Chapter 41: Here Comes
It seemed that it was a life-and-death competition. The Zhao people in the city rushed to make weapons day and night and train formations. The Qin army outside the city tried their best to carry catapults and crossbows, and dug trenches in the north and south of the water to build earthen walls. The tense situation was like the Second Battle of Changping. After surrounding the city, the food and food were all over the country. Now they could only concentrate the most elite soldiers to prepare for breaking through. Only by breaking through could there be a way out.
In September, another sleepless night was about to pass. Taking advantage of the last night, the king's general Zhao Cong rushed to the Guowei Mansion again. This time he did not sleep all night, his eyes were red.
"The formation is clear!" Zhao Cong looked at the fox infancy who was out of the room to greet him, and said indignantly, throwing down a thick array map while speaking.
"Where is the mistake?" The formation diagram was written and provided by the Guowei Mansion. It contains the precise numbers and accurate angles required for the formation, and the detailed number of rows and ranks to guide the Zhao army of each lieutenant. The circular array is different from the square array, and the circular array has a arc.
"The king's formation is only 400 people wide, which is not enough." Zhao Cong stopped talking, and was talking about a soapy dress that came with him. This is a method of calculating.
"The king formation is less than 100,000 people, and the number is more than 75,000 people. Why is it not enough?" Hu Ying looked at Zhao Cong strangely.
"More than 70,000 people plus chariots and horses are already 100,000. The circular array rather than square array, and the array is not wide. Four hundred people are not enough." Fasuan argued: "There is a path that is one and three, and a diameter of half and a circle, and four hundred are obtained. Now the formation of four hundred steps is wide, and the accumulation is only sixty thousand, so how is it enough?"
"You..." In ancient times, my ancestors knew that the diameter was one and Wednesday, that is, the circle was three times the diameter. For this reason, several methods of calculating the area of the circle were deduced. Now, the method is talking about one of them. It's okay for the other, but the arithmetic fox baby really didn't dare to speak randomly. He could only order: "Go and find the method to calculate the area of the big room."
"Hmph." Yesterday, Hu Ying cursed without any dirty words. Zhao Cong, who was scolded so hard that he was so scolded that he rarely hummed twice when he saw that he was so serious now.
"A good dog doesn't bark." Hu Ying didn't look at him, but just looked at the air and said, and Zhao Cong was angry again.
"Report to the official, what's the matter with the law?" He went around and returned, but the law did not come out.
"What's the matter?" Hu Ying widened her eyes. He could no longer wait. He left everyone and went into the room to find a way to find out what was going on.
"After crossing the water, a few steps to the hill, a few steps away from the Qin people's weapons to break the city..." The calculators were busy. The high-level lookouts in the city kept closely watching the movements of the Qin army, and repelled cavalry to go out of the city to actually measure the distances everywhere. However, among all the sounds, a child's voice was mediated in the center. The fox infant rushed directly to him and said, "The person from the royal city said that the four hundred people were wide and the accumulation was only 60,000, which was not enough."
"Why is the range of four hundred people wide? "The boy who is over 100,000?" This is the general calculation of the Guowei Mansion. "The diameter is half a hundred, two hundred times two hundred times two hundred, which is forty thousand, and then multiply three points one fourteen five hundred, which should be 125,663 people."
Mou Si was a little stunned when he saw Hu Ying. He was a man from the school and was recommended by Wu Guanzi to the Guowei Mansion. Arithmetic is his strength, and it is mental arithmetic. The "Nature" textbook of Chu Guoxue is almost the same as the primary school textbook in later generations, and the solution of equations is not available in this era. Mental arithmetic is fast and accurate. Mou Si, thirteen years old, is already the chief math of the Guowei Mansion.
"He must have been wrong in the number of divisions. Four percent, not two percent." Mou Wei did not understand the contradiction between the Guowei Mansion and Wang Ting. He knew that other methods only knew that the parameter "Dimension One Week Three" was an ancient parameter. If the other party calculated it was really 60,000, then the only explanation was that the divisor was wrong. The diameter multiplied by the circumference, 40%; the diameter was half times the circumference, then it would have to be two percent, not four percent.
"Those dog thieves!" Hu Ying cursed fiercely and ran out with a kick. After a while, Hu Ying's violent scolding resounded throughout the entire Guowei Mansion. When the confidant was cursing, the sky gradually became brighter. A Zhao soldier standing on the ridge of the main bedroom in Handan braved the north wind to look east. With a "ah" sound, Lu Lijing fell on the roof without holding it. In addition to the ridge of the roof, the four Ah Chong House was covered with steep surfaces. The copper Lu Lijing clanged and finally fell off the dragon platform.
Longtai is the highest rammed earth platform in Zhao Palace, so it stands here. It’s nothing to break a Lu Lijing, for fear of disturbing the king. However, Zhao Zu’s heart, who fell from Lu Lijing, was still hanging, and his companions had already beaten the pi drum and shouted to the bottom with a broken throat: “The Chu army is here! The Chu army is here! The Chu army is here.”
The sky gradually became brighter, and at the end of the white and frosty land were boats and masts that stretched for dozens of miles. They were tributaries of Zhangshui and the Yellow River. Overnight, more than 4,000 boats emerged from the river. These boats include fishing boats, big boats, Qinghan, boats, two-type large wings of new and old, as well as sea boats and Chaos-class gunboats with masts entering the clouds.
The Yellow River is wide, plus the Zhang River, which is more than three miles wide, and the water surface is fifteen miles wide, and the boats still occupy more than 30 miles of the river. When the Qin soldiers who were defending the west bank of the Zhang River woke up and saw so many boats, they felt that the sky was getting colder. The Zhao soldiers who looked at the ridge of Si Azhong House saw that the sails of the Zhang River were filled with shadows overnight, and their hearts were full of passion.
Princess Han sent boats to save her and Zhao people were happy, but some people said that this was the Chu people who lied to us. The Chu people just wanted Zhao people to defend Handan, but fortunately they expanded their territory to the west, so they didn't want to save Zhao people at all. Besides, there were more than 400,000 people in the city, and there were only a few hundred boats outside the city. There were so many boats in the world to save themselves? Even if there were boats to save them, they would save the nobles of the palace.
The people were panic, and the military and civilians were one, and the people's hearts naturally affected the morale of the army. The moment I saw dozens of miles of boats, no one could guarantee that the boat could save more than 400,000 people in Zhao. Now, seeing the boats and seeing them filled with Zhang River and the river, all the worries were about to disappear, and every person in Zhao could board the boat to go south.
The sound of drums on the ridge of Longtai woke Zhao Qian who was sleeping soundly under the house, and then the spiritual sleeves in the small bedroom, the temple servants and maids in the palace. When the drum building at the top of the royal city wall sounded, the entire royal city and the entire Handan were awakened.
"How many boats are there in Chu people?" Linghui, who rushed over, asked as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Report to the Empress Dowager..." Zhao Zuo was not surprised by Ling Hui's beautiful face. He was inexplicably excited. When Ling Hui asked, his hands unconsciously pointed behind him and pointed to the east, "Boats, boats...numerous!"
"Countless?" Linghui looked surprised, her plump buttocks left her seat, and then sat back, full of elasticity. "Good, great kindness."
"Tai, Empress Dowager..." The boats on the tributary of the Zhang River and the Yellow River can be described as countless, but this is even more exciting. Zhao Zun continued: "The villain is looking for a phoenix flag in the boat."
"Phoenix Flag?" Linghui looked at Guo Kai with an incredible expression.
"What kind of phoenix flag?" Guo Kai asked, as long as you read the news of the Great Chu often, you will know that there must be a phoenix flag wherever the King of Chu appears.
"The flag is white, the phoenix is colorful,... and there are three more..." Zhao Zu recalled the scene he saw just now. The phoenix flag was not one side, but dozens of boats were all equipped with phoenix flags, but one side was the largest.
"The King of Chu is here." Guo Kai, who had always had a gloomy face and was serious, smiled.
"Father, King Jing is here!" Handan must stand at the highest point to see Xiong Jing's king flag. The Qin army blocking the Zhang River and Handan were not so troublesome. Last night, the scout's military newspapers continued to spread to the shogunate, but Wang Jian had already fallen asleep and did not listen to the newspaper. When he came up in the morning, Wang Ben broke in to report. The shirtless Wang Jian was bathing in the wooden barrel, and a maid was pressed under him.
"Go out!" The sex was quarreled by his son, so Wang Jian immediately waved his hand to let everyone go, including the maid below him.
"As King Jing arrived, the boats and oars of Jing people have arrived?" Wang Jian in the wooden barrel continued to scoop water with a gourd ladle and pour it on his body.
"Of course." Wang Ben nodded. "The boats stretched for dozens of miles, and their eyes were endless."
"The King of Jing arrived, the people of Jing and Zhao cooperated with each other inside and outside, this battle..." Wang Jian was not in a good mood. The King of Qin had ordered him to stop the people of Zhao from breaking through. He had to calculate the loss of troops consumed by the blocking. If he lost, the newly acquired Dashu Chang would not be able to save it.
"Well--!" Thinking that this battle is about to lose, Wang Jian made a heavy blow. He said nothing, but the gourd ladle in his hand kept slapping the water surface until it turned into pieces. The sadness of the Qin general is that he cannot be granted a marquis. Once a general is promoted to the title of Dashu, the Guowei Mansion will let him complete the most difficult task. If he doesn't go, he will cut his title; if he goes, he will lose his title, or cut his title.
If you want to be a marquis, you can only use your extraordinary achievements. The Battle of Changping is a great achievement, with five or six hundred thousand beheadings at a time; the Battle of Yan and Ying is also a great achievement, not only beheading hundreds of thousands, but also occupying hundreds of miles of cities in the State of Chu. Even so, you must be careful in daily life, otherwise you will follow in the footsteps of Wu'anjun.
"If the Zhao people leave, it will be a serious crime; if the Zhao people leave, countless people will die, and the title will be reduced, what should we do?" There is nothing we can't talk about between the father and son. Wang Jian shouted out the left and right servants to discuss things with his son.
"Can there be any news in the palace? Is the king, is it true that the magistrate said? "Wang Jian asked another question without answering.
"No news." Wang Ben shook his head, "but by common sense, his father's title was reduced to the great good fortune. This was already under Jing Hua, the general of Jing people surrendered."
"Daliang Zao?" Daliang Zao was the 16th-class title. Wang Jian was silent for a while and finally said, "No, the Prime Minister has fallen, but there is no one in the court anymore, so you can only go to Zuo Shuchang. If you are too tall, the king will definitely be punished."
"Zuo Shuchang?!" Wang Ben was stunned. He knew that the hero would cut off his arm in this battle, but he did not expect that he would reach the tenth level of the throne as soon as he broke.
"Alas!" Some people in the court are interested in being an official, and it is normal for them to attract the power. Wang Jian was able to stand out from many generals by Xiong Qi. However, Xiong Qi had already broken into the Chu Dynasty last month because of his connection with Chu. Most of the officials of the Chu clan in the court were implicated.
Chapter completed!