Chapter 190 Ying Zheng's Trust
Looking at Wei Wuji who was standing in front of him with a confident look on his face.
Zhao Feng took another look at the sturdy Daliang City in the distance.
"It is indeed a strong city that is difficult to break through, but what if it is really broken through?" Zhao Feng smiled faintly.
In heart.
In fact, there has been a method to break into the city, but this method is a little too extreme.
But historically.
This method has indeed appeared.
Historically.
Qin general Wang Ben followed the king's order to attack Wei, but Wei's capital was heavily guarded and difficult to break through. Finally Wang Ben diverted water from the Yellow River and the Honggou to overturn Daliang.
No matter how solid the city walls were, they were ultimately powerless against the force from heaven and earth. In the end, the flooding of Daliang turned the city into an ocean, and all the troops and food stored there became a waste. In the end, they were left with nothing.
King Jia of Wei led his civil and military officials to surrender.
"If you want to break through, only one in ten of your Wu'an camp will survive."
"For our Great Wei, it's worth it." Wei Wuji smiled, and it seemed that his voice also carried his final madness.
Obviously.
He already knew that the State of Wei would certainly perish, but he also wanted to drag the State of Qin along with it to suffer great damage to its national strength.
This is his purpose.
"It seems."
"Xinling Jun has made up his mind."
"Even if I destroy everyone in Daliang City, you have to stop the Qin army." Zhao Feng's tone was calm, but his words contained the murderous intent to crush all lives.
Lead the water of the river and the ditch to overturn.
The capital of Wei is located in a low-lying area. Although it is impossible to turn the Daliangche into a completely vast ocean, there will be countless casualties. Similarly, their fortified city will become useless and will eventually be washed away by the flood.
"I am looking forward to seeing how you are going to break through the capital of our great Wei." Wei Wuji was still very confident. Obviously, he did not think that the defense he had carefully prepared for three years would be easily broken by Zhao Feng.
Even though Zhao Feng had never suffered any defeat since he took command of the army.
It is still the same when looking at Wei Wuji.
Zhao Feng shook his head and said no more.
but.
The plan of flooding Daliang has become a foregone conclusion at this moment.
Perhaps this flood will cause the beam to collapse, resulting in countless casualties.
But, this is war.
In order to win, Wei State and Wei Wuji were willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of people to burn down Yanggao City.
Since they themselves don’t care, how much would Zhao Feng care?
Now that the two armies are lined up, Wei Wuji wants the Wu'an camp to be buried with the destruction of his Wei State. Zhao Feng will not tell him like a saint that he will use the water of the river to overturn it.
In this way, Wei Wuji will definitely have a countermeasure.
so.
The best way is to do it quietly.
When Hongze attacked Daliang City, all of Wei Wuji's plans became a joke.
"alright."
"Being able to meet you today can be considered as putting an end to one of my worries."
"Old man, I won't accompany you anymore."
"If you want to destroy our Great Wei, just come at me."
"I have no fear, and the Great Wei has no fear."
Wei Wuji stood up slowly and said to Zhao Feng.
Then.
The old body stood straight and headed towards Daliang City.
See here.
Zhao Feng naturally didn't say much. He turned around and walked towards the military formation.
Wei Wuji returned to the city.
"Your Majesty."
"What does Zhao Feng mean?"
"Could it be that he wants to persuade us to surrender?"
"Although our Great Wei has no way out, we still have hundreds of thousands of troops. If the Qin wants to destroy our Great Wei, let them come."
"Your Majesty, I will never surrender until my death..."
Seeing Wei Wuji coming back, many Wei generals spoke up.
Wei Wuji raised his hand, and the Wei generals who were shouting on the city wall fell silent.
"How could I surrender to him?"
"I have already issued a declaration of war to Zhao Feng. If he dares to come, I will defeat the Qin army."
"From today on, the whole city is on alert."
"We must be on duty every day and not give the Qin army any chance to launch a sneak attack." Wei Wuji said coldly.
"Your Majesty is wise." Many Wei generals said in unison.
The order has been given.
Wei Wuji turned around and looked at the Qin army outside the city: "Zhao Feng, Qin, come on!"
"I will personally bury your hundreds of thousands of Qin troops under the capital of our Great Wei, and let you be buried with our Great Wei."
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After returning to the main camp! "Withdraw the troops, set up camp five miles away from the city, and wait for the repulse to disperse and explore thirty miles away." Zhao Feng said in a deep voice.
"promise."
Generals Tu Sui, Zhang Han and Li You immediately accepted the order.
immediately.
The army began to retreat in an orderly manner.
Nightfall.
In the military camp.
Zhao Feng sat in the main seat, and on both sides were the three main generals of the Wuan camp.
"Admiral."
"From the perspective of the current defense layout of the Wei capital, it seems that there is no other way except to attack with ladders."
"Wei Wuji has built the city walls very thick over the years, and they are all sealed shut, so they cannot be opened by human power."
"Based on this estimate, if we want to capture the Wei capital, only one tenth of our Wuan camp may survive." Tu Sui's expression became extremely solemn.
"This is Wei Wuji's conspiracy."
"He used all his troops to defend Daliang in order to provoke our Great Qin to attack, because he understood that our Great Qin must attack." Li You also sighed.
Zhang Han on the side didn't say anything, but his face was also filled with worry.
From their current perspective, the matter seemed to have come to an end.
The cost of breaking the city is too high.
"Bring me the map."
Zhao Feng spoke.
"promise."
Zhang Ming responded immediately and picked up the map of Wei State from the side.
Then several guards unfolded the map in the tent.
Zhao Feng immediately stood up and walked towards the map. Seeing Zhao Feng stand up, the three generals also stood up immediately and surrounded the map.
"If you want to break the city, you can't attack it by force." Zhao Feng said slowly.
"But in the current situation, our army seems to have no other choice but to attack violently," Li You said.
Zhang Han and Tu Sui also nodded.
Zhao Feng didn't say anything, just waved his hand and pointed to a place on the map.
"Do you know where this is?" Zhao Feng asked.
"The big river."
"This is the mainstream of the river. When I followed the general to guard Weicheng, the Wei River was just a tributary of the river." Zhang Han replied without hesitation.
"Then where is this place?" Zhao Feng smiled and pointed to the other end.
"The chasm."
"Although it is not as vast as a big river, it is also a tributary of a big river, and it is a tributary wider than the Wei River." Tu Sui replied immediately.
That’s all I have to say.
The three generals raised their heads, opened their eyes wide, and became excited. Almost at the same time, they thought of a plan to destroy the city.
"Break the dam?"
"Flooding Daliang?"
"flood discharge?"
All three generals realized the meaning and exclaimed.
"No matter how well he repairs the city walls, no matter how strong they are, can they still withstand the waters of the river and the ditch?"
"Faced with the power of heaven and earth, no matter how strong a city is, it will be reduced to ruins."
"Since Wei Wuji wants to drag my 300,000 elite soldiers from Wu'an Camp to be buried with the Wei Kingdom, then I will use the power of heaven and earth to flood Daliang. Not a single soldier of our army will be wasted."
"And his Wei capital will become Hongze." Zhao Feng said coldly.
"The general is wise."
The three generals bowed to Zhao Feng without any hesitation.
This strategy.
It has to be said to be a brilliant strategy.
Compared to sending his own troops to die in the attack, using the water from the river to flood Daliang was the best strategy. As for how many people in Wei would die as a result of flooding Daliang, that was not something they cared about.
There is no room for mercy on the battlefield.
Being kind to your enemies is being cruel to yourself.
This time, the Wei State clearly wanted to bury hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in the Wuan camp, so Zhao Feng let them die.
That's fair.
"Tu Sui."
Zhao Feng spoke.
"I am here." Tu Sui responded immediately.
"Lead the 100,000 troops under your command. 50,000 troops will go to the Great River and 50,000 troops will go to the Great Channel to dig canals and dikes."
"I will only give you one month. After one month, I will make the water from the two rivers overturn Daliang." Zhao Feng said coldly.
"I obey your command." Tu Sui accepted the order immediately.
"Li You." Zhao Feng said again.
"I am here." Li You responded immediately.
"Mobilize your 80,000 troops to cut down trees and build as many boats as possible."
"In addition, there are 20,000 troops stationed outside the city of Daliang. Don't let the Wei State know our army's purpose. Just shoot arrows and harass them every day." Zhao Feng said in a deep voice.
"I obey your command." Li You responded immediately.
"As for Zhang Han..."
Zhao Feng looked at Zhang Han.
"Please give your orders, General." Zhang Han said immediately.
"All cavalrymen disperse and relocate all the people in the Wei capital and the lower reaches of the river and the Honggou."
"only."
“After the migration, do not let them leave until the water reaches the beam.”
"Keep a close watch, and make arrangements after the beam is overturned."
"At the same time, the cavalry will be responsible for vigilance. If they find the Wei army, kill them." Zhao Feng said in a deep voice.
Although they are citizens of the Wei State, in the future they will be citizens of the Qin State and even more so, members of the Chinese people.
If these casualties can be avoided, Zhao Feng will naturally try his best to avoid them.
"I obey your command," Zhang Han responded immediately.
"alright."
"You guys handle today's affairs on your own."
"I will stay in this military camp. If anything happens, send someone to report to me."
"This matter concerns the survival of 300,000 elite soldiers in my Wuan camp. We cannot afford any mistakes. Go and arrange it." Zhao Feng waved his hand.
"I will obey your orders."
The three generals bowed and retreated.
"My Lord is wise."
"Since then."
"The defense that Wei Wuji arranged has become a joke."
"Faced with the water from two big rivers, no matter how long he prepares, no matter how strong his city walls are, they will eventually be washed away by the flood." Zhang Ming said excitedly.
"The battlefield is ruthless, after all." Zhao Feng sighed.
"Wei State brought this upon itself," Zhang Ming replied with a smile.
"How is Yan Ting?" Zhao Feng asked.
"According to the orders of the lord, since the Qin invaded Wei, Yan Ting has been searching for young boys of appropriate age among the refugees everywhere. Now most of those of appropriate age have been brought back to Yan Ting for training." Zhang Ming replied.
"Is the money earned by Jiuxianlou enough?" Zhao Feng asked again.
"Please rest assured, my lord."
"Everything is enough." Zhang Ming replied immediately.
"That's good."
"Let Ying Bu and Han Xi and the others search according to the situation. As long as there is enough money in Jiuxianlou," said Zhao Feng.
"Yes." Zhang Ming nodded respectfully.
Next.
Naturally, Zhao Feng didn't need to think too much about all this.
Once the water from the excavation of the Great River and the Honggou is diverted, the city of Daliang will collapse.
Time passes slowly! Xianyang City! "Your Majesty, please."
"The Hangu camp is advancing rapidly now. Wei's western defense line is no longer able to resist. We will be able to reach the Wei capital within two months." Wei Liao began to report.
"Your Majesty."
"The allocation of food and supplies to the two camps of Hangu and Wu'an is safe and sound, without any shortage."
"only."
"This old minister has received the message from the person who is in charge of allocating food and supplies to the Wu'an camp."
"The Wu'an camp had already arrived at the Wei capital more than 20 days ago, but... but after such a long time, General Zhao Feng did not attack the Wei capital." Wang Wan looked hesitant, but pretended that he had to say it.
As soon as he finished speaking.
Wang Jian, who was standing at the top of the military officials, stood up directly.
Just recently, he returned from the Lantian camp.
Wang Wan's words were full of innuendos, so how could Wang Jian bear it?
"What do you mean by this, Prime Minister Wang?"
"Are you trying to say that Zhao Feng delayed military operations?"
"Or maybe Zhao Feng is afraid of death and is deliberately not attacking?"
Wang Jian said with a somewhat ironic tone.
"You are too kind, General."
"I just reported this to the king, I have no such intention."
"Now that the Wu'an camp has reached the Wei capital, we should attack the city."
Wang Wan immediately replied with a smile.
"On the battlefield, the situation changes, and Zhao Feng will have his own plans. There is no need for Prime Minister Wang to worry about it." Wang Jian said coldly.
In his opinion.
This Wang Wan is just looking for trouble.
"What the general said is absolutely right."
"On the battlefield, the situation changes."
"Zhao Feng will have his own tests."
"It took him less than three months to cross a thousand miles from the northern border of Wei State to attack the capital of Wei."
"I wonder if there is anyone in the world who can do this?"
Ying Zheng's voice slowly sounded in the hall.
This sentence.
It also made Wang Wan shut up immediately.
"King's appearance."
"Now you are in charge of the food and fodder. You just need to manage the transportation of food and fodder. Military affairs are not the concern of the Prime Minister."
Ying Zheng looked at Wang Wan again, with a reproachful tone in his voice.
Hearing this.
Wang Wan looked terrified and bowed hastily: "I understand, old minister."
"Your Majesty."
"I have received the message."
"Wei Wuji has been repairing the Wei capital Daliang for three years. The city walls have been thickened and the city gates have been sealed. It cannot be broken by human power. If we force an attack, it will only increase casualties."
"General Zhao Feng may be planning how to break the city." Wei Liao said loudly.
"According to what Wei Qing said, this city cannot be opened?" Ying Zheng frowned.
Regarding the situation in Wei Capital.
Ying Zheng did know something, but he didn't know as much as he did when he personally visited Wei.
"From the surface, there is no other way except to attack violently and lose soldiers."
"but."
"General Zhao Feng hasn't attacked for a month. Perhaps he has found a way." Wei Liao said with a smile, and there was a glimmer in his eyes, as if he had guessed something.
Ying Zheng glanced at Wei Liao and seemed to understand.
"The court is dismissed."
With a wave of the hand.
Ying Zheng directly ordered the court to be adjourned.
Inside Zhangtai Palace.
"Weiqing, what do you think Zhao Feng is preparing for?" Ying Zheng asked Wei Liao.
"Your Majesty, please move into the back hall." Wei Liao said with a smile.
After Ying Zheng returned to Zhangtai Palace, he had not yet taken his seat when he heard Wei Liao's words and immediately walked towards the back hall.
The rear hall.
It’s still that huge sandbox map.
Zhao and Han no longer existed, and even many cities in Wei had already been hoisted with Qin flags.
Whenever a battle report came in, Ying Zheng would personally pull out the Wei flag and replace it with the Qin flag.
For Ying Zheng, watching the territory of the Qin Dynasty gradually emerge on the sand table was also a time of great pride and grandeur.
"Your Majesty."
"This map was made by our Great Qin with great human and material resources."
"Then Your Majesty, please look at the location of Wei capital from this map." Wei Liao smiled and pointed to the location of Wei capital.
Ying Zheng glanced and his eyes fell on the capital of Wei.
"Your Majesty, please look at the river and the gulf again." Wei Liao said with a smile.
Ying Zheng glanced around and immediately made up his mind.
Just a moment.
Ying Zheng understood.
"Use the waters of the Yellow River and the Honggou to overturn the capital of Wei."
"Under Hongze's power, no matter how thick Wei Wuji's walls are, they will not be able to resist."
"If Zhao Feng really does this, Daliang City will become a vast ocean."
"The 300,000 or 400,000 troops in Daliang City will no longer be able to fight."
"The Wu'an camp won without bloodshed." Ying Zheng smiled with some understanding.
"Now it depends on whether General Zhao Feng will adopt the flooding strategy."
"If adopted."
"Wei Wuji's three years of planning has become a joke." Wei Liao said with a smile.
"Wei Qing is indeed a disciple of Guigu."
"Such a scheme can be seen through at a glance."
"but."
"I think Zhao Feng might really adopt this strategy." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Judging from the current signs, General Zhao Feng is indeed implementing this strategy. After all, it is impossible for General Zhao Feng to delay the attack for a month." Wei Liao said with certainty.
"One month."
"With 300,000 troops to dig the river embankment and build wooden boats, the time is indeed almost up." Ying Zheng smiled.
"It seems that the future national commander of the Qin Dynasty is very likely to belong to General Zhao Feng."
"With the achievement of destroying Wei this time, his position as general can be completely consolidated, and he will also make military achievements for the State of Jin." Wei Liao said with a smile, while he secretly watched Ying Zheng's expression with the corner of his eye.
But Ying Zheng just smiled and said nothing.
"Who knows what will happen in the future?" Ying Zheng smiled, with a deep meaning in his voice.
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(End of this chapter)
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