Chapter 308: The Stars and Bones (1)
This time, the Jin and Zheng coalition forces intervened in the Chu State, and basically did not experience any battles before.
The Hetian people gathered and surrendered without a fight, which was close to the Runan city circle of South Korea, and there were a bunch of Korean cities nearby, and they did not have much sense of belonging to the Chu State.
Gongzi is fierce in his fight, Qiang and Zima have their own ghosts, and the alliance forces of the Three Kingdoms are not subordinate to each other, but they cooperate when they fight.
Previously, the scout had reported that there was an activity of ink practitioners in the city and that the city wall was being repaired.
Wei Zhen didn't care either, Niu Yan Xiaoyi, and the Mo family's participation in defending the city here was nothing. When Yu Huali went to Wei Capital to lobby the soldiers, although Wei Si was more courteous, Gongzi was extremely dissatisfied with some of the Mo family's reasoning.
The battle of Shangqiu spread all over the world, and Gongzi knocked down not to look down on the Mo family's city-defying skills, but this time the Mo family only came forward to help and did not move the nest, and it was impossible to have another night attack to penetrate the formation.
It's just that the scout's words made Childe strike have some doubts.
The scout reported that the walls of the city were very different from the others, and that they looked like they were shining with stars, and they were not square at all.
The specific situation in the city, the scouts are no longer clear, the city gate has been closed early, and there are patrols in the coming and going, so it is difficult to find out the situation in the city.
When he was still fifty miles away from Niuqiyi, Gongzi Strike invited Biaoqiang, Zima and others to discuss the capture of Niuqiyi.
"Niu Lang is north of Luyang, and if you want to break through Luguan, you must pass through the water. If you want to pass through the water, you must pass through Luyang. If you want to take Luyang, you must break the cow barrier. This place is dangerous, and it is possible to hoard grain and grass in preparation for a decisive battle with Luyang Gong. ”
"If you don't break the cattle barn, the battle ahead will be scorching, the city of Luyang will be besieged, and you need to transport grain and grass, so you may be attacked."
Gongzi has been fighting all year round, from Zhongshan to Xihe and then to Pingyin of Qi, he is proficient in battle formations, and he also knows that Lu Yang Gong of Chu is a fierce general, if he can fight and punish Lu Yang Gong, his reputation will inevitably be dry.
Han Shuai Qiang participated in the battle of Xiaqiu, where he saw the famous guard who rebelled against Mo, and persuaded: "The Mo family defends the city, and it is indeed outstanding. In the first battle of Shangqiu, Chu besieged by tens of thousands of people, but it was broken. In the battle of Xiaqiu, although the victory was a rebellion, he also helped Gongsun Hui to defend Xiaqiu, so that the Qi people could not break the city. ”
Childe nodded and said, "I know that." Now I have 70,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 chariots. Niu Qiyi must be attacked with all the strength, not besieged, only forced. Otherwise, what will happen to the Marshal of Luyang, Chu Shi, who is tired of waiting for us to invite the battle? ”
He had something else in mind.
After experiencing the Battle of Vaqi and hearing about the Battle of Shangqiu, the reputation of the Mo family for defending the city spread all over the world, and he was about to break through the Niu Lang to declare that he was invincible in battle.
Moreover, he was quite right.
The siege of the city was very disadvantageous for the Jin-Zheng coalition army, after all, the real target was Luyang, not the small Niu Yi.
Divide the troops to besiege the city, and I am afraid that the decisive battle with Luyang Gong will not be enough.
If it can be broken in one fell swoop, it will definitely greatly increase the morale of the soldiers, especially since many soldiers living in the capital of Ayutthaya have heard the stories and legends of the Mo family.
Gongzi struck: "The matter of the Mo family guarding the cow is not to be publicized, otherwise I am afraid that the soldiers will be afraid." However, once the city was broken, it was immediately publicized that the Mo family would help the Chu people defend the palace. Even the city defended by the Mo family can be breached, and the soldiers have heard too many stories of the Mo people in the market, and their morale will be greatly boosted. ”
Immediately sent an order down, told the scouts to keep their mouths tight, and spent two days slowly coming to the outside of Niuqiyi, and camped outside the city.
After looking at Niu Qiyi from a distance, Gongzi was also puzzled.
Although I heard the scout say that the walls of Niu Langyi were different from other places, and they were like stars, I had not seen them with my own eyes before.
Gongzi stood on the carriage and looked at it for a while, pointed at Niu Yan and said with a smile: "The Mo family is weird, this city has been cultivated like this, but it doesn't see any use. Isn't it another ghost or god? ”
He advised: "Don't underestimate the enemy. ”
Childe nodded and said, "I know the Mo family's ability. Tonight, we will take strict precautions, send scouts to check the movements in the Luyang area, and strictly prevent the Mo family from leading people to attack at night. Prepare timber and apparatus tomorrow, and siege the city the day after tomorrow. ”
"Niu Qi Xiaoyi, in my opinion, there are only a few thousand peasant soldiers. You and I have 70,000 people, but we can besiege them on three sides, so that they cannot look around. Under the rapid attack, the city will be broken in one day! ”
"Let's see, which warrior of Wei, Han, and Zheng ascended to the top of the city. If the city is broken, the three armies will be rewarded, and the decisive battle with the Chu division will be at that time! ”
After that, arrange it down, camp on the spot, prepare firewood and grass, and bury the pit for cooking.
There was nothing to say all night, and the inkers in the city did not go out of the city to attack at night.
On the second day, the Triple Alliance sent soldiers to cut down trees in the distance, and ordered archers to line up, and sent a small group of provocative soldiers to show off their might on the city wall.
In the afternoon, people who were proficient in the Chu language rode to the city again, and preached some nonsense such as the king of Chu was not properly enthroned and the prince must be the legitimate heir. It's just that the nobles in the city have all gathered in the Luyang Gong Army, and the propaganda methods of these people are not as good as those of the Mo, and they are useless.
At night, around the campfire, the craftsmen who accompanied the army were busy making ladders and rushing cars, and many of the tools in their hands were ironware produced in Pei County.
Early the next morning, as soon as the sun came out, the Triple Alliance Army had already launched and was preparing to attack the city.
The Zheng army attacked the north, the Han army attacked the south, and the Wei army was the main force at the most, so it attacked the east flank, and at the same time planned the two flanks, also in order to separate the Han and Zheng armies.
Inside the city.
Shi stood on the tower with Meng Sheng and others, observing the movements outside the city.
Shi said with a smile: "This time, the coalition forces will definitely attack." Niu Qianyi is not Shangqiu, and it will not besiege the city slowly like Chu Shi. There are many people, and they are spread out in an all-round way, so that the city cannot be guarded. ”
Meng Sheng nodded and said, "That's right, but it also saves a lot of trouble." If you want to attack quickly, you won't pile up goats, let alone dig burrows to break the city. Jin Zheng is in full swing, and today we can see our means. ”
Seeing that the coalition forces outside the city had already begun to move, he roughly calculated the number of coalition troops, judged the banner, and nodded: "The Wei army is the strongest and has the largest number of people." Han Zheng's feud also needs to be suppressed by the Wei army in order to form an alliance and join the prince. ”
"Look at it like this, it is to besiege the city on three sides. The Zheng people had the smallest number of people, so they let the Zheng people retreat in fear first. Three sides go to one side first, and it is much easier to guard. ”
He observed the movement on the opposite side again, determined the direction of action on the opposite side, and said, "I see it this way." Let the gunners concentrate on the east wall, bombard the Wei army, and block its assembly approach. The Wei army had never seen the artillery, so it must have panicked, and the long-range formation bombardment was several times, which could make their elite soldiers assemble slowly. ”
"On the Korean side, as long as you stick to it."
"I'm in command of five hundred musketeers, defending the north wall. If the Zheng people are not shelled, the Zheng army will inevitably approach the city wall earlier, and when the time comes, the Zheng people will inevitably break up with a surprise attack with firearms. At this time, the Wei people are afraid that they have just approached the city wall, and I will return to help the battle. ”
The two listened to the appropriate plan, and after thinking about it, they said, "That's right." ”
Hu Feizi temporarily took the center to respond, and Meng Sheng personally led people to the east wall, and the rest of the ink on the south wall was in charge here.
A few pine cannons, which could only be used three or five times, were placed on the east wall to prevent accidents, and the Wei people were unable to fire enough under the strong attack.
Shi was not in a hurry, and only let five hundred firecrackers stand by below.
Outside the drums were pounding, the queue was moving, and the archers were gathering in formation, pressing in front.
Elite samurai in leather armor were the main force of the siege, and after the archers had to shoot at them, they would line up and break through the city with all their might.
Ten bronze cannons were pushed by the people to the platform reserved for the high platform of the city wall, and the inkmen who had previously operated the transfer machine and the bed crossbow were loading gunpowder and iron pellets in order, staring at some trees or stones reserved outside the city for reference.
What kind of reference material, how many wooden wedges to be placed under the cannon, are all calculated in advance.
They had tried it a few times, and they knew that this thing was much more powerful than a machine like a transfer machine, but they were not afraid of it.
The two large-caliber stone cannons are not used for the time being, and the angle is basically fixed, that is, outside the city gate of the east gate.
Although the Wei army outside the city was preparing in formation, there was no sign of attacking for the time being, and they would not attack until the Zheng and Han armies were in place.
This kind of blatant mobilization is because the 70,000 people cannot be used for such a small city, and at the same time, it is also an explicit telling the city to besiege on three sides, in order to disperse the defenders in the city.
When the number exceeds several times, either side can be regarded as the main direction of attack.
Shi was not in a hurry, quietly waiting for the Zheng and Han armies to unfold, and observing the movements of the Wei army. The polygonal concave wall allows the defenders to deploy more people at once, and can also take advantage of the polygon to shoot the flanks, so that every attack will pay a huge price.
The artillery is concentrated together, and these cannons at this time will not cause any decisive results, but they can make the original situation of attacking on three sides at the same time become the first attack of the Zheng and Han armies, staggering the time difference, so that the few mobile forces in the right hands can rely on the time difference to change one into two.
After tossing for about an hour, the siege troops of the Zheng and Han armies finally spread out on both sides, the drums beat loudly, and the Wei army began to call out.
Shi waved his flag on the tower, signaling the artillery on the east side to prepare.
Convinced that the two armies of Zheng and Han had been deployed, and it was impossible to regroup and change the direction of the siege in a short time, he gathered the following 500 musketeers and marched towards the north on the road inside the city wall.
The gunners of the Mo family used to use the transfer machine and the bed crossbow, and they knew very well what their purpose was, and they also heard the orders conveyed, and looked nervously at those references in the distance, watching the black Wei army prepare to move.
Outside the city, Childe was riding in a car and was giving orders that he would not have to carry arrows and stones, so he was far out of the range of bows and arrows.
The two teams were in elite armor and lined up between the archers.
The archers slowly moved forward, trying to get close to the walls and throw them to suppress the defenders on the walls, but instead of neat rectangles, the walls were strange polygons, so they had to get closer.
The elite division, to shoot when you hear the drum, and stop when you hear the drum, these are the elite of the Wei army, the array is neat, and it is far from being comparable to those peasant and soldier auxiliaries.
Seeing that the archers had already approached the city wall, and the elite armor who followed behind had also lined up in front, and was about to beat the drum to order the archers to shoot, Gongzi suddenly saw a puff of white smoke rising from the city wall.
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