No matter how cruel and bloody the siege battle is, generally speaking, it is a relatively boring process. Most of the battles that were later described as magnificent and ups and downs have nothing to do with siege battles.
In other words, the gains and losses of one city or one place may affect the overall situation of the war, but for future generations who already know the results, what they focus on is definitely not how much blood was shed in the siege battle, but what the process was.
What is the significance of this battle to the overall war?
Their interests are also more willing to focus on the battles for the world's ultimate defeat, and the process is best to be dramatic, such as setting up an empty city strategy, making a countermeasure, etc.
In fact, most siege battles are not that fancy, and most of the fruits of victory are stained red with blood.
Just like Yang Xuangan and Li Mi's attack on Luoyang, there were not as many tricks as Yang Guang's at Liaodong City, although the results were the same.
Li Po was much stronger than them. He killed Luo Yi, defeated Li Yuanji, and defeated Li Shentong. He avoided Jiancheng Fortress in every battle. Overall, the series of battles was something that later generations were more willing to talk about.
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When he attacked Pu Ban, he returned to the ordinary rhythm of war and stormed up. The highlight was the battle at Pujin Bridge.
When Li Tang retreated to Kansai, Li Po also calmed down, because after leading the army for many years, he felt that the chances of creating miracles were getting less and less. If he tried to do it, he would probably break his muscles and bones and enter
It would be too boring to talk about a war of attrition in which you injure the enemy by one thousand and injure yourself by eight hundred.
Of course, for Li Tang, who had strong military strength, his tactics were very antagonistic. Just like when Li Po captured Jinyang, Li Shimin's suggestion to Li Yuan was to use the fortified city to consume Li Po's troops.
As far as the current situation is concerned, Li Shimin's tactics are undoubtedly very farsighted. If that were the case, even if Li Tang failed, he would never allow Li Po to sweep through Jin and threaten Kansai in such a short period of time.
And Wang Shichong ran into the conservative Li Jiancheng. His Royal Highness would neither ride a horse and use him as a scout nor pick up a knife to show up at the critical moment. According to the laws of war, there would not be too many
An "interesting" accident happened.
However, some accidents are likely to happen to Zheng Jun in Guanxia...
The boring and bloody siege battle began. The Henan soldiers, who claimed to be capable of fighting, tried their best twice and then, under the emperor's severe rebuke, began to go all out.
Dense rain of arrows continued to rise above the city wall, stones thrown from cannons were flying in the sky, and thick javelins shot by crossbows roared rampantly under the city.
At this time, the continuous screams were the theme song of the war. The blood of Henan soldiers flowed freely under Tongguan, soon covered the city wall, and smeared the rough city wall over and over again.
One day passed, Tongguan remained motionless, and the defenders were able to defeat waves of Zheng Jun's offensives with ease. Zheng Jun was like the tide hitting a solid embankment. Every contact was shattered, but it could not shake the embankment in the slightest.
At sunset and dusk, Zheng Jun finally restrained his troops. Hao Xiaode and Wu Heitai sent people to count the casualties. Despite their reservations, they found that the casualties were still huge, which frightened them. Nearly five thousand soldiers were lying on the battle formation.
He can't even stand up.
Their generals' flags were fading rapidly. Not to mention, the emperor's roars kept coming from the army, and they were a little numb hearing the words "incompetent".
Looking at the mottled Tongguan City under the setting sun, the despair in the two people's hearts became a little stronger. This was the first day...
After returning to the camp, the two of them got together by chance and murmured in the simple tent. They no longer dared to go to the Central Army to see the emperor. That irritable guy seemed to be a bit scarier than Yang Guang and Li Mi back then.
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There were already many heads hanging outside the emperor's tent, making everyone who walked there feel like they were passing through the gates of hell. Who would be willing to hang out there until they were full and full?
Wang Shichong, who was "understanding", did not call them over, but just ordered someone to pass on the order to them, asking them to appease the soldiers and prepare for the next day's war.
At the same time, the tired and resentful looks of the generals and soldiers made the two of them sit on pins and needles, and their close friends were whispering in their ears that if this continues, there will be no way for everyone to survive.
What to do if there is no way to survive? According to people’s thinking mode these days, it’s so fucking anti-
But in front of the formation of the two armies... Both of them are experienced in battles, and they both understand that doing so is tantamount to seeking death. Surrendering to the enemy in front of the formation is not such a way to do it.
First of all, you have to be able to win people's trust. In front of such a huge army, even if Li Jiancheng is willing to surrender and accept rebels, he will not open the door to them. If you think about it, what kind of generous (stupid) person would it take to do that?
ah?
The fact is that the two of them are not as smart as Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie is not even as smart as Niu Jinda, and they have already lost the chance to choose.
Although they did not go to the Central Army, the news about the Central Army could still reach their ears. There was no way to help it. Wang Shichong had done many ruthless things. If the ministers could not find one or two people around the emperor to inquire about the news,
That is extremely irresponsible for one's own wealth and life.
What made the two of them laugh bitterly was that the emperor was discussing with his ministers who would be the next unlucky guy...
"Is this going to work? Does my dear brother have any way to deal with it?" Hao Xiaode asked bitterly while drinking.
Wu Heitao was not much better than him. Normally, he would not have a heart-to-heart relationship with someone like Hao Xiaode, but now, they were talking to each other again. It seemed that the two of them had become grasshoppers on the same line. Then
We can only live and die together once.
"What can I do? The emperor wants us to die... Well, why don't we personally lead the troops to attack the city tomorrow and die at the pass, so that our sons can have a way to live."
Hao Xiaode was overjoyed and raised his glass to each other and said, "Then I would like to give a toast to Brother Xian. There are fewer and fewer good men like Brother Xian these days."
Wu Heitai knew that what he said was ironic, but he didn't want to take it seriously. He raised his glass and drank it down, then he rounded off his words.
"I'm afraid that even if I'm willing to die, I won't be able to protect the lives of my sons. If I say... I haven't offended the emperor, why would I..."
Hao Xiaode poured the wine and said with a wry smile: "Brother, please don't guess. You see, General Shan is still very important. After a defeat, do you still dare to come back to see the emperor? We are all from Shandong. If the emperor can trust us,
That’s called seeing a ghost.”
Wu Heita thought for a while and felt that what Hao Xiaode said was reasonable. He became even more annoyed and said coldly: "So, how many people can you trust if the emperor is from Kansai?"
Hao Xiaode slapped the table and said: "That's it. Look, the emperor is from Guanxi. When he raised his army, he was in Jiangdu. We have no borders with Shandong, Hebei, and Henan, but everyone is from these places.
, To this day, if we are not sent to die, who else can be sent? Most people have died, maybe some food and grass can be saved."
After chatting here, the two people became more and more unscrupulous in their words, and they lost any respect for Wang Shichong.
After Hao Xiaode finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other, almost in unison, feeling chilled in their hearts, because they both felt that they had found the key point. The army was short of food and grass, and the more people died, the longer the army's offensive might be...
Well, although they thought wrong, it was not unreasonable.
After consciously finding the key point, the two people's ideas immediately came to mind, and the methods they came up with were also very similar.
After pondering for a long time, Wu Heita straightened his figure and said, "If you want to put it this way, then we will attack the city... let's not play tricks, right?"
Hao Xiaode understood. Although there were a lot of casualties in today's attack on the city, most of them were recruits recruited from various places. The strength of the two men was actually quite intact.
Wu Heitai's intention and Hao Xiaode's were very clear. Since the emperor wants to consume everyone's strength, let's consume it for him. When it's almost done, if we can make some contributions, that's the best. Even if we can't, there's nothing we can do. We'll try our best.
If you find a few people to intercede in front of the emperor, you may be able to avoid this disaster.
It's not like we have to let the two of them die fighting at the pass. In that case, hum, the others are not fools, who would dare to attack the city with all their strength?
Maybe there are those who are brave enough to turn around and bite back... In fact, if the army is not complete, everyone has different ideas, and there is no leader who can convince the crowd, otherwise, the two of them might dare to turn back and follow the Central Government now.
Let the army confront each other.
Hao Xiaode nodded heavily, "Okay, leave it to me to attack the city tomorrow, and let people see that our Shandong heroes are not incompetent."
The so-called compassion does not lead to soldiers, which is particularly concrete at this time. Wu Heitai's previous generosity and heroism were completely forgotten by him, and now he showed an authentic warlord style.
After hearing what Hao Xiaode said, Wu Heitai immediately said in his heart: Whoever goes all out first will be better able to speak in front of the emperor later, but Wu Heitai was too lazy to argue with Hao Xiaode at the moment.
Just like what they said before the battle, there is no point in fighting this anymore. After this battle, no matter they win or lose, they are both tigers with more than half of their teeth pulled out. If they can go back with only one life,
Not bad.
On the contrary, Wu Heitai now sees that Hao Xiaode is becoming more and more palatable to him. This Shandong bandit has a lot of evil intentions and can be ruthless. This is what he needs to do when making friends.
If you just talk about thinking about your subordinates, then that means you have different ways and don't work together...
Hao Xiaode was also average. He felt that if the person in front of him could really keep his word, then he might as well have a close relationship later. When everyone's energy was seriously damaged, it was time to quote each other. I guess this person would not be as arrogant as before.
Are the officers and soldiers looking up to the sky?