Chapter 539: Preparation before the war

Li San recalled the information about Pengzhou in his head.
Xiao Ming intends to conquer Pengzhou. As a secret guard for collecting intelligence, he must first investigate Pengzhou.
Since he became the commander of the secret guard, he has gradually come into contact with the eyeliner of other vassals, but in general, he is confident in the secret guard he has established, after all, they have a lot of classic books to study.
In the past two years, they have established a mature internal organization through learning in practice, and also cultivated some excellent secret guards.
"His Royal Highness, the surrounding area of ​​Pengzhou is mountainous, and Pengzhou City is basically in the basin terrain that His Highness often said. From the perspective of Xiaguan, due to the mountainousness, it is difficult for this large-scale army to assemble and deploy outside the city and pose a threat to the city. Outside the city of Pengzhou, there is Bian River. After the two rivers of Surabaya meet, they flow into the south. Now these two rivers have become the natural moat of Pengzhou. Generally speaking, Pengzhou is surrounded by mountains on both sides and water on the north."
Xiao Ming frowned when he heard this. What Li San said was that Xuzhou's geographic location in his science and technology library coincided.
Historically, the two rivers of Bianshui and Sishui have been invaded by the Yellow River for a long time. Due to the restrictions of the mountains around Xuzhou, the river has been very stable. This Bianshui came from the west, while Surabaya flows from the fief of Xiao Ming into the vicinity of Pengzhou City. .
Now these two rivers are both a moat and a navigation channel for Pengzhou City. The canal that passes through Pengzhou City in Dayu State is through the Bianshui and Sishui Rivers. Now the merchant ships of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce have to pass by here.
To put it simply, you can go north to Qilu along the Surabaya and directly to Youzhou, along the Bianshui River, you can go south to Jinling, Yangzhou, and even enter the Yangtze River to reach the fief of the King of Chu. From the west, you can reach the Guanzhong areas such as Chang'an and Luoyang. Said to be a hub connecting north, south and east.
It is for this reason that Xiao Ming’s first reaction after King Wei refused to form an alliance was to take down Pengzhou City. After all, such a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a transportation hub, is really disgusting in the hands of King Wei, because it means he Will always face the risk of Wei Wang poking the chrysanthemum.
And if he won this place, it would have tore open Wei Di's door. From then on, Wei Di became a Pingchuan, allowing him to gallop, easily turning from defense to offense.
"His Royal Highness, apart from its easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, Pengzhou City is also extremely sturdy. The people of Pengzhou are brave and good at fighting not to lose to the people of Qi, and there are 50,000 elite soldiers stationed in Pengzhou City. These soldiers are all local people of Pengzhou. The generals in the army also came to Pengzhou's local wealthy families. With the addition of private soldiers from these big clans, the strength of the troops in Pengzhou City is not a small number." Li Sanyue said that he was more worried.
The city of Pengzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the army in the city is not the underdog.
"Pengzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and the king also understands that the soldiers are strong. Because of this, this king is even more necessary to win Pengzhou. Otherwise, if King Zhao and the barbarians come to attack, this king will be the enemy." Xiao Ming The look is firm.
Li San nodded solemnly, Xiao Ming said that he felt that Pengzhou City was really important.
After a pause, he continued: "His Royal Highness, the next official also learned about the situation of the local wealthy family. The first family in Pengzhou City is the Mi family. The eldest son of the Mi Family Patriarch, Mi Wenyi, is the Long History of the Wei Palace. Besides, the second largest family is the Lu family..."
Xiao Ming nodded while listening. Li San had a detailed knowledge of Pengzhou City's news. Now he knew Pengzhou City very well.
"You have collected all this information in a book. In addition, this king needs a detailed topographic map of Pengzhou City." Xiao Ming pondered for a moment. As the saying goes, knowing the enemy and the enemy will be victorious in all battles. He must have detailed information before the war.
But this is only part of the work, he said to Li San: "How do the local wealthy people think of this king?"
"Just as your Royal Highness thought, the noble families in Pengzhou are very hostile to His Highness, and they often say disrespectful words. This is also what the lower officials worry about. If your Highness attacks Pengzhou City, I am afraid that these local big clans will resist desperately."
Xiao Ming smiled bitterly. In the past, in order to get rid of the fetters of Qingzhou's wealthy people, he started a little bit more ruthlessly. Now his behavior in those years has become a rebellious act in the eyes of these wealthy people, but even so, he still did not regret the decision at that time.
The Kingdom of Da Yu has been numb for too long under the rule of these famous clans. If these cancers cannot be completely eliminated, they will continue to the blood of the Kingdom of Da Yu.
Thinking of this, he made a decision in his heart, so he said to Li San: "How about the rich, what about the people?"
"The people praised His Royal Highness very much." Li San smiled, and he was very proud of this incident.
"Then can the secret guard instigate the people to cause chaos?" Xiao Ming asked.
When Li San came, he understood that Xiao Ming’s focus was on this. He said: "His Royal Highness, this matter is difficult. The people have lived under the oppression of the rich for a long time, or the local people have become vassals of the rich. They dare not act rashly when they are not sure that His Royal Highness will be able to break through Pengzhou City."
"Well, in that case, you can try again when this king attacks Pengzhou City." Xiao Ming said. Since Li San said so, he must be buying some people.
He doesn't expect these people to be able to decide the outcome of the war, but it would be good if they could distract the army in Pengzhou City.
Knowing the detailed information, Xiao Ming asked Li San to go back.
Three days later, Li San returned again. At this time, he gave him a complete map of the terrain and army deployment of Pengzhou City, and he asked the craftsmen of the Department of Equipment to make the sand table overnight.
The next day, he summoned the generals participating in the siege to observe the map of Pengzhou City and formulate a detailed attack plan~EbookFREE.me~ He didn't want to make any mistakes in such an important war.
Like Xiao Ming, when Niu Ben and others looked at the map, they frowned.
"His Royal Highness, this Pengzhou City seems to be a hard bone. We can only attack Pengzhou City from the front, and the land in front of Pengzhou City is narrow, which is very unsuitable for the formation of soldiers." Niu Ben analyzed.
Luo Xin said directly: "Pengzhou City has neither artillery nor musket team. It seems that Wang Wei regards the equipment he purchased as a housekeeper. In this case, we will attack Shanhaiguan by throwing lime bombs. Explosives broke the city."
"Luo Xin is right, and go directly to the gun." Lu Fei's temperament has not changed, directly and simply.
Niu Ben snorted, and he said: "It's simple to say, there is a wide moat outside of Pengzhou City. You are talking about how to bury explosives."
Luo Xin didn't look at the sand table carefully just now, only then saw it, and suddenly he giggled.
Niu Ben turned to Xiao Ming at this time, and his Highness: "There is a way for the final general. Please, your Highness can mobilize two or three warships to help."