Volume 17, Chapter 2, Surprise Attack

Seeing Fang Ling so confident, Lu Bei was naturally in good spirits, and arched his hand: "Then how should we attack Tancheng?"

Fang Ling gently pinched his phalanges and said, "If you want to attack Tan City, you must transport people and horses to the city, then you must cross the moat." There are many crocodiles in the moat, and even if they are poisoned, there will be residual poison in the river, which is not conducive to people and horses crossing the river. It is estimated that Huang Longhu has already thought of the methods that can be thought of, Brother Lu, have you investigated the situation around this moat?"

Lu Bei took out a hand-drawn map, spread it out on the table and said: "The river that flows from the edge of Tancheng is called Ji River, which is the convergence of many rivers, hundreds of years ago, Tancheng people built a circle of circular moats outside the city, and the water of Ji River was introduced from the upstream and discharged through the downstream. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the side of the map and said, "On the north side of the moat, there is a huge embankment made of huge stones, which is the upper reaches of the river, and the water enters the moat from here, and the embankment is several feet high, and there is a military camp of 500 people around it, which is very well guarded. At the lower reaches of the river is a ditch from which water from the moat flows into the Ji River, and there is also a military camp of 500 men. ”

Song Ying'er looked at the map and said, "Judging from the distance on the map, it seems that you can see the movement of the military camp from the city wall." ”

Lu Bei nodded and said: "Exactly, and the military camp is also within the range of the archers of the city wall, once there is a change in the military camp, there will be sharpshooters on the city wall to help deal with the enemy army." ”

Fang Ling narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems that you have to destroy the embankment without knowing it." ”

Lu Bei shook his head and said: "It is not easy to make the embankment collapse, even if you occupy the military camp of five hundred people, the embankment is made of very hard basalt, even if you use the giant crossbow of the city wall, you have to attack dozens of times to break it." What's more, as soon as there is movement in the barracks, the army in the city will immediately react.

Fang Ling thought for a moment, and the corners of his mouth showed a little smile: "I already have a way to deal with this embankment." ”

"Really?" Song Ying'er said overjoyed.

Fang Ling smiled but didn't answer, and pointed to the ditch below: "The embankment is not an ordinary thing, so the ditch below should not be simple, right?"

Lu Bei said: "The ditch is made of fine iron with a thick bowl mouth, densely embedded in the ditch, and there are hundreds of them, and crocodiles can't climb into it at all." If the ditch is not destroyed so that the crocodile can get in, then even if the embankment is destroyed and the water level of the moat is raised, the crocodile will not enter the Ji River. ”

"Iron Pillar...... It's not something that can't be solved. Fang Ling smiled to himself, and changed the subject, "The rest is a matter of troops, no matter how many men and horses the king of Dongzhou and the king of Anxi County bring, but the number must be calculated in tens of thousands, in this way, the 150,000 horses in Tancheng will be increased to about 200,000." It is impossible for the men and horses of the East Dome Pass to attack Tancheng, and in order to be prepared, there will be at least sixty percent of the men and horses left behind, that is to say, only forty percent of the men and horses attacking Tancheng, only 180,000!"

Seeing that Fang Ling just listened, he was already confident about the problem of the moat, and Lu Bei and Song Ying'er couldn't help but be secretly surprised.