Before Xu He's uprising, Wang Zheng on the other side was also making corresponding preparations.
On the second day after returning to the city, they held an emergency military meeting.
The theme is naturally Linzi.
Above the lobby of Guangrao County Government.
The generals have gathered together.
The original six majors, except for Lu De who is still lurking in Linzi, naturally all attended.
With the addition of four new people, the number of participants finally exceeded double digits.
Zhang Rao: served as a major and commanded the original army of 7,000 troops, forming the fourth division of the Tiangang Army.
Pan Zhang: served as captain and returned to the command of Xu Fang.
Yu Jin: Served as captain, he commanded Zhang Rao's more than 2,000 soldiers who had previously joined the system, and formed the mountain branch of the Tiangang Army alone.
Since Wang Zheng used fame and wealth to arouse Yu Jin's ambition to be inferior to others, he naturally would not give him a too low position. However, since Yu Jin had just joined the Heavenly Army and had not made any achievements, Wang Zheng could not suddenly let him and Wu Sheng
Waiting for others to be treated as equals.
At this time, there was only one person talking.
Everyone else, including Wang Zheng, listened attentively.
The name of the person who is speaking is Sun Ting.
He is an ordinary Tiangang soldier, and one of the people who followed Lu De and sneaked into Linzi City disguised as a merchant.
When Xu Xuan decided to let Dong Lin, the county lieutenant, send troops to fight against the enemy, Sun Ting and another colleague rushed back and informed Wang Zheng of the relevant information about the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.
When the meeting was held today, Wang Zheng specially ordered him to come and report on the situation in Linzi City. It was originally an arrangement that was better than nothing.
After all, the other party has already been to Linzi City and stayed there for a few days, so he will know something, right?
As a result, the other party brought him an unexpected surprise.
Wang Zheng suddenly discovered that this Sun Ting was a talented person.
It turned out that during those days when Sun Ting was in Linzi, he walked around the streets and alleys when he had nothing to do, and he found out a lot about the reality inside and outside Linzi city.
What's even more surprising is that the other party not only has an excellent memory, but also speaks in a very organized manner, and he actually knows the art of painting.
After finishing speaking, he took the initiative to invite pen and paper to draw a picture of what he saw and heard, and sent it to Wang Zheng and others for viewing.
Wang Zheng was surprised and happy, but also secretly screamed with shame.
At that time, he only asked Lu De and his party to pay attention to the troop movements, but did not tell them to do any of this.
If you don't think carefully, you won't see things far away. You need to reflect!
Need deep reflection!
While deeply reflecting on himself, he nodded repeatedly to Sun Ting. The young man did a good job.
When the picture was passed to Yu Jin, Wang Zheng watched with cold eyes and found that the expressions of everyone who had seen it before had changed significantly.
The previous victories had come too easily, leaving most of these people with impetuous and arrogant expressions on their faces.
Even Xu Fang, who has a calm temperament, seems to be a little carried away.
Now, Wang Zheng finally saw the expressions on their faces that they had before they captured Zhao County.
Nervous, anxious, and solemn.
The first person to speak this time was Kaohsiung:
"General, the gap between Linzi County, Zhao County, and Guangrao..."
"It's probably too big."
Since Wang Zheng's uprising, he has been responsible for the city defense every time after the city was captured. After listening to Sun Ting's words and seeing the simple structural diagram, he was the first among everyone to feel that Linzi's defense might be very difficult.
Kaohsiung couldn't help feeling depressed and complained repeatedly.
"First of all, there are the watchtowers at the four corners of the city. They have a wide field of vision and a very far range. If you want to capture Zhao County by surprise..."
"Almost impossible!"
"Besides, the city wall is more than ten meters high. This..."
After a pause, Kaohsiung looked at Sun Ting and asked again: "By the way, have you ever paid attention to the material of the city wall and its thickness?"
Hearing this, Sun Ting thought for a while and said uncertainly: "It should be built with rammed earth slabs, solid."
"As for the thickness, Major Zhonggao, I think it should be about five or six meters by visual inspection..."
"More than ten meters..." Kaohsiung shook his head when he heard this: "You can even run a horse."
"There are also arrow towers, barbicans, horse faces, etc..." Kaohsiung clapped his fingers and counted: "General, I'm afraid this will be a tough battle."
"It's more than that." After reading the drawings, Yu Jin took the initiative to add:
"Although the capital of a state like Linzi is called a county, it is actually a big city. The comprehensive equipment used to defend the city is by no means comparable to other counties."
As Yu Jin talked eloquently, fresh words jumped into everyone's ears one by one, giving them a lot of insights.
Iron caltrops with sharp corners are scattered all over the city. If you step on them, you will be seriously injured and lose your mobility.
After hearing Yu Jin's description, Wang Zheng felt that this was simply an ancient version of a mine.
Juma Zhuang is a wooden post cross-fixed to form a shelf, with blades and thorns inlaid on the shelf.
A powerful door-blocking weapon that can greatly prevent and delay the siege's offensive.
The most nerve-wracking thing is the last one.
Bed crossbow.
After listening to Sun Ting's description, Yu Jin said its name and its power!
The arrows fired by this crossbow are as huge as javelins, and the range is more than five meters. In addition to firing a single giant arrow, it can also fire a volley of dozens of arrows at once.
The only problem is that the accuracy is not very high.
Yu Jin's final addition did nothing to relieve everyone's pressure.
Especially Zhang Rao turned pale after hearing this, as if he had suffered a big loss from this thing.
"That's all." Wang Zheng looked at the crowd and said solemnly:
"The most troublesome thing is probably the moat of Linzi City."
Linzi is adjacent to the Zi River in the east and Xishui in the west.
It can be said that the east and west walls were built on the basis of two river banks.
The Zihe River and Xishui River have also become two natural moats.
The rulers of Linzi in the past dynasties dug artificial moats outside the south and north city walls to communicate with the Zihe River system, forming an external drainage and city protection network surrounded by clear water.
"General, it's true." Sun Ting took the initiative and said, "I also noticed this at that time. The width of this moat is actually more than ten meters."
As soon as these words came out, most people almost gasped.
More than ten meters...
How much soil and time will it take to fill in this moat?
Thinking of this section, almost everyone's face showed a solemn look.
Even Yu Jin has changed a bit.
He had captured a large city before and had encountered trouble with the moat.
But this was the first time he had encountered a moat as wide as Linzi's.
Xu Fang, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but look at Wang Zheng with admiration and said:
"Has the general been to Linzi?
"Otherwise, choosing to return first while we were in Bauhinia Mountain was really foresight."
"If we don't make preparations, the mere existence of this natural chasm will cause us a huge headache!"
"I didn't have enough to eat before, so how could I have the strength to travel far away." Wang Zheng waved his hand and said:
"Although I have never been to Linzi, I never treat it like an ordinary county town."
"As Captain Yu said, this is the real capital of a state and the most beautiful place. How can it be an easy bone to chew?"
In fact, when Wang Zheng heard the last information about the moat, his inner feelings were different.