Zhuge Liang has always been known for his resourcefulness.

When he said this, everyone looked at him in the hope that he would come up with a practical plan.

"The land at the foot of Shouchun City is relatively soft.

And after the heavy rain a few days ago, it is even easier to excavate.

I suggest that we can enter Shouchun by digging a hole in the ground. ”

Zhuge Liang analyzed softly.

Throughout the ages, there have been no more than a few ways to siege a city.

Either it's a ladder, or a breach, or it's inside and out,

Either besiege the city, cut off water and food, and wait for the people inside to no longer endure and surrender themselves.

The method of digging a hole in the ground is not something that no one has used.

However, this method is relatively unpopular, and it requires talents who are good at computing to be feasible.

Cao Cao groaned slightly, looked at Zhuge Liang,

"Kong Ming, do you know how to calculate?"

"I know a little bit about it." Zhuge Liang smiled at the corner of his mouth, "But if you want to calculate how to dig a hole in the ground, it's easy." ”

"That's good."

A big stone in Cao Cao's heart fell to the ground,

"I'll give you 2,000 men, and you must dig the tunnels within a week."

"Kong Ming obeys the order!"

The crowd dispersed.

Chen Gong found Zhuge Liang, who was about to leave, and stared at him,

"Kong Ming, are you sure?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly,

"Not sure."

"Then why did you suggest to Cao Gong by digging tunnels?"

Chen Gong froze.

"I'm helpless too."

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly,

"Do you think we can capture Shouchun?"

Chen Gong couldn't speak.

If they were to do it before, they were full of confidence and felt that they could win Shouchun.

But Hua Xiong joined the middle battlefield and came to Shouchun in person, and the morale of the imperial army was strong.

If you want to capture Shouchun, it's as easy as a snap.

"Since we can't take Shouchun, Cao Gong's actions are tantamount to weakening our troops.

Rather than that, you might as well try digging a hole in the ground, and maybe it will work wonders. ”

Chen Gong smiled bitterly,

"Not to mention that there are scheming strategists like Guo Jia and Jia Xu in the imperial court, just Hua Xiong, do you think he didn't expect it?"

"Who can say for sure? Maybe he ignored that. ”

Zhuge Liang shrugged,

"Even if you can't take it, you can delay it for a while through such a move."

"But what's the use of delaying time? Our goal is to take Shouchun and attack Luoyang from Yanzhou. ”

Chen Gong was dissatisfied.

"Brother Gongtai, when is it, do you still think we can win Shouchun?"

The expression on Zhuge Liang's face was similar to looking at an idiot.

"Do you think we can't take Shouchun?"

"Nonsense, since Huaxiong appeared in Shouchun, it means that we don't want to break through from the middle lane at all!"

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes.

"What you said is inevitably a little too long for other people's ambitions and will destroy your own prestige."

"I'm just telling the truth. We can only count on the left and right to make a breakthrough now.

Otherwise, the best result of this crusade against Huaxiong will be in vain. ”

Chen Gong was silent.

He was also a wise man.

Zhuge Liang's analysis, he didn't think about it.

It's just these words, how dare he say them on weekdays?

"I hope the tactic of digging tunnels can succeed."

Zhuge Liang patted Chen Gong's shoulder.

Two thousand men and horses were quickly transferred to Zhuge Liang's command.

After half a day's calculations, he determined the angle and orientation of the hole, and then ordered to start digging.

Sure enough, as Zhuge Liang analyzed before, the soil on the edge of Shouchun City was soft, and it was very easy to dig after being soaked in heavy rain.

The digging of the tunnel went smoothly, and on the third day, it was already dug under the city wall.

"Kong Ming, you did a great job!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and praised repeatedly,

"If you can win Shouchun, you are a great hero!"

"Thank you Gong Cao for your compliment."

Zhuge Liang arched his hand.

At this moment, the grizzled Chen Zhi hurriedly broke into the camp tent.

"Lord Gong, Gong Cao, Kong Ming Military Division!"

He saluted the people.

Seeing Chen Dao, who was in charge of digging the tunnel, looking so hurried, Cao Cao's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said,

"What's wrong?"

Chen Zhi smiled bitterly,

"When we reached the foot of the wall, we dug about twenty steps further.

The soil suddenly became hard, and upon observation, we found that it was cement. ”

What?

Everyone was amazed.

Even Zhuge Liang's eyes widened.

Huaxiong even poured cement into the soil?

Could it be that he had already expected that the coalition forces would dig holes in the ground?

Everyone was at a loss for a while, looking at Zhuge Liang, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

Zhuge Liang touched his chin and thought for a while before he said,

"Chen, have you tried to dig to the left and right?"

"Strategist, I've tried to stretch five steps to the left and right, but there is still a concrete block."

Chen Zhi shook his head.

Zhuge Liang's brows furrowed.

"Strategist, what do you think?"

Liu Bei said softly.

"Lord, Cao Gong. According to my guess, this should be Huaxiong to prevent someone from digging the tunnel, so he poured cement underground. ”

Zhuge Liang analyzed,

"My advice is to start digging up from the same place right away."

Everyone was stunned.

"If you dig it up now, the hole will be at the base of the wall."

Cao Cao was a little worried.

According to the original plan, the exit from the tunnel should not be too close to the city wall to be detected.

But at the same time, you can't get too far away from the city wall, otherwise, you won't be able to take the city wall in one fell swoop.

"There is a way to seek wealth and danger, and you can only gamble.

Moreover, cement was poured in the soil, and the defenders in the city did not expect that someone would dig a hole in the ground. ”

Zhuge Liang said.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice,

"Everything is according to what Kong Ming's military advisor said."

"Whoa!"

The generals will listen in unison.

According to the advance plan, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses stepped up the siege of the city to cover for them.

And Chen Zhi led the Bai Yu soldiers and waited in the tunnel.

Once the tunnels are dug through, they quickly fight out and take the city gates.

When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, and it will be easy to capture Shouchun City.

"Hurry up!"

Chen Zhi commanded the soldiers in front of him.

The shovels in their hands kept waving, and the dirt passed through the soldiers behind them, little by little.

At this moment, one of the soldiers suddenly felt that there was nothing above, and a wisp of fresh air entered the tunnel.

"General, the tunnel has been dug through."

The soldier whispered.

Chen Zhi was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand to let several soldiers who acted as coolies retreat.

He personally picked up the shovel and gouged a few more times.

A hole appeared in front of him in an instant.

Chen Zhi poked his head out and saw the city wall only a few steps away.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.

If you can move at night, why can you see the city wall clearly?

Chen Zhi stiffened and slowly adjusted his direction.

I saw a dense crowd of soldiers standing not far away, and the torches in their hands illuminated the darkness.