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"Two or three sons, do you have a plan to break the city?"

Facing Zhao Wuxi's inquiry, the retainers first whispered, and then Yang Yin stood up and analyzed: "Building earth hills, digging tunnels, etc., consumes too much time, sometimes it takes a month or even three Month time, it does not meet the plan of Suke City. Please search ( ) to see the most complete! The fastest updated novel and Chaoge City has many high-ranking people. It’s hard to get close to the city to dig earth, and it’s not easy to work.”

"Of course, because you want to win quickly, and Chaoge City has always been known as a granary, it should be enough to eat for a long time. In that case, build a long fortress outside the city and besiege the city. When there is no food in the city, I will attack it again. It's impossible to use the method here."

Zhao Wuxi nodded: "Mr. Yang is right, now it's the end of summer, it is raining and the soil is wet, you can see puddles with a shovel, the tunnels are impossible to dig, the bricks and wood are damp, and the fire is attacking. It’s not easy to work. The dirt hills can allow the laborers to fill the moat and pile up at the same time. Even if they can’t go up too many people to attack, it is convenient for the scouts to watch the deployment and movements in the city.”

Yang Tongrong also said: "As for ant attachment and ladder climbing, to be honest, siege is different from field battle. In field battle, the enemy can rush up and kill more, but siege city is attacked from the back, and naturally falls. Downwind, when climbing to the city, the ladder may be pushed down at any time, or it may be shot by the enemy's arrows. After climbing to the city, it is a few shots, and there is not much room to move around on the city wall. It is easy to fall into a situation of being besieged, and even if there is an inappropriate bravery, the enemy will not be able to bear the endless killing."

The counselor Yang Yin agreed: "Even if the city is broken by luck, the casualties will be very large. The Zhao family is now surrounded by enemies with ill-conceived ideas. This kind of exchange of paying one-third to capture a city is unacceptable."

Everyone nodded, and then you looked at me and I looked at you, no one stood up anymore, it seemed to stop there.

at last. But it was Liu Xiazhi who came up and said, "General, I have come up with a plan, maybe I can build a miracle."

Zhao Wuxi asked, "What is Zishi's plan?"

Robber Zhi's eyes flashed: "It's better to attack with water!"

...

"Water attack?" A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Wuxi's mouth. In this era, it is rare to see a city attacked by water. The siege of Jinyang and Wang Ben's watering of the beams have not yet been known.

"Yes, it's a good idea. The most violent thing on the battlefield is fire and water, let's talk about it."

Liu Xiazhi said, "Have you ever heard of the story of the Wu people destroying the Xu Kingdom?"

Hear the word Xu Guo. Zhao Wuxi suddenly remembered his elder sister Ji Ying's life experience. He naturally knew it, but in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the ministers to speak, he was slightly taken aback and said, "Go on."

"Fourteen years ago, Wu member and Sima Sunwu of Wu State were ordered to attack Xu State. They could not attack Xucheng for a long time. Wu Zixu had a plan to block the water on the mountain and then pour it into Xucheng, because the city wall is rammed earth. It was done. After a month, it was damaged by blisters, and Wu Jun easily entered the city and destroyed Xu."

The Siege of Xucheng was probably the first time in the history of Chinese war that water had broken the city. Although the Chaoge city wall is thick and the rammed earth is solid, it will be damaged by water bubbles. And next to Chaoge, there is just a stream of Qishui flowing in the wet season.

However, at this moment, a slightly immature, but full of energy voice sounded at the entrance of the tent.

"I'm afraid this plan is not right!"

Everyone turned their attention to there, but saw a young man with a bun without a crown, led by the black-clothed guard Qi Wan, who lifted the curtain and walked in.

The boy is about fourteen or fifteen years old. He has a simple appearance, wide eyebrows and eyes, and wears a shoji and bucket hat with bunts for easy movement. He has thick hands and feet, and he also steps on a pair of muddy straw sandals...

The man looked like a conscripted laborer to carry the stone gullies, and there were several retainers who did not know him. For example, Yang Yin and the others immediately frowned, but did not notice that Xiang Lu, who was about the same age as the teenager, was full of joy of reunion.

The smile on Zhao Wuxi's face also grew thicker, and he even clapped his hands.

"It's my little son who has arrived!"

...

There has always been such a rumor in the country of Lu.

Under the Zhao shogunate, there was an organization called the "Kao Gong Office", which was responsible for the manufacture and management of the official handicraft industry.

The state-run handicraft industry of Lu State has more than 30 types of work, involving metallurgy, porcelain, papermaking, transportation, jade, leather, dyeing, civil engineering and other industries. It only separates the two lifelines of the country, salt industry and iron industry, and does not belong to the examination industry. Under the jurisdiction of the Department, it was assigned to the "Shao Fu".

Among the thousands of craftsmen managed by the engineers, the one with the most reputable reputation and the hardest to be seen by outsiders is naturally the kid of the Gong Loser, the Gong Loser class!

In the State of Lu, there are countless praises and rumors about Gongshuban, including his age, the attention the generals attached to him, and the countless things he invented at the whim of the generals.

From tools such as curved rulers and ink fountains, to umbrellas, paper feeders and other items, the things he made are getting bigger and bigger and more and more valued by the government: the original stone grinding has been improved under his research, and the grinding efficiency has become more efficient. high and can even be powered by water. The ladder was made under his genius design, and it was easy to conquer some small towns with low walls.

That's why Zhao Wuxi has been calling him "little master loser" half-jokingly, which is both respect and love.

What's more valuable is that this young man is not as proud of his ability as a general genius. When Gongshuban came in and saw that there were many people in the tent, he couldn't help but start to feel a little nervous. Those hands that were used to holding ink buckets and saws didn't know what to do. where to put.

But he still raised his head and repeated stubbornly: "General, the villain thinks that the water attack plan will not work in Chaoge at all!"

"Why? What basis do you have, you yellow-haired child!" Instead, Liu Xiazhi became anxious and yelled at the young man.

Gongshuban was a little frightened when he saw the fierce look on Robber Zhi's face, but when he talked about the civil engineering he was good at, his eyes lit up and he wouldn't give in an inch.

"The reason why Xucheng was damaged by the water attack is because the terrain is suitable. The city is located in a depression between hills and valleys, so it is easy to divert water for irrigation. There are similar cities such as Jinyang, Pingyang, and Anyi..."

Hearing this, Zhao Wuxi's heart tensed. Indeed, Jinyang has been attacked by water in history. Is it because of this reason? It's also because the builders didn't take the water attack factor into account.

Gongshuban continued: "Chaoge is different, although it is located in the plain, but because it was built on the ruins of the capitals of the Yin, Shang and Wei kingdoms, naturally there is an extra platform with a height of more than 10 feet, and the terrain is north of High and south are low. Chaoge is high in the north and low in the south. Even if the Qishui in the north enters the city, it will flow south, making it easier to drain water. Instead, it is the general's camp that is flooded. Besides, if you want to flood the city with water, you must first be in the city. Build dams around it. Chaoge is a huge city, if you want to build dams and divert water in, I calculated that such a huge project will take at least 20,000 people to do it for two months!”

If at first Yang Yin and other Zhao Yang retainers still looked down on this lowly dressed young craftsman, and Liu Xiazhi was also a little dissatisfied, now, they are full of admiration for being able to attack the required projects in a short time. , The environment is so clearly stated, it is indeed not that those who have come to strategize with a slap of their heads, but who have not carefully calculated it, can refute it.

After the call, Gongxuban's mouth was dry, and when he raised his head, he saw that the entire camp was silent and everyone was staring at him.

In the end, it was Zhao Wuxi who praised them for them: "As expected of the young master loses son, son-like, since you can explain the difficulties of the water attack so clearly, I wonder if you have a plan to break the city? Let your father and son come with the army this time. , it is for this!"

Gongshuban saluted respectfully: "The boy doesn't dare to speak ill, but I have walked around Chaoge twice, and I have seen the surrounding situation, trees, mountains and rivers, and I have a certain degree of confidence in breaking the city!"

Everyone was dumbfounded. It turned out that Zhao Wuxi didn't find him after he arrived at the camp, because he had already gone to the surrounding area to check the terrain, mountains and rivers and resources that could be used to attack the city!

Wu Xie felt great peace in his heart, and asked: "How much confidence is there, and what good plans do you have, come and listen!"

"The kid is stupid, but he doesn't have any outrageous strategies~lightnovelpub.net~ Originally, according to the inherent method of siege, there is only a six-point chance of winning, but with the machine that the general asked me to try out in the country, the success rate will increase. It's eight or nine minutes..."

Zhao Wuxi naturally knew what "that piece of machinery" was. Hearing what Gong Shuban said, he immediately felt reassured. When he got married from Lu to Jin, it was still in the experimental stage, and it didn't come to fruition until a few months ago. He invested a lot of money in the development of silk craftsmen, and with the whole-hearted investment of the public transport class, it has been successfully produced, and it is only waiting for actual combat.

This is also the reason why he has confidence in Yue Yu Po Chao Ge!

This year, the city defense building is still in its infancy. Basically, it is a simple inner city and an outer guo. There is a parapet on the outer guo, and the hope tower is next to it as an auxiliary. Hundreds of years after the wall was reinforced with stone bricks, Wengcheng was almost at that time, so Chaoge City, to put it bluntly, is just a little bit bigger and bigger!

Well, at most the fragile city corners were reinforced with stones...

Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancients seemed to be indestructible in the big city, but in the eyes of Zhao Wuxi, it was a paper tiger with many flaws.

Gongshuban made another mistake: "It's just that the equipment is cumbersome, so I couldn't bring it from Lu, so I could only make it on the spot..."

"I'll give you time, how long do you need?"

"The boy and his father brought detailed drawings, accessories such as bronze, iron, leather, isinglass, and some tools and materials. Although the forests around Chaoge have been cut down, there are still many forests in the upper reaches of Qishui, as well as usable large trees and hills. There are also quite a few quarries in the middle of the city... I have everything I should have. If the general gives me 5,000 manpower and 300 craftsmen, it will be half a month short, and a month long, and I will be able to build dozens of siege weapons, and then cooperate with other The way to siege the city..."

In front of everyone, Gongshuban confidently issued a military order: "At that time, Chaoge City will be destroyed!"

(To be continued.)

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