The night is deep and long, the wind shadow is dark, and the lonely Jiye City is shrouded in endless darkness. The beating firelights on the city wall are like ghosts in the dark night, dancing with their charming and twinkling figures...
The firelight illuminated the blood-stained city walls, leaving long and erratic shadows on the pitted walls, like demons and ghosts.
It also illuminated the tired soldiers, but it could not shine into their fearful and hesitant hearts, leaving only dark and clear outlines on their faces covered with bloodstains and wounds.
Although his eyes have pupils, they are dull and dull. The dark and helpless eye sockets stare blankly at the group of black birds feasting under the city wall...
The battlefield was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the sounds of the blackbirds fighting and chewing were particularly sharp in the dark night.
Suddenly, the sound turned into a panicked howl. As blackbirds flew into the sky in panic, a group of engineers holding shovels appeared on the battlefield as their feathers fell. Around 50,000 people.
Immediately afterwards, an infantry of about 5,000 people gathered in front of the engineering troops from both sides. They held shields in their left hands and spears in their right hands. There were cold and serious faces in the shadows.
This infantry will provide cover for the engineering troops to prevent the defenders of Jiye City from firing arrow clusters at them. At the same time, there will be about 500 large birds hovering over the engineering troops, which will provide cover in the air.
In addition, Lot also deployed two suspects on both sides about 900 meters away from the city wall. They each consisted of 1,000 cavalry and varying numbers of infantry. The two suspects kept moving back and forth, stirring up dust all over the sky. It will play a certain role in confusing the defenders so that they will not dare to act rashly for fear of being ambushed.
The 50,000-strong engineering force was quickly divided into two groups and four rows. They waved their shovels and began excavation work. One group advanced toward the gate of Jiye City, and the other group advanced toward the sea.
Luo De's goal is very clear, that is, to dig an artificial canal on the battlefield that runs through the seaside and the gate of Jiye City, so that the sea water can flood Jiye City!
Lot also foresaw the catastrophic consequences of flooding Jiye City. By then, Jiye City would be filled with corpses and tens of thousands of lives would suffer. Even if the city was captured, it would be a hell on earth.
But this was a helpless move, and it seemed to be the most effective way. Under the unfavorable battle situation of repeatedly failing to attack the city and losing troops and generals, this was the only last resort.
Capture Jiye City, and the empire will be destroyed. If Jiye City is obtained, he will be the king worshiped by thousands of people on Feida Star.
Temptation is hard to satisfy.
The torches held high illuminated the entire working area. Amidst the chants that shook the sky, the slave warriors waved the shovels in their hands and started digging enthusiastically...
The coast is about 3.5 kilometers long from the gate of Jiye City. In order to form a raging water force, this artificial canal must be wide enough and have a certain gap. Otherwise, even if the water is successfully diverted, it will not be able to create enough impact on Jiye City. threaten.
What Lot wants is to use the invincible sea water to break open the city gates and form a huge wave sweeping across the city. This huge wave will destroy everything in its path.
What was destroyed was not only the large and small buildings, food, grass, and weapons and equipment of Jiye City, but also the fragile and tired hearts of the defenders, and even their fighting will.
According to Lord's order, the width of this artificial water channel will reach 50 meters, the depth will be about 3-5 meters, and the drop will be 2 meters.
If the length of 3.5 kilometers is added, it can only be excavated with primitive manpower.
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For the people of Feida, it will undoubtedly be a very huge project.
But the fatal order he gave to the engineering troops was: this task must be completed before dark the next day.
This seems to be an impossible task, but Lord has a capable assistant, that is Leidy. Leidy is good at calculation and has great experience in research on how to improve efficiency. This comes from his noble family background. environment and the habit of studying classic works over the years.
To this end, according to Laidi's deployment, this 50,000-person engineering force adopted a multi-point simultaneous excavation method. The 3.5-kilometer excavation surface was divided into 100 excavation points, and the excavation length of each excavation point was 35 meters.
According to the allocation, 50,000 people will be evenly distributed to each excavation point, which brings the number of people at each operation point to 500. In order to achieve the best excavation efficiency, Laidi divided these 500 people into 5 groups. , each team conducts excavation in a wheel battle without interruption.
This method of Laidi has undoubtedly greatly improved the excavation efficiency. For each excavation point to be 35 meters long, 50 meters wide and 3-5 meters deep, there is almost no problem with 500 people working in turns.
As expected, from the time of excavation to the afternoon of the next day, about 90% of the entire project was completed, with almost the entire line connected. The only remaining thing was to form a 2-meter drop in the canal and open the gate for waterproofing.
The difficulty of the project lay in the section near the city gate. Due to repeated attacks by the defenders on the city wall, the project was temporarily blocked. Fortunately, the 5,000 infantrymen who provided cover and the air power deployed in the air played a decisive role. Defeated the defenders' attacks again and again.
At the same time, the two suspected soldiers deployed on the left and right wings also played an important role. For fear of being ambushed or luring the enemy into deep penetration, the defenders of Jiye City did not send any ground troops out of the city to fight, even if it was a small harassment. None of the troops had it.
The defenders' attacks were limited to firing dense arrow clusters at the city walls and using improvised air power to attack, but they posed no threat at all under the defense of Lot's covering troops.
When the last ray of the setting sun dissipated, the wooden gate of the artificial canal was opened. In an instant, the turbulent sea water rushed into the completed artificial canal with the force of thousands of horses galloping.
The 2-meter drop caused the seawater to form a strong forward thrust, and the wide channel provided enough water for the advancing seawater. For a time, the roar of the waves was loud, the whitecaps rolled, and the huge waves stirred up were like furious heads. The lion roared and rushed towards the city gate...
A few minutes later, with a loud noise, the front of the huge wave hit the city gate, and the splashing water dispersed in the air like a pouring rain. Even from dozens of meters away, you could feel the impact. The waves came and the mist spread rapidly.
But the city gate remained motionless.
Although it was attacked again and again by huge waves, the city gate was still closed.
The unusual solidity of the city gate made Luo De, who was standing on the transport aircraft eagerly looking forward, look panicked, but Leidy beside him was calm and calm, watching the surging waves constantly lapping at the city. Door, without the slightest anxiety.
"How long do you think the city gate can last?" Leidy asked calmly, twirling his snow-white beard.
"Persevere?" Luo De said frivolously. He looked at the surging and furious artificial water canal, and then his eyes fell on Leidy. "You mean, the steady stream of water will eventually break down the city gate?"
"Be patient, time will give you the answer you want."
Luo
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De nodded and looked at the huge waves that were constantly beating against the city gate. At this moment, he noticed that the turbulent sea water had already submerged the banks on both sides of the artificial canal, and the sea water at the city gate had submerged the city gate. And the water level keeps rising...
"Under the strong water pressure, the city gate cannot hold on for long."
As soon as Leidy finished speaking, there was only a "bang", and the city gate collapsed. A strong wave carried the broken city gate fragments and rushed into Jiye City like thousands of horses galloping. The rising water level was like a leak. The gate suddenly dropped sharply in an instant, and the water flow returned to its previous rolling and roaring scene.
Looking up, the furious artificial water channel is like a roaring dragon, continuously sending huge amounts of seawater into Jiye City...
There was a commotion in the city. The roaring waves destroyed everything along the way. A large number of houses were instantly washed away. Mountains of weapons and baggage were carried into the rushing water. Soldiers who had no time to escape were also swallowed by the waves.
The city of Jiye became a land of marshes.
A long trumpet sounded again over the slave camp, and the slave warriors formed a neat formation. They held up the spears and scimitars in their hands, always ready to attack Jiye City.
The general attack order was issued. All arms, including infantry, were about to launch the final attack on Jiye City. Behind the infantry, 5,000 cavalry also began to assemble. Above their heads, 1,500 large birds also maneuvered to attack. s position.
All arms are ready, just waiting for a team of engineers to completely seal the gate of the artificial water channel. At that time, they will attack Jiye City like an indestructible torrent.
But they did not wait for that moment to arrive. What was waiting was a transport fleet carrying King Qin's army. After wiping out the engineering team that was preparing to go down the lock to block the canal, the fleet followed the artificial canal to Jiye City. Drive quickly.
This King Qin's army was the two armies of King Qin that were forced to dock at an island 70 kilometers away from Jiye City. They were merged into one.
The construction of the artificial water canal connected the sea and Jiye City, providing a convenient channel for King Qin's army to quickly advance towards the city. Entering Jiye City from the waterway, they could completely avoid the attacks and harassment of Lot's slave army, which was a blessing from God. .
Also, the flooding of Jiye City did not achieve the expected results. In addition to the breach of the city gate and the initial damage caused, as the seawater spread in the city, the turbulent and rapid water flow was inefficient due to the vast area and could not form the initial damage. , the mighty power of huge waves.
All this stems from the well-developed drainage system in Jiye City. The incoming seawater is quickly diverted and collapsed by the developed drainage facilities.
Luo De ignored one point, and the most important point was that Jiye City itself was a seaport city. With a complete drainage system, no matter how much seawater poured in, it would eventually return to the sea.
As King Qin's army entered Jiye City, a new city gate was quickly erected, and everything returned to its original appearance.
They originally hoped to divert seawater to flood Jiye City and then invade the city in one fell swoop. Now it seems that this strategy has completely failed.
Not only did the construction of the artificial water canal consume a lot of manpower and material resources, it actually created conditions for the two Qinwang armies to escape their difficulties and enter Jiye City.
At this point, the garrison of Jiye City increased to 250,000, while Luo De's army suffered continuous losses, leaving only 180,000.
It can be said that he failed to capture the city and instead made wedding clothes for the defenders.
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