Chapter 0035: Flooding the Army
Near Tianhu Lake, Li Yu's boat gradually approached the shore. This was after the Yishui River rushed out of Songshan County, it impacted a depression here and formed a huge lake. Li Yu's boat entered Tianhu Lake.
"General, do you want to use the Yishui River? I'm afraid it's not that easy!" Cen Wenben obviously looked down on this. He looked around and thought that it would be easy to build a dam here, but it would be difficult to hide it from Yuwen Tianbao. After all, the other party was from an aristocratic family and was proficient in military tactics. This strategy was relatively simple and it would be difficult to hide it from Yuwen Tianbao.
"If it were a normal day, it would be impossible, but it's different now. We are very fast. Yuwen Tianbao is only thinking about taking us down, so he won't check us in detail. We still have some chances. Hehe, Yuwen Tianbao hates me to the core, and he wants to catch me immediately and cut me into pieces." Li Yu looked into the distance and said, "Let's get started! Time is urgent, we can start now."
"I hope I can hide it from Yuwen Tianbao." Cen Wenben nodded. He didn't know the relationship between Li Yu and Yuwen Tianbao, but he knew that Li Yu would never put himself in danger.
Li Yu jumped off his warhorse and first sent Li Gu to lead a dozen soldiers to patrol the surroundings. He took off his armor, jumped into the river, and joined the army building the dam.
On the third day, a huge dam appeared on the Yi River. Although there was still river water left, the water level had dropped a lot. Li Yu and others got on their horses again.
"Now we just have to wait for Yuwen Tianbao's arrival." Cen Wenben glanced at the river surface. Water stains were faintly visible on the beach. He was doubtful in his heart. In this case, would Yuwen Tianbao be fooled? If not, Li Yu's situation would be bad.
"Cross the river and go to the other side." Li Yu shook his head. He drove his war horse and was the first to cross the Yishui River. Li Gu and others led the army to follow closely behind. The army quickly crossed the Yishui River.
"Pang Jue, you lead a hundred brothers to garrison here. Once the signal arrow appears, you must immediately open the dike and flood Yuwen Tianbao." Li Yu looked at Pang Jue and warned: "This matter concerns the lives of our four hundred brothers, so you must pay attention."
"Yes, I will obey your order." Pang Jue said solemnly, "General, rest assured, I will open the dike on time."
"Very good, now it's my turn to meet Yuwen Tianbao. Hehe, I believe Yuwen Tianbao must want to see me too." Li Yu looked at the dam and said, "We don't need to do too much this time. Just annihilate more than half of his troops."
"General, you'd better hope that Yuwen Tianbao will be fooled, otherwise, more than 400 of us will die here." Cen Wenben took a deep breath and rode forward. It was too late for him to regret now. He also knew that if Li Yu wanted to completely escape Yuwen Shu's pursuit, he could only take this risky measure. Fortunately, the one being pursued was Yuwen Tianbao, not Yuwen Shu, the old fox, so there was still a possibility of victory.
Yuwen Tianbao rode on a warhorse with a gloomy face. People from Yiyang County stood trembling under his horse. Their faces were pale, as if their parents had died.
"All the ships were captured by Li Yu?" Yuwen Tianbao finally reached Yiyang County, but he did not expect to receive another bad news. All the ships in Yiyang City were captured by Li Yu, which made it very easy for Li Yu to cross the Yishui River. Now it has been two days since Li Yu left. Who knows where the other party has escaped to, Ruyang, or somewhere else.
"Reply, reply to the general. Although Li Yu has seized the boats, our county still has some boats that can be requisitioned for the general's use." The magistrate of Yichuan County said quickly: "Moreover, I understand that the water in the Yi River is not deep at this time. It is just a gurgling stream. Pedestrians can wade across it. I believe the cavalry can definitely cross the Yi River?"
"How is it possible? The Luo River ahead is full of water. How can you wade across the river here? Could it be that there are some changes upstream? Or is it that the enemy does this on purpose, waiting for us to cross the dam and flood our army?" Before Yuwen Tianbao could answer, the captain beside him could not help but objected.
"Absolutely not, absolutely not." The county magistrate said quickly, "I have sent people to check, and there is absolutely no dike or anything like that within ten miles upstream. What's more, the enemy is now terrified and wants to escape faster and farther. How could they stay here? General Yuwen is so brave and no one in the world dares to resist the general's phoenix-wing gilded hammer, and the villain Li Yu is even more so. I'm afraid he would have escaped by now, so how could he dare to stay here?"
The county magistrate flattered Yuwen Tianbao without hesitation, but he didn't know that although he had sent people to investigate, no one knew whether those people would really go ten miles away. When it came to him, the news was false, and Yuwen Tianbao naturally couldn't know the real situation.
"I don't think Li Yu can stay here. It's a good time to chase him." When Yuwen Tianbao heard that Yichuan Ling had already investigated, he felt much more relieved and said to his cavalry, "Let's go and chase him and see where Li Yu can escape to." Without even looking at Yichuan Ling, he commanded 3,000 cavalrymen to head towards Yishui.
At the Yishui River, Yuwen Tianbao looked at the river in front of him. The river was indeed wadable, and many people were even wading. He jumped off his warhorse, glanced at the beach, and said, "Order the army to split into three steps. The front army will start crossing the river. Be careful."
"General, you are wise. In this way, even if the enemy has any conspiracy or tricks, they can't endanger our three armies." The captain said quickly .
Yuwen Tianbao snorted coldly and said, "Li Yu is eager to escape at this time, how could he still have the courage to stay here? But it is better to be careful when marching and fighting. Let's cross the river!"
The 1,000 cavalrymen in the vanguard began to cross the river. Although they were cavalrymen, there was a lot of mud in the river, so the cavalrymen advanced slowly. Yuwen Tianbao also looked around carefully. Although he said it was easy, Yuwen Tianbao did not dare to guarantee that the enemy would not take the opportunity to attack halfway across the river, or flood the three armies. It was not until the 1,000 cavalrymen in the vanguard crossed the middle of the river that he felt much more relieved and began to order the central army to cross the river.
Suddenly, he heard a shrill voice coming from the opposite side, and the voice went straight up to the sky. He had a bad feeling in his heart, and said to the captain beside him: "Quick, let the vanguard and the central army speed up to cross the river. I suddenly have a bad feeling."
Before the captain gave the order, everyone only heard bursts of splashing sounds coming from upstream, and a white line rolled in, covering the sky and the earth.
"Damn it! He is so bold that he not only ran away but also ambushed me here." Yuwen Tianbao's handsome face flushed red. An ambush would have been fine, but this clearly showed that he didn't take me seriously. This was an insult.
