These people are men, women and children, and judging by their dress, they should be villagers living at the foot of Nanhua Mountain.

Obviously, these village mountain people had already discovered the hideous demon beast in the air, and immediately became frightened, and then hurriedly hid, not daring to take a breath in the atmosphere.

It is not surprising that there are mountain people living in the mountains of Nanhua.

But now that the Changding army and the Shu army have a total of more than 300,000 soldiers and horses appearing near the gourd valley, everyone knows that a big battle is inevitable.

Once you encounter soldiers and horses, not to mention whether it will arouse the suspicion of the army, it is normal for the soldiers and horses to slaughter all the mountain people they see in order to keep the secret of the march.

Don't talk nonsense about loving the people like children, just three or a few hundred lives are not worth mentioning at all for a battle involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, not to mention that this battle is even related to the national fortune of Tianshui County!

Even if Chu He is not ruthless enough to kill the mountain people to hide his whereabouts, but these mountain people appear in the mountains and forests unreasonably, which still arouses Chu He's great vigilance, and he must always investigate clearly to feel at ease, lest these mountain people are disguised as Shu soldiers.

When the mountain people found that the hideous demon beasts in the air were flying towards them quickly, they suddenly became more and more frightened, and some of the young men immediately protected the old and weak women and children, and dozens of nearly a hundred young men picked up hunting bows and axes with pale faces, ready to face the scorpion-tailed tiger.

Although their bodies trembled, no one flinched, and many of them stretched out their bows and arrows to face the scorpion-tailed winged tiger that flew down.

When the scorpion-tailed tiger was lowered to a certain height, the mountain people were shocked to find that the scorpion-tailed winged tiger was actually riding a warrior on its back, and looking at their standard battle armor, it was clear that it was a soldier.

The mountain people did not relax at all, and at such a moment, attracting the attention of the army was even more terrifying than simply encountering a group of demon beasts.

Demon beasts hunt prey only for their stomachs, once they have killed enough prey, they will retreat, and they will never fish with all their might, and the human army is likely to kill all of them in order to keep the secret!

Chu He naturally could understand why these mountain people were frightened, and they landed on a scorpion-tailed tiger, and with a sweep of the white light of the sky, they found that these people were really the hunters of Nanhua Mountain, not the Shu army in disguise.

These mountain people are young and strong, and their cultivation is quite ordinary, most of them are first- and second-grade cultivators, there are only two third-grade martial artists, and there is no fourth-grade martial sect.

If the Shu army disguised itself as an Orion and carried out a secret mission, there must be a lot of strong people hidden.

The mountain people shivered and looked at the dozens of steel warriors suspended not far in front of them, and the sharp blade-like eyes of the Qianyuan Guard made them feel cold, and they didn't dare to say a word.

Originally, knowing that they were just ordinary mountain villagers, Chu He had ignored their thoughts, but out of kindness, he still tried to slow down his tone and said to these frightened young men: "Why are you here at this time? Why don't you go back to the village quickly, otherwise you will suffer an unwarranted disaster." ”

These dozens of young men naturally understood the meaning of Chu He's words, and seeing that Chu He didn't look like he was going to attack them, a middle-aged strong man standing in front forcibly calmed himself down, first saluted Chu He, and then said with a wry smile: "The villain has seen the general." ”

He looked frightened, but his speech was clear: "It's not that we don't want to stay in the village, but the village is likely to be flooded, and we have to leave. I hope the general will make it convenient for us to leave this place. ”

When Chu He heard this, his heart suddenly chuckled.

He is also from the mountain people, of course, he knows the taboo of the mountain people, especially the selection of the village site, which is extremely cautious.

Normal villages, will be located on the high ground, away from the fierce beast group, it is best to defend the difficult place, once the village chooses a good address, often live for three or four hundred years will not migrate away.

Although it is spring and summer, the rain is not much, if the rainy season does not flood the village in the past, it is even more impossible now, why does this strong man say that the village will be flooded?

Chu He jumped slightly, fell to the ground, walked slowly in front of the strong man, looked at him with half-squinted eyes for a while, and then asked in a deep voice: "Where is your village located, and why is there a possibility that it will be flooded?"

Unlike other Qianyuanwei, although Chu He wore a Jiao Bone Battle Helmet, he did not cover the armor, and his appearance was exposed to everyone's eyes.

He has been in a high position for a long time, and his appearance looks unusually mature and majestic, and the strong man in his prime listened to Chu He's words peacefully, but with a sense of non-refusal, how dare he not answer Chu He's questions honestly.

Once the Chu River is angered, they are afraid that all of them will have to stay here.

"General Hui, we originally lived at the foot of Shiyan Peak, and a few days ago we found that the water in the pond was soaring, and once the water in the pond collapsed the Tiebi Ridge, it would surge down, and it would definitely flood our village, so we had to move the whole clan away. ”

Chu He's eyes narrowed, but his heart moved slightly, and he looked back and said in a deep voice: "Bring the map!"

Immediately, a personal guard sent the Chu River a map of the animal skins that had been clearly detected in this area of Nanhua Mountain.

Chu He looked at the map with a calm face, and then called the middle-aged strong man who was speaking: "Where is your village in Shiyan Peak?"

The strong man looked at the map of the Chu River tremblingly, and after a long time he figured out the direction shown on the map, and then cautiously glanced at the Chu River, and pointed on the map: "It should be here, about thirty zhang high from the foot of the mountain, here is the pond, and this is the Yundai River next to it." ”

Chu He looked at the big circle on the map, and suddenly gasped, this pond of water is too big!

The village where the middle-aged strong man is located, 100 meters above the surface of the Yundai River, is still likely to be flooded, which shows how amazing the amount of water stored in the pond is!

"There is not much rain this year, why does the water in the pond rise sharply, and there is even a possibility of breaking the Tiebi Ridge?"

The middle-aged strong man immediately replied: "Some time ago, somehow the Tianzhu Peak and the Bamboo Peak collapsed, blocking the river, so a large amount of river water flowed into the pond from the north, causing the water level of the pond to rise by dozens of zhang. ”

"Although the Tiebi Ridge is wide and thick, but in fact the soil is loose, many places have been hollowed out by the silver-scaled pangolin, according to the judgment of the old people in the village, if the water in the pond does not recede, the Tiebi Ridge is likely to collapse. ”

The middle-aged man paused for a moment and added: "We have lived here for hundreds of years, and we are relatively familiar with the situation in the mountains, and there will definitely be heavy rain in the next few days, and the water in the pond will only increase. ”

Chu He was suddenly shocked, his heart was like a thunderous explosion, his eyes looked at the map with a cold light, and finally his eyes showed an extremely frightened look!

Calm as he couldn't help but lose his square inch for a while, grabbed the middle-aged strong man, and suddenly shouted: "How long can Tiebi Ridge support?"

The middle-aged strong men and others were frightened by Chu He's sudden rage, and their voices stammered: "The general spares his life...... Small...... The villain doesn't know either!"

Only then did Chu He realize that he had scared them, took a deep breath, forcibly calmed himself down, let go of the middle-aged strong man, and said in a deep voice: "Then according to your judgment, when will Tiebi Ridge collapse?"

His face slowly became gloomy, and the terrifying momentum slowly emanated from his body, quickly enveloping all the mountain people: "If the judgment is correct, Ben Shuai will reward you with 100,000 taels of silver, and the difference will be reduced by 20,000 by one day, and if it is five days, you will not be able to wait for your life!"

Chu He now fully understands Zhuge Liang's strategy.

Today's situation is in response to a sentence that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!

All the previous arrangements of the Shu army were prepared for the collapse of the pond.

Blowing up Tianzhu Peak and Zhujie Peak and cutting off the two mountains and rivers is to channel the water of the mountains and rivers into the pond.

The Rank Knife Army occupies Antler Ridge, one is to drag the Chang Ding Army in the Immortal Ridge, and the other is that once the Tiebi Ridge collapses, the Rank Knife Army can take the opportunity to hunt down and kill the Chang Ding Army.

When Ma Zhong's army entered the Hulu Valley, it was to lead most of the Changding army to the canyons and cliffs outside the Hulu Valley.

The terrain near the gourd valley is more intuitive on the sand table, and the entire gourd valley is like a giant knocking open its arms, and within the arms are the inner valley and outer valley of the gourd valley.

Once the Tiebi Ridge collapses, the huge amount of water in the pond surges down, impacting the gourd valley, it will be blocked by the peaks behind the gourd valley, and then impact along the cliffs on both sides.

Because of the embracing terrain of the gourd valley, the pool water will not directly pour into the gourd valley, until the cliff near the mouth of the valley, the terrain is gentle, and it will be poured into the canyon along the cliff!

Most of the Standing Army, now half of the Standing Army is guarding the canyon, and half of the cliffs on both sides of the Gourd Valley, once the water rushes, the majestic water will definitely rush most of the Standing Army on the cliff into the canyon, and the Standing Army in the canyon is not spared!

Under the impact of the huge pool of water, the Changding army, who was wearing heavy steel armor, would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and even the third-grade martial artists would not be spared!

Chu He believed that Ma Zhong's army must have hidden a lot of self-exploding wooden cattle and flowing horses, and once the flood hit, it would blow up the mouth of the valley and block the water with huge stones.

Even if the big water can wash away the barrier at the mouth of the valley, there is a second barrier between the outer valley and the inner valley, as long as the Shu army is prepared, even if there are still casualties under the big water, but compared with the results of destroying tens of thousands of Changding troops, this loss is absolutely acceptable!

A huge amount of pool water will even rush to the camp of the Changding Army at the foot of Nanhua Mountain, drowning the grain and grass of the Changding Army!

This plan is not vicious, and he actually wants to wipe out the Changding army!

The scouts of the Chang Dingjun didn't know about Jishuitan, but they weren't local mountain people, and they didn't know that Jishuitan had skyrocketed for dozens of feet these days, and they thought that Jishuitan was originally like this.

They didn't know that the Iron Pen Ridge, which looked incomparably wide and thick, like a huge iron pen lying on top of the mountain range, was actually a shelf, and caves had been dug out of it by the silver-scaled pangolin!

Therefore, no one thought that the pond would collapse, let alone that Zhuge Liang would use a water attack in the mountains to deal with the Changding army!

After figuring out the joints, Chu He's whole person trembled slightly, and a coldness rose from the lumbar vertebrae and rose all the way to the top of the skull!

This Zhuge Liang is really terrifying, not only because of his strong force and invincibility in the world, but also because of his unparalleled strategy.

If it weren't for Chu He's whim going out to investigate the situation, if it weren't for the migrating mountain people he happened to encounter, if it weren't for the many words, I'm afraid that Chu He's 50,000 army and even the 30,000 army with the base camp would have been completely destroyed by Zhuge Liang's strategy!

Now all we have to determine is how much time God left for the Changding Army to withdraw to Immortal Ridge!

Judging from Chu He's gloomy face and tone, the mountain people knew that Chu He was by no means joking with them.

A group of old mountain people trembled together and discussed for a long time, until Chu He became impatient, and only then did one of the old men who had teeth about to fall out and walked unsteadily towards Chu He with a slight trembling.

The old man first respectfully saluted Chu He, and then said carefully: "Tell the general, look at the weather in the mountains, the rainstorm will suddenly appear in two days at the earliest, and it will not exceed three days at the latest!"

He paused for a moment, looked at Chu He's face carefully, and added: "The torrential rain in the mountains is extremely violent, and once the rainstorm comes, Tiebi Ridge will collapse at any time. ”

Chu He nodded: "Very good! You all go back with Ben Shuai, if what you say is true, Ben Shuai will definitely not treat you badly!"

Time was pressing, Chu He did not hesitate, leaving ten personal guards to escort or monitor the mountain people, and then immediately flew back to the headquarters of the army, and at the same time sent a messenger to inform the Longhe base camp to prepare for the defense of the water, and try to transfer the supplies and rice to the high ground!

Zhao Zilong and Chen Zhi and others appeared near the base camp of the Changding Army, not thinking about burning the logistics materials of the Changding Army, but to contain the Changding Army and the Southern Barbarian Army that came to help.

Two days is enough for the Changding army to retreat to the Xianrenling Heights, but the transfer of materials from the base camp is extremely urgent, and it is by no means a simple matter for a huge amount of materials to be transferred to the nearby highlands, not to mention the interference of Zhao Zilong and Chen Zhi.

Moreover, two or three days is only the judgment of the old man of the mountain people, and it is difficult to say whether it is accurate.

The reason why he controlled these hundreds of mountain people was that Chu He was afraid that the Shu army would find out that they had penetrated Zhuge Liang's conspiracy from the mouth of the mountain people!

Under normal circumstances, the rainstorm will come after two days, but the warlock can call the wind and rain, and the magic power is unpredictable, and the Chu River cannot guarantee that Zhuge Liang can't cast a spell to let the rainstorm come early! Or use other means to blow up the Iron Pen Ridge!

Although once there is a change between the Changding army outside the gourd valley and the Changding army in the base camp, it is likely to arouse Zhuge Liang's vigilance and carry out the conspiracy in advance, but it is good to delay it even for an hour.