Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 512 Flooding Tianzhi City

Li Donglai looked at Lin Feng: "Boss, can you give me some tips?"

He could be said to be completely in awe of Lin Feng.

When he was in Baruxishi City, Li Donglai suspected that Lin Feng was not a human being, but a god from heaven.

Not only did Lin Feng use magical means to save Tao Jinwang, he also reminded him to burn incense and pray.

Who would have thought that he would be promoted the next day.

Although many people were promoted together, he also achieved his own wish.

The boss in front of you always has methods that you can't imagine.

Lin Feng frowned and thought, then shook his head.

"No hints. I brought you here just to see if you have any ideas."

The three senior generals were all stunned. Faced with such a high city, no idea was of any use.

Suddenly, Lin Feng looked at the turbulent river not far away and immediately gave an order.

"Go notify the engineering battalion, get the carriages, and bring some rocks from the mountain to block the river."

Zhao Shuo's eyes lit up: "Brother, are you going to flood Tianzhi City?"

Hu Jincai stared at the moat and frowned, "Boss, the water level isn't high enough."

Lin Feng suddenly had an idea in his mind and waved his hands excitedly.

"Let's go back to camp and make some plans first."

Everyone followed Lin Feng and rode their horses, galloping straight back to the camp.

All the senior generals gathered in Lin Feng's tent, staring at Lin Feng drawing on the ground with wide eyes.

"Let's block the river in Tianzhi City, raise the water level in the moat, and then make rafts out of tree trunks and cross the moat at night."

Lin Qiaomei blinked: "But what about the city wall?"

Lin Feng looked up at Xi Niang and asked, "How many Sky Thunders do we have left?"

"General, there are four more."

"Okay, after we cross the river, use all four of these thunderbolts on him and pile them under the city gate. I don't believe we can't blow open those two wooden doors."

Hu Jincai immediately waved his hand: "Yes, there is a floating bridge across the river. Once the city gate is destroyed, the army will rush in, hehe..."

Li Donglai also rushed to say: "With the combat capability of the government army, without the moat and the city wall, there is basically no obstacle."

Everyone suddenly became excited.

It was originally a dead end. Seeing that there was no hope of taking Tianzhi City in a short time, they were about to face a siege of nearly 70,000 rebels.

It is not certain that they will be destroyed, but the casualties will definitely be huge.

However, Lin Feng was able to come up with such an incredible idea after just taking his men around the city, which made everyone excited and impressed.

Now that the strategy has been decided, the next step is to take action immediately.

The three thousand engineers of the engineering battalion immediately went into the mountains to cut wood, and tried to complete the rafts before dark.

Wei Bao's cavalry had already measured the data of the moat and started making rafts based on the width of the river.

Xi Niang brought technical engineers and started making fuses.

Pour some black powder from a coarse porcelain jar, wrap it carefully with thin paper, and try to make it as long as possible.

All the troops were also preparing to cross the river into the city after the city gates were blown open.

In the rebel camp, Su Zhongwang has summoned all his generals and issued new rules of rewards and punishments.

Anyone who bravely advances and cuts off the head of the Zhenxi Army will be rewarded with five taels of silver for each head.

Anyone who beheaded an officer would be rewarded with a reward ranging from ten to one hundred taels of silver, depending on the rank of the officer.

Not only were there rewards of silver and money, but also large amounts of arable land.

As soon as King Fu ascends the throne, all large lands will be redistributed.

These meritorious soldiers will be awarded a large amount of land.

The head of a Zhenxi soldier can be exchanged for a hundred acres of fertile farmland.

Su Zhongwang also understood that since these were all unowned lands, the bigger the pie, the better.

Even the generals were very excited after hearing this, and hurried back to their own team bases to promulgate the reward and punishment regulations.

When the soldiers heard about such a generous reward, although they were a little worried that it might not be fulfilled, at least they had an explanation on the surface.

The morale of the army was temporarily high.

Unlike the Fu Wang rebels, the Black Scarf Army only needed to gather all the troops, sit cross-legged in the camp, and place a statue of the Virgin Mary in front of them.

Then they began to recite scriptures silently to strengthen their determination to defeat all opponents.

Su Zhongwang and Niu Xiangqian looked at the excited soldiers with pride and made a decision on the spot.

The next morning, they launched an attack, striving to wipe out the Zhenxi Army at the foot of Tianzhi Mountain.

It was already nightfall, and the Zhenxi Army Engineering Battalion transported the prepared rafts to the mountains and forests opposite Tianzhi City and set up an ambush.

Downstream of the Tianzhi City moat, engineers have already brought in rocks to fill the river channel.

The water level in the moat began to rise slowly.

The soldiers of the government army on Tianzhi City watched the Zhenxi Army busying themselves below the city.

Bows and arrows could not reach that distance, and they did not dare to leave the city.

I can only send someone to report to the prefect.

The prefect of Tianzhi Prefecture is called Qu Bufeng, he is fifty years old and became a Jinshi in the second year of Dazong. Because it is close to Lindu, he was pulled into the camp of King Fu by the Black Scarf Society at the end of last year.

The person who developed the Black Scarf Club members in Tianzhifu City was Zuo Liang, the leader of the Black Scarf Club. He was about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old and looked very elegant.

The leader of the Tianzhi Prefecture Army was an authentic veteran, Qiao Jushan.

He was a military scholar from the Dazong clan and a general of the cavalry.

His appearance was just like his name, tall and strong, like a small mountain.

Not to mention his martial arts skills, just his strength, he was once known as the strongest man in the clan.

He had five thousand soldiers under his command, who were half soldiers and half farmers at ordinary times. Now, King Fu ordered them to be summoned and stationed in Tianzhi Prefecture City.

The three received a report from a soldier saying that the Zhenxi Army was blocking the river outside the city.

I didn't know what it meant for a moment and fell into silent thought.

"Could it be that the Zhenxi Army intends to flood the city?"

Qu Bufeng pondered for a while and then spoke.

Zuo Liang waved his hand and smiled, "Don't worry. If we use the flooding method, even if it is blocked for ten years, not even a bucket of water can enter the city."

Qiao Jushan shouted, "Let me lead my men out of the city and disperse them."

Zuo Liang quickly shook his head: "Don't be reckless, or you might fall into the Zhenxi Army's trap."

"So how do we respond?"

"We can adapt to all changes by remaining unchanged. The city is high and the water is deep. Even if King Fu's army comes, it will take ten days or half a month to break through the city."

The two of them thought about it and realized that with only 30,000 troops of the Zhenxi Army, it was impossible to capture Tianzhi City.

It is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

"Send a message to General Niu to send reinforcements as soon as possible and to intensify patrols in the city to prevent the enemy from stealing the city."

Zuo Liang said in a deep voice.

Prefect Qu and Qiao Jushan nodded in agreement at the same time.

It can be seen that Tianzhi City is already headed by Zuo Liang, the leader of the Black Scarf Society.

It was already late at night, but the imperial troops on the city wall were still hurrying past in groups, with intervals of no more than half a quarter of an hour.

The Zhenxi Army Engineering Battalion, ambushed in the mountains and forests, divided into groups of thirty or forty people, carried the tied rafts and began to move forward quietly.

There were four or five soldiers ahead, exploring the way, moving forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Finally arrived at the moat.

At this time, the water level of the moat had risen and the river overflowed the river bank.

Dozens of people worked hard to lower the raft into the river.

Some soldiers quietly went into the water and pulled the raft.

The soldiers behind put the rafts into the river one by one, and the soldiers in the water connected the two rafts together.

The interface had been designed long ago, and the two rafts were put together and then tied with wire.

Seven rafts were placed in the entire moat, each raft was nearly two meters long.

It just leads to the two banks of the moat, and then holes are dug and wooden stakes are buried to fix the raft.

The raft is then covered with bed boards.