In the twilight, Xuzhou City was quiet. On the walls of the town, the soldiers and the strong people would occasionally look up from the battlements to the Qing army camp west of the city, where they were in trouble all night.

"It seems that the Donglu is going to withdraw his troops!"

Looking at the movements in the Qing army camp, Wan Shouqi said to himself.

"Master Wan, have the Tartar soldiers really retreated?"

Ding Zhuang, who was beside him, asked urgently.

"It must have been withdrawn! The reinforcements of the court arrived, so they naturally would not stay under the city for a long time. I just don't know that it was the general who led the troops! If there was no artillery fire from the official army yesterday, our Xuzhou would probably be trapped!"

"Yes, yes, that cannon is very powerful, and it even blows the Tartars' heads, arms and so on the city wall..."

"No, I heard that some other Tartars' heads were blown into the city and were cooked and eaten..."

For a moment, there were many different opinions on the city, but Wan Shouqi stared at the Yellow River embankment more than five meters high in the distance, and looked at the bonfire on the embankment on the other side...

Compared with the tension on Xuzhou City on the south bank, the atmosphere on the north bank seemed very light. The fledgling Jinan Township soldiers did not stay on the boat, but set up camp on the river bank five or six feet high. This was the first time they were down-to-earth. A victory in the first battle did not mean the end. Everyone knew that there would be a fierce battle waiting for them tomorrow!

Fierce battle!

I will definitely land on the South Bank tomorrow!

While the soldiers were sleeping in the tent, the central army tent was illuminated by the calcium carbide lamp.

"Yunlong Mountain!"

Zhu Guoqiang pointed at Yunlongshan on the sand table and said,

"How is the situation on Yunlong Mountain?"

"Criminal Master, there are about 500 Qing soldiers and cavalry in Yunlong Mountain. Our people stared at each other for a night and didn't see the artillery team going up the mountain."

"It doesn't matter if Jiannu's artillery team goes up the mountain. Tomorrow, Yunlong Mountain will be our main target. As long as you capture Yunlong Mountain, you can form a horn with Xuzhou City, and the army can land smoothly. After gathering in the north of the city, you will attack Jiannu in the west and east of the city."

"Criminal Master, if you can't take Yunlong Mountain, I will come to see you with my head."

Suddenly, Qian Degong's voice suddenly rose. After Ding Pengcheng's big victory, whether he or Chen Wudi, they were all waiting to make achievements and show their skills in front of the prince.

"What I want is not your head. We fight with less. Eight thousand soldiers have fathers, brothers, wives and children. We must not take risks with their lives. War information is the most important. Send more people to find out the news."

After looking at him, Zhu Guoqiang reiterated.

"Yes, I'll send someone here."

When he set out from Jinan, Zhu Guoqiang only brought eight thousand township soldiers. Facing the Qing army that was several times his own, he still did not dare to be arrogant even though he had the advantage in weapons. In the following hours, Zhu Guoqiang kept discussing tomorrow's combat plan with them.

And to put it bluntly, all the core words are just one sentence: "Take more cannons and fewer cannons."

In the second half of the night, when Chen Wudi, Qian Degong and others were out, before Zhu Guoqiang could go to bed, someone entered the account. It was Zhang Erzhong, the censor of the canal. At the beginning of the year, the canal dried up and the main transportation lines in the capital were interrupted. He was sent to clear the canal. In the past few months, he had been patrolling the Qianli River to clear the canal.

Familiar with the canal, he took the initiative to board the ship in Jining and had many ideas for the fleet to pass through the canal. Seeing that he entered the tent, Zhu Guoqiang said politely.

"Yi Xiao, why is it so late? You haven't slept yet?"

Zhang Erzhong looked anxious and said straight to the point:

"Criminal Master, I just went to the Yellow River to go around, and the situation is very bad."

"What's wrong, what do you see."

Zhu Guoqiang, who was yawning, immediately asked in a low voice after hearing his words.

The reason why Jining pulled Zhang Erzhong on the ship was because he was familiar with the canal and the Yellow River. Zhu Guoqiang, who had set the strategy of "attacking along the river", certainly would not let such a talent go. He was brought on the ship to be a military advisor, at least a military advisor in Heyun. Now, after hearing what he said, his sleepiness disappeared immediately.

"Criminal, you said yesterday that you were going to cross the river today, so I have been observing the situation on the river, looking for a place that is suitable for landing. But just one hour ago, the water flow of the Yellow River suddenly dropped a lot, more than doubled!"

At this time, Zhang Erzhong's face was pale and he reported tremblingly.

"What does it mean? Can you please tell me carefully?"

Zhu Guoqiang's heart tightened suddenly and he asked anxiously.

"Small minister, since the beginning of the year, he was ordered by the emperor to go south to clear the canal transportation, and he still knows the Yellow River. In any case, the water flow of the Yellow River will not suddenly drop, unless, unless..."

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, Zhang Erzhong said, gritting his teeth,

"Unless someone is crazy and digging the Yellow River embankment upstream, the flow rate of the river will never drop so quickly! If the little minister had expected it would be right, the north side of the Yellow River on the north bank of the Yellow River would probably be full of a marina."

"ah!"

Zhu Guoqiang was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and his eyes were staring straight at the map on the wall.

Dig the Yellow River embankment!

Is this possible?

"Why is Huang's mouth?"

"The prince, the geography records that "When Huanggukou is directly north, it passes through Shanxian, Juye, and flows through the canal, and goes straight to the Daqing River."..."

Daqing River!

Zhu Guoqiang already knew the answer without Zhang Erzhong's explanation!

Daqing River! Jinan is built near Daqing River.

During the Xianfeng period more than two hundred years later in history, the Yellow River broke its mouth and captured the Daqing River into the sea. Shandong Province was the worst affected, and dozens of cities including Jinan became a country of water.

In an instant, in Zhu Guoqiang's mind, the surging Yellow River turned into a huge devil, opened its bloody mouth, and rushed towards Shandong and Jinan.

Even if you have built a large number of fortifications in Jinan, what's the use of facing the Yellow River? Just send someone to blow up the Yellow River, and in just a few days, the seven armies will be flooded.

With the breaking of the Yellow River, how many people will be buried in the fish's belly along the way?

Hundreds of thousands?

Millions?

Millions of people were buried in fish belly!

Thinking of this, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes turned dark, his body shook for a few times, and instinctively held the table with his hands so that he could barely fall.

As a Shandong native, Zhang Erzhong had already sat on the ground, hugging his head and crying like a fool.

"Why did my Shandong elders suffer this catastrophe! Two hundred years! Two hundred years! My Daming Light, just treating water alone! The thousand-mile long dike was built by the lives of hundreds of thousands of people! Oh my god, why don't you open your eyes..."

"Why are you crying? Are you crying anxiously now?"

After a moment of shock, Zhu Guoqiang pulled Zhang Erzhong from the ground and waved his hand to repel the guards who broke into the tent.

"Go, blow the assembly trumpet, and get together urgently."
Chapter completed!