From eunuch to emperor

The old fisherman took the pastry and smiled happily: "I have never eaten such a good thing in my life."

Long Chen smiled, feeling a little sad.

The daily things of the rich and powerful cannot be obtained by the poor for a lifetime.

After eating a few pieces of pastry, the old fisherman carefully wrapped up the rest, and then lit a pipe.

Slowly smoking a cigarette, the old fisherman asked, "Where is the son?"

Long Chen smiled and said, "It's from Jinling."

The old fisherman said: "There is a mountain to the south of here, and there is a waterfall there. It will rain in a while, and that waterfall is beautiful."

"This place could be at war anytime, it's not a good place."

Long Chen asked with great interest: "Waterfall? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The old fisherman said: "The place is remote, the roads are not easy to walk, and there are few people going there. It's not surprising that you don't know."

"It's not safe here, it's not good to stay here."

Long Chen nodded slightly, and handed the dried meat in his hand to the old fisherman.

The old fisherman waved his hand and said, "I have bad teeth, I can eat fish, but I can't eat jerky anymore."

Picking up a few sticks of firewood and piled them on the fire, the fire got a little hotter.

"Old man, there is going to be a war here, why are you still here?"

Han Ziping patted his arm. There were many mosquitoes by the water, and the bites were uncomfortable.

The old fisherman said: "I was born here, and I will grow old here. If I leave here, where can I go?"

"You have fields and houses, but I only have this boat."

Han Ziping glanced at the repaired broken boat and felt that the old fisherman was a bit pitiful.

Looking in the direction of Linhu City, Long Chen said: "This battle can't be finished in twos and threes, it may take several years."

The old fisherman took a puff of his dry cigarette and said with a smile, "That's Dong Zhou stupid."

Han Ziping heard the old fisherman say that Long Chen was stupid, and immediately retorted: "Old man, the general of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is the King of Wu. He was good at fighting, wiped out Xixia, pacified the barbarians, and no one in the world can stop him. How can you say he is stupid?"

The old fisherman let out a puff of smoke and said with a smile: "If he is smart, why can't he take down Linhu City?"

Han Ziping refused to accept it, and said: "Old man, do you think that siege is fishing, and you can cast a net?"

The old fisherman laughed and said, "Who says you can catch fish by casting the net? You don't know where the fish are, and casting the net is useless."

Han Ziping didn't want to get to know the old fisherman, so he stopped talking to him.

But Long Chen asked: "Old man, if you are asked to lead troops to attack Linhu City, what will you do?"

Han Ziping couldn't help but said: "Master, don't ask, he is just a fisherman, let him lead the soldiers, all the soldiers have gone fishing for him."

The old fisherman was amused and said with a smile: "Young man said well, tens of 10 people help me fish, one fishing is enough for my retirement."

Han Ziping looked at the old fisherman speechlessly, he was quite funny.

"Don't mind the old man, Xiao Han likes to joke."

"You keep talking, what will you do if you keep leading troops?"

Long Chen asked sincerely.

The old fisherman said with a smile: "Young master is a young master, he is polite."

Han Ziping pouted, got up and picked up a pile of firewood.

"This Linhu City, the biggest problem is that it is next to Linhu."

The old fisherman started to talk, and Han Ziping immediately retorted, saying: "The biggest advantage of Linhu is that it is close to the lake. You can't attack from the southwestern side, you can only attack from the northeast side, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

The old fisherman smiled and said, "You are right, but not right."

Han Ziping was a little depressed. He is a bow and crossbow general with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. He was looked down upon by an old fisherman tonight.

"You keep saying, why is the biggest problem being next to the lake?"

Han Ziping was not convinced, the old fisherman took his time, smoked a cigarette, pointed to Linhu in the dark, and said: "When the rainy season comes, the water level of Linhu will rise, and the whole city will be submerged."

"If I lead troops, I will flood the city, and everyone inside will become fish and turtles."

Han Ziping didn't understand, and didn't know what Linhu City was like during the rainy season.

But Long Chen shook his head and smiled: "Old man, Linhu City has stood here for hundreds of years. It has experienced countless torrential rains, and I have never heard of a city being flooded."

"For a city built by a lake, the first thing to consider is flooding. Your old flooding strategy is not feasible."

Long Chen has been to Linhu, and he has also seen the city during the rainy season, the water surface is just right and will not flood the city.

Therefore, the old fisherman's suggestion is not feasible.

Han Ziping said disdainfully: "Did you hear that, if my young master says it's not feasible, then it's not feasible."

Long Chen was originally the general of Nanliang, if Long Chen said it was not feasible, then it must be impossible.

Han Ziping was very sure.

The old fisherman shook his head and smiled, "Young man, I have been fishing here for decades, so I know better than you."

"There are three big rivers to the west and north of the lake, and the lake flows out from a big river to the south."

"Once, the big river in the south was blocked by several big trees. It rained heavily at that time, and the water in the lake rose several meters overnight, and the city was flooded."

"If the river to the south is blocked, Linhu City will be submerged when the torrential rain comes."

Han Ziping looked at Long Chen, Long Chen suddenly realized, and said: "It makes sense, everyone thinks that Linhu City is the least likely to be flooded, but in fact, it is the easiest to be flooded."

The so-called blindness to Mount Tai, inertial thinking restrained him, never thought that the best way to break Linhu City was to flood it.

"Old man, if you are always in the army, at least you are a general!"

Long Chen admired it from the bottom of his heart, he didn't come up with a good solution for so long, the words of the old fisherman awakened the dreamer.

The old fisherman laughed and said: "Don't put a high hat on the old man, I am already old, what kind of general do I still want to be?"

"It's getting late, my boat is small, I can't ask you to sleep, what should you do?"

Long Chen said with a smile: "This fire is enough, old man, go and rest."

The old fisherman knocked on the cigarette ash, got up and went back to the boat to rest.

Long Chen didn't really need to sleep, so if he didn't sleep, Han Ziping would sleep on the ground.

Long Chen found some mosquito-repellent grass and burned it to disperse the mosquitoes around.

The old fisherman gave a good solution, flooding the city.

As long as the water in the lake rises sharply, Linhu City will become a land of floods, and the 50 troops inside will become fish and turtles.

In this way, the city can be captured with a small number of casualties.

Moreover, after soaking for a long time, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and after surrendering, they are all sent to the rear to farm.

Long Chen didn't want to kill more people, and he needed fighters to deal with the ghost clan in the future.

Han Ziping quickly fell asleep, Long Chen fiddled with the fire, slowly waiting for dawn.

...

A house in the north of Xianhe City.

Ji Zhang carried a man back to the room, put him on a chair, and tied his hands and feet.

After a while, the man faintly woke up.

"Who are you! How dare you attack me!"

The man was very angry, he tried to break free, but it was useless.

Ji Zhang wore a mask and said with a sneer, "The Holy Son asked me to ask, what kind of exercises Long Chen gave me."

Hearing that Long Chen had given the Long family extra mental methods, Ji Zhang immediately intercepted the people who came out of Xianhe City.

He already has the formula of longevity, and he also wants the Long family's mental method.

When the man heard the word Holy Son, he knew it was not good.

"You only want the Long family's exercises?"

the man asked tentatively.

Ji Zhang nodded and said, "Yes, tell me, I'll let you go!"