Li Meng and Wang Fang stood within the Sucheng city wall, looking at the faint line on the cornerstone of the city wall. Their expressions were not very good, which made an old man wearing Gebu beside him tremble a little.
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Fear.
Although these Xiliang soldiers said they were just here to find out whether there had been floods in Luoshui in Sucheng over the years, how could the old man not be afraid of the ferocious faces?
Li Meng sighed, and then waved his hand to let the old man be taken away. Immediately, the old man walked away in a panic as if he had been granted amnesty, as if he would be exposed to disaster if he stayed around these Xiliang soldiers for a moment longer.
"...What should I do?" Li Meng seemed to be asking Wang Fang, but also seemed to be asking himself.
Below this water mark, there are one or two water marks, which shows that Sucheng is not a city with extremely high terrain that cannot withstand floods in recent years...
Mill City, if traced back, was at least before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because of its flat terrain, suitable climate, and proximity to the Luoshui River, it was convenient for irrigation. Therefore, it became a good land for early humans to plant millet, hence its name.
However, the original advantage of flat terrain for growing corn became a disadvantage when floods occurred, which meant that there was no way to withstand floods. The water marks left in cities and other places became witnesses of this bad situation.
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Of course, with this water alone, the city cannot be destroyed. After all, one is that the amount of water is not enough, and the other is that the flood peak will naturally recede after it passes. But the problem is that a large amount of water will bring other side effects...
"...report!" At this moment, a scout rushed over, arrived in front of King Li Meng, and reported, "...the enemy camp in the north is preparing troops, and there seems to be signs of an advance!"
"What?!"
Fei Qian's troops are about to march?
Li Meng and Wang Fang looked at each other, feeling a little shocked.
Want to attack Sucheng?
Li Meng suddenly thought of something, frowned immediately, and said to Wang Fang: "...There are millet fields outside the city. If the dam is broken...the city should be unimpeded in a short period of time, but it happened a few days ago.
If it rains heavily and gets flooded again, the areas outside the city...I'm afraid you and I will be trapped in the city..."
Li Meng and Wang Fang are not people who care about the country and the people, and naturally they don't have any compassion for the crops in the corn fields outside Su City. It's just that Li Meng told a fact.
The soil of these fields itself is soft. There was a heavy rain just a while ago, and now the land is still relatively moist. If it is soaked by water again, it will become a mud field. Let’s not talk about the crops, but when it comes to the march of soldiers, it will become a muddy field.
Big problem, let alone a cavalry gallop.
When Li Meng said this, Wang Fang immediately understood.
"...That's it!" Wang Fang stamped his feet and said, "There is mud outside the city. You and I can't send out troops, so we are trapped here alive! This... This is to bypass us and cover up the attack.
Chang'an!"
The matter now before Li Meng and Wang has become a dilemma.
Sending troops out to destroy the dam, you don’t even have to think about it, you can guess with your toes that the other side must have some plans, and maybe they will be ambushed!
But if you leave it alone, once the dam is broken and as soon as the Luoshui comes, there will be a vast ocean outside Su City. Although the city walls will not be damaged immediately, Fei Qian's army may not be able to survive in this situation.
They can get in, but Li Meng and Wang Fang's troops can't get out either!
In this way, it was not Li Meng and Wang Fang who held Fei Qian back, but Fei Qian who used Luoshui to trap Li Meng and Wang Fang...
Even if Fei Qian's infantry on the opposite side remained motionless and a thousand cavalry rushed through Su City, the consequences would be beyond what Li Meng and Wang Fang could bear.
As a member of Li Jue's clan, Li Meng knew in his heart that despite the large stalls in Chang'an City, he had to defend three aspects at the same time. Tongguan was relatively better, with infantry as the main force, but in Wuzhangyuan, in order to defend against Ma Teng and
Han Sui's coalition also needed to deploy a lot of cavalry. Therefore, in the hinterland of Guanzhong, the number of cavalry of Li Jue, Guo Si and others was actually relatively lacking. A thousand cavalry is not too much, not too much, but it is not enough.
It is enough to pull back the weak Guanzhong front of Li Jue, Guo Si and others. Maybe after the defense line is broken here, what awaits the Xiliang faction is a complete collapse!
Not all counties and counties in the Guanzhong region obeyed Li Jue and Guo Si. As local and regional wallflowers for a long time, Dong Zhuo turned to Dong Zhuo when he was in power, and Wang Yun turned to Wang Yun when he was there.
Li Jue and Guo Si obeyed orders, but who knows who they will lean towards next?
Just when Li Meng and Wang Fang were still in Su City, hesitating, planning, and discussing what to do, in the early morning of the next day, Li Meng and Wang Fang, who had not slept well all night, received another even more embarrassing news.
They were disturbed by the news that Fei Qian's cavalry force had left the camp, crossed Su City, and headed south!
"It's broken!" Even though Wang Fang's expression changed, it turned out that what he was most afraid of was what happened, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "We are really going to attack Chang'an directly!"
"What's the specific situation? Tell me in detail!" Although Li Meng was shocked, he still asked about the specific situation.
The scout reported: "At midnight, the cavalry in the enemy camp in the north took advantage of the chaos in the sky to lead their horses slowly. If they hadn't happened to be noticed by the brothers who were spying outside the city, they would have been allowed to slip away like this.
It’s over!”
"Then have you been discovered?" Li Meng asked.
The scout hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There shouldn't be... The brothers have dug a nest in the wild. Unless they are close and it is night, they probably won't be able to find it... Moreover, the enemy's large army is heading south all the way.
Nothing else was done..."
Wang Fang asked: "Can you clearly see how many soldiers and horses there are?"
The scout nodded, shook his head, and said, "Although it's difficult to count due to the unclear sky, there are at least a thousand men and horses..."
After the scouts retreated, Wang Fang turned to Li Meng and said, "If we don't let you immediately lead the troops to pursue him from behind, we can't let the cavalry slip away to Chang'an like this!"
Li Meng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "The opponent's cavalry has been gone for a long time, and it is so easy to chase them all of a sudden... It would be better if... you and I unite our troops to attack their camp! Yes! Attack their camp!"
Li Meng struck hard with his hand and said in a deep voice: "The cavalry has left, and the infantry will have to detach a part to defend the dam... At this time, the camp must be empty. We will wait for the whole army to take advantage of the darkness.
Send out, raid the camp, defeat the few with numbers, and we will be able to defeat the enemy with one fell swoop! In this way, even if the opponent digs a dam, we will still be on high ground and will not be harmed! After destroying the enemy's stronghold, we can return to attack.
