"My subordinate Qian Jian, maybe we can borrow water from the Daqing River!"
Shengtu Yehu was silent for a long time. When he found that Liu Ling was looking at him with a vague gaze, he knew that he could no longer remain silent, so he came up with a plan that he had carefully considered.
Qinghe borrowed water and flooded Weizhou City.
Weizhou is right on the edge of the Daqing River, and the river is less than five miles away from Weizhou City. This section of the Yellow River is called Daqing River by the locals, also called Qi River. The water of Daqing River, Daqing River, is not clear at all. Although
The water level of this section of the Yellow River is relatively gentle, but it is now the end of May and the flood season has arrived. It rained for four or five days recently, and the water level of the Daqing River has risen a lot. If the river embankment is breached and the city of Weizhou is flooded, it will indeed be
It's a good idea. It's a poisonous plan, and it's also a plan to kill everyone. If this is used, not only Weizhou, but also hundreds of miles around will turn into a swamp.
Without ten years, there is no hope of restoring the fertile fields and thousands of miles of land.
Shengtu Yehu's words made everyone's eyes brighten. There is no doubt that this is the best way to conquer Weizhou City at present. The casualties will be the least, and the water will rush down. As long as you collect enough ships, you can even go directly by ship.
Rush to the city. The Daqing River is already very high, and it is a veritable "above ground river". The river surface is above the horizon. If the levee breaks and the flood pours out, what a spectacular scene it will be?
Everyone looked at Liu Ling, hoping to see his opinion on this ruthless strategy from Liu Ling's face. But obviously, from Liu Ling's frown, everyone had a premonition that the prince should not.
will agree with this strategy.
"There are more than 200,000 people in Weizhou City."
Liu Ling said lightly.
He stood up, walked slowly to the door of the tent, and looked in the direction of the Daqing River.
"Why do we conquer the world?"
Liu Ling asked.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then remembered what the prince had said before.
"We fight against the world because the world is too chaotic. If we want to end this chaotic world, we must use a powerful method to integrate the fragmented world. Violence is a necessary method, and killing is also for
Let more people live. If there is a war, people will die, but the purpose of our war is not to destroy, but to build. Why should we end this troubled world? In order to let the people of the world have enough to eat, wear warm clothes, and have fields.
Have a house, live and work in peace and contentment. Killing for the sake of future world peace is a last resort, but we cannot kill for the sake of killing. In any case, if the purpose of launching a war is not to live more people, but to die more
Human beings, no matter who starts the war, they will eventually fail or even perish."
This sounds a bit high-sounding, but it is undeniable that although Liu Ling was decisive in killing and countless people died at his hands, he had more alive! Liu Ling captured half of the Zhou Dynasty, and he defeated all the killers.
The dead Zhou army has exceeded 500,000. Half a million people can go from Qinghai to Beijing hand in hand! How many of his living people are there? At least more than 7 million! The Zhou Dynasty has a population of over 10 million, how can we still survive?
All the good people are in the area occupied by Liu Ling!
As Liu Ling said, death is inevitable in war. And in order to win the war, it is understandable to kill the enemy. On the battlefield, there is no room for you to have the slightest bit of womanly kindness!
Liu Ling refused to kill the wild fox and dug up river embankments to divert water to flood Weizhou City. Is this the kindness of a woman? The answer is undoubtedly no.
In order to conquer a Weizhou city, if hundreds or even thousands of miles are flooded, how many people will be displaced and their families will be destroyed? How much fertile land will turn into swamps, and how many dead bones will be buried under this swamp? The most important thing is,
These dry bones are not enemies!
Liu Ling sighed faintly and said: "What I want is a city, not a swamp. What I want is people, not dead bones. Even if the Yellow River is dug up and floods Weizhou, or even the floods come along and flood the lower reaches of the river."
Zhou, our army can even conquer the city without spending a single soldier, but what can we gain?"
Liu Ling turned around, looked at the young talents under his command, and said word by word: "It will only bring infamy for the ages!"
Shengtu Yehu bowed and said: "This subordinate's thinking is too superficial, please punish me."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "You are planning carefully, and it is not for your own selfishness. I will punish you for nothing. But there is one thing you must remember. Every member of our Han army, from the solitary king to the lowly soldier, should be punished before every battle."
Remember, why are you fighting? You are all soldiers, but don’t forget that you are also one of the common people in this world. Furthermore, if I dig up the river embankment today, tomorrow all the people in the world will be my enemy!"
All the generals stood up and bowed solemnly.
Liu Ling returned to his seat and sat down. His face regained its amiable expression and said: "Although Weizhou is heavily guarded and has solid defenses, since there is no so-called invincible offense in the world, there is no impregnable defense. It seems now.
, if Weizhou wants to defeat it, we still have to find a way from within Weizhou."
internal?
Everyone was stunned for a moment, what does "internal" mean? Everyone knows that the role of the Supervisory Yuan is not only to purge officials, but also to supervise all officials. The Han army will win every battle, and it is inseparable from the three secret spies of the Supervisory Yuan.
Accurate intelligence. As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. This sentence is an eternal truth. However, now that Weizhou is blocked by the Zhou army like an iron barrel, the spies of the Supervisory Council in Weizhou City have no way to deal with it.
There is contact with the Han army outside the city. Of course, people outside the city have no way to direct the few secret spies in the city. Weizhou has been isolated, how to start from within?
Liu Ling thought for a while and said: "In a few days, the matter of moving the capital has basically been completed. Zhao Da has already arrived from Luoyang. He is still familiar with the affairs of the Supervisory Yuan."
He smiled and said: "But we can't just wait. The enemy hasn't shown any flaws because we haven't pushed hard enough. If we push too hard, the flaws will naturally be revealed."
He ordered: "Order the army to start digging trenches around the city from tomorrow. Don't expose your body, so that the archers of the Zhou army on the city wall can't shoot, so that the catapults can't hit it, and put on a posture of long-term siege.
!”
All generals will obey orders.
On the second day, tens of thousands of Han troops took action and began to dig trenches outside Weizhou City. The trenches were only about one and a half meters wide and one person deep, and they were dug all the way under the Weizhou city wall. The scene of tens of thousands of people digging trenches together was also
It was quite spectacular. For a while, the dust outside Weizhou City was flying. The defenders on the city wall discovered the abnormal behavior of the Han army and immediately reported it to Chu Feihu. Chu Feihu hurriedly led a group of generals up.
He climbed the city wall and stood on a high place to observe the movements of the Han army.
"General, what are those Han troops doing?"
A general asked with a frown.
Chu Feihu snorted coldly and said: "It's just to bring the battle line closer. Liu Ling's guys have no other plans. Dig trenches? Can he still dig through the Weizhou city wall? Let them dig it.
, as long as he is close to the city wall, shoot me random arrows. I want to see if there is any other way he can break through my Weizhou!"
Mao Taizu once said that there is strength in numbers. There is no doubt about this. It can be seen from the results of tens of thousands of people digging trenches. It took tens of thousands of people only three days to dig out a densely packed area outside Weizhou City.
Interlaced trenches came. The nearest place had been dug fifty or sixty meters away from Weizhou City. Although the Zhou army archers on the city wall poured out the arrows in their arrow pots, the Han army retreated.
In the trench, the arrows did little damage to them.
Although the Han army could not continue to dig forward, the distance between the two armies was close enough. Every day, there would be Han soldiers shouting in the ditch to provoke the Zhou army on the wall. The Zhou army’s archers
As soon as the arrows were released, they immediately hid in the trench, letting the arrows fly overhead, and then laughed loudly, mocking the Zhou army archers for shooting arrows that were as weak and weak as women. Although the Han army
There was no way to break the city, but being so arrogant at such a close distance made Zhou Jun feel as sick as eating dead flies.
Moreover, as time went by, the Zhou army defending the city discovered that the daily consumption of feather arrows was too large. Every day, after the Han army provoked them, the Zhou army would use archers to teach them a lesson, although the effect was minimal. It only lasted for a short time.
In three to five days, more than 100,000 feather arrows were consumed!
After getting this number, Chu Lihuo sighed, and finally gave the order not to waste any more feather arrows. Although there is a workshop for making feather arrows in Weizhou City, and the treasurer's workshop in the army can also make them, materials are needed to make feather arrows.
Now that Weizhou is under siege, there are not many materials for making feather arrows in the city. Once the feather arrows are consumed by the Han army, the arrow towers on the city wall will lose their use. Just rely on dozens of heavy crossbows.
, can a dozen trebuchets be able to stop the Han army's attack?
The provocation of the Han army became more intense after they discovered that the Zhou army no longer used feather arrows to fight back. The Han army's archers even shot a few arrows at the city wall out of fear. The effect was not very good, but psychologically
The blow to the Zhou army was huge. The feeling of the soldiers of the Zhou army can only be described in two words: aggrieved. They were surrounded by people scolding and beating them, and there was nothing they could do except endure it. This battle was indeed very aggrieved.
But they couldn't think of any way to teach the arrogant Han troops, so they could only endure the ridicule of the Han troops day by day. Feather arrows could not hurt the opponent, and trebuchets could not hit the Han troops hiding in the trenches. It was simply frustrating.
People want to pee against the city wall! Well, don’t mention it, some soldiers of the Zhou army did urinate under the city to humiliate the Han army. Then the Han army urinated back without showing any weakness. It is undeniable that in this urine battle, the Han army
The army has no chance of winning.
Finally, after seven days, the dark carriage of the Supervisory Council, protected by three hundred cavalry, finally arrived at the Han army camp outside Weizhou City. The commander of the Supervisory Council, Zhao, who was so weak that he needed a wheelchair to move around.
Da, the first thing he did after arriving at Weizhou Camp was not to see Liu Ling, but to let the carriage go directly to the high slope. Zhao Da got out of the carriage, sat in the wheelchair, and looked at it carefully for a long time. (
