Chapter 613: I have even dug the graves of the late kings of Great Qin, but can I still dig through your Helu City?
Outside Helu City.
Two or five hundred masters, Coo Dan, suddenly raised his right hand and shouted in a low voice:
"Dig!"
Coo Dan's voice was not loud, but in the narrow tunnel But it seemed extremely abrupt.
The thousand soldiers beside Naodan quickly put down their hammers and dug the soil in front of them with copper shovels.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Coward just shouted:
"Smash!"
Half of the soldiers quickly threw away the copper shovel, picked up the wooden planks and stuck them to the top of the tunnel, and half The soldiers pierced the thick wood into the ground on both sides of the tunnel and pounded it hard with their heavy hammers!
At the same time, flying rocks weighing more than a hundred kilograms hit the city wall above the ground, making a deafening roar.
The Tingdi Urn buried in Helu City trembled visibly with the naked eye. The Tingdi soldiers of the Chu army covered their ears in pain and staggered back.
After forty boulders were smashed down one after another, the Qin and Qi coalition forces had already built a tunnel support structure using planks and giant trees.
Naodan held a roll of silk in his hand, looked at the topographic map drawn on it, and ordered again without raising his head: "Go straight ahead, dig!"
Use the cover of flying rocks During the construction of the support structure and the filling of the flying rocks, the tunnel space was expanded with the use of a shovel. The whole set of movements was smooth and skillful, just like Da Qin's production line.
Not far from Naodan’s headquarters, there are thirty soldiers and horses doing the same actions as Naodan’s troops!
The tunnel entrance.
Su Jiao quickly stretched out his right hand to protect the top of Ying Chengyu's head: "Coach, be careful!"
"The underground is narrow, and there is no need for the coach to enter."
"Acupoint attack Leave the matter to our troops.”
The cave attack tunnel is usually dug to be at least wide enough for two people to advance side by side, but it will never be expanded for the comfort of a few soldiers. high.
The average height of the Qin-Qi coalition forces is about 1.7 meters, and the cave attack troops will specially select relatively short soldiers, so the height of the tunnel is only 1.7 meters.
This height is enough for the grassroots cave attackers to move around and work normally, but for fierce generals like Ying Chengyu, they have to bend down hard to pass. If they are not careful, they will hit the top of the tunnel.
How could Su Jiao be willing to let Ying Chengxuan suffer this injustice?
Ying Chengyu patted Su Jiao's hand and motioned for Su Jiao to take his hand away.
Standing low and getting into the tunnel, Ying Chengyu said in a warm voice: "If I don't go into this tunnel for a while, how can I feel with my own eyes what happened to all of you because of my orders?" How many grievances have you suffered?”
Ying Chengyu is indeed tall and strong, aren't Su Jiao and other generals tall and strong?
Just because of Ying Chengyu’s order, these generals squatted in the tunnel for almost a month!
Su Jiao said cheerfully: "What kind of grievance is this."
"At the end of the past year, we would dig from the east of Yongcheng to the west of Yongcheng, almost digging through the entire Yongcheng, and finally we were still there. Da Qin had been hiding under Ji Chou for a long time. "
"At that time, there were not so many robes under the command of the general, only hundreds of brothers."
"There is no flying stone cover, so you have to be careful in everything you do."
"Didn't you come here the same way?"
"This hole attack is nothing for us. !”
Su Jiao, Naodan, Zhang Xiao and other main generals of this cave attack force are all veterans who participated in the Battle of Yongcheng.
For these veterans who have dug through Yongcheng, this cave attack is just larger in scale than the Battle of Yongcheng.
In terms of difficulty, this battle cannot be compared with the Battle of Yongcheng!
Ying Chengyu couldn't help but reveal some memories in his eyes: "I will remember that you had just assumed the post of Lord of Five Hundred."
"Although you already have a brave appearance, His complexion is fair, his figure is much thinner than now, and he looks like he has never suffered much. He is a rare and handsome young man in every country.” He is so tall now, not as strong as he is now, and he doesn't have the evil aura now. He looks like a refined gentleman at first sight."
"When I heard that your Majesty asked me to dig through the royal tomb, the robes simply couldn't believe it. This is an order your Majesty can give.”
The two tough warriors were bent together, walking awkwardly and hard in the low tunnel.
However, neither of them felt uncomfortable. Instead, they recalled the days when they were in Yongcheng underground and slept under the tomb of the former king of Qin.
After walking for a long time, Ying Chengyu finally saw the flashing figure.
“Coach?” Nao Dan looked back in shock and exclaimed in surprise.
Then the coward hurriedly ran up to Ying Chengyu with his body low and his legs upturned, and bowed his hands in a salute: "Last general, coward, pay homage to the coach!"
Ying Chengyu waved his hand: "No need to be polite."
"My soldiers went out to hunt some game today, and I ordered the chef to make meat porridge to reward you all."
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Looking at the soldiers behind Ying Chengyu who were carrying wooden barrels, Naodan gratefully handed over his hands and saluted: "General, on behalf of my soldiers, I would like to thank the commander!"
Greeting to the soldiers After passing out the meat porridge, Ying Chengyu asked in a low voice: "Is the excavation going smoothly?"
"Do you need it? You can tell!"
Naodan immediately said: "Commander, please rest assured."
"When our army filled the trenches last time, it was easy for our troops to dig, but it was difficult to build wooden frames to support the tunnels."
"Until today, our army's flying rocks were thrown into the battlefield, and our troops could throw away their arms and smash the wood."
"If our army can increase the number of flying rocks, our troops' excavation speed will definitely be faster."
Ying Chengyu said without hesitation: "Starting from tomorrow, the number of flying rocks thrown by our army will increase by 30% every day."
"All the flying stones our army has accumulated so far and polished every day will be thrown away within half a month."
"In addition, I will also ask Pao Ze to continue digging. Fill the trenches to provide cover for your troops."
Naodan smiled relaxedly: "That's enough!"
"Our troops will definitely be able to dig to the wall of Helu City within six days. Next.”
“Within ten days, our team will definitely succeed!”
Ying Chengxuan made a serious promise: "When this battle is won, all those who attack the acupuncture points will be rewarded heavily!"
"You will be brave and brave, and I will live up to you!"
>Baodan shouted excitedly: "Wei!"
Ying Chengyu encouraged Naodan's troops again and then hurriedly left and headed for another hole attack force.
But the oily meat porridge in his belly turned into a strong energy, motivating all the soldiers under Naodan's command.
Wiping the porridge stains from the corner of the mouth, the coward shouted again:
“Dig!”
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August 28th.
Nao Dan ordered most of the soldiers to return to the ground first, and he only led ten of his followers to stay underground.
Holding a copper shovel in his hand, Nao Dan carefully dug the earth on the side. But just as the ingot in his hand was thrust out, another copper ingot poked out from the earth!
Naodan looked happy and quickly stabbed him several times.
The two copper shovels worked together to dig a hole in the side of the earth. Naodan and Zhang Xiao looked at each other across the hole!
Resisting the urge to cheer, Naodan stretched his hand out of the hole and held hands with Zhang Xiao who was equally excited and impatient across from him.
The soldiers beside the two men also quickly picked up the copper shovel and continued to open up along the entrance of the cave.
Accompanied by the rustling sound of falling earth, the entrance of the cave expanded into a passage more than twenty feet wide!
On both sides of the space where Naodan and Zhang Xiao were, soil was being dug out.
Finally, thirty cave attack troops met ten feet underground.
An underground space one hundred feet long and twenty-eight feet wide.
This is it!
After Zhang Xiao looked around the audience, he patted the basket on his back.
Naodan understood immediately.
Ordering the newly dug soil on the backs of his soldiers, Naodan took out a bamboo tube from the back of his backpack, and while moving towards the entrance of the cave, he poured out the oil in the tube.
It wasn’t until he ran back to the ground and emerged from the tunnel that Naodan took a deep breath of fresh air, cheered up and said, “Repay!”
"The last general, Coward, has given all his orders, and all our troops have withdrawn."
"Our army has successfully reunited, without missing a beat!"
"Living up to the command of the commander-in-chief." "Please!"
Following Coward, Zhang Xiao and other acupoint attacking troops emerged from the ground one after another.
After counting the number of people, Ying Chengyu nodded vigorously with a smile on his face: "Good!"
"Very good!"
"Send this order!"
"The whole army is out of camp, ready for the decisive battle!"
"All catapults are transferred to the northwest of Helu City Direction, target the northwest outer wall of Helu City"
"Smash it to death!"
All the generals raised their hands in unison: "Wei!"
Ying Chengyu looked at Su Jiao again: "Captain Su Jiao!"
"Light the fire!!!"
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Half an hour ago.
Helv City.
"Chief Peng?" Zhaocen, who was awakened from his sleep, had just walked out of the city gate building when he saw Peng Qing pacing back and forth anxiously outside the city gate building, his hands constantly rubbing each other.
Zhaocen asked with slight dissatisfaction: "Does Chief Peng have something important to do?"
Peng Qing hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty!"
"The last general I asked to see you late at night because I have something important to report.”
"The general can be sure that the enemy is definitely conducting a hole attack!"
Zhaocen frowned slightly: "Really?"
In Zhaocen's opinion, there is a possibility that Ying Chengyu will launch a hole attack. Sex is minimal.
Peng Qing’s false alarm in the previous episode made Zhaocen even more distrustful of Peng Qing.
However, this time, Peng Qing said firmly: "It's true!"
"Tonight, the Qin and Qi coalition forces were not covered by flying rocks, and they did not order soldiers to attack the city. It was quite quiet on the battlefield."
"Under this environment, the sound of the Qin and Qi coalition forces digging the ground could not be hidden from us. !”
“The general can guarantee that the Qin-Qi coalition is definitely digging underground!”
Zhao Cen’s eyes narrowed.
Although Zhaocen still didn’t believe that Ying Chengyu would choose the acupoint attack strategy.
But what if?
Zhaocen asked in a deep voice:
"Can Commander Peng know where the Qin and Qi coalition forces want to attack?"
Peng Qing hurriedly said: "Can you tell? "
"The Qin and Qi forces are digging in the northwest of our city."
"Listening to the sound of the Qin-Qi coalition digging, they should have reached the wall of Helv City!"
Zhao Cen immediately ordered: "Go and report to the king quickly, and say that the Qin-Qi coalition really intends to attack the cave."< br>
"Chief Peng, please quickly take me to the place where the Qin and Qi coalition forces attack!"
Under the leadership of Peng Qing, Zhaocen rode his horse to the foot of the city wall in the northwest city.
Peng Qing pointed to a section of the city wall and said, "Your Majesty, please look at this area. There are sounds of the Qin and Qi coalition digging the ground all over this area."
"The Qin-Qi coalition probably dug not just one tunnel, but a large number of tunnels!"
Zhao Cen immediately stepped forward, leaned close to the earthen jar and listened, and sure enough he heard the sound of rustling footsteps and Digging sound!
Zhaocen's heart trembled suddenly, but then he chuckled softly: "Instead of using a surprise attack through the tunnel, do you intend to use the tunnel to directly influx a large number of troops into our Helv City?"
"This is indeed something that Lord Qin Changan can do."
"But, Lord Qin Changan doesn't read military books?"
Why didn't Zhaocen think that Ying Chengyu would launch an acupoint attack?
Because apart from being weird, the hole attack strategy has almost all shortcomings.
The method of cracking the acupoint attack strategy is clearly introduced in the book "Mozi"!
Zhao Cen smiled lightly and ordered: "Send seven thousand guards here to guard this place strictly."
"Send another five hundred stones of tung oil and a hundred stones of wolf dung to be ready at any time. ”
"Dig a shallow ditch to lead the water from the inner east city moat here."
"Send an order to the entire army to prepare for a counterattack!"
(End of this chapter)