Tick tick.

The storm seemed to be like an energetic child who would not leave as soon as he had fun. The heavy rain continued to rain for five or six days, raising the water level in the riverside city by several feet. Some of the low-ranking soldiers had to roll up their trousers when they went out into the streets, and the water was almost up to their knees.

The heavy rain was too crazy, Xu Huang and Gao Shun led their subordinates, braved the heavy rain, and it took three days to clean up the battlefield outside the city and count the results.

In the battle of defending the city six days ago, the Qianghu people attacked arrogantly and did not hesitate to sacrifice. The number of dead was very large, and the defenders of the Han army annihilated a total of 3,000 Qianghu iron cavalry, 2,000 golden sword warriors, and 3,000 Qianghu knife and axe men, killing a total of 8,000 enemies. However, the defenders of the Han army, because of Xu Huang's proper command, effectively stopped the fierce attack of Qianghu and greatly reduced casualties.

Except for the fact that hundreds of sword and axe men were able to successfully enter Linhe City through the ladder and make contact with the Han army, the Han army suffered less than dozens of casualties. The rest had no direct contact. This can be said to be a miraculous victory, Gao Shun helped to count the results, when the results were counted, he couldn't help but take a breath, looked at Xu Huang's eyes, full of incredulity.

And Wen Han, who was listening on the side, showed a flat smile, as a traveler and familiar with history, of course he knew Xu Huang's ability. Besides, this Qianghu people are not good at strategy, and only know how to attack people head-on. For Xu Huang, a general who is proficient in the field of defending the city, it is strange that he can't achieve such results.

Because the crazy rain has not stopped, the Qianghu people have not moved for five or six days, Wen Han once ordered several scouts to ride horses and brave the storm to watch the Qianghu people's base camp. Listening to his return report, the Qianghu people have not withdrawn their troops, as if they are determined to fight to the death with the Han army near the river.

Wen Han shook his head, and secretly said that the leading general, Keba Wuyan, had lost his mind. If it is an ordinary general, seeing this heavy rain, and thinking of camping in the mountains, most of them will choose to withdraw their troops for fear of the danger that will occur in the heavy rain in the mountains. Otherwise, if there is a landslide, it will end up with a whole landslide.

Wen Han also thought about leading the troops to the top of the mountain, artificially causing a landslide to bury the earth. However, the rain was too strong, and the wind was even more severe, Wen Han led the soldiers to the mountainside, and several thin soldiers were lifted away, and from time to time some trees that were broken by lightning rolled in, and what was even more terrifying was that his own group encountered a landslide, but fortunately they escaped fast enough, so as not to cause most casualties.

The movement on the mountain attracted the attention of the Qianghu people, who seemed to have guessed Wen Han's thoughts, and withdrew the camp half a mile away to the slope of Yiping Mountain, where it was relatively safe, and if there was really a landslide, the Qianghu people would have enough time to flee and not be wiped out.

Seeing this, Wen Han had no choice but to give up and waste this great fighter.

At this time, in the council hall of the Linhe County Governor's Mansion.

Gao Shun kept pacing back and forth with some anxiety, while Wen Han stared at the map on the table with full attention, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking of a way. Guan Yu and Xu Huang drank tea quietly, not disturbing Wen Han's thoughts, but sometimes Gao Shun's steps were too big and made a loud sound.

At this time, Guan Yu and Xu Huang would remind him not to affect Wen Han with sharp eyes.

Click.

Gao Shun accidentally made another noise under his feet, and Guan Yu couldn't help but just want to open his mouth to let him sit down and not go any further. But I heard Gao Shun speak first.

"Oops. You said, "Why hasn't the rescue of Lord Shi arrived yet!" Calculate the time, if it is usually two days ago! Even because of the heavy rain, it's time for today!

Why is there no movement outside the city, no, I still go out to have a look, but I am afraid that the soldiers guarding the south gate are dozing off, and I don't know how to report. ”

After Gao Shun finished speaking, he moved up and wanted to walk out the door. When he passed by Wen Han, he was suddenly caught by Wen Han, and Wen Han waved his hand to him.

"There were hundreds of men guarding the south gate, or, as you might guess, dozens of them were sleepy and dozing. But no, it's so outrageous that hundreds of people are dozing off. Gao Shunru and I know very well who Ding Tingshi will send to lead this rescue army. He has something wrong with me, and General Gao Shun must also know it. After waiting for a few days, I probably thought of his intentions, and I didn't have much hope that he would be there. ”

"Wen Sima, you are making a judgment. Although Feng Xian was arrogant and couldn't allow others to be better than him, he still understood what kind of blood flowed in his bones. I will not deliberately slow down and harm our lives to do such an unrighteous act. ”

Gao Shun's pupils in his eyes dilated instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his fur was straightening, and he was almost refuting Wen Han with a roaring attitude.

"General Gao, I didn't mention my name. How do you know who I am talking about? Huh. That's it. Treat me as if I did something wrong. However, you know that if Ding Tingshi's rescuers really don't come, it's really delayed. When the heavy rain stops, it will be the day when the city of Linhe City is broken, you will understand this. ”

"Of course Gao understands, otherwise how could Gao be so anxious."

"Good. Then we can't sit idly by, just waiting here for the arrival of Ding Tingshi's rescuers. I have a plan to make all these Qianghu people die in this riverside city. ”

Wen Han suddenly smiled and said confidently. Gao Shun and Guan Yu and Xu Huang, who were listening while drinking tea, their eyes became transparent at the same time, and they looked at Wen Han together.

"Wen Sima has a clever plan? Come on! ”

"Hmm. I have looked at this riverside map for a long time, and you will see, this river next to this riverside city meanders and bends, and returns from the northern hills, and connects with the south. Around the entire Linhe County, if we intercept the flow of water at this embankment, it will rain heavily for five or six days at this time, and the water level will not be low, and when the water level rises to three zhang, it will lead the Qianghu people into the city. Then release the water to flood the city, and when the water rushes in, the Qianghu people will lose a few layers of skin even if they don't die!

Then we will place our soldiers and horses here again. When the flood rushed these Qianghu people over, they thought that they had lost all their combat effectiveness, and let our Han soldiers slaughter them. ”

"Wonderful! Wen Sima is really extraordinary! ”

When Gao Shun heard this, he immediately applauded. But suddenly he muttered in confusion.

"Still. It is easy to intercept the flow and block the water, but it is troublesome to lure the Qianghu people into the city. I don't know what Wen Sima can do? ”

Gao Shun looked at Wen Han, Wen Han smiled, but turned to look at Xu Huang and Guan Yu. Xu Huang and Guan Yu were also thinking, and Xu Huang suddenly stood up and walked slowly.

"It rained heavily for five or six days, and we felt uncomfortable when we had roof tiles sheltered from the rain in this riverside city. The Qianghu people only have tents to take shelter from the rain, presumably they have endured for a long time, and there must be many soldiers in the army who have been infected with the wind and cold, and are trying to find a place to shelter from the rain.

If so, at this time, we should take advantage of the heavy rain to withdraw our troops, and it makes sense. The Qianghu people are anxious to avoid the rain now, and seeing that we are withdrawing our troops, there is at least a seventy percent chance that they will rush across the Linlin River, which can be described as throwing themselves into the net. ”

Wen Han nodded, clapped his palms, and gave Xu Huang a round of applause. And Gao Shun and Guan Yu immediately applauded it. Xu Huang scratched the back of his head with some embarrassment.

Wen Han knew it in his heart, but he was just giving Xu Huang, Guan Yu and others a chance to think about the problem, otherwise every time the two of them encountered a problem, they would rely on themselves, which would develop their bad habits. If Wen Han's power becomes greater in the future, Guan Yu and Xu Huang are both generals who want to lead one side, and many places require them to use their own brains to think about problems.

"Good. The plan has been decided, so let's arrange it quickly. It is important to successfully block this embankment before this heavy rain stops, and then use this rain to bring in the Qianghu people. ”

"Yes, we take orders!"

After Guan Yu, Xu Huang, and Gao Shun hugged their fists at the same time to receive their lives, they left the county mansion together. Wen Han, on the other hand, sat down quietly, still looking at the map, his fingers tapping on the table, lost in thought.

Guan Yu, Xu Huang, and Gao Shun found nearly 300 or so people, all of whom wore straw clothes, straw shoes, and straw hats, and braved the heavy rain to go up the mountain to find the location of the embankment. The location of the embankment is not steep, and it can be reached by walking through two flat slopes.

It's just that the heavy rain and wind are really powerful, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, and Gao Shun led the three hundred people to walk for a long time, and the branches and gravel that flew from time to time caused many people to suffer a lot of minor injuries.

After half an hour, everyone finally came to the promotion. At a glance, the water level is extremely high, at least more than two feet deep, the water flow is extremely fast, and the sound of hitting the rocks on the shore is terrifying to listen to. If someone accidentally falls into it at this time, it will definitely be a dead end.

After Guan Yu, Xu Huang, and Gao Shun discussed for a while, they began to divide labor, Gao Shun led a hundred people to put the sluice down, while Guan Yu and Xu Huang led two hundred people to pick up some big stones on the shore and build a stone fence half a meter high to prevent the water level from rising too quickly and seeping out.

At this point, on the other side. On the southern side of the riverside city, there is a small village. There are about four to five hundred families in it, and the villagers usually make a living by hunting animals and mining some mountain quarries to sell money.

A day earlier, a large group of Han soldiers had arrived, shattering the peace of the village. There were about 20,000 soldiers and horses in this group of Han troops, most of them were spearmen and sword soldiers, about 13,000 people, and 7,000 cavalry. The leader is one zhang high, his whole body is powerful, he seems to have ten thousand catties of strength, and his eyes are fierce. When he arrived, he said that there would be fighting around him, so he ordered his men to drive the villagers down the hill and occupy their houses to shelter from the rain. Later, because the number of people under his command was too large, he couldn't squeeze in, so he had no choice but to set up a tent to shelter from the rain.

This Han army was the rescuer sent by Ding Yuan, and the leaders were Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian. At this time, Lu Bu was living in the largest house in the village.

Zhang Liao came to Lu Bu's door with a cold face, and heard a woman's scream and a man's lewd laughter coming from inside the door. Thinking of the two women that Lu Bu forcibly left among the villagers the day before yesterday, he immediately couldn't help but tighten his fists, wanting to kick open the door in front of him and enter the house to scold. But there was jealousy, and after waiting for a long time, the woman's crying had slowly stopped unconsciously.