Chapter 138 - Smuggling Han Water and Cutting the Grain Line
Yizhou, healthy city.
At this time, in the county guard mansion in the city, the generals of the Qin army were gathering in the hall to discuss the next battle.
"Generals, in the battle of Chengdu, our army lost 50,000 people. And the Han army under Wei Yan is only 50,000 people! Since the beginning of the expedition, how has our army suffered such a big loss?! Zhao Tuo, who was over half a hundred years old, said with a somewhat gloomy face.
And the Qin generals also knew that Zhao Tuo was a prelude to anger. Naturally, they all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Zhao Tuo.
"Whoa!"
I saw that Zhao Tuo was about to overturn the table next to him, and the tea sets on it fell to the ground one after another and turned into pieces.
"Humph! What is the use of you? 200,000 troops, but they can't take it, a Chengdu with only 50,000 people to guard! Immediately, I only heard Zhao Tuo shouting loudly.
Under Zhao Tuo's anger, no one dared to stand up and talk. Even Gongsun Chan shrugged his head.
Just when Zhao Tuo was about to be angry again, he could only hear the words of the guards outside, and the military advisor Jia Xu came back.
Jia Xu walked into the hall, followed by a person, this person was also wearing armor, but a clear-eyed person knew that this person's official position was very low.
"The military advisor is back?" Zhao Tuo asked with a gloomy face.
Jia Xu looked at the debris on the ground and the people who were shrugging their heads, and naturally knew what Zhao Tuo was annoyed about. To tell the truth, 200,000 people failed to capture the city garrisoned by 50,000 people, which was also very humiliating in Jia Xu's opinion.
But Jia Xu naturally knew that although Wei Yan was unknown, he was by no means an idle person. In addition, Chengdu is surrounded by mountains, and there is a natural barrier from water, and the drainage facilities in the city are perfect. What water attack and fire attack will not work for Chengdu at all.
It can be said that this time it failed to capture Chengdu City, and the Qin army lost in a favorable position!
"Hahaha! Why is the marshal so annoyed? ”
"Humph! Isn't it a great shame that 200,000 people can't take a city of 50,000? Zhao Tuo snorted coldly.
"Hahahaha! Marshal, don't be impatient! After this battle, there is already a way to defeat Wei Yan!" Jia Xu said confidently.
As soon as Zhao Tuo heard that Jia Xu had a plan, he hurriedly asked.
Jia Xu said with a smile: "Marshal, that Wei Yan is shrewd, but he is a rare general!" The minister received information that Wei Yan's troops did not exceed 50,000 in total.
And these 50,000 people are now being pressed by Wei Yan in Chengdu! The rest of Yizhou is extremely weak.
The next strategy is to bypass Chengdu and go to capture Mianzhu. As far as I know, this Mianzhu is the only way for the Han army's grain line! ”
"This is a good way, but the terrain of Yizhou is steep, and basically all the avenues are controlled by this Han army! And as far as I know, if you want to bypass Chengdu, you have to cross the Han River, and the only bridge on the Han River is also heavily guarded by the Han army. And it's easy to defend and difficult to attack, I'm just afraid of ......," Zhao Tuo said with some embarrassment.
"Marshal, although this Han water is heavily guarded by the Han army, it doesn't mean that it really can't get through!" I saw Jia Xu say unswervingly.
"Oh? Could it be that Mr. Fei has other ways to cross this Han River? ”
"Hahaha! Marshal Liao praised! Naturally, he doesn't have that ability, but he does! With that, Jia Xu immediately turned around and pointed to the person behind him.
Zhao Tuo looked at the person behind Jia Xu carefully, looked at it for a while, and felt that it was the same as ordinary people, and there was nothing outstanding about it.
After a while, Zhao Tuo spoke: "Oh? I don't know who you are? ”
When the man heard this, he immediately knelt down on one knee and stammered: "Small, the villain is called, called Deng, Deng Ai." Purpose, currently in the army, is a captain. ”
When Zhao Tuo heard this, he thought Deng Ai was scared, and frowned and said, "Huh? You don't have to be afraid, Ben Shuai won't eat people. ”
"No, no, small, small is not, harmful, harmful......" Before Deng Ai could finish stammering, he was interrupted by Jia Xu.
"Marshal, Deng Ai is not afraid, he is born with this problem. Therefore, I ask for the understanding of the marshal. ”
"Yes, yes, marshal, I, I was born with a stool, a stutter. Also, I ask the marshal for your forgiveness. ”
Looking at the stammering Deng Ai, Zhao Tuo immediately waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, don't worry." Is there any way, take your time, Ben Shuai can wait. ”
When Deng Ai saw it, he immediately burst into tears. After all, Deng Ai, who has been stuttering since he was a child, has been ridiculed too much. So much so that it is not uncommon to speak now when people are laughed at because of their stammering.
However, Deng Ai saw a person like Zhao Tuo who respected himself for the first time, and his heart was naturally very moved.
Next, Deng Ai tried his best to restrain his stuttering, and informed Zhao Tuo of his strategy as quickly as he had grown up.
Although he still stuttered, the speed of his speech was much faster than just now. After Deng Ai stammered, everyone also knew Deng Ai's strategy.
It turned out that to cross the Han River, there was not only the bridge controlled by the Han army. In fact, Deng Ai also knew a place where he could directly cross the Han River.
This place is a mountain cliff north of the Han River, and this cliff is called the Monkey Road. Since it is called the Monkey Road, it means that only a nimble animal like a monkey can climb it.
After going up from this cliff, you can go directly to the bottom of Mianzhu City after walking through the fifty-mile mountain road! And this is a road that few locals know about. Naturally, the Han army could not be prepared, as long as they went from here to the mountain, they could catch the Han army stationed in Mianzhu by surprise.
And this Mianzhu is the grain transportation line of the Han army, as long as it is taken, it can directly cut off all the supplies of the Han army in Chengdu. In this way, as long as there is enough time to spend with the Han army, the Han army will run out of food and grass, and it will naturally surrender without a fight!
After listening to Deng Ai's narration, all the generals present couldn't help but nod their heads in praise. But Zhao Tuo frowned.
Jia Xu looked at it and stepped forward to ask, "Why is the marshal frowning, could it be that there is something wrong with the Deng Ai brothers' plan?" ”
When Deng Ai heard this, he also looked at Zhao Tuo with a questioning face.
Zhao Tuo shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with this plan, but this cliff that Deng Ai said, I'm afraid it is difficult to climb!" If you're not careful, I'm afraid you'll be crushed! ”
When Deng Ai heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yuan, marshal, don't worry." I, I've got this, this. With that, Deng Ai took out a nine-claw hook from behind him and handed it to Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo looked at the results and was surprised to find that the nine-claw hook in Deng Ai's hand was extremely special. Although it looks like nine claws on the surface, in fact, the internal test of the nine claws also has three small iron clips assembled separately. And it's incredibly hard.
Even if Zhao Tuo wanted to try this nine-claw hook, he immediately threw his right hand towards the Taishi chair in front of him. I saw that it was on the armrest of the Taishi chair in the middle. Immediately, Zhao Tuo pulled hard, and the Taishi chair was grabbed by the nine-claw hook.
Zhao Tuo was immediately surprised, after all, he just grabbed the armrest of the chair, and the armrest was less than an inch wide, but this nine-claw hook was able to grasp the chair with such great strength, which shows how strong this nine-claw hook is!