Chapter 47 I have never fought such a strange battle in my life!
"Mozi" said that when the generals on both sides are of equal ability, facing a conventional city defended by four thousand regular troops, it will take a hundred thousand regular troops to attack in order to win.
The troops in Xicheng are not enough to go out of the city to fight in the field.
But if we just face the 100,000 Qin army led by Ying Chengyu, there is no problem in defending for a few months.
Even if the siege begins today, can the city really be captured tonight?
Moreover, isn't our plan to pretend to surrender first, and then take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to launch an attack?
A lot of question marks popped up in Yang Hu's head.
But Ying Chengyu has given the order, and Yang Hu can only accept the promise: "Wei!"
The second quarter of the day (13:30)
In the transport camp Thanks to their efforts, six flying stone chariots rose from the ground outside the north gate of Xicheng.
More than ten pairs of simple ladders have also been built and sent to the advance camp.
On the upper floor of the north gate of Xicheng, looking at the Qin army's layout in the distance, Chen He frowned: "What does General Qin want to do?" City equipment."
"All six flying stone carts fell outside the north city gate. Doesn't this clearly tell our army that the north city gate is the main attack gate and should be heavily guarded?"
< br>No matter how he thought about it, Chen He could not imagine the purpose of Qin Jun's arrangement.
My brain is almost dry-burned!
Zhang Da looked at the flag of the Qin army in the distance and thought thoughtfully: "If my guess is correct, the leader of this army is Lord Chang'an of the State of Qin."
"This man has a good tongue and tongue. , I have never heard that this person has been on the battlefield."
"Perhaps this person has no other thoughts, just that he doesn't know how to fight?"
Chen He shook his head: "If he doesn't know how to fight, he will. How could the King of Qin entrust him with an army of 100,000 and let him lead the army into battle? "
Zhang Da asked in confusion: "No way?"
Thinking of South Korea's national conditions, Chen He was speechless.
Entrusting the army to a person who does not understand war is indeed something South Korea has often done in recent years.
Otherwise, South Korea would not be guarding the world's largest iron mines, having the world's largest number of craftsmen, and the largest population, yet it has repeatedly failed in foreign wars.
However, the enemy is not South Korea, but Qin!
Chen He remained firm in his attitude:
"Even if this person does not know how to fight, King Qin should send a prudent general to assist him!"
"I can't judge Qin now. What does the general intend to do, but he must have a purpose for doing so."
"My intention is to send all the militiamen to the north gate, with four thousand county soldiers guarding the other gates, and four thousand county soldiers preparing for war. A thousand county soldiers patrolled the city to guard against water, fire and soil attacks, and a thousand county soldiers formed the new force."
After emergency recruitment, more than 12,000 young and middle-aged men were recruited to form a militia force.
If the Qin army really regarded the North City Gate as its main attack point, more than 12,000 militiamen would be enough to withstand several rounds of fierce attacks.
If the Qin army really used a strategy, the county soldiers would be enough to deal with emergencies.
Zhang Da could not think of a flaw and nodded happily: "Good!"
At the same time, the Qin army advanced.
Six hundred heavy troops stood behind the assembled trebuchet, patiently waiting for ammunition.
But instead of the stone bullets they were expecting, Ying Chengyu's personal soldiers and dozens of carriages arrived.
“Be careful with your movements, don’t break it!”
“Come on, help me put these jars into the net bag.”
Luggage Wang Pan, the commander of Battalion 2500, looked at the pottery altar on the carriage, frowned and asked: "Where are the stone bullets?"
Su Jiao raised a token and said in a deep voice: "I am the commander-in-chief. The commander of the army, Su Jiao.”
"The general ordered that these jars be thrown into the enemy's gate tower and inside the city."
Wang Pan cupped his hands and explained: "Our army has never thrown these jars before."
"It is impossible to be accurate. Guaranteed."
After the order was passed, Su Jiao did not show a straight face, pointing at the vehicle behind him and explaining with a smile: "So the general has prepared a lot, enough for Wang Baijiang to practice."
" The general’s requirements are not high. It’s best to hit the city gate tower, followed by the city gate. It’s also acceptable to throw it into the city again.”
Su Jiao said so, even though Wang Pan had many doubts in his heart, he could only give it away: "Wei!"
Although the jar filled with liquid was about the same size as a stone bullet, it was much lighter in weight.
Soon, the six pottery altars were loaded into the net pockets of six catapults.
Every hundred shirtless baggage soldiers grabbed the rope of a catapult and stood ready.
Seeing that he was ready, Su Jiao raised a small yellow flag in the direction of the center of the former army.
After confirming that the trebuchet was ready, Ying Chengyu shouted in a deep voice: "Throw it!"
With the order, a hundred baggage soldiers roared in unison: "Throw it!" While shouting, a hundred baggage soldiers pulled up the rope, He ran backwards with full force, pulled the power arm and fell quickly.
The net bag hanging on the other end of the force arm is lifted up. When the net bag slides past the highest point, the jar contained in the net bag flies towards Xicheng along the parabola!
Seeing a jar flying towards the city gate tower, Chen He pushed Zhang Da away and reminded loudly: "Shangguan, be careful!"
"Crash~~~"
The jar hit Zhang Da and broke into pieces.
The broken pottery fragments injured two soldiers, but did not cause any more casualties, only a pool of liquid flowed out.
Chen He became more and more puzzled when he saw this: "What is this!"
Zhang Da leaned over and dipped some with his fingers to observe carefully, but shook his head helplessly: "I have never seen this before. .”
"What the Qin Army's trebuchets threw were not stone bullets, but weird things like this. What did the Qin Army do?"
Chen He looked at the Qin Army who were reloading outside the city wall, frowning Suo: "I don't know either."
"But the Qin army is definitely not here for fun, and every action must be meaningful."
"The things in this altar must be dangerous. . ”
Chen He considered himself to be a battle-hardened general, but he was unable to serve as a general due to his background.
But he has never fought such a weird battle!
Faced with the unknown, Chen He could only be cautious and cautious.
Chen He turned to the ordering soldier and ordered: "Hurry up and order the people to clean up, and wash them carefully!"
The ordering soldier immediately handed over: "Wei!"
In the distance, I saw a man leaning out half of his body and wiping the city wall with linen cloth. Ying Chengyu ordered in a deep voice:
"Send orders to the crossbowmen of the front army, spare no effort in crossbow bolts, and fire in turn to cover!"
"Go out first!"
A man with a vicissitudes of life wearing cloth clothes, carrying a Qin sword at his waist. Step forward and pick up a wooden shield as high as one person, or carry a pair of ladders together with Pao Ze.
After the two hundred first-arrival warriors got their equipment, Captain Zhou Yan asked seriously:
“Is there anyone who wants to quit?”
"Quiting now is not against the law."
The two hundred first warriors did not nod, shake their heads, or answer, but remained silent.
If there was a way out, they would not have come to camp first from the beginning.
Zhou Yan did not wait for the answer and was not surprised. He just waved his hand:
"Serve the wine!"
A group of military officials came forward with wine jars, handed each of the first warriors a pottery bowl, and filled them with wine.
Zhou Yan also held a bowl of wine in his hand and said in a deep voice: "This time you rush into the battle, you will escape death."
"But your efforts are all worth it!"
< br>Zhou Yan shouted excitedly: "If you lay a ladder to help seize the city, all the soldiers in the camp will be knighted to the first level."
"The one who climbs first and captures the flag will be knighted to the second grade."
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"Whoever enters the city first will be given a farm and a house by the official official of the country!"
"This time our army is rushing in and attacking the enemy unprepared is a God-given opportunity to gain military glory."
“I would like to congratulate you all!”
Listening to Zhou Yan’s words, the breathing of the first warriors became rapid.
Isn’t it just for these benefits that they risked their lives to join the First Camp?
Most of the first warriors were slaves, or their family members were slaves or sinners.
If they don’t give it a try, their lives will be worse than death.
But if you can win the fight, you will have a chance to win the title of Grand Duke and become a nobleman of Great Qin!
Even if he dies, as long as the village can put the ladder up the city wall, they can obtain a first-class title and be succeeded by the person they designate.
Death is not in vain.
Seeing that the morale of the troops was almost mobilized, Zhou Yan raised his wine bowl and shouted loudly:
"I hope you will be the first to ascend and seize the city!"
The hundred warriors who ascended first shouted in unison: "First ascend. Seize the city!"
After saying this, everyone, including Zhou Yan, drank the wine in the bowl and threw the bowl heavily on the ground.
“Crack~Crash~”
Accompanied by the sound of broken pottery bowls, the warriors who climbed first gripped their wooden shields and ladders and ran towards the north gate of Xicheng, roaring:
"Go first! Climb first!"
Sorry, sorry, I have something to do at home today, so the update is late, I’m very sorry!
(End of this chapter)