Chapter 154: Burning Yanmen Pass (Part 2)
You must know that the entire foundation of Yanmen Pass, and even within a radius of 100 meters outside the pass, is entirely filled with coal and stone. The amount of work and the demand for coal and stone are absolutely indescribable!
Asking where in China there is more coal is like asking which excavator school is the best. ??网 The coal mines in Sanjin are just like the salt mines in the Qaidam Basin. They can be said to be everywhere.
Yanmen County is located in the land of the Three Jin Dynasties, so coal resources are also extremely rich, and as a time traveler, how could Qin Hao let go of this great weapon.
Under the leadership of Qin Hao, the Qin family has already established two large coal mines, several medium-sized coal mines, and more than a dozen small coal mines, but none of them have been opened on a large scale.
The profits brought by coal are too great. If it were announced to the world before the world was in chaos, the Qin family would not be able to keep this golden mountain at all, so they did not dig it just to save it for later use.
When Qin Wen rebuilt Yanmen Pass, at Qin Hao's suggestion, the foundations of Yanmen Pass were entirely paved with coal and stone, and a large amount of coal was added to the inner wall of the city wall, and many arson passages were deliberately reserved.
There is only one purpose for doing this, and that is just in case Yanmen Pass is really unable to be defended, Qin Hao would rather burn the entire Yanmen Pass than leave it to the Xiongnu.
But Qin Hao didn't expect that Wang Meng also happened to know the role of coal and stone, and was aware of his entire plan through only a few details.
However, Wang Meng only partially modified Qin Hao's original plan, and turned this helpless last-ditch effort into the key to annihilating the enemy!
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Yanmen Pass.
A captain of ten thousand men who went to stop the manpower to put out the fire rushed up to the tower in a panic and said to Huchuquan: "King Zuoxian, something serious is going to happen."
Hu Chuquan frowned and said impatiently: "What's wrong?"
Ever since the fire broke out in Guan Nei, Huchuquan hasn't heard a single piece of good news.
"The fire in the city cannot be extinguished, and it is burning more and more fiercely!" the captain said anxiously.
"What?" Hu Chuquan looked different and said in a deep voice, "Is there such a thing?"
"Go and have a look."
"Okay, let's take this king to have a look."
When Hu Chuquan got off the tower, he saw that the fire in the city had not been extinguished, but was burning more and more intensely. He couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "What on earth is going on?"
"The general doesn't know either. This fire seems to be burning up from the ground. No matter how much water is poured, it can't be extinguished! A basin of water was poured down, and after a few simmers it turned into water vapor. After a while, the fire that had just been poured Wherever it went out, red flames still appeared. It’s so damn evil.”
"How could this happen?" Huchuquan was just wondering when King Zuo Guli started yelling again behind him.
"Look, King Zuo Xian, look!"
"What's wrong?" Hu Chuquan turned around impatiently, taking a breath of cold air as soon as he looked at it, and said in disbelief: "How could this happen?"
After just a while, the city was relatively safe, but the fire outside Daocheng had become more and more fierce. There were even red flames rising from the ground and shooting straight into the sky. There was also thick smoke faintly rising from the fire, and the wind was blowing. Very big.
The wind helped the fire, and the flames were rising higher and higher. Suddenly, the weak ring of fire had burned into a sea of fire.
On the tower a hundred steps away, Huchuquan could faintly feel the heat wave sent by the wind.
"There's something wrong with this situation! At this rate, the fire might really reach the city." Hu Chuquan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said solemnly: "Take a few people down along the rope to see what the fire is. How did it burn? There is not even a root of grass outside the city. It is impossible for Qin Hao to use such a small amount of fire starter to burn so much."
"Yes." The captain agreed, and then immediately went to look for the rope.
On the other hand, King Youguli asked anxiously: "What should we do if there is a fire in the city?"
"Ah, inside the city?" Huchuquan patted his forehead anxiously. Regardless of whether the fire outside the city was greater than the fire inside the city, Huchuquan felt that the fire inside the city was easier to deal with.
Hu Chuquan forced himself to calm down and said loudly: "While the fire is not big yet, find more people and more water to control the fire first."
"Uh, yes." The other captain agreed and hurried away.
Several strong soldiers descended along the ropes to the outside of the city. They had not gone a few dozen steps before they were forced back by fierce fire and choking smoke.
King Youguli stood at the base of the city wall, raised his head and shouted at the top of his lungs to Huchuquan: "The fire is so fierce that our brothers can't get close at all."
Seeing this, Huchuquan said helplessly: "You guys come up first and we can talk about everything after dawn."
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After hearing Wang Meng's answer, Zhang Liao looked surprised. He thought Wang Meng was thinking that winning a battle was a battle, but he didn't expect that the other party even considered Xianbei.
Wang Meng smiled slightly and continued: "Xianbei is good at Shanyu Shihuai's new death. Although the new Shanyu Helian successfully succeeded to the throne, its prestige is not enough to overwhelm all Xianbei tribes, whether it is Budugen, Kebineng or Suli. They will not obey him, nor will they give up all their strength. He Lian must have been busy with internal fighting in the past few years, so he has no time to care about him."
Zhang Liao opened his mouth to refute, but he didn't know where to start. After a while, he sighed: "Sir, you are a great talent, I admire you Zhang Liao!"
Wang Meng smiled calmly, not caring at all, showing his masterly demeanor!
"There is another important reason why I dare to persuade the lord to burn down Yanmen Pass. That is that I am sure that Yanmen Pass will be rebuilt within three months after the destruction. The defense of Yanmen Pass will be even stronger than before."
Wang Meng also knew that his plan to burn Yanmen Pass made many veterans who had deep feelings for Yanmen dissatisfied with him, so he launched another big killer. This was the biggest reason why Qin Hao finally agreed to set fire to Yanmen Pass.
The generals were all in disbelief when they heard this. You must know that the reconstruction of Yanmen Pass received support from all over the country, and 200,000 soldiers and civilians of Yanmen joined the battle and fought continuously for ten months before the reconstruction was finally completed.
But now Wang Meng said that he would reduce the period from ten months to three months. How is this possible?
Wang Meng didn't expect anyone to believe his shocking words right away, so he slowly explained: "Have you forgotten the other purpose of our trip?"
"Recover the three northern and central counties!" After hearing this, some of the generals immediately exclaimed.
"Everyone, Yuv Luo has almost emptied out the garrison troops in the three counties of Zhongbei. Now the three counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong and Wuyuan have less than 5,000 garrison troops in total. As long as we win this battle, the three counties of Zhongbei will be at our fingertips. ." Wang Meng said confidently, but the Yanmen generals didn't understand.
What is the relationship between recovering the three northern and central counties and rebuilding Yanmen Pass?
When Lu Bu, who was standing next to Qin Hao, heard this, a trace of greed suddenly flashed in his eyes. The temptation to regain the three counties in the north and central was too great. If possible, he wanted to monopolize this credit.
