The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 285 Zang Ba is anxious, rewards continue

It seems that I guessed right, the upstream is indeed in the water.

In fact, if Zang Ba hadn't been making trouble here, he would have secretly led people to Dongping Shouzhang to investigate for a while, or at least go to Onozawa to have a look.

After all, if the upstream is really filled with water, the water level will definitely rise in this rainy weather.

And when the water level rises to a certain level, there is no need to send troops, just open the gates, and the tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Dongjun will be dealt with effortlessly!
Looking at the current situation, it is obvious that the other party has premeditated!
Not to mention the tens of thousands of soldiers at the moment, I am afraid that the entire East County will be plunged into a vast ocean.

"Why bother? Why bother?"

Yu Jin looked up to the sky and screamed, his face was ferocious, but he was full of anger but he didn't know who to direct it to.

Judging from the current situation, even if he really had the ability to kill Zang Ba, it would be useless.

It is only now that he has fully realized that Zang Ba's coming here is just a bait set up by Xi Yufang. Poor himself and Xia Houchun are still complacent about that little victory.

Little did they know... the biggest effect of this bait was just to paralyze them with a few innocuous victories, so that they would be distracted and unable to take care of and think about more things.

Finally, after the grabbing started, everyone was dealt a heavy blow.

Whether it is them generals, soldiers, or the people in the territory, there is no way to evacuate without precautions. This has led to the fact that the army and the people cannot escape, and there is no escape...

In a short while, under the torrential rain and flood, the endless golden fertile fields turned into a vast ocean.

Seeing this scene, Zang Ba was also a little dazed, and then an inexplicable anxiety rose in his heart. Even if he had never seen it, he knew how harmful the flood disaster was to people.

But what he didn't expect was that Xi Yu could even control natural disasters. Isn't this too exaggerated?
If I have any thoughts in my heart after that day——

Do not!
Following the lord is voluntary, as long as you obey orders and do things better in the future, it doesn't matter what you think!
Soon, that anxiety dissipated like smoke, followed by unprecedented respect and admiration.

It is his honor to be able to follow such a powerful lord!
Thoughts are a matter of a moment, and after he figured it out, he hurriedly led the army to fight and retreat.

Haven't you seen that most of the soldiers and people Xia Houchun took out to harvest grain and grass have been swept away by the flood?If I don't withdraw now, is it possible that I still have to keep company with those people?
Indeed, as he said, the bottom has already become a mess.

Howling winds, howling heavy rains, flooding, trembling of the earth... and various voices of help from time to time, turned the originally fertile fields into purgatory.

Not to mention that the common people couldn't find a way to survive, even the soldiers were panicked and scattered everywhere by the flood.

This is called the soldiers and horses brought by Xia Houchun who suffered heavy losses. Seeing the soldiers and horses that had been washed away, he felt powerless.

Even if he wanted to give orders, he had to find someone. Most of the soldiers who came out to harvest food and grass were swept up in the flood. Not to mention finding a soldier to pass orders, he just wanted to find a lieutenant. It was very difficult.

In Puyang City, Yu Jin, who had no intention of going around in circles with Zang Ba, stood on the city wall, and with him were the tens of thousands of Cao Jun who guarded the city and had not yet had time to participate in the harvesting of grain and grass.

Standing here, they don't know what to do except look at the fields washed away by the flood in the distance.

Go down to save people?What will you fight against the flood?Take your own life?Not enough for others.

You can watch it here...
Although deeply fearful and worried, the only thing they can do right now is to watch silently.

Even the vast majority of the soldiers couldn't bear it, they didn't dare to look at it, they didn't dare to listen to the wailing from a distance, and turned their heads away one after another.

Such an approach of flooding the army can be described as vicious and insidious, but one has to admit how flexible and astute the strategy of the person who can think of this method is.

It is everyone's misfortune to be remembered so far by such an enemy!

But it is undeniable that on the battlefield, kindness to the enemy is irresponsibility to oneself!
As the leader of an army, Xi Yu can think of such a jaw-dropping plan, which is really admirable. After all, when it is raining heavily, I am afraid that just grabbing the harvest will be exhausted. How can I think of it? Use this against your enemies?

As for what is vicious and insidious, that is only for the losers.

And the loser has the least say.

Therefore, once this matter is over, Xi Yu's name may still resound throughout the world.

Taking advantage of the flood disaster, the enemy's grain base was ruined backhandedly, and tens of thousands of enemy troops were also destroyed. This strategy is not without classics, and the flooding of the army is not without spectacular!
"My lord, the gate has been opened, please leave quickly!"

A call came from nowhere, and Zang Ba breathed a sigh of relief, and then completely stopped thinking about continuing to fight the enemy.

Hastily led the rest of the people to retreat.

"Withdraw, brothers, we can go back!"

"promise!"

Whether it was Zang Ba or the thousands of soldiers behind him, they all rode their horses contentedly and ran towards the place where the sound came from, with smiles on their faces.

Soon, they galloped all the way and disappeared in the mountains not far away.

In just one night, the East County of Yanzhou, especially most of the surrounding mountains, fields, and towns along the Pu River Basin in the northeast of the East County, were almost flooded and became severe disaster areas one after another.

The embankment was also under the ravages of the flood, overwhelmed, and collapsed in a large area, giving the greatest help to the flood.

Under the backdrop of natural disasters, Fang Xian human beings are so small and helpless.

Xia Houchun's soldiers and horses could not escape at all, and even today the few have lost more than half of them.

I don't know if they were just washed away by the flood and lost contact, or...they have already died in Huangquan...
As for Xia Houchun himself, he is quite fateful.

When he saw the flood for the first time, besides roaring at the crowd and retreating, he himself fled at an unusual speed on his horse.

Now he was chased by the flood and fled into Puyang City, and survived by luck.

However, the current Puyang City is also covered by floods, and everyone is basically staying on the beams, roofs, city walls and even trees...
In Shanyang County of Yanzhou, Xi Yu, Dian Wei, and Zhang Wenyuan, who had already stationed hundreds of thousands of soldiers, led the soldiers to wait for the news.

The three of them sat around the bonfire, roasting mutton, and none of them said a word.

Fortunately, a few days later, Zang Ba came back with the disabled soldiers.

Standing outside Xi Yu's tent, he felt rather uneasy.

Although he came back safely, he didn't know whether the military order he had issued was completed.

Originally, it was agreed to focus on surprise attacks, and delay at least seven days after burning the enemy's granaries, but who would have thought that he would lose two consecutive battles as soon as he went there, not to mention burning the granaries, and even more than half of the soldiers under his hands were killed or injured.

Fortunately, the third attack had an effect and successfully destroyed the enemy's granary, but it didn't last seven days, so he didn't know what to say when he saw Xi Yu.

Feeling uncertain and uneasy, even his legs waiting outside the tent trembled a little.

In the tent, Xi Yu was still discussing important matters with Guo Jia.

When they came to Shanyang Realm this time, they brought many soldiers with them.

This huge tent stretched for hundreds of miles, basically all over Sanyang County.

However, their main purpose of coming here is to harvest food and grass.

Of course, this is only for now!
Hundreds of thousands of troops are holding agricultural tools, and together with the people, they are working in full swing in the fields. From the eyes of the smiling people, everything is so prosperous and beautiful.

In fact, they have been here to harvest grain and grass for a few days, and because Zhuge Kongming had a wealth of strategies for garrisoning the people before, he was particularly able to deal with the current situation with ease.

After all, the family has a big business. With the help of a large number of soldiers and more advanced harvesting tools, and supplemented by wooden oxen and horses for transportation, not to mention fast harvesting, even harvesting is extremely fast.

Because the operation is simple, the action is fast, and the connection is good, in just a few days, a lot of new grain has been stored in the temporary granary.

"My lord, judging from the current situation, it is estimated that there is not much food in Dongjun. Now that it is being ravaged by floods, there is not much food in reserve."

"Perhaps, in a few days, Xia Houchun, who can't bear it first, will withdraw his troops!"

Speaking of which, Guo Jia was originally a military adviser in the army, but now that Xi Yu came, he felt that he didn't need to use his brain to do bad things, so he took the initiative to take on the job of the chief bookkeeper.

It’s okay to report information, but it’s okay to make suggestions.

Not to mention whether he has the brains of the lord, the more he can do this kind of thing on his behalf, but any qualified subordinate will definitely not be able to do it.

"Judging from Xia Houchun's behavior, he must know that if he fights with us at this time, he will definitely lose. Therefore, he is likely to abandon Dongjun."

Guo Jia put down the pen in his hand and continued: "So... our black knights have the opportunity to enter Dongjun from time to time? Enter their army?"

Xi Yu squinted at him, and the corner of his mouth slightly hooked.

It has to be said that Guo Jia is becoming more and more insidious now.

Both he and Kong Ming are quite intelligent people, but one has an open mind and likes to fight the enemy openly and aboveboard, while the other always likes to play with shady things. As long as he wins in the end, he can think of all kinds of shady ideas .

It seems that it was a wise move for me to hand over all the light and shade whistles in my hand to this guy.

Over the past few years, the light and dark posts in Qing and Xu have performed their duties, and the news they have delivered has always been timely, effective and accurate!

Speaking of which, there are quite a few capable and righteous men under his command.

Everyone has an extremely prominent and best field. After maximizing their strengths, each of them is not like other people who are always thinking about competing for power, jealousy, and intrigue.

The cooperation between each other is extremely tacit.

Naturally, they got along harmoniously and had a lot of influence on the development of each other's clans.

It's just that among them, the Zhuge family is the most prosperous.

Although the Langya Zhuge clan is not a big clan in terms of name, and its rise time is relatively short, there are not a few officials in this clan.

The most important thing is that they basically all serve as officials under Xi Yu's hands.

On the other hand, Guo Jia's clan is relatively small.

After all, his family is thin, that is to say, it was only in his generation that it started to spread out, and there were so few younger generations.

Speaking of this, Xi Yu has always felt very lucky.

Because whether it was Zhuge Kongming, Guo Jia, or even Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe and others, they all made him quite at ease.

Perhaps because of his humble background, he is extremely grateful for the kindness of his knowledge and encounter, and is extremely loyal.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the great cause that they will accomplish when they decided to follow them.

After all, judging from the current situation, although the great cause has not yet been successful, Xi Yu has a promising future!
After taking a deep look at Guo Jia, Xi Yu said with a smile, "It seems that I can rest assured that I will leave strategic matters to you in the future."

"My lord was joking."

Guo Jia cupped his hands calmly, with no trace of excitement or joy on his face, and then said: "Thank you, my lord, for taking care of me, what I say is just a matter of my duty, I just hope that I can share your worries."

Although he didn't seem to have any outstanding features beside Xi Yu, but that was only compared with Xi Yu.

In fact, he is quite aloof, but he has never shown himself in front of Xi Yu who is stronger than himself.

"Okay, since you have already guessed my next plan, then I will leave this matter to you."

Xi Yu waved his hand, Guo Jia understood, turned around and planned to leave.

Anyway, the relationship between him and the lord has always been like this, talk about things if you have something to do, and don't bother each other if you have nothing to do.

Just as he lifted the curtain, a voice asking for instructions came from outside the door.

Zang Ba, who had gone to East County to "surprise" Xia Houchun, was waiting to be summoned outside the camp.

Speaking of this guy is also pitiful, he has never fought such an aggrieved battle in Taishan County.

The most important thing is that he always thought that he was just an insignificant existence in this battle, but who would have thought that he would be used as an introduction by the lord to attract all the attention of the enemy.

And the real main force is not the person I thought, but the flood!

But even if he was used, he didn't dare to be dissatisfied.

The main reason is that the benefits given by the lord are too great, and the promise of being a Marquis and Prime Minister is too tempting.

Fortunately, he survived and won a complete victory!
It's just... I didn't persist for seven days, and I don't know how the lord will deal with me?

"My lord, the general is back."

Zang Ba walked in anxiously, watching Xi Yu who was sitting on the main seat bent down.

Xi Yu was very happy to see him. With a smile on his face, he quickly stepped forward and patted the opponent on the back, and said, "You should make the first contribution to the victory of this battle. From then on, Mount Tai will be your fief. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you garrison troops, it's up to you!"

"In addition, I will send people to Taishan to help you manage officials, stabilize the morale of the army, stabilize the people, and establish an official school, but...you have to make me feel at ease!"

After finishing the first half of the sentence, the joyous Zang Ba smiled like a chrysanthemum.

But when he heard the second half of the sentence, the corners of his mouth froze slightly, and then gradually restrained his smile.

This remark can be big or small, and everyone knows what peace of mind is.

Although Zang Ba has always given people the feeling of being a gangster, like a stupid big man who is very incomprehensible, but in fact, he still has some brains to be able to become the governor.

If not, he would not have chosen to surrender to Xi Yu with a firm will.

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will understand what to do in the end!"

Zang Ba's face, which was completely devoid of smile, showed absolute seriousness.

He asked Xi Yu sincerely: "It's just that although the last general has four sons, the bottom two are too young and still need to be taken care of."

"On the contrary, the two above are now at the age of enlightenment. I wonder if I can implore the Lord to take them both to Xiapi to study in the Taixue?"

A simple sentence made Xi Yu no longer have any worries.

This guy looks like a big and three rough, but in fact he is still smart.

It is said that he entered Xiapi Taixue to study, but to put it bluntly, isn't he just putting it under his nose as a proton?
At the same time, it was extremely rare for his entire family to give those two boys a chance to contact and even get to know him.

It's not that Xi Yu is arrogant, but looking at the whole world, he does have the qualifications to be sought after and please people.

If the two boys are really talented in the future, and they are appreciated by him, and they change from being protons to beings with official positions and real power, it will be beneficial to his entire family.

"If I remember correctly, your eldest son should be sixteen this year, and your second son should be fifteen. Both of them have practiced martial arts and read books. Since you have this wish, I should be satisfied. I believe you are also smart and know what to do. do what."

"In a word, as long as you do what you should do, I will not treat you and the brothers under your hands badly!"

"The lord is righteous, and I will thank the lord here at the end!"

Overjoyed, Xi Yu fell to his knees on the spot, bent down, and knocked hard three times.

He is very clear about how much he has. Although the rule is strict and he has never retreated, it is somewhat meaningless to bear the honor, disgrace and blessing of the whole family.

But what he doesn't know is that it's just that it's bad, which makes Xi Yu feel more at ease.

Because in his opinion, this is the best embodiment of loyalty!

"Okay, since the reward has been given, let's get to the point next. Let me ask you, what do you think of our current development?"

"This······"

The sudden change of topic made Zang Ba hesitate. He didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of Xi Yu, but if he said it in a realistic way...it seems a little bit awkward, isn't it easy to offend people?
Therefore, he said cautiously: "Should... it's okay?"

"At the very least, we have nothing to worry about in Qingxu and Xuzhou. There have been no natural disasters there for many years. With your command and proper leadership, the people in the territory live and work in peace and prosperity."

"In addition, the emergence of commercial banks and the rise of commercial roads have also added a lot of confidence and assistance to us. There is no need to worry about food and grass in the territory, and even the army has already exceeded 40 soldiers!"

"In addition to these, there is a reserve army composed of nearly [-] recruits in the territory. Among the hundreds of civil and military officials, there are countless people with lofty ideals, talents, and meritorious deeds. It is really a big business and a flourishing branch!"

(End of this chapter)