Luo Shixin hoped that the commander would give the order to attack the city every day, but this order never came down, which made him very anxious, so he held a siege strategy competition with a bounty of 500 yuan among the soldiers out of his own pocket, so that the soldiers could participate in the strategy, he actually hoped that this kind of game could change the will of the commander, so that he could give the siege order.

Luo Shixin hurriedly said: "There are indeed many good methods, and it is easy to break through the city." ”

Although Zhang Xuan didn't want to attack the city, he was very interested in Luo Shixin's idea of taking the mass line, so he smiled and said, "Let's take an example!" ”

Luo Shixin's spirits perked up, and he thought for a while: "Some soldiers proposed to attack with fire, using trebuchets to throw a large number of flammable materials to the city, and after igniting it, the city was burned with fire, and then we attacked the city head and there was basically no obstacle." ”

"What else?"

"There are also soldiers who propose a poisonous smoke plan, using the east wind to burn poisonous tree branches in the upwind direction to produce a large amount of poisonous smoke, so that the city is shrouded in poisonous smoke."

This reminded Zhang Xuan of the poisonous smoke meter used by Laihu'er during the attack on Beilu City, and it was estimated that this soldier was also involved in that battle, so he smiled and asked, "What else?" ”

"There are also soldiers who propose to throw the corpses infected with the epidemic into the city, and within ten days, the Goguryeo soldiers in the city will die."

Everyone laughed and said: "This strategy is too vicious, it is simply a desperate plan, and I forgot that my army will also be sick, and it is too much of a loss to kill 3,000 enemies and lose 5,000." ”

Pei Xingyan next to him smiled and said, "Old Luo, let's talk about a few reliable strategies." ”

"Then I'll talk about three schemes to win the bounty!" ”

Everyone became interested, gathered around and laughed: "Let's talk about the plan to get the bounty." ”

"The first one is the mound method!"

Luo Shixin pointed to the earth mountain and said: "The earth mountain is only five zhang away from the city wall, we can continue to pour soil down on the mountain, then the soil will soon pile up on the city, and we can directly kill the city from the earth mountain." ”

Everyone nodded, this plan is more reliable, and the effect is very good, no wonder it can win the reward, Zhang Xuan was also a little tempted, so he asked with a smile: "What about the second and third?" ”

"The second is to use fire to burn, the bricks of the Yan city wall are made of stones, the city wall is burned red with fire, and then poured with cold water, the city bricks will immediately crack and collapse, and the results are really good."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, noncommittal about this plan, and he said, "Let's talk about the third plan." ”

Luo Shixin said with a smile: "The third plan was an idea from a local soldier, and he won three hundred yuan, and I think it can be implemented." ”

He pointed to the white wolf water a few miles away to the north, "We can use the white wolf water to flood Yancheng, everyone found that no, Yancheng is located in a low-lying place, I heard that the old Yancheng was submerged because of heavy rain for several days, if we dig the white wolf water embankment, Yancheng will be flooded, even if the whole city cannot be submerged, most of the grain will be destroyed." ”

"What a plan!"

Next to Du Ruhui couldn't help but praise: "This method is completely feasible, from the topography, Yancheng is in a depression, easy to be flooded, and more coincidentally, I carefully watched the clouds, in recent days, there will indeed be heavy rain in Liaodong, and when it rains heavily, at the same time dig the white wolf water embankment, Yancheng will be finished." ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, "This method is feasible!" ”

The white wolf water originates from Yanshan, rushes to the east, there are many water sources all the way, the flow is very large, it is the second most important river in Liaodong region in addition to the Liao River, the white wolf water crosses Liucheng County, flows into Yan County and then turns south in the north of Yancheng, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea, Yancheng is located at the turn of the white wolf water.

Due to the north-south direction of Yiwulu Mountain, Yancheng is located in a low-lying place a few miles away, and more than 40 years ago, Yancheng was flooded because of continuous heavy rain that caused the White Wolf Water to burst the embankment, and thousands of people died.

However, due to the long period of time, except for the local old people, few people know the history of Yancheng's flooding, and Luo Shixin's siege strategy reward finally made the local soldiers tell this story.

In the early morning of the next day, the main force of the besieging Sui army crossed the White Wolf Water and withdrew to the north, and a cheer suddenly sounded on the head of Yancheng City. ”

Yizhi Wende was always steady, he shook his head and said: "There is no reason for the Sui army to retreat, they are luring us out of the city, and then annihilate us on the west bank of Liaoshui." ”

Yizhi Wende couldn't help but sigh again, "What's the point of killing Liaoshui, we don't even have a sheepskin raft to cross the river." ”

The joy that Yuangai Suwen had just now was extinguished by Yizhi Wende's two words, he stayed for a long time, and said viciously: "It's better to fight to the death than to be trapped in the city!" ”

He turned and walked towards the western wall, shouting to the soldiers as he went, "Go and dig that dirt hill for me!" ”

That night, it began to rain, and it was the rainy season at the turn of spring and summer, but this rain came very violently, with lightning and thunder, and heavy rain, and it rained for two days in a row.

The Sui army is stationed on the north bank of the white wolf water on higher ground, the big tent stretches for more than 20 miles, the momentum is very spectacular, but the heavy rain for two consecutive days also makes the Sui soldiers live like a year, the bedding and clothes in the big tent are wet, the big tent is filled with a bad smell, the sleep is very uncomfortable, and the soldiers can not go out of the tent, everyone stays in the tent is very boring.

On this morning, Zhang Xuan accompanied by dozens of generals to the bank of the White Wolf River, the rain has become lighter, but the rain is still very dense, Zhang Xuan and the generals are wearing hats, standing on the high slope to look at the white wolf water.

The white wolf water is about 20 zhang wide, the terrain is higher, due to the rain for several days, the water color is turbid, the water flow is very turbulent, look at Yancheng in the distance, it is indeed located in a low-lying place, and the rain alone has flooded to the calf, at this time, Xu Shiji said on the side: "Dashuai, it is not enough to dig the river embankment in the north, but also to dig the river embankment in the east, and release water on both sides together, only the city wall remains." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at it for a moment, then turned back to Luo Shixin and said, "This is your strategy, it's up to you to complete it!" According to General Xu's words, the opening was dug from the north and east at the same time, and the time was tonight. ”

Luo Shixin was overjoyed, he finally waited for this moment, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Obey the order!" ”

At night, it rained heavily, and the gloomy dark clouds shrouded the earth, making the night extremely dark, one lightning after another, illuminated the riverbed of the white wolf water, only to see countless Sui soldiers standing on the riverbed, holding a big shovel and struggling to dig the soil, the river roared, rolling white foam, and it looked particularly turbulent under the lightning.

Yancheng, a few miles away, was still very quiet, the inside and outside of the city were pitch black, the torches planted on both sides of the city gate had also been extinguished, the dirt mountain outside the west city had been cut in half, and muddy water flowed in the ravine.

Nearly 1,000 Goguryeo soldiers patrolled back and forth at the head of the city, vigilantly watching the movements outside the city, and most of the soldiers in the city fell asleep.

Yuangai Suwen couldn't sleep, he also patrolled back and forth on the city wall, he was very anxious, the heavy rain for several days made the granary also flooded, at least thirty percent of the grain was soaked in water, and it would soon be moldy, he wanted to talk to Yizhi Wende again, and when the rain stopped, they had to break through, even if they couldn't cross the Liaoshui, they could also go north and cross the Liaoshui with the help of the Khitan power.

At this moment, Yuangai Suwen suddenly heard a strange sound, like a howling sound like a strong wind blowing through the mountains and forests, and the other soldiers also heard it, and they all lay on the city wall and looked out.

"General, it's a big flood, and there is a flash flood!"

A soldier pointed to the city and shouted, at this time Yuangai Suwen also saw it, the turbulent water flowed under the city, the water level increased rapidly, and it had overflowed the city gate, Yuangai Suwen's scalp suddenly exploded, where is this flash flood, it is the white wolf water that bursts the embankment.

He yelled badly and shouted, "Ring the alarm bell quickly!" ”

'When! While! While! The alarm bell rang in the city.

Yuangai Suwen turned around and ran towards the city, but he only ran a few steps, only to hear a loud noise, the city gate could not withstand the impact of the flood, suddenly shattered, the roaring flood rushed into the city, Yuangai Suwen stopped, helplessly watched the flood swept through the barracks, everywhere was the frightened shouts of soldiers, countless soldiers were desperately running, but they were still swallowed by the flood, people and houses disappeared, Yancheng suffered a catastrophe. (To be continued.) )