Flooding the city is a strategy suited for cities near rivers. By blocking the river path and flooding the city, the defending side is defeated without a fight.
In history, there have been many classic cases of this, and most of these cases were successful.
Because most city walls, unlike those of major border towns, are not made of stone but are rammed earth constructions, and once soaked for a long time, they collapse.
While Qinyang County is considered a major town, it is not entirely made of stone, so facing a water attack, it is helpless.
Zhao Jiang hesitates because, wanting to occupy the moral high ground and win the hearts of the people to conquer the country, flooding a city would bring unpredictable damage to his reputation.
The lords, seeing Zhao Jiang hesitate, naturally understood his considerations and began to speak:
