"Pull the tail? The Yuehai Tower is slippery. Not to mention the excavation outside Zhenyang City, the inner city is also built inside the city. I don't know how he persuaded the Chihu people to agree to his slow advance towards Chushan. I want to
It’s too hard to pull his tail!”
Tang Qing frowned and looked at the distant wilderness shrouded in moonlight and hoarfrost. He couldn't think of any weakness in the Yuehai Tower, which was as stable as an old tortoise and as slippery as a turtle, that they could catch and force it to give up construction.
Company strategy.
"The answer is there, and we have been prepared for it for a long time, but we haven't had the chance to implement it yet - if you haven't thought of it yet, I will punish you by standing on the city wall tonight!" Xu Huai said to Tang Qing.
"Water attack?" A thought flashed through Tang Qing's mind and he asked in a low voice.
To the north of the Huai River, to the east and northeast of the North Ridge of Tongbai Mountain and Dafu Mountain (Qingyi Ridge), the terrain is low, and the upper reaches of the Huai River, Ru River and the streams originating from Dafu Mountain (Qingyi Ridge), after the summer
There are frequent heavy rains, making these areas subject to flooding all year round.
Zhenyang, the central part of Queshan, and the Pingchuan area in the east are basically the Huai River. The Ru River carries a large amount of sediment from the upper reaches and is formed by alluvial erosion over countless years.
Runan and Suiping County have the lowest terrain and the most serious flooding.
Because the rainfall in the upper reaches of the Huai River is less in summer, the flooding in Queshan and Zhenyang areas is lighter, but this is only relatively speaking.
At the beginning of the year, Xu Huai returned to Chushan and convened everyone to discuss the defense strategy. At that time, he did not think about building a new city on the north bank of Zhouqiao Bridge. He mainly considered how to break the siege if the Qingyi Ridge Camp City was besieged by an enemy army with an absolute advantage in strength.
At that time, we considered trying to build a dam on the upper reaches of the Wuzhai River to intercept the river.
Wuzhai River, also known as Qingyi River, is named after it originates from Qingyi Ridge in the eastern section of Dafu Mountain. It leaves Qingyi Ridge to the north and returns to the southeast corner of Queshan County, then turns eastward and merges into Rushui River.
If we can build a dam to store water near Yingcheng in Qingyi Ridge, and breach it in different directions when necessary, we can guide the water to the vicinity of Queshan County and the right bank of Qingyi Mountain, that is, to the southeast of Queshan and the north of Zhenyang, thus ensuring that the enemy's
They did not dare to rely on their superior strength to besiege Qingyi Ridge Camp City for a long time.
Of course, this idea is good, but it is not easy to implement.
Due to the limitations of engineering technology and adhesive materials at that time, it was impossible to build the interception dam very high. Currently, the dozens of stone weirs built deep in Tongbai Mountain are kept as low as possible, or multiple stone weirs are built one after another.
It stores water in stages and raises the water level to irrigate the mountains, fields and valleys on both sides of the river, making the depths of the steep mountains suitable for living and farming.
Technically, only low dams and low weirs are allowed to be built. They cannot be washed away or collapse during the water storage period, and enough rainwater must be stored to submerge dozens of miles in depth in a short time. Therefore, it was decided to use low dams and low weirs in the upstream.
The surrounding weir lake is large enough, and the amount of work is somewhat staggering.
At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the direction of flood flow after the breach is controlled, and the choice of the topography of the weir lake is extremely careful...
All in all, it is an extremely complex and time-consuming project.
It is also thanks to the large-scale construction of cofferdams and stone dams in Tongbai Mountain in recent years to accumulate experience and talents, and to have Yu Chengzhen, a master of urban construction, join in. It also took two or three months to complete Queshan.
The topography of Yang and other places was surveyed.
However, in the end, the project was abandoned because the waste was too huge and beyond Chushan's ability to bear.
Now Chushan is building a city on the north bank of Zhouqiao. The enemy has an absolutely superior force and is advancing towards Chushan City by building a company camp, intending to cut off the connection between Chushan City and Shimen Ridge and Qingyi Ridge from the outside.
However, the enemy's camps are mainly located on both sides of the Mingxi River.
In the same way, as long as Chushan can build a dam on the upper reaches of the Mingxi River to block water, the accumulated rainwater in the upper reaches will not flow into the Huaihe River through the Mingxi River, but will be channeled to both sides of the Mingxi River to flood the land.
The two sides of the Mingxi River are quite flat, so it is difficult to direct the floods to directly destroy the camp. However, submerging the fields and jungles around the camp and turning it into a flat lake will cut off the other side and the Zhenyang City behind it.
Mountain City Contact.
As a result, the forts turned into isolated islands submerged in the water, making it difficult for the captives to gallop and transport their food and supplies. When the time came, it would be difficult for Yue Hailou not to retreat.
What can he do if he doesn't retreat? Seeing the fortresses being attacked by Chushan elites one after another, he has no way to reinforce them?
Of course, although the terrain on both sides of the Mingxi River has been surveyed long ago and there are no technical problems, Yue Hailou is also blind.
Thousands of young and strong civilians were transferred to the upper reaches of the Mingxi River. How could Yue Hailou not understand their intentions?
Therefore, if Yue Hailou does not want to sit back and watch Chushan build a dam on the upper reaches of the Mingxi River, and at the same time has to explain to the Chihu people, he cannot easily retreat without success, so he must send troops to attack the upper reaches of the Mingxi River or
Attack Chushan City.
This also achieves the goal of pulling it out by its tail and beating it.
"Even if the enemy troops can be forced out of the camp to fight in the field, it will not be easy!" Xu Wuqi said in a low voice as he motioned for the soldiers on his left and right to step aside.
Everyone looked grim. They said they were not afraid of any strong army in a foot battle, not to mention that Yue Hailou's puppet Chu army had not yet reached the level of a strong army. However, it was undeniable that the strength of the two sides was very different.
In addition to the three key points of Luoshan, Jiuliguan and Qingyi Ridge that require elite garrison, some Wubao camps built in dangerous pass areas also need to be garrisoned by separate troops to prevent small groups of soldiers from penetrating and infiltrating into the depths of Tongbai Mountain and truly gathering.
The number of troops arriving at Chushan City and the eastern foot of Shimen Ridge in the south, including the Tianxiong Army and the Prefecture Army, was only 13,000 to 4,000.
At present, Yue Hailou can mobilize more than 30,000 troops and horses on both sides of the Mingxi River, and there are nearly 5,000 elite Red Guard cavalry peeping around.
The Red Hussars, led by Mo Lihu, came specifically to watch Chu Mountain, and even blatantly practiced infantry and cavalry coordination with Zhong Changqing's infantry on the left bank of the Mingxi River.
"The time is not yet mature enough. The Puppet-Chu camp has not yet advanced to the west bank of the Mingxi River on a large scale, so they may not take the bait. We also need a month to make more careful preparations," Xu Huai looked at Tang Qing,
Han Qi and Yin Peng asked, "Which of you will take on this responsibility?"
The terrain in the upper reaches of the Mingxi River is narrow and narrow, and the enemy's main force is about to be attacked. It only needs to be filled with a small number of elite troops. Later, according to the casualties, additional troops and horses can be added.
At present, Chushan's refined iron production has increased significantly, but the creation of some war weapons and sophisticated armor is still time-consuming and labor-intensive. In the next month, we can only focus on strengthening one part instead of pursuing egalitarianism.
"Since I guessed this strategy first, of course I will defend Huangyang Village!" Tang Qing said first.
Huangyang Village is located on the right bank of the upper reaches of the Mingxi River. It was originally an inspection military village under the jurisdiction of the Qingyi Lingdu Inspection Department. Its original purpose was to form an angle with Shimenling Village and guard the valley of the Mingxi River as well as Qingyi Ridge and Shimenling.
The gap between them prevents small groups of enemy troops from penetrating into the valley between the North Ridge of Tongbai Mountain and Dafu Mountain.
The key point of this battle is to send an elite group and thousands of engineering troops responsible for dam construction to station in Huangyangzhai in advance, so as to attract the enemy troops to fight in front of Huangyangzhai.
We definitely cannot simply defend Huangyangzhai.
Otherwise, the enemy would also build a fort near Huangyangzhai, and thousands of workers and troops would not be able to leave Huangyangzhai to build a water interception dam, and there would be no threat at all.
However, Huangyangzhai is located on the south side of the low hilly belt extending eastward from Shimen Ridge and Qingyi Ridge. It is called Iron Curtain Mountain by the world. It is also the dividing ridge between Qingyi Water and Mingxi River. It is more than ten feet, thirty or forty feet high.
Qiushan stretches for more than ten miles in the southeast of Qingyi Ridge to the junction of Queshan and Zhenyang counties, which is good for defense but not good for offense.
"We have thought of it for a long time, just to see if you can guess it!" Yin Peng and Han Qi said.
"There is no need to argue. Tang Qing will be responsible for guarding Huangyang Village," Xu Huai said. "Once Yue Hailou is forced to use troops against Huangyang Village and wants to grab a foothold in the upper reaches of the Mingxi River, he will inevitably fight at the same time.
Launch an offensive against this side! Defense here won’t be easy either!”
Now that Chushan has just built the outer city wall, the defense is still very simple - if you act too hastily, Yuehailou may not attack Huangyangzhai by force. It is very likely that he will take advantage of the Chushan elite to defend Huangyangzhai and concentrate his forces to attack Huangyangzhai.
The poorly defended Chushan City.
Therefore, in the next month, Chushan City's defense must be further improved.
Early the next morning, Tang Qing led hundreds of his elite troops to detour from the inner route to Huangyangzhai to garrison; Yu Chengzhen also took a dozen of his disciples to Huangyangzhai to conduct more accurate calculations on the dam and lake in the upper reaches of the Mingxi River.
Chushan City takes the outer route east of Shimenling, about 40 miles to Huangyangzhai, and can be reached in half a day. However, if you take the inner route, you must first cross the river to Zhouqiao, then take the Tongbai Mountain Road to Huaiyuan, and cross the river into the north of Tongbai Mountain.
Ridge, proceed eastward from the Xinbigu Road between Beiling and Dafu Mountain, and arrive at Huangyangzhai.
The inner route would take a full 250 miles, and many of the newly opened mountain roads were still very narrow. It would be difficult to widen them further in a short period of time, and the marching speed would not be fast.
This is also a key reason why the outer line east of Shimenling will not be easily approached and cut off by the enemy's strategy of building company camps.
At the same time, Chushan City further built internal and external horse-repelling walls, excavated internal fortresses, built dozens of military forts, and crafted slinging equipment.
In terms of military strength, Chushan is at a great disadvantage, but compared simply with Yue Hailou's puppet Chu army, Chushan has an absolute advantage in terms of sufficient supplies, transportation, geographical location and even weather. Now it is necessary to use these advantages bit by bit.
