Hegemony of all Dynasties: Get the Zhao Yun template at the beginning

Chapter 347

Tang Shengzong's expression remained unchanged. It would be no surprise if the Sui army couldn't see him for such a big commotion here.

However, the Sui army knew what was going on on the south bank, so there was nothing they could do.

The current situation of the Sui army is that the defense is insufficient, and the attack has no chance of winning at all.No matter how powerful Yang Shuang is, he still has to watch the Huai army dig through the river.

"Have you seen any traces of the Sui Army brigade?"

Tang Shengzong asked.

The messenger quickly said: "Only a dozen or so spies from the Sui Army were found, and the villain did not see any other soldiers!"

Tang Shengzong nodded slightly, as he expected.

He waved his hand to let the messenger back down.

Tang Shengzong continued to focus on the hundreds of thousands of laborers in front of him.

at the same time.

There was silence in Gaoyou City.

At this time, He Chou was preparing to go to Jieshou to sit in town, when he heard important military information from the Huai army, he had to stay and discuss countermeasures with Yang Shuang.

The two sat in the hall, looking at the topographical map in front of them, their faces were very ugly.

"I really didn't expect that Wang Jing would come up with such a way..."

Yang Shuang is also a top general.

After opening the topographic map and hearing the news that the Huai army had gathered 30 million men on the south bank of Gaoyou Lake, he immediately realized that something was wrong and understood the enemy's intentions.

But it's useless to just understand the enemy's intentions, because the opponent is using a conspiracy, and they are not afraid of the Sui army's cracking.

The Sui army couldn't crack it at all.

Yang Shuang thought hard and couldn't think of a good countermeasure.

"If the Huai army is allowed to open up the river channels between Gaoyou Lake and Shaobo Lake... our army's defense line in Gaoyou can be easily bypassed by the opponent, and the defense line built with exhaustion will lose all its effects in an instant!"

Yang Shuang pinched his temple in pain.

"My lord, it's better for our army to let go of part of the line of defense between Jieshou and Gaoyou, and let the Huai army go ashore. If there is a place where they can land, the other party may give up digging the river..."

He Chou suggested.

He felt that the defense system he built was too perfect, and he didn't give the Huai army a chance to go ashore to threaten Gaoyou, so the opponent had no choice but to dig a river channel on the south bank.

If this is the case, wouldn't it be good to give up part of the defense and put the Huai army ashore?
Yang Shuang shook his head and said, "Impossible. Since the Huai army has found a way to bypass Gaoyou, they will never give up. Even if our army abandons part of the fortress to let the opponent go ashore, the Huai army will still attack Gaoyou and Jieshou..."

"By storming the city, it will only lose troops and generals. If it were me, I would definitely not choose to storm the city, but dig rivers to bypass the strong city!"

He Chou is only good at construction, and has a little involvement in internal affairs, but commanding troops in combat is somewhat beyond his ability.

But no matter how weak his military ability is, he is better than ordinary generals.

In Gaoyou City, only He Chou can discuss military affairs with Yang Shuang.

"so what should I do now?"

After He Chou heard this, he was a little panicked. On the map, even ordinary people with normal vision could see the threat of the Huai army to Sui Ting after the river was dug.

Hundreds of miles south of Shaobo Lake is Yangzhou City.

This is the foundation of the Sui Ting in the mainland of China. If this city is lost, the Sui army will become like the princes like Chen Baxian and Zhang Shicheng, who will be subconsciously looked down upon.

Yang Shuang thought for a moment, and said helplessly: "Now I can only trouble He Shangshu. This king will give you 20 soldiers and horses, and then send a letter to Yangzhou to urgently recruit [-] young and strong to build it in a key place on the south bank of Shaobo Lake. Military fort, try to build a solid line of defense before the river is dug through!"

He Chou was also a little helpless, but what he said was not bad.

But the urgent recruitment of 20 young adults is itself a troublesome matter.

Young adults near Yangzhou have been recruited 30 before, and now they are recruiting another 20 to serve as labor...

The number of young and strong recruits during this period alone is as many as 50. If you add the number of the Sui army in the past... the current Sui army, logistics, and masters total more than one million.

These millions are all young and strong.

Within the range that the Sui court could effectively rule, there were only more than 1000 million people on the register, and a million young and strong were drawn at once, which can be called a ratio of one in ten.

According to common sense, the ratio of one out of ten is not too high. The Huai Army even had a ratio of five out of one.

But the systems of the Huai Army and the Sui Ting were different.

The Huai Army's ruling tentacles extended to the countryside. If fully mobilized, it would be able to exert an efficiency comparable to that of the Qin and Han Dynasties. However, the Sui Ting's rule in Yangzhou only involved the county seat.

Below the county level, all rely on the gentry family.Mobilizing through these aristocratic families, the efficiency instantly slowed down by ten times.

Moreover, during the forced expropriation of young adults, it was inevitable that a large number of aristocratic families took advantage of the situation to annex the land...

Send people who own fields to work as coolies, and then annex the fields under the names of these people.

Although He Chou was born as a monk, he was often in charge of supervising various projects, so he was very clear about the ways of doing this.

Although he could not bear it in his heart, he couldn't express it clearly.

"Forcibly conscripting 50 young men... and rushing to build a defense line. This is all at the cost of human lives. After this battle, even if our army can block the enemy's attack, it will be severely damaged!"

He Chou sighed secretly.

However, Yang Shuang's method is also a helpless move. If he doesn't do this, he will just watch the enemy army pass the river and go straight to the city of Yangzhou.

October [-]th.

Zhao Jianguo, head of the Construction Department of the Huai Army, arrived quickly with hundreds of craftsmen.

They arrived faster than expected.

Wang Jing personally came to the south bank of Gaoyou Lake and summoned everyone from the construction department.

on the lake.

Wang Jing looked at the ten fast boats at the pier, and found that the structure of the boats was different from other fast boats, with obvious energy gathering and fluctuations.

"This is using the spirit stone formation on the boat..."

At the beginning, the construction department used Lingshi to develop a cloud car that greatly reduced the weight and could run like electricity. The cloud car had a very strong strategic role for the Huai army.

Whether it is transporting food and grass, soldiers, or it is usually used to connect the two places and act as a carriage for carrying people, it has effectively improved the efficiency of the Huai Army.

And now.

Zhao Jianguo moved the spirit stone formation on the cloud car to the boat.

Of course, the formation prepared on the ship is no longer to slow down the weight... If the warship is slowed down, it will not be able to withstand the wind and waves.

The construction department put his mind on the sails.

The hull and the sail became one, gathering the wind power with the spirit stone formation, gathering the wind and galloping, and the speed increased dramatically.

So Zhao Jianguo came earlier than expected.

"Meet the king!"

Zhao Jianguo disembarked with many craftsmen from the construction department and saluted Wang Jing.

It is said that the environment can change a person's habits.

That's a good point.

Zhao Jianguo and Wang Jing have the same background, they are both ordinary people in the later generations of Yuan World.

But after two or three years in the mainland of China, he was in charge of the construction department in the Huai army, and thousands of craftsmen and servants under his command were gradually influenced by other civil and military officials in the official system of the Huai Palace.

At the very least, he felt a little more in awe of Wang Jing.

(End of this chapter)