Therefore, not only the Han family fought to defend their home base, but also the Hu family was transferred to target the Wei family's fiefdom in the middle and upper reaches of the river. The Zhong family's main target was the "Linghu" area, while the Zhi family went straight to the "Wei" area.
approaching.
This is definitely not the way Zhiyao wants to play "surround Wei and save Han". He is not that great.
About 5,000 Zhishi cavalry acted as the forerunner. They were the first to enter the "Wei" area and encountered fierce resistance from the Wei region.
This group of Zhi's cavalry was not going to attack the city and plunder the territory. Cheng Wu's order was to find out roughly how many enemy troops there were in the "Wei" area, and then turn north to cut off the supply line of the Wei army that was attacking "Han" area.
"At this time, the Wei family was in panic. Seeing our army coming to attack, they would definitely be suspicious." Sun Wu was the staff officer of this battle, and he was also the one who suggested sending out cavalry to cut off the logistics line of the Wei army attacking 'Han'.
Sun Wu knew that Zhi Yao looked down on the Han family, but the existence of the Han family still had its role. Zhi family needed to give Han family some help to enhance Han family's confidence.
To this day, Zhiyao still feels that Wei Si..., or someone from the Wei family who came up with the idea to attack the Han family first, poses a great threat.
How should I put it? There is no military operation without risks, and finding the most advantageous approach is a clear understanding that a commander should have.
Is the Wei family consolidating the "Wei" land? It is actually a kind of slow death. Once all the other fiefdoms fall, even if the princes send troops to intervene, they will not be able to reverse the outcome of the Wei family's defeat.
This argument is based on the fact that the various princely states may not form an intervention coalition. Even if they form a coalition to intervene, anyone with brains should understand that it will not be in the short term.
Gou Jian of the Yue State will only take advantage of the chaos in Jin to swallow up more territory of the Wu State, and try his best to strengthen the Yue State as much as possible in a short period of time, so as to facilitate the subsequent chaos.
Don't forget that there was a rebellion within the Chu State before. Until the "Huangchi Alliance" was held, the Chu State was still unable to completely suppress the rebellion, not to mention that the Chu State still needed to regain the territory that was taken away by the Wu State.
God knows how long it will take for the Chu State to have enough strength to send troops northward. Without the Chu State to take the lead, a big question mark needs to be drawn on whether the princes have the courage to interfere in the civil strife of Jin.
In the past, when the princes intervened in the civil strife of Jin, that is, when the Zhao family defined the Fan family and the Zhongxing family as rebellious, firstly, the alliance between the Fan family and the Zhonghang family seemed very strong, and secondly, there was a Zhi family who might stand on Fan's side.
On the side of the Zhongxing clan and the Zhongxing clan, another reason is that Qi took the lead.
The Qi State at that time was not weak, and they still had the legacy left by Duke Huan of Qi, which could influence the princes to a great extent.
Under the influence of several reasons, the princes only spent about half a year to form an intervention coalition that seemed to be quite powerful.
In the original history, the princes' intervention in the Jin Kingdom's civil strife really drove Zhao Yang into such a state of embarrassment that he even attempted to liberate slaves.
This version of history that was changed by Zhiyao? The princes were beaten violently by Zhishi.
Zhiyao asked: "Weiss was the one who advocated the attack on Han?"
Regarding this, I have to say that Zhiyao was quite surprised. She really felt that if Wei was given more time, there was no way that the Wei family would completely rise under Wei's leadership.
Sun Wu said: "As the Lord said, the Wei family must do it. If they stick to their original position and hope that the princes will send troops, the Wei family will become withered bones in the grave. Attack the Han family urgently, promote peace with war, and even form an alliance under the city.
Wei’s vitality.”
How did the news reach Zhishi? Don't forget that there is Yurang beside Zhiyao.
Even if Yu Rang changes from the Bi family to the Yu family, the blood of the Bi family is still flowing in his body no matter what, and he will not be completely abandoned just because he changed his family name.
Normally, the Wei family is relatively powerful and can ignore a person like Yu Rang.
When it is their turn to fall into a huge crisis, they will definitely think of Yu Rang, who bleeds the same blood. Regardless of whether Yu Rang is willing or not, some people will definitely approach him and even take refuge.
So, the operation of splitting bets was really not done by aristocratic families until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The operations of those aristocratic families during the Eastern Han Dynasty would be exposed, mainly because too many families did it and couldn't hide it even if they wanted to.
Yu Rang was very troubled now. He suddenly discovered that he had so many blood relatives, which made the situation within the Zhi family a little embarrassing.
Those tribesmen who came to seek refuge provided Yurang with some information, and then cursed and swore that they would not let Yurang betray the Zhi family. On the contrary, they would try their best to assist Zuo Yurang in establishing a career for the Zhi family.
Even so, Yu Rang still consciously resigned as the leader of the guard and handed over all the talismans and festivals.
Knowing that Yu Rang was in trouble, Zhiyao agreed to Yu Rang's request to lead troops in the army, and gave him a very high starting point. If he went to the army, he would serve as the "coach" of a "division".
That starting point was really high for Yu Rang. Even among the Zhi family members such as Cheng Wu who were entrusted with important tasks, which one of them had not been promoted slowly from the rank of a "pawn"?
Therefore, Zhiyao still cares about her reputation and does not want to have a bad reputation as being mean and unkind. Furthermore, she also believes that Yu Rang will not betray her.
Of course, Zhiyao will still make corresponding preparations, that is, there will be emergency measures in case Yurang rebels.
As long as the superiors take human feelings into consideration, they cannot fail to do some things that should be guarded against.
According to the intelligence sent back by Cheng Wu, the Wei family's military strength in various places in "Wei" was far greater than previously detected.
After they sent out four "divisions" to attack the Han family, at least four "divisions" of troops were still stationed in the "Wei" city. At the same time, there were armed Wei people in every city and countryside.
At first glance, the situation seems to be quite clear. Weisz did what Zhiyao did before, summoned and armed the young men, and planned to use these temporarily armed young men to resist the Zhi family's invasion, even if they couldn't really stop it.
Can it slow down the Zhishi's advance, or cause more trouble for the Zhishi?
Zhi Yao must admit one thing, that is, Wei Si did a good job. He was able to truly understand the situation and put on a posture that was completely life-threatening. Even if he could not scare the Zhi family, the Han family, the Hu family and the Zhong family would be more or less frightened.
Influence.
After Weis did that, it was hard to tell how many troops the Wei clan had. It must have strengthened the defense power of the places where the Wei clan had not fallen, and the subsequent effects were too many.
For example, when Zhiyao led his army to "Anyi", he could have bypassed it without attacking. However, he saw that there were many defenders on the city wall in "Anyi". It was his turn to worry about the logistics line if he bypassed without attacking.
Will he be threatened?
"attack!"
Zhiyao had to see how the temporarily armed young people of the Wei family were in combat effectiveness and how strong their fighting will was. The attack on "Anyi" became a military operation that needed to be carried out.
They brought siege equipment with them when they set out from "Handan".
Those are some large-scale equipment such as catapults, Linchong, and siege towers that have been built long ago. They were originally intended to be used to attack the city of "Wei". If used in "Anyi", it can be said that they are overkill and underutilized.
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The order to attack the city was given, and the first thing to show off was the catapults lined up in a row. They had already gone through the firing range, and after conveying the order, they hurled stone bombs amidst a burst of "creeping" wood.
Zhi's catapult is in the style of a returning cannon. While it looks very large, its range is much further than Zhuxia's traditional catapults, and the stones it throws will definitely be larger.
They threw stone bullets that were polished into circular shapes, and some of them hit the city wall, making a loud collision sound.
When the stone bullet hit the city wall, it did not cause it to collapse immediately. It was inevitable to cause a depression, but the degree of the depression was not fatal to the city wall.
Those stone bullets that crossed the city wall and hit the city would kill or maim the defenders on the city wall. Then there would be a burst of rapid and short screams in the city, triggering screams of terror.
That is to say, the people of the Zhi family outside the city cannot see it. If they see the stone bullets that continue to roll forward with great inertia after hitting the ground, they run over the soldiers of the Wei family one by one, leaving meat residue on the ground.
You'll still be frightened.
After several volleys of catapults, the rest of the siege equipment slowly moved forward with the help of human or animal power.
A drumbeat was sounded, and the soldiers who had been standing still stepped forward. Then they passed the advancing siege equipment, and were about 150 meters away from the city wall. The Zhishi soldiers carrying powerful crossbows stopped where they were and started to assemble.
Shoot to cover the city head. Within 70 meters, it is the turn of the soldiers carrying bows and arrows to join in covering the city head. The remaining soldiers holding melee weapons speed up and run.
The soldiers carrying the ladder came to the bottom of the city wall and worked with other soldiers to put up the ladder. In the process, they were only attacked by a few arrows from the defenders.
This is because the Wei family's defenders were frightened by the catapults fired by the cavalry. At the same time, they were suppressed by the Zhi family's crossbowmen. Otherwise, the Wei family's defenders would have been condescending and rained down arrows on the Zhi family.
Zhiyao saw that he could successfully climb the city using ordinary ladders, and that those who climbed first could firmly control the city wall. He probably had some idea of the composition of the troops left by the Wei family to guard each city.
"Except for the siege soldiers, leave one 'division' behind, and the rest will move forward." Zhiyao's face lost the seriousness it had before.
To be honest, Zhiyao was a little worried when word spread that there were heavy Wei troops everywhere.
Now? Facts have proved that the improvised weapons have not been fully trained in advance. They should at least be taught to receive instructions, otherwise they are just a bunch of rabble.
Zhiyao was quite familiar with this. The young men assembled by the Wei family could not even defend the city, let alone fight in the field.
Therefore, as long as the Zhi family dispatched cavalry to patrol and wipe out the Wei family's armed forces who dared to wander around once or twice, the Wei family principals in other cities or countryside would not dare to wander around again.
As for the cavalry? Zhiyao can mobilize at least 20,000 at this stage.
Not recruiting so many cavalry in advance simply meant that it would not be of much use in siege. Furthermore, the consumption of cavalry was far greater than that of infantry.
Being necessary will make things different. It's better than Zhishi fighting one city after another, isn't it?
