"open!"
Tang Shengzong stood on the high platform, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, and holding a colorful flag in his right hand. He looked at the sky and suddenly waved the flag in his hand.
The command flag was waving, and the densely packed young men exposed their upper bodies, roaring and digging with tools.
Compared with the Sui Dynasty, which spared no effort in building the city defense line and often killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Huai army had sufficient food and material guarantees.
Moreover, 300,000 young people took turns working on the project. In fifteen days, less than a hundred people were injured or killed due to various accidents.
No matter it is the original captive or the newly recruited young man, there is no resentment in his heart.
Even because of the guarantee of sufficient food and grass supplies, these people also developed a great affection for the Huai Army. The reorganization of these prisoners will definitely be very smooth in the future.
Like ants gnawing.
A distance of tens of feet, and with thousands of people working together, they dug to the edge of the lake in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
The river channel was dug, and the mighty Gaoyou Lake trembled slightly, and then a large amount of lake water swarmed into the ravine that was ten feet wide.
"Your Majesty, it takes fifteen days to dig the river. I have completed this task!"
Zhao Jianguo shouted with excitement.
The water flow was like thunder, and in the blink of an eye, the water level in the river rose by ten feet.
A river that is dozens of miles long can be completely penetrated by water in just a few hours.
Wang Jing observed for a while and said with satisfaction: "Yes, if you can break into Yangzhou this time, your construction department will have made a great contribution. When this battle is over, I will be generously rewarded!"
After he finished speaking, his eyes turned to Fu Youde and Yang Kan.
"Two generals, what's next is for you!"
"Fu Youde commanded the navy to break into Shaobo Lake and cut off the canal. Yang Kan led his cavalry to attack Yangzhou and set up camp outside Yangzhou City!"
Wang Jing said in a deep voice.
"The last general takes command!"
Fu Youde and Yang Kan stood up and accepted the order.
These days, while Wang Jing was waiting to dig the river channel, he did not forget to continue to inquire about Yangzhou's intelligence. He already knew that Yang Guang personally led an army to fight against Chen Baxian.
This is a huge opportunity for the Huai Army.
Originally, Wang Jing only wanted to bypass the defense line of Gaoyou City, attack from both sides, attack Gaoyou from the south, and then approach Yangzhou after finishing Gaoyou.
Now there is a chance.
Wang Jing naturally wants to catch it. If God doesn't take it, you will be blamed.
He directly sent out his two strongest generals.
Fu Youde can not only command the navy, but also is good at cavalry assault. In the original world, he led the elite cavalry in seven battles and seven victories, which was unstoppable.
Let him lead the navy to temporarily delay to prevent Gaoyou's troops from going south and other princes taking advantage of the situation. This task requires a general who has an overview of the overall situation.
Yang Kan is also a general, but slightly inferior to Fu Youde. Let him lead the cavalry charge, and he can give full play to his abilities.
As for Wang Jing himself.
He needs to keep an eye on Yang Shuang to prevent Yang Shuang from suddenly going south to support Yangzhou.
After a few hours, the river was completely opened.
One warship after another passed first, followed by transport ships carrying a large number of war horses and elite cavalry...
The south bank of Shaobo Lake.
He Chou already knew the news of the opening of the river.
His face looked extremely ugly.
He began to continuously mobilize troops, and deployed tens of thousands of reinforcements urgently transferred from Yangzhou and 50,000 troops brought from Gaoyou behind the defense line on the south bank of the lake.
After more than ten days of hard work, and the cost of killing thousands of people every day, a fairly solid defense line appeared on the south side of the lake.
The first line of defense on the waterfront is the stone wall.
Stone walls can effectively prevent warships from docking and provide cover for the defenders.
In the history of the source world, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty conquered Japan. In addition to encountering storms, the hundreds of thousands of troops were blocked by stone walls built by the Japanese army. They lost many troops and generals, but could not break through.
However, the Japanese stone wall took several years to build and was extremely defensive.
And even if He Chou had the power to reach heaven, he could not build the stone wall indestructible within fifteen days.
Digging a trench is not the same as building a wall.
Digging trenches only requires a lot of effort, while building walls requires craftsmen to adjust all the time in addition to hard work. Only God knows how effective the stone walls built will be.
He Chou was also self-aware and did not regard the stone wall as a protective treasure. He also temporarily dug trenches, blocked horses, and urgently mobilized crossbows and catapults at the back...
"God bless you!"
He Chou was unsure, but his face didn't show any signs of it, and he still looked calm and composed.
This kind of unflappable attitude confuses the 100,000 defenders distributed behind the defense line.
According to his distribution, many generals and commanders entered the defense line to be on guard.
"Report...the warships of the Huai Army are coming!"
A clipper docked quickly, and then a spy hurried out and came to He Chou to report.
He Chou's expression trembled, and he almost failed.
He stood up quickly and looked towards the lake in the distance. On the lake in the distance, from far to near, warships that looked like ferocious beasts and were filled with evil spirits gradually appeared.
"Pass the order, all soldiers must not act rashly and wait for my military order!"
He Chou shouted sharply.
Hoo ho ho!
The strong wind blew, and the warships that originally passed upright through the river formed a formation on the water of Shaobo Lake.
Fu Youde pressed the handle of the knife and looked forward.
With a quick glance, the stone wall on the shore came into view.
"Brother Yang, are you sure you can defeat the thief?"
He said quietly.
Yang Kan was holding a thick long spear, wearing armor all over his body, and his eyes were full of light. He said lightly: "General Fu, don't worry, it's just a stone wall, you can break it easily!"
"Okay, then this battle will be left to Brother Yang. I will hold the battle for Brother Yang!"
Fu Youde smiled.
The warship quickly approached the lake shore.
After getting closer, with the eyesight of Fu Youde and Yang Kan, they could even see the nervous expressions of the defenders on the stone wall.
boom!
Accompanied by the sound of war drums, the trebuchet equipped on the warship released a large number of kerosene bombs. The kerosene bombs fell on the front and rear of the stone wall, burning with blazing flames.
Whoosh whoosh! Arrows flew out from the warship like dark clouds, covering the stone wall in front.
Continuous screams suddenly came from the stone wall.
Taking advantage of the suppression of kerosene bombs and rain of arrows, Yang Kan suddenly jumped out with a long spear in his hands, filled with strong energy. In an instant, the sky was filled with wind and clouds, and strange phenomena appeared.
Yang Kan's figure was like lightning, and he crossed the space of more than ten feet and landed ashore in the blink of an eye.
The defenders on the stone wall subconsciously fired arrows.
But the arrows they fired couldn't penetrate Gangqi's defense at all.
boom!
Yang Kan braved the rain of arrows and climbed onto the stone wall. The heavy tree was as light as straw in his hands. With a single sweep, dozens of people flew up screaming.
Like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. The powerful strength and the evil spirit soaring into the sky, only killed hundreds of people, and shocked the soldiers of Sui Dynasty to retreat crazily, not daring to fight with them.
With Yang Kan taking the lead, the elite of the Huai army followed closely behind.
Thousands of elites followed ashore and charged into the enemy's army.
Under the attack of the top generals and the elites of the Huai army, the stone wall defense built by He Chou with great effort and manpower was almost like paper and could be broken with just a poke.
He Chou's face in the distance was as pale as paper.
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