"The enemy wants to flood the city with water."

Gao Yang stood on the city wall and saw the ditches outside the city overnight, he knew that the siege defenders were going to flood the city with Zhangshui.

As a normal city, Yecheng is located in a good location, surrounded by mountains and rivers. However, it is quite fatal when it is close to Zhang River.

Chu Tian already had the experience of flooding Shouchun City with purified water, so he drew Zhang River to flood Yecheng, making him familiar with the road.

There was no shortage of strange people in Chutian's army who were good at mathematics and engineering, and there were many people. Therefore, a trench that was half a day was dug overnight, and during the day, there were also village heroes digging.

The water attack will cause a heavy blow to the morale of the Yecheng defenders.

"General Han, you have an elite cavalry in your hand. You can ask two cavalry to go out of the city to attack, and then lead the cavalry in person, concentrating the main force to attack one of the trenches."

After all, Gao Yang is both literary and martial. Facing Chu Tian’s upcoming water attack, he did not sit still and wait for death, but instead took active attacks.

Zhao Long left Han Qinhu, a military general from the cavalry system, to defend Yecheng in order to actively defend, and Han Qinhu came in handy at this time.

Under Gao Yong's command, two city gates opened and cavalry holding horn bows rushed out of the city gate.

The town warriors and soldiers who were digging the trench were shocked.

"As Zhao Long's trusted Home Secretary, Gao Yong is one level higher than the Session."

Chu Tian rode a war horse and observed the cavalry outside Yecheng who attacked the trenches from the city.

Using night cover, a trench surrounding Yecheng was quickly opened. After all, it was a major project and it had not yet been completely surrounded.

According to Chu Tian’s idea, it must be at least two meters deep and two meters wide to completely encircle the defenders of Yecheng.

Fang Xuanling said: "Liang Hongyu has led the crossbowman to ambush, and the shooting camp led by Taishi Ci is also ambushing it."

"The trench that was attacked, the town will retreat immediately. As for the trench that was not attacked, continue to dig the trench."

Chu Tian was indifferent to Gao Yang's attack.

While fighting, digging trenches.

The cavalry in Yecheng divided into two groups, attacked the trenches and used the cavalry's maneuver to shoot archery rain at the township heroes who dug the trenches. Many township heroes and soldiers were shot and killed.

The township man carrying a shovel and a shovel and pushing a cart hurriedly climbed out of the trench and fled in panic. The excavated soil was piled up by the trench. The trench that was ten feet wide was difficult for cavalry to cross.

Gao Yang and Shen Pei watched nervously on the city wall as the cavalry drove out the town heroes who were digging the trench.

If you are determined to defend yourself, you will never escape the disaster, so Gao Yang must actively attack.

Those who are truly good at defending the city will not seal the city gate. On the contrary, the well-connected city gate is a powerful tool for attacking the siege. The defenders can gather troops at any city gate and then suddenly leave the city to attack, making the siege unpredictable.

The cavalry general Han Qinhu gathered more than a thousand elite cavalry at one of the city gates to destroy the trenches.

"Open the city gate! All the soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Han Qinhu picked up a spear, and immediately led more than a thousand cavalry out of the city to attack!

As a powerful general in the early Sui Dynasty, Han Qinhu was actually a tiger general, but he was always suppressed by Chu Tian's army, so he never had many outstanding performances.

This time, Gao Yang handed over the task of leaving the city to destroy the trenches to Han Qinhu, and tried his best to prevent Chu Tian's army from leading the Zhangshui River to Yecheng.

The Zhang River, which entered the flood season, will be a disaster for Yecheng, which has a lower terrain.

Han Qinhu did not directly attack the most dangerous North City Gate, but went out of the East City Gate to attack the soldiers and the townsmen who were digging trenches outside the East City Gate!

Thousands of horn bows were fired, and soldiers and village warriors in the moat in Dongcheng fell down.

The remaining people, led by the small leader, escaped from the trench, climbed over the pile of soil, ran away.

Han Qinhu shot four arrows in a row and killed four soldiers, including a low-level officer who commanded the village tyrants to dig trenches.

"Push the dirt they dug into the trench!"

Under Han Qinhu's instructions, a team of cavalry dismounted and wanted to fill the trench before the arrival of Zhangshui.

Suddenly, a team of fire crossbowmen emerged from behind the pile of soil, and strong crossbows pointed at the dismounted cavalry.

Obviously, the Jianyan Crossbowman lies here at night, like a hunter, waiting patiently for the soldiers from the city gate to come out of the city to attack.

"Back!"

Han Qinhu's expression was distorted, the light cavalry's equipment was not very good, and he was shot by a powerful crossbow at close range. You can imagine the consequences!

"Shoot the arrow!"

Liang Hongyu appeared from behind the pile of earth, and thousands of powerful crossbows shot volleys!

Jianyan crossbowman pulled the trigger of the powerful crossbow, and sharp crossbow arrows shot out, making a sound of breaking through the air, covering Han Qinhu's cavalry!

Han Qinhu waved the spear in his hand to resist the dense rain of arrows. From time to time, crossbow arrows were picked up by Han Qinhu.

Thousands of powerful crossbows were shot on the head, and they were extremely powerful, just like hail. Han Qinhu's heart protection mirror was even shot by a crossbow arrow. Although this heart protection mirror was the strongest defense in Han Qinhu's armor and failed to break the armor, the crossbow arrow knocked the heart protection mirror out of a dent, and the impact force shocked Han Qinhu's body slightly.

Han Qinhu was able to block the first round of arrow rain with his personal martial arts and excellent equipment, but the light cavalry under his command became targets of arrows, and at least hundreds of people were nailed to death by force crossbows!

The Jianyan Crossbowman, even if he does not have a Divine Arm Bow, is already a high-level group among the crossbowmen. He basically only shoots the light cavalry, and even if the light cavalry does not die, he will basically lose his combat effectiveness due to serious injuries.

The remaining cavalry followed Han Qinhu to retreat. The second row of Jianyan Crossbowmen took over the first row and shot out thousands of crossbow arrows again, killing hundreds of light cavalry.

Han Qinhu was shot in an arrow in the armor behind him and almost fell to the ground.

He fled back to the city with his cavalry in a panic.

Liang Hongyu frowned slightly when she saw Han Qinhu running away at an astonishing speed.

She held an infantry crossbow in her hand, and the second crossbow arrow that shot Han Qinhu was shot out by her.

Han Qinhu's armor is of extremely high quality, and ordinary crossbow arrows cannot shoot him to death.

The damage of infantry crossbows has little to do with the force of military generals. Unlike bows, the lethality of infantry crossbows is provided by machinery.

"The enemy cavalry attacked from the east gate, and Ziyuan guessed this time."

Chu Tian heard that a battle occurred in the East City. Liang Hongyu, who had been ambushing for a long time, defeated the enemy cavalry and beheaded 200 people, so he rewarded Liang Hongyu.

Not long ago, several of his advisers bets on which direction the enemy cavalry would leave the city to destroy the trenches. Fang Xuanling, Xun You, Cao Gui, and Xu You each chose one direction, and Xu You said it was right.

In fact, this is just a simple pleasure between men, and it turns out that it has nothing to do with the intelligence of the strategist...

However, after Xu You was in the imperial examination, he was quite content.

Fang Xuanling and Xun You are both relatively low-key strategists. Fang Xuanling can only act secretly and improve his status in Chutian's power, such as supporting Xia Tianliang to become Chutian's official wife and obtain political rewards.

Xun You has a low-key personality, concentrates on being a strategist, and does not like to show off.

Cao Gui's personality is a bit straightforward, but not very high-profile.

In contrast, Xu You wanted to show off, and Fang Xuanling and Xun You also sold him face.

Chu Tian not only ambushed the crossbowman in Dongcheng, but also ambushed the Shooting Camp in Beicheng. However, Liang Hongyu was lucky, so he achieved results.

After repelling Han Qinhu, Gao Yang still did not give up, but continued to send cavalry to attack.

Chu Tian patrols and protects the cavalry and crossbowmen. Both sides flew from time to time and suffered losses. The trench was still expanding.

The four tigers of the Northern Army and the two generals of Jingbei led the township to dig the riverbed on the edge of the Zhang River, leading to Yecheng.

This considerable project alarmed Liu Bei, who was stationed troops in Handan. Liu Bei sent Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to attack the garrison in Zhangshui again.

The White-robed Legion fought hard, and Chu Tian dispatched the Five Northern Army Clans, the Tiger Ben Army, the Saint Legion, and the Knight Legion to head north to repel Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and protect the earth dam.

The war between the two sides lasted for a long time. The four tigers of the Northern Army personally participated in the excavation of the riverbed and finally led the village hero to dig through the riverbed.

The last step is to destroy the dam and allow the Zhang River to pour into the riverbed and impact Yecheng!
Chapter completed!