It took Mo Zizai's 30,000 imperial troops to arrive at the Yining City for three days. In Yining City, which had received the news before, had already closed the six city gates and was ready for battle.

"It's not easy to fight."

Looking at the Yining City with the city gates closed, Mo Zizai couldn't help but frown. The last time he attacked Zhaoyuan City was entirely because the number of defenders in Zhaoyuan City was insufficient. They had to attack so quickly for a few of them to attack so quickly. But in Yining City, there are only 50,000 soldiers alone, and using the last method would definitely not work.

And if it is a tough chew, the casualties paid by the Yuzhi Army will be greatly affected.

“It’s really a bit tricky.”

Yang Yanzhang also frowned. Not only was the city high and deep in the city, but there were moats on all sides. If they hadn't brought enough siege equipment this time, they would probably not even be able to climb the city wall.

In fact, with the strength of the Yuzhi Army, they can attack and retreat or defend. If they are not afraid of spending time, they can surround the city without any casualties.

But now the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty is so turbulent that the Yuzhi Army cannot spend so much time here, so there is no way to fight and decide quickly, even if there are more casualties.

"Don't let the Red Flame Dragon Knights join the war this time. Just let them fill the moat first and then be on guard against the outside."

Mo Zizai thought for a while, then said, "It is definitely not advisable to attack now, so wait for the news in the city to see if there is a chance."

Although with an accelerator in hand, even if all the Yuzhi Army in his hand is wiped out, Mo Zizai will not take much time to pull up a team with strong combat power, but these Yuzhi Army are all living people, not numbers.

The most important thing is that these are still our own people, so unless necessary, Mo Zizai would not let them snatch this hard city.

“Okay.”

Yang Yanzhang nodded and asked the Red Flame Dragon Knight under his command to fill the moat, while he took out the map of Yining City. After looking for a while, he spoke to Mo Zizai: "Prince, I'll take someone to check the surrounding terrain first."

"terrain?"

Mo Zizai was a little puzzled. The scout had already found out before the army of terrain was launched. Did Yang Yanzhang go and see it in person?

However, seeing that Yang Yanzhang insisted, he didn't say anything. Anyway, the defenders in the city would definitely not dare to come out. Whether Yang Yanzhang is still there is little impact, "Okay, then you go."

With Yang Yanzhang's strength, Mo Zizai didn't need to worry about his safety, so he saw him leading a team of people to rush to the distance, so he stopped asking, and he also walked around Yining City to see if there were any available flaws.

Although Yining City was big, under the force of Mo Zizai's Lieyan's feet, he turned around in just a short while.

"Difficult."

After reading it, Mo Zizai returned to the camp and shook his head. I have to say that Hu Ming still had two tricks in fighting. The defenders on the city were heavily guarded and the armed forces were arranged very evenly, and there were no obvious blind spots at all.

If these golden body realms break above the city wall, they may not be forced down by the crossbows and arc arrows if they cannot exert much strength.

"Do you really want to attack?"

Just when Mo Zizai was in trouble in the camp, Yang Yanzhang, who went out to survey the terrain, rushed back, "Prince, I have some gains."

"Um?"

Mo Zizai was a little surprised. Didn’t Yang Yanzhang go to survey the terrain? Where did he get the harvest? Could it be that he had captured the scouts in Yining City?

"Prince wait."

Seeing that Mo Zizai was a little puzzled, Yang Yanzhang did not answer directly, but instead made a lifelike sand table based on the terrain near Yining City.

After the completion was done, Yang Yanzhang pointed to a river on the sand tray and said to Mo Zizai: "Prince, please look here."

"Qianlang River?"

Mo Zizai looked at the river that Yang Yanzhang was pointing in confusion, not understanding what he wanted to say.

Yuanling County is a plain with a wide terrain and few mountains. Generally, water is inevitable in this terrain, and Yuanling County is naturally no exception.

In the county of Yuanling County, there are three major rivers, namely Xiling River, Datuo River, and the Qianlang River referred to by Yang Yanzhang.

These three rivers are magnificent, from north to south, and merge at the place where they are about to leave Yuanling County. They are merged into the largest river in the Great Zhou territory, within the Jiuqu River.

Yining City was built here because it relies on Qianlang River, which is conducive to irrigation. Even the moat of Yining City is water brought from Qianlang River.

"The prince doesn't know that it is the autumn flood season, and the water level of Qianlang River is flooded, and the current water level is very high."

Yang Yanzhang took a charcoal pen and drew a line on the map, connecting Qianlang River and Yining City directly. "If you block the lower reaches of Qianlang River and lead the river to Yining City, then Yining City will instantly become a vast ocean."

"Hiss~"

When Mo Zizai heard Yang Yanzhang's words, he couldn't help but take a breath, and then looked at Yang Yanzhang with a strange look. This guy looked white, but his heart was not ordinary. There were hundreds of thousands of people in Yining City.

Once this is released, Yining City has been soaked. How can those hundreds of thousands of people have a way out?

Moreover, he didn't know about it before, but now he knows that water attack cannot be decided by just touching it.

Just say that the second master flooded the Seventh Army in Fancheng that time, he was happy after the flooding, but the consequence was that Fancheng had no harvest for at least the whole year.

Of course, it is inevitable that there will be losses during wars. In order to win the flood of Fancheng, it is nothing. After all, the Three Kingdoms were in chaos at that time. If you don’t flood Fancheng, you will still not get a piece of food from others. Therefore, it is really worthwhile to be able to win a battle if you flood Fancheng.

But the situation is different now. Yining City was originally its own city. Although it is now in Hu Ming's hands, he is confident that he can defeat it. What's more, the Great Zhou Dynasty is in a time when food is short of food and cannot withstand such waste.

So if he breaks the dike and floods the city in order to capture Yiyang City, then he will be more cost-effective than the Yuzhi Army to slap it.

"Isn't this right? The loss is too big, and the gain is not worth it."

Mo Zizai shook his head repeatedly, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Although the water level of Qianlang River is high, it is so far away. It is not realistic to attract Yining City to flood it, right?"

The craftsmen who can choose a site for a city are all masters of Feng Shui, whether in their past lives or present. However, this Feng Shui does not only refer to metaphysics, but more about geography. Therefore, the city sites selected by professionals are definitely not easily flooded.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be only those few water attacks in the previous life.

"It doesn't mean we can't do it."

After hearing Mo Zizai say this, Yang Yanzhang couldn't help but laugh, "We have 20,000 physical martial artists, and I can't guarantee anything else, but cutting mountains and opening rivers is not difficult for us."

"Speaking of all, the reason why the old emperor was able to win back then was because he used the Fengwei Army to the extreme. You should know that the Fengwei Army style was unpredictable, and they had hardly participated in such a tough battle."

Yang Yanzhang was Mo Congyi's student, so he knew Mo Congyi's deeds more clearly than Mo Zizai. Back then, Mo Congyi relied on the Fengwei Army in his hand to open mountains and break rivers when he encountered a mountain. He almost wanted to appear wherever he appeared. The enemy had no way to predict.

And such an elusive army is powerful and has more than 100,000 auxiliary troops, so no one can stop it.

So in a certain way, Mo Zizai now suffers as a loss. The number of troops is too small and there is no need to be many. There is a hundred thousand people. Which aristocratic family dares to bare their teeth.

"Oh, that's true."

After hearing what Yang Yanzhang said, Mo Zizai nodded suddenly. For ordinary soldiers, diverting the Qianlang River was undoubtedly a huge project, but for the Yuzhi Army, this matter would be much easier. I guess if all the personnel took action, it would take less than seven days to dig out a new river channel.

As for the past of the Fengwei Army that Yang Yanzhang mentioned, he was too lazy to ask more questions. Anyway, with accelerators in hand, he would sooner or later expand the Yuzhi Army to more than 100,000 people. By then, it would not be a matter of minutes to exceed his father's achievements.

"It's still something inappropriate."

After thinking for a while, Mo Zi shook his head and said, "The loss is too big, and it is not worth the loss. Let's slow down first. If the situation on Xu Boyuan's side fails, it will not be too late to consider whether it is a strong attack or a flood."

"The prince misunderstood what I mean."

Yang Yanzhang explained with a smile: "I don't mean that we must attack with water, but that we can attack with water, and let them know that we have the ability to attack with water."

"Um?"

After hearing what Yang Yanzhang said, Mo Zizai instantly reacted, "What do you mean is to force them out of the city?"

"That's right."

Yang Yanzhang nodded and said, "Yining City is not high in terrain. If Qianlang River is diverted, how can there be a way to survive in Yining City?"

"At that time, their fate will probably be even more miserable than being broken by us."

"So as long as we act like a water diversion attack, I don't believe that the people in the city can still sit, and if they abandon the city and fight in the field..."

When Yang Yanzhang said this, a confident look appeared on his face, "Not to mention 50,000 soldiers, even 100,000, I promise to let them go without a return."

"rational."

Mo Zizai nodded deeply and ordered: "Since that's the case, retreat three miles to make room for them so that they can send troops."

"Then half of the soldiers of the Yuzhi army were drawn out, and starting from the city of Yining, digging the river channel in the direction of Qianlang River."

"Here!"

Seeing that Mo Zizai agreed to his plan, Yang Yanzhang responded and went out directly to re-arrange the camping matter.

His plan was an open plan, and it was obvious that the people in the city could see that they wanted to flood the city. He wanted to see if Hu Ming knew this situation and could still sit still. Even if he could sit still, he would not believe that the aristocratic families in the city could still sit still.

...

Above the city, Hu Ming was observing Mo Zizai's military situation. When he was watching it well, he suddenly found that Mo Zizai's army had retreated three miles, and even the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry who were carrying shields to fill the moat had left.

"What's going on? Is there something wrong happening elsewhere?"

Seeing this situation, Hu Ming's first thought was that there was a new situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Mo Zizai was going to withdraw his troops. It was only after a while that he realized that Mo Zizai had no intention of withdrawing troops, but retreated three miles to the camp.

"What's the operation?"

Hu Ming was a little confused when he saw it. How could he attack the city from such a distance? Could it be that if the soldiers had to run several miles first and then attack the city? No matter how good the physical strength was, it would not be so exhausting, right?

Moreover, the camp is so far away, if there is any accident during the siege, it is impossible for Mo Zizai to withdraw his troops and return to the camp to defend. This is unreasonable.

Hu Ming looked at the situation and was puzzled. He looked up at the heads of some aristocratic families around him and asked, "What do you think Mo Zizai means?"

"It's probably because I'm afraid."

A head of the family looked at the army outside the city with some disdain and said, "When we see that it is difficult to attack in Yining City, we are probably thinking of retreating. Stay away from it. It is estimated that they will withdraw their troops in a few days, which is not worth worrying."

“Ha~”

Hu Ming glanced at the head of the family who was talking with an idiot, and then withdrew his gaze from him. He was also a fool, and he actually thought of asking them, "They are better than anyone else in internal fighting, and asking about military affairs is too polite to them."

As if he saw the disdain in Hu Ming's eyes, a head of a noble family said lightly: "No matter what Mo Zizai wants to do, we just need to guard Yining City and not go out. With the city walls and so many armed defenses, nothing he does is useless."
To be continued...