"The dam is made of bluestone, after decades, it is very strong, and there is a battalion of soldiers guarding it, it can be described as impregnable, and the snake spirit can break the dam as scheduled?" Yu Chi Xiu asked quietly.

Wei Chi Xiu is not a stupid person, he has practiced the art of war for several years, and he still has some knowledge. If the snake spirit wants to compete with the imperial court, it must be unexpected. If the imperial court discovered the intentions of the snake spirits, it would definitely crush them with its strong strength. The strength of the state apparatus is not comparable to that of individual charlatans.

"No one can say for sure until the results of these things come to an end? Li Ruoxue is not a mediocre, and Wu Sansi is not a stupid person. Li Rong shook his head and said.

If there was only a battalion of soldiers led by Wu Chonggui next to the dam, Li Rong believed that the snake spirit Li Ruoxue had the means and strength to wipe them out in a short period of time, and then quickly control the dam.

As far as the information obtained by Li Rong is concerned, there are only four grandmaster-level masters that the snake spirit can summon, and there are also Tibetans and Turks who have joined the ranks of the snake spirit. They could completely pull up a group of men and horses with hundreds of elite soldiers in Luoyang, and these people alone could easily sweep away them.

Of course, with Wu Sansi's ingenuity, he would not have thought of Li Ruoxue's terribleness, and he could send additional masters to garrison in front of the ceremony.

The time and steps of the sacrificial ceremony were agreed upon by the Ministry of Rites, and the imperial court was promulgated, and it was easy not to change, which gave both sides time to prepare and see who could achieve victory.

The fighting methods of the Wu family, the imperial court and the snake spirit, the Tibetans, and the Turks have just begun, and it is not yet known who killed the deer, and it is not something that Li Rong and others can mix.

Li Rong slowly walked along the dam to the sluice, looked at the surging Luoshui, and looked up at the camp where Wu Chonggui was located in the distance, thinking about the possible attack method of the snake spirit.

After a long time, Li Rong suddenly took off his coat, threw it to Ge Fushun, who was standing aside, and jumped into the water to the west of the dam.

"Brother Li," "Yuan Ming," Yang Siqiao, Yu Chi Xiu said in surprise.

Ge Fushun subconsciously took over his shirt, and when he saw Li Rong jumping into the water, he was stunned, and he was about to go into the water to save people after he came to his senses.

"Stand there and don't move, Li Rong will be fine." Yang Siqiao said in a deep voice.

Even Wu Chongshun's guy who fell into the water could quickly climb up, not to mention a master like Li Rong.

Li Rong sank into the water, luck in his eyes, cast a microscopic eye, observed the movement in the water, and slowly touched the bottom of the dam with his hand to the crack of the dam.

This place is quite close to the sluice, and the water flow is slightly turbid, which can still be seen very clearly with Li Rong's microscopic eye.

"Hey, wood," Li Rong said secretly in his heart when he touched the black substance, feeling different from the stone on the upper layer.

"There's iron mixed in there," Li Rong felt the layers of wood mixed with something hard.

"It's all the wood that supports the dam?" Li Rong said in his heart.

Li Rong jumped up, rushed out of the water, and flew onto the dam.

"Young master, you're back." Ge Fushun said loudly.

"What did you find?" Yang Siqiao asked.

"The dam is actually made of wood," Li Rong said, running his true qi, evaporating the traces of water on his body, and a burst of white mist rose around his body.

Li Rong took the coat handed by Ge Fushun and put it on his body.

"It's made of wood, no, it's been built for decades, and it's fine." Yu Chi Xiu asked quietly.

"I don't know any of this, go back to the Ministry of Engineering to investigate, and check the construction of the weir at that time." Li Rong said.

"What does investigating the structure of the dam have to do with protecting the sacrificial ceremony and preventing snake spirits?" Wei Chi Xiu was puzzled.

"The reason why the snake spirit got the structural drawings of the sluice gate is to destroy the dam. It's the same with us, figuring out the structure of a dam can help protect it. Li Rong said, "Brother Yang, Wei Chi, we have to go to the other side to take a look." Look at Wu Chonggui's kid's camp, Fushun, you take someone to take the first step, and we will turn around and catch up with you. ”

After speaking, Li Rong flew over the sluice gate and floated down to the opposite dam.

Yang Siqiao, Wei Chi Xiu hesitated for a moment, and also followed.

Here, Ge Fushun left the dam with his soldiers and walked towards Xiyuan along the road he had come. This time, Li Rong did not ask everyone to travel at high speed, but the Baili Mountain Road was not so easy to walk.

Wu Chonggui did not suffer multiple injuries, but the psychological blow to him was not small, Wu Chonggui, who has always been arrogant, regarded himself as a master among the younger generation, although he did not dare to claim to be the first, but he did not expect to be easily defeated by Li Rong's knife.

"Master Wu, the thousand horsemen have come over again, and there are three of them." A soldier ran over in panic and said.

Wu Chonggui usually sent people to keep an eye on the movement on the dam all day long, and as soon as the soldiers saw the three of them coming, they immediately reported the matter to Wu Chonggui.

"Ignore them," Wu Chonggui said in disgust.

"It's not that you can't beat people," the soldier scolded in his heart, "Ordinary people are five or six, and when they see a strong person, they will shrug off." ”

Of course, the soldier didn't dare to say his contemptuous words, and turned around and quickly left Wu Chonggui's camp.

No one came to stop the soldiers of the left leading guard, which was also expected by everyone.

There are not many flat places on the south bank of the dam, and the camp of Wu Chonggui is right in a small valley at the foot of the mountain.

"The camp selected by Wu Chonggui is not very good!" Yu Chi Xiu said as he looked at the camp in the distance.

The choice of camp is a very important study for a general, and the wrong choice of camp can have disastrous consequences for one's side. During the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei attacked the Wu company camp for 700 miles, but was burned by Lu Xun, almost the entire army was wiped out, and the White Emperor City was defeated, and finally died of illness there.

The small valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and Luoshui is not far in front, and there is only one exit that is more than one zhang wide, which can be called easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"It's not that Wu Chonggui doesn't understand the art of war, but that there is no suitable place to camp nearby. The small valley here is already a rare place where you can shelter from the wind and rain and can also station a battalion of soldiers. Li Rong said.

The geographical location of the small valley is just right, not far from the dam, and it can accommodate a battalion of soldiers, so it is convenient to rush to the dam as soon as possible after the accident.

"He's comfortable to patronize, if the snake spirit sends people to block the valley mouth, they won't be in trouble, and they won't be able to get out." Yu Chi Xiu said disdainfully.

Wu Chonggui's choice is not wrong, but a clever general will not do that. Xiao Gu must send people to garrison, but not all the troops should be stationed in the valley, and a part of the men and horses should be stationed outside the valley, so that when encountering an enemy attack, they can react quickly and will not be blocked inside. The centaurs in the valley can quickly run out to support. Of course, the men and horses stationed outside the valley will definitely suffer some hardships.

"These things are not for us to consider, and besides, if you tell Wu Chonggui now, he won't listen." Yang Siqiao shook his head and said.

"The martial arts family sent people to garrison here, presumably there must have been a plan in advance, and we can't ask." Li Rong said, "Tomorrow, you will take a few capable soldiers to sneak to the mountain behind Xiaogu to see if there are any traces of human and horse activities?" ”

Li Rong looked up at the mountain behind Xiao Gu, and thought to himself, "If the snake spirit wants to raid, will it start from behind the mountain?" The people in the snake spirit are all carefully selected masters of the rivers and lakes, far from being comparable to ordinary forbidden soldiers, although the mountain road is dangerous, it can't stop the characters who come and go. ”

"The snake spirit will attack the garrison from behind the valley?" Yu Chi Xiu said quietly.

Small-scale centaurs can climb mountains and mountains. The mountain behind the valley is so steep that it would be difficult for ordinary people to climb it, let alone attack from there.

"There are quite a few masters among the snake spirits, and it is not difficult to organize dozens of people to attack from behind the mountain," Li Rong said, "They can even transport a large number of people ashore along the Luoshui by boat, and flank the men and horses of Wu Chonggui's battalion in front and back, causing them to collapse instantly." Naturally, the dam fell into the hands of the serpent spirit. ”

"Okay, I'll take Dong Xuanjing and a few of them tomorrow." Yu Chi Xiu said quietly.

"Okay, Si Miao and I will go to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow to check the information on the construction of Luoshui Weir." Li Rong said.

After seeing it, the three of them turned around and left, preparing to catch up with Ge Fushun and they went back to the camp in Xiyuan together.

"This Luoshui Sacrifice Ceremony is very important, Her Majesty the Holy Mother God Emperor will put the safety of the ceremony in my hands, and there must be no accidents." Wu Chengsi said.

In the hall sat several high-level figures of the martial arts, such as Wu Sansi and Wu Youning.

"The guards near the imperial city are impregnable, and it should be no problem to have tens of thousands of forbidden troops and twelve guards to protect them. The key point is that the dam on Luoshui, due to environmental constraints, only sent a battalion of 500 people to be stationed there, and the number is somewhat small. Wu San thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that Li Ruoxue will attack the dam on Luoshui, break the dam, and flood Luoyang." ”

"Wouldn't it be a little weak to re-regulate a person there," Wu Youning frowned and said, "It's not difficult to dispatch hundreds of elites with the strength of the snake spirit, plus with a master like Li Ruoxue, the people in the battalion can't resist it at all." ”

"I have asked Yu Xu to take action, and then sit in the dam, if Li Ruoxue carelessly attacks, she will definitely suffer a big loss." Wu Sansi sneered.

In order to prepare for this ceremony, Wu Sansi made a special trip to Songshan and invited the "Heavenly Phoenix" Wu Youxu to deal with the "Snake Spirit" Li Ruoxue.

Originally, Wu Youxu was not interested in the sacrificial ceremony, but when he heard that he might fight with the "snake spirit" Li Ruoxue, he happily came.