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At this time, the state of Chu was no longer able to start a decisive battle with the country, and it could not pose a threat to the country, so Bai Qi decisively chose to attack in three ways by means of thunder, all the way to Mu Hantong's 100,000 army to receive the captured city, at the same time, the fast horse Feixin Yao You led the Jiangdong water division under his command to attack Peng Lishui Village, 50,000 troops went south to recover Jiangdong, and Bai Qi himself personally led 70,000 troops to the west all the way to the camp, and the army finally reached Dengcheng.

Obviously, Wu Anjun's next target is Yan Ying.

Although he was bound to win and conquer all the way, Bai Qi was not careless, and sent a special envoy from Kuaima to report to the court urgently, asking the king to plan the land of Jianghuai to set up counties and counties, respect and secure the people, and take over the seventy-five cities on the vast territory of the Jianghuai land one by one.

Zuo Prime Minister Jing Xuan was finally sent to set up a county to settle the people, and divided the land of Jianghuai into two counties: one for Huaibei County and the other for Huainan County.

After Bai Qi handed over the rear to Jing Xuan, he had no worries, so he focused all his attention on the last piece of land in Sanchu - Yan Yingyun Mengze area. The so-called Three Chu refers to the three richest places in Chu - the land of Jianghuai, the land of Hanzhong, and the land of Yanyingyun Mengze.

Three rich lands, the land of Hanzhong has been the Qin boundary, the land of Jianghuai has just been reduced to the territory of the country, the only remaining Yan Yingyun Mengze is the local old root of the Chu State, is the land of Wangji directly led by the Chu royal family, the city is many, the wealth is many, and the population is many. The fundamental reason why the other old tribes could not shake the Chu royal family was that the vast land of Wangji in the Chu State was the most powerful.

Now, Bai Qi knows that the guards are in full swing and the Chu army is crumbling again and again, and it is not difficult to capture Yan Yingyun Mengze.

Three days later, the 70,000 army led by Bai Qi had come to Dengcheng, and according to the Han general who guarded Dengcheng, the violent kite, he learned that the upright and powerful Wu Anjun was coming, and immediately opened the city to greet him, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

After arriving in Dengcheng, on the second day, Bai Qi set up camp and raised his tent, and convened Wei Yi and other generals to discuss the matter of pulling out Yan Ying.

In just one month, the invincible defenders were hampered in the land of Yanying.

At this time, Bai Qi and Wei Yi, Storm Kite and other generals surrounded a sand table map, Wei Yi pointed to Yancheng and said: "General, if you want to take the land of Jianghan, you must be the first to break Yancheng, but this Yancheng is not easy to fight." General, please see, there are mountains and mountains on all sides, and it is difficult for our army's siege equipment to enter, but the cloud ladder is feasible, but the cloud ladder alone is not enough to capture Yancheng. ”

Bai Qi groaned: "Yancheng is not an ordinary city, it was originally the other capital of the Chu State, and the Chu people have always called the land of Jianghan and Yanying, and it is the land of Wangji directly led by the Chu royal family. Zuo Tu Yuan has transferred the main force and ordnance under his command to this city, intending to defend Yancheng, the main force of our army is 70,000 plus the headquarters of the general of the storm kite, the total is only 120,000, which is obviously not enough to attack the city, plus our army has fought repeatedly, and the logistics stretch for thousands of miles, so it is not suitable for a long battle, and it can only be resolved quickly. ”

After speaking, Bai Qi stared at the sand table map, recalling that on the way to the land of Yan Ying, he passed through Han Shui, and a tributary of Han Water was near Yancheng, which the Chu people called Yan Shui. ”

The Han general next to him shook his head again and again and said, "Wu Anjun, I'm afraid this method won't work." ”、

"What do you mean by that?" Bai Qi looked at him and asked rhetorically. Storm Kite Yao pointed at Yan Cheng and explained: "Wu Anjun, this Yan City is above Yan Shui, how can you pour the low Yan water into Yan Cheng?" As the saying goes, if the water flows to the lower places, it is obviously impossible for the water to irrigate Yancheng. ”

Bai Qi said: "It is true that the water flows to a low place, the land of Yanying is full of mountains, and there are many ravines, if I build an embankment in the land of Yanshui to store water, raise the water surface of Yanshui to be higher than Yancheng, go straight to Yancheng in the slender canal, and then open a canal to irrigate the city." ”

"This method seems to be possible, but the act of moving mountains and reclaiming the sea is definitely not something that can be done by manpower." Wei Yi muttered to himself.

"No, there is one person who can!" Bai Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly lifted his spirits, and continued: "The sage of the peasant faction is also my Jiangdong hydraulic engineer Sun Shuyou, he must have a way!" ”

"General, who is Sun Shuyou?" Wei Yihu asked suspiciously, he had never heard of this person. Bai Qi suddenly smiled and said: "Sun Shuyou is the famous Sun Shuao, when I was in Jiangdong, Sun Shuyou assisted Jiangdong County Shouxu Xing to govern the party, it is a good way to pass the mountains and rivers and Heze, Jiangdong can be governed, Sun Shuyou is indispensable, he must have a way." ”

After speaking, Bai Qi immediately looked at Wei Yi: "Send people to Jiangdong County immediately, and be sure to pick up Sun Shuyou within ten days." ”

After waiting for seven days, Sun Shuyou finally came to the guard camp in the land of Yanying, and came to see Bai Qi as soon as possible. ”

Sun Shuyou followed Bai Qi out of the camp and was taken to a high mountain fifteen miles away, and when he looked at it, he could see Yancheng and Yanshui on the high mountain, Bai Qi pointed to Yanshui and Yancheng under the distant valley and said: "Sir, this is Yanshui, which flows out of the mountains and flows southward. That side is Yancheng, and I want to pour water into the city and break the defenders of the Chu State in Yancheng. ”

Sun Shuyou looked away in the direction Bai Qi pointed out, "Yanshui flows south and Yancheng is in the east, and there are many valleys in between......

Bai Qiqi nodded, pointed to Yanshui Yancheng and said: "Sir, look, Yanshui is in the low place and Yancheng is in the high place, the water is low and the city is high, it seems impossible to irrigate Yancheng with water, unless the dam is built to store the height of Yanshui to higher than Yancheng, and then open a long canal directly to Yancheng or it is possible to pour Yanshui into the city, but the matter of passing mountains and rivers and Heze is not Bai Qi's strength, Mr. is a farmer sage, and he has rich experience in water conservancy, few people in the world can do it, I don't know if Mr. can do it?" ”

Sun Shuyou retracted her gaze and bowed to Bai Qi: "Don't worry, please give the old man some time, let me find out the trend of the mountain range, and then show it to Wu Anjun after surveying." ”

Seeing that he was full of information, Bai Qi was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Then there is Mr. Lao." ”

Half a month passed in a flash, Bai Qi waited patiently, cooperated with Sun Shuyou to survey the terrain, and finally had an eyebrow after waiting for more than ten days.

On this day, Sun Shuyou came with a drawing to ask to see Bai Qi, in the big camp marshal's tent, the two of them surrounded a case of a few dollars, and the case was displayed on the case is Sun Shuyou's drawings of the mountains and rivers in the Yancheng area, the latter said: "As the saying goes, the mountain has veins and water flows through, that is to say, as long as the meridians are unimpeded, the water flow can flow unimpeded, so wherever there is a dead hole, it must be dredged." ”

Sun Shuyou pointed to the topographic map and said: "Wu Anjun, please look here, a hundred miles away from Yancheng, as long as you dredge this dead hole and drain the water here." ”

Bai Qi looked at the position he was pointing to, and said suspiciously: "Sir, this Yanshui flows south and Yancheng is in the east, even if the flowing water is smooth, how can this water be diverted to the east, so as to pour Yancheng back?" ”