Chapter 298 Flooded Yandu(1/2)
In the next month, the war never happened.
Under Bai Qi's order, the five hundred Qin Ruishis who accompanied the army were spilled into Jingshan like a big net. Their mission was to hunt down those who might sneak out from Yandu to inquire about Qin's intelligence.
In addition to some of the remaining Qin troops guarding against the possibility of the possibility of the Chu army suddenly leaving the city to counterattack, every day, 20,000 Qin soldiers quietly emerged from the camp and joined the digging operation of tens of thousands of young and strong.
The efficiency of digging canals of 30,000 people is very terrifying, especially when Bai Qi announced that the length of the canal canal canal canal can be used to calculate military merits.
Every day, the Qin army can complete a progress of more than two or even three miles.
At the same time, Bai Qi also sent a messenger to send his memorial back to Xianyang City as fast as possible.
In Xianyang City, the King of Qin looked at Bai Qi’s memorial in front of him and couldn’t help but frown: “Bai Qi hopes Meng Ao will stop working to cooperate with him?”
To be honest, this kind of behavior seems to be somewhat a bit...
It is obvious that Meng Ao is the main force, and Bai Qi is a partial master, right? Now Bai Qi actually asks the main force to cooperate with this partial master?
Mi Rong, who was sitting in the lower head, hesitated for a moment and did not speak.
Before Wei Ran was dismissed from prime minister, the Queen Mother Xuan of Qin summoned Wei Ran and Mi Rong into the palace. After that, Mi Rong no longer made any suggestions on specific military affairs.
Mi Rong didn't speak, and although several people had put forward some opinions one after another, it was naturally impossible to get the support of most people.
King Qin was silent for a long time and suddenly asked, "What's going on over there?"
A minister replied: "There is still a stalemate in Wancheng. The Chu army's several attacks were defeated by General Meng Ao, and now it has been turned into a full-line defense."
The King of Qin nodded thoughtfully.
The reason why the three major families of Chu have always been able to live with the country is, on the one hand, because their strength in Chu is indeed strong, and on the other hand, because the three major families have the desire for Chu and victory.
This can be seen from the fact that Qin was strong and Chu was weak for many years, Zhaoju, the Chu State's upper pillar, dared to launch a counterattack against Meng Ao first.
Without hesitation, the King of Qin waved the yellow paper in his hand: "Go, give this Bai Qi memorial to Meng Ao and let him take care of it."
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Two months have passed.
Late autumn is approaching.
In Yandu City, Xiong Zilan put on her mink coat and surrounded by many generals of Chu State to the north wall of Yandu City, staring at the Qin army camp in the distance from a high place.
"You guys, what are you thinking about in your heart now?" Xiong Zilan had a clear smile on her face as she spoke.
At most one month, winter is coming.
During these two months, except for the first few days, the Qin army did not attack the city again in the remaining time, which was beyond the expectations of the monarch and ministers of the Chu State.
The originally tense and serious atmosphere in Yandu also became soothing as the war sank for many days. The King of Chu, who learned the news, was even more happy and specially ordered Xiong Zilan to commend Xiong Zilan, adding three more fiefs to Xiong Zilan.
Around Xiong Zilan, many generals of Chu also had smiles and kept mocking him.
"With the imperial court in charge, Bai Qi is already exhausted."
"The Qin army, but that's it! After this winter, Ling Yin will lead the army north to recover the country. By then, we will follow Ling Yin and will surely create a new and brilliant era in the Great Chu!"
"The Great Chu first had Zhao Xi's compassion and then had the imperial court, which was actually a blessing for the Great Chu!"
Xiong Zilan was filled with joy when she heard this.
Although he also knew that the guys around him were actually flattering, and these flatteries were very numb and low-level, the problem was that these flatteries... it really sounded very comfortable.
Xiong Zilan was in a better mood and waved her hand hard: "Two and three sons, come next spring, and follow me to Guanzhong. This time I will break Xianyang and let the King of Qin taste the majesty of my great Chu man!"
Everyone applauded.
Outside the city, Bai Qi stood quietly, staring at the reservoir in front of him.
Strictly speaking, this is just a big pit of amazing scale.
A general walked over quickly, saluted Bai Qi, and said to Bai Qi with a look of excitement: "Zuo Shuchang, all the excavations have been completed, and now all you need to do is to store water!"
Accompanied by a cheer, the river water washed away the last layer of soil and began to inject into the large reservoir that Bai Qi had carefully prepared for two months and used five thousand people to dig day and night.
Bai Qi looked at the water surface that was slowly covered with mud and began to show signs of rising, and said lightly: "How many days will it take?"
The Qin general said excitedly: "It will take four to five days, but according to Zuo Shuchang's wishes, we have prepared the materials for building the dike. At that time, we will temporarily build a large dike to make the water level higher. It is estimated that it will take up to seven days."
Bai Qi nodded slowly and smiled: "Very good, you've done a good job, so let's start."
After Bai Qi issued the order, he stopped stopping and led his personal guards to the camp.
In the distance, the tall Yandu still stood proudly between the Han River and Jingshan Mountains, like a giant standing tall, blocking the Qin army's route to the south.
Bai Qi looked at Yan Du in the distance deeply and showed a cold smile.
Yingdu.
Qu Yuan sat in the hall and said worriedly: "King, Bai Qi has always been known for his many strange plans. Now he is stranded under Yandu for two months, neither attacking the city nor retreating. There is absolutely a fraud here. Please ask the king to immediately order Yandu to make them be alert and not to fall into Bai Qi's trick."
After hearing Qu Yuan's words, the King of Chu frowned and felt a little annoyed in his heart, and he didn't say anything.
Zhao Qi on the other side sneered when he heard this: "The Grand Sima's words are interesting. If you think Bai Qi really has any tricks, then you can say it directly. If you don't notice it, shut up. Don't affect the judgement of the battle between the king and Ling Yin?"
Qu Yuan's face darkened and he said to Zhao Qi: "This is a bad statement. For generals, they should have prevented problems before they happen. Otherwise, if something really happens, they will be caught off guard and will regret it too late!"
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, the King of Chu finally got angry and slapped the table: "Enough, it's clamoring all day long. You are still annoying! Qu Yuan, if you can detect the Qin people's tricks, just say it. If not, I will not be able to affect the defense plan in Yandu for your mere two or three sentences. Do you understand?"
Qu Yuan's face changed suddenly when he heard this, his cheeks flushed red. After a while, he said, "I understand."
The King of Chu breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was not satisfied, and said coldly: "To be a minister, you must be a minister. Otherwise, what's the use of such a minister? Okay, let me continue to do it!"
The King of Chu was obviously saying this to Qu Yuan.
To be honest, the King of Chu did find Qu Yuan quite annoying.
Qu Yuan is like the star of Sangmen. He is either worried about this or that every day. He never hears a good word in his mouth, which is too affecting his mood.
If it weren't for the Qu clan's faction that there was no one in the Qu clan could have come forward, the King of Chu wanted to replace Qu Yuan.
After hearing the obvious accusation of King Chu, Qu Yuan's face changed drastically and his body trembled. After a while, he stood up in a daze with a clear mocking look and headed out of the palace.
Seven days pass by in a flash.
On that morning, when the sun rose, Bai Qi brought his personal guards to the reservoir.
At this time, the reservoir was really a veritable reservoir. Countless rivers gathered together to form an amazing lake. On the southernmost point of the lake is a rather simple and crumbling embankment.
The water surface has risen to its peak, and it seems that it can crush the embankment at any time.
For some reason, Bai Qi suddenly remembered the Battle of Jucheng that happened last year.
If the Qin army had something like the thunder in their hands, I'm afraid I wouldn't have to make such a big move and dig a canal from dozens of miles away?
Bai Qi took a deep breath and said, "Let's start."
Chu State Order Xiong Zilan once again came to the city.
"There are ten days left to be the Xiaoxue season. At that time, Yandu will be completely safe!"
With such an optimistic mood, Xiong Zilan talked and laughed with her subordinates around her, and of course, what is even more inevitable is the desperate flattery of her subordinates.
Things like flattery are really not tired of listening to them for a long time.
Suddenly, a noisy sound attracted Xiong Zilan's attention.
Xiong Zilan was stunned for a moment and looked at the source of the sound.
Then he saw - water.
The vast white, boundless water.
The flying flow down three thousand feet.
The flood overflowed the fields, the woods, and the plains, rushing towards Yandu with an unstoppable and overwhelming momentum.
Xiong Zilan was stunned for a moment.
Where did so much water come from?
The generals of Chu State on the city wall were also stunned.
Finally, under the eyes of everyone, these whistling waters rushed under the Yandu city wall, slapped on the city wall with raging slams, and then made a clamor.
Immediately afterwards, under the obstruction of the city wall, part of the water began to go east along the city wall, but most of the water stayed in place and began to slowly rise.
It was not until this time that Xiong Zilan finally came to her senses, and her face turned pale: "Bai Qi... This Bai Qi is crazy, he wants to flood Yandu!"
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Hurry, look inside the city!"
Xiong Zilan was shocked and turned around and found that water had already begun to flow into the city gate along the gaps of the city gate and spread rapidly in the city.
"No!!!" Xiong Zilan's screams resounded throughout the world.
On the other side, Bai Qi was quietly watching all this.
In Bai Qi's sight, the water flows that should have gone to the east and flowed into the Han River were now blocked by a tall earth mountain.
This earthen mountain is one of the strongholds of the Chu army outside the city. It is connected to the corner of Yandu. It can attack and retreat or defend. It is an extremely important place to defend the city.
However, at this moment, this important place to defend the city has become Yandu's death talisman!
After being blocked by the earthen mountains, countless waters were rewind back again, forming a new reservoir.
To be continued...