The autumn wind is coming, and the grass is green and yellow, revealing the meaning of gloom.

Wang Jian was still sitting on the high post, looking in the direction of the girder. The cofferdam made of mud and sand bags still tightly surrounds the city of Daliang, and the turbulent water of the Yellow River still washes the city wall of Daliang.

And Wang Jian sighed softly, since the Qin army released water in April, flooded Daliang City, and now has gone through more than five years, from spring to autumn, and Daliang City is like a copper wall and iron wall, originally Wang Jian placed high hopes on the water, in front of Daliang City also seems to have lost its effect, Daliang City has always stood strong in the water, as if it is unstoppable. Moreover, after the fleet of the Dai army arrived at Daliang, the defenders attacked from the city many times, launched a surprise attack on the Qin army, and dug the cofferdam more than ten times, although each time it was blocked by the Qin army, but it also made the Qin army tired and tired.

If you count from the time the troops were sent to attack Daliang, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were stationed under the fortified city, almost eight months, countless money, food and materials were consumed, and more than 90,000 soldiers were killed in battle, died of illness, and there were more than 90,000 disabled soldiers, Wang Jian was also forced to reorganize more than 100,000 civilian servants into soldiers in front of the battle, so as to keep the total number of Qin troops unchanged. But both the morale and the soldier's morale have dropped greatly.

Moreover, the army has been stationed outside for a long time, and the war has been going very unsmoothly, and there are already many complaints among the Qin army, and many soldiers' homesickness has become more and more strict, although the Qin army's laws and regulations are strict, but in the past month or two, hundreds of soldiers have fled, although most of them have been captured, but there are still a few people who escaped. At this time, Wang Jian was also merciless, and beheaded the fleeing soldiers in public to warn the whole army. However, Wang Jian also knows very well that relying on the harsh punishment law, he can only be suppressed for a while, and if the war drags on for too long, there will always be a time when he can't hold it down.

Although Qin Wangzheng did not blame Wang Jian, every time he issued an edict to Wang Jian and the generals of the Qin army, it was mainly to encourage, but Wang Jian knew from the messenger of the edict that now the entire Qin State is discussing again, the king wants to issue an edict to raise taxes to supply the army before use, although Wang Jian is a military general, but he also knows what the tax increase means for a country? Therefore, every time Wang Jian remembered the demeanor of the envoy when he spoke, he would feel that the burden on his shoulders was like a mountain.

But in the face of Daliang City in the big water, Wang Jian had nothing to do, so he could only look at the city and sigh at this time, helpless. Fortunately, the rebellion of Yingchuan County was quickly quelled under the vigorous and resolute action of the Qin army, and the rebels were defeated by the Qin army, killing more than 30,000 people in the battle, and after attacking Xinzheng, Han Teng, the chief general of the Qin army, executed more than 20,000 captured rebel soldiers, Korean clans and their families who participated in the rebellion, all of them were executed to warn the Koreans. Otherwise, Wang Jian would still have a headache now.

At this moment, only to hear a boom, as if a huge thunder sounded in the sky, Wang Jian was also suddenly startled, and came back from his contemplation, only to see that the tall Daliang city wall collapsed out of a gap of three or four zhang wide, and the rushing river water was also like a giant python, pouring into the Daliang City.

"The city has fallen, the city has collapsed—" The Qin army stationed on the cofferdam suddenly shouted excitedly, and many people even jumped up. After waiting for more than five months, it was not easy to finally wait for this day. And Wang Jian couldn't help but feel refreshed, and now he finally saw the dawn of a victory.

However, the excitement of the Qin army did not last long, because the defenders immediately threw a large number of sandbags at both ends of the gap, and soon the gap was gradually blocked.

―――――――― dividing line――――――――― dividing line ――――――――" to report to the Lord, the gap has been blocked. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, looking at E Chongyu and Zhao Jiang, who were both covered in mud and water, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and said, "The two generals have worked hard. ”

E Chongyu hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, this is nothing, but we have been trapped by the flood for more than five months, although there is no shortage of food and grass in the city, but the whole city is almost completely submerged, and now the city wall has also collapsed in three places, Daliang City may not be able to hold it, so now the soldiers are there, to there is some slight resignation." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Oh? What's the excuse? ”

E Chongyu hesitated for a moment and said: "They said that it is better to either kill out of the city and fight with the Qin army than to drown in this city, or take advantage of the fact that there are ships now to kill the Qin army." ”

Zhao Jiang also nodded and said, "Yes, the soldiers who are our substitute army all think that they should be killed." ”

Although the wall of the girder is strong, Bijing is a city wall, not a, although it is also a trapezoidal structure with a width at the bottom and a narrow structure at the top, the slope is extremely blocked, almost vertical, and the large inclined gentle slope structure of the embankment is completely different. Therefore, after three months of flooding, water seepage began to appear, although at the beginning, the plateau also ordered craftsmen to block the seepage, but after more than a month, there are more and more seepage places, and the plug can not be blocked. As a result, the water in the city began to expand, and now nine out of ten places in Daliang City were flooded, and the depth of the city could reach four or five feet. And just ten days ago, the city wall finally reached its limit and began to collapse, and today there are three places that have collapsed.

In addition, after months of fierce fighting, coupled with illness, the soldiers and residents of the city also died a lot, amounting to more than 80,000 people, and now the residents of the city are less than 150,000, while the Wei army only has more than 46,000 people, and there are about 9,000 soldiers in the Dai army. And the high morale of the army inhabitants in the city at the beginning is now almost worn out. If it weren't for the fact that the whole army was supported by several victories, and there was no shortage of food in the city, I am afraid that it would have been unable to support it a long time ago.

However, now the will of the defenders is almost to the limit, although no one is willing to surrender to the Qin army, but they are willing to fight to the death with the Qin army, even if it is a happy death on the battlefield, but it is better than being trapped in Daliang City, and the soldiers of the defending army think that they are just here to help Wei, and Daliang City is guarding this step now, it can be said that it is reasonable, there is no need to stay in Daliang City and wait for death, accompany Daliang City to be buried, or break through by boat as soon as possible.

Therefore, after listening to E Chongyu's words, Gao Yuan said: "Don't worry, when the city wall collapsed for the first time, I sent an order to Guiling, and asked them to send all the ships over, calculate the days, and it will be there in these two days, there are more than 300 ships in total, just wait for this fleet to arrive, we will break through immediately, and then not only all the Dai army, but even the Wei army in the city can also be taken away." ”

When the two heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, they couldn't imagine that the plateau had already made arrangements, not only with the Dai army to break through, but even the Wei army was ready to take it away, because after more than half a year of fighting side by side, now the Dai army and the Wei army have formed a deep friendship with each other.

So the two said: "It turns out that the lord has already made arrangements, and we are too worried." ”

Gao Yuan said: "However, please keep this matter secret from the two generals, and do not disclose it before the fleet arrives, otherwise the army in the city will be in chaos." ”

The two also knew that it was nothing when they were in the city, and as soon as they said that they were going to retreat, they made sure that everyone ran faster than rabbits, so they immediately said: "Please rest assured, my lord, we will never talk nonsense." ”

Before the words fell, I saw Ling Feng come in and said, "Lord, a bird has come to pass the book." As he spoke, he handed a wax-sealed scroll of paper to Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan took the paper roll, pinched open the wax seal, opened it, and said, "The team will arrive tomorrow afternoon." ”

When the two of them heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, but they didn't expect the fleet to arrive, Zhao Jiang immediately said: "Lord, what should we do now?" Do you want to inform the soldiers to prepare? ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "No, it's not the time yet, and the fleet is about to arrive, the Qin army will definitely intercept it halfway, this time the ships of the fleet are mostly ships for transportation, and there are not many warships, so we have to take care of it, so you gather all the Wei soldiers in the city, and I will personally give them an order, early tomorrow morning, launch a comprehensive assault on the Qin army, contain the Qin army's forces, and let the fleet arrive smoothly." ”

When E Chongyu and Zhao Jiang heard this, they immediately agreed and turned to leave.

After a while, the two of them gathered all the Wei soldiers in the city.

Gao Yuan stood on a high platform and said: "Brothers, we have been holding on to the Great Beam for eight months, that is, after the Great Beam was flooded, it has been more than five months, although in these five months, we have attacked from the city many times, fought some victories, and dug up the cofferdam of the Qin army, but we have never been able to completely break the encirclement of the Qin army. And now most of the city has been flooded, and the city wall has collapsed in three places, I estimate that Daliang City may not last long, originally I wanted to hold on to Daliang, and the Qin army was unable to sustain and had to withdraw the army, but now it seems that we can't consume the Qin army, it is my plateau incompetence, and I can only do this step. ”

After hearing Gao Yuan's words, the soldiers of the Wei army also shouted, "Wu Anjun, you have done your best." ”

"Yes, Wu Anjun, it was very good that you could come to the rescue of Wei at the beginning."

"If it weren't for Wu Anjun, Daliang City wouldn't be able to hold on to today?"

Most of the soldiers of the Wei army also understood that the plateau had nothing to do with the Wei state, and it was very good to be able to rush to the rescue of the Wei state, and after more than half a year of hard fighting, the Dai army has always been the main pillar of the city, and the plateau has also established a very high prestige among the Wei soldiers, so by this time, no one blames the plateau.

Gao Yuan said: "So what are you going to do?" If you want to surrender to the Qin army, I will not stop ......"

Before he finished his words, he was immediately interrupted by the soldiers: "If you don't surrender, if you don't surrender, we will never surrender to the Qin army." ”

"Yes, even if we would rather die in battle, we will not surrender to the Qin army."

"Yes, I will fight to the death with the Qin army and fight with the Qin army."

"I'm struggling with the Qin army."

Gao Yuan saw that the soldiers' feelings were stirred up by himself, and immediately said: "Okay, since you all fight to the death with the Qin army, then have a good rest tonight, and go out of the city tomorrow to have a big battle with the Qin army." ”