Cui Liang's thinking was very simple: he would use the terrain advantage of the great canyon west of Guining City to drown Yang Zhengshan's seven armies in a flood.
This would not be hard to carry out. The current in the upper reaches of the Yinghe was not swift, so cutting it off would not be difficult, and the exit of Guining City's great canyon happened to be the riverbed of the Yinghe. The canyon mouth was only a dozen or so zhang wide; as long as that exit was blocked, the canyon would immediately become a lake.
When the time came, they would open the exit again, and the river water filling the canyon would instantly flood a hundred li, turning the surroundings of Guining City into a vast ocean.
Moreover, it would not be difficult to execute. They only needed a few thousand soldiers to complete it.
After thinking of this method, Cui Liang himself could not help growing a little excited.
He felt this idea was simply brilliant!
Since he could not defeat Yang Zhengshan head-on, then he would borrow the lay of the land to defeat him.
No matter how formidable Yang Zhengshan was, could he possibly stop a surging flood?
Once he had decided, Cui Liang immediately moved into action, mustering two thousand soldiers to go to the canyon.
On the other side, Yang Zhengshan was leading the army westward.
Just as Cui Liang had thought, Yang Zhengshan intended to enter Chongshan Town's West Route through Guining City.
This was something he could not do anything about, because the official road running east to west through Chongshan Town passed through Guining City. If he wanted to reach Chongshan Town's West Route as quickly as possible, he had to pass through Guining City.
After the army