Yin Chao's face was a little pale, and he secretly regretted why he didn't stay in Xuchang for two more days, but came to meet Yue Hailou and Mu Chi at this time?

Mu Chi didn't even have time to put on his armor. He held the sword at his waist and stared at the envoy who rushed to deliver the message. He couldn't hide his shock and asked: "Why is there flooding in the southeast of Miaowang Valley? Have you sent any reconnaissance cavalry?"

Exploring the water conditions to the south, how deep is the flood encountered so far and how wide is it between the east and west?"

"I haven't had time to explore the whole situation in a hurry. At present, it is only confirmed that from the south of Miaowang Valley to the end of the Chushan Army's company camp on the north bank of the Shuishui River, it has been blocked by flooding. However, it is still uncertain how wide it spreads from east to west. The forward cavalry

Currently, the wading in marginal areas that we have come into contact with is still limited.

It is not too deep, and the deeper part just reaches the horse's belly. However, there are no stars and moon in the night sky at this time, and General Muchi cannot lead his troops to forcibly move westward. For the time being, he only goes to the camp north of Miaowanggou. He needs to wait until

We will further investigate the water conditions before we deal with it!" the messenger reported.

"Is there flooding spreading to the north of Miaowanggou?" Yue Hailou grabbed the messenger's arm and asked eagerly.

Twenty to thirty miles east of Xiliu River, between Miaowanggou and Yingshui, the Chenzhou Army has built dense fortresses in the past two months. The Chenzhou Army has 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in it - Yue Hai

Lou plans to mobilize these troops and horses to the south of Xiliu River early tomorrow morning.

If the camp in this area was flooded overnight, Yue Hailou's hands and feet were shaking slightly, and he could not imagine what a tragic scene it would be.

Zhong Changqing said calmly: "General Yan has sent people to comprehensively investigate the situation near Miaowanggou. It is expected that news will come soon - according to the current situation, Xu Huai is leading his troops to sneak attack Bianliang. It will be very soon

Maybe that’s not its real purpose!”

"Has the Chushan Army planned to intercept the Shuishui River at Xiaoquegang for a long time? All the conspiracy is actually located at Xiaoquegang, right?" Yue Hailou looked at the vast night sky and asked with trembling disbelief.

Although it was not the time when the earth froze, the north wind blew on him, but it was so cold that he could not help but tremble deep in his heart.

Why didn't he prevent the Chushan army from attacking with water?

How stupid he is! How could he not have prevented this!

Muchi walked to a high place and looked over at the Chushan Army's camp at Xikou.

There were no stars or moon in the sky. Although the Chushan army lit a large number of bonfires inside and outside the camp, looking at them from a distance of four or five miles, they could only see a blur of shadows.

"..."

A few moments later, they rode fast horses and reported that there was a large water flowing east of Miaowang Valley and rapidly spreading to the north. It was expected that their camp area north of Miaowang Valley would be cut off before dawn at the earliest.

They had previously built a fort north of Miaowang Valley, and they had chosen as high a place as possible to build it. However, the problem was that the terrain undulations north of Miaowang Valley was extremely limited, and they had not conducted a step-by-step survey, so there was no way to predict when the flood would come.

direction.

Even if the fortress itself will not be flooded for a while, it is not difficult for Yue Hailou and the others to imagine what it would be like if the fortress area was cut off by the flood.

Yue Hailou suddenly understood the situation at this moment:

The soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasties were mainly on the west side of the line between Xiaoquegang and Miaowanggou, and they were ready to penetrate in depth. Then their plan was to use the flood to move their army south of Yingshui River.

Cut them off, and then concentrate their superior forces to attack their troops and horses that were cut off to the west of the Xiaoquegang-Miaowanggou line?

Yue Hailou looked towards Mu Chi.

Mu Chi shook his head with firm eyes.

The Southern Dynasty has no deployment east of the Xiaoquegang-Miaowanggou line. It is obvious that the troops and horses on the eastern front will not be attacked. Even if there is no way to open up the flooded area and enter the western front for reinforcements, they will be able to calmly withdraw from Ruyin to

Go to the left bank of Yingshui River.

However, whether the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses divided on the western front could successfully withdraw from the pontoon bridge south of Xuchang City to the north bank of Yingshui River, or whether they could directly resist the encirclement of several soldiers and horses from the Southern Dynasty in the south of Yingshui River, Yue Hailou was thinking at this moment.

There is no bottom at all.

Of course, Yue Hailou would not abandon his generals and flee alone at this time. After all, the moment of real despair has not yet reached - will the camp area between Miaowanggou and Yingshui be completely destroyed by the flood?

Cut off, no one knows at this time, maybe there may be a gap between the east and west lines for large groups of troops to pass.

This gap does not need to be very large, it only needs about three to five hundred paces wide.

Even if the troops and horses on the eastern front are completely blocked, they still have 40,000 infantry and more than 10,000 elite cavalry to the west of Xiaoquegang-Miaowanggou. Linying City, whose terrain is obviously much higher than that on the east side, is also there.

It is under their control. As long as they can retreat into Linying City as soon as possible, and they only need to hold on until the Hehuai land enters the freezing period, they can usher in tens of thousands of elite cavalry to come to their aid. They have to worry about the enemy not retreating.

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"Commander, you and General Yin immediately rush to Linying City with Marshal Yan. I will lead my troops to station here to hold Xu Huai back!"

Zhong Changqing knew that if Yue Hailou directly led the cavalry to escort Nayan Muchi to retreat to Xuchang, it would only cause the tens of thousands of infantry south of Yingshui to collapse immediately.

Don't say that Yan Muchi, as the Red Guard, would not accept this proposal. He himself could not make such a suggestion.

The most urgent thing at the moment is to order the soldiers and horses in the north of Miaowang Valley to evacuate immediately to the two wings to avoid being trapped by the spreading flood. At the same time, Zhong Changqing also feels that Yue Hailou should immediately go to Linying City with Na Yan Muchi.

Sit in charge.

Once the east-west line is cut off, even if their camp on the south bank of Yingshui River is not flooded, it will become extremely vulnerable to superior enemy forces after being divided.

Only Yue Hailou and Muchi rushed to Linying City to take up positions, defend Linying City, accept the withdrawal of all the Western Front soldiers and horses, or hold Linying City to resist the Southern Dynasty soldiers and horses who were encircled and killed by all roads, and there was no chance of victory.

They also stationed seven or eight thousand elite cavalry in the north of Linying City.

As long as they hold out until dawn, these seven or eight thousand elite cavalry can be mobilized to gallop between Shuiying and Ying, intercept the lagging pursuers, and cover more infantry to retreat calmly into Linying City.

And this is the only choice they can make before the flooding situation becomes clear.

Speaking of the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses gathered on the west bank of Xiliu River at this time, although most of them were Yin Chao's troops, his expression was complicated and unclear, and his eyes were twinkling. Zhong Changqing wanted to keep Yin Chao behind here to hold him back.

The 6,000 most elite soldiers of the Chushan Army led by Xu Huai were probably too difficult for him.

Zhong Changqing was afraid that Yin Chao would be forced to stay and lead his troops to the rear. Yin Chao would probably run away as soon as they left, causing the collapse of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the west bank of Xiliu River - which would also cause them to lose control of their troops in Xiliu.

There are nearly 20,000 garrison camps between the east of the creek and the expected flooded area, and there is no chance of evacuating to Linying City in the southwest.

Zhong Changqing decided that he should stay and serve as queen.

"There's fire over there!" At this time, the guard pointed towards the east and south direction and reminded.

The fire was extremely far away and could not be said to be very bright, but because of the extremely far distance, they could still see clearly, indicating that the fire lit there was extremely strong.

"That's the former army camp of the Chushan Army on the south side of Miaowang Valley!" Zhong Changqing looked at the direction and confirmed that the light of fire was the former army camp of the Chushan Army on the south side of Miaowang Valley. He said in shock, "

It was Chen Zixiao who lit the beacon and sent the message!"

Because their scouts and reconnaissance cavalry still have an absolute advantage in the Miaowanggou area, it is actually very difficult for the Chushan Army to detect the direction of the flood at any time near Miaowanggou; they want to pass the news to the Xiliu River

Even more difficult, Zhong Changqing guessed that Chen Zixiao must have used this method to send a signal to the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty on the north and south sides, telling them that the flood had passed through the Miaowang Valley, and that they had been greatly disturbed and panicked.

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This must also be the signal for the Chushan Army and other soldiers of the Southern Dynasty to launch a general offensive!

Zhong Changqing subconsciously stepped up to the enemy-watching platform made of dirt, stood next to Yuehai Tower and Mu Chi, and looked towards the north of the Xikou.

The Chushan Army's previous camp at Xikou was mainly illuminated by piles of bonfires inside and outside the car array, but now there were dots of fire lights one after another, which was caused by a large number of torches being lit at this time.
Chapter completed!