My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 240 Waiting for a Downpour

Zong Yanli didn't know how Sai Ya approached Min Xueer. He only received a reply from Sai Ya, telling her that she would try her best and asked Zong Yanli to negotiate with Qi State and wait for good news.

Zong Yanming understood that this was just a strategy, and naturally he couldn't put all his hopes on the wall. Therefore, he had to fight when it was time to fight, and attack the city when it was time to attack, without any ambiguity.

In the north, the winter snow melts very slowly, and the winter chill seems to not dissipate until March. Gradually, the warmth of spring is seen, and the new buds on the branches are particularly pleasing to the eye. Zhan Haoyue is in the mood to sit outside the camp and fiddle with his calligraphy in his spare time.

I want to paint the scene of spring appearing as the winter snow melts.

Compared with the elegance of the literati, the military generals were much simpler. They took advantage of the warmer weather to scrub their bodies with great pleasure. After being covered up for the entire winter, they could rub black mud strips out of their bodies. They found a comfortable position to lie down, and their big feet were exposed to the sun.

On the left, Zhan Haoyue is painting seriously, and on the right, a group of men are sunbathing their feet.

When Zong Yanli came out of the tent and saw this scene, she felt a little disjointed. She couldn't help but secretly thinking that Mr. Wujiu was so good-tempered. If it were her, she would have rushed up and beat up these old men who were ruining the mood.

Of course, she was very alert and felt that as a general, it was definitely not a good thing for her to go out at this moment, so she quietly turned around and went around to the rear camp.

"General, why are you going this way today?" Gao Feilin followed Zong Yanli out of the rear camp and asked with some confusion.

"Family disharmony is mostly due to the inaction of the elders." Zong Yanli glanced at Gao Feilin dimly and said such a puzzling sentence, which made Gao Feilin even more confused.

"Where are you going, General?" Gao Feilin felt that he couldn't act too stupid, so he pretended to understand what the general said and changed the subject to ask something else.

"Look at the direction the river is going." Zong Yanli replied indifferently.

In the past few days in the army, Zong Yanli was very frustrated because he could not break through Pofu Pass. The terrain of Pofu Pass was not very high, and Min Wenshan defended the city with a measured advance and retreat. For a while, Zong Yanli could not do anything about him and wanted to divide and attack.

However, Min Wenshan was very meticulous in his use of troops, and seemed to have figured out Zong Yanli's tactics, so no matter how he attacked, he could not succeed.

The war situation was now in a dilemma, and Zong Yanli and several gentlemen had not been able to come up with any good strategy. After much thought, Zong Yanli decided to go out and take a look around on his own.

It is impossible to come up with any good ideas by sitting in the tent without looking at the world. What she has done has always been witnessed by herself. Whether she is leading the troops in battle or taking action after careful planning, every action she has taken is not an idle fantasy, and every step of the march is taken by her herself.

"The Pingjiang River connects the Northern Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom, and finally reaches the Wuhuan." Gao Feilin followed Zong Yanli to the river and pointed ahead and said, "I heard that there is an ice field in the extreme north of the Pingjiang River. The glaciers are frozen because of the extremely cold weather."

"The people living there get water by chiseling ice, bringing it back home and melting it to make water," said Gao Feilin.

"How did you know that?" Zong Yanli laughed when he heard that, turned to look at Gao Feilin and asked.

"I heard what Mr. Wujiu said." Gao Feilin was a little embarrassed. He stood up and smiled at Zong Yanli and said, "General, why are you looking at the river water?"

Zong Yanli looked up the river, pondered for a moment, got back on his horse and said, "Keep going up, upstream."

Although Gao Feilin was puzzled, he still did as he was told.

He followed Zong Yanli up the river and finally climbed up the cliff behind Daqu Gorge. Beyond that was the place where they had ambushed and killed the enemy before.

Zong Yanli did not stop, but went around to the back of Daqu Gorge and saw the surging waterfall at the back of the gorge. As the winter snow melted and the frost thawed, the water flow increased and the sound was very clear, so Zong Yanli found it easily.

"Let's climb up and take a look." Zong Yanli looked up at the waterfall slightly, tied the horse to the tree next to it, and climbed to the top of the waterfall with Gao Feilin to find the source of the water.

A large lake appeared above, with some of the ice on the lake not completely melted. The temperature on the mountain dropped by several degrees. The snow on the pine trees had not melted, and the icicles hanging on the branches reflected beautiful light under the sunlight.

Gao Feilin climbed up panting, and couldn't help but marvel when he saw this scene.

There was thick snow in the shade of the trees, in places not exposed to the sun, which made a crackling sound when stepped on.

"There is fog on the lake?" Gao Feilin followed Zong Yanli and saw that she was not appreciating the beautiful scenery at the moment. Instead, she stepped on the creaking road and jumped to the top of the waterfall, looking into the distance as if observing something.

"That is..." Gao Feilin followed Zong Yanli's gaze and looked far away, his eyes suddenly widened: "Pofu Pass!?"

"General, we can actually see Pofu Pass from here. This river branch is the water source inside the pass." Gao Feilin said with surprise.

Zong Yanli also smiled. The air above was really cold, and she couldn't help shivering. She exhaled white air while speaking and said, "The water flow of the waterfall is not big now, and the pool water has not been unsealed yet. It's a good opportunity."

Gao Feilin looked at Zong Yanli with some confusion, not understanding what good opportunity there was.

Zong Yanli turned around and looked at the fairyland-like place behind him, and said calmly: "The terrain here is excellent, with mountains as barriers and lakes as reservoirs."

"I cut down trees to build embankments, dug mountains to make lakes, and stored river water here." Zong Yanli slowly raised his hand and pointed at Pofu Pass, saying, "The day when the frost and snow melt away, the flood will break through the embankments and flood Pofu Pass."

"It was also the day our army broke through the first pass of Qi State."

Zong Yanli's words were powerful. Gao Feilin's pupils widened as he listened to Zong Yanli's words. In that dazed moment, he seemed to see the light reflected from the water shining on Zong Yanli.

At this moment, she seemed to be standing on the top of a mountain, with her mortal body standing on par with gods.

Gao Feilin's breathing stagnated for a moment, and then he lowered his eyes to look at the lake, the waterfall, and then at Pofu Pass where the river flows. His heart suddenly became hot, and his breathing became heavier. A bit of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.

Finally, he took a step forward and knelt down in front of Zong Yanli and said, "General, this plan is unparalleled in the world!"

Zong Yanli pursed his lips slightly and smiled faintly, then turned to face the direction of Pofu Pass. The smile on his face gradually widened, and finally he lowered his eyes and said, "If this plan succeeds, it will be unparalleled in the world."

It was already dark when the two returned to the camp. Zong Yanli found that the atmosphere in the camp was a little strange as soon as he entered.

Long Feiguang came over quietly and told Zong Yanli: "This afternoon, Mr. Wujiu had a fight with General Meng..."

Zong Yanli did not show any surprise when he heard this. Instead, he nodded seriously and asked, "How is the battle going?"

"Hmm..." Long Feiguang was a little bit hard to judge, because these two people were not really fighting, but rather venting their anger at each other. Mr. Wujiu, who seemed gentle on weekdays, could actually do something like peeing on someone's bed! ?

Yes, I peed on Monk's bed.

Because Monkey spat on Mr. Wujiu's painting...

They are all grown up, how can they still act like children and do such ridiculous things!

After listening to Long Feiguang's story, Zong Yanli fell silent. She suddenly felt restless and wanted to leave the tent. However, before she could get up, she saw Meng Qi and Zhan Haoyue coming in angrily.

Sure enough, I came to reason with her.

Zong Yanli suddenly felt a headache and suddenly grabbed Long Feiguang who was about to leave.

Long Feiguang: “…”

He turned his head to look at Zong Yanli, staring at the hand that was pulling him, what did this mean!!!

Zong Yanli smiled peacefully at Long Feiguang. We are all brothers and should share the same difficulties.

Then Long Feiguang was forced to act as an official to judge a case with Zong Yanli. Facing Zhan Haoyue and Meng Qi, he acted completely as if he was giving his own opinion and was vague without making any statement, and he got away with it.

"What did the general do today?" Long Feiguang looked a little tired, obviously bearing pressure that he shouldn't have to bear. He looked at Zong Yanli with a dim gaze and asked.

"Ah..." Zong Yanli's eyes were a little dull, and his mind was full of images of spitting and wetting on the bed.

Hearing Long Feiguang's words, he forced himself out of his thoughts, sat up straight and said, "I have a plan to break through Pofu Pass, but it seems that I can't say more today. Let's discuss it in two days."

Zong Yanli smiled helplessly. She didn't want to call Monkie and Zhan Haoyue back.

Zong Yanli said solemnly: "In the next few days, arrange for the soldiers in the army to go out in batches to cut down trees and dig up soil and sand. I will be of great use to them."

Long Feiguang nodded in agreement, and then asked in detail about the size of the wood and the softness of the sand. After he had an idea in mind, he turned around and left.

The next day, Zong Yanli finished the last dose of medicine, and Feng Pei came to check Zong Yanli's pulse as usual. Just when Zong Yanli thought he was ready to go into battle, Feng Pei quickly gave him a few more doses of medicine, and Zong Yanli's body, which had just stood up, collapsed in an instant.

"I think my injury is no longer a problem." Zong Yanli said while struggling. In order to prevent her from using her internal energy, Wen Nian even took away her knife!

"It still needs to be stabilized." Feng Pei stared at Zong Yanli with a serious face and said, "The most taboo thing about internal injuries is to get angry before they are healed."

"..."

What could she do?

Drink it, it’s just medicine, right?

Zong Yanli leaned his head weakly in the tent, sketching and drawing the blueprint for building a dam, as well as some detailed text descriptions.

In order to avoid being detected by the enemy, Zong Yanli would occasionally lead his troops to harass Pofu Pass, or call on Zhu Jin, Shi Gan Dang and others to challenge the generals in a fight, in order to train them, and when he was in a good mood, he would even launch a night attack.

This made Min Wenshan quite annoyed. He felt that Zong Yanli was a man who came up with endless plans to attack the city, and if one plan failed, there would be another one waiting for them.

This went on for more than a month, and at the beginning of April, the spring rains poured down.

The speed at which the snow on the top of the mountain melted also increased. The mountain had completely changed. A huge river embankment blocked the water level in the center of the lake, which increased day by day. The lake on the top of the mountain widened, and the valve made of wood was like a leak.

The beautiful scenery on this mountain is long gone.

Perhaps in times of war, the beauty of prosperity only exists for a brief moment.

Zong Yanli stood on the top of the mountain again and could no longer feel the cold. The snow on the top of the peak had completely melted, and the icicles had disappeared without a trace. The sky was gray and it was raining, and the river water was spreading at a rate that was difficult to stop.

"General, when do you plan to take action?" Long Feiguang walked over on the wet mountain road, turned his head to look at the soldiers who were reinforcing the pass, then looked back at Zong Yanli and asked.

"Wait." Zong Yanli clenched his fists slightly and said with a slight smile: "Wait for a downpour."

At this moment, Zong Yanli missed her Mr. Gongsun especially.

She didn't have the ability to predict the rain by observing the wind, so she could only guess based on her intuition. April was the rainiest month, so waiting for a rain shouldn't be a difficult task for her, but she couldn't predict the wind and rain more accurately.

Zong Yanli sighed slightly in his heart, turned his head and said to Long Feiguang: "We will prepare to move out of the camp in the next few days and secretly transport the food and military supplies in the camp."

"Our army's camp will also be damaged on the day of the flood release." Zong Yanli thought for a moment and said, "There is no need to hide it from the enemy. Even if the enemy detects our movements, there will be no problem."

"Yes." Long Feiguang agreed immediately after hearing this.

Min Wenshan always had people keeping an eye on Zong Yanli's movements outside the pass. When scouts learned that the enemy was planning to mobilize, he wondered whether they were coming to attack the city, or whether they felt that Pofu Pass was difficult to break through and wanted to switch to another attack.

After hearing the news, Min Wenshan immediately called his generals to discuss Zong Yanli's intention to mobilize the army. At this moment, Min Wenshan was staring at the various passes on the map and thinking, "Why did Zong Yanli mobilize the army at this time?"

"It's not easy to march in heavy rain. With Zong Yanli's ability to lead the army, it's impossible that he doesn't know this." Min Wenshan felt that something was wrong and frowned as he thought hard.

"Is this a strategy of the enemy to lure us out?" Someone nearby asked, "Are they trying to lure our troops out to fight the enemy?"

"Our army is not defeated. Even if we go out to meet the enemy, Zong Yanli may not win." Min Wenshan immediately shook his head. Whether in terms of the number of troops or in the competition of weapons, Qi has never been the weaker party.

Therefore, if Zong Yanli wanted to lure the enemy into battle, he must set an ambush.

Min Wenshan got information from scouts and did not see that Zong Yanli had such intention.

He wondered, "Why do I feel like they are planning to withdraw their troops? Are they pretending to retreat?"

Min Wenshan was puzzled again. The current situation was not a disadvantage for Zong Yanli, so why should he withdraw his troops? If he pretended to withdraw, wouldn't he be able to see at a glance that it was a fake? What kind of strategy would that be?

The generals in the tent were talking to each other, and for a moment they were all speechless. Xue Liqing was a little tired of listening to them, so he stood up and said, "Foster father, why don't you let me go out and meet him and find out the details!"