Chapter 161 Reporting
When Zhang Ming thought of this, he was sweating anxiously.
Sweat flowed on his festering wounds, and there was a tingling pain.
He didn't realize it.
I kept thinking, what should I do?
There are only three to five hundred soldiers in Anlingbao. There is also a lack of ships. Can't go out at all. To light a beacon, there is no prior agreement with the outside world, and it is difficult to convey very complex information.
It was naturally impossible to let Zhang Ming watch helplessly.
After all, this is related to the lives of everyone in Anlingbao.
Zhang Ming suddenly saw the sparkling waves below and the wind blowing northward.
For a moment, Zhang Ming thought of something. Said: "Quick, quick, take out the spacecraft."
It is normal to have this in Anlingbao. It exists as a means of investigation. But I haven’t used it a few times. After all, there was no need for a long siege.
Only now did Zhang Ming remember that he would let people get on the spaceship, cut off the rope, float north, and find a way to report the news to the army.
This method of flying with hot air balloons has actually been tried for a long time. But in the end it was not used in the military. There may be wealthy young men messing around, but the military is very clear that there are too many things that are uncontrollable.
Once the balloon is released, it goes nowhere.
It has little military use.
Naturally no one took it to heart.
In He Xi's view, there are very few scientists in Ming Dynasty who conduct independent research. These research efforts must be focused on more important things. He doesn't think there is any need to study the direction of controllable hot air balloon flight.
After all, it is controlled by wind and airflow, and there are too many restrictions.
There is no one to study it.
At this time, Zhang Ming was also treated as a dead horse and a living horse doctor. As long as it flies north after being released, there will be no problem. As for more questions, Zhang Ming had no time to think about them.
Even raising a hot air balloon is not an easy task.
Hot air balloon technology is already very mature in Ming Dynasty.
But the problem is that Anlingbao’s hot air balloons are stored in water.
It's not that Zhang Ming and others specially placed the hot air balloon in the water, but after Anlingbao sank in the water, they naturally had to find a way to fish out important supplies from the water and put them on the city wall. in the cave dwelling.
In the face of food, gunpowder, coal and other supplies, the hot air balloon just waited.
Or after being fished out of the water.
It took a long time before it was dry. But even so, one day has passed, and it is too dangerous to take off in the dark night. We could only wait until the next morning, when it was just dawn.
Zhang Ming released the hot air balloon.
Following the morning breeze, this is all Zhang Ming can do to send the hot air balloon to the north.
Hope there will be a good result.
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At this time, Fu Youde was already doing final inspections on the dam.
There are more than a dozen big hits in the Dibao more than ten miles away, and there are even more small ones.
Fu Youde lowered his head and looked at the opposite side with a telescope, and could vaguely see a large area of the camp. He thought to himself, "What a pity. The terrain here is actually not very suitable."
Yes, the land in Hebei is flat.
There are pros and cons to this flat ground.
When a flood occurs, almost the entire Hebei Province becomes a swamp. But generally speaking, it's not too deep. At most, it's just three feet of water on flat ground. This also means that the affected area will be very wide.
But now the problem is reversed.
Once the flood breaks out, it is impossible to retain the water because there is no cover or blockage. Don't even think about the situation where the water floods the Seventh Army. But that doesn't mean there won't be an attack on the army.
Under the impact of the flood, the closest Northern Army. Maybe they will all be buried in the flood, as for the Northern Army further away. Not a big problem.
However, this also achieved Fu Youde's goal.
After a flood, there's a big mess for the North to clean up. The main force of the Southern Army can retreat safely. As for the troops that had already detoured back to the rear, they did not dare to make any mistakes when faced with Fu Youde's army.
Fu Youde said: "Let's set the time at noon."
"yes."
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Ye Chen has been feeling restless for a while.
Without him, the offense would have been too smooth.
Although Fu Youde thought of many ways to distance himself from the Northern Army. But Ye Chen also used many methods to make Fu Youde unable to advance or retreat, just like a dog-skin plaster.
For Ye Chen, sticking to Fu Youde is victory. By limiting the use of Fu Youde's headquarters, other people from all walks of life have room for free play.
After Fu Youde's rear was cleared and the army encircled him, Fu Youde, like Monkey King, was helpless.
It’s just that the opponent is Fu Youde.
Ye Chen didn't think that Fu Youde didn't know about his plans.
The generals below may not understand this overall layout problem. But now that Ye Chen and Fu Youde are fighting, they are almost in the clear. They know each other's thoughts very well.
In Ye Chen's opinion, it was only right for Fu Youde, a strong man, to cut off his wrists and leave an army of about 30,000 to 50,000 men to defend somewhere. Let the army gain freedom of movement.
But Ye Chen didn't see Fu Youde doing this.
Ye Chen couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "What is Fu Youde doing?"
Yes. Fu Youde is not an ordinary person.
Ye Chen didn't think that Fu Youde would be stupid and let him do what he wanted. Under such a situation, Fu Youde must have other plans. So what is this plan?
Ye Chen couldn't understand.
It was precisely because I couldn't figure it out that I felt uneasy inside.
"Report." Suddenly someone came to report: "A spaceship was released from Anlingbao and landed more than thirty miles behind. Someone came to report, saying that Fu Youde was going to blow up the dike and flood our army."
Ye Chen listened.
Shocked.
In an instant, he completely figured it out.
Ye Chen thought to himself: "It's dark under the lamp."
He deliberately used the embankment surrounding Anlingbao as a means of flooding the city. He never expected that Fu Youde would actually do this. It was only at this moment that its power was revealed. To be honest, just as Fu Youde had people in the Northern Army, Ye Chen also had people in the Southern Army.
However, unlike Fu Youde, most of Fu Youde's people in the Northern Army had Fu Youde's own intelligence connections, while Ye Chen's people in the Southern Army were actually based on the Privy Council's intelligence connections.
He was essentially the intelligence network established by He Xi. He just passed the Privy Council and got a license.
Ye Chen didn't think of this. Ever since Fu Youde built this dam, until now, there has never been any news about this in the Southern Army.
It can be seen that Fu Youde is very careful and strict about keeping secrets.
Ye Chen had no time to think too much. He immediately prepared to order the army to retreat.
Just at the moment of giving the order, he suddenly thought of it.
Withdrawal takes time.
It doesn't mean that you can evacuate immediately if you say evacuate.
Not to mention there is a lot of luggage.
And Ye Chen is sure that at this time, Fu Youde is staring at him. If he dares to evacuate in advance, Fu Youde will also start in advance.
Ye Chen broke into a cold sweat for a moment.
For a moment, he could not judge how powerful this flood was, but the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command were the elite of the Northern Army. If they were really lost here, it would be a real injury.
As the Southern Army maintained its integrity, the outcome of this battle may have been reversed.
"What should I do?" Ye Chen thought to himself.
He opened the curtain and looked outside, and suddenly saw a boat in the canal.
There were not too many ships in the canal. That was because the Confederate Army had released so many fireships that they had blocked the canal. It hasn't been cleaned up yet, it's just the first batch, including food, baggage, artillery and gunpowder.
When Ye Chen saw these boats, his heart moved. There was immediate attention. Said: "Send the order. All the cargo on the ship does not need to be unloaded. It is pushed directly into the water. All the soldiers get on the ship immediately. If there are not enough ships, find a way to build rafts. And send the order to the whole army to prepare to face the flood. .”
"Ah." The people around him were shocked.
Marching and fighting cost the most money. These baggage items cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. With an order, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were thrown into the water. Many people can't believe it.
Ye Shen said angrily: "Go quickly, the flood is coming soon."
"Yes." The people around him agreed immediately.
As a result, the camp began to get busy.
