At the Zhao Wangjun camp, Qiu Fu received very exciting news.
Reinforcements arrived, a full 100,000 elite troops arrived.
Qiu Fu not only received reinforcements, but also proved his status in the heart of King Zhao.
King Zhao's willingness to hand over an army of 180,000 to his command shows that his trust in him has not diminished.
"Now that I have an army of 180,000, I will definitely perform some great feats to repay the prince's great kindness. Beat the drums and gather the generals!"
As the war drums in King Zhao's army sounded, all the generals above the guerrilla generals in the army had arrived at the Chinese army's tent.
The guerrilla general can be said to be the threshold for military attaches.
At the top are various generals, and at the bottom are some kinds of captains.
School, a military establishment unit; Wei, an officer; Xiaowei means the commander of the army.
The position of school captain has been around since ancient times and reached its peak in the early Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu first established eight school captains, including Zhongba, Tunqi, Infantry, Yueqi, Changshui, Huqi, Shesheng and Huben: they were specialized in special forces.
The generals of the army, whose status is slightly lower than that of the generals, are later known as the Eighth School of Generals.
At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling established the Eighth School Lieutenant of Xiyuan.
The three armies of Xiyuan and the Dian Army were set up to assist the army. Yuan Shao, the general of Huben Zhonglang, was appointed as the captain of the middle army, Bao Hong, the commander of the garrison and cavalry, was the captain of the lower army, and Cao Cao, Yilang, was the captain of the Dian army.
At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the two most powerful princes in the north were both junior officers.
After the Later Han Dynasty, the rank of captain began to decline and became a low-level officer in the army.
In the former Tang Dynasty, Zhechong Mansion had a regiment of 300 people, and the captain could lead a regiment of soldiers and horses.
By the time of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the rank of captain could reach up to the sixth rank, and without special exception, he could lead 1,500 troops.
The guerrilla general, on the other hand, has an official rank below the fifth rank, from captain to guerrilla, thus achieving a leap from a lower-level officer to a middle-level officer.
This military conference covers the middle and upper-level officers in the army, and even guerrilla generals are not eligible to participate.
"Generals, I am gathering here today to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy."
Qiu Fu was high on the throne. His bravery and bravery in battle had a high prestige in the army, and all the generals below him became serious after hearing this.
"General! There is a saying in the art of war, which is to achieve victory through a perfect combination! Now our army has a hundred thousand elite reinforcements, while the Southern Army only has 30,000 skirmishers. Our army has a strength advantage, and we only need to suppress it with an upright division.
The Confederate army will be unable to resist, and there is no need to move dangerously, and they will win by surprise!"
The person who spoke was named Wang Cong. He was the first batch of reinforcements to arrive and was Qiu Fu's new infantry commander of the Left Army.
He was a prudent person and put caution first when using troops to advance, so he was ordered by King Zhao to command the infantry. Although his military use rarely resulted in major victories, he did not suffer major defeats. He was a moderate and standard general who defended the territory.
His thoughts on military use were completely opposite to Qiu Fu's. These words made Qiu Fu, who was originally very interested, a little unhappy.
Qiu Fupu was a fierce and brave man who liked to charge forward with light cavalry, and he despised this steady and steady approach to warfare.
"Although General Wang is reasonable, he is still a little short-sighted." Qiu Fu retorted directly without caring about his dignity.
"It is true that our army outnumbers the Confederate Army, but now the Confederate Army has its back at Yanmen Pass. Yanmen is the most powerful pass in the world and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the Confederate Army feels it is unbeatable and retreats into Yanmen Pass, how can it be done?
Are our troops going to attack Yanmen?!"
Wang Cong didn't like this strategy until Qiu Fu, but he still explained, "General, although our army has 180,000 troops, our strategic goal is to protect the flanks of the prince and general Zhang's troops and defend them.
The Southern Army marched out of Yanmen to attack Bingzhou, and at the same time, they were prepared to prepare for the main force of the Tiance Army to move south..."
"alright!"
Wang Cong was interrupted by Qiu Fu midway through his words.
"Don't I know these things you are talking about?! We are loyal to you as we eat the emperor's salary. Prince Xinzhong has entrusted us with an army of 180,000 men. If we only restrict the opponent's flanks, what face do you have?
Go see the prince?!"
Everyone present understood what Qiu Fu said.
He is not willing to play a supporting role in this war, he also wants to achieve results.
If Zhao Tianlin's troops can be eliminated and Yanmen Pass is captured, then there will be no danger to defend the hinterland of Bingzhou, and an army of 180,000 can march straight in and join Zhang Shimei's troops at the foot of Jinyang City.
Jinyang will become the last line of defense in Guanzhong, and Zhou Ting will have to fight another battle to defend Jinyang!
Jinyang: Yes, it’s me who is being defended every time. That’s how important I am!
With the fall of Jinyang, the three states of Bian, You, and Hebei will all fall into the hands of King Zhao, and he will truly have the capital to fight the imperial court for life and death.
Otherwise, don’t bet. If you want to bet, bet big.
Qiu Fu's goal was to capture Zhao Tianlin's 70,000 troops and 30,000 troops at Yanmen Pass, and then march south.
This move is of course risky, but it can maximize military success.
Everyone here is a proud and powerful general who has been fighting with King Zhao for many years, so why are they willing to be reduced to supporting roles?
All the generals here understand what Wang Cong said. From the perspective of King Zhao and his palace, what Wang Cong said is undoubtedly the best solution.
But for the generals here, this answer is just qualified.
At this time, a general said, "General! Everyone, I have a foolish opinion. I hope you can correct it!"
Qiu Fu looked at the person who spoke, who was the deputy general of the army, Li Yuan. After the cavalry reinforcements arrived, Qiu Fu handed over the command of the cavalry to this person, who is now the cavalry general in the army.
Li Yuan was good at breaking into battles and defeating the enemy, and was able to adapt to unexpected situations. His military style was similar to that of Qiu Fu, so he was more favored by Qiu Fu.
"General Li, please speak!"
Li Yuan immediately walked to the edge of the map and began to introduce his combat strategy.
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Two days later, the reinforcements of King Zhao's army had finished resting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
The main force of King Zhao's army began to slowly advance forward.
Regarding Qiu Fu's strategic judgment, Zhao Tianlin believed that his purpose was to seize Yanmen Pass and move south to Jinyang.
It has to be said that as a veteran, Zhao Tianlin's judgment of Qiu Fu's strategic goals is not inaccurate.
Therefore, Zhao Tianlin divided his 70,000 soldiers and horses into two groups, the left and right, and supported Yanmen Pass behind him from a distance. They acted as horns to each other, so that Qiu Fu's main force did not dare to attack Yanmen Pass.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If Qiu Fu seeks a decisive battle with Zhao Tianlin, even if he can win with superior force, his strength will be greatly damaged. If he wants to attack Yanmen again, the difficulty will increase.
Quite a few.
Zhao Tianlin's move gave Qiu Fu two choices. One was to fight Zhao Tianlin's troops first, but the outcome was unknown. Once defeated or defeated miserably, he would be unable to attack Yanmen Pass.
The second is to ignore Zhao Tianlin's troops on the left and right wings and attack Yanmen Pass directly. In this way, Zhao Tianlin's troops can harass Qiu Fu's main force at any time, making it difficult for him to attack with all his strength.
This chess game was arranged very cleverly. If it were a stable general like Zhang Shimei, he would hesitate between the dilemmas.
But Qiu Fu didn't hesitate at all. I didn't know what risks were, so how could I be swayed by so-called risks to use troops?
Just do it! That’s it!
Zhao Tianlin divided the soldiers and horses into two parts, the left and right, to support each other. In the middle part, Yanmen Pass can also support.
However, Qiu Fu, a stubborn man, relied on his superior strength and divided his forces into the left and right armies, completely ignoring Zhao Tianlin's strategic purpose.
In addition to the 40,000 soldiers and horses of King Zhao's army who stayed in the camp, the remaining 140,000 were divided into two groups and attacked Zhao Tianlin's left and right soldiers.
Qiu Fu was waiting for reinforcements these days, and Zhao Tianlin was certainly not idle either.
The originally crude fortresses have now been completed, and are interlocking with each other. There are sentry towers and arrow towers everywhere. Although it is not as good as the fortified city, it is enough to provide the Longwu Army with a geographical advantage to offset part of the gap in strength.
"Woo~woo~woo!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
With the sound of trumpets and the sound of war drums, King Zhao's army began to attack the camp.
The leader of the left army was Wang Cong. Although Qiu Fu had different opinions with him, Qiu Fu was still positive about Wang Cong's ability.
"Heaven's secret city-breaking crossbow! Set up all the elements!"
Under the control of the soldiers, fifteen Tianji city-breaking crossbows were cocked and slowly aimed at the right camp of the Longwu Army.
The Tianji Crossbow is one of the Wednesday crossbows. It originally required six people to pull the bow string with a winch, and the arrow shot out has the power to break the city and crack the shield. Ordinary large shields cannot block its sharp edge.
In the battle with Hou Jin, the Tianji city-breaking crossbow played a huge role.
A single arrow fired from the Tianji Crossbow can often penetrate several cavalrymen and disrupt the cavalry's attack.
Of course, it also has miraculous effects on sieges. Ordinary earthen castle walls cannot stop the crossbows of Tianji's city-breaking crossbow.
Earthen forts cannot stop it, and neither can a camp made of earth and wood.
Although Wang Cong used the front army shield array to cover up the Tianji city-breaking crossbow, the observing scouts of the Longwu Army standing on the sentry tower had already discovered the Tianji city-breaking crossbow first.
Large shields were erected in the Longwu military camp.
"open!"
With Wang Cong's command flag waving, Zhao Wangjun's originally tightly sealed front army shield formation suddenly opened, and the secret city-breaking crossbow hidden in it was exposed to the eyes of Long Wujun.
"put!"
Fifteen giant crossbow guns roared out and fired at the right camp of the Longwu Army.
Although the Longwu army had large shields erected, the crossbowmen of King Zhao's army did not think that these large shields could block the crossbow spears of Tianji's city-breaking crossbow.
They crossbowmen know the power of the Tianji city-breaking crossbow best. Not to mention the solid wooden shield, even the large steel shield will be pierced or broken in front of the crossbow.
Fifteen crossbow guns hit the big shield. As expected, they easily penetrated the big shield. However, they did not penetrate directly as they imagined. The crossbow guns only inserted three points and then stopped.
The momentum of sprinting.
"this……?!"
The Tianji crossbowmen who saw this scene all looked at each other in shock. They didn't know why the Tianji crossbow gun, which was so powerful in the past and could pierce mountains and rocks, was blocked.
What they didn't know was that the backs of these large shields were filled with thick paper, which was the material commonly used by the southern garrison of the Great Zhou Dynasty for paper armor.
In the south, it rains and the ground is wet. Iron armor is prone to gold and rot, so it must not be used. Therefore, folded paper is used as armor. Use non-sexual and extremely soft paper, process it and beat it until it is soft. Layer it three inches thick and have four nails in a square inch, so that the strong arrows cannot penetrate.
When soaked in water, its protection is even greater.
This kind of non-toxic and extremely soft paper is very poor for writing, but it is more tough than ordinary rice paper.
They are all members of Zhou Dynasty's army, so they all know about Zhou's crossbow.
Zhao Tianlin and other generals knew very well the power of Tianji's city-breaking crossbow. Although the camps they built were tight, their ultimate plan could not prevent Tianji's city-breaking crossbow.
Infantry general Zhao Wu suddenly thought of this method.
He was originally from the Chuzhou Beiman Army of the Southern Army. Among the Southern Guard Corps, paper armor was the most common.
Paper nails are strong, lightweight, and low in cost. Their biggest drawback is that they last only a short time.
There are also paper armors in the Longwu Army, but they are not in large numbers.
Zhao Wu then disassembled these paper armors and put them behind the big shield. Unexpectedly, he actually defended against Tianji's city-breaking crossbow today.
"Catapult, prepare! Set up the elements!"
Wang Cong was not affected by the failure of Tianji's city-breaking crossbow and continued to command his soldiers to operate the catapult.
Compared with the sophisticated Tianji city-breaking crossbow, Zhao Wangjun's catapult was much simpler.
The Tianji City-Breaking Crossbow is an instrument built by General Zuojian of the Great Zhou Dynasty based on part of the Mohist Mechanism Technique and Luban Mechanism Technique. The designer is the younger brother of the previous generation Luban Divine Ax Sect Master, so there is no doubt about its sophistication.
Because Wednesday crossbows were needed for the northern expedition, King Zhao also had a considerable number of Wednesday crossbows in his army.
However, catapults have always been used for sieges, and there is no need to use them in the battle against Houjin. The catapults in King Zhao's army are all built by the craftsmen summoned by King Zhao himself. Naturally, they are the hard work of the generals who cannot and will not.
compared to.
The Tianji crossbow is produced by Zhongke, and the catapult is produced by Minke, so naturally they are not of the same grade.
"Catapult!" The sentry on the sentry tower still discovered the movements of King Zhao's army and conveyed the news to Long Wu's army.
"Support the cowhide sheds!" Following Zhao Wu's military order, each cowhide shed was supported on the heads of the former soldiers.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Stones hit the cowhide shed one after another, making the shed rattle.
However, the toughness of cowhide that was fully soaked in water was not something that these stones could break through. The three volleys of Zhao Wang's catapults only injured dozens of Longwu soldiers.
They are all soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they know the opponent's offensive methods thoroughly.
Upon seeing this, Wang Cong ordered the Tianji city-breaking crossbows and catapults to stop the attack. Not only would such an attack not have the desired effect, but it would also damage the morale of our army.
"The infantry is pressing forward."
As Wang Cong's command flag waved, the infantry of the front army began to advance slowly.
Since the siege equipment has no effect, the only choice is head-on confrontation!
"Shou!"
The shield soldiers of the Longwu Army also came to the camp gate, and a close-quarters fight between the two sides was about to break out.
In the military formation, Wang Cong, the commander of the left army, also saw the role of the sentry towers in the Longwu Army camp.
The sentry tower in the Longwu Army camp is located high up. It can detect the mobilization of its own troops and horses in the shortest possible time, and then transmit the message to the commander of the Longwu Army so that he can respond accordingly.
The main reason for the failure of the first two equipment attacks was that the sentry tower issued an early warning.
"Crossbowman, shoot the sentry for me!"
Thousands of crossbowmen in King Zhao's army, led by their captains and captains, shot arrows at the sentry tower of Longwu Army.
The sentries of the Longwu Army were also shocked by this battle. They did not expect that they would be treated like this. They immediately retreated into the sentry tower.
When the guard tower was being built, large shields were installed around it to prevent crossbow fire.
The rain of arrows fell, and it was difficult to do anything to the sentries in these sentry towers.
Just when the sentry of the Longwu Army was feeling proud, he was horrified to see fifteen Tianji city-breaking crossbows slowly turning and adjusting their angles. One of the Tianjis was aimed at the sentry tower where he was!
