Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2614 Difficult authentic tactics, burning the Nanzheng grain depot

Chapter 2610: Difficult authentic tactics, burning the Nanzheng grain depot

Since the beginning of the troubled times, although Daqin has not yet adopted the Zhuzi Army, it does not mean that other forces have not used it.

During the Yellow Turban Uprising, Zhang Jiao, Huang Chao, Zhu Yuanzhang and others used the peg army tactics many times.

In addition, in the three Central Plains wars, Cao Cao, an expert at robbing tombs, also used the Pike Army many times.

In the Central Plains, the figure of Zhe Zijun is not uncommon, but there are only a handful of successful cases, and the reason for this is a dead man, he is Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng, Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, and Ban Gu were called the "Four Masters of Han Fu". He died in the fourth year of Yonghe (139) at the age of 62.

The Yellow Turban Uprising was in 184, that is to say, Zhang Heng died 45 years before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and he was not listed in the system's birth list for the time being, so why would he affect the success of the Peng Zi Army?

The reason lies in the seismograph invented by Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng invented the world's earliest seismograph when he was in the post of Taishi Ling. According to "The Biography of Zhang Heng in the Later Han Dynasty", the seismograph was cast with fine copper, with a diameter of eight feet and a protruding top cover. Beast image decoration.There is a large pillar, and there are eight roads nearby, and the engine is turned off.It has eight positions, each with a dragon with a copper bead in its mouth, and a toad corresponding to it under each dragon.

If an earthquake occurs on either side, the copper beads contained in the dragon's mouth in that direction will fall into the toad's mouth, and the direction of the earthquake can be measured.

After the test, it is in line with the design and is like God, which has never happened since the books were recorded.

Once a dragon was dispatched, the ground didn't move, and scholars in Luoyang blamed it for not being trustworthy. A few days later, the messenger came. Sure enough, an earthquake occurred in Longxi, and everyone was convinced that it was miraculous.

Since then, the imperial court has ordered historians to record where the earthquake occurred.

Zhang Heng is also a human being, not a god. The seismograph he invented also has certain errors, and it is not 100% accurate.

But after more than 40 years of evolution, until the beginning of the troubled times, under the improvement of Gongjia and Mojia, the seismograph has also evolved from the initial version 1.0 to the current version 3.0, and it has also been used on the battlefield.

Previously on the battlefield, once encountering Zhu Zijun, people with deep skills and talent in hearing were usually asked to monitor the ground shaking when they woke up.

Obviously, there are not many masters with a talent for listening and deep skills, and there are always times when people are tired and doze off.

During the Yellow Turban Uprising, when Ying Wen led the Han army to defend the Hangu Pass, there were not enough people to monitor the underground tremors. In order to deal with the Yellow Turban tactics, Cao Cao was the first to propose an improved seismometer to detect the underground tremors, and this was also the first time. Apply the seismometer to tunnel warfare at one time.

In the next three Central Plains wars, the Ming army improved the seismograph again to prevent the Wei army from the scorpion army.

Therefore, the 3.0 version of the seismometer can not only detect earthquake preparations, but also detect the underground of the city where it is located, whether there is a large-scale excavation, and the specific location.

Once there is a seismograph in the city, and the pegs have dug under the city, they will basically be detected by the seismograph, and arrangements will be made in advance.

Whether it's a jug, fire attack, or smoke, it's a near-death experience for the Pike Army underground.

After that, with the popularization of seismograph technology, not many forces are using the peg army, because it is difficult to play its original role.

But when all the countries eliminated the prostitute army, Li Jing did the opposite and ordered Tu Xingsun to build a prostitute army of 3000 people.

Li Jing naturally knew that it would be difficult for a seismograph to play a role in the peg army, but he was obviously thinking more far-reaching, and the peg army he built was not an ordinary peg army.

The peg army built by Li Jing is a super peg army taught by Tu Xingsun, and its mining efficiency is far less than that of conventional peg army.

Even in the Shangyong area, where the ground is full of rocks and the soil is extremely hard, Daqin Luzi Army dug a [-]-mile tunnel in just one month, digging an average of two or three miles a day, and bypassing it perfectly. West City Defense Line.

With such a huge amount of work, if the Wei Kingdom's Pengzi Army is to dig, and the same number of people, it may not be able to dig through the first half of the year, which shows the efficiency of the Daqin Pengzi Army.

Although the Zhuzi Army dug a tunnel to bypass the West City, they could not dig into the West City, because once they dug into the underground of the West City, they would be detected by the seismograph in the city.

In addition, even with this tunnel, Shangyong's Han Xin's subordinate cannot be allowed to move to the rear of Xicheng through the tunnel, and then cooperate with the front Qin army to attack Xicheng on both sides.

The tunnel is [-] miles long, and even if the ordinary Qin army except the Zhezi army can walk, the speed will definitely not be fast, and they cannot carry large ordnance and too much weight.

Therefore, it is destined that only a small number of people can come through the tunnel, because the food and grass after coming here is a big problem that is difficult to solve.

Moreover, after coming here, there is no large-scale siege equipment. If you only rely on a sword, even if you attack from both sides, it is impossible to break the Xicheng which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Li Jing never thought of using this tunnel to transport Han Xin's department to the rear of Xicheng. First, it was difficult to play a role. Second, Han Xin would not agree. Third, he never thought of breaking the game in Xicheng at the beginning. The goal is actually elsewhere.

"call……"

At the moment when the tunnel was dug through, all the Lan Zijun breathed a sigh of relief, and Long Xuhu was even more excited: "Damn, after more than a month of digging, it finally got through."

Li Maozhen glanced at Xicheng in the distance, and said solemnly: "This is just the first step in the mission of the Grand Governor. Whether the mission can be successful or not depends on the next actions."

In addition to himself, Li Jing also sent Long Xuhu and Li Maozhen to assist him in this operation of Tu Xingsun.

Li Jing sent Long Xuhu because he had a good relationship with Tu Xingsun, while Li Maozhen was sent because he was familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong.

Li Maozhen's father, Li Xiaogong, was the prefect of Hanzhong, and Li Maozhen also used his father to avoid the pursuit of unscrupulous people and fled Hanzhong, which shows how well he understands the terrain of Hanzhong.

With the war between Qin and Shu, Hanzhong County was already under martial law. Even if the Qin army had not yet broken Yangping Pass and Xicheng, the defenses of the Hanzhong cities were extremely tight.

If Tu Xingsun wanted to complete the characters that Li Jing explained, he would have to take his [-] pegs to go deep alone, but if he wanted to avoid being discovered by the Shu army in Hanzhong, he had to have a guide who was familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong, and Li Maozhen was The best guide.

Looking at Li Maozhen's handsome face, Tu Xingsun felt envious in his heart, but now is not the time to be distracted.

"Brother Maozhen, we only have enough food for half a month, and we must complete the task within half a month." Tu Xingsun said.

Li Maozhen nodded, then opened the map, and saw that in addition to all the cities in Hanzhong, there were also many standard Wubao and camps on the map.

Shu Han has built the entire Hanzhong into a fortress. In addition to Yangping Pass on the northern line and Xicheng on the eastern line, hundreds of Wu Forts and dozens of camps have also been built in Hanzhong, just to prevent the northern line and the east. There is a glitch in the line.

After all, if there is any problem in Yangpingguan and Xicheng, these arrangements can also delay the fall of Hanzhong and buy time for the Shu army to retreat.

Tu Xingsun saw that there was a Wu Fort built by the Shu army twenty miles away on the map, and couldn't help exclaiming: "This Wu Fort is so tightly located, can we go around it?"

"Yes, but not during the day, you must act at night."

In one sentence, Li Maozhen finalized the course of action, and the next step was to rest and wait for dark.

After dark, Li Maozhen, Tu Xingsun, and Long Xuhu, with three thousand pike soldiers in black, sneaked in the direction of Nanzheng, and successfully passed the exploration of Wubao in front of them. It was a small accident, but it still passed without a hitch.

In this way, in order to avoid exploration, Li Maozhen and his party all rested during the day, hurried at night, and climbed mountains and mountains all the way. After five days of marching, they finally sneaked to a ruined temple five miles away from Nanzheng.

There are still dozens of beggars in the broken temple. If they can enter the city normally, they will enter the city to beg, but now Nanzheng is under martial law, and they are not allowed to enter or leave. They can only rest in this broken temple and wait for the opening of the city before entering the city.

For these beggars, life is hard enough, and they have tried their best to even live, but God is still unwilling to let them go.

"General, there are a group of beggars in the temple."

Hearing this, Li Maozhen, Tu Xingsun, and Long Xuhu all made the same decision after facing each other, that is, silence.

Their mission this time was too dangerous. They went deep alone and sneaked into Nanzheng, the rear of the Shu army, and there were tens of thousands of troops in Nanzheng City. Once their whereabouts were revealed, they would really have nowhere to go.

Therefore, whether it is for the mission or their own safety, they cannot leave any trouble.

The beggars didn't even know what happened, and they were all silenced by Qin Jun in their sleep, and they died silently.

After all the beggars were silenced, Li Maozhen, Tu Xingsun, and Long Xuhu each led the team to continue the next plan.

The broken temple is located five or six miles north of Nanzheng City, and the soil around the miracle of Nanzheng City is not as hard as Yangpingguan and Xicheng.

With the digging ability of the Zhezi Army and the ruined temple as the starting point, it would take one night to dig to the foot of Nanzheng City, and it happened that the Shu army grain depot was also in the north of the city.

The grain depot in Nanzheng City is the goal of Tu Xingsun's trip. As long as the grain depot can be burned, the Shu army will fall into a situation of lack of grain, and the fall of Hanzhong is only a matter of time.

However, they couldn't dig directly. After all, there must be a seismometer in Nanzheng City. Once they were dug under Nanzheng City, they would be detected immediately.

In addition, the ruined temple cannot hide 3000 people, so the top priority is to determine the excavation plan, and first dig an underground space that can accommodate the excavation of [-] prostitutes, otherwise they will be exposed at dawn.

Although the Daqin Zhuzi Army could dig into Nanzheng City in just one night, in order to set fire to the Nanzheng grain depot, they did not dig directly into the city. roundabout.

After three days of excavation, all three tunnels have been dug through, and Nanzheng can be dug into Nanzheng at the same time with the order of Tu Xingsun, but the Shuhan side has no idea about this.

The ninth day, late at night.

"Immediately release the carrier pigeons and inform the Governor, the plan has reached the last step." Li Maozhen said solemnly.

"it is good."

Tu Xingsun nodded, and then ordered the carrier pigeons to be released.

The night was too dark, and Tu Xingsun Fang's carrier pigeons were also gray, so naturally they would not be found.

"Success or failure is in one fell swoop, dig it, brothers."

With the order of Tu Xingsun, the three thousand pegs were divided into three roads, north, east, west, and together they dug to Nanzheng, and it was not long before they were detected by the city's motion detector.

In Nanzheng, Hanzhong Prefect's Mansion, there is a hall dedicated to placing the seismograph, and there are people monitoring it 24 hours a day.

There are three groups of people monitoring the seismograph, two people each, and every four hours, and their task is only one, and that is to stare at the seismograph.

thump...

The copper pill in the mouth of the seismograph's northern toad suddenly fell, and it also caused the two guards present to break out in a cold sweat.

Now that the copper pellets in the north have fallen, doesn't it mean that someone is digging a tunnel in the northern part of Nanzheng?
The two guards immediately prepared to report, but before they walked out of the gate, the copper pellets in the mouths of the east and west toads also fell one after another.

"What's the situation? Why did the three copper pellets fall at the same time?"

"Even if it's Earthquake and Zhe Zijun, only one should fall. How could all three fall together?"

"Could it be that this seismograph is broken?"

"It's possible, but let's report to the prefect first."

After some discussion, the two immediately reported the news that the three copper pellets had fallen on the seismograph to Liu Zhang, the prefect of Hanzhong.

(End of this chapter)