My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 607 What is an infrastructure maniac! Wang Jian's strategy failed!
The horse's hooves trampled the new mud after the rain, carrying the knight south.

In a village, Youzhi hurriedly gathered all the young men with weapons in their hands. They looked at the black and purple military flags floating in the distance and felt nervous.

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 the pairs of wary and hostile eyes seen along the way, the soldiers of the Qin-Qi coalition would have mistakenly thought that they were not walking in the hinterland of Chu, but through the territory of Qin and Qi!
July 5, sunrise (00:)

The summer sun is always more energetic.

Not long after sunrise, the sunlight had already spread to 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 ascertainment of my great Qin lord."

"The Chu State began to repair Helu City after moving its capital there, and King Qi of Chu even stepped up the efforts to rebuild it."

"To this day, the overall layout of Helu City is still a large Guocheng with a length of about 2102 feet (1409 meters) from east to west and a width of about feet ( meters) from north to south, with two east and west towers built inside. It is a small city, of which the west city is where the Helv Palace is located, and the east city is where the arsenal, grain storehouse, money storehouse and military 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 46.2 feet (34.6 meters) wide and 41.5 feet ( meters) deep. There is also a moat about feet ( meters) wide that connects to the Lu River. "

"The outer wall of the West City is about seven feet (16.1 meters) high, the base of the wall is about thirty-two feet (73.9 meters) wide, 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 (64.6 meters) wide, and the top of the wall is nine feet (20.7 meters) wide."

"King Qi of Chu dug ditches about fifteen feet (34.6 meters) wide outside the inner city walls of the east and west cities, and diverted the water from the Lu River into moats."

"There is a gate in the west city of Helu City that leads directly to the outside of the city, but this gate has three urns..."

The hexagram master 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, Great Qin, is good at building infrastructure, but this country of Chu is not bad either!"

Tian Zhen even said with emotion: "It's terrifying!"

"Such a strong city was built in just a few years."

"How much people's power did Chu State use?"

"If we want to capture this city, how many casualties will our army have to pay!"

The generals of the Qin and Qi armies looked at each other.

King Qi of Chu, who had spent most of his life in the Qin Kingdom, had already opened up the skill points of the infrastructure madman.

Under the almost crazy repairs by King Qi of Chu, the wall thickness and defense strength of Helu City in front of him have exceeded that of 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 Helu 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 somewhat sarcastic: "This city is indeed strong."

"But maybe, our army doesn't need to attack this city?"

"Our army has encountered six groups of messengers along the way, all of which set off from Helu City and headed for Xiapi City."

"Although our army has never intercepted these messengers or obtained 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 Jun said is true."

"This is just the messenger that our army is aware of."

"There must be some messengers who have not been noticed by our army and are rushing towards Xiapi City."

"This shows that King Chu is really anxious."

"Perhaps it won't take long for Chu Shangzhu to withdraw his 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 would it cost them to capture such a strong city?
Even if they were willing to pay a heavy price, could they really attack such a fortified city?

If they had a choice, they really didn't want to attack Helu City!
Ying Chengxuan'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 hoped to force Xiang Yan back to the south of the Huaihe River as soon as possible, so as to quickly end this war.

Compared with Ying Chengxuan's simple and straightforward raid plan, Wang Jian developed 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.

Therefore, 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 pressure. 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 because of internal problems in Chu State or because of the night battle at Xiapi that Xiang Yan did not dare to 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's country still needs some time to prepare?"

"After all, there is a long distance between Helu City and Xiapi City. It will take several days for Chu Shangzhu Kingdom to receive the king's order, and it will take some time to prepare the supplies and food for withdrawal." "Perhaps our army only needs to wait a few more days. By the end of the day, we will get the news of the Chu army’s withdrawal!”

However, Ying Chengxuan said firmly: "I don't know what happened inside Chu State, which actually caused our army's strategy to fail to achieve success."

"However, since our military strategy has still failed to achieve results to this day, we can no longer place our hopes on the original strategy."

"Otherwise, it will only make Chu State 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 subordinates, 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-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!

Therefore, even if Ying Chengyu had to bite the bullet, he still had to fight.

And it has to be beaten hard!

Tian Zhen said worriedly: "Although there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in Helu City."

"However, our army only has 100,000 troops."

"Facing such a strong city with twice the enemy's strength."

"Can our army really win?"

Ying Chengyu said nothing, but there was a deep heaviness hidden in his eyes.

Tian Zhen's worries are also Ying Cheng's worries.

With only twice as many troops to attack such a strong city that was fully prepared, Ying Chengyu really didn't have much confidence.

While he was thinking about it, a loud shout suddenly came.

"Report!"

"There are soldiers and horses coming from the south of our army in a hurry, 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 Pao Ze!"

As soon as he tightened the reins, 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 Helu 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 across 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.

Especially because of the black and purple military flags covering the sky and the 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 troops and horses deep into Chu territory?"

"Why are there so many soldiers and horses coming to join us?"

"Could it be that the Chu army is deceiving our army under the guise of our army!"

Tian Zhen thought nervously, but Ying Chengyu urged the horse under his crotch 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 turned over and dismounted, threw their hands with a bang, and shouted excitedly: "General, pay homage to the commander!"

Ying Chengyu also turned over and dismounted, stepped forward quickly, helped Peng Yue up, and then helped up each general one by one, with a bright smile on his face: "Good! Good! Very good!"

"You, all of you, have gone deep behind enemy lines for our army. I can't sleep well thinking about it every night."

"Now, you all have finally returned victoriously!"

"It'll be good to come back safely, it'll be good to come back safely!"

Seeing Ying Chengyu's genuine joy and unabashed concern for them, 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 to execute the general's order."

"Today, I will lead the army with seven thousand three hundred troops and return to the army to obey orders!"

Huang Kuang, Deng Ming, and Ge Ping also eagerly handed over their hands: "The last general led four thousand troops into Chu to carry out the general's orders."

"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."

"Today, I will lead the army with twenty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty-one men, and return to the army to obey orders!"

The five generals shouted in unison: "Fortunately, you have lived up to your mission!"

Further behind, more than 80,000 old and new soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs:

"I'll wait, meet the coach!"

(End of this chapter)