Tian Hong clenched his right teeth and said word by word: "Didn't you say that Xiang Zongyan's head is hanging outside Huixi Village? This move is equivalent to telling us that he, Peng Shiyu, and Li Yuan's Tang army soldiers , this time we will fight to the end and show no mercy to all tribes. Alas! We have no way out..."
"A way out?" Tian Hongbin's eyes widened, and he stood up and shouted: "Brother, why are you so confused? There is a fight to the death between Peng Shiyu and us! When the army retreated to Xizhou City that day, I tried hard to persuade Xiang Zongyan on the way. Even though he is at odds with us, he is right about one thing. Huixizhai is very important. It is the choke point from Xizhou to Chenzhou. Once it is lost, Xizhou will have no way out!
But my brother insisted on leaving only three thousand soldiers of the Xiang family to garrison. I originally thought that my brother was always shrewd and wise and would have good strategies to defend against the enemy. Unexpectedly, my brother was thinking of retreating? If this is true, why bother fighting this battle now? Why did we bother setting up a plan to expel Peng Shiyu..."
Seeing a look of disappointment on Tian Hongbin's face, Tian Hongyou quietly listened to these fierce words and frowned tightly. After a moment, he did not refute as before, but looked at himself coldly. Said: "A Bin, the retreat I am talking about is not to surrender. When the two armies are fighting, the focus is on the heart. If the commander has worries, his hands will be restrained during the battle! I originally thought that Peng Shiyu would not kill them all no matter what. After all, Like his father, he is a Han from outside. If he wants to continue to rule the three states, he will definitely care about the hearts of all tribes!
To put it bluntly, it’s okay to kill my Tian clan members. After all, the blood feud is deep, but now they even kill the leader of the Xiang clan! It really surprised me! Now it seems that Peng Shiyu's ambition has far exceeded his previous estimate, and he is forcing me to use this last resort..."
"Five Dynasties Rivers, Mountains and Winds"
Tian Hongbin's eyes suddenly flickered, he grabbed Tian Hongyou's arm, and said anxiously: "Brother, do you really have a plan to defend yourself against the enemy? Time is running out, please let me know!"
Tian Hongyou sat down after hearing this, then stared at the stone gum in front of him quietly, and said in a deep voice: "Abin, have you ever heard that during the battle with Chu King Ma Xifan twelve years ago, Peng Shichou ordered people to attack Xizhou City? A moat was dug around the city..."
"Moat?" Tian Hongbin blinked doubtfully, then frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Brother, could it be that ditch outside the city?"
Tian Hongyou nodded heavily: "Exactly! This is the key to our defense against the enemy!"
"Brother, are you kidding me? What kind of moat is this? Although the ditch is wide, has it seen a drop of water pouring in over the years? It has been abandoned for a long time..."
Tian Hongyou snorted softly, and then lowered his voice and whispered: "I will tell you the truth! Why it was abandoned back then, there is a secret! When I followed Peng Shichou to fight, I saw him with my own eyes After several days of continuous planning in this mansion, dozens of Han craftsmen were finally assembled to draw the engineering drawings of Xizhou's moat. Whether it was the width or depth of the river, they were all deliberately imitated in the construction of large cities in the Central Plains, just like rivers filling the city. If you enter, you can stop thousands of troops!"
Tian Hongbin shook his head in disbelief and replied in a dull tone: "Brother, if this moat is really so effective, why didn't water flow in after it was built? Instead, it has been abandoned to this day. Isn't this a waste of human and financial resources?"
Under the dim moonlight, a gust of cool wind blew through Tian Hongyou's nostrils, and he waved his hand and replied: "No! After gathering the efforts of various tribes to dig out the river channel, Peng Shichou naturally did not want to I gave up, but when I was diverting water, I encountered a huge problem!
You should know that outside Xizhou City is surrounded by mountains, and two miles away is Luoyi River. Although Luoyi River is a tributary of Youshui River, when it passes under Xizhou City, the water surface is only one foot wide. It is also a pool of still water. It is of course extremely difficult to lead it into the moat!
After several attempts by various tribes to no avail, Peng Shichou finally had no choice but to order the moat to be abandoned. But it doesn't matter, the King of Chu, Ma Xifan, is also as stupid as a pig and a dog. The Chu army was attacked by our army before they crossed the You River, and could not reach our Xizhou city at all. Twelve years have passed, and the moat has become the ditch outside the city, and this matter has gradually been forgotten..."
Tian Hongbin swallowed, and then also lowered his voice and said: "Brother, the difficulty of diverting water is due to the terrain. How can God's destiny be changed by manpower?! Is there anything we can do about things that Peng Shichou couldn't do in the past? Is it possible that after twelve years, you can make Luo Yixi change his character?"
"Hehe!" Tian Hongyou smiled mysteriously, then put on a confident look, stroking his white beard and whispered: "Your brother, I have no help from ghosts and gods, so naturally I have no way to lure Na Luo. Yixi water! But at that time, Peng Shichou trusted me very much and once ordered me to act as a supervisor. After discovering that Luoyixi could not be diverted, because I was worried about the war with the Chu State, I still insisted on secretly searching for available water sources, and finally went around in circles for several times. Yue, I actually met him!"
"Oh? Are you serious about this? Brother, please don't betray me!"
Tian Hongyou said unhurriedly: "Six miles north of Xizhou City, there is an underground river hidden in the dense forest of Wushan Mountain. It should come from the deep mountains. It is more than two feet wide and the current is quite fast. Follow it to the east. It can go directly into the You River. If this water can be diverted to the south, it will only take a day or two to fill the moat!"
"Underground river? Change its course?" Tian Hongbin showed an excited expression at first, and then sighed in frustration: "Brother, if we can really fill the moat, one or two days may be enough! But it is not easy to change the river course. , Although I don’t know much about fortifications, it will take at least ten and a half months for such a good fortune? Now that the Tang army is close to Chichi, they may launch an siege in the next two days, but I’m afraid it’s too late!”
Tian Hong replied calmly: "Haha, since I told you, I have already made preparations! In fact, I reported this matter to Peng Shichou twelve years ago, and that underground river has long been blocked by me. By the time a gap was opened, the river going south to Xizhou Shuimen had been secretly dredged! It was only Peng Shichou who ordered the gap blocked and ordered everyone not to leak the secret, so it has been kept secret for many years... ..”
"Then what are Peng Shichou doing? Since there is usable water, why did he abandon it? Since he ordered people to open the gap, why did he order it to be blocked?"
"He said that this is Xizhou's last resort to save life and should only be used as a last resort. That underground river is actually an above-ground river! Wushan is in the north and Xizhou is in the south. This underground river is located high up. According to the calculations of several craftsmen that day, once Breaking through the gap and heading south, it is estimated that it will only take half an hour for the water to be unstoppable. By then, the earth and rocks will collapse and there will be no way to save it!
The moat can be filled in an instant, but Xizhou City may also become a Zeguo, but our Dudu Mansion is located at a high place, so it should be no problem..."
Tian Hongbin was shocked and couldn't help shouting: "Brother, you must not do this! This is a desperate plan!"
