In the next five days, the Han army really died down and did not launch an attack again, and the Chu army in Shouchun City did not have the slightest intention of abandoning the city and fleeing, and seemed to be determined to defend to the end.

In the past five days, Xiang Zhuang has not been idle, he has been preparing for entering the mountain.

Xiang Zhuang knew very well in his heart that no matter whether the flooding strategy could succeed or not, next, the Chu army would definitely move towards the Dabie Mountains, the current Dabie Mountains, which are primeval forests in the true sense, fortunately it is winter now, and if it is summer, three or five thousand Chu troops will enter the mountains, and it would be good to have three or five hundred people come out alive.

In the primeval forest, snakes and insects are rampant, and they have always eaten people without spitting out bones.

However, even though it is winter, the Chu army must be fully prepared.

Because there is no supply in the mountains, it is necessary to prepare a large amount of dry food, flints, leggings, cloth shoes and other things in advance, especially dry food!

Now, Xiang Zhuang is personally supervising more than 100 female soldiers to make "fried noodles".

Xiang Zhuang was a veteran of the People's Liberation Army in his previous life, and he is certainly no stranger to "fried noodles".

When he first joined the army, in order to better understand the glorious tradition of the old army, Xiang Zhuang even ate "fried noodles" for a whole week in his previous life, so Xiang Zhuang knew that although the taste of "fried noodles" was not good, it was easy to carry, and more importantly, it did not need to be cooked, it could be eaten when picked up, it was not easy to expose the target at night, and it could also reduce the pressure on logistics!

In the room, dozens of strong female soldiers were wielding shovels, stir-frying brown rice, bean grains, and millet in a large iron kettle, and sprinkling a handful of coarse salt into it from time to time.

Xiang Zhuang grabbed a handful and tasted it, the taste was really rough, but it was good to satisfy hunger.

The main reason is that the stone mill is very problematic now, unlike the stone mill of later generations with seven sectors, and the texture is also very fine lines, the stone mill of the Qin and Han dynasties basically has no sector, and the texture is also a pit of irregular size and shape, and the grain is naturally rough and unbearable.

Unfortunately, there is no time to improve the stone mill now.

Seeing that the "fried noodles" had been almost prepared, and there was not much food left that had not been fried, Wu She, who was accompanying him, suggested to Xiang Zhuang: "General, the dry food has been almost prepared, but General Zhongli has not seen any movement for a long time, it is estimated that he is either found out or in trouble, why not abandon the city and enter the mountains tonight?" ”

"See?" Xiang Zhuang looked at Wei Yu behind Wu Shi and asked, "What does Mr. think?" ”

Since Wei Zhuang was kidnapped, he has completely lost his personal freedom, and he is "protected" by two personal soldiers in and out, and except for when Xiang Zhuang goes on the expedition, he must follow Xiang Zhuang's side at ordinary times, and he is not even allowed to leave Xiang Zhuang's field of vision when he even eats and sleeps.

Wei Yi obviously wouldn't give in easily, and ignored Xiang Zhuang as usual.

Xiang Zhuang was bored and said to Wu She: "Sir, don't worry, Zhong Liwu will definitely not make a mistake!" ”

Wu Shi was still a little worried: "But if it is discovered, I am worried that the Han army is likely to give up the tactics of encircling Sanque and one, and instead encircle Shouchun on all sides, in this case, it will be difficult for our army to break through again." ”

"That's nothing, it's a big deal to fight with the Han army!" Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly and said, "Moreover, I believe that Zhong Liwu will never let me down!" "There are not many generals in the Chu army camp who can stand alone, and Long Ji is considered to be outstanding, but unfortunately he is dead, except for Long Ji, that is Zhong Lifu.

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang still trusts Zhong Liwu's ability.

What's more, Xiang Zhuang didn't think that Li Zuoche would be able to see through Zhong Li's actions!

After all, Li Zuoche is an ancient, unlike Xiang Pressure is a traverser, Xiang Zhuang knows that once a big river like Huaishui bursts, it will be flooded for hundreds of miles, and it will definitely turn into a country near the low-lying Shouchun, which is a historical case to learn from.

Li Zuoche was born in Jiangmen and was also a wise man, and he would definitely be wary of the Chu army's flooding strategy.

However, Li Zuoche would never have thought that digging Huai Water from fifty miles away would still be able to drown Shouchun! This has nothing to do with intellectual ability, it is completely determined by insight, or this is the so-called historical limitation, just like an ancient, who has never seen a stirrup, it is difficult for him to imagine the scene of a heavy cavalry charge!

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However, what Xiang Zhuang didn't know was that Zhong Liwu was indeed in trouble, and it was a big trouble!

Speaking of which, digging a river embankment seems to be easy, isn't it just digging a gap in the river embankment, and then the big water rushes down, the gap gets bigger and bigger, and finally the flood doesn't break the embankment?

Actually, that's not the case at all!

Because there is no real river embankment in Huaishui in this era, the entire river is formed by natural erosion, Zhong Liwu wants to break the Huaishui and pour back Shouchun, which is equivalent to changing the course of Huaishui, do you say it is difficult?

Zhong Liwu took 800 young men to dig for five days and five nights, almost digging half of the hillside, and finally opened a small hole on the south bank of the Huai River.

Washed away by the floods, the two large rocks just stood still.

This is a big trouble, if these two big stones are not removed, the gap will not fester, the gap will not fester, only with the current amount of water, it is a year and a half of irrigation, but I am afraid that it will not flood the Han army outside the city.

It's definitely too late to pick a new place to dig again, and now we have to find a way to knock out one of the stones!

But the problem is that smaller stones are also larger than houses, according to the conventional method, with an iron drill, hammer smashed, even three months may not be able to break, but Shouchun can only last for half a month at most, what to do?

At the critical moment, Zhong Liwu did not disappoint Xiang Zhuang, he came up with a brilliant idea and burned it with fire!

First empty the soil on the top of the smaller stones, then set up dry firewood to burn, wait for the stones to burn red, and then splash them with cold water, repeat them several times, the surface of the stone will be as brittle as mud, and then use an iron drill and an iron hammer to smash it, and soon knock off a thick layer, such a speed, compared with using an iron drill and a hammer to knock it out is much faster.

After burning for three days and three nights, most of the smaller stones on the left side were finally cut off, and then the foundation gradually loosened under the continuous washing of the flood, and at a certain moment, with a loud bang, the remaining small half of the stones finally rolled down the hillside, and in an instant, the surging flood was like a wild horse that had escaped the reins, galloping down!

In less than half an hour, the gap has expanded from less than two zhang to more than 50 zhang, and it is still expanding rapidly, and the turbid water is pouring down from the gap, forming a huge flood peak, roaring towards the low place.

Zhong Liwu stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, only to see that the bottom of the mountain had become an ocean!

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When Li Zuoche was asleep, he suddenly dreamed that he had fallen into a thousand-year-old ice cave, and he woke up suddenly, only to be extremely shocked to find that he was actually soaking in water!

Li Zuoche was about to summon his own soldiers to ask what was going on, but the curtain was suddenly opened.

Immediately, the pro-military captain had already broken in with a sad expression, knelt down again, and said miserably: "General, woe is wrong!" Water, water everywhere! ”

Li Zuoche suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and hurriedly rushed out of the big tent before he could put it on.

Out of the big tent, Li Zuoche snatched a torch from the hands of his own soldiers and burned it around, only to see that there was a vast water surface all around, and just now, the water level did not reach the calf from the ankle, and it was still rising rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, seeing this scene, Li Zuoche couldn't believe his eyes!

With such a large area of stagnant water, needless to say, it must be that the Huaishui has burst the embankment!

The Chu army actually dug up the Huaishui!? Chu Jun really plans to burn all the jade!?

Li Zuoche's first reaction was that the cavalry patrol he sent out was ambushed by the Chu army, and only in this way could the Chu army dig the embankment and release the water silently, but soon Li Zuoche felt that something was wrong, the patrol cavalry had just reported that everything was normal two hours ago, and the Chu army would never dig up the Huaishui in such a short time.

The only explanation is that the Chu army's digging point is at least fifty miles away!

But the problem is, digging Huai water from such a far away place can actually flood Shouchun!?

At this moment, Li Zuoche couldn't help but regret his intestines, he knew that he should have sent more cavalry to control the rivers of hundreds of miles away, but now it is too late to regret it.

At that moment, Li Zuoche sighed and said: "Alas, the wise man has a thousand thoughts, there must be a mistake, there must be a mistake, there must be a loss......"

"General, let's go!" The pro-military lieutenant said miserably, "If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to go!" ”

When Li Zuoche looked down hurriedly, he saw that the water level had reached his knees and almost his thighs, and he said miserably: "Order, the whole army is moving to the northwest, quickly!" ”

At that moment, Li Zuoche took the pro-soldier camp and walked in a hurrying to the northwest.

But how can it be so easy to find direction in the dark? As you walk, your sense of direction is gone!

At this time, the entire Han army camp was already in chaos, except for Li Zuoche's pro-soldier battalion, which could barely maintain composure, and the other battalions, departments, and songs had been completely chaotic, and tens of thousands of Han army officers and soldiers were running around like headless flies in the stagnant water, and all of them had messy hair buns and disheveled clothes, and their expressions were extremely sad.

Li Zuoche yelled again and again, trying to stop the chaos from spreading.

But soon, Li Zuoche found that this was in vain, even if he drew his sword and killed several people in a row, he still couldn't stop the spread of chaos, and in the end, even his own military camp showed signs of instability, Li Zuoche finally knew that the Han army was gone, and by now, it was impossible for him to effectively control this army.

"Let's go, leave them alone!" Li Zuoche immediately took his own soldiers and casually chose a direction and ran wildly.

I don't know how far I walked in the dark, the water level gradually overflowed the thighs to the waist, at this time it was very difficult for people to walk in the water, just when Li Zuoche thought that he would die, but found that the water surface miraculously fell, but soon he found that it was not the water level that fell, but the terrain under his feet was increasing!

"General, the heights! We're on the high ground! Many of the pro-soldiers immediately cried with joy.

Li Zuoche climbed the high ground with a rolling belt, and when he looked back, he saw that there were less than 100 people left behind him, and the rest of the soldiers were estimated to have either drowned or lost halfway.