743: When time comes, heaven and earth all work together (Part 2) [Please vote]
It was night, and a urgent message broke the silence.
"Report——"
The ongoing combat meeting was suspended.
Huang Lie narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
Although the messenger soldier was wearing a raincoat, there was still a steady stream of rainwater dripping from his bun. After a while, there were obvious water marks under his feet, which showed how heavy the rain was tonight. When he clasped his fists in reply,
, shortness of breath and disordered breathing.
"Leader, something bad has happened. The Miao River, the water in the Miao River has surged..." His face showed panic visible to the naked eye.
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the tent.
Huang Lie even tightened his grip on Pingji's armrest.
Although he comes from a lower class, he has seen a lot over the years and can handle any situation. Huang Lie looked around at everyone calmly and said calmly: "Let's go and have a look."
A group of people put on raincoats and headed to the bank of the Miaojiang River.
Before he even got close, he heard the sound of rumbling water. As he got closer, the river surface was turbulent, and God sent strong winds and rain to help, making the Miaojiang River look particularly terrifying tonight. Huang Lie's eyes fell on the temporary water on the bank of the river. The original water level
It has been submerged by the river.
He asked the water captain responsible for observing the water rules.
"How much has it increased?"
The water captain replied: "It's already one foot and two inches."
When Huang Lie heard this number, the veins on his forehead jumped hard, and everyone else was also surprised: "In such a short time..."
This rate of water level rise is really abnormal.
At this time, someone thought of a possibility: "...could it be that the tyrant was obstructing this? After all, the national seal is in his hands."
Huang Lie said: "This guess is not impossible."
Regardless of whether this matter has something to do with Zheng Qiao or not, it has to do with it. It cannot be said that God is helping Zheng Qiao. It is not sooner or later, but the river is rising abnormally at this time, right? If the weather is in Zheng Qiao, then they are crusade against Zheng Qiao.
What's Joe's?
Huang Lie's words slightly calmed everyone's impetuous minds. They only addressed the symptoms but not the root cause. The entire army was well prepared for war and their morale was boosted. They were just waiting for the war to begin on the second day. If the troops were withdrawn due to the Miao River at this time or the confrontation continued, morale would be damaged.
Too big.
What's even worse is that they can't afford to delay!
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted!
Therefore, we can only fight, not retreat!
Fight, how to fight?
Everyone looked at the mighty Miao River with gloomy eyes, and they could still feel the earthy smell coming towards their faces through the rain.
"...The river is turbulent, which is not conducive to our battle."
I don’t know who voiced everyone’s worries.
The turbulent water flow will inevitably cause the ship to bump violently. If the ships are connected with ropes, the immediate emergency can be solved, but the downwind direction is not a good opportunity for Zheng Qiao to set fire to it? In the days when they faced off against Zheng Qiao's soldiers and horses, they tested it a hundred and eighty times.
When they came into contact with the sheep attack in a small area, they used all kinds of provocation methods. They guarded this place with all their heart and prevented them from crossing the river and landing.
Once it starts, it's quite a headache.
Everyone hopes that the alliance leader can come up with an idea.
At this time, Kang Shi asked a sincere question and deliberately put Huang Lie on the fire: "Does the leader have a solution? If the army delays for one more day, the morale will be low..."
Zheng Qiao is in Ooshan County on the other side of the river.
Now that the fight has reached this point, no one can hide it anymore!
Huang Lie's expression was calm, but he glanced at Kang Shi from the dim angle of his vision. After a while, a long sigh escaped from his mouth: "There is a way, but it may be difficult to achieve with one person's strength...
…”
Everyone hurriedly asked what the solution was.
Huang Lie said: "The river is frozen."
If you cannot fight a water war, create the conditions for a land war.
Time was so tight, and it was so close to the flood season, so Huang Lie naturally prepared for the worst in advance. This whimsical plan was obtained from Wei Shou, the surrendered general. The Wei Shou family lived in the world of ice and snow, and the winter was long and cold.
, the summer is short and warm, and in the coldest time, the ice layer on the river can be as thick as three to five inches. Marching on the ice is not a problem.
It is unrealistic to freeze the entire Miao River. According to his idea, he only needs to freeze the nearby sections of the river for a short period of time. The thickness of the ice layer should be as thick as possible to ensure that it does not collapse during the battle. If the ice layer cannot hold up during the battle,
, and then use morale to turn the ship out.
Huang Lie's idea is not a bold one, but it is much safer than connecting ships. The most important thing is that most of the coalition soldiers and horses are not good at water. Compared with water warfare, land warfare is naturally more convenient. There is no better one at the moment.
Method substitution.
Kang Shi complained secretly in his heart.
Huang Lie's unfashionable idea is similar to his own lord's style. He thinks what others dare not think of, which is really bold.
However, this method has a fatal flaw.
Kang Shi just frowned slightly, but Huang Lie noticed it and asked him with a smile: "What's wrong with this method?"
All the coalition allies looked at Kang Shi.
Kang Shi was calm and composed: "I do have a worry."
Huang Lie said humbly: "Sir, please give me some advice."
“Won’t this move cause ice discharge downstream?”
This is what Kang Shi is more worried about.
The so-called "ice discharge" refers to "freezing floods". The blockage of the river channel causes the water level of the river to rise at an accelerated rate. If the drainage channel of the downstream river is narrow or has not been completely dredged, the downstream river may suffer. As soon as Kang Shi's problem came up, everyone was indifferent, except for the noisy sound of rain.
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Huang Lie replied: "If this battle can determine the outcome, we will land ashore as quickly as possible. It can take as short as a few hours or as long as a day. The scene that Mr. Kang is worried about should not happen. If we are afraid again,
Feet, I don’t know when I will be able to kill the violent lord.”
All they had to do was tell Kang Shi openly, even if this move would really cause problems that he was worried about. Now that the overall situation was facing them, they had to make choices, and they couldn't give up just because of their scruples. They were hesitant about the first and last, but Zheng
Joe doesn't.
After finishing speaking, Kang Shi's face looked a little pale. I don't know if it was due to the cold wind, the moonlight, or because he was angry.
Gu Rendao: "We and the tyrant are always different."
Zheng Qiao did not put his life in his eyes and did whatever he wanted. How could they do this as a crusade against Zheng Qiao?
Huang Lie said: "It's naturally different."
Some people felt uncomfortable listening and immediately refuted: "What Governor Gu said is wrong. We ask for orders for the people and kill the tyrants in order to save the lives of the people and Hangzhou. It is inevitable to make some choices. This is,
Give up small profits to seek greater benefits.”
"This is very true."
Wu Xian did not express his position, but just watched Miaojiang in a trance, staying out of the matter, as if he was unaware of the intrigues of his allies around him.
Hearing this, Gu Ren wanted to speak but stopped.
Although Kang Shi was Shen Tang's temporary representative, he did not fully represent Shen Tang. Shen Tang's sneak attack on Cunshan also took away half of the elites, further weakening his voice among the Allies. Even if Gu Ren's side was added, the voice
The portion size is also light.
In the end, everyone adopted Huang Lie's suggestion.
The words and spirits of many scribes have the effect of affecting the environment, but if you want to freeze a section of the river, the power of their words and spirits can be imagined. It is difficult for just one scribe to do it, and it will naturally require other forces to deploy manpower.
Assistance. You wouldn’t know if you didn’t join in, but you’d be surprised to see how many people each team has put together. After that, it’s time to calculate the thickness of the ice and the literary spirit required to use the word spirit.
Put together and put together, it's completely enough.
It is worth mentioning that both Kang Shi and Gu Ren refused to go out, and the reasons were given before everyone expressed their dissatisfaction.
Kang Shi was very straightforward and lacked people.
Shen Tang took away all the scribes and staff who were coaxed by Niubi. Although Kang Shi still had a few subordinate officials who were also scribes, they were either too weak in cultivation or were in key positions. As the only commanding strategist in front of the formation, Kang Shi
You can never ignore your own family.
Gu Ren’s reasons are also very straightforward.
He only has two talented scribes under his command.
One is him and the other is his sixth brother.
The sixth brother is in charge of logistical support, and he is the lord. The other literary scholars who can’t do anything have insufficient literary reserves, so he won’t show off his shame. If everyone has any objections, Gu Ren can only shamelessly talk to Wu Xian
I borrowed someone once.
Who made the Wu family of Tianhai famous and famous?
Wu Xian: "..."
It seems like the words "taken advantage of" are engraved on his face?
At the same time, on the other side of the Miao River.
News of the surge in the Miaojiang River was also sent to Zheng Qiao at the same time.
At that time, Zheng Qiao had just woken up from the nightmare.
Dressed in snow-white immaculate clothes and a large cloak, he sat beside the bed in trance. He had hardly slept a full night's sleep in these years. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would dream of terrifying chaotic phantoms and countless faces that he recognized but did not recognize.
I want to ask for my life from him.
If it was just asking for his life, Zheng Qiao wasn't even afraid of them when they were alive. How could he be afraid of ghosts that only appeared in his dreams? However, his body was not up to par and his reaction was huge.
This made him annoyed and angry.
"Your Majesty, I just received news that the Miao River has surged."
The night chamberlain carefully delivered the message to him.
Zheng Qiao came back to his senses. When he heard the news, his eyes widened slightly at first, as if he didn't expect such a coincidence. Then he laughed softly, and the laughter gradually became louder, adding a bit of harshness: "Skyrocketing... hahaha
, unexpectedly at this time..."
Sweep away the haze of nightmares.
Zheng Qiao had many eyes and ears, so he naturally knew that the Allied forces would launch a general attack on the second day, but he did not expect that Miaojiang would not give them face so much that it actually surged in the middle of the night on the first day. He laughed for a long time before he stopped, holding the angular shape with his slender fingers
mandible.
He asked the night chamberlain with great interest.
"How do you think the other side will end tomorrow?"
The chamberlain knelt down and said, "My lord, please calm down, slave! I don't know a word of Chinese characters. How can I understand this?"
Zheng Qiao didn't expect to get an answer from him either.
Listening to the noisy rain outside the window, Zheng Qiao asked the waiter to get a lamp. He suddenly felt interested in going for a walk: "Go out for a walk with me."
All the palace ladies who were on night duty followed.
Walking to a waterside pavilion, Zheng Qiao looked at the dense ripples in the pool. He suddenly pointed at the pool and said: "When I was young, I grew up in the deep palace. When I was five years old, I followed my mother and concubine to the country of Xin as a hostage. I was ignored by others. In the palace
People are all red-headed and white-collared people who tend to be popular, and the palace of unloved concubines is better than a cold palace. Since the time of the Xin Kingdom, the old beast has lost interest in his mother and concubine. The food in winter is cold and the food in summer is sour.
… Sometimes when I’m so hungry, I secretly stalk the fish in the fish and algae pond in the inner court…”
The chambermaid Gong'e lowered her head and shivered.
After listening to Zheng Qiao’s dark history, it’s easy to get confused.
But Zheng Qiao didn't care and kept thinking about the past.
From the time when he was despised and bullied by the palace maid of Xin, to the concubines of the old lord of Xin targeting their mother and son, to his mother and concubine abandoning all their dignity and using more debauched means than a brothel girl to fight for favor, to gain Zheng Qiao a chance to become a disciple of a famous scholar.
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The old leader of the Xin Kingdom treated his mother-in-law as a plaything, and even made her dance almost half-naked in front of the ministers at the palace banquet. The woman from a noble family background struggled to support her only son. Until Zheng Qiao suffered, she
It just completely collapsed.
Finally, he died in depression.
The atmosphere was stagnant except for the noisy sound of rain.
I don't know how much time passed, but I heard someone murmuring: "How can I not hate Gu? Even if they die, they will never be able to understand the hatred in Gu's heart."
In the middle of the night, Zheng Qiao fell into a deep sleep listening to the sound of rain.
It was a rare sleep.
The sky is dark and bright, but the rain still shows no sign of decreasing.
"Report to the Lord of the Country, Miao, Miaojiang——"
As soon as Zheng Qiao woke up, he heard the hurried sounds of soldiers.
"What happened to Miaojiang?"
The soldier said: "It's frozen."
Zheng Qiao almost thought he heard wrongly: "Ice?"
Surrounded by a group of soldiers, he headed to the front line of the Miaojiang River. From a distance, he could see the steaming literary energy on the river, with mysterious words hovering among it. He could also vaguely see the scene of war horses wearing armor bathing in the river. The majestic literary energy separated them.
I can feel it clearly even from such a distance.
"Lying at night listening to the wind and rain, I dreamed of the Iron Horse Glacier... Hehehe, are these guys planning to freeze the Miaojiang River?"
Zheng Qiao could see the spirit of the words at a glance.
"Master, do you want to send someone to destroy it?"
The sixteenth-level senior scholar next to him has thick eyebrows that stand straight up.
Zheng Qiao waved his hand and said calmly: "That's all."
Once the word spirit is activated, it is difficult to stop it. Forcibly stopping it requires strong external force. Once the termination is successful, the person who cast it will suffer backlash. The degree of backlash depends on the power of the word spirit.
It wasn't that Zheng Qiao didn't want to stop it, but he knew he couldn't stop it. The effect of this word spirit was not just as simple as freezing the river. He said to the illusion of the war horse bathing in the river: "Have you seen those war horses? If you want to stop it, just stop it.
Get through them first."
The general was unconvinced: "The last general will be able to get through."
Zheng Qiao said: "It's difficult."
It’s not that it’s difficult to get through the iron horse bathing river, but it’s difficult to get through before the word spirit is fully effective. Zheng Qiao has seen the power of this word spirit before, so he knows it’s not necessary: “Since the thing on the other side is preparing to fight us on land
, then fight."
Then we will see who is buried on the ice.
While the two were talking, the surging Miaojiang River gradually calmed down, and a thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the river. As the energy on the river surface continued to penetrate, the ice layer thickened at a speed visible to the naked eye. At first, the ice surface
You can also see that the river water below turns into crystal clear white as time goes by. Snowflakes are falling over the Miaojiang River, and the air temperature drops sharply.
Zheng Qiao watched the ice spread from the opposite side.
Suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and the general beside him was puzzled.
"Why is the king laughing?"
Zheng Qiao said: "It's just like this on the opposite side of Xiaoxiao. Suddenly I remembered that there is a branch in the lower reaches of the Miao River that enters Yanzhou... Tell me, they have been working against Gu all these years. Do you have time to send people to strengthen the river embankment and dredge it?
River?"
This question has no one answer.
Zheng Qiao shook his head and said: "They don't know why, but they know that in the Yanzhou half of Chaoli Pass, although the government offices in the territory collect corvee every year, they do it to defraud the royal court of funds...the counties and counties in the territory are corrupt,
It seems quite a lot.”
As he said that, he smiled and curled his eyes.
"Alas, they are no better than Gu."
To a certain extent, he is considered his successor and successor.