Chapter 473 Chengcheng
Jin Zheng came back just after dawn. As expected, he had a few more scars on his body.
But it seemed to be nothing serious. At this moment, he was holding a human head and chatting and laughing with the military academies.
The face of the human head is ferocious, and it seems to be a little bit frightened, which shows how frightened the heart was when the head was beheaded.
"Shile's old camp is just like that. It is better than the beggar army, but not much better."
"Actually, it's not bad. After the attack on the camp failed, chase and kill me. , can resist for a while, at least it is so-so in the north."
"We have to farm again, and we have to fight. How powerful can we fight in the next battle?"
Jin Zheng listened to them with a smile.
The soldiers stepped forward to take off his armor. Just as he was about to bind his wounds, he was pushed away by Jin Zheng.
"There are some minor injuries, and they are all scarred. Why are you panicking? It's like I'm going to die." Just like this, Jin Zheng walked by wearing blood-stained dark clothes.
Wherever he passed, the soldiers of the field army were all amazed.
General Jin is a true god, so brave, he is probably the number one general under Taibai's command, right? He should also be Taibai's most proud disciple.
Some military academies usually dislike Kim Jong's arrogance, but at this moment, they have to admit that in terms of bravery, few people in Henan can match Kim Jong.
Yu Liang, Liu Anzhi and others were about to leave the camp and return to Henan. When they saw Jin Zhengzhi, they immediately stepped forward to say hello.
Liu Anzhi only exchanged pleasantries and left.
Yu Liang was about to leave, but after thinking about it, he stopped and said with a smile: "Jindu wields his arms bravely and is invincible. I heard about it in the camp and was fascinated by it. If I have time in the future - "
"Yu joined the army, and the civil uprising in Runan, go back and deal with it quickly, don't be stunned." Jin Zheng finished speaking and left with the head.
Yu Liang's face turned red and white. It was rare for him to lower his face to touch a martial artist, but he didn't want to see you in other people's eyes.
Looking at the few drops of blood stained on the snow-white robe, his face became even worse. He secretly thought that Jin Zheng was so domineering, and he didn’t know what he would be able to control after his sister gave birth to the heir in the future...
Bad luck! Yu Liang flicked his sleeves and left.
Jin Zheng threw the head onto the carriage aside and said to the clerk: "Liu Bao, the little governor of Shi Le's tent, is an unknown person. Just remember it. It doesn't matter whether it counts as merit or not."
"Since it is Shi Le, A lieutenant general in the army can record his merits." The clerk picked up the head, put it away carefully, and said.
Jin Zheng nodded and said no more.
This civil servant was born in the martial arts school of Liang County and was in the fourth period of the Liang Kingdom. He was not good at military strategy, so he became a clerk in the army.
This is good, this is good.
From now on, all armies in the world should be controlled by their martial arts students, lest they be used by careerists to launch rebellions.
Before leaving, Jin Zheng asked: "Where is Master Shao?"
Hearing the word "Master Shao", the civil servant suddenly felt cordial, so he replied: "Master Shao, go Fangtou Beicheng is gone.”
“Oh? Beicheng is repaired?” Jin Zheng asked in surprise.
"The government office has been repaired, and Master Shao plans to move in." The clerk replied.
"Well, we should move in." Jin Zheng nodded and said, "Beicheng will take some time to finish the work and add the protective gear, and it will be almost complete."
But - Jin Zheng subconsciously looked to the north , Shi Le wouldn’t jump over the wall in a hurry, would he?
Fangtou North City is just short of the last bit of city defense facilities, and it will be completed by mid-to-late October at the latest.
My dear, it took seventy or eighty days to build this city. This city has been built for a long time.
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Shao Xun is currently walking around Fangtou North City.
This city, which is a military fortress, was built entirely in accordance with his requirements.
There is a trench surrounding the city outside the city, called "City God", which leads Qishui water into it and builds a suspension bridge to connect with the city.
Chenghuang requires regular dredging, which is a very important city defense facility for defending the city.
Behind the city god is the sheep and horse wall, which is only shoulder high and thirty steps away from the city wall.
As the name suggests, the space between the sheep and horse wall and the city wall was used to store livestock so as not to pollute the living areas in the city.
The sheep-horse wall and the city god can harvest a large number of lives, which has been proven many times in past wars.
Further back is the city wall.
There are only two gates in Fangtou North City, namely the north and south gates.
There is an urn built outside the city gate as a double gate.
There is also a crossbow platform outside the city to house a large crossbow machine - it has not been installed at this time, and the Luoyang court needs to rush to make it. Shao Xun's craftsmen do not yet have this technical ability.
The crossbow platform is about seventy steps away from the city, just within the shooting range of the walking bow.
There is a female wall and a horse face on the city wall, which have just been built.
In short, Fangtou North City has four levels of defense facilities, namely: crossbow platform, city god, sheep and horse wall, and city wall.
After completing a circle, Shao Xun felt chilly.
A normal city would not be built like this, either for the comfort of living, or to facilitate commerce, or even to reclaim wasteland outside the city walls.
Fangtou North City is not a livable city, but it is a serious military city, built specifically for war.
"If I come to attack this city, I'm afraid I will only be defeated." Shao Xun praised.
The remaining three thousand soldiers of Xuchang are currently stationed in Fangtou North City.
At the officer's command, 500 people were stationed inside and outside the city gate in each building - the barracks inside the city gate were not yet completed.
Two thousand people silently drove behind the sheep and horse wall, five hundred on each side.
Build your own temporary shack, put your weapons in categories, and assign who should defend which area.
Finally, twenty more people were selected and entered the crossbow platform built outside the north city wall.
They opened the door at the bottom of the platform and climbed to the top via ropes. Although there is no crossbow machine yet, it is an excellent place to watch the enemy's situation.
Shao Xun led his soldiers into the city again.
Beicheng is just a north-south street.
Both sides of the street are empty, with few houses, but the grain depot has been built. The young men were using carriages to transport food inside and store it one by one.
Besides the grain depot, there are arsenals and warehouses, which are adjacent to the grain depot, but they are not yet completed.
These three together form Cangcheng, which is located in the southwest corner of the city.
At the end of the street near Nancheng is the town general's mansion, which is also an office space.
The government office has been completed. Climbing up the steps, there is a thick wooden door, which is connected with the gate tower and looks majestic.
The town general office has a wall, which is made of bricks and tiles. There is also a floor on each of the four corners, where you can shoot arrows from a high position.
In fact, the town general's mansion itself is a dock, but it is integrated into the city layout as a whole. If a foreign enemy really breaks through the city wall, the defender can use his mansion as a last resort - of course, when the battle has reached this point, there is basically no point in continuing to defend it. It is just a few more backups before death.
Shao Xun stood on the stone steps in front of the mansion and looked at the city quietly.
Cars, horses, and people were constantly coming and going on the streets. Carloads of materials were pulled in, and then under the guidance of craftsmen, young men worked, and turned into warehouses, military camps, prisons, workshops, yamen and other facilities in the city.
Such a military city is enough!
When the world is peaceful in the future, maybe the crossbow platform outside the city can be demolished, the city god can fill it up, expand it outwards in a circle, and build the outer city.
But it is not necessary now. There will not be many people in this city for a long time in the future.
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After the failure of the night attack on September 25, the Huns ceased their activities for a few days.
On the last day of September, the Huns attacked again, but still failed to capture the Jin army's camp. Instead, they lost troops and retreated in defeat.
After nightfall, Shi Le wandered around the camp, feeling a little bored.
Zhang Bin glanced silently.
If Dahu was calm and composed when August first came, by the beginning of September, he was already a little impatient.
The beggar army lost more than 4,000 people, and they have now dispersed and returned home - they were completely beaten and disabled along the way.
Zhuwubao Dingzhuang also fought several battles, and was worse than the beggar army. Although there were many people and no less than 20,000 people in total, they attacked more than ten times and were defeated every time.
At the beginning, they could still try to storm the Jin army camp wall, but thousands of people were killed and injured and the battle was still going on.
But as we hit the back, our tolerance for casualties became lower and lower every time.
The last time, they were even directly shot away by the Jin army's bows and crossbows, and only more than a hundred people died before running away.
They were broken up again and again, taken in again and again, and forced into battle again and again. In the end, more than 5,000 people were killed and injured. They were unable to fight again in a short period of time. They are currently retreating to the rear and acting as auxiliary troops.
A large number of old battalions have been mobilized one after another in September, and have been mobilized twice so far, with great momentum.
Five days ago, General Liu Bao died in battle, killing more than 2,000 people for the Jin army.
In today’s battle, more than a thousand people will die.
The casualties were shocking, and the front line made no progress.
The biggest obstacle is probably Shao Thief's Silver Spear Army.
Xuchang Shibing and Tuntian Army were mediocre, similar to their troops in strength. They were defeated more than once and suffered heavy casualties. But at every critical moment, the Silver Spear Army rushed forward to turn the tide, chasing them one after another, and completely shattering their nearly successful offensive.
What to do now?
Zhang Bin thought about it and felt that this battle was too frustrating.
"Pingyang, do you want to send someone there again?" Shi Le's voice suddenly sounded in the tent.
Zhang Bin raised his head and looked at Dahu.
If you can ask this question, you can know Dahu’s intentions.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Guneng has led his troops here, which is a sign of gratitude from the emperor. No matter how much he does, I'm afraid it will be gone." Zhang Bin said.
Shi Le grabbed the curtain in the tent and gently lowered it after a moment.
Those who achieve great things should be at peace.
Shi Le took a deep breath, and a smile reappeared on his face, and said: "Forget it, it's good that Zhao Gu can come. I used to look down on him, but now I realize that I share the same problem with him."
"Meng Sun. "Shi Le added: "In the past, you explained the art of war to me and mentioned 'attacking people without killing them'. Now, in this battle, have I already dedicated myself to Shao Xun?"
"Build the city from Fangtou? Since then, it has been done to him." Zhang Bin sighed: "In the art of war, there is also a saying that 'use one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. The infantry who are not good at fighting attack Shao Xun's brave and sharp soldiers. This is called "attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings."
"Is there a way to solve this trap?" Shi Le asked.
Looking at Da Hu's eager eyes, Zhang Bin couldn't bear it. After a moment, he said: "We can only wait for change."
Shi Le actually understood that there was no good way now.
If you can't attack Shao Xun's fortress, everything you say will be in vain.
To put it bluntly, this means that the quality of the infantry is too different and cannot defeat others. What can be done?
The Silver Spear Army, which has been trained hard for many years, is famous all over the north and south of the river. When you are holding a stronghold, it would be a joke if your infantry, who are both farmers and soldiers, are really defeated.
Shi Le actually understood this truth, but due to the heavy casualties, he felt a little unhappy and couldn't help but want to complain.
The most ideal strategy in his mind is for Shao Xun to go north in a big way and go deep into the hinterland of Hebei.
At that time, he deployed his own troops and generals to resist the enemy with a fortified city, and then sent a large group of cavalry to intercept his retreat.
The Silver Spear Army is numerous and it is impossible to cover every grain road. The cavalry came and went like the wind, and they could always pick out some weak brigades and defeat them. As time went by, Shao Xun's army was short of food and could only retreat.
At that time, the cavalry will chase after them, bite the already exhausted Silver Spear Army, harass them repeatedly, and even completely eliminate them.
This is the most comfortable strategy for him.
The question is how to introduce Shao Xun into this situation? It seems difficult now. On the contrary, he himself was led by Shao Xun into the dilemma of having to storm a well-defended fortress - this was the tactic he was best at and the tactic that best utilized his infantry's strong combat effectiveness.
It seems that I have lost in the art of war.
"That's it, let's wait for the news from Henan." Shi Le said with a forced smile.
Zhang Bin was silent.
There were hurried footsteps outside the tent, and after a while, guerrilla general Wang Yang walked in.
"What's the matter?" Shi Le suppressed the negative emotions in his heart and asked gently.
"The Jin army withdrew." Wang Yang said.
"Huh?" Shi Le was surprised at first, and then ecstatic, but he stabilized himself and asked calmly: "Why retreat?"
"Your Majesty, you might as well move to the high platform and wait for a while. I can’t understand it at all.”
“Okay.” Without further ado, Shi Le led Zhang Bin to the high platform.
In the night, the fire was blazing.
The place that was once the Jin army's camp was completely engulfed in fire, burning half the sky red.
Behind the fire, a solid city loomed.
On the top of the city, there seemed to be flags, and there was the faint sound of drums and horns.
Zhang Bin understood immediately.
This is not a retreat. They are clearly stationed in a fortified city.
He subconsciously looked at Shi Le, but saw that Da Hu seemed to be stunned, and the expression on his face did not change for a long time.
The city is finished.
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