The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 475 Self-defeating?

"This..." the general hesitated, and said with some concern: "General, there are still Baixin in the city? If we demolish their residences, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it will cause a civil uprising ah!"

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and said, "Lead the soldiers to go door-to-door and tell them that after Lu Bu captures the city, he will massacre the city. If the city wall cannot be kept, everyone in the city will be buried under Lu Bu's butcher's knife! The people are afraid of death. You can get their support."

The general gritted his teeth: "I also ask the general to allow and make a promise. After Lu Bu retreats, the general will help the people in the city rebuild their houses."

"Sure! Go ahead and do it. Remember to get more firewood and smash and burn those below to death!" Zhang Hao's palms were sweating anxiously. This is a death penalty.

The general took the order, led thousands of soldiers down the tower, and began to mobilize the people in the city.

At the beginning, when the people in the city heard that their houses were going to be destroyed and used as military supplies for the defense of the city, they all glared angrily.

However, after Liu Beijun exaggerated that Lu Bu broke the city and was about to massacre the city, the expressions of these people changed one after another. Then another general said that after the war, the sergeants would help the people in the city to rebuild their houses. Many people looked at their old houses that were in disrepair The houses all smiled knowingly. Now they are not worried about Liu Beijun coming to demolish the house, but now they are worried that Liu Beijun will not come to demolish the house. This is a bit embarrassing.

Standing on the tower, Zhang Hao commanded the archers to concentrate all their arrows and shot a heavy shield. Looking down, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since Shangcai City was built, it has experienced hundreds of years of wind, frost, snow and rain. In response to the call of the imperial court, the city lords' mansions of all dynasties will recruit strong men to do one thing every year-strike!
This ramming is not to lay the foundation, but to tamp the soil around the city wall at the foot of the city.

After all, since the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes of the world have been fighting endlessly. People of later generations can think of ways to dig tunnels to enter the city. People in that era have already thought about it, and even used it for countless times.

With the emergence of tunnels, there will be corresponding methods to prevent tunnels.Put a row of deep ditches inside and outside the city wall, and then put several large water tanks upside down, and ask someone to listen to it at any time. As long as someone digs a tunnel, the large water tanks will infinitely amplify the sound.

This is the way to deal with the war, and when there is no war, just when the farming is slack, the local officials will mobilize the people to go around the city to ram it!
The powerful sound, one after another, in addition to making the ground more solid, also has a function to check whether the city wall is strong or not!

If the quality of the city wall is poor, or if it has been in disrepair for a long time, it will generally not be able to withstand such a strong shock.

In the era of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, everything was born for war, and so was the daily life of the people.

Di Qing is now thinking of digging down the city wall, but now he has encountered the first problem - the soil is too thick, and sparks are scattered when he goes down with a hoe. The hard soil, which is as hard as iron, is mixed with people who don't know when it was rammed into it. The crushed stones made people's arms numb from the shock, and some of them used too much force, which made their hands bleed.

"Continuing like this is not a solution!" Di Qing was thinking on horseback. His main goal now was to gain Lv Bu's trust. If he had just come up with a plan, he would be defeated and Lu Bu would be lucky if he didn't see his head.

"Go back first!"

Di Qing observed very carefully. Zhang Hao's army on the tower seemed to be underarmed. Now that the troops were ordered to withdraw, the people above would not shoot arrows.

Sure enough, the army withdrew back and was not subjected to the crazy rounds of bows and arrows.

Di Qing looked at the ground outside the city wall that seemed to have been pitted by dogs, and there were ten thousand drafts in his heart. The degree of hardness of this soil layer far exceeded his imagination.

"General! What should we do now?" A group of cadres rode their horses to Di Qing's side and asked, clasping their hands.

Di Qing pointed to the tower and said: "Look, the enemy's military supplies are not enough. When we attacked yesterday, we tried our best to storm a city gate, and all their supplies were deployed to one place, but today is different. The place where the King or General Yingbo is attacking can be regarded as the main attacking place. Liu Bei is messed up now, and there is a problem with the deployment of supplies. This is an opportunity created by the King and General Yingbo. Do not retreat!"

"Never back down!"

The general who was a little discouraged suddenly became extremely excited when Di Qing said this, as if he saw that the city had been broken.

Seeing the general of Lu Bu's army who became crazy again, Di Qing said silently in his heart: God, don't blame me, each is his own master, and I also want to occupy the world for my master. "

The heavy shield monster advanced again, and the superiors of each army kept urging the warriors under their command to dig the soil.

Zhang Haoji's forehead on the tower was covered with sweat, and the people below the tower looked desperate, but... the city wall was still solid!
A layer of fresh soil has been turned up, mixed with the pungent smell of blood, which not only failed to deter the enemy, but made them even crazier.

"Go and tell the king and tell him to draw soldiers from the barracks and take turns to attack the city. We must not stop now, our army has already gained the upper hand!" Di Qing narrowed his eyes, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, and even blamed himself for being cheap and doing nothing. Why do you want to provoke these Jin soldiers?

If the city wall is really dug down, even if Han Xin excuses himself, it will be impossible to argue.

"Could it be self-defeating?" Di Qing was already sweating on his forehead, but his face was only made of clothes, and everyone around him believed that the general had a chance to win. There is already a certainty of victory.

Unexpectedly, no one knows that General Di Qing, who they see as a surefire winner, is like an ant on a hot pot at the moment.

"Wait! This general created an excellent opportunity unintentionally!" Di Qing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had pierced a layer of window paper!
He is now asking Lu Bu to rotate his soldiers to attack Shangcai. From a positive point of view, it means that Liu Beijun in the city has no chance to rest, but...no one would have thought that there is a Han Xin pretending to be a Han army, and the army is already coming. On the way, he said that he must have already arrived outside Shangcai City by now, and he was waiting for his signal.

Thinking of this, Di Qing subconsciously looked behind the army, hoping to see one or two special soldiers, but there were none!
"Han Xin, Han Xin, you must show up!" Di Qing was praying in his heart to the Commander-in-Chief and the God of Taiyi to protect himself!

"Let me tell the general, the king is very appreciative of the general's strategy, but the king asked the general, are you sure you can dig the city wall today?"

Finally, the messenger who went to contact Lu Bu came back and looked at him excitedly.

Di Qing wanted to slap himself twice. Yesterday he was still thinking that Lu Bu said it would take half a month sooner, or a month if it was slower. It is estimated that when the messenger passed by, he told Lu Bu the truth about the situation here.

Lu Bu seems to have smelled a certain possibility... Shangcai City is broken!
"Go and tell the king not to attack too hard. I'm worried that Liu Bei will jump over the wall in a hurry and fight a trapped beast. Our army has now gained the upper hand. I ask the king and General Yingbu to hold the enemy back, especially to consume the enemy's arrows. The more things like arrows, catapults, and fire oil are consumed, the faster my progress will be. As for breaking the city in one day, I can’t guarantee it, but I’m [-]% sure of breaking the city within three days!”

The messenger immediately memorized what Di Qing had said, and then cupped his hands at Di Qing and said, "Your Majesty regards General Di Qing very highly, the general will definitely be distinguished among the princes in this battle, and he will be known all over the world!"

"Accept your good words!" Di Qing replied with a smile, but no one knew him, he was covered in cold sweat now... Maybe he really assisted Lu Bu to lay down the impenetrable city of Shangcai by mistake!
"My God! What did I do?" Di Qing looked at the fresh soil that was constantly being brought out from under the city wall, the corners of Di Qing's mouth twitched.

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In Shangcai City, Liu Bei looked at Lu Bujun who was getting more and more crazy with a gloomy face.

The place he was guarding was the North Gate, which happened to be far away from Lu Bu.

It's just that Lu Bu is now the king of a country, and he didn't directly participate in the infantry battle. He stood on the high general's platform and dispatched the entire army.

"Is what Han Xin said in the letter true or false?" Liu Bei listened to the messenger's report, like a mouse on a sinking ship, anticipating the coming danger in advance.

"Wait and see!" Liu Bei told himself in his heart, if he was retreating, he would have no time to prepare the city defense, and Lu Bu would not give him time to prepare the city defense.

"Go and invite Mr. Jia Xu over here." Liu Bei turned his head and told the soldiers beside him.

The soldiers responded, and Jia Xu was invited here not long after.

Jia Xu and Deng Qiang were stationed at the south gate, which happened to be where Yingbo attacked.

Now Jia Xu's face is black and white, and the body armor on his body has traces of being rubbed by arrows in some places.

A counselor standing behind the scenes has reached this level, so it can be seen how anxious the war has become?

Jia Xu swallowed dryly, gasped and said, "My lord!"

"Sir, you have suffered!" Liu Bei said with self-blame, "Seeing that Lu Bu's army is attacking fiercely, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken, sir, what good strategy do you have?"

Jia Xu held his breath and said, "My lord, have you seen the moon in the sky?"

Liu Bei really doesn't understand why Jia Xu is still discussing the moon with him at this level, but Jia Xu is the only counselor he can rely on now, and he still nods patiently.

"Of course I've seen it!"

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Since ancient times, when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the moon loses, it will gain! This is an eternal truth. At that time, it will become stronger! Lu Bu's army is now extremely strong, but according to a certain point of view, this strength is at the cost of throwing the vitality of Lu Bu's army. As long as our army has heard of this round of strong attack, victory is in sight!"

(End of this chapter)