Wei Wei hurriedly raised his hands and bowed to the King of Wei:
"Your Majesty, either send troops or not send troops."
"If there is no release at all or only one release...then you will definitely lose, Your Majesty!"
King Wei still said the same thing:
"If the entire army is exhausted, who will be able to defend the city?"
"How can we win if we don't defend the beam?"
With that said, Wei Wei walked away without waiting for an explanation.
The reason why King Wei thought so was related to his lack of sense of security and military knowledge.
Because there is no sense of security, all soldiers are expected to gather around to protect themselves.
Because of the lack of military knowledge, I don't know that the real protection should be to deploy troops outside the city to fight the Qin army. Even if two of them fight, one can defeat the Qin army, instead of waiting to die in the city like now.
It is even said that the Wei army does not need two to fight for one, because there are still many people in the city who can be recruited temporarily.
Wei Wei's suffering was that he knew what to do, knew how to protect the Wei Kingdom and let the King of Wei pretend to live, but he was tied up by the King of Wei and couldn't let go...
So this King of Wei actually took his own life.
But in fact, it is too late to wake up at this point. Not to mention Wei Wei, even if Sun Wu is reborn, he may not be able to do anything about this battle.
The Qin army not only occupied the dangerous areas around Daliang, but also deployed heavy troops to block the city gates, which made it difficult for Wei soldiers to leave the city to fight.
This is also where Wei Yao has a headache.
When Wei Wei was discussing the battle plan with Xi Cheng, he frowned and said nothing.
Xicheng advised:
"General, don't worry. If we don't have enough troops... we won't go out of the city to fight!"
Wei Wei sighed heavily and replied:
"If we don't leave the city to fight, we will be dead!"
"Once the Qin army breaches the dike, where will Daliang City still be?"
Xi Cheng asked back:
"Isn't fighting outside the city a dead end?"
Wei Wei thought for a while and replied:
"There may be a glimmer of hope for fighting outside the city."
"Although there is little hope, what's the harm in trying?"
Xi Cheng said "Oh" and said:
"General, does he have a plan to retreat from the enemy?"
Wei Wei replied:
"There is no strategy for retreating from the enemy."
"but……"
As he spoke, Wei Yao turned his attention to the map and pointed at the Bianhe River and said:
"We have no choice but to march up the Bianhe River at risk."
Xicheng couldn't help being shocked when he heard this:
"But General, the Bianhe River has dried up and is full of silt. How can we go north?"
Wei Wei sighed:
"Apart from this, is there any other way we can go?"
Wei Wei was right, Wei Bing indeed had no other way to go.
Because the Qin army almost built a circle of embankments around Daliang City. These several-foot-high embankments could not only block water but also serve as a fortress. The Qin army's defense there was like guarding the city head.
If Wei soldiers attack from other directions, they will inevitably be blocked by the embankment.
At this time, Wei Bing had at least three disadvantages:
First, the city gate drawbridge was narrow and it was difficult for Wei soldiers to get out of the city quickly to deploy their troops.
The second is that the Wei soldiers have not fought for a long time and their quality is far inferior to that of the Qin army's tiger and wolf divisions.
Third, after the Wei soldiers rush out, they will face the condescending Qin army on the embankment at a low place...
This is not to mention the problem of Wei army's morale and insufficient follow-up troops. How to fight this battle?
Therefore, all other directions are undoubtedly dead ends. There is only one direction that is not surrounded by dams, and that is the northern water inlet, which is the Bianhe River.
Wei Wei went on to explain why this must be done:
"At least the king is right about one thing."
"If Daliang doesn't defend this battle, we can't claim victory."
"Therefore, these 30,000 soldiers can only have one purpose, and that is to go north to capture Guangwu Mountain to prevent or delay the Qin army from breaching the embankment and releasing water!"
"Otherwise, no matter how many Qin troops we wait outside and kill, we still won't be able to save Wei."
This analysis is correct. Unless the 200,000 Wei troops rush out of the city with the King of Wei, otherwise the Qin army only needs to breach the dikes and release water to flood the beams... and the Wei state will be considered dead.
Therefore, Wei Yao really had only one choice: go north along the Bianhe River to capture Guangwu Mountain.
There are many advantages to capturing Guangwu Mountain: not only is it easy to defend but difficult to attack, but it is also close to Daliang City, so they can communicate with each other and support each other from a distance.
What's more important is that at the foot of Guangwu Mountain is the Guangwu Stream, and the Guangwu Stream is the entrance where the Yellow River water pours into the Bianhe River. If a few huge rocks are pushed down from the mountain to block the Guangwu Stream...then the Qin Dynasty can't be stopped.
Is the army flooded?
Even if it can't be blocked, using crossbow arrows to kill the Qin army at the foot of the mountain on Guangwu Mountain can also prevent the Qin soldiers from clearing the silt?
Hearing this, Xi Cheng's eyes instantly lit up, and he seemed to see hope:
"What the general said is true, this plan is indeed feasible."
"Even if it can only delay the Qin army from breaching the embankment, it is still a great achievement."
"As soon as Chu's reinforcements arrive, the siege of Daliang City will be solved..."
Wei Ya was not as optimistic as Xi Cheng.
Usually only people who do not understand the art of war and have no combat experience will be overjoyed or sad when studying the art of war.
Because they are often helpless when faced with difficulties and have no idea what to do. Once they find that there is a way out, they automatically ignore all difficulties and ideally think that if this plan is successful, then whatever happens...
That's what this corpse coffin is like.
What Wei Wei saw was other aspects:
"The water in the Bianhe River is dry, so we can only walk upstream in the mud."
"It moves slowly and makes a lot of noise."
"Once discovered by the Qin army..."
There is no need to say more about what happens next.
Going up the river, that is, forming a long snake formation in the low river.
Once discovered by the Qin army and surrounded from both sides... it would almost be a suicide pattern.
In addition, the two small forts in Guangwu Mountain are not so easy to capture. After they are captured, they must be guaranteed to be defended...
Xi Cheng asked in surprise:
"What should we do?"
Wei Wei replied:
"So, we must attract the Qin army's attention in other directions."
"For example, feint attacks at the east, west, and south gates, and even the north gate should be like this..."
"When the Qin army fights fiercely with our army, I will lead two thousand elite soldiers from Shuimen to Guangwu Mountain!"
Xi Cheng looked at Wei Yao with wide eyes:
"Only two thousand elite soldiers?"
"General, it's a narrow escape from death. If you go into battle in person and you have some shortcomings, this beam..."
Wei Wei shook his head and interrupted Xicheng's words:
"If this plan fails, it will only be a matter of time before Daliang falls."
"Anyway, they are all going to die, so how can there be a difference of just a few days?"
Shicheng was moved by the heroic words in Wei Wei's words, and sighed after thinking about it.
He and Wei Wei had very different political views and had always been at odds with each other.
I don’t want to feel sympathy for each other when the Qin army approaches the city... If the prime minister and generals could be like today, how could the Wei Kingdom be where it is today?
But it's too late to say this at this point.
Xi Cheng raised his hands and said:
"In this case, Xicheng will not say more."
"I wish the general will return with a great victory, and then Xicheng will drink three hundred cups with the general!"
Wei Wei nodded and said:
"good!"
"If anything unexpected happens while I'm here, Daliang and the king will have to rely entirely on the prime minister!"