Chapter 1678: On Caution, the Living Yama's Billion Little Preparations

Once these words were spoken,

everyone was stunned, looking blank.

"Prime Minister, what does the widening of the river channel have to do with the army passing through quickly?"

Li Chengye looked puzzled.

Wang Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up; he stared at Gao Yang and said, "Is the Prime Minister thinking of borrowing the surging water flow to make the riverbed solid for marching?"

Gao Yang nodded lightly, his eyes extremely deep, and said, "Not bad! Exactly so!"

"This involves geological knowledge. Simply put, when the water flow speed is too low and the entire Weak Water is in the dry season, the riverbed is exposed, and quicksand traps are dense; the army cannot march along the river channel!"

"But when summer comes, the temperature rises, the snow on the mountains near Canglan Mountain melts, flows into the streams, and pours into the Weak Water; the water flow speed surges, and the riverbed will enter a stable period, a surging period."

"During the stable period and the surging period, when the meltwater runoff from Canglan Mountain increases in speed and pours over the riverbed, the gaps between the sand grains in the riverbed are filled with water, forming a special saturated state. At this time, the surface of the sand grains in the major tributaries of the Weak Water will produce a kind of capillary force, making the sand grains in the riverbed cement, and the bearing capacity will increase by three times."

"This phenomenon is also called 'the bearing capacity enhancement effect of saturated non-cohesive soil!'"

Boom!

Accompanying Gao Yang's voice, the generals were all stunned.

They didn't expect that the water flow speed had such an important role.

But what is sand grain cementing, and whose learning is geological knowledge?

Simply unheard of!

Everyone looked blank, as if listening to a heavenly book.

Gao Yang continued: "Based on this principle, during the stable period, the army can attack along the riverbank and take water!"

"During the surging period, the riverbed is solid, and the central waterway can be used for the army to wade across!"

"And now the snow is melting, the Weak Water flow speed is surging, and it is in the surging period; our army can completely attack along the river channel, and the Xiongnu tribes must also live by the water, and they are the army's supply stations!"

"This general has explained it this way; can the generals understand?" Gao Yang asked, his mouth dry from explaining.

The generals shook their heads in unison.

Gao Yang: "..."

Li Chengye was extremely excited; the principle was not important, what was important was that Da Qian would benefit from this.

"Prime Minister, are these words... true?"

Li Chengye's voice was trembling.

Gao Yang stood with his hands behind his back and said lightly, "Previously, this Prime Minister sent out scouts; when the army withdrew from Evil Wolf Ridge, this Prime Minister personally watched the Weak Water flow speed."

"The army can gallop, there is absolutely no problem."

"With such a wide riverbed, there is naturally no need to worry about water usage."

Gao Yang being this certain undoubtedly gave everyone a powerful tonic!

"Prime Minister, but the Sudan Great Desert is too big, and the Weak Water river channel does not go directly to the Xiongnu's great rear, Crescent Spring; it is necessary to cross the core of the Sudan Great Desert—the four hundred miles of quicksand!" ===== CHAPTER 1680 =====