankly, listening to Wang Yuan's words in their ears, and their minds were filled with the upcoming situation, one by one.

After a while, Yan Zhenqing sighed: "What a water attack plan, I really don't know how Xiangguo came up with it." If you succeed, you will win big. But the lower official has a question, building a dam is not just talking, the chasing soldiers are imminent, can we build it? ”

Wang Yuan said: "This is the problem. I can see the terrain so that it is easy to build a dam. There are many trees on Shuanglu Mountain, which can be cut down as a fence to block the river water. The horizontal timber dam, supplemented by mud and stones, should make it possible to build a simple embankment. We are not building a dike, but we need to store water for half a day, and we don't need to be too strong. And don't forget, we have more than 30,000 civilians and a lot of captives at our disposal, and we have no problem with manpower. If it had been properly organized, I don't think it would have been difficult to build. ”

Yan Zhenqing nodded slightly and said, "If Xiangguo is sure to use this plan, this errand will be asked for by the official." Xia Guan once mobilized the people to strengthen the walls of the plain city and dig the moat. I still have some experience in organizing the people to build things. ”

Wang Yuan nodded heavily and said, "That's the best, I also wanted to invite you to do this." I wonder if you have any doubts about this plan? Or do you have a better way to defend against the enemy? If you have an idea, just say it. ”

Wang Yuan asked several times, but everyone had no objections, and they really didn't have any good solutions. Although they had some doubts about Marshal Wang's whimsical strategy, since Marshal Wang and Yan Taishou both felt that it was available, they had no objections.

The matter was settled, Yan Zhenqing hoped to start building it as soon as possible, so as not to be too late, so he asked to take the people to set off in the early morning, and Wang Yuan of course agreed. Yan Zhenqing excitedly left with his subordinates to prepare, and the generals quickly dispersed.

Wang Yuan sat on the spot and looked at the simple topographic map on the ground and frowned, Gongsun Lan smiled and said, "Is there anything else Erlang is not worried about?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "I just want to think more about this matter, so as not to think about it inconsiderately." Know that this is our only chance to stop the pursuers. If this plan fails, we will not only delay time, but also lose the opportunity, so we will have to fight hard with them. And hard work is bound to lose. ”

Gongsun Lan smiled and said, "I think this plan is feasible. If I'm not mistaken, this plan is based on the means used to go out to Nanzhao a few years ago and see the Nanzhao people building a dam in the upper reaches of Huatianba to block the route of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses to Nanzhao. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned, slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, if you don't say it, I forgot." I said that I always felt that this method suddenly came to my mind, and it turned out to be the experience of that time. Yes, that time, in order to prevent the Nanzhao soldiers from digging a dam to drain water, we also fought with them at night. You've got an arrow wound. ”

Gongsun Lan smiled: "You can think of it." This method was effective when Nanzhao soldiers and horses were used, and it will definitely be effective at this moment, so you don't have to worry. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "That's right, if it's useless, how can they do it." Hey, where's Aluo? Let's talk about the affairs of Nanzhaoguo, this Nizi ran away, is she angry? ”

Gongsun Lan smiled: "I'll take a look." ”

Gongsun Lan got up and left, Wang Yuan also stood up, kicked the stone terrain on the ground with one kick, and said with a wry smile: "Fuck, I thought this strategy was the original one that popped up in my head, and I was very proud for a while, but I didn't expect it to be plagiarized." The brother-in-law of Nanzhao has already used it. If this plan can make a contribution, the next time I see Ge Luofeng's brother-in-law, I will praise him well. Not! You can't tell him, or this guy will ask for a reward and take advantage of me. ”

Thinking of Ge Luo Fenglai, Wang Yuan couldn't help but smile. I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know what the situation is in his Nanzhao Kingdom. This guy must be muffled, maybe he should write a letter to him and ask him to bring troops out to help him.

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In the middle of the night, the impatient Yan Zhenqing set off with 2,000 soldiers and more than 4,000 young and strong people. At noon, when Wang Yuan and the people walked more than 20 miles to Shuanglu Mountain, they were already a busy scene in front of them. Thousands of people and soldiers were busy cutting wood and ropes, digging soil and moving rocks up and down the two hills.

As soon as Wang Yuan and others arrived, they immediately began to devote themselves to the great cause of building the dam. With the exception of the 2,000 cavalry guards, who were to be the main force of the battle, almost all the active people joined in the construction of the dam. More than 30,000 people went up and down like ants on the two mountain packs, and soon the mountain bags became bare, all the trees were cut down, and piles of small mountains were piled together. The young men carried the wood and soil to do the heavy work, the old and weak women and children kneaded the rope and basket to do some light and necessary work, and even the weeping children were busy helping to knead the rope and weave the net. Although there are many people, they are busy but not chaotic and organized. This is all thanks to Yan Zhenqing's scheduling, Yan Zhenqing is indeed experienced in this area, and the people also buy his account.

Finally, in the early afternoon, when the materials were almost ready, the formal construction of the cofferdam began. Logs are nailed into the river at the entrance to the narrow valley. The river channel more than ten zhang wide is densely packed with hundreds of log stumps. These stumps are then used as fixing points, and wooden rows made of trees are erected and fixed to the stumps in three layers. Soon the water on both sides of the river was blocked. Then some miscellaneous things such as stones, mud, and branches filled the space between the three rows, and it was soon formed; The rudiments of the embankments on both sides.

As the progress increased, after the water flow on both sides was cut off, a waterway in the middle was extremely turbulent and ferocious. This is the final problem, which is to close the dike. However, this is not difficult for hard-working and intelligent working people. Several logs were docked to form a spliced huge fence gate was blocked at the gap one by one, although it was tossed for more than an hour and was washed away seven or eight fence gates, but as long as there is a successful horizontal gap, the next will be much easier.

Seven or eight fence gates soon tamed the rushing rapids, calming the turbulent waters. The next step is to fill in the soil and reinforce the embankment. It was busy until the sun set, and a simple embankment was finally built between the mountains that were more than ten zhang wide. Although the levee is leaking and crumbling, it should be able to hold up for a short time.

After the dam was built, the water level in the river could be seen almost to the naked eye. At first, the depth of the water in the river was chest-deep, but before long, the water level was too big for a tall man to see, and it was slowly rising. This embankment finally achieved the effect of storing water that Wang Yuan had expected.