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Haizhou New Town is built next to the river.

The frontmost exterior wall is only a dozen steps away from the river.

If you follow what Chen Zhong said, blowing up walls and filling rivers is not impossible in theory. However, Li Yuanqing knows very well that the technology of later generations in this area may not be too mature, let alone that at this time

Already.

Especially at this time, it was late at night, visibility was extremely low, and time was very tight.

Just like Dayu who started the "family world" model, his biggest experience in water control is, "It is better to clear the water than to block it."

If you are not completely sure about something and do it blindly, it is not necessarily a benefit or a disadvantage.

To put it bluntly, the thick city wall can provide temporary relief and slow down the flow of floods after the Jin army breaks the embankment.

If the wall is gone, it will be a disaster with no defense at all.

At this time, geographically, the south bank is slightly higher than the north bank by a few centimeters.

Normally, the difference of a few centimeters would be insignificant, but at this time, in order to prevent the Ming army from discovering it, the Later Jin army did not build a dike wall on the north bank. They only dug trenches and built earthen walls a few miles away from the river bank.

This means that the flood will attack the south bank where the Ming army is located, but similarly, it will never let go of the north bank.

What Li Yuanqing needs to do now is to make full use of this meager geographical difference and direct more disasters to the north bank based on existing resources.

However, when it comes to speaking, you have to be very skillful.

"Haha. Brother, this matter is not impossible. However, to be on the safe side, let's try it again and let Heizi, a professional, have any good ideas."

Li Yuanqing smiled and handed Chen Zhong a cigar, and then gave it to Zhang Pan next to him. Chen Liangce and others also lit one themselves.

Of course Chen Zhong understood what Li Yuanqing meant. If he got anxious at this time, he would definitely embarrass Li Yuanqing and add to the pressure.

He smiled hurriedly and said: "Although Heizi is a dark guy, he has a quick brain, but I am irritated. Heizi, don't worry. This matter is done, the first contribution is yours, I, Old Chen, will treat you for another ten days."

"

Xu Heizi was originally a little nervous and anxious, but when he heard Chen Zhong's words, he instinctively smiled and said: "Chen Shuai, that little brother is going to be disrespectful."

Although Chen Zhong is inferior to Li Yuanqing and superior to tens of thousands of people, he does not have much arrogance, especially towards his brothers.

Although Chen Zhong often gets angry and even dares to kick Shunzi, but after so many years, everyone knows Chen Zhong's temper, and even knows that Chen Zhong's words are always like spitting and nailing.

Xu Heizi and Chen Zhong have known each other for ten years. They have a good personal relationship and naturally understand each other's feelings.

Everyone around him also laughed kindly.

The originally tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.

Inside, in the darkness of the city gate shed, I watched Li Yuanqing calm down the originally tense and frightening atmosphere with just a few words, and Bumu Butai's pretty face also showed some amusement.

It seemed that Chen Zhong was speaking in this matter, but the entire atmosphere and the entire trend were always firmly in Li Yuanqing's hands.

Different from Huang Taiji's aloof kingly aura, Li Yuanqing's method is softer and more graceful. Although it seems to lack a bit of domineering, the words are more listenable than Huang Taiji's kingly aura.

Quite pleasing to the ears.

Who is superior and inferior? It is hard to say who is Bu Mu Butai at this time, but it is obvious that Li Yuanqing's soft yet hard approach is obviously more acceptable than Huang Taiji's kingly aura...

Time passed by minute by minute, Xu Heizi was soaked by the rain and didn't care at all.

He had already thought of several plans in his mind, but there were so many people at this time that he didn't dare to speak for a moment, and he was hurriedly weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

At this time, Li Yuanqing strode into the rain, patted Xu Heizi on the shoulder and said: "Heizi, let's go over there with me."

Xu Heizi couldn't help but be overjoyed, as if he had been granted amnesty. If he could communicate with Li Yuanqing alone, he wouldn't have to worry too much.

Chen Zhong naturally understood what Li Yuanqing meant and hurriedly chatted with everyone around him, leaving some space with Li Yuanqing and Xu Heizi.

The two of them strode dozens of steps away. Even though they were wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas, they were quickly soaked by the heavy rain.

Li Yuanqing said: "Heizi, what do you think? Don't worry."

Xu Heizi hurriedly said: "Commander, time is a little tight, and the thinking on the humble position is not very mature. However, what Chen Shuai said about blowing up the wall to fill the river is absolutely not advisable. Considering the humble position, we should take advantage of the situation as soon as possible and try not to

Destroy the flow of the entire river. After all, there are many of our strongholds downstream. If the river here is destroyed, the men below may also suffer."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Heizi, your thinking is correct. The rain seems heavy, but the land in Liao has been dry for a long time, so its power may not be as powerful as we imagined. Don't be too nervous and relax."

"Thank you, Marshal."

Xu Heizi hurriedly bowed his hands to Li Yuanqing respectfully, "Commander, I have two considerations at this time. The first is to immediately build embankments along the river to increase the height of the river bed on our south bank, so as to allow the water to bypass our Haizhou New City.

.But although this method is reliable, I am afraid that there is not enough time. Moreover, it is raining so heavily now, so it is difficult to implement it. Secondly."

Xu Heizi paused for a moment and said in a low voice: "Commander, if you think about it, we can do some tricks in the small rivers on the other side. Commander, although the water in these small rivers on the north bank follows the terrain and flows like a big river,

The terrain is not too high. The Tatars have not built many fortifications here. Moreover, Marshal, you see, their outpost camp has not left at this time. It is impossible for Huang Taiji to just go to the water.

Drown his minions as well. We can seal up some of the small rivers here and let the river water flow through. Even if this doesn't cause too much harm to these dog Tatars, I'm afraid it will be enough for them to drink a pot.

"

Li Yuanqing understood what Xu Heizi meant in a moment, and couldn't help but slap his forehead hard.

Before, he had been thinking about how to manipulate the river on the opposite side, but suddenly he forgot that there were many small rivers on their south bank.

To give an inappropriate metaphor, this thing is actually like the circulation of a hydraulic rod.

Even if Li Yuanqing had plenty of time to widen and deepen the small river on the opposite side, and then cover it up, as long as they had a river on the south bank, flooding would be inevitable.

But as Xu Heizi said, if we could directly block the several small rivers on the south bank and divert the water to other places...

As a result, even if the small river itself will have backflow, the power will be far from comparable to that of the flood.

As for the river on the opposite side, if it is not dealt with in advance, the consequences...

Not to mention, there are many Tatar strongholds on the other side. Even though Li Yuanqing's men are much better at swimming, who can swim across the shore and then do anything with them? Who can have such good physical strength?

"Heizi, this is good. You can lead people to implement it now. Remember, you must be careful. Ensure the safety of the brothers first."

Xu Heizi also knew that Li Yuanqing understood what happened, and he was immediately relieved. He hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Commander, just take a look at it. If things go wrong, I am willing to come and see you!"

Li Yuanqing laughed loudly: "I want a ball for your black head? Go and work!"

"Hehe. Yes."

Seeing Xu Heizi leaving excitedly, Li Yuanqing also breathed a sigh of relief.

Don't use it if you doubt it, don't doubt it if you employ it.

The more critical this moment is, the more important it is to remain calm enough.

The reason why Xu Heizi didn't dare to say this method in public was probably because it was completely manipulating his own side and would make people think he was backing down.

But now that Li Yuanqing has taken over the entire responsibility, he has more room for display.

To put it bluntly, even if Xu Heizi's strategy failed, Li Yuanqing was already prepared to accept the worst-case scenario.

The drainage facilities in Haizhou New City are very complete, and there is also a lot of quicklime in storage. The most important thing is to disinfect the city as soon as possible after it is flooded.

Seeing Xu Heizi hurriedly going to work and Li Yuanqing walking back calmly, Chen Zhong also understood that the matter must have been solved and hurriedly asked Li Yuanqing with a look.

Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, everyone. Heizi has already found a solution. Now, everyone should go back, stay on guard and handle the affairs of various ministries."

Li Yuanqing has spoken, who dares to neglect him?

Busy and busy with work.

Li Yuanqing then briefly described Xu Heizi's plan to Chen Zhong.

But Chen Zhong obviously had never studied the principles of physics. He was immediately shocked and whispered: "Yuan Qing, isn't this self-inflicted harm? This..."

Li Yuanqing smiled: "Brother, what's the old saying? If you don't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf! I have confidence in Heizi's method! Let's just see!"

Although Chen Zhong was puzzled, seeing how calm Li Yuanqing was, he had no choice but to calm down and carefully check Xu Heizi's actions.

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The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there were thunder and lightning in the sky, which seemed to turn the whole world upside down.

However, things must be reversed at the extremes, and people can already clearly feel that the intensity of the entire rain has shown a weakening trend.

Haizhou New City is a newly built city, completely of military city specifications, with quite complete drainage facilities.

But at this time, the situation in the ancient Haizhou City was not too optimistic.

Although there are flood discharge channels at several city gates, Haizhou had been flooded a few years ago. In addition, Haizhou was in an awkward position, so the operation of the entire city was not very standardized.

The original flood drainage channel was filled with all kinds of garbage, and the flood drainage intensity was far from the desired scale.

At this time, in the inner courtyard of the official hall where Huang Taiji was located, the water had begun to rise. In the low places, the water had begun to reach the ankles.

Even on the bluestone slab, the water has already reached the top of the shoes.

Under the crackling window eaves, which was afraid of rain, Huang Taiji frowned tightly as he looked at the sewage all over the yard.

Killing a thousand enemies and damaging himself by eight hundred was definitely not what he wanted.

But at this time, the situation has reached this point, and he has no good choice.

Fortunately, Haizhou City is a solid stone city after all. It is not too difficult to withstand such a heavy rain, but the aftermath will be a little more troublesome.
To be continued...