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But what made Jin Fu angry was that since the order to siege the city was issued, Li Mu hadn't shown up at the front line for most of the time, and Jin Fu was completely responsible for directing the attack on Daliang City.
That's fine, but what makes Jin Fu feel even worse is that Zhao's army, which is in charge of attacking the west and north walls, has been sieging the city these days. Signs of the siege.
This made Jin Yan feel very speechless in his heart.
It is clear that the city surrounded by the Wei and Qi allied forces is Handan of the State of Zhao, and the encircled monarch is also the monarch of the State of Zhao, Zhao Dan, but why do these people of the State of Zhao seem not to be in a hurry at all?
After enduring it for half a month, Jin Yan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and when he was about to come to question him personally, he happened to be invited by Li Mu.
Then Jin Yan came.
What Jin Yan never expected was that after he came to Zhao Jun's camp, he saw such an astonishing scene.
The section of the Yellow River in front of Jin Fu was supposed to pass by a few miles away from the northwest corner of Daliang City, heading east without stopping.
But at this moment, Li Mu led tens of thousands of soldiers of the Zhao army, and after half a month of hard work, he forcibly dug a large canal several miles away, leading the water of the Yellow River under the eyes of Daliang City.
The Yellow River, the Yellow River, the river on the ground!
The terrain of the Yellow River is much higher than Daliang City.
So as long as this big canal is completed, the raging Yellow River will be condescending, and it will come straight to Daliang City with the momentum of falling from the sky!
Jin Yan opened his mouth wide, and he came back to his senses after a long time, and said to Li Mu in a slightly trembling tone: "Is it possible that General Li Mu wants to imitate the story of Lord Wu An who broke Chu back then?"
When Lord Wu'an Baiqi attacked Yandu, the accompanying capital of the Chu state, he dug a long canal, flooded Yandu directly, and drowned most of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yandu.
The Shui Jing Zhu described the battle as "the water broke the northeast corner of the city, and hundreds of thousands of people died in the east of the city with the water.
Li Mu smiled slightly, and nodded with great satisfaction: "That's right, this general is going to flood Daliang City!"
Jin Fu's body trembled and his face became extremely pale. After a long time, he said to Li Mu in a trembling voice: "But General Li Mu, there are a lot of people in Daliang City. One hundred thousand soldiers and civilians."
As a seasoned veteran, Jin Fu certainly knew what would happen to Daliang City once it was flooded by Li Mu.
Once such a thing really happened, it would be an eye-opener for one-tenth of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Daliang City to survive.
This is definitely an out-and-out massacre.
Of course, according to logic and past experience, if Daliang City is really breached, at least half of the residents in this city will die.
But in Jin Yan's view, even if half of the people are to die, it is better than if more than 90.00% of the people are all dead.
Therefore, Jin Yan hoped that through his own efforts, he could persuade Li Mu to give up such an idea of flooding Daliang City.
After Li Mu listened to Jin Yan's words.His face suddenly became serious.
The general who had been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Zhao Dan at a young age quietly watched Jin Bin in front of him. The light in his eyes was so dazzling that Jin Bin felt afraid to look directly at him.
"General, do you think my plan to flood Daliang City is too cruel?"
Jin Yan coughed dryly and said, "General Li Mu, I just think there may be other better ways, such as attacking the city."
"Siege?" Li Mu laughed loudly, and it took a while to hold back his laughter, and looked at Jin Yan in front of him with ironic eyes: "Has the general ever thought that if this siege continues to be fought?" If we go down, the soldiers of South Korea and Zhao will die! Could it be that the general wants to live for the lives of these Wei people, and the soldiers of South Korea and Zhao died in vain?"
Jin Yan opened his mouth, and suddenly found that he couldn't refute Li Mu's words.
That's right, is Jin Fu going to exchange the death of the soldiers of the Zhao and Han coalition forces in exchange for the survival of the soldiers and civilians in Daliang City?
Jin Yan was so upset that he couldn't help but said: "But"
"No but!" Li Mu sneered, and continued: "If Wei Wuji has a chance to flood Handan, does General Jin Fu think that Wei Wuji will let go of such an opportunity? Li Mu is an out-and-out warrior I only know that I will faithfully fulfill my king's order and try my best to break the city as soon as possible! If we can break through this Daliang City sooner, then the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State in Handan City will be able to escape from the threat of Wei Wuji's soldiers sooner. Get free!"
"So, don't say it's a mere Daliang City, even if one day, I flood all the capitals of Xianyang, Linzi, Chenying, and Ji, what's the problem?"
After Li Mu finished speaking, he no longer looked at the pale Jin Yan beside him, but directly called the herald, and issued an order destined to be recorded in the annals of history in the drizzle.
"Send an order to General Ben to dig the canal and flood the city with water!"
Chapter 442 Flooded Daliang City (first update)
Seeing Li Mu's resolute expression, Jin Yan couldn't help but sigh slightly, but in the end he didn't say anything more.
As a soldier, death has never been uncommon for Jin Fu.
But watching hundreds of thousands of lives disappear in front of his eyes like this, Jin Yan still felt a little bit unbearable.
Even so, Jin Yan knew very well in his heart that if from the perspective of Zhao Guo and South Korea, it would be the best result to be able to break through Daliang City without dying.
The world is like this. Sometimes whether a thing is good or bad does not depend on the thing itself, but on the standpoint you use to look at it.
Just like now, since the State of Wei is the enemy of the State of Zhao at this time, the calamity of the State of Wei is naturally the blessing of the State of Zhao and South Korea, and Li Mu, who is about to become a hero of the State of Zhao, is destined to be hated by the people of the State of Wei for the rest of his life.
In the continuous drizzle, Jin Fu stood quietly beside Li Mu, watching the scene in front of him like a statue, waiting for what was about to happen.
He didn't have to wait long.
Amidst the shouts of Zhao Jun's soldiers working together, the canal was getting closer and closer to the wall of Daliang City.
A small opening finally appeared.
In just a few breaths, the small hole expanded rapidly, and the water of the Yellow River rushed out of it, washing away the sand around the small hole, and instantly formed a small waterfall.
Then this small waterfall expanded rapidly. After a few loud noises that shook the eardrums, countless rivers roared down with large pieces of sand, completely breaking down the original gap, and the surging Yellow River The water gushes out from the gap in an instant, like a meandering giant dragon rushing towards everything in front of it with an indomitable momentum.
The rumbling sound filled everyone's eardrums, and the soldiers of Zhao Jun who were standing by the canal moved away from where they were originally.
But even so, there were still some soldiers of the Zhao army who had no time to escape and were swept in by the torrential river, rushing towards a large number of city walls not far away at a speed that could be called flying down three thousand feet.
The sound of howling water flowed endlessly, and the water of the Yellow River carried a large amount of sediment, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, coming heavily to the city of Daliang City, and slapped heavily on the city wall of Daliang City.
Countless water droplets splashed up with this tsunami-like slap, forming an extremely dense water mist in the midair, even the continuous drizzle in the sky was comparable to this mist See clumsy.
In almost a short time for a cup of tea, the water around Daliang City began to rise rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Jin Yan just stood there, watching the big river whizzing past in front of his eyes, watching the big river raging, roaring, and rushing unscrupulously.
The surging water of the Yellow River was like a gigantic dragon, quickly walked around the Daliang City, and then completely surrounded the Daliang City.
At this moment, this male city located in the hinterland of the Central Plains has become an isolated island surrounded by floods.
What made everyone who saw this scene feel awe or fear was that the water surrounding Daliang City was still rising rapidly.
Li Mu let out a long breath, and suddenly said to Jin Fu beside him: "General Jin Fu, it's time to order your troops to break camp and retreat."
Was he overwhelmed by the power of the surging river? After Li Mu yelled several times, Jin Yan came back to his senses.
After regaining his senses, Jin Fu didn't even have time to say hello to Li Mu, he turned around and got on his horse, leading his entourage to gallop away.