Chapter 360: Luo Songting's Plan
At four o'clock, Luo Songting sent someone to pass on the message, ordering Bailiyan (Wei Xian) to go to the Sima Mansion of the city to discuss matters. The command of the south gate was transferred to Sikong Nan, and Bailiyan hurriedly rushed to Sima Mansion, the city capital. Jiang Qian, Luo Songting, and Chen Yunfeng had already arrived first, and they had also prepared food.
"General Wei has worked hard." Jiang Qian said politely.
Baili Yan gave a slight salute:
"The situation in the south of the city is tense, so if the young master has something to say, let's talk about it quickly."
At this time, Luo Songting said calmly:
"General Wei don't be impatient, the situation will definitely change tonight, General Wei doesn't need to worry."
Bai Liyan thought about it, could it be that the rebels stormed the south of the city for a reason? He hurriedly asked:
"Mr. Luo, the rebels attacked the South Gate so desperately, Mr. Luo had expected it a long time ago."
"I asked General Wei, are the rebels digging the corners of the southern city wall?"
"Yes, didn't I dig you up? hiss...... "Bai Liyan thought something wrong, Luo Songting wouldn't ask this for no reason, unless the rebels only dug the corners of the south city wall, but not the corners of the west gate and the east gate, but how did Luo Songting know that the rebels would definitely dig the corners of the south city wall."
"Mr. Luo, could it be that the rebels only dug Wei's corner!"
"But it was dug near the gates."
Luo Songting asked without arrogance or impatience, and Bailiyan was annoyed and ashamed:
"In this way, Mr. Luo arranged for Wei to stick to the south of the city, which really fooled me!"
"General Wei misunderstood, the main force of the vanguard battalion is very small, if you arrange General Wei to go out of the city to raid, I am afraid it is difficult to have a chance of winning, if you arrange General Wei to stick to the east gate or the west gate, the main force of my Guangxin army will be pinned down in the south of the city and unable to get out, so I can only grieve General Wei to make it difficult."
Hearing this, Bai Liyan understood that his cheap son-in-law turned out to be cannon fodder, so he decisively lowered his face and asked:
"Say, what is the mystery of the fall of the south wall, why the rebels only dig the corner of the wall near the south gate."
"That's the case, the south city wall has been repaired by Qin Han for more than ten years, and Qin Han has been secretly communicating with the black turban thief for more than 20 years, Luo suspected that the south city wall might be flawed, so he concluded that the rebels were very likely to attack the south gate, in order to break the city wall and create chaos for Guangxin."
Hearing that there was still this matter, Bai Liyan was angry and jumped on his face:
"Then why didn't you say it sooner!"
"If Luo Mou says it, will General Wei still go to defend the south of the city?"
"Of course not, I knew that the wall would fall, who would stand under the wall and wait for death, not to mention that there are thousands of brothers standing on the wall, how can Ben Jiang let them die!"
Only then did Bai Liyan recall that the closer the middle section of the southern city wall was to the city gate, the damage rate of the female wall was indeed extremely high, much higher than that of the eastern and western sections, and it could even be easily shattered by giant crossbow arrows.
Seeing that Bailiyan was angry, Chen Yunfeng made a round at this time:
"Our determined army will come out of the east gate tonight to give the rebels a head-on blow, so that the danger of the southern city can be solved."
"Humph, despicable!" Bai Liyan spit out two words heavily, her face still unhappy.
"General Wei, if you can't determine where the rebels' main attack is, our army will rush out of the city, and it will be counterattacked. Now that there is a flaw in the south of the city, the rebels will definitely take advantage of it, and General Wei's experience in a hundred battles can make the rebels more convinced that our army has no knowledge of the matter of the southern city wall, so as to attract the main force of the rebels to feint and provide cover for our army to go out of the city tonight. ”
Luo Songting's mouth was full of truth, but Bai Liyan also knew the stakes, but he couldn't start this, he said:
"Only this once, don't take it as an example, otherwise Hugh blames Wei for turning his face and being ruthless!"
In the end, Bai Liyan took a step back, but from a strategic point of view, Luo Songting was understandable to do so.
First, Qin Han knew that there was a problem with the city wall in the south of the city, and he could be sure that the Guangxin Mansion was still in the dark, after all, after so many years, Jiang Min had entered the city from the south of the city countless times, and he really didn't find anything abnormal.
Second, from a psychological point of view, only when Bailiyan is in the dark, and the rebels choose to storm the south of the city, can they create the illusion that Bailiyan and the rebels are fighting to the death, and at the same time they don't know that there is a problem with the city wall. If Bai Liyan had learned in advance that there was a quality problem with the middle section of the city wall in the south of the city, he would definitely not have sent heavy troops to defend the middle section of the city wall. As a result, it was discovered by the rebels.
The atmosphere froze for a moment, and Bai Liyan continued:
"Since the troops are dispatched tonight, Mr. Luo must have expected the rebels to draw troops tonight, but is this the case?"
"Exactly, if the expectation is good, the rebels will draw troops from Pucheng to make the illusion of rushing to the aid of Guangxin, and at the same time, after dark, secretly draw troops from outside Guangxin City to the west to ambush. The 80,000 horses and horses stationed in the rebel camps between Pucheng, Guangxin, and Dingyang should have made a feint to Dingyang and made a posture to block Dingyang's galloping aid, which was actually to lure the Jin army in Leicheng. ”
"In this way, the loss of Pucheng is a matter of the past three or five days."
"It should be so, so our army will attack from the east gate in the second half of the night tonight, and fight to the death with it, so that the rebels will not take the soldiers and horses outside the city."
There were 100,000 rebels besieging Guangxin, and there was no possibility of storming Guangxin, so they could only lure the Jin army to attack Pucheng in the name of besieging Guangxin, and the rebels withdrew most of the 20,000 people in Pucheng on the grounds that it was difficult to attack Guangxin, and transferred out of Pucheng in the name of rushing to aid Guangxin.
At the same time, the rebels stabilized Guangxin's soldiers and horses with a feint, and secretly withdrew some of the besieging men and horses and went to the periphery of Pucheng to set up an ambush. At this time, another 80,000 rebels stationed in Dazhai were dispatched in the name of blocking the Dingyang cavalry.
In this way, it actually created a false impression that the rebels seemed to be unfavorable and were pinned down in Guangxin, and the Jin army stationed in Leicheng would take advantage of the opportunity to attack Pucheng at this time.
The rebels chose to attack the city today, in fact, to cover their intention to draw troops tonight.
It is impossible to last a long time to attack the city, and it must be repaired for several days and ten days in a row, otherwise the morale of the besieging side will inevitably be hit, and when the rebels begin to repair, replenish the lost siege equipment, adjust the structure of the siege camp, rescue the wounded, etc., so as to mislead the defenders of Guangxin, it is because they have too much momentum to attack and must repair.
In fact, after today, the siege will be weakened every day from tomorrow, but the attacks of long-range combat equipment such as siege will not kill people, or have fewer casualties, will increase suddenly, so as to compensate for the reduction of military pressure due to the investment of fighting soldiers, so as to confuse the Guangxin army.
Tonight's sudden attack is to prevent the rebels' plan to draw troops from succeeding, and at the same time, the rebels' plan has been deployed in place, and it is too late to make further transfers, and it is difficult to know what the intention of the Guangxin defenders is to suddenly kill the bottom.
Take advantage of the double suddenness to keep the rebels in a state of panic and unable to escape.
Luo Songting expected that the rebels were very likely to attack the south gate first, so he asked the pioneer battalion to fill the hole, and only when the pioneer battalion filled in, the 20,000 or 30,000 old soldiers of the Guangxin army could draw out the main force to recuperate, and wait until the evening to kill the east gate in one go.
The east gate is in the direction of Lincheng, and the west gate is in the direction of Pucheng, and the rebels must draw troops from east to west, so they began to draw the rebels outside the east gate at the earliest. If it is to attack the rebels outside the West Gate, the rebels will draw troops from east to west, and the Guangxin Army will kill out of the West Gate, and the rebel troops will most likely turn around and flock to the West Gate, and the threat to the Guangxin Army will undoubtedly be huge.
Only if the rebels withdrew to attack the rebels outside the east gate, a sudden attack, if the rebels want to reinforce, either from outside the south gate, or let the soldiers and horses that have gone west turn around and gallop east to help, regardless of time or strength, Guangxin can achieve the suddenness of the attack.
Luo Songting and Pan laid out all the plans, and Bai Liyan's anger immediately disappeared a lot, but the unhappiness in his heart still did not decrease by half a point.
"Since Mr. Luo is like a god, Wei has nothing to say. The brothers of the pioneer battalion fought a bloody battle in the city, and asked Wei to enjoy the food here alone, but Wei couldn't do it, so he would have said goodbye first! ”
"General Wei......"
As soon as Jiang Qian's words came out, Luo Songting preemptively said:
"Thank you General Wei for understanding the righteousness, and Luo Mou, the young lord and the lord are grateful."
Bai Liyan turned around at this time and said:
The polite words are exempt, Wei reminded Mr. Luo again, only this time is not an example, otherwise Hugh blame will turn his face ruthlessly. Leave! ”
When the words fell, Bai Liyan limped out of the mansion and returned to the south gate by car.
After he left, Jiang Qian said:
"Mr. Luo, the south of the city won't really collapse!"
"It shouldn't collapse yet, but it's still possible." Luo Songting comforted himself.
"Qin Han, this evil thief, if he doesn't punish his head, it is really difficult to level the evil spirit of this son!"
"Alas...... The big mistake has been made, it is too late to say anything at this time, the young master will rest as soon as possible, and a big battle will inevitably be tonight. ”
Luo Songting dispatched 15,000 veterans and 10,000 recruits, a total of 25,000 people, and after the reorganization, they have been pressed in the north of the city to repair and practice, just waiting for tonight to pull out of the east gate to fight.
The rebel army of 100,000 people surrounded the eastern, western, and southern gates of Guangxin, with the south gate as the main attack, at least 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the west gate facing Pucheng, there should also be 30,000 people.
When Bai Liyan returned to the south of the city by car, the fighting was at its peak, and the rebels cleaned up the wreckage of the boxcar outside the drawbridge gate and used the rushing car. The rebels originally planned to continue to pick up the calcium carbide covered with earth under the drawbridge door, but in the end they were indeed succeeded by the rebels, but the result was that the miracle did not happen again after splashing the water, and they had no choice but to rush into the car.
The situation that causes this is very complicated, most of it is because the calcium carbide is buried by the covered soil, isolated from the air in a semi-anoxic state, and is still simmering, and the high temperature and anoxic environment further consume the calcium carbide, and at the same time partially convert and reduce it into carbon, which may also be more stable graphite.
However, the rebels were not so lucky this time, there was a city gate behind the drawbridge gate, and there was a drawbridge gate behind the city gate, which meant that even if the rebels broke the drawbridge gate, they still had to attack the city gate, and they needed to break through three gates, and the casualties would inevitably be heavy.
Moreover, the drawbridge gate of Guangxin is flat on the city wall, if necessary, cut the chain and put it down directly, not only to crush a large number of rebels attacking the city below, and then set a fire, and enough for the rebels to toss for most of the day.
The fighting continued until Hai, the rebels' offensive on the south of the city slowed down, and the Black Turban Army took advantage of the cover of night to draw troops from the east gate, south gate, and west gate one after another, totaling 40,000 people, preparing to rush to the Pucheng territory with the 16,000 people who had withdrawn from Pucheng to ambush, and 56,000 people would be ambushed outside Pucheng a day later.