Li San recalled the information about Pengzhou in his mind.

Xiao Ming wanted to conquer Pengzhou, and as a secret guard who collected intelligence, he naturally had to investigate Pengzhou first.

Since he became the commander of the Secret Guard, he has gradually come into contact with other vassal kings. However, overall, he is very confident in the Secret Guard he established. After all, they have a lot of classic books to study.

In the past two years, they have learned in practice and established a mature internal organization, and have also cultivated some excellent secret guards.

"Your Highness, Pengzhou is surrounded by mountains, and Pengzhou City is basically in the basin terrain that Your Highness often calls it. In Xiaguan's opinion, due to the mountainousness, it is difficult for this large-scale army to gather and set up a formation outside the city, which is difficult to pose a threat to the city. Moreover, there are Bian River outside the Pengzhou City, and the two rivers of Si Shui flow southward after the intersection. Now these two rivers have become Pengzhou's natural moats. Overall, Pengzhou is on both sides of mountains and on the north side is water."

Xiao Ming frowned when he heard this. What Li San said was that Xuzhou's geographical location in his science and technology database matched.

In history, the two rivers, Bian River and Si River, have been captured by the Yellow River for a long time. Due to the restrictions of the mountains around Xuzhou, the river channel has always been very stable. The Bian River comes from the west, while the Si River flows from Xiao Ming's fief into the vicinity of Pengzhou City.

Now these two rivers are both moats and waterways for Pengzhou City. The canals that the Great Yu Kingdom passes through Pengzhou City are bypassing the Bian River and Sishui Rivers. Now, merchant ships from the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce have to pass by this place when they move south.

Simply put, you can go north to Qilu along the Si River and directly to Youzhou, along the Bian River, you can go south to Jinling and Yangzhou, and even enter the Yangtze River to reach the fief of the King of Chu. From the west, you can reach Guanzhong areas such as Chang'an and Luoyang. Its location can be said to be a hub connecting the north, south, east and west.

It is precisely for this reason that after King Wei refused to form an alliance, Xiao Ming's first reaction was to take down Pengzhou City. After all, this kind of easy defense and difficult attack, and a transportation hub was really disgusting in the hands of King Wei, because it means that he will always face the risk of King Wei poking his chrysanthemums.

If he took this place, it would be equivalent to tearing open the door of Wei. From then on, Wei was flat and allowed to gallop and easily turn defense into offense.

"Your Highness, in addition to the easy terrain of this Pengzhou City, the people of Pengzhou City are also extremely tough. The people of Pengzhou are brave and good at fighting and are not inferior to those of Qi. In addition, there are 50,000 elite soldiers stationed in Pengzhou City. These soldiers are all local people in Pengzhou. The generals in the army also come here to the local wealthy families in Pengzhou. With the private soldiers of these big clans, the troops in Pengzhou City are not small." Li San became more and more worried.

Not only is Pengzhou City easy to defend but difficult to attack, the army in the city is not weak.

"Pengzhou has been a place where military strategists have fought for since ancient times. I also understand that the soldiers are strong. Because of this, I have to take down Pengzhou. Otherwise, if King Zhao and the barbarians attack, I will be attacked from both sides." Xiao Ming's expression was firm.

Li San nodded with a serious expression. After Xiao Ming said this, he felt that Pengzhou City was really important.

After pausing, he continued, "Your Highness, the official also learned about the situation of the local wealthy families. The first largest clan in Pengzhou City is the Mi family. Now the eldest son of the Mi family head is the chief of the Wei royal palace. In addition, this second big clan is the Lu family..."

Xiao Ming nodded while listening. Li San had a very detailed understanding of Pengzhou City. Now he had a very good understanding of Pengzhou City.

"You have collected all this information into a book. In addition, I need a detailed topographic map of Pengzhou City." Xiao Ming pondered for a moment. As the saying goes, knowing his opponent and his own will win every battle. Before the war comes, he must have detailed information.

But this is only part of the work. He said to Li San: "How do local wealthy families view this king?"

"Just as Your Highness thinks, the wealthy families in Pengzhou are very hostile to Your Highness and often have disrespectful words. This is also what the officials are worried about. If Your Highness attacks Pengzhou City, they are afraid that these local tribes will fight to the death."

Xiao Ming smiled bitterly. He was a little more ruthless in order to eliminate the wealthy families who bound Qingzhou. Now his behavior has become a ruthless act in the eyes of these wealthy families. However, even so, he still did not regret his decision at that time.

The Great Yu Kingdom was numb under the rule of these famous families for too long. If these tumors could not be completely eradicated, they would continue to absorb the blood of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Thinking of this, he made a decision in his heart, so he said to Li San: "What about the rich family, what about the people?"

"The people praise Your Highness very much." Li San said with a smile. He was also very proud of this matter.

"So can the Secret Guards incite the people to rebel?" Xiao Ming asked.

When Li San came, he understood that the point of Xiao Ming looking for him was this. He said: "Go back to Your Highness, this matter is very difficult. The people have lived under the oppression of the wealthy clan for a long time, or the local people have become vassals of the wealthy clan. When they are not sure that Your Highness can break through Pengzhou City, they dare not act rashly."

"Well, since that's the case, you try again when I attack Pengzhou City." Xiao Ming said. Since Li San said so, he must have bribed some people.

He did not expect these people to decide the outcome of the war, but it would be nice to distract the army of Pengzhou City.

After mastering the detailed information, Xiao Ming asked Li San to go back.

Three days later, Li San returned again, and at this time he handed him a complete terrain and military deployment map of Pengzhou City, and he asked the craftsmen of the Equipment Department to create sand tables overnight.

The next day, he summoned the generals involved in the siege to observe the map of Pengzhou City and formulated a detailed offensive plan. He did not want to make any mistakes in such an important war.

Like Xiao Ming, Niu Ben and others frowned after looking at the map.

"Your Highness, this Pengzhou City seems to be a hard bone. We can only attack Pengzhou City from the front. Moreover, the land in front of Pengzhou City is narrow and very unsuitable for the soldiers' lineup." Niu Ben analyzed.

Luo Xin said directly: "There are neither artillery nor musket teams in Pengzhou City. The King of Wei seems to regard the equipment purchased as a treasure. Since this is the case, we will take the method of attacking Shanhaiguan, and the mortar cannons are ejected lime bombs and explosives break the city."

"Luo Xin is right, just go to the cannon." Lu Fei's temperament has not changed, and he is straightforward.

Niu Ben snorted and said, "It's simple to say that this is a very wide moat outside Pengzhou City. How do you talk about how to bury explosives?"

Luo Xin didn't look at the sand table carefully just now, and then he saw it and suddenly giggled.
Chapter completed!