"Uncle, are we voting for someone named Wang?"

As soon as Wang Daiji left and on his way back, his nephew Guo Zhu came to ask questions.

"First of all, among the so-called six counties in Huaixi, only Yiyang is in the south of Huaihe River. The reason why Yiyang County can exist in Huainan is because there are mountains to the west and us to the east... In other words, the Huaiyou League has only one on the south side of Huaihe River.

We are a family and we are fighting alone. This is the trend." Wen Renxunan lowered his head and carried his hands behind his back, carefully analyzing his nephew while walking. "Secondly, if Du Pozhen chooses to enter Huainan, I will definitely take it seriously.

Be his pawn, but Du Pozhen obviously wants to stabilize the surrounding area of ​​Xuanpao City first, and then clean up Huaibei. Huainan is an abandoned son. On the contrary, what Wang Daiji said here is absolutely correct. We are his henchmen, and if we don't reconcile, we will only

Being able to fall into conflict immediately, so taking refuge at this time, we are the top of the mountain under his Wang Daiji, this is called time..."

"But can Wang Daiji succeed?" Guo Zhu interrupted impatiently. "He is a grammar official who only knows a few articles about the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment. He hastily acquired four counties, and all the soldiers and horses were recruited temporarily. In comparison, Leader Du

There is a gang that is so big and organized behind the scenes! What will we do if Chief Zhang takes over the world?"

"First of all, we did not join the gang." Wen Renxun'an continued to answer seriously. "We are members of the Huaiyou League who had a good relationship with the Huaiyou League before joining the gang and separated... Therefore, the gang will not care about us.

, let alone regard us as traitors; secondly, judging from Wang Daiji’s behavior today and his past interactions with Zhang Sanlang, I am afraid he is not a mortal, and the future may not be easy to say; finally, Huainan, this place, has always been a place between the north and the south.

This is the core of the struggle, so don't talk about Wang Daiji and Du Pozhen. I'm afraid there will be Zhang Xing, Xiao Hui, and Bai Hengyuan in the future. As long as we have the foundation of Huainan, we will have three points of confidence to face anyone.

"

Guo Zhu thought for a while and continued to ask: "But how can we do big things like this? Isn't it just a capital-guaranteed business? It also depends on people's looks."

"Do you think it's easy to maintain capital investment in troubled times?" Wenren Xun'an was speechless and finally stopped outside the gate of the inner city.

Guo Zhu thought for a while and did not argue: "Don't all the wealthy families place their bets separately? Then uncle, come and look after the house, and I'll go to Huaibei?"

Wenren Xun'an was startled, but he did not reply to his nephew. Instead, without saying a word, he lowered his head and entered the inner city.

Guo Zhu understood and didn't say much. He gathered 300 companions that day, opened the treasury, got enough weapons, dry food, dozens of horses and donkeys, and left the north of the city early the next morning.

We went up, found a wild harbor, and headed to the other side.

And arrived at Xuanpao City on September 14th.

Then, he met Fu Boshi, who almost became his godfather, here.

Fu Boshi, who looked a little depressed, was not surprised when he heard the other party's words, nor was he angry at having his love taken away by a sword. He just nodded, comforted him for a while, and sent the other party along the Ru River to the upstream front line of Yancheng.

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On September 17, Guo Zhu saw Du Po Formation, Kan Leng, Yue Qi, Fan Shiyong, Ma Sheng, Slender King Kong, and even Mang King Kong on the river embankment here...

In the past, almost all the members of the Huaiyou League came out, and they also recruited Mang Kingang, a non-internal and external foreign aid. The warships and grain ships almost blocked the Ru River.

Obviously, Du Pozhen was determined to capture Yancheng.

"I don't blame him." On the river embankment, Du Pozhen's face tightened, and he rubbed a handful of moist loess with calluses in his hands. His words were dull. "He has worked hard in Huainan for the past two years. When I asked him to leave that day, I felt sad.

I probably knew that today's situation would happen, not to mention that you are still here, Xiao Guo. You are loyal enough. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will try my best to be thorough... However, with Wang Daiji's ability, I have to be on guard... Old

Yue!"

The veteran Yue Qi immediately cheered up and handed over his hand: "Alliance leader."

"Call me the leader or the commander-in-chief, don't always call me the alliance leader." Du Pozhen reminded, and gave the order. "No matter what, we must be on guard against the other side. Go back to Xuanpo and discuss it with Lao Fu. Don't worry about Huai Shang.

Be sure to lock Rushuikou to ensure the stability of Xuanpao City."

Yue Qi was old and already lacked energy, so he naturally agreed after hearing the words.

"As for Xiao Guo, you stay here and work with Kan Leng. You are all familiar with it." Du Pozhen continued to make arrangements. "From now on, I will treat you the same as I treat Kan Leng and the others...

Let’s take a rest.”

In the end, he became his godson, but Guo Zhu could only nod.

But after Guo Zhu left, the few people on the river embankment did not move. Without him, there was no explanation for how Lin City was destroyed. They had gathered here to discuss this matter.

Let us say that Yancheng has a very distinctive feature, that is, the two Huaihe River tributaries, Rushui and Yingshui, as well as multiple upstream tributaries of the two tributaries, meet here. There are natural factors and man-made factors, and Yancheng is

At this intersection, a city was built next to the river on the north bank of the river, with a warehouse city inside and a port city outside. This feature allowed Du Po Formation's troops to successfully move upstream and force themselves in front of the city.

The support could easily and continuously follow other tributaries to reach Yancheng.

In fact, when the Huaixi Army first arrived, it faced only 4,000 Yingchuan County soldiers, plus a Ningdan Captain. It was completely possible to directly use force, attack by land and water, and rely on the superior force to try to seize the city defense in one wave.

But it was obvious that the Huaixi Army seemed a little careless (or perhaps cautious) and actually waited for two or three days until Mang Kingang, the most advanced man, arrived with his troops before trying to attack the city.

The result was that at this time, not only did the 3,000 official and military reinforcements from Xiangcheng County upstream arrive, but the Eastern Capital also sent a veteran General Ying Yanglang to arrive with 3,000 elite troops. Moreover, this general was called Song Changsheng, and he was

Grandmaster General Yu Jiuluo's favorite disciple, a veteran Chengdan master, was originally stationed in Hedong, but now it has shrunk to be directly under Dongdu, so he was sent to be the commander-in-chief at this time.

Yesterday, Mang Kingang called for formation on the narrow ground in the east of the city. The opponent did not panic at all. He dressed up in person and went out to fight. The two sides fought from day to sunset, and there was no sign of victory or defeat.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but feel depressed.

Because I can't see the way to win and defeat the enemy.

"Besieging the city is not possible." The Huaiyou League, which was suppressed by Zuo Youxian at that time, now has many masters of condensing pills. Fan Shiyong, who was still young, was one of them. At this time, he clasped his fingers and said, "Because of the ferry in the south of the city.

It is difficult to pass through the stronghold, and the government troops have a steady stream of reinforcements from upstream; it is also difficult to attack the city, because the government troops and horses are enough to fill all parts of the city, and there is no water leakage, and they can also worry about several water fortresses. Today I saw them setting up a stronghold in the north of the city.

Obviously there will be reinforcements in a few days, so we need to be like horns and build a multi-layered defense line; we are counting on the masters to crush us and force a breakthrough, needless to say, Song Changsheng is really powerful!"

"I have a plan." Kan Leng waited for a while, and when he saw that the others were silent, he spoke seriously. "Didn't Zhao Tuo from Huaiyang insist on calling himself an official army? Can the troops pretend to be from Huaiyang?

Soldiers and horses, secretly sail into the Yingshui channel downstream at night, and then come back through that road during the day, just to deceive the other party that they are Zhao Tuo's reinforcements, and then enter the city in order to bloom both internally and externally?"

"There is a problem." Ma Sheng, who was in charge of ship deployment, answered seriously. "We control the entire downstream, so how can we explain that the government's reinforcements easily passed through our water defense line? Is it necessary to make a show in person? If it is a show,

How far can you go without being discovered? Do you want to burn your own boat?"

Kan Leng immediately shook his head: "What I want to do is to pretend to be relaxed or withdraw the troops and let go of the river. How can I be willing to damage my own ships?"

Fan Shiyong and Shou Jingang also shook their heads and said no.

"In that case." Mang Kingang frowned and said, "Then how about letting go? Retreat along the Ru River, and then send people to disguise. Or simply wait for Li Longtou to really force Huaiyang to turn against him, and let the Huaiyang people

Are you really going to be an internal response?"

"In which year and month?" Kan Leng immediately shook his head. "Why don't we wait until winter?"

"How about fire?" Mang Kingang continued to try. "Their water fortress is so thick, but they still have to go out of the city to build a fortress? Use fire to attack!"

Everyone was lost in thought and quite interested.

Mang Jingang continued to come up with ideas: "Why don't you ask Liangjun to see if they can invite Wu Dalang and Wu Erlang to come over? Suddenly..."

"I have a plan." At this moment, Du Pozhen, who had been looking at the dirt on his hands, suddenly said, "How about we flood Yancheng?"

Mang Kingang immediately stroked his head and laughed: "Commander Du, please don't attack with water just because I say fire."

"I'm not joking." Du Pozhen answered seriously. "We moved down the camp slightly and crossed the river to the highland diagonally opposite Yancheng. Then we built dams upstream and downstream across the city at the same time. This way we can prevent enemy reinforcements.

The source of protection is constantly coming from upstream, and it can also store water for water attacks."

"It's easy to build a dam, but with Song Changsheng as the enemy, it's also easy to destroy the dam, right?" Shou Jingang analyzed carefully. "Moreover, there has been a drought for more than half a year, and there is very little water upstream. Our big ships have difficulty moving, so we built the dam in a hurry.

In the end, can we really store enough water to overwhelm the city of Yan?"

"How easy it is to destroy the dam depends on whether you guys can try your best, Chief Mang. Besides, Song Changsheng has a fierce personality. If he gets into a fight, he may not get entangled." Du Pozhen answered immediately, his voice

But he suddenly lowered his head and spread out the wet loess in his hands for everyone to see. "As for the issue of water storage, I hope they think so, because as I expected, there will be heavy autumn rain within a few days.

This place is where many tributaries converge. So-called heavy rains during a long drought may cause flooding overnight... So we don’t need to support it for long."

Everyone was awe-inspiring.

On the other hand, Mang Kingang frowned slightly: "The idea is good, but what if the other party also notices the weather? What if he comes out to destroy the dam regardless of risk? If Song Changsheng desperately wants to destroy the river embankment, I will try my best to stop it, and

How effective is it?”

"This is a gamble! There are only two dams. If you lose the bet, you will lose. But if you win the bet..." Du Po Zhen said this, and he also glanced around, his eyes and words were both sharp. "A real man is born.

In this world, if you want fame and territory, you have to get it yourself. What's the point of looking up to others every day?! Don't you want to win a big one with your own skills?"

No one answered, and everyone knew that Leader Du, Du Longtou, Commander Du, had been wanting to say this for more than a year and a half.

"Let's start moving the camp now." Du Pozhen saw this and stood up directly. "Starting tomorrow, I will personally be responsible for building the dam upstream, and Ma Sheng will be responsible for the downstream...Song Changsheng will be handed over to leader Mang Da, and Kan Leng and Lao Fan will be responsible for both the shore and the shore.

The soldiers and horses are responsible for blocking the attack, and they are also responsible for the two captains in the city."

Upon hearing this, all the generals stood up solemnly on the river embankment.

In this way, the Huaixi Army's large-scale actions naturally triggered a reaction in the city. Song Changsheng left the city that day and headed west, trying to lead troops from the north bank to block the dam construction. As a result, the Huaixi Army was well prepared and divided its troops to fight to the death. Mang Kingang even used

He tried his best to fight against Song Changsheng, which was an earth-shaking battle.

It was like this for two or three days in a row.

Seeing that the dam was gradually being built, and on September 20th, it suddenly rained. The rain was not heavy and just muddy the ground. However, the local magistrate in the city became completely uneasy because he was repeatedly reminded by the locals.

I came to Song Changsheng that evening to talk about the risks in detail.

Who would have thought that Song Changsheng was from the north, so how could he know the seriousness behind the hydrological conditions in the Jianghuai region? In addition, he had been fighting for days, fighting against the mighty King Kong, and he was already impatient, so he immediately scolded: "You think I don't want to demolish that?

Two embankments?! Or do you think I'm just going out to show off my power these days?! If you really want to, you can come with me tomorrow and personally lead the troops to seize the river embankment. If you don't dare, what's the point of just urging me? Isn't it in vain?

Shake the morale of the military?!"

The county magistrate was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he could only obey, but he was still worried, so he came to find the captain of the county again. He was a mature man named Hu Yan.
To be continued...