Chapter 137 Wu Liang's plan (additional update)

After calming down, the generals of the Zuo Army also knew that it would be absolutely impossible to take down a city like Huai'an without taking thousands of lives. Therefore, they no longer insisted on breaking the city as they did during the day. However, everyone was very unwilling to be able to speak, and even couldn't lift their energy.

Especially the young people in the General Staff, when they were arranged by their family to join the Red Turban Army, they were trying to follow the Dragon Master. Now, seeing that Zhu Bashiyi finally had the opportunity to start a self-employed family, but he had to give up halfway, how could he not be so anxious?! So after dinner, they squeezed together in Wu Liangmou's tent, and I discussed the countermeasures in one word.

"It is said that Huai'an City is difficult to fight, how can you know if it doesn't fight?! The defenders in the city were scared by us during the day. If they really want to attack at any cost, I don't believe that they can't climb up to the broken wall!"

"Have you heard that Li's surname is said? People don't have any real skills. The key is that they are afraid that the salt merchants in the city will try their best to help him. The family has 200 employees, and ten families have 2,000 people. After all, there are fewer people here. Even if they barely enter the city, it will probably be difficult to gain a foothold."

"Take the grenades up and explode around. I don't believe that those servants who have never seen grenades are not afraid!"

"Two pounds weigh one. When climbing up, how many people can bring?!"

"If it really doesn't work, dig a hole and drill it into it!"

"Go to your grandma, do you know how to fight? Huai'an City is covered with water, and digging holes, and you're almost the same as digging a well."

"Then dig a hole in the wall and blow it up with gunpowder!"

"How much gunpowder can it take to explode if a city wall is ten and a half feet thick!"

"Boom with artillery! I don't believe it will be broken."

"Don't believe it. You can hit people or city walls, and you probably just smash a few bricks."

"Then let's knock the city gate!"

"Didn't you hear that there are urns and inner gates in the city gate? The outer gate is broken, and you can't enter the inner gate. You are blocked in the urns and thrown wooden thunderstones around. I'll let you die fast enough!"

There were a lot of things, and so on. This one proposed the siege plan, and the other immediately rejected it. After more than an hour of struggle, they were all dry and speechless, but they still couldn't find any of them.

When he was thirsty, he naturally had to find water to drink. As the owner of the tent, Wu Liangmou had no intention of entertaining everyone. He stared at the armor hanging on the spear. His soul had long been wandering around.

"Youtu, Brother Youtu, what are you doing? Do you want to make achievements? Hu Dahai is later than us. Today, seeing the governor's meaning, he is already planning to send him out to lead a team of thousands of people alone. What are our brothers, but they are all carrying green signs!" Liu Kui, the young owner of Liujiazhuang, was close to him, and stepped forward and pushed his shoulder, protested loudly. (Note 1)

"Who doesn't want to? The problem is, we need someone's ability to Hu Dahai!" Wu Liangmou turned around and blankly glanced at him, and said lazily.

The arrow wounds on his body hurt a little, which made him feel awkward no matter what he did. It was his thoughts that he could have a place with Governor Zhu with his family's military skills and martial arts. But now it seems that his martial arts are not as good as Hu Dahai, his family's learning is not as good as Chen De and Chen Zhishan, and the only good handwriting that can be made is available. Seeing that Lu Deshan is coming, he is good at running script, cursive script, regular script, and Wei steles. Even the work of recording records during the military discussion will be divided by this person. What else can he do to join the army in this record room?

"That's right, that's right, we all admire Brother Hu's skills!" Liu Kui hit a soft nail, but was not angry. After thinking about it, he continued to instigate, "But we are not as good as Brother Hu, and we are always better than the Li surnamed who just surrendered, right? Seeing that he and Geng Defu were ordered to recruit soldiers, we don't find any contribution. In the future, when the governor succeeds in his hegemony, even if we don't treat us badly for his qualifications, we will not feel at ease!"

"Li Qi is a local snake here, and I know where to recruit good soldiers!" Wu Liangmou glanced at him again and said sourly. "Don't just think about these useless things. Think about how to help the governor break Huai'an City to be serious!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately started to clamor, surrounded Wu Liangmou, and loudly condemned, "Aren't we all thinking about asking me just now? You are the only one wandering around the world!"

"Yes, Wu Youtu, don't just rush to say cool words!"

"Me? How do you know I didn't think about it just now?" Wu Liangmou's face became hot and he asked in anger.

"Then tell me, what are you thinking? What about your tricks? It doesn't matter whether you succeed or not, just say it!" Seeing him quibbling, everyone grabbed his previously distracted tail and refused to let go.

"I'm wondering, how did the governor and the others take Xuzhou at the beginning!" Wu Liangmou was forced to make a fool of himself, rolled his eyes a few times, and shouted, "It's all legend outside that the eight people of Sesame Li took Xuzhou. We have at least three or four thousand people this time, why can't we defeat Huai'an City?"

"You're thinking a little bit wrong!" Liu Kui immediately laughed and shook his head vigorously. "When I said that General Li and the eight others were in charge, they refer to General Li, General Li, General Zhao, Mao, Peng, Pan, and the three brothers of the Zhang family who had already been killed. Eight of them were generals, and there were more than 8,000 refugees around him who sacrificed their lives to follow him. He first sent people to sneak into the city and attacked our governor, working inside and outside."

"Yes, Brother Youtu really thought it was a mess!" It was rare to find an opportunity to attack Wu Liangmou, and several other young people also criticized him. "At that time, the officers and soldiers of Xuzhou City were all transferred to attack Liu Futong, and the remaining elderly, weak, sick and disabled were less than a thousand."

"Isn't it that the old, weak, sick and disabled people? Compared with us, his few people are better than the situation of Xuzhou defenders against General Li?" Wu Liangmou was not convinced, rolled his eyelids and refuted loudly.

"This" everyone was stunned by his words and was speechless. The comparison of strength inside and outside the city is really not much different from the strength inside and outside the city of Xuzhou. Although General Manager Li had many soldiers at the beginning, they were eight thousand refugees, holding stones and wooden sticks. At present, the war soldiers, auxiliary soldiers and Han army prisoners whom Zhu had just accepted during the day have all received basic training, and everyone has iron weapons.

After a while, Liu Kui finally found a flaw, curled his lips and said with anger, "The problem is that we can't get into the city. If you had come up with this idea, we would send hundreds of people to intrude in before launching an attack on Han Xin City. Now, people are almost scared to the scammers, how could they let people in casually?!"

"Then if I have a way to enter the city, do you dare to do it with me?" Wu Liangmou suddenly put away his smile, lowered his voice, and asked in a very solemn tone.

"Just, just a few of us?" Liu Kui looked around, his eyes widening.

When they were discussing their ideas just now, they never thought that they would rush to the front line. Everyone was born from rich families, and their lives were precious. Whether it was ant, or acupuncture, or the warriors under them took action. How could everyone go on the scene in person?

"What's wrong with us? How could Zhadra know? Only a few of us? Besides, he only had one afternoon, except for the scared Yuan soldiers in the city, who could summon a few helpers?! The longer our army is outside the city, the more prepared we are. If we want to go, we will go today. We went into the city overnight and caught him off guard!"

"This, how is this possible?" Everyone looked at Wu Liangmou blankly, and no one believed that he really had a way to rush into the city.

"It is definitely impossible from the ground, but it is not necessarily from the water!" Wu Liangmou smiled again and said gritted his teeth, "It depends on whether you have the courage to go with me! If you don't have the courage, I will go find Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng. They will definitely not be as afraid of death as you do!"

"Who is afraid of death?!" They are all young people, how could they bear such slander? Even though they knew that Wu Liang was trying to use a provocation, they still retorted with their necks, "You said, as long as your surname is Wu, you can tell me about our lives!"

"Yes, if anyone shrinks, it will be raised by the girl!"

"Say, say it if you have the guts!"

Wu Liangmou wanted this effect. He gritted his teeth and squatted on the ground and used his fingers to draw on the soil. "It is true that Huai'an City is very strict, but it is all for people, not for mice and foxes. Hundreds of thousands of people's shit, urine, and water are even more impossible to spill on the street. I paid special attention today. On the water surface of the East River, there are at least three or four passages connected to the city."

""You mean, you mean the gutter!" Everyone immediately felt bitter and wanted to vomit.

Unlike the dry cities in the north, cities with a slightly larger Jianghuai area in this era have dug special sewage trenches. Following natural or artificial ditches, rainwater or sewage is discharged into rivers outside the city to reduce waterlogging and clean the city. (Note 2)

As rich children, they certainly knew that the ditches could lead to the city, and their width and depth were enough for people to swim. However, the water inside the ditches was thick and sticky and extremely smelly. It would be better to carry a knife to climb the city wall with a knife. At least, the latter could die cleaner, unlike the former, who would have to be "deviled for thousands of years" after death.

However, because they were afraid of odor, they rejected Wu Liangmou's proposal. Everyone couldn't say it. After thinking for a while, Liu Kui took the lead and said, "This, Brother Youtu, the mouth of the gutter blocks the water window?! That thing can only be opened from the inside out, not from the outside to the inside!"

Water windows are also a major feature of sewage discharge canals in this era. They are usually made of wooden and divided into two layers. The outer water window is suspended from the exit of the ditch by the window shaft. When the water level in the ditch is high, it can be flushed outward and automatically discharged sewage. When the water level in the ditch is shallow, it will be closed inward under the action of the river water to prevent the river from pouring back into the city.

There is usually an inner window inside the outer water window, which is mainly made of wooden or iron fences to prevent large animals or thieves from entering and exiting through the waterway.

But such a simple defense facility would definitely not be able to deal with the prepared army. Therefore, Wu Liangmou immediately rolled his eyes and sneered and scolded, "If you don't dare to go, just say it, what reason should you find?! Then the water window can block the axe and saw?! As long as we cut open the water window, we can directly break into the city. While it was dark, the defenders could not tell how many people there were. They seized the enemy building in the East Gate and put the suspension bridge to connect the army. The first merit of taking Huai'an is our brothers. If we can't even smell the odor, we still hope to be appointed as a marquis and generals?! Save it, I think you might as well go home and marry your wife and bring your children now!"

Note: This chapter is the new leader, Wu Xiyu has made additional updates, thank you for your support.

Note 1: See the previous article, the staff officers have no grade, so the shoulder pads are all cyan.
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