Qin Yi’s body stiffened slightly, suddenly understanding the other party’s intention.
In a blink of an eye, Qin Yi suddenly pondered another problem!
"You said earlier that soone blasted the river open? Quickly check again, who is so audacious and reckless to dare destroy the river and cause mass devastation?"
"Hey, isn’t it obvious? Who else would intentionally destroy the river other than our enemy, the Defender General Zhou Zhenchao outside the city?"
Mo Xianfeng looked gloomy, "In these years, Hezhong has been relying mainly on the defence provided by the wide waters around the city. Now that the enemies are using the ’draw a stake from under the cauldron’ strategy. What shall we do?"
"Quick! Go and block the breach!"
"It’s too late!"
Mo Xianfeng shook his head, "By the ti I got there, the rapid current had already torn through the mountains. The montum of the water was far beyond the control of hundreds or thousands of people. Plus, the enemy has stationed troops near the breach, they are determined to not let us intervene."
"He’s right."
Old Cheng also analyzed the situation, "Even if we want to intervene now, the city only has less than two thousand soldiers, defending one sector would leave another vulnerable. It’s a difficult choice!"
If they set off to repair the dikes, they would inevitably fail to defend the city. If they defend Hezhong, then there wouldn’t be enough manpower to repair the dikes, not to ntion the hindrances from the enemy army outside the city walls!
Whether to defend the city or to build dikes, Qin Yi, who was responsible for defending the city, already had an answer.
"Damn Zhou Zhenchao, he cornered us as soon as he arrived at Hezhong!"
Mo Xianfeng cursed angrily!
After a mont of adjustnt, Qin Yi was back to being calm, "Now that we know the opponent’s strategy, we cannot wait idly. Prepare more rolling wood, blast stones, and the like. They will co in handy at so point."
With the order given, the pioneer quickly passed it down to prepare.
"Zhou Zhenchao is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of commoners! I, Qin Yi, will rember this debt. I will repay it with interest for these innocent commoners who have beco collateral damage, I will not let him go! Never!"
Qin Yi solemnly swore!
They sent a small cavalry to check the breach, but unexpectedly, Zhou’s army had stationed a large battalion there. The Qin army lost the initiative and had to retreat disheartenedly.
Although they were fully prepared in advance, they had to watch the river gradually dry up. Even the moat outside Hezhong City has lost half of its water level. Qin Yi felt unease seeing the hungry look in General Zhou’s eyes.
Without water in this moat, how could it serve as a city defense? They still couldn’t stop the water in the moat from slowly drying up, eventually revealing the muddy bottom.
Zhou Zhenchao is not an easy nut to crack either, he attempted to attack the city tower several tis.
The moat of Hezhong was around 20 ters wide and deep, and the mud at the bottom was filled with hidden blade traps and chanisms. Zhou Zhenchao’s troops, not knowing what they were getting into, plunged into the muddy bottom, instantly struck by the hidden blades and riddled with holes! Zhou Zhenchao had no choice but to order his troops to launch a fierce attack on the city, using countless corpses to pave a bloody path!
By the ti his troops finally crossed the 20 ters wide mud, Qin Yi and his n were already prepared!
Rolling wood, blast stones, and boiling water was poured down, several charges against the city were repelled by Qin Yi’s troops.
Qin Yi did not dare to let his guard down for a mont, guarding the city day and night. Any slight movent would imdiately wake him up, thwarting the enemy’s attacks several tis. However, the most important issue was the depletion of drinking water!
Even without water, the city walls can still provide protection.
But without water to drink, it might be bearable for half a day, but who could endure it for a long ti?
Days passed, July ca and went, and by the Mid-Autumn of August, the mud at the bottom of the moat was completely dried and cracked into a spider-like web. Moreover, only four ancient wells in the city could draw water.
At this point, everyone in the city was in constant fear. Whether it was day or night, long lines ford outside the wells to fetch water. Despite this, water disputes constantly escalated into violent incidents.
In desperation, Qin Yi directly ordered the governnt office to take control of the four ancient wells, and people in the city had to bring their household registrations to collect drinking water per head.
Water scarcity has beco an imminent issue for Hezhong!
Naturally, the issue of digging wells was brought up.
Hezhong was originally nad after a river that surrounds the city. Now that the river has dried up, revealing a riverbed resembling a spider web. They dug down tens of ters, but there was still no sign of water, which was truly chilling.
Everyone looked on, utterly disheartened!
Qin Yi thought for a while and thought of Pan’er.
When they faced shortage of food and fodder, it was Pan’er who helped co up with solutions. Perhaps she might have a solution for the current crisis?
But to find Pan’er, they need that rascal pig to run errands. But despite searching every corner of Hezhong, there was no sign of the pig. It seed that the rascal pig had run off to Pan’er’s place to cool down!
It’s understandable, with its high mountains and dense forests, not to ntion the produce from the fields, the Mountain Village is undoubtedly better than this oven-like city!
And most importantly, they won’t lack water to drink...
Su Pan’er isn’t short of water!
They were currently drinking spring water from the Mountain Village. This water, which is bubbling up from the underground subterranean river, is clear and sweet, warm in winter and cool in sumr.
In August, when the osmanthus is fragrant, it is the harvest season for the waterlons planted on the mountain.
Pick a large and ripe waterlon, place it in a bamboo basket, and put it down in the well to cool it down. After two-quarters of an hour, bring it up and cut it into slices. The surface of the waterlon is still slightly cold, and when you eat it, it’s refreshingly sweet and the heat is instantly gone!
Su Pan’er’s favorite is frozen fruit desserts.
Cucumber, waterlon, tomato, nectarine, apple, grape, pear... the ingredients are not limited, the varieties are not limited, peeling and slicing as appropriate, all cooled in well water, laid out in a platter. When it’s ti to eat, pour on the honey that is produced in the Mountain Village. The delightful taste is so good you might end up eating your fingers!
The rascal pig was only the size of a newborn tiny kitten, but when it ca to eating, it could out-eat three grown n. Two large waterlons can’t fill its stomach.
One cannot help but wonder where all that food goes in such a small body?
Su Pan’er knew that this rascal pig couldn’t be judged by conventional standards, so naturally, she kept it to herself.
The rascal pig was holding a large waterlon, eating it with the peel, without spitting out the seeds. It would eat until it fell asleep and then continue to eat when it woke up.
Seeing this, Su Pan’er touched her earlobe, thinking, should she send so waterlons to Qin Yi in Hezhong? After all, there was an abundance of waterlons in the mountain village and it would be a sha to waste them if they couldn’t be finished.
Hmm, it seems, looks like, probably, she guessed.....she hasn’t sent anything to Hezhong for almost half a month now?
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