Riding and cutting down the imperial bandits of the Three Kingdoms 110, Youzhou Tuqi is unique in the world, and Jizhou's strong crossbow is unparalleled
110, Youzhou Tuqi is unique in the world, and Jizhou's strong crossbow is unparalleled
"The Northern Barbarians from the east are attacking again! Reinforcements quickly!"
"Array, form! Drive them down!"
"Captain, I don't have many rolling logs here."
"The Jizhou Army's watchtower is pushing over. It's full of archers. Be careful of thieves firing arrows!"
Fenggao City echoed with the sounds of fighting and shouting. Facing the massive attack by the Jizhou Army, the Taishan soldiers defending the city began to fight hard.
Carrying arrows upwards, rolling logs and rocks, those who were injured were carried down to the top of the city for treatment, and the replacement of troops was mobilized... The soldiers flowing back and forth made the entire city top busy.
This is already the third day after the enemy has filled in the moat and launched a formal siege.
Compared with the tentative attack in the previous two days, Yuan Tan's army undoubtedly invested a lot of money today. First, they used a large number of trebuchets to violently attack the city head. The huge rocks thrown by this trebuchet were
As long as it can hit, it will leave obvious marks on the city wall every time, causing a heavy blow to the overall defense of the city.
Half a day later, as many as 4,000 troops attacked Fenggao from both walls at the same time.
As the capital of Taishan County, Fenggao's defense system is naturally extremely strict.
When Wang Zheng's army went north, even though they had made arrangements in advance, not only the entire Heavenly Army was dispatched, but also the third-order iron cavalry. In the end, the battle was still brutal. Even Wu Sheng was hit by an arrow. It can be said that
Survive the danger of death.
As a result, Wang Zheng was completely angered and made a decision that can be called a black history. After he woke up, he was extremely upset, but it was useless. Not to mention that the ten rooms in the city were empty, and the remaining people looked at the heavenly army.
, which made Wang Zheng shudder and frightened.
With the people's support at this point, all difficulties will be easier in the short term. After positioning Fenggao as the military wing of the Quartet, Wang Zheng thought over and over again and chose to move all the aboriginal people in Fenggao. He also chose to move some of the refugees from Qingzhou at the same time, including those who flowed into Xuzhou during this period.
The refugees, and many of their family members after joining the army, were arranged by Wang Zheng to live in Fenggao.
Because of this, even though the Jizhou army approaching the city at this time numbered nearly 20,000, Changxi still did not panic too much and did not ask Wang Zheng for help in a letter. This was because he knew that Zhoumu's troops were currently stretched thin, and it was also due to his hatred of Feng Gao.
of full confidence.
Twenty thousand people is quite a lot, but if you want to break the defense of this strong city, it is not that easy!
Even in Chang Xi's view, this was a rare opportunity to make a contribution.
As a general, protecting the environment and the people is the hard work of your duty. Naturally, it is not as majestic as opening up a territory and expanding the territory. You have all the famous weapons. The general defense of the city is naturally not considered a credit. But if the strength gap between the offensive and defensive sides is too large
, then the longer you persist and even repel the enemy, isn't this considered a credit?
Today's Fenggao defenders actually number five thousand, which is not a big gap from the 20,000 Jizhou army.
You must know that although the art of war talks about encirclement with ten measures, in real reality, once the siege party has a numerical advantage of about five times, they will have a certain degree of confidence in breaking the city.
But now the difference in human statistics between the enemy and us is only four to one.
But the problem is that the enemy is one of the most powerful troops in the world!
And not long ago, Linzi, the fifth capital of the Han Dynasty, was quickly conquered!
Therefore, Chang Xi had every reason to believe that, facing such a powerful enemy, if he could support Wang Zheng until Beihai came to support him, he would be greatly favored in his heart.
only...
After today, Chang Xi's confidence began to waver.
Nothing else.
Because he finally saw the famous Jizhou Qiangnu!
In the winter of the second year of Chuping (191), Gongsun Zan stationed troops in Panhe, and Yuan Shao joined the battle at Jieqiao. Relying on the famous white horse Yi Cong and 30,000 infantrymen, the former had the absolute upper hand and suppressed Yuan Shao until finally
During the decisive battle, Yuan Shao ordered Qu Yi to lead 800 elite soldiers as the first to attack the dead, luring Gongsun Zan to take the initiative to attack, waiting for the critical moment when his thousands of cavalry galloped and trampled...
Then they saw the powerful crossbows firing in unison, with thousands of arrows like locusts, like a punishment from heaven. In an instant, they dealt a devastating blow to Baima Yicong.
After this battle, Baima Yicong was completely destroyed, and Gongsun Zan no longer had the power of Jihou.
Chang Xi also knew about this, but he didn't really care.
After all, Fenggao's city wall is eight meters high, so what about powerful bows and crossbows?
It's not very useful.
Only now did he know that the so-called "Jizhou Strong Crossbow", in addition to praising Yuan Shao's subordinates for having so many outstanding archers who could shoot hard bows that they could form an army alone, also had another meaning!
Those are the opponent's trebuchets and even siege equipment such as bed crossbows. They are also different from other princes in the world, but they are more powerful and have a longer range!
It turns out that the true meaning of "Fu Jian Youzhou's sudden cavalry and Jizhou's powerful crossbows are the best soldiers in the world" is that the former's guerrilla ability is unparalleled in the world, and the latter's long-range attack is unparalleled!
Just today, the Jizhou Army used a trebuchet that Chang Xi had never seen before. Not only did the throw distance be astonishingly close to a hundred steps, but the boulder it could throw weighed a hundred kilograms.
However, if a rock-fired cannon flies, it will create a deep trench when it hits the ground, seven feet into the ground. (The return artillery that captured Xiangyang in the Yuan Dynasty took 250 steps, and could throw a huge boulder of 150 kilograms)
This huge impact can already cause damage to the solid city walls.
Although this unprecedented trebuchet was obviously developed not long ago by Yuan Jun and has various shortcomings, such as extremely slow rate of fire, huge manpower consumption, and extremely low accuracy, its power is unquestionable and can be achieved in less than a day.
At that time, Fenggao's southern city wall was the first to be unable to hold up...
This made Chang Xi feel secretly worried. This bloody battle might not be as easy to defend as he imagined.
Chang Xi naturally did not know that war is the best catalyst for the development of science and technology. As the war between princes becomes more and more intense, in the next few years, the history of weapons in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which has been stagnant for nearly a hundred years, will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Just like the Battle of Guandu in the fifth year of Jian'an, it was precisely because Yuan Shao's army's long-range ability was too strong that Cao Cao was beaten in the first battle and fled back in embarrassment. He retreated to the city and then Yuan Shao built towers and oars, piled up mountains of earth, and remained firmly entrenched.
Suppressed and beaten, Cao Cao's army did not even dare to show his head. Finally, under the pressure (frustrated), he gained momentum. Cao Cao followed the advice of his adviser Liu Ye and developed a new type of artillery carriage. He retaliated with cannons, rocks and thunder.
It is a famous thunder car!
Having a premonition that Yuan Jun's deployment of this secret weapon would pose a great threat to the defense of Fenggao City, Chang Xi regretted for the first time that he had been too trustworthy and had not asked Wang Zheng for help in his letter.
Why...
I just hope that Zhou Mu can solve Beihai as soon as possible.
While cutting down a Jizhou soldier with one strike, Chang Xi couldn't help but look around, paying attention to changes in the battlefield situation at any time, while thinking to himself.
The current situation is not too bad.
When filling the river a few days ago, Yuan Juntong drove the people who were driven from Ying County in front. Regarding this matter, Chang Xi did not hesitate and directly ordered them to be shot. However, he did not care about the people, but the soldiers below
Unexpectedly, even though there were not many locals among them, they were forced to attack unarmed people. This made the proud Tianjun angry. In addition, the Tianjun also spent a lot of money during the battle between Wen Chou and Wen Chou. Both sides were already fighting.
There are old grudges and two kinds of anger accumulated together, which makes the soldiers extremely high in fighting spirit.
A large number of rolling wood and stones prepared in advance also caused a lot of casualties to the Jizhou soldiers under the city. Although these Jizhou soldiers were also quite brave and climbed up the city wall despite the blow above their heads, they faced even more
A tenacious counterattack.
Under such circumstances, even if the moat has been filled, the powerful trebuchets are constantly hitting the Fenggao city wall, but in the short term, they will not be able to break through the defense of the heavenly army.
Some Jizhou troops were lucky enough to rush to the top of the city, but they were easily killed by the Heavenly Army soldiers who were no less powerful individually and had a greater numerical advantage. Some were even forced to have no way to retreat and walked directly from the top of the city.
Jumped up and down!
Although Chang Xi underestimated the Jizhou Army's ability to attack fortresses, Yuan Tan also didn't know that the army he faced was already one of the strongest in the world in terms of hand-to-hand combat capabilities.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu, who were watching the battle in the camp, had unswerving expressions. The combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Army far exceeded Tian Kai's Qingzhou Army, which really made them an exception. Under such circumstances, they wanted to quickly attack in the short term.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to fall into Fenggao.
However, now that he had taken this step, Yuan Tan could not give up easily. He just patiently continued to add troops without saying a word.
Of course, in addition to ordinary sieges, the generals are also trying other methods.
On the one hand, the army forced a large number of local laborers from Taishan, including people from villages and towns near Yingxian and Fenggao, to pile up mountains of earth outside the moat of Fenggao City to provide a platform for their own archers. This method has the same effect as the archery tower.
, although the manpower and time consumed are far more than the latter, there is an advantage, that is, they are not afraid of the blows of the city defense weapons. Once the fort is completed, the lethality of the Jizhou Army's infantry archers against the city defenders will be greatly increased. They even
Even weapons such as bed crossbows can be carried on it.
On the other hand, the Jizhou army also secretly arranged for people to dig tunnels. This tactic was Yuan Shao's favorite when attacking the city.
Many Jizhou officers expressed doubts about whether this could be successful, precisely because Chang Xi, who was opposite him, was a thief, but his knowledge and experience were different from those of ordinary generals. He might have different tactics, but he would probably be able to use some underhanded tricks.
Be on guard.
However, since there are enough soldiers, idleness is also idle, so no one objects to this attempt. What if it succeeds?
Apart from these two methods, the only thing Yuan Shao can count on is the internal response within the city.
After reaping the benefits of the attack on Linzi, Yuan Tan naturally wanted to repeat his old tricks this time. Before the three armies were dispatched, he first dispatched his internal officers to connect the aristocratic families in Fenggao City. As long as he could take the initiative to open the city gate, Fenggao could easily do so.
Down.
Unfortunately...
In Wang Zheng's anger, most of the aboriginal people in Fenggao were killed or injured, and all the aristocratic families were completely wiped out. The only ones left alive were those who saw the opportunity and ran away in advance. Instigating rebellion was purely a delusion.
At this point, Yuan Tan could only let those internal agents lurk down first to see if they could come in handy at the critical moment. After all, these people were the elite of the Jizhou army. Although they were small in number, their combat effectiveness was by no means average. Although Chang Xi
We are very vigilant about the security in the city and have sent a large number of manpower to patrol. Locations such as water sources and granaries are also tightly defended. However, as the war progresses, sooner or later there will be a shortage of manpower...
At that time, it will be time for these lurkers to show their power!
If we could move at night and burn down the granary in Fenggao City...
The Taishan Army, which was already unstable because it became an isolated city, would inevitably fall into chaos. The Jizhou army outside the city could take advantage of the opportunity to seize this county and use it as a base to capture the entire Taishan County!
With such a three-pronged approach, both Yuan Tan and Guo Tu were very confident in capturing Fenggao before Wang Zheng occupied Beihai.
However, what the smug Yuan Tan didn't know was that the peer he was secretly competing with not only set out...
While he was secretly planning the Taishan Granary, the other party was also eyeing Yuan Shaojun's grain route!
...
Taishan County, Gai County.
This time to rescue Fenggao, Wang Zheng did not choose a shortcut, that is, the route he used to attack Mount Tai, from south to north, through Feiguo, south of Wuyang, and then to Fenggao.
After all, there are not many troops this time, only 3,000 troops. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must be surprised!
No matter how stupid and confident Yuan Tan was, even if he believed that Wang Zheng had no troops at this time and could not rescue Feng Gao, he would still pay basic attention to the trends in Xuzhou. After Wang Zheng and Guo Jia discussed it, they chose Qingqi
Sneaking, he first went to Langya, then made some arrangements in Dongguan, and then quietly came to Gai County, northeast of Taishan County.
A hundred miles away from this city is the only way from Qingzhou to Mount Tai, and its throat, Laiwu City, has naturally fallen into Yuan Tan's hands.
According to Wang Zheng's thinking, even if Yuan's army's food route is not in this city, it must not be far away.
At his request, Mi Fang arranged for the Benming Division to send a large number of personnel, centered on Fenggaocheng and Yuan Tan's camp, to explore the Jizhou Army's granaries on the front line. Before this, Chang Xi also knew that pure defense meant sitting back and waiting for death.
, also took the initiative to attack when Yuan Jun's foothold was not stable, and sent a small group of troops to track and attack the grain transport troops when they were transporting grain in the rear of Jizhou Army.
Wang Zheng naturally knows this news, and combined with his own investigation and comparison, the location of Yuan Jun's granary has now been basically determined...
It is located north of Fenggao and east of Laiwu, a village built on the mountainside called Tuqiu!
It has to be said that Yuan Tan also knew the importance of granaries as a lone army deep into the enemy's territory. Therefore, he did not choose the two ready-made cities (Laiwu and Mou County), but chose a mountain village. It was precisely because of the distance between this place and Fengfeng.
It is high but not far away, and at the same time it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If someone wants to attack Yuan Jun's granary, something unexpected will happen. The defenders of the granary rely on the favorable location and can hold on until they can get reinforcements from their own side!
Just knowing this is of course not enough.
Of the two plans prepared by Wang Zheng, the one with the least loss and the best effect was to try to sneak attack the Jizhou Army's granary. Once successful, even if the Jizhou Army's camp still had a batch of food and grass accompanying the army, it would only be enough for them to evacuate along the way.
, the offensive can no longer be maintained. Therefore, we must try to figure out the defensive strength here and the specific road up the mountain, so that we can launch a sneak attack here at the right time.
It was with such a heavy responsibility that Wu Yuan, who initially followed Wang Zheng in the uprising, took a group of third-level yellow turban soldiers, disguised as ordinary villagers who had escaped from Feng, and quietly sneaked into the vicinity of Tuqiu Mountain.
It can be seen that Yuan Tan attaches great importance to this place and guards it very strictly. Just at the foot of the mountain, there are two hundred-man troops guarding it, blocking almost all access to the mountain.
Looking far up the mountain road, there are still a large number of open and hidden sentries tightly blocking the road. The top of the mountain, which is not too high, must be where the granary is, and there should be a tighter inner defense circle.
While secretly worried about the defense here, Wu Yuan was worried that he could never go up the mountain, so he could only wander around unwillingly.
When I was having a headache, my face suddenly changed. It turned out that there was a rustling sound nearby.
Signing to the soldiers who were nervously holding their weapons in their pockets not to break their disguises, Wu Yuanxun called out.
But after a while, another group of people came out of the woods not far away.
this...
Looking at this group of men, women and children, and looking at their strong bodies that could not be concealed by their tattered clothes, Wu Yuan almost subconsciously thought that he had met his colleagues.
As a result, he reacted the next moment and his face lit up with joy!
Mountain people are also physically strong!
So where are these mountain people from who suddenly appeared? Do you still need to ask?