One hundred thousand people outside Daliang City wielded hoes and shovels, digging a large trench wide and deep.
"It's so hot that Mr. Nai is so hot. When will this matter be finished? Mr. Nai just wants to go into battle to kill the enemy and cut off people's heads to gain military merit. What's the point of digging in the mud all day long?"
Black Butt wiped the sweat from his head, looked at the soldiers working under him, and began to complain again.
As a general, although he did not have to dig in the fields, he still had to patrol under the scorching sun to monitor whether his soldiers were lazy.
Shejian rarely said: "It's still early. Although the water attack method can attack the city, the effect is very slow. I think this city is big and hard. It will take at least several months to soften and collapse the city walls.
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Zhao Tuo listened and nodded slightly.
What Shejian said is correct. Historically, Wang Ben flooded the city wall with water and it took three months for the city wall to collapse.
Now the trench connecting the beam and the ditch is almost finished, but this is only the first step.
After digging the trench, the prisoners and slaves were divided into two groups. One group went to block the lower reaches of the trench, while the other group went north to dig the Yingkou River embankment.
The water of the river will flow along the chasm, and when it encounters a blockage, it will pour into this artificial ditch and directly hit Daliang City.
From now on, all we have to do is wait for the city to fall.
"What? Are you going to stay here for several more months?"
When Black Butt heard this, he yelled again and said angrily: "In fact, it doesn't matter if we dig the ditch or wait a few months. But why should we let people like us do this kind of thing? Those guys can stay in the camp all day long.
Take a break from training, this General Wang is too..."
"Black ass, shut up!"
Before Hei Buti finished speaking, Shejian on the side started to reprimand him angrily. He frowned and Hei Buti sneered, knowing that he had said the wrong thing.
Zhao Tuo ignored these two people and turned to look at the neat tents outside Daliang City.
There was a loud beating of drums and loud shouts of killing.
The reason why Black Buttocks was dissatisfied was because the 50,000 Huaiyang soldiers under Wang Ben did not participate in the trench digging.
The people who did this kind of work were all prisoners, slaves, and special forces recruited from afar like myself.
For example, in their Guanzhong branch, many people joined the army on their own initiative with the idea of meritorious service and promotion, such as Zhao Tuo, Heiyi and others at the lower level, and Huan Zhao as the leader at the upper level.
Everyone wanted to make meritorious deeds, and happily escorted the prisoners and slaves along the way, only to be driven to dig in the mud as soon as they arrived. Who could bear this kind of grievance?
Many people are complaining, saying that there are many Wei troops in Yongqiu, Chenliu and other places around Daliang, which are ready-made military achievements. If they can take the initiative to annihilate them, it will be much better than staying here digging in the mud.
Zhao Tuo has heard Yang Xiong complain about this more than once.
According to Yang Xiong, even Huan Zhao went to Wang Bi about this matter, hoping to give him a chance to make meritorious deeds.
However, Wang Ben stopped him by saying, "Act according to military orders." Huan Zhao was so angry that he didn't eat at all that night and sulked alone in the military tent.
"This is a roundup to call for reinforcements. Wang Ben is indeed Wang Jian's son and is very stable."
Zhao Tuo sighed in his heart, others only complained, but Zhao Tuo understood this tactical style very well.
Those who are good at fighting will harm others without harming them.
Overwhelm others with force!
Just like how Wang Jian stationed his troops in Zhongshan when he conquered Yan.
No matter how his generals asked for battle, no matter how Yan's army challenged him, he just sat at the stronghold and wasted the opponent.
Let the enemy lose patience, give up their advantage, and take the initiative to come to your door.
This is what Wang Ben is like today. He besieged Daliang with 50,000 soldiers, and dug river ditches with 100,000 laborers. He took the initiative and firmly held the advantage.
No matter how the Wei troops gathered around him, Wang Ben would never divide his troops to attack.
If those Wei troops don't save Daliang, the river will flow back and the city of Daliang will be destroyed sooner or later.
When Daliang was captured and Wang Ben captured the king of Wei and the ministers and nobles of the Wei state, the state of Wei was considered dead.
What role can the remaining frightened Wei troops play?
When the time comes, we will just slowly clean them up one by one.
If those Wei soldiers could not bear it any longer, they would step forward to rescue them.
Then Wang Ben just used these 50,000 elite soldiers to wait for work, and used the masses to attack the few, and gathered them outside Daliang City to annihilate them.
So, the advantage is mine.
Wang Ben would definitely not agree to the request of Huan Zhao and others to send troops. Except for the 50,000 soldiers, it would be enough for the others to dig in the mud.
As this artificial ditch was about to be connected to the chasm, the Wei troops stationed nearby couldn't help it.
If we don't attack again, the beam will be gone.
You have to go even if you don’t want to.
The war drums were beating and the dust was flying.
In the military camp, 20,000 soldiers rushed to the battlefield in high spirits and high spirits.
"Oh, these people are going to make a great contribution."
Black Buttocks and Xiqigu watched the army go away with envy on their faces.
Everyone has heard that Wei Jiu, the king of Ningling of the Wei state who was stationed in Yongqiu, could not bear it anymore and led more than ten thousand Wei troops to rush to Daliang to help the king.
Twenty thousand versus ten thousand.
The Qin army, waiting for work, faced off against the Wei army, which had traveled a long distance.
Just thinking about this battle, I know that I will definitely win.
Those Wei people are just a series of numbers representing military achievements.
Sure enough, the next day arrived.
The Qin army came back from the expedition. Everyone was delighted and happy. The carriage behind them was full of human heads, and the blood had already stained the carriage black and red.
The Qin army won a complete victory in this battle, killing 4,000 of the Wei army, capturing more than 2,000, and thousands of defeated troops fleeing in all directions.
Those four thousand heads were piled in the open space in front of Daliang City, and the bloody smell was overwhelming. Not only did the Wei people on the city wall tremble with fear, but even Zhao Tuo's eyelids twitched.
These are four thousand lives, and now they have become the meritorious service of the people of Qin.
After this battle, I don’t know how many people can advance to the next level. It’s no wonder that the title has depreciated seriously in the past two years.
As for the two thousand prisoners of the Wei army, they were all driven by the Qin people to dig out mud and contribute to the flooding of Daliang City.
The Wei forces around Daliang City suffered a blow from this battle and suffered serious setbacks.
Wei Jiu, Lord of Ningling, fled to Suiyang City in Song Dynasty with his defeated army, and did not dare to come out again.
The Wei forces gathered near Chenliu were also frightened so much that many Wei generals led their troops back directly and did not dare to mention the matter of King Qin again.
Under such circumstances, the Qin army's water conservancy project progressed smoothly.
Artificial ditches and chasm digging.
At that moment, Zhao Tuo stood on the high ground and watched the water of the chasm pour down the ditch and hit the north wall of Daliang City hard. Then the water waves spread in all directions, surrounding the entire city in the water.
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Suddenly, Zhao Tuo heard bursts of wailing coming from Daliang City.
This is just the beginning.
The chasm is just a canal, and it is difficult to destroy the entire Wei capital.
The Qin people's 100,000 laborers will set off northward again to dig up the embankments of the river, bringing about even more terrifying disasters.
The Guanzhong Qin Army to which Zhao Tuo belonged received new orders.
General Wang Ben is a good general who understands people's hearts.
When his elite soldiers ate meat, they also had to give a sip of broth to the soldiers who came from afar to support the excavation.
Military Marquis Huan Zhao stood in the military tent with a smile on his face and excitedly announced to his generals.
"Daliang City has been flooded, there is no need for us to dig soil here."
"General Wang has given an order for me to lead the army eastward and lead you to attack the counties in the eastern part of Wei State."
"Gentlemen, this is your chance to be promoted to a noble title through meritorious service!"