Chapter 283： Discuss countermeasures

Chapter 283 Discuss countermeasures

"That's right!" The folding fan held by Xie Yuan's right hand made a crisp sound in the palm of his left hand, "Can't all the soldiers in charge of the siege run to raise their shields? Bridges and siege engines, it would be nice to have one hand free to hold a light shield."

To let them use the strength that can only lift a light shield to lift this huge shield together, this is embarrassing them.

Ye Anlan was quite speechless, "Since you know they can't lift it, why did you take out this ridiculously big shield?"

"It's easy to use, and it can greatly reduce casualties during combat."

As soon as Xie Yuan said this, Ye Anlan was speechless. If it was for this purpose, then she hoped that this large shield would come in handy more than Xie Yuan.

"I have selected a group of strong young and middle-aged men from my personal guards to specialize in shield lifting, but compared with you and Xiaotao, these people are not a star and a half behind."

Yang Xiaotao and Ye Anlan have great strength in the first place, and they also have internal strength. At least 30 young and middle-aged men can carry this combined giant shield. If Ye Anlan and Yang Xiaotao were replaced, then The two of them can walk back and forth on the battlefield while carrying the giant shield.

But the problem is that the enemy defending the city will use rolling logs and trebuchets to deal with them. If only relying on this huge shield, Ye Anlan feels that there is a high probability that she will be hit by rolling logs or boulders_(:з」∠ )_

She told Xie Yuan about her worries, but Xie Yuan said: "If it is a log or a boulder falling from your heads, as long as you hold this shield well, you will not be injured. But if it is flying from your side log or boulder, then you have to find a way to knock it out by yourself."

The composite shield made by Xie Yuan's subordinates looks like a long shallow iron plate turned upside down at first glance. Although the "iron plate" has a little edge extending diagonally downwards on all sides, But this little bit of edge obviously couldn't completely block the attacks that greeted diagonally.

Let's say it's a log or boulder thrown at an angle, even if it's just an arrow shot at an angle, Ye Anlan and the others have to rely on themselves and solve it by themselves.

Fortunately, there won't be too many cases like this, otherwise Ye Anlan would suspect that Xie Yuan wanted to use this battle to kill her.

She thought for a while, "Duohe, Suzhou, why don't you make a fuss about the river?"

Xie Yuan sighed, "I also thought about flooding Suzhou, but doing so requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time, and secondly, it is not conducive to our future governance of Suzhou."

Although there are many rivers in Suzhou, none of them are the kind that can be used directly because of their turbulent water.

In order to flood Suzhou, Xie Yuan must first send a large number of people to build dams upstream to intercept a large amount of river water that is enough for him to flood Suzhou.

Not to mention that if they really do this, the enemy will definitely set up traps and launch an offensive against them in the first place, making them unable to successfully achieve their goals. Let's just say that they need a lot of time to build dams and store river water, and Xie Yuan will not be able to afford it at all. not come out.

Every time his army spends an extra day outside Suzhou City, other surrounding rebel forces have an extra chance to contain him or even form an encirclement.

What's more, even if his army doesn't attack the city, the military supplies and salaries he should give can't be reduced at all. It's a huge expense for people to eat, and Xie Yuan can't waste it at all. rise.

Take ten thousand steps back and say, even if he really made it happen, what will happen after he captures Suzhou?

The people were nearly killed by the flood, the city was strewn with corpses, and the farmland outside the city was completely destroyed. He spent a lot of effort, is it just to lay down an empty city?

".I didn't let you flood Suzhou-_-||" Ye Anlan frowned and said, "In addition to your opponent, there are many innocent people in Suzhou. Don't you think that with my character, I would suggest you Victory hurts the innocent?"

Xie Yuan was immediately embarrassed when he heard it. That's right, Ye Anlan cherishes life more than he does.

He asked Ye Anlan, "Then why do you still tell me to make a fuss on the river?"

He didn't ask Ye Anlan if he wanted to add medicine to the river, how much medicine did he have to prepare for Ye Anlan? Is it okay to treat him as the number one drug dealer in the world?

Besides, the soldiers and common people in the city of Suzhou don’t eat and drink river water, okay? They poured medicine into the river, and it was estimated that small animals such as fish and shrimp would be poisoned.

Xie Yuan believed that Ye Anlan would definitely not be able to come up with such a stupid trick.

Sure enough, Ye Anlan had no intention of taking medicine at all. She said to Xie Yuan: "I mean, since the ground is impassable, can you consider going by water? As far as I know, the moat in Suzhou is basically full of water. It comes from the Tuo River, but the Tuo River passes through Suzhou."

Xie Yuan smiled wryly, "Before I came to Suzhou, I thought about letting people sneak into Suzhou by water, but the Suzhou defenders are not stupid. How could they not guard against me taking advantage of this loophole?"

He briefly told Ye Anlan that he sent people there, only to find that the two entrances where the river entered and exited the city had all been sealed tightly by the Suzhou defenders with iron fences as thick as his wrists.

". Their water skills and skills are the top in our army, but they need to destroy those iron fences underwater." Having said this, Xie Yuan suddenly patted himself on the forehead, "I'm stupid!"

How could he have forgotten? If his soldiers can't do this, it doesn't mean that Ye Anlan and Yang Xiaotao can't do it either.

Of course, provided that—

With 120,000 hopes, Xie Yuan nervously confirmed with Ye Anlan, "Junior Sister, do you know how to swim?"

Ye Anlan didn't whet his appetite, "My personal guards and I can both drink water."

Xie Yuan immediately expressed admiration, "It's still junior sister, you are considerate."

You must know that Ye Anlan came from the north, and she was a complete landlubber when she was a child. He remembered that the girl drowned and almost died (actually, the master was really dead), but now she even All the shortcomings have been quietly made up.

He thought of Ye Anlan's drowning before, and Ye Anlan just brought it up as a ready-made excuse. She said, "I just don't want something that can always threaten my personal safety."

It doesn't matter if other things are not important, this kind of thing that will kill her suddenly if she is not careful, she will grit her teeth and learn even if she is not good at it.

Of course, she didn’t learn to swim after she came to ancient times. She was in modern society, after she almost drowned because of drifting, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to learn.

(end of this chapter)