Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 921 Fighting Chang'an (7)

   Li Meng and Wang Fang stood inside the Sucheng city wall, looking at the faint line on the cornerstone of the city wall, their expressions were not very good-looking, which made an old man in Gebu tremble a little.

Fear.

  Although these Xiliang soldiers said that they were only called to find out whether Sucheng had flooded the Luoshui River over the years, how could this ferocious face make this old man not afraid?

   Li Meng sighed, then waved for someone to take the old man away. Immediately, the old man left in a panic as if he had received an amnesty, as if he would be infected with disaster if he stayed with these Xiliang soldiers for a moment longer.

   "...What should I do?" Li Meng seemed to be asking Wang Fang, and also seemed to be asking himself.

   Below this water mark, there are one or two water marks, which shows that Sucheng is not a city with extremely high terrain that will not withstand floods in recent years...

   Millet City, if traced back, at least before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because the terrain here is flat, the climate is suitable, and it is close to the Luoshui River, which is convenient for irrigation. Therefore, it became a good place for early humans to plant millet, so it got its name.

However, the advantage of flat terrain for planting corn has become a disadvantage when the floods flood, which means that there is no way to resist the floods, and the water marks left in the city pools have become witnesses of this bad situation. .

  Of course, the water alone will not be able to flood the city, because after all, one is that the water is not enough, and the other will naturally recede after the flood peak passes, but the problem is the other side effects that a large amount of water will bring...

   "...Report!" At this moment, a scout rushed over, arrived in front of King Li Meng, and reported, "...the enemy camp in the north is preparing troops, and there seems to be signs of marching!"

"what?!"

  Fei Qian's troops are about to march?

   Li Meng and Wang Fang looked at each other, feeling a little shocked.

   Want to attack Sucheng?

Li Meng suddenly thought of something, frowned immediately, and said to Wang Fang: "...there are millet fields outside the city, if the dam breaks... the city should be fine for a short time, but it rained heavily a few days ago. If it is flooded again, the land outside the city... I am afraid that you and I will be trapped in the city..."

   Li Meng and Wang Fang are not people who worry about the country and the people, and naturally they don't have any compassion for the crops in the corn field outside Sucheng. It's just that Li Meng said a fact.

The soil of these fields is soft. There was a heavy rain just a while ago, and the land is still relatively wet. If it is soaked in water again, it will become a muddy field. Let’s not talk about crops, but it will become a place for soldiers to march. Big problem, let alone galloping cavalry.

  When Li Meng said this, Wang Fang immediately understood.

"...So that's how it is!" Wang Fang stomped his feet and said, "There is mud outside the city, you and I can't go out, so we are trapped here alive! This... This is to bypass us and attack Chang'an! !"

  The matter before Li Meng and Wang has become a dilemma.

  Send troops out to destroy the dam, don't even think about it, you can guess with your toes that the opposite side must have arranged, maybe you will be ambushed!

But if left alone, once the dam breaks, as soon as Luoshui comes, there must be a vast ocean outside Sucheng. Although the city walls will not be damaged immediately, Fei Qian's army may not be in this situation. They can get in, but at the same time, Li Meng and Wang Fang's troops can't get out either!

  In this way, it is not Li Meng and Wang Fang who hold back Fei Qian, but Fei Qian trapped Li Meng and Wang Fang with Luoshui...

  Even if Fei Qian's pawns on the opposite side didn't move, and a thousand cavalry rushed through Sucheng, the consequences would be unbearable for Li Meng and Wang Fang.

As a member of Li Jue's tribe, Li Meng knew in his heart that even though the stalls in Chang'an City are quite large now, but they have to defend three aspects at the same time, Tongguan is relatively better, mainly infantry, but in Wuzhangyuan, in order to guard against Ma Teng and Han Sui's coalition army also needed to deploy a lot of cavalry, so in the hinterland of Guanzhong, Li Jue, Guo Si and others actually had relatively few cavalry. One thousand cavalry, say more or less, but it is enough to pull the weak Guanzhong front of Li Jue, Guo Si and others. Maybe they will wait for the Xiliang faction after the line of defense is opened here. What is more is the situation of total collapse!

Not all the counties and counties in the Guanzhong area obeyed Li Jue and Guo Si. Li Jue and Guo Si are obedient, but who knows who they will lean towards next?

Just when Li Meng and Wang Fang were still in Sucheng, hesitating, planning, discussing what to do, in the early morning of the next day, Li Meng and Wang Fang, who hadn't slept well all night, received another more embarrassing Their disturbing news is that Feiqian's large cavalry force has left the camp, crossed Sucheng, and headed straight south!

   "It's broken!" Even though Wang Fang's expression changed, it really happened because of what he was most afraid of, and he couldn't help blurting out, "This is really going to directly attack Chang'an!"

   "What's the specific situation, please tell me in detail!" Although Li Meng was also shocked, he still asked about the specific situation.

The scout reported: "In the middle of the night, the cavalry in the enemy's camp in the north took advantage of the chaotic sky and walked slowly with their horses in their hands. If it hadn't happened to be discovered by the brothers who were spying outside the city, I'm afraid they would have let them slip away like this. It's over!"

   "Then have you been discovered?" Li Meng asked.

The scout hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It should not be... The brothers dug a nest in the wild, unless they were close and it was night, they probably wouldn't be able to find it... And the enemy army went all the way south, and they didn't do anything. what else..."

  Wang Fang asked: "Can you see how many soldiers and horses there are?"

  The scout nodded, shook his head again, and said: "Although the sky is unclear and it is difficult to count, there are at least a thousand people..."

  After the scouts withdrew, Wang Fangfang turned to Li Meng and said, "If you don't let a certain leader chase after him immediately, you can't let the cavalry sneak to Chang'an like this!"

  Li Meng thought for a moment, but shook his head, and said, "The opponent's cavalry has been gone for a long time, so it's so easy to chase... How about...You and I lead the army to attack their camp! Yes! Attack their camp!"

Li Meng hit his palm heavily with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The cavalry is gone, and the infantry will have to separate part of the defense dam... At this time, the camp must be empty. , Raiding the camp, and defeating the few with the crowd, will definitely be able to decide with one action! In this way, even if the opponent digs the dam, we will be on the high ground and will not be damaged! After breaking the enemy's stronghold, we will return to the division to attack It's not too late for the lone army!"

  (end of this chapter)