Building big wings, building sea boats, making huge armor, making treasure knives, building spears, building trebuchets, pulling wires, grinding cement, digging coal mines, and ...... all the prefectures in Yingdu have been busy since this year, and it will be even busier if it is determined that the Qin army will come again in April. Such a busy manpower is not enough, at first it was to transfer craftsmen and miners on the copper mountain, and then Chenxian, Pingyu, and Chengyang were evacuated, and more than 100,000 people all went to Yingdu to eat, which alleviated the manpower gap.

These more than 100,000 people who are engaged in industrial production will naturally be unable to farm, and the pressure on grain will be even greater. The only solution for the Yin Mansion was to sell goods and buy grain. Grain is a military material, and the commodities that can be exchanged for grain will naturally not be ordinary goods, such as batches of iron weapons, batches of iron armor, trebuchets, and crossbows, which is what countries want.

The king of Qi wanted to buy a trebuchet, and he was willing to give 1 million stone (13,500 tons) of millet in exchange for 20 city-breaking vessels, which could feed 50,000 people for a year; Because the State of Zhao has a huge iron, Yan Guo is also willing to pay 1 million stone millet to buy 2,000 huge iron treasure knives, or directly buy the art of huge iron; In addition to justifying his innocence with the Qin State, Zhao Yan, the king of Zhao, urged the refining craftsmen to start work immediately and the Chu State to quickly send raw materials, he was also inquiring about the price of the city-breaking weapon, he should want to buy a batch of horses, garrison Handan, and pay for the horses.

What can be sold and what cannot be sold must be carefully discussed. This is the purpose of Gong Yin Dao to come to Chen Ying to see Xiong Jing in person, and then next year's war preparations. The number of Giant Armor and Large-Wing Warships is critical, which involves a counteroffensive next spring and summer. According to the plan of the Great Sima Mansion, there will be at least 300 large wings next year.

There were one hundred and twenty-four men in one large wing, and forty-one men and men in all, and because of the rudder, three of them were removed, and there were actually one hundred and sixty-two. The standard configuration of the armor is twenty-five, and the hook and sickle chief soldier is four, and even the drummers on the actual deck are wearing armor. Da Sima Mansion wants to have all the armor soldiers on the whole boat, so that the boat master can fight on land.

There were 48,600 armorers in the 300 wings. Because these 48,600 armor soldiers have large-wing war boats, they can travel from Yingdu to Chen County in one day and night, and from Chen County to Daliang in another day and night. Such a boat division is a water cavalry unit, and as long as there is a river, the boat division can kill it. If the situation is unfavorable, you can retreat calmly, and logistics are not a problem. Moreover, trebuchets and siege equipment could be transported by ship, and the sailors could not only fight in the field, but also attack fortified positions.

In order to strike at the Qin army and make it withdraw, according to the plan of the Operations Division, the place where these 48,000 people were first put into battle would be the storage center of the Qin State, Bishan Aocang. There are more than 40 million millet and millions of weeds. As the old saying goes, it accumulates every three years. There were about 3 million households in the Qin State, and each household produced 150 to 200 stone millet per year, and these millet could really be stored in about 40 or 50 stone after excluding the 90 stone eaten by the peasant households themselves every year, the more than 30 stone eaten by the non-agricultural population, and various losses.

One household has accumulated 40 to 50 stone of grain, and 3 million households have 1,200 to 1,550 stone, and burning more than 42 million stone millet in Ao Cang is equivalent to burning the grain surplus of the Qin State for three years. Even if Xianyang and Nanyang still have stocks of corn, they may not be able to be transported to the front line immediately, and the war machine of the Qin army will inevitably stop.

The big wing is a weapon of water warfare, and it is also a tool for water transportation. And in order to make these 48,000 people reach the strongest combat effectiveness, the ring piece of giant armor is necessary, and the giant iron treasure knife is also necessary. At this time, the Yin Mansion had already recruited carpenters from all over the country, and allowed private shipyards to build large-wing warships, and in addition to keels and ribs, the moisture content of the wood was no longer required, and it was not a big problem to build 300 new large-wing warships by June next year, plus the existing more than 40 ships, the number of marine warships would exceed 55,000;

The production of ring pieces is not optimistic. Although there is a rolling mill in Jutiefu, there are too few skilled workers, and the monthly output has not exceeded 1,000 sets until now. There are only nine months until the peak of the flood season in July next year, and it will be thankful that 10,000 sets of giant iron ring armor can be made in nine months, and then the Chu army estimates that only the first three rows of soldiers have huge armor, and the rest are still rhino leather armor.

Chen Ying was sleeping, Xiong Jing and Gong Yin Dao talked all night, and Gong Yin Dao left the city in a hurry to return to the capital early the next morning. As soon as his Qinghan boat turned into a chasm from East Lake, several muddy figures appeared in the swamp by the lake. These people had been lurking in the river before, and at this time they had just climbed to the point where the lake was connected, where the dry autumn water was no more than a hundred steps wide.

"Are you ready?" Qin Jun Shogunate, after a few months of waiting, the boss Xin Wu's beard seemed to be a little grayer, but his eyes were red, and he was already impatient to wait for this day.

"General, all the times are ready." The generals replied that Yan Wuyi, the giant of the Mo family, was also among them.

"Great goodness!" Xin Wu's head. "This battle will be handed over to the great engineer and the right general Li Xin, you must cut off the waterway of Chencheng, or die, or you will die in the hundred-step-wide lake."

"The last general respectfully obeys the order!" Li Xin shouted. At the same time, Yan Wuyi and Ye Tunnel also looked solemn and accepted the order.

"Cavalry General Xin Sheng." Xin Wu looked at Xin Sheng, although he was a family, Xin Wu's eyes were not different.

"The last general!" Xin Sheng also shouted out of the ranks.

"Yiqu-kun." Xin Wu looked at Yiqulu urgently, and this Rong man stood there as if he was in a fugue.

"Benjun is here." Yiqulu also learned from Xin Sheng and the others to drink and snort at Xin Wu.

"If the waterway is cut off, King Jing may retreat to Xiang County by land, and you and other cavalry troops will intercept and kill them. If you escape, you will be dealt with by military law. ”

Chencheng has waterways and land routes, and the weakness of the waterway lies in the connection between the East Lake and the chasm, where the water surface is the narrowest, and the width is only more than 400 steps in summer, and the depth of the water is only more than 100 steps in autumn and winter. On the land side, there is an avenue between the lakes in the south of the city, and the roads are no different from other places, and the roads are all open and flat fields. This road has been leading to the intersection of Yingshui and Yingshui, and Xiangcheng is crossed by Yingshui. Block the waterway and cut off the land route, then Chencheng will really be surrounded.

"The last general respectfully obeys the order!" Xin Sheng shouted, he had 30,000 cavalry under his command, and he would never let King Jing escape.

"Yiqu-kun, what objections do you have?" Xin Sheng shouted his order, but Yiqu Yu did not answer, and Xin Wu looked at him angrily.

"General Xin, there was a saying last year, 'Kill King Jing and worship the Marquis to seal ten thousand households', do you still count this year?" The Rong people are really straightforward.

Xin Wu was stunned by his question, and he suddenly remembered the shouts of the 200,000 Qin soldiers in the Battle of Qingshui last year, 'Kill King Jing and worship the Marquis to seal ten thousand households', so that he said half-loudly: "Since it is the king's order, of course it will be counted." Why, if there is no reward, you will not kill King Jing? ”

"Corn, weeds, and horses are needed to fight wars, and these all require money, and the warriors of Yiqu cannot die in vain." Although it was only Huaishang, because of the hot and humid climate, many horses of the Yiqu cavalry died of illness, and many soldiers were not suitable for the southern climate, and they also died of a lot of illness. "Didn't the king say that if you kill King Jing and worship the Marquis and seal ten thousand households, then I will kill King Jing and worship the Marquis."

Yiqulu's Qin language with a Rong flavor made everyone just want to laugh. Xin Wu shouted: "Do you have an order? ”

"This gentleman is ordered." Yiqulu was not frightened at all, shook it hastily, and stopped talking.

"General Wang Jian." Xin Wu looked at Wang Jian on the far left, Wang Ben was standing beside him, and behind him was a column of generals of the left army.

"The end will be." Wang cut out the column and shook it at Xin Wu.

"Hold your camp well, and if the Jing people go out of the city, send them back to the city." Xin Wu finally said that he only let Wang Jian watch the house.

"The last general respectfully obeys the order!" Wang Jian has been respectful since he came out, and immediately agreed when he heard the words.

"Refund!" Xin Wu's orders have been issued, and the rest is for each general to return to the account and announce the specific order.

"Father," Wang Ben and Wang Jian returned to the camp in the same car, "General Xin, why don't we wait to fight?" ”

"Then the mouth of the lake is more than 100 steps, and tens of thousands of people can stand." The royal hand of the chariot is also surnamed Wang, although he can hear the words, but this is his own person.

"But ...... "Blocking the mouth of the lake is no different from blocking the city, but the mouth of the lake is just a little different." I always felt that General Xin didn't like us waiting. Wang Ben said with annoyance, "The cavalry is only more than 30,000 people, why don't you send the left army forward, if King Jing abandons the city and leaves......"

"Since King Jing has entered the city, he will not leave the city again, unless we wait for the army to retreat. The Rong people want to worship Hou, that's a dream. "Changping Jun is Wang Jian's backstage, but now this backstage is free, and Wang Jian is actually very annoyed. The reason why he was recommended by Changping Jun as a general was because he was familiar with the north and the Zhao State, and whoever wanted to be a general was the Chu State.

"Why?" Wang Ben asked. "Could it be that more than 30,000 cavalry troops can't stop King Jing?"

"No!" Wang Jian made a louder voice and glanced at his son, as if to blame him for not having eyes. "King Jing is brave and martial, during the Battle of Qingshui last year, the camp of the Jing army was burned and Shuai Jing was captured, did he withdraw from the military formation? Never. Instead, he personally led his soldiers to break through the Qin army's military formation. How could such a man abandon the city and flee? ”

Wang Jian said that his son nodded again and again, and he said again: "If you want to kill King Jing, you must break the city." But you have to wait for the Jing people to die of hunger before breaking the city. Whoever enters the city first will be able to kill King Jing, and whoever will be able to worship the marquis, and I will wait for him. ”

Rong Che had already arrived at the Shogunate of the Left Army, and Wang Ben, who was very excited by his father, asked, "When?" When will the city be breached? ”

"When?" Wang Jian didn't look at his son, he pondered while entering the account, and finally said: "There are many boats transporting grain into the city, and there are no old and weak women and children in the city. ”

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"Your lord, the Qin army has moved, and I heard that the Chinese army is beating the drum and raising the tent, and I am afraid that the city will be attacked tonight." The guard general Chen Bu was dismissed from the responsibility of defending the city due to a mistake in decision-making, and was transferred to Yingdu to prepare for the military academy. Chen Dang was in charge of commanding the county soldiers, and Yang Yu was in charge of sanitation and the newly transferred 5,000 royal soldiers.

"Just drumming?" Xiong Jing looked at Yang Yu and felt that he was making some fuss.

"No, no, no." Yang Yu hurriedly said: "In the past few days, the corner tower has seen Qin people preparing for the transfer. Although they covered it with hay, Lu Li could still see it clearly in the mirror. The transfer is the thing that crosses the city, why do the Qin people not want to attack the city, why are they preparing so many turns? ”