021 [flooding in Ningxia]

"Lord Li, this person has a way to break the city. I think it's feasible. You can refer to it." Ma Gui spoke with respect to Li Rusong.

"Ha, I know him. Isn't he the one who kicked over my horse? His feet are quite strong."

Huo Fangyi said embarrassedly, "At that time, it was also an urgent situation that offended the Admiral. I hope the Admiral will forgive me."

"Then let's see if your strategy is worth it this time."

"That's it," Huo Fangyi came with a topographic map of Ningxia. He unfolded the map and pointed to the tributaries of the Yellow River around Ningxia City and said, "When I studied this topographic map yesterday, I found that the surrounding Ningxia City was surrounded by the tributary of the Yellow River. Once there is a flood in the Yellow River, the surrounding Crops and houses will all be destroyed. The reason why the wall of Ningxia is high and thick is to prevent the waterlogging of the Yellow River. However, because this tributary surrounds Ningxia City, and the passing river has caused erosion of the soil, the terrain of Ningxia City is much lower than the surrounding area, which is beneficial to us..."

"Water irrigation! I have also had this idea, but one thing is that the walls of Ningxia are too high and thick, and the river cannot be poured into the city. Listening to Huo Fangyi's explanation, Li Rusong said worriedly.

"Admiral is right. What we need to do is to introduce the water of the Yellow River into Ningxia City, and Ningxia City is surrounded by four natural water sources: Guanyin Lake, Jinbo Lake, Santa Lake and Honghua Canal. We only need to draw a ditch from each of the lake to flood Ningxia City from four sides at the same time. As for the high and thick of Ningxia City, I also have a more clumsy way," Huo Fangyi thought of the simplest and most direct method.

"The saying goes, the Tao is one foot high and the devil is one foot high. Since the city of Ningxia is very high, we will build a higher dam than his wall around him! Surround Ningxia City to the center, then release water to soak the whole city of Ningxia into our siege! I think these walls are definitely not as strong as before under the long-term immersion of the river. At that time, we can also use the general's cannon you brought to blow up the wall. If there is no protection of the wall, all the people in the city will be soaked in water, and their food and supplies will be soaked in water. At that time, without food and clothing, they will not be able to hold on.

"Ha! The boy has a good idea. This method is simple and practical. Li Rusong looked at Huo Fangyi and said excitedly, "Then tell me how to do it."

"We also need to make an on-site inspection. It's better for you to go outside with me to see the terrain. When we build the dam, we must choose a safe distance, which is conducive to our defense and is not conducive to the position of worshiping. At the same time, the troops must be retreated to a relatively high and safe place. In order to smoothly lead the water to Ningxia City, we still need to dig a few trenches, which can't be seen on the map. We must survey and select the route and direction on the spot.

Li Rusong looked at Huo Fangyi with admiration, and suddenly said to Ma Gui, "Mr. Ma, this boy is a talent. How did he keep up with you?"

"He, he is a soldier who escaped from Ningxia City. I think he accepted him with all his heart and formed a team of prisoners of war and soldiers to command him, but now this team no longer exists."

"Well, let him follow me, just in time to discuss the specific water diversion."

"Since the Admiral is in your opinion, let him go there." Ma Gui scolded in his heart: As soon as he got a little capable one, he let you dig it out. It's too cruel, but who makes it his boss? I can't afford to provoke him.

"Huo Fangyi, would you like to?"

"Everything is arranged by the Admiral and the General."

"Well, just follow me. Young people have the potential to develop well. I won't treat you badly."

"Thank you, Admiral, but I still have more than 20 soldiers. Can you let them follow me?"

"There are only more than 20 people. Let them follow them together." Ma Gui was not feeling well and was about to leave, and the soldiers also wanted to follow him. Fortunately, not many people would do a favor, or I'm sure they couldn't let them go.

In this way, Huo Fangyi came to Li Rusong's account. Li Rusong did not let him specifically command the army, but asked him to give advice in front of him.

The two took a group of guards around the city of Ningxia, and then looked along the main stream, tributaries and nearby lakes of the Yellow River. Finally, they defined the distance suitable for building the dam, which would not be attacked by the artillery fire of the walls of Ningxia. After returning, they drew the specific route of the trench on the map. Finally, it was determined that the army should retreat to a safe place.

After discussion, Li Rusong began to give orders.

"Li Ruzhang!"

"There!"

"You are responsible for arranging and notifying the generals of other generals, withdrawing their troops one miles back and moving as high as possible. At the same time, the troops of each side are responsible for their section of the dam and give them seven days to build the dam, and the height must be higher than the height of the Ningxia city wall!"

"Order!" Li Ruzhang is Li Rusong's younger brother and his general.

"Li Ning"

"The end!"

"Dig the trench according to the line drawn in this picture, the wider and deeper the better!"

"Order!"

"Gong Zijing"

"There!"

"You lead troops to guard the construction of the dam. If the enemy comes out to stop it, you will destroy them. At the same time, you build ten ships that can carry the general's guns and wait for my instructions to attack the city!"

"Recomm on the order!"

"Okay, let's all do it!"

The three generals began to take their respective responsibilities under their orders. Bai Bai in Ningxia City saw such a scene: countless troops began to retreat one after another. Liu Dongyu, the general, wondered, "Is there any conspiracy to retreat from the Ming army on such a large scale?"

He smiled and said, "It must be that Tu Wenxiu has invited Mongolian reinforcements. I think it's not far from our first day."

But it didn't take long for him to find that the Ming army had retreated and stopped. Instead, the Ming army began to build a dam on a large scale more than half a miles away from Ningxia City. At the same time, Li Ning led the troops to build ditches from all directions to Ningxia City. At this time, he was a little worried: "Isn't it that the Ming army is going to bring water to flood us!"

Liu Dongying smiled and said, "That's why Ningxia City exists. With such a high wall, even if they attract the water of the Yellow River, we are not afraid of him!"

"I don't think it's that simple. Since he knows that the water is flooded, why does Li Rusong still use this trick? Looking at the wall they are building, it seems that they want to surround our whole Ningxia city to the center. At that time, we don't even have the ability to resist!" I still feel uneasy.

"It's terrible for you to say that, so what should we do? If they build a wall higher than our wall, won't we all be soaked in water by then!" Liu Dongyang said very worriedly.

"I can only find a way to stop them!" He immediately ordered his subordinates to start building the ship in case of early preparation.

After four or five days, the fortifications were successfully completed according to Huo Fangyi's idea. The Ming army built a four-story-high wall, Li Ning also successfully completed the task of digging ditches, and ten warships were also built, all thanks to the * battalion from Zhejiang. They dealt with the Japanese pirates all year round, and it was not a problem for them to build several warships. However, at the same time, many small ships have been built.

Under Li Rusong's order, the turbulent water of the Yellow River and the lake began to flow into the wall one by one along the ditches dug by Li Ning. Huo Fangyi stood on a high ground. He looked down at the whole city of Ningxia from above. The rushing Yellow River was pouring into the wall little by little. They slapped the strong body of the surrounding dam again and again, trying to break through the embankment, but was raised little by little. Everything is ready. Ningxia City is like a turtle in a urn. It's only a matter of time before it is tamed!

Looking at the rising water level, the soldiers of Ningxia City were frightened and didn't know what to do. According to the speed of the water rising, Ningxia City will soon be completely submerged. Once this is like this, not to mention fighting, even life and eating are the most basic big problems!

I originally wanted to wait for the ship to be built before attacking, but now I can't wait any longer. I immediately ordered to send his well-water soldiers to drive the boat to destroy the wall. They all carried gunpowder in order to blow up the wall to vent the flood. But Li Rusong has already thought of this. Gong Zijing led more than a thousand elite soldiers to guard around the dam, ready to give the soldiers who worshiped at any time a painful blow!

Although he also thought that the Ming army would definitely arrange an important army to protect the safety of the dam while building the dam, now if he does not take the initiative to attack, it will be no different from waiting for death! So he sent his general Tu Wenxiu with more than a dozen small boats to complete this difficult mission of destroying the dam.

The helpless struggle this time is very tragic, because all his subordinates are Mongolian soldiers and Northern Han soldiers. They are all good at grassland-style horse fighting, and the least good thing is water warfare. There is very little water in them, and most of them are Ningxia locals who used to make a living by fishing and hunting, but these people are not willing to fight and have no such strong combat effectiveness. And they were greeted by the general artillery arranged by Gong Zijing, and the very advanced mines brought by Zhejiang soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers with excellent water quality. At that time, the mine was very advanced. It used a wooden box to make a thundershell, which was made of putty glued seams, and the underwater rope was connected to the anchor to control the depth. People could control the attack from a long distance.