On the first day of December, the siege dam was basically formed.
After inspecting the dam, Su Yonglin gave instructions to continue to thicken and reinforce it. The reason was that it could store more water and be more stable. By then, it would be able to build a larger dam for Zhending City.
Of course, the main reason was that he knew that Jin Ting's reinforcements were still in Xiongzhou and did not launch a second round of attack. It was probably because the logistical problems had not been solved yet and he did not dare to attack rashly.
There is plenty of time at this time. Of course, we must consider the quality of the project, but don’t let one side flood and the other side collapse. The meaning of flooding will be gone.
On the fourth day of December, Su Yonglin inspected the project again. After going around in a circle, he found that the quality of this simple artificial dam was quite good, and it could be said to be a good and fast model.
"It looks like it's time to store water."
Su Yonglin said this to the generals around him.
The generals nodded one after another, and when they looked at the still solid Zhending City, there was a hint of teasing in their eyes.
There is no doubt that they have seen the moment when Zhending City was trapped to death.
On the fifth day of December, Su Yonglin ordered the excavation of part of the Hutuo River embankment to divert the river water into the completed dam.
The water rolled in, and soon passed from one end to the other, and an arc-shaped water city realized its existence.
However, this project obviously had some technical errors due to the rush of work.
The specific calculations were not accurate enough, so from the time the diversion of water into the dam was completed, because the side facing Zhending City was not high enough, the water was higher than the dam and began to flow into the encirclement.
Of course, because it is a surging river, even in the dry season, it can still show the majesty of nature and the ruthless cruelty of water and fire. The rushing water completely ignores human command and surges away according to its own wishes.
Su Yonglin felt like he could understand why certain river bursts could cause so much damage.
His dam inadvertently simulated the reality of water flowing so large that the river channel was not large enough to accommodate it, causing floods.
Really, if he were in the city, he would feel numb and despair.
There was no need for him to dig the artificial dam himself, the water attack had already begun. He originally planned to threaten Zhending City for the last time, but it seemed that it was no longer necessary.
Although this is harmless, it also made Su Yonglin feel the importance of subjects such as mathematics and civil engineering.
I'm lucky that I didn't hurt myself this time. It's a dry season, so it's not a big problem. What if something happens again in the future and the flood floods me? What should I do?
It is urgent to establish a dedicated and professional civil engineering team. The Shengjie Army is not professional enough and needs to develop in a more scientific and precise direction. Professional and technical units must start to be formed.
Having a technical force with extremely rich professional knowledge is undoubtedly very important to the Shengjie Army's goal of conquering cities and territories.
Field battles require strong combat power and cavalry, while battles within the Central Plains are inseparable from siege and defense.
Compared with the direct brutality of field battles, sieges and defenses better reflect the development of war technology, which involves key disciplines such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and psychology.
Not to mention other things, it is self-evident how much help a professional and technical force with rich civil engineering knowledge can bring to the army during siege operations and city defense operations.
The most famous case in Su Yonglin's memory was the Taiping Army's attack on Nanjing. They relied on professional earthen camps to dig tunnels, bury gunpowder, and finally used thousands of kilograms of gunpowder to destroy the Nanjing city wall.
This may seem simple, but the professional knowledge involved cannot be completed by ordinary people. If you are not a professional, it is easy to cause the tragedy of flooding the Dragon King Temple.
The image of a professional and technical force emerged in Su Yonglin's mind.
Of course, the right thing to do now is to give him a super double with a backhand.
Su Yonglin ordered the dam to be dug according to the planned plan, and the city was flooded with water, so that the Zhending City would end in the flood. The life and death of the people in the city was no longer within the scope of Su Yonglin's consideration.
What I want is victory, a reversal of the war situation!
While issuing the order, Su Yonglin turned his head and looked to the northwest, where the powerful Jin Army cavalry was located.
They arrived late after all.
I won this race against time.
The water rushed in, and the ferocious water hit the Zhending city wall, and continued to accumulate within the area enclosed by the dam.
The water level continues to rise, and the situation in Zhending City becomes more and more dangerous.
When the water level reached a certain height, the city gate, which was the most vulnerable part, began to seep because it could not withstand the pressure brought by the water storage. Zhending City began to be flooded.
The Jin soldiers and Jurchens in Zhending City had no way to deal with this dead situation. They panicked and screamed. Other than that, they could do nothing. They could only watch the water flood Zhending.
When the water surged in, Wugu Lunwo Lun's head went blank while he was observing the situation.
It's over.
Zhending, Jin Ting's stronghold in Hebei, was over.
The cold wave he was looking forward to did not come, and the ice in the river he was looking forward to did not appear. It was as if God wanted to go against him and failed to freeze the river before it flooded Zhending, so that Zhending City was flooded.
Everything is over, all storage, all supplies, and all people will be reduced to nothing in the flood.
Su Yonglin was not in a hurry to attack. He was waiting for the city to be flooded with water.
At that time, even if the city wall was high enough to accommodate some people, it would be impossible for them to continue to resist.
Most people will be drowned and die in this flood, and the survival of the few remaining people will be meaningless.
Although the deaths of these people were tragic, who allowed them to carry original sin relative to the position of the Liberation Army?
Their deaths will forge Su Yonglin's fame in the land of Hebei and become the clarion call to overthrow Jin Ting's rule in the Central Plains.
In this game, Su Yonglin has already seen the dawn of victory.
Zhending City did not collapse under the impact and immersion of the flood. This city is indeed a strong city, but no matter how strong the city is, it is not completely closed.
The city gate could not hold on at first, and was washed open by the water. The water poured into the city fiercely, and the streets and alleys were all flooded. The golden people in the city were at a loss.
Not too many people drowned in the first wave, and many people ran to the top of the building to survive. However, the flood directly destroyed a large amount of survival materials accumulated in the city. These survival materials were gone. , they couldn’t spend much time on the roof.
Not to mention that the water level in the city is still rising, and some low buildings have been gradually submerged. A feeling of despair permeates every place where there are still living people.
Of course, not everyone is willing to drown and there are many people trying to survive.
They kept moving to higher buildings, trying to occupy higher buildings and seek temporary survival.
But the people who had already occupied the higher buildings were not willing to fight for them, so they had violent conflicts with the people who occupied the higher buildings, and even attacked and killed each other.
In order to survive, people on low buildings attacked higher buildings, struggled with each other, bit each other, and tried their best to push each other down so that they could survive.
As long as you push the opponent down, you can live a little longer. If you can live a little longer, you have a greater chance of surviving in the end.
Just to live!
Human beings' desire to survive sometimes makes people wonder what they can do.
The number of people drowned and killed continued to increase, and there was no longer any order in the city. As the highest point in the city, the city wall naturally became the target of some people. They rushed up the steps of the city tower and tried to rush to the top of the city tower. Get help to survive.
But not everyone can go up to the tower.
The big shots and elite troops went up first, and then the archers and other technical units were also able to go up. Some of the food was also stored on the tower, and some of it was eaten.
But if there are too many people and not enough food to eat, they will not survive long.
Therefore, Wu Gulunwo Lun ordered that anyone who dared to attack the city tower would be killed.
So the troops on the city tower did not first defend themselves against the coalition forces outside the city. Instead, they first began to defend against their own people inside the city.
