Huang Daochong sat in the thatched shed, half-squinting his eyes, raising his head with interest, looking at the river scene in front of him. There was still some time before the autumn floods, but there were various signs, such as river fish turning their bellies and waterfowl fleeing in droves.
, almost confirming that the autumn floods are coming.
Ma Yi looked anxious and hurriedly walked into the hut from outside.
"Commander Qingfeng, something is not right about this. Too many people have been mobilized, and many people are resentful. If this continues, I am afraid that the lord will be displeased."
Huang Daochong smiled and said, "Ma Yi, it's been a few days."
"Fifty thousand civilians have been strengthening the river embankment for three days."
"In that case, let them go back. Remember, 10,000 people must be left behind secretly, and the work of strengthening the river embankment will continue in a few days."
Ma Yi was confused. The civilians, who had finally mobilized, suddenly asked them to go back. Moreover, the reinforcement of the river embankment had not yet been completed.
"Do as I say. Don't worry, if the news reaches the other side, this plan will basically be successful."
Ma Yi nodded and hurried out again, passing down Huang Daochong's orders from level to level.
…
Not long after, the iron execution platform sent the latest information to Kezhou.
Holding the information, the shepherd smiled.
Jiang Meng, who was next to him, also had a face full of surprise, "Military advisor, you really know what's going on. Just as the military advisor expected, in just a few days, Qingfeng had no choice but to disband fifty thousand civilians!"
"I told you earlier that Qingfeng's plan was to slow down the work on the dock. It's a pity that I saw through it at a glance."
Jiang Meng was extremely respectful, "Military advisor, what should we do now?"
"The other side of the river embankment must be reinforced to prevent unexpected events. But I estimate that this autumn flood will not be too big. When you look at the southerners on the other side, don't you look so casual?"
The shepherd smiled faintly and said, "Well, you try to mobilize 10,000 more people. Although it will take some time, but no matter what, I don't want to slow down the progress of the dock all of a sudden."
"It will probably take a lot of time to mobilize another 10,000 people."
"It doesn't matter, Qingfeng's plan has been defeated."
I won’t use such a clumsy trick again.”
Jiang Meng breathed out, after all, he chose to believe in the military advisor in front of him.
Two days later.
When Huang Daochong in Lingzhou received the information, he smiled cheerfully and even wanted to pick up Ma Yi next to him and couldn't help but kiss him twice.
"General Ma, the plan is done, the plan is done!"
At this time, Ma Yi was still a little confused. All of this came and went. Suddenly, the Qingfeng military advisor in front of him said, this plan is done?
"I said that if you want to deceive someone, you must first make the other person take it lightly. Look, what did this sheepherder do? He didn't do anything. He just thought that I was a coward... He must have thought that I, Qingfeng, was stupid.
And then he saw through it at a glance!"
Huang Daochong was very excited. On many occasions, he also used many clever tricks. But the difference was that this time, he was active in the world of competition as a military advisor of Western Shu.
Only by making meritorious deeds can the family become the generals of Xishu and live forever.
"Ma Yi, don't move around for the next three days. Everything will remain as before. After three days, we will notify the ten thousand people left behind to immediately reinforce the river embankment! What we have to do is to hold Beiyu back from reinforcing it.
Riverbank time!”
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On the fourth day, the sky over the entire Jiangnan began to turn gloomy and cool. It looked like an autumn flood was coming soon.
Thousands of people from Lingzhou were singing chants and quickly reinforcing the river embankments along the entire Lingzhou river bank. Not only Lingzhou, but also Chuzhou and even Wuzhou.
"My lord sent a letter from Chengdu, asking us to dig more ditches for water diversion." Ma Yi spoke in a solemn voice.
"Of course, it will be as the Lord wishes." After Huang Daochong finished speaking, he thought for a while, "What's going on on the other side of Kezhou now?"
"I heard that ten thousand people have been recruited and we are ready to start work."
"Although that sheepherder has a vicious vision, if you ask me, it still lacks some firepower." Huang Daochong sighed, "If a flood really floods into Kezhou, the people may be implicated. Ma Yi, when the flood season subsides, you
Then we will find a way to help the refugees in Kezhou. Even if they are brought to Lingzhou, there is no harm."
"Don't worry, military advisor."
Huang Daochong raised his head and looked at the busy crowd in front of him.
"It will take at most three days to strengthen the river embankment and it will be considered completed." Huang Daochong frowned, "On the opposite side of the river, it should be slower for two days -"
"What does Military Advisor Qingfeng mean?"
Huang Daochong's face became neither sad nor happy, "Send an order to the Shu army that has intercepted and stored water. After we strengthen the river embankments in the states south of the Yangtze River in Western Shu, we will immediately pull up the sluice gates and flush the intercepted and stored water to Xiangxiang."
Jiangli!"
Ma Yi looked surprised at first, but soon turned into overjoyed joy.
"Military advisor, if this happens, the people in Kezhou on the other side will not be able to strengthen the embankment! When the autumn floods come, there will be a disaster!"
"Naturally, the river embankments in Kezhou have not yet been reinforced, but on our side in Lingzhou, they have been completed long ago. As soon as the interception of the river flooded, Kezhou's autumn flood preparedness was almost destroyed."
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At this time, Xun Pingzi still didn't know what had happened. After receiving the information about the iron execution platform, his expression remained calm.
As he expected, and just as he expected, the people from Lingzhou on the opposite side finally began to strengthen the river embankment. The previous plan was nothing more than forcing him to disperse the civilian workers at the dock.
"It seems that Qingfeng completely miscalculated the matter that delayed the dock construction period. Perhaps Qingfeng was just doing something wrong in the South China Sea, and it was just a false name. It's a pity that the lame little strategist is not here. If not, I really want to learn from him.
One or two."
Xun Pingzi raised his head, his eyes full of hope.
From a very young age, others would say that his elder brother was not as good as his younger brother Xun Yangzi in both literary and military skills. In fact, his younger brother was even rated as one of the top five best minds in the world. And he, on the grassland, shepherded two
For more than ten years, few people know about it.
Fortunately, he met the King of Beiyu and finally had a chance to prove himself. When the dock was completed, Beiyu's naval preparations in the Jiangnan area were almost unstoppable. Then came the training of the navy and the construction of warships.
When the battle broke out, he sent his troops across the Yangtze River and headed south.
"In two more years, after conquering Western Shu, I, Xun Pingzi, will become Beiyu's minister of Conglong!"
In front of Xun Pingzi, there were cloudy skies and turbulent rivers. There was no beautiful water and sky, only a catastrophic disaster was about to strike.