Explosive is a magical artifact.

Due to the lack of artillery, the function of explosives cannot be revealed during field battles.

After all, the battlefields of field battles are very wide, often ten or twenty miles or even dozens of miles. Even if one hundred kilograms of explosives are buried on such a wide battlefield, one or two hundred people may be killed at a time, which is very unprofitable.

But it's different when siegeing the city.

According to various previous experiments and Li Mu's actual combat in Linzi City, the results can be obtained, that is, a maximum of three thousand kilograms of explosives can be destroyed into a world-class city.

The capital of Chu State Shouchun is different from Linzi. Linzi is a place where the Qi people have been operating for almost 800 years since their founding of the country. Shouchun City has only been one or two years since it became the capital of Chu State.

Linzi needs three thousand kilograms of explosives, but Shouchun only has one or two thousand kilograms at most.

The other small cities are just three to five hundred kilograms.

In the Zhao military supplies warehouse in Daliang City, under the order of Zhao Kuo, 100,000 kilograms of explosives were quietly stored! The 100,000 kilograms of explosives sounded like a lot. Zhao Kuo was all cavalry and had no transport carriages. Can he bring them?

Of course.

You should know that Zhao Kuo has a total of 100,000 cavalry under his command, and it only takes one pound of explosives to spread it to everyone. How could he not bring it?

What's more, these 100,000 cavalry also carry 200,000 war horses, which is a standard "one person and two horse" configuration.

A war horse with 200,000 kilograms of explosives is a piece of cake.

Zhao Kuo smiled indifferently and said, "This time, we are fighting this tactical gap and information gap! The people of Chu thought we would fight them head-on, but we were going to get into their stomachs.

The Chu people thought we could not defeat their city, so we took explosives to Shouchun! At that time, we would see if the Chu people could win or if we could win!"

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, everyone present looked at Zhao Kuo, and they could only describe it as the words "worship".

This kind of genius plan is simply awesome! Everyone said in unison: "Master, I am so proud of it, let's take the order!"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "What are you doing while standing there? Go back and prepare.

Daliang City is our last stop for supply. Let the soldiers take all the supplies and set off officially tomorrow to give the people of Chu a surprise!"

Looking at the figures of the generals leaving, Zhao Kuo smiled.

This plan was indeed thought of by Zhao Kuo, but it was not a plan that Zhao Kuo had just slapped his head out of thin air.

The plan that you have had is a slap in your head, and it will be implemented without detailed argumentation. It is most likely that it will fail.

Zhao Kuo's example of this battle has been referenced.

Who to refer to?

Bai Qi, Wu'an Jun of Qin! In Bai Qi's famous "Battle of Yan and Ying", this Wu'an Jun led 80,000 partial troops from Wuguan of Qin. Taking advantage of the confrontation between the Chu army in Qianzhong County and Sima Cuo, the Qin army general, went south like lightning and directly attacked the city of Yandu, the accompanying capital of Chu.

The people of Chu were caught off guard and could only defend Yandu.

Unexpectedly, Bai Qi dug a "Bai Qi Canal" directly, and came to flood Yandu and drowned hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the State of Chu.

Then, Bai Qi crossed Yandu and continued to move south, and rushed to the capital of Chu State, Yingdu, which had been operating for 800 years.

When the king and minister of Chu heard the news, the then king of Chu, King Qingxiang of Chu was so scared that he fled directly from Yingdu and ran all the way to Chencheng.

Bai Qi followed the trend to conquer Yingdu and incorporated the 800-year-old capital of Chu into the Qin Dynasty.

After this war, Bai Qi, whose title was originally created by Daliang, was officially enthroned by King Zhaoxiang of Qin, as Wu'an Jun! Zhao Kuo's idea was the inspiration obtained from Bai Qi's side.

Bai Qi also bypassed the main force of Chu and rushed directly to the capital of Chu, which coincided with Zhao Kuo.

However, Bai Qi had no explosives, so he had to let the soldiers dig a canal for several months, attracting river water to destroy Yandu.

Zhao Kuo doesn't need to be so troublesome when he has explosives. He only needs a few hundred kilograms of explosives to be buried and the matter is done in an instant.

Moreover, if you fight like Zhao Kuo, you don’t need to drown hundreds of thousands of people and commit so many murderous crimes.

You should know that after hundreds of thousands of people died in Yandu, Qin established Nanjun here. The people of Chu were angry and launched a crazily rebellion. In the end, Qin killed nearly one-tenth of the population of Nanjun. It took seven or eight years to finally suppress all the rebellions.

Zhao Kuo didn't have time to suppress the rebellion after destroying the Chu State for seven or eight years. He had the opportunity to attack Central Asia and even Eastern Europe.

“So, people should read more history.

Not only can you avoid many big pits, but you can also find a lot of inspiration for yourself!”

Zhao Kuo said to himself, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This thing actually doesn’t mean that you can win with your ideas.

There is another person in history who wanted to fight like this when targeting Chu State. This person was Li Xin, the general who Qin Shihuang had high hopes for.

Li Xin also adopted the policy of rushing to the heart of Chu. However, Li Xin was not good at learning skills and encountered Xiang Yan, a veteran general of Chu, who was beaten to death by Xiang Yan.

After Li Xin retreated, Qin Shihuang had no choice but to invite veteran Wang Jian to destroy the State of Chu with Wang Jian.

So, strategy is strategy, but on the battlefield, you still have to rely on the commander to adapt to the situation. It does not mean that you will definitely win if you make a plan.

In short, Zhao Kuo was in a very good mood on this day! The next day, Zhao Kuo led his army to leave Daliang and quickly moved south with lightning speed.

Of course, this news was soon learned by the decision-makers of the Chu army who had arrived in Chencheng.

At the military meeting, Jing Yang said happily with a look of "I have seen through Zhao Kuo for a long time": "This Zhao Kuo should be able to appear outside Chencheng soon, and it was not beyond our expectations.

Humph, the so-called Shenwu Xinjun, the world's number one army, is just like this!"

Regarding Jing Yang's words, the Chu generals present showed expressions of approval.

These Chu generals all agreed that Zhao Kuo should go to Chencheng to seek a decisive battle with the Chu army.

Only the Chu king general Chunshen Jun frowned after thinking about it, “After that being said, Wu Xinjun actually brought cavalry this time, which is a very unusual signal.

I was wondering, could it be that he had some strange plan?”

After hearing this, Jingyang suddenly became a little unhappy.

In Jingyang, this should be Chunshenjun’s old problem again, so he started to tear down Jingyang’s platform.

Jingyang felt that everyone had already agreed to work together in dealing with Zhao Kuo, and you actually came to destroy my platform. Isn’t that too unfair?

So Jingyang immediately retorted: "Chunshenjun, you are wrong. As far as I know, the reason why Zhao Kuo all brought cavalry was because he was worried about what changes would happen in Handan.

Once Handan changes, he is full of cavalry and can run back to the battlefield as soon as possible, right?

Moreover, when it comes to frontal combat, doesn’t he have that Chiyou army? So he thinks he is also very strong and is worthy of us.

But what he didn't expect was that we wouldn't fight him this time! No matter what Chiyou Army or Yanhuang Army he could not fight, what's the use of no matter how strong he was?"

Looking at Jingyang who was talking, Chunshen Jun wanted to speak but stopped.

To be honest, Chunshenjun really had a bad premonition in his mind, but Jingyang had already said this. If Chunshenjun continued to speak, it would seem that he was deliberately looking for trouble with Jingyang.

The situation in Chu State can be called the national crisis. Chunshenjun and Jingyang had already reached an agreement to work together, so Chunshenjun hesitated for a moment, but in the end he still did not continue to argue with Jingyang on such an occasion.

Chunshenjun thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, then let the scouts be careful and investigate Zhao Kuo's whereabouts more."

Chunshenjun thought that even if Zhao Kuo did not come to Chencheng, he would have chosen other places on the border of Chu to harass him, and wanted to force the main force of the Chu army to take the initiative to fight Zhao Kuo.

If that is the case, the main force of the Chu army only needs to remain unmoved. Anyway, Chunshen Jun had already told the major border cities and villages to be vigilant.

To take a step back, even if Zhao Kuo breaks through several border cities of Chu, it doesn’t matter the overall situation. Anyway, the real killer weapon of Chu is in Handan and the Qin army on the western front.

Seeing Chunshen Jun give in, Jing Yang laughed happily: "Chunshen Jun, I understand your concerns, but don't worry, Zhao Kuo will definitely not be able to cause any storm.

This time, we have seen him thoroughly!"

When Jing Yang said this, he was full of confidence! Then, a series of news began to spread to the Chencheng Chu Army Command.

The first news report: "Zhao Kuo led 100,000 Zhao troops and had surrounded Yang Xia!"

Jing Yang was very calm about this: "Yangxia is the only way for Zhao Kuo to go to Chencheng. So what if he surrounds Yangxia?

There are five thousand defenders on Yangxia, and 70,000 to 80,000 military and civilians, so his cavalry will not be able to break through Yangxia City.”

However, after only half a day, the second news came back.

"Zhao Kuo has conquered Yangxia City!"

Jingyang was stunned.

After a few seconds, Jing Yang shouted angrily: "How is this possible!"

Not only Jingyang, but other senior Chu army leaders including Chunshenjun were also confused.

According to common sense, a city with 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and civilians and 5,000 defenders is absolutely impossible to be conquered after just a long time of defense.

Not to mention 100,000 cavalry who almost does not have heavy armor and heavy siege equipment, even 200,000 infantry who has heavy armor and heavy siege equipment cannot conquer Yangxia City in half a day! Chunshen Jun couldn't help but say, "How did Zhao Kuo do it?"

In response, the scout replied: "It is said that Zhao Kuo used an extremely powerful weapon to instantly cause the walls of Yangxia City to collapse, and then the cavalry directly attacked the city."

After hearing this answer, Jing Yang couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Let the walls of Yangxia City collapse instantly, and then the cavalry attacked the city?

Hahaha, what do you mean is that Zhao Kuo actually controls the power of the earth dragon to turn over?"

The turn of the earth dragon is actually what this era says about earthquakes.

In the eyes of people in this era, the power that only gods can possess when the earth dragon turns over is the gods punishing humans.

Can Zhao Kuo control the power of the gods?

It's impossible to think about it.
To be continued...