The Era of Generals

Chapter 374   The Timing Is Wrong

Rumble——

Zheng Yuanyun, who was waiting outside Xilong City, suddenly heard a loud noise like thunder.

This made his complexion change drastically, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from.

At the end of the river, a two-foot-tall wall of water was rushing towards them. It was so powerful that people felt fearful at first sight.

"How can it be!"

Zheng Yuanyun's complexion changed drastically. Isn't this the Hong Feng who just ordered his subordinates to block no matter what, and not let the other party open the gate?

how so fast

Judging from the situation at the scene, it is actually not a good time to open the gate, because Zheng Yuanyun ordered the catapult troop to throw stones into the river, which was just the beginning.

At this juncture, his ammunition is still sufficient, and the stones at the bottom of the river have not yet accumulated enough to emerge from the water.

If the opponent wants to use water attack to make his efforts futile, then no matter how you look at it, he should wait a little longer before launching this second move.

It would be too impatient to launch it now.

This is the reason why although Zheng Yuanyun ordered his scouts to find out the location of the embankment, he was not in a hurry to order people to deal with it.

When he thought about it, he should have delayed it a little longer, this would be the best time to start it.

The water came earlier!

After being surprised, he calmed down instead.

Fortunately, although his army was close to the river bank, it was still some distance away. The flood wall was menacing, but it would not cause any damage to him.

The only loss may be the stones that were driven into the river before.

It was just a stone, and there was no major loss. Not to mention that his backup ammunition was still sufficient, even if it was not enough, it would not take much trouble to replenish it with local materials.

On the contrary, it was the flood peak, which was blocked by the dam before, so after the gate was opened to release the water, the first wave of water was very turbulent, but after the peak of this wave, the flow of water will inevitably become flat.

At that time, if he asked the soldiers to throw stones, there would be nothing Xilong City could do to him.

It was nothing more than the rising water level of the river, and he needed to put in more stones.

Stupid move!

Thinking of this, a sneer crossed the corner of Zheng Yuanyun's mouth. Didn't the coach of Xilong City lose his head when he made this move?

For a general who can't even understand the situation, how can He De stop him from advancing?

"Send the order, everyone stop, wait until the water flow calms down before launching an attack, and in addition, order people to collect suitable stones everywhere to make up for the loss!"

Zheng Yuanyun spoke extremely quickly and gave orders regarding the current changes. At this moment, the look of surprise on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by a look of indifference.

Compared with Zheng Yuanyun's calmness, Ning Zhenggang at the head of Xilong City was furious.

"Who told you to call the water now!?"

Ning Zhenggang also saw the roaring violent water waves, and his face turned red with anger.

It is true that he asked people to open the gate to release the water, but the time was also calculated.

There is always someone guarding the embankment, but the gates cannot be opened in advance without his order.

So when Ning Zhenggang saw Zheng Yuanyun's tactics, he began to send people over to give orders, and calculated the time required for his subordinates to travel. It's just the right time to open the gate and release the water.

However, his people should have left not long ago. It is absolutely impossible for them to be near the dam now, let alone they have already seen the violent water rushing from the upper reaches, and this should not be the case.

According to calculations, it should have been delayed for at least half an hour, and this time point is very suitable.

In other words, although he was also thinking about opening the gate to release the water, in fact, his subordinates did not follow his instructions completely, and for some reason, they released the water ahead of time.

This big move should have been reserved for the most critical moment as the winning hand, and the key to winning or losing is simply impossible now!

"damn it!"

Ning Zhenggang was burning with anger, but he couldn't attack for a while, so he could only say angrily: "After this battle, I will cut off all the people who are in charge of guarding the embankment!"

How could he have thought that the person who destroyed his plan was not the soldiers guarding the embankment, but a third-party force that had been hiding in the dark.

Chen Ze.

As the person who issued this order, Chen Ze naturally knew the most suitable time to open the gates and release the water compared to Xilong City.

But first of all, he also knew that Zheng Yuanyun had discovered the opponent's hidden backhand, and he also sent 100,000 cavalry to control the dam upstream.

The speed of the cavalry is so fast, and the number is also a terrifying one hundred thousand. How can it be compared with the hundreds of defenders guarding the embankment?

To put it bluntly, just spitting can drown those defenders.

Once Zheng Yuanyun took over the dam, Chen Ze would only have Zhang Hualin at his disposal. Even if he had a general, he would still be able to defeat hundreds of defenders. How about letting Zhang Hualin fight against 100,000 cavalry alone?

I'm afraid it's a loss of loyalty, right?

He acted urgently, and although it was not the best time to attack, Chen Ze decisively asked Zhang Hualin to cut off the iron chain.

In addition to the second point, Chen Ze did not have to keep Zheng Yuanyun outside Xilong City.

If everything went perfectly, and in addition, Xilong City would reserve some other back-ups in case, making Zheng Yuanyun feel desperate and choose not to attack the city anymore?

It's okay for him not to attack the city. After all, Zheng Yuanyun set off in a hurry, just to get more benefits before the reinforcements arrived.

If it is really impossible, in order to preserve his strength, it is not impossible for him to return to Ketan City.

Chen Ze didn't want Zheng Yuanyun to come back.

Back in Ketan City, while waiting for the reinforcements to arrive, didn't he want to do something?

For example... targeting Chen Ze?

It's not impossible either.

So in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Ze will not leave any hope to Zheng Yuanyun.

In the final analysis, he has nothing to do with the Nantes provincial capital. Whether Zheng Yuanyun is defeated or not, what Chen Ze has been planning is how to gain a foothold in this chaos.

Therefore, Zheng Yuanyun's capture of Xilong City was not all beneficial to Chen Ze, at least it would make him further away from Ketan City.

The farther you go, the safer Chen Ze will be here, until Zheng Yuanyun finally meets Ouyang Lixing head-on, the two fight each other, and the reinforcements he has been waiting for have not arrived, then Zheng Yuanyun should cry when.

So, it's not the right time?

Then it wouldn't be suitable, Chen Ze didn't feel anything about it at all.