From eunuch to emperor

"Don't you know how to raise the height? So much food is soaked in water, and the soldiers have diarrhea, how can they fight!"

Yan Xi was in a bad mood, so he vented his anger on the grain official.

The grain officer was so depressed that he didn't dare to answer back, but he just sighed helplessly: "If the stagnant water doesn't recede, this house will collapse."

There were not so many brick houses in ancient times, and most of them were rammed with mud, which was just a wall.

This granary is also a wall made of tamped mud. After soaking in water, the foot of the wall has begun to melt.

Yan Xi glanced at the soft wall, and left the granary helplessly.

After stepping over the deserted wall, Yan Xi walked towards the commander's mansion.

When they got outside, Yan Xi didn't look for ghosts, but asked someone to find Erniang Feng.

After a while, Erniang Feng came over, and Yan Xi went up with a flattering expression.

"Chief Escort, I would like to trouble you to report something. There is too much water in the city, and the military rations have been soaked up. If this continues..."

Before Yan Xi finished speaking, Erniang Feng said: "This is military affairs, General Yan himself told the master."

After finishing speaking, Erniang Feng turned around and went into the backyard.

Feng Erniang is only responsible for guarding ghost fetuses and collecting intelligence, she doesn't care about the military affairs.

Of course, also because it's a mess, it's best left alone.

Yan Xi had no choice but to linger outside the door for a while, then bit the bullet and went in to report.

Kneeling at the door to report, the ghost said coldly: "I have read the records, the rain will not last for a few days, let them bear it."

The rainy season lasts for two months, but the continuous rainstorm lasts only about ten days, and I want to wait for the rain to stop.

Yan Xi immediately bowed and said, "Your servant is in command!"

After exiting the commander's mansion, Yan Xi walked around the city, full of scolding voices.

"Being a soldier eats food, it's fine if the food is not enough, and it's moldy! Feed us like pigs!"

"It's not good if you don't sleep or eat well. What kind of war is going to be fought? I want to go home!"

"We are soldiers without mothers. Look at the forbidden army. If we lose a battle, we still have food to eat!"

"There are still fish on the street, catch them and eat them!"

Yan Xi knew that there would be a mutiny if this continued, but there was nothing he could do.

...

After a few days, the torrential rain slowly stopped and the sun finally came out.

Hukou mountain top.

When Long Chen came out of the cave, he suddenly felt that the sun was not bad.

It rained for a while, and it was hard to hide in a damp hole.

"Compared to here, Shengxue Peak is much more comfortable."

Long Chen smiled.

Gongsun Linglong scratched her arm and said, "There are too many mosquitoes here, they killed me."

Gan Zhen looked at the sun and said, "My lord, the rain has stopped, and Linhu City can take a breather. Should we strike while the iron is hot?"

Long Chen nodded, and said: "The rain has stopped, we should start, let's blow up the trees at the mouth of the lake first."

Gan Zhen immediately took people down.

Gongsun Linglong asked curiously: "Explode? Why did you blow up the mouth of the lake?"

Once the mouth of the lake exploded and the water level dropped, the water in Linhu City would also recede. She didn't understand why.

Long Chen said: "You still want to squat here?"

Gongsun Linglong shook her head, she didn't want to be bitten by mosquitoes anymore.

Long Chen smiled and said: "If you don't want to be bitten by mosquitoes, then blow up the mouth of the lake, and we can leave."

Gongsun Linglong knew that Long Chen had his own considerations, so he didn't ask too many questions, and immediately packed his things and prepared to leave.

Gan Zhen led people to light the incense sticks in jars filled with explosives, and then added heavy objects to seal them.

The fishing boat rowed upstream, and Gan Zhen put down the jar.

The jars have weights that slowly sink into the water and drift with the current towards the mouth of the lake.

More than 100 jars floated over at the same time and were stopped by a big tree.

The incense burnt out, the gunpowder detonated, and there was a muffled sound underwater. The dead branches and trees were shattered, and began to break and deform under the pressure of water.

Finally, the giant tree was broken, and the water flowed down, making a huge roar.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Long Chen looked at the torrent at the mouth of the lake, and said: "It's time to go back!"

...

Linhu City.

There was still deep water in the city, some of the soldiers were riding on walls that hadn't collapsed, some were lying on trees, and some were on roofs.

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in strange shapes and postures.

But without exception, all were sick.

After soaking in water for so long, it either froze or had diarrhea, and many floating corpses had already floated in the water.

Li Chengdao was wearing armor, wading through the city, with no expression on his face, neither happy nor unhappy, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Walking up the west gate, the city was already full of soldiers.

Not only the west gate, but also the other three walls were crowded with people. Most of them basked in the sun wearing only a pair of trousers, or even nothing at all.

Seeing Li Chengdao coming, the soldiers didn't care and just lay there.

After soaking for so long, everyone feels that they are going to die, who cares whether you are the emperor or not.

Li Chengdao ignored it, and stood at the top of the city, looking at the lake, frowning slightly.

"Who retreated..."

Li Chengdao said softly.

In the commander's mansion, Erniang Feng had already noticed that the water had started to recede.

The reason is simple, the drainage ditches in the city started to drain again.

"Master, this servant requests to investigate again."

Feng Erniang wanted to find out if the mouth of the lake had been washed away.

Guitai nodded slightly and said: "No, if you don't go, let your subordinates go, go immediately!"

Guitai was worried that Feng Erniang would be killed, so she asked her to send someone else.

Feng Erniang was overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to investigate.