Unbeknownst to the judges, the enemy troops who emerged outside the city bluffed and attracted the attention of the defenders of Yecheng, in fact, they wanted to go up the river and dig the embankment on the south bank of Zhangshui.

Lu Yi was not able to find a flaw to capture Yecheng with high walls and deep pools, and his whereabouts could be exposed anytime and anywhere, and he did not have the spare time to spend outside Yecheng City, he could only choose to replace the army with water and dig up the water to flood Yecheng.

Diversion of water to siege the city is a big project, which not only requires a lot of labor to repair the canal, but also requires officials who are proficient in hydrology and topography to plan the route, so that the unruly Zhangshui can be tamely led to the Yecheng flood city wall.

At present, the Liyi army does not have these conditions, so his plan is also very simple, not only for Yecheng, but directly open the embankment on the south bank of Zhangshui, let Zhangshui turn the entire Yedi into a Zeguo, and besiege the officials, soldiers and civilians outside the city of Yecheng in the waterhole and swamp, in order to achieve his goal of replacing the army with water.

At that time, he may still not be able to break through the city, and Yuan Shao will not be drowned, but the flooding and besieging Yecheng will restrict the mobilization of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, forcing other Yuan soldiers and horses to rush to rescue Yecheng and block the river embankment, but it can give this small group of people and horses of Lu Yi a chance to fish in troubled waters again.

Reduced to a piece of land in the country, Yuan Shaokong will have tens of thousands of troops, and it will be difficult for him to move an inch under his command, and the city will be full of civil and military affairs, and he can only watch the richest piece of land in Hebei ruthlessly destroyed by the flood.

And the people on the high ground are fighting or leaving, but they are all under their control.

Time is pressing, and what is now a matter of success or failure is whether the Yuan army in Yecheng can open the embankment on the south bank of Zhangshui before Yuan Jun in Yecheng discovers his own reality.

The night is the best cover for them to act. Those scouts in Yecheng are spying in the dark, and it is difficult to find their true movements.

Under the deterrence of more than a dozen bloody heads, groups of frightened people had to pick up hoes and wooden shovels and go to the embankment that had been illuminated by fire, while women, children, old and weak were forced to carry bamboo baskets to carry and clean up the accumulated soil and stones······

The silent and dreary night, the busy and noisy river embankment, the bonfires on the embankment are distinct, and the unintentional people look at it from afar, as if the swaying ghost fire is floating in the air, and the hundreds of ghosts in the distant land are intertwined with each other, forming a very incongruous and shocking strange scene.

The relentless Koji is in the final madness, anxiously waiting for the moment when the embankment will burst; And the trial who stayed awake all night stood on the city wall and looked at the fire dragons in the distance, anxiously waiting for the return of the scouts outside the city; Yuan Shao, who returned to the back hall, had a solemn face, holding the Sizhao sword in his hand, anxiously waiting for the subordinate Wenwu who had not arrived in a hurry.

Waiting is heart-wrenching and suffocating, at a certain moment, they all look at the dark night, the silent night will slowly drift away, but in that dark distance, it seems that countless soldiers and horses are approaching, they will tear through the layers of darkness, witness the arrival of the final result.

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Following.

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning hit Lu Yi's face, his bloodshot eyes suddenly became hot, and they were extremely dazzling, as if he had been stabbed by a golden needle.

He was not good at water conservancy projects, and after digging for most of the night, he found that he had picked a wrong position for a period of pine outside and solid inside.

The soldiers under his command drove the people to work all night regardless of life and death, but they still did not succeed in breaking the embankment, causing the Zhangshui to burst on the south bank and flood the entire Yedi.

After a few spring rains this spring, the follow-up rain is insufficient, the summer flood is even more late, the water level of Zhangshui has dropped a lot, in the position of the river embankment where Luyi is located, only by these people who are driven, want to let the reduced amount of water in Zhangshui can break the embankment, pessimistic is expected to take a whole day of construction.

In the meantime, several huge rocks were the most tricky, and the soldiers under the command of Lu Yi lacked tools, and there was no way to move them out of their positions, so they could only use fire and water to do, and slowly dismember them piece by piece.

With such a boring and irritable construction, Lu Ying and other young children also began to lose confidence, and they persuaded Lu Yi to give up this project, which was more difficult for them than a fierce battle, and evacuate this extremely dangerous place before it was discovered by Yuan Jun in Yecheng.

Lu Yi's original firm determination began to waver, and he was also afraid in his heart that his hard work had been useless, and what he had done in front of him was instead pushing the Lu family to the edge of the cliff faster.

At this time, Koji Guang, who had been ordered to entrap some of the displaced people last night and bluff with fire, also fled in panic to the embankment where Koji was located, and brought them bad news.

Behind them was a cavalry that arrived overnight, and as soon as it was dark, they launched an attack on the bluffing rebels, and when a large group of refugees who had been coerced and persecuted saw the cavalry rushing towards them, they were immediately frightened and scattered, and they scattered in all directions in less than a moment.

This cavalry apparently also discovered that this was just a chaotic people, and collected their troops in time, did not disperse the pursuit, and focused on searching for the traces of Koji, while Koji Guang and several Koji clan tribes took advantage of the chaos to seize the horses and rushed to warn Koji in a hurry.

"My lord, the matter has come to this, and this embankment will soon leak, and then it will be chased and killed by enemy cavalry who have learned of our whereabouts, and I will not be able to escape if I try to."

As soon as Lu Ying heard the urgent report brought by Ko Guang, his face also changed greatly, and this time he even loudly persuaded his father, and his panic was beyond words.

The bluffing suspicion was broken in advance, and the embankment breaking project was ineffective, and the desperate Lu Yi suddenly fell into an extremely passive situation, he was disheartened for a while, and in the face of Lu Ying's loud persuasion, he suddenly changed color and responded loudly.

"Run, where to flee? The enemy cavalry has already covered the attack, both horizontally and vertically, rather than being cut off from behind, it is better to die in a frontal battle! ”

This was the second gaffe after Koji Yi arrived at Yedi, Ko Ying hurriedly pulled his father and motioned for Koji Guang to separate the others, and he asked cautiously:

"Didn't your lord already send my uncle to Mikawa?"

"What do you know?"

Hearing Lu Ying's eyes flickering to mention this secret matter, Lu Yi's pupils instantly dilated, and he glared at his son, examining the change in the expression on his face.

Under the sharp gaze of Lu Yi, Lu Ying did not disguise, but said with a straight face:

"The child also guessed, originally thought that he was sent to contact Gongsun Zhan, but from the moment the adult abandoned Katsuragi, the child suspected that the adult sent his uncle to Sanhe to contact Yan Xing."

Lu Yi listened to Lu Ying's speculation, he snorted coldly, broke free of Lu Yi's hand, turned around, and was silent, which was regarded as acquiescing to Lu Ying's speculation.

"If the adult really contacted Yan Xing, then why not defect to Sanhe at this time, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!"

Lu Ying also realized that he had guessed his father's plan, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and brought forward the idea of urgently defecting to Sanhe.

And when he heard this idea coming out of Lu Ying's mouth, Lu Yi's figure couldn't help but shock slightly.

Lu Ying was once captured by the soldiers and horses of Hedong, and he didn't like the force of Sanhe Yanxing in his heart, but now in the face of the choice between life and death, Lu Ying obviously left his humiliating past behind.

If he can survive if he defects to Sanhe, who wants to die in Yedi like this.

When Koji Yi understood this and turned around again, he saw the anticipating Koji Ying, and the unkempt but still a little hopeful Koji Guang and the other Koji clansmen.

Regardless of the fact that Koji's mission may have failed, even if Mikawa is willing to accept them as a remnant.

They can escape from here to Sanhe, at least more than 200 miles, their foot soldiers who are deeply encircled do not have enough war horses to run long distances, and there is no second continent to hide, let alone pretend to be a wanderer, but on the way, they have to pass through the Yuan army defense area stationed in Chaoge, and they have to break through the Yuan army from Gongxian to Ji County, and they have to deal with the cavalry that may be pursued at any time behind them.

Perseverance and fighting like righteousness, I don't think he can go any further.

But Lu Ying and Koji Guang still have a glimmer of hope, although Lu Yi has never told them the true plan in their hearts, but these tribes that can follow all the way down are either blood-related children, clansmen, or veterans who have followed Lu Yi for a long time, they are blind and respectful, without distractions, and follow Lu Yi closely.

If Koyoshi tells them now that his plan has failed, and that they are under siege, then this army of broken faith will collapse in an instant. On the other hand, if they are given a glimmer of hope, they will be able to persevere, eagerly hoping for that miracle.

In a desperate situation, Lu Yi suddenly laughed wildly, and he finally figured out what was in front of him.

Right now, no one standing here wants a failed family master or general.

It is no longer possible for him to be a generous general who calmly leads the crowd and regards death as home, but can only continue to be a "military god" who uses soldiers like a god and rests until death!

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The fall of a famous general inevitably means that a new famous general is rising.

slowing down the speed of the horse and looking at the scattered and fleeing chaos, Zhang He's heart swelled with excitement.

Bet right!

From Xu You's earth-shattering controversy in the court, to Zhang He's urgent dispatch of an army to tempt and tempt, but the rebels in Julu did not move, Zhang He had a strong premonition that Xu You's appalling idea was very likely to have been practiced by Lu Yi first.

Abandon everything, pretend to be a homeless person, gamble on Yecheng, it's crazy enough, it's really Lu Yi!

Zhang He, who reacted, also gambled, he handed over the command to Gao Lan, and without waiting to ask Yuan Shao, the general of Yecheng, privately selected five hundred fine horsemen, requisitioned the war horses of other cavalry, one person and two horses, half a day and one night, more than 100 miles, and left more than a dozen horses and nearly 100 horses with poor physical strength on the way, so he rushed back to Yecheng at the expense of people and horses, day and night.

When he launched a surprise attack in the early morning and defeated those bluffing rebels in one fell swoop, Zhang He knew that he had made the right bet!

No matter what other intentions Lu Yi has for Yecheng next, after being inserted by himself, he is destined to never be able to turn over again.

It's just that after winning, he also faces a choice.

After discovering that the enemy army outside the city was defeated by his own cavalry, he also hurriedly sent military officials to contact this cavalry, wanting to find out the specific military situation and report to the general Yuan Shao in time.

Zhang He, who led his troops back to Yecheng without asking for instructions, had to choose whether to enter Yecheng and ask Yuan Shao for punishment first, or to ignore Yecheng's attitude for the time being, and continue to pursue Lu Yi, who must have fled at this moment?