Groups of elite soldiers walked back and forth, observing Dong Qibo's army camp outside the city with great vigilance.
Two or three miles away from the city wall, the defenders placed many grease braziers. The fire was blazing, lighting up a large area of land, and preventing Dong Qi Bo's army from sneaking attacks at night.
Although the 64-foot-high city wall of Wuzhou City basically cut off the possibility of night attacks by ordinary officers and soldiers, the generals of the Yulin Army and the Leopard Cavalry under Lu Qian still made the most standard response strategy in a strict manner.
In the distance, the sound of "dong-dong-dang-dang" can be heard in Dong Qibo's army camp.
Uncle Dong Qi ordered that a large number of troops swept hundreds of miles around Wuzhou City like locusts, collected a large amount of wood, and even tore down the beams and columns of the main halls of some wealthy families, and transported them back to the camp to build siege equipment.
High in the sky, one after another huge albatross flew from the east and slowly fell into the camp.
The sword guards from Haojian Palace are constantly coming for reinforcements.
From all directions, there are armies of different sizes, trekking long distances in the dark night, converging towards the Dong Qibo camp.
The Zhuge family, especially those local officials who came from the Imperial Academy, played a huge role in the local official system. Many cities surrendered to Dong Qibo without any resistance. The Forbidden Army garrison in the city was either killed or imprisoned.
The city defense troops of the brigade are taking the initiative to join Dong Qibo's camp.
The city defense troops from the nearest counties and prefectures to Wuzhou City have rushed to the Dong Qibo Camp to meet up.
Uncle Dong Qi welcomed the arrival of these troops with both hands.
When we are about to attack the city, no one can have too many cannon fodder troops, right?
Dark clouds drifted over from the sky, and raindrops fell, and then it turned into a heavy rainstorm.
Around Wuzhou City, the water level of the river has increased a lot, and the dozens of streams, rivers, and water flows leading to the river have also become turbid and turbulent. The river passes through the city, and the rising water slaps against the river bank, making a "swishing" sound.
Loud noise.
Lu Qian led a team of elite soldiers and was squatting at the water gate entrance of the west wall of Wuzhou City.
The outer wall of Wuzhou City is dozens of feet thick, and a huge water gate is cut into the west wall to allow the river to flow into the city.
Lu Qian felt his heartbeat and panic inexplicably today. The sense of crisis made him lead a large group of people directly to the water gate of the west city wall.
When Wuzhou City was built, the builders spent a lot of effort.
The river outside the city was cut into two tributaries a few miles away from the west gate of Wuzhou City. One of the tributaries bypassed the north of Wuzhou City and continued to flow eastward.
The other smaller tributary passes through the water gate of the city wall, flows through the entire Wuzhou City, passes through the east city wall, continues to flow eastward for more than ten miles, and then merges with the tributary to the north.
At this moment, in the water gate in front of Lu Qian, the turbid river water swirled and roared through the triple solid iron fence.
On the small pier next to the water gate, soldiers lowered ropes to measure the depth and volume of the water.
"My lord, the situation is fine. Every spring in Wuzhou City, when it rains, the water in this river is plentiful. The current depth of the river is not as deep as in previous years."
Lu Qian looked up at the sky.
There are dark clouds in the sky and it rains heavily.
He pointed at the river in front of him and said in a deep voice: "I remember that the water gates of every city in Dayin have heavy gates that can be lowered to completely isolate the waterway, right?"
Without waiting for the generals under his command to respond, Lu Qian pointed at the water gate: "I don't feel very good today. The east and west water gates have closed the gates at the same time, cutting off the flow of the river. Wait until Dong Qibo's army retreats outside, and then open the gates to release the water."
Following Lu Qian's order, there was a dull sound of mechanical movements in the city wall above the water gate. A total of three solid gates made of pure metal, nearly ten feet thick, fell down, slowly but firmly cutting off the river flow.
.
Outside the water gate, the rapid water rushed towards the gate, but it was unable to shake the gate at all.
The river flowing through Wuzhou City was blocked, and the water surface of the tributary to the north of Wuzhou City immediately grew much higher, and the water potential became even higher.
The sense of crisis in Lu Qian's heart has weakened a lot, and the dangerous feeling like being pricked by needles has dissipated, but there is still a faint uneasiness in his heart.
He looked at the heavy gate in front of him, pulled out the sword of one of his guards, and struck the gate heavily with his sword.
There was a loud noise, the sword shattered, and sparks flew from the gate, leaving not even a trace.
This gate, as well as this city wall, were cast by unknown builders using miraculous methods many years ago. After countless years of ups and downs, this gate shows no trace of decay and rust, and its strength is even more impressive.
Astonishing.
"Strengthen vigilance." Lu Qian warned his generals very seriously: "You have seen this battle in the daytime. It is no longer an ordinary small fight. There are masters who have ended up that you can't understand for the time being."
"If you are not careful, you will die without a whole body. You all... cheer up."
After killing Wu Heyun during the day, Lu Qian was afraid that the monks of the Xinjian Sect would become angry and steal the city in the middle of the night. Although they were bound by the secret agreement of the three sects of Lao Shizi, the monks of the Xinjian Sect were also authentic Taoists, so they would not do anything too bad.
But what if?
What if someone gets so angry that they jump over the wall?
Lu Qian did not dare to be careless. After inspecting the water gate, he mounted the Black Cloud Beast and led a large group of people along the horse path on the city wall to the city wall and started patrolling along the city wall.
Neither Lu Qian nor Dong Qi Bo noticed it.
All the soldiers under Lu Qian's command were squatting in Wuzhou City, and all the scouts and rangers outside the city were withdrawn. It was normal that the problem was not discovered.
As for the scouts and rangers under Dong Qibo, they were busy going to various places to "recruit food". They completely ignored some clues that could have been discovered, so Dong Qibo's army did not have any warning.
In the upper reaches of the river, a dozen young people have used their skills to build a large lake here that is five to six hundred miles long, more than twenty miles wide, and three hundred feet deep.
The senior brothers of more than a dozen young men were already sweating on their foreheads, and heat was rising from the tops of their heads.
On the light curtain dam that blocked the river, the blue light was trembling violently, and it kept making muffled sounds.
The green runes in the light curtain were also flashing violently, looking like they were out of breath and might explode at any time.
The enchanting girl looked at the dark clouds in the sky, then looked at the raging water below the boat, and whispered: "Elder brother, it should be almost done. Once the accumulated water is released, it will wash away at least hundreds of miles.
All the ants will be suffocated to death, and no one can escape."
The senior brother, who was covered in sweat, took a breath: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to kill them cleanly. After all, even though those sword cultivators among them are not good-looking, they are still sword cultivators after all."
He glanced at the enchanting girl and lowered his voice: "I came out with a group of junior brothers and sisters. If I accidentally injure a few of them, where would I put my face?"
The enchanting girl laughed: "So that's it? Then, why not..."
The girl looked at the handsome face of her elder brother, smiled slightly, and took out a handful of soybean-sized, pitch-black particles with some sharp protrusions on the surface from her sleeve.
"How about putting them in the flood water and washing them down?"
The girl said leisurely: "The first good show when we come out of the mountain must be extremely close to perfect."
Senior Brother smiled and nodded: "That's very good. I will never forget Junior Sister's contribution."
The two of them looked at each other lovingly, and the young men and women beside them all rolled their eyes and turned away, almost whistling and making noises.
The enchanting girl smiled, walked to the guardrail of the boat, and dropped the small particles in her hand into the water.
Then she took out several handfuls of small particles from her sleeves and threw them all down one by one.
When these small particles enter the water and hit the large water, their volume immediately expands.
In just a short breath, these small particles turned into large metal balls with a diameter of more than one foot, and the sharp protrusions on the surface also turned into conical iron stakes more than a foot long.
Countless fine thunder patterns were engraved on the surface of these large metal balls. The heavy iron balls were almost completely submerged in the flood. Only when they rolled, a few conical iron piles occasionally protruded from the water, emitting a dark light.
"I can't stand it anymore...go!"
The senior brother suddenly shouted loudly, spit out a mouthful of blood, and waved his hands fiercely.
The cyan light curtain that had held back the flood of the river for most of the day flew up and turned into a series of cyan rays of light hovering in the air. Then these rays of light suddenly stretched and turned into a very light cyan brilliance.
It fell to the banks of the river downstream.
The flood peak, hundreds of feet high, roared towards the east.
Green light curtains stood on both sides of the river, stretching out a light curtain river that was dozens of miles long and almost reached Wuzhou City.
The light curtain shook violently, and the flood was restrained by invisible forces. It failed to spread to both sides of the river. Instead, it rushed toward Wuzhou City along the river surrounded by green light.
The peak of the flood surged forward, making a loud noise like thunder.
On both sides of the river, the land trembled violently.
Several girls stood on the bow of the boat, laughing loudly, taking out pieces of talisman paper and throwing them into the flood.
The speed of the flood is inexplicably accelerating, accelerating, accelerating again...
When the peak of the flood was less than twenty miles away from the west wall of Wuzhou City, the speed of the flood had become as fast as a galloping horse. The peak of the flood swept through the air, and there were faint traces of white gas explosions.
Lu Qian led a large group of troops and had just climbed onto the west wall of Wuzhou City.
A strong wind blew from the west, carrying strong water vapor. There were also loud thunders, and the ground shook slightly.
Lu Qian widened his eyes and looked towards the west, and saw a white wave roaring, like the big hand of a world-destroying giant, with a suffocating aura and fiercely slapping towards Wuzhou City.
flood!
flood!
flood!
The highest point is a hundred feet high. According to the right theory, it is impossible for a great flood to occur!
"This is..." Lu Qian lost his voice in shock: "Wuzhou City, do floods like this happen every year? How do the people in the city survive year after year?"
No one responded.
All the soldiers around Lu Qian were stunned with fear.