From eunuch to emperor

The east gate of Linhu City opened, and Erniang Feng walked slowly into the city, followed by the imperial guards sparsely behind her.

Yan Xi saw it from the top of the city, but he ignored Feng Erniang.

There was more and more water in the city, Feng Erniang and Xuanjizi waded to the direction of the commander's mansion, and the forbidden troops returned to their camps.

Wu Hongying looked at the few remaining Forbidden Army, and said distressedly: "Old Yan, half of our Forbidden Army's family property has been lost just like this!"

These forbidden soldiers belonged to them. They took 5 people out yesterday, and today only a few thousand people came back. Wu Hongying felt as distressed as cutting flesh.

Yan Xi said helplessly: "10 forbidden troops, half of them will be lost at one time...Knowing that Long Chen might be there, and let Erniang Feng lead the troops..."

With so many people in the city, only Guitai can fight Long Chen one-on-one, and Erniang Feng will deliver food when she goes there.

Yan Xi didn't understand why Guitai did this.

Wu Hongying said: "Maybe I went to the doctor in a hurry."

The two watched Feng Erniang enter the commander's mansion, and Xuanjizi went back to his yard dejectedly.

Feng Erniang entered the backyard, and the ghost was waiting for news.

Seeing Feng Erniang coming in alone, the devil knew that nothing happened.

"what happened?"

The ghost didn't take action to punish, Feng Erniang knelt down and said: "It is true that Longchen's iron chain across the river blocked the lake mouth, and the lake water could not flow out."

"When the servant brought soldiers and horses to the mouth of the lake, he met Long Chen. He was on the top of the mountain in the east. The servant is no match."

The ghost had already guessed that Long Chen might be there, but this didn't affect it. If fifty thousand forbidden troops acted together, it would be easy to break the iron chain, and Long Chen couldn't kill him alone.

This is also the reason why the ghost dared to send Feng Erniang there.

The original intention of the ghost fetus was not to let Erniang Feng fight, but to use the method of melee to break the iron chain.

"Isn't 5 people enough? How many people did Long Chen bring?"

The ghost asked coldly.

Feng Erniang immediately replied: "There is accumulated water hundreds of meters around the mouth of the lake, and the water depth is more than 2 meters. The imperial army cannot pass through."

"Only Long Chen rushed down from the mountain alone, the slave was defeated, and the guardian died in battle."

Guitai's face was gloomy, he forgot one thing, there is water in the city, and there must be water near the mouth of the lake.

Therefore, it is useless to have many people.

If you want to break the iron chain, you must do it yourself.

However, in case Long Chen set up a trap at the mouth of the lake, if he went by himself, he would be throwing himself into the trap.

"This guy is so treacherous..."

Guitai got up and stood under the eaves, looking worried at the stagnant water in the yard.

Now it seems that once Long Chen completes the iron chain across the river, there is no way to get rid of the ghost fetus.

"If only I had his thing."

The ghost is talking to himself.

The thing he was talking about was gunpowder.

Others don't know gunpowder and artillery, but ghosts do.

If you make gunpowder into a jar, float down the river to the mouth of the lake, and explode the iron chain, things will be done.

It's a pity that Guitai didn't make gunpowder, because he looked down on this thing.

Thinking about it now, gunpowder is really a good thing.

"Is there no solution?"

Guitai raised his head and closed his eyes in thought.

Xuanjizi went back to the yard, and several maidservants tied their skirts around their waists, revealing two big white legs.

"I have seen the Taoist priest."

Xuanjizi ignored it and went straight to the attic.

The downstairs has been flooded, and the tables and chairs are floating on the water.

When they arrived at the attic, Chunxiu greeted him immediately.

"Is the Taoist alright?"

Brought dry clothes, Xuanjizi changed into it immediately, drank another pot of hot tea, and felt relieved.

"Long Chen is so vicious, he actually blocked the mouth of the lake."

"We brought [-] soldiers and horses there, but it was useless at all."

Chunxiu said: "Don't worry about him, it's useless if it's useless, don't hurt yourself."

Xuanjizi shook his head slightly and said: "The Holy Son seems to be using me as a meat shield, let me go for such an errand."

Thinking back to yesterday, that follower was killed as soon as they met each other, and Feng Erniang turned around and ran away.

Fortunately, Long Chen didn't target him, otherwise he would have been cold.

Chunxiu said: "Master Daoist, if things go wrong, we... just leave."

Xuanjizi nodded slightly, and said, "Stop talking."

...

Yingfeng led the troops back to Xianhe City, and the Empress immediately asked about the situation.

Yingfeng said it carefully, and the empress also felt very strange.

"Why didn't Li Chengdao say anything?"

The empress frowned and thought, Yingfeng said: "Maybe he really forgot, and it will be too late when he remembers."

On the way, Yingfeng also thought about it, and there was only one explanation.

The empress shook her head slightly, and said: "If I were Li Chengdao, I would never forget that he has a plan."

But why, the empress couldn't figure it out.

"I don't care about him, as long as the water attack strategy works, I'll talk about the rest later."

"Soldiers and horses everywhere are ready. With such a heavy rain, Linhu City won't last long."

"Also, prepare medicines for diarrhea and fever."

Yingfeng bowed and said: "This humble minister leads the decree."

...

The torrential rain continued intermittently, and the stagnant water in Linhu City reached up to the thighs, and people could be submerged in low-lying areas.

The soldiers were miserable in the city, eating and drinking in the water.

In the granary in the city, the granary official was explaining helplessly: "General Yan, the water is so deep that the wall is about to collapse. What can I do?"

Yan Xi's face was full of anger, but he was helpless.

There was not much military rations in the city, and they were soaked and moldy. The soldiers had nothing to eat, and they all clamored to go home.

Yan Xi came over to check the situation, and found that only the military rations at the top were edible, and the ones at the bottom were broken.