Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 385 Life for water.

The city of Chanling is now a sea of ​​flames, and there are soldiers fighting the fire in a mess.However, how can we save the city full of flames now that we only rely on well water to put out the fire.

It is very difficult to dig wells in this era, so naturally there are not many wells in this city, except for big families who can have their own wells.Ordinary people, dozens of families draw water from a well for food.

Nowadays, the city is full of fires, and the water from the well can only be pumped up bucket by bucket, which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

Zhou Tai led a troop of troops on a rampage in the city, rushing towards the Fu Ya.Although Zhou Yu is not a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, but this is ruthless, and now the government is on fire, if something happens to Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai can't afford it.

In Chanling City, flames rose into the sky like a fire dragon, dyeing half of the sky red. Chanling City was not big at first, but now the fire completely spread throughout Chanling City.

Chanling City, Fuya.

"Governor, are you alright?" When Zhou Tai led his men to the mansion, he happened to see Zhou Yu directing the soldiers who stayed in the mansion to put out the fire.

Seeing that Zhou Yu was fine, Zhou Tai couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.However, Zhou Yu looked extremely embarrassed at this time. Zhou Yu was sleeping in the house when the fire caught fire.Fortunately, Zhou Yu's martial arts skills are good, and he rushed to the open place as soon as he noticed the fire.

However, even so, Zhou Yu's robe was burnt out with many holes, and his face was dusty with a lot of ashes.

There is a well in the front and back yards of the Chanling County government office. Under Zhou Yu's command, the fire in the government office has been almost extinguished at this time.

"Youping, how is the fire in the city?" Zhou Yu knew that Zhou Tai came down from the city wall, so he asked him about the fire in the city.

Hearing this, Zhou Tai's complexion also darkened.He just rushed all the way from the city wall, and half of the city was full of fire.Moreover, due to the inconvenience of fetching water in the city, the fire was somewhat difficult to contain.

In fact, the fire is a bit difficult to contain, it is not enough to contain it.

Seeing Zhou Tai's expression, Zhou Yu knew that the actual situation must be much more critical than what Zhou Tai said.

Zhou Yu hurriedly climbed to the roof in three steps and two steps. When he climbed up and looked into the distance, Zhou Yu's heart sank involuntarily.

The south of the city is full of flames.

The north of the city was full of flames.

The east of the city was ablaze.

The west of the city is full of flames.

Now, these four flames are almost connected into one.At that time, they will really become grandson monkeys trapped in the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun.

Zhou Yu knows the situation in Chanling City better than anyone else. It is rainy in the south, so the people living in the city have the habit of keeping large tanks at home to store water for use.

Only the large households in the city would hire someone to dig a well at home.Otherwise, the government digs public well water in various streets.

On weekdays, large tanks are used to store water, and when it rains in ten days and a half a month, the water is enough for daily use.But now that there is a big fire, how can there be enough water in this tank.There are not many wells in the city, and it is too late to fetch water.

Zhou Yu stood on the roof and looked at the fire in the city. He knew that if the fire could not be contained, Chanling City might turn into a city of ashes.

"Zhou Tai, quickly order people to open the city gate and fetch water from the moat outside the city." Zhou Yu climbed up and down from the roof and ordered Zhou Tai.

"Governor, if the city gate is opened at this time, if the Qin army takes the opportunity to attack, there will be a fire in the city. I am afraid that internal and external troubles will be difficult to resist?" Zhou Tai said with a serious expression.

"The Qin army wants to take my chaling without scrapping a single soldier. Don't hesitate, order people to get water in the moat quickly. If it is later, I am afraid that our hundreds of thousands of troops will all be buried in the sea of ​​flames." It's gone." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

Zhou Tai also understood the seriousness of the matter. There was not enough water in the city, and the fire could not be controlled.Then everything that can be burned in the entire city will be burned first. In this case, with the population density of Chanling City.I'm afraid that even if these people are not burned to death by the fire, they will be roasted to death and smoked to death.

Zhou Tai hastily gathered a team of tens of thousands of people, and drove the carriage full of water tanks and buckets, and was about to open the city gate to take them from the moat.

At this time, this moat is the place with the most abundant water source in the entire Chanling City, but, will the Qin army outside the city let the Soochow troops draw water from the moat so easily?
The answer is obvious.

"and many more!"

"I'm afraid that the Qin army will lie in ambush on the other side of the moat and bring some crossbowmen and shieldmen there." Zhou Yu hurriedly added thousands of crossbowmen and shieldmen to Zhou Tai.

The fire at this time can be said to be extremely urgent, Zhou Tai led his men and horses to open the city gate, and rushed to the moat outside the city.

"fire."

Seeing the Soochow soldiers and horses going out of the city to fetch water, when the Soochow soldiers and horses had just arrived at the moat.At the command of the artillery commander of the Qin Army, dozens of cannons roared, and dozens of explosive shells shot towards the opposite bank.

Zhou Tai had already seen the power of the Qin army's artillery, so when he left the city, he was already on guard against the Qin army's artillery.The entire water fetching team was very scattered. Although Qin Jun's artillery fire smashed more than a dozen of Wu Jun's water fetching trucks, overall, it was harmless.

The shields of the Soochow Army held the standing shields at the forefront to fight for the opportunity for the rest of the soldiers to fetch water.

This kind of iron shield is naturally unable to defend against the frontal fire of the Qin army's artillery, but it can resist the fragments ejected from the flowering projectile.

However, Rao is so.After bursts of artillery fire roared, there were still many soldiers of the Wu army behind the shields who were shot by shotguns, screaming and rolling on the ground.

Qin Jun didn't care about so many, more than a hundred artillery pieces were firing crosswise, hindering the process of Wu Jun's water intake.

Today, soldiers and horses of Soochow are simply exchanging their lives for water sources.Every time a water tanker was filled, at least a dozen Soochow soldiers had to die.

"The car backs up!"

"Barrel! Keep the barrel!"

Watching the water carts being smashed to pieces one by one by the Qin army, Zhou Tai ordered his soldiers to pull the carts back, and someone fetched water with buckets, and poured it into the carts.

In this way, the water carts were kept, and the amount of water that could be transported to the city increased.However, more Wu troops died under the artillery fire of the Qin army.

By the moat, Zhou Tai and his brothers risked their lives to fetch water. Every shell from the Qin army's artillery would immediately take the lives of a few lucky soldiers.Let alone these ordinary soldiers, even Zhou Tai himself has been hit by stray bullets several times.

The left arm, abdomen, back, and Zhou Tai's body were all stuck with shrapnel, and blood was flowing, but he seemed to be unconscious, and he was still leading the soldiers to grab water.

(End of this chapter)