Chapter 169: Drag the Knife Meter

A fireboat, burning with a raging fire, rushed down the upper canal into the flotilla of the Northern Army downstream.

This is not the first time.

The first time such a fireboat appeared was when Fu Youde decided to withdraw his troops, and hundreds of fireboats were released in one go, and the scene was simply obscuring the sky and the sun, and the entire canal turned red.

It also brought great trouble to the Northern Army.

In the end, the canal is the canal, it is the main artery of this attack, hundreds of thousands of troops are moving, and the materials required are simply massive, and even the troops who are roundabout left and right, and the logistics are also supported by the canal. Because the transportation force required to transport an army of hundreds of thousands by land is too great.

This is also why Fu Youde went north as soon as the war started, just to block this aorta. This can limit the opponent's forces to the south.

It's just that at this moment, this canal has also become a battlefield for the battle between the two sides.

This time it was just a fireboat, nothing at all. The first time the dense fireboats burned for three or five days, and the Northern Army also lost dozens of boats, and the canal was blocked for several days.

Now we have experience.

Immediately someone stepped forward in a small boat and had a bamboo pole to hold it up. Then someone on the shore dragged them to the shore with iron hooks, and waited for the fire boat to burn out.

It's just that this one is the same for twenty-four hours.

Make it difficult for the fleet of the Northern Army to move an inch.

Seeing this, Ye Shen could only order. Let the fleet clear the river in the rear. He led the army first.

The army split into two routes along both sides of the canal, marching in unison.

Although there are no big ships, there are still small boats or flags between the two armies to exchange news.

It's just that it didn't go very smoothly either.

Fu Youde personally led the troops to break off.

The pursuit battle became an endless offensive and defensive battle, and dozens of positions, large and small, were set up along both sides of the canal. Each position will take several days to attack from Botou Town to Anlingbao, and it will take dozens of days.

Now, dozens of days are enough for Fu Youde's army to withdraw.

After all, there are canals, and even a large number of ships on them.

However, Ye Shen naturally didn't just want to do this. At this moment, a northern army that set out from the west had already left for Texas. They met no strong resistance.

After Fu Youde got the news, he was silent for a while and said, "It's okay."

Then he retreated even more in great strides. But at this speed, it is impossible to get rid of Ye Shen's pursuit. It can only be said that it is a little faster.

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In Anlingpu.

Life in Anlingpu was difficult.

There was already a sea outside Anlingbao.

Outside, the levees have been raised. Even if this is no longer the right way to the canal. But there is still a steady stream of water flowing into the area. Not to mention, Hebei is also rainy in summer. Even if there is no upstream water source to replenish it. Just a few more rains.

The water in this levee can rise by a few inches.

Today, when viewed from the city walls, the lake is several miles wide.

Looking down from the walls, the water seemed to be reachable.

It is precisely in this way that the water outside the city also penetrates into the city wall little by little.

Zhang Ming thought of a lot of ways. But it's all useless. First, the water seeps in through the sewers. Then, the rain that came through the cracks in the door, or simply had nowhere to go.

Anling Fort is strong. But no matter how strong it is to soak in water, there will be problems.

Today, there has been no large-scale infiltration, but waterlogging alone is a big problem.

Not to mention anything else, gunpowder, food, and many other non-materials cannot have water at all. Once something goes wrong, you can't store it.

As a result, the biggest problem in the city is drainage.

The waterlogged water must be beaten buckets and poured out.

But even so, there was no shortage of water in the city.

It is also unstoppable, and many materials cannot be used.

So, Zhang Ming could only find a way to dig a hole in the city wall.

It is used to store grain.

In order to prevent shelling, the walls were very thick, and horse-drawn carriages could be paralleled on the top of the city. But digging a cave-like hole out of the wall can store something, but it will destroy the structure of the wall, if it is actually shelled.

That's going to go wrong.

Maybe the walls will collapse.

It's just that things have come to this point, and Zhang Ming has no choice.

It's not just about the walls. Even most of the soldiers were already sleeping on the top of the city.

for there is not much of a place on the head of the city that is not damp.

Actually, these problems are still minor problems. Epidemics are the big problem.

Stay in this situation, and all kinds of epidemics will naturally come to your door. From the beginning of the water storage to the present, hundreds of soldiers have died of illness. Now hundreds of soldiers are dying. As for peeling on the body, or any skin disease, it is a very, very normal situation.

Almost no one is in a healthy state.

As for morale, it is even more depressed.

Sometimes, death is not a terrible thing, life is better than death. Now Zhang Ming's situation is similar to life is better than death.

Even Zhang Ming felt that if the southern army attacked by boat, he would not have to think much about it at all, so he would pull out this place. Even Zhang Ming has killed several soldiers in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

Although these soldiers had already investigated before they were sent. They are all the most loyal people to Beijing.

However, dying in battle all of a sudden, and now this kind of torture, there is no way to bury the dilemma even after death, which is really too torturous.

A lot of people are unbearable.

Even Zhang Ming is the same.

In fact, he has thought about suicide several times.

It's just that he has always had a question in his heart, that is, why? Now Anlingbao is already a ripe fruit and is within reach, why didn't Fu Youde take it? Did you forget?

This question has always been entangled in Zhang Ming's heart.

Suddenly, on this day, he faintly heard the sound of cannonballs. At first, this Zhang Ming thought it was thunder, but one after another, although it came from a distance, Zhang Ming was very clear that this was the sound of cannons and had nothing to do with thunder.

In an instant, the originally lifeless Anling Fort suddenly came to life again.

In the past few months, he has been cut off from outside information.

I don't know what it's like to fight outside. Now when I hear the sound of cannons, I know that it is like news.

This shows that the battlefield has shifted here. The Northern Army went south.

Zhang Ming stood at the top of the city and looked north, which was blocked by a. Nothing to see. Just when he was disappointed, he suddenly noticed some people on the northern embankment. These people are weird. Don't know what you're doing?..

He looked at it for a while, and suddenly he was shocked.

In an instant, the answer to his question had just been answered.

Why? Anlingbao is already in the hands of the Southern Army, but it will not be taken. Why, for the sake of a mere Anling Fort, to build such a large project. Now, Zhang Ming can see it. This is a knife plan, replacing soldiers with water.

The best way to hide one thing is to hide one thing from another.

For example, in order to replace soldiers with water. Fu Youde needs to artificially create Hongfeng, and this technology was already very mature in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It has even set a historical record of ancient Chinese warfare, a record that even the dam in front of us cannot surpass.

Outsiders just feel that this is a blockade of Anling Fort.

After all, Anlingbao is too shocking. A castle that the life of a founding marquis can't be defeated.

No matter how much power you wield, you don't think there's anything wrong with it.

No one ever thought that there was so much water here that it could actually create a flood peak.

Zhang Ming's question was answered.

The blockade of Anlingpu may have been important from the beginning. But it doesn't matter anymore. Anlingbao is already a cover for Fu Youde's poisonous plan. Even if Anlingbao wants to surrender, it is estimated that Fu Youde will not accept it.

Now the people on the embankment are either doing anything else or burying gunpowder. Prepare for the burst.

Zhang Ming watched it for a long time before he understood what these people were trying to do.

Zhang Ming thought that countless soldiers of the Northern Army were swept away by the flood. Zhang Ming couldn't bear it, maybe the northern army still had a chance to go south. But Zhang Ming's various conditions here are no longer able to support them in persevering.

"I must tell my lord." Zhang Ming thought.