Unbeknownst to Chongzhen and his soldiers, a warrior was struggling to break through the blockade of Jiannu.

Needless to say, this warrior is naturally Yang Ponu, he was ordered by Huang Degong to go south from Xia Zhen overnight, and after sneaking to the periphery of the Jiannu blockade line, he did not choose to break through.

There were so many messengers sent by Xia Zhen before, but none of them broke through the blockade line of Jiannu.

Yang Ponu didn't think that his skills were much better than the previous messengers, so if he really broke through, there was a chance that he would repeat the mistakes of the previous messengers.

What's more, Yang Ponu also has a unique skill.

Yang Ponu grew up in a small village in Lujiang Province.

This small village is close to the Yangtze River, so Yang Ponu has been practicing a good water character since he was a child, how good is it? Good enough to catch a live fish with your bare hands in the deep waters of the Yangtze River!

I even caught a river pig.

In addition, Yang Ponu also discovered a secret of the river.

That's the coldest time of winter, and the bottom of the river is actually warmer than the surface of the river.

In the harsh winter season when the water drips into ice, the fisherman with the best water nature can only last less than two quarters of an hour in the river, but Yang Ponu can last for half an hour! If you want to, you can last longer.

Yang Ponu's secret is to drill into the deep water as much as possible.

Now Yang Ponu is doing this, except for floating to the surface when he is ventilating, he sneaks at the bottom of the river at other times.

After sneaking intermittently in the depths of the river for almost an hour, Yang Ponu felt that his body was about to reach its limit, and if he continued at this time, he might faint at any time.

If you faint in the deep waters, you will surely die.

Yang Po slave even floated to the surface of the river.

At this time, the surface of the Yellow River was covered with ice, and Yang Ponu instantly felt frozen into the bone marrow.

Yang Ponu knew that he couldn't hold out for a moment in such icy water, so he hurriedly grabbed the ice and paddled to the bank of the river, and in less than fifty steps from the middle of the river to the bank, Yang Ponu was almost completely frozen.

Struggling to climb ashore, Yang Ponu felt a strong sense of sleepiness.

Yang Ponu didn't know that this was a shock reaction caused by hypothermia, but he knew that if he fell asleep at this time, he would basically never wake up again, so he bit the tip of his tongue hard and tried his best to keep himself conscious.

After crawling to the shore with all his might, Yang Ponu ran out of strength and couldn't climb.

"It's over, I'm going to let down Jingnanhou now." Yang Ponu's eyes went black before he finished his thoughts.

However, before losing consciousness, Yang Ponu seemed to faintly hear a soft shout in his ears: "Who?" ”

It was said in the official language of the Ming Dynasty, not a slave, now it was saved, Yang Ponu finally fell asleep with peace of mind.

I don't know how long it took, Yang Ponu regained consciousness again, and felt that the whole person was warm, like soaking in the river water after a long time in summer, not to mention how comfortable it was.

"Awake?" A somewhat shrill voice suddenly sounded.

Yang Ponu got goosebumps in the moment when he heard this, and immediately opened his eyes.

The eye is a dimly lit adobe house, and a white-faced, beardless man wearing a three-mountain hat.

"Father-in-law Gao?" Yang Ponu had a good memory and recognized this man as Gao Qiqian, the great eunuch in front of the saint.

While he was talking, Chongzhen walked in quickly with Zhu Cijiong, followed by Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi and several other scholars.

Seeing Chongzhen, Yang Ponu quickly turned over and sat up, but halfway through his sitting, he fell back to the straw couch, and he found that his limbs were soft and weak.

At that moment, Yang Ponu smiled bitterly and said: "Holy Lord, forgive the villain for being rude." ”

"Don't move." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Just lie down and talk back." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen asked again, "Yang Ponu, how did you get in?" ”

Yang Ponu said: "Back to the saint, the villain came from the upper reaches of the Yellow River. ”

"Impossible." Gao Qiqian shouted, "Although the weather is warmer now, the surface of the Yellow River is full of ice, so it is still cold and biting, and people can only stay in such cold river water for a maximum of two quarters of an hour." ”

Lu Jiude then said: "Although the blockade of the upper reaches of the Yellow River by Jiannu is not as good as that of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and there are no Hongyi cannons, there are also many sentry posts on both sides of the Yellow River, so if you want to pass through the blockade of Jiannu from the Yellow River, you have to swim two or three miles, even if you go downstream, it is impossible to do it without half an hour." ”

Yang Ponu said: "Back to my father-in-law, the villain has been swimming for nearly an hour. ”

"You're talking nonsense." Gao Qiqian shouted again, "On such a cold day, no one can stay in the river for an hour, you must be lying, Saint, Yang Ponu must have been caught by Jiannu and then defected." ”

"Shut up!" Chongzhen shouted with a dark face, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute." ”

Gao Qi shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything again, and Lu Jiude also quietly took a step back.

Yang Ponu said sincerely: "Back to the two fathers-in-law, the villain really didn't lie, the reason why the villain can stay in the river for an hour is because he knows a secret." ”

Chongzhen asked, "Is it warmer in deep water?" ”

"Huh?" Yang Ponu was stunned, "The Holy One also knows? ”

Chongzhen said what is this, the water temperature at the bottom of the river is usually around four degrees Celsius.

However, even if it is four degrees Celsius, people who are not used to winter swimming will not last long, Yang Ponu estimates that he grew up in such an environment when he was a child, so he can last for an hour.

However, the arrival of Yang Ponu provided Chongzhen with an idea.

Zheng Sen thought of it almost at the same time, and couldn't wait to say: "Holy Lord, since Yang Jiang can always come in from the Yellow River, we can also send messengers to go out, and even send one or several sampans to infiltrate at night, the students don't believe that Jiannu can really tightly seal the river several miles wide!" ”

"Hmm." Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "I'll send a sampan to Pizhou tonight!" Then let Lu Zhenfei send a messenger to Luoyang to send a letter to Niu Jinxing via Fengyang Mansion, but how should this letter be written? ”

Huang Zongxi said: "Shengshang, this letter should be written like this, just say that my Ming Dynasty spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and it was not easy to attract the 400,000 troops of Jiannu to the battlefield in Xuzhou, and it was not easy to cause an extremely empty situation in Beijing, and then we will attack Beijing by surprise, so we sent a messenger to tell the hypocrisy, and we must not compete with my Ming Dynasty for Beijing." ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Chongzhen said happily, "Just warn Niu Venus to be equinox." ”

At this time, Zheng Sen suddenly said: "Holy Lord, the student has a sentence that he doesn't know whether to speak or not?" ”

"What do you want to say?" Chongzhen said angrily, "Or the jade stubble?" ”

"Yes." Zheng Sen said solemnly, "The students still think that as long as they can recreate slaves, as long as the Ming Dynasty can get Zhongxing, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed, and the people of the Daimyo Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and even Jinan Mansion can also be sacrificed, so it is not appropriate to make a plan for the puppet Shun army at this time, and wait until two or three months later, the wheat of Jiannu is almost ripe, and then induce the puppet Shun to send troops to Beijing, and at the same time dig the embankment of the Yellow River, then the Jiannu will inevitably fall into a desperate situation!" ”

The entire adobe house fell silent in an instant.

Even Yang Ponu, a little boss who doesn't understand strategy, can also see the viciousness of this strategy!

If the Ming army really followed the method that Zheng Sen said, first let Jiannu consume two months of time and two months of rations, camp fields outside Xuzhou City, wait until the wheat was about to ripen, and then suddenly dig the embankments on both sides of the Yellow River, and flood the wheat fields that Jiannu spent three months carefully cultivating with monstrous water, and at the same time the puppet Shun army sent troops to Beijing......

What kind of situation will Jiannu face at that time? That's really the end of the mountain.

Not to mention how many Jiannu will drown if the river floods down, even if they don't drown, they will be trapped, and then the Jiannu in Xuzhou will not be able to go back even if they want to go back to save Beijing.

If the Jiannu in Xuzhou can't go back, Beijing will inevitably be lost.

Then all the wheat fields that Jiannu had planted for three months were flooded, and there was no harvest in the tuntian.

As a result, the Jiannu army trapped in Xuzhou even had a problem with rations.

If such a situation is not exhaustive, what can be considered exhaustion?

Yang Ponu looked at Zheng Sen with some horror, and said in his heart that this scholar with thick eyebrows and big eyes is so ruthless?

Chongzhen turned his head and looked at Zheng Sen deeply: "Zheng Sen, do you think this method can really recreate slaves?" It is even possible to destroy Jiannu at once? ”

Zheng Sen said: "It is definitely impossible to destroy the slaves, but it is no problem to recreate the slaves. ”

"No problem? I'm telling you now that it's just wishful thinking on your part. Chongzhen snorted coldly and said, "If you really dig up the embankment of the Yellow River as you said, and at the same time induce the puppet Shun army to send troops to Beijing, Jiannu will definitely not be exhausted, but the people of the entire Beizhi and even Shandong will definitely fall into a desperate situation!" ”

"It can't be." Zheng Sen was unconvinced, "The student thinks that it will definitely not be like this. ”

Chongzhen said to Huang Zongxi: "Huang Zongxi, you come to tell Zheng Sen why Jiannu will be fine, but the people of Beizhi and Shandong have suffered from the pond fish. ”

"The students obey." Huang Zongxi waved his hand and said to Zheng Sen, "Brother Damu, you only thought that the flooding of the Yellow River could flood Jiannu's tuntian, and even trap Jiannu, but you didn't expect that Jiannu was alive, and they would withdraw in advance before the river was completely flooded. ”

Zheng Sen frowned and said, "Can Jiannu run through the flood? ”

Huang Zongxi said: "That's because you haven't seen the Yellow River burst. ”

"Have you seen that?" Zheng Sen was a little unconvinced, "What happened to the Yellow River bursting?" ”

"I've seen it, but it was only a small burst of the levee, and it ended up being blocked." Huang Zongxi said, "The water surface of the Yellow River is wide and not deep, so even if there is a gap in the embankment, it will not expand quickly, or take the small embankment I have seen as an example, from a gap of more than ten zhang wide to more than 100 zhang, it took three days." ”

"Huh? Three days? Zheng Sen was dumbfounded and said, "Is the Yellow River bursting so slowly?" ”

"Or else?" Huang Zongxi shook his head and smiled, "Do you still think that as long as you dig a gap, you can expand to a few hundred zhang in a short period of time, and the river can surge down?" ”