Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

In the dense forest outside Huanglong Prefecture, Zeng Sheng led several hundred men and quietly approached.

Although it was winter, the forest was still very dense, and Zeng Sheng and his men were lying in ambush, completely invisible from the outside!

"One group on guard, the rest of you take turns digging!"

Seeing this, Zeng Sheng immediately ordered the digging of a tunnel to begin. The men behind him were divided into several groups, each with dozens of people, and they started digging at the same time!

"Hurry up!"

At first, Zeng Sheng stood on the sidelines encouraging people, but later he simply rolled up his sleeves and joined the tunnel-digging team!

You have to admit, with Zeng Sheng joining the project, the progress of the tunnel construction has obviously accelerated a lot!

Although this winter was cold, it wasn't that badly cold. It seems like God really wanted to help Zeng Sheng! After digging through the top layer of rock-hard frozen soil, the soil underneath wasn't frozen solid at all!

This greatly accelerated the progress of the tunnel excavation. In just one hour, they dug a tunnel entrance that was more than two people deep and three people wide.

"Alright, we're almost at the tunnel entrance. Let's check the direction!"

According to Zeng Sheng's idea, once the direction is right, dig a straight line to reach the underground of Huanglongfu in the shortest time, and then slow down the speed a little to dig upwards.

When they are about to reach the ground, Wanyan Loushi should lead the attacking troops to launch an attack to attract the attention of the city's defenders. Then, Zeng Sheng and his men should take the opportunity to dig through the ground and storm into the city!

In this way, we can definitely launch a surprise attack on the city!

Well, Zeng Sheng's idea is actually quite good, but...

"General, the Jin army is surrounding us, but they're not attacking. They're just constantly repelling our reinforcements. What are they trying to do?"

Inside Huanglong Prefecture, the local garrison expressed their incomprehension regarding the recent actions of the Jin soldiers.

"Hmph, they just want to take advantage of this winter to trap us in the city."

The general guarding the city wasn't worried at all.

"But they are sorely mistaken! Our Huanglong Prefecture prepares winter supplies a month in advance every year. We have everything from coal to grain! They want to starve us to death? I don't believe they brought more grain with them!"

"Besides, we've already sent out our flying eagles. Once the Emperor knows that Huanglong Prefecture is besieged, he will definitely send a large army to help!"

"As long as we hold out until our Liao army arrives, these Jurchens will be nothing but clay chickens and earthen dogs, utterly vulnerable!"

The Liao general defending the city wasn't entirely wrong, because at that very moment, the Liao emperor, Yelü Yanxi, already knew about the situation in Huanglong Prefecture. Therefore, he dispatched General Yelü Erduo as commander-in-chief and the fierce general Xiao Yixuege Yelü Zhangnu as deputy commander-in-chief, ordering them to lead 200,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry to defend Huanglong! (These figures are recorded in historical texts, so let's assume they're true.)

Two hundred thousand cavalry!

What a terrifying number this is, but this is the current strength of the Liao Dynasty!

Although everyone knows that cavalry defending a city is tantamount to crippling oneself, the Great Liao is just openly telling you that even if I waste my cavalry, I can still overwhelm you with sheer numbers!

Compared to the Liao army of 270,000, the Jin army of more than 50,000 that is currently gathering around Huanglongfu seems insignificant.

"General, do you think the Jurchens might try other methods to attack the city? For example, spreading rumors to demoralize the army, sending spies to infiltrate, or digging tunnels?"

"Can rumors easily shake the warriors of our Great Liao? Spies? The Yellow Dragon Prefecture has long allowed entry but not exit. Even if there are spies, we are not afraid!"

Upon hearing his subordinates' words, the city's commander was not afraid at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat excited.

"As for digging tunnels, anyone who thinks of that is the biggest idiot in the world!"

When he said this, the general guarding the city had a look of utter contempt on his face.

"Why, General?"

The guards of Huanglong Prefecture were very puzzled.

"Because the land where our Huanglong Prefecture is located was once full of rubble. It was our Liao ancestors who used loads of soil to weigh down those rubble before building Huanglong Prefecture!"

"If someone wants to dig a tunnel, they're either asking for death or they're an idiot."

……

"Ding!!"

At that moment, Zeng Sheng, whom the defenders called a "stupid pig," struck something extremely hard with his hoe! The recoil from the hoe made Zeng Sheng frown!

This doesn't feel good!

Sure enough, in the next instant, many voices rang in Zeng Sheng's ears simultaneously:

"My lord, something terrible has happened! I've dug up a stone!"

"My lord, I've found a stone too!"

"I found one too! How come there are so many rocks?!"

……

Almost instantly, the people responsible for digging the tunnel all reported hitting rocks, and the rocks were quite large and arranged haphazardly, making it seem impossible to dig through them in a short time.

"Can we go around it?"

Zeng Sheng tried to salvage the tunnel warfare plan.

"No, there are huge rocks on both sides. We can't move them or break them!"

Soldiers skilled in digging attempted to break through from the left and right sides, but found it impossible.

What about the up and down directions?

Zeng Sheng was still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"We can't go down; it's even harder down there. As for up there... Prince Consort, if we're too close to the ground, we'll be easily discovered."

Hearing the soldier's words, who was skilled in digging, Zeng Sheng was momentarily speechless.

"Prince Consort, our plan..."

After everyone finished reporting, they noticed that Zeng Sheng's face had turned green. Clearly, he hadn't expected this to happen.

"Stop! Stop!"

Zeng Sheng had no choice but to call a halt to the operation; his tunnel warfare plan was likely to fail.

"Let's retreat! Let's go back!"

Although we were very reluctant, we had all worked together for so long and the tunnel was quite beautiful. It's such a shame to just let it go like this!

But Zeng Sheng suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself twice across the face!

The two slaps were so forceful that Yuan Lang's cheeks turned red at a visible speed in the cold winter wind!

After he finished smoking, Zeng Sheng's reluctance disappeared a lot. In the end, he was even the first person to lead the way out of the tunnel excavation area!

Since we can't dig into Huanglongfu, let's think of another way! Can a living person die from holding their pee?

Zeng Sheng would not admit that he had made a mistake in judgment; he would blame others for the problem!

"So these people from Huanglong Prefecture have been living in an area with so many rocks all along! Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

After returning to the military camp, Zeng Sheng grumbled a few times, then sat quietly in his tent, pondering other solutions.

You guys from Huanglong Prefecture, let me let you be smug for a few more days!

Let's discuss it again when I come up with a good idea!