Looking at the sketch that Luo Ya opened, Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows. The position of the city gate, the number of steps and other detailed information were clearly marked on the drawing. Looking at Luo Ya in surprise, Li Xinchen did not expect that this appearance was not impressive.
The literati are actually good at this. It seems that they have really found a treasure.
Once Sichuan and Shu are captured, he cannot be left to settle in this small city of Anshu.
Li Xunchen now has enough generals under his command, and there are also some who are famous in history, but none of the civil servants under his command are worthy of service. It would be a good choice to bring over the versatile Luo Ya.
Of course Luo Ya didn't pay attention to Li Xingchen's gaze, and pointed at the sketch seriously: "To enter the city, you have to climb a hundred steps from the pier on the west branch to reach the city. Therefore, it is definitely impossible to attack simply by force, even if it is the enemy.
The old, weak, sick and disabled, if the city gates are closed tightly, one man can still guard the gates, and no one can open them."
Li Xingchen nodded. The most important thing in Sichuan and Sichuan is the terrain. Basically, all places are easy to defend and difficult to attack. So he has no intention of attacking Baidi City by force. He can only rely on outsmarting it.
Fortunately, Li Xingchen asked himself that his brain was still good enough.
Li Xingchen has not yet seen the specific information about the Three Gorges and Baidi City, so he does not dare to make a decision easily on how to fight this battle, but he has already vaguely sketched the outline in his mind.
Seeing that Li Xingchen didn't show a depressed look from beginning to end, Luo Ya breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the arrow was on the line, and everyone involved in the situation had no room to retreat, and there was no doubt that Li Xingchen was the one who fought this battle.
If Li Xingchen, the backbone of everyone in the army, is discouraged, then there is no need to fight this battle. Everyone can pack up and go home.
"Brother Luo, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you with the transportation of grain, grass and equipment and the subsequent arrangement of troops and horses after I set off," Li Xingchen said in a deep voice while pondering the map, "Even if I take Baidi City, I must hurry up and be able to
To gain a firm foothold, there is a huge demand for these, and the burden on Brother Luo’s shoulders is very heavy.”
After the words fell, Li Xingchen raised his head and looked at Luo Ya: "Is it okay?"
Seeing Li Xingchen's expression full of trust, Luo Ya was startled for a moment, and a rush of blood rushed to his head almost instantly. He immediately solemnly handed over his hands and said loudly: "I will live up to my mission!"
Li Xingchen nodded, and Luo Ya didn't hesitate, turned around and walked outside.
"Let's start again. If we continue forward, there will be no obstacles." Li Xingchen looked at Luo Ya's back and murmured.
Further forward, the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly.
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A bright moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight shines brightly on the river, making the waves sparkling.
One speedboat after another moved upstream, cutting through the waves, and figures of figures could be seen walking back and forth on the boat, looking around cautiously.
Among the Three Gorges, each one has its own characteristics. The Qutang Gorge is majestic, the Wu Gorge is beautiful, and the Xiling Gorge is steep. But now the fleet has taken advantage of the daylight to safely pass through the most difficult Xiling Gorge, and is sailing on the water of Wu Gorge.
When Li Xingchen passed through the Xiling Gorge, for the sake of safety, he ordered to reduce the sailing speed. Safety was the top priority, so as not to damage half of the ship before he left the Three Gorges. Therefore, by the time the ship passed through the Wu Gorge, it was already
In the evening, we simply walked forward slowly and leisurely, as long as we could reach Baidi City tomorrow night.
After all, the fleet was going up the river, not down the river, otherwise Li Xingchen might really be able to reach Baidi in one day.
The moonlight is like water, and the night is dark. Layers of green mountains line both sides of the river. The water surface is sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, and twists and turns, but it is not as fast as the Xiling Gorge river. Not far away, you can already see the famous Goddess Peak, the Moonlight Tower.
Below, the Goddess Peak becomes more and more graceful, as if there is really a beautiful goddess standing on the mountains.
However, Li Xingchen was not in the mood to appreciate these scenery now. He kept staring at the map and remained motionless. After a moment, footsteps hurriedly sounded outside the cabin door. Li Xingchen raised his head slightly and immediately saw the figures of Chen Zhishen and others.
"See General." Chen Zhishen, Cao Zhong and Lu Zhiwu all arrived, and with them came Wang Chang, the captain of the Henghai Navy. This time, he took command of the navy ships that cooperated with the operation.
Li Xingchen nodded slightly and looked at Wang Chang first: "When can we arrive at Baidi City?"
Wang Chang did not expect that Li Xingchen would directly ask himself the question first, and hurriedly replied: "General Qi, at noon tomorrow, a few boats disguised as fishing boats will be able to sail out of the Three Gorges. What is the situation at Baidi City?"
We will have to wait until these boats come back to find out, but according to the current speed of the boats, it will be no problem to arrive at Baidi City tomorrow evening."
Perhaps because it was the first time for him to make such a formal report in front of Li Xingchen, Wang Chang was a little nervous. Li Xingchen said calmly: "No matter what the situation is in Baidi City, we don't have much food and grass, and we can't wait in the Three Gorges all the time.
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After a pause, Li Xingchen pointed directly at the table: "You all come over and take a look."
Seeing that Li Xingchen didn't have any dissatisfied look, and didn't seem to care much about him, Wang Chang also breathed a sigh of relief, but then cheered up. He didn't hope that Li Xingchen really didn't care about him, even though he was just a naval general responsible for cooperation,
But if you can take advantage of this opportunity to make some meritorious deeds, that would be great.
Wang Chang was not a coward in the first place, otherwise he would not have been selected to cooperate with Li Xinchen.
If Li Xingchen gives him a chance, he will never give up.
While thinking about it, Wang Chang stepped forward and together with Chen Zhishen and others, set their sights on the map.
As a standard science student, Li Xingchen certainly had enough solid experience in engineering drawing, so he redrawn the floor plan of Baidi City based on Luo Ya's sketch. At this time, this plan was presented to Chen Zhishen and others.
The map is completely different.
Before Chen Zhishen and others could recover from the detailed map, Li Xingchen had already reached out and knocked on the dock he had circled:
"You see, this is the Baidi City Pier. If you want to attack Baidi City, you have to go ashore from here and climb hundreds of steps to attack the city gate. At the same time, there are two small piers on the north and south sides of the pier.
The camp, connected by water and land, is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and is the barrier of Baidi City."
Chen Zhishen bared his teeth immediately, as if what was drawn on the map in front of him was not a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack at all, but a prey that could be eaten at any time. Even if the bones of the prey were relatively hard, he could chew them into pieces:
"General, just give me the order. I will definitely take down Baidi City!"
Li Xingchen smiled slightly and waved his hand: "Do you think Baidi City can be captured so easily?"
Chen Zhishen was startled for a moment. He didn't expect that Li Xingchen would suddenly say such discouraging words. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.