The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 240 During the Northern Expedition ([-])
"What? You mean that the Shu thieves invaded from two directions?! And the King of Yiyang took the lead and lost seven or eight thousand troops? You can't make a mistake, right?"

"How dare your subordinates lie to General Zhenxi about a major military matter. This is the truth. Therefore, King Yiyang said that he will not be able to send reinforcements to the general in a short time. Please also use the current strength of the general to try his best to deal with the Shu thieves."

"What about the imperial court?"

"The king of Yiyang has sent an envoy to gallop to Luoyang. But as of the date of his subordinate's return, the envoy from the imperial court has not come yet."

After weakly waving his hand to make the envoy retreat, Hu Fen sat down on his soft bed.

It was already October 25th, and it had been 20 days since Jiang Wei was trapped in Shangbei.

"Hey, I'm really dizzy. Xishu has recovered its national strength very quickly these years! Among other things, my Hu family's salt caravan passes through Wudu County in Xishu every month. That Wudu County is almost prospering day by day under my nose. This Wudu County is like this, do you need to think about the situation in the whole of Western Shu? Why did I stubbornly think that the Shu thief this time? Or can we only attack one way?"

Annoyed and sighed again, Hu Fen turned to Wang Shen and said, "Xuansi, is Yao Kehui still unwilling to send troops?"

"That old thief keeps pretending to be sick, and I can't even see his face!"

"This old man! If you are sick, you will be sick, but the food we sent is accepted with a smile!"

"Hmph! When this general beats Jiang Wei back this time, he must turn around and slaughter their entire tribe!"

After gritting his teeth and uttering a threat that he thought was vague, Hu Fen strengthened his spirits: "Everyone, the situation is extremely dangerous now. No matter how short our troops are, we must send troops to rescue Shangbi. But before going to Shangbi, we There's one more thing to do."

"Please show me the general."

"Jieting! Ladies and gentlemen, according to the information, the Shu thieves have a total of about 12 troops this time, which can be said to come from an empty country. But this number of troops is still insufficient compared with my Dajin. Therefore, the Shu thieves on the road in Longxi The strategy must be to attack Jieting after taking down Shangyu, and then block the reinforcements sent by the imperial court to Longxi. Therefore, the general’s arrangement is: the 4 people who are now concentrated in Jicheng are divided into two groups. All the way to Jieting , along with the general to go to Shangbei to look for fighters."

After Wang Shen and the others exchanged views with each other, they all bowed together: "The general has made arrangements."

"Good, then, please ask Ji Wei to lead [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to gallop to the street pavilion. Hey, that place has not been repaired since Zhang Juanyi destroyed it back then. Ji Wei went there, but there is nothing wrong with it." easy."

Hearing Hu Fen's words, Wen Hu also felt a toothache: "Little general, do your best!"

"Well, this team has [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. I will try my best to deal with Jiang Wei and buy time for Ji Wei to repair the castle."

"Thank you, General, so, the last general will go down to form a team."

"Hehehe, let's go together. We have to go to Shangyu early. Counting the time, Jiang Wei's dam should be ready for use in seven or eight days."

……

Just five days before Hu Fen finally made up his mind to send troops, on November [-], outside the city of Shangyu.

"Have you still not seen Hu Fen's army?"

"Reporting to the general, the front scouts have gone out to [-] miles south of Jicheng, and there is still no sign of the enemy's army going south."

"Hey! This Hu Xuanchong is really hard-hearted. Forget it, order the entire engineering battalion to retreat and prepare to destroy the dam."

"promise!"

In fact, to say that Hu Fen's heart is as hard as a stone is still wronging him.The crux of the problem is that, as a contemporary who has never seen cement, Hu Fen has no idea that with this thing, Jiang Weijun can save more than half of the construction time if he wants to block a river with a width of no more than 100 meters!
"It's all scattered!" Guan Yi's student Li Xiang was in charge of the dam construction site.This kid is now full of unhappiness: If the zip line is set up well, he will be promoted?Well, the officer has been promoted-Lieutenant of Engineers.What the hell is this?Soldiers don't kill people with knives, but building bridges and paving roads every day counts as soldiers?What about taking me to Guanzhong to find a girl from an aristocratic family this Northern Expedition?As a result, I was kicked to Longxi...

I kept thinking about it, but Li Xiang's movements were not slow.Following his command, hundreds of soldiers from the engineering battalion on the bank of the river vigorously rotated the huge winch continuously, and the ropes on the top of the two largest prefabricated slabs that were originally blocking the Jinghe River were gradually tightened.Finally, the two prefabricated panels were dragged away from their original positions.

Immediately afterwards, several soldiers from the engineering battalion drank a bowl of ginger soup, took off their clothes, and plunged into the water.The rope extending from the winch was hung on the preset iron rings at the top of the two prefabricated slabs under the water... Repeated this two or three times, the concrete prefabricated slabs that really acted as a barrier in the entire dam were quickly removed.

Behind the prefabricated panels, there is a thin layer of dam made of wooden strips and mud.Without the hard cement prefabricated boards in front, this layer of dams is completely unable to withstand the huge pressure of hundreds of tons of river water with a water level of tens of meters. Water leaked in multiple places and finally, with a loud bang, the entire dam collapsed completely.The river water that has been accumulated for a long time, carrying huge potential energy, is like a giant dragon that has been imprisoned for a long time and can finally gallop freely, roaring and crashing towards the city wall of Shangyu!

Under the guidance of the guide trough built with cement by the engineer battalion in advance, this huge water flow slammed into the west wall of Shangyu City with great speed and great kinetic energy.Its power was so strong that in that instant, the entire west wall of Shangyu City shook slightly.Duan Zhuo, who was watching all this happen on Shangyu City, accidentally fell on the city wall.

"General be careful!"

"General, I might as well fight out together now, and take the heads of a few Shu thieves as a backstop!"

"That's right, General, I'm not afraid of death, so I ask the General to take me out!"

"Hey~~~" Seeing that his subordinates are still full of fighting spirit in such a desperate situation, Duan Zhuo is relieved and at the same time feels ashamed: "Everyone, it's not that I don't take you out. It's that now we want to go and go." not going out."

Why is this?Because, Jiang Wei's water attack on Shangyu did not simply build a dam on the Jing River, and then use the huge water energy after the gate was opened to hit the city wall.

Before the dam was opened, Jiang Wei had already ordered the civilian husbands accompanying the army to start building a low dam around the city wall of Shangbei.

This circle of dikes is very low, and the water resistance is completely unreliable.But with the existence of this circle of dams, after being guided to the vicinity of the city wall of Shangyu, the water of the Jinghe River will not retreat quickly while scouring the city wall violently, but stay in this circle of dams for a short time.Although a large amount of water leaks from here every day due to the quality of the embankment, the remaining water is still enough to soak the foundation of Shangyu City Wall for three to five days.

This is enough.

The city walls of this era are all rammed earth walls.The rammed earth city wall itself is not very afraid of water (otherwise it will collapse when it rains).But there is a requirement: the water-covered area of ​​the entire wall should be relatively uniform, and at the same time, after a large amount of water is flooded (such as rain), the water must be quickly led away.

Now, due to the existence of the low dams around the city wall, the foundation of the entire city of Shangyu is submerged in water.No matter how tight the wall was at the beginning, in the face of water molecules that moisten everything, the entire city foundation will become soft within three to five days.At the same time, due to the one-sided flooding of the city foundation, the city foundation unilaterally swelled, while the upper wall was still dry...

On October 25th, that is when Hu Fen made the decision to send troops in Jicheng.The west wall of Shangyu City was finally overwhelmed by the loose foundation, and part of it collapsed.

"It's almost there, Ji Ren!"

"The end is here."

"Go to the dam on the east side of the city yourself, tear it down, and divert the water back into the Jing River."

"No! Xiang Chong takes orders."

"Xuan Gao, Dian Bo."

"The end is here."

"The two of you lead the tiger infantry forward, and after the water drains away, approach the city wall and dig the city foundation."

"No! I will take orders."

"Zicheng!"

"The end is here."

"Lead the crossbowmen forward and provide cover for Xuan Gao and Dian Bo."

"Come and take orders!"

Following Jiang Wei's repeated orders, the entire Shu Han army moved in an orderly manner.

"Jiang Boyue, I wish I could eat your flesh raw!" Seeing the water level below the city gradually drop, nearly ten thousand Han soldiers approached the city wall of Shangbi with all kinds of wall-digging tools.Duan Zhuo knew very well in his heart that Shangbi City was definitely lost.

After gritting his teeth and cursing Jiang Wei, Duan Zhuo turned around and said to his lieutenants and military lords, "Everyone, this city will be destroyed soon. Originally, in today's situation, we should retreat from the city wall and enter the city." A street battle with the Shu thieves in the city will definitely inflict the greatest damage on the opponent. But now there are nearly ten thousand people in the city besides us. Therefore, I decided to open the door and rush out. This way, I will definitely die, so I will not I force you to rush out with this general. If you are willing to go, go down to prepare the army. If you don’t want to go, maintain order in the city, and don’t let the unruly people in the city take this opportunity to harm the people! After the general dies in battle, You can surrender!"

……

On October 267, 25 AD, the city of Shangyu was about to be destroyed.The guard Duan Zhuo led more than [-] defenders to rush out, and the whole army died in battle!
Shangyu City then fell.Zhang Yijun began to advance northwestward.

At this time, Hu Fen's army had just left Jicheng.

(End of this chapter)