Lin Zhe spent nearly five days on the road without arriving at Xiaopei. Even Guo Jia was a little anxious waiting at this time, so he planned to come to Lin Zhe to ask what was going on.
However, as soon as he opened the big tent, he found Lin Zhe secretly drawing something on the map.
Out of curiosity, Guo Jia stepped forward to take a closer look, but Lin Zhe seemed to be deliberately guarding himself, folding the map again and again, and handed it to Zhao Wu who was standing aside.
"What is Xianyun secretly planning behind Jia's back?"
Seeing Guo Jia glance at Zhao Wu, Lin Zhe was worried that this guy would see his mark on the map and guess his subsequent plan, so he quickly spoke to attract his attention.
"Hasn't Fengxiao always wanted to know what the secret weapon that Zhe has been preparing for so long is?"
Sure enough, when this was mentioned, Guo Jia instantly became energetic.
He blinked, quietly came to Lin Zhe, and asked curiously:
"Didn't Xian Yun plan to keep it to attack Xiapi? Why should we take it out now?"
Lin Zhe shook his head, "This moment, that moment!"
"A commander should assess the situation and act according to the opportunity. This is the saying goes that if the emperor is out in the field, he will not accept his orders."
"Some time ago, a certain scout was sent to observe Xiaopei and found that there were not many soldiers and horses in the city. It can be seen that the focus of Chen Palace's defense is not on us!"
"In other words, we can take advantage of General Xiahou to contain Lu Bu's army, capture Xiaopei and then directly attack Xiapi!"
"As long as we are fast enough, Chen Gong won't be able to react..."
After hearing this, Guo Jia had a thoughtful expression on his face and frowned in thought.
"Xiaopei is less than a hundred miles away from Xiapi City. Once we start to attack the city, Xiaopei's horses for help will arrive in a day. Counting the time it takes for the enemy to report the news and return to the army, I am afraid that we will only be left with five days at most.
Day time..."
Guo Jia looked at Lin Zhe suspiciously, as if he was saying, no matter how fast you are, can you conquer a city in five days?
You must know that siege warfare is different from field warfare. In ancient times, siege warfare was by no means a mindless situation where the attackers rushed up a ladder to attack the city, while the defenders stood on the city wall and shot at each other with bows and arrows.
For the defender, the city wall is not a wall, but a mobile and deep defense system: at most four or five people high, but with wide, thick and winding walls and dense horse faces.
There should be archery towers on the horse side of the city wall, with archers deployed, high platforms inside the city wall, sheep and horse walls, moats, horse-rejecting stakes and other facilities under the city wall. The city gates should be small and numerous to facilitate the defenders to go out to support the city. The inside and outside of the city gates should be
It is protected by a urn city.
Even more sophisticated cities will have small temporary fortresses set up on the periphery. If the city is close to a river, a corridor along the river or even a fortress next to the river will be set up to protect the ferry.
When the siege begins, the attackers have to withstand firepower from four directions: behind the sheep and horse wall (in front), at the crenellations of the city wall (above diagonally), on the shooting tower (above diagonally), and on the high platform behind the city wall (directly above).
, pushing siege equipment such as rams, counters, trench bridges and ladders close to the city wall.
First, we must pull out the horse-rejecting piles in front of the moat (the horse-repelling piles under the city are not used to resist horses, but to block enemy engineering equipment), and then use a trench bridge to cross the moat. First, you must rush along the trench bridge and attack
The defenders behind the sheep and horse wall, otherwise the defenders behind the sheep and horse wall can shoot to death the soldiers and civilians filling the trenches on the siege side by the moat just like shooting rabbits.
During the time Xian Deng fought for, the siege team needed to withstand fire from three sides, fill the moat with earth, rocks, firewood and corpses, and push the siege equipment across the moat. During this process, the sheep and horses behind the wall and the city wall, shot the tower
The powerful bows and crossbows on it will shoot down like raindrops, blocking the path behind the first wave of attacks.
This is also the reason why in ancient times, there was no need to even think about attacking a city without five times the number of troops!
Although Xiaopei is not a big city like Xiapi, it still has the necessary facilities. According to Guo Jia's estimation, Lin Zhe can capture Xiaopei within half a month, which is considered fast!
However, Lin Zhe looked confident and seemed not to worry about failure at all.
"Xianyun...how sure are you?!"
"Seventy percent!"
Lin Zhe did not dare to speak too harshly. There are many factors that determine the outcome of a battle, including time, location, people and people.
Guo Jia nodded. Since ancient times, no general dared to say that he was sure of victory. Unless Han Xin, the immortal soldier, was reincarnated, for ordinary generals, a 50% certainty would be enough to give him a try.
70%, which can basically be said to be a sure win.
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Inside Xiaopei City.
Zhang Liao was frowning at this time as he listened to the report from his subordinates.
No matter how slowly Lin Zhe walked, he was always approaching Xiaopei City step by step.
Last night, his army had already arrived outside the city. Because it was getting late, Lin Zhe did not choose to attack the city immediately. Instead, he camped outside the city. Looking at this situation, he was afraid that he would face a fierce battle soon.
Zhang Liao saw that the situation was not good, so he called Song Xian, Wei Xu and other generals overnight to prepare for the task of defending the city.
When the generals under his command were almost assembled, Zhang Liao began to issue orders.
"Song Xian, Wei Xu!"
"The end is here!"
"The two of you will each lead a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the east and west gates. You must stop the enemy troops from outside the city gates!"
"Song Xian (Wei Xu) takes the order!"
"Hou Cheng!"
"You lead five hundred men to guard the south gate. Although Lin Zhe cannot bypass Xiaopei and attack from behind, just in case, I hope General Hou will not slack off!"
Hou Cheng was a dark, broad-faced man. Hearing Zhang Liao's arrangement, he did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, he cupped his fists and said, "I will definitely live up to my mission!"
"The rest of the generals, follow me to guard the north gate. You must hold on until the lord's reinforcements arrive!"
"only!"
All the allocations have been decided, and everyone went down to prepare.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Early the next morning, the battle Zhang Liao imagined did not come.
On the contrary, the battlefield was quite peaceful. Lin Zhe's army was a hundred steps away from the city, building something in full swing.
Zhang Liao couldn't help but look over. After reading it, he became even more confused. The thing Lin Zhe was busy assembling was neither the ladder he was familiar with nor the jinglan used for siege.
It looked so weird that he had never seen it before, and even Zhang Liao was a little confused for a while.
But fighting is no child's play, and Lin Zhe cannot do useless work. Out of unknown fear, Zhang Liao is hesitant about whether to send troops out of the city to stop him.
Before he could give the order, the city had already been assembled, and dozens of behemoths were slowly approaching Xiaopei City.
"put!"
Following Lin Zhe's order, Zhang Liao's eyes couldn't help but widen, as if he had witnessed a scene that was unbelievable in his life.
Huge boulders poured down like raindrops, each weighing hundreds of kilograms. Ordinary soldiers would almost die if they were hit, or injured if they were rubbed.
The shield was useless, and being hit in the front by this boulder would almost certainly lead to death.
