The heavy rain fell all day, Wang Jian sat on the high platform of the hill, looking into the distance through the rain curtain, the huge girder city wall was completely surrounded by a vast ocean, like a huge island.

Below the high post, countless Qin soldiers and people are braving the heavy rain to step up their work and repair the gap in the cofferdam. Because some time ago, in order to complete the cofferdam as soon as possible, the water was released to irrigate the city, and the construction speed of the Qin army was too fast, so it also caused certain problems in the cofferdam in some sections, either the height was not enough, or the strength was not enough, resulting in the rupture of many sections. As a result, the Qin army could only continue to strengthen and repair the cofferdam.

Fortunately, now that Daliang City has been flooded, it is impossible for the defenders to attack again, and the Qin army does not have to worry about being interfered by the defenders, and can work with peace of mind, which also proves that the Qin army's strategy of rushing to work and releasing water as soon as possible is correct.

However, although the defenders did not attack, this heavy rain brought a lot of difficulties to the Qin army's rush to work, after all, it would definitely be troublesome to work in the heavy rain. After the flooding of Daliang City, the morale of the Qin army was significantly improved, so the motivation of the soldiers and civilian servants also increased a lot.

At this time, Zheng Guo took the hat and wore a coat to climb the high post, came to Wang Jian, and said: "Report to the general, just now the old man has measured the depth of the water outside the city of Daliang, the shallowest point is more than one zhang, the deepest part is two zhang and three feet, and the cofferdam is broken in 17 places, but 13 places have been re-blocked, and there is no big problem, but the water potential of the other four cofferdams has overflowed the top of the cofferdam, and it needs to be heightened and reinforced. As he spoke, Zheng Guo spread out a map on the table and explained to Wang Jian that the cofferdam there needed to be heightened and reinforced.

Although some time ago was stepping up the attack, but the cofferdam built by the Qin army was generally more than one zhang and five feet, but this height was measured on the spot, not the absolute horizontal height, and the measurement technology and measuring tools of this era were backward, and it was impossible to find the standard horizontal height, and it could only be seen after the water was released, so in some sections, although the cofferdam was also built very high, the water potential still exceeded the cofferdam.

Wang Jian nodded, and said: "Zheng Shui Ling has worked hard, these four sections, the old man will immediately arrange people to strengthen and repair the meal, and ask the water order to work hard and supervise the scene, and the old man will also order the Qin army in all sections to closely monitor the cofferdam in case there is another breach, if there is anything else, please ask the water order to put it forward." ”

Zheng Guo also said: "General, although the water potential of only four sections has overflowed the cofferdam, there are still more than ten sections where the water level has approached the height of the cofferdam, and after this heavy rain, the water level will rise, so the cofferdams in all sections must be three feet above the water surface to ensure the safety of the cofferdam." ”

Wang Jian said: "How to strengthen and raise the cofferdam is determined by the water order, but when can the ships moored in Xingkou be driven to the girder, and whether the dock can be released now." ”

Zheng Guo looked up at the sky and said: "After this heavy rain stops, all the ships can be driven, and now the dock can enter the water, but the dock should not enter the water too quickly, otherwise it will easily cause the ship to capsize, so tomorrow the old man will personally lead the soldiers to serve and release water to the dock." ”

Wang Jian also laughed and said: "In this way, there will be a labor order." ”

Zheng Guo hurriedly said: "The general said that, we are all contributing to Great Qin. Since this is the case, the old man will retire first and go to inspect the cofferdam. ”

After speaking, Zheng Guo saluted Wang Jian and turned to leave Gaogang. And Wang Jian looked at Daliang City in the rain curtain, and thought in his heart, I don't know what way the plateau will deal with the current situation.

―――――――― dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― "It's so big water, I'm afraid the depth has exceeded one zhang." ”

Gao Yuan led the generals of the defending army, standing on the city tower, looking at the vast water outside the city, and couldn't help but sigh. However, although the water was fierce at the beginning, Daliang City was still safe and sound, and the lives of the people in Fu City did not have any impact. As the water calmed down, everyone's psychology gradually stabilized, and at this time, they gathered on the city tower, more or less in a relaxed heart of "watching the water view".

Zhao Jiang said: "When Zhibo besieged Jinyang, he also irrigated Jinyang with water, Zhibo once said, 'I know that water can kill the country' Now I see the situation of Daliang, only to know that what Zhibo said is true, if it was not for Zhao Xiangyu to unite Wei and Han, and destroy the Zhi family, I am afraid that there will be no later three Jin, Zhibo will be like the Tian family, one family replaced the Jin country. ”

E Chongyu also said: "Yes, I heard that when Jinyang was flooded, the city became a country of Wang Yangze, and the sinking stove produced frogs; And the residents can only hang the cauldron and cook, only two months later, the food in the city has been exhausted, and even later can only be eaten by changing children, the situation is very miserable, and now although the Qin army also released water to flood the beam, but because we have already set up a precaution, so although the outside of the city has been flooded, but the city is still safe, and the food and materials in the city are very sufficient, even if it is a year, it is more than enough. I can still laugh and talk about it in the city like this. ”

Both of them are from Zhao, so they are very familiar with the battle example of Zhibo water irrigating Jinyang back then, and now they naturally can't help but compare that battle with the big beam in front of them.

At this time, Lu Renjie said: "I heard that in the battle of Qin, Chu and Yan, the Qin general Bai Qi attacked Yancheng, so he built a moat in the west of Yancheng to divert water to irrigate the city. The water collapses the northeast corner of the city, Yancheng suddenly becomes a water, the people flow with the water, hundreds of thousands of people die in the east of the city, the east of the city is stinky, because the name is a stinky pool. It can be seen that where the water attack, the army and the people are all killed and injured, if it is not for Wu Anjun to foresee, I am afraid that now Daliang City has already been a vast ocean, the people in the city do not know how many dead and injured, even if the city is not broken, the tragic situation in the city is not under Jinyang. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Everything is predetermined, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted, I have long expected that the Qin army will attack the beam with water, so I will naturally be prepared, although the water is fierce, it is not irresistible." Now the outside of Daliang City is flooded, and in a few days, the Qin army may attack Daliang with boats and rafts, so we must not fail to take precautions, notify the whole army, and not slacken, the defensive affairs of the whole city, personnel, and shifts, are still the same as before, and cannot be reduced. ”

All the generals agreed in unison.

Gao Yuan said: "Has the pool in the city been filled with water?" ”

Lu Renjie hurriedly said: "Back to Wu Anjun, the water in the pool is already full. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, General E, you continue to garrison on the city wall, and I'll go to the pool to take a look." ”

E Chongyu hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the last general will be stationed at the head of the city, and he will never let the Qin army take advantage of it." ”

The pool of Daliang City is built in the east and west cities, close to the arc embankment around the city gate, in the form of a rectangle, about 30 zhang long, about 25 zhang wide, slightly larger than a standard swimming pool. In order to build these two pools, many houses near the city gate were demolished.

After the plateau left the castle tower of the north city, he came to the side of the pool in the east city, and boarded the bank of the pool, only to see that on the side of the pool, there were more than ten rafts parked, the length of each raft was about four zhang feet, and the width was one zhang and six feet, all of which were made of round logs with a diameter of about one foot, and the surface was paved with wooden planks, which were very flat, and there were four-foot-high railings on the left and right sides, and each had a three-foot or so open door. There is a baffle at the front end, which is usually erected to shield the arrows, and when it lands on the shore, it is lowered to allow the soldiers to land. At the rear end, there is a tail rudder, and there is a pair of wooden oars and a pair of struts, which are used as the power of the wooden pipe.

Such a raft could fit up to twenty-five men, but the standard number of men for battle was eighteen, one of whom was at the helm and two of them were oars or poles, and of the remaining fifteen there were ten spearmen and shieldmen, five crossbowmen, and all of them fought in leather armor rather than bronze armor, in order to reduce the overall weight of the raft; The second is to allow every soldier to travel lightly. Because of the unstable center of gravity in the battle on the water, it is beneficial for the soldiers to carry as little burden as possible.

In battle, the spear and shield men are divided on both sides, and when they are not close to the enemy, they first protect themselves with shields, and when the two sides are close, they will stab the enemy with their spears, and each man also carries three throwing spears for killing the enemy at medium distances, while the crossbowmen are in the middle, and shoot the enemy from a distance with their crossbows. In this way, the three layers of blows from far, medium and near will all be complete.

Of course, these are only on paper, and they can only be practiced on land in the past, but more than 30 rafts have been equipped with wheels and pulled by horses to simulate water battles. While this allows the soldiers to find some feeling, there is no way for the soldiers at the helm, oars, or poles to practice. Water warfare is not only a soldier's business, but also the ability to operate a raft should not be underestimated, and it is also very important to cooperate between the combat soldier and the raft.

And now that the Qin army has finally released water to irrigate the city, the defenders have immediately filled the river with the water that had been built long ago, and although it is still raining heavily, there are still many soldiers at the helm, oars or poles, practicing the technique of operating the raft in the pool. There are also soldiers who are practicing swimming while they are doing.

There are also two rafts loaded with soldiers, and they are fighting on rafts. Because the soldiers know that now the outside of Daliang City is flooded, and the future battles will be carried out on the water, and if they train hard now, then the chances of survival on the battlefield in the future will be greater, so the soldiers are trained very seriously, every move, every shot and style are really practiced, and they dare not be careless at all.

At one point, the soldiers shouted and shouted, their weapons clashed, and from time to time soldiers fell into the water, and the whole pool was very lively.