In the next five days, the Han army stopped and did not launch another attack. The Chu army in Shouchun City had no intention of abandoning the city and escaping. It seemed that they were determined to defend to the end.

For the past five days, Xiangzhuang has not been idle, and he has been preparing for entering the mountain.

Xiang Zhuang knew very well that no matter whether the flooding strategy could be successful or not, the Chu army would definitely move towards the Dabie Mountains. The current Dabie Mountains are a real primeval forest. Fortunately, it is winter now, and it would be summer. Three or five thousand Chu troops entered the mountain and it would be great if there were three or five hundred people alive to walk out.

In the primeval forest, snakes and insects are rampant, and they always eat people and never spit out bones.

However, even though it is winter now, the Chu army must be fully prepared.

Because the mountains cannot get supplies, a large amount of dry food, flint, leggings, cloth shoes and other items must be prepared in advance, among which dry food is the most important!

Now, Xiang Zhuang is personally supervising more than a hundred female soldiers to make "cooked noodles".

Xiang Zhuang was a veteran of the People's Liberation Army in his previous life, and of course he is not unfamiliar with "cooked noodles".

When he first joined the army, in order to better understand the glorious traditions of the old army, Xiang Zhuang even ate "fried noodles" for a whole week in his previous life. So Xiang Zhuang knew that although the "fried noodles" tasted bad, it was easy to carry. More importantly, it did not need to be cooked on fire, and it could be eaten by picking up. It was not easy to expose the target at night and could also reduce the logistical pressure!

In the kitchen, dozens of strong female soldiers were waving shovels to stir-fry the brown rice, beans and millet in the large iron cauldron, and sprinkle a handful of coarse salt in it from time to time.

Xiang Zhuang grabbed a handful and tasted it. The taste was really rough, but it could satisfy his hunger.

The main reason is that the stone mills today are very problematic. Unlike the stone mills in later generations, they have seven sectors, and the texture is also very fine lines and stripes. The stone mills in the Qin and Han dynasties basically have no sectors, and the textures are all small and irregular in shape, so the grains ground are naturally rough.

Unfortunately, there is no time to improve the stone mill now.

Seeing that the "fried noodles" had been almost done, there was not much left of unfried food. Wu She, who was accompanying him, suggested to Xiang Zhuang: "General, the dry food has been prepared almost all, but General Zhongli has not seen any movement for a long time. It is probably either seen through or in trouble. Why don't you abandon the city and go into the mountains tonight?"

"Seeking through?" Xiang Zhuang looked at Wei Liao behind Wu She and asked, "What do you think sir?"

Since Wei Liao was kidnapped, he has completely lost his personal freedom. He has two personal soldiers to "protect" him. In addition to Xiangzhuang's war, he usually has to follow Xiangzhuang's side, and even eat and sleep, he is not allowed to leave Xiangzhuang's vision. When Xiangzhuang holds a military meeting, Wei Liao must attend.

Wei Liao obviously would not surrender easily, and ignored Xiang Zhuang as usual.

Xiang Zhuang was bored and said to Wu She: "Don't worry, sir, Zhong Limei will definitely not mislead things!"

Wu She was still worried and said, "But if it is seen through, I am worried that the Han army will probably give up the tactic of encircling three que 1 and instead encircle Shouchun on all sides. In this way, it will be difficult for our army to break through again."

"That's nothing. At worst, you can fight the Han army to the death!" Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly and said, "And, I believe Zhong Limei will never disappoint me!" There are not many generals in the Chu army camp who can stand alone. Long Qi is considered an outstanding figure, but unfortunately he is already dead. Apart from Long Qi, that is Zhong Limei.

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang still trusts Zhonglimei's ability very much.

More importantly, Xiang Zhuang did not think that Li Zuoche could see through Zhonglimei's actions!

After all, Li Zuoche was an ancient man. Unlike Xiang Yu, she was a time traveler. Xiangzhuang knew that once a big river like Huai River broke its dam, it would be flooded within a radius of hundreds of miles. It was located near the low-lying Shouchun and would definitely turn into a marina. This is a reference for historical cases. The yellow area formed by the Huayuankou breaking dam extends nearly a thousand miles!

Li Zuoche was born into a general and was also a wise man. He would definitely be wary of the Chu army's plan to flood.

However, Li Zuoche would never have thought that digging Huai River from fifty miles away would still be able to flood Shouchun! This has nothing to do with wisdom and ability, it is entirely determined by knowledge, or it is called historical limitations. Just like an ancient man who had never seen stirrups, it would be difficult for him to imagine the scene of heavy cavalry charging!

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However, what Xiang Zhuang didn’t know was that Zhonglimei was indeed in trouble, and it was a big trouble!

Speaking of which, it seems easy to dig a river embankment. Isn’t it just to dig a gap on the river embankment and then rush down the water, and the gap becomes bigger and bigger, and will the flood eventually wash away the embankment?

Actually, this is not the case at all!

Because the Huai River in this era did not have a real river embankment, and the entire river channel was formed by natural erosion. If Zhonglimei wanted to open the Huai River and flow back into Shouchun, it would be equivalent to changing the Huai River channel. Are you not difficult?

Zhonglimei took Babaiqingqiang and dug for five days and five nights, and almost dug half a hillside, and finally made a small hole on the south bank of the Huai River. Under the erosion of the river, the gap became bigger and bigger. It was about to flood, but two large stones suddenly appeared, one on the left and the other on the right, and it was over.

Let the flood wash away, the two big stones just remained motionless.

This is a big trouble. If you don’t move these two big stones away, the gap will not ulcerate, and the gap will not ulcerate. Just based on the current amount of water, you will be able to flood the Han army outside the city for a year or two.

It will definitely be too late to choose a new place and dig it out. Now I can only find a way to knock out one of the stones!

But the problem is that smaller stones are larger than houses. According to the conventional method, use iron chisels and hammers to smash them, even if they are three months, they may not be able to break them. But Shouchun can only last for half a month at most. What should I do?

At a critical moment, Zhonglimei did not disappoint Xiang Zhuang. He came up with a wonderful idea and burned it with fire!

First, empty the soil on the top of the smaller stone, then set up dry firewood to burn it. When the stone is burning red, then splash it with cold water. Repeat it a few times, and the surface of the stone will be almost as brittle as the mud. Then use an iron chisel or an iron hammer to knock off a thick layer quickly. At this speed, the hammer is much faster than using an iron chisel.

After burning for three days and three nights, most of the smaller stone on the left was finally cut off, and then the foundation gradually loosened under the continuous erosion of the flood. At some point, with a loud bang, the remaining half of the stone finally rolled down the hillside. In an instant, the surging flood rushed down like a wild horse that had broken its reins!

Losing the confinement of the huge rocks, the surging flood completely lost its limit. In less than half an hour, the gap had expanded from less than two feet to more than fifty feet, and it was still expanding rapidly. The surging turbid water was pouring down from the gap, forming huge flood peaks, roaring towards the low place.

Zhonglimei stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, and saw that the foot of the mountain had become a vast ocean!

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When Li Zuoche was in full swing, he suddenly dreamed that he had fallen into a thousand-year-old ice cave. He woke up suddenly, but was extremely shocked to find that he was soaked in the water!

When Li Zuoche was about to summon his personal soldiers to ask about the truth, the curtain was suddenly lifted open.

Immediately, the personal lieutenant rushed in with a sad expression, and then knelt down on his back, saying tragically: "General, the disaster is wrong! Water is everywhere!"

Li Zuoche's heart suddenly became terrified, and he rushed out of the tent before he could even put it on.

After leaving the tent, Li Zuoche snatched a torch from his personal soldiers and burned it around. He saw that there was a vast water surface all around. Just now, the water level dropped from his ankle to his calf, and it was still rising rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche couldn't believe his eyes!

Needless to say, the Huai River must have burst the dam!

The Chu army actually dug the Huai River!? The Chu army really planned to burn both jade and stone!?

Li Zuoche's first reaction was that the cavalry patrol he sent was ambushed by the Chu army. Only in this way could the Chu army dig the dike silently and release water. However, Li Zuoche soon felt something was wrong again. The patrol cavalry had just returned everything as usual two hours ago, and the Chu army would never dig the Huai River in such a short time.

The only explanation is that the Chu army's river digging point is at least fifty miles away!

But the problem is that by digging Huai River from such a distance, you can even flood Shouchun!?

At this moment, Li Zuoche couldn't help but regret it. If he had known this, he would have sent more cavalry to control the rivers that were hundreds of miles away, but now it would be too late to regret it.

At that moment, Li Zuoche Haoran sighed: "Oh, a wise man will have a mistake, and there will be a mistake..."

"General, hurry up and leave!" said the lieutenant of the military captain, "If you don't leave, you may not be able to leave!"

When Li Zuoche looked down quickly, he saw that the water level was already below his knees and almost reached his thighs. He said miserably: "Send the order, the whole army will turn northwest, hurry!"

At that moment, Li Zuoche led his personal military camp to the northwest.

But it is not so easy to identify the direction in the dark night? As you walk, your sense of direction is gone!

At this time, the entire Han army camp was in chaos. Except for Li Zuoche's personal barracks, they could barely remain calm. Other battalions and divisions had completely disrupted the system. Tens of thousands of Han army soldiers were running around like headless flies in the water, and they were all messy in their hair, indisposed clothes, and their expressions were extremely sad.

Li Zuoche yelled repeatedly, trying to stop the chaos from spreading.

But soon, Li Zuoche discovered that this was in vain. Even though he drew his sword and killed several people in succession, he still could not stop the chaos from spreading. In the end, even his personal barracks showed signs of instability. Li Zuoche finally knew that the Han army was in a desperate situation, and that he could no longer effectively control the army.

"Let's go, don't care about them!" Li Zuoche immediately took his personal soldiers and ran away randomly.

I don’t know how far I walked in the darkness, the water level gradually spread across my thighs and to my waist. At this time, it was very difficult for people to walk in the water. Just when Li Zuoche thought he was going to die, he found that the water surface miraculously dropped. However, soon he found that it was not the water level that had dropped, but the terrain under his feet was increasing!

"General, Highland! We have reached the Highland!" Many personal soldiers immediately cried with joy.
Chapter completed!