The wheels roared, the horses' hooves sounded, and a group of black-clad and black-armored soldiers surrounded a chariot and drove up the embankment of the Yellow River.

And on the bank of the river, there are dozens of people who are busy, erecting seven or eight wooden poles, some of which are inserted in the river, some are inserted on the bank, and some are inserted in the big lift, and some people are holding ropes, rulers, etc., or in the water, or on the shore, I don't know what they are doing?

At this time, a sixty-year-old man in the crowd walked up to the embankment of the Yellow River with a few servants, came to the chariot, bowed and saluted, and said, "General." ”

A military general with a helmet and armor got down from the chariot and returned the salute to the old man, saying, "Zheng Shuiling, hard work." ”

The sixty-year-old man laughed and said: "This is a matter within the old decay, the general is busy with military affairs, how can he have time to come to the Yellow River to inspect the work of the decay?" ”

The military general also smiled and said: "Shui Ling is polite, this time the attack on Daliang can only succeed by irrigating the city with the water of the Yellow River, so the working relationship of Shui Ling is heavy, how can Wang Jian not come and take a look." ”

This sixty-year-old man is Zheng Guo, the water commander of the Qin State, and after the Qin army's army entered the city of Daliang, he also rushed to the camp of the Qin army, and surveyed the water situation by the Yellow River to prepare for the water irrigation of Daliang. And this general is the chief general of the Qin army, the general Wang Jian.

At this time, the total number of Qin troops outside Daliang City had reached 250,000 people, and they had already completed the preliminary blockade of Daliang City, but Wang Jian was also afraid of the city defense of Daliang City, and did not dare to attack Daliang City, so Wang Jian also personally rushed to the edge of the Yellow River to see how Zheng Guo was prepared.

After a few words, Wang Jian said: "Water Order, can you start irrigating the beams now?" ”

Zheng Guo shook his head and said: "Now the water potential of the Yellow River has just begun to rise, and it is far from reaching the point where it can be dug and irrigated. ”

Wang Ben, who was behind Wang Jian, couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said, "Wouldn't it be a month to wait?" ”

Zheng Guo said with a smile: "The young general is too anxious, although he can't release the water now, there is still a lot of preparation to be done." ”

Wang Ben said: "What work is still to be done?" ”

Zheng Guo said with a smile: "Although the old man is a water worker, but he does not have much experience in the method of water warfare, so since last year, the old man has been studying the two battles of Zhibo flooding Jinyang, Wu Anjun water irrigating Yancheng, to a slight gain, according to the old decay, the plan of water attack is nothing more than two points, one is to use the water potential impact to collapse the city wall, Wu Anjun water irrigated Yancheng is even more so, when the water from the west of the city irrigated the east of the city, into the abyss, the northeast corner of the city; The second is that the cofferdam floods the city with water, and Zhibo floods Jinyang, if it is not for the Han and Wei families, Jinyang will be broken. According to the old and decayed view, the sorghum is not comparable to Yancheng, although the initial momentum of the water potential impact is fierce, but it is difficult to last, so the impact of the water potential alone may not be able to rush across the city wall of the girder, only the effective Zhibo flooded Jinyang, and the cofferdam flooded the city with long-term flooding. I don't know what the general thinks, what does the major general think? ”

Wang Jian nodded again and again when he heard this, Zheng Yan deserved to be a professional, and he really said that the head was true, the high wall of Daliang City was thick, and it was surrounded by indigo stones, and it was built with rammed earth, and it was impossible to rely on a flood to cross the wall of the girder. The only way to flood the city for a long time was to shake the foundation of the girders, and to demolish the morale of the defenders.

Therefore, Wang Jian asked again: "Then may I ask the water order, if you want to use the method of flooding the city for a long time, how should it be carried out?" ”

Zheng Guodao: "First of all, it is necessary to build a cofferdam around Daliang City, although the terrain of Daliang City is low-lying, but its periphery is flat and broad, once the water is released, the scope of flooding is too wide, it is difficult to reach the depth of water, and it is possible to flood the camp of our Qin army, so only by building a cofferdam, can we store water and flood the city, this project alone is extremely huge, whether it can be completed within a month, it is not yet known." ”

Wang Jian said: "Rest assured, in a few days, there will be 300,000 civilian servants to the front line, and more than 100,000 people can be recruited on the spot, so that the construction of the cofferdam is more than enough, and the construction of the cofferdam, not only can store water, but also close the girder before the water is stored, it is also a matter of killing two birds with one stone, and tomorrow the old man will order to start building the cofferdam." ”

Zheng Guodao: "With the deployment of the general, the old man can rest assured." But just the cofferdam is not enough, we divert the Yellow River water to irrigate the beam, is to borrow the gap, the water potential of the gap will skyrocket, I am afraid to surpass the embankment of the gap, so the embankment on both sides of the gap should also be strengthened, in addition to the gap from the city of Liang is more than ten miles away, and the water potential is impermanent, if the water is released from the mouth of the mouth, the water of the Yellow River may not be able to flow to the city of Liang according to what we think, we must also build one or several rivers, connect the water, the water of the Yellow River to the city of Liang. In addition, the admiral had to prepare rafts and boats for water warfare. ”

When Wang Ben heard this, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and said, "It turns out that the method of water attack is so complicated, I thought that as long as the river was dug and the water was opened." ”

Wang Jian glared at him and said, "If the method of water attack was so simple, when my Qin State attacked Handan three times, I would have been able to use the water attack strategy a long time ago, and there are still many things you have to learn?" Don't think that after only a few victories and a few mediocre talents, you will consider yourself a famous general. ”

Wang Ben also lowered his head and said, "Father has been taught, and the child has been taught. ”

The defeat of the Dai army on the edge of the chasm resulted in the Qin army losing more than 3,200 soldiers and nearly 3,000 wounded, and the 5,000 cavalry troops trained by Wang Ben himself lost more than 1,000 killed and more than 800 wounded. This also poured a bucket of cold water on Wang Ben's head.

And Wang Jian also reprimanded Wang Ben harshly, in fact, Wang Ben's tactical arrangement is not much wrong, the two lines come out together, one feints and one is real, and the army is actually a very good tactic. But Wang Ben's mistake is that he is hot-headed, desperately hoping that the newly formed Qin army cavalry can fight a decisive battle with the cavalry of the Dai army, and the fighting spirit is too strong and becomes the courage of the horseman, because Wang Ben is the main general of the first army after all, and should sit in the rear and command comprehensively, not a reckless man who charges into battle, and Wang Ben's main economic strength should also be placed on the battlefield on the south bank of the chasm.

After being reprimanded by his father, Wang Ben came to his senses a little, it turned out that he thought that after using the new horse furniture, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army's cavalry had been greatly improved, and the success of the assault on Xingkou also boosted Wang Ben's self-confidence, thinking that the Qin army had been able to fight with the Dai army. The result of this battle still shows that there is still a considerable gap between the cavalry of the Qin army and the Dai army.

In fact, Wang Ben also overestimated the Dai Army, because the Fan Yong Army that fought this time was the strongest fighting force in the Dai Army's cavalry army, they were originally composed of grass herding nomads, and they were born warriors on horseback, of course, it was not comparable to the Qin Army that had only changed to a few days of new horse furniture, coupled with the tactics of the Qin Army, the weapons were not rooted, so the defeat of this battle was inevitable.

At this time, Zheng Guo laughed and said: "General, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, who has not fought a few defeats!" You don't have to be too the major general. ”

Wang Jianzheng said: "The words of the water order are bad, the soldiers, the general trend of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must not be investigated, the life and death of hundreds of thousands of troops, the success or failure of the country is related to the main general, how can you be careless." In the Battle of Changping that year, King Zhao Xiaowen misused Zhao Shi, who could only talk on paper, and as a result, the entire army of Zhao was annihilated, and the Zhao State was weakened and collapsed. If you change it, the battle of Changping was defeated by our Qin State, what will happen, the six eastern countries will take the opportunity to form a joint column again, break through the Hangu Pass, and enter the territory of our Qin State. As in front of this, although we have set a plan to attack the girder with water, as the water order said, if we are a little careless and not careful, the water will not only not flood the girder, but will flood our Qin army itself, and hundreds of thousands of Qin troops will be buried in the water, so we must not ignore it, and we must do it foolproof. ”

Wang Ben listened, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, a war and a country, a war and the death of a country, in this era is too much, Changping War, Qin actually only achieved a fiasco, if the main general of the Qin army at that time was not a famous general Bai Qi, but a Zhao Shi-style mediocre material who can only talk on paper, Zhao did not replace Lian Po with Zhao Shi, then the outcome of the Battle of Changping is indeed difficult to say, and once Qin loses this battle, it will inevitably weaken immediately, and there is no time to re-rise, It's really hard to say.

In the past, Wang Ben always felt that Wang Scissors's way of using soldiers was too cautious, cautious, step by step, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, there is like himself, good at adventurous surprise attacks, surprising victory, it turned out that Wang Ben thought that his father was older, but his courage became smaller and smaller, and now Wang Ben realized that his father was by no means timid, but really honest. In fact, when the decisive battle should be fought and the troops should be invested, Wang Jian will never be indecisive, which is fully expressed in the battle of Jingcheng, but he has been ignored by himself.

Therefore, Wang Ben respectfully bowed to Wang Jian and said: "The child's teachings will be remembered by the child, and he will never forget it." ”

Wang Jian nodded at this time, and said: "You have been familiar with military books since you were a child, and you have been in battle for a long time, and you may not be able to compare with you as a father when you talk about the way of individual soldiers, but as the commander of an army, you must not take risks lightly if you are not completely sure." ”

Wang Ben said: "The child understands. ”

A smile appeared on Wang Jian's face, and he said: "Okay, in the next few days, you will work with Zheng Shuiling to formulate the matter of how to divert water to cross the beam, open the water from there, how to build the diversion channel, and draw a formation diagram for me to see." ”

Zheng Guo hurriedly said: "The old man respects the general's order. ”

Wang Jian looked at the rushing Yellow River, then turned his head to look in the direction of Daliang City, and said, "Whether you can capture Daliang or not, it's up to you here." ”