Although the flood was large, under the command of Zhou Tai, it could not threaten the safety of Fancheng.

However, the biggest threat in front of Zhou Tai was not the flood, but the Han army that was eyeing Fancheng.

Outside the city, the earth mountain used to defend the Han army's return artillery, as well as the imitation return cannon, were all washed away by the flood.

What happens when the flood waters reced?

Without these things, the Han army can directly attack the city, and when the time comes, it will take a few days to build some return artillery, and Fancheng will not be able to resist it at all. If he wants to reaccumulate soil into a mountain, it is too late in time, and the Han army will not give him this opportunity.

Although the current flood outside the city is terrifying, Zhou Tai hopes that this flood will not recede, because the flood has now become a guarantee for the safety of Fancheng.

But the flood will eventually recede, and it will rain heavily for five days in a row, and if it is clear today, it will not rain for a short time, so the flood will recede in seven days at most.

Seven days later, the earth dried, and when the defenders of Fancheng arrived, it was a choice of life and death.

"General, what should I do now?"

"yes, you can figure it out."

The generals looked at Zhou Tai and hoped that Zhou Tai would come up with a solution.

"Let Ben be quiet!" Zhou Tai didn't have a countermeasure at this moment, waved his hand, and walked towards the mansion as if he had lost his soul.

After returning to the mansion, Zhou Taiyi sat on the stool, on the table, and he was in no mood to pick up the military book he had just read with relish.

At this moment, there are two paths in front of Zhou Tai.

First, continue to stay in Fancheng, wait for the flood to recede, and then attack Fancheng after the Han army has built a return cannon.

At that time, Guanping, south of the Han River, must have also reorganized the soldiers and horses to cross the river to the north, when 80,000 Han soldiers came to the city, once the city was broken by the return artillery, the 20,000 Wei troops in the city were not the opponents of the Han army at all, either surrender to save their lives, or fight to the death to serve the country.

The other way is to retreat.

Although the flood outside Fancheng was raging at the moment, this did not prevent the Wei army from retreating.

Most of the houses in ancient times were made of wood, especially the roofs, and under the tiles were beams made of wood, and the governor could order the soldiers in the city to demolish the houses to obtain timber and build small rafts.

The raft was then thrown from the top of the city into the flood with ropes, and the soldiers could also use the ropes to descend to the raft and retreat from the flood to leave Fancheng.

However, Liu Chan and they are stationed in the county seat of Dengxian County, and there are a lot of elite soldiers under their command, and they will definitely think that Zhou Tai will retreat, although Zhou Tai can build a raft to retreat from the flood, but sooner or later it will go ashore, and the Han army is now stationed in the area where the flood has not been flooded, and it is not difficult to pursue Zhou Tai.

Fortunately, at present, Guanping's soldiers and horses are still in Xiangyang, and the Han River is the largest flood discharge section of the flood, and the current water is turbulent, even the warships of Jingzhou cannot cross the river, and the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang must wait for the flood to recede before they can come.

If Zhou Tai retreated, the main enemy would still be Liu Chan's 20,000 soldiers and horses in the county seat of Deng County. It's just that Liu Chan's 20,000 soldiers and horses are not so easy to deal with, not to mention that 10,000 of them are still cavalry.

Therefore, once the troops were withdrawn, it was still impossible to avoid a battle with the Han army at that time, but compared with continuing to trap Fancheng and wait for the flood to recede, Jingzhou Guanping led the army to join Liu Chan, besieged Fancheng, and chose to retreat, which seemed to reduce some casualties.

Because when Guan Ping arrives, he will have to face 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Han army, and if he retreats now, he only needs to deal with 20,000 soldiers and horses.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Tai finally chose the second way, that is, to withdraw from the army.

Because he continued to stay in Fancheng, there was only a dead end waiting for the Wei army.

Since he had made up his mind, he had to be prepared, and Zhou Tai immediately summoned the generals and ordered them: "Now the earth mountain outside the city used to defend the return cannon has been washed away by the flood, although Fan Cheng is tall, but after all, it is only built of rammed earth, and it is not vulnerable to the return cannon at all.

If we continue to stay in Fancheng and wait for the flood to recede, the Han army will build a return cannon to attack the city, and we will only have a dead end, so I decided to withdraw after thinking about it. ”

"Retirement?" The generals were stunned when they heard this, and one general was embarrassed: "I'm afraid the general is not confused, now that the flood outside the city is raging, how can we withdraw our troops." If the flood recedes before retreating, the Shu army will also arrive. ”

Zhou Tai waved his hand and said: "This is simple, so that the soldiers can dismantle the defense and obtain firewood to build a raft." I have called you here to do this. ”

As soon as the generals heard this, they all understood Zhoutai's thoughts, and they all gave up their orders and went to do things.

Zhou Tai sat in his seat, took out the map and looked at it, but he wanted to choose a good route to retreat and avoid the pursuit of the Han army.

On the other side, the county seat of Deng County.

At this moment, it has been more than half a day since the flooding.

Liu Chan and the generals have returned to the palace from the city.

Liu Chan turned to Huang Xu and asked, "Now the flood should have rushed to Fancheng, right?" I wonder if the dirt mountain outside Fancheng has been washed away by the flood? ”

"The last general has already sent someone to investigate by boat, and I expect there will be news later!"

"Hmm!" Liu Chan nodded, and after waiting for a while, a soldier came to report that the scout who inquired about the news had returned, and Liu Chan immediately summoned the scout into the hall.

The scout arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, we will take a warship to the direction of Fancheng, the earth and mountains outside Fancheng have been washed away by the flood, the original native mountain is as high as the city, and now there is nothing above the water. ”

"Good!"

After the scout finished speaking, he retreated, and Liu Chan looked at the generals and said: "Now that the flood has washed away the dirt mountain outside Fancheng, the 20,000 defenders in Fancheng are already the turtles in the urn. Now that the flood has just started, if you want to recede, it should take ten days to dry the ground, and the order will go down and let the soldiers cut down trees to build a return cannon.

Ten days later, when the flood waters receded and the ground was dry, they could converge with Guanping, and the troops would come to the city and take Fancheng in one fell swoop. ”

"No!" The generals will take the command.

Deng Ai immediately gave up his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the garrisons of Fancheng are all honored guards outside the city, and now that the mountains have been flattened, the defenders of Fancheng will not sit still."

Nazhou Tai was a confidant general promoted by Sima Yi when he was in Jingzhou, and his ability was extraordinary, and he was very likely to retire with the help of the flood. ”

When the first general heard this, he couldn't help but say: "General Deng, you are joking, the Wei army is trapped in the city, and the flood outside the city is raging, how can they retreat?" ”

Deng Ai smiled: "It's simple, you just need to demolish the house to get wood, build a raft and put it in your hands from the city." Since Zhou Tai can win Sima Yi's favor, he will not think of this way. ”

Liu Chan nodded, and then ordered: "Shizai is right, send more scouts to inquire about the movements of the defenders of Fancheng, and if they retreat, they will report immediately." Our soldiers and horses must not be slackened, if the Wei army retreats, it should be able to assemble within half an hour to pursue the Wei army. ”

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