Sun Qi didn't beat around the bush and pointed directly to a place on the sand table: "Here."
What he was pointing to was a mountain range, which, seen from the sand table, was on the left side of Yanzhou, but it was far away from Yanzhou.
Seeing this place, Xiao Yuan didn't say anything, but General Qin sneered and said: "We have already sent people to investigate this place. There are cliffs everywhere, making it impossible to pass through."
"Because of this, it is the best way, because Xue Wu would also think so." Sun Qi said.
"The soldiers must get by anyway." Another Qin general said.
Sun Qi explained calmly: "There is no road, so we will open a way out, hang ropes around the soldiers' waists, and build plank roads on the cliffs."
The plank road means that in order to solve the traffic problem in the high mountains, the ancients drilled holes in the cliffs, set up wooden piles, and finally laid wooden planks to form a dangerous road.
Seeing everyone looking at each other again, Sun Qi added: "As long as we can cross this mountain range, we can reach Wutong and reach the rear of Yanzhou, catching the Liang army by surprise!"
"What a good strategy!" Xiao Yuan's eyes immediately flashed after hearing this, and he was obviously the first to agree.
Sun Qi continued: "In order to prevent Liang's army from noticing, His Highness the King of Qin will launch open-face offensives against Yanzhou from time to time to attract all Xue Wu's attention, while our army secretly builds plank roads in secret, waiting for the completion of the project. Strange soldiers, crossing the mountains.”
His words made Xiao Yuan think of building the plank road openly and secretly attacking Chencang, but this time it was the other way around. The construction of the plank road must not be discovered by Liang Jun.
When he finished speaking, Xiao Yuan did not hesitate and made an immediate decision. He adopted his suggestion and prepared to attack Yanzhou openly and build the plank road secretly.
Sun Qi thought he would have to waste more words, but he didn't expect King Qin to be so decisive. This made him stunned, and then he raised his hands and saluted: "Your Highness is wise. In that case, I will go back and prepare now."
"Okay, general, go slowly." Xiao Yuan said politely, without any hesitation at all.
The feeling he gave Sun Qi directly was that it was very different from King Huan's indecisiveness.
After taking a deep look at Xiao Yuan, Sun Qi resigned.
After he left, Jia You couldn't help but said: "Sun Qi is a born handsome man. In just a few days, he came up with such a strategy. With him serving as commander in Huan Kingdom, this strategy for the king to unify the north, I’m afraid it will have a huge impact.”
Shangguan Wenruo also shook his head: "King Huan is greedy and selfish. If Sun Qi is talented, he may not end well in Huan Kingdom."
Hearing what the two counselors said, Xiao Yuan also had a dim look in his eyes, then he recovered his thoughts, waved his hands and said, "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this. Our army should act according to the plan."
Next, as agreed, Sun Qi secretly mobilized a large number of soldiers and rushed to the mountain range.
On the Qin army's side, they began to launch non-stop attacks on Yanzhou City every now and then.
On Xiao Yuan's side, it was just a feint attack, not a real bloody battle, but on Xue Wu's side, it was different. How could he know whether the Qin army was really attacking, and how could he dare to take it lightly.
this day.
On the great plain outside Yanzhou City, black armor and red tassels are overwhelming.
With the flags fluttering, the trebuchets were pushed to the front of the formation.
"Army prepared"
Some Qin army generals shouted loudly.
The soldiers began to run closer and worked together to load the stone bullets.
After everything was ready, General Qin pointed his sword forward:
"put"
Following the order, the sound of mechanical vibrations sounded one after another, and stone bullets drew arcs in the air and crashed into various parts of the city gate.
"Avoid! Be careful to avoid"
On top of the city, due to the importance of Yanzhou, Xue Wu would go up to the city wall and personally direct the battle every time he attacked the city.
He was dressed in armor and holding a sword, running back and forth shouting.
General Tang Yue, on the other hand, stayed close to him, always protecting his side.
Of course, there were also stone bullets, which would hit Xue Wu from time to time, causing a little shock and making Tang Yue nervous subconsciously.
"Xue Shuai, it's too dangerous here, you'd better go down first."
"No, the Qin army is about to attack the city. Yanzhou must not make any mistakes! I am really worried if we are not here." Xue Wu replied.
After saying that, he continued running around and shouted:
"Don't show your head yet"
"After the Qin army's trebuchet, according to the usual practice, every time the King of Qin enters a city, he will wreak havoc with arrow arrays."
"Avoid the Qin Army's arrow array! Wait for my commander's orders and be ready to fire back at any time."
He shouted loudly and the commander was there, so the soldiers did not panic at all.
However, after the stone bomb attack, the Qin army did not release a large-scale arrow formation. Instead, they waved their halberds outside the pass and shouted something in unison, seemingly calling for a challenge.
When Tang Yue saw this, he lost his temper and immediately said, "Xue Shuai, I'll go meet them!"
"Huh? Now is not the time to switch to face the enemy." Xue Wu stopped him and said seriously: "The task of our army is to defend Yanzhou. As long as Yanzhou is not broken, the Qin and Huan armies will be useless."
"Okay." Tang Yue had no choice but to meet the enemy, but he also knew the current situation.
On the other hand, the Qin army, after calling the formation to challenge for a long time, saw that the Liang army did not respond and retreated directly.
When the soldiers on the city saw this, they subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but Xue Wu frowned.
When he returned to the city's meeting hall, a group of generals from the Liang Army also arrived one after another.
Someone said: "Shuai Xue, our troops are ready to defend to the death, but how could we expect that the Qin army would withdraw immediately."
"Yes, Xue Shuai, what does King Qin mean by this?" Someone else said.
Tang Yue said: "It goes without saying that King Qin must have known that he could not break the barrier and was a little timid."
"I don't think so." Xue Wu raised his hand and said sternly: "The King of Qin must be up to something else. Is he deliberately trying to weaken our army?"
"But this doesn't make sense. If they are like this, they will also lose morale." The deputy general said.
"Well..." Xue Wu nodded slowly, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "With such fictitiousness and reality, their next attack may be real. Therefore, our army cannot take it lightly and must deploy defenses as usual. ."
"No!" All the generals clasped their fists together.
the other side.
On the steep cliff, countless soldiers, with ropes tied around their waists, were hanging in the air, digging something there.
Wooden stakes were inserted into the holes in the wall, and then boards were laid.
Below, a Huanjun general said: "Fortunately, our army has a large number of people. If we continue at this rate, it won't take long to open a plank road between the cliffs."
Sun Qi was beside him, looking up at the soldiers above, and said in a calm voice:
"The Liang army has 300,000 people. If I were Xue Wu, I would switch the switch and fight the King of Qin. No matter what, fight first and then talk. Even if we lose, we can return to Yanzhou. But now, Xue Wu It’s like he’s afraid of being beaten, and his eyes are only focused on defense, and he retreats into the city gates. Sometimes, he will be defeated..."
