Although Zhang Liang comforted Jin Feng with his previous record, Hammer Monkey and others understood that the situation this time was different from before.
In the past, whether in Qingshui Valley or Damanang Slope, Jin Feng had taken advantage of the terrain in advance, so he was able to win more with less.
But now the King of Qin's army occupies the terrain advantage, and they belong to the attacking side.
Of course, they can also occupy Brass Valley, which will make it difficult for the enemy to attack the Shu army. But the King of Qin's army has blocked the Shu army's supply line. They can't stay in Brass Valley all the time, right?
What will they do when the food in the brass ditch is gone?
Therefore, Iron Hammer and the others all understood that unless Jin Feng made a plan that was not afraid of Hai Dongqing's airship, or eliminated the opponent's Hai Dongqing, they would have the possibility of turning defeat into victory.
But Jin Feng and Hou Hou have been busy for so long without taking action, which means they are not sure either.
There is one soldier and one general, and the status of the team will be affected by the commander.
After the small meeting, the moods of Da Zhuang Monkey and others changed involuntarily, and the atmosphere of the entire Zhuangzhuanggou also became somewhat dignified and tragic along with their mood changes.
As the commander, Jin Feng naturally noticed this change, but he did not think about it. He just felt that it was normal for the soldiers to be worried because they were surrounded in Brass Valley.
The best solution is to win a battle as soon as possible, so as to boost morale.
But it sounds simple. Who doesn’t want to win the war? The enemy is not a fool. How can it be so easy to win a war just because it says it is a victory?
Our scouts had had several battles with the enemy's scouts before and had achieved some victories, but those battles took place in the dark and ordinary soldiers did not know about them.
Now, after suffering several losses, the enemy became more arrogant on the surface. When they noticed that the scouts were shrinking their reconnaissance range, they often went to Brass Valley to explore, as if provoking.
But both Jin Feng and Zhang Liang knew that there was a high probability of an enemy ambush following these scouts.
Therefore, neither of them sent their own scouts out to fight the enemy scouts. They still ordered the escorts in front of them to be on guard. Once the enemy scouts entered the throwing range of the catapult, they could just start the catapult and hit them directly without reporting or warning.
Already.
Anyway, there are not many brass grooves, but there are many stones, which can be said to be almost inexhaustible. There is no need to worry about running out of things to throw like Yuguan City.
After the enemy's scouts suffered several losses, they no longer dared to get close to the Brass Trench.
The three opposing parties also fell into a strange period of calm.
Li Lingrui and Chen Anjie were both waiting for the other side to make the first move, while the Shu army was relatively passive and was suppressed in the Brass Valley, unable to move.
But both Jin Feng and Zhang Liang knew that this confrontation would not last long, because the Dangxiang people's camp was located in the wind tunnel, and although their food supply route was not blocked, the food and grass delivered from the Dangxiang hinterland had not been blocked.
Here, the consumption is too great.
What's more, the mountains in the hinterland of Dangxiang are now blocked by heavy snow, making it even more difficult to transport grain and grass.
Jin Feng, Zhang Liangqing, Mulan and others all agreed that Li Lingrui could not hold out for long and would most likely launch an attack first, so the focus of the defense in Brass Valley was still at the northern end.
But Jin Feng ignored one issue, and that was that the Ninth Princess valued him more than Jin Feng's own prediction.
The Ninth Princess had always acted very domineeringly in the capital, otherwise she would have been chewed to the bone by the old foxes in the court.
It was only after meeting Jin Feng that the Ninth Princess became softer in her behavior.
Ever since she learned that Jin Feng was trapped in Brass Valley, the Ninth Princess became tough and domineering again.
Before the Nine Princesses recruited troops, Jin Feng had recruited a group of voluntary recruits from all over Sichuan and Shu. According to Jin Feng's plan, these recruits needed to undergo at least three months of training before being sent to Qin for a year.
After suppressing bandits and maintaining stability, they can be sent to the battlefield.
Now all the recruits have not completed the training required by Jin Feng, and some have only joined the army for half a month. However, all recruits have received notices from the Ministry of War, asking them to gather in northern Sichuan within the specified time!
The military orders were like mountains, and all of Sichuan and Shu were in motion for a while.
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. The work-for-relief program in Sichuan and Sichuan has never stopped since its inception. Almost all official roads are being rebuilt, especially the main official roads that run through Sichuan and Sichuan from north to south and from east to west.
It is a key reconstruction project.
After more than a year of repairs, these main official roads have been basically completed. Most of the road sections can allow at least two horse-drawn carriages to drive side by side. In this way, caravans traveling in the opposite direction do not have to stop and give way.
In order to achieve this goal, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess were almost completely wiped out. Fortunately, they defeated local tyrants and collected a lot of trophies, otherwise they would not be able to sustain themselves.
However, the benefits of smooth roads are now beginning to appear.
In the past, marching from southern Sichuan to northern Sichuan had to cross thousands of mountains and rivers, and it would be impossible to reach the place within a few months. But now the official road leads directly from north to south, and recruits can run quickly along the wide official road. There is also the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce along the way.
With the temporary supplies provided, the marching speed was several times faster than before! Bayi Chinese website
After the new recruits set out, the Ninth Princess sent a letter to Qing Xinyao, asking him to gather 200,000 new soldiers within a month.
In fact, after Qing Xinyao learned that the Ninth Princess was forced to recruit soldiers in Guangyuan, he guessed that he might also face the same situation, but he did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
Although Xichuan was more developed than Guangyuan, its development was limited. Two hundred thousand recruits, according to Tie Shixin's calculations, was almost the maximum number that Qing Xinyao could recruit without recruiting strong men.
When Qing Xinyao received the letter, his scalp was numb, but he could feel the impatience of the Ninth Princess, so he could only start announcing the conscription!
It was only then that many people realized that the Ninth Princess asked the previous batch of recruits to go north as soon as possible. It turned out that it was not only to reinforce Jin Feng, but also to provide coaches for the new recruits.
Since ancient times, compulsory conscription has been unpopular. Even with the guidance of Jinchuan Daily, some people still secretly scolded the Ninth Princess. Even people in Xihewan Village began to talk behind her back, saying that she was an iron-blooded empress who was not as caring about the people as Jin Feng.
The Ninth Princess had guessed the consequences before issuing the conscription order. If there were other ways, wouldn't she know how to be considerate of the people's sentiments and be a good emperor?
She has no other choice now.
In order to save Jin Feng and save Da Kang, the Ninth Princess could only silently bear these infamy.
But it is impossible to say that the Ninth Princess was not affected at all.
On the third day after writing the letter to Qing Xinyao, which was the night of the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Ninth Princess was correcting the memorial and got up to rest, when she suddenly felt pain in her stomach.