Chen Mu sent several Xuanjia heavy cavalry to convey the order in person.
By this time, the rain had stopped, and although the dark clouds had not dispersed, it did not affect the lighting of the torches.
Xuan Jia's heavy cavalry followed Chen Mu to and from Linlu Valley Pass and Guan Yu Camp countless times. He was already familiar with the road and could just go up the Huan River.
After galloping all the way, they soon arrived near the entrance of Linlu Valley and gave instructions to Xu Huang.
After Xu Huang received the order, he immediately issued an order to his subordinates who had already prepared, indicating that they could take action.
On both sides of the dam, dozens of soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, immediately began to roll the winch. The winch was trapped under the beams and pillars, and the big trees by the river were used as pulley supports to pull out from below.
As the winch operated, the rope tightened with a "whoosh". There were four huge beams on the left and right behind the dam as support points, and the rope was pulled quickly and hard.
"Hey! Hey!"
"Hey! Hey!"
"Hey! Hey!"
"Hardest! Give me all your strength."
The officer shouting slogans vigorously ordered the soldiers to pull hard.
Finally, with a loud roar and a loud roar, the first beam was suddenly pulled away, followed by a clicking sound, like a heavy punch hitting the wooden wall blocking the flood.
On the top, the wooden dam slowly cracked several holes, and sawdust flew out.
"continue!"
Seeing this scene, the officer commanding at the scene was overjoyed and once again urged the soldiers to continue rolling the winch vigorously.
Soon, the second beam was torn off again. Two beams were torn off on both sides. Half of the eight beams supporting the dam were missing. The sound of cracking wood was heard one after another, as if it was about to explode at any time.
It's like, it's creepy.
Under the urging of the officers, everyone intensified their efforts. The winch was almost rolled to the bottom. The next second, they heard a huge explosion and a bang, as if the sky was falling apart.
During the landslide and tsunami, the soldiers instantly felt a terrifying wave of air coming over them. Although they were standing on a higher bank, they seemed to be standing in the river and were about to be rolled over in an instant.
Many soldiers were blown to the ground by the air wave, and a slightly thinner soldier was almost swept into the river behind. However, the officer on the side had quick eyesight and quick hands to catch him, and this was able to avoid this incident.
The soldier was swept away by the waves behind him.
Feeling the power of nature, the soldiers did not turn around to look at the opening of the dam behind them. They rolled and climbed and began to run up the higher slopes on the left and right sides.
In fact, opening the gate did not threaten the soldiers who were pulling winches on the highlands on both sides of the bank. The nearest soldiers were more than ten feet away. However, the air waves generated when the water was released were too terrifying, and it still made them feel deep in their hearts.
Sense of fear.
Those soldiers didn't see it, but Xu Huang, who was standing on the mountain, saw it clearly. Almost at the moment when the third beam on the left and right fell down, there was no need to pull the fourth pillar.
The wall finally couldn't withstand the huge water pressure and burst open, causing water to splash.
The huge volume generated at that moment was like thousands of troops roaring, and it exploded like thunder. I don’t know how many tons of water splashed out in an instant, shooting out waves several feet high, and then splashed into the Huanshui River
Inside, bursts of snow-white water flames rolled out.
The soldiers standing on the shore could not only feel the terrible noise like a mountain collapsing, as well as the surging air waves, but even from dozens of feet away, there were water droplets splashing down on people's cheeks and foreheads like raindrops.
between.
"Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!"
I don't know which soldier raised his head first, but he seemed to feel the terrifying power of nature, burst out the kind of worship that came from the bottom of his heart, and shouted loudly.
Then two, three, four, five, and soon spread to the whole army. Thousands of soldiers in the mountains and fields shouted one after another. Along with the huge sound of the flood discharge, an extremely passionate mood was created, which made people stand here.
, couldn’t help shouting and cheering for this raging torrent!
The Huan River is not too big, nor is it very small. The widest part of the river is seventy or eighty feet wide, and the narrowest part is thirty or forty feet wide. It is certainly not as good as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, but it can still be considered a medium-sized river. At the dam,
At the moment of the flood discharge, the already high water level suddenly began to surge again, and even spread out of the river, rushing to the other side of the river, flooding the nearby plain areas.
Then the steady stream of water continued to pour into the Huan River. These floods roared and rolled, and the sediment on both sides of the bank was washed away. Their color also changed from the original dark blue to turbid yellow-red, rolling up waves.
It rushed towards the downstream area at an extremely fast speed, and the water even covered a large area of flat land on both sides of the bank, rushing towards Anyang.
At this moment, Anyang City was falling into a state of tranquility. The rain stopped in the evening, and bonfires were lit on iron frames on the city tower. Soldiers on the night watch kept shuttling on the city wall, occasionally glancing outside the city, or looking into the city.
Go down to the city and wait and see to prevent Guan Yu's army from sneaking over at night and attacking Anyang City.
At this time, Feng Ji has returned to Ye City. As Yuan Shao's important counselor who stayed to suppress Yuan Tan, he must go back to "assist" Yuan Tan in guarding Ye City. Now the counselor in the city is Min Chun, and his official position is Jizhou Shepherd Director.
, not as good as favored counselors like Liu Hui and Xu You, but not too bad.
As early as this afternoon, Min Chun and Yan Liang Wenchou had discussed it. Starting from noon today, the heavy rain became heavier. By the afternoon, the rain had almost stopped. They planned to send people out of the city tomorrow to go to the rear.
city, ask them to send people to transport food immediately.
Since Anyang City was a temporary military town and there were no residential buildings in the city, there were a lot of military equipment such as warehouses.
However, the county towns in the Han Dynasty generally only covered an area of two square kilometers. There were usually one street from the east gate to the west gate, and one street from the south gate to the north gate, forming a crossroads. The number of people living in the city ranged from a few thousand to tens of thousands, and how many people could live in the city.
A city with ten thousand people can basically be regarded as the seat of a county. Naturally, there is no such thing as no residential buildings to make room for.
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As a result, the warehouses in the city actually do not have very large reserves at one time. More than 30,000 people eat and drink a lot of money every day. Even if the warehouses are full, it will only cover three months.
Due to the bad weather, no new food was replenished in the first two months. So in fact, the food supply in Anyang City can only last for about a month. If there is no new food replenishment, the entire army will have to drink from the northwest wind in another month.
Therefore, Min Chuncai urged Yan Liang and Wen Chou to send people to transport grain.
Naturally, Yan Liang and Wen Chou agreed wholeheartedly. In their opinion, Guan Yu's army had withdrawn, and there was no threat outside the city for the time being. And the heavy rain stopped, and there was Huan River outside the north city gate, with a pontoon bridge built on it. The heavy rains in the past few days had completely destroyed the pontoon bridge.
Flooded. Now that the rain has stopped, the water level should have dropped. It's time to transport food. Although there is still food left in the city, preparations must be made early.
At midnight, most of the Yuan Jun soldiers in Anyang City had already rested. Only the night shift soldiers were patrolling back and forth on the surrounding towers. At this time, a strange voice came from the northwest.
It started very far away, kept reverberating, and then got closer and closer, like the roar of an ancient beast, which made people feel numb.
"Listen, what is that sound?"
On top of the northwest city, a soldier pricked up his ears and could vaguely hear a rumbling sound.
Another soldier listened carefully and said uncertainly: "It seems... it's the sound of thunder."
"Is the thunder at your house so consistent? And the sound seems to be getting closer."
The first soldier to speak was angry.
"Will the flood rise?"
The third soldier next to him casually interjected: "It turns out that there was a flood in my hometown, and it sounded like this."
"Didn't the rain stop? Why is the water still rising?"
The second soldier raised his head and looked at the sky in confusion. The dark clouds in the sky had not dispersed yet, but it was not raining or snowing.
"Maybe a flash flood."
The first soldier lay on the top of the city and looked upstream from the Huan River. It was dark outside, and he could only hear the sound of the gurgling water, but could not see anything clearly.
The upper reaches of the Huan River are in the Taihang Mountains. It is very common for flash floods to occur in the Taihang Mountains after rainy days. People near the foot of the Taihang Mountains all know this.
At the same time, mudslides, flash floods and droughts are also one of the terrible killers that threaten the Black Mountain Army living in the Taihang Mountains and the people in surrounding Jizhou.
"Flash floods are just flash floods. They can still flood us. Let's continue patrolling the city and be careful of sneak attacks from the other side."
The leader of the team lazily said that they were in a city on higher ground anyway, and even if there was a flood, it would not be possible for them to submerge into the city.
A few days ago, the water in the city was up to the ankles, and many soldiers' feet were soaked. Fortunately, the Luoyang Army outside the city helped dig canals to provide water, but it's not a problem to stay in there all day. When will this end?
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After the captain spoke, several people fell silent. Only the first soldier could not help but be curious and continued to look outside the city.
The flood had already set off huge waves a few miles away. From the outlet of the water storage dam to here, a large area of land on both sides was submerged for more than 20 miles. By the time they reached Anyang City, they were diverted by this distance.
Quite a few.
However, Chen Mu had no intention of directly destroying Anyang with floods. He followed Cao Cao's example, not Guan Yu's. He just turned the surrounding areas of Anyang into a marsh, making it impossible for grain transport convoys to enter.
Therefore, the downstream dam construction site is also about 20 miles away from Anyang. If the water is diverted through the canals outside Anyang, the city will be flooded forty miles around.
The sound of waves came from far to near, and the flood tide rolled all the way across the outside of Anyang City and continued downstream.
The soldiers at the top of the city still couldn't see anything. They could only feel that the sound of the water flow was getting louder and clearer. It seemed that there were rolling waves, but that was all. It looked like a medium-sized wave.
It was like a wave passing by without any impact.
As for the people sleeping in the city, they didn't even care. Many people thought it was just raining again. There are too many mountains around Sili, and the structure of the basin causes continuous rain in winter. It is a common thing, and they have long been accustomed to it.
However, the people inside did not know that at this time, on the top of the mountain outside, the soldiers who were observing at the foot of the mountain, holding torches in their hands, could see from a distance that the ditch that had been dug outside the city was running wild at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the water rose, the water quickly covered the ground and began to extend in all directions.
"The water is rising, the water is rising, the water is rising!"
When the soldiers of Guan Yu's army saw the water level rising rapidly and soon submerging the surface, they immediately turned around and shouted happily: "Quick, report to the general."
"It's gone up, it's gone up!"
The soldiers who went to report ran like crazy, trotted all the way up the hillside, and reported the situation to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu and Chen Mu were both waiting. In fact, they could only wait, because the new camp on the slope behind was still being built, and there was no place to rest, so naturally they could only wait here.
The two were chatting and laughing when they heard the sound of the surging tide in the distance. Chen Mu said, "This must mean that Xu Huang has opened the floodgates."
"Oh, I have dug so many canals for water storage outside the city. As long as the water rises, the entire city will be flooded."
Guan Yu was full of confidence.
At this moment, the soldiers came up and reported the situation to them.
Chen Mu said with a smile: "This place is already five miles away from Anyang, and the water has begun to rise. I am looking forward to Yan Liangwen's expression tomorrow when he becomes ugly."
"Hahahahaha."
Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed: "Fourth brother, you helped me get out of my bad breath."
"Second brother must also make preparations in advance. When the time comes, the area around Anyang City will be vast and food and grass transportation will not be able to enter. Yan Liang Wen Chou will definitely jump over the wall in preparation for a breakout. Don't even think about Huanshui. The current is fast and he will definitely go downstream from the southeast.
Run away.”
Chen Mu continued: "Second brother can send people to block his path first, and then we can attack from the side in a detour!"
"Um."
Guan Yu thought it made sense, so he nodded and said, "In seconds, that's it."
Why could Zhuge Liang predict that Cao Cao would take the Huarong Road?
That's because Cao Cao had no other choice.
The strategy of flooding Anyang has been successful, and the people in the city will be trapped by the water.
Although the water only covered the knees, it was not impossible to escape by force. However, how to escape after leaving the city?
Dangshui and Qishui are now continuously flowing into Huanshui. The water level of Huanshui has skyrocketed and has flooded the horizon. Dozens of miles around both sides of the river have been turned into a marsh. It is as difficult as climbing to the sky to cross the river from above Huanshui.
To the southwest is Guan Yu's military camp, and if he goes this way, he will fall into a trap. To the northwest is the upper reaches of Huan River, and there is Xu Huang's garrison there. The only way he can go is to the southeast and downstream direction.
From there, you can directly enter Neihuang County, a city controlled by Yuan Jun.
This place is between Huanshui and Dangshui. Its geographical location is equivalent to the middle area between Anyang and Dangyin. It is located on the bank of Huangze Lake and downstream of Danshui. The defenders here have been entangled with the Luoyang army in Dangyin and Chaoge areas.
, compared to walking in the other three directions, this way is very safe.
Chen Mu suggested that Guan Yu send troops to cut off Yan Liang Wen Chou's route, and the main force should ambush them on the only way they could pass. When Yan Liang Wen Chou had to abandon the city and flee due to lack of food in the city, they would be destroyed.
Guan Yu readily accepted his fourth brother's suggestion and was ready to wait until the next day to take action.