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Xiao Ming had the intention of conquest of Pengzhou, and as a secret guard to collect intelligence, he naturally wanted to investigate Pengzhou first.

Ever since he became the head of the Secret Guard, he had come into contact with the eyes of other vassal kings, but in general, he was confident in the Secret Guards he had built, as they had a lot of classic books to study.

In the past two years, they have learned by doing, and they have established a mature internal organization, and they have also cultivated some excellent secret guards.

"Your Highness, the surrounding area of Pengzhou is mountainous, Pengzhou City is basically in the basin terrain that His Highness often says, in the opinion of the lower officials, due to the mountainous, it is difficult for this large-scale army to assemble outside the city, it is difficult to pose a threat to the city Moreover, there is Bianshui outside Pengzhou City, and the two rivers of Surabaya flow into the south after the confluence, and now these two rivers have become the natural moat of Pengzhou, in general, this Pengzhou is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and water is in the north."

Xiao Ming frowned when he heard this, what Li San said was that the geographical location of Xuzhou in his science and technology library coincided.

Historically, the two rivers Bianshui and Surabaya have been encroached upon by the Yellow River for a long time, and the rivers have been very stable due to the restrictions of the surrounding mountains of Xuzhou.

Now these two rivers are not only moats but also waterways for Pengzhou City, and the canal of the Great Chongqing Kingdom through Pengzhou City is to pass through the Bianshui and Surabaya rivers, and now the merchant ships of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce have to pass through this place when they go south.

To put it simply, along Surabaya you can go north to Qilu and go straight to Youzhou, along Bianshui you can go south to Jinling, Yangzhou, and even enter the Yangtze River to reach the fiefdom of the King of Chu, and from the west you can reach Chang'an, Luoyang and other Guanzhong regions, and its location can be said to be the hub connecting the north and the south and the east and west.

It was for this reason that Xiao Ming's first reaction after King Wei refused to form an alliance was to take Pengzhou City, after all, this kind of place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was a transportation hub was really disgusting in the hands of King Wei, because it meant that he would always face the risk of King Wei stabbing chrysanthemums.

And if he takes this place, it will be equivalent to tearing open the door of Weidi, and from then on, Wei will be flat, let him gallop, and easily turn defense into attack.

"Your Royal Highness, in addition to the terrain of Pengzhou City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the folk customs are also extremely strong, Pengzhou people are brave and good at fighting and do not lose to the people of Qidi, and there are 50,000 elites stationed in Pengzhou City, these soldiers are all local people in Pengzhou, and many generals in the army also come here to Pengzhou's local wealthy families, plus the private soldiers of these big families, the strength of Pengzhou City is not a small number." The more Li Sanyue said, the more worried he became.

This Pengzhou city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention, the army in the city is not a weak brigade.

"Pengzhou has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and the king of soldiers is strong, and because of this, it is necessary for this king to take Pengzhou, otherwise if King Zhao and the barbarians come to attack, this king will be attacked by the enemy." Xiao Ming's expression was firm.

Li San nodded solemnly, as soon as Xiao Ming said this, he felt that this Pengzhou City was really important.

After a pause, he continued: "Your Highness, Xia Guan also learned about the situation of the local wealthy family, the first family in Pengzhou City is the Mi family, and now the eldest son of the head of the Mi family, Mi Wenyi, is the chief of the Wei Prince's Mansion, in addition, the second largest family is the Lu family......"

Xiao Ming nodded while listening, Li San had a very detailed grasp of the news of Pengzhou City, and now he knew Pengzhou City very well.

"You have compiled all this information into a book, and in addition, this king needs a detailed topographical map of Pengzhou City." Xiao Ming pondered for a while, as the so-called knowing his opponent and knowing his confidant will win all battles, he must have detailed information before the war comes.

But this is only part of the work, he said to Li San: "How do the local wealthy families view this king? ”

"As His Highness thinks, the wealthy families of Pengzhou are very hostile to His Highness, and often have disrespectful words, which is also what His Highness is worried about, if His Highness attacks Pengzhou City, I am afraid that these local clans will resist desperately."

Xiao Ming smiled bitterly, he was a little ruthless in order to eradicate the wealthy clans who fetters Qingzhou back then, and now his behavior back then has become a rebellious evil in the eyes of these wealthy clans, but even so, he still did not regret his decision at that time.

The Great Yu Kingdom has been numb for too long under the rule of these famous clans, and if they cannot completely eradicate these tumors, they will continue to suck the blood of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Thinking of this, he made a decision in his heart, so he said to Li San: "The Hao clan is like this, what about the people? ”

"The people praise His Highness very much." Li San said with a smile, he was also very proud of this matter.

"So can you let the secret guards incite the people to rebel?" Xiao Ming asked.

When Li San came, he understood that Xiao Ming's focus on looking for him was this, and he said: "Back to Your Highness, this matter is difficult, the people have lived under the oppression of the Hao clan for a long time, or the local people have become vassals of the Hao clan, and when they are not sure that His Highness will be able to break through Pengzhou City, they dare not act rashly." ”

"Well, in that case, you can try again when this king attacks Pengzhou City." Xiao Ming said that since Li San said so, he must have bought some people.

He didn't expect these people to decide the outcome of the war, but it would be nice to distract the army in Pengzhou City.

With detailed information, Xiao Ming asked Li San to go back.

Three days later, Li San returned again, and at this time he handed him a complete map of the terrain and army deployment of Pengzhou City, and he had the craftsmen of the Instrument Division make the sand table overnight.

The next day, he summoned the generals involved in the siege to observe the map of Pengzhou City and make a detailed attack plan, he did not want to make any mistakes in such an important war.

Like Xiao Ming, when Niu Ben and the others looked at the map, they immediately frowned.

"Your Highness, this Pengzhou City seems to be a hard bone, we can only attack Pengzhou City from the front, and the land in front of Pengzhou City is narrow, which is very unsuitable for the line formation of soldiers." Niu Ben analyzed.

Luo Xin said directly: "Pengzhou City has neither artillery nor musket team, King Wei seems to regard the purchased equipment as a treasure, since this is the case, we will take the method of attacking Shanhaiguan, mortar artillery to throw lime bombs, explosives to break the city." ”

"Luo Xin is right, directly on the artillery." Lu Fei's temperament has not changed, direct and crisp.

Niu Ben snorted, and he said: "To put it simply, there is a very wide moat outside Pengzhou City, but you can talk about how to bury explosives." ”

Luo Xin didn't look at the sand table carefully just now, but only then did he see it, and he immediately smirked.

Niu Ben turned to Xiao Ming at this time, His Highness: "The last general has a way, please ask Your Highness to gather two or three warships to help in the battle." ”