Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong learned the art of observing the sky, which in modern terms, is meteorology and astronomy, which was very popular in that era. However, just as the weather forecasts are often inaccurate now, their forecasts are not very accurate this time. They say that there was heavy rain in the afternoon, in fact, it did not begin to rain until the evening, and not heavy rain, but a continuous light rain.

After a night's effort, the road became muddy, and the White Tiger Army and Zhang Liao's Juxian Army, which were preparing to attack the city, could only hold on to the camp and close their doors. Experienced generals such as Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun chose to camp on higher ground and not worry about being flooded, they all knew the adverse effects of heavy rain on weapons and armor, and ordered the soldiers to deal with the armor and blades. Tian Fan generally doesn't pay attention to these common senses in the army, because he can't do it well.

Three consecutive days of heavy and small rainfall turned the whole world into a country, Tian Fan had to order a comprehensive flood fight, and the soldiers focused on protecting the military supplies rather than preparing to attack the city.

The tents of the White Tiger Legion are all waterproof, and the soldiers don't need to fight and don't need weapons for the time being, so in addition to the necessary guards in the camp and the cavalry sent by Tian Fan to monitor Dong'anping, the rest of the soldiers will hide their blades and armor in the tents, and wipe them with butter and lard every day to prevent rust. For a time, the camp was fragrant. The soldiers wore their undershirts every day and walked around the camp. Tian Fan estimated that it would rain for a few more days, and the summer rain was like this, either it was pouring heavy rain or it would not stop for a long time. He was afraid that the prolonged rains would affect morale, so he encouraged the soldiers to find something to do.

The soldiers were rough men, and their entertainment methods were simple, such as keju and kakuto. As a result, the camp was full of men wearing underwear and fighting bravely in the mud. Some guys are even more desperate, they think that the clothes are in the way, and the underwear is all silk clothes, although a set is issued in the army every year, but many soldiers are still reluctant to soak such precious clothes in the rain every day, so they simply wear a crotch pants, and roll naked in the rain and are covered with mud. Originally, some soldiers were stripped naked, but after being punished by Tian Fan for two days in the small black house, no one dared to do this again.

Now, everyone is happy, look at who is, that muddy mess, oops, laughing at me, and who else, you see this fall, his head is clubbed into the mud, he should have gnawed a mouthful of mud, right? Aha, it's so funny.

Tian Fan was sure that if a powerful cavalry attacked at this time, the White Tiger Legion and the Juxian Army would basically be wiped out by nearly 60,000 people.

The camp was full of laughter, familiar soldiers messed around with each other, unfamiliar soldiers saw each other laughing at themselves, so they agreed to fight in the mud, so they became familiar, and they also became unscrupulous, the bad weather did not affect morale at all, but made the soldiers of different systems become familiar, which Tian Fan did not expect in advance. Especially in Zhang Liao's Juxian Army, in the past few days, some of them lieutenants, lieutenant generals and other middle-level officers have agreed to compete with units of the same level in the Tianfan White Tiger Legion. Tian Fan was happy to see it, the more united the White Tiger Army and the Juxian Army, the stronger the combat power that broke out when they cooperated in the future, which would only be good for him.

Tian Fan found that there were always people running in the direction of the big tent recently, and after careful observation, he found that their target was the medical battalion next to the big tent of the Chinese army. At this moment, Tian Fan understood.

The fence walls and white cloth tents around the medical camp were taller and thicker, and the female guards patrolled more frequently. Tian Fan estimates that the situation inside is similar to the outside, right? A large group of women walked around in the light rain all day in their clothes, wet, curvy, it was quite tempting, even they wanted to see it, let alone these old men in the army? No wonder the female guards have become much more frequent on patrols.

Tian Fan was worried that the soldiers would not be able to eat hot meals or drink hot water, and he was afraid that the non-combat injuries of the soldiers would increase, but he did not expect that the soldiers were more experienced than him. They use dry wood to cook their meals, and at the same time put the wet firewood on the dry wood and slowly roast it, and when the dry wood is burned out, the wet wood also becomes dry firewood. In addition, the weather was cold and damp, and the soldiers' demand for drinking water was greatly reduced, so there was no shortage of dry firewood in the army, and everyone was not short of cooked food and boiling water.

Patrolling the army every day, Tian Fan gradually felt at ease with the army. The morale is high, and after this period of relaxation, it is believed that the soldiers will join the battle in a better posture after the rain stops.

The muddy road made the transportation of military rations also a big problem, and Yin Li and Sun Kang were almost punished for missing the deadline. The two found Tian Fan to complain, saying that the road was difficult to travel, and it was difficult for the four thousand soldiers to complete the task of escorting grain and grass. Tian Fan is still relatively easy to speak, especially in this case, so he ordered Shi Hua and Shi Lu to lead four thousand soldiers and horses to help them transport grain. And he gave the four of them the idea of spreading a thick layer of grass on the road, and the wheat was just harvested, so that the straw was suitable, and changed the carriage to ox carts and wheelbarrows.

Both ideas were good, the oxen were more powerful and more suitable than the horses on the muddy road, the wheelbarrow was pushed and pulled by two soldiers, and the wheat straw ground was no longer an obstacle, and Yin Li and Sun Kang were finally satisfied.

The light rain has been falling for ten consecutive days, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, two weather forecasters, studied the celestial phenomena all night, and observed the weather again in the early morning, so they found Tian Fan and cursed and swore that the rain was about to stop.

Tian Fan had just taken a turn in the camp, and happened to meet Chen Wei and Li Hei and other Lu Bu's personal guard captains, and a few guys saw that Tian Fan was dressed in regular clothes, so they smiled and asked him to resist with bad intentions, but they were slapped away by Lu Bu with a smile. Tian Fan knew that Chen Wei wanted him to make a fool of himself, but they didn't have any malicious intent, but purely because Tian Fan was approachable. Especially when he didn't wear armor today, although the soldiers were rude, they were not stupid, and they all knew that when Tian Fan didn't have that skin, he was their brother and not the handsome.

Tian Fan didn't know if it would be good or not, he was just doing it with his own heart. It is said that no matter what clothes a metropolitan governor wears, he should be dignified, but when he wears armor, he can remember his duties, and once he takes off his armor, he will no longer be the metropolitan governor, unless something unexpected happens. He likes to stick to the minions, and especially listens to them, and a word from the minions can sometimes make him happy for days. Dressed in armor, full of majesty, the handsome man with clear rewards and punishments is him, laughing and scolding and slapping with the soldiers, wearing a casual clothes, and liking to step on the soft ground barefoot, he is also him, and he converts these two images very naturally. In fact, sometimes doing things with your heart can bring unexpected benefits.

After inspecting for a week, seeing that the soldiers were all having a good time, and the soldiers and generals on the periphery did not relax in the slightest, Tian Fan came back. While twisting the corners of his wet clothes, he looked at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong suspiciously, is it going to stop raining? He couldn't believe it. Because the two of them have been wrong three times, the first time was ten days ago, saying that there was heavy rain in the afternoon, but it rained lightly in the evening, the second time was seven days ago, saying that the rain was going to stop, and the third time was three days ago, and the same said that the rain was going to stop, and the result was a light rain for ten days......

Zhuge Liang saw that Tian Fan didn't believe him, he was a little annoyed and angry, and said, "Brother, the rain is really going to stop!" ”

Pang Tong nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, brother, if you don't believe it, we are willing to make a military order!" ”

Tian Fan rolled his eyes and said: "You two are, today you are looking for me in private, this is not a formal occasion, so you all call me brother, not the governor, I can make a military order with you on such an occasion?" Did you two do it on purpose? Knowing that I can't do anything to you, so you're deliberately trying to entertain me? ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Brother, you ...... What you say hurts so much! Brother, we are really not fooling around, the first three mistakes were because we ignored the influence of geography. When we learned the art of observing the heavens, we were in Jingzhou, where the atmosphere and weather, as well as the geography near the great river, were different from here. The second is also because Dong'anping is not far from Yishan, although the Yishan mountain is not high or huge, but as you once said, trees will also have an impact on the weather. Rest assured, this time we have considered all possible factors and you will not be wrong! ”

It's too familiar, sometimes Pang Tong will use the title of Pang Shanmin on Tian Fan, and Zhuge Liang will use the title of Zhuge Jin on him, Tian Fan naturally has no reason to refuse. It's a good thing that two little guys will be brothers.

Tian Fan looked at Zhuge Liang, only to see this kid nodding again and again, and said, "Okay, okay, can't I believe it?" The rain is going to stop, but even if it does, it will take a few days for the road to become stronger and we can attack the city, are you in such a hurry? ”

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and couldn't help moaning, Zhuge Liang said with a headache: "Brother, when you don't wear armor, don't you think about the problems in the army?" Don't you think that ten days of intermittent light rain are likely to cause flash floods? Also, there is a flash flood, don't you think that the water level of Zishui will rise sharply, and it is likely to wash away Jiang Yiqu's water army? ”

Pang Tong nodded and said, "Brother Yuanren and Brother Xiaozhi have rushed to Yishan to check the water situation, if the flash flood can't break out, we plan to build a dam upstream to stop the water and artificially raise the water level of Zishui!" Brother Bo Yanxian has now rushed to the upper reaches of Zishui, and he wants to see if there is a suitable location for damming. ”

Tian Fan smiled and nodded slowly, "What you said makes sense!" However, as far as I know, since the beginning of summer this year, there has been no shortage of water at all, and the width of Zishui has reached 100 steps, which is the width when there was a big flood in previous years. Also, Zishui originates from Yishan, and in the upper reaches of 35 miles from here, there is a relatively low-lying riverbank, which is a flood outlet, and next to it is a low-lying land with perennial waterlogging, which can be regarded as a swamp. By the way, that place is between Weishan and Gaoshan, we saw it on the way here. Whenever there is a surplus of water, the water overflows the river and drains from there into the swamps. In other words, the water level of Zishui that you see now is basically the maximum water situation that Zishui can hold, and even if there is a flash flood, the water level of Zishui will rise to a limited extent. Can such a current wash away Jiang Yiqu's boat? Have you thought about it? ”

After Pang Tong and the others listened, they realized that Tian Fan was not idle, and he might have been thinking about the possibility of a flood for a long time, and even found someone to understand the water situation in Zishui in previous years and the situation along the coast of Zishui.

Pang Tong hurriedly said: "Considering it, brother, we are going to send soldiers to carry mud and sand cloth bags on their backs to block that position." In this way, by the time the levee in the upper reaches of Zishui bursts, the water level of Zishui should rise by about three feet, and with these three feet, the flow of water will almost double. I believe that at such a water speed, Jiang Yiqu's water army will immediately be washed away downstream of the river! In this way, it will be much easier for us to attack Dong Anping. But ......"

He motioned for Zhuge Liang to continue, Zhuge Liang was not polite, and answered: "But how to lure out Jiang Yiqu's water army, you need your help, brother." ”

Tian Fan bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "Oh? Say, I'll do what I can! ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Brother, now the water level in Zishui has risen a little, and the speed of this water flow is not too fast, but it is a little difficult for Jiang Yiqu's half-hung sailors to come and go freely in Zishui in this water speed. Hehe, when they trained, the water flow in Zishui was not very fast, so they were naturally easy to gallop in Zishui, and the bow and crossbow were easier to shoot accurately. And now, they are going down the river faster, and it is much more difficult to go upstream, so they are no longer so threatening to us. Jiang Yiqu has taken back the naval army and entered Dong'an to rest and recuperate, on the one hand, although it is because there has been no war recently, the main purpose is to save physical strength.

"What my brother has to do now is to put on a posture of attacking the city with all our strength after we are ready, so that Jiang Yiqu has to send a naval army to fight. I have calculated the speed of the water here, and according to my suppose, with the water level rising three feet, the flood will be able to advance fifty miles in less than half an hour. However, the sound of the water when the levee was breached, and the shaking of the ground and the mountains could be felt from thirty miles away, so in order to prevent the other side from reacting, this siege battle must last for more than an hour, and when the two sides are anxious, the signal can be released to break the levee. In this way, the soldiers will inevitably be greatly damaged......"

Tian Fan thought for a while, nodded slowly, and said, "In this case, I will order the soldiers to attack the southern and eastern cities!" Well, though...... I think it's better to wait until the ground is dry before attacking the city, that would be more convenient, don't you think? ”

The two nodded, and Pang Tong said, "Brother, we mean the same thing." Anyway, there is a lot of water stored on the mountain, and it will not flow for a while and a half, and even if a flash flood breaks out, it will only flow away a small part of the water. If we build an embankment, we can create a man-made flood. After all, under the muddy road, the soldiers will suffer great losses in the siege, and we can't bear it. ”

Tian Fan looked at them with a smile and said, "Hehe, you've been following me for a long time, and you've learned the kindness of a woman?" Hehe, there's nothing wrong with that, others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it! You remember, the number of our Han people is already small, and if we, the superiors, do not cherish human life, something big will happen one day! ”

He remembered the history of Wuhu Chaohua, and couldn't help but say a few more words. Zhuge Liang and the others hurriedly put on a teachable appearance, they only thought that Tian Fan was finding a reason for his woman's benevolence, because they didn't know the story of Wuhu Chaohua.

Unconsciously, Tian Fan was influencing the people around him, and at the same time, the people around him were also constantly influencing him. I don't know what the impact will be?