Chapter 296: Despair (Part II)
"Bastard, there must be a mole. Shao Yu hatefully threw out the Formation Breaking Overlord Spear in his hand, and a large stone on one side was directly pierced by the Formation Breaking Overlord Spear, and it was obliquely inserted on the ground in the distance, and the entire ground cracked like a spider's web.
"yes. Zhang Liang sighed deeply, the Central Plains tunnel map left by Changping Jun, such an important thing, was also leaked, at this time Zhang Liang didn't know who to suspect and who to believe.
After deciding to attack Xianyang City before, Zhang Liang and others immediately dispatched troops to prepare to use the secret passage to approach Xianyang, and after gathering 200,000 troops, they immediately began to act.
What people never expected was that after the army entered the middle of the tunnel, the entire tunnel immediately began to collapse, and the poor 200,000 troops, before they saw the enemy, were reduced by half, and about 100,000 people were buried in the ground.
The army was divided into three routes from three tunnels, and three routes entered the hinterland of Daqin, preparing to converge before attacking Xianyang City, but who would have thought that these three tunnels would collapse like this.
After the investigation, it was found that there were far more than these three tunnels, and now all the tunnels in the area occupied by the Great Qin Empire have collapsed, which means that the tunnel map left by Changping Jun has been abolished.
Knowing each tunnel so accurately, if the empire did not master the tunnel map, it was impossible, but very few people had completely seen that tunnel map.
But these people Zhang Liang thought about it, it was impossible for them to defect to the empire, and it was not reasonable to be reasonable, because, if the empire had such a high-level spies, it would be completely possible to launch it first when the anti-Qin forces rebelled, and even if they could not destroy the entire anti-Qin forces, they could also eliminate some of them, in that case, the anti-Qin forces would not reach their current momentum at all.
In fact, because of this tunnel map, the anti-Qin forces almost turned against each other, and all the forces demanded that this map be made public, with such a map, even if they destroyed Great Qin, they would not be able to sleep well in the future, who knows if that day, the enemy suddenly appeared.
Of course Tian Yan and the others disagree, this map is the key to the destruction of Great Qin, knowing that there are many people, it will definitely leak out, once it is known by the empire, then the problem will be big.
Fortunately, the high-level leaders of the six countries, in the face of the great enemy of Great Qin, plus the high-level of various countries, still have some friendships, and after getting a promise that once Great Qin is destroyed, the map will be announced as soon as possible, so that the matter can be temporarily suppressed.
But now it seems that the so-called map secrecy is completely unnecessary, the empire has long known about it, but if you want to suspect who leaked the secret, Zhang Liang can only smile bitterly.
Just like the Snow Girl of the Mo family, when the thieves don't betray, who would suspect that they are people of the empire.
Those who know the complete map include Zhang Liang himself, the masters of the peasant family, Shaoyu of the Xiang family, Fan Zeng, Xiang Liang, Gao Yuanli and Sledgehammer of the Mo family, and Xiaoyaozi.
It is suspected that one or a few of these people are spies of the Empire, and when there is no conclusive evidence, they are simply helping the Empire to provoke civil strife against the Qin forces.
Although the anti-Qin forces are already very discordant.
When there was no formal rebellion, the anti-Qin forces cooperated with each other, but when the formal rebellion and all countries restored their national names, they began to secretly preserve their power, and they began to intrigue with each other.
In the eyes of many people, the empire is now at the end of the crossbow and can only defend it, including Han Xin and Fan Zeng.
On the anti-Qin side, only Zhang Liang and Tian Yan felt very strange about the current strange situation, and they were very uneasy.
In this sneak attack on Xianyang City, only the Chu State, the Xiang clan and the peasant family each sent a part, Wei State, Yan State, South Korea, and other anti-Qin forces did not know that they had such an action.
Zhang Liang, Han Xin and the others quickly cleaned up their moods, they had reached this point, how could they not give up, otherwise, wouldn't it be too ridiculous.
"For now, the only way to do this is to attack. Han Xin said.
Zhang Liang, Fan Zeng, Tian Yan and others also agreed to this plan, even if there are traitors, they can't do anything in the face of a strong attack.
Soon this plan informed the entire anti-Qin force, and in the face of this plan, Zhao and Wei, and Korea were the ones to do, and Chu, Yan, and Qi were behind to support.
Who let the three directions in which the anti-Qin forces and the empire are entangled now, namely the land of Zhao, Wei, and Korea, if you want to get back your own land, you will definitely not be able to do it.
Qi supported Zhao, farmers supported Wei, Xiang supported Korea, and others who were not ready to send troops must provide weapons and equipment, grain, herbs, grass, etc., even the Wang family had to contribute some grain, grass and equipment.
Yan Guo really had no way to support, Meng Tian's 300,000 golden fire cavalry was eyeing him in the rear, forcing Yan Guo not to dare to move troops at will.
Speaking of which, this is somewhat similar to the six countries that jointly attacked Qin back then.
"This group of villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Shao Yu walked angrily towards his tent, and there was no blood on his body.
"Hey, if you continue to attack like this, the casualties will be too great. Zhang Liang shook his head slightly, facing the imperial army like a turtle shell, he had no choice.
Shaoyu's attack on this side is Yingchuan County, the former capital of South Korea Xinzheng, Bai Qi is in charge of here, in fact, Bai Qi has not made a move since he came to Yingchuan County, Yingchuan County's defense, as long as the guards do not make stupid mistakes, it can be called impregnable, Bai Qi is stupid. ”
What is the place in Yingchuan County, it has been arranged since Ye Wuji was very young, in the mountains on the edge of Yingchuan, there are hidden birds, Ye Wuji's experimental base, and there is also a steel mill.
The Gongyu family's Trap Beast Manufactory is also nearby.
Relying only on the dense crossbow arrow defense, the army led by Shao Yu suffered heavy losses, coupled with the powerful trap beast, Shao Yu attacked so many times in a row, and only once rushed to the city wall, but he faced the six sword slaves who had been waiting there for a long time, and was finally forced back.
When Shaoyu retreated, the cavalry in the city immediately dispatched and began to chase and kill.
Shaoyu, Zhang Liang and others also wanted to take advantage of the fake retreat and wanted to ambush the cavalry in the city, but unfortunately every ambush was seen through by Bai Qi, but they were calculated by the generals, and the fight was even worse.
This situation made Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng very depressed, and the two joined forces, but they couldn't take advantage of it.
"Long time no see, Han Shin. "Anyi City, Zhang Han stood on the city wall, looking at Han Xin below with complicated eyes, although the two had fought many times before, it was the first time they had met on the battlefield.
"Don't you want to be on a par with me?" Han Xin looked up at Zhang Han and said lightly.
"There's no need for that. Zhang Han shook his head and said.
"Did you only learn to be a shrunken turtle from the teacher?" exclaimed Han Xin.
"What the teacher is best at, you should understand, you are doomed. Zhang Han said.
"What do you mean by that?" Han Xin looked at Zhang Han in surprise, what Wei Yuzi was good at, of course he understood, but it was a pity that none of the several disciples taught by Wei Yuzi learned what he was best at.
"It's not interesting, but it seems that you can only return in vain today, or that you are ready to attack regardless of casualties. Zhang Han wanted to have a head-on fight with Han Xin, but unfortunately he knew the gap between them, and it was impossible for him to fall for Han Xin.
In terms of the art of war and strategy, Zhang Han is confident that he will not be inferior to Han Xin, but the gap between the soldiers under the two is huge, and the main force in Han Xin's hands is a peasant disciple.
As the former leader of the Shadow Secret Guard, he knew very well the strength of the peasant family, and the land of 100,000 disciples was in a large array, and without several times the number of troops, it was impossible for the peasant family to be the opponent.
Why did Han Xin go undercover in the farmhouse before, it was to learn how to make a big formation in this place, if it was another person in command, Zhang Han would not be afraid of the other party.
The Great Array of 100,000 Peasant Disciples sounds powerful, but if you want to give full play to the strength of the Great Array, it is not something that ordinary people can do.
The more people in the formation, the more difficult it is to cooperate.
However, there is no doubt that Han Xin is the one who can exert the maximum power of the 100,000-strong Earth Array.
"Hmm. Han Xin looked at Zhang Han who disappeared on the city wall irritably, and returned in vain for so many days in a row, which made many people look at him with mockery.
Unlike Shaoyu, Han Xin did not have such a prominent identity, if it wasn't for Tian Yan's attention, he would not have been able to get the command of the peasant disciple.
He desperately needed a big victory to prove his strength, but unfortunately he never had a chance, and Han Xin had no good way to face the Great Qin army that was shrinking into defense.
The equipment of the two sides is too far apart, the crossbow arrows defending the city on the imperial side are almost all over the city wall, and the number of trap beasts is even more than that supported by the Mo family.
In the case of a trap beast guarding the city, the ladder can't be driven up at all, and if you want to set up the ladder, you must destroy the trap beast, but the trap beast has always been within the defensive range of the crossbow on the city wall, and it will never exceed this distance.
Under the threat of the city-defending crossbow, even the top masters are in danger, especially in wartime, if hundreds of city-guarding crossbows are aimed at one person, the top masters can't stop them.
It's a loop with no solution.
Attacking Zhang Han, Bai Qi's army was at least still fighting bravely, but the Zhao army that attacked Li Mu looked like they hadn't eaten enough, but they were shouting loudly and weakly, after the heavy losses in the first siege, the battlefield here became such a situation.
The people of Zhao and Qi had no intention of fighting at all, if Shaoyu, Han Xin and the others saw this scene, they didn't know if they would be angry.
"It's a killer. Ye Wuji looked at the information in his hand and shook his head slightly.
Of course, he did the collapse of the tunnel, he buried a large number of detonation charms in the tunnel, and immediately detonated them after the anti-Qin forces entered.
"Sure enough, science is needed. After receiving that all the tunnels in the empire's current coverage area had collapsed, Ye Wuji smiled faintly.
In the Hokage world, the learned method of using the detonation charm has finally been applied here, how to use the least detonation charm to achieve the maximum effect.
It's like a student at a ninja school who calculates a parabola, calculating kunai's attack trajectory and attack range.
It can be seen here that Uchiha Itachi is a scholar, and his method of changing the Kunai attack target in mid-air is actually a scientific calculation method, but there are few such scholars, so it seems that Uchiha Itachi is very powerful.
"I see how many of you have asked me to kill. "From Yingzheng dominating the world, to now the world is in chaos, there are still so many armies in the six countries, and ordinary people may be very strange that so many armies in the six countries are here.
Even if the Great Wall was built before, the straight road escaped with hard labor, and became a soldier again, it would not be possible to have so many soldiers, but now the army of the Six Nations is not much less than when Ying Zheng destroyed the Six Kingdoms.
Ordinary soldiers are from ordinary people's families, and when necessary, they can pull strong men, this is an ordinary soldier, and Daqin's army is composed of this.
In this era, the census of Daqin is the best, thanks to the blessing of Shang Ying, the people of Daqin actually have something called an ID card, which is said to be an ID card, but it is actually a small and thin square of wood, on which is written what is your name, where you live, and what gender.
Since there are no photos, it is easy to fake them.
After Yingzheng dominated the world, he has been implementing this policy, but unfortunately it has not been smooth, so that no one dares to openly disobey Yingzheng's orders, but they are all in disobedience.
Hiding the population, this is what the family has been doing, not to mention the six countries of Shandong, that is, Daqin, Shang Ying's ID card policy is good, but there are still a large number of people hidden by the family.
For the Maison, this population is wealth.
There is a large population and a lot of taxes, and there is no such thing as a black household in this era, so the family is desperately trying to hide the population and the land.
In particular, there was a class of slaves, which was not favored, and even though Shang Yang had been advocating the abolition of slavery, it had not succeeded until now.
Not to mention Shang Ying, the real slavery was really abolished in the era of Taizu.
This hidden population is the largest source of the strength of the Six Kingdoms, and it is also the support of the family for the anti-Qin strength, an ordinary family can arm an army of thousands of people at any time.
Subordinates, doormen, slaves, and other miscellaneous people, a thousand people are more than enough, like those powerful families, can arm ten thousand people at any time.
Commanding 10,000 people, in this era, no matter which country is at the level of a general, you can see how powerful the family really is.
It is conceivable how much the family will be hit if the Six Kingdoms are destroyed this time, but they have put most of their strength on the anti-Qin forces.
"Your Majesty, this must not be done. "In the new early dynasty, as soon as Ye Wuji's order came out, it aroused the opposition of a large number of courtiers, and in order to make Ye Wuji take back his fate, they all fell to their knees, and their heads slammed the hard stone slabs of the main hall, and they all bled out.
"Don't talk nonsense, I've decided, kneel if you like, I won't care about your lunch anyway. "Ye Wuji doesn't care about these old guys, it's just that the salaries of all levels of the soldiers have been announced, and it's such a big reaction.
Military pay is the biggest problem among soldiers, to put it mildly, no one in all dynasties dared to disclose the soldiers' salaries, speaking of their reasons for opposition, it is a pity that they said that it was made public, in case there is no military pay at that time, it will cause soldiers to mutiny.
It's a pity that in Ye Wuji's view, this is just an excuse for them not to continue to be corrupt, why in all dynasties, military salaries have always been embezzled, it is because military salaries are not public, and soldiers don't know how much they should take.
Once it is made public, those who count on this fortune will be in great trouble, and if the military salary is not paid once, the soldiers will definitely not agree.
From ancient times to the present, that is, in modern times, military salaries at all levels have been made public, and no country has dared to do this before.
In Ye Wuji's view, if a strong country can't even pay its soldiers' salaries, it will perish sooner or later.
In fact, it is only those soldiers at the bottom who are open, and the real upper class, who cares about military salaries, is like the courtiers in the main hall now, which one really lives on the money.
A man who is both fat and oily, and even put his hand into the military salary, which really deserves to be killed.
"This will not work, if we wait for the reform of the empire to be completed, we will have no power to resist at all. Zhang Liang said categorically, after receiving Ye Wuji's public salary, Zhang Liang felt that things had deviated too much from the schedule.
"But unless we have a large number of trap beasts, we don't want to break through the opponent's defenses at all, and we just send them to death in vain. Fan Zeng shook his head and sighed, although he didn't care about the lives of these ordinary soldiers, but if the casualties were too large, it would be troublesome, even if the empire was destroyed, there would be a lot of things behind.
"Commander Gao, is there no other way for the Mo family. With Xiaoyaozi's words, everyone's eyes moved to the Mo family, there are many sects of the hundred schools of Zhuzi who have the trick, but the machine beasts, especially the machine beasts used in the war, only the Mo family and the public loser.
"Master Ban, look. Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Gao gradually had no choice but to look at the old man sitting on the side.
"So far, that's all it can be. Master Ban sighed deeply, nodded, and said, "I can only open the last secret of the Mo family." ”