Zhao Xingyu may take action, but he has no explosives and the trenches can handle him, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Xi Cheng on the left...
Staring eyes narrowed slightly, Zhao Jin pondered for a moment, "Two days, just one Xicheng, should be enough. As long as Xicheng is captured within two days today and tomorrow, the threat on the left will be eliminated."
The left side of Xicheng is not immediately adjacent to the city, but is separated by several connected peaks. If those people want to climb over the mountains, Zhao Jin can ambush them on the way.
Therefore, the main threats are the two cities in front and on the right.
However, resisting for two or three days should not be a problem. What Zhao Jin needs to consider is, once he captures four cities and his 100,000 troops are scattered, how can he hold these four cities and then attack Zhao Xingyu with Xu Yan.
Zhao Jin kept rubbing the map with his long and strong fingers. After a while, Zhao Jin took up his pen and wrote a letter and ordered it to be delivered to Liyang.
Liyang originally had an army of 80,000 to 90,000 people, and among the troops he led, there were still 100,000 troops left. It would not be a problem to mobilize another 50,000 troops.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jin called Bai Wu in again, "Contact Seng Fan and ask him to spread the news that Zhao Xingyu is colluding with foreign enemies in the city occupied by the rebels."
Zhao Jin knocked on the table and added quickly: "Choose some more soldiers and find ways to sneak into these cities. Not only will they make them suspicious of Zhao Xingyu, but they will also stir up rebellion."
"Aren't Zhao Xingyu and the others engaged in rebellion?" Zhao Jin smiled, "Then we are also engaging in this kind of rebellion among them."
Bai Wu's eyes stirred up, and he lowered his head and accepted.
After sitting for a while, Zhao Jin got up and went to the military camp.
"My lord." Shen Qing strode forward to greet him.
"What's going on over there in Xicheng now?"
On the second day after taking Qingyun Town, Zhao Jin ordered people to secretly burn a large amount of straw around Xi City so that no one would find out what they had done.
"It has been burning for two days, and now the area around Xicheng is often filled with smoke."
Zhao Jin nodded and asked, "Has anyone discovered you?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Guo." Shen Qing said with a happy smile: "As soon as they come out to check, our people will go away and continue burning in another place."
"The straw will create a lot of smoke when it burns, and the other party won't be able to ambush you. Once the straw burns, the smoke will fill the air, and it's hard to see anyone inside."
"And even if they put out the straw fire, there's still a lot of smoke."
Zhao Jin stretched out his sword eyebrows, put one hand behind his back, and walked towards the military camp, saying: "The smoke is just heavy. In the past two days, it will burn more."
Shen Qing first nodded in agreement, and then asked in confusion: "My lord, can this really make it rain?"
"Okay." Zhao Jin dared to blatantly burn straw to urge the rain to fall. This is because people today don't know that burning straw produces a lot of smoke and can cause rainfall.
In fact, a large amount of smoke will condense into water droplets in the air, and it will also cause the concentration of carbon dioxide to rise. As a result, the air pressure in Xicheng and the water content in the air will change.
It may not be able to bring about a continuous heavy rain, but a short-term moderate rain is still possible.
As long as it rains, the explosives will lose their effect and they can attack the city.
"It's been burning for two days. You can do it today or tomorrow. Prepare the giant trees and ladders for siege, and be ready to go at any time!"
Shen Qing responded with some excitement, "Yes!"
In the afternoon of that day, Qingzhou in front of Qingyun Town and Huiluo City on the right launched an attack on Qingyun Town.
When he heard the news, Zhao Jin did not show up. He said to the soldiers who came to report the matter: "This battle cannot be fought. The towers on both sides are ready with explosives. As soon as they get close, they will explode."
But Zhao Jin guessed that explosives were not needed at all.
As Zhao Jin expected, the rebels had stopped before they entered the attack range of the trebuchet on the tower of Qingyun Town.
Everyone saw the huge trench.
Unlike the trenches dug out urgently in Liyang, the trenches surrounding Qingyun Town are deeper and wider. It will undoubtedly take more time to fill them up.
But the trebuchet on the tower would not give them time.
The people who wanted to besiege and capture Zhao Jin suddenly fell into a dilemma.
The two sides reached a stalemate.
In the middle of the night, there was a knock on Zhao Jin's door, "My lord, it's raining!"
Zhao Jin opened his eyes suddenly, jumped up from the bed, changed his clothes and tied his hair, and opened the door.
Bai Wu stood outside and said in a deep voice: "It's raining in Xicheng."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jin walked out quickly and asked Bai Wu who was following him, "Are the others ready?"
"Everyone has gathered at the city gate."
When Zhao Jin arrived, 50,000 troops stood quietly at the west gate of Qingyun Town. The soldiers in front were still carrying two long and wide thick wooden boards.
It didn't rain in Qingyun Town.
"My lord!"
Zhao Jin passed through the group of soldiers and came to the front, with a serious look on his face, "Open the city gate!"
The city gate slowly opened, and the soldiers carrying wooden planks took the lead in exiting the city gate. They laid two large pieces of plank on the trench in front, and two "bridges" that could be passed through suddenly appeared.
The 50,000-strong army crossed the ditch in an orderly manner on planks. Except for the "Master of the country" when they saw Zhao Jin, no one said a word.
Zhao Jin initially did not plan to attack Xicheng because no one could control the rain.
Zhao Jin was not sure when it would rain, but subconsciously, he thought it would be daytime.
Unexpectedly, it rained late at night.
"Shen Qing, Qingyun Town is handed over to you." Zhao Jin fell at the back.
Shen Qing patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Lord Duke, leave Qingyun Town to me."
"good."
Zhao Jin put his right hand on the saber at his waist and strode outside.
Since the heavy rain came at a good time, Zhao Jin naturally would not give up this opportunity.
Zhao Jun marched particularly silently and carefully, and was not discovered until he was about to reach the gate of Xicheng.
"Zhao Jun! It's Zhao Jun!"
The sound of war drums representing enemy attack sounded, and Zhao Jin raised his eyes and looked at the tall Xicheng gate in front of him.
"Siege vehicle! Prepare!"
Huge siege chariots were pushed forward one after another, with giant sharp trees on top of the chariots.
"Bang!"
It was raining and the soldiers in Qingyun Town were unable to use explosives. These explosives were packed in paper and were useless once they got wet.
A rain of arrows shot down from the towers of Xicheng. The Zhao army that was hitting the city gate was divided into two groups. One group carried iron shields to firmly protect the soldiers pushing the chariot.
A group of people pushed the chariot and hit the city gate in front of them with huge wood again and again.
"Bang! Bang!"
The sound of drums was mixed with loud noises, which was very obvious in the rainy night.
Zhao Jin commanded the army calmly and sent another group of soldiers to attack the city using ladders.
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