In the following days, the two sides withdrew their troops and ceased fighting, but each stepped up its training in water warfare to prepare for future wars.

On the sixth day after the Qin army launched a water attack on Daliang, Wang Jian received a report from the soldiers guarding Xingkou that there was a fleet, about more than 100 ships of various kinds, that had opened the chasm and was sailing in the direction of Daliang, but this was not the transport fleet of the Qin army.

Since the release of water to flood the beam, the Qin army unexpectedly discovered an additional result of the water attack, that is, the water level of the chasm rose, and the river channel built by guò could be used to transport a considerable part of the grain and grass materials to the Qin army's camp through the guò waterway, which could not only greatly reduce the cost of transportation, but also avoid the attack of the Fan Yong army. Therefore, during this period, a large number of transport ships arrived at the Qin army's camp, which was originally used to temporarily divert water to flood the Liang, but instead became the main transportation channel for the Qin army.

If this fleet is not the transport fleet of the Qin army, then there is only one possibility, this is the fleet of the Dai army, the last battle of Wei, Yang Duanhe once wanted to cross the Yellow River, with the frontal Qin army to attack the Liang, but when crossing the river, it was hit by the fleet of the Dai army, and the Qin army that crossed the river was almost wiped out, so this also shows that the Dai army does have a naval army, and now the Qin army is irrigated with Liang, so the plateau will also transfer this naval army to participate in the war.

After the Qin army stationed in Xingkou discovered the fleet of the Dai army, they immediately sent people to rush to the camp of the Qin army on fast horses to report, and now the fleet has not yet arrived, and the Qin army still has some time to prepare to deal with it, so Wang Jian immediately ordered to gather all the generals to discuss how to deal with the fleet of the Dai army.

After listening to Wang Jian's speech, Zhang Han first said: "General, now Daliang City is already very difficult to attack, if this fleet reaches Daliang, it will definitely make the defenders like a tiger and more difficult to deal with, so we should immediately cut off the river and prevent the fleet from entering Daliang City." ”

Li Xin frowned and said: "If the river is cut off, then our grain and grass materials will not be able to reach the camp by water, and if we take the land route, we will be attacked by the cavalry of the Dai Army, and the losses will be heavy, which is also very unfavorable to our army." ”

Xin Sheng also said: "Yes, now the Dai army is only more than a hundred ships, and we now have more than four or five hundred ships of all kinds, more than 3,000 large and small rafts, even if the fleet of the Dai army arrives in Daliang, what is there to worry about, and now the defenders can't shrink in Daliang City, we still have no way to take them, if the fleet arrives at Daliang, the defenders take the initiative to fight, but it is a good thing." ”

During this time, Xin Sheng was ordered by Wang Jian to train for water warfare. It didn't take long, but it had some effect, and now most of the soldiers had learned to swim a few times, and at least they didn't panic on the raft. Moreover, the craftsmen also collected a lot of fruits, and came up with many ways to stabilize the raft in the water. There are three main methods, one is to connect several rafts, which can increase the stability of the raft in the water; The second is to use a large stone, tie a rope, throw it into the water, and then tie the raft, which is actually similar to the effect of anchoring; The third is to drive a wooden stake in the water and bind the raft to the wooden stake, which can also make the raft stable in the water.

After testing, these methods are very effective, the first method can be used to attack the Great Liang City, and the last two are used to use large equipment such as bed crossbows and trebuchets on rafts, and basically there will be no appearance of shaking and overturning. Therefore, Xin Sheng also felt that his confidence had increased greatly, and he thought that if he launched an attack on Daliang City now, the result would definitely be very different. Now that the fleet of the Dai Army has also arrived at Daliang, Xin Sheng is also quite eager to try and want to fight another water battle with the Dai Army to see the effect of the Qin Army's training.

Qiang said: "The plateau has always been a plan to move, unpredictable, and he is good at making some seemingly inconspicuous, but can greatly improve the army's combat effectiveness of the furniture, such as the new style of horse furniture he designed, can make the cavalry combat effectiveness greatly increased, so since he dares to transfer the fleet to the girder, there must be a war, maybe he will make some new design in the ship, can greatly increase the strength of the army's water warfare, we will put the fleet of the army, maybe we will make a big mistake." ”

Hearing him say this, the generals of the Qin army also pondered, although what Qiang said was just a speculation, but no one dared to underestimate it, just looking at the new saddle and horse pedal designed by the plateau, it could greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, and also gave the Qin army a headache, as well as the fireball projected by the trebuchet, no one doubted that the plateau would not make some modifications similar to the new horse furniture on the ship.

Wang Jian also felt a little dilemma at this time, if the navy army of the first generation army really had any new equipment similar to the new horse furniture, wouldn't the Qin army be asking for hardship? But this is just a speculation, and there is no fact to support it, in this era, water warfare is not only primitive, but also not popular, among the nations, only Chu has established a professional naval army, and the Qin army is often extremely lacking in naval warfare, so Wang Jian can not make a correct judgment.

If the river is blocked and the fleet of the Dai army is not allowed to enter, it will also cut off the water transportation line of the Qin army, and it can only rely on land transportation, and the land route will face the surprise attack of the Dai army and the loss will be huge. Although the training of the Qin army's naval army has some results, it is still unknown whether it can immediately break through Daliang City, so this battle is estimated to be protracted, and now the army of Qin gathered in Wei has as many as six or seven hundred thousand civilian servants, and the consumption of grain and grass alone is close to 10,000 stone every day, although Qin's national strength is strong, but if it continues to be consumed like this, it is not a good policy, and maybe it will eventually be consumed until Qin can no longer support it and is forced to retreat.

Of course, Wang Jian knew that the war was not only a competition of armies, but also a competition of strength, just for a vain speculation, so that the Qin State suffered huge losses, even if the Wei State was finally destroyed, it may not be beneficial to the unification of the Qin State. Therefore, how to choose, Wang Jian really couldn't make any decision for a while.

If Yang Duanhe was here, he would be able to help Wang Jian make a decision, because in the last battle, when Yang Duanhe crossed the Yellow River, he was raided by the Dai Army's naval army, and he had seen the power of the Dai Army's warships. However, firstly, the Qin State has never established a real naval army, nor does it need a naval army, and does not attach importance to water warfare, so the generals of the Qin army, including Wang Jian, have not studied the details of this battle in depth, but only think that it was a surprise attack of the Dai army; Second, this is a defeat after all, since Wang Jian doesn't ask much, Yang Duanhe naturally doesn't want to mention it.

Of course, when the fleet of the Dai army approached, Yang Duanhe would no longer have anything to hide, and would definitely tell Wang Jian what he saw and known, if Wang Jian understood the details of the water battle, maybe he would rather bear huge material losses, but also block the river's plan, but now Yang Duanhe is not in the Qin army's camp, so Wang Jian also lost a great opportunity to understand the water warfare ability of the Dai army, which also affected Wang Jian's judgment.

At this time, Xin Sheng said: "General, according to the last general's opinion, completely blocking the river is not good for our army, so it is not advisable, it is better to send the navy to block the entrance of the river when the fleet of the Dai army arrives, and on both sides of the river, set up more trebuchets to destroy the fleet of the Dai army, so that even if the fleet of the Dai army finally breaks through the river and sails into Daliang City, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, so there is no need to worry." ”

When Wang Jian heard this, he couldn't help but nod again and again, and said with a smile: "This proposal is very good, in this way, there is no need to block the river, and you can block the fleet of the Dai army, which is really a two-win solution, what do you think?" ”

When the other generals of the Qin army heard this, they all said yes, including Zhang Han and Qiang, who built a river to cut off the river, and they had no objections, because cutting off the river was indeed a double-edged sword, and the damage to the Qin army itself was equally huge, and Xin Sheng's construction was just a method of dismantling, arranging trebuchets on both sides of the river to strike at the warships of the Dai army, no matter what powerful weapons the fleet of the Dai army had, it was impossible to resist the attack of the trebuchet.

Then use the warships of the Qin army to intercept them at the mouth of the river, so that the layers of fortifications are really invisible, and I really can't think of any other way to deal with the Dai army, unless the fleet of the Dai army is infused with copper and iron.

Wang Jian nodded and said, "Okay, according to General Xin's words, immediately mobilize a hundred bed crossbows and a hundred trebuchets to arrange them on both sides of the river, and as soon as the fleet of Daijun arrives, General Xin will immediately lead the fleet to attack." ”

The generals claimed that it was, and when Wang Jian was about to order the tent to be dispersed, he saw a soldier enter the tent and report: "Report to the general, the warship of the army has sailed into the river." ”

Wang Jian was stunned, and couldn't help but be surprised, was the warship of the Dai army so fast? Because according to Wang Jian's concept, the speed of the ships is as slow as an ox cart, the transport ships of the Qin army sailed in from the chasm, and it took more than half a day to sail into the waters of Daliang, and it was only less than two hours later, the fleet of the Dai army sailed into the river from the chasm, and the total length of the entire river is only more than ten miles, if with such a speed, I am afraid that it will not even take half an hour to sail across the river and enter the waters of Daliang. Even if Wang Jian decides to cut off the river now, I'm afraid it's too late.

Not to mention Wang Jian, all the generals present were also surprised, they didn't expect the warships of the Dai army to come so quickly, and everyone had such a thought in their minds: It must be that Gao Yuan has made some improvements to the ships, so that the speed of the ships has been greatly improved.

But Wang Jian quickly reacted and immediately said: "Xin Sheng, you immediately go and mobilize ships and prepare to intercept the fleet of the Dai army, Li Xin, you immediately go and arrange trebuchets and bed crossbows, and arrange them by the river, how much can be arranged." ”

Xin Sheng and Li Xin also hurriedly said in unison: "The last general respects the order." ”