Chapter 296: The terrifying level of the full-level boss
In the original history, when "Zhiyao" besieged "Jinyang", he encountered a water attack. Not only did tens of thousands of troops feed the fish, he was even caught and killed, and his head was made by Zhao Wuxie.
Wine vessels, the nearly two hundred years of Zhi family's foundation were divided among the Zhao family, the Wei family and the Han family.
Sun Wu said to Zhi Xuwu: "The Zhao family built the city here with the intention of setting up a trap."
What does it mean? Zhi Xuwu didn’t understand it anyway.
For the same thing, some people can guess from beginning to end just by understanding a general idea, while some people are still confused when the facts are in front of them.
The situation is that Sun Wu made a tour and found that "Jinyang" is naturally suitable for the layout of water attack. He only needs to build a dam at the intersection of Fenshui and Tushui. A large amount of water can be stored without the arrival of the rainy season. At that time, the east bank will be slightly increased.
It is high, and one or more diversion canals are dug on the south bank. After the embankment breaks, a large amount of water can be tilted towards the direction of "Jinyang".
Sun Wu guessed that it was impossible for the Zhao family not to discover that advantage, and it should be one of the rescue plans that would be used when "Jinyang" was besieged one day.
Water attack, right? There were only a few examples throughout the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was not until the Warring States Period that it was used repeatedly by the Qin army.
Therefore, it is normal for Zhixuwu to have no relevant concepts.
If Sun Wu's guess is correct, it can only be said that it is the Zhao family who dug such a big hole during the city building stage. Considering the Zhao family's family tradition of daring to be "first in the world", it is really possible.
Waiting for Zhi Xuwu to understand, even though he still didn't understand the specific operation, he couldn't help scolding Zhao in his heart for being so cruel, and he couldn't help but ask: "Do you know Zhao Wuxie?"
Sun Wu believed that Zhao Bolu or Zhao Guanjie was absolutely clear about this. Which one got Zhao Yang's explanation, perhaps Zhao Guanjie was more likely.
After all, Zhao Yang had removed the identity of Zhao Bolu's heir during his lifetime, and Zhao Bolu later came to the throne simply because the script did not go as planned by Zhao Yang.
"Zhao Wushe will never turn back. Our army can besiege Jinyang. It can be besieged but not attacked. Let people build dams to store water, and then launch a water attack." Sun Wu directly solved the mystery.
At present, there should be between 20,000 and 30,000 defenders in "Jinyang" city, plus several camps outside, the total is about 60,000?
Among the six camps prepared by Zhao, three became empty camps. Zhi's troops inspected them and moved in directly.
It was said to be a siege, but in fact Zhi's troops came over and started fighting with Zhao's ministries outside the city. Most of them were harassment in nature, and there were no battles involving more than 10,000 people.
Sun Wu once again showed off his skills, either mobilizing his troops to fight with more troops or attacking a certain camp of the Zhao family, attracting Zhao troops from other camps to come to the rescue, and defeating the Zhao troops who left the camp again and again, and the more he accumulated, the more he gained.
There were nearly 4,000 Zhao troops, but our losses were extremely slight, so that the Zhao troops behind them did not dare to act rashly.
As the nominal general, Zhi Xuwu discovered a very crucial point and thought: "Yao's military style is very similar to Sun Wu's, but Yao is not as comfortable as Sun Wu."
In fact, he was good at creating fighting opportunities and could take advantage when he seized the opportunity. However, Zhiyao's experience in leading troops was obviously not as much as that of Sun Wu. Furthermore, Zhiyao's style had the recklessness that a Jin man should have, while Sun Wu seemed more slippery.
After Sun Wu actually began to command Zhi's army, he felt extremely sad in his heart.
The most obvious thing is that the Jin army is definitely better at fighting than the Wu army, and they are serious about executing military orders to the point of rigidity.
Sun Wu used the two "brigades" of new troops from the Zhi family most easily. When he gradually encountered a tough opponent, he would release these two "brigades" without even thinking. Even if his troops were smaller than the enemy's, he could always defeat the enemy and win.
Effect.
If I had to say that Sun Wu had a negative opinion of the Zhishi's new army, it might be that the competition for the enemy's heads during the war was a bit serious?
Of course, the Zhi family's method of calculating merit based on the head has been fully implemented, and various ministries are competing for the head. However, the soldiers of the New Army show a more brutal desire to perform meritorious service.
"Dai Jun has been rescued. My family is following him on a single horse. Yang Hu and his army are stationed in Xiawu Mountain to wait for work." Zhi Xuwu had just received the military report and habitually found Sun Wu to report. From this point of view, it was obvious that he
He developed a sense of dependence on Sun Wu.
Sun Wu had the same opinion as most people about the single-riding walking horse. He thought it was a kind of infantry that rode horses to improve mobility. Later, Zhiyao took him for an inspection and learned that the Zhi family's single-riding walking horse was different from other families or foreign races.
no the same.
First of all, Zhiyao has already made horseshoes, stirrups and saddles, and deployed troops.
Therefore, even if Zhishi's riders can not only shoot arrows on horseback, but also charge when necessary, whether they are considered cavalry depends on whether they can withstand the test.
To put it bluntly, not every unit that fights on horseback can be called a cavalry, nor does it just depend on the equipment installed. It must also be able to withstand the test and have a record of proving itself.
As for whether Zhiyao's production of horse shoes, stirrups and saddles will be imitated? At present, foreign races do not have the productivity. Even if they imitate stirrups and saddles, the horseshoe, the most important among the "three treasures" of the cavalry, cannot be made by foreign races anyway.
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There is one absolute fact. In fact, stirrups have appeared very early. They were first used as tools to assist in mounting horses, and were usually unilateral. It is really unclear why they have not been popularized.
There is also a huge fact. Horseshoes are more important than stirrups and saddles. Horses without horseshoes have greater requirements on road conditions. If they hit a stone, the horseshoes will be destroyed. Putting "iron boots" on the horses can improve their performance.
Have fun driving on bad roads filled with rocks.
Therefore, whether or not horseshoes are installed will make a huge difference in the wear and tear of the war horses.
Zhi Xuwu's simple sentence "Follow closely" made Sun Wu understand a lot of connotations.
The situation is that about 4,000 Zhishi cavalry have been following Zhao Wushe and Daijun's army. They will seize the opportunity to shoot a wave of arrows and harass them repeatedly. At night, they will suddenly attack the camp and set fire to it.
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Zhao's chariots and infantry could not catch up with Zhi's cavalry, and even if they tried to encircle them, it would be difficult for Zhi's cavalry to be fooled.
The fate of Daiguo's single-horse chase was even worse. Each one of them was killed like a target, adding another batch of usable horses to the Zhishi cavalry.
This tactic was not only the first time it appeared in the land of Zhuxia, but it was probably the first time the small breaking ball was used, causing Zhao Jun and Dai Jun to suffer terribly.
After hearing this, Sun Wu walked to the table and sat down, picked up his pen and started writing a letter to Zhiyao.
The content of the letter was to persuade Zhiyao to let go of that group of Zhao troops, and to explain the benefits to the Zhi family of Zhao Guanshe and the Zhao army arriving in Dai.
Zhixuwu read part of the content and couldn't help but said: "Even if the Zhao family does not pass away, my family can also pass down the family."
While Sun Wu continued to write, he said on the other side: "Only when a teacher has a reputation can it be kingly. Furthermore, when the Zhao family enters the dynasty, they will definitely steal their country. In the future, when the Jin army goes out to conquer the dynasty, it has its own reputation, and it can also be taken back by the people of the dynasty.
I hope for long-term peace and stability. In other words, the Zhao family has become a rootless tree after running away, so there is no need to worry about it."
As for the Zhao family having more than one legion of troops in Daiguo? Sun Wuzhen doesn’t think it will be difficult to attack. Compared with the point of being justified, even if the difficulty of sending troops to attack in the future will increase, the facts will prove that it is worth it.
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And this is actually the gap in strategic vision, otherwise Zhiyao would not have thought about it and made Zhiyao agree after Sun Wu thought that Zhao Wuxie should be allowed to leave "Jinyang".
Zhixuwu just had the reckless character of Jin people. It wasn't that he couldn't listen to correct words, so he asked instead: "It has been a month since the dam was built. When will Jinyang be flooded?"
The team from Gongshu were responsible for the complex dam repair project, which took 20,000 manpower and seven days to repair the dam.
Subsequently, the public transportation team took charge of the work of raising the east bank of Fenshui River, and at the same time excavating the waterway to facilitate the surging water into "Jinyang" after the embankment burst.
When the Zhi family was doing this, they definitely needed secrecy, which meant that they needed to block the Zhao army in the city of "Jinyang" and in various camps.
The slightest act of rashness would provoke an all-out attack by the Zhi clan's troops. The Zhao clan's ministries could tolerate repeated losses. What was unbearable was that they never won once, and they no longer took the initiative to attack due to low morale.
Gubu Ziqing, who was better at domestic affairs than military affairs, could sense something was wrong. He had no clear direction to guess what was wrong. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but he was just spinning around. Overall, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
It's just busy work.
Gubu Ziqing, who suffered from repeated insomnia and suffered from neurasthenia, finally fell asleep in the early morning of the new day. It was most likely that he was woken up as soon as he fell asleep. After listening to the report with big bags under his eyes, he wondered whether he had heard wrongly.
Gubu Ziqing asked in surprise and joy: "What? All the enemy troops are gone outside the city???"
It must be a hallucination!
Zhi's army came and besieged "Jinyang" for almost two months. There was not even a tentative siege of "Jinyang". It seemed like they were besieging the defenders until all the food and fodder were consumed.
The Zhao family's grain reserves in "Jinyang" were actually more than imagined. Even in the most difficult moments, they did not misappropriate them and maintained enough food for a 40,000-strong army for a year.
Based on the fact that the enemy would misjudge the Zhao family's food storage situation in "Jinyang", they were secretly planning a counterattack.
As a result, the play is only half-way through, and Zhishi’s army withdrew overnight?
Gubu Ziqing didn't even bother to wash up, and hurried to the city wall to take a look. He could see the camp left by the Zhi family, and even saw the figures of his own soldiers inside, but there were rows of question marks on his forehead.
"Have you sent someone to search?" Gubu Ziqing asked.
Zhao Huo replied: "Naturally."
One of the secrets about "Jinyang" is that there is a backup plan for a water attack. Even if Zhao Yang hadn't died so suddenly, even his retainers would not have been told about it anyway, so Gubu Ziqing naturally didn't know about it.
Because even Zhao Huo didn't know about it, he agreed to Gubu Ziqing's suggestion to send the army out to clean the battlefield and reinforce the camp.
Waiting for Gubuziqing to learn that all Zhishi's troops were stationed on the mountain, there was no extra time to think about why Zhishi was like that, when bursts of thunder-like sounds came from the south...