Chapter 193 The showdown between the infrastructure maniac and the water conservancy maniac, Pang Nuan’s divine prediction!
Four days later.
More than 100,000 troops marched slowly toward Daliang City from the west.
A group of knights broke out from the military formation and first stationed themselves on the top of Yishan Mountain, more than ten miles east of Daliang City.
Yishan is opposite the main gate of the East City of Daliang City (Yi Gate).
Standing on the top of the mountain, the entire Daliang City is reflected in Ying Chengxiao's eyes.
But everything in front of him left Ying Chengyu with nothing but heaviness.
In the sixth year of King Hui of Wei (364 BC), King Hui of Wei moved the capital from Anyi to Yiyi in the face of the fierce pursuit of Qin, and built this large beam in Yiyi. city.
Unlike Da Qin, which took the initiative to attack most of the time, Wei has been losing territory for more than a hundred years since the construction of Daliang City. Therefore, the kings of the past dynasties paid great attention to the construction of city defense. As the capital Daliang City is the top priority for repair.
Today's Daliang City has a circumference of about fifty miles, a width of about eleven miles from east to west, and a length of about thirteen miles from north to south. It has more than 400,000 residents. Although it is built along the river, the overall appearance is relatively regular. of trapezoid.
Meng Wu said in a deep voice: "According to reports from travelers stationed in Wei, the current wall of Daliang City is about five feet high, the base of the wall is about thirty feet wide (69.3 meters), the top of the wall is about seven feet wide (16.17 meters), and there is a wall every twenty feet. Horse face. "
"There are twelve gates in the four directions, including two water gates and ten road gates. There is a curved city (early urn city) outside each road gate."
"According to reports from scouts, Daliang City has continued to thicken the city wall since the counterweight catapults entered the battlefield. It is still unknown how thick the city wall is currently."
The width of the wall base of Daliang City is 1.66 times that of Xinzheng City, and the width of the top of the wall is 7 times that of Xinzheng City!
This is simply not how thick it should be in this era.
If we do not consider the building materials and construction methods, but only consider the thickness and height, the city wall regulations of Daliang City have exceeded the construction standards of the major cities during the Qianlong period.
That’s regulations from more than a thousand years ago!
In today's world, Daliang City is the strongest city, bar none!
Looking at the civilians above and below the city wall who were still working hard to thicken the city wall, the corners of Ying Chengyu's mouth twitched slightly, and after a long while, he uttered a sentence: "It's so heartbreaking!"
Facing this important city , so what if the Qin army is brave?
The Qin army was like a tiger facing a thick-shelled turtle. Even with its sharp claws, it didn't know where to start.
Meng Wu continued: "In addition to the city wall, there is also a very complicated water system near Daliang City."
"The navy in Daliang City can leave the city along the water gate and attack our army along the waterway. Launch an attack."
"If other countries reinforce Wei, they can also enter Daliang City directly by water."
If Ying Zheng is a maniac about infrastructure, then King Wei Hui is a maniac about water conservancy. .
King Wei Hui built an extremely complex water transportation network around Daliang City, the most famous of which is the Honggou Aqueduct that connects the Yellow River and the Huaihe River.
The word chasm comes from this channel.
The Chuhe-Hanjie refers to this canal!
Relying on the Honggou water system, the Wei navy has repeatedly repelled the heavy siege troops of other countries.
Faced with such a city defense, Ying Chengyu could not help but murmur: "Outrageous!"
Meng Wu said with emotion: "So in the past, Marquis Rang (Wei Ran) sent troops to attack Wei ten times, but they were all blocked in Daliang City. Marquis Ying (Fan Ju) accused him of attacking Wei ten times without getting hurt."
"Marquis Rang looked at Daliang City and sighed: With 300,000 people guarding the city of Liang Qiren (12.93 meters), I thought that Tang and Wu would be resurrected and it would not be easy to attack!"
Meng Wu looked at Ying Cheng Xi: "Daliang City is indeed a fortified city in the world."
"Even if our army attacks fiercely, King Zhao may not be willing to transfer the troops facing General Wang to Daliang City."
" Because King Zhao doesn’t feel threatened.”
Zhao Wangyan would indeed not sit back and watch Wei fall.
But when Zhao State itself was facing a heavy attack, King Yanruo of Zhao would definitely be cautious in dispatching troops for reinforcements.
And Da Qin's record against Daliang City can obviously significantly increase Zhao Wangyan's psychological threshold.
Looking down at Daliang City in the distance, Ying Chengyu asked in a deep voice: "What if the onslaught is not our army, but the flood?"
Meng Wu was slightly startled, then immediately Subconsciously looking at the complicated water system surrounding Daliang City, he asked seriously: "The general wants to attack by water?!"
Ying Chengyu nodded: "That's right."
"The kings of Wei in the past dynasties have been diverting water across the beams to build the water system around Daliang City.".
"The complex water system gives Daliang City great The thorough city defense has made Daliang City the world's water transportation center, with huge profits from water transportation!"
"However, the northwest of Daliang City is much higher than Daliang City. Once the water system around Daliang City breaks its banks, Daliang City will turn into a vast ocean!"
Meng Wu frowned slightly: "This strategy will harm Tianhe!"
Meng Wu naturally doesn't care about death and killing.
But flooding Daliang City will cause a very serious problem, that is, there will be a large number of casualties among the dignitaries in the city.
This is likely to cause the powerful people in the world to have an unprecedented sense of crisis, and more actively promote a vertical alliance to attack Qin together!
This is also the fundamental reason why Bai Qi recommended this strategy in the past but was not adopted.
Ying Chengyu smiled: "We, Da Qin, have always been tigers and wolves in the eyes of all the countries in the world."
"Since I came out from the east of Great Qin, every war in my Great Qin has been regarded as harmful to the peace of the world."
"What's the harm in having one more?"
"Our Great Qin has come so far. , There is no way out!”
Meng Wu was persuaded by Ying Chengyu.
Da Qin’s current international relations are already so bad that they cannot get any worse.
In that case, what are you afraid of?
Meng Wu suddenly handed over his hand: "The last general will be at the command of the general!"
Ying Chengyu nodded happily: "Order!"
"Vice-General Meng Wu led 30,000 troops. Rush to Xinzheng, the State of Zheng is waiting for you here."
"The general intends to dig up the Xingze Dike, Honggou Dike and Neihuang Dike respectively."
"How to do it? Please discuss with General Meng the State of Zheng."
Meng Wu immediately handed over his hand: "Wei!"
After receiving the order, Meng Wu said in a deep voice: "Yingze Levee and Chasm The embankments are all within our territory of Daqin."
"But the Neihuang embankment is on the border of Zhao and Wei."
"If this embankment is excavated, Zhao and Wei will definitely know about it!"
In the original history, Wang Ben dug the Neihuang Dike before flooding Daliang City.
But now, the State of Zhao has not yet fallen into the hands of Da Qin, and Neihuang City is still the territory of the State of Zhao. If you want to dig up the Neihuang embankment, you will break ground on the enemy.
Can Zhao Guo just sit back and watch?
Ying Chengyu was silent for a few moments before he asked with a smile: "General Meng has forgotten the purpose of our army's battle again?" "The purpose of digging the Neihuang Dike is to let Zhao know that we are going to breach the embankment and flood the city. ”
"If this were not the case, how could the State of Zhao send troops to help?"
Meng Wu was stunned, smiled and handed over his hands: "It was the loss of the last general."
Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "If the State of Zhao had When reinforcements come, General Meng will be the front army to greet the Zhao army."
"Please fight and retreat, General Meng, and I will immediately send troops to support the general."
Meng Wu solemnly said. Said: "The general will know in the end."
"The last general will lead his troops back to Xinzheng!"
Ying Chengyu bowed his hands and saluted: "General, move slowly!"
Watching Meng Wu go away, Ying Chengyu looked back at Daliang City : "Order! The front army presses forward, and the soldiers press against the east city gate!"
With the order, the front army accelerated their march.
After a brief reorganization of the army outside Daliang City, Ying Chengxuan ordered again: "Crossbowmen come forward, suppress the crossbow arrows!"
One thousand five hundred crossbowmen quickly charged to a point 250 feet outside Daliang City and formed three formations.
Following Jiang Ming’s command, the crossbow arrows rained down towards Daliang City like a heavy rain.
Ying Chengxuan continued to order: "Catapults come forward, prepare to fly rocks!"
With the sound of wooden wheels creaking, forty catapults were pushed outside the east city gate.
The tip pole rises, driving the heavy stones to fly into the sky.
As everyone watched nervously, a huge boulder weighing 150 kilograms hit the city wall of Daliang City hard.
“Bang!”
With a muffled sound, the wall of Daliang City shook slightly.
Wei Wangzeng ran towards the direction of the boulder without hesitation.
“Your Majesty, beware!”
"Your Majesty, wait a minute!"
"Pay attention to the sky, keep your eyes on the sky!"
The ministers of Wei State followed Wei Wang Zeng in a panic.
But Wei Wangzeng only had the city wall in his eyes!
Finally, Wei Wangzeng ran to the nearest point where the boulder landed.
Leaning out and looking down, Wei Wangzeng's face became extremely ugly.
I saw several gaps in the thick city wall!
Wang Zeng of Wei murmured absently: "Can the Qin army's flying rocks destroy our Daliang City?!"
"Why can it destroy our Daliang City!"
Wei Prime Minister Gao Min and others The important ministers of Wei State also looked at each other in confusion.
Having survived the war, Daliang City held a special place in the hearts of the Wei monarchs and ministers.
Just like people believe that all ghosts and ghosts cannot harm the people in bed, the people of Wei naturally believed that the Qin army could not do anything to Daliang City.
But now, this axiom has collapsed!
Pang Nuan breathed a sigh of relief after checking the damage on the city wall, and bowed his hands: "Please don't worry, King Wei."
"The Qin Army's catapults can certainly damage Daliang City. , but not seriously injured.”
"As long as the king continues to recruit Guizhou leaders in the city to consolidate the city wall, the Qin army will have nothing to do with Daliang City."
Wei Wang Zeng still felt a little uneasy, and was determined to thicken the Daliang City wall to more than a hundred feet!
But facing the foreign ministers, King Wei nodded slightly: "What General Pang said is true, and I know it."
Pang Nuan bowed his hands and saluted again: "However, the policy of Chang'an Jun of Qin State is strange. There are many new weapons."
"The foreign minister believed that after discovering that the catapult had little effect on Daliang City, he would definitely come up with another strategy."
"Foreign ministers, please come out of the city and garrison again!"
Wei Wangzeng frowned slightly: "But I didn't entertain you well, so the general wanted to leave again and again?"
Pang Nuan said seriously: "Your Majesty is so kind. The foreign minister is only grateful for the hospitality!”
“But the foreign minister’s gratitude is not to be trapped in the city and sing and dance with the king, but to actually help the king to defend Daliang City.”
< br>"If foreign ministers leave the city to station themselves, then Daliang City can retreat or defend when attacking. This is the way to defend the city!"
What Pang Nuan said made sense, but King Zeng of Wei didn't listen.
Compared with the benefits brought by Pang Nuan going out to fight in the city, Wei Wangzeng was more worried that Pang Nuan would take advantage of the opportunity to camp out of the city and run away!
After the efforts of successive Wei kings, the talents in Wei's court were completely withered, and Wei Qi was already one of the top generals in Wei.
Now that generals like Pang Nuan can finally be used by Wei, how can Wei Wang Zeng be willing to let him go?
Understanding Wei Wangzeng's thoughts, Gao Min smiled and comforted: "Although Daliang City is trapped, our cities in the Wei Dynasty are still there."
"The king has sent orders to all the cities to lead their troops to return to aid Daliang City. These defenders can compete with me in Daliang City."
"We also ask General Pang to take charge of Daliang City. , to command the overall situation!"
Pang Nuan shook his head: "Daliang City is strong, there is no need for me to take personal command."
"The place where this general should appear is exactly outside the city. Only this general can have an overview of the overall situation and judge the intentions of the Qin army."
Gao Ming's face darkened: "Is it possible that General Pang wants to leave the city for an excuse to return to Zhao's aid?"
"I can understand General Pang's eagerness to return aid, but is it too absurd for General Pang to leave the city to observe Lord Chang'an's intentions?" How can we threaten Daliang City outside our city walls?"
Pang Nuan felt depressed and asked in a deep voice: "What if the Lord of Chang'an dug a dike to divert water to Daliang City?"
"What should the King of Wei do? ”
Because the First Emperor abolished the unit of measurement '仞' in the process of unifying weights and measures, there has been debate since the Han Dynasty about how long the length of a 仞 is. Later, 仞 was often used as a virtual unit. Refers to, so cheese chooses the saying in "Han Shu", one Ren = eight (Qin) feet.
The excavation work in Daliang City has not yet been completed. The cheese that has been identified as archaeological results will be used directly. The unidentified part of the cheese will be first filled with other archaeological results of the same period, and then historical records will be used. For example, the structure of the Qucheng in Daliang City refers to the structure of the Qucheng in the north gate of Xinzheng City in the same period. Readers, if you find any mistakes, please feel free to tell me, thank you!
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