Meili, the capital of Wu has been besieged for three months, and although the environment in the city is better than outside the city, it is also extremely difficult.

The 80,000 people, together with the original residents, filled the city of Meri. There are not enough houses in the city, many people can only be crowded together, the sewage in the city is overflowing, the firewood is insufficient, and a large number of people are sick. In fact, both inside and outside the city have reached their limits.

Zhou Hong led a group of soldiers to patrol the city, and there were a large number of people on both sides of the street, sitting or leaning on the walls, looking lifeless, and they were also unaware of Zhou Hong's arrival. At this time, suddenly a horn sounded, Zhou Hong's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly led people to the city wall.

As soon as he reached the city wall, more than a dozen arrows fell from the sky and fell to the ground, and just as he was about to step over, he suddenly found that there were no arrows on these arrows, and there seemed to be something wrapped around the shaft of the arrow. Immediately, his heart moved, and he picked up the shaft of the arrow.

When I opened it, I saw two lines of words written on the silk cloth wrapped around the shaft of the arrow. Zhou Hong took a general look at it, and his face changed suddenly. I didn't care about going to support the city wall anymore, so I took people back directly.

At the same time, a large number of arrows were thrown into the city, and the silk cloth soon spread throughout the city.

Wu Hou soon learned the news, and after seeing the silk cloth saying that Huaiguo would build an embankment to store water, and flooding Meili, his face also changed greatly.

"Go and invite all the ministers here."

Soon the ministers who got the news rushed one after another.

"Your Majesty, Huai Guo is ruthless, so he wants to exterminate my Wu Kingdom! The minister implored the king to gather the elite, break through the siege at night, and destroy the embankment! ”

"You can't, even if the embankment is destroyed, the Huai people can still rebuild, this is the Huai people's strategy, if our army is elite, the Huai country will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city, and then Meili is in danger, and the society is in danger!"

"If you don't break the embankment, it won't be long before the Huai people will flood Meili, and then we will all become fish and turtles in the water!"

"It's useful to smash the dike? They can rebuild! And there must be a trap outside the city, the Huai people are strong, how can they win? ”

"Your Majesty, it's better to break through at night and go to the Chu State or find the Son of Heaven for help!"

For a while, everyone was disturbing and arguing. But no one can convince anyone. In the end, after arguing all night, there was no conclusion.

For the next two days, the nobles and nobles in the city were still arguing about whether to break through and flee or to destroy the embankment. Wu Hou was also hesitant, after all, he also had luck in his heart.

While these men were deliberating, rumors began to spread throughout the city. This kind of embankment to store water and flood Meri has spread throughout the city. The whole city was terrified.

Two days later, the panic became even worse when it was discovered that the water level of several of the city's waterways had dropped and almost stopped.

The people in the city were panicked, and some of the ministers began to secretly contact, and even the people gathered quietly into small groups.

The pressure of death has made the nerves of the whole city tense, and the atmosphere of the whole city has become extremely oppressive.

It was night, and a group of low-ranking officers quietly gathered.

"Head, the Huai army wants to flood Meili, what should we do?"

"What can I do, either I don't go out of the city and fight to the death, I break the embankment, or I surrender."

"I heard that those nobles are secretly gathering elites, and I heard that they want to escape!"

"Escape? What should we do if they run away? Waiting to die? ”

"yes, are we just going to die here?"

"Big brother, we can't wait any longer, Huaiguo has already built an embankment to store water, and if we don't make a decision, we really have to feed the fish and turtles."

"Yes, big brother, we all listen to you!"

"Yes, we all listen to the eldest brother!"

The man at the head glanced at everyone: "Our brothers are all lifelong friendships, Huaiguo soldiers are sharp, we are not opponents, our skills are not as good as others, there is nothing to complain about when we die, but stay in this city and bury those meat eaters, Lao Tzu will not do it!" ”

"They have enough brocade clothes and delicious food, and the beauties of Washington have enjoyed enough, what kind of life are we living, and why do we have to work hard for them? Huai Gong has already ordered that surrender will be exonerated from the crime, and if he makes a meritorious contribution, he can also share the land officials.

I am already planning to surrender to Huaiguo, I am willing to be with my brother, from today there will be yours, if you don't want to brother, we don't force it, go out and forget what you just said, we will be strangers in the future! ”

After speaking, the man looked at everyone and stopped talking, but his eyes moved slightly, and a few soldiers next to him quietly took half a step back, and his right hand was already quietly holding the hilt of the sword.

"Big brother, we'll follow you!"

"Yes, big brother, what do you say, how can those nobles ever manage us?"

"Yes, we're going to do it with you!" Hearing the words of the crowd, those people did not draw their swords.

"Good!" The man immediately said: "In this case, then let's go and open the city gate tonight and surrender to the Huai army!" ”

Immediately the man led the men out of the house and went to the city gate. At the same time, those nobles and nobles were also quietly divided into two groups, one group wanted to break through directly, and the other group wanted to surrender.

The whole merry is like a firewood pile full of hay, and the slightest flame will burn in an instant.

Before these nobles could make a decision, several groups of soldiers had quietly arrived at the gate of Meili City.

These people were originally soldiers of the Wu State, and before the soldiers guarding the city gate could react, they were directly dispersed. When they learned that the Huai people were going to flood Meili, these soldiers had long lost their morale and were panicked.

Everyone didn't expect that the city gate would be taken so easily, and then everyone opened the gate, and the man at the head took a torch and shook it back and forth on the city wall, and soon in the darkness outside the city, a group of black shadows rushed in.

After these people rushed into the city, they did not rush inside, but took control of the gate as soon as possible. Then the army behind began to enter, and three of the four gates of Meili City were opened, and the army of Huai State rushed into the city like a tide.

At this time, the defenders in the city found out that the Huai State had attacked, but by this time, it was already too late. The wolf-like army of Huai State swooped straight up, without the advantage of the city wall, these Wu soldiers were not opponents at all, and they fell one after another.

The army was like a bamboo, and rushed directly towards the palace of Wu Hou in the city, and everywhere they passed, the soldiers of Wu fled one after another, almost without any resistance.

When Wu Hou put on his clothes in a panic and wanted to escape, the soldiers who rushed the fastest had already entered the palace and captured them directly, and at the same time, the resistance in the city was weak and pitiful, and a large number of people surrendered directly, and the same was true for the soldiers.

By dawn the next day, the entire city had fallen into the hands of Huai.

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In the eleventh year of King Ping, Huai attacked Wu, besieged Wudu, did not conquer in March, the army was tired, Zhao Gong wanted to retreat, the ram offered a water attack, Zhao Gong was not allowed, Xu Qing offered a plan, built an embankment and diverted the route, and the arrow book was intimidated. On the third day, the water of Wu was dry, the people were frightened, the city was sacrificed, and the Wu country was destroyed. - "Huaigong Spring and Autumn"