After the Fan Yong army broke through, the Qin army did not attack Daliang City again, and the defenders in Daliang City did not attack the Qin army's position again, and the battlefield suddenly quieted down.

However, everyone knows that this silence is only a temporary phenomenon, in fact, it is only a period of preparation for the next battle between the two sides, as long as the other side is the first to prepare, this seemingly peaceful situation will be immediately broken.

Time passed day by day, the construction progress of the Qin army outside the city is getting faster and faster, Wang Jian divided the civil service and army of the Qin army into two batches, taking turns to build, day and night, even when eating, it is also carried out in rotation, and the construction is not stopped, so almost every morning when you get up, you will find that the cofferdam built by the Qin army will increase a lot, or there is another fortress, and several arrow towers are completed.

But the plateau also received the news sent back by Jiang Huanwu with flying birds, and after breaking out of the encirclement of the Qin army, the Fan Yong army suddenly gained a broad space to play, and showed its strength, as soon as it broke out of the encirclement, it raided a supplement point of the Qin army, and launched a continuous attack on the logistics supply line of the Qin army, and attacked several transport teams of the Qin army in a row, destroying a large number of grain and grass materials of the Qin army.

Although the Qin army also dispatched troops several times to pursue and encircle the Fan Yong army, Jiang Huanwu also followed the instructions of the plateau and did not engage the Qin army head-on, but as soon as he saw the Qin army chasing, he immediately retreated, never taking risks, plus there were flying birds in the air reconnaissance, and it also gave early warning to the Dai army, so the Qin army's encirclement and suppression were also repeatedly swept into the air and escaped by the Fan Yong army. Moreover, the Qin army was also very jealous of the combat effectiveness of the Fan Yong Army, and did not dare to pursue it excessively, and as a result, it repeatedly missed the opportunity to encircle and suppress.

However, according to Wang Jian's requirements, the Qin army's transportation team also dispersed the brigade into several squads and transported them in parallel, so although the Qin army's transportation team was repeatedly attacked by the Fan Yong army, it was still able to transport a considerable part of the grain and grass materials to the front of the army to maintain the needs of the army. It didn't have much impact on the Qin army.

On the eighth day of the truce between the two sides, the cofferdam of the Qin army finally completed Helong, but the height of many sections has not yet been reached, and the gap in front of each fortress is still retained, but this is the next stage of the work of the Qin army.

The plateau turned around on the city wall, and had a basic understanding of the construction progress of the Qin army, and during this time, the defenders have also been preparing for the water attack of the Qin army, along the edge of the city wall, they also piled up mud and sand bags more than five feet high, one zhang wide at the top, and more than two zhang wide at the bottom, to strengthen the city wall, and behind each city gate, a half-arc embankment was also piled up, with a diameter of about twenty zhang, and the height reached nearly three zhang, the width of the top reached one zhang and five feet, and the width of the bottom reached more than six zhang.

Because the strong city wall of Daliang City itself is a strong embankment, which can block the water potential, but the twelve gates of Daliang City are the main breakthrough of water potential, so it is necessary to build a dam behind the city gate to prevent the water potential to pass through the city gate and rush into the city.

In addition, important locations in Daliang City, such as warehouses, barracks, horse sheds, etc., have been heightened, or embankments have also been built to protect them. Moreover, in the previous period, the defenders cut down a large number of trees, and at this time they had set up more than 1,500 rafts in the city, each of which could hold 20 to 25 soldiers, and also prepared a large amount of grease, hay, dry firewood and other materials.

After turning around, Gao Yuan returned to his mansion and gathered all the generals and said: "Generals, now the cofferdam of the Qin army will be completed, I am afraid that within five or seven days, the Qin army will release water to flood Daliang, although we have made preparations in Daliang City, but it is not possible to prevent it, because it is the beginning of the flood, the water will be very violent, and it may rush across the city wall or the city gate, and the Qin army may take the opportunity to attack, so we must strengthen the monitoring of the Qin army in the past few days, so as not to catch us off guard when the Qin army releases water." And it is unlikely that the Qin army will attack Daliang in the past few days, but it should not be careless. ”

At this time, E Chongyu said: "My lord, these days, we have been stepping up the Qin army to rush work, and although the cofferdam has been completed, its area is extremely wide, the Qin army's defense line is elongated, and with the strength of the Qin army, it is impossible to cover everything, so we will not visit to lead the army to attack, and then give the Qin army a surprise attack." ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "No need, although the Qin army's defense line is extremely long now, but the cofferdam itself is also a solid defense line, I'm afraid it is not easy to fight, and after the Fan Yong army broke through, our attack force was greatly weakened, and the attack may not be able to gain much, in addition, now that the Qin army's cofferdam has been built, even if we dismantle some, it will not hurt the overall situation, with the strength of the Qin army, it can be restored overnight, so we might as well stay in Daliang City, recuperate, and wait for the Qin army to release the water. Let's prepare to fight the Qin army again. Didn't we prepare so many rafts just to wait for the Qin army to release water to irrigate the city, and then fight a water war with the Qin army? ”

Zhao Jiang also nodded, and said: "Yes, the losses of our Dai army some time ago were huge, and now there are only more than 1,300 people left in the Beiwei army, and although the Shengjie army is slightly better, it is less than 4,000, even if you add auxiliary forces, it is only 7,000 people, and now it is less than two months before we enter Daliang, and there will be a long time in the future?" Therefore, it is better to leave a little room for energy. ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "That's right, this time is still long, if you want to fight, there will be a chance in the future, General Lu, how many troops does the Wei army still have now." ”

Lu Renjie said: "Back to the lord, there are still about 52,000 Wei troops in the city, of which the main army is about 20,000 and the auxiliary army is 32,000, but after this period of fighting, the auxiliary army is basically capable of fighting, and there are more than 3,000 wounded soldiers, and within ten days, it is expected that 2,000 people will be able to return from injury." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Let the soldiers start today and train to fight on the raft." In addition, two pools with a length of more than 30 zhang were built in the city, and after the flooding of the beams, they were used to train the naval army. ”

Lu Renjie said: "Yes, the last general will arrange it immediately." ”

Gao Yuan said to Wei Zeng again: "Anchengjun, how is the love of the people in the city now?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Please rest assured that Wu Anjun has sufficient food and materials in the city, and in the previous stage, our army defeated the Qin army in a row, so the feelings of the people in the city are very stable, and there is no intention of uneasiness and panic." ”

Gao Yuan said: "That's good, but the Qin army is going to release water to flood the beams, so it is still necessary to appease the people in advance, and when the water is flooded, don't panic and be afraid." ”

Wei Zeng said: "Yes, I will definitely appease the people well." ”

―――――――― dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― just when the plateau was preparing for the Qin army's water attack in the city, the Qin army outside the city also ushered in a group of aid troops.

It turned out that after Qin Wangzheng received Wang Jian's request for additional troops, and also knew that Wang Jian would recruit 50,000 civilian servants into the army, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered to transfer 40,000 troops from Yingchuan and 30,000 troops from Handan, and immediately reinforce Daliang, and at the same time issued an edict to officially recognize the 50,000 civilian servants collected by Wang Jian as the Qin army, and give them three months' military salary, and at the same time give all the Qin troops on the front line, an additional month's military salary, in order to stimulate the morale of the soldiers.

After the news reached the Qin army camp, the morale of the Qin army was really boosted to a certain extent, and the 50,000 new Qin soldiers who had just been recruited into the army were also in high spirits, and after the reinforcements of the Qin army arrived, Wang Jian was also greatly relieved.

Because now the Qin army has too many places to guard, not only to garrison in Xingkou to defend the embankment of the chasm, but also to send troops to defend their own relief line, although the effect of this is not great, the Qin army still lost a large number of grain and grass materials, but the Qin army can not ignore their own relief line. As a result, the strength of the Qin army was naturally greatly dispersed, even if 50,000 recruits were added, the strength of the besieging Daliang was now less than 200,000, and the strongest Nanyang army had almost been wiped out, and the recruits were difficult to take on the big task for a while, so Wang Jian was also quite worried in his heart, if at this time, the defenders launched an attack on the Qin army like a few days ago, it would indeed be a headache for the Qin army.

In the past few days, Wang Jian has indeed suffered a lot of pressure, and Zheng Guoji has come to the camp of the Qin army from Xingkou, and every day he is personally supervising the construction progress of the Qin army, checking the situation of the cofferdam, and only waiting for the cofferdam to be repaired, and then the water can be released.

Now that 70,000 reinforcements have finally arrived, Wang Jian is also greatly relieved, so that the number of troops besieging Daliang has exceeded 250,000, and he finally has a lot more on hand. So Wang Jian immediately ordered reinforcements to be distributed to the Qin army besieging Daliang on all sides, and ordered to intensify the training of new soldiers.

Moreover, at this time, the Qin army also made a lot of preparations for the water war after the flooding of Daliang, and the number of rafts made exceeded 3,000, and more than 500 ships were collected, and two docks for mooring ships were also repaired. At this time, more than 300 small boats had been transported to the camp and placed in the dock, where they could only be released into the water, while the remaining medium and large ships were now moored at Xingkou because they were difficult to carry, and then sailed into the Daliang area from the newly opened river channel to participate in the water battle. It can be said that the Qin army has also made preparations and is just waiting to start releasing water.

After a detailed discussion between Wang Jian and Zheng Guo, Wang Jian also issued a strict order, within three days, the cofferdam must be completed, and the city should be flooded, and Zheng Guo also rushed back to Xingkou overnight to start the project of blocking the water.