As a siege party, building high ground is an extremely important and necessary means.
Because it has two purposes, first it occupies the commanding heights.
For example, when Wang Zhenghe and a group of bandits attacked Linzi, why Xu He, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal, spent countless corpses and lives of refugees to build a fortification wall first, just to change the dilemma of conquering the enemy.
Because the defender who occupies a favorable location can rely on the height of the city to be condescending, use bows, arrows, crossbows, and even trebuchets to attack the siege from high places. Combined with the horse faces protruding from the outside of the city wall, some are high, some are low, and some are outside.
, with internal content, so that a three-dimensional defense network can be formed.
Faced with such a situation, before the city was captured, the siege team was almost completely forced to take a beating without being able to fight back.
Therefore, in the era of cold weapons, the first thing many siege troops did when they came to the city was to build watchtowers, earthen castles, slopes and other highlands in an attempt to alleviate this disadvantage and even suppress the city.
Secondly, it is for reconnaissance. Only by climbing high can you see far and overlook the enemy, so that you can know the enemy's movements well.
On this day, when Wang Zheng appeared on the top of the city again, he found that within a period of time, the enemy camp had taken out several tall watchtowers with arrows.
Of course, the same is true in Shu County City in this regard. As early as Sun Ce's troops came to the city, and even as early as Wang Zheng came to Shu County, Zhou Hui had already built many watchtowers on the four corners of the city wall and in the city.
When Sun Ce arrived, soldiers with good eyesight were sent to watch every day. When Wang Xiong and Huang Zhong left the city, these soldiers discovered the two shallow and narrow crossings where Sun Ce's army deliberately withdrew their defenses.
But this time, it was the soldiers in the watchtower who once again discovered the location where Sun Cejun was digging the tunnel.
According to their reports, Zhou Hui, Tao Ze, Wei Yan and other troops were divided into three groups. On one side, they dug long trenches in the city as a passive defense to prevent Sun Ce's army from tunneling into the city;
At the same time, counter-tunnels were dug outside the city as a proactive attack to prevent Sun Ce's army from collapsing the city wall.
During the excavation process, the direction of the anti-tunnel extension was corrected at any time through the "urn listening" method. Sun Cejun's main camp was more than ten miles away from the city, and was separated by a moat. The amount of construction was huge, and both parties could be said to have entered.
A state of affairs day and night.
In order to confuse the defenders, Sun Ce supervised the construction of mountains of earth every day while digging tunnels, making a posture of preparing to launch an attack as soon as the mountains of earth were piled up.
Zhou Hui followed suit and patrolled the city every day. From time to time, he organized a group of soldiers with loud voices and shouted to the outside of the city, showing a proud attitude after winning consecutive victories.
After Wang Zheng went to the city that day, he also discovered other changes while inspecting the enemy camp.
In addition to piling up mountains of earth and digging tunnels, the enemy's encirclement has obviously tightened!
Before Wang Xiong and Huang Zhong broke out, Sun Cejun turned a blind eye to the defenses on the east, west, and north sides. But now they have completely cut off land and water. It can be said that it is an ambush from all sides and a dragnet. Unless the life in the city is
Use your wings, otherwise it will be difficult to escape.
The more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. Wang Zheng felt something was wrong in his heart, and said to Zhou Hui: "Sun Ce surrounded my city, why did he first loosen it and then tighten it? I'm afraid there is something wrong inside."
Hearing this, Zhou Hui withdrew his gaze from Qiao Huan beside Wang Zheng and said with a smile: "Thief Sun is a common man, brave but not resourceful. He has used tricks several times but was discovered by us. He must be very angry and embarrassed."
The bones are now loosened first and then tightened. It is just because of this that I am afraid that I will attack with all my strength next and try to break the city."
Hearing this, the others believed it, and Tao Ze on the side agreed even more: "Summer is about to turn to autumn, and the weather is getting colder. It will be difficult for Sun Thief to last long. As long as we can withstand a few waves of offensives,
Perhaps our city is trapped and the solution is not far away."
Wang Zheng shook his head: "Soldiers are a major issue for the country. Although Sun Ce is young, he is a famous general. How could he be so rash and raise an army out of anger?"
Zhou Hui said: "That's the case. Since his rise, there have been continuous wars. I'm afraid it won't be possible to sustain food and grass for a long time, right?"
Wang Zhengdao: "The county king must not have forgotten that Wancheng is in his hands. This is the capital of Lujiang and has been run by Liu Xun for many years. There must be a lot of official warehouses and private storage. If there are too many, he will not be able to support him for a month or two."
The problem, not to mention that he has now captured all Juchao and Longshu near Wancheng. Even if he does not need to transfer the food and grass from Danyang to Xiang'an, the food copied locally will be enough for him to last for a while."
Hearing this, Zhou Hui also frowned: "What Wang Zhoumu said is not unreasonable. After all, Liu Zitai is still too unhelpful!"
"I originally didn't expect him to defeat the enemy, but considering that this person has been in business for several years and has nearly ten thousand people under his command to defend the city, he should have no problem holding on for at least a few months. However, I didn't expect that he would be easily defeated by the Sun thief. At least he could hold on for several months.
Yue shouldn't be bored, but he didn't expect that almost all of them fell in just a few days. It's really..."
What a waste, Wang Zheng silently added some unfinished words for him in his heart.
Wei Yan on the side said: "In any case, the best thing among misfortunes now is that Shucheng and Hefei are still in the hands of our army. As long as these two cities are not lost, Sun Ce's path to the north will be blocked. Besides, Wangzhou Mu has already
Did you send two tiger generals, Huang Zhong and Wang Xiong, to defeat Uncle Long and open up the path for the friendly forces to advance westward?"
"It's done. We have a fortified city inside, reinforcements outside, and Yuan Zhoumu's 100,000 troops and horses at the rear. The Sun thieves will be rampant for a while, so what's there to fear?"
When the news came that Liu Xun had died in battle and the northern part of Lujiang River had been captured, and everyone else was panicking, Wei Yan also felt momentarily confused.
After all, as a general of Zhou Hui's family, he also knew that Liu Xun was an extremely important part of his young master's grand plan. Nowadays, it is difficult to achieve such a big thing, and there is a risk of death. Naturally, it is inevitable that his mind will be uncertain.
But the most important thing about Wei Yan is that although he came from a humble background, he was not poor and weak because of the Zhou family, so he had a vision of Kunpeng from a young age, which is an extremely rare thing.
The saying goes that people who live in warehouses know etiquette, and people who have enough food and clothing know honor and disgrace. It means that during the Han Dynasty, those who often regarded themselves as men and had few ambitions were mostly from wealthy noble families who had no worries about food and clothing. It is rare to realize a dream, but it is also equally difficult to create a dream.
There are also thresholds.
But with the same ambition, compared to his young master Zhou Hui, Wei Yan has a more tenacious side in character. Therefore, when faced with the same problem, Zhou Hui would complain, but he would choose to face it positively.
Yes, I will be more motivated.
In this aspect, Wang Zheng resonated with him quite a bit, and he was delighted when he heard this: "What the chief article said is true!"
"I heard that during the Warring States Period, the famous general Pang Juan of Wei State was invincible in every battle. His troops were so sharp that they even reached the gates of Handan City of Zhao State. The flames were so fierce that he was defeated by Sun Bin in the Battle of Maling. In the end, the army
He was defeated and committed suicide, leaving behind his last words: So he became known as Shuzi!"
"As expected, Sun Bin later became famous throughout the world for his battles, and even wrote books and biographies to pass down his laws. Sun Ce also won consecutive battles this year, shocking Jiangdong and attracting the attention of the world. Isn't such a powerful enemy ours? Pang Juan?"
Looking around at the crowd, Wang Zheng said in a clear voice: "Everyone, the more soldiers and horses this man has and the greater his momentum, the more suitable he is for sacrificing our sword!"
"Right now, in Shu County, heroes from all over the world, such as Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou, are all raising eyebrows. Today, let us ask others to sit back and watch how we, the heroes of the south of the Yangtze River, turned the tide from falling and helped the building before it collapsed!"
After being in power for a long time, the changes in Wang Zheng's politics are also obvious. If we say that in the past, winning people's hearts and inspiring speeches relied on the talent and charm of the system, today, he does not need these. His own magnanimity and words alone are enough. Excited and sharp, full of pride.
Not only Wei Yan, but also Zhou Hui and others were inspired by the surge of pride. Even Qiao Han, who had been silent since he came to the city, couldn't help but his beautiful eyes shone. He stared blankly at the young man in front of him with an unreasonable feeling. The emotion suddenly came over my heart.
She had never seen such upright demeanor and heroism in a second man before, whether it was her father, General Qiao Rui, or her father's lord, Yuan Shu, or even the famous men, generals and ministers in Jiangdong.
At this moment, a soldier trotted up to the top of the city. Before the person arrived, a voice came over: "General, authentic..."
"How's the tunnel going?"
"Dig it through!"
Hearing this, Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows and turned around immediately. Zhou Hui also asked: "What did you dig through? But did you encounter the Sun thief?"
Sweat flowed down and stained the soldier's eyes. He rubbed his eyes and nodded hurriedly: "Just outside the city, just after crossing the moat, we ran into Thief Sun's tunnel!"
...
When Wang Zheng arrived with everyone, a reserve team of less than a hundred people had gathered at the entrance of the tunnel, ready to go. Because the tunnel was narrow, the first batch of soldiers to enter was only twenty or thirty people.
Seeing Wang Zheng and Zhou Hui arriving, several generals took a few steps forward to greet them. Zhou Hui was the first to ask: "What's the situation in the tunnel?"
Several uncles looked at each other, it was difficult to answer this question. There were no people outside the tunnel, no one was underground, and no one knew about the situation in the tunnel.
Wang Zheng had experience in a tunnel battle, so he was used to it. To be on the safe side, he immediately ordered the Tianzhu Battalion to arrange for troops to be deployed in case the tunnel was lost, and Sun Ce's army took advantage of the situation to rush out.
Tao Ze said: "Our soldiers have just entered the tunnel not long ago. The last general just listened to the urn, and the shouts of killing were dull. In less than two quarters of an hour, many corpses have been dragged out. Half of them are Sun Ce's army."
Half of them are enemies, so the remaining half are the defenders?
In other words, Sun Ce also dragged away the other half of the body?
While Wang Zheng turned his eyes to watch, his thoughts changed rapidly. In a place like the tunnel, elites were deployed on both sides. Calculating this, the Shucheng defenders were actually at a disadvantage?
After all, they came prepared and made various restrictions, but the result was a one to one casualty ratio.
Wei Yan seemed to have thought of this, pointing to the authentic cave dwelling and asking in a deep voice: "Aren't the poisonous smoke already being released on the firewood in the cave? Why are there still so many casualties?"
Du Bo, who was left behind, said: "Captain, although our poisonous smoke has emitted, Sun Ce has been prepared for it. The soldiers who entered the tunnel, like our army, all wore some masks, and they seemed to have been dipped in vinegar."
Wei Yan was silent when he heard this. He knew that vinegar could detoxify, so the damage caused by poisonous smoke would be greatly weakened.
Wang Zheng just nodded without saying a word, and immediately walked forward, walked to the pottery vat next to the entrance, and put his ear to it. The vat was covered with cowhide, so you could hear the movement underground.
With his already extraordinary hearing ability and listening attentively, after a while, he felt a faint murderous cry entering his ears, followed by the sound of gold and iron intersecting, banging and banging, and even the pottery jar made a burst of sound.
Buzzing.
While he was listening, a head emerged from the tunnel, his face covered with mud and blood. Before anyone could see who he was, he just shouted: "The enemy's attack is fierce, send the rear team into the cave quickly!"
Drill into the tunnel.
The soldiers waiting outside the cave all entered according to the size of the ten-man team. Thirty people entered in a row. It was inconvenient to move around in the tunnel. Entering thirty people at once was already the limit. After another
Yes, the fighting became more intense, and it was obvious that the defenders did not gain the upper hand even after reinforcements were sent.
Tao Ze felt anxious and immediately glanced at Wei Yan: "Brother Wei, why not..."
As he finished speaking, Zhou Hui on the side cut off his words: "Wei Yan is now the captain and shoulders important responsibilities."
Tao Ze remained silent and stopped talking, but everyone could hear the unfinished thoughts of the two men.
When the two armies are fighting in a terrain like the tunnel, it can be said that the brave will win in a real encounter on a narrow road. Wei Yan had already shown his bravery before, so Tao Ze thought of him charging to break the deadlock.
But Zhou Hui refused directly, obviously not wanting Wei Yan to take the risk.
At this time, Wang Zheng laughed and interjected: "Brother Wei is naturally brave enough to be worthy of all men, but apart from him, are there no warriors in our city?"
Before he finished speaking, someone from the Tianzhu camp jumped out and said in a deep voice: "General, I am willing to lead the army to the ground and fight to the death with the thieves!"
The voice sounded very deep and sharp. Everyone looked up and were startled when they saw that the person was Qiao Han.
Wang Zheng was also a little stunned.
In fact, he had just issued an order through the system, asking a third-level yellow scarf warrior he was optimistic about to take the initiative to request orders. To be on the safe side, Wang Zheng was even prepared to spend experience after the opponent got into the tunnel to upgrade him to fourth level to increase his combat power.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Han actually took the lead.
Regarding this general who has always been wearing a mask and helmet since entering the city, although Wang Zheng only said that he was a captain under his command, most people felt that his identity must be weird and not too low, especially Zhou Hui, who met again today
She became even more curious when she arrived, as most of her attention was focused on her on the top of the city.
But Wang Zheng didn't say anything. Although they kept secretly speculating, they couldn't take the liberty to ask. It's just that identity is identity, and martial arts is martial arts...
Seeing that the opponent's figure was still somewhat thin even though he was wrapped in fine armor, many people shook their heads secretly, and Wei Yan couldn't help but said:
"This...Captain Qiao is going? It's not appropriate, right?"
Hearing this, Qiao Han, who was under the mask, immediately became angry: "Why is it inappropriate for me to go?
"Don't you look down on others?" Qiao Huan snorted coldly: "I am too timid to rush to kill, but yet I am so noisy!"
"Am I timid?"
Wei Yan was furious when he heard this. Zhou Hui obviously didn't allow him to go out and take risks. How could he be so cowardly?
People in the Han Dynasty valued reputation very much, especially people like Wei Yan who were born in the family. Naturally, they couldn't stand such slander. They even put aside their scruples about the royal government. Their eyes immediately became fierce and murderous:
"You are a bitch, how dare you talk nonsense like this? Do you think my sword is harmful?"
"alright!"
Seeing the two people talking harsh words to each other, and even drawing swords at each other, Wang Zheng felt a headache. He quickly stopped and stopped him. He first comforted Wei Yan with gentle words: "Master Wen, please don't be the same as her."
Then he turned around and said helplessly: "Qiao...Captain Qiao, if that's the case, you can go ahead. I and you guys will just wait here for good news."
"yes!"
He glanced at Wei Yan provocatively, and Qiao Han didn't waste any time. He immediately jumped out of the tunnel and bent down to get inside.
Zhou Hui on the side just stepped forward and said: "Wang Zhoumu, this person does not look like a warrior. Can he really help the battle?"
Wang Zheng looked at Zhou Hui with a smile but not a smile, and thought to himself that if the skinny monkey you see in your eyes is better than Wei Yan in terms of martial arts, unless Sun Ce personally goes to the tunnel, there is no way he can do it.
It was difficult to say this clearly, so he just said lightly: "County Lord, please come and put your ears to the urn together, close your eyes and listen carefully, and you will know."