In Yongqiu City, in the barracks of the Jin army.
General Huan Yi of the right army sat on the main seat, Longxiang Xie Yan and Jianwu General Liu Laozhi sat on the east and west respectively. The Beifu military school captains were arranged below them. The Beifu soldiers were discussing matters.
Unlike the Qin soldiers outside the city who were distraught and there was a lot of noise about withdrawing, the generals of the Beifu soldiers unanimously asked Huan Yi to go out of the city to fight with the Qin army, vowing to separate the superior and the inferior.
After guarding the city for two consecutive months, they were all suffocating in their hearts. They had no place to vent their anger, and they all wanted to fight their way out. They couldn't stand this cowardice in the city.
"General, please allow me to lead my troops and rush out to challenge the old thief Mao Dang. I will never come back until I take down the old thief Mao Dang!"
"General, please lead us to fight out. We have consumed too much food and grass in the city, and our sergeants have been severely reduced. The previous Qin army's offensive was fierce. Many brothers were injured and could not receive timely treatment. They were sent away for minor injuries in vain." My life is really at a loss!"
"I can feel that the Qin Army's offensive has weakened a lot recently. I don't know why, but I always feel that the Qin Army is going to withdraw." Xie Yan truthfully told his guess, but few people here believed that the Qin Army would withdraw.
Liu Laozhi asked many times to challenge Mao Dang, but Mao Dang refused to fight. Even Huan Yi had no choice. He had no other ideas now. He would risk his life to kill one more Qin soldier if he could. .
"Everyone be quiet, please listen to me."
Huan Yi, who was in the main seat, watched the excitement for a long time and finally stood up to take charge of the overall situation.
When all the generals saw Huan Yi speaking out, they all held their breath and closed their mouths obediently, wanting to hear what the general was going to say.
Huan Yi cleared his throat and said in a serious voice: "Gentlemen, our army currently has less than 8,000 troops, and the defense of the city is still stretched. How can we risk everything and go out to meet the enemy? At the governor's place, Zhang Chong, the governor of Yanzhou, besieged Suiyang. The situation is tight and the situation is not optimistic. I would like to ask you gentlemen, if we take the initiative to attack at this time, if the entire army is annihilated, who can help relieve the difficulties in Suiyang? "
"Who among you can guarantee that if you take the initiative, you will definitely succeed?"
"Even if any of you are willing to take the initiative to bear the consequences of sending troops, once the army is defeated, the situation will be irreversible and the great cause of the Northern Expedition will be terminated. At that time, I, Huan Yi, will be the sinner of the Jin Dynasty, and you will also be the sinners of the Jin Dynasty. Na!"
What Huan Yi said was true and in line with the facts. He had a very clear mind. No matter how weak the Qin army's offensive outside the city was, it would still only have 100,000 troops. Mao Dang was the second disciple of General Deng Qiang of Qin State and was proficient in military strategy. Why? Could it be that easy to defeat?
Only by relying on the tall walls of Yongqiu City to resist the Qin army's attack and consume the Qin army's strength and morale, could the Beifu soldiers in the city have a chance to survive.
Defending Yongqiu City is the safest strategy. As long as Yongqiu City is not lost, the situation may be reversed at any time!
Defending is victory, being undefeated is victory!
In the end, all the Beifu soldiers were persuaded by Huan Yi, and no one dared to take the initiative to attack.
Mao Dang originally expected that the Beifu soldiers would leave the city to break out of the siege, but as a result, the Beifu soldiers made no movement at all. They seemed to live and die with Yongqiu City, but they were not fooled.
Seeing that the food and grass in the Qin camp were getting less and less, Mao Dang did not panic at all. He saw through life and death and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.
After Xu Zongwen received the report, he was very puzzled. He asked Xi Jian to come and clarify his doubts. After Xi Jian's analysis of Mao Dang, Xu Zongwen felt that Mao Dang must have some conspiracy, otherwise he would not wait for the food and fodder to be exhausted and stand still.
So what does Qin's general Mao Dang rely on?
It’s a long story, so let’s make it short.
Since March has been like spring, there have been heavy rains in Chenliu County for several days and nights. Mao Dang could only order the Qin army to besiege Yongqiu City but not attack. However, when the heavy rains came, the Sui River also surged. Mao Dang learned the news After that, he immediately sent his confidants and people to build a dam on the upper reaches of Suishui River to store water. It has been 20 days since then. The water level of Suishui River, which was almost dry throughout the winter, suddenly rose to a depth of eight or nine feet!
After the military news about Xiaohuang's fall came out, Mao Dang even asked his confidants to be optimistic about the dam. When he learned that the army's stock was low, Mao Dang ordered the quartermaster to reduce the food for each person in the army. Complaints abounded in the army.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale, Mao Dang ordered his people to reward the entire army with all the wine and meat they had left, and ordered the entire army to withdraw from the outskirts of Yongqiu and garrison high places.
On March 28, Mao Dang ordered the gates to be opened and the water released to attack Yongqiu City.
After the levee was opened, the Suishui River rushed towards Yongqiu City downstream like a wild beast. Only half a day later, the Yongqiu area became Zeguo!
There were earth-shaking sounds all around, like the sky was falling apart and the earth was shaking, like thousands of horses galloping!
When the surging Suishui River crashed down from a high place and poured into Yongqiu City, Huan Yi, Xie Yan, Liu Laozhi and all the Beifu soldiers were frightened. There was a flood for no reason. The Beifu soldiers had no idea. Unprepared, thousands of people died in the flood. All the houses in Yongqiu City were submerged, tens of thousands of people were homeless, and countless innocent people were buried in the belly of fish. The earth wailed!
"General, the Qin army blocked the dam to store water and attacked Yongqiu. The people in the city suffered numerous casualties. The city walls showed signs of collapse due to the flood. Our army was also seriously damaged. I am afraid that Yongqiu City cannot be defended!"
Liu Laozhi's legs were wet. He had put on several layers of armor to prevent him from being washed away by the flood. However, it was still very difficult to walk in Yongqiu City. He could only walk on higher ground and use wooden planks to float across the water.
Xie Yan also advised: "Otherwise, let's withdraw!"
"Send the order and withdraw the troops immediately!" Huan Yi knew that the situation was critical and had no time to delay, so he could only obey the generals.
There was a cry of wailing in Yongqiu City, and the Qin army outside the city took advantage of the situation and rode down the river on simple rafts that had been prepared to attack Yongqiu.
"Kill! Kill!"
"Kill all the Jin troops, leaving no one behind!"
Huan Yi looked at the water pouring in. The surging Sui River had completely surrounded Yongqiu City. Huan Yi panicked and commanded the Jin army to withdraw. The fact of defeat was inevitable. This battle He lost the battle, completely lost!
One hundred thousand Qin soldiers took advantage of the flood to advance. Just when they thought they were sure to win, behind the Qin army, an army was galloping towards Yongqiu City non-stop!
On the official road leading to Yongqiu, Xu Zongwen took the lead and led 4,000 people to rush to Yongqiu City day and night.
Just one day before Mao Dang ordered the embankment to be breached and the water flooded Yongqiu, Jin Yiwei passed the news to Pang Bai while the Qin army was there. Fortunately, Pang Bai had been following Xu Zongwen, so Xu Zongwen learned the secret military information immediately. He immediately rushed to Yongqiu with Pei Qing and Xi Jian and their troops.
"It's still too late!"
But things went against expectations. No matter how fast Xu Zongwen was, when he arrived at Yongqiu, there was only a vast expanse of water and Yongqiu City with half of his body exposed...
