Chen Qingzhi used Pei Guodu to build a floating base, cut down wood and rammed earth, day and night. Although the soldiers under Yuan Hao's command were not proficient, manpower was available, and a large number of people were sent to help at this time. After several tests, six floating ramparts were finally built seven days later.

The floating fortress is huge, and the top of the fortress can make hundreds of soldiers stand on it; The base is several zhang high, and it is similar to the city wall of Kaocheng; The front of the fortress is covered with wooden planks and covered with wet cowhide, so that they are not afraid of bows and arrows, and they are not afraid of fire; The top and bottom are connected by wooden ladders, and the Liang army can calmly climb to the top after the base.

The wall is brushed with tung oil, shining under the sun, looking at it from a distance, it is like a six-headed giant beast in the wilderness, opening its teeth and dancing claws will want to devour people, so it is majestic. When the soldiers of the white-robed army saw it, they cheered in unison, full of confidence.

Chen Qingzhi stroked his short mustache and smiled: "Looking at this floating base, it is not a problem to win the test city." This time, filial piety is the first achievement! ”

Yang Zhong also said with a smile: "I fought Shouyang a few times ago, and climbed Bagong Mountain in my spare time, Xiaokuan came up with a strategy to irrigate the city, and this time I made a floating fortress in the city." Haha, you have always said that filial piety is your blessing, and now it seems that this is really the case. ”

Chen Qingzhi shook his head and said, "It's not a blessing general, it's really filial piety and broad-mindedness." Just imagine, just relying on the word 'floating base', if you are a bystander, even if you have read Shuye Gongbing's book, you may not be able to think of this plan. This is Xiaokuan has already observed the situation in the city, and is well versed in the doorway, so that he can adapt measures to local conditions, and he can understand it at one point. ”

Yang Zhong nodded: "That's true. ”

Pei Guo was also proud, and he always had to be modest: "If you talk about Tao strategy, if you talk about the use of soldiers, hehe, Pei Guo's things, aren't all learned from the envoy?" This is not true, in recent years, Pei Guo has made rapid progress in the way of using soldiers, although because of his high talent, it is actually inseparable from Chen Qing's words and deeds.

Chen Qingyi smiled: "Don't you hear that the blue is better than the blue?" ”

Pei Guo's face turned red, and he bowed and said, "How dare you, how dare you." ”

"Filial piety doesn't have to be humble." Chen Qingyi waved his hand and said: "I said that here, one day, your Pei Xiaokuan's achievements will be even higher than my Chen Qingzhi!" ”

Chen Qingzhi said so firmly, including Yang Zhong, all the white-robed generals and schools were moved.

Pei Guo was stunned for a while, and then bowed: "After several years of fighting, following the envoy all the way, Pei Guo has really benefited greatly under the influence of his ears and eyes." There is no way to repay it, and now I will give it back with the family heirloom uncle's public soldier's book, hoping that the king will not want to resign. ”

"No shirk, no shirk!" Chen Qingzhi was overjoyed, and even bowed down to return the salute, and even raised his hands high, solemnly taking over "Pei Shuye's Experience in Using Soldiers".

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The floating fortress was completed, and without further ado, Chen Qingzhi ordered a general attack.

Although the bulwark is large, most of the parts are made of balsa wood, and because it is hollow, it is not too heavy. Pei Guo set up a roller under it, pulled by people in front of him, and pushed by someone in the back, and it didn't take long to enter the water's edge of Kaocheng.

In the uproar, the six floating bars entered the water, swayed for a while, and finally stood still without tipping over, and Pei Guo let out a long breath. Chen Qingzhi drew his sword and held it high in the air, and the seven thousand white-robed soldiers shouted together: "Mighty!" Wansheng! ”

The sound was loud, and the defenders at the head of Kaocheng were startled and hurriedly flew to report to Zheng Xianhu.

The six floating fortresses are concentrated in the water outside the south gate of the city, the three on the left and the three on the right, go hand in hand, like a huge fortress floating in the air, and the defenders of the city are dumbfounded. Behind the base were countless rafts, full of majestic white-robed troops. The floating barriers, rafts, and then to the land, all the way are seamlessly connected, and the moat of the test city no longer exists.

Zheng Xianhu hurried over, and when he saw the six towering floating barricades on the water, his face changed.

When the floating fortress was a little closer, the faces of the soldiers of the Liang Army at the top of the fortress were clearly visible, and they were grinning one by one, and their faces were hideous. Looking at it this way, it seems that the top of the fortress is a few points higher than the head of the city, Zheng Xianhu's face is pale, and he has no care in his heart, and his subordinates on his side call "Junhou" again and again, but he just can't speak.

The drums beat loudly, and the Liang army on the floating fortress set up a crossbow and drew a bow, and a head came over. The distance was close, and the Wei army was caught off guard and swept down a large area. Some of them did not die for a while, lying in a pool of blood and screaming in pain, which made people feel terrified.

Zheng Xianhu hurriedly ordered to fight back, but unfortunately, the enemy he faced was a powerful and incomparable white-robed army, and what he held in his hand was the strongest crossbow of the Southern Dynasty that was the best in the world. The sound of "whoosh" crossbows was endless, the Wei army couldn't raise its head at all, and occasionally a few of them fought back, and the arrows shot out were sparse, or fell into the water, even if they hit the floating base, they were all blocked by the wall of the base, and they never hurt the Liang army at all.

In a short time, the six floating barricades were all close to the city, and the flying bridge was activated, and it was slowly about to be lowered; The crossbow of the Liang army at the top of the base is still powerful, and the crossbow arrows are like rain, endless. The deputy general of the Wei army shouted: "The matter is urgent, please go down to the city first, summon reinforcements to help, and we will fight to the death here!" Unexpectedly, Zheng Xianhu squatted behind the battlements, demented, and let the deputy general scream incessantly, as if he had not heard it.

The deputy general was in a hurry, and wanted to step forward to pull Zheng Xianhu, but he didn't want to move too much, so he showed his shoulders, and in an instant, he called a strong crossbow to shoot, and in the scream, he fell down the city... Zheng Xianhu was even more frightened, hugged his head, and refused to move half a step.

There was a loud bang, and it shook people's ears, which was the sound of the city head on the floating bridge frame. One by one, the white-robed army walked on the ground, crossed the flying bridge, and climbed to the head of Kaocheng. There were follow-up troops jumping on rafts from land, boarding pontoons from rafts, and then crossing bridges to the city.

In less than half an hour, the head of the city was completely controlled by the white-robed army, and the banner of the word "Wei" was broken and thrown into the broad water. The main general Zheng Xianhu can't get out, and he is also called arrested.

The Liang army rushed down the city and killed the defenders of the city gate, so the city gate was opened. On the water outside the city, rafts were spread directly under the city gates, and countless white-robed soldiers poured into the city. The order is clear, the white-robed army that entered the city turned into several white dragons, divided the path, and everywhere they went, the Wei army knelt down and asked to surrender. . .

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In the first battle of Kaocheng, the 20,000 defenders of Wei were all wiped out. In fact, there were less than 1,000 dead, and the rest of the people took Zheng Xianhu and all of them as prisoners. The grain and grass accumulated in the city are innumerable, all of which are Chen Qing's gains.

The soldiers were very fast, Chen Qingzhi invited Yuan Hao to come to Kaocheng to sit in the town, and led the white-robed army to continue westward. To Daliang, the Wei army defending the city had no fighting spirit and looked at the white robe and surrendered.

Yuan Hao then entered the Liang. Although he was only following behind the white-robed army, the movement was not small, except for the surrender troops from various towns, plus the soldiers and horses who came from all directions, and after careful calculation, he had gathered 100,000 "troops" at this time. No matter what the combat power is, it's not bad to bluff people? No matter how bad it is, it can fill in the soil and move stones, right? What's more, in the battle of Kaocheng, the weight of grain and grass obtained is really a number of days, and there is no shortage of supplies in the army, so there is no need to rush to cut redundant personnel like Suiyang at that time.

At the beginning of May of the third year of Liang Datong (the second year of Wei Yongan), Chen Qingzhi led the white-robed army to the west again and approached the important town of Xingyang.