A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 84 Damming and Water Storage
Hu Rui led [-] strong people to Yishui and Sishui.These two rivers are very close to Xiapi. Although it is the dry season, there are many water sources in the river.

Hu Rui had come to investigate in person before, and had found the most suitable place to build a dam and store water.After arriving here, people were sent to start construction immediately.

Fifty thousand people worked together to build the dam very quickly, and because it was a dry season, the water in the two rivers was not much, which greatly reduced the difficulty of building the dam. Therefore, it took only two days to complete the dam construction of Surabaya and Yishui. truncate.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Rui led Min Zhuang to strengthen and raise the dam, hoping to store more water.

During the dry season, the river stores water very slowly.And it will take at least half a month to accumulate water to reach the water source that flooded Xiapi City.

After the dam was built, Hu Rui reported to Qihou and asked Qihou to send an army to garrison.Qihou immediately agreed, and then stationed [-] soldiers in Yishui and Sishui respectively to guard the dams.

Xiapi City.

In the Huai State military account, everyone is discussing military affairs. They have been looking for the location where Qi coalition forces store up food and grass, but after searching for a period of time, there is still no news.

At this moment, a messenger hurried over, and after entering the hall, he immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the scouts are urgently reporting!"

"Let him in!" Wang Sheng said without looking up at the sand table in front of him.

Soon two scouts hurried in, knelt down on one knee, and presented a bamboo tube respectfully.

A Shangqing next to him handed the bamboo tube to Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng used a knife to remove the sealant, then took out the information and glanced at it. Suddenly, the pupils of his eyes constricted, and then he recovered.

"Your Majesty, do you have any news about the Qi State's grain storage?" Gongyang Shuo asked.

Wang Sheng shook his head and said, "It's not the news about the grain storage, but the Marquis of Qi ordered people to build dams in Surabaya and Yishui to store water!"

"What?" Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard this sentence.

"They want to flood the lower pi!" Gongyang Shuo's expression changed drastically.

"Isn't it the dry season now? How can the water flow reach Xiapi?" Another official next to him asked in disbelief.

"As long as the river is cut off and blocked for a period of time, the water will accumulate enough to flood Xiapi!" Gongyang Shuo said calmly.

"However, there is only one stream of this kind of water storage. Once it is released, the flood will soon fade away!"

"Xiapi City was built under the supervision of King Wen back then. The foundation is bluestone. It is covered with loess repeatedly compacted and covered with bricks. Even if it is attacked by water, it is difficult to break through." Wang Sheng said calmly.

"However, although the city walls will not be washed away, the food, grass and firewood in the city will be soaked by the flood."

"You can move the grain, grass and firewood to the high places in the city in advance. In addition, build more wooden rafts." Everyone suggested.

"Your Majesty, how long has the Qi army stored water?" Gongyang Shuo asked.

"According to the spies' report, it has been four days!" Wang Sheng handed the information to Gongyang Shuo to watch.

Gongyang Shuo took a quick look, and then said: "In four days, the water source of the river dried up. According to the water depth of Surabaya and Yishui in previous years, if the Qi army wants to flood Xiapi, it must store water for at least half a month. Sishui and Yishui have their own Guarded by five thousand soldiers."

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you send a large army to destroy the dam. If you allow it to store water and then flood Xiapi, although the city of Xiapi is not afraid of being built, the camps outside the city will definitely turn into a country. When the Qi army comes to attack, I'm afraid I can't take it anymore."

The Qi army flooded the lower Pi, which made everyone's hearts sink.If the dam is destroyed, although Xiapi is temporarily relieved of the danger of flooding, it is still very difficult to defeat Qi.

The best way is to burn the food and grass hoarded by Qi State.At that time, the coalition forces of the princes of the Qi State will naturally retreat due to lack of food. Even if the coalition forces of the princes fight among themselves due to lack of food, Wang Sheng can even win a big victory.

At this time, another messenger hurried over and said loudly: "Your Majesty, report the victory!"

Hearing the words "Baojie Letter", everyone in the hall was excited, and quickly looked at the messenger, only to see that he was dusty and sweaty, and although his face was flushed, he was very happy.

Wang Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Xu Qing is worthy of being the minister of Huai Kingdom, who has made great contributions in the face of the national crisis!"

As he spoke, he picked up the Baojie book and checked it.

Baojie's book was only a few hundred words short, but Wang Sheng read it for a long time, and his face couldn't hide his joy.

"Haha, the state of Chu has been defeated and fled in embarrassment. It is nothing to worry about. Xu Qing's army went north and met Huaishui and Zhenghou's [-] troops. Xu Qing lined up with his back to the water and won the first battle. Marquis Zheng just saved himself!" Wang Sheng said excitedly.

"Your Majesty is ten thousand years old! Huai Country is ten thousand years old!"

"Your Majesty is ten thousand years old! Huai Country is ten thousand years old!"

"Your Majesty is ten thousand years old! Huai Country is ten thousand years old!" Everyone in the hall shouted excitedly.

For a while, the original sense of oppression in the hall dissipated at this moment, and he became more confident in defeating the Qi army.

Not long after Wang Sheng received the news of victory, the Marquis of Qi also received the news of Marquis Zheng's defeat in the camp of the princes of the Qi army.When he learned that Zheng Hou's defeat was only saved by his body, Qi Hou almost couldn't help yelling.

Fortunately, Guan Zhong reminded him in time, and Qi Hou forcibly endured it, and then asked: "There are [-] troops, including [-] elites. Why is there such a big defeat?"

"Your Majesty, the Huai Kingdom lined up against the water. Its formation is strange. I have never seen it before. The wings are shrunk, the middle is thick, and the chariots are all concentrated in the middle. Our army attacked, but the enemy's formation remained motionless. Our army suffered heavy losses. It coincided with the day In the middle, the sun is located in the south, our army attacked, just facing the sun, the archers shot weakly, but the enemy army fired all arrows, our army suffered heavy casualties, and then the enemy army was exhausted, and our army was defeated." Fleeing back The general explained the battle.

Everyone found it inconceivable that Zheng Hou was defeated like this?Still such a fiasco!
All of a sudden, in the camp of the Qi State Allied Forces, everything became depressed.

"Hahaha, gentlemen, don't worry!" Realizing something was wrong, Marquis Qi quickly laughed and said, "Although Marquis Zheng suffered a small defeat and lost troops, our army still has 25 troops, and the advantage lies in isolation!"

"In addition, Huqing has already built a dam to block the river to store water. Once the Yishui and Surabaya waters are stored, the water will be flooded, how can Xiapi be stopped? It will all be turned into a flood country!"

"At that time, our army will only need to take a boat to hide and kill, and the Huai army will definitely be defeated!" Qihou said loudly.

Hearing Qihou's words, the dignified atmosphere in the big tent dissipated immediately, everyone recovered, and they were full of confidence in conquering Huai country.

Only then did Qihou heave a sigh of relief, but at some point, a haze had already risen in his heart.

(End of this chapter)