Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 382
"At this time, I hope the rain will not stop." Huang Zhong looked outside the tent, stroking his short beard and said, "The heavier the rain, the longer the time, the greater the chance of breaking the city."

"What is the strategy?" Zang Ba asked.

"Has the general heard of Han Xin's first battle after being worshiped by Gao Di as the general?"

"Cultivate plank roads in the open, and keep Chen Cang in secret." Zang Ba laughed when he heard the words, and waved his hands: "Such a famous battle, how can a general not know it?"

In the first year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu led his army to quell the rebellion in Qi, and Han Xin took the opportunity to propose the strategy of "conquering the east and striving for power in the world" to Emperor Gao.Afterwards, Fan Kuai and Zhou Bo led more than ten thousand troops to rush to repair the plank road that had been burned by Liu Bang when he entered Hanzhong, and put on a posture of sending troops from the plank road to confuse the three Qin princes. "

Han Xin himself led the army to take the trail, cross the Qinling Mountains, and suddenly attacked Yong Wang Zhang Han's Chencang. Unexpectedly, Zhang Han rushed to meet the Han army, and finally fled in defeat.

"Exactly." Huang Zhong asked: "After Han Xin occupied Chencang, what's the next move?"

"The next step is to attack the waste hill." Before he finished speaking, Zang Ba followed Huang Zhong's line of sight, and saw that the rocks that had blocked the water had been completely washed away like a burst embankment. The outstanding person left by Qingshi suddenly realized, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

After Zhang Han fled to Feiqiu City, Liu Bang sent people to attack Feiqiu for a long time, so Han Xin planned to flood Feiqiu. Finally, Zhang Han did not want to surrender for the second time, so he drew his sword and killed himself.

Speaking of it, Han Xin, the soldier fairy, is probably the No. 1 water battle since ancient times. He was invincible in his life, but the four most important battles were all related to water.

In addition to the battle of Chencang, which was just beginning to emerge, Han Xin also feigned defeat in the battle of Weishui, another classic battle where he won more with less. Han Xin had already ordered people to rush to make more than ten thousand sandbags overnight, blocking the upper reaches of the Weishui River.

As a result, as soon as the leading troops of the Chu army crossed over, Han Xin ordered the soldiers who had been arranged in advance to break the dam upstream and release water, flooding the Chu army. Countless Chu soldiers were captured.

The other two battles, the battle of Jingxing is also called the battle of the last stand.

In the Battle of Anyi, the tactics of attacking west and avoiding reality were adopted. While gathering ships, pretending to cross from Linjin Pass, the main force went straight to Xiayang, more than a hundred miles upstream of Linjin Pass. Using Mu Ying as a boat, he smuggled to Xiayang, and surrounded Anyi City, an important town behind the Wei army, with lightning speed.Wei Wangbao led the army to fight in a hurry, but the Wei army was defeated and Wei Wangbao was captured alive.

"Brother Huang, you mean oops, is this possible?"

"Why not?" Huang Zhong tapped his fingers on the desk, "Maybe it won't work today, maybe it won't work tomorrow. But as long as the rain continues at the current pace, the river in the south of Gaomi City will inevitably surge in a few days!"

"I took a closer look at it the day I set up camp. Although the city of Gaomi is large, its walls are not high, and it has not been built for many years due to the danger of the river.

"As the saying goes, a good rider falls from a horse, and a good swimmer drowns in water!"

Huang Zhongdao: "Our army can imitate Huaiyin's old plan, intercepting and storing the upper reaches of the river, and when the water is full, open the embankment to release the water, and make use of the situation to follow the low places and flood the city. If there is still insufficient, another city east A river is only [-] miles away, and it can be dug into a diversion channel in a few days, and when it gathers in one place, it can flood the Gaomi defenders!"

When Zang Ba pondered, the rest of the generals also began to think about it, their expressions fluctuated between surprise and joy, but the soldier Amon couldn't help but said: "If it is true that the city is flooded with water as Captain Huang said, these defenders will surely I can't get away, but there are nearly ten thousand men, women and children who don't want to be engulfed together"

If Zang Ba hadn't heard of it, he grabbed Huang Zhong's hand with his backhand and asked eagerly, "How sure are you?"

Huang Zhong had just watched the river from a distance yesterday, he pondered for a while, then he knew it well, and said: "If it rains for three full days, plus the river diverts to the west, there is at least a [-]% certainty."

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there has never been a foolproof strategy, and a seven-point certainty can be said to be sure.

Zang Ba was overjoyed, and clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, good, good!" He said three "good" words in succession, almost jumping for joy, he pointed at Huang Zhong and laughed loudly: "Okay, Huang Hansheng, Sure enough, he is a general with both wisdom and courage, no wonder he became a captain as soon as he joined the army, Zhou Muguo has a good eye for talent!"

Regarding Zang Ba's praise, Huang Zhong's expression was calm, without the slightest complacency, he just thought for a while and added: "If this plan works, Gaomi will certainly be able to go down without a fight, but if the defenders find out in advance, we will be prepared , and can be dealt with calmly.”

"You don't need to worry about the rain here, you just need to pay attention to the timing. The project of digging water diversion channels is huge. Most of our men are new recruits. It's hard to get through the wind and rain. If you want to restrain your movements, don't let the enemy notice it. It's a bit difficult, whether it will be successful or not is still in doubt."

"Success or failure, you will only know if you have done it." Zang Ba didn't care when he heard this. He dared to rob prisoners and save his father when he was not a crown. The generation who looked forward and looked backward, patted Huang Zhong on the shoulder heavily, and said with a smile: "This matter, brother Huang, I will leave it to you. Amon!"

"exist."

"Choose thousands of soldiers, monitor the city, and guard Brother Huang. The guards will take advantage of me to dig the river and go out of the city to attack."

"Here!"

Looking around at the generals, Zang Ba said generously: "The war on the south side involves the west side. If we do a good job here, it will go smoothly there! There are only two instructions, one, let Huang Zhong be the vanguard, and two, if Pingshou can be captured, the first attack will not be in the west, but in the south!"

"Do you understand? If this battle is won, no matter what happens in other places, the first contribution will be on our side! The state shepherd has great expectations, and has never stingy rewards for meritorious service. How dare you spare your life?"

When the generals heard the words, everyone was so proud that they agreed with the promise.

Zang Ba allocated [-] new recruits to Huang Zhong. After half a day of investigation and preparation, he went down the same day and set off for the upper reaches of the south of the city. of cover.

In addition to this weather, most of the defenders on the top of the city are hiding in the canopy, which reduces the possibility of being discovered.

Three thousand people trekked hard in the raging rain. From time to time, some people fell and slipped. When they climbed out again, they were like clay figurines. It's all difficult.

The distance was less than twenty miles, and it took two hours to walk.

After arriving at the destination with great difficulty, Huang Zhong first sent out several hundred people to stand aside for an emergency, and then ordered several Dubos to divide the remaining more than 2000 people into three teams, with 800 people in one team, to take over and start work.

The rivers outside Gaomi City are criss-crossed. Originally, each flowed in its own way. Now that the rainwater has washed away, they all converge near this big river in the east of the city. With the washed down soil, the water in the upper reaches rises very quickly, rushing like a river. Roaring white dragon.

Amid the howling wind and rain, several soldiers couldn't even stand upright, and finally Huang Zhong had to step forward in person, with one step deep and one step shallow, and climbed firmly step by step to a high place to plant a large flag.

He looked around, the mountains to the north were abrupt, the river to the east was turbulent, and the city of Gaomi was looming to the west.There is a semi-circular blackness outside the city. If you look carefully, you can vaguely see thin lines towering in it. That is the Xuzhou military camp where they came.Thin lines are nothing more than watchtowers, gates and other buildings.

A Dubo climbed up with him, supported Douhou with one hand, and grabbed a small tree with the other, raised his head and shouted: "Captain, the team is divided. Shall we start now?"

"Go up to the first team to try. Be careful, the soil on the river bank is very loose, don't fall into the water. Pick some that can swim, tie the rope to the trees on the bank, and be ready to go down the river to catch people at any time. Instruct the second team to prepare , The third team went to build the canopy, didn’t they bring ginger and strong wine? Light a fire and cook ginger soup. The brothers who are off work, each have a bowl of ginger soup; the brothers who are working, each have half a bowl of strong wine.”

The craftsmen’s battalion had existed since Wang Zheng’s rebellion in Qingzhou, and it was later listed as a fixed standard for the Heavenly Army. Every military wing even set up a craftsman’s battalion. Zang Ba’s side was no exception, with a small number of people. There are only 80 people, and the usual training subjects are mainly digging fortifications, paving roads and bridges.This time the expedition also followed, Huang Zhong brought most of them, and the first batch to go up was a mixed team of them and the new recruits.

This blocked place was originally chosen by them. First, let them start work with new recruits. First, everything is difficult at the beginning, and second, it can be regarded as a demonstration.

When it comes to the location of this blockage, it is really hard to choose.

Huang Zhong was delayed for half a day, and most of the time was spent waiting for the survey and calculation of the craftsman camp. The location chosen should not be too close to the source of the upstream, lest the water overflow and cause the risk of breaking the embankment in advance, nor should it be too far away to accumulate water potential. Not to mention how long it took, the surge when the embankment burst also had an impact, and it was difficult to pour back, so the purpose of submerging Gaomi City would not be achieved.

The result of Jiangying's calculations is more optimistic than Huang Zhong's speculation. According to the current rain and water potential, not only does it not need to divert the river to the west, but it can be successful within three days at most.

However, the location must be calculated accurately, and the water must be guided to break the embankment directly at the lowest point of Gaomi City.

Huang Zhong left two of his own soldiers behind to watch the army flag, and led the generals to the river to watch carefully that the craftsmen's camp started to block the river.

The location they chose, the river channel was about tens of meters wide, and the waves rolled, one after another, rolling up violent eddies, bringing out the mud at the bottom of the river, and slapping the shore, making a loud noise.The rapid raindrops fell densely, hitting countless water droplets, which disappeared in a flash and continued continuously.

"How is it?" Huang Zhong asked in the wind and rain.

"The river is too fast, we have to cut down some trees and throw them down." A leader raised his voice, shouted and answered, while pointing to the bank sideways, there are mountains nearby, and there are many trees. In the distance, there are already many new recruits in groups of three, cutting down trees in an orderly manner.

"It's getting dark!" Huang Zhong raised his head to look at the sky and reminded, "When it's raining and it's night, you're bound to lose sight of your fingers. Tell me to go on, brothers, work harder, and finish the first process before nightfall."

"Here!"

Trees are cut down and cannot be thrown directly into the river.The current is very fast, if you throw it down, it will definitely be washed away.The trees must be tied together with ropes or vines before they can be pushed into the water.This is the first process.After the completion, the second process is followed by filling soil with cloth bags and filling them between trees to build a dam.

They brought all the cloth bags they could collect, and if they were not enough, they had to continue with the third process, moving stones from nearby, excavating soil, and replenishing them.

In short, the higher the dam, the better, and there is not only one, three should be piled up in different positions of the river, and when they are all full, the dams will be opened at the critical moment at the same time!
In this way, a huge momentum can be formed in an instant, it is a real monstrous wave, unstoppable, it will completely submerge all existences that stop it from galloping!
In the wind and rain, the exhaustion of physical strength became more and more intense.

Even if many of the new strokes are young and strong, even if three teams of people take turns to work, they will not be able to hold on all night. Fortunately, Huang Zhong had expected it. Early the next morning, Zang Ba sent another three thousand Substitute, replaced the first batch and returned to the camp to rest.

In this way, like a revolving lantern, three groups of people were replaced in a row, and almost all the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army on this road were replaced once. By the third day, all the dams had just been built.

And even Huang Zhong, who considers himself to be physically strong, couldn't take it anymore under the continuous wind and rain for three days, and he didn't close his eyes to rest. When he returned to the barracks again, Zang Ba was shocked. Jumping, I just remembered when I saw Huang Zhong so sluggish, this fierce man whose bravery makes him feel ashamed, is actually not too young.

Can't tire this guy out.

What Zhang Zhaoneng noticed, Zang Ba naturally also saw clearly. In addition to the other party's performance during this period, Zang Ba knew very well that if the existence of such an enemy of ten thousand people was compromised because of a mere Gaomi city, it would be a big deal for him. For Wang Zheng, it was an absolute loss-making business!
Immediately, he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to change his wet clothes and prepare hot rice for him.

At this time, although Huang Zhong looked tired, he was in excellent spirits, even close to hyperactivity, which may be the result of the joy of his great success, "God help me, it has been raining non-stop for three days. Before I came back, I went to see it." Look, the water in the two dams is basically full, and the third dam is actually almost full, and the brothers in Jiangying said that even if the rain stops now, the possibility of success is very high with only these two dams.”

When the food was served, Huang Zhong casually ate a couple of mouthfuls, and then asked, "It's almost time, what happened to the defenders in the city these days?"

"Haha, there is no movement at all!" Zang Ba shook his head: "The result of Beihai is unbearable. He has neither the courage to fight to the death, nor can he suffer and suffer. How can he compare with us? What a waste, Amon We have been on guard for three days, but there is often no one in the city.”

"Such an army, such a country." At this point, he snorted coldly, and then clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "How can it be undefeated?"

He rubbed his hands, the more he thought about it, the happier he became, fidgeting and fidgeting, he ordered his own soldiers to call the generals, raised the tent of the commander's tent, watched the rain and drank tea.
For him and Chang Xi who were born as bandits, Wang Zheng treated them leniently. Many military orders of the Heavenly Army did not require them, but there were only two exceptions. Drinking alcohol was prohibited outside the battle, and no women were allowed in or out of the barracks.Zang Ba naturally didn't dare to be negligent, and he carried it out from his own home.

Dozens of tall, tall and thick men were holding bowls of tea and watching the torrential rain outside the tent, looking a bit nondescript.Huang Zhong, who was on the side of the couch, finally couldn't bear the sleepiness, his eyelids slowly closed, and fell asleep, he didn't know what he dreamed, and a smile floated from the corner of his mouth.

After two days, the rain began to slow down, and after three days, the wind stopped and the rain stopped.

At the same time, Zang Ba gave an order, and all three dams burst.

When the Gaomi garrison walked out of the canopy again, they saw the torrential flood, which had already swept in!

When everyone was terrified and speechless, the huge waves as high as ten feet, with their seemingly never-ending momentum, began to hit the city wall mercilessly, and collapses and gaps appeared in an instant. One gap, rolling into the city.

Soon after, Gaomi was completely swallowed up.

When Zang Ba led his army into the city, he checked and checked. There were nearly ten thousand soldiers and civilians in the city, and two out of ten survived.

(End of this chapter)