Chapter 2038 only owe a collapse
Xun Yan stood on the watchtower and stared at Junyi City.
The water level has risen near the battlements. According to the current water level, at most, the water can overflow the city wall and enter the city in the middle of the night. The land advisor blocked the city gate, but could not raise the entire city wall. The heavy rain came at the right time, and enough water was accumulated in two or three days to flood Junyi City.
The only thing I worry about now is the navy led by Xu Sheng. The Jiangdong Army is good at water warfare. If Xu Sheng arrives, he can still take over the land agreement even if he cannot resolve the siege. Fortunately, there are only a hundred steps between the dam and the city, and the space for the navy warship to circulate is limited. Coupled with the shooting of stone throwers and giant crossbows, it can also cause a lot of damage. Moreover, Xu Sheng's warship is limited, so it is impossible to take away all the people in the city. At least half of the soldiers have to stay in the city.
Of course, it would be perfect to be able to seize the Lu Zheng. This meaning is comparable to breaking Junyi City and can greatly boost the morale of Yuan Jun who was frustrated under Gaotang City.
After preparing for so long, it is finally time to see the answer, and Xun Yan is extremely excited.
The sky became darker and darker, and the last afterglow was slowly swallowed up by the darkness. Torches lit up and down the Dawei, illuminating the sky. Countless soldiers were waiting for the start of the battle. Some were exhausted because of their high tension and could only sit in the mud. The huge wheels kept turning, delivering the prepared dinner to the Dawei, and the soldiers had a meal on the spot. There might be a night battle today, and Xun Yan not only added food for them, but also added meat and wine. Each person had a thin piece of meat in his bowl, and half a liter of turbid wine.
Yanzhou has limited supplies. In order to supply these tens of thousands of soldiers, Xun Yan racked his brains and thought of many ways, but he was still in a difficult position. He originally wanted to attack Chenliu first after building a dam to seize the supplies from Chenliu City to alleviate the logistics supply. Now that Xu Sheng is approaching, he has to give up.
The personal guards gave two pieces of bread, which were very hard and were water-cooked cakes. This kind of cake was difficult to digest after eating, but now it is a rare delicacy. Xun Yan broke off a piece of bread and chewed it slowly in his mouth, but his eyes did not leave the head of Junyi City two hundred steps away.
The city was too quiet, so quiet that it was a bit abnormal. Even the battle flag was not disordered, and everyone seemed very calm. Xun Yan was uneasy and recalled the entire process of building the dam over and over again, unable to think of any negligence.
What the hell was Lu Yi doing? Xun Yan was puzzled and became more uneasy the more he thought about it. His heart was pounding and his scalp became numb.
"General, listen." The guard next to him suddenly said, his voice sharply.
Xun Yan looked back at the guards, and saw that the guards pointed at the distance and looked into the distance along the guards' hands. He saw that there was a scattered fire on the distant position, and there was a faint noise, as if something had happened. Xun Yan frowned and waved his hand to signal, looking at the guards downstairs to understand, and someone jumped on his horse and ran towards the riot.
Xun Yan felt a little uneasy. He thought for a while and called another guard to ask him to rush to Dong Zhao's position to take a look.
The guard turned over and walked not far away, there was another riot in the other direction, and someone rushed towards this side. Xun Yan was anxious and stuck his body out of the tower, wishing he could step in front of the man and ask what was going on. At this time, the guard beside him suddenly pulled him hard, his voice loud and sharp.
"General, look at Dayan..."
Xun Yan's heart tightened and turned around to look. He saw that the large weir not far away was collapsing. A large weir was sliding down. The bottom of the weir was spraying water out. Muddy water wrapped in mud and sand gushed out, quickly shattering the collapsed weir and rushing away. The guards supervising the war under the weir were caught off guard. Some were rolled up by water, and some turned around and fled, but they could not escape the surging water flow and were quickly swept in and drifted with the flow.
The collapse of the weir quickly expanded, and the soldiers stationed on the weir also felt the vibration of the weir and screamed in horror. Someone wanted to slide down the weir, but soon the weir fell, and swept them all away.
In a blink of an eye, a hole was missing in the Dawei. The water in the dam rushed down and flowed freely. Before Xun Yan could react, he rushed down to Wangstun. Wangstun shook, and Xun Yan almost fell down. He grabbed the pillar of Wangstun and looked around in horror.
The hard-built dam is collapsing, and there are at least three of them wherever they look. The collapse comes very suddenly and very quickly. Often, the dam begins to peel off with a scream, and then the entire weir is shaken and washed away.
How could this happen? I clearly checked all the weirs and all the loopholes were blocked in time. Xun Yan's mind was blank, cold sweat came out of his body, the cake in his hand slid down, falling into the surging mud and water, and it was swept away without even splashing. The building was shaking and shaking by the mud and sand-wrapped water, and gradually fell into the sky.
Xun Yan fell from the building and was swept away by the torrent.
In the blink of an eye, the Dayan collapsed four or five places in a row, and water almost as high as Junyi City poured down, sweeping everything. Not only were the soldiers on the dam swept away, but the supervisors who set up formations under the dam were also not spared. One by one, the archers on the dam collapsed, and the archers on the dam fell into the water one after another. Only the high platform for setting up the stone thrower was still strong and not affected. However, the soldiers who operated the stone thrower were stunned by everything in front of them and were invisible. The screams and cries sounded one after another.
The turbid flood water flowed and rushed, and the water level poured into the cofferdam fell due to the cofferdam and exposed the swaying canals that exposed the river channel. The dry river channel was filled with water again, and the water level rose rapidly and even spread out of the river channel, sweeping away the soldiers on both sides.
In less than a meal, Xun Yan's position and camp were destroyed by the flood. There was a vast ocean, and countless people and horses rolled in the water, screaming. Most of the camp tents and supplies were swept away, and only those who stood on the high ground escaped.
Zhao Yun rushed over the sand dunes of Ma, looking at the rolling turbid current in front of him, and his heart was thrilled.
He participated in the military discussion many times and heard Xun Yan explain the construction of the Dawei. He knew that Xun Yan had made great efforts. The current collapse was unlikely to be caused by omissions. It must have been Lu Yi who did it in advance. But what kind of actions Lu Yi did actually concealed Xun Yan and Dong Zhao, which made him very curious.
Xun Yan is from Yingchuan and Dong Zhao is from Jiyin. They are not unfamiliar with Junyi's geography and have made careful plans.
Could it be the remnant dam left by Xu You before? A trace of doubt flashed through Zhao Yun's heart.
"General, the beacon is on fire at the city time." Xiahou Lan next to him reminded.
Zhao Yun looked up and saw beacons lit on the hillside in the city. The fire was bright and very conspicuous in the night sky. Even if it was ten or twenty miles apart, it was a message from Lu Yi to Xu Sheng in the west of the city.
Zhao Yun suddenly understood. He smiled bitterly and shook his head. After receiving the news that Xu Sheng led the navy, Xun Yan always thought that Xu Sheng was here to rescue the siege, to destroy the Dayan or to support Lu Yi to leave the city, but he was wrong. Lu Yi did not need Xu Sheng to rescue the siege at all, and Xu Sheng was here to cover up the siege. Now the flood is flowing, and it is the time for the navy to perform. Xu Yan arranged heavy troops to go to the siege to prepare for the battle, and hit Lu Yi's plan.
If it weren't for this, how could the collapse of the Great Weapon cause such great damage? There were tens of thousands of soldiers washed away by the water alone. Even if the soldiers who were going to the weapon were not washed away by the water, they were trapped in their original place and surrendered. After this battle, Xun Yan would be abandoned even if he was not dead.
"This young man... is so cruel." Zhao Yun sighed. "Shui and fire are ruthless. He can use water and fire so easily. In the future, he will definitely be a famous general like Bai Qi. But he is too determined to kill, and it is difficult to have a good end."
Xiahou Lan looked at Zhao Yun and wanted to speak but stopped. Isn’t it too exaggerated to compare Lu Yi with Bai Qi?
"Retreat, go downstream and take a look. Maybe you can save some people." Zhao Yun turned his horse's head, went down the sand dune, stepped on the turbid waves, and rushed eastward. Xiahou Lan and others followed closely, and more than three thousand knights, all of whom were shut up and no one spoke.
Upon receiving the news of the land agreement, Xu Sheng immediately ordered the advance, and the navy soldiers walked with the water and arrived at Junyi at dawn.
The sunshine at dawn is bright, but there is a mess in front of you, full of death. The water outside Junyi City has receded, and the ground soaked by water is covered with mud, so you can't walk at all. Junyi City is heavily guarded, the gate is closed, and there is no intention to leave the city. Several sections of dams stand outside the city, and five or six huge gaps make the dam look like the teeth of the old man in his tranquil age. Although it looks ferocious, it has no lethality. There are still many Jizhou soldiers at the top of the dam. They may have been frightened. The water on the ground is obviously less than the knee-deep, but they dare not come down to escape. They hurried on the top of the dam, looking at the arrival of the navy in despair, shaking the white flag that asked for subsidence, and kneeling in the mud.
The dam went east, and there were more corpses, some on the shore, some on the river, and more on the river. These Jizhou soldiers probably remember where the river was. They tried hard to climb up, but they succeeded, but they failed to escape and drowned on the shore. Many people were entangled, like enemies of life and death, but Xu Sheng, who was familiar with water wars, knew that this was a stupid behavior driven by people's survival instinct. Faced with the surging flood, these Jizhou soldiers wanted to hold on to anything, including their companions, and I don't know how many people died because of it.
Water and fire are ruthless, and the fear brought by the flood can destroy people's will more than swords. Lu Yi destroyed the 30,000 troops of the Chenliu family under Chenliu City. This time, he used the flood to destroy Xun Yan and Dong Zhao's 50,000 troops. Moreover, the water was built by Xun Yan and Dong Zhao himself. It doesn't matter whether he comes or not. When he appeared in Zhongmu, his mission had been completed.
When passing Junyi, Xu Sheng stopped the boat and waved to Lu Yi at the top of the city. Lu Yi stood at the top of the city, and his face was hard to tell the light and dark under the fire, half bright and half dark. A wave of inexplicable uneasiness surged in Xu Sheng's heart, as if a beast was lying on the top of the city, and he was about to choose someone to eat it.
Chapter completed!