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"Second and third sons, can there be a plan to break the city?"

In the face of Zhao Wuxian's inquiry, the retainers first exchanged their heads and ears, and then Yang Yin stood up and analyzed: "Building earth mountains and digging tunnels, etc., consumes too long, and sometimes it takes a month or even three months to prepare, which is not in line with the plan of Suke City. Moreover, there are many people in Chaoge City, and there are not many others in the Fan family, but the bows and arrows in the arsenal are piled up, and it is difficult for our army to approach the city to dig the earth, and it is not easy to work. ”

"Of course, because of the quick victory, and the fact that Chaoge City has always been known as a granary, it should be enough to eat for a long time, since this is the case, then build a long fortress outside the city, besiege the city, and wait until there is no food in the city, and then I will attack it, and it is impossible to use it here."

Zhao Wuxian nodded: "What Mr. Yang said is right, it is the end of summer, it is rainy, the land is damp, you can see puddles with a shovel, the tunnel cannot be dug, the bricks and trees are damp, and the fire attack is not easy to work." The dirt hill allowed the laborers to fill in the moat and pile it up, so that even if they couldn't go up and attack too many people, it would be convenient for scouts to watch the deployment and movement in the city. ”

Yang Yurong also said: "As for the ants attached to the ladder, to be honest, the siege is different from the field battle, the field battle is a flat river, the enemy can rush up more, but the siege is from the bottom of the back, naturally fall down, when climbing to the city, the ladder may be pushed down at any time, or it may be shot by the enemy's arrows." After climbing to the top of the city, it is outnumbered, and there is not much room for tossing and turning on the city wall, and it is easy to fall into a situation of being besieged, even if there is no courage of ten thousand people. The enemy can't stand it even if they kill endlessly. ”

Strategist Yang Yin agreed: "Even if you can get lucky enough to break the city, the casualties will be very large." The Zhao clan was now surrounded by scheming enemies, and this kind of exchange for paying a third to capture a city was unacceptable. ”

Everyone nodded. After that, you look at me, I look at you, and no one stands up anymore, it seems that this is the end of the plan.

In the end, it was Liu Xia who came up and said: "General, I have come up with a plan, maybe I can establish a miracle feat." ”

Zhao Wuxian asked, "What is Zishi's plan?" ”

The thief's eyes were shining: "It's better to attack with water!" ”

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"Water attack?" A smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Wuxian's mouth, it is really rare to attack the city with water in this era, the siege of Jinyang, Wang Ben irrigated the beam, and these popular battle examples have not yet been.

"Not bad. It's a good idea, the most violent thing on the battlefield is fire and water, you can talk about it. ”

Liu Xia said: "Has the general ever heard the story of the Wu people destroying the Xu State?" ”

Hearing the word Xu Guo, Zhao Wuxian suddenly remembered the life experience of his sister Ji Huan, he naturally knew it, but in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates to speak, he was slightly stunned and said, "Go on." ”

"Fourteen years ago, Wu Guoxing and Sima Sun Wu were ordered to attack Xu State, and they attacked Xu City for a long time. Wu Zixu came up with a plan to block the water on the mountain and then pour it into Xucheng, because the city wall was made of rammed earth, and it was damaged by water blisters a month later. The Wu army easily entered the city and destroyed the state of Xu. ”

The siege of Xucheng was probably the first time in the history of Chinese warfare that the city was breached by water, and after Liu Xiajiao proposed it, the retainers discussed it for a while. I think it's a good plan. Although the city wall of Chaoge is thick, the rammed earth is solid. It will also be damaged by blisters, and it will be next to the song. There is a stream of water flowing during the flood season.

However, at this moment, a slightly immature, but full of angry voice sounded at the door of the tent.

"I'm afraid this plan is not appropriate!"

Everyone turned their eyes there, but they saw a young man with no crown and a round bun led by the black-clothed guard Qi Wan to open the curtain and walk in.

The boy was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a simple countenance, broad eyebrows and eyes, a suit of sand and hats, a short fight for easy movement, thick hands and feet, and a pair of mud-stained straw sandals......

This person looked like a laborer who had been recruited to carry the stone ravine, and there were several retainers who didn't know him, such as Yang Yin, who immediately frowned, but he didn't notice that Xiang Lu, who was about the same age as this young man, was full of joy at reunion.

The smile on Zhao Wuxian's face became thicker and thicker, and he even clapped his hands.

"It's my little male who loses!"

……

There has always been such a rumor in the country of Lu.

Under the shogunate of the Zhao clan, there was an institution called the "Examination and Industry Bureau", which was responsible for the manufacture and management of the government-run handicraft industry, and the craftsmen's editions were called "Gongshi", and the master craftsman Gong Gongke served as the chief craftsman.

The state-run handicraft industry of Lu State has more than 30 types of work, involving metallurgy, porcelain, papermaking, transportation, jade, leather, dyeing, civil engineering and construction and other industries.

Among the thousands of craftsmen managed by engineers, the one with the loudest reputation and the most difficult to be seen by outsiders is naturally the boy of the public loser, and the public loser class!

In the country of Lu, there are countless praises and rumors about the public loss class, including his age, including the importance that the general attaches to him, including the countless things he invented under the awakening of the general.

From tools such as rulers and ink fountains to umbrellas, paper and other items, the things he made became larger and larger, and became more and more valued by the government: the primitive stone mill was improved under his research, and the grinding of the surface became more efficient, even driven by water power. The ladder was crafted with his genius design, making it easy to conquer some of the low-walled towns.

So Zhao Wuxian has been half-jokingly calling him "the little male loser", which is both respect and cherishment.

What's even more valuable is that this young man is not as proud of his talent as an ordinary genius, and when he saw many people in the tent after the public loss class came in, he couldn't help but start to be a little embarrassed, and his hands that were used to holding ink fountains and saws didn't know where to put them.

But he still raised his head and stubbornly repeated: "General, the villain thinks that the plan of water attack will not work at all in Chaoge!" “

"Why? What basis do you have for this, yellow-haired? On the contrary, Liu Xia was anxious and yelled at the young man.

The public loss team was a little scared when he saw the thief's face fierce, but when it came to the civil engineering he was good at, his eyes became shining, and he didn't give an inch.

"The reason why Xucheng was destroyed by the water attack was because the terrain was suitable, and the city was located in a depression between the hills and valleys, so it was easy to divert water for irrigation. Similarly, there are ...... cities such as Jinyang, Pingyang, and Anyi"

Hearing this, Zhao Wuxian's heart tightened, indeed, Jinyang was attacked by irrigation in history, it turned out to be because of this reason? It's also because the city builders didn't take the water attack into account.

The public transport class continued: "Chaoge is different, although it is located in the plain, but because it was established on the ruins of the capital of Yin Shang and Weiguo, it naturally has a platform that is more than one zhang high, and the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, Chaoge is high in the north and low in the south, and the Qishui in the north will flow south even if it enters the city, and the drainage becomes easier, and it is the general's camp that is flooded. Moreover, if you want to flood the city with water, you must first build a dam around the city. Chaoge is a big city, and if you want to build a dam and then divert water into it, I calculated that such a huge project will take at least 20,000 people to do it for two months! ”

If at the beginning, Yang Yin and other Zhao Ying's retainers still looked down on this lowly dressed young craftsman, and Liu Xiajiao was also a little unconvinced, but now, they are full of admiration, and they can explain the projects and environment required for water attack so clearly in a short period of time, it is indeed not something that they can refute by patting their heads and planning without careful calculation.

After a phone call, the public loss squad spoke dryly, and when he looked up, he saw that the entire camp was silent, and everyone was staring at him, and he couldn't help choking back the unfinished words, and became shy again.

In the end, it was Zhao Wuxian who praised them: "It is worthy of being a loser of the little princess, son, since you can explain the difficulties of the water attack so clearly, I don't know if there is a plan to break the city?" This is exactly what you want your father and son to come with the army this time! ”

The public loss class saluted respectfully and said: "The kid doesn't dare to say anything, but I have walked around Chaoge twice, and I have seen the surrounding situation, forests, mountains and rivers, and I am also a little sure of breaking the city!" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, it turned out that Zhao Wuxian didn't see him after arriving at the camp, because he had already gone to the surrounding area to explore the terrain and mountains and the resources that could be used to attack the city!

Wuxian felt a big peace in his heart, and asked: "How sure are you, and what are the good plans, come and listen!" ”

"The kid is stupid, but he doesn't have a too surprising strategy, originally according to the inherent siege method, there is only a six-point chance of winning, but with the machine that the general asked me to try in the country, the success has risen to eight or nine points......

Zhao Wuxian naturally knew what "that machine" was, and when he heard what the public loser class said, he was immediately reassured. When he got married, it was still in the experimental stage, and it didn't bear fruit until a few months ago. Under the development of a lot of money and craftsmen, and with the dedication of the public loss class, it has been successfully produced, and it is only waiting to be used in actual combat.

This is also the reason why he has the confidence to break the song of the moon!

At this time, the city's defense buildings were still in their infancy, basically a simple inner city plus an outer wall, with a female wall on the outer wall, and a watchtower next to it as an auxiliary. After hundreds of years of reinforcement with stone brick walls, the urn city was almost at that time, so to put it bluntly, Chaoge City is a longer and larger earthen enclosure!

Well, at most, the fragile corners of the city have been reinforced with stones......

Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancients looked indestructible, but in the eyes of Zhao Wuxian, it was full of flaws in the paper tiger.

The public loser class made another mistake: "It's just that the equipment is bulky, so it can't be brought from the Lu country, so it can only ......be made on the spot."

"I'll give you time, how long will you need?"

The boy and his father brought detailed drawings and accessories such as bronze, iron, leather, and fish glue, as well as some tools and materials. Although the surrounding area of Chaoge is completely deforested, there are still many forests in the upper reaches of Qishui, and there are also many large trees that can be used, and there are many quarries in the hills...... If the general gives me 5,000 manpower and 300 craftsmen, it will be as short as half a month or as long as a month, and he will definitely be able to build dozens of siege weapons, and then cooperate with other siege methods......"

In front of everyone, the public loss squad confidently made a military order: "At that time, Chaoge City will be broken!" ”

(To be continued.) )