Chapter 34: The Turning Point (2)
Lu Guang was very happy. Several days of repairs did not wear down the vigor of this army, and the proposal to siege the city was not met with any opposition, but was unanimously adopted. Qiuzi City was under martial law last night, and although the specific news is not yet clear, there is always turmoil in the city anyway. Take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, you can get a full attack, and the loss can be minimized, why not?
If the peace agreement is reached, of course, there are no casualties, but the whole Qiuzi army, what should I do? All of them are scattered, it seems impossible, keep them, how can Lu Guang feel at ease in his westward expedition? If he didn't know that Qiuzi was chaotic, Lu Guang didn't mind asking for peace first, since it was already chaotic, then choose war.
As for that poor Duan joining the army, he might be killed by the angry Qiuzi people. But it doesn't matter, Lu Dashuai has clear rewards and punishments, and he will definitely focus on caring for the family members of any people who sacrificed their lives for the country, as for Duan Joining, it seems that he has no relatives anymore? Then make more offerings.
The sky is basically not bright, although it is almost noon when the hour is concerned, the army is swinging towards the city, no matter how sluggish the Qiuci people are, they should know that the soldiers are coming to the city, but it doesn't matter, Lu Guang believes that no matter what chaos happens at night, the fundamentals of Qiuci City have been shaken, and he doesn't mind giving the Qiuci people a little time to prepare, but when the preparation of the rough tools is not completed, Lu Guang will give them a fatal blow!
The ladder and the car are not used for the time being, and there is no need. There are boulder cannons, what else can't be done? Lu Guang looked at those delicate devices, and seemed to think of Duan Shenjun, the scholar who had been a little incomprehensible recently.
There are already a lot of people at the head of Qiuci City, umbrella covers have appeared, banners and archers have appeared, obviously, the Qiuci people have begun to nervously deploy defenses, Lu Guang is very satisfied, everything is under control.
The leaky pot beside Lu Guang was counting down little by little, and the soldiers on Qiuzi City were also nervously carrying rolling wood and thunder stones, carrying arrows and sandbags, although the generals looked a little pessimistic, but the young soldiers seemed to have more confidence than them. Siege, even if you have an army of 100,000, what about it? The siege battle lasted less than ten days and half a month, where was there any possibility that it could be captured? The veterans are seizing every moment to tell the recruits the secrets of the battlefield, although many have said it many times ago.
"It's time to get there." Lu You said softly.
"Well, are the horsemen ready to be sent out?" Lu Guang said lightly.
"Ready, I expect that King Qiuzi will definitely break through, we have sent people in every direction, all of them are dead soldiers trained by the Lu family since childhood, and almost all of them can be a hundred." A sinister smile flashed at the corner of Lu You's mouth.
"Let's get started." Lu Guang waved his hand. Lu You listened, and immediately lit a torch, and then, countless torches in the whole army were lit at the same time, almost more dazzling than the sun that had just shown its face on the horizon!
"Archer, put!" As the heralds chanted, shield-protected archers began to suppress the soldiers at the towers above the gates. Lü Guang's siege battle began.
At the same time, there was a simple argument on the castle tower, and the topic of the argument was simple, whether to hold or attack.
The opinion that sticks to it is that most of the civil and military generals are the generals, and the opinion of the attack is a very small number of people such as Mengbai and Maimaiti. Obviously, although most of the generals were a little afraid of the Qin army, but in any case, they were born in Qiuci, and the city wall of Qiuci was already rare in the world in their opinion, the main wall in front of the east gate of Qiuci was tall and wide, and the auxiliary wall on the side was slightly higher than the main wall, and the soldiers could hide in it and reinforce at any time. In addition, there are still arrow stacks in the city, which can be observed by archery. There is plenty of grain and grass in the city, and there are many arrows, so it can be defended. And going out of the city to fight in the field may not be cheap.
Mengbai's thinking is much simpler, of course, the field battle may not be better than the elite of a hundred battles, but sticking to it, facing the catapult that can destroy most of the city walls, just die faster. If the field battle can destroy the catapult by surprise, even if it delays its attack, the effect will be much better, and the turtle will have hope of holding it in case.
The two sides did not fight, so Mengbai ordered an attack in the name of the prison country!
Braving the rain of arrows in the sky, under the cover of shields, the archers of Qiuzi City also began to fire volleys, condescendingly, of course, there were bonuses, and casualties began to appear on both sides, but they were all pawns of a long battle, and naturally they would not collapse at the touch of a button. But in the end, the Qin army is still well-equipped, there are always whistling long arrows with a piercing sound on the cloud tower, on the city wall, there is a terrifying "dong dong" sound, the generals wear thick armor, loudly scold the soldiers, and kill one or two soldiers who cover their heads and shout for their lives, before stabilizing the situation.
Without further ado, with the sound of a squeaky winch and the cheers of the city, the east gate slowly opened, and Mamaiti soon rushed towards the mountain-like array in front of him with a temporary group of 1,000 cavalry.
They are going to use their lives to challenge the most powerful army in the world today, but they have no hesitation because they want to protect their homeland behind them!
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Of course, there are enemy troops on all sides, but obviously, the main force of the Qin army is in the east, on the one hand, the attack must be focused, and it is not a good thing to divide the troops on all sides. Moreover, due to the unique geographical structure of Qiuci, the west is not suitable for large troops, so Lü Guang only sent Du Jin with more than 500 cavalry to guard the west, on the one hand, to intercept possible reinforcements, and more importantly, to prevent breakthroughs.
In fact, in ancient siege warfare, it was impossible to completely stop the breakthrough in the city. The reason is very simple, the siege must mainly use infantry, and the main force to break through must be cavalry, the cavalry of the attacking side is generally far away from the city gate, but it is difficult for you to know when the people in the city will break through, and it will be difficult to block the people who are rushing with all their strength when they miss the opportunity.
Simon had soldiers, but there was no war. Du Jin's cavalry wandered far from the city gate, and the soldiers on the tower of the city gate were patrolling, but their number was much smaller. The south gate and the north gate were also intercepted by Lu Guang's army, so Du Jin was not worried at all. If there is a large-scale breakthrough in the city, then stick to them and wait for reinforcements, the large army will have a lot of baggage, and it will not be able to run far. If a small force breaks through, then your own cavalry can wipe them all out!
As expected, hundreds of archers suddenly appeared on the city wall, and then the city gate opened, and more than a hundred horsemen rushed out, with a carriage in the middle, and then, the city gate was quickly closed, not giving Du Jin the opportunity to rush into the city at all.
The more than 100 horsemen who rushed out of the city galloped along the northwest direction, because Du Jin's cavalry happened to be in the southwest direction at this time, and the southwest and northwest were mainly small hills, and it was not easy to chase after them on horseback.
But the cavalry in Du Jin's hands is the sharpest iron army, and they don't believe in evil!
If there is a breakthrough, kill it, this is Du Jin's creed.
And Duan Ye in the carriage just wants to live well.