Of course, before the siege begins, kill as many defenders as possible. In this case, there will undoubtedly be many fewer enemies behind the city wall in the future.
Faced with such a veteran, Lin Fengjin had no confidence that he could take advantage of him in field battles, sneak attacks, or secret calculations. Therefore, Lin Fengjin would naturally not do what the other party expected, and leave the city in advance.
The opponent engages in a field battle.
At this time, Lin Fengjin also began to fortify the walls and clear the country. Because Wuzuo City itself was built on a steep peninsula facing the sea on three sides, the area of the city was not particularly large, so it was impossible to accommodate all the Sanli tribesmen.
And there are countless livestock.
Therefore, Lin Fengjin had already made arrangements to evacuate all the old, weak, sick, disabled and livestock in the tribe to the direction of Northern Qi. At the same time, he was equipped with thousands of elite escorts, and he was always waiting to see what the Dongxia people were doing.
If necessary, they can retreat to the vicinity of Sisheng Pass in Northern Qi.
The tribal herdsmen within hundreds of miles nearby were also warned that a war was about to break out here, and those who did not want to be captured and used as cannon fodder should run away. Naturally, these people ran away without hesitation.
After doing all these things, there was finally good news. The reinforcements sent by Li Hu also arrived in time. Not only were they a large amount of baggage and city defense tools, but the five thousand soldiers were what Lin Fengjin valued most.
Reinforcements! Not only that, among the ten battleships that arrived, there were several five-masted ships with various weapons that could provide fire support during the siege. A perfect three-dimensional defense circle had also begun to form in time.
At this time, another sudden change occurred, that is, the Dongxia Army suddenly stopped to hold a sacrificial ceremony. At the same time, some people dressed in plain clothes appeared among the three armies. Obviously, they should have been given the opportunity to assassinate Lin.
Feng Jin failed and the entire assassination regiment was wiped out. Since the king of Eastern Xia and the Mohist family have formed a deep cooperation, it is not surprising that people from the Mohist family's Jianai sect would appear during the siege.
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At this time, Lin Fengjin was also counting the time on his fingers. The longer the battle lasted, the more beneficial it would be for his side. After all, the other party came from afar, and whether it was food, climate, or morale, it would inevitably change over time.
It will decrease with time. On the contrary, when the defenders are protecting their homeland, their morale will inevitably decline to a much lower extent.
More importantly, in about ten days, the rainy season will come on the grassland. Fighting in rainy days will be very disadvantageous for the attackers. When it rains, the defenders can still rely on the defenses built in advance.
If you reluctantly use bows and arrows and some defensive equipment such as rain-shelter buildings, then the siege team will completely lose the support of long-range arrow rain if they attack the city without shelter. Of course, think about how difficult it is.
You know how to climb a mountain on a rainy day, let alone attack a heavily protected city?
Obviously, the commander-in-chief of Dongxia, Li Minghua, also understood this, so he only delayed it for a day, and then even started a forced march. He spent more than six hours every day on the forced march, rushing like this.
, finally before June came, to be precise, on the evening of May 28th, they arrived at Wuzuo City, and then the whole army set up camp and buried pots to make rice.
As a result, the Dongxia side was attacked on the first night they set up camp. To be precise, it should be a harassing attack. Their encounter on this night seemed to have set the tone for the rest of the war.
The reason why this attack was successful is because it did not come from the ground at all. Otherwise, according to Li Minghua's rich combat experience, he would never have made such a big mistake. If Lin Fengjin dared to send out the ground
If you harass the team, you will probably get nothing in the end.
All this is due to the help of Lu San. According to Lin Fengjin's request, he built more than a dozen "fire kites" that can carry kerosene. The structure of this fire kite is actually very simple, just like a kite.
Similarly, Wu Zuocheng is located in the direction of the sea, and the sea breeze blows inland almost all year round, so as long as you calculate the time and the length of the wooden kite's line, you can easily let the wooden kite carrying kerosene fly.
After the kite was released, it landed in the military camp opposite.
Once the wooden kite crashes, the thin porcelain jar carried on it will be broken, and then the unstable compound prepared by "yanmias" inside will come into contact with the air and ignite spontaneously, and there will be a large amount of kerosene next to it, so
Causes the effect of an incendiary bomb.
Obviously, Li Minghua was not mentally prepared for this extra attack by Lin Fengjin, so he behaved quite poorly. As soon as Lin Fengjin saw that his special attack was effective, the entire opponent's camp was filled with fire heads, and the whole camp was filled with fire.
It seemed like they were exhausted, so they simply released the remaining inventory of nearly forty "Fire Kite" at once!
This suddenly made matters worse. It is a good thing that the coach is old and calm. The problem is that he will appear indecisive at critical moments. When Lin Fengjin saw the opponent's entire camp, it was burning red and it was in chaos.
With a thought in his heart, he led the three thousand elites who were already prepared to fight out of the city. As the saying goes, take advantage of his illness to kill him!
However, it cannot be said that it was unwise for Lin Fengjin to lead the army to conduct a night attack. However, in this case, the situation immediately fell into the track that Li Minghua was good at. This kind of veteran had already considered this when setting up the camp.
As for the problem of being attacked by cavalry at night, there are traps dug everywhere to trap horses and horses, and various response mechanisms are also very familiar.
In addition, the incoming Dongxia Army was also an elite force and had just arrived with high morale. Therefore, even if it was attacked, it would not cause the consequences of bombing the camp. Li Minghua judged very calmly that there was only fire in the camp.
It was enough to send out heavy troops and auxiliary troops to put out the fire. Therefore, he decisively gave up dispatching to put out the fire. Instead, he concentrated on dispatching his men to attack. At the same time, he tried to command an encirclement on all sides, causing fatal consequences to this night attack force.
Heavy damage!
The two sides fought fiercely for half a day and night. The more than 3,000 cavalrymen led by Lin Fengjin themselves suffered losses of nearly 700 to 800 people. Although the number of enemy casualties was also more than 1,000, it also interfered with the enemy's fire-fighting work and caused it to be burned down.
A large amount of baggage. But in fact, as the defender of the city with a numerical disadvantage, Lin Fengjin could hardly say that he had earned this result.
Because from a regular offensive and defensive battle, every time the siege side kills one person from the defenders, at least two to three people must be paid. Lin Fengjin's night attack last night lost 700 to 800 people. If they were in the city,
During attack and defense, at least two thousand enemy lives can be exchanged!
So from this point of view, it is a loss. However, Lin Fengjin's victory must also include the large amount of material losses incurred by the Dongxia Army because it was encircling him with all its strength and could not spare a large number of manpower to put out the fire. This is impossible to evaluate, so
I just said that the outcome of this battle is difficult to evaluate.
Fortunately, the warriors of Sanlibu do not evaluate these things. After this battle, their morale was greatly boosted! Why? Because the warriors of Sanlibu were strong before. Most of the time, they were fighting with other tribes on the grassland.
In battle, even though they had fought against the Dongxia people before, they still had the support of the Snake-Eating Army.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time that the Sanli tribe has fought alone with the regular armies of other countries. No matter how hard-spoken they were before, they were probably still a little uneasy because the ancient Western Qin Kingdom was destroyed that year.
Afterwards, there has been no formal country on the grassland for many years. It is estimated that it will be difficult for the private tribal army to prevail against the regular army of a state.
After the battle was over, although there were a lot of casualties, the remaining two thousand people were like fire. They would kill "the other party is just like this", "the equipment is not as good as ours", and "I can kill him alone"
This high-spirited and positive trend of thought was brought back and spread among the city's garrison.
The positive consequences of this battle were only fully confirmed by Lin Fengjin after dawn the next day. After Tuhao Jin's flight confirmation, he discovered that the fire last night had burned about one-fifth of the opponent's food and grass, and that he should have brought it with him
The siege equipment suffered heavy damage, so early in the morning, all the auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen gathered in the open space of the camp. They all had red eyes and yawned, knocking listlessly on all kinds of charred wood.
It is worth mentioning that the other party also sent flying wooden kites to detect the situation in the city. However, the first thing they faced was the strong sea breeze that poured inland. After all, it was quite difficult to fly against the wind.
, Secondly, Lin Fengjin called out his mistress "Honu Yaya". Huonu Yaya can control the holy insects to attack from a distance of up to a hundred feet. As a result, the group of people cleverly and viciously set up a trap
, only one of the four wooden kites approaching Wu Zuocheng flew back, and the driver of that one was bitten by the local tycoon Jin, who was probably the type who would belch when he landed.
In short, from then until the end of the war, Dongxia gave up their air supremacy as if resigned to their fate, and they were never seen sending anything like the Wooden Kite again.
According to Lu San's introduction, the Mohist disciples who were sent to accompany the army were all apprentices, and even those useless disciples were sent out perfunctorily. Because before the expedition, even the most pessimistic people had never imagined that
Under the pressure of such a large army, it is actually unable to deal with a city built by barbarians on the grassland. The only thing that needs attention is how long it will take to defeat it. Is it one day, two days, three days...or four?
Five days and six days.
Now it's the Dongxia people's turn to pay the price for underestimating their enemies.
Li Minghua, the commander-in-chief of Dongxia, raised his telescope and looked at Wu Zuocheng in the distance. Although he was still nearly a thousand steps away, he could confirm that he could not go any further.
Because before, Li Minghua's lieutenant was pierced by a sharp arrow in the throat at a distance of 700 steps. There was something unknown on the sharp arrow, and it gave off a faint phosphorescence, which made people shudder when they saw it.
It feels like he will definitely die even if he misses the vital point.
What appeared in front of Li Minghua's eyes was a solid castle armed to the teeth! It was located on a peninsula close to the sea. The peninsula was surrounded by steep cliffs. The black reefs under the cliffs were intertwined. There was only a land bridge connecting it, but even
In this way, high walls were built around the peninsula!
The city walls are made of huge stones the size of tabletops. Li Minghua is even sure that the width of the city wall is not inferior to the majestic Sisheng Pass in the Northern Qi State. It can even allow four horses to gallop side by side.
The city gate is located on this side of the land bridge, the only entrance and exit of the city. The city gate is divided into three levels. The first level is a huge iron fence, the steel of the fence is as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
It is still wrapped with huge chains. The gate on the second floor is so strong that it gives people a feeling of despair. The third floor is still a huge iron gate.
Such a setting means that it will take more effort to conquer the city gate.
What's even more disgusting is that the city walls near the city gate are actually built into "W" shaped bastions, especially around the city gate. There are two giant bastions built on the left and right, as if they are two thick bastions.
The fangs pierced deeply.
In this case, not only would it be extremely inconvenient for the attacker to set up a ladder, but it would also be extremely easy to form a three-sided attack when climbing. What is even more terrifying is that the bastion protruding from the city wall has obviously been strengthened, and the pass set up can allow defense
They can shoot outwards or be partially covered during battle. Wooden trap doors are added to these passes for additional protection. Narrow shooting openings can be set up in the city walls to allow archers to be fully protected when shooting.
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Li Minghua also saw this kind of architectural style very clearly. What he saw at this time was just the appearance. During the attack, the wooden platform would extend from the top of the city wall or arrow tower, allowing the defenders to shoot directly outside the wall.
If the enemy is prepared, defenders can throw stones or boiling liquid at them. The wooden platform hidden above will stay moist to prevent fire and rain. A stone battlement with a similar function,
It will be set above and on the sides of the city gate, causing huge damage in a short period of time!
For the first time, Li Minghua felt that bringing so many soldiers was a burden.
Because even if his men increase ten times more, they can only attack the twenty-foot-wide land bridge with about a thousand people at once. Attacking from the other three sides means climbing the cliff.
This is even more unrealistic, so no matter how many people are crowded together, it is actually useless for siege. However, the group of prairie barbarians in front of them are completely arranged on the fortified city in front of the twenty-foot-wide land bridge.
A perfect death trap waiting for people to jump! Li Minghua squinted his eyes slightly, and even saw the warriors under his command rushing one after another, but one by one they fell into a pool of blood, "shenyin" in pain, and shouted for their parents in the distance.
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"What to do?" These three words suddenly appeared in Li Minghua's mind. Faced with this kind of fortified city that only left one side for you to attack, Li Minghua had only one way to conquer it.
That is to not attack when trapped, but to build trenches outside the city and besiege them repeatedly. In this way, after the siege in the city runs out of food and water, and the tragedy of cannibalism occurs, it will naturally collapse without a fight.
In this case, the opponent's natural and dangerous terrain has become their most embarrassing place. If they guard the exit of the land bridge and build several fortresses, even if the opponent wants to risk their lives, there is no chance.
The question is, how much food is stored in Wu Zuo City, and how long can they hold on? There is no doubt that if Wu Zuo City is besieged by an important person like Lu Yu, Li Minghua will have no problem besieging Wu Zuo City until the end of the world.
However, to sweep and suppress such a "barbarian town", it would be nice if the Dongxia Kingdom could give them a month of patience!
The monarch made a clever move on that day, which was to force Princess Cui into marriage. Princess Cui responded by making a big wish that she would observe filial piety for ten years. Although this was a reasonable excuse, the monarch kept pestering her.
In the end, the royal party had no choice but to compromise and gave up the positions of the Minister of Rites and a Minister of the Ministry of War among the six departments.
And Li Minghua's military expedition this time was also led by the monarch. If he returns victorious and plunders countless cattle and sheep, it will not only weaken the power of the princess again, but it can also be said that this is the monarch's political achievement! That's it.
Further expand your power.
But it is precisely because of this that once Li Minghua loses or even does not play well, it will also become a reason to blame the monarch. Especially with the Queen's Party adding fuel to the flames, it may not be easy for the monarch's party to regain some strength.
They will all disperse again.
Therefore, before the expedition, the monarch's support for Li Minghua could be said to be that he did his best. Li Minghua gave him whatever he wanted. He asked for 25,000 elites, and even gave 30,000 elites! The equipment to attack the city was not only
Full supplies, and even more apprentices from the Mo family are accompanying the army. This is already 200% support!
While he was meditating like this, Li Minghua suddenly felt that the sea breeze was getting stronger, and the salty smell in the air became thicker. A soldier who grew up by the sea immediately came to report in a low voice, saying that the tide should be high.
"Rising tide?" Li Minghua's eyes widened. What he was most worried about was that once the rising tide submerged the land bridge, the attack on Wu Zuocheng would be even more difficult!
Fortunately, what Li Minghua was worried about did not happen. Although after the tide rose, the sea water surged and the area around Wu Zuocheng turned into a vast ocean, but it was still at least five or six feet away from the land bridge. But there is a saying:
As luck would have it, Li Minghua just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw some shadows of sails on the horizon. If he looked carefully, he saw that there were actually five or six five-masted ocean-going ships sailing slowly towards him!
What's more, Wuzuo City actually has a back city gate. After opening the back city gate, there is a small pier. Riding on the power of the tide, you can see the five-masted ocean-going giant ship slowly approaching.
Go to the shore and start carrying the goods up.
This cruel discovery told Li Minghua that even if you plan to besiege them for a long time, this road is still blocked! Because of Wu Zuocheng's natural geographical advantages, supplies from the waterway can be obtained at high tide. The prerequisite for trapping them is
There must be a naval force.
But the navy of Dongxia Kingdom...well, I don't know if all of them combined are enough to fill the gap between the huge ocean-going ships and warships in front of them.
Li Minghua let out a long sigh and raised his head slightly. Youdao is kind and does not control soldiers. What's more, the things he carries are too heavy, not only the kindness of the emperor, but also the power struggle in Dongxia! This
He simply can't lose in a battle, and he doesn't dare to lose!
After looking at the serious-looking subordinates behind him, Li Minghua took a deep breath and said coldly:
"Blow the trumpet."
Twelve pairs of horns sounded at the same time, and the siege battle was officially launched. However, at the beginning of the war, Dongxia had a headache problem, that is, the catapults they brought were completely useless.
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The custom of siege is to set up a catapult and baptize the opponent's city with high-speed flying stones. This is not only to create momentum, but also to effectively destroy the city defense and test the weaknesses of the city wall. Wait until the time comes.
In the later stages of the war, after the opponent's catapults can be completely suppressed, the catapults can be used to throw fire bombs and set fire to the enemy's cities, or to throw dead people and horses to spread the plague, which is of great use.
However, the range of the catapult is only about a thousand steps, and the length of the land bridge connecting Wu Zuocheng is close to six or seven hundred steps. The key is: the side of the land bridge close to the Eastern Xia Army cannot spread its troops all at once.
Instead, it gradually becomes wider. Therefore, in general, the Dongxia Army's catapults can only carry about twenty catapults, and they have to be crowded together...
Something outrageous happened. Just when the Dongxia Army had finally assembled more than twenty catapults, and was still installing leather ropes and other debugging work. Unexpectedly, Wu Zuocheng heard a series of weird "
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, crash, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,"" followed by the Dongxia army's eyes widened. It turned out that a mass of black things had flown out from Wu Zuocheng. These high-speed flying things contained rocks and wooden barrels! Aim!
The Dongxia Army's catapult position was blasted down.
First, the stones that fell caused the auxiliary soldiers who assembled the catapults to be killed and injured. Then the wooden barrels that hit the ground caused the kerosene inside to splash! Then they burst into flames, and everyone was stunned to see them.
, at the beginning, many people ran forward to seek treatment, but as Wu Zuocheng continued to drop bombs on that area, no one dared to approach that area.
Needless to say, all the Dongxia troops could only watch as these twenty or so catapults were reduced to ashes in the raging fire!