At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 164: Great changes in southern Xinjiang and the attack on Daliang

When Yingbu and the others heard that Ren Xiao was also dead, they immediately became interested. They found that the gap between themselves and the Qin army was not very big, and they could take the initiative to attack, because Yingbu and other generals wanted to attack the Qin army, so they did not Stop Zhang Ao's actions.

But Xu Fan still wanted to be more sure, so he asked Ji Xindao: "Is Ren Xiao really dying of illness?"

Ji Xindao: "That's what the Great Qin court said, but news came from Lu Jia that it was an internal fight in the southern Xinjiang army that led to Ren Xiao's assassination."

Then Ji Xin explained carefully: "Most of the soldiers and middle-level and low-level officers of the Southern Xinjiang Army are citizens of the Six Kingdoms. Among them, the Chu people account for the majority. They do not want to work for the violent Qin, but most of the middle and high-level officers of the Southern Xinjiang Army But they are the Qin people in Guanzhong. They are obedient to the orders of the First Emperor. It is also this group of Qin army officers who want to attack our Han army. Among them, Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo are the few among the top brass of the Qin army who do not want to attack. Among us, the captain of the Han Kingdom, the conflict between the two sides broke out due to Ying Zheng’s assembly order, and finally the captain of Guanzhong assassinated Ren Xiao.”

"From the news coming from Lu Jia, it seems that because of Ren Xiao's death, the top and middle and lower levels of the Qin Army do not trust him now. There is an undercurrent surging throughout southern Xinjiang, and new killings may break out at any time."

Lu Chen smiled and said: "Now our Han country's future troubles are relieved, and we can rest assured about the Northern Expedition."

Xu Fan looked at a map of the world, which recorded all the forces in the world. The Qin army now left 5 people in Yan State to suppress it, and Qi State left 15 people to suppress it. Although 10 troops could be sent to support the Central Plains battlefield, Xiang Liang and his 15 troops are also watching. With Xiang Liang holding back Feng Jie's 15 troops, plus Tian Heng and others, it is absolutely impossible for Feng Jie's 30 troops to leave Qi. Southern Xinjiang is unable to do so due to civil strife. send troops. What the Han army had to face was the Qin army on the battlefield of Zhao State in the Central Plains.

The senior generals of Han will not care about Zhang Er's life or death, but they cannot ignore the war opportunities appearing in the world now.

They were pleasantly surprised to find that Qin Guo had become a strong man full of diseases. He still looked so strong, but he was actually very weak inside.

This made all the Han generals interested. If they could defeat Qin at this time, they would be the masters of the world.

Ying preached: "Then what is there to say? The King of Han took advantage of Zhang Er to hold Meng Tian back. We will take the initiative to attack Qin. As long as Meng Tian is defeated, the Central Plains will be ours."

200 steps outside Daliang City, the carpenters of the Gongshu family and the Mohist disciples were all busy around the giant-sized machinery.

Xu Fan said: "Test firing first, let the generals see the power of this stone cannon."

"Dong, dong, dong!" The war drums resounded in a radius of ten miles. When the Qin soldiers heard the sound of their own war drums, their morale recovered slightly, and finally they were no longer as frightened as before.

The strategy Xu Fan mentioned made Zhang Liang's eyes light up. Sanchuan County is really the best chess player in the world, but he soon shook his head and said: "Although conquering Sanchuan County will change the situation of the entire world, it is basically impossible." If we do, Xingyang is a fortified city in the world, and it has been built by the Qin army for more than two years. It still has sufficient troops. Unless the generals of the Qin army surrender to Han, it will be difficult for our army to conquer such a fortified city."

Ge Ying said: "King of Han, do you want to besiege Wei and rescue Zhao again?"

Xu Fan nodded and said: "It is too difficult to rescue Zhao from thousands of miles away, but it is much easier and safer to reach Sanchuan County at the doorstep, and Sanchuan County is an important node in the entire world. If our army captures Sanchuan County, it will not only capture Ao This large granary also blocked the eastward march of the Qin army. Meng Tian, ​​Feng Jie and the others have completely lost the support of the Qin State and can only become rootless trees. It will be much easier to defeat their army."

Zhang Liang couldn't help but asked curiously: "This is the siege weapon you mentioned, King Han. How to use it?"

Since they want to attack Sanchuan County, Daliang is the city that Xu Fan and the others must capture. Although you can also enter Sanchuan County from Yingchuan County through Chidao, Daliang is stuck in Honggou Water. If Daliang is laid, the grain and grass supplies of the Han army can pass through. Shipments arrive at the front lines.

Ji Xindao: "King Han, it is impossible for the southern Xinjiang army to go to war. The Qin army has deployed 50 troops on the entire Central Plains battlefield. And because of the enclosure, most of these Qin armies are contained. Qin's only mobile force is only With the 30 troops in Meng Tian’s hands, unless Ying Zheng can’t even defend his capital, otherwise, it will be difficult for the Qin army to send troops to garrison the battlefield in the Central Plains.”

At this time Qin Bo came to Xu Fan and said: "King Han, the first stone cannon has been assembled."

After uniting with his younger brothers, the Han army divided into two groups to attack Sanchuan County. The Western Army, with Yingbu as the general heading north, led an army of 10 people from Yingchuan County to attack Xingyang.

However, the Qin army stationed 5000 elite troops to garrison Daliang City, and with the support of the Qin soldiers from Sanchuan County at the rear, it was difficult for them to capture Daliang with only the strength of their Wei state.

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "This time our Han army will dispatch 20 troops to attack Sanchuan County. I also hope that you will send 5 troops to cooperate. In return, our Han army will find ways to support your attack on Daliang City."

The East Route Army, with Xu Fan as its commander, led 10 troops together with 5 Wei troops to attack Daliang City in a mighty manner. After capturing Daliang, the two sides joined forces to attack Xingyang City.

But the Qin army could not watch them besiege Xingyang. No matter whether Meng Tian or Guanzhong dispatched troops to support Xingyang, the Qin army could make them return without success.

Since the Qin army is weaker than he thought, the Han army can definitely fight it out.

He found Gongshu Qiu and Qin Bo, handed them a blueprint, and asked them to build a weapon for siege according to the blueprint.

Zhang Liang and others who were following Xu Fan looked at these machines with curiosity. Xu Fan said that there was a way to make a device that could quickly conquer the city. This was what they saw in front of them, but they couldn't see these strange devices. How to attack a city?

Of course, Zhang Liang and the others knew that this was no ordinary thing when they looked at the figure of several feet.

But after thinking about it, he still shook his head. The First Emperor also saw what they could think of. In the past two years, the First Emperor continued to increase troops in the Central Plains, but he never reduced the troops in Sanchuan County. Not only did it not decrease, but it increased to 5. Moreover, they were worried that the defenders would surrender, so Xingyang's soldiers were all mobilized from Guanzhong.

For people in this world, Xingyang is almost an impossible city to break, but for Xu Fan, breaking a city is too easy. He has too many ways to break a city.

Wei Jiu said: "As long as the King of Han can capture the beam for our Wei State, we will follow the King of Han's lead!"

"Beat the war drum!" Su Peng yelled.

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "If the limit is reached, the First Emperor may still be able to send 10 people, but no more. If there are more, problems may arise in Guanzhong and Shuzhong."

Su Peng, the captain of the Qin army, was so frightened that he couldn't say anything, and then his face was full of helplessness. The Han army attacked Sanchuan County, but he became the first unlucky person. Even though he had 5000 elites in his hands, he faced 20 enemies. It was only a matter of time before the beam was captured.

Ji Xin shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for the King of Han. After the great chaos in the Central Plains, especially when our army besieged Xingyang City once, Yingzheng attached great importance to the defense of Sanchuan County and even Xingyang. More than 5 people were stationed in the entire Xingyang Aocang line. The Qin Army, their active attack is not enough, but relying on the city defense, even if our army attacks with all its strength, it will be difficult to break through the Qin Army's defensive position within a year. It is difficult to attract Meng Tian's reinforcements when attacking Sanchuan County, and even attacking Aocang is very difficult. Effortless.”

Even if he died in battle, he would still find a way to gnaw a piece of Xu Fan's flesh. If he could bring tens of thousands of casualties to the Han army, he would be considered a favor to His Majesty the First Emperor for promoting him.

With Xingyang's solid defense and sufficient troops, it was impossible to break through Xingyang City in a short time. Even if the entire Han army attacked, it would be a miracle to break through Xingyang within a year.

On May 37, the 5th year of the First Emperor's reign, the Han army, which had been dormant for a year, was dispatched on this day. 7 troops were divided into two groups to attack Qin in the north, which shocked the world. The actions of the Han army attracted the attention of various Qin armies. The combat effectiveness of the Han army was much stronger than that of other rebels. Facing this 20-strong army in any direction, it was possible to reverse the situation on the battlefield.

"Maybe there will be a miracle." Xu Fan said with a confident smile.

Ships transport grain and grass, both in terms of consumption and transportation volume, water transportation is dozens of times that of land transportation, so for the Han army, the beam became a nail that must be pulled out.

The defenders of the Qin army were looking outside the city with fear at this time, because the sound of the enemy's war drums outside the city was deafening. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were stationed in busy camps. War flags were dancing wildly, colorful flags were fluttering, and the waves were magnificent. Such a huge The army, and it was the enemy's, shocked the Qin army.

Zhang Liang and others took a breath of air when they heard Xu Fan's words. Although they knew that Xu Fan would not talk nonsense, it was still hard for them to imagine that this wooden frame could have such great power.

In line with the principle of achieving success in one step, Xu Fan abandoned the stone cannons pulled by manpower and directly performed the most peak back and forth running.

But this was a real surprise to Wei Jiu and Zhou Shi. Daliang was the capital of the Wei State and had important political significance for Wei Jiu and the others. Only by occupying Daliang could he, the King of Wei, be worthy of his name.

"Attack Sanchuan County?" Wei Jiu and Zhou Shi were both a little surprised.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "This is called a stone cannon. It can throw three hundred kilograms of boulders onto Daliang City 200 steps away and destroy the city wall of Daliang."

The sound of war drums coming from the city wall made Xu Fan frown. Zhang Liang, Ji Xin, Chen Xiao, Ge Ying, Lu Chen and other Han army generals and advisers were also a little surprised. In their opinion, the Qin army generals would not be able to face their 15 troops. Escape is already rare, but now it can actually boost morale. It seems that the person guarding the beam is also a good general of the Qin army.

At the same time, Xu Fan also summoned Wei Jiu and Zhou Shi to Chen County to discuss the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.

Outside Daliang City!

Xu Fan pointed at the map and thought for a long time: "If you want to directly support Zhao State, it is difficult to do so because the distance is too far. But if our army can attack Sanchuan County, can we attract Meng Tian to return reinforcements?"

Qin Bo said: "No!"

Then he said to the Mohist disciples: "The King of Han has an order to test fire the stone cannon!"

So the people around the stone cannon began to work separately. 10 people put the 100 kilograms of iron ingots that had been prepared in a wooden box with a counterweight. The iron ingots were arranged neatly, a total of 2000 kilograms, and then more than a dozen A farmer pulled down the long pole of the stone cannon and buckled it, and two farmers used a wheelbarrow to carry a 2-pound boulder to the leather buckle.

After doing all this, Qin Bo said to Xu Fan: "King of Han, please give the order." "Launch!"

"Pfft!" All the disciples of the Mo family loosened their leather buckles.

"Wha~~!"

The stone cannon is like a roaring dragon, spitting out a huge boulder. The boulder rises into the air, draws a beautiful arc in the air, and falls heavily towards Daliang City.

Zhang Liang and others were surprised to see a 300-pound boulder flying toward Daliang City!

"Boom!" A thunderous sound sounded, startling Zhang Liang and the others.

It's a pity that the launch hit the moat of Daliang City and only caused some splashes.

But Su Peng, who was on the city wall, was shocked by the scene in front of him. He had no idea what kind of weapons the enemy was using. He just saw a huge boulder flying towards them, and then hit a huge splash of water. The water even splashed onto Su Peng. On my body.

Zhang Liang asked Qin Bo excitedly: "How many such stone cannons did you bring this time?"

Qin Bo said: "The parts for the 20 aircraft were made in Chen County and then assembled on the battlefield. However, the stone cannon is not difficult and can be made by just cutting down trees."

Qin Bo looked around the beam and said, "It may not work here. There are not enough long trees."

Ge Ying laughed and said: "There is no shortage of trees in Sanchuan County. When we get to Xingyang City, I will arrange for a battalion of soldiers to cut down the trees for Juzi."

Qin Bo said: "You don't need so many people, but looking for 300 kilograms of stone bullets may require a lot of manpower."

Chen Xiaodao: "It's easy to handle. We have arranged 1 civilians to find huge rocks for the giants, all of which are three hundred kilograms heavy."

After the first stone cannon was successfully assembled, the remaining 19 were quickly assembled.

20 stone cannons faced the south gate of Daliang City majestically.

Xu Fan sent 5000 soldiers to station near the stone cannons to protect them.

"Shipao, start attacking. I want to see the Daliang city wall collapse completely!" Xu Fan ordered.

Qin Bo said: "No!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" The war drums beat.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

20 boulders weighing about 300 kilograms roared towards Daliang City with a thunderous sound.

"Boom boom boom!"

The 20 stone bullets hit Daliang City like 20 thunderbolts. Three of these stone bullets hit the moat of Daliang, causing three splashes of water. Five of them hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Another five hit the city. Some broken city wall bricks bounced off the Daliang City Wall, and seven more smashed into Daliang City. The houses near the city wall in Daliang City were instantly destroyed, and the soldiers who were crushed had no bones left, leaving only a pool of flesh.

Such huge power made the coalition soldiers cheer.

They were the most excited and happy. One general succeeded, and thousands of bones were withered. They were the soldiers who suffered the heaviest casualties in the siege. Daliang City was originally the capital of the Wei State. After hundreds of years of construction by the Wei State, its city was so strong that it could be Ranked among the top five cities in the world, even though it was destroyed by Wang Ben with water from the Yellow River more than ten years ago, its strength is not comparable to that of other cities.

It is not an exaggeration to say that tens of thousands of people would die if they attacked such a city. But now that they have such a powerful siege weapon, they can save many lives by smashing the city walls with stones.

The Qin army was all frightened. The number of enemies was already huge, but now they had such powerful weapons. They looked at the stone bullets smashing into the crowd, leaving limbs and broken arms. As long as they were next to each other, they were not alive. It is possible that a few stone bullets directly hit the houses under the city wall. The sturdy houses were instantly reduced to rubble. The stone bullets actually penetrated more than three stone feet into the ground. When the stone bullets hit the city wall, they could also feel the shaking of the city wall. This is simply appalling.

From this day on, the most important task of the coalition forces became to find trees suitable for stone cannons, and to find stones of suitable weight. Stone cannons suitable for firing should not weigh more than 300 kilograms, otherwise the stone bullets would not be able to hit them. The city wall should not be too heavy, weighing less than 300 kilograms, otherwise the bullets would hit the city. It should also not be too strange in shape, otherwise no one would know where the stone bullets landed.

In the high-level meeting of the coalition forces that night, Qin Bo became the well-deserved protagonist.

All the generals gathered around him to learn about the structure, power and other aspects of the stone cannon.

Even Zhang Liang sighed: "The Mohist family is indeed a sect that has been around for hundreds of years, and its heritage cannot be underestimated."

Even Wei Wang Jiu looked at Qin Bo with envy, and then whispered to Zhou Shi: "Can we in Wei also recruit some talents like the Mo family?"

Zhou Shi smiled bitterly and said: "We in Wei are too small, and only hundreds of people can look down on us."

Wei Wangjiu's face was full of distress when he heard this. Hundreds of years ago, Wei was the dominant country in the Central Plains, but now it was reduced to the point where it could not even recruit top talents.

Zhou Shi immediately comforted him: "Your Majesty, stone cannons are offensive weapons. Our country of Wei is weak and has no attacking enemies, so we don't need stone cannons."

After hearing this, Wei Wangjiu's face became even more ugly.

At this time, Xu Fan asked: "I think the hit rate of this stone cannon is only a little over 2%. Can you find a way to increase the hit rate?"

Qin Bo thought for a while and said, "Unless you, general, can provide stone bullets with the same weight, errors will be inevitable."

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "It is naturally difficult to find corpses that are round and similar in weight when looking for stones. We can burn some ammo bombs. In this way, the weight difference between each one will not be too big, because they are used for smashing." , and you don’t need to do it too well.”

Qin Bo said in surprise: "Zhang Canjun's resourcefulness is truly unparalleled in the world. He can actually think of such a good method."

Xu Fan said: "Find a kiln factory nearby, ask the civilians to help them, and order them to burn some stone bullets."

Wei Wang Jiu stood up and said: "Daliang City was once flooded by the Yellow River, and a large part of the city wall fell down. Later, the Qin army did not pay attention to it. They just built the city wall with loess tablets. The strength is not as strong as that of the Wei Dynasty for hundreds of years." With the city wall reinforced a little bit, Qin Juzi may be able to attack from here."

Wei Wang Jiu also felt complicated in his heart. Back then, he watched the Qin people rush into the beam through the gap, but now they also want to rush in through this gap.

Everyone was surprised, this could speed up their attack on the city.

The words were divided into two parts, when Xu Fan and the others were discussing how to break through Daliang City.

Su Peng and other Qin officers and officials were all in despair.

"What should we do? The enemy's siege vehicles can throw stones weighing hundreds of kilograms. Even Daliang City cannot resist for long. What should we do? This group of rebels like to hang us Qin officials." Daliang County Magistrate Yuan Zhong said in a panic.

"Where are the reinforcements from the imperial court? Lieutenant, please ask for help from the imperial court and General Meng Tian. They are in Handan. As long as they are willing to come, they will be there in time!" Speaking of Meng Tian, ​​County Wei Ping seemed to be grasping hope.

Su Peng wrote down what he saw and heard today with a calm expression, intending to report Shi Pao's information to Xianyang City.

At the same time, he replied without turning his head: "It's too late. I have been living under Qin Lu for many years and have been greatly favored by the First Emperor. Now it's time for us to repay His Majesty's service."

Yuan Zhong and Wei Ping immediately woke up from their fantasy, and then they looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They understood that they had only a few days to live.

(End of this chapter)