Chapter 388: Make a decision, the water surrounds the city
Zhao Hengyi was right, the soft bones of the imperial court retreated again, but they still chose not to support.
He can fight as much as he wants, and the land he finally takes down is under his control anyway, as long as the court can hand over the taxes and grain, there will be no problem.
He had gradually become accustomed to such inaction by the imperial court.
It doesn't matter, anyway, for the land of Ganchuan, Zhao Hengyi had such thoughts earlier.
The land of Qiangchuan is still very rich in natural resources, and at the same time, it is also bordering the Dayan border in this place.
After they are completely subdued, the Dayan border will never suffer from war.
Zhao Hengyi already had previous experience anyway, so he had great confidence in besieging Ava City this time.
In Ava City, Qiao Xi, as the main general, is also very anxious, and when he continues to strengthen the city wall, he will also ask for help from his own king, and constantly increase his troops.
As long as the food and troops continue to concentrate on their side, then they can successfully defend the city and launch a counterattack.
But if Ava City is not defended, the rest of the cities in the rear will be destroyed.
He didn't dare to take risks!
I heard that this chief general of Annan is also a marquis of Dayan, and his strength is very strong! Known as the god of war, his ability has been recognized by many officers and soldiers in the army.
Now I am in danger.
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Zhao Hengyi's army also soon arrived in Ava City, and after stationing nearby, Zhao Hengyi began to analyze the geography of Ava City.
At the same time, they are also thinking about how to attack their city, and the enemy must be very cautious.
Now that their main army has arrived, the siege will be very fierce.
How can you minimize your losses?
Zhao Hengyi looked at the generals present and asked, "What do you think?" ”
"Our army has successfully set up camp near the city of Ava."
"According to the spies, the troops of Ava City are now coming in from other places to support in a steady stream, and they must have enough food and combat strength in the city."
"Although the enemy's weapons and equipment are not as strong as our army, they have much more troops than us, and this needs to be solved by us!"
Zhang Can and Wang Erniang also listened to Hou Ye's analysis, and felt that this matter was indeed more difficult, and it was very difficult for them to successfully occupy this place.
After thinking about it, there is still no good solution, and I want to reduce the losses as much as possible with our troops.
It's a bit hard!
Zhao Hengyi frowned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly thought of an insidious solution.
"Let's switch to water tapping!"
"It's to change the river and flood the city!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Can and Wang Erniang were stunned, they had heard of this art of war, and it was okay to operate, but this one was very vicious and full of many uncertain factors.
"General, I think so, if we really change the city to flooding, then the people in the city will also be damaged."
"Then I'm afraid that when the time comes, those people will hate us and think that we have destroyed their homes!"
"Aren't we called the teachers of righteousness? It's really not right to do that now. ”
When Zhao Hengyi heard this, yes, this can indeed minimize the loss of troops on his side, but it does not conform to a rule of their army.
Besides, the text has already been sent, and many people here in Ganchuan have received this news, and what will they think in their hearts, they will feel that this is just a lie to them.
Give them a little psychological comfort!
And then it's gone!
It really shouldn't be!
"So what to do?"
Zhao Hengyi thought about it, but he was still a little confused, what should he do to win this battle?
In fact, he is also empty in his heart, because he knows that the opponent's forces are very strong, and if he wants to break through their defenses, if our side suffers heavy losses, then the troops will not get any support.
When the time comes, the rest of the army in Kagawa will gather together, and it will be crushed.
Zhao Hengyi must do everything possible to minimize the loss.
But he didn't want to be scolded by others.
Fish and bear's paws, you can't have both, this is a relatively big problem!
Zhao Hengyi thought about it carefully, maybe the people in the city had already left, and besides, the ordinary people who stayed behind must have supported their army in Yanchuan.
After all, their army has been besieging this city of Ava for many days, and anyone in their right mind knows that there is going to be a war soon, and the people suffer the most at the dawn of the war, so why should they continue to stay in this place and wait for death in vain?
"That's it, let's go straight to the water attack, and let our soldiers divert the flow of a nearby river and let the river flow into their city!"
"So we can fight without blood!"
The method is indeed good, and it has been recognized by the people present, but everyone has some worries in their hearts.
However, how can you care about so many gains and losses in a war? Anyway, if you can win the battle, you can take Ava City, which is equivalent to the land of Kawakawa, and half of the city is owned by the army on the side of Annam.
The rest is the main territory of the king of Kagawa himself, which is their original chassis.
The places that Annan's army had already conquered were actually occupied by the later invasion of Kasugawa.
Since this is the case, Zhao Hengyi is not polite, anyway, he thinks it's not a big deal.
After a unanimous decision, their orders were given, and the soldiers began to divert a river.
The first is to send a large army to dig a long channel at the nearest location to the river.
But they can't break this river directly, they can't let the water flow out now, they have to wait until their river channel is dug not far from this Ava City, when it is located in a relatively low place, and this river can be broken directly!
Wouldn't it be better if the river would cascade for thousands of miles and reach the city of Ava directly?
Soon, they had almost dug the river, and in the meantime there were indeed enemy spies who had come to investigate.
Because they are also more curious, why the army on Annan's side has not launched an attack on them, what is the trick in it.
They have to figure it out, or they've lost the opportunity.
However, when they were inquiring about the news, they also left their lives here, so the lord of Ava City did not know about it.
He also thought that Zhao Hengyi was afraid and didn't dare to continue fighting, probably because he felt that their army was too powerful, there were too many people, and there was a steady stream of support.