Chapter 60: A Four-Year-Old's Words Save Three Thousand Xuanjia Soldiers (Seeking Recommendation Votes)

Mu Fang's heart skipped a beat.

He picked up his daughter and his voice was filled with an unprecedented nervousness.

"Little Yu'er, what did you say?"

"Its belly is about to burst!"

Mu Yu's little finger pointed firmly at the cliff swallowed by the night.

Those unfocused amber eyes seemed to reflect some terrifying scene.

"The water is crying, crying very loudly, saying its belly hurts so much, it's about to burst!"

Upon hearing the sound, Chu Chongjin quickly walked out of the cabin, wearing only an outer robe, his expression cold and stern.

"What happened?"

Mu Fang repeated Mu Yu's words.

Chu Chongjin's gaze immediately fell on the cliff, his eyes sharpening.

Although he couldn't "hear" the sound of water like Mu Yu, his years of cultivated vigilance allowed him to sense something unusual.

"Xiao Beichen!"

Chu Chongjin gave a low shout.

"exist!"

Xiao Beichen, who had been standing guard nearby, immediately responded and pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

"Send men in small boats to explore the river ahead, especially the bottom of the left bank embankment."

"yes!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Beichen immediately selected two of the best Xuanjia Army soldiers in swimming skills, quickly launched a fast boat, and glided into the night like an arrow.

Yan Ziche also ran out, still holding his "Anguo Princess's Hydrological Observation Notes".

He adjusted his headscarf, which had almost fallen off, and moved closer to Mu Yu.

"Princess Advisor, could you describe the specific sensation of your 'stomach ache'? Is it a stabbing pain or a bloating pain? Is the pain on the surface of the water or below?"

He asked the questions in a very serious manner, as if he were examining a patient.

Mu Yu tilted her head and tried to feel it.

"It's a throbbing pain! Right underwater, it feels like something is sneaking out, making the mud so itchy, and then it hurts!"

Yan Ziche quickly jotted down in his notebook: "The underwater soil is loose, suggesting a possible precursor to piping."

Mu Fang held his daughter, his palms already covered in cold sweat.

Piping!

As a general who had fought many battles, he knew all too well what those two words meant.

That was a terrifying precursor to the collapse of the entire dam, caused by water seeping through the dam at high water levels, forming a leak like a water pipe on the back slope!

If this canal dike were to breach, their fleet...

The consequences would be unimaginable!

"Pass on the order!"

Mu Fang's voice instantly turned cold and decisive.

"All vessels, slow down, turn around, and be ready to retreat at any time!"

"The warships spread out in a triangular formation, and the archers are on guard on both banks!"

The order was quickly relayed.

The massive fleet sounded its deep horns on the canal and began to make evasive maneuvers.

The atmosphere on the ship instantly shifted from tranquility to tension.

Not long after, the scouting boat rowed back like a madman.

The soldiers on the ship were pale and their voices were trembling.

"Report! General, Your Highness! We've discovered massive seepage at the bottom of the left bank dike ahead! The soil has turned into a muddy mess, and several large bubbles are bubbling out!"

It was indeed piping!

Moreover, judging from this description, the situation is already quite critical and could collapse at any moment.

Chu Chongjin's face was so gloomy it could drip water.

"What a coincidence."

He coldly uttered three words.

"The river is narrow and surrounded by cliffs, making it an ideal location for an ambush. If it weren't for Little Fisherman's early warning, they would have detonated the weak points they had already laid once our fleet had fully entered this section of the river, causing the dike to breach..."

Rushing river, capsized fleet, and chaotic soldiers.

At that time, a single volley of arrows would be enough to kill all three thousand Xuanjia soldiers, including him, the imperial envoy!

Mu Fang's eyes also turned as sharp as ice.

"Sikong Ming... or rather, Chu Chongyuan."

He practically gritted his teeth as he uttered the name.

Just then, Mu Yu tugged at his sleeve again.

“Father, it said its most painful spot is under that big rock that looks like a turtle.”

The baby's voice rang out clearly.

"There's a hole there, and the water is secretly seeping out from there!"

Yan Ziche immediately opened the "Illustrated Gazetteer of Rivers" in his hand and quickly searched for information by the light of the lantern.

"Found it! At the confluence of the three rivers, on the left bank, according to the milestone records, there is indeed a reef here called 'Spirit Turtle Stone'!"

"Xiao Beichen!" Mu Fang ordered sternly.

"Take a team, along with all the spare wooden stakes and sandbags, and head to the Spirit Turtle Stone immediately. Block that hole at all costs!"

"yes!"

Xiao Beichen accepted the order and led over a hundred elite soldiers on several fast boats to the dangerous location at breakneck speed.

The fleet remained in safe waters, and everyone held their breath, awaiting news from ahead.

Mu Yu leaned on Mu Fang's shoulder and whispered "live report".

"Many uncles jumped into the water."

"They found the hole, it's so dark."

"Oh dear, the turtle rock's belly is stuffed full, and the water isn't flowing out anymore."

"It said...it said it's much better, it doesn't hurt as much anymore."

Listening to her daughter's intermittent description, Mu Fang's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, gradually settled back into her stomach.

An hour later, Xiao Beichen returned soaking wet, his face showing relief and lingering fear at surviving the ordeal.

"General, it's blocked! The hole is bigger than we thought, and it looks like the bottom has been hollowed out! If we hadn't arrived in time, the dike would have collapsed in half an hour!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Chongjin walked to Mu Yu's side and looked at the little girl who was not even as tall as his waist.

For the first time, he truly felt that the little koi's ability was not just an ethereal blessing, but could be transformed into the most direct and effective power at crucial moments.

He reached out and gently rubbed Mu Yu's head.

"Little Yu'er, you have done a great service again."

Mu Yu raised her little face, looking smug and saying, "Of course."

"I'm the chief designer! Protecting the safety of the waterway is my duty!"

Her small chest was held high.

"When we get to Jiangnan, I will write down this great thing. My lucky pond will definitely rise a lot!"

Seeing her eager-to-recognize-credit, money-grubbing expression, the tension and gloom in everyone's hearts vanished, and they couldn't help but laugh.

The fleet bypassed the dangerous area and continued on its way.

After this incident, no one dared to underestimate this four-and-a-half-year-old "imperial envoy and advisor" anymore.

The Xuanjia soldiers on the ship looked at Mu Yu with a deep sense of awe.

As dawn broke, the mist in front of us gradually dissipated.

The outline of a county town, whitened and ravaged by floodwaters, came into view.

We've arrived in Yunmeng County.

But what greeted them was not the government ships they had imagined.

Instead, it was a faint, pungent stench of rotting corpses drifting in from the shore.