Yun Zheng had already done all these things in Wuchao, including raids, sabotage, lurking, and even poisoning. This big city still stood firm, and Nong Zhigao even had the energy to continue building his own city.
Within the area controlled by Baniu Crossbow, Yunzheng's troops could not enter at all.
He made a shield out of a big piece of wood and put it on a cart as he slowly approached the city. The crossbows of the Eight Ox Crossbow were unable to do anything to it. Just when Yun Zheng was happy, rocks from the sky flew over and knocked the shield away.
The chariot was smashed to pieces, and the soldiers hiding behind the shield chariot were also smashed to pieces.
Nong Zhigao not only has a large number of eight-oxen crossbows, but also a larger number of catapults!
Yun Zheng no longer had the energy to complain about the troops in Guangnan who specialized in delivering weapons to the enemy, because heavy rain was coming.
Guangyuan Mansion is close to the sea. Whenever the monsoon blows, the water vapor on the ocean will be sent to the mainland by the monsoon, so there will be torrential rains. When the heavy rain falls here, it is like a hole has been poked in the Tianhe River.
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Yun Zheng had seen heavy rain in Sichuan, but he had never seen such a formation. When it rained, the sky immediately darkened. Sitting in the military tent, he needed to light a candle to read with peace of mind.
This is indeed reassuring. In such an environment, Nong Zhigao can't even make a sneak attack. Wuchao, which is located on the edge of the cliff, happens to be at the outlet of the canyon. The terrain is low-lying and has become a Zeguo. Maybe this is
The only weakness of Wuchao City.
Liang Ji, who was still soaked in his raincoat, walked into Yunzheng's tent and said: "General, the rain is too heavy, and the brothers can't get close to the city gate at all. According to your idea, the brothers piled up on the opening of the flood.
All the soil was carried down to Wuchao City by flash floods. You said you wanted to turn Wuchao City into a quagmire, but how are we going to attack the city?"
Yun Zheng closed the book, pointed to the ginger soup simmering in the pot and motioned to Liang Ji to drink a bowl to warm himself up and said lazily: "We have tried to attack Wuchao no less than ten times these days, and you have seen the result.
More than a hundred brothers have been killed in the battle. This kind of temptation can no longer go on. My family knows my own affairs, and General I can't do anything to exchange human lives for military merit. So now besieging Wuchao is actually a good idea. With so much
I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the people in Wuchao to come up with some mud, and we can save a few people from dying."
After Liang Ji drank two bowls of ginger soup, he said: "How do you deal with the ambassador? He is very ambitious and wants to destroy Wuchao to avoid future troubles."
Yun Zheng chuckled lightly and said: "That was his idea, not mine. It is not easy to build Wuchao City. It can be advanced, attacked, retreated and defended. If it can be destroyed, it will not be destroyed. If there is something here in the future,
Setting up a garrison is very helpful in frightening the southern barbarians, but destroying it would be a waste of natural resources."
Liang Ji took off his wet armor and asked the monkey to help him wipe the rain off his back. Being wet made him feel very uncomfortable. The four seasons in Guangnan are not very distinct, but now that he has climbed into the mountains, he realizes how cold it is here.
, especially after it rains, the icy cold air seems to penetrate deeply into the bones, and it is impossible not to clean it up.
Fortunately, the general's place has a briquette stove, but Yu Jing's place only has wet firewood. Now it is difficult to have a hot meal. I don't know how Peng Jiu and the others are able to survive.
The Liao people have lived here for generations, so they naturally know how to deal with such weather. It is impossible to have any pure dry firewood at this time. Even the firewood that has not been exposed to rain has long been soaked by moisture. They now only eat cold food.
When Yun Zheng was inspecting the camp, he took a special look at Yu Jing's place. The old man was sick. He was lying on the bed and couldn't get up. He heard that he had a fever. Yang Zi basically had the final say in the Chinese army camp, but it looked like
He was about to collapse too.
The three-layer tent could not isolate moisture. The only thing they could do was to wrap the sick Yu Jing in a thick silk quilt. Only this thing did not absorb moisture. If it were a cotton quilt, it would definitely be able to squeeze out water now.
Two military doctors were guarding Yu Jing's side. There was a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine in the tent, and they could not do much except administer medicine. Lingnan has been a place of exile since ancient times. There is a saying in the Song Dynasty that people who came to Lingnan returned home with their bones.
Everyone who comes to Lingnan is an adventure in life, and Yu Jing's appearance at this time is the best example.
Yun Zheng stayed at Yu Jing's tent for a cup of tea and then went to the back camp. There were more injured people in the back camp, most of whom were dysentery patients. If Yun Zheng didn't know that Artemisia odorifera can treat dysentery,
Not only Yu Jing will die, but the wounded in the back camp will also die.
Not knowing whether a mask could protect against germs, Yun Zheng walked into the ward without hesitation. If the coach hid at this time, the impact would be even worse.
There are the best rooms here, and most of the briquette stoves Wu Shengjun brought from Shuzhong are also placed here. Seeing a few soldiers naked and walking with their legs crossed, Yun Zheng knew that their groins had begun to become inflamed.
Festered.
This is inevitable. It rained heavily for seven or eight days at a time, and everything was wet. The soldiers in Shu were all in this condition. I wonder how difficult it must be for the Western Army led by Di Qing at this time.
It would be great if there was talcum powder, but unfortunately that kind of thing cannot be made at this time. If the particles are too large, it will have the opposite effect.
When Yun Zheng walked to the Chinese army's stronghold, the heavy rain had stopped, but there was still water mist falling from the sky. The city near Wuchao not far away was a little lower. In just seven or eight days, the silt
It was piled up more than ten feet high. It could be seen that Nong Zhigao was also very frightened. He was taking advantage of the break when the heavy rain stopped to desperately raise the city wall. However, the heightened part was far inferior to the part of the city wall that was originally built.
Sturdy.
The raging flash floods not only brought silt to Wuchao City, but also created two huge gaps in the north and south directions of Wuchao City. This was the result of Yunzheng deliberately diverting the flash floods through ditches. Today's Wuchao City
There are only two exits left in the east and west. If the Tiansheng Bridge on the cliff is blown up, Nuoda's city will only have the east exit, and there will not be much room for use in such a city.
Yun Zheng really loves and hates heavy rain. If this heavy rain continues for more than ten days, not to mention the accumulation of silt, but the flash floods cutting away the city walls on the north and south sides, the city will be completely destroyed.
When walking around Zhou Tong's place, Zhou Tong and Wu Jie were experimenting with loading gunpowder bullets into the Baniu crossbow and bombarding the crossbow on the city wall. The effect was not very obvious. As long as there was a crossbow nailed to the city wall, the people on the top of the city would be fired.
He would desperately throw stones, pour water, and smash the crossbow nailed on the city wall into a deep ditch.
Seeing Yun Zheng coming, Zhou Tong pointed to the city wall and said to Yun Zheng: "We are experimenting. As long as we can accurately calculate the gunpowder required for the time it takes for the crossbow to reach the city wall, we can hide behind the shield cart and trebuchet."
Use the eight-oxen crossbow to bombard the city wall where it can't be hit. The general will believe that if you take your time, you will break the city wall sooner or later."
"Gunpowder can't be wasted. We don't have much in our own hands. This is not the middle of Shu. Once it is lost, it will be difficult to replenish it. Cui Da has not yet been able to transport gunpowder here. Look at these city walls. After being cut by flash floods,
, is no longer stable, but the height is higher. We can't climb up. Even if you knock down the city wall, there is still a big ditch underneath, so there is no need to bother, the city will soon be in chaos.
After we enter the city, what we need to do is to completely burn the city."
"General, there is no city in this world that cannot be conquered. Why do you say this city will fall into our hands?" Zhou Tong is different from others. He likes to ask questions most, unlike Liang Ji and Peng Jiu.
Don't ask anything, just keep working hard.
"Old Mr. Yu Jing is weak and has dysentery. Many people in the rear camp also have dysentery. I remember that drinking raw water is not allowed in the military camp under my command. Since they are all suffering from diarrhea, what do you think about the dirty people in the city?
What will happen to his colleagues?
The establishment of a city is not just about building a city. It is a systematic project. The Song Dynasty built cities because we have experience in this area for thousands of years. We know how to get the night fragrance out of the city and how to carry out simple maintenance of the city.
Cleaning, knowing that drinking water places and sewage discharge places cannot be confused, and also knowing that raising pigs and sheep is not allowed in big cities.
But Liao people didn't know, and neither did Nong Zhigao. He foolishly thought that as long as there was a high wall, the Song Dynasty could be blocked from the outside. Little did he know that in order to completely build this city into a fortress, I didn't see the drainage outlet.
Did you see it?"
Zhou Tong and Wu Jie were suddenly surprised and said: "Did the general dig out dirt and throw it into the flood in the heavy rain just because he wanted to block the drainage outlet with silt? In this way, the people in this city would not know it was dirty at this time.
What does it look like..."
Yun Zheng said impatiently: "Just say it will cause a plague, so we can't have any more entanglements with the city at this time. We just need to do a good job in preventing and controlling mosquitoes. Although it is already late autumn, this place is still the same
If there are mosquitoes, you must be careful. If you find any soldiers who are showing off, you must report it immediately. I think a plague has begun to appear in the city."
Zhou Tong and Wu Jie immediately stopped discussing the nature of the plague with Yun Zheng and hurried back to the camp to immediately start investigating. At the same time, they issued repeated warnings that anyone who drank raw water at this time would be severely punished.
There was no one on the battlefield immediately. Yun Zheng looked at the city in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. The Liao people themselves are a famous tribe in the mountains. Why bother running to the plain? He always thought that gathering people would be an example of strength, but he
I don’t know that it’s not so easy for mountain people to become city dwellers.
There must be a lot of pigs and sheep in the city now, right? Pigs are the most important property of the Liao people and they will definitely be inseparable. This is great. The pigs that originally grew under bamboo houses and wooden houses now live with people, and the consequences will be terrible.