Chapter 107 The Return of the King to Heaven

The nearly 60,000 troops of the Three Kingdoms of Yi, Xiang and Qi, and a 5,000 soldiers gathered outside the Qing City. In front of the siege equipment, the soldiers all over the mountains were logging and preparing to build the Cloud City, and the drums of the demonstration came one after another.

He Ran and Shi Lang climbed a hill overlooking Kaiqing City. Although this city is not comparable to Dingyang, it is also far from Mingzhong City. The city is high and deep, and the defenders are still more than 10,000. It is by no means easy to conquer.

He Ran was the most annoying to attack the city. He felt that it was the least technical tactic and needed to pay a high price. Therefore, after seeing Kaiqing City, he shook his head gently and said, "I'm afraid it will cost more than ten thousand yuan under the hard attack."

Shi Lang said, "Even if it is less than 10,000, it will not be too little. This is the most difficult battle to defeat Shun. There is no way. The king's city will not break through the war. If you want to attack such a tough city, you can only use the method of piling earth into a mountain. It will take at least two or three months. At that time, if they don't surrender, they will make up their mind to break up with the city. Fortunately, I We have a lot of kung fu. When the king's army arrives, we can use this spare time to send troops to sweep the northern cities, and turn Kaiqing into a lonely city.

For the siege method of "stacking earth into a mountain", He Ran has no longer stayed in the superficial understanding of the previous life by asking Xiao for advice and learning from the military book. It was not as simple as a soldier to fall into the city. First of all, he should build many cloud cities as high as the tower, threaten the enemy with archers, and then Several closely arranged wooden walls were erected under the city, covered by wooden walls, and then several corridors to the city were built with wood, all the way to the distance that the rolling wood thunderstone could not be smashed. The above wood used is to be used for fireproof treatment. The method is to boil a similar glutinous rice crop and thickly paint the mud on the surface of the wood, and the rocket It's hard to penetrate,

The corridor should be built to be extremely strong to prevent it from being destroyed by a stone throwing cart, and it should be covered with a thick layer of soil, so that even if the city is sprinkled with fire oil, there is no fear. Next, the soil will be transported through the corridor. As the soil increases, the wooden wall will be erected on it, raised and the corridor should be widened, until the height is close to the city pile, and several earth mountains are at the same time. The amount of construction can be imagined. This method of warfare can only be used when the attacking side of the city has plenty of time and no worries. While piling soil, it can also be used to cover the corridor to dig from below and dig one or more tunnels leading to the city, so that the defenders can't defend. Generally, once the attacker starts to pile up soil, it means victory. In the grip, most of the city can't be defended,

When the two were discussing, He Ran suddenly made a silent gesture and frowned, "Why did the drum stop?"

Before Shi Lang answered, a sound of bells and drums came from far away from Kaiqing City. He stamped his feet and said, "It's broken, King Shun has died."

Historically, the war has paid attention to "courtesy without mourning". Although this rule has been broken by some people for a long time, the benevolent Lord still disdains it. After all, it is despised by the world. The situation of the country is excellent. Naturally, there is no need to bear this notoriety. However, stopping soldiers according to the courtesy for three months undoubtedly gives Shunguo a chance to survive. When they are redeployed. You have to pay more to pay for the attack. It's no wonder why Shi Lang is so anxious. It's not the right time for King Shun to die.

He Ran was also worried. This kind of thing is not only related to the reputation of Yi Guo and Su Pingjiang, but also affects the back of the people. He does not dare to make the decision without authorization. If he withdraws troops and wait for three months, he is really unwilling.

"What do you think?" Shi Lang looked at him and asked,

He Ran shook his head helplessly and said, "King Shun has no achievements in his life, but it is a great benefit to die from the state. I have no idea. If I can't do it, I can only withdraw the troops."

Shi Lang sighed heavily and said, "Since God's will is like this, it can only be like this. When the envoy of mourning comes, we will withdraw our troops for a hundred miles."

He Ran narrowed his eyes and said, "Fanbang doesn't have this rule."

Shi Lang was immediately overjoyed when he heard the words and laughed and said, "You are still in a hurry. I forgot them in a hurry. Fanbang does not teach them from the Central Plains and does not pay attention to these. Although you can't point at them to capture Kaiqing City, it is a success in sweeping the north, and the sum of the whole country of Shun is less than 30,000 soldiers to fight."

He Ran said with a bad smile, "You see, I still have foresight. I have to talk to King Fan, otherwise they will have to go to more land than us after being busy for a long time. This won't work. The land north of Kaiqing will score at least half of us." Speaking of this, he pucked his teeth and said, "That's not cost-effective. I was going to take up everything, but I gave them too much. Er... Go and tell him that I can't open this."

Shi Lang was anxious at that time and stared, "I don't think it's easy for you to open your mouth. Can I say it? It's already very good for them to share half of us. You're too greedy."

He Ran smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm distressed, aren't I? Why don't... Don't let them fight. At worst, it will take a little effort in wartime. That's hundreds of miles."

"If you have the ability, you can talk to the king of Fan. There are also many counselors under their accounts. This can still be seen through. I can't think of any excuse to stop them from fighting in the north."

He Ran glanced at him and said, "I shouldn't have expected you. I'm afraid of provoking my uncle, and my wife will run away with me."

Shi Lang really couldn't laugh or cry. He shook his head and said, "I'm really convinced of you. You are still in the mood to laugh when you suddenly have such a big trouble."

"If I had cried, I would have cried long ago. Go back to the camp. I have to think about how to talk to my brother-in-law." He Ran said as he walked down the mountain,

"You come and have a look." Shi Lang shouted in the back,

He Ran saw that he held his neck and looked in the direction of Kaiqing City. He hurried back. When he looked up, he saw that the gate had been opened. A team of people were rushing out without any flags. Although they were far away, they could see that most of them were not wearing armor.

Shi Lang wondered, "It doesn't seem to come to report the funeral, but it seems to have escaped."

Under their gaze, there are still people rushing out of the gate, and there is no queue in twos and threes,

Shi Lang took a look at He Ran. He Ran shook his head, saying that he could not guess what had happened in the city. Shi Lang made a prompt decision and passed the order to seize the South Gate. In fact, at this time, it was too late to pass the order to the former army, because the war drum sounded in the Yi army. There was no doubt that Su Ming reacted immediately when he saw the fighter. Shi Lang said this The Taoist military order is to make Su Ming bold,

At this moment, a Shun army rushed out of the city gate, slashing and killing the people who escaped in front of him, and chasing a section of seeing the Yi army kill him. The Shun army quickly retreated back. Before Yi Jun could approach, it closed the city gate. The chaotic arrows were fired in the city, and the Yi army immediately retreated.

He Ran fell and said regretfully, "Who escaped? Since you have the ability to break through the gate, just report a letter in advance. It's a pity that it's such a good opportunity."

Shi Lang also felt the same way. "It's rare that Shunren hasn't officially reported the funeral yet. It's a pity. Well, let's go and have a look."