please make me king

Chapter 975
If there is regret medicine in the world, Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, must take seven or eight pills.

And every time he finished eating one, he would run to Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi who had just given him a plan to attack him, and cursed heartily: "Sand sculpture!"

However, there is no regret medicine in the world that can be taken, so he had no choice but to walk in front of Zuo Guangxian, the current commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, and cursed seven or eight times, "Sand sculpture!"

It's no wonder he was so angry, if it wasn't for the flooding of this fellow's troops, Liang Tingdong would have suspected that this fellow was a spy sent by the "Shun thief"!

It turned out that this guy came up with a water attack plan, but he was worried about being discovered by the rebels, so he was prepared.

Therefore, he suggested that while building a dam to intercept the water from the upper reaches of the Chan River, he would send people to dig trenches outside the camp.

In this case, in the eyes of others, it is just the officers and soldiers strengthening the defense of the camp, and they will not think about water attack.

The distance from the outside of the officers and soldiers camp to the camp of the rebels was favorable for Zhang Yingchang to storm the cover of the flanks of the rebels, and secretly dig trenches behind them to divert water.

And the excavated residual soil can just be used to fill the trenches of the rebels, which really kills two birds with one stone.

Everything was planned perfectly, and just thinking about it is exciting.

It's just that no one thought that the water didn't come according to the routine. It didn't flood the "shun thieves" as planned, but flooded the officers and soldiers arrayed outside.

Now it's miserable, Zhang Shun and the others didn't become fish and turtles, but they became fish and turtles first.

How many elites from the three sides, how many officers and soldiers, who are good at martial arts and rich in half their lives, have all been fed fish for a while.

Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, soldiers like to wear cotton armor. This thing is soaked in water. It weighs more than a thousand catties. How can I break it off?
What's more, "thieves" also roared out, taking advantage of the fire to loot.

They ignited the blunderbuss and cannons, killing the officers and soldiers rolling in the muddy water as if they were live targets.

Some brave officers and soldiers couldn't bear the bird spirit, and couldn't help but took out their firecrackers to try to fight back, only to find that the gunpowder was completely wet, so how could they resist?
In desperation, everyone fled back to the camp in a hurry.

Only then did I realize that I was in a cocoon. After the trenches dug by the officers and soldiers outside the camp were filled with river water, they became chains that bound the officers and soldiers tightly.

The south and west of the officers and soldiers camp were surrounded by the trenches dug by themselves, the east was the rolling Chan River, and the area between the officers and soldiers and the rebel camp had already turned into a vast expanse of water.

Now it becomes a situation where you can't fight and you can't fight, and you can't walk.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zuo Guangxian, the general officer of Shaanxi Army who was covered in mud, couldn't help but replied in embarrassment.

"It just happened that the officers and soldiers lost so many soldiers, and the food shortage that was originally in short supply was temporarily alleviated; and the injection of the rolling river turned the trench into a moat that is good for defense!"

"How can you know that it is not a blessing if you lose your horse? The officers and soldiers can just rely on the camp to hold on and wait until the water is exhausted."

"This river was originally man-made, and it comes and gets it quickly. I guess it will recede in a day or two. At that time, the officers and soldiers will leave or stay, it's up to them?"

Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, thought about it carefully, and it was really such a truth, and a wave of hope rose in his chest.

"That's fine!" He couldn't help but nodded, looking at a group of famous generals who looked like mud monkeys in front of him, he couldn't help crying and laughing, "We've lost this battle, but it's not like we don't have opportunities in the future."

"All of you go back and change your clothes, and count the losses of soldiers, equipment, mules, artillery, etc., and make arrangements for defense, and be careful not to be taken advantage of by thieves."

"It's not good, Junmen! It's not good, Junmen!" Before Liang Tingdong finished speaking, he suddenly heard soldiers running in again, panting and pointing to the outside of the camp, "The thieves have started digging again!"

Hearing this, Liang Tingdong couldn't help but stare, then looked around and said: "Let's all go out and have a look, I don't know what kind of moth Zhang Ni and this guy have made!"

Everyone got out of the camp, climbed up to the watchtower and looked out, and suddenly felt a chill rushing up the spine, rushing to the eight sun bones, and then there was a "pop" My mind went blank!
"Zhang Niqu, you are not giving us a way to survive!" Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, shouted, only feeling dark in front of his eyes, and almost fell headlong under the watchtower.

It turned out that the rebels outside the city surrounded the officer camp and dug trenches.

If the rebel army had built a defense line on the inner three floors and the outer three floors, then even if the river receded, it would be difficult for the officers and soldiers to break out of the siege!
"Military Gate, Military Gate!" The generals couldn't help being terrified, and hurriedly surrounded him, aiming to pinch him among the people.

It took a while for the man to wake up, the generals were still waiting to ask something, but Liang Tingdong struggled and said: "Of course I am not enough to die, there is only one thing I have a grudge on."

"If anyone can help me complete it, even if I die immediately in this life, I can rest in peace!"

"Don't worry about the army, but with me, Zuo Guang, I will definitely not let the 'Shun thief' run rampant!" Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, quickly pointed to the sky and swore.

Liang Tingdong closed his eyes and shook his head helplessly.

"Don't worry about the army, but with me, Liu Shaozong, I will definitely be able to lead everyone to break through the siege and escape this time!"

Liang Tingdong couldn't help turning his head when he heard the words, as if he didn't hear it.

"This military sect, I, Zhang Yingchang, promise to find Ran Tianlin, the Commander of Chieftain Yang Shizhu, for you. He wants to see people when he is born, and he wants to see corpses when he dies."

"There's no need to be so troublesome!" Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, was almost annoyed by them, and couldn't help pointing at the soldiers beside him, "Please kill this person quickly."

"Ah!" Before Liang Tingdong could finish his sentence, all the generals rushed forward and finished this fellow with a single blow.

At this time, Ge Lin, the deputy commander, asked: "Could it be that this guy is a spy of the 'Shun Bandit', secretly leaking the whereabouts of our army?"

"No, no!" Liang Tingdong shook his head and said angrily, "This guy is really a crow's mouth. Every time he says 'it's not good', our army will definitely suffer."

"If I don't kill this person, how can we escape? How can we make a comeback? How can we make peace with the 'Shun thief'?"

Now you still can't do it!

You generals looked at me and I looked at you, and suddenly had nothing to say.

In fact, it's no wonder Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, is so superstitious. It's really that the water is too strange, so he can't help but think about it.

Of course, not only Liang Tingdong, but also many other people didn't understand what was going on?
As the saying goes: "People go to high places, water flows to low places", this is a natural law that no one can violate, and Zhang Shun certainly can't.

However, as a construction worker in his previous life, Zhang Shun deeply understood that if he only judged the height of the terrain with the naked eye, he would suffer a loss and be fooled.

If you want to really understand the height of the terrain, you need to use professional instruments to measure it.

For example, the most commonly used level on the construction site only needs one person to observe and one person to hold the pole, and the height difference can be easily measured everywhere.

At that time, the officers and soldiers thought they were preparing for the "water attack" without anyone noticing, but Zhang Shun quickly discovered the clues in the water stains returned from the river.

The river water was still here yesterday morning, but it retreated about a foot this morning. This is obviously not a problem that can be explained by the ebb and flow of the tide, so the only explanation is very clear.

What was Zhang Shun's first reaction when he felt that the officers and soldiers were about to launch a water attack?As a person in the construction industry, the first reaction is naturally to measure the height difference!
What if there is no level?
Then according to the principle of the level, make a simple instrument.

Zhang Shun asked the soldiers to choose a straight gun barrel for himself, and made a simple tripod and lead weight, so a set of simple level came out.

He used this simple instrument to observe continuously for half a day, and only then did he discover a funny thing.

It turns out that contrary to the intuitive feelings of many people, although the river is getting lower and lower from south to north, there are many ups and downs in it.

According to Zhang Shun's observation, only the officers and soldiers camp and the rebel camp have higher terrain nearby, and the place between the two camps has the lowest terrain.

After Zhang Shun thought about it carefully, he realized that this was a matter of course.

General troops set up camps and try to avoid low-lying and humid places, so as not to cause various diseases.

But if there are relevant measurement tools in this era, what should we do?
Naturally, based on past experience, choose a dry and flat place.

Where can the wet river be a dry place?It is obviously a place with higher terrain!
Just in case, Zhang Shun also ordered Ding Zhuang to heighten and thicken the retaining wall again, just in case.

So on the day of the water attack, everyone was panicked, but Zhang Shun was at ease.

While wearing more fashionable clothes and playing tricks, he watched the officers and soldiers lined up in the low-lying areas being submerged by the flood!

what is this?
This is not God's favor, but the power of natural science!
(End of this chapter)