Shen Pei didn't know that the enemy's bluffs that emerged outside the city attracted the attention of the defenders of Yecheng. In fact, he wanted to go upstream and dig the river embankment on the south bank of the Zhang River.

Tuo Yi was unable to find a flaw to capture Yecheng with high walls and deep pools. He had no extra time to spend outside Yecheng City when he could be exposed anytime and anywhere. He could only choose to use water instead of soldiers and dig out the Zhang River to flood Yecheng.

Water diversion and siege of cities is a major project. It not only requires a lot of labor to build canals, but also requires officials who are proficient in hydrology and terrain to plan routes. Only in this way can the rebellious Zhang River be tamely directed to Yecheng to flood the city walls.

The current Tuo Yi army did not meet these conditions, so his plan was very simple. It was not only aimed at Yecheng, but directly opened the river embankment on the south bank of the Zhang River, allowing the Zhang River to turn the entire Ye land into a marsh country, and surrounded the officials, soldiers and civilians in and outside Yecheng City in the pool and swamp in order to achieve the goal of replacing soldiers with water.

By that time, perhaps he would not be able to defeat the city, and Yuan Shao would not be drowned, but the flooding of the water besieged Yecheng and restricting the mobilization of Yuan Shao's troops, forcing other Yuan soldiers to come to rescue Yecheng and block the river embankment, but it would give Que Yi a small group of people a chance to take advantage of the situation again.

The land of Ye, which was reduced to a martyr country, would make Yuan Shao have tens of thousands of troops, and his chariots and horses could not move forward. The civil and military officials in the city could only watch the richest land in Hebei ruthlessly destroyed by the flood.

However, the people on the high ground are all under their control.

Time is tight, and what is related to success or failure is whether the river embankment of the south bank of the Zhang River before Yuan Jun in Yecheng discovered his own weakness and reality.

The dark night is the best cover for them to act. It is difficult for the scouts in Yecheng to find out their real movements when they touch the dark.

Tuo Yi chose the location of the river embankment overnight, and asked his soldiers to force each other to drive the people gathered in the neighboring villages of the river embankment to slash the river embankment. Shocked by more than a dozen bloody heads, groups of fearful and uneasy men had to pick up hoes, and the wooden shovels headed to the river embankment that had been illuminated by the fire. Women, children, elderly and weak were forced to carry bamboo baskets to transport and clean up the piles of earth and rocks...

This quiet and dull night, the busy and noisy river embankment, and the bonfires on the embankment are clearly distinguished. From a distance, the unintentional person looks like a swaying ghost fire floating in the air. The land in the distance is full of hundreds of ghosts walking at night, intertwining each other, forming an extremely uncoordinated and shocking strange scene.

Tuo Yi, who had a try, was in the final madness, anxiously waiting for the moment when the river bank was broken; while Shen Pei, who had been sleepless all night, stood on the city wall and looked at the fire dragons, anxiously waiting for the rewards of the scouts outside the city; Yuan Shao, who returned to the back hall, looked solemn, holding the Sizhao sword in his hand, anxiously waiting for the civil and military officials who had been summoned but had not arrived.

Waiting is heartbreaking and suffocating. At a certain moment, they all looked at the dark night together. The silent night would slowly distant, but in that dark distance, it seemed that countless soldiers were approaching. They would tear through the layers of darkness and witness the arrival of the final result.

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The next day.

When the first ray of sunshine in the morning hit Tuo Yi's face, his blood-covered eyes suddenly became hot and extremely dazzling, as if they were stabbed by a golden needle.

He was not good at water conservancy projects, and he dug for a long time in the middle of the night before he found that he had chosen a wrong position where the outside was loose and the inside was solid.

The soldiers under his command drove the civilians to work hard all night, but they still failed to open the river embankment, causing the Zhang River to break the mouth on the south bank and flood the entire Ye area.

After several spring rains this spring, the subsequent rainfall was insufficient, and the summer flood was late, and the water level of the Zhang River dropped significantly. At the embankment where Tuo Yi was located, relying solely on these civilians who were driven to make the Zhang River, which has reduced the water volume, break the embankment, pessimistically, it is expected that the construction will take a whole day.

The huge rocks in between were the most difficult. The soldiers under Queyi lacked tools and had no way to move them out of their positions. They could only use fire and water to pour them out of their positions, and they could only use fire and water to pound and chisel to slowly dismember them piece by piece.

With such a depressed and irritable construction, young children such as Tuo Ying began to lose confidence. They persuaded Tuo Yi to give up this project that was more difficult than fighting for them, and evacuate this extremely dangerous place before it was discovered by Yuan’s army in Yecheng.

Tuo Yi's original firm determination began to shake, and he was afraid that his efforts would be useless. Everything he did in front of him was pushing the Tuo family to the edge of the cliff faster.

At this moment, Qu Guang, who was ordered to carry some refugees last night, raised the fire and bluffed, fled to the embankment where Qu Yi was located in panic, and brought them bad news.

Behind them a cavalry came overnight. Taking advantage of the dawn, they launched an attack on the bluffing rebels. It was originally a large group of forced refugees who were driven away when they saw the cavalry driving towards them. They were so scared that they fled in less than a moment.

This cavalry obviously also discovered that it was just a rioter. He stopped the troops in time and did not scatter the pursuit. He focused on searching for the traces of Tuo Yi. Qu Guang and several Tuo family members took advantage of the chaos to seize the horses and rushed to report Tuo Yi in a hurry.

"Sir, the matter has come to this point, and this river bank will soon be leaked. At that time, the enemy cavalry who learned about our whereabouts will be chased by us. If you want to escape, you will not be able to escape."

When Tuo Ying heard the urgent report from Qu Guang, his face changed drastically. This time, he even loudly advised his father, and his panic was beyond words.

The bluffing suspicious soldier was broken early, and the dike breaking project failed to achieve results. Tuo Yi, who was desperate, suddenly fell into an extremely passive situation. He was discouraged for a moment. In the face of Tuo Ying's loud advice, he suddenly changed his color and responded loudly.

"Escape, where to escape? The enemy cavalry has already attacked with his head, and he died from the side and the other side. Instead of being cut off from behind, it is better to die in front of the battle!"

This was the second time that Tuo Yi had lost his composure after he arrived in Yedi. Tuo Ying hurriedly pulled his father and signaled Qu Guang to separate the others. He asked carefully:

"Hasn't the sir sent my uncle to Sanhe?"

"What do you know?"

Hearing Tuo Ying's eyes flashing and mentioning this secret matter, Tuo Yi's pupils instantly expanded. He stared at his son and examined the change in his face.

Tuo Ying, under Tuo Yi's sharp eyes, did not disguise, but said seriously:

"I guessed it too. I originally thought I was sent to contact Gongsun Zan, but from the moment the adult gave up Gecheng, I suspected that the adult had sent his uncle to Sanhe to contact Yan Xing."

After hearing Tuo Ying's guess, Tuo Yi snorted coldly, broke free from Tuo Yi's hand, turned around, and was speechless, as if he had agreed to Tuo Ying's guess.

"If the lord really contacted Yan Xing, why not go to Sanhe at this time, maybe there might be a glimmer of life!"

Tuo Ying also realized that she had guessed her father's plan, so she quickly struck while the iron was hot and raised the idea of ​​urgently seeking the trip to Sanhe.

When he heard the thought that was said from Tuo Ying, Tuo Yi's figure couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

Tuo Ying was once captured by Hedong soldiers. He did not like the Sanhe Yanxing power in his heart, but now in the face of the choice between life and death, Tuo Ying obviously put his humiliating past behind his mind.

If you can survive by seeking Sanhe, who would like to die in Ye like this?

When Tuo Yi figured out this and turned around again, he saw Tuo Ying full of expectations, Qu Guang and other Tuo family members who were unkempt and had a little hope.

Regardless of whether Kuo Yan's mission may have failed, even if Sanhe is willing to accept their remnants.

But from here, they fled to Sanhe for at least two hundred miles. Their infantry, which was deeply encircled, did not have enough war horses to raid for a long distance, nor did they have a second mainland Ze to hide, and they could no longer pretend to be refugees and bewitched. On the way, they had to pass through the Yuan Jun defense zone stationed in Chaoge, and to break through the Yuan army from Gongxian to Jixian, and to deal with the cavalry behind them that they might be chasing at any time.

He is as determined and good at fighting as Que Yi, and he doesn't think he can continue.

But Tuo Ying, Qu Guang and the others still held a glimmer of hope. Although Tuo Yi never told them their true plans, these troops that could follow along were either the children and tribesmen of blood, or the old soldiers who had been following Tuo Yi for a long time. They blindly respected and focused on themselves, following closely behind Tuo Yi.

If Kuo Yi now told them that his plan had failed and they were surrounded by them, the army with collapsed beliefs would collapse instantly. On the contrary, if they were given a glimmer of hope, they would still be able to persevere and eagerly hope for the miracle.

In a desperate situation, Tuo Yi suddenly burst into laughter wildly, and he finally figured out the matter in front of him.

At present, no one on everyone standing here will want a failed head of the family or general.

He was determined to act alone and could no longer be a generous general who was calm and willing to die. He could only continue to be a "military god" who used troops like a god and would not stop until death!

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The fall of a famous general will inevitably mean that a new famous general will rise.

Slowing down the horse and looking at the scattered rioters, Zhang He felt a sense of excitement.

The right bet on your own!

From the argument that Xu You was shocking in the hall to the time when Zhang He urgently sent an army to tempt and test, but the rebels in Julu were not moved at all, Zhang He had a strong premonition, and Xu You's horrifying idea was most likely to have been taken first by Qu Yi.

Abandoning everything, pretending to be a refugee, and betting on Yecheng is indeed crazy enough, it is indeed Kuo Yi!

Zhang He, who reacted, also took a gamble. He handed over the command power to Gao Lan. Without waiting for the general Yuan Shao of Yecheng, he privately selected five hundred elite cavalry and requisitioned war horses from other cavalrymen, one person and two horses, for half a day and one night, and more than one hundred war horses with poor physical strength on the way. He drove back to Yecheng day and night without hesitation.

When Zhang He took advantage of the early morning to launch a raid and defeat the bluffing rebels of Queyi in one fell swoop, he knew that he had the right bet!

No matter what intentions Queyi had for Yecheng next, after being stumbled by himself, the youngest general of the military was disrupted and deployed again, he was destined to be unable to turn over again.

However, after winning, he also faced a choice.

After discovering that the enemy outside the city was defeated by his own cavalry, Shi Pei hurriedly sent military officers to contact the cavalry, hoping to find out the specific military situation so that he could report to General Yuan Shao in time.
Chapter completed!