Dasheng helped build the city, so why wouldn't Durm be unwilling? Besides, autumn was about to begin, and when the weather cooled down, it wouldn't be a problem for the army to stay in the wild all the time.
Just do it, choose a good place, and the army will start digging holes to collect soil.
As for the wood, it is said that you have to enter the customs to get the wood. In fact, you don’t have to actually enter the customs. Next to the Great Wall is Heli Mountain. The mountains are lush and dense with trees. You just need to send someone to say hello to the guard at the pass.
In just ten days, a large area of wall had been enclosed, which was twice as big as the earthen fort.
It's just that these walls are only half a person's height, and they are built in sections. We still have to wait for the timber to be in place, then pile them to fix them, and finally close them up. Then we can continue to heighten the city walls.
When the Fucha Department found out that they were actually building a Tucheng, they were dumbfounded.
I originally thought that they were just here to burn, kill and loot, so I mobilized a large army to defend, but I didn't expect that you would actually take root here?
This is the territory of the Fucha tribe. How come your Essien tribe has taken root here?
If an earthen city was built and the Essien tribe stationed troops here, this part of the territory would not be eaten up by the Essien tribe.
The Fucha Division, which was originally thinking about defense, now had to plan an attack.
The elites of the Fucha Department have all gone to Dasheng. Although nearly 50,000 troops have been mobilized in the rear, these troops are not comparable to the elites. They are at most reserve forces.
They were composed of old and weak troops drawn from the large, medium and small tribes that were attached to the Fucha tribe.
Of course, there was originally an elite force of nearly ten thousand people who stayed to defend the territory. This elite force was the biggest threat to Durm and the others.
Under Yang Xuan's arrangement, the construction of the Tucheng was proceeding in an orderly manner although the speed was slow. The wall was already as tall as a person and had been closed. The huge pillars up to two feet high indicated the height of the city wall.
At the same time, the scout cavalry of the Fucha Tribe had had many battles with the cavalry scouts of the Essien Tribe, and on this day, Durm's scout troops discovered the Fucha Tribunal's army.
Durm found Yang Xuan to discuss countermeasures.
"Oh? The Fucha Department can't sit still anymore?" Yang Xuan said in a calm tone, as if everything was within his expectation: "This city wall is as tall as one person, so it's just a good time to test its strength."
"You mean to defend the city?"
"Of course, that's what the city wall is for." Yang Xuan said, "Our Dasheng soldiers are good at defending the city."
"Then what should I do?"
Yang Xuan pondered for a while and said: "I have two plans. One is that you and I will defend the city together, and the other is that we divide our troops into two groups and you lead some troops to raid their lair."
Durm was stunned for a moment and showed an incredible expression: "Search their lair? Do you mean to ask me to cross the Fucha tribe and send an army of 50,000 troops to directly attack their rear?"
Yang Xuan nodded: "That's exactly what we are here for. Isn't it the purpose of our visit to contain the Fucha Department and ask them to withdraw their troops from Dasheng territory? If we deal with their 50,000 troops here, when they withdraw their troops, the day lily will be gone."
It’s going to be cold.”
"But……"
"No need." Yang Xuan said: "The enemy has fifty thousand troops, and a siege is inevitable. Commander Durm, of your thirty thousand troops, you only need to leave three thousand to help me defend the city. You can use all the other troops."
take away."
Durm took a breath and looked at Yang Xuan with a surprised look on his face: "How can we defend this city with just these people? This city wall is only as high as one person."
Yang Xuan said: "As long as the cavalry cannot directly cross the city wall, it is enough. In addition, I only need Sergeant Dasheng to defend the city. The three thousand cavalry need to be used as suspects outside the city. They show up from time to time so that the enemy cannot predict the real situation and dare not make a large-scale attack."
Siege the city."
Durm nodded, looked at the map for a long time, pointed at the map and said: "But the enemy's 50,000-strong army, if I want to avoid the enemy's eyes and ears, I'm afraid I have to take a long way around. Look, we can take this route."
, can reach directly to the headquarters of the Fucha Division, but even if I attack with all my strength, it will take more than ten days. Can this city be defended for such a long time?"
"Commander Durm, more than ten days will definitely not be enough. I not only have to defend this city, but also hold back the enemy troops so that it will be difficult for them to return for reinforcements. At that time, you can also encircle the points for reinforcements and defeat the returning enemy troops one by one.
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Durm stared at Yang Xuan for a long time. It was really hard for him to imagine that such a merchant with no experience in leading troops would dare to make such a bold battle plan.
In Durm's opinion, if he leads an army of fifty thousand, he will defeat this city within three days.
With such a low city wall, even prairie cavalry on horseback could jump up the wall. He couldn't imagine how to defend the city. Besides, Yang Xuan not only wanted to defend the city, but also held the opponent back.
But looking at Yang Xuan's firm eyes, he finally slapped the table and said: "Okay, I'll leave it to General Yang here. Leave it to me to go straight to the Fucha Department's lair. I will force them to withdraw as soon as possible."
In order to avoid being discovered by the Fucha army, Durm set off with more than 20,000 cavalry that night. According to the planned route, because time was tight, the earlier the better.
Yang Xuan, on his side, directly sent troops to dig holes outside the city. The tools used for digging holes were shovels he customized at the arms factory.
This kind of shovel was designed by Yang Xuan based on the Luoyang shovel. When tomb robbing novels were popular, he was also very interested and knew what a Luoyang shovel looked like. The Luoyang shovel he asked the arms factory to make was just one size larger.
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It is most suitable for digging a hole as big as a bowl. When you shovel it down, you can bring out the soil when you lift it up.
The land on the grassland is quite solid, but more people have greater strength. Four thousand people were sent to dig with two thousand shovels, half digging holes and half transporting soil. When they were tired, they would switch around and finish the work at dawn.
On the third day after the departure from Durm, the Fucha army had arrived. The opponent was not in a hurry to attack, but instead camped on the spot and rested.
Yang Xuan saw this scene with a telescope on the top of the city and frowned slightly. The generals of the Fucha Department on the opposite side were very stable and did not launch a direct attack.
In Yang Xuan's opinion, in the battle to defend the city, you are not afraid of the opponent being fierce, but you are afraid of the opponent being stable.
Yang Xuan suddenly thought that he had made a major omission, that is, if the opponent failed to attack, how could he contain the opponent?
If news comes that Durm is attacking the enemy's lair, and their 50,000-strong army is able to fight back without any damage, then Durm will be in trouble.
Thinking of this, Yang Xuan couldn't help but shudder, thinking that he was still inexperienced, and he actually made such a big mistake. If the other party really planned to encircle him without attacking, he would have to find a way to break the situation.
After all, this earth city has not been completed yet. It is just a circle of walls and some simple defense facilities.
Soon, as the enemy troops arrived one after another, the siege of Tucheng gradually took shape, completely surrounding Tucheng.
It was almost getting dark at this time. Just as Yang Xuan, Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue were discussing countermeasures at the top of the city, the enemy launched an attack.