The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 327 Building the Wall
Pang Tong was thinking while looking at the sand table.

"My lord, although Wu County is located in a plain, the terrain around Wu County is higher than that in the city, and the terrain is higher in the west and lower in the east. There is a small mountain in the north. I think that we can build earth walls with the same height as the city wall in the east and south of Wu County, and then Drain the water from Taihu Lake to irrigate the city, and when the water level reaches the city wall, order soldiers to attack the city in one fell swoop by boat."

"Okay, this plan is very good. I ordered the nearby people to be recruited, build the wall with the soldiers, and prepare the ships at the same time."

At the end of Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng City with this trick.Li Zicheng failed to attack Kaifeng three times, and was almost shot blind by the defender in his left eye. In a rage, he dug up the Yellow River embankment and poured the Yellow River water into Kaifeng City.

After the dam was dug, water from the Yellow River quickly poured into the city from the north gate of Kaifeng City, and Kaifeng City was immediately submerged in the torrential flood. The accumulated water in the city was as high as three feet and the city wall.

The city became a vast ocean, and only the city tower and the roof of the Zhou Palace were exposed on the water in the entire Kaifeng city.Li Zicheng took the opportunity to lead his army into the city by boat. After the flood receded, Kaifeng City with a population of one million survived with less than [-] people.

"Yes, my lord, but from my point of view, there may not be enough water in Taihu Lake at present."

"Leave this problem to me. You are responsible for supervising the construction of the earthen wall. Recruit more people and build it within ten days."

The water is not enough. Although it is autumn and the rainy season has passed, it still rains a lot here in Wu County. Although the rainfall is not heavy, we can help!

Ten days later, as long as there is cloudy and rainy weather, Zhang Wu can activate the skill of summoning wind and rain to increase the amount of rainfall.

Therefore, while destroying the city wall with catapults, the Jingzhou army recruited people to start building the earthen city. In the east and south of Wu County, the earthen wall began to be built a thousand steps away from the city wall.

The function of this earth wall is to temporarily block the coming flood, turning the outside of Wu County into a vast ocean. When the water surface is level with the city wall, the Jingzhou army will go straight to the top of the wall by boat and capture Wu County in one fell swoop.

Because this kind of temporary earth wall will definitely not be able to keep the flood here for a long time, and it may burst the embankment soon, but Zhang Wu's purpose is not to collapse the city wall of Wu County.

The big news of digging earth to build a wall must have been quickly known to Sun Quan, who summoned his men Wenwu to discuss countermeasures.

"The Jingzhou army is building a wall outside the city. Could it be that they plan to besiege here for a long time?" Sun Quan asked.

It is normal for Sun Quan to think so, because in ancient siege battles, the attacking side would often build another wall outside the city to completely surround the city, preventing outside reinforcements and food from entering.At the same time, it also showed his determination to conquer the city and put more pressure on the defenders.

Han Dang and others also thought so, because apart from that, they really couldn't think of any other situations.

But Kan Ze has some doubts, because judging from the current situation, there is absolutely no need for the Jingzhou Army to waste manpower and financial resources to build such a wall!Because even without this wall, there would be no reinforcements to rescue Wu County. The troops in the counties below were exhausted, and the troops in Kuaiji County did not dare to come out.

Although he had doubts, Kan Ze couldn't figure out what Zhang Wu wanted, so he could only wait and see.

Now that he has a plan, Zhang Wu is definitely not willing to let his soldiers go to die in vain. Anyway, Wu County City and Sun Quan are here, and they can't run away. The army is not the opponent of the Jingzhou army at all.

The last time he desperately attacked Moling was because Cao Cao's army would arrive soon, but now there is no such worry.

Under the temptation of food and money, the people nearby came to help the Jingzhou army build the earth wall.These people don't care what you are building the wall for, as long as you give money and food, and the wages are settled every day, never in arrears, and they even take care of two meals a day.

Even some old people and women came to look for work, because the Jingzhou Army doesn't care if you are male or female, old or young, as long as you carry enough soil every day, you will take care of your food and wages.

The power of the masses is strong. With enough manpower working, the earth wall was basically completed ten days later.

The east and south earth walls are connected. The earth walls are trapezoidal, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. There are many stones at the bottom of the wall facing Wuxian to withstand the impact of floods.

After the earth wall was built and the warship was ready, Zhang Wu began to use the skill of summoning wind and rain when it was cloudy and rainy.Now he can summon heavy rain, and it can fall for two hours at a time, that is, four hours. After several days of continuous rain, the big rivers and creeks in Wu County are full of water.

Zhang Wu had also sent people to build a wall on the shore of Taihu Lake to collect rainwater.

Since the large and small rivers near Wu County that were used to discharge floods were also cut off by Zhang Wu, all the rainwater and river water are now accumulated near Wu County, especially the low-lying east and south of the city, which is already a vast ocean.

Seeing this scene, Sun Quan and the others didn't understand what the two earthen walls were for, because the rainwater had flowed into their brains.

"Lord, Zhang Wu wants to flood Wu County!" Gu Yong said anxiously.

"Yes, it has been raining heavily for days now. Not only is there a vast ocean outside the city, but there is also deep water inside the city. And the nearby rivers have been cut off by the Jingzhou Army. So much water cannot be drained out, and it will accumulate deeper and deeper!" Kan Ze I am also very anxious. Wu County is originally a relatively low-lying place, and it used to rely on large and small rivers for flood discharge, but now it cannot be discharged.

Han Dang said: "My lord, although the city walls of Wu County are tall and strong, they are still built of rammed earth. Now the walls in the south and east of the city have been soaked in water, and Zhang Wu has built earthen walls to block the water. It has been a long time. I’m just afraid that the city wall will collapse!”

After hearing this, Sun Quan asked anxiously, "What countermeasures do you have?"

The best way is to go out of the city and tear down the two damn walls, so that the flood can flow eastward into the sea, but there are still [-] Jingzhou troops outside the city, and Zhang Wu can't wait for them to go out of the city to fight.

What else can be done?

Everyone was at a loss, and Kan Ze said again: "My lord, if Zhang Wu just wants to wait for the city wall to be collapsed by big water bubbles, that's fine. Now I am worried that Zhang Wu will use the water from Taihu Lake to flood the city. When the time comes, the water will be overwhelming, and the earth wall Zhang Wu built will be as high as the city wall. If the flood floods the city wall, Jingzhou soldiers will take the opportunity to attack by boat What can I do?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, especially Han Dang and Zhou Tai. They saw Jingzhou Army soldiers preparing a large number of small warships outside the city.

At first they thought that the Jingzhou army was there to deal with the flood. If it was what Kan Ze said, the city walls of Wu County would be useless. Under such circumstances, how could Jiangdong soldiers be the opponents of the Jingzhou army.

(End of this chapter)