The upstream embankment, the surging water, rushing down, just a moment, has been flooded, the waves are rolling.

Zhang Lang hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to abandon their affairs and ascend to a high place to avoid the flood.

The low-lying silica place of Xia Cai City has long been flooded by the tide, and patches of crops and thatched huts have sunk into the water. Some have long been washed to pieces, and they are in shambles. Although the people in the center of Xia Cai City have been transferred, but the scattered villages and households in the area a little far away from the county seat have been washed away by the ruthless flood, and the people are facing such a natural disaster, crying everywhere, and every strong young man with the old and the young, running to the high place with his life.

It was already dark, and the night was full of thunder and lightning, and the wind was howling and the tide was everywhere.

The dark night of May will always be remembered by the people of Xia Cai.

That night the fierce tide rose up the dike, and not a single hut was not washed away, and not a single wall was not washed down.

That night, the tide passed, not only drowning their beautiful hometown, but also taking the lives of countless relatives and friends.

In the dark night, the desolate and miserable wails were accompanied by the roar of the storm and rain all night.

At night, Zhang Lang could hardly sleep, and as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was full of turbulent seawater. At this time, Zhang Lang was surprised to find that he was almost having the same dream in the past few days, and the same content in the dream was the endless sea water, which flooded the Xia Cai City he was guarding. Could it be that after practicing the "Dunjia Heavenly Book", he has the ability to predict what will happen before he arrives? And to predict such a thing, will your mental power be greatly weakened, and finally languid? Zhang Lang was not very happy about this discovery, but worried.

In this way, Zhang Lang hardly slept in one night.

By the time dawn the next day, Xia Caicheng was already in a vast sea of water, and as far as the eye could see, there was an endless sea of water.

Although there were preparations, it is unknown whether at least 10,000 horses of the 100,000 army were missing, and it is unknown whether they were swept away by the tide or besieged elsewhere. The rest of the soldiers either hid in caves or in bamboo huts. Only a handful of soldiers camped halfway up the mountain on this rainy night.

On the top of the mountain, Zhang Lang stood in the bamboo hut simply built by the soldiers, the rain outside was still falling, and Zhang Lang's mood was getting deeper and deeper. His face was not good, a little haggard, and his eyes looked gloomily into the distance.

The turbid yellow muddy water has ruthlessly poured into Xia Cai City, except for the majestic city tower, as well as the roofs of high-rise buildings, all of which have been submerged in the flood. Zhang Lang could even see the wooden boxes floating on the water, and the people with desperate faces on the wooden boxes.

On the roofs of high-rise buildings, there are quite a few black spots that are motionless there. These are the people who have not had time to evacuate, and now they can only bear the torrential rain on their heads, helplessly watching the ubiquitous tide slowly rise its waterline, waiting for death to come.

Zhang Lang wanted to save them, but now that the tide is fierce, even if it is a large building boat, it will be washed away on such a water, not to mention those small bamboo raft boats that are not strong.

Guo Jia was also very uncomfortable, as the number one minister under Zhang Lang, he didn't expect Cao Ying to have such a hand, and he really had Zhang Lang's trust. Now I can only watch as the tide floods Xia Cai and washes away the Shouchun defense line that the lord has been worrying about for several years.

Zhang Lang seemed to be unable to bear to look at it, sighed, and turned around with a depressed face.

Guo Jia swallowed a few times in his throat, but he still didn't say anything after all.

Zhang Lang seemed to be talking to himself: "After years of hard work, now it is ruined, Cao Ying, Cao Ying, you are really too poisonous." Even if the flood recedes, Xia Cai is equivalent to an empty shell, and if you want to rebuild your home, how can you return to its previous appearance without three or five years? Hey......"

Zhang Lang's sigh shattered Guo Jia's thoughts, and he decisively stepped out and said: "Lord, Cao Ying is so vicious, even the people don't let go, then the lord has nothing to worry about." The subordinates have a plan to get rid of Cao Ying. Guo Jia didn't wait for Zhang Lang to ask, and continued: "When the tide recedes, Cao Ying will inevitably enter Cai and rectify military affairs." At this time, the water level of Yingshui is still relatively high, Cao Jun will also relax his vigilance, the lord can take the opportunity to send sailors along Yingshui upstream, from the new blockade to store water, dig waterways, wait for the water volume to reach a height, and then cut off the embankment Yingshui, at this time, because the lower mouth is not blocked, so the water volume will not rise as high as today, the second embankment said, the navy along the Yingshui bamboo row down, give full play to the characteristics of our Jiangdong Army is good at water warfare, and the Cao army will inevitably kill the chickens and dogs, and may be able to live Cao Ying. If the lord feels that it is not enough, he can also dig a waterway to divert water to irrigate the city. ”

Zhang Lang said a little angrily: "Cao Ying is so cruel and inhumane, does Fengxiao want me to learn from him?" ”

Guo Jia explained: "Cao Ying's embankment has released water, and the lord has evacuated most of the people, and now around the Ying River, all that is left is a wolf, within a radius of several miles, I am afraid that I will not find a single farmer." Now that the lord has broken the embankment again, it will only cause harm to Cao Jun. If the lord said that after the water was released from the Cao Ying embankment, there would still be people living in the area of the Ying River, and he would not believe that there would be such a thing if he killed his subordinates. ”

Zhang Lang said lonely: "Cao Ying is deceitful and cunning, how can we get it so easily?" ”

Guo Jia said confidently: "The lord can rest assured, because Cao Ying does not understand the Huainan form, he has laid a defeat for himself, Yingkou is like a desperate embankment, there is no need to fight for the lower mouth, this move is undoubtedly a snake to add to the snake, and it is precisely because of this that our army escaped this catastrophe." If the lord is worried that Yingshui will not be able to store water, it is completely unnecessary. There are three embankments in the upper reaches of Yingshui, and it is impossible for Cao Ying to destroy all three embankments at one time, and one or two must be left, and this is exactly the master's counterattack and killing move. As for the biggest difficulty, it is to go up the Yingkou, because after the embankment, the water is turbulent, and the subordinates are worried about whether such a bamboo raft can be controlled freely in the dark night march. ”

Zhang Lang was told by Guo Jia, and his spirit improved a lot, but he was still a little worried: "Go upstream along Yingshui, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to ensure that Cao Jun will not be discovered on the way, if this is the case, the strategy will fail." ”

Guo Jia laughed and asked Xu Shu: "Everyone only knows that Yingshui is a tributary of the Huai River, but they don't know that there are several side rivers in the upper reaches of Yingshui that collect Yingshui. ”

Xu Shu nodded and said: "As the military advisor said, there are several tributaries such as Xiaoshui and Chunshui in the upper reaches of Yingshui, although they are a little meandering, but if you go around these waterlines, you can achieve the same goal." ”

Zhang Lang said hatefully: "Okay, in that case, as soon as the tide recedes, I will immediately organize people to go up the water and turn over Cao Yingshui's plan to cut off the embankment and Yingshui, and see how he will feel when the time comes." ”

Guo Jia saw that Zhang Lang adopted his idea, and his heart was a little calm.

It rained for several days in a row, and the flood did not recede, which caused great inconvenience to the Jiangdong army, and all the soldiers hid in the mountains and forests, because of the humid location and frequent rain, they could hardly make fires, and the fire could not be lit, and the air became particularly frozen, not to mention the cooking of rice in the cooking camp. Although many bamboo houses have been built in the mountains temporarily, there are no bricks and tiles and special treatment, and there are leaks everywhere. In this cold weather, many soldiers fell ill and had a high fever.

Although Zhang Lang was prepared in advance, when this situation really happened, all the materials were a drop in the bucket. Fortunately, the weather in May can change, and after another day of thunderstorms, the sky finally cleared, the sky was clear, spotless, and the sun was shining. At this time, the water level of Yingshui finally began to fall back, but Xiacai City was still submerged in the flood, and only the tall city wall was still exposed outside, a barren place.

Zhang Lang took advantage of the fact that the tide began to recede, and immediately sent a few teams of soldiers to return to Shouchun by bamboo platoon, so that the guards scattered rumors, saying that Cai's 100,000 troops could not evacuate in time, except for a few parts of the first to return to Shouchun, most of the men and horses were washed away by the flood, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead. And Zhang Lang's whereabouts are unknown, he doesn't know where he is, whether he is dead or alive. The monstrous waves caused by this news in Shouchun were even more shocking than the flood in Xia Cai. Everyone knows that if Zhang Lang has an accident, he is afraid that Cao Ying will go south in one fell swoop and kill Jiangdong. For a while, the people in Shouchun were panicked and uneasy.

Of course, Zhao Yu, Zhang Ning and others still received a report from Zhang Lang's cronies, so that they behaved appropriately.

And the guards deliberately pretended to be indignant one by one, swearing to defend Shouchun to the death.

The reason why Zhang Lang did this was for his Jedi counterattack. not only wanted to deceive Cao Ying, but also deceived him to death, so that Cao Ying thought that his plan was successful, and became careless.

In the blink of an eye, the flood gradually receded, and Cao Ying was already eager to go south to Shouchun.

At this time, he had just left the camp and went south, and he was full of spirits and was in a good mood along the way, and admired Jia Xu's genius from time to time.

However, Jia Xu said very calmly: "The prime minister has said that the water flooded Cai, on the surface it seems to be a success, but with Zhang Lang's ability, it will definitely not be easily broken, the prime minister must not be complacent too early, in case things change." ”

Cao Ying said disapprerovitously: "How is it possible, when it is said that the embankment, Yingshui is like ten thousand horses galloping, unstoppable, not to mention a small Xia Cai, even big cities like Xuchang and Yecheng, I am afraid that I can't stop such a natural power, even if Zhang Lang is not drowned by the water now, I am afraid that he will be trapped on the mountain and starved to death." ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "These subordinates have thought about it, and finally feel that something is wrong with a certain link. Later, after thinking about it carefully, I realized that sending Tian Yu to take the mouth was really a losing move, but I was afraid that as soon as Zhang Lang got the news, he would find out the prime minister's intentions and be prepared. ”

Cao Ying is not the kind of person who is particularly prone to pride and complacency, and when he heard Jia Xu's words, he couldn't help but be surprised: "You mean this plan has failed?" So why is Shouchun still in a mess now? ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Yes." Zhang Lang must live in a certain mountain group in Xiacai, just waiting for the prime minister to raise troops and go down, in one fell swoop. ”

Cao Ying was shocked: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Then do you still go to Xia Cai now? ”

Jia Xu asked rhetorically and smiled: "Since you have seen through his intentions, why don't you go?" ”

Cao Ying's eyes flashed and said, "What does Wenhe mean?" ”

Jia Xuyin said with a smile: "If you don't take the opportunity to eliminate Zhang Lang at this time, I'm really sorry for the poisonous plan to flood Cai." The prime minister can first send a large number of scouts to search the mountains around Xia Cai, and once he finds any clues, he will mobilize a large army to besiege it. Even if Zhang Lang found out that his whereabouts had been exposed, due to the flooding of Xia Cai, all defense capabilities disappeared, and there was no danger to defend, so he had to fight hard with the prime minister's troops. Just think about it, the northern army is good at fighting, and the southern army is accustomed to water, which is better and which is inferior, it is clear at a glance, even if Zhang Lang does not die, he will shed his skin, and he will hurt his muscles and bones, but he is afraid that he will be sluggish from now on, and he will no longer be able to fight with each other. ”

Cao Ying laughed when he heard it, and praised it repeatedly: "There are texts and clever plans, why is the world uncertain?" ”

Jia Xu took Cao Ying's praise to heart, but said indifferently: "Zhang Lang must not be afraid of other clowns who jump off the beam, and the prime minister's grand cause can be displayed." ”

Cao Ying nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Okay, good." ”

Compared with Cao Ying's dream of eliminating the Jiangdong Group, Zhang Lang secretly arranged the accumulation of counterattacks.

In order to win Cao Ying's trust even more and complete his plan, Zhang Lang deliberately arranged 10,000 horses on the Nanshan Mountain, which was fifteen kilometers away from Xia Cai, and hid 10,000 horses in the northern peak. As long as Cao Ying arrives in Xia Cai, he will launch a surprise attack. Due to the disparity in troops, this team was bound to lose. However, due to the containment of these two teams, the other 20,000 main forces began to move secretly, going up the Yingshui, and then cutting into the water halfway, going straight to the source of the water, and finally turning to the upper reaches of the Yingshui, blocking the embankment and storing water. It can be said that these 20,000 horses are the key to Zhang Lang's reversal of defeat and victory, so Zhang Lang worked tirelessly, personally selected the generals, and was sure to win with one blow.

After a few days of calm, the flood water has receded from the embankment, and most of it has been exposed to the ground, except for a lot of water in the relatively low-lying places. However, after the flood, all the wooden houses and grass houses were completely washed away, and most of them were washed away and pushed under the city walls. The residue of waste wood here is piled up, and occasionally a few stinky corpses can be seen, blocking the Xiacai city wall area.

Outside the city is like this, and inside the city is deathly silent and devastated.

If Cao Ying wants to enter Tunxia Cai, he is afraid that it will take at least half a month to tidy up before he can clean up the mess.

But Cao Jun had no choice, if Cao Ying still wanted to go south to Shouchun, Xia Cai was the only way, the most important front-line position. Because Xia Cai sent troops, the direct dialogue was one of the two major towns in Huaixi, Shouchun. Therefore, no matter how bad the desert is in Xia Cai City, Cao Ying still has to send people to take care of it and remove the waste. And in this way, Zhang Lang's opportunity has quietly arrived.

(To be continued)