For the entire day, Lou Yi felt something was wrong when he looked at the guards around him.
Some of the guards noticed that there was something wrong with Lou Yi's eyes, but they didn't think much about it. They just thought that Yun Zheng was putting too much pressure on Lou Yi.
They had no idea that Lou Yi had already intended to kill them countless times.
Lou Yi really wanted to kill someone.
He even had the crazy idea of killing all the guards around him.
But he held back in the end.
It was not until noon the next day that the scout who had gone to investigate the movements of another enemy force finally returned.
However, the spy brought back news that no one expected.
Yun Zheng's other army did not advance diagonally between Yiwu and Guibei, but headed directly towards Yiwu. Finally, they set up camp about thirty miles away from Yiwu, with their backs to the upper reaches of Yudai River.
Upon hearing the news, both Lou Yi and Tiexiong and his son were stunned.
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The target of Yun Zheng’s other army seems to be... Yiwu?
Are you crazy!
Yun Zheng wouldn't really want three armies to attack at the same time, right?
They had no idea what the point of Yun Zheng doing this was.
The other army also had few people, only about 20,000.
Although Yiwu only had 20,000 slave soldiers from the various tribes in the western desert, it would definitely be impossible for the enemy army of more than 20,000 to capture Yiwu in a short period of time.
Yun Zheng wouldn't be so naive as to think that the wall of Yiwu was just for decoration, right?
Although this news left Lou Yi and the others puzzled, it was at least not bad news for Lou Yi.
It seems that I was worrying too much, and the people around me did not collude with the enemy.
This news gave Lou Yi some peace of mind.
However, Lou Yi's personal guards had no idea that they had already been to the gates of hell several times.
Unable to figure out Yun Zheng's intention for the time being, Lou Yi ordered Tie Xiong again: "Send someone to continue investigating and see if this is Yun Zheng's strategy to confuse the enemy!"
He also felt that Yun Zheng would not attack Yiwu and Gule by force.
Before finding out Yun Zheng's true intentions, it is necessary to keep detecting the enemy.
Once Yun Zheng's troops make any move, they can respond quickly.
At this moment, we can only wait and see, and then slowly figure out Yun Zheng’s intentions.
While Lou Yi and the others were racking their brains, Yun Zheng was living a leisurely life.
Of course, he didn't need to do things like digging ditches.
He just had to keep an eye on the progress of digging the ditch.
Although it's a bit slow to do this job entirely by manpower, there are too many of them!
Twenty thousand people took turns digging the ditch. They only needed to extend this 100-meter-wide ditch more than 300 meters to successfully divert the water of the Yudai River to the pseudo-city with lower terrain.
At the current rate of progress, we should be able to finish the excavation in two or three days.
"Tell me, has Lou Yi realized that you can use water attack now?"
Chen Luoyan had nothing to do, so he came over and followed Yun Zheng around.
The 5,000 cavalrymen under her command were the main force to defend their camp and guard against sudden attacks by the enemy, so these 5,000 cavalrymen did not participate in digging ditches at all.
The enemy didn't attack, nor did they need to attack, so as the commander, she really didn't have much to do.
“I probably haven’t thought of it yet!”
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "If he thought about it, he would probably not be able to sit still."
In fact, whether Lou Yi can think of it or not is not important to them.
If Lou Yi had thought of it, he would either lead his troops out of the pseudo-city at this time to stop them from digging ditches to divert water back into the pseudo-city, or withdraw his troops.
Lou Yi led his troops to rush out. They had already built up a complete defense and were not afraid at all.
But if Lou Yi withdraws his troops, they will be able to occupy this fake city!
If Lou Yi hadn't thought of this, he wouldn't know how many people would be drowned when they broke the dam and released the water, but the food and fodder stored by the enemy in the pseudo-city would definitely be destroyed.
As for those segmented city walls, some of them should be able to be breached.
The traps set by the enemy will also be destroyed by the flood.
When Lou Yi allowed them to establish a solid defense point here, this pseudo-city could basically be declared breached.
Shen Luoyan smiled and looked at Yun Zheng with admiration, "It's a pity that Lou Yi is not in front of us, otherwise, I really want to see Lou Yi's expression when he understands your intentions!"
“I actually want to see it too!”
Yun Zheng showed a malicious smile on his face, "I want to castrate this bastard even more!"
Miaoyin smiled slyly and said playfully, "I think you want to vent your anger for Jiayao?"
“You could say that!”
Yun Zheng did not deny it. "This birdman is always making trouble, just trying to undermine my national integration policy. Castrating him would be the least of my punishment!"
Miaoyin couldn't help but laugh in her heart when she heard this.
What national integration? It’s just to vent Jia Yao’s anger!
She doesn’t even know Yun Zheng’s protective nature!
As they were talking, they rode their horses to the vicinity of the river embankment that had already been built.
This river embankment is basically built with large pebbles and some tree stumps. Although it is still leaking everywhere, it has blocked most of the water flow, allowing the water level of the Yudai River to rise.
However, this structure is definitely unstable.
If the water level is too high, this shoddy construction will most likely collapse.
Therefore, it is also important to grasp the timing of releasing water.
Looking at the river bank in front of him, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but think: "If I block this place completely, can I cut off the water source of Gule City downstream? Then let Gule City fall without attacking?"
“It’s possible, but it’s not realistic in the short term.”
Yun Zheng explained: "The Suole River was originally dry, but we can still dig out water. Even if we cut off the Yudai River, they can still survive by digging water from underground for a short period of time."
Miaoyin smiled, "Instead of blocking the river completely, it's better to throw human feces and horse manure directly into the river! And those corpses, throw them all in..."
Didn’t Yun Zheng think of this tactic when he fought Bei Huan?
“…”
Hearing Miaoyin's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but look upset.
Is this girl the reincarnation of the King of Hell?
"Forget it, let's not do this."
Yun Zheng shook his head. "We want to occupy Dayue Country, not kill all their people. If a large-scale plague breaks out, we might even be implicated."
It's easy to create an epidemic.
But controlling the disease is not that easy.
This kind of move, just think about it.
It's better not to think about it unless it's absolutely necessary.
As they were talking, Jiayao sent someone back with a message: "Your Highness, Madam Jiayao has led her army to set up camp thirty miles west of Gulu City and started defense!"
"very good!"
Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction.
Jia Yao's movements are quite fast.
Now, it depends on Fu Tianyan and the others!
If they had also completed the defensive arrangements, by the time Lou Yi realized what was happening, he would probably just be crying!
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