Chapter 1101: Success in the East and Success in the West (Ninety-Four)

Qu Wan in Kangping City is now very confident. The battles with the Han army in the past six months have given him a deeper understanding of the Han army. In the field battles, the combat effectiveness of the Han army is indeed unparalleled in the world. With superb individual quality, superb tactical literacy, strict tactical discipline, and fearless fighting style, whoever encounters such an army will not have a good ending. The more than 20,000 troops of Bian Rang were completely destroyed by the Han army. Qu Wan no longer feels frustrated, because in the past six months, he has had no less than dozens of battles with the Han army. However, he has never won in the field battles. Occasionally, he can draw once, which is considered a victory. A great victory.

But the Han army also has their weaknesses, that is, they are not skilled in siege warfare, or their generals lack more methods for siege warfare, and what makes Qu Wan even happier is that the other side seems to be very cautious about the excessive casualties of soldiers. It is not a bad thing to cherish the lives of soldiers, but if they are too protective and dare not risk their lives when they should sacrifice, that is a big problem. "Pig〈Pig〈Island" novel www. zuhua.

Thinking of the high military expenditure of the Han army and the post-war pensions, Qu Wan seems to have some experience. The Han army's pensions are indeed a heavy burden, or it is because of various Under pressure from all sides, once the Han army generals suffered setbacks in their attacks, most of them would retreat. This is one of the reasons why Kangping City has persisted until now.

The Han army was powerful, and the Chu State was not prepared for a full-scale war with the Han State in the early stage. At the beginning, King Huai of Chu just held the mentality of taking advantage and joined forces with the Qin army to attack the Han State, but no one could have imagined that in just a few months, the situation would reverse. Not only did the fruit that was originally thought to be a sure thing fly away, but they also got into trouble and could not stop.

The Qin people were defeated, and generals such as Li Xin and Wang Xiao were defeated one after another. The Wei State that they had conquered with great difficulty also surrendered. The Qin people gave the Chu Kingdom to the Han Dynasty, and the Zhao Kingdom was also divided into two in the contest between the two great powers, and the country was no longer a country. As for the three counties of Han that the Qin people gave to the Chu Kingdom, they have long been in the pocket of the Han army.

Whenever Qu Wan thought of this, he felt that he would lose more than he gained.

King Huai of Chu did not want to fight a full-scale war with the Han Kingdom, but the Han Kingdom was forcing him. Under this environment, King Huai of Chu could only hold his nose and start a national mobilization.

The Chu Kingdom, one of the superpowers of the time, once it started a national mobilization, its war potential was naturally huge. Under the guidance of the Prime Minister Huang Xie and the Grand Commandant Qu Zhong, with Kangping City as the capital, the Chu Kingdom was able to seize the city of Kangping. With Kangping City as the center, the Chu people have gathered nearly 100,000 troops and completed the chain elastic defense in Qu Zhong's plan.

First stabilize the defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. This is Qu Zhong's idea. The Chu army has not fought for too many years, and their soldiers need to be sharpened. In Qu Zhong's opinion, if Kangping City can resist the Han army for a year, then the Chu army on this line of defense will become the second powerful army of the Chu army after the Qin-Chu border.

Qu Wan has already begun to plan the next counterattack. It is better not to have the idea of ​​attacking the Han country. That is like a moth flying into a flame and destroying itself. Tian Dan of Qi and Li Xin of Qin have already made him Although he had been a living example, when the time was right, Qu Wan still dreamed of incorporating Qi's land into Chu's map.

The Qi people had a grudge against the Han people. First, Tian Dan's army of tens of thousands was completely destroyed by the Han people. Then the Han people used tricks one after another to swallow Qi. Now there are many people in Qi who dream of restoring their country. Now in Kangping City, Qu Wan has gathered many such people. The courage these people showed in the battle with the Han people was more tenacious than that of the Chu people, and their hatred for the Han people was even greater than that of the Chu people.

Among these people, there are nobles, officials, landlords, merchants, and some In Qu Wan's view, the few civilians and mountain villagers are all good guys who can be used!

When the time comes, under the banner of restoring the country for the Qi people, it is possible to gather a large number of people in Qi.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he must defend Kangping City and greatly consume the combat effectiveness, confidence and patience of the Han people here. When the opponent realizes that Kangping City is impossible to capture, when they want to turn their attention elsewhere, it is his chance.

"General!" The newly promoted deputy general Zhou Yafu pushed the door open.

"Oh, Yafu is here, just in time for lunch together , accompany me to have a few drinks!" Qu Wan said with a smile.

"General, the scouts reported that a new flag was raised in the Han army camp, and Ye Chong is here." Zhou Yafu's face was solemn, "I'm afraid we will face a tough battle next."

Qu Wan laughed: "Has the King of Han finally lost his patience? What Meng Chong, Zhang Hongyu, and Bai Yucheng can't do, Ye Chong can do? Does he really think he has the ability to turn stones into gold?"

"Ye Chong is the Minister of War of the Han Kingdom. Gao Yuan sent him here because he was determined to capture Kangping City. General, we must not underestimate the enemy!" Zhou Yawu looked at Qu Wan with a relaxed face and said.

"Of course I know this!" Qu Wan said with a smile: "No matter how they change, we have been adapting to the changes and defending Kangping City is the core part of this battle. Now the number of troops in Kangping City has increased to 50,000. We have enough people, sufficient food, and countless ordnance. The Han army has missed the best opportunity to capture Kangping City. If they had not been busy integrating the internal forces of Qi after capturing Qi, they had devoted all their efforts to fight with me. War, then Kangping City is really in danger, but now, Kangping City is as stable as Mount Tai. Even if they want to kill me, they can't break my Kangping City."

Flags were waving, war drums were rumbling, and Ye Zhong's first attack after arriving at Kangping City finally kicked off. Although Qu Wan said he didn't care about Ye Zhong's arrival, as Gao Yuan's subordinate The first general, Ye Zhong, who had been famous for a long time, personally commanded the battle against Kangping City. Qu Wan still mustered up the spirit of 120,000 and went into battle personally to command the battle.

However, the process was far beyond Qu Wan's expectations. Ye Chong's skills seemed to be mediocre. His siege tactics were no different from Mengzhong's. The only difference was that the morale of the Han army seemed to be much higher. Perhaps it was because Ye Zhong was the senior commander of the Southern Field Army, and his subordinates seemed to want to show their unyielding fighting will in front of the senior commander, but the intensity of the battle did not increase much compared to before.

This is not because the Han army's will to fight is poor, but because the Han army generals who command the battle are still very concerned about the casualties of the soldiers. Once they encounter the Chu army's stubborn resistance, the opponent's trumpet will sound at the right time.

The attack like a tide and the retreat like a tide did not have much effect except giving Qu Wan a false alarm. Kangping City is still standing tall. If the only result of Ye Zhong's arrival is The Han army had attacked the city wall many times, but that was all.

After one day, Qu Wan had lost his patience. If Ye Zhong's abilities were all, then he really had nothing to worry about. With some disappointment, Qu Wan returned to the city and handed over the task of commanding the defense. Gave it to Zhou Yafu.

Another day passed, and the Han army's offensive was still thundering loudly and raindrops light. It seemed like a raging tide, but in fact it was weak and weak.

"General, I suspect that the opponent is digging tunnels." Another night, Zhou Yafu came to report the military situation during the day to Qu Wan, "Today, a large number of earthen fortresses appeared in front of the opponent's position, but what surprised me was that the opponent They don't seem to shy away from us knowing that they are digging tunnels openly."

"Dig a tunnel?" Qu Wan felt a little unbelievable. The offensive and defensive battles on the mainland have developed to this day. The fighting art of both the offensive and defensive sides has almost reached the peak. Any conceivable method has been thought of and put into practice by the predecessors. This Even today, the offensive has become a nightmare for the attacking side. Facing a well-prepared city, it is almost impossible to attack it easily.

"Is this Ye Zhong's new strategy?" Qu Wan almost wanted to laugh, "Dig more shafts in the city, detect the location and progress of the tunnels dug by the opponent, and then give them a heavy blow to dig tunnels? Losing Ye Zhongya can figure it out!"

Qu Wan thought Ye Zhong was joking, but Ye Zhong himself didn't think so. In his big tent, a group of people gathered around a map and were discussing it, but the people discussing it were not generals like Ye Zhong. , but some other people.

Three or four researchers from the Yizhen Research Institute, plus a few city-building masters transferred from the Ministry of Industry, are discussing how to break through the solid walls of Kangping City.

"The past city construction on the mainland was almost a template!" A master architect drew a horizontal and vertical intersecting line on the drawing, and poked small holes on some key points: "Comparable The city construction of our Han Dynasty has its own characteristics, so there will be no other unexpected actions in Kangping City. These places are some of the supporting points and key points under our current city wall. The explosives from your Yizhen Research Institute are strong enough to completely overturn this section of the city wall, which is hundreds of meters long."

"There is nothing wrong with the explosives from our Yizhen Research Institute. The key is, are the key points you pointed out correct? If these points are not found accurately, we will not achieve the effect we want." A Yizhen researcher A researcher at the institute said.

"It's a joke. I have built so many cities in my life. If such a small problem can stump me, I dare to issue a military order. Do you dare?"

"Why don't you dare!"

Seeing the two men pushing up the cow, Ye Zhen stood up with a smile and said, "I believe you two masters. So, we only need to place explosives at these points and we can succeed in one fell swoop?"

"Not bad!" they both said in unison.

"Very good, Meng Chong, come here. All the tunnels dug in other places will be abandoned. Tomorrow, we will start from these three points and dig all the way to the city wall." Ye Zhong pointed at the drawing and looked at it. Meng Chongdao. (To be continued...)