Chapter 166: The homeland is hard to leave, and the temple is hard to give up
Just when Wang Ben and Qiang's soldiers were divided, Bai Zhong had already received an edict to go north, leaving Xiong Qi in Chencheng.
When there was still a day to go from Daliang, Bai Zhong found that Wang Ben's speed was super fast, and he quickly took Anyang and other cities, and the troops came to Daliang City, and even began to attack the city, and sent people to meet him.
A day later.
Bai Zhong also arrived at the city of Daliang.
This is almost a lonely city, the west has completely fallen, the main force in the north is on the edge of the Yellow River, and the main force in the east is not much, and now he is hesitant to come to the rescue, Wang Ben tried to attack Daliang City, but it had no effect.
He found that Daliang City was even more difficult to fight than Jingcheng at that time.
At most, the defense is relatively strong, and there are more fortifications outside the city.
There is nothing outside the city of Daliang, the walls are clear, the moat is dug deep and wide, the city tower is reinforced and heightened, and he also heard that the king of Wei has hoarded enough food in the city for two years, and has prepared 200,000 guards in the city, which can completely drag the Qin army to death here for two years.
Even when the Qin army was approaching the city, the Wei army was constantly reinforcing the defensive project.
As soon as Bai Zhong arrived, he heard Wang Ben talk about his headache.
"Since we destroyed Zhao, the king of Wei has let people strengthen the walls of the girders, and by now, the whole city is very strong."
Wang Ben looked at the city and asked helplessly, "Does General Bai have any plans to break the city?" ”
Bai Zhong didn't think much about it, he directly spread out the map, pointed to the two rivers of the Yellow River and the chasm next to Daliang, and said: "To break the city, the method is very simple, dig up the embankments of the Yellow River and the chasm, do a good job of various flood control measures, and divert water to soak Daliang City." ”
The ancient city walls were not all made of masonry, but there was a layer of masonry on the periphery, and all the inside was compacted earth.
As long as you soak in water for a while, the walls will become soft, and it will collapse sooner or later.
Wang Ben looked at the map for a while, the Yellow River and the chasm are far away from the girder, but it is not impossible to excavate, at most the amount of water diversion and waterproof work is larger, and the ditch excavated is relatively long.
When the killing god Bai Qi besieged Yingcheng, he dug a hundred-mile long canal, attracted the water of the Yangtze River, and directly broke the city.
"Immediately follow what General Bai said, gather men and horses, and find a suitable place to dig a ditch."
Wang Ben hurriedly turned around and said to the lieutenant general behind him: "Within five days, we must start digging." ”
He felt that Bai Zhong's plan was absolutely feasible and the only way to break the city, and said, "If it weren't for General Bai's clever plan, I don't know how long it would have been delayed by King Wei." ”
Bai Zhong casually explained: "I saw that there were many water systems near the girder, and suddenly I had this method, thinking that flooding was feasible. ”
"Next, we have to trouble General Bai to go north, to the edge of the Yellow River, and stop the main force of the Wei army from moving south."
Wang Ben said: "When General Bai arrives at the Yellow River, General Qiang will take some of the men and horses, go to the east of Daliang City first, solve the last main force and reinforcements of the Wei army, and completely turn Daliang into a lonely city." ”
Bai Zhong said: "No problem! ”
After they discussed, Bai Zhong decided to go north tomorrow.
At present, in the barracks, the soldiers are recuperating and recovering their physical strength.
Wang Ben did not plan to attack the city again, but began to prepare to dig a long canal and flood the girders.
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Early the next morning.
On the tower of the girder.
Although the king of Wei was very afraid of the Qin army, he still came to the city tower of Daliang, and looked at the Qin army below, only to see that the army was densely packed, and just looking at the momentum, it was able to completely crush their Wei army.
If you fight, you will definitely lose, but fortunately, the city wall is high and thick, and it can still be stopped.
When the soldiers defending the city saw this, they hurriedly got up and saluted, saying that they would meet the king and so on.
The king of Wei pretended to wave his hand, so that they did not have to be polite, and said: "The Qin people are cunning, attacking Chu on the surface, and suddenly entering the Wei realm from Handan, the widow originally thought that the Qin army was going to attack from the north and mobilize the main force to resist, but he didn't expect Wang Ben to come in from the south, but the army came to the city in a few days, the prime minister, the widow and you all guessed wrong, and they didn't expect it to be like this." ”
Tang Ju beside him was very guilty at this time, and bowed down and said: "It's the minister who is sorry for the king, and the matter of gathering the main force to go north was proposed by the minister, and our main force crossed the Yellow River and was intercepted by the Qin army and couldn't come back, which led to today's result." ”
"The widow doesn't blame the prime minister, if the widow had the ability to defend the country, it wouldn't be like this today."
The king of Wei pretended to look outside the city again, and suddenly saw a large group of Qin troops rushing to the north, although the distance was relatively far, but it could also be seen that those people did not look like regular soldiers, but those prisoners, Cheng Dan and others, because they walked very messy, not like disciplined troops.
He said: "Prime Minister, look, the Qin army suddenly arranged for a group of people to go north, what is Wang Ben going to do?" ”
Tang Ju looked up, he was old, his eyes were not good, he could still see someone walking, he was shocked, and exclaimed: "Oh no, these people are going in the direction of the Yellow River and the chasm, and the minister thinks that Wang Ben plans to flood the beam!" ”
"What!"
King Wei was so excited that he almost jumped up.
If the Qin army was really allowed to dig a canal and divert water to flood, their moat would be useless, and the city wall would definitely collapse after being soaked.
Even if the city wall is not damaged, and the flood pours into the city, the life of the army and the people will not be easy, and it will even induce plague.
This is more terrifying than the Qin army's direct attack on the city!
"The minister got the news that Ningling Jun's son blamed the three Jin people in Suiyang, recruited troops and horses to prepare to come to support the Liang, and the minister was worried that the prince had not come yet, and the beam had been flooded."
Tang Ju no longer agreed to stick to the beam, and suggested: "Why don't we give up the beam and go back with the prince first, what does the king think?" ”
Once flooded, there is no chance of recovery.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Qin army's plan has not been carried out now, even if the entire city has been surrounded, it should not be a problem to rely on the 200,000 people in the city to break through.
"No way!"
King Wei pretended to decisively refuse: "The homeland is difficult to leave, the temple is difficult to give up, the widow will not abandon the city and flee, and will never surrender." ”
When the soldiers of the Wei army around them heard this, they all looked at the king of Wei.
Their morale is finally high.
The kings were already like this, and their fighting spirit began to burn, and they wanted to fight to the death with the Qin army.
If you keep it, Dawei is safe, and if you can't keep it, it's a big deal.
"King!"
Tang Ju said with tears: "Accompany the king and defend the beam!" ”
"Accompany the king, defend the beam!"
The soldiers in the city shouted in response.
"Good!"
King Wei clenched his hands into fists and said loudly: "Even if the girder is flooded, you must fight to the death!" ”
Before, he was incompetent and afraid of death.
But now something has changed, the blood is boiling, the whole body is full of pride and ambition.
Tang Ju sighed in his heart, if the morale of the Wei State was so grand a few years ago, it would not be afraid of the Qin State until now.
Now it's too late, and you have to resign yourself to fate.