What are the advantages of the rebels? Solid Luoyang City, impeccable defense deployment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This is their biggest advantage.

How to turn the rebels' strengths into weaknesses? Destroy the rebels' defenses and leave them unsafe.

The way to destroy the rebel defenses is simple, gather all the ordnance and bombard it in groups. The rebels' defensive facilities are nothing more than Fengyuan, Wengcheng, horse faces, gatehouses, and towers, which are either rammed earth or bricks and wood, and how many consecutive impacts can they withstand? If we can't finish bombing in ten days, we will bomb for a month.

The rebels lost these defensive facilities, and they lost their reliance, and the morale and morale of the army were all bombarded to us, how could they defend Luoyang?

However, there are several difficulties in the implementation of this method proposed by Xu Maogong.

First of all, how long will it take to assemble 5,000 catapults and 20,000 ballistas? How to solve the problem of operating 25,000 heavy weapons and requiring a staggering number of soldiers and civilians? If 5,000 catapults bombard day and night, they need a lot of stone bullets, where do the stone bullets come from?

After the bombardment, the soldiers were to go to the city to fight. There are two problems that must be solved in the battle to the city. First, the moat needs to be filled, and second, it is necessary to create a large number of wells as high as the castle. The well is similar to a car, with a shed and a wide gangplank on top. During the siege, the well was pushed under the city, and the assault soldiers lowered the gangplank, connected to the top of the city wall, and then opened the shack and rushed directly to the top of the city wall to fight.

After careful deliberation with the generals, Li Yi set the siege time for mid-August, that is, three months later.

During these three months, the soldiers and men under Luoyang City needed to make a lot of preparations.

First of all, it is necessary to cut off the moat on the battlefield of Xicheng, drain the water in the moat, and fill the moat. Summer is coming soon, and the wet season is very unfavorable for damming and cutting the moat, not to mention that the moat of Luoyang City is wide and large, and it is within the range of the rebels, so it is very difficult to fill it up.

For this reason, Li Yi and the generals decided to fill in the moat in front of Yongmen, with a length of two miles.

As for the way to fill the moat, it will depend on the repair of the oars and the indignation. The top of the indignation is covered with raw cowhide, which can be pushed to the trench or the foot of the city for landfill and excavation operations. The Turret is similar to the Angry Tree, but its duty is to cover the area of attack as the guards approach.

In addition, filling the moat will definitely cause panic among the enemy troops in the city. The soldiers and men of the Northern Xinjiang Army worked day and night, and they would shoot day and night, which could help the army get some stone bullets and arrows, killing two birds with one stone.

The height of the well was more than 100 feet, and Xu Maogong required that the shed accommodate at least twenty soldiers. This is a behemoth, which can only be made under the city of Luoyang, otherwise it cannot be transported.

There are more than a dozen mountains of different sizes near Luoyang, such as Bishan, Yushan, Qinglong Mountain, Jingzi Mountain, Yingshan Mountain, Shouyang Mountain, etc., which are densely wooded and can be used locally.

Of course, the stone projectiles used by the catapults also had to be excavated from these mountains.

Then the crowd began to argue about the number of men. Just now, Xu Maogong has made it clear that the number of people should be reduced. But now that there are many things and time is tight, Yue Fei and others think that not only can the people not be reduced, but also have to be recruited again.

Both sides disagreed, and the voices grew louder.

Li Yi waved his hand to signal the generals to calm down.

"In the past three months, we have mainly filled in the two-mile-long moat, made 500 wells, collected enough 5,000 catapults to bombard for a month, and it is enough to keep about 1.5 million people under Luoyang City." Li Yi said, "There are too many people pulling the rope of the medium-sized catapult to deploy it intensively, which is not conducive to our concentrated bombardment, so it is immediately modified to make it like a heavy catapult that can be launched without human rope pulling." In a hurry, Shen Kuo, Liu Ye and others were invited to rush to the Luoyang battlefield and take the craftsmen to transform day and night. Doing so will also reduce some of the people's husbands. ”

"My lord, now is the armistice period, and the people are enough, but once the war starts, one and a half million people will definitely not be enough." Xu Da persuaded, "In my opinion, before the war, another 500,000 must be requisitioned. ”

"Okay, that's it." Li Yi turned his head to look at Xu Shu and asked, "Within three months, can you get together 5,000 catapults and 20,000 ballistas?" ”

"We can make it and recruit it from other places, and we will definitely be able to gather the quantity in the autumn, and it may even exceed this amount." Xu Shu's face showed a worried look and said, "It's just that in this way, on other battlefields, especially in Guanzhong, the city defense force will be greatly weakened." ”

Li Yi frowned slightly. Xu Maogong smiled indifferently: "As long as Luoyang is defeated, even if there are some defeats in other battlefields, it has nothing to do with the overall situation." ”

"What about Guanzhong? If the Qiang people break through the Yicheng and Shangtai lines, wouldn't Chang'an be dangerous? Yue Fei said worriedly, "We paid a huge price to win Guanzhong, and we must not lose it." ”

"There are four key passes in the passes, and the defenders of each department can hold out until we conquer Luoyang City by virtue of the dangers of the four passes." Xu Maogong said very confidently, "At present, the biggest threat to us are the Qiang people in Western Xinjiang, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong in Yizhou, and Liu Biao and Yuan Xi in Nanyang, Jingzhou. There is Wuguan in the southeast of Guanzhong, there is Dasanguan in the southwest, and there are Yicheng and Shangqi in the upper reaches of Weishui River. ”

With the determination of the resolution, the Luoyang battlefield temporarily fell into a state of armistice.

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In mid-May, Luoyang went to Lin Yuan, and the general was on his way.

Cai Zhe came back, he recounted the trip to Jiangdong carefully, and in the end, Cai Zhe looked frightened, and his heart became more and more uneasy, because Li Yi's face became more and more cold.

Suddenly, Li Yi slapped his palm on the case, and roared angrily: "The vertical is rampant, kill it." ”

Cai Zhe was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Brother-in-law atons for his sins, I have a heavy burden ......"

"Hmph......" Li Yi sneered, waved at him, and said lightly: "I thought that something happened to Sun Ce, and Jiangdong was in danger, but who knew that Zhou Yu actually took the initiative to give up the fight for Jiangdong and assist the little-known Sun Quan, which was a big surprise." How long do you think the intimacy between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu can last? ”

Cai Zhe saw that Li Yi didn't blame himself, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and replied: "In my opinion, as long as Old Madam Sun is alive, even if there is infighting in Jiangdong, it will not affect the stability of Jiangdong." Sun Quan was the first to lead Jiangdong, but he did not have enough qualifications and an unstable foundation, and he needed time to build and consolidate his power. Therefore, in the future, Zhou Yu's support and help are very important to him, and he will never rashly turn against Zhou Yu. ”

As for Zhou Yu, choosing to assist Sun Quan at this moment is also a last resort, his strength is weak, and Sun Quan's fate is connected, one glory and common prosperity, one loss and other loss, he can only make this helpless choice. In the future, Sun Quan will sit firmly in Jiangdong and have full wings, and it will be difficult to say Zhou Yu's fate. ”

"How so?" Li Yi asked curiously, "Could it be that Sun Quan is better than his brother Sun Ce?" ”

Cai Zhe said cautiously: "I think he is very scheming and shameless. ”

"Shameless?" Li Yi's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "You mean to force Old Madam Sun to marry her daughter to me?" ”

"No, it's the hostage thing." Cai Zhe sat down on the table again at Li Yi's signal, pursed his lips with disdain, and continued, "Sun Ce has an accident, Sun Quan actually leads Jiangdong on his behalf, and the court wants hostages, of course, Sun Quan's wife and child. But Sun Quan lied and deceived Mrs. Sun that we wanted several of his younger brothers to be hostages in Jicheng. Old Madam Sun actually believed it. She didn't want to think about it, Sun Quan was the lord of Jiangdong, what was the use of us asking his younger brother to be a hostage? How much of a threat did Sun Quan's younger brothers pose to Sun Quan? Not to mention Sun Quan's younger brothers, even if Sun Jian and Sun Ce came to Northern Xinjiang, we would not choose them as hostages. ”

Li Yi nodded, he very much agreed with Cai Zhe's opinion. In the previous life, someone once commented that the three founding monarchs of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Beihou and Cao *** Sun Quan were thick and black, and they took the study of thick black to the extreme. Just like Cai Zhe said, even if Northern Xinjiang arrests Sun Jian and Sun Ce, who quietly came to Northern Xinjiang, as hostages, I am afraid it will be difficult to make Sun Quan surrender. I'm afraid he will be like Liu Bang at the beginning, and let Li Yi share his piece of the pie.

Cai Zhe continued: "I think Sun Quan deliberately let his younger brothers leave Jiangdong, so as not to compete with him for power and profit, and the brothers will be in trouble. Who knew that Mrs. Sun was resolute and disagreed. ”

"When I asked to leave Jiangdong, I met with Sun Quan alone. Sun Quan hinted at me, saying that now Jiangdong is Zhou Yu's final say, and it is more effective to take Zhou Yu's wife and children as hostages. Of course, I understood what he meant, so when the formal negotiations were made, I proposed a change. Sun Quan's younger brother can also be a hostage, but Zhou Yu's wife must be added. ”

"I didn't know what Sun Quan's real purpose was at the time, considering that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu didn't have the sincerity to be appeased, so I also talked nonsense, who knew that Zhang Zhao would come to marry the next day, and then I suddenly realized."

"The situation in Jiangdong is very critical, and we must get help from Hebei, and Hebei helps Jiangdong contain Cao Cao, which is also in the interests of Hebei, and Sun Quan is not afraid that we will not send troops. Therefore, he resolutely refused the hostage's request, so as not to be held hostage and controlled by Hebei in the future. ”

"In addition, after the situation in Jiangdong is stabilized, in order to win time for himself to develop his strength, Sun Quan will secretly negotiate peace with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others, so as to achieve a situation in which all parties are fully established."

"If Sun Quan wants to step on two boats, he can't get too close to Hebei, let alone send hostages to Jicheng, so as not to encounter great resistance when discussing peace with Cao Cao and Liu Biao. Sun Quan was reluctant to send the hostage, but he wanted to get our help as soon as possible, so he took advantage of the opportunity of me asking Zhou Yu for a hostage, provoked Zhou Yu, and joined forces with Zhou Yu to put pressure on Mrs. Sun, bribing her brother-in-law by marriage, hoping that her brother-in-law would send troops as soon as possible. ”