Haidem is one of the important grain producing areas of the Republic. Its name is derived from Germany. Germany was an important country in old Europe and had a well-developed land and sea transport industry, so it had many railways and ports. Heidelberg is one of those ports.

It is best known for its large beer kegs. It has a huge volume, about 252 gallons of German beer in a keg. Every year, merchants here fill vats of authentic German beer and transport them to the rest of the country and even Europe using the Rhine River. Many celebrities have praised the vats, most notably the American writer Melville. He described this Heidelberg vat in his masterpiece Moby Dick. He likened the sperm whale's oil-storing brain to a Heidelberg vat filled with German beer, as a way to describe the whale's head as unusually rich in oil.

When the Republic was founded, the city was named Heidem in the hope that it would be able to supply the country with the largest amount of agricultural products like the vats of Heidelberg, turning it into a barrel full of grain!

Xiao Wanlong also took a fancy to the food here. After taking the oath, he immediately attacked the city with his army of 50,000. After five days of day and night, the troops finally arrived at dawn less than a kilometer from Haydem.

It's not a dense wood. On the opposite side of the woods is a large rushing river. The river flows in the direction of Hydem until it joins the large lake that surrounds the city.

Xiao Wanlong took out the binoculars and observed for a while, and sneered: "It seems that the Republic has not fought for a long time. I've come here with so much vigour, and I don't even notice it. These idiots are probably still sleeping! It's okay to enter the city without blood. ”

The one-eyed Zhang on the side looked at Xiao Wanlong with a confident look and was quite puzzled, and he asked slightly tentatively: "Dashuai, you said that soldiers are not bloody." But this wall..."

"The walls can't stop us! You'll soon find out. Xiao Wanlong answered his question before he could finish asking one-eyed Zhang.

The old village owner looked around for a moment and asked, "Shenwei General Wang Zumao is here?" ”

"The end will be here!" A resolute voice replied.

Xiao Wanlong nodded with satisfaction and said, "A few days ago, I ordered you generals to go back to the village to buy wood, and now they are all ready?" ”

Wang Zumao clenched his fists: "Back to the handsome, it's all done!" ”

"Very well, then hurry up and move some wood to the river." Xiao Wanlong said.

"Command!" Wang Zumao replied dryly.

Twenty-four huge logs were soon lined up neatly by the river. A hole was dug in the middle of the wood to accommodate an adult.

Xiao Wanlong got off his horse and circled around the woods, and said, "The trees in our Misty Mountain are just thick, and you can see them now." ”

The one-eyed Zhang beside him was covered by Xiao Wanlong for a while, and he shook his head and asked, "Dashuai, I still don't understand, what are you asking for so much wood for?" Don't you want to use these as ladders to siege the city? However, the wall is more than 20 meters high. There's not enough wood!? ”

Xiao Wanlong couldn't help but get up when he heard the one-eyed Zhang ask: "Who said that I was going to use these woods as a ladder?" I'm going to use them to surprise you. ”

"Surprise attack?" One-eyed asked, puzzled.

"Yes, surprise attack! See for yourself. Xiao Wanlong said and handed over his telescope to One-Eyed Zhang.

One-eyed Zhang took the telescope and paused in the direction of Hydem for a moment. When he put it down, Xiao Wanlong saw that One-Eyed frowned and nodded, and shook his head in a blink of an eye. He nodded and shook his head dozens of times, but didn't say a word.

"What? Do you see the doorway? Think something is wrong? Xiao Wanlong asked.

The only remaining eye of One-Eyed Zhang turned around and said, "It's a good idea, but it's too risky!" What if..."

"No in case! You have to know that victory and defeat are here. If we don't use tricks, we won't be able to defeat the Republic. Xiao Wanlong said very resolutely.

One-eyed Zhang groaned for a moment. Raise your head and say, "Okay." What does the boss want us to do? ”

"Go and call Wang Zumao and them! I'm going to set up a specific combat jihua. Xiao Wanlong said calmly.

One-eyed opened his voice and said, "Command!" And he went down.

It doesn't take a while. Twenty-four generals, plus Lakshen and Mo Yitian, came to Xiao Wanlong's approach, and they were all waiting for the commander's order.

Xiao Wanlong looked at them and said, "Today is the first battle since we set out on the expedition. Since it is the first battle, then we can only win and not lose, otherwise our morale will be over. But I want to ask you how you can win this battle? ”

There was a dead silence for the people below. They didn't use their brains, and these people all saw that Xiao Wanlong had already been jihua, and it was obviously meaningless for them to say more, so these twenty or so generals simply stopped talking. They were waiting for Xiao Wanlong to tell Jihua himself.

Sure enough, Xiao Wanlong saw that they didn't speak, so he opened the conversation box himself: "Haydem is a good place!" The food grown here is consumed in every city of the republic. But in order to grow so much food, there must be a good environment. The minimum requirement for this is to have a decent source of water. Look at the big river in front of you, and it leads all the way to Hydem. The water is not only used for food irrigation over a large area, but also serves as drinking water for the inhabitants here. It is because of the above two functions. The city built special waterways to bring it into the city according to the direction of the river. All we have to do is take the waterway into the city before dawn and open the gates, so we don't have to climb the damn walls to take over the city without bloodshed. I thought about this Jihua when I was studying the map, but in order to implement this Jihua, I had to solve a practical problem, that is, the river was too turbulent. If our soldiers try to swim across the river into the waterway, it will be harder than climbing to the sky, and they will lose their lives if they are not careful. I pondered for a long time but couldn't find a solution. When I was about to give up, the trees of the Misty Mountains inspired me a lot. Our trees are hundreds of years old and have strong and resilient trunks. If we had made holes in these trees and sent some men to hide in them and follow the flow of the river, we would have easily entered the waterways. Now all I want you to do is to select twenty-four warriors and burrow into this wood to make a way for our army! ”

As soon as Xiao Wanlong explained, everyone present suddenly burst into tears. They didn't expect the marshal to come up with such a brilliant tactic. But now is not the time to admire, without further ado, the sooner this jihua acts, the better. As soon as the generals thought of this layer, they immediately became busy as if they had been shot in the arm. They selected twenty-four warriors in less than a quarter of an hour. Xiao Wanlong gave the soldiers who were leading the way a brief explanation of his jihua, and then ordered them to act immediately.

Twenty-four warriors shouted in unison: "Command!" And they all climbed into the woods. Other soldiers carefully pushed the logs into the water. Soon the big logs drifted away in the direction of the river.

Xiao Wanlong looked back at the troops behind him and shouted, "The generals listen to the order!" Shenwei General Wang Zumao, you lead your Shenwei battalion to protect the Chinese army. Shenwu General Tian Sanqiang, you lead your Shenwu battalion to protect the left side of the army. Brave General Hong Lei, you lead your Brave Battalion to protect the right side of the army. Divine Machine General Hao Dejiang, after you lead your Divine Machine battalion to be broken. Abacus Li and your Haoyang camp are optimistic about our baggage. The formation of the rest of the people remained unchanged, and we only had to wait for the twenty-four people to give the signal that we would enter the city as fast as possible. ”

All the generals neatly clenched their fists to receive their orders. The troops discharged the battle column that Xiao Wanlong wanted in the shortest possible time. The soldiers were in high spirits and ready for battle. They were waiting for the signal to open the door.

By this time it was almost dawn. The sun has already revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and the time for this army of 50,000 is running out! (To be continued......)