In addition, Sun Wu and his husband led 10,000 troops to attack Jinan City, and the army crossed Huya Mountain, bypassing Dangyang Changhan, and there was no obstacle from the Chu army all the way, and the army went straight to the city of Jinan.

Sun Wu ordered the army to leave the city ten miles and go down to the village, first to visit the terrain, and then to think of a strategy to attack Jinan City.

This Ji Nancheng is only twenty miles away from Yingdu, it is the moat of Yingdu, located in a low-lying place, and the terrain is extremely low. To the north of Jinan City is the Zhangjiang River, which is surging; There is Chihu Lake in the west, and the lake water leads directly to the city of Jinan; To the south of the city is Zhangshan Mountain, which locks the water of Chihu.

Sun Wu led several entourages to change into civilian clothes, rode out of the camp, and came to Zhangshan in the south of Jinan City.

Sun Wu saw that there were few people in the Zhangshan area, and the villagers had already fled to other places during the war. A few people walked out of a few miles away and did not see a family, but when they were looking around, they saw an old man slowly coming with a hoe, wearing a short homespun jacket on his upper body, stepping on grass shoes, and his face was hungry and yellow. When I saw someone alive, I was even more frightened.

Sun Wu got off the horse and said to the old man: "Dare to ask the old man, we are merchants who are going to Yingdu from Lu State, and we passed by this Jinan City today, but for some reason the city gate is closed, and it is difficult to pass through." So I want to ask my husband if there is a path around the city? ”

The old man glanced at everyone, and saw that these people had no malicious intent, so he put down his hoe and sighed: "The old man heard that King Wu led troops to attack Yingdu, so this Jinan City is tightly guarded, and he will no longer open the city gate during the day. If you want to bypass this Ji Nan City, but you can only go over this mountain, there is a small road that leads to Yingdu; But I don't know if there is a military master guarding this road, and the old man has no way of knowing. ”

"How far is it to detour from this mountain to Yingdu?" Sun Wu asked.

"Less than twenty miles."

After Sun Wu asked the old man about the geographical environment around Ji Nancheng, he ordered his entourage to thank him with his money, and personally climbed to the top of Zhangshan Mountain, and looked into the distance for a while, looking at the terrain of Ji Nancheng in his stomach. came up with a siege strategy.

Sun Wu returned to the big tent and ordered the generals to go to the Chinese army to discuss and formulate a strategy to seize Jinan.

After Sun Wusheng finished his account, he ordered Tang Hou to lead his own soldiers and horses to be stationed in Zhangshan, cut down bamboo and wood, and build more rafts and boats to prepare for the army to attack the city; The pioneer general led 1,000 soldiers and horses to dig up the Zhangjiang River and introduce the water of the Zhangjiang River to Chihu; He also ordered the deputy general Tian Chong to fill in the low-lying area outside the city of Jinan and build a long lift. I want to bring the water of the Red Lake to the city of Jinan.

The generals only understood that Sun Wu wanted to flood Ji Nan.

Sun Wu ordered the three armies to move their camps to the heights of Zhangshan Mountain and camp around the mountains. In order to divert the attention of the Chu soldiers, Sun Wu often led his army to the city of Ji Nan to call for battle, and the Chu army only cared about guarding. He didn't go out of the city to fight.

The husband led 1,000 soldiers and horses to the Zhangjiang River to measure and plan the path of the canal. And he began to dig. According to Sun Wu's request. The ditch was 1 zhang wide, and it was excavated from the downstream upwards, leaving only the top one to wait for the order to break the embankment and release water.

But it was said that Song Mu, the general of Ji Nan, guarded the city day and night, and was very attentive. Seeing that Sun Wu led the troops to attack, he was not very forceful. I also saw that the Wu army outside the city was busy with their own work, digging ditches and building embankments, which was in full swing. Song Mu was also confused. called the advisor Xinyang to ask for advice.

Song Mu asked: "The Wu army did not attack the city very hard, and only dug ditches and embankments under the city, but I don't know why?" ”

Xinyang is Song Mu's retainer and his adviser, and he has been giving advice to Song Mu and helping Song Mu to make many military exploits.

Xinyang said: "I heard that Sun Wu is very good at using soldiers, and he wrote his own military book, which is deeply appreciated by King Wu. In my opinion, the strategic purpose of the Wu army now is nothing more than two possibilities: one is that because our army is bent on holding on, the Wu army has no opportunity to take advantage of it, so it pretends to dig ditches and build embankments to lure our army out of the city, and then fight a decisive battle with our army. ”

Song Mu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "There are many ways to lure the enemy, why use such a method of digging ditches and building embankments to lure our army out of the city?" There's always a reason for this. ”

Xinyang was a little worried: "This is the second possibility: Ji Nancheng is located in a depression, and Wu Bing may let the water of the Zhangjiang River flood my city, which is what worries me the most." ”

Song Mu was shocked when he heard this: "Wu Jun wants to attack with water, what is the right strategy for Mr.?" ”

Xinyang said: "Sun Wu is scheming, you have to be careful. Although the water level of the Zhangjiang River is higher than that of Jinan City, in order to flood Jinan, it is necessary to build an embankment at a low place. As soon as the Wu army built the embankment, the commander led the army out of the city to attack the Wu army. ”

Song Mu felt that Xinyang's plan could be used, but the Wu army was strong, and it was very risky to go out of the city to attack the Wu army.

The Wu soldiers who built the city gradually arrived at the foot of Jinan City and wanted to close with the Jinan city wall. When the Chu army in the city saw it, they immediately shot arrows down, and the arrows on the city tower rained down, and they couldn't stay at all.

The embankment stopped in Zuihou's closure, and the sergeant reported to Sun Wu, saying that the Chu army in the city was disturbed by archery, and the causeway could not be closed with the city wall.

Sun Wu went to the scene to inspect it, and it seemed that the Chu people were prepared and knew the plan to flood Ji Nan, so they attacked and harassed.

Sun Wu ordered the craftsmen of the army to make copper covers, which were shaped like the covers of horse-drawn carriages, and then built embankments at night.

That night, the Wu army pulled a large horse to the copper cover, supported it on the top of the head, and began to fill the earth to build an embankment, after the soldiers on the night patrol in the city found out, those archers released a rain of arrows, but the Wu army because of the copper cover protection, still filled the soil endlessly.

Early in the morning of the second day, the Chu army found that Chang Ti had been closed, and hurriedly reported it to Song Mu. Song Mu was worried that the Wu army would break the embankment and release water, so he personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses to break out of the city and rushed directly to the embankment.

At this time, a burst of shouts came from all directions, and the Wu army, which had been prepared, came like a tide, intercepting the Chu army to fight, Song Mu fought hard for a while, knowing that his own soldiers were few and weak, so he had to collect his troops and enter the city.

Song Mu saw that the Wu army's guardian Changti was very attentive, and there was no chance to destroy it, and the risk of going out of the city to dig the embankment was too great, so it seemed that he had to think of another strategy.

Facing the inquiring gaze of the master, Xinyang had nothing to do: "If the Wu army floods the city, we have no choice, one is to use trees and other rafts to build more rafts for backup, and the other is to transfer the people in Jinan City to Yingdu to hide." The city is already difficult to preserve, so ask the coach to think of another way. The two of them had no way to think about it, so they had to order the people in the city to rush to Yingdu first.

At this time, it was the winter moon, and the west wind was strong. Sun Wu saw that the time had come, and ordered his husband to break the embankment and release the water on the same day.

But I saw the surging water of the Zhangjiang River rolling into the Chihu Lake, and the water level of the Chihu Lake rose in a blink of an eye, and the water on the flat ground rose several feet. The long causeway that had been erected dominated the lake, and the water level rose from time to time, and soon the lake water poured into the castle. The streets and alleys gradually accumulated several feet of water, the houses began to collapse, the livestock in the city were washed away by the water, the grain and grass in the warehouses were swallowed up by the water, and the city was flooded.

The Wu army retreated to the height of Zhangshan Mountain, watched the situation in the city, and saw that the Chu army was fleeing in all directions, and the city was already in chaos. When the water level rose a few feet more, the people in the city basically fled, but there were still some people in the city who were reluctant to leave on the battlements and roofs of the houses.

When the Chu army in the city saw the flood of the city, the army was already in turmoil, and they all made their own rafts and boats, abandoned the city and went in the direction of Yingdu. Song Mu led some of his henchmen to patrol the city with the Haode raft he had prepared in advance, wanting to resist stubbornly.

Tang Hou had already built a bamboo raft in Zhangshan, and Sun Wu ordered the army to board these small boats, which was really a group of thousands of ships, and the Wu soldiers directly boarded the city wall and entered the city of Jinan by boat.

Song Mu, the chief general of the Chu army, saw that the general trend had gone, and he no longer had the intention of defending the city, so he boarded the boat and fled alone.

Seeing that the great work had been accomplished, Sun Wu ordered the earth to be filled and a dam was built to intercept the water of the Zhangjiang River, and then the long causeway was dug to release the water back to the river.

Sun Wu led the army into Jinan City, leaving 1,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and led the army to Yingdu to join the army of King Wu.

It is said that the king of Wu led the army to take Yingdu directly, because he wanted to make a detour to Jianli, and came to a big detour. I thought that it would take a lot of time for the soldiers to attack Maicheng and Sun Wu to attack Ji Nandu, and I didn't want the two generals to use a strategy to capture the two cities very quickly.

The soldier asked Yu Sun Wu: "The king's army has not arrived, what should our army do?" ”

Sun Wu had a good heart, ordered the army to set up camp, and said to the soldiers: "Yingdu is already in my bag!" Our army can take Yingdu without spending a single soldier. I estimate that the king will be able to arrive in these few days, it is better to let the army camp outside the city of Yingdu to rest, our army is in the city, Yingdu is in chaos, the king of Chu will definitely flee, and Yingdu is at your fingertips! ”

However, on the third day, the king of Wu led a large army to arrive, and the Wu army set up a large camp outside the city of Yingdu, and the camp was more than ten miles, and surrounded the Yingdu. (To be continued......)