Zhao Liewen's strategy is not poisonous, the key is that he is not afraid of being discovered, and if he finds out, he will break the jar and break it, and everyone will die together!

And he grasped Wang Feng's weakness, regardless of whether the Democratic Alliance Army really loves the people or not, but the current Democratic Alliance Army is the time when the people are most needed, even if it is clear afterwards that the dam was not dug by the Democratic Alliance Army, but by the Hunan Army, it is still inseparable from the Democratic Alliance Army.

If it weren't for the Democratic Alliance Army attacking Guangzhou, where would the Hunan army be necessary, and where would the opportunity to sneak into Feilai Gorge and build a dam secretly? Therefore, the Democratic Alliance Army is the cause and the main culprit of causing the Qianli Zeguo in Guangzhou.

Three days later, Wang Feng received Ding Daquan's report and was silent!

It is not difficult to guess that the mysterious figure in the valley is the Xiang army, after all, no matter how crazy Ye Mingchen is, he will not build a dam to drown himself, but what can he do if he judges the identity of the Xiang army, Wang Feng is indeed a rat trap, for fear that a forced attack will provoke the Hunan army to fight to the death.

It's just that a sneak attack is basically impossible, and there should be a cave in the canyon where the troops can be hidden, and there is no way to figure out the deployment of the Hunan army, and it will be eliminated in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder.

"Damn, I don't know who led the army to use such a poisonous plan." Wang Feng looked at the simple topographic map and scolded with a smile.

"What kind of bastard!" Ding Daquan also scolded angrily: "If you are caught by Lao Tzu, you must pinch his eggs!" ”

"The two armies are fighting in every possible way, don't scold, let's think about what to do, otherwise we will really have to retreat." Su Sanniang also leaned her head over, staring at the map without blinking.

"The area around Guangzhou and Foshan is low-lying and has a dense water network, which is really fatal." Yang Shuijiao muttered.

"Dense water network?" Su Sanniang couldn't help muttering to herself. Suddenly, my eyes lit up, and I seemed to think of something. hurriedly said: "I also have to be reminded by Shui Jiao, since the water network is dense." Wouldn't we just dig an artificial river channel to divert the water away? ”

Wang Feng suddenly laughed and said: "Sister Sanniang, you saved our whole army, then you have to work harder, you and Shui Jiao have been active on the ground in Guangzhou in the early years, and you should be very familiar with this area, you can see where to dig is more appropriate." ”

"Hmm!" Yang Shuijiao nodded heavily, searched carefully along the map with Su Sanniang, and after a while, they all looked at a place.

Su Sanniang stretched out her hand and pointed: "Look." Between Yong'an Town and Jinli Town, the distance between the Beijiang River and the Xijiang River is the closest, the narrowest is only about three miles, and we can dig a ditch here to divert the flood water of the Beijiang River into the Xijiang River, which is larger than the Beijiang River in terms of width and flow, and is enough to carry the flood of the Beijiang River.

Taking a step back, if it can't be carried in a short period of time, but the Xijiang River does not flow through the urban area of Guangzhou. The river basin is relatively sparsely populated, so we can evacuate the people concerned in advance, so that even if it floods, the damage caused is very limited. ”

In the middle of the three rivers of the Pearl River. Dongjiang, Beijiang and Xijiang, the Dongjiang River has the smallest runoff, and the Beijiang River accounts for about 14 percent. Xijiang is as high as 72 percent!

"What a snake in the end!" Wang Feng praised: "Sister Sanniang, you and Ding Daquan bring some people over to have a look." Develop a feasibility study plan as soon as possible. ”

Is this a boast? Su Sanniang didn't sound like a taste, and glared at Wang Feng angrily. He stood up and said, "Ding Daquan, let's leave now." ”

"I'll go too!" Yang Shuijiao jumped out.

Soon, a group of dozens of people rushed away, and after five days, brought back good news, in the area designated by Su Sanniang, the two rivers are indeed very close, and the terrain is also very cooperative, from the side of the Beijiang River to the Xijiang River slowly inclined, and what is more gratifying is that the local villagers have dug a simple canal between the two rivers, the width and depth are one zhang, which means that there is no need to explore the route again, only the original canal needs to be widened and deepened.

Therefore, Wang Feng ordered that except for one brigade stationed in Huizhou, the rest of the troops immediately fanned out Guangzhou, and ordered Hong Xuanjiao, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng to lead the main force to set off from Shaoguan, leaving one division of troops to block the Beijiang River from behind, not only to prevent the Hunan army from escaping from the original road, but also to prepare to go downstream, and the rest of the men and horses rushed to the designated place as quickly as possible to dig the canal.

The military mobilization of the Democratic Alliance Army unexpectedly caused a chain reaction, and the wartime state of emergency level in Guangzhou City went further, in addition to digging trenches and fortifications 24 hours a day, but also implemented material rationing and the most severe curfew measures, and Zeng Guoquan and Zhao Liewen also screamed loudly after learning the news, for fear that the Democratic Alliance Army would find something, even the spies were not sent out, leaving only a few people to pay close attention to the direction of Guangzhou, looking forward to the full-scale outbreak of war.

In the tense atmosphere, time steadily entered the new year, during this time, the Democratic Alliance Army was also digging fortifications, giving people the illusion of building an encirclement, and from time to time also caused some skirmishes, on the one hand, to paralyze the Hunan army, on the other hand, but also to test the combat ability of Ye Mingchen's puppet army.

On the sixth day of the first month of 1857, Hong Xuanjiao and Chen Yucheng led the main force to the closest place between the Xijiang River and the Beijiang River, blockaded the scene, arranged the position, tens of thousands of soldiers and the temporarily requisitioned villager Ding Zhuang totaled more than 150,000, and threw themselves into the excavation in full swing, and Li Xiucheng personally led the first division of the Ninth Army to lurk in the upper reaches of the Feilai Gorge of the Beijiang River, waiting to encircle and suppress the Hunan army.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month, on the basis of the original ditch, an artificial river with a width of 50 meters, a depth of 13 to 15 meters, and a length of two and a half kilometers lies between the Beijiang River and the Xijiang River.

"Commander-in-chief, open the river!" Late at night on the 25th, the riverside was brightly lit, and Lu Dayou was full of excitement to ask Wang Feng for instructions.

Due to the rush of time, and because the original channel of the Beijiang River is not a pity, the Beijiang River was not cut off, but excavated at the junction of the original ditch and the Beijiang River, which happened to be the place where the Beijiang River turned.

At this moment, the 50-meter-wide artificial river is separated from the Beijiang River only by a half-zhang wide earthen wall, which is reinforced with coarse wood.

Wang Feng turned his head and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

Ding Daquan said confidently: "The explosives have been planted, and a total of 20 explosion points have been connected to the fuse, which can ensure that they will fully explode at the same time, please rest assured that the commander-in-chief!" ”

"Okay, let's go!" Wang Feng waved his hand violently.

The two members of the special team rushed away and lit the fuse from the left and right of the earthen ramparts.

"Zizi~~" The fire snake extended rapidly, everyone's heart was raised, and when it spread to the bottom of the earthen ramparts, the fire snake on each side was divided into ten strands, winding and wrapped around the main structure of the earthen rampart.

"Boom!" Suddenly, above the earthen ramparts, the firelight mixed with the earthwork rushed into the sky, and rushed up to a height of about fifteen meters, and then smashed down, and the river rolled into the artificial river like a wild horse that had escaped the reins. (To be continued......)