. Xie An's arrival brought a small boost to the morale of the Northern Prefecture Army. At the same time, the arrival of 10,000 troops from Nanyang and Runan counties, as well as a large number of food and grass escorted by Runan County, gave Deng Qiang more capital. Under this situation, Deng Qiang's comprehensive siege operation was already on the verge of the string.

On the 28th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Xian'an, the Great Jin Dynasty, the largest siege in the past four days began.

The Qin army naturally opened the way with the old three. While the catapult cart and the crossbow pressed the city, they sent 7,000 archers to the edge of the moat to shoot rockets into the city. These three magic weapons were all invincible, and they pressed the Northern Palace Army under the city wall, and they could not reach the city.

Half an hour later, when the catapult was exhausted, 15,000 soldiers had already rushed to the moat in three groups. However, when more than 500 ladders were pushed to the moat by the soldiers, they encountered a problem. The two-foot-meter-long ladders could not reach the other side of the moat at all. The idea of ​​using the ladders to build a floating bridge was empty.

The Northern Mansion Army took advantage of this moment and quickly climbed the city from fifty spiral ladders, staring at the dense rain of arrows, and shooting at the city. The moat was immediately covered with blood and countless casualties; and the Northern Mansion Army at the city was shot by seven thousand Qin soldiers and archers, and the battle was tragic.

The people quickly carried Shabacheng and built simple fortifications half a person high along the outside of the city wall. After the fortifications were set up, the casualties of the Northern Prefecture Army gradually decreased. Seeing that the situation was not good, Deng Qiang hurriedly blew the trumpet to stop the troops. The first large-scale battle ended in such a desperate situation.

No one expected that the moat of Xiaoxiao Chaohu City was three meters wide, even the moat of Chang'an, Qindu was only four meters, and the main city of the prefectures and counties was only two to five to two meters. This little Chaohu City actually dug a moat of three meters wide, which was really an illegal system; the scale of the city under construction actually violated the laws.

The Qin army scouts had actually lengthened the ladder to two meter two, and such a ladder had reached its limit. If it was higher, it might be possible to break the wood of the ladder due to the material.

Generally speaking, the wood of the cloud ladder needs to meet two requirements: one is lightweight and easy for soldiers to stand up; the other is strong, and it is impossible to have ladders one by one when siege. Others are escalators below, standing one person every ten steps and being on the side can fight or kill, so the best material is bamboo or high-thin fir.

The ladder is wheeled and is equipped with anti-shields, winches, grab hooks and other equipment, and some are equipped with pulley lifting equipment. This belongs to the category of siege equipment and must be carefully built and carried with the army, which is relatively fine.

There are also two simple long materials, with stairs or stairs tied up in the middle; 100 of the five hundred cloud ladders used by Deng Qiang are simple, and the purpose of using is to build floating bridges. Simple cloud ladders are usually cut down trees or bamboos on the spot during wartime, and they will only be carried with the army unless there are no trees or trees in the local area.

The simple ladder used by Deng Qiang's army to make the simple cloud ladder when they came to Chaohu City. The wood used for building the camp was taken from Fenghuang Mountain in the west of the city. However, the wood used in Fenghuang Mountain was cut off by the Northern Prefecture Army. The rest were thin, crooked and overwhelmed trees. Therefore, when building, it must be sawn and connected, and the mortise and tenon squares have a length. However, the wood connected such as this must not carry too much weight, so it should not be too long.

Yuan Gang was silent. With Xie An present, he tried to speak as little as possible. Besides, he knew his shortcomings after this battle, so he calmed down and listened to the opinions of the people and thought seriously.

Xie An looked dissatisfied, picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "Person Liu, your opinion cannot be said to be wrong. This is indeed a strategy to retreat to the enemy; however, it is a strategy to gain power."

Liu Laozhi bowed and said, "Thank you for your advice."

Xie An smiled and said, "Manpower cannot be revived, but cloud ladders can be rebuilt. After shooting cloud ladders, they will only delay the pace of the enemy's siege. However, it is only a matter of time before rebuilding. After the Qin army is built, it can be said that it will be a symptom but not the root cause. Only by killing and injuring the enemy is the fundamental solution. What will happen if there are ladder cars but no soldiers siege the city?"

When Liu Laozhi heard this, he was shocked and quickly lifted his battle robe and knelt down and said, "I have been taught by my subordinates, and I have entered a dead end. I still talk about success or failure. I really deserve to die."

Xie An laughed loudly and helped him up and said, "Why do you need to do this? Liu Zhengwei is a talented person. Han Mu will be able to know people's eyesight. It's good that you can think of this; but what you lack is combat experience. In time, Liu Zhengwei will be a general who is famous all over the world."

Liu Laozhi said, "How dare I receive this praise..."

Xie Shi smiled and said, "However, what should happen tomorrow? Everyone has an idea, and now we need to focus our ideas."

Everyone frowned and thought hard. Xie An was very knowledgeable. After a while, he pondered: "I guess the enemy will have a wonderful way to cross the river easily tomorrow. If I come to attack the city, I will definitely use a floating bridge. My moat is wide. If it is a suspended bridge, it may be difficult to build it for a while, and the floating bridge will be much faster."

After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed a matter of no separation. Xie An said again: "It is as Liu Zhengwei said that it is almost impossible. Even if a tens of thousands of troops carry sandbags, they can fill the moat in an instant. What we are fighting for is the moment by the river. Just grasping this moment, you can shoot the enemy in large numbers. The enemy will definitely have corresponding countermeasures, but our goal of killing the enemy has been achieved. The one behind is a real fight with real swords and guns, and there will be no fancy at that time."

Yuan Gang, who had been cautious in speaking, suddenly whispered loudly: "I have it."

Everyone looked at Yuan Gang, but saw his eyes shining and said, "Justice Xie woke up the dreamer just now. If we were just fighting for the opportunity for that moment, it would be much simpler."

Everyone listened and Yuan Gang continued: "I participated in the construction of this Chaohu City throughout the whole process. The water of the moat was directed from the Ruxu River and poured into Chaohu Lake. If the Qin thieves crossed the river with a floating bridge as Mr. Xie said, why don't we get a pot to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot?"

Xie Shi was the fastest, and Ma reacted and stroking his hands and said, "The deputy commander is a clever plan, this plan is very wonderful."

Zhu Heqian, who is slow-witted, Zhuge Kan, Gao Heng, Liu Gui, Tian Luo, Sun Wuzhong and others have not yet reacted and are waiting to be asked.

Xie Shi couldn't wait to continue, "The deputy commander means to build a dam to stop its source, and to surf the pontoon bridge, there is water to float, but will it float without water?"

Liu Laozhi laughed and said, "It's really a good plan. It's a good idea to remove firewood from the cauldron. Tonight, someone can be sent to build a dam to cut off the water flow. Qin thieves came to the river in a fierce manner, but found that there was no water in the river, only a piece of mud, with ditches and mud, and sharp bamboos and thorns everywhere. How could they not sigh at the river?"

Zhuge Kan said: "The Qin thieves must have been panicked. Our army can take advantage of this moment to shoot and kill. When the enemy wants to fill the river with sandbags, our army has already gained the lead. We can send more archers to shoot and kill at least one or two thousand."

Everyone laughed, but Liang Jinchun was silent. After waiting for everyone to laugh, he said: "This method is very wonderful, but the official thought that this method needs to be considered."

Everyone was stunned, but Xie An smiled and nodded, "There are many talents in the Northern Palace army, and Han Mu has good eyesight."

Everyone was confused by Xie An's brainless praise. Xie An gave Liang Jinchun an encouraging look and signaled him to explain in detail.

Liang Jinchun said seriously: "If you follow the deputy commander's plan and build a dam tonight, the enemy will likely have found that there is no water in the river tomorrow morning. The war is not a joke, and you cannot be lucky. It is better to start building a dam when the war will last tomorrow. When the enemy crosses a small half of the attack, the river will be cut off, but then you will be powerless. Wouldn't the Qin soldiers who have crossed over become turtles in the jar? When the Qin thieves are filled with sandbags, open the dam and release the water. This will definitely be of endless use between opening and opening."

The generals and officers of the Northern Prefecture Army were fascinated by the clever plan, and they were really incomprehensible in the human mind. They were impressed by Liang Jinchun and Liang for a moment. Such a plan was probably only thought of by Han Shuai.

For a time, the generals were in high spirits and were inspired. They improved several suggestions on this basis, and a shocking plan to remove the firewood from the cauldron was improved.
Chapter completed!