In January, the Yellow Turban Army has been attacking for a full month now.
In the first few days, due to the obstruction of the moat, although the Yellow Turbans still had a way to cross the river, only some of the siege equipment could be used. Relying on cloud ladders as a temporary method of crossing the river could not bear the weight of those large siege equipment.
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But no matter how wide or deep the moat is, one day it will be filled in. When the Yellow Turban Army filled in the moat, the Yellow Turban Army's large siege equipment such as wells really became effective, and the Yellow Turban Army really started their offensive.
It was from then on that the pressure on the Han army really began to increase.
Different from the previous life-and-death battles where corpses littered the fields to attack and defend the city, the scene under Chen Liu now has a sudden change in style, with both sides actually working together to stockpile weapons.
During this month, the sky was filled with arrows and flying stones at all times. The Han army's crossbows on the city wall, the catapults and the wells of the Yellow Turbans, and the catapults both sides began to bombard each other.
, refusing to give in to each other.
With Chi You's commander-in-chief's vision, he naturally understood the difficulty of conquering Chen Liu, and he would not attack forcefully without hesitation.
Therefore, after the moat was completely filled, Chi You not only did not attack as fiercely as before, but instead began to fight step by step and attack steadily.
These days, Chi You has been relying on the power of siege equipment to bombard the Han army in Chenliucheng. Although the Han army is condescending and the long-range troops have a longer range, they cannot help but suppress the Yellow Turbans in numbers and equipment.
Although the Han army had put a lot of effort into repairing Chenliucheng before, a lot of damage had appeared under the continuous bombardment by the Yellow Turbans for such a long time.
Ancient times are different from modern times. There was no cement in ancient times. In ancient China, city walls were basically made of earth. They were built with rammed earth, which was made of local loess or black earth and tamped tightly, layer by layer.
Beat on the ground until each layer is fifteen centimeters thick.
Although the city walls made of rammed earth were extremely strong under the wisdom of the ancients, they were ultimately unable to withstand the continuous bombings of trebuchets.
Whenever there is damage to the city wall, it is when the bloody battle between the two sides really begins. The Yellow Turbans hope to take this opportunity to expand their advantage, and even capture this annoying city in one fell swoop if possible. The Han army is firmly resisting
The pressure was on to repair the city wall with all their strength to prevent the Yellow Turbans from actually opening a gap.
Fortunately, although the scene was extremely thrilling, Li Xiang still withstood the pressure and took effective measures in time, which allowed Chen Liu to stay until now.
During this period of time, Chi You spent a lot of effort to defeat Chen Liu. Although on the surface he was attacking steadily and relying on constant bombardment by large siege equipment, Chi You secretly used endless means.
When Chi You fought for a long time and was unable to defeat him, the first thing he used was the exhaustion strategy. Chi You ordered his men to carry ladders every hour to pretend to attack Wancheng, waving flags and shouting. When the Han army cheered up and started to defend,
The Yellow Turbans then raised money and retreated their troops. They did this every night, making Chen Liuhan's army restless.
The biggest advantage of the fatigue strategy is that you can wait for work and only need to send a small number of soldiers to harass the enemy, which can confuse the enemy and make the enemy relax their vigilance.
In history, there are many examples of exhausting tactics and achieving great results.
In both the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling, Sun Bin adopted the tactic of "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao", thereby achieving the purpose of mobilizing the enemy, forcing the Wei army to rush back and forth, and finally achieved the effect of waiting for work, thus defeating the enemy in one fell swoop.
This shows the signs of exhaustion.
And Wang Jian's battle to destroy Chu should also be a typical strategy of exhausting troops.
Facing Wang Jian's 600,000 Qin army, it was impossible for any Chu people to eat well and sleep well. The Chu officers and soldiers, including Xiang Yan, all hoped to start the main decisive battle as soon as possible.
However, Wang Jian remained stationary for a year, which not only weakened the Chu army's vigor, but also made the Chu army restless and depressed for a year. Moreover, during this period, Wang Jian continued to send out small troops.
Groups of troops continuously harassed the Chu army, making the Chu army exhausted. Under Wang Jian's constant tossing, the Chu army was at the end of its war effort and no longer had the same fighting strength as before.
There are many types of tactics to exhaust soldiers, and the one used by Chi You is the most commonly used and simplest, but it is also the most practical one.
To be honest, the exhaustion strategy is really a good strategy. It uses small forces to harass the enemy at irregular times, irregular locations, and regardless of the day. It is intended to tire the enemy and reduce the enemy's momentum and energy.
If you ignore the enemy's harassment, sleep as usual or are careless, then this is the best time for the enemy to attack.
And Chi You did exactly this. While constantly sending small groups of troops to feign attacks every night, Chi You would occasionally launch a real night attack, which made Li Xiang unbearable and had to take full precautions.
After all, who knows whether Chi You's next night attack is real. Although it is unlikely, once Chi You comes for a real night attack and the Han army is unprepared, the situation will be terrible.
Li Xiang had no good way to deal with this, even if he wanted to go out of the city and defeat Chi You's troops who sent out a feint attack. But firstly, Chi You was also prepared for an ambush, and secondly, it was just a small force. Even if it was really lost, Chi You would still
I don't feel bad.
In desperation, Li Xiang had to divide the entire army into two groups and take turns to rest. However, Li Xiang could not place the resting place of the army too far away, otherwise if something happened, he would not be able to provide timely support.
Therefore, although it was weakened, Chi You's tactics of exhausting troops still had a considerable impact on the Han army in the city.
In addition to the tactics of exhausting his troops, Chi You really did everything possible, including night attacks, tunnels, and even used the Yellow Turbans to steal food from the few internal forces in the city. Fortunately, the Han troops in the city were still vigilant.
, discovered these small tricks of the Yellow Turban in time, and this did not cause any big chaos.
Of course, Chi You's side is constantly moving, but Li Xiang will not just passively accept attacks, and appropriate counterattacks are still necessary.
However, although Li Xiang intended to attack at night, Chi You's camp was heavily guarded, making it difficult for Li Xiang to find an opportunity for a while.
In this month, Li Xiang led his troops out of the city five times, but returned without success three times. Only twice did he take advantage of the slightest weakness in the Yellow Turban camp to attack.
Then, even though Li Xiang found an opportunity these two times, Chi You responded very quickly and remobilized his troops in time. Therefore, although these two night attacks by Li Xiang were slightly effective, they actually caused serious harm to Chi You.
