Chapter 219: New Concept War (1)

The ideal is plump, and the reality is too skinny. It was only at this moment that Li Shimin understood how fortunate it was to have a capable subordinate, and if Chen Yinglai was allowed to command this offensive and defensive battle, it would be good for himself, the soldiers, and the Tang Dynasty.

It's a pity that Chen Ying is not here, and what is even more regrettable is that Chen Ying is not his subordinate, but Li Jiancheng's person. I don't know why, Li Shimin has a resentment in his head at this moment, this resentment is not aimed at the evil Wang Shichong, nor is it aimed at the overwhelming sparks and fires, but at his own brother of one mother's compatriot - Li Jiancheng.

Why is Li Jiancheng the crown prince?

Why did Li Jiancheng get the support of the world's family lords, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Taiyuan Wang, Taiyuan Wen, including Hedong Xue, why did they support Li Jiancheng?

There is also a courtier like Chen Ying, who can prosper the country and can determine the country, and only be loyal to Li Jiancheng, but not to him?

I have to say that Li Shimin's brain is very powerful, and at such a critical moment, he is not thinking about how to retreat from the enemy, but angry that Li Jiancheng is better than his own life.

The night wind is getting stronger and stronger. There are more and more red-burning stones flying into the Tang Army camp, and the red-hot stones are pervasively igniting all the substances that can be ignited, and they can even get the smoke billowing out of the entire Tang Army camp, and they can't see. Although he couldn't see it, from the touch of his face, Li Shimin felt that there would be a greater crisis coming.

In fact, Li Shimin's guess was right. As the dense rejection of horses and deer outside the camp were destroyed by the swift trebuchets like meteors, the Zheng soldiers began to move forward slowly.

Wang Shichong did not let the Zheng soldiers fill the trench with their lives, but under the cover of sword and shield soldiers and archers, the craftsmen and minfu began to advance again.

Seeing that using a trebuchet to shoot red-hot stones could smash the Tang soldiers into heads, Wang Shi repaid the sweetness of this trick. Of course, this plan was not thought up by Wang Shichong on a whim, this clever plan was actually thought up by Zhao Jiqing by Wang Shichong's Zhonglang.

Chen Ying originally captured Wang Xuanqiong and Zhao Jiqing at the Taolin Jinsha camp and imprisoned them in the Taolin Gold Mine for hard labor. However, Zhao Jiqing, who betrayed Wang Shichong in history and surrendered at the gate of Luoyang City, used a chisel to hijack the manager who took care of the gold mine and took the opportunity to escape from the gold mine. Wang Shichong did not hold him accountable for the defeat, but trusted Youjia, and in this case, Zhao Jiqing, who was familiar with the mining matter, offered this clever plan.

In the era when there were no explosives, there was only one way to mine and mine stones, that is, to first burn the stones red with fire, and then pour water on the red-hot stones, so that because of the physical action of thermal expansion and cold contraction, these stones will find bursting and splitting from the original integrated mountain.

Although Zhao Jiqing does not understand physics, he also knows that this method will magnify the power of the stone bullet. Wang Shichong first did the test and found that whether it was iron armor or leather armor, it was impossible to prevent this kind of pervasive stone projectile fragments.

Wang Shichong didn't even have any interest in dismantling the trebuchet, and while he asked people to demolish the houses in Xin'an County and the surrounding villages and towns, get dry wood, and build trebuchets, he also asked people to take advantage of the defenders in the Tang army camp to shrink the defense line, and directly advanced the trebuchet position on the edge of the trench less than thirty steps outside the Tang army camp.

Although Li Shimin did not see that at least hundreds of trebuchets outside the Tang army camp had slowly built their bases, he felt that something was wrong.

However, trebuchets fire red-hot stone projectiles, which is too pitiful. The ordinary method is not effective at all, put the soldiers in front of the camp wall, I am afraid that after a few rounds, the morale has collapsed.

Using the bed crossbow with an ultra-long range to counteract the trebuchet, this is Li Shimin's most valuable means of pressing the bottom of the box, and now Li Shimin doesn't care about pressing the bottom of the box or not, if he can't suppress Zheng Jun's trebuchet, I'm afraid there will be no chance.

Fortunately, although the red-hot stone projectiles fired by the trebuchet were very powerful, in the dark night, the blazing furnace used to heat the stone projectiles was the best target.

The Tang soldiers trembled and adjusted the firing angle of the bed crossbow, and when the bed crossbow was ready, with the order of the Tang army generals, the bed crossbow made a heart-warming "bang bang ......" sound, with the trilling sound of the bed crossbow strings shook everyone's heartstrings, more than a hundred six-foot long crossbow guns burst out, and then, the Tang soldiers seemed to have found a feeling, quickly loaded the crossbow arrows, and then moved the ratchet wheel, quickly wound the bed crossbow, the huge wooden hammer smashed into the machine bracket, the bed crossbow, and then shot ......, three hundred crossbow guns were poured out!

However, something unexpected happened to Li Shimin, Zheng Jun's trebuchet was still methodically firing red-hot stone bullets, no matter how low the accuracy of the bed crossbow was, more than 300 crossbow guns, even if a blind cat hit a dead mouse, it should hit a few, right? But it is not normal to have a trebuchet without a dumb fire.

Not only Li Shimin is strange, but even Qin Qiong is also very strange.

Qin Qiong really couldn't help it, snatched his carved lacquered iron-tired bow from his own soldiers, pulled out a light arrow, then pulled out the arrow, wrapped it around the arrow with fine linen, soaked it in fire oil, and then lit it and shot towards the camp.

However, after this arrow rocket was fired, the scene near the Tang army camp was illuminated, and seeing where Qin Qiong's rocket passed, Li Shimin was shocked into a cold sweat.

It turned out that the dense Zheng soldiers took advantage of the night to advance layer by layer like a dark tide, and it was the Zheng soldiers who advanced in the dark. The Zheng army has surrounded the Tang army for many days, and they are also well aware of the defense situation of the Tang army camp in Cijian.

These Zheng soldiers did not directly attack the Tang army camp, but gently dug the earth wall on the spot. Li Shimin also suddenly realized at this time, no wonder the bed crossbow shot failed to hit Zheng Jun's trebuchet. Because Zheng Jun had become much more cunning, these trebuchets filled sacks or baskets with earth in front of the array, and built a breastwork wall no more than five feet high.

Although the bed crossbow is very powerful, but there is really no way to deal with this kind of soft breastwork, some bed crossbow crossbow guns have hit the chest wall more than 30 steps outside the camp, even if these crossbow guns are almost completely submerged in this kind of chest wall, but they can not cause fatal damage to trebuchets and trebuchet operators.

Li Shimin was also shocked into a cold sweat when he saw this situation, the trebuchet is not a direct-aiming equipment, it is an ancient cannon, which can be like a cannonball, along a parabolic trajectory to throw at the enemy within a certain range, but the bed crossbow is a direct-fire weapon, although within the effective range of 800 steps, the flight trajectory of the bed crossbow is also a little arc, but it is not a parabola. If it weren't for Qin Qiong inadvertently launching a rocket and letting these trebuchets who were forced to thirty steps outside the Tang army camp to speak, I am afraid that the Tang army camp would not be able to hold the first barracks.

"Quick, get Zheng Jun out!" Li Shimin hurriedly ordered, and Lei Yongji roared with all his might: "The guards of the Qin Palace's palace are with me!" ”

Wang Shichong saw that Li Shimin actually launched a small-scale counterattack, and immediately said with joy: "The whole army is pressed and this Tang army is torn apart!" ”

In fact, Wang Shichong is really anxious, Chen Ying's army has approached Yanshi, less than 100 miles away from Luoyang, although Wang Shiyun went to Yanshi, but Wang Shichong really has no confidence, thinking that Wang Shiyun can block Chen Ying, at this time Zheng Jun will be fully suppressed by the trebuchet troops in the future, and the morale-boosting Zheng army soldiers roared and rushed to the battlefield full of corpses.

Chen Ying never dreamed that because his troops played too well, he forced Wang Shichong to have no way out at the beginning, and he could only fight Li Shimin to the death. In this desolate wilderness, the most tragic battle of the officers and men of the Tang Army since the formation of the army kicked off.

As Wang Shichong expected, Zheng Jun's several rounds of fierce trebuchet attacks knocked Li Shimin into vomiting blood, especially when he was close to thirty steps, those newly assembled trebuchets launched the first round of extremely dense artillery volleys, which even blinded Shimin, and after fighting with Zheng Jun for so long, it was the first time he encountered such fierce fire from Zheng Jun!

Under the Zheng army's trebuchets firing red-hot stone bullets in turn, the Tang soldiers had almost no chance to display their proud offensive and defensive skills, and they were beaten all the time.

The stone bullets as fast as meteors, fired at close range, almost covered the Tang army camp within 300 steps, and the red-hot stones, the first target was aimed at the bed crossbow positions of the Tang army soldiers, the main material of these bed crossbows was wood, and as soon as they were covered by the red-hot stone bullets, almost all the bed crossbows became burning fires.

Seeing that the bed crossbow at the bottom of the pressure box turned into a burning fire, Li Shimin was so angry that he smoked, and the roar was like thunder, he waved his horse lance hard, trying to rush into the center of the Zheng army formation to kill him, but how dare the eldest grandson Shunde let Li Shimin go up and fight hard, and quickly hugged Li Shimin.

But fortunately, Qin Qiong did not hesitate to resist the stone bullet fragments flying everywhere on his head, rushed to the edge of the camp and shot with a bow and arrow, and shot the trebuchet that Zheng Jun had placed thirty steps in front of the camp, but under the blow of Zheng Jun's trebuchet, the Tang army still suffered heavy casualties.

Just like a classic line in "Soldier Assault", in the end of the war, it is still people who fight.

Wang Shichong tossed all night, and did not break through the first line of defense of the Tang army camp, but he successfully suppressed the morale of the Tang army soldiers.

Looking at the wounded soldiers in the camp who were screaming and screaming, Li Shimin muttered in his heart: "I don't know if I can hold out until Chen Ying's arrival."

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In fact, Chen Ying is not as relaxed as Li Shimin imagined. As the saying goes, one trick is eaten all over the world.

The trebuchet tactics invented by Zhao Jiqing are not only used by Wang Shichong, but also by Wang Shiyun.

However, before the Modao army could get close to Yanshi City for a hundred steps, the Zheng army's trebuchet on the wall of Yanshi City fired stone projectiles and smashed their skin and faces, especially the Modao Army was burned by the red-hot stones, and Chen Ying's heart was like a drop of blood.

Chen Ying did not have a heavy bed crossbow under his command, nor did he have heavy equipment such as trebuchets, not to mention that the siege of the city with ants was a tactic that Chen Ying hated the most.

Li Xiuning learned from Hou Junji that Li Shimin's situation was in crisis, so he automatically came to ask for war. said: "General, let me go to war, I can't go on like this!" ”

Chen Ying still refused, shook his head and said, "The time has not yet come." ”

"Didn't arrive? How long will that be? ”

Li Xiuning shouted: "Wang Shichong has added more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, if he can't break the city and kill Xin'an as soon as possible, not only can the 50,000 troops surrounded in Cijian not be able to keep it, but I am afraid that the more than 30,000 remnants of the Beipi battalion will not be able to hold on, and now the situation in Henan has gradually become clear, Wang Shichong plans to attack Cijian first, and then take Beibei, is General Chen going to sit back and watch more than 80,000 Tang army soldiers and soldiers be completely annihilated by Wang Shichong?" ”

However, Liu Tong said: "With the current situation, although the situation of His Royal Highness King Qin is not good, but it is also as for the collapse, we have a slight advantage over Yanshi in terms of troops, but for Wang Shichong as a whole, there is no advantage, as Princess Pingyang expected, Wang Shichong first attacked the magnetic stream, and then conquered the north, however, Wang Shichong has another possibility!" ”

Li Xiuning looked at Liu Tong in surprise, she didn't remember that there was Liu Tong under Chen Ying's command. Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying with an inquiring gaze, but Chen Ying was silent, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Xiuning asked, "What other tricks does Wang Shichong have?" ”

Liu Tongdao: "That is to use our eagerness to rescue His Royal Highness the King of Qin's psychology, the real target, is not the King of Qin, but General Chen, the Modao Army has no advantage in the face of Zheng Jun's trebuchet troops, hook sickle cavalry, if they are not good at cavalry in the terrain, they will also be slaughtered, Meng Jin and Cao Zhan under Dou Jiande, the purpose is unknown, he is too close to Luoyang, once Cao Zhan's department joins the war horse of the Central Plains, I am afraid that our situation will be very bad." ”

Li Xiuning said: "I know what you mean......"

Chen Ying heard Li Xiuning's dissatisfaction, and interrupted her: "But what I want is more than just rescuing His Royal Highness King Qin!" What I want is to fight a beautiful battle and beat Wang Shichong painfully, even injured, or even eliminated. In that way, it will be possible for me to temporarily withdraw from here, lead the army north, and fight Dou Jiande in a decisive battle. ”

Chen Ying turned to look at Li Xiuning and said, "You should understand what I mean!" ”

Li Xiuning said: "I understand, but ......

"Don't worry!" Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning's eyes seriously, and said loudly: "This war has lasted too long, it's time to end it." ”

Li Xiuning saw Chen Ying's eyes, and felt inexplicably relieved.

Chen Ying turned to look at Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui and said: "You lead the cavalry along the embankment of the Yellow River, all the way to the west, and if you encounter the enemy, you will be killed!" ”

Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui did not ask why, and although they were very confused, they still carried out Chen Ying's order.

Chen Ying looked at Liu Tong again and said, "How many days will it take for the Beiwei Army to sneak into Luoyang secretly?" ”

When Li Xiuning heard this, he seemed to understand something.

PS: Since there is no manuscript saved, it is a tragedy. Yesterday, Ruthless and Ruthless became the first Dharma protector in this book, adding 4,000 words to him. I didn't write it until now, so I'm very sorry!

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