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"Changwen, don't tell me, you plan to bury Cao Wei." Sima Yi asked sarcastically.

"Ugh." Chen Qun sighed, "It stands to reason that Your Majesty's father and son are still good to our scholars, if we abandon them like this, it will inevitably seem a little unfriendly." ”

Sima Yi sneered: "Changwen's words are the benevolence of women, I think that Yuan Shao was very obedient to the Shi clan, and it was much more preferential than the Cao family, after the defeat of Guandu, the Shi clan did not abandon Yuan and join Cao, so for the sake of the great interests of our Shi clan, it is okay not to mention such a small righteousness." ”

Although Sima Yi's words were ruthless, Chen Qun listened to it, and his thoughts gradually persuaded him, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "This matter still needs to be considered in the long run, let's wait for this catastrophe first." ”

Five days later, on the banks of the Zhanghe River.

A spring rain suddenly came, and the water level of the Zhanghe River rose sharply by more than several meters.

On the surface of the river, Fang Shao stood on the bow of the boat, watching the embankment on the southeast side collapse one after another, and the rolling water carried a huge amount of sediment and swept away in the direction of Yecheng.

In five days, Fang Shao commanded 20,000 soldiers to dig several miles of embankments along the coast into honeycombs day and night, when the river rose, and the fragile embankment naturally collapsed quickly under the impact of the storm.

The flood that broke the embankment, looking at the Yecheng surged, it didn't take long to reach the city, with the subsequent flood coming, the water level rose rapidly, and it was more than three meters deep in less than a few hours.

The Great Plains north of Yecheng soon became an ocean.

It's just that such a water volume and such a water level seem to be a little lower for the Yecheng city wall that is more than ten meters high.

The Wei army in the city had already prepared, and they blocked the seven gates from the inside before the flood came, and the Yecheng city at this time became a seamless iron barrel worthy of its name. Especially in the area of Beicheng, although the outside of the city was flooded, the inside of the city was still as usual, and the strong and tight city walls were not allowed to be washed away by the flood, or even sneak in through the cracks.

At this moment, Liu Bei, who had moved to the heights, was watching the magnificent landscape of the flooded Yecheng with tens of thousands of Han army soldiers.

Although the fierce momentum of the surging river really excited Liu Bei and the soldiers, Liu Bei couldn't help frowning when the waves of torrents helplessly stopped under the iron walls of Yecheng.

"It seems that it is really as Zhongzheng expected, the water of this Zhanghe River is still too weak to shake the enemy city." Liu Bei sighed with a little disappointment.

Seeing Liu Bei's situation, Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the minister thinks that maybe the breach is not big enough, please give your Majesty another order to Zhongzheng, let him double the width of the rout, and the minister will not believe that the enemy city will not be shaken." ”

At Fa Zheng's suggestion, Liu Bei had no choice but to pass down the order.

As a result, Fang Shao had to command his soldiers, brave the spring rain, continue to work day and night, and dig the original embankment more than twice wider.

Five days later, the flood water under Yecheng had grown to a depth of more than five meters, but in the face of the towering and strong walls of Yecheng, it was still in vain.

Under such circumstances, Liu Bei could only give up the idea of breaking down the city wall with the flood in one fell swoop, hoping that the city wall of Yecheng, which had been soaked in the flood, would be weakened, and then forcibly broken with a divine cannon.

Although the long ocean could not shake the city wall of Yecheng, the soldiers and civilians of Yecheng who were trapped by the flood still couldn't help but panic.

………… It's night, northeast of Yecheng.

It was originally a residential area, but long before the Han army besieged the city, the government suddenly requisitioned all the houses here, and all the residents were driven out.

Dozens of houses were quickly bulldozed and replaced by a military camp surrounded by high walls, and about a thousand soldiers settled in this mysterious military camp on the day of the Han siege.

The reason why it is mysterious is that at daytime, the inside of the barracks is dead, but at night, it is brightly lit, and there are constantly horses coming in and out, and the carriages are covered with linen, so that it is impossible to guess what is being transported.

Most people thought that this was just an arsenal with strange schedules, and most of the things that were mysteriously transported by the gods at night were newly created weapons.

However, to the surprise of the nearby people, just the day before the Han army began to dig the embankment, this "weapons factory" suddenly became silent, and there was no more movement day or night.

This day was already the tenth day of the Han army's flooding of the city, and the flood outside the city reached its peak on this day, and the people who lived closer to the city wall could even hear the sound of the flood hitting the city wall in the dead of night.

This kind of turbulent sound made many people completely unable to sleep, for fear that while they were asleep, the city wall would suddenly be broken by the flood, and they would be drowned in a daze.

At night at the third watch, a group of Yulin troops suddenly arrived, and they were escorted by a carriage with a yellow umbrella cover, which was a royal chariot that only the emperor could use.

The convoy passed through the silent streets and went straight into the mysterious barracks, and in the square in the center of the barracks, hundreds of strong soldiers had been waiting for a long time.

The royal chariot stopped, and Cao Ying pushed away the eunuch who wanted to help him, and jumped out of the carriage.

Before the sergeant, Xu Yi, the general of Yulin, stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, a hundred dead soldiers have been gathered, please give an order from Your Majesty." ”

Cao Ying looked around at the athletes and said loudly: "All the soldiers, my Great Wei Dynasty, the rivers and mountains of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the surnames of thousands of people, are all in the hands of you, and I have thanked you on behalf of the Great Wei people." ”

Cao Ying said and bowed, and the soldiers were flattered, and they knelt on the ground in a hurry, and shouted in unison: "I am willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty, and I will never give up!" ”

"Okay, everyone, please get up." Cao Ying personally stepped forward, helped the soldiers up, and personally poured a glass of liquor for them, "If you succeed tonight, you will all be crowned." Come, I salute you, and I wish you success and retirement. ”

The soldiers were treated by the emperor like this, and under the encouragement of the feudal marquis, they were in high spirits for a while, and drank all the wine in the bowl.

After the encouragement, Cao Ying patted Xu Yi on the shoulder and said, "You are the general of the tiger ape class, I hope you are like your father and don't let me down." ”

Xu Yi's expression was solemn and excited, and he said angrily: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty will live up to Your Majesty's trust when you go." ”

Cao Ying nodded, waved his hand, and said, "The time has come, let's go." ”

As soon as the order was called, dozens of soldiers dragged over a thatched house on the edge of the school field, and a large pit more than three feet wide was revealed under it.

Xu Yi was the first to climb down the wooden ladder on the wall of the pit, followed by more than 100 other soldiers, and after a while, more than 100 people entered the pit.

Cao Ying stood on the edge of the pit, silently watching the firelight below gradually disappear, and muttered in his mouth: "Wenhe, Wenhe, I hope your strategy is useful, and the society of the Great Wei will be done here." ”

Xu Yi and the hundred Wei pawns went down the big pit and walked carefully along the alleyway that was more than one person high.

This roadway is located more than three feet deep below the ground, extending to the northeast of Yecheng, under the dim light of the fire, the front of the roadway is like a black hole, unreachable, unfathomable.

After about half an hour's journey, the narrow alleyway suddenly opened up, and what was imprinted into everyone's eyes was a huge underground cavern, and there was no end in sight as far as the eye could see.

The cavity had been completely hollowed out, and the wooden pillars as thick as the pillars of the temple supported the hall, so that the cavity did not collapse under such a huge exposed area.

Let's start acting, give Lao Tzu some sharpness with your hands and feet. Xu Yi ordered.

At the sound of the order, a hundred soldiers strode into the hollow and began to get busy nervously, tying all the flammable materials such as fire oil, saltpeter, and dried hemp they had brought with them to the wooden pillars. Half an hour later, the main stress columns supporting the cavity were all cleaned up.

Xu Yi glanced up at the black and pressed cave roof, muttered for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Light the fire." ”

The sound spread through the empty cavern, and the soldiers scattered everywhere could clearly hear the order, and everyone immediately set fire to the wooden pillars with torches. In an instant, the fire in the dim hollow was as dazzling as day.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" After lighting the fire, Xu Yi hurriedly shouted, and he was the first to enter the alley, and ran briskly in the direction he came, and the rest of the soldiers also followed.

With the burning of the wooden pillars, the crackling sound rises and falls, hundreds of wooden pillars burn at the same speed, after the next is burned, many of the wooden pillars that were originally upright collapsed, and with the continuous destruction and reduction of the stressed columns, the hollow roof gradually began to shake, large pieces of soil continue to fall down, as the wooden pillars continue to burn, the collapse of the roof is becoming more and more obvious.

At this moment, Cao Ying, who was waiting for the gathering at the mouth of the pit in the city, did not know how the underground cavity was progressing, and the anxiety on his face became heavier and heavier.

A few months ago, when Cao Ying woke up, Jia Xu gave him this strange strategy.

Jia Xu expected that the Han army would inevitably choose to flood Yecheng by breaking the waters of the Zhanghe River if it could not be attacked, and if this was the case, Liu Bei would have to move to the northeast highlands.

Therefore, at Jia Xu's suggestion, Cao Ying gave Xu Yi an order before the Han army arrived, ordering him to lead a thousand soldiers to secretly dig an underground roadway leading to the northeast highlands in the northeast corner of the city, and then dig a huge hole under the expected Han army camp, and then temporarily support the roof with wooden pillars to temporarily prevent it from collapsing.

What the Han army did was all expected by Jia Xu, so tonight, as long as Xu Yi and others set the wooden pillar on fire, the huge hole that lost its support was bound to collapse.

At that time, the entire high ground above the hollow will also collapse, and the surrounding flood will completely submerge the fallen high ground and the Han troops stationed on it.

(To be continued)