Chapter 33 Flaws
On the banks of the Huoshui River, Xiaoxian had turned into a sea of tents. Gao Yang, the emperor of Qi who was personally in charge, had a conversation with Zhaoyi Duan in the magnificent tent after handling the affairs.
Duan Zhaoyi is Duan Shao's sister. She looks as if she is ashamed of the moon and flowers. She is also versatile. She is Gao Yang's favorite concubine and Gao Yang's cousin. This time she went out with Gao Yang and accompanied her all the way.
Because Duan Shao was defeated and killed while rescuing Pengcheng, when the army was about to Pengcheng, Gao Yang and Duan Zhaoyi talked about the enemy situation.
"The Liang army used Hanshan Imperial to store water and turned Pengcheng into a water park. It was a radius of hundreds of miles and could not get in. It also used a boat army to station the city walls and built a fortress on both sides of Hanshan Imperial, which was the north and south barriers."
"There are stone walls, wooden fences, and water trenches surrounding it. There seems to be water villages on Hanshan Weir, which can be communicated with Pengcheng by water."
"The Hanshan Second Pass is quite large, and the number of troops stationed in the garrison is unknown for the time being."
"The State of Liang established Xuzhou, and the governor of Xuzhou was the Liang general who captured Hou Ni, Li Li."
Gao Yang lay on the couch, said leisurely, looking at Hou Jing's hand bones, and used it as a conversation partner: "It seems that it is not an accident that you were captured alive by Li Li?"
On the side, Duan Zhaoyi looked at the white and white Gu Ruyi and felt a little uncomfortable and sat silently.
"I will definitely avenge Xiaoxian's revenge." Gao Yang put down Ruyi, sat up, and let Duan Zhaoyi sit beside him. In front of his family, he claimed that he didn't need "I".
Duan Zhaoyi said slowly, "I heard that 'The Lord should not be angry and provoke an army, and the General should not be angry and fight.' I asked Your Majesty to ask the overall situation to be the most important thing. If Hanshan is difficult to attack, you cannot miss the war for this."
"I said that Xiaoxian's revenge will definitely be avenged."
Gao Yang said and laughed, with murderous intent in his smile: "That Li Li is now guarding Hanshan, and I must capture him alive and take him to Yecheng to parade!"
Gao Yang knew that Pengcheng has now become an island in the lake, and to dry the lake, he had to take down Hanshan Weir.
The Liang army general who guarded Pengcheng (Hanshan) was Li Li, the new governor of Xuzhou of Liang State. This Li Li was the Li Li who captured Hou Jing alive back then.
After the news reached Yecheng, Gao Yang joked that if Li Li was caught in the future, Li Li would be a civil servant in Yecheng.
As a result, Li Li defeated the Qi army one after another and killed Gao Yang's cousin, Duan Shao, the leader of the Jinyang generals, which made Gao Yang furious after receiving the bad news.
If he did not recover Pengcheng and drove the Liang army back to Huainan, how could he convince the public? If he did not defeat the Liang army's arrogance, Huainan would probably be in turmoil.
However, according to the military situation of the scouts, Hanshan Weir is not easy to attack. If you foolishly spend money on Hanshan and Liang army, it is easy to gain more than you lose.
"The Liang army is ready to fight in Hanshan, building many fortresses, stone walls, and trenches, waiting for the official army to attack. Haha, it's a good plan."
Duan Zhaoyi listened silently, and Gao Yang said excitedly: "I plan to send troops to block Hanshan, then divide the troops to attack Xiapi and Suyu, and drive the Liang army to Huainan, and then slowly attack Hanshan."
"When I catch Li Li, I can hand him over to you first and you can punish you."
Duan Zhaoyi quickly replied: "If Your Majesty avenges my revenge, I will be satisfied."
"Don't worry, I will deal with him. As for the Western thieves, haha, the official army has recovered Quenan and Luozhou is purified. They want to take advantage of the situation, which is a delusion!"
Gao Yang was talking to his beloved concubine, but he was actually encouraging himself.
This time, the imperial commander personally won't be able to make mistakes. He must recover Pengcheng, but it cannot be delayed for too long. Otherwise, the Western thieves (Wei State) are very likely to take advantage of the situation and attack Hedong.
Although there are large troops guarding Hedong, there will be no chaos, Gao Yang must prove his ability. Therefore, since he is in charge of the army, he must succeed.
Duan Zhaoyi was excited to see Gao Yang speak, as if she was open to her mind, but she didn't dare to be careless because she often stayed by Gao Yang's side and knew what kind of character Gao Yang was.
In short, Gao Yang was moody and sometimes he was still laughing happily, but he could change his face instantly because the next sentence was not in line with his wishes.
Although she is very favored by Gao Yang, Gao Yang really wants to get angry and no one dares to beat and scold her.
When she married Gao Yang (actually for the side room), the female family made a fuss and teased the groom according to customs. Her sister-in-law, Aunt Yuan Qu (the wife of Duan Shao's wife) became a little too much, annoyed Gao Yang.
Gao Yang was furious at that time and spoke to Duan Shao, saying that he would kill Aunt Yuanqu.
At that time, Aunt Yuan Qu was so scared that her face was as white as paper. She quickly fled to Gao Yang's mother Lou family. From then on, she did not dare to leave the mansion for a second.
Although Gao Yang may not really want to kill someone, this moody Gao Erlang would slash him if he gets angry one day and gets rid of his sword. If the person dies, it will be useless to regret it.
As a nobleman, Duan Shao was unable to protect his life as a wife. Duan Zhaoyi was naturally cautious when serving Gao Yang.
I was afraid that one day I would annoy Gao Yang, and if I had a knife, I would be disabled even if I didn't die.
Moreover, Duan Zhaoyi was worried that Gao Yang was worried about that matter, so she did not dare to be arrogant because of favor.
When Gao Yang was elected as emperor, the nobles opposed the queen's choice Li Zu'e as the queen, but the reason was that "the Han women could not be the queen" and they strongly demanded that Gao Yang make Duan the queen.
But Gao Yang disagreed with the opposition and made Li Zu'e the queen and Duan as Zhaoyi. Since then, Duan Zhaoyi has become more and more cautious in front of Li Zu'e, for fear of improper words, so that Gao Yang will listen and have misunderstandings.
Now that his elder brother Duan Shao is defeated and killed, Duan Zhaoyi is even more careful. Gao Yang said just now that if Li Li is captured, she will be punished first. How dare she answer this?
Gao Yang said and asked his beloved concubine: "Actually, there is a flaw in Hanshanyan, which is fatal but simple enough to make Hanshanyan invalid. Guess what it is?"
"How do I know? I don't have military affairs."
"Guess, it's very simple."
"Yeah..." Duan Zhaoyi frowned lightly, and asked for a moment, tentatively: "I think, in the middle of winter, the water surface becomes thick ice, so that the officers and soldiers can step on the ice to attack Pengcheng and Hanshanyan?"
Gao Yang asked back after hearing this: "How did the beloved concubine think of this method?"
"I heard that every winter, the Western thieves would have to dig ice from the Yellow River, for fear that the officers and soldiers would cross the river to attack."
"Haha, my beloved concubine said it well, but here in Xuzhou, although the lakes will freeze in winter, they will not be frozen. What you said will make the water surface freeze, and the officials and soldiers attack Pengcheng or Hanshanwei by ice, which will not work."
Gao Yang knew that Duan Zhaoyi was not engaged in military affairs, so he showed off his answer: "It is better to drain the flood than to control the flood. We can dig ditches, bypass Hanshan Weir, and drain the water around Pengcheng."
"For example, at the north and south ends of Hanshanyan, several miles away from Liangjunbao Village, each digging a deep channel to directly discharge the water downstream. In this way, the land around Pengcheng..."
"And the Hanshan Weir became a land wall, and the Liang army was like a fish in a dry rut. The two borders in the north and south and the Liang army were just broken tombs and dry bones in the tomb."
Duan Zhaoyi was surprised when she heard this: "This is the flaw? That's that simple?"
"Yes, that's that simple." Gao Yang smiled, with disdain, "Well, Li Li thought that the two ends of Hanshan Weir would be surrounded like iron barrels, and others would have no choice but to do anything? A joke!"
"Our army only needs to mobilize a large number of young and strong people to dig ditches and drain the water at lower terrain. He is like a turtle in a jar!"
Duan Zhaoyi was a little worried: "Digging a ditches may take a long time, right? If Liang Jun finds out that something is wrong, he will send troops to attack..."
Gao Yang didn't care. Last autumn and winter, when he was patrolling the north, he mobilized a large number of young and strong men to build the Great Wall among the mountains and ridges. In contrast, what is it to be digging a few drainage channels on the plain?
He hugged his beloved concubine and smiled: "As long as you have enough labor, there is no problem digging a ditches. As for whether the Liang army will attack, haha, if he attacks, then the official army will just wait for the right time? It just leads the snake out of the hole!"
Chapter completed!