Chapter 257: Channel drainage
The reason why he chose the mountains instead of the plains was because Sima Yunlong felt that standing high and seeing far away would help him see the enemy's situation clearly, but he ignored the fact that benefits and benefits were mutually beneficial. Da Qi saw the situation of the new dynasty, and Da Qi also became transparent in front of the new dynasty.
Zhang Wushu looked at the mountains in the distance from the top of the city wall, and saw that the enemy army was still in a hurry to set up camp, so he immediately completely relieved himself and returned to the council hall. This time, the main thing Zhang Wuxian wanted to talk about was the addition of the Jiuyuan Army, so Wang Ren was the main person in this meeting.
Zhang Wu ordered all the generals and officials to be invited to the council room. Seeing that the personnel were almost here, Zhang Wuxian stood up and glanced at everyone: "Everyone, now that we are out of the protection of the beggar gang, we will deal with the army of the six countries with an army of 400,000 troops, and we only have 100,000 people. The situation is dire. Because of this, I contacted the Nine Plains Army and invited the Nine Plains Army to join us. Everyone should be familiar with this Nine Plains Army, right? ”
Everyone shook their heads, after all, the reputation of the Jiuyuan Army was an indisputable fact. After a pause, Zhang Wuxian continued: "The Jiuyuan army has a total of fifteen iron cavalry, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, plus their soldiers, we are 250,000 people, no matter how you say it, we should be able to face up to those 400,000 people." ”
After hearing this, Wang Ba nodded: "I Wang Ba doesn't care if others agree or not, anyway, I Wang Ba is definitely the first to agree." The brothers of the Nine Plains Army are all loyal and righteous people, if we don't ally with this kind of people, do we have better personnel? No more, haha! ”
Zhang Wuxian nodded, Wang Ba's words were not rough. At this time, Wang Ren stood up suddenly, arched his fist at Zhang Wuxian, and then looked at everyone and said: "The reason why Wang Ren is willing to join and not want anything else is because His Majesty is a master who can lead the world to great unification. Our Jiuyuan army is always longing for the Central Plains countries to be able to unite as one, so that we can resist foreign enemies and strengthen our Central Plains! ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they nodded. After a pause, Zhang Wuxian suddenly said: "Since everyone has reached an agreement on principle, the question we have to discuss now is how to resist foreign enemies, or rather, how to destroy his army." ”
"Wiped out an army of 400,000?" Wang Ba thought that he had heard it wrong, so he repeated it again. But seeing this, Zhang Wuxian nodded calmly: "What's the fuss." The Jiuyuan army of the new dynasty joined forces, and even the Huns had to be defeated, not to mention this motley army. ”
Wang Ren paused and said, "Your Majesty, if this Sima Yunlong leads the troops, we can't be careless. By the way, Your Majesty, when do you plan to give your sister-in-law to Sima Yunlong. Or, in other words, let the general be the middleman. After hearing this, Zhang Wuxian shook his head lightly: "The time has not come, the time has not come." Now, if you give your sister-in-law to him, not only will it not achieve the expected effect, but it may cause a series of troubles. ”
Wang Ren nodded: "Since this is the case, then Your Majesty will have full authority to arrange this matter." According to the previous general and Sima Yulong in the battle of Wanyang, this Sima Yulong used soldiers differently than ordinary people, how to write in the war book that he didn't do it, and some taboos that were explicitly forbidden in the war book, he Sima Yunlong tried and tested it repeatedly. The last general thought that after a while at night, he would definitely make a move. ”
Zhang Wuxian nodded: "What you said makes sense, our only advantage now is that the enemy still thinks that our army only has 100,000 people." After a pause, Zhang Wushu called Wang Ba in front of him and said, "Wang Ba, quickly order the soldiers to arrange fortifications, Jiuyuan County is our home, and there is nothing missing." Also, the city is still at a good height no matter what, so you need to prepare torches and release the blazing wood. ”
Wang Ba nodded, and then went down. At this time, in Daqi's palace, the soldiers kept coming with news, but the final result was the same, no one was found at all. Qi Le was angry and hateful, and after thinking about it, he knew that this person must be in Zhang Wuxian's hands now. Immediately, Qi Le ordered someone to bring the four treasures of the study and wrote a letter to Sima Yunlong, the content of which was like this:
"Yunlong Wuqing, the new dynasty Zhang Wuxian and his younger siblings were in Jiuyuan County for three days. Hurtful and strong, good ~ lust and beauty. I am terrified. The younger siblings are safe, and they will die for life. Therefore, I strictly ordered the next time that the new dynasty must be issued within three days, otherwise my younger brothers and sisters will be in danger, so remember to remember. When he was done, he sent the letter. After the letter reached Sima Yulong's hand, Sima Yulong read the letter over and over again, and the fists of both hands were clenched tightly. In fact, Jiang Nan and Jiang Kun all know why Sima Yulong came to participate in the war, but it is difficult to say it, and this issue has not been mentioned for a long time.
But this time, Sima Yulong took the initiative to give the letter to Jiangnan and Jiang Kun to read. After the two of them finished reading it, you look at me and I will take a look, and I don't know what to say for a while. At the end, Sima Yulong said: "If it weren't for him Qi Le trapping General Ben's beloved wife, how could General Ben break his oath and return to the battlefield?" But now Qi Le actually said that the person was taken hostage by Zhang Wuxian, which made Sima Yulong a little stunned for a while. After all, in Sima Yunlong's opinion, Zhang Wuxian is not a good person.
After a pause, Jiang Nan said solemnly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be confused, we all know what kind of person Your Majesty is, and now that you say this, it must be your sister-in-law who was really taken away by Zhang Wuxian." Zhang Wuxian did such a thing, it is really excessive, can we still bear it? ”
Sima Yunlong shook his head: "This matter is not so simple, at least in my opinion. In this way, let's have a battle tonight and explore the reality of his injury-free life. If General Ben's beloved wife is really in Zhang Wuxian's hands, then even if it is worth 400,000 lives, General Ben must take his beloved wife back. Gangnam! ”
"The last general!" Jiang Nan suddenly shook his spirits and said loudly.
"General Ben ordered you to lead 200,000 troops, and send troops to Xiangcheng on the second watch tonight. This battle with the fierce attack of troops, sure to make Zhang Wuxian incapacitated, feeling unable to resist, this general wants to see if he can really take out the trump card of my wife, if this matter is just groundless, quickly withdraw the soldiers and horses. ”
Jiang Nan nodded: "There is no strategy, just directly open the 200,000 army and attack it hard?" ”
Sima Yunlong nodded: "Originally, this war was to see if Zhang Wushu really had a sister-in-law in his hands, and the purpose was not to take Wancheng. You are not a new general anymore, how to attack the city with 200,000 soldiers, and then you go to the military warehouse and take out twenty siege vehicles. Jiang Nan nodded and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”
"Jiang Kun!" Originally, Jiang Kun thought that this operation had nothing to do with himself, so he simply didn't listen carefully, who thought that Sima Yunlong shouted his name in a hurry, which made Jiang Kun couldn't help but be shocked, and after a pause, he said: "The end will be!" ”
Sima Yunlong said: "The reason why we chose the mountain, one of the biggest advantages is that it is parallel to their city wall, this general ordered you to bring three thousand crossbowmen to ambush on the side of the mountain, and when Jiangnan starts to attack the city, you will immediately lead troops to cover, remember that the core of your task is to minimize the loss of our troops." As we all know, one of the most difficult parts of siege warfare is the damage caused by fierce attacks on the city walls before the city gates are opened. So, the pros and cons of it, are your rights and interests good? ”
Jiang Kun said: "The last general will definitely not give the enemy a chance to breathe~ , the enemy will come one after another, and the last general will kill one to minimize the losses to our army." After a pause, Sima Yunlong continued: "According to General Ben's understanding, this Zhang likes to fight without fire? ”
Jiang Kun nodded: "That's true, from the beginning of Zhang Wushu's firefight, there were people who used firefighting one after another." This time, if we attack the city, I am afraid that Zhang Wuxian's soldiers will also coat their crossbow arrows, archers, and rolling wood and stones with oil. Tonight, this is a great casualty challenge for our troops. ”
After a pause, Sima Yunlong snorted coldly: "It's just a fire war, it's not a good strategy, everyone in the world is like this, blindly following it." Everything is opposite, everything is in harmony with each other, he has a fire war, is it possible that the moat next to this city is a dry meal? Inform the moat, drain the moat, use the irrigation method, and after Zhang Wuhuo attacked it, a certain amount of water was immediately released. ”
Speaking of this, Sima Yulong called Qiu Xiangyu over: "Qiu Xiangyu, this matter needs a special person to be in charge. Later, you take someone over to dig the channel, remember that the channel can't be too deep or too narrow, what we want is that the equipment with fire will be extinguished instantly when it falls to the ground. ”
Qiu Xiangyu nodded, and then went. After a pause, Sima Yunlong said, "Although the arrangements are a little hasty tonight, if you follow my plan, there will be no problem." The only bit of suffering is the problem of Jiang Kun's cover, in the night, the cover is not easy to complete. So when the time comes, the soldiers have to go some hearts. If you really can't see it, just shoot it in parallel. ”
Jiang Kun nodded and went down to do his errands. I have to say that in this military situation, Sima Yunlong's ability is very powerful, no matter how urgent the situation, he can come up with a perfect countermeasure.
However, in this matter, it was Qi Le who suffered the most, he wrote a letter, wanting to provoke Sima Yunlong with this letter, but the anger was indeed anger, and the hidden danger was that there was no way to make Sima Yunlong quietly come up with the best countermeasures. After all, what Qi Le should have thought of was that his wife would only make him lose his mind.
However, Qi Le didn't expect this. In the evening, the 200,000 troops led by Jiangnan had already arrived under the city of Xiangcheng. Originally, this city was a small city, and there was no need for such an army. Therefore, when the soldiers approached the city, after Wang Ba saw so many troops, he immediately ordered someone to invite Zhang Wuxian over.
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