Chapter 54: Unwilling to Be Lonely (II)
Xu Tong and Dongfang Ao worked very quickly, and the news came back within a few days: several locations suitable for interception had been selected, and construction was being stepped up.
If you want to flood the city, the amount of water is indispensable, even if you find a narrow waterway, the height of the cofferdam must be built high enough, and the amount of work to build several cofferdams is not much smaller than the rock-pile siege, but the benefits of water attack are still obvious - it can reduce the casualties of soldiers, so even if the amount of work is larger, it is worth it.
When the army guarding outside the city and the soldiers in front of the guard changed guards, He Ran followed back to the barracks, and looked at the two cofferdams under construction over the mountains and mountains, at this time a small amount of melted snow water flowed down, the scene of the high gorge out of the Ping Lake is not expected, the cofferdam has left a water outlet, so that a part of the water flows down the waterway, this is the place where the Dongfang Ao is careful, if the stream that should have flowed down is completely cut off, Zhao Jun will definitely be suspicious.
After the inspection, He Ran was very satisfied, stayed in the camp for a few days and returned to Lingxia City.
After returning to the city, I was glad to hear that Su Ming's people and horses had arrived, they were blocked at Baiyankou, and the enemy army held on to the dangerous terrain and did not retreat, and it was difficult to advance forward for a while.
Although it is not good news, He Ran is still very happy, because although the two armies are only a few hundred miles apart, but the middle is full of high mountains and dense forests, and the letter has to go around in a big circle backwards, and this circle will take one or two thousand miles, it is not easy, it is enough to know that the people and horses are at least safe, which is enough to make him happy, Baiyankou is only five hundred miles away from Jingqu City, Su Ming's advance speed is still very fast, and it has already played a strategic purpose to attract the enemy army, which is enough, so He Ran sent back the military order and ordered Su Ming to use troops carefully, If it is really difficult to conquer Baiyankou, they will make more feints, in order to make the enemy army can only increase troops and dare not draw troops.
When the river ice is opened, the scouts report the news about staying in the country.
When Zhao was attacked on all sides, Zhao Kun also wanted to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, although Xiping withdrew his soldiers and horses to the country due to the rebellion of the Yi people in the rear, Zhao Kun, who had no backing, was still unable to suppress his greed, and led his troops to invade the southwest territory of Zhao State, because the battle was too smooth, so that he was a little hungry and difficult to fill, and he went deeper than 300 miles at once.
This opportunity was seized by Qiao Hai, and the king was reluctant to cut down Zhao, Qiao Hai watched a large area of Zhao territory being divided by other countries, which can really be called a hundred claws scratching his heart, so his eyes have been staring at Zhao Kun, thinking about his territory, at this moment the opportunity finally came, he led 20,000 elite soldiers to take advantage of the weakness, and copied Zhao Kun's hometown in one fell swoop, not only occupied all eighteen cities, but also set up an ambush to beat Zhao Kun, who hurriedly returned to the division, and the poor ambitious Zhao Kun stole the chicken and did not become a counter-erosion rice, Only a dozen pro-soldiers fled to Xiping in embarrassment.
Hearing the news, He Ran didn't think there was anything good or bad, and sent someone to report back to Su Pingjiang and asked him to send a messenger to stay in the country to congratulate him.
He Ran is not worried about staying in the country to take the opportunity to become stronger, they can occupy the southwest region of Zhao State, then staying in the country will become a barrier to resist Xiping, if the country can send troops, it will definitely be able to greatly accelerate the process of the destruction of Zhao State, now Dongchuan and Linchuan are about to establish a country, there is a large area of land behind Yi Guo can be collected, there is a situation of three or five years, Yi Guo is strong enough, he can also enjoy the pastoral life, now the most important thing is to kill Zhao Min to avenge his brother, vent this hatred, The rest of the matter can be left to Shi Lang and the hundred officials of the court.
ps: This chapter is not finished, and it will be completed tomorrow.