Chapter 607 What is an infrastructure maniac! Wang Jian's strategy failed!
The horse's hooves trampled on the new mud after the rain, carrying the knight southward.
In a village, Youzhi hurriedly gathered all the young men with weapons in hand, and looked at the black and purple military flags floating in the distance with great nervousness.
After the army completely left, the young people in the village breathed a sigh of relief, but another sigh was left in the air.
Thanks to the efforts of Pengyue's tribes, the spears and halberds of Ying Chengyu's tribe were not stained with blood after crossing the Huaihe River.
When passing by Yanling City and other cities captured by the Qin and Qi coalition forces, they could even obtain food and grass supplies from the city.
If it weren’t for pairs of wary and hostile eyes along the way, the soldiers of the Qin and Qi Allied Forces would have mistakenly thought that they were not walking in the hinterland of Chu, but through the territory of Qin and Qi!
July 19, sunrise (5:00)
The summer sun is always more energetic.
Not long after sunrise, the sun was already shining on the earth, making the city in the distance jump into everyone's sight.
On a hillside seven miles northwest of Helu City, the hexagram master said in a deep voice: "According to the findings of our Great Qin Hou."
"The Chu State began to repair Helu City after moving its capital to Helu City. King Qi of Chu intensified the efforts to rebuild it. "
"To this day, the overall layout of Helu City is still about 910 feet (2102 meters) long from east to west and about 2,102 meters wide from north to south. The 610-foot-long (1,409-meter-long) Guo City has two small cities in the east and west. The west city is where Helu Palace is located, and the east city is where the arsenal, grain depot, money storehouse and garrison are located. ”
"The wall of Duguocheng is about five feet (11.5 meters) high, the base of the wall is about thirty feet (71.6 meters) wide, and the top of the wall is about ten feet (23.1 meters) wide. They are all built of rammed earth."
"There is a trench surrounding the city outside Daguo City. The trench is about 20 feet (46.2 meters) wide and 15 feet (34.6 meters) deep. There is also a moat about 18 feet (41.5 meters) wide that connects to the Lu River. .”
"The outer wall of the west city is about seven feet high (16.1 meters), the base of the wall is about thirty-two feet wide (73.9 meters), and the top of the wall is about ten feet wide."
"The inner walls of the east and west cities are about five feet high , the base of the wall is twenty-eight feet wide (64.6 meters), and the top of the wall is nine feet wide (20.7 meters)."
"King Qi of Chu dug out about 100 meters wide outside the inner walls of the east and west cities. A ditch of fifteen feet (34.6 meters) diverts the water from the Lu River into a moat. "
"There is a gate in the west of Helu City that leads directly to the outside of the city, but this gate has three urns..."
The fortune teller read out all the information about Helu City in detail.
The intelligence was so accurate and detailed that one even suspected that the Da Qin intelligence officer had consulted the repair construction drawings of Helu City!
After the hexagram master finished reciting the hexagram, Ying Cheng said with a click of his tongue: "When I came to Helu City last year, Helu City was far from being so strong."
"Everyone in the world says that our country Qin is good at building infrastructure, but this country of Chu is not bad either!"
Tian Zhen even said with emotion: "It's terrifying!"
"In just a few years Such a strong city was built within it.”
"How much civilian power did Chu use?"
"If we want to attack this city, how many casualties will our army have to pay!"
The generals of Qin and Qi looked at each other.
King Qi of Chu, who has spent most of his life in Qin, has already opened the skill points of the infrastructure madman.
Under the almost crazy repairs by King Qi of Chu, the thickness of the city wall and the strength of the city defense of Helu City in front of him have exceeded that of the former Daliang City.
Various city defense fortifications such as water systems, trenches, and barbicans formed an all-round protection for Helu City.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current Helv City has officially surpassed the former Daliang City and is truly the most fortified city in the world today!
Facing such a strong city, many generals felt deep despair in their hearts.
They are like a tiger facing a turtle.
Even though he has sharp teeth and claws, he doesn’t know where to start!
Tang Jiu's voice was a bit sarcastic: "This city is indeed strong."
"But maybe, our army does not need to attack this city by force?"
"Our army has encountered six groups of messengers along the way. They set out from Helu City and headed for Xiapi City."
"Although our army did not intercept these messengers and did not obtain the royal orders carried by these messengers."
"But. Looking at the current battle situation, the royal order passed by those messengers must be an order for Chu Shangzhu to withdraw its troops! ”
Sima Chuang also nodded in agreement: "What General Tang said is true."
"These are just the messengers that our army has noticed."
"There must be others that have not been noticed by our army. The messengers are rushing towards Xiapi City."
"It can be seen that the King of Chu is really anxious."
"Perhaps it won't take long for Chu Shangzhu to be able to do so. Withdraw your troops!”
Tang Jiu and Sima Chuang expressed many of the expectations of the generals of the Qi army.
Although the reward for conquering the enemy city is very tempting.
But how much will it cost them to capture such a strong city?
Even if they are willing to pay a heavy price, can they really attack such a fortified city?
If they had a choice, they really didn’t want to attack Helu City!
Ying Chengyu's eyes were quite serious: "But to this day, our army has not received any news that Chu Shangzhu's troops are trying to withdraw!"
Both Ying Chengyu and Wang Jian hope that they can Force Xiang Yan back to the south of the Huaihe River as soon as possible to end this war quickly.
Compared with Ying Chengxuan's simple and straightforward raid plan, Wang Jian formulated a more detailed and meticulous strategy based on the relationship between the Chu State and the court.
Ying Chengyu didn't want to cause trouble, he just wanted to end this war quickly so he could go back to Chang'an Township to see his crops.
So Ying Chengyu chose to trust Wang Jian and personally cooperated with Wang Jian's strategic plan to move south slowly to create a sense of oppression. At the same time, he ordered Zhuang Jia and Pengyue's tribes to assist Wang Jian in completing this strategy.
The Qin and Qi coalition forces perfectly executed Wang Jian's strategic plan, turning the entire Wu and Yue lands into chaos.
But Ying Chengyu didn’t know whether it was the internal problems of the Chu State or the night battle at Xiapi that made Xiang Yan dare not withdraw his troops.
Ying Chengyu still hasn’t seen the success of his intimidation strategy!
Tian Zhen said tentatively: "Maybe it's because Chu Shangzhu Kingdom still needs some time to prepare?"
"After all, Helu City and Xiapi City are far apart. It will take several days for the Chu Shangzhu Kingdom to receive the king's order, and it will take some time to prepare the supplies and supplies for the withdrawal. "Perhaps our army only needs to wait a few more days to get the news of the Chu army's withdrawal!"
Ying Chengyu said firmly: "I don't know what happened inside the Chu State, which actually caused our army's strategy to fail."
"However, since the time has come, Today, our army's strategy still fails to achieve results, so we can no longer place our hopes on the original strategy."
"Otherwise, it will only make Chu think that our army is bluffing!"
"This will not only cause the original plan to completely fail, but may even put our army into a dangerous situation!"
War is fought with momentum!
If Ying Chengyu’s troops, who have done enough to create a sense of oppression, stop in front of Helu City, wouldn’t they become clowns?
The sense of oppression created by the Qin and Qi coalition forces will be lost in one day, and it will even in turn fuel the Chu army's arrogance, and maybe even turn defeat into victory!
So Ying Chengyu must fight even if he bites the bullet.
And I have to beat him hard!
Tian Zhen said worriedly: "Although there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in Helu City."
"But our army only has 100,000 soldiers."
"With twice the number Compared with the enemy's strength, facing such a strong city."
"Can our army really win?"
Ying Chengyu did not speak, but there was a deep heaviness in his eyes.
Tian Zhen's worries are also Ying Cheng's worries.
With only twice the force to attack such a strong city that was fully prepared, Ying Chengyu really didn’t have much confidence.
While thinking, a loud shout suddenly came.
“Report!”
“There are soldiers and horses coming from the south of our army, holding the Qin and Qi army flags!”
Ying Chengyu's eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed loudly: "Generals, please go with me to greet Paoze!"
With a rein, Ying Chengyu took the lead and rode his horse towards the south to greet him.
Li Xin, Su Jiao and other Qin army generals followed without hesitation.
Tian Zhen, Tang Jiu and other generals of the Qi army looked nervously at Helv City, which was also on the south side. They whispered to all their soldiers to follow, and then hurriedly pursued Ying Chengyu.
A group of Qin army generals swaggered beyond the scope of Helu City under the eyes of the defenders of Helu City.
But the defenders of Helv City didn't show any sign of this.
This is not just because of the 100,000 Qin-Qi coalition troops hoarded in the north of Helu City.
It is even more because of the black and purple military flags covering the sky and sun in the south of Helu City!
“So many!” Tian Zhen rubbed his eyes and looked into the distance in disbelief: “This, this, this!”
“Didn’t our army only send 20,000 soldiers and horses deep into Chu? Land? ”
"Why are there so many soldiers and horses coming to join together?"
"Could it be that the Chu army is deceiving our army under the banner of our army!"
Tian Zhen was nervous to pieces. After thinking about it, Ying Chengyu urged his horse to speed up.
Because Ying Chengyu has seen a familiar figure in the distance!
"Peng Yue! Jingpo! Huang Kuang! Deng Ming! Ge Ping!"
As if they heard Ying Chengyu's call, five war horses lined up and accelerated towards Ying Chengyu.
When the distance between the two sides was only ten feet, the six war horses raised their front hooves in unison and stopped in place.
The five generals dismounted from their horses, threw their hands with a bang, and shouted excitedly: "General, please pay homage to the commander-in-chief!"
Ying Chengyu also dismounted from his horse, stepped forward quickly, and helped Peng Yue up. Then he helped each general up one by one, with a bright smile on his face: "Good! Good! Very good!"
"You guys have gone deep behind enemy lines for our army. I, the general, can't sleep because of this thought every night. .”
"Now, you all have finally returned victorious!"
"It's good to be back safely, it's good to be back safely!"
Seeing Ying Chengyu's true expression of joy and indifference to them The concealed concern made even Jingpo couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
Peng Yue’s eyes were slightly red.
But he didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he just saluted loudly: "The last general led four thousand troops into Chu and carried out the general's order."
"Today, I will lead seven thousand three hundred troops to Chu, and return to the army to obey the order!"
Huang Kuang, Deng Ming, and Ge Ping also eagerly handed over their hands: "The last general will lead four thousand troops into Chu and execute the general's order."
"Today, I will lead the army with 17,203/15,891/19,732, and return to the army to obey orders!"
With a somewhat conceited smile on his face, Jingpo also handed over his hand: "The last general led four thousand troops into Chu to carry out the general's orders." Master, listen!”
The five generals shouted in unison: "Fortunately, you have fulfilled your mission!"
Further behind, more than 80,000 old and new soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs:
"I'll wait, meet the commander!"
(End of this chapter)