Fire and water are known to be ruthless, and it is not uncommon for good swimmers to drown, but when the flood rolls in, the super destructive power released can shock the world, and when people realize that the power of nature can be used for their own purposes, all kinds of schemes come into being.

Therefore, in ancient China, the classic battles of replacing soldiers with water emerged in endlessly, not much to say during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army during the Three Kingdoms alone, Cao Cao used the strategy of water attack when he captured Yecheng, and when he attacked Lü Bu who occupied Xuzhou.

If Cao Cao used water attack on the enemy when he had an advantage in troops, and the main purpose was to reduce the casualties caused by his soldiers when attacking the city, then another purpose of using water attack in the war of some famous generals was mainly to make up for their own weak forces.

They borrowed the power of nature to destroy a large number of enemy forces, and turned their own side, which was originally at a disadvantage in strength, into a victor with absolute superiority.

Fortunately, Haotian God blessed, the previous large amount of snow melt water generated so that the river that had begun to wither became abundant, so that Wang Ze's strategy could be implemented smoothly, otherwise before Wang Ze could accumulate enough water in the upper reaches, the Weihe defense line would be broken by the Hu Law Association.

As one of the two most famous rivers in the early Qi region, Weishui was recorded as early as in the "Shangshu Yugong", and it was also a civilized place where human civilization existed relatively early in China, so the agricultural production activities here have been very developed very early.

At the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in order to irrigate a large amount of farmland along the Weishui River, the Jiang Qi State at that time built three dams in the middle and upper reaches of the Wei River to store river water, commonly known as the "Three Dams of the Wei River", but after the battle between Han Xin and Long and Weishui in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, these three dams are often called Han Xin Dam by the local people.

Because these dams were built relatively early, their main function was to irrigate farmland, and because of the limited productivity at the time, the dams were not too high at the beginning.

The middle dam and the lower dam of the three dams of the Weihe River are under the rule of Gaomi County, not far from Gaomi County, and even the nearest lower dam is only about ten miles away from Gaomi City, and the middle dam is about twenty or thirty miles away from the lower dam (in later generations, this is the reservoir area of Xiashan Reservoir), and the upstream upper dam is far away, about one or twenty miles downstream of Jiaozhou City.

Seven hundred and sixty-three years before Wang Ze, it was a critical period for Chu and Han to compete for hegemony, Han Xin, who served as the general of Liu Bang's Han army, led his army to attack Sanqi and occupy Qi, so Qi Wang Tianguang asked Xiang Yu for help.

At that time, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, who was fighting with Liu Bang's army in Xingyang, in order to prevent the Han army from obtaining the very important land of Sanqi, sent the general Long Ji and the deputy general Zhou Lan to lead tens of thousands of elites to join the Qi army of Tian Guangsuo, known as 200,000 troops, to attack Han Xin.

At that time, Han Xin only had 100,000 troops under his command, and the Chu army was large and Tian Guang, the king of Qi, who was the head snake of the land, responded, so Han Xin continued to shrink his forces and retreated to the east, until Weishui, which is located in the east of Qi State.

Then it was here that Han Xin used the original three dams of Weishui to be heightened to a certain extent, when the Han army built a dam with more than 10,000 bags of sand and soil to intercept Weishui, and then Han Xin took advantage of the opportunity of Long and despised himself, and after Long He led a small number of Chu cavalry to cross the river, he broke the embankment and flooded the Long and the army.

At that time, Han Xin mobilized an army of 100,000 troops to besiege and kill the most brave general under Xiang Yu, Long Ji, and then the Chu army was in chaos because of the loss of its commander, and finally these tens of thousands of Chu army elites were almost completely wiped out by Han Xin in the case of joining forces with the Qi army twice as much as the enemy, which also became a big factor in Xiang Yu's defeat.

How could Xiao Jing, who is familiar with history books, not remember this water attack that Han Xin used at the beginning, especially now that Wang Ze has a good condition to perform a water attack.

After Xiao Jing was appointed as the assassin of Jiaozhou last spring and began to preside over Jiaozhou's civil affairs, in order to ensure the irrigation of hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland along the banks of the Wei River from Jiaozhou downstream, Wang Yong specially asked Xiao Jing to build a new dam on the basis of each of the three dams to hold back the river water.

However, because of the relationship of time, Xiao Jing has only rebuilt the upper dam and the middle dam so far, and the lower dam in the most downstream has not had time to be built, and after the tens of thousands of Qi troops led by Dugu Yongye attacked, he will have no time to care about the lower dam.

At present, the upper dam and the middle dam that have been built and put into use have accumulated a very large amount of water, especially the middle dam that is about thirty or forty miles away from Gaomi City, because the river valley where it is located is very wide, and a Xiashan reservoir was built here in later generations, and even the ancient city of Gaomi has sunk into the water, and the amount of water stored is greater.

In order to build this dam more than ten meters high, Xiao Jing even mobilized tens of thousands of people, not only the huge amount of water storage, but also the strength of the dam made it use for decades without breakage.

The Weihe River, which had previously swelled due to ice and snow melt, receded ahead of schedule, and it was precisely because these dams and many other water conservancy facilities had been put into use that many water sources had been impounded, which allowed the river to end its flooding ahead of schedule.

When Murong Yi led more than 100,000 Qi troops to the west bank of the Wei River more than ten days ago, some Qi army scouts saw that Xiaba was still so deserted when they were reconnoitring, so they did not go upstream, let alone Wang Ze would use the water attack strategy.

After learning that Xiao Jing proposed the plan of flooding the Qi army, Wang Ze also had to agree that this was a very good idea, the only bad thing was that Wang Ze felt that a dam that had just been repaired was about to be destroyed before it could be used, and he always felt a little pity.

Because when the dam was built, the main body of the dam was built with stones, lime, glutinous rice syrup, brown sugar and other materials used to build the imperial city at that time, which was very strong.

In the end, there was no way, or Wang Ze came up with an idea, first used an iron spine to drill out many holes in the dam body that were several feet deep and relatively uniform, and then poured nitroglycerin explosives into it, when this day saw the thick white smoke that Wang Ze ordered to ignite, the dam was instantly exploded, and the tall dam was immediately blown out of a gap.

Weishui in the more than 100 miles from Jiaozhou City to Gaomi County not far downstream, the riverbed in this section of the height difference is very large, after the dam was blown up, the river valley was accumulated in the river water surged, and the whole dam body gradually washed away, the downstream river water subsided after the riverbed has not dried up again ushered in the surging flood.

At this time, even the 200-foot wide riverbed could not contain so much floodwater, and a large amount of flood water rose across the river and spread to both sides, destroying many houses and trees.

When the turbulent river rolled in from the upstream with a large amount of sand and gravel and dead wood, hundreds of thousands of Qi army wolves in the Weihe River and on both sides of the river rushed everywhere, almost not knowing the southeast and northwest, many people saw that they could not escape, so they simply pulled a piece with their enemies to die, and they had to pull another cushion back when they died.

The Qi army, which had crossed the Wei River on the east bank and was attacking the defensive line, did not care about continuing the attack at this time, and threw down the weapons in their hands, took off the armor on their bodies, and ran desperately to some high places in the east one by one, even if there were countless enemy cavalry and infantry nearby watching them.

The Qi army on the west bank is better, there are several high posts and small hills not far from the west bank, and under the leadership of the Hu Lawyers Association, these Qi troops have run there, but they are full of weapons and armor along the way, and they can't even take care of the baggage, military rations and so on.

However, it only suffered Murong Qi's subordinates, who were still running in the riverbed of the Wei River, except for a few soldiers who were close to the riverbank in time, the other more than 100,000 Qi troops, whether high or low, including the main general Murong Qi, were instantly swallowed up by the surging flood.

However, the Qi soldiers who fled on both sides of the bank were not necessarily safe, because the gap in the middle dam was gradually expanding, and the flood behind it was still sweeping towards both sides of the riverbank, and from time to time there would be slow Qi soldiers who were swept into the rolling flood.

At this time, Wang Ze in the east bank fortifications was also relatively nervous, although he strengthened and thickened these fortifications in advance, but after all, the construction time of many fortifications was too short and he didn't know if they could stop the flood, but he was worried and at the same time he was in the mood to take advantage of the fire to rob, which made people speechless.

Under his order, the soldiers of various units used crossbow arrows to strike a strong blow at the Qi soldiers who fled to the east bank on the high fortifications and fortresses they built, except for 30,000 or 40,000 Qi soldiers who fled to a high ground on the east bank and gathered, and it was not easy to attack for a while, most of the other Qi troops had no choice but to surrender if they wanted not to be flooded.

But when some Qi soldiers wanted to surrender, Wang Ze didn't dare to accept it, after all, there were only about 20,000 people around him, so he had to let these Qi soldiers throw away their weapons and squat in a castle by themselves to wait for follow-up processing.

In addition, Wang Ze also has to face a big problem, that is, the thirty or forty thousand Qi soldiers gathered, although most of the thirty or forty thousand Qi soldiers are unarmed, and there are no more than 10,000 soldiers with weapons, but if these people fight back to the death, Wang Ze may not necessarily take advantage. Bashan Academy

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the cavalry captains Ji Xiang, Yang Wu and Ge Wei's cavalry to arrive here in time to block all the retreats of the tens of thousands of Qi troops, and only wait until the water level drops slightly, and these cavalry can almost be defeated with a charge against them, and Wang Ze is slightly relieved.

Hu Lawyers' Association hid on a high post not far from the west bank and looked at the miserable scene in front of him, his heart could be described as extremely colic, hundreds of thousands of troops lost most of them in the blink of an eye, this is more than half of the strength of the Qi army now, and they died here in vain.

In fact, Hu Lawyers' Association not only felt sorry for these soldiers, but also felt sorry for the title that he might have to be reduced by Emperor Gao Yan, even if Liu Dharma and Dugu Yongye only lost 50,000 Qi troops each, they were punished more seriously, and now under his own command, the Qi army has lost more than 200,000 troops from last year to this year.

However, the Hu Lawyers Association is already relatively lucky, although the flood has also spread to them, and the entire high post is surrounded by the flood, but because of the shelter of the high gang, the impact of the flood is not so great, and most of the Qi army on the west bank has escaped this catastrophe, and there are only tens of thousands of people left like the Qi army on the east bank.

But escaping this artificially created flood does not mean that the Qi army is safe, just when the Hu Lawyers Association ordered the armies to quickly go downstream along the river to rescue the soldiers who were washed away by the flood, they suddenly found that there was a large group of soldiers on the other side of the Weishui from the upstream where they were not flooded, and they saw that the outfits and banners turned out to be the other party's reinforcements!

Hu Lawyers Association felt that fortunately these reinforcements came from the east bank of the Wei River, and now the other party was blocked by the river and could not take advantage of the situation to pursue the Qi army with serious losses, otherwise there were only tens of thousands of soldiers who kept weapons on their side, and they were still in a demoralized state.

Just when the Hu Lawyers Association was secretly rejoicing, suddenly a scout waded through the knee-deep muddy water from the west to Gaogang, and after passing through the crowded crowd, the scout came to the Hu Lawyers Association and said: "The governor of the capital is not good, I don't know where more than 20,000 cavalry suddenly rushed to Weixian to try to capture the city!" ”

"What? Is Weixian still in my hands? Although Weixian is just a small county under the rule of Qingzhou, because the county seat is thirty or forty miles west of Weishui, it has become a logistics reserve base for the Qi army after the Hu Lawyers Association came.

Now after a flood, the west bank of the Wei River more than 100,000 Qi army camp in the food, baggage almost all lost, weapons lost more than half, now counting on from the Weixian warehouse to get supplies, once Weixian is captured by the enemy, the Qi army is not only no longer able to supply, even the back road will be cut off.

"Pi Jinghe, you lead 30,000 cavalry to meet these enemy troops quickly! Be sure to save the safety of Weixian, Qingzhou and Changle! After learning that Weixian was still in his hands, the Hu Lawyers Association immediately ordered Pi Jinghe to lead the army to the rescue urgently.

In the past, Pi Jinghe suffered heavy losses from the Qi army on the Eastern Road because of the light enemy, but now it is at a critical moment of fighting the Xia army, and the Hu Lawyers Association still decided to send Pi Jinghe to lead the army.

Previously, when the Qi army attacked the Weihe defense line, the cavalry was useless, so the only tens of thousands of cavalry in the Qi army were basically not put into the battlefield, and most of them were safe and sound, and there were still forty or fifty thousand cavalry available in the whole Qi army, so the Hu Law Association could also send 30,000 cavalry on the basis of retaining enough cavalry.

Just when the Hu Lawyers Association on the west bank of Weishui organized the army to deploy defense on the east bank and actively sent troops to rescue the Qi army downstream, Wang Zezheng, who had been tired from the attack of the Qi army for several days, looked at the reinforcements that suddenly appeared in front of him with a surprised face.

These reinforcements are not outsiders, they are the front-line army led by Wang Yong, and behind Wang Yong are Liu Xin, Yuan Jia, Hu Bingchang, Zhou Tong and others, if you add Han Biao, Zhou Guang, Shi Haiguang and Fa Yan, these junior generals, there are still some people in the room who can't stand.

"Father!" Wang Ze looked at Wang Yong excitedly and said, "Dad, if you and your uncles and uncles don't come back, I'm going to die in a hurry!" My mother couldn't sleep all day during this time, and now she runs to Zhifu Island to pray for God's blessing every day! ”

Since Cheng Hu went to Jiaozhou Port last time to persuade Aunt Cheng and Wang Ze's old mother Gong Xi Wen, Gong Xi Wen still did not agree to leave, because she was particularly worried about Wang Yong's safety, Gong Xi Wen Yang simply took Cheng Second Aunt and Zhu Third Aunt and Wang Ze's two younger brothers, and ran to the Haotian Temple on Zhifu Island to pray day and night, hoping that Wang Yong could come back as soon as possible.

Now the entire prefectures and counties in Qidong are panicked, and a large number of people who originally did not believe in the Haotian God Sect have also begun to run to the Haotian Temple where they are located to pray for the blessing of Haotian God.

Wang Yong also looked at Wang Ze with joy and smiled: "I didn't come back before, didn't you do a good job?" At the beginning, Han Xin flooded the Chu army here, and now you are flooding the Qi army here, and now the Qi army will no longer have the strength to attack the east even if there are more than 100,000 troops, very good! ”

Seeing that Liu Xin, Zhou Tong and the others were also looking at Wang Ze with a smile on their faces, Wang Ze hurriedly saluted with the elders, "It's great that your uncles and uncles can return safely!" ”

Liu Xin also nodded again and again and half-jokingly: "The little marquis can withstand the offensive of more than 100,000 Qi troops with his weak troops, and now he deserves the title of a famous general after flooding the Qi army!" ”

Compared with Wang Ze, who was in a cheerful mood, Cheng Hu behind him also ran over to greet his father happily at first, but after observing a circle, he didn't find Cheng Chong's shadow, so he asked with some disappointment: "Father, didn't my father come back?" ”

Cheng Hu's question suddenly made Wang Yong and others not know how to answer, when the front line of Jeju and Jibei County retreated, in order to cover the army of Yuan Jia and Hu Bingchang to enter the mountains safely, Qin Lang led the army to defend the back road and fight to the death, Cheng Chong took the remaining tens of thousands of cavalry to fight a counter-charge of the pursuing Qi army, and then went to the north.

Although I haven't gotten any news about Cheng Chong so far, it is impossible to say that Cheng Chong died in the hands of the Qi army, if the Qi army killed Cheng Chong alive is any cavalry general, I am afraid that they will run to Wang Ze to show off their might, so as to hit the morale of Wang Ze's side.

Now Cheng Chong seems to have disappeared suddenly, and there has been no trace for a month, which makes Wang Yong worried and at the same time really ashamed of Cheng Hu, who is full of hope.

Seeing everyone's ashamed expressions, Cheng Hu, who was full of hope at first, gradually had tears in his eyes, and he thought that Cheng Chong had died on the battlefield.

At this moment, a sharp reprimand suddenly came: "What are you crying about, a manly husband wants to stand up to the sky, how to take on the Cheng family's family business after shedding tears at every turn!" "It turned out to be Cheng Hu's eldest sister Cheng Xueying, a fierce beauty.

Cheng Xueying also arrived with Wang Yong, but because she and Zhou Cheng escorted the weaker Pu Yangxun and Lu Wen along the way, they advanced to Gaomi City and settled down two gentlemen, and then came to the front line on the east bank of the Wei River with Zhou Cheng.

As a result, as soon as Cheng Xueying came here, she saw that the atmosphere was not right, Cheng Hu was actually crying, and Cheng Xueying, who was hot-tempered, immediately opened her mouth to reprimand.

But after Cheng Hu was reprimanded by Cheng Xueying, his mood recovered a lot, after all, this eldest sister also thought that he had died in Qizhou before, but now he appeared alive in front of him, which made Cheng Hu unable but to be surprised and happy.

Wang Ze was also very happy to see Cheng Xueying who suddenly appeared, although now Qin Lang had died in Jibei County, and Cheng Chong and his tens of thousands of cavalry had no news, but most of the familiar faces returned safely, which was already very satisfying for Wang Ze.

What's more, now with the hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened troops brought by Wang Yong, the original crumbling Weihe defense line has suddenly become an unbreakable steel Great Wall.

Although it is not possible to fight back to the west bank now, the tens of thousands of Qi troops who are still stranded on the east bank are quickly wiped out by the army, plus some of the original Qi troops who surrendered, Wang Ze suddenly has 50,000 or 60,000 more Qi army prisoners of war in his hands.

The overflowing river water lasted for more than two days before it declined because the two dams of the upper dam and the middle dam held too much water, but at this time, neither Wang Yong nor the Hu Lawyers Association had the energy to attack the other party.

Although Wang Yong returned with more than 100,000 troops, because of the severe suffering in the mountains, many soldiers were relatively weak and needed to recuperate, and the Qi army was even more because of heavy losses, and it would be good to be able to keep the west of the Wei River from being recaptured by Wang Yong.

But at this time, Wang Yong found that the Hu Lawyers Association on the other side seemed to be showing signs of retreat, what was going on?