The order was handed down, the army accelerated its march, and the soldiers soon came to the bank of the Dangshui River with high fighting spirit.

Su Zhe originally planned to ask the soldiers to cut wood and build rafts to cross the river, but when he saw this party water river up close, he gave up his original idea.

The river is so shallow, so shallow that even a calf can cross it on foot.

"This water is too shallow, can it be called a river?" Yan Liang's tone was a little disdainful.

"It's in the northwest, so there's a shortage of water, and it's not the rainy season now, so it's not surprising that the river is so shallow." Xu Huang said disapprerovingly.

Su Zhe whipped his horse: "It's better to have shallow water, save trouble, and the army should cross the river immediately." ”

So, the 30,000-strong army stopped on the east bank, and the 10,000 infantry led by Xu Huang crossed the river first, lined up on the west bank to stabilize their positions, and the subsequent cavalry and grain teams crossed the river again.

Xu Huang took the lead in riding his horse down the river, and the infantry soldiers behind him rolled up their trouser legs and crossed the river in an orderly manner.

The river was not only shallow, but also not very wide, and in less than half an hour more than 5,000 infantry troops had crossed the river and began to line up on the west bank.

Su Zhe immediately looked up at the sinking sun on the riverside, estimating that before dark, his army of 30,000 should be able to cross the river and form an encirclement of Longle City.

He was not in a hurry to take the city tonight, and only took a few sips of wine and enjoyed the sunset over this oasis.

The head of the city of Longle.

Liu Bei stood on the city tower, looking down at the Wei army who was crossing the river, and a sinister sneer hooked up at the corner of his mouth: "Su thief, Su thief, you really fell for the trick, today I will let you taste it too, what is fear!" ”

After saying that, Liu Bei waved his hand and shouted: "Light the fire and give Zilong an order." ”

The order was passed down, and three piles of wolf smoke and fire immediately ignited on the arrow tower in the southeast corner of Longle City.

Billowing smoke rose into the sky, straight up to the sky, and was clearly visible for dozens of miles.

Liu Bei squinted his eyes, his nerves tensed, and he looked ready to see the excitement.

The Wei soldiers were busy crossing the river, and most of them didn't notice the wolf smoke quietly rising over the enemy city.

"Your Majesty, look, Longle City looks like wolf smoke." Xu Chu's eyes were sharp, and he inadvertently discovered this small abnormal change.

Su Zhe looked up, and sure enough, he saw three pillars of wolf smoke, rising up into the sky.

If he remembered correctly, this wolf smoke was not there, it should have been that the enemy army had just lit up, just as his army was crossing the river.

"The atmosphere doesn't seem to be quite right......" Su Zhe's sword eyebrows condensed, and a trace of doubt suddenly surged in his heart.

The army was still crossing the river, but the doubts in Su Zhe's heart were getting heavier and heavier.

……

The party water is five miles upstream.

Zhao Yun immediately hit the river beach, and his eyes were always staring at the direction of Longle City.

The Dangshui River in front of me has been cut into two sections by countless sand bags, and the water level in the upper reaches has overflowed out of the river and dispersed into the fields on both sides, so the water level in the downstream has dropped sharply, but there is no calf.

Suddenly, Zhao Yun's eyes gathered.

I saw that in the sky above Longle City in the northeast, the three-pillar wolf smoke fire had risen into the sky, and it came into view clearly.

Zhao Yun didn't hesitate for a moment, waved his gun and shouted: "Your Majesty has passed down the will, quickly remove all the sand bags!" ”

When the order was handed down, more than 500 Han soldiers deployed on both sides of the strait immediately rolled up their sleeves and pulled the ropes in their hands.

The ropes, all connected to the sand sacs used to cut off the river, were pulled open by the Han pawn in the blink of an eye.

This temporary dam was immediately opened a gap, and the water accumulated upstream poured down.

A moment later, with the sound of a loud wave, the entire dam was breached, and the torrent roared downstream, like a rushing beast.

Zhao Yun looked at the torrent rolling away and muttered, "I hope Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's strategy is successful and can turn things around." ”

……

Party water downstream.

Su Zhe was still silent, his thoughts flipping, wondering what was wrong.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that something is wrong." Ma Chao's voice sounded beside him.

Su Zhe came back to his senses, looked at Ma Chao anxiously, and asked, "Did Meng Qi also feel that something was wrong?" ”

Ma Chao scratched his forehead and pointed to the party water in front of him: "It was also this season when the minister led the army to Longle City, and the minister remembered that although the water flow of this party water was not very turbulent, the water level at least did not pass the root of the thigh, which was so shallow as now, not even the calf and stomach, this is also too dry." ”

Su Zhe was even more suspicious in his heart, his eyes saw the party water in front of him, and then looked at the wolf smoke in the sky above Longle City, and his eyes looked in the direction of the upstream in a hurry.

Suddenly, he suddenly realized, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly shouted: "Where is Hu Che'er!" ”

"The minister is here."

"You cross the river quickly, let Xu Huang lead the soldiers who have already gone ashore, and keep me away from the river bank as much as possible!" Su Zhe pointed to the other side and shouted.

"Why?" Hu Che'er asked subconsciously.

"There's no time to explain, go quickly!" Su Zhe said sharply.

Hu Che'er didn't dare to ask more, so he kicked down and shot at the opposite bank like a cannonball.

Su Zhe then shouted: "Send an order to the soldiers in the river, speed up and land nearby, and the rest of the people and horses who have not yet entered the water will immediately stay away from the river bank with me." ”

With that, Su Zhe turned his horse and left.

Ma Chao and the others were all stunned, and they couldn't understand the purpose of Su Zhe's series of strange wills at all.

But they didn't have time to question it, and hurriedly passed down the order.

Therefore, Xu Huang on the west bank was ordered to immediately lead the 5,000 soldiers who had landed on the shore and quickly moved away from the river bank.

More than 1,000 soldiers in the river, those who were close to the west bank rushed to the west bank, and those who were close to the east bank quickly withdrew to the east bank.

Along the east bank, the Wei army, who had not yet had time to enter the water, were puzzled and followed Su Zhe away from the riverbank.

"Your Majesty, this is so good, why do we suddenly have to stay away from the riverbank?" Ma Chao caught up and asked puzzled.

Su Zhe said while riding his horse: "Didn't you just say, the water level of the party water should not be so shallow, I guess that this must be the big-eared thief who sent someone to cut off the water flow upstream, and wanted to wait for our army to cross halfway, and then release the flood to catch us off guard!" ”

Ma Chao suddenly realized, couldn't help but gasp, and scolded: "What a big-eared thief, this trick is poisonous enough, fortunately it was recognized by His Majesty!" ”

As he spoke, a rumbling thunder rang out in the direction behind him.

Ma Chao was shocked, and when he looked back, he saw that the originally calm upstream of the party water suddenly rolled in and rushed downstream.

Wherever the torrent passed, the water that originally only reached the small belly suddenly exploded to the chest, and where it passed, the river beaches on both sides were all submerged.

The water came too fast, and there were nearly 1,000 Wei soldiers in the river, and they didn't have time to escape to the shore, and they were swallowed up and submerged by the flood peak in an instant.