Chapter 270

Upon hearing Su Xuan's assessment, Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed.

Once upon a time, Wei Guo was the greatest rival of the Qin state. Because the two countries were neighbors, before the Shang Yang Reform in the Qin state, Wei Guo often bullied the Qin state. At that time, the Qin state was both poor and backward. It was precisely because they suffered an unprecedented defeat at the hands of Wei Guo that Duke Xiao of Qin made up his mind to reform and strengthen the country. With the completion of the Shang Yang Reform and the strengthening of the Qin state's national power.

The balance of power between the Qin state and Wei Guo was immediately reversed. First, they reoccupied the Hexi region, and then the Qin state constantly attacked Wei Guo. The national strength of Wei Guo also constantly declined, and along with it, some things that had once made Wei Guo famous throughout the world gradually withered away in the passage of time.

First were the Wei Wu Soldiers trained by Wu Qi for Wei Guo. The Wei Wu Soldiers had once brought great psychological trauma to the Qin state. Wu Qi, with 50, 00 Wei Wu Soldiers, defeated the Qin state's 500, 00-strong army, one against ten, and even captured the Hangu Pass of the Qin state, occupying all of the Qin state's Hexi region.

Unfortunately, in the Battle of Maling Road, because of Sun Bin's calculations, Pang Juan died, and the Wei Wu Soldiers withered away from then on. Later, although Wei Guo intended to imitate Wu Qi and Pang Juan and retrain the Wei Wu Soldiers, they ultimately did not reach the height of the original Wei Wu Soldiers. That level of training, and the resources required to support a Wei Wu Soldier, were things that the current Wei Guo could gradually no longer afford.

After the decline of the Wei Wu Soldiers, another legendary figure emerged in Wei Guo: Lord Lord Xinling.

Among the Four Lords of the Warring States, Lord Lord Xinling could be ranked first. He once led the allied forces of five states to attack the Qin state. If the Qin state had not used a counter-espionage scheme at the critical moment to sow discord between him and the King of Wei, prompting the King of Wei to take away his military power, the outcome of that battle would have been unknown. Even so, Lord Lord Xinling was still feared by the entire Qin state.

This also led to the fact that even after Lord Lord Xinling was deprived of power by the King of Wei and lived in seclusion in the land of Lord Xinling, drinking and making merry, the Qin state still sent assassins from the Net to assassinate him, because the threat posed by this person was simply too great.

In the end, Lord Lord Xinling died under assassination.

The Wei Wu Soldiers, Lord Lord Xinling—these solid walls of the Qin state had already been lost one after another. They originally thought that destroying Wei Guo would be an easy task, but they did not expect that Wei Guo still had Daliang City.

"Daliang City is indeed a first-class fortress in the world!"

Ying Zheng praised, then added: "However, I firmly believe that with only one isolated city left, Wei Guo still cannot hold out for too long. In this world, there is no impregnable city. General Wang Ben will definitely be able to find a way to break the city!"

Ying Zheng trusted Wang Ben very much, not only because he was the son of a tiger from a military family and the son of Wang Xuan Jian, but also because Wei Guo only had Daliang as an isolated city left. Even if the supplies inside were plentiful enough for the people inside to hold out for a year or a year and a half, under the fierce attacks of the Qin state, Daliang City would sooner or later reveal its flaws and be captured by the Qin state.

"Wanting to break Daliang City is actually not difficult!" Su Xuan said indifferently.

Ying Zheng looked at Su Xuan with some surprise, "Does Mr. Su have any brilliant ideas?"

Su Xuan came here today to check on Ying Zheng's cultivation progress and give him guidance. Because the matter of Daliang City had recently caught Ying Zheng's attention, he mentioned it to Su Xuan in passing, but he did not expect that Su Xuan actually had a way to break Daliang City.

Given the impression Su Xuan had left on Ying Zheng in the past, since Su Xuan said he could capture Daliang City, he obviously had his ways.

Ying Zheng listened quietly.

"Daliang City is one of the best fortresses in the world. Wanting to break it from the front is an extremely difficult task, but the place where this city is located has a big problem."

"What problem?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Daliang City is surrounded by a plain. The whole city is said to be in a plain area, but in fact, the place where the city is located is much lower than the surrounding area. When it rains normally, there is very thick standing water in the city. If one could bring in a great flood to irrigate Daliang City, even if the grain in the city is sufficient, in the case of being unable to drain the floodwater, the entire Daliang would become a marshland..."

In just a few words, Su Xuan had already stated the method to break Daliang City.

Ying Zheng immediately flipped through the materials on the side and finally found a map of Daliang City. As Su Xuan said, Daliang City was located in a plain area, and more importantly, there was a famous big river nearby, the "Honggou". The Honggou was not far from Daliang City, and looking at the terrain, it was located upstream of Daliang City.

"The climate of Wei Guo is similar to that of the Qin state. Last year, the Qin state had abundant rainfall, and Wei Guo must have been similar, which means that the water of the Honggou was overflowing. If one could lead the water of the Honggou straight down to sweep through Daliang City, even if Daliang City is one of the best fortresses in the world, under the great power of heaven and earth, it would only have the path of being broken..."

The method proposed by Su Xuan echoed in Ying Zheng's mind, and combined with the map of Wei Guo, he immediately knew how to break Daliang City.

However, after thinking about the consequences that this method might bring.

Ying Zheng frowned again, "If the water of the Honggou is led to flood Daliang City, then there will be no survivors in Daliang City... This method is harmful to heaven and harmony. If it is implemented regardless of the consequences, I am afraid it will arouse the hatred of the people of Wei Guo."

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If it were the Ying Zheng of the past, he obviously would not care whether it would bring serious consequences or whether it would make the people of Wei Guo harbor hatred for the Qin state. After all, his goal from the beginning was only to destroy the six states and unify the world. Even if the people of the six states were unconvinced, as long as the Qin state's military edge remained strong, a mere rebellion could be suppressed in an instant.

But it seemed that because the incident of destroying Han Guo had a good start, Ying Zheng wanted more to completely turn the people of the six states into people of the Qin state. Only in this way would the unified world have no internal troubles, and then the Qin state could safely march toward the vast world outside.

The Maurya Empire, the Roman Empire—these overseas dynasties mentioned by Su Xuan made Ying Zheng quite yearn for them.

But even if the consequences might be very serious, Ying Zheng still praised Su Xuan: "As expected of Mr. Su, to have come up with a concrete and feasible strategy so quickly."

"This can only be considered a strategy of last resort, and Your Majesty has also mentioned the consequences of implementing this plan!" Su Xuan's expression was calm.

"But if Daliang City cannot be captured for a long time, this is still a good plan!" Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

Regarding the destruction of Wei Guo, Ying Zheng did not want to drag it out.

"Actually, I have another way to break Daliang City..." Chuan

— Author's Notes —

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