Chapter 686
"Why would you like to dig open the next one? What is the embankment of the Euphrates River and divert the river water to irrigate the city of Kufa?" Danfu said again.
"Your idea is so whimsical. The Euphrates River is not a river hanging on the ground. Where can it be used to irrigate the city of Kufa?" Mit said with a smile.
"You can cut off the water flow!" Danfu said again: "Cut off the water flow upstream, dig a river channel to lead to the city wall when cut off, then release the water flow and use water to rush the city wall."
"No, no." Cao Fanghao shook his head and said, "Even if he had saved up water for a few days, he would not be able to rely on the newly dug river to force the direction of the water flow. Not much water would rush to the city wall."
"Then why is Taiyuan always flooded?"
"I don't know the details, but the terrain near Taiyuan must be different from that of Kufa City." Xia Chuantao said.
The seven people present were only the Cao brothers from Central Plains, but they were all Taoists in Guannei, not their hometown in Hedong Road, and had never been to Taiyuan; there were never civil officials and military generals at home, so they would not know what Taiyuan looked like.
But they are all people who have fought many wars. Even if they have never seen Taiyuan City, they can judge this based on their combat experience.
Even Danfu himself realized that he shouldn't ask after saying this, and said, "If you want to break the city as quickly as possible, the best way is to use the power of water and fire. Now you can't use it in the water, and you don't know if it can be used."
"How to use fire?" Song Wu asked back: "Wrap a layer of oil paper and hay outside the stone and ignite it before launching?"
"This is also a way." Mi Tetou: "Current the stone casting cart to ensure that the stones hit the city instead of the city. The generals of the Dashi always have to separate people to put out the fire."
"It's not very useful." Xia Chuantao said.
"Either it's not useful or it's not very useful. I don't think we can think of a useful method either." Cao Fangfeng muttered.
"That's right." Mitt smiled and said, "This is normal. If we can easily think of a clerk, not to mention becoming a captain, at least we can become secretary and think of plans for the generals."
"That's right." Everyone laughed. They were a little fiercely just now, and they forgot that they mainly used this as a topic to chat, not really trying to make a mistake.
But as soon as the few people finished speaking, Song Wu, who had not spoken for a while, suddenly raised his head and said, "I thought of a plan."
"Fifth brother, come and listen." Danfu said with a smile. Everyone didn't care.
"All the soldiers, each of them, dug a piece of soil, wrapped it with cloth, and threw it down beside the walls of Kufa City when siege.
It is useless to throw a piece of soil by one person, but thousands of soldiers throw a piece of soil by the city wall, and they can cushion a large piece of the ground, which means that the wall of Kufa City is shorter, and it will become easier for us to break through Kufa City!"
After hearing Song Wu's words, the six people didn't say anything for a moment, either staring at Song Wu or lowering their heads. Song Wu suddenly became suspicious. He felt that his plan could be considered a clever plan, but why did the six people in front of him not respond?
‘Are I wrong, the kind that is wrong?’
He was doubting himself, and Danff suddenly jumped up and said, "What a good plan!"
"It's really a good plan." As if it was like a flood that opened the gate, everyone said: "This plan not only does not have any additional damage, but also can play a great role. It's really a good plan!"
"Good plan, good plan! Why didn't I expect it!"
"Haha, the Great Basin City, we are outside the city. Anyway, we don't need to use the earthen palace to require the specifications like the city. Just throw the soil into the sky. It's such a good plan!"
"Fifth Brother, how did you think of such a good plan?"
Faced with the sudden praise from everyone, Song Wu couldn't accept it at one moment, and after a while he answered:
"I thought about this method and was inspired by Danff.
Just now, Danf mentioned digging a waterway from the Euphrates River to the edge of the city wall of Kufa City. I didn’t know what I was thinking at that time, but I actually thought of a question: ‘Dig a waterway, where will the digging soil be placed?’
I don’t know why, but I continued to think about this question deeply, and felt that the digging of a waterway must be a lot of soil, and maybe I could build a new Kufa City.
Then, this idea suddenly emerged in my mind: Can we pile all the soil next to the city wall and make it as high as the outside of the city? Isn’t it convenient for our army to attack the city?
Later I thought that there was no need to dig a waterway, and I just ordered the soldiers to dig a piece of soil, and each of them would just dig a bag of soil."
"Brother Song Wu, you are so smart!" Mitt immediately praised again: "You can actually think of such a good plan from Danfu's whimsical words."
"I'm not that irritating!" Danfun wanted to praise him, and immediately glared at Mit when he heard this, and said, "And I also inspired Brother Song Wu. Even if my plan is useless, it's better than you think!"
"Stop quarrel." Xia Chuantao stopped immediately when he saw Mitte wanting to speak back, and said to everyone: "Everyone thinks this plan is a clever plan, right?"
"certainly!"
"This is not a clever plan, what is a clever plan?"
"Although I'm not smart enough to think of a clever plan, I can still see whether a clever plan is a clever plan. If this clever plan cannot come up with any problem, of course it is a clever plan."
The five people said one after another.
"Okay, since it's a clever plan and the lieutenant is eager to break the city, we don't delay and report to the lieutenant immediately!"
"Now?" Cao Fangfeng, who was sitting near the entrance of the tent, raised the curtain and glanced at it, and said:
"It's almost time for the hour of the year, and we should go back and rest. Today's battle ended early, and the lieutenant was very tired again. He had already gone to bed. Now he still didn't bother him. It wouldn't be too late to go tomorrow morning."
"That's not the reason!" Xia Chuantao said again: "This kind of trick can be useful if you tell the lieutenant earlier. It's different to tell the lieutenant now!
And it’s not time for all the soldiers to rest, and most of the lieutenant hasn’t gone to bed yet, so it’s not a disturbance.”
As he said, he reached out to grab Song Wu's arm and stood up, and said, "No matter whether you go or not, I will definitely pull Song Wu to report to the Lieutenant."
"Go together, go together!" Mitt shouted immediately: "Uncle Xia made sense and came up with a clever plan. Of course, he had to tell the lieutenant immediately. If the lieutenant had already fallen asleep, the guards would stop us and would not disturb the lieutenant."
"That's right." Everyone said, and they had already stood up when they said that, and they were ready to go together. Seeing this, Cao Fangfeng also stood up, and opened the curtain and walked out.
The seven people rushed to Liu Qi's tent together. Soon after, they had already arrived outside the tent. The guard came over to ask about the purpose. Xia Chuantao said that he had a wonderful plan to break the city.
The guard looked at them suspiciously. He knew all the seven people, and knew that they were the lieutenant and the brigade commander under Cao Keshi.
But it was precisely because of his understanding that he would doubt. These seven people joined the army before the Battle of Luzhou and fought with the Great Food War many times. If they said that they killed dozens of Great Food War warriors in one battle, the guards would not doubt it. But they claimed to have come up with a clever plan to break the city. If they were so smart, how could they be just a few lieutenants and brigade commanders?
But the seven people swear, not as if they were telling lies; they should not dare to use such things to make Liu Qi happy, even if there were Mitt and Danff. So the guard hesitated for a moment, but agreed and turned around and walked into the tent to inform him.
Chapter completed!