Chapter 65: Take the initiative
With the words of Liang Shou, the people in the entire hall began to panic. It's the middle of summer, and the rain is pouring in, and according to the usual experience, the rain can't stop for three or five days. If the South Korean army breaks the embankment and floods the girders, the girder will become a flooded country. No matter how strong the city is, if it is soaked in water for a long time, the city wall will collapse. At that time, as soon as the Korean army swarmed in, the beam fell into the hands of the Korean army.
King Wei's face instantly turned pale, it turned out that Han Jun had always wanted to flood the beam. The reason why the troops will be withdrawn tomorrow is not because South Korea wants to let go of Wei, but because South Korea is afraid that the flood will wash away its army! What a vicious strategy! In vain, he thought that King Han was benevolent and righteous, and he would care about the impact of flooding, and would not mistreat the people. Now it seems that South Korea, like Qin, will do whatever it takes to achieve its goals and reduce its losses.
"Where's Si Nong?" King Wei had to start thinking about how long Daliang would be able to hold out if the Han army flooded Daliang City.
"The minister is here!" Sinong Li Gao immediately came out of the ranks.
"The widow asked you, once the Han army floods the beam, will the beam be at risk of the city being broken?" King Wei stared at Li Gao, trying to see if Li Gao was lying.
Li Gao wiped a cold sweat and said with sincere fear: "King Qiqi, the city wall of Daliang is made of rammed earth, and this rammed earth is the most resistant to blisters. According to the minister's prediction, at most three months, the wall of the girder will definitely collapse! ”
"Three months!" King Wei muttered.
Three months should be enough for Qi to send reinforcements! It's just that after the Han army flooded Daliang, Daliang would definitely become Zeguo within a radius of 100 miles, and Daliang City would also be full of stagnant water. There are 120,000 elite soldiers in the city, but they can only stay on the rooftops, and there are grain and grass in the city that can be used for 300,000 people for three years, but unfortunately all of them will be underwater. In this situation, all the hopes of the Great Liang could only be placed on the army in the hands of Xinling Jun and the reinforcements of the Qi State.
"Your Majesty! The South Korean army is so vicious. Please leave the girder from the secret passage as soon as possible! lest the secret passage collapse after the Korean army flooded the girder. Immediately, a minister made a statement to the king of Wei.
At the beginning of the construction of Daliang City, Wei took into account that there would be rebellion by his ministers and the siege of Daliang by other countries. At that time, the monarch Wei Hui Wang spent a lot of money and ordered someone to secretly build a secret passage from the palace to the outside of Daliang City, which was only known to the most core courtiers of Wei in the past dynasties. But only each generation of Wei kings knows. How long is the secret passage, and where is the entrance.
Before the words fell, someone immediately spoke out against it: "The minister is opposed, once the king leaves, the army will be discouraged and vulnerable." Now there is an army of Xinlingjun outside the Great Liang, and there are 200,000 soldiers and civilians in the same boat, as long as we hold on for a month, the reinforcements of the Qi State can reach the Great Liang. When the time comes. The girder can turn the crisis into safety. ”
"No! Inappropriate! Li Sinong said that the wall of the girder was soaked in water and would collapse in three months at most. Xinling Jun is full of old and weak soldiers, and now the elite of Wei is all in Daliang, and the only thing that Daliang can really rely on is the reinforcements of Qi State. According to the national strength of the Qi State, how long will it take to defeat the 300,000 army of South Korea? Three months is definitely not enough. Three months later, the city of Daliang is broken, how to protect the safety of the king? The old and solemn minister shook his head again and again.
Anyone knows that. At present, the shape of the Liang is extremely bad, and the Han army is clearly going to flood the Liang City. But among all the countries in the world, only Qi is willing to send troops to rescue. The king of Qi Xiang had not yet been buried, and Wei was also determined when Qi's reinforcements would arrive, and whether they would be able to defeat the Han army after they arrived. If you want to keep Daliang City, except that the reinforcements of Qi can arrive in time and defeat the Han army, the only way is to make the Han army give up the idea of water attack. In this way, the 120,000 elite Wei troops in Daliang City can be useful. Only then can we believe in the power of Lingjun and Qi Guo to defeat the Korean army without fail!
It's just that, according to the scout's intelligence and South Korea's promise to withdraw its troops tomorrow, it is very likely that the South Korean army will flood Daliang tomorrow! So. The only time that Wei can take advantage of is this time! Wei must make a quick decision, whether to gamble and pin all his hopes on Qi, or to plan early, abandon the car to protect the commander, let the Wei king first safely withdraw from the whirlpool of the Great Liang, or let the Han army not be able to flood the water. But it seems, as if the last idea is not going to happen.
Of course, King Wei cherishes his own life, but escaping from Daliang City does not mean absolute safety. There are 120,000 of the most elite soldiers of the Wei State in Daliang City, but outside Daliang City, except for the old and weak soldiers under Xinling Jun who have not yet gathered, there is no elite. Wei now has only two and a half counties left, and once Korea knows that it is not in Daliang, Korea will definitely mobilize a large army to hunt him down. At that time, he had no choice but to take refuge in Qi State. Where is it like Zhao State, when Pang Juan led 100,000 Wei soldiers to surround Handan, King Zhao also escaped from the secret passage. This also directly led Pang Juan to blackmail Zhao after taking Handan. It's just that at that time, Zhao still had five counties of land, and there was an elite border defense in the north, and King Zhao had no other influence except for his bad reputation!
Therefore, after the king of Wei heard that some ministers lobbied him to flee from Daliang, he secretly denied it. No one knew better than the King of Wei that this secret passage was designed to prepare for the escape of the most important people of Wei, such as the King of Wei, the Queen of Wei, and the Prince of Wei. Although the secret passage was very long, the width was limited, and the limited width meant that it was impossible for the King of Wei to take many elite guards with him when he fled.
In the main hall, the ministers were divided into two groups and quarreled endlessly, but the senior doctor Duan Ganchong kept frowning, thinking hard about how to break the situation. The Han army wanted to flood Daliang, it must be because the Wei army had no good way to take the turtle and cowered in Daliang City. How can the South Korean army give up the flood plan? Surrender is naturally impossible! From the perspective of the Han army, he must have thought that the Wei army was too timid to fight, and he was afraid of casualties, so he simply ignored the reputation and flooded the beam. But what if the Wei army went out of the city and the Han army fought in a dignified field? In this way, not only can the South Korean army see the hope of victory, but also can mix with the South Korean army, so that the South Korean army upstream will not dare to break the embankment and release the water! Even so, the casualties of the Wei army will inevitably be large! But it's better than sitting still! Perhaps, if the Korean army is caught off guard, it can lose a lot of soldiers and horses! At that time, the Wei army, whose morale is high, will be able to better hold on to the beam!
Thinking of doing it, Duan Ganchong glanced around at the ministers in the main hall, and after the ministers noticed him, he made a deep bow to King Wei unhurriedly, and said, "Your Majesty! The minister has a plan to delay the Han army's plan to flood the beams! ”
"Aiqing come quickly!" When the sad King of Wei heard that he could delay the Han army, he was immediately overjoyed. Nowadays, what Wei lacks most is time! Even if the Korean army delays flooding the beam for three or five days, he can make more preparations. For example, transporting grain and grass to high places, making rafts, blocking city gates, and so on!
"The reason why the South Korean army wants to flood the girder is because we can't avoid the war, and the South Korean army has no way to get a strong girder! The minister thought that the king only needed to send troops to fight and trap the Han army at the east gate and the south gate who wanted to withdraw from the siege, and the Han army would be afraid and would not use water. Duan Ganchong said his idea.
After hearing this, King Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Aiqing! The Han army had 80,000 troops at the east gate and 70,000 troops at the south gate, but the Wei army in Daliang City was only 120,000 in total. If we go out of the city to attack the Korean army, there will be fewer people to go, and we will lose in vain, and if there are more people who go, we will be trapped by the Korean army. When the time comes, the Korean troops from other city gates will rush over, and they won't encircle and annihilate the army that went out of the city? When the time comes, what should the girder be prepared for emptiness?! ”
"Yes! Oh, yes! The soldiers of the tiger and wolf of the Han army, our Wei army is difficult to defeat! Minister A said.
Minister B also seconded the proposal, "Not only is it difficult to defeat, it is clear that it will be defeated!" Never! Never! ”
Everyone looked at Duan Ganchong, hoping that he would give a reason for doing so. The idea of the invincibility of the Han army has been implanted in the hearts of every Daliang person, and it is impossible for Duan Ganchong not to know that there are 300,000 Han troops outside the city! It was also led by King Han himself, and the 300,000 Han troops assisted by the imperial historian Fan Sui, the guard Li Mu, and Lang Zhongling Mengqiu!
Duan Gan Chong let out a long sigh and said, "Do you think the Han army is invincible? ”
The monarchs and ministers of the Wei State looked at each other, if the Han army could be defeated, would the 120,000 elite Wei army still shrink in Daliang City? Isn't this nonsense?!
Duan Ganchong said to himself, "Yes! We are only 120,000 troops, but the South Korean army has 300,000, plus the South Korean army has won many battles and is full of morale, no matter how you look at it, we can't beat the South Korean army! Han Jun should think the same way! Therefore, our Wei army is cowering in Daliang City, they think it is normal! If we go to war, it's not normal, right?! ”
"But", Duan Ganchong's tone changed, and he said demagogically: "What if we take advantage of it and take the initiative to attack?!" Especially when the retreat of the South Korean army is imminent. The Han army must have never imagined that we, who were cowering in the big beam and refused to fight, would be so bold and attack them! ”
"Da Liang Shou, have your scouts been discovered by the Han army?"
Liang Shou was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "It's raining heavily outside, and you can't see a figure ten steps away." The scouts under the ministers were definitely not discovered by the Korean army! ”
Duan Ganchong nodded with satisfaction and said to King Wei: "Your Majesty! You've heard the words of the Great Liang Shou too! The Han army absolutely did not know that we already knew about their plan to flood the beams! Therefore, the Korean army outside the city would never have imagined that we would attack them at this time! Now that it has rained heavily, the crossbow arrows that the South Korean army relies on are no longer a cause for concern. We only need to send an elite army, and under the cover of the torrential rain, we will definitely be able to kill the South Korean army camp. If you are unprepared, you will be invincible! Otherwise, once the South Korean army successfully retreats, the South Korean army will definitely flood the beam! Think again! (To be continued......)
PS: First update!