"Ahem... don't talk nonsense, Mr. Yi, this is information coming from near Wuchang... Only this piece of information came back, I'm afraid the rest..."
Pan Zhang's expression became heavier.
He didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant.
Although Yi Xiaotian is still in the mood to joke, in fact, their siege of Wancheng has reached a deadlock.
The reason is that the rain is getting heavier and heavier.
——
In fact, two or three days ago, when Wancheng was besieged, Yi Xiaotian noticed the dark clouds on the horizon.
When they thought of a quick battle and used bombs to quickly eliminate the opponent's city defenses, they encountered an accident - not a man-made one, but a celestial accident.
According to Yi Xiaotian's plan, they blocked the water source in the upper reaches of the Wan River in the first two days, causing Wancheng to be without water——
It is not difficult to understand, after all, the surrounding areas of Anhui City are rich in materials, especially the reserves of grain and grass, which are enough for Liu Bei and others to hold on for more than half a year.
So when the opponent's food and grass cannot be restricted, cutting off water becomes a top priority.
Besieging a city is a job that requires considerable patience.
It can range from half a month to half a year...but the current Sun-Cao coalition has no such time at all.
On the one hand, the material consumption to support Jiangdong's army itself has reached the limit during this period.
Years of grain reserves in Xindu, Danyang and other places were declared to be in short supply due to the continuation of the war.
The food supply currently supporting the coalition forces besieging the city comes from the distant Wu County - the Jiangdong Cabinet temporarily formed by Zhuge Jin, Huang Xiang, Lu Ji, Gu Yong and others is doing its best to support all wars on the front line.
But even so, Wu Jun's reserves could not support their operations for any longer period of time.
To blame, it must be blamed that Zhang Zhao usurped power at that time and plundered a large amount of civilian food reserves, all of which were used for the decisive battle with Lu Xun.
The result is obvious. A large amount of food was wasted, and even the autumn harvest in Jiangdong this year is far from reaching the previous level - not to mention the lean years in the good years, this year's harvest is comparable to the level during the famine period of the Yellow Turbans.
The war depleted the territory's economy, and the civil war intensified the consumption of materials. What followed was a series of protracted wars, and Jiangdong was really in a state of exhaustion.
This is why Yi Xiaotian took the risk of letting Huang Yueying and others go to the battlefield again and brought them to the front line to develop bombs.
To break the deadlock, more advanced technology must be used.
But the same…
This also requires God’s cooperation.
"Sure enough... the water has risen. The water level has reached a height that has not been seen in the past ten years... and there is no sign of stopping."
When Yi Xiaotian saw the contents of the intelligence, his expression finally changed.
Upon hearing what Yi Xiaotian said, everyone put down what they were doing and rushed to his side.
Pan Zhang couldn't understand the description in the letter - because these contents all came from the mysterious army around Yi Xiaotian.
Yes, those who are currently collecting information in Jiangdong are not Jiangdong's scouts.
Pan Zhang didn't know their true identities, but he only knew that each of them was a master with extraordinary skills.
The content written in the letter was also their unique code text. Pan Zhang, who came over and took a quick look, could only anxiously ask Yi Xiaotian the meaning of what he just said:
"Sir... what do you mean by this?
The water is rising...Where is the water rising?"
Yi Xiaotian turned around, pointed at his feet, and drew a circle with his fingers.
"here?"
Pan Zhang scratched his head and said.
"It should be the entire lower reaches of the Han River..."
Zhao Yun's voice sounded calm and dull.
"What…"
"What Zilong said is right, the entire Han River and the lower reaches of the river...are all rising."
Huang Yueying seems to understand. She has an extraordinary understanding of ingenuity, but she is completely ignorant of other aspects of knowledge:
"so…?"
"So, our current situation is actually no accident."
"You can't understand the content of the letter. Just listen to me. I want to take this opportunity to sort things out."
Yi Xiaotian scanned the contents of the letter again. As soon as these words came out, the people in front of him all stayed aside obediently and listened attentively.
He sighed, his heart actually filled with a variety of emotions:
"I asked Li Fu and others to collect hydrological records from our upper reaches - roughly from Xiangyang to Wuchang... After comparison, it is not difficult to find that in fact, as early as a year ago, at the end of summer and into autumn, Yunmengze had already
We have experienced a rare flood."
"It's just that none of us paid attention to Jiangxia at that time and didn't notice these changes."
"Well, sir, when you said that, I suddenly remembered that in the summer, when Gan Ning went to Jianye to recover, he complained to us, saying that Chaisang had been falling intermittently for nearly two months.
The rain caused the military camp in the walled city to be flooded several times..."
Pan Zhang slapped his head and suddenly remembered such a thing, and Yi Xiaotian also nodded.
"That's right... It's probably the rainy weather that caused the unusually high water levels."
"Similarly, at the end of summer, I had returned to the north. At that time, the north was experiencing a severe drought that had not been seen in many years. It was obviously the end of summer, and the temperature was still frighteningly high. These were all relative occurrences.
"
There was one thing that Yi Xiaotian did not explain to these people in detail because it involved some quite complicated geographical principles.
But at this point, he actually already had quite a clue.
"Then there was that early frost in early winter two years ago..."
"morning?"
"Frost?"
Hearing Yi Xiaotian's words, Zhao Yun and Huang Yueying looked at each other.
Yi Xiaotian explained to them in as simple terms as possible:
"The frost came earlier this year, probably in late October or early November - this is clearly recorded in the local hydrology logs."
"Then...then sir, what does this early frost mean?"
Pan Zhang wanted to know what abnormality Yi Xiaotian noticed from these seemingly strange phenomena, so his tone became a little anxious:
"There are two hazards. First, whether it is wheat, millet or vegetable leaves, premature frost will damage them, making them unbearable during the long cold winter... which will lead to disadvantages for the next spring harvest."
Everyone nodded repeatedly, with quite a bit of surprise in their hearts——
"But what we want to talk about is the second question..."
Yi Xiaotian took a deep breath and seemed to feel that he had found the key to the current predicament:
"Early frost also means early melting... If nothing else happens, the section of the river in Jingnan has probably melted by now - while the section from Jianye to Jingkou has just frozen not long ago..."
At this point, apart from Pan Zhang who was still a little confused, Zhao Yun and Huang Yueying were all shocked and realized the problem Yi Xiaotian said.
