In fact, there is nothing special about city offensive and defensive warfare. The methods are just those, such as burrowing, flooding, ant attachment, etc. Anyone who has learned how to fight is basically familiar with it.
The siege of Cangzhou City was, as usual, the classic siege of three buildings, that is, attacking the south city, east city, and west city, and letting go of the north city to encourage its escape.
Because Xia's army arrived so quickly, Cangren did not have time to make complete preparations, leaving many loopholes.
The biggest flaw is Fu Guo's house.
Cangzhou is a big city with many registered residences and convenient sea and river transportation. It is connected to Youzhou to the north, Weibo to the south, and Chengde to the west. It has developed commerce. It also has salt profits, so it has abundant financial resources. A large number of people gather in Cangzhou, which creates
There are a lot of attached houses.
The warriors in Cangzhou also knew the dangers of the houses in Fuguo, and they cleaned them from time to time. However, in the long run, the ones that were cleared were not as much as the ones that were built, so there was nothing they could do.
In fact, this situation is very common and is not unique to Cangzhou.
Some places have strict regulations and do not allow the construction of auxiliary houses, while other places have very loose regulations and the houses almost circle the city. The most famous one is Chang'an, which has many annexed houses and a large population. If someone attacks, the city wall of Chang'an
It's so thin and low that you can climb up the roof.
The siege of Cangzhou City at this time was such a situation.
The miscellaneous soldiers cleared out some of the attached houses to facilitate the entry and exit of siege equipment. The remaining houses were basically not demolished. The sergeants climbed up, put up ladders, climbed up, and fought with the thieves. There were even some who hid in the houses.
The archers who were shooting at the top of the city below were so angry that the guard cursed loudly, poured kerosene from the top of the city, and set it on fire.
The battle went on fiercely, with all kinds of people rushing forward one after another, fighting against the thieves with arrows, golden juice, scalding water, fire, and falling rocks.
Zang Dubao, the envoy of the East Route Recruitment, also came to watch the battle in person.
The three thousand Jiangling soldiers were defeated again, and were chased by the enemy troops who came out of the city, suffering heavy casualties. Zhao Kuangming led a counterattack with his own soldiers, which barely contained the enemy's offensive, but finally could not hold on anymore.
Returning with disheveled hair.
Zang Dubao glanced at Zhao Kuangming, then at the remaining Qianbao sergeant, and smiled coldly.
He didn't think much of these thousand remaining soldiers.
To be fair, the base of the Jiangling soldiers was the Xiangyang soldiers, and the Xiangyang soldiers were originally based on Cai thieves, with a large number of local Caihua natives and rigorous training, so they were not that bad.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Kuangning, the military governor of Jingnan, was just being cunning and did not contribute his elite troops.
"General Zhao has fought bravely and worked hard. Let's go down and rest." Zang Dubao nodded and asked Zhao Kuangming to go to the rear to reorganize the defeated troops.
"As ordered." Zhao Kuangming did not dare to disobey and limped down.
He was hit by an arrow in the thigh. Although it was not serious, the pain was severe. To be able to run all the way back like this, it must be said that he had a strong desire to survive.
After the Jiangling soldiers lost their combat effectiveness, thousands of Huaihai Road natives shouted in unison and started another wave of attacks.
Zhao Kuangming spat out bloody saliva and sat down dejectedly.
This was a wounded barracks, filled with warriors groaning in pain. Zhao Kuangming was upset when he heard this. With the help of his own soldiers, he got up and went directly back to the tent, asking the medical officer to leave the wounded soldiers alone and come to him quickly.
Diagnosis and treatment.
The medical officer came quickly. Together with his assistant, he first sawed off the shaft of Zhao Kuangming's arrow, took out the arrow, and then bandaged Zhao Kuangming's wound.
Zhao Kuangming frowned the whole time and did not cry out in pain.
"Your Majesty, Zhuge Tai is here." The general came over and reported.
"Let him come over." Zhao Kuangming said with a depressed look.
"Zhao Shijun." Zhuge Tai walked in and bowed in salute.
"Zhuge Shijun." Zhao Kuangming stood up with difficulty and returned the greeting.
Both of them were governors. Zhugetai was the governor of Bazhou, and Zhao Kuangming was the governor of Kuizhou. They were only remote leaders, but their elder brother Zhao Kuangning had just killed Ximen Daozhao and conquered the Kuixia prefectures, so he soon became the actual leader.
"Zhuge Shijun doesn't have many people under his command, right?" Zhao Kuangming sat back again and grinned, but found that his smile was uglier than crying.
"The four thousand soldiers of Bazhou have been reorganized several times, and now there are only two thousand left," Zhugetai said.
"We have 3,000 troops, and there are still more than 1,000 left," Zhao Kuangming said.
Of course, he did not say that most of the three thousand people were newly recruited sergeants, most of whom had been in the army for less than two years, and there were very few veterans.
The Bazhou soldiers were different from them. They probably brought most of their capital with them, and even recruited a large number of additional barbarians into the army. As for why they did this, he could also imagine. It was simply because they were worried that the court would not let them return to Bazhou.
, so we just need to recruit more troops to make our capital stronger.
The army is the lifeblood, and Zhao Kuangming is also a warrior and understands all this very well.
"It's not easy." Zhugetai chuckled and became speechless again.
Zhao Kuangming glanced at him and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. We have fought together and we are not outsiders."
"Then I'll say it." Zhugetai made up his mind, cleared his throat, and said: "Du Shangshu of the Ministry of War came from Taishan Palace and asked our sergeants if they were willing to go to Liaodong and grant one hundred and fifty acres of land.
He was a soldier from the former Tang Dynasty. After much thought, I had no other choice, so I decided to accept it."
"What benefits can Du Rang give you? He comes here to be a lobbyist?" Zhao Kuangming asked in surprise.
Liaodong was a wild place with many natives. What good would it be to go there? However, he was not stupid. He quickly put himself in Zhuge Tai's shoes and put himself in Zhuge Tai's shoes. If he didn't agree, the soldiers under his command would be destroyed.
If he is going to be wiped out, what will he have left? A phoenix without its feathers is worse than a chicken. I am afraid he will have no choice but to go home and retire.
The court must have promised him a lot of benefits!
"The imperial court wants to establish Gaizhou in Liaodong." Zhugetai said directly without hiding anything from him.
Zhao Kuangming thought this was indeed the case, but he still sarcastically said: "Gaizhou is the Gaimou City of the former Tang Dynasty, right? Besides horse dung and weeds, what else is there? What are you doing there?"
"I won't go to Gaizhou. Even if I want to go, the court may not be at ease." Zhugetai shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
Zhao Kuangming was silent.
Zhuge Tai was bribed by the official position in the Central Plains, and then persuaded his sergeants to serve as government soldiers in Liaodong. From the standpoint of these sergeants, after a series of brutal and bloody siege battles, I am afraid they are also scared? Don't say it.
Let them go to a barbaric land to serve as government soldiers, even if they quit the military, they would probably be happy.
Man, you just can’t shed tears until you see the coffin. After being tortured to such a miserable state by the Xia people, you finally gave in and were willing to accept some conditions that you didn’t want to hear before. You bitch!
Then I thought, why am I not like this? It's just each other. What's better about them than the Bazhou soldiers is that they still have the escape route of Jingnan Town. Everything else is the same.
"There is no need to persuade me. My subordinates and I are going back to Jiangling." Zhao Kuangming said: "Actually, why do you need to do it? Granting one man a hundred and fifty acres of land sounds good, but it requires three households to replace him.
Farming. Can you really find it?"
You have become a soldier, do you need a set of armor? This is responsible for your own life. Whether it is iron armor, leather armor, rattan armor, paper armor or cloth armor, you need at least one set. Considering the cold weather in Liaodong,
You may also need a set of armored woolen clothing, which appeared in the Western Han Dynasty. The cloth is sewn with iron sheets on the outside for protection and reeds are stuffed inside to keep warm.
It is also necessary to buy some weapons. Those who have no money use spears, and those who have money use rifles. It is best to buy a long-handled armor-piercing heavy weapon, such as a long Ke axe.
Among short weapons, the horizontal sword is inevitable, and armor-piercing blunt weapons such as maces must also be purchased.
There is also a walking bow, small buckler, quiver, arrows, and a horn bow if you need to mount a horse and gallop.
Weapons used to deal with enemy cavalry have been emphasized since the Tang Dynasty. Don’t we need to make hooks, sickles, spears and the like?
These things cost a lot of money.
The output of one hundred and fifty acres of land is indeed enough to support these equipment and training, but the question is where are the troops? They have become government soldiers, so they can't work in the fields by themselves, can they? Help me when the farming is busy, and others
I have time to hone my martial arts skills and participate in group training, so I don't have that much time.
"There are so many people in Bohai, and there are tribes all over the place. Why are you worried?" Zhugetai seemed to have already thought about it and said directly.
"This..." Zhao Kuangming was speechless.
So crazy, so crazy! This Great Xia court is full of ruthless people from top to bottom, and there is not a single good person.
"Mr. Zhao, please think about it carefully." Seeing that Zhao Kuangming was silent for a long time, Zhuge Tai quietly left and returned to the front line.
Du Rangneng, Minister of the Ministry of War, was sitting on Hu's bed, laughing at Yan Yan with Zang Dubao. His mind was not on the battle situation at all. It seemed that in their opinion, it was good to attack Cangzhou now, but it didn't matter if they couldn't defeat it for a while.
Zhuge Tai looked forward intently.
The Tutuan villagers from Huaihai Road attacked and killed them for a while, then retreated uncontrollably.
In fact, the quality of these people is pretty good.
After the main forces of Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Shi Pu were eliminated by Zhu Quanzhong, they relied on recruiting these new people to survive. In Zhugetai's opinion, they were stronger than Luoyang Xiangyong who attacked the city yesterday afternoon.
Of course, Luoyang Xiangyong will also make progress. After seeing blood a few times, not to mention his combat power, he has indeed become more energetic. In the past, he looked like an honest man with little temper even when others pointed at his nose and scolded him. Now he has developed a
He has a bit of a ruthless and unruly temper, and I'm afraid he won't be easy to control after I go back.
"What did Zhao Kuangming say?" Zang Dubao turned to look at Zhuge Tai and asked.
While speaking, he waved his hand, and soon a close general came forward and captured dozens of the fastest runners. They raised their swords and killed them on the spot.
"Back to the capital, I have been trying to persuade the general for a long time, but Zhao Kuangming refused to agree." Zhuge Tai said.
"What a good boy, I still want to go back to Jingnan and become the governor." Zang Dubao said with a smile: "Let him attack the city tomorrow."
Du Rangneng smiled and said nothing.
Zhugetai felt a chill in his heart. These idiots were also ruthless, and they didn't even try to persuade them. So why don't we treat them as human beings? Fortunately, I jumped ship in time.
"Dong dong dong..." The war drums rang again, this time it was the Tianxiong Army who went into battle.
Thousands of people lined up in formation, followed the siege equipment, and launched a tidal wave of attacks.
"Report!" A scout dismounted from a distance and ran towards him.
The soldiers stopped him, identified him and led him over.
"Baodutou, the Jin army's cavalry appeared to the west of the Lutai army, and there were more than a thousand of them." The scout reported.
"Finally here!" Zang Dubao clapped his thigh, stood up excitedly, and said: "Send an order to Wang Jianji to search for the enemy troops and find out where they came from. The rest of the armies——"
Zang Dubao paused and said: "Continue to attack the city and leave him alone!"
