Zhang Yi did not think that he would flood Jinyang City with water. In the army, he brought five or six water workers according to the combat practices of various countries. These water workers were prepared to use water to flood the city when fighting on the battlefield. Because at this time, all the cities in the world were built next to the river, otherwise where would they go to get water to drink?

Since the city and city are all built next to the water flow, the water workers may come in handy during battle. They will be prepared for any eventuality when they are brought in the army.

Zhang Yi knew that this was the most basic common sense. When ordering troops to set off for the battlefield, he would not have to give himself instructions. Naturally, the logistics captains in the army would think of it. Moreover, his own troops also had to get water and drink it, and they would also rely on the supply of water engineers.

However, Zhang Yi thought of the fighting habits of the Linhu people. These people were used to coming and going freely. He asked them to take off their battle robes and go upstream of the Fen River to build dams. How could they do this? Without the help of the Linhu people, and the Qin and Wei coalition forces led by Zhang Yi and Gongsun Yan could not build a river dam and raise the water level of the Fen River in a short time.

This was a big fortification. Zhang Yi hesitated. He did not immediately order to prepare to siege the city with Fen River. He thought to himself: "I'm waiting and seeing. When it's a last resort, you can also try this method. At that time, if the Lin Hu people disagree and still lure them with their wealth, they have always been greedy for the wealth of the Central Plains people, which should make sense."

Zhang Yi felt that it was not the helpless moment to lure water into the city, so it was not worth it to spend a lot of money to lure the Lin Hu people into dam construction. Moreover, the Lin Hu tribe sent their wolf cavalry troops, and these people were all above the top and were full of spirits, and were not easy to deal with.

Zhang Yi's troops arranged in the south of the city were led by Mantuo, with a number of more than 20,000 people, and was a pure Lin Hulang Cavalry. The reason why he arranged this way was because the south might become another direction to be broken through.

If the Prince of Zhao goes west or north, he will leave Handan further and further away, and instead enter the territory of the Linhu people, they may fall into a passive state of being beaten, which will be very unfavorable.

However, if you break through from the south, you will still return to the original road and take the road from Huo Taishan to Handan. Although it is a little farther away, it is also towards Handan.

Zhang Yi took a lot of hesitation when choosing Gongsun Yan or Mantuo to guard the south of Jinyang City. This was a dilemma.

The advantage of choosing Gongsun Yan is that he is from the Central Plains. He will follow the usual tactics of the princes of the Central Plains. When arranging troops, he will consider the quietly escape of the enemy in Jinyang City, and strengthen the post and guard forces.

But the disadvantage is that the Wei army led by Gongsun Yan only had 10,000 people, and it was difficult for this 10,000 people to stop the enemy in Jinyang City from breaking through the sudden breakthrough. Therefore, it is obviously extremely risky to arrange Gongsun Yan to guard the south.

If Mantuo was sent to lead the Lin Hulang Cavalry to defend the south of Jinyang, there was no need to worry about the strength of the troops, and the Wolf Cavalry itself was also very strong in combat. However, the biggest disadvantage was the combat habits of the Lin Hu people. They were strong in attack and defense, and were accustomed to attack, but they were negligent in defense.

After neglecting the prevention, the enemy in Jinyang City had an opportunity to take advantage of it. If they chose to slip away quietly from the south, the Lin Hulang Cavalry would probably not have time to react. However, Zhang Yi immediately thought: "The cavalry units of the Lin Hu people have always been known for their lightning-like fast pursuit. Even if they reacted half a beat slow, as long as the enemy fled not far, they could catch up."

After repeated weighing, Zhang Yi chose Mantuo to lead 20,000 wolf cavalry troops to station in Jinyang. He repeatedly told Mantuo to be extra careful that the Prince Zhao of the city sneaked away, and told him: "Be sure to set up more sentries and keep a close eye on the movements at the south gate of Jinyang City."

Mantuo agreed and replied to Zhang Yi through the translation: "You are too worried about Prime Minister Zhang of Qin. With the courage and strength of our Lin Hulang Cavalry, I would like to thank him, the Prince of Zhao, who dares to challenge our military power. If they really dare to come out of the South Gate, I will definitely tell them that there will be no return, not only will they not keep the armor, but they will not even have any bones."

The translator conveyed Mantuo's words to Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi looked at Mantuo who was energetic and frowned. He regretted his decision and asked Mantuo to station in the south of Jinyang City. He cursed in his heart: "These arrogant guys really think they are invincible in the world!"

At this time, Zhang Yi still didn't know that the Hezong army led by Qu Xin and Zhou Shao were divided into two groups, and one of the troops was led by Qu Xin to Jiyi City dozens of miles away. Without estimating this situation, Zhang Yi made a fatal mistake in dispatching troops: he sent Mantuo to the south of Jinyang City.

Mantuo was in a very arrogant and complacent mentality at this time, and this mentality reached its peak when Zhang Yi was preparing to bribe the Lin Hu people to increase his troops.

Mantuo inevitably looked down on the princes of the Central Plains: "You useless things deserve to be robbed by us. The food you planted and the beauty you weaved should be in our pockets. Who told you to be so useless? Even if you capture the prince of Zhao, you must rely entirely on our Linhu people's wolf cavalry!"

Mantuo thought to himself: "Look at you, the so-called Prime Minister of Qin, Zhang Yi, and the so-called General Gongsun Yan of Wei, are very careful and worried about death. It is because you are not capable. With the little force of the prince of Zhao, they have reached this wilderness, and they can't be the flesh of the Lin Hulang Cavalry, and let our sharp swords cut and kill them to pieces."

That night, Mantuo did not fail to send patrol posts as Zhang Yi's instructions, but the Lin Hulang Cavalry's habit was that after a big battle, they always had to drink wildly and shout boldly to relieve the depression in their hearts and relieve the fatigue on the battlefield.

Mantuo sent out more than 20 knights who were watching, and these people were divided into four groups and took turns to watch. Unfortunately, late at night, the people who were watching could not help but join the ranks of lingering. Where can they still have the mind and strength to watch?

Zhou Shao, who left the city from the south gate, was originally extremely cautious, for fear of disturbing the Lin Hu cavalry stationed in the south of the city. However, the school soldiers who had sent out to steal the reconnaissance came back to report: "The sentinels of the Lin Hu people were not found."

Zhou Shao was puzzled, thought about it for a while, and understood the reason, and couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He discovered a rare gap that broke out of the siege.
Chapter completed!