Four days later.

More than 100,000 troops marched slowly from the west towards Daliang City.

A knight broke out of the army formation and first stopped at the top of Yishan Mountain, more than ten miles east of Daliang City.

Yishan is facing the main gate of the East Castle (Yimen) of Daliang Castle.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the entire Daliang City is reflected in the eyes of Ying Cheng.

And everything left in front of him is only heavy.

In the sixth year of King Wei Hui (364 B.C.), King Wei Hui moved the capital from Anyi to Yiyi in the face of the fierce pursuit of Great Qin, and built the Great Liang City in front of him in Yiyi.

Unlike Daqin, who has been actively attacking most of the time, since the construction of Daliang City for more than 100 years, Wei has been constantly losing territory, so the Wei kings of all dynasties have paid great attention to the construction of city defense, and Daliang City, as the capital, is the top priority of repair.

Now the circumference of Daliang City is about 50 li, the width of east and west is about 11 li, the length of north and south is about 13 li, there are more than 400,000 residents in it, although it is built by the river, the whole presents a relatively regular trapezoidal shape.

Meng Wu said in a deep voice: "According to the report of the pedestrians stationed in Wei, the wall of Daliang City is about five zhang high, the base of the wall is about thirty zhang (69.3 meters) wide, the top of the wall is about seven zhang (16.17 meters) wide, and there is a horse face every twenty zhang. ”

"There are a total of twelve square city gates, including two water gates, ten road gates, and there are Qucheng (early urn cities) outside each road gate."

"And according to the scout's report, since the counterweight catapult entered the battlefield, Daliang City has begun to continue to thicken the city walls, and it is not known how thick the current Daliang City is."

The width of the wall base of Daliang City is 1.66 times that of Xinzheng City, and the width of the top of the wall is 7 times that of Xinzheng City!

This is simply not the thickness that this era should be.

If the building materials and construction methods are not considered, only the thickness and height are considered, the city wall regulations of Daliang City have exceeded the construction standards of heavy cities in the Qianlong period.

That's more than a thousand years later!

Today, Daliang City is the strongest male city, there is no one!

Looking at the people above and below the city wall who were still in full swing to thicken the city wall, the corners of Ying Chengcheng's mouth twitched slightly, and only after a while did he spit out a sentence: "Crazy!" ”

In the face of this heavy city, what if the Qin army is brave?

Qin Jun was like a tiger facing a thick-shelled turtle, and Rao was a sharp minions and didn't know where to start.

Meng Wu continued: "In addition to the city wall, there is also a very complex water system near Daliang City. ”

"The sailors in Daliang City can leave the city along the water gate and launch an attack on our army along the waterway."

"If other countries reinforce Wei, they can also directly enter Daliang City by water."

If Ying Zheng is an infrastructure maniac, then King Wei Hui is a water conservancy maniac.

King Wei Hui built an extremely complex network of water transportation around the city of Daliang, the most famous of which is the chasm canal connecting the Yellow River and the Huai River.

The word chasm comes from this.

It is this canal that the Han realm of the Chu River refers to!

Relying on the chasm water system, the Wei naval division repeatedly repelled the besieging troops of other countries.

In the face of such a city defense, Ying Chengcheng couldn't help but murmur: "Outrageous!" ”

Meng Wu said angrily: "So in the past, Marquis (Wei Ran) sent troops to attack Wei ten times, but they were all blocked in Daliang City, and he was accused by Ying Hou (Fan Ju) and said: Ten attacks on Wei must not be injured. ”

"The marquis looked at the city of Liang and sighed: With 300,000 people guarding the city of Liang Qiqian (12.93 meters), the minister thought that Tang and Wu were resurrected, and it was not easy to attack!"

Meng Wu looked at Ying Chengcheng: "Daliang City is really a strong city in the world. ”

"Even if our army storms, King Zhao may not be willing to transfer the troops against General Wang to Daliang City."

"Because King Zhao doesn't feel threatened."

Zhao Wangyan really will not sit idly by and watch the Wei State fall.

However, when Zhao himself was facing a heavy attack, Zhao Wang Yan would inevitably be cautious if he transferred troops to reinforce him.

And Daqin's record against Daliang City can obviously greatly increase Zhao Wangyan's psychological threshold.

Looking down at Daliang City in the distance, Ying Cheng asked in a deep voice: "Then what if the fierce attack is not our army, but the water?" ”

Meng Wu was slightly stunned, and immediately subconsciously looked at the complicated water system surrounding Daliang City, and asked in a loud voice: "The general intends to attack by water?!" ”

Ying Chengcheng nodded: "Not bad." ”

"The kings of Wei in successive dynasties have been diverting water through the beams and building the water system around the city of Daliang.".

"The complex water system gives Daliang City a thorough city defense, and makes Daliang City the center of water transportation in the world, and profits are huge because of water transportation!"

"However, the northwest of Daliang City is much higher than Daliang City, once the water system around Daliang City bursts, Daliang City will turn into an ocean!"

Meng Wu frowned slightly: "This strategy hurts the heavens!" ”

Meng Wu naturally didn't care about death and killing.

But flooding the city will lead to a very serious problem, that is, there will be a large number of casualties among the powerful people in the city.

This is likely to cause the magnates of all countries in the world to have an unprecedented sense of crisis, and they will take the initiative to promote the alliance and attack Qin together!

This is also the fundamental reason why this policy was not adopted in the past.

Ying Chengcheng smiled: "My Great Qin has always been a tiger and wolf in the eyes of all the countries in the world. ”

"Since I came out of Great Qin to the east, every war in my Great Qin has been regarded as hurting the peace of the heavens."

"Why one more?"

"I, Daqin, have come to this point, and there is no way out!"

Meng Wu was persuaded by Ying Chengcheng.

Daqin's current international relations are so bad that they can't be worse.

In that case, what are you afraid of?

Meng Wu threw his hand abruptly: "The last general is all dispatched by the general!" ”

Ying Cheng bowed his head happily: "Order!" ”

"Deputy General Meng Wu led 30,000 troops to Xinzheng, and Zheng Guo is already waiting for you here."

"Originally, it was intended to dig up the Yingze Embankment, the Gap Embankment and the Neihuang Embankment respectively."

"How to do it, please consult General Meng with Zheng Guo."

Meng Wu immediately gave his hand: "Only! ”

After receiving the order, Meng Wu said in a deep voice: "The Yingze Embankment and the Divide Embankment are both within the territory of my Great Qin. ”

"But the Neihuang Embankment is on the border of Zhao and Wei."

"If this embankment is excavated, it will inevitably be known by Zhao and Wei!"

In the original history, Wang Ben dug up the Neihuang Embankment to irrigate Daliang City.

But now, the Zhao State has not yet fallen into the hands of Great Qin, and the Inner Yellow City is still the territory of the Zhao State.

Can Zhao Guo sit idly by?

Ying Chengcheng was silent for a few breaths before he smiled and asked, "General Meng has forgotten the purpose of our army's battle again?" ”

"Ben will dig the Neihuang Embankment to let Zhao Guo know that Ben is going to break the embankment and irrigate the city!"

"If it weren't for that, how could Zhao send troops to help?"

Meng Wu suddenly smiled and arched his hand: "It's the end of the general's loss." ”

Ying Cheng said in a deep voice: "If there are reinforcements from the Zhao State, General Meng will be the front army to meet the Zhao army." ”

"Please General Meng fight and retreat, and the general will immediately send troops to support the general."

Meng Wu said solemnly: "The last general knows." ”

"The last general will lead the troops back to Xinzheng!"

Ying Cheng bowed: "The general walks slowly!" ”

Seeing Meng Wu go away, Ying Chengcheng looked at Daliang City again: "Order!" The front army pressed forward, and the soldiers forced the east city gate! ”

At the sound of an order, the front army accelerated its march.

After a slight reorganization of the army outside Daliang City, Ying Cheng ordered again: "The crossbowmen come forward, and the crossbow arrows are suppressed!" ”

Fifteen hundred crossbowmen quickly charged to a distance of 250 zhang outside the city of Daliang, and lined up three times.

With Jiang Ming's shout, the crossbow arrows splashed towards Daliang City like a torrential rain.

Ying Cheng continued to drink the order: "The catapult comes forward, and the flying stone is ready!" ”

With the crunch of wooden wheels, forty catapults were pushed outside the east gate.

The pole rises, driving the heavy stones into the sky.

Under the nervous gaze of everyone, a boulder weighing one hundred and fifty catties slammed into the city wall of Daliang City.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the walls of Daliang City shook slightly.

Wei Wangzeng did not hesitate to run in the direction of the boulder's landing point.

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, go slowly!"

"Keep an eye on the sky, keep your eyes on the sky!"

The courtiers of Wei followed behind King Wei in a panic.

But Wei Wangzeng's eyes only have the city wall!

Finally, Wei Wangzeng ran to the nearest boulder landing point.

Leaning out and looking down, Wei Wangzeng's face became extremely ugly.

I saw that there were a few gaps in the thick city wall!

King Wei muttered in disgrace: "The Qin army's flying stones can break my Daliang City?!" ”

"Why can it break my Great Liang City!"

Wei Xiang, Gao Luo and other important ministers of Wei also looked at each other at a loss.

After the war did not fall, Daliang City had a special position in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State.

Just as people believed that all ghosts and goblins could not harm the people in the bed, the Wei people took it for granted that it was impossible for the Qin army to help Daliang City.

But now, this axiom has collapsed!

Pang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief after inspecting the damage to the city wall, and bowed: "Please don't worry about King Wei." ”

"Although the Qin army's catapult can hurt Daliang City, it is not seriously injured."

"As long as the king continues to recruit the leaders in the city to strengthen the city wall, the Qin army will not be able to Daliang City."

Wei Wangzeng was still a little unstable in his heart, and he was determined to thicken the wall of Daliang City to more than 100 zhang!

But in the face of the foreign ministers, King Wei bowed slightly: "What General Pang said is very true, and few people know it. ”

Pang Xuan bowed his hand and saluted again: "However, the Qin State Chang'an Jun has a strange strategy, and there are many new equipment. ”

"The foreign minister thought that after Chang'anjun found that the catapult had little effect on Daliang City, he would inevitably come up with another strategy."

"Foreign ministers, please go out of the city and camp again!"

Wei Wangzeng frowned slightly: "But the widow is not well entertained, and the general repeatedly wants to leave?" ”

Pang Xuan said seriously: "The king is hospitable, and the ministers only have gratitude in their hearts!" ”

"But the thanks of the foreign ministers are not to be trapped in the city and indulge in singing and dancing with the king, but to help the king to defend Daliang City."

"If the foreign minister goes out of the city and is stationed, then the Daliang City can be retreated or defended, this is the way to defend the city!"

What Pang Xuan said was very reasonable, but Wei Wangzeng didn't listen.

Compared with the benefits brought by Pang Xuan going out of the city to fight, Wei Wangzeng was more worried that Pang Xuan would take advantage of the opportunity to go out of the city and run away!

Through the efforts of successive Wei kings, the talents of the Wei court have completely withered, and Wei Qi has become one of the top generals in Wei.

Now that generals like Pang Xuan can finally be used by the Wei State, how can Wei Wangzeng be willing to let him go?

Knowing Wei Wangzeng's thoughts, Gao Meng smiled and was relieved: "Although Daliang City is trapped, my Dawei Zhucheng is still there." ”

"The king has sent an order to all cities, and ordered the defenders of each city to lead their armies back to aid Daliang City, and these defenders can be at odds with our Daliang City."

"Please also ask General Pang to sit in Daliang City and command the overall situation!"

Pang Xuan shook his head: "Liang Chengjian, there is no need for this general to command in person. ”

"The place where the general should appear is precisely outside the city, so that the general can look at the overall situation and judge the intentions of the Qin army."

Gao Ming's face was slightly gloomy: "Isn't General Pang going out of the city under the pretext of going back to Zhao State?" ”

"This prime minister can understand General Pang's eagerness to return to help, but is it too ridiculous for General Pang to go out of the city to observe Chang'anjun's intentions?"

"Chang'anjun has all kinds of talents, in addition to breaking my city wall with trebuchets, how else can he threaten my Daliang City!"

Pang Xuan was angry and depressed, and asked in a deep voice: "If Chang'anjun digs an embankment to divert water to irrigate the beams." ”

"What should the King of Wei be!"

Because the First Emperor abolished the unit of measurement of '仞' in the process of unifying weights and measures, he began to debate how long a piece of length was since the Han Dynasty, and then it was more often used as a virtual finger, so the cheese chose the statement of "Book of Han", one 仞 = eight (Qin) rulers.

The excavation work of Daliang City has not yet been completed, and the cheese that has been surveyed will be directly used, and the undiscovered part of the cheese will be filled with other archaeological results of the same era, and the historical materials will be used secondarily. For example, the structure of the Daliang City Qucheng refers to the structure of the Qucheng of the North Gate of Xinzheng City in the same period. Readers, if you find any fallacies, please don't hesitate to tell the cheese, thank you!

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