There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 2937: Piling up mountains of earth and pushing down the west city
Chapter 2937: Piling up mountains of earth and pushing down the west city
Liu Yu smiled slightly and picked up the second arrow from the arrow quiver. Xiang Mi's eyes suddenly became straight, staring at the arrow and unable to move away, as if he was looking at the most beautiful arrow in the world.
Like a young woman, Liu Yu glanced at Xiang Mi's face from the corner of his eye and shook his head: "Where is the champion general Liu Jingxuan?"
Xiang Mi's face suddenly flashed with a look of disappointment that needed no concealment, and his whole person seemed to be a deflated rubber ball. He suddenly became limp. He raised the corners of his mouth in dissatisfaction: "Brother A Shou, it's you again this time."
I am standing alone and don't give any credit to my brother."
Liu Jingxuan smiled and shook his head and said: "Tieniu, you have already achieved the first success in Linqu, but you are still so greedy. How about this? I will command you, and I will let you go first when climbing the city wall.
Come on, what do you think?"
Xiang Mi was stunned for a moment, then grinned: "Okay, okay, as long as I have a chance to kill the thief first, I'm willing to be a soldier. Brother Jinu, oh, no, handsome,
If you make the champion general the commander-in-chief, then put me under his command."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Very good, since you are interested in each other, let's arrange it like this. Champion General Liu Jingxuan, how many troops do you have under your command now?"
Liu Jingxuan said seriously: "In the battle of Linqu, I was the vanguard and my subordinates suffered heavy losses. However, while I led the cavalry to pursue the enemy to Linqu, the commander also reorganized and strengthened our troops. Now I have six thousand infantry and cavalry.
General Liu Fan also had 5,000 soldiers from Yanzhou. Although General Liu Cui brought 3,000 soldiers from Yuzhou back, the commander-in-chief gave me all the 8,000 men from Qingzhou who had recently joined the army, especially Pilu.
The four thousand warriors who joined the army are well trained and can go into battle at any time. After all, our army now has nearly 20,000 infantry and cavalry, waiting for your orders."
Liu Yu nodded and looked at Xiang Mi: "Tieniu, how many men do you have under your command now?"
Xiang Mi grinned: "I always have two thousand Beifu infantry here, waiting for the commander's orders!"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Very good, then you can join the champion general's lineup. Liu champion, I'll leave it to you in the direction of the west city. The terrain there is higher and has always been the key to breaking through the outer city of Guanggu. I need
Within three days, ask the people of Qingzhou to make 1,500 ladders, 100 catapults, 30 rams, and 20 towers, and prepare 40,000 sandbags to fill in the outside of the enemy's city wall.
of three trenches.”
Liu Jingxuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "The west city is indeed the focus of the enemy's defense. Since the water source at Wulongkou was diverted, the moat outside Guanggu City has dried up and been replaced by three moats about two feet deep and as wide as
The three-foot-long trenches are now filled with pointed wooden stakes, and there are many rafts and oars on the city wall. According to my observations in the past few days, there are many large crossbows and catapults, and there are many bows and arrows on the city wall.
With more than 5,000 men, it will cause heavy damage to our attacking troops. If we want to attack by force, we may not be able to complete sufficient preparations in three days."
Liu Yu frowned: "Then according to the general champion's wishes, how should we attack the west city?"
Liu Jingxuan said in a deep voice: "The general believes that to attack the West City, it is best not to use a surging attack method, but to attack step by step and establish a long encirclement to advance."
Xiang Mi said thoughtfully: "Does the champion general mean to set up a large car formation like Linqu City, then install baffles and sandbags and slowly advance?"
Liu Jingxuan shook his head: "No, the strategy of using a big car with a baffle is only suitable for plain combat, because everyone is standing on the ground and cannot see behind the big car, nor can they pass over the people on the big car from the air.
Shield, kill our troops behind the cart."
"But siege warfare is different. The enemy is condescending, and every move of our army is visible to them. Moreover, whether it is a crossbow machine, catapult or archer, they can use this height to directly attack the enemy behind the cart.
Our army, if we attack by force, we are afraid that we will suffer heavy casualties in the process of filling in these three trenches."
Liu Yu nodded: "It seems that General Champion has made great discoveries in his daily observations outside the city. The three trenches outside the west city are indeed the most difficult point when attacking the outer city. Among us,
So expand your troops to the maximum size, which is almost twice that of Tan Shao’s troops in the east city. Is it also because of this reason that the trenches outside the city are located?”
Liu Jingxuan nodded: "That's right. Although the Tushan Warfare requires a lot of effort and takes time, it is advancement. So according to you, what is going on with this long-circuit advancement?"
Liu Jingxuan smiled slightly: "The long wall I am talking about is not an ordinary wall, but a mountain of earth."
Liu Yu's expression changed slightly: "Mountain of earth? You mean to build a mountain of earth higher than the city wall and advance directly to the best way to attack Guanggu City. The advantage of our army lies in the large number of people and time is on our side."
, this matter of transporting soil and mounding mountains does not need to be done by our soldiers, only the Qingzhou civilians who came to join the army can do it. They may lack combat experience, but they do not lack the physical strength to do this kind of project. There are several buildings in the west of the city.
The mountains are filled with earth. I have calculated that if 30,000 civilians work in three shifts and dig in the earth day and night, it will not take half a month to build three mountains of earth five feet high and twenty feet wide outside the city.
At that time, you can select archers or catapults to climb to the top of the mountain, and then you can condescendingly attack the defenders on the enemy's city wall. Once you can drive away the defenders on the enemy's city wall, you can go forward and level the trench.
."
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "But if you do this, you will have to advance slowly over time. Not to mention how the city will respond, it is just that if the east city and the south city are attacked by force, then your west city will not attack at the same time. The enemy will
The defenders of West City can be mobilized to repel the attacks of East City and South City first, which will cause casualties to our troops from other directions."
Liu Jingxuan shook his head: "As long as our army piles up the mountains of earth and stands on the top of the mountain, we can have a clear view of the situation in the city. If they really deploy their troops to other places, then we can take advantage of the situation to make a surprise attack, directly fill in the trenches and then climb the city wall. The enemy
The army focused on one thing and lost the other, but the initiative to attack has always been in the hands of our army."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "If the enemy takes the initiative to attack Tushan, or even come to rob Tushan, what are your countermeasures?"
Liu Jingxuan was a little surprised and opened his eyes wide: "How is this possible? The three deep trenches outside the city also prevented the enemy from attacking. Unless they can fly, how can they fight for the mountains?"
At this point, he suddenly thought of something, stopped talking, and murmured to Mi: "Oh, this devil in black robe can really fly."