The sun has just set to the west, and the soldiers on the top of the city are taking over their duties. Next, the night watch team is about to take up their posts.
"Huh? What is that?"
Just as they were about to change the guard, a gray-green column of smoke suddenly rose from the southwest. At first glance, it looked like a small insect standing in the sky.
"There's a fire? But the smoke is too small. No! That's not a fire, it's smoke! The gray-green color represents the Rongcheng area! Quick! Go and notify the general!"
Soon Liu Jianyu, together with his lieutenants and Qi practitioners, came to the high point of the city wall. From a distance, they soon saw a column of smoke coming from the southwest.
"It's the smoke tower on Ju Fu Mountain. It should be that the smoke started in Shuangqing City in front of us, and then Ju Fu Mountain followed. The gray-green color represents the Rongcheng area, and now the attack is nearly half a month faster than we expected! Yunyan's side The traveling speed is beyond expectation!”
Chen Shen stood beside Liu Jianyu, frowning and giving a worried tone of judgment.
"So it seems that the barbarians have plundered a lot of food and grass in the areas before Rongcheng, and their marching speed is deliberately speeding up. If Rongcheng is captured, can they cross the river and go straight to Shunning?"
Chen Shen shook his head and said: "Probably not. All the ships around Rongcheng have been cleaned up before. They were either scuttled or dragged upstream to dock. Not to mention the big ships that can cross the river within a radius of dozens of miles, all the sailboats have been found. There is less than one piece. Moreover, it is the high water season in Changshui recently. The river surface is wider, deeper and more rapid than normal, making it more difficult to cross the river."
"If they can't cross the river, the barbarians will continue to go north along the river. The next major hub city from here should be Shuangqing City, right?"
Although there is no map in front of him, every city along the river has been firmly remembered by Liu Jianyu. Which city is important and which city is unimportant. Now that the battle in Rongcheng has appeared, he immediately remembered it in his heart. Made a judgment.
It's not just Liu Jianyu who has the map along the river in his mind, Chen Shen does the same. Even all the lieutenants present, including Bai Lang standing at the end, also remember it firmly.
"Rongcheng is connected in all directions. The water and land routes are more convenient than our Yongchuan City. There is also an official road directly on the other side. It is indeed a good landing place. But it is in vain without a boat. The next few big cities are either mainly hubs in the region. , or it is caused by the trade of special industries, including Shuangqing City. In fact, it does not constitute a condition for crossing the river on the surface. "
Although Chen Shen's words were subtle, those present who had a mental picture of the war situation knew exactly what he was implying.
"Where's the pontoon?" A Qi practitioner on the side suddenly asked.
"There are two large back bay areas going up from Rongcheng City and down from Shuangqing City. The water flow there is relatively gentle. It would be most suitable if there are special means to get on the pontoon. But Manzi's weight, With the addition of ordnance, it would still be quite difficult to build a bridge, let alone a pontoon bridge over a hundred feet long, which has never happened before in history."
Finally, Liu Jianyu waved his hand and stopped the discussion among the people below.
After coming down from the city wall and returning to the military camp, Liu Jianyu and others gathered around the sand table and expressed their opinions.
Bailang stood in an inconspicuous corner and said nothing, but he listened very carefully and nodded subconsciously from time to time. He knew very well that he was a solid layman in military strategy, listening more and watching more, and talking less. This is definitely a good opportunity for him to learn military strategy.
Even this discussion in the big account was Bailang's first time to participate in a large-scale military meeting to analyze the specific situation and formulate corresponding strategies. In the past, because of his special status, Liu Jianyu would always deliberately exclude him. Liu Jianyu was probably a little anxious this time, so he missed Bai Lang and stopped avoiding him.
Bailang listened and discovered that the generals present had the same judgment about Yunyan continuing to move north along the river. They all believed that Rongcheng could not stop the barbarians at all. At the same time, they did not think that the large mountainous forest area after Rongcheng could trap the barbarians. How long to stay. Even though the cities over there are already preparing to integrate their forces and take the initiative to attack the barbarians in the forest, they are still not favored.
A person like the Black Tiger General of Pengshan Pass couldn't stop the barbarians with the help of natural dangers, so he wanted to give the barbarians a head-on blow in a mere forest belt?
As for the floating bridge. This is simply not within the scope of these generals' discussions.
Because the Changshui River is very wide and the water flow is very fast in most places, it is not easy to go by boat. It is simply a fantasy to build a pontoon bridge.
Of course, is it okay to insist that a qi practitioner can use the power of heaven and earth to make a floating bridge appear on the river, or to directly freeze a section of the river surface?
OK! Of course, there must be such a powerful Qi practitioner.
But what level of cultivation is required to achieve this? The Xuanmai realm is definitely not good, but what about the Dao Dan realm? It's definitely not possible. Otherwise, after bypassing the Tianfeng Plain, Yunyan Manzi doesn't need to go so deep along the river. Wouldn't it be enough to just set up a pontoon bridge and go straight to Shunning? There are also some barbarians who are Qi practitioners in the Dao Dan realm.
Is that a Qi practitioner who is above the Dao Dan realm and returns to the God realm?
Although Bai Lang didn't know what the Qi Practitioner in the Guishen Realm could do, he believed that this Qi Practitioner should really be able to overthrow mountains, burn lakes and cut off rivers.
But will a Qi practitioner with this level of cultivation follow Yunyan Barbarian to a battle of gods? Doesn’t this stay within your own country?
Therefore, the generals present directly skipped the possibility of crossing the pontoon bridge. What they judged was that Yunyan Manzi should want to cross by boat.
"Now the ships have been registered at various water villages, and the docks that need to be docked every day are also fixed. Ship owners are no longer allowed to dock at the river bank privately at night. Moreover, the use of ships will gradually shrink for us. Getting smaller and smaller.
The general thought that since the ships could not go to many places due to the gradual blockade of the river, it was better to control the number first. "
"Yes, small and medium-sized ships can be left behind. Large ships can be scuttled or burned directly."
"What if the barbarians don't come to our side? Isn't the damage excessive?"
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Just be prepared. There is no room for luck in the current war!"
As for how to deal with the barbarians if they really come over, they still have to think about the same thing as Pengshan City and Tianfeng Plain. The strong wall clears the field for work and the strong city defends. No one wants to meet a barbarian in the wild, as that has never had a chance of winning in the history of the Hong Dynasty.
"What I'm afraid of now is that the barbarians will march quickly. If the barbarians attack many places and break the city without reacting, then the ships along the river will not be able to deal with them in time, and many of them will surely fall into the hands of the barbarians."
As soon as someone said this, Bai Lang even felt that the faces of many people in the big tent relaxed. I guess everyone can probably think of this, they just don’t say it. If the Yunyan army obtains enough ships to cross the river in advance, they will definitely cross directly to Shunning. In this way, wouldn't the possibility of Yongchuan City being attacked be reduced?
Although everyone talks about fighting to the death, it is naturally better if you don’t die.
(End of chapter)
