Chapter 271

In the wilderness in front of Daliang City, the Qin army had been camping here for a long time.

In the tent, the main general Wang Ben looked at the map of Daliang City with a deep frown.

In Zhangtai Palace, when Su Xuan mentioned the strategy of "flooding Daliang City" to Ying Zheng, he actually thought of a similar strategy, because in the original history, the strategy of flooding Daliang City was originally from Wang Ben's hand, and Wang Ben himself was also accused by many people in later generations because of this incident. But no matter what the process was, at least in terms of the result, he did indeed use this plan to capture Daliang City.

For some time now, he had sent troops to attack Daliang City every once in a while, hoping to break it. Unfortunately, the results were minimal. The solidity of Daliang City was truly the most he had ever seen in his life.

What surprised him even more were the people in Daliang City.

"097" The soldiers in Daliang City, of course, could not let the Qin army keep attacking Daliang City while they just defended the city, as that would put their side in a passive position. Therefore, when Wang Ben attacked the city, the gates of Daliang City would also open, and soldiers would come out to fight the Qin army. Although their numbers were not as many as the Qin army, their bravery was even greater.

Wang Ben still remembered one thing he witnessed with his own eyes.

Among the Wei army, there was a battalion commander who was tall and sturdy, exceptionally strong, and possessed strange arts, being invulnerable to swords and spears, and he had blocked the frontal impact of thirteen war chariots in a row without being harmed.

It could only be said that in the war of destroying states, all kinds of strange people and scholars had emerged one after another.

It was also because of this strange person that the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted, and they actually managed to repel the Qin state's attack.

If attacking the city, Daliang City had high walls and thick ramparts, making it difficult to break. If fighting head-on, the Wei army in Daliang City was brave, which made Wang Ben marvel. He even once thought of the once-famous Wei Wu Soldiers.

If Wang Ben wanted to quickly break Daliang City, he could only use treacherous tactics. But even so, Wang Ben still had not made up his mind to implement the water attack strategy.

The consequences that Ying Zheng could guess, he could of course also guess.

Kindness does not command troops. For him, he didn't really care much about this consequence. Anyway, as long as he could capture Daliang and destroy Wei Guo, it would be enough. He didn't care how many people died in the process.

But the problem was that before attacking Wei, Ying Zheng had told him that in conquering Wei Guo, attacking the city was the lowest strategy, and attacking the heart was the highest.

Combined with what the Qin state did after destroying the other states, the intention of the King of Qin was self-evident. He wanted the people of Wei Guo to completely submit!

This also brought some trouble to the generals who were out on an expedition, which was that they could not excessively use treacherous tactics, as that would make the people of Wei Guo turn against the Qin state and harbor resentment, which was not conducive to the subsequent rule over the people of Wei Guo.

"Your Majesty, you really have given me a difficult problem!"

In his mind, the water attack strategy flashed by again, and Wang Ben sighed.

He decided to try attacking Daliang City again. If there were still no gains, even if it caused the people of Wei Guo to hate the Qin state, he would definitely capture Daliang. For a general, the merit of destroying a state was simply too tempting.

Especially since his father, Wang Xuan Jian, had already successively destroyed Han Guo, Zhao Guo, and Yan Guo—three states. As Wang Xuan Jian's son, this was Wang Ben's first time as a main general to conquer Wei Guo, and he had already reached the foot of Daliang City. Of course, he also wanted to be like his father and complete the task of destroying a state.

"General!"

One of Wang Ben's personal guards walked into the tent and bowed to Wang Ben.

Wang Ben recovered from his thoughts, "What is it?"

"A letter from Xianyang!"

The guard said while handing a scroll to Wang Ben.

Wang Ben took the scroll, opened it, and read the content on it directly. After seeing the content clearly, Wang Ben frowned slightly, but still didn't say anything.

A few days later, a carriage quietly arrived in front of Wang Ben's army camp. The curtain of the carriage was pushed aside, and a figure dressed in black clothes stepped out from it.

"Mr. Su, the General has been waiting for you for a long time!"

After seeing Su Xuan, a soldier in armor immediately said to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan nodded, "Take me to see General Wang!"

In the tent, a burly middle-aged man stood in front of a hanging map, not knowing what he was thinking.

"General, Mr. Su is here!"

Footsteps sounded along with the guard's voice.

Wang Ben, with his back to the door, said in a deep voice: "You may withdraw first!"

"Yes!"

After the guard left, Wang Ben slowly turned around and looked at the person mentioned in the letter that Ying Zheng had sent earlier.

Su Xuan was young in appearance, handsome in features, and wore a black robe. His hair was meticulously combed, and he looked like an extremely serious person, but he seemed to radiate a spring-like power, making people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze, and it was difficult to feel any seriousness or tension from him.

Even Wang Ben had to admit that in terms of appearance alone, Su Xuan's appearance was indeed outstanding.

"Mr. Su, it seems this is our first meeting!"

"Yes!"

Su Xuan nodded. He didn't have much contact with the generals in the army, or even the ministers in the Qin court. Among the many generals, he was only slightly familiar with Wang Yi back then, but unfortunately, Wang Yi had passed away several years ago.

Wang Ben got straight to the point: "The King's letter mentioned that Mr. Su has a way to break the city and can help me capture Daliang City. I wonder what Mr. Su intends to do?"

Wang Ben had no good or bad feelings toward Su Xuan. Although he knew that this person was trusted by the King, he didn't care. However, the fact that Ying Zheng's letter mentioned that Su Xuan had a way to break the city made Wang Ben sneer.

Su Xuan didn't know how to lead troops in battle, nor had he been to the front line. How could he master the method of breaking the city? I'm afraid he was like Zhao Kuo of Zhao Guo back then, only capable of empty talk and unable to solve practical problems.

But because Ying Zheng's letter said that Su Xuan had already set off for Daliang, and Su Xuan was the King of Qin's confidant, Wang Ben had to meet Su Xuan for the sake of reason and emotion.

Su Xuan heard the alienation in Wang Ben's words, but didn't care. He said indifferently, "Regarding how to break Daliang City, I have two methods!"

"Oh?"

Wang Ben was a little surprised. He was ready to hear what Su Xuan had to say.

Because he himself had only come up with one method to capture Daliang City with 100% certainty, and the result was that Su Xuan actually had two methods, which was truly surprising.

Su Xuan's lips curled slightly, and he said the so-called method: "The first is a water attack, flooding Daliang City!"