Li Gui looked at the shock on Ji Yan's face, and said with a smile: "The ancestor Zhou Chengwang built Luoyi in five years and built two cities together, with the water as the boundary, the west of the water is Luocheng, the east of the water is Chengzhou, and the city is Chengzhou. Pen %fun % pavilion www.biquge.info into the north and south of the city of Zhou, six miles from east to west, the wall is nine zhang high, the wall base is eight zhang thick, the top of the wall is six zhang thick, the city gate is open on all four sides of three, a total of twelve city gates, there are urn cities outside the city gates, the regulation of the urn city wall is the same as the main city wall, the urn city is surrounded by a moat outside the city, the river is twenty zhang wide, ten zhang deep, the river is equipped with a suspension bridge, it is hung high on weekdays, and when necessary, it is put down by the general order of the city guard. ”

Listening to these terrifying numbers, Ji Yan smacked his tongue, and his mind was flooded with siege clips in various film and television dramas, at that time he couldn't understand why the siegers always stormed the city gate at any cost, instead of using a rushing car or something to break down the city wall, because there are only a few city gates, and the defenders can concentrate their forces to defend, but the city wall is different, such a long place, it is impossible to defend. Now I know that the original city wall is not destroyed by any siege equipment at all, even the cannonballs of later generations may not be able to blow up the city wall, if you want to forcibly attack the city, you can only attack the city gate, or you have to use a ladder to climb the city wall, but the city wall is so high, using a ladder to attack the city is equivalent to filling it with flesh and blood.

No wonder Sun Tzu would say: go up to the army to plot, then attack the enemy, then attack the army, and then attack the city.

Ji Yan thought of a question: "Why should the gates of the urn city be opened on both sides instead of the front?" ”

Li Gui said: "If it is opened in the front, when the enemy army breaks through the gate of the urn city, it will face the main city gate, and its siege vehicles can drive straight in, which is quite harmful; The urn gate is open on both sides, and the enemy siege vehicle needs to turn to attack the main gate, which can give the defenders enough time to destroy, because the urn city is also equipped with arrow towers, gates, pheasant moats and other defensive facilities. ”

"I see. If there are few enemy soldiers, wouldn't it be possible to put them in the urn city to catch turtles in an urn? ”

"Catching turtles in an urn?" Li Gui frowned and muttered this fresh word, then nodded and said, "Not bad, this word is used well, it is appropriate!" Our king has a high military understanding, and the old minister is ashamed of himself. ”

Ji Yan secretly sighed ashamed, he didn't expect that he could say an idiom at random and be appreciated by the old general.

While speaking, the group came to the top of the semicircle of the urn city, from here, the moat is like a jade belt winding around the royal city, and the flat place on the other side of the river is gathering a black pressure of a piece of chariots and horses, thinking that it should be a two-week grain transportation team from east to west.

"My king, please look at the team opposite, there are many carriages and horses, the smoke and dust are scattered, and the banner is crooked, the lineup is messy, when it is not a combat unit of the Qin army, it must be a two-gong grain transport team." Li Gui pointed to the other side of the moat and said to Ji Yan.

"So, you can put the drawbridge and open the gate of the urn city?" Ji Yan asked.

The old minister thought so. But for the sake of safety, it is not too late for our king to issue a royal order after the return of the visiting horse. ”

Ji Yan shook his head and said: "Since there is an old general here, everything must have been properly deployed, and Aiqing is in charge." This king is just here to take a look, so he won't make any royal orders to disrupt Aiqing's deployment. ”

Li Gui nodded and said, "No." He also solemnly admonished: "My king is the lord of the world, and military affairs are the major affairs of the country, which must be understood, and must be familiar with it as soon as possible." ”

Ji Yan nodded yes, and continued to observe this ancient royal city with relish, and the more he looked, the more he was amazed at its tallness and majesty.

After a while, an officer in his thirties, with a beard on his face and covered in armor, walked over and bowed his hand and said, "The last general Wei Yan, see my king, see Taishi, see the general." "Speak sonorously and cleanly.

Li Gui nodded slightly, and introduced to Ji Yan and Yan Shu: "This person is the leader of the kamikaze army in the six armies of the Son of Heaven, who is quite brave, and is currently the chief general guarding the southern three gates of the urn city. ”

Ji Yanxin said that this Wei Yan seems to have a bit of a brave general's taste, but he doesn't know how good he is to lead the troops, so he happily said: "General Wei has the style of a general, and he is very relieved. ”

Wei Yan replied loudly: "The last general is willing to smear my king's liver and brain. ”

Ji Yan nodded to him, and Li Gui also deeply appreciated his proper response, and couldn't help but smile.

Wei Yan continued: "Qi my king, the horse has been found out, the opposite army is indeed the grain transport team of the Eastern and Western Zhou Dukes, and the last general has come to ask the king for orders, put the suspension bridge, and open the urn city." ”

Ji Yan looked at Li Gui, and Li Gui said: "Wang Order: Put the suspension bridge, open the urn city, the soldiers defending the city must not slack off, the arrow is wound, the knife is unsheathed, and make emergency preparations." ”

Wei Yan took the order and left.

A moment later, there was a creaking and rattling sound, and the hanging suspension bridge slowly fell, and it took a while to land on the other side of the river with a clatter, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust, turning the two banks into a thoroughfare.

Yan Shu made some arrangements with the subordinate officials of the Tianguan Mansion behind him, and a group of officials led the order to go. Ji Yan also let the guards go far away, and Ji Yan, Yan Shu and Li Gui were left on the urn city.

Ji Yan turned to Yan Rate and asked, "Old lady, I don't know if there will be a result of discussing the preparations for war yesterday?" ”

Yan Shu arched his hand and said: "Enlighten my king: there are results." First, the general was responsible for the preparation of the six armies of the Son of Heaven, and it seems that the results are quite good at present, and it is thanks to the high moral respect of the general that such results can be achieved. ”

Li Gui laughed at himself next to him: "The bird is highly respected, and it all depends on the abundance of grain and grass. ”

Yan Shu smiled and continued: "Second, Situ Wang Xu is responsible for mobilizing the people to assist in defending the city, and there is no movement yet, I believe that there will be a response later." Third, the subordinate officials of the Tianguan Mansion mobilized the subordinate farmers to assist in defending the city, and it seems that the effect is also good, of course, this is also the credit of the grain and grass. Speaking of this, he laughed again, and Ji Yan and Li Gui couldn't help laughing.

Yan Shu continued: "Fourth, half of the private soldiers in the six Qings will each send half of their private soldiers to defend the city together with the six armies of the Son of Heaven, and this matter is in charge of Zongbo Ji Yong, but so far no private soldiers have arrived. ”

"Fifth, it is the team promised by the two Zhou Dukes, if it can be in place on time, it will be a huge boost to the city defense."

"The organization of the above personnel is the overall responsibility of the old minister, and the specific defense of the city is the full responsibility of the old general."

After Yan Shu finished speaking, Li Gui bowed his hand to Ji Yan and said: "Enlighten my king, the old minister put the four thousand soldiers of the six armies of the Son of Heaven on four sides, one thousand each; The five thousand assistant defense subordinates were also divided into four groups, and when the other personnel arrived, the old ministers would still be divided equally into the four walls. If there is anything inadequate, please show it to my king. ”

Ji Yan thought to himself, you old guy is simple, evenly separated, so be it, anyway, you won't fight. So he nodded approvingly and said: "The deployment of the two Aiqing is very good, with your two pillars, Lone will feel at ease." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Yan's face suddenly became extremely solemn: "The two Aiqing tell the truth, can they keep it?" ”

Yan Shu and Li Gui both looked like water, they didn't speak for a long time, the relaxed atmosphere just now suddenly became depressed, and after a long time, Li Gui spoke: "If the private soldiers everywhere can be organized, if the army promised by the two weeks can arrive in time, the old minister thinks that he can barely fight, but if he wants to hold it, I'm afraid," he paused before saying, "I'm afraid it's quite difficult." ”

Li Gui's eyes were dim and hesitant when he spoke, Ji Yan knew that he had no bottom at all, so he looked at the old lady. After a long while, Yan Shu slowly opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "I definitely can't hold it." ”

Ji Yan wasn't very moved, because he knew that the old lady's statement was correct. Li Gui was surprised, how could the old lady, who had always been the main battle, have such a frustrated idea?

Yan said: "One cannot be guarded, the disparity between the forces of the two sides is too great: our soldiers defending the city, counting the support of the Eastern and Western Zhou Dukes, are at most less than 20,000 people, while the Qin army has 50,000 troops, plus the 6,000 guards guarding the King of Qin, a total of 56,000 people; The disparity in the combat strength of the soldiers is too great: our soldiers have been alienated from the battle formation for a long time, and there is basically no training on weekdays, even if the training is a formality, while the Qin soldiers have experienced countless battles of all sizes, all of which crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, if it is one-on-one, I am afraid that one soldier of the Qin army can defeat five of my soldiers; ”

Yan Shu paused for a moment, looked at Li Gui, and continued: "The three can't be guarded by the disparity in the ability of the generals: the generals of our unified army are old generals, and I won't say much about the situation of the old generals. ”

"In the past few days, I have sent someone to do an investigation into this Bai Qi. Bai Qi this person, born in the army, brave in battle, flexible mind, in the past battles beheaded countless people, according to the Qin people's beheading system, he was able to accumulate military merits a few years ago to become a general, but he was repeatedly resigned and promoted, and he insisted on rising in the first battle. In the battle against Yiyang, South Korea a few days ago, he planned this battle as a small commander, and as a pioneer officer, he took the lead in breaking the enemy, and in the unfavorable terrain, it took only two days for the 100,000 Qin army to break the 150,000 allied forces of South Korea and Shandong, and beheaded 50,000. Bai Qi was finally promoted to general after this battle and became the general of the unified army who went to Luoyang. ”

Speaking of this, the old lady couldn't talk anymore, thinking of facing such a terrible enemy, he only felt that his breathing didn't seem to be smooth, and he felt like a big mountain was pressed down on his body.

Li Gui's face also changed greatly when he heard this, and he was a little unconvinced when he heard about the disparity in the abilities of the generals on both sides, but now he wilted all of a sudden, and he had no heart at all.

It turned out to be white! Ji Yan felt his heart skip a beat, according to historical records, Bai Qi fought hundreds of battles in his life, without any defeat, and fought several countries of Han Wei and Chu, and what was even more terrifying was that Yu Changping defeated the 600,000 army of Zhao State in the first battle, and buried the 400,000 people who surrendered, saying that he was definitely the god of war is definitely deserved, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the devil, because of his existence, Qin State has become the first brother of the Warring States in the real sense. I can't imagine that I have crossed over and is in the same era as this pervert, I don't know if it's misfortune or great luck, anyway, I'm finally going to meet this legendary character, if it's not for the hostile relationship between each other, he really wants to be close to him.

Seeing the low morale of the two old ministers, Ji Yan said loudly: "Two Aiqing don't have to worry, we don't have to fight him at all." ”

Yan and Li looked at the young Son of Heaven puzzled, could it be that the Son of Heaven had made up his mind to surrender without a fight?

"Lone has a plan." Ji Yanlang said: "Since Yingdang is coming, no matter how many troops he brings, let's just treat each other with courtesy." Master Yan, according to the Zhou etiquette, the princes worship the Son of Heaven, what kind of etiquette should the Son of Heaven greet him? ”

"The Son of Heaven greets the princes, according to the etiquette, the Son of Heaven should be dispatched to the suburbs to welcome thirty miles, but Yingdang is now the king, and the suburbs should welcome sixty miles." As he spoke, Yan Su's eyes gradually lit up, and he asked with a little excitement: "Is my king planning to welcome the king of Qin into Luoyang with the courtesy of the Son of Heaven to welcome the princes?" ”

Ji Yan nodded and said, "Yes." Lone did not fight against him, nor did he ask him to surrender, but greeted him in the name of the Son of Heaven for the princes. The princes came to Luoyang to worship the Son of Heaven, this is a grand event that has existed since ancient times, we not only have to welcome, but also to do as solemn and grand as possible, so that he has nowhere to make a force, there is no way to put a fart, after walking around Luoyang, where do you come from and where do you have to go back. ”