It's not that the water attack plan is not feasible, but there are still many problems that make Zhao Yun hesitate to implement it.

First of all, it is not possible to use water attack in any place, it depends on the terrain. The current Yizhou Army, whose military camp is on the slope of the mountain to the west of Padang City, will definitely not be able to threaten his battalion if it is attacked with water. Moreover, the topography of its battlefield is actually the same as the slow ascent of the west, and the horizontal line of Padang City is lower than that of the battlefield. In this way, when the river is intercepted and the water is released, so that the water of the river overflows to the embankment and pours out from the south, the river water must first spread to the lower position of Padang City, until there is enough water to overflow the battlefield, and the river water flows into the trenches of the Yizhou army on the battlefield, forcing the Yizhou army to no longer stay in the trenches.

Just like this, it will also bring great trouble to the New Han Army.

When the time comes, it will definitely flood Padang City, so how will the many people in Padang City be resettled? You must know that it is the cold winter season, the sky is already snowing, and in such a cold weather, if the city is flooded, it is estimated that the people in Padang City will not be able to live in peace.

But this is not the most important thing, the problems of the people can still be solved with the current situation. The problem is that after the water floods the battlefield, it also brings a lot of trouble to the offensive of the New Han Army, which is inconvenient. At least, the traps and pits on the battlefield, because of the flooding, it is difficult for the New Han Army to remove them one by one, and those obstacles such as rejecting antlers still exist on the battlefield. Anyway, in this way, it only stopped the attack of the New Han Army.

Zhao Yun explained all kinds of situations to Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei made it clear. I also feel that water attack is not too good.

However, in addition to using this method. There doesn't seem to be a good way to do it for a while.

Of course, let the soldiers of the New Han Army rush forward at the risk of death. It is not impossible to advance slowly, but in that case, it is bound to cause a large number of casualties among your sergeants.

The protection of the shield soldiers is not all-round, when those sappers go out from between the swords and shields to search for traps, destroy those traps, and bulldoze those antlers and tree stumps, so that the archers of the Yizhou army have a chance left. Especially the sharpshooters in the Yizhou army, as long as the Xinhan army pops up a head, their arrows will be shot. Earlier, many soldiers of the New Han Army died here, which was given by the sharpshooters in the Yizhou army.

It is precisely because of this that the sergeants on both sides are now shooting at each other between the first and second trenches, and no one dares to take the lead easily.

"Zilong. The problem you are talking about is indeed more troublesome, is there a better way? Zhang Fei said with a frown.

"I'll just come up with a plan to attack the water, and there is nothing else to do for the time being. But ......" Zhao Yun paused. Hesitantly, he said, "I still have a not-so-mature idea, but I don't know if it will work in the end." ”

"Oh, that's not going to be fast. Okay, listen to it first. Zhang Fei glared at Zhao Yun with a little dissatisfaction. His heart was anxious, blaming Zhao Yun for not finishing his words in one breath.

"It's still a water attack!" Zhao Yun said: "But. We're going to have to send a lot of people, and we're probably going to have to call in the people of the city to help. Let me start with the plan. ”

"We also sent a large number of men to dig trenches, and sent our military horses as escorts, so that people could dig a ditch connecting the trench to the river from the Yizhou army. Then mobilize a large number of people to fetch water from the river and pour it in, so that the water only flows into the trenches of the Yizhou army. I think, the weather is so cold now, the river is also very freezing, it is estimated that there is not too much water, as long as there is water flowing into the trench, the Yizhou army is afraid that it will have to withdraw to the camp on the hillside. ”

Zhao Yun had already observed, and it was more feasible to dig a ditch to connect the Yizhou army. The only problem is that there is still a mile or two from the river to the riverbank, and how many people do you have to carry water to fill the trenches of the Yizhou army?

Under the current situation, you can't call the New Han Army to carry water, right? What if the Yizhou army sees that the situation is not good and waves the army to kill it? Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize the people of the city to help. The Xinhan army could only provide protection on the side, ready to meet the Yizhou army that might come out of the camp to attack.

"Then gather the people of Padang City." Zhang Fei nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, just use this water attack strategy." ”

For Zhang Fei, it is better to have a way than not to have a way. He has already stayed enough in Badong City, and since he has put down his mind and decided to attack the Yizhou army, then no matter what the method, as long as he can defeat them, Zhang Fei will use it.

"Then try it. Let the third brother arrange the details. ”

"Okay, pass on Mr. Sun Qian!"

Zhang Fei said that he would do it, and ordered someone to invite Sun Qian first.

After Sun Qian came, he heard about Zhao Yun's strategy, and after thinking about it, he felt that under the current situation, this or really a feasible way. At that moment, he was responsible for calling on the people of Padang City, and then invited some generals to collect some of the excavation tools in the army, and prepared to transfer them to the people of Padang City.

Zhang Fei also first stopped the shooting between his military horses and the Yizhou army, and ordered the generals below to closely monitor the Yizhou army's every move, and once they found that they had signs of attacking and killing, they would immediately be beaten back, so as not to let them out of the battle to hurt the people who were digging ditches for the New Han army. Zhao Yun naturally left, giving orders to the military horses below, and his cavalry should also pay close attention to every move of the Yizhou army.

Because most of the people in Padang City already have a sense of identity and belonging to the New Han Dynasty. When Sun Qian sent people to put up notices and ask people to shout in the city, solicit some young and strong people to go out of the city to help dig ditches, and after digging ditches, go to the river to carry water to fill the ditches.

What is more gratifying is that the people of Badong City responded enthusiastically, and most of the people were willing to do something for the New Han Army, and they happily obeyed the call one by one.

It didn't take long for Sun Qian to summon tens of thousands of people from Badong City to help.

Starting from the river, the ditches were dug and the ditches in front of the Yizhou army camp were still two or three miles away. Under normal circumstances. It is not too easy to dig such a ditch temporarily.

But it's okay. So many people were gathered at once, and the manpower was sufficient. It is not a difficult task to dig a ditch two or three miles long.

The tools and shovels that were similar to the sapper shovels of later generations were issued to the people one by one, and then under the protection of Zhang Fei's military horses, they were immediately put into digging ditches.

Suddenly, in the northwest of the city, a scene in full swing appeared.

The New Han Army had withdrawn to a distance beyond the reach of the Yizhou Army's bows and arrows, and was ready to fight, and pushed out the bed crossbow and aimed at the position of the Yizhou Army. There is a great coercion on them. As long as the Yizhou army dares to come out of the battle, let them see what is called a killing weapon.

Under the protection of the New Han Army, the people who were called up, they held all kinds of digging tools, shouted slogans, and started work together.

When the weather is cold, even the ground is much harder, and when digging up, it is especially difficult. However, no matter how hard the land was, it could not withstand the enthusiasm of the people, so they set up a position to excavate. For a while, the dust was flying, and the tinkling sound was dense like rain.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Shouting slogans with force. It has driven everyone's enthusiasm for labor.

At this time, Liu Bei saw the difference in the camp on the hillside. For a while, he hadn't yet comprehended that the New Han Army had suddenly withdrawn a little distance. What the hell is going on with such an array?

He was full of doubts and always felt a little uneasy.

But the current situation, he can still accept it, at least, his arrangement still worked, his military horses are like this, and finally effectively prevent the attack of the New Han Army, no matter what, as long as the attack of the New Han Army is uncovered, it is equivalent to achieving the initial strategic purpose, and it is also to achieve the purpose of continuing to confront the New Han Army here.

If his Yizhou army can fight against the Xinhan army here, then now that he has nothing to say to Zhang Fei and does not have such a thick skin to meet Zhang Fei, Liu Bei decided to let his generals lead the army here first, and he will rush back to Chengdu, or rush to Yangping to preside over the overall situation. If Yang Ping Pass, Meng Shu can block the attack of the New Han army, then he will return to Chengdu, solve Liu Zhang, and officially occupy Yizhou.

Liu Bei thought that now that things had come to this point, he no longer had to hide it, he could take off all his hypocritical coats, revealing his hideous fangs.

Only by completely controlling Yizhou in his hands, without Liu Zhang's behind, can Liu Bei develop better and develop under the front of the New Han Army.

However, the current actions of the New Han Army made Liu Bei full of suspicion, and he didn't dare to leave here immediately, he had to figure out what the New Han Army wanted to do, and then make targeted arrangements to confirm that there would be nothing wrong on this front, and Liu Bei dared to leave Badong.

When it was in the afternoon, Liu Bei saw clearly what the dusty army was doing in the military formation, and it turned out that the New Han army was also digging a trench.

It's just that this makes Liu Bei scratch his head, it is said that it is the New Han Army that is attacking now, they do not attack, but they dig a trench, is this to defend? Besides, the New Han Army has clearly captured a forward trench of its own army, and it will dig another one in the near future, what does this mean?

Of course, Liu Bei really doesn't have the slightest intention of wielding an army to attack now. Because he had already seen the bed crossbows in the New Han Army's military formation, and he knew the lethality of those bed crossbows, he had already strictly ordered the soldiers hiding in those trenches in his battle formation to never take the lead, and not to become the target of the New Han Army.

As for the Xinhan Army, because it is indeed a bit difficult to dig, it was originally thought that the diversion canal could be dug in half a day, but it was only half dug.

In this way, as the sky gradually darkened, the Xinhan army had to light torches and let the people work harder and work at night.

Because they had been staring at Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals of the Xinhan Army in the Yizhou Army, they found that the Yizhou Army did not move at all, but just watched the movements of their own army. In this way, they also thought that the current Yizhou Army must not have guessed the water attack plan they were going to implement. I can't say, there is a possibility that the Yizhou army will suffer a big loss.

Time passed slowly, and it was not until midnight that the aqueduct was fully dug. From the edge of the battle array, digging to the river, a total of several miles long.

As for connecting the trenches in the enemy's formation from the side of the battle formation, this is only a trivial matter, and the New Han army advanced a little from the side to protect the people and dug through.

As soon as it was dug through, Zhang Fei temporarily transferred 20,000 or 30,000 sergeants from the army, and asked them to carry the barrels, barrels, plates, and other things prepared in the city during the day, and from the second half of the night, they would pick up water from the river and pour it into the aqueduct.

Carrying water to fill the diversion canal, this is just a stupid method, if Leo Yi is here, he will definitely have some rickshaws made improvise, so it will be much easier than having the sergeant carry a load of water. But now in Padang City, no one knows how to make this kind of rickshaw for the time being, so there is no way, and I have to use this stupid method.

I have to say that because of the problem at night, the Yizhou army on Liu Bei's side is even more difficult to see clearly, although they are also vigilant against the attack of the New Han army. However, I really didn't know that an aqueduct had formed a small river because of the constant filling of water, and the water began to flow slowly into the trench of the connected Yizhou army.

In the trenches of the Yizhou army's position, some of their sergeants were closely watching the movements of the New Han Army, and once they found that there was a night attack on the New Han Army, they immediately warned and blocked it. The rest of the Yizhou sergeants, wrapped in thick cotton clothes, hid in the trenches to rest.

When the water of the Ruhe River flowed into the trench of the Yizhou army, they were not even aware of it for the first time. Until those Yizhou soldiers who slept dead in cotton clothes, they fell asleep, why did they feel so cold?

Some of the Yizhou soldiers were awakened, and when they opened their eyes, they found that the ditch where they were was was slowly surging with water, which had soaked to the surface of their feet.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Yizhou Army in the trench almost jumped up in shock, and shouted loudly What happened, is it raining?

It didn't take long for the Yizhou army in the entire battle array to wake up.

Of course, the water will not all flow all the trenches at once, in fact, at this time, if they dig up the earth again immediately to block the flow of water, it may make this water attack plan of the New Han army in vain.

But in this dark night, those soldiers of the Yizhou Army still didn't understand what was going on for a while.

The soldiers of the Yizhou Army who were soaked by the water seepage, they were so unbearable by the cold water that they retreated to the side of the trench one after another, and even, some of the soldiers who had been soaked by the water could not stand the soaking of the biting cold water, so they climbed out of the trench directly and retreated to the barracks on the hillside behind. (To be continued......)