Chapter four hundred and sixty first gnawing a rock hard
The south of Baozhong City was extremely noisy, with countless arrows flying in the air, and from time to time there was a loud "boom", like thunder. The newly built Wengcheng tower outside the south city gate had been half smashed by trebuchets and was in ruins.
The double eaves stand in the smoke, which looks very desolate.
There was a blazing fire on the ladder outside the city, with black smoke billowing in the air. The setting sun shone through the smoke, seeming to turn blood red.
The moat on the west side of the urn city has been blocked and filled up for a section. I saw a ladder approaching the city wall. Soldiers of the Wei army rushed out from the ladder and jumped onto the city wall to fight. "Kill! Kill..." above.
The soldiers were shouting loudly, arrows were flying up and down the city wall, and the defenders were still lifting rocks and rolling logs to smash them down.
At this moment, a light flashed on the ladder, and the area where the tung oil had been poured was set ablaze by rockets! The shouts suddenly became louder, and a soldier, covered in fire, fell from the ladder screaming in terror.
Many people ran down the ladders and hurriedly escaped the fire. Not long after, the surrounding crossbowmen also began to retreat. The infantry pushed the remaining ladders and slowly moved away from the city wall. The crowd receded like a tide.
The sun was going down now, and most of the Wei army's siege equipment had been damaged in the battle. Today's battle could only be gradually suspended.
Qin Liang, who was behind the antlers, put away his gaze, turned to look back at the generals, and had to say: "This city cannot be attacked urgently. We must change our tactics and plan for it slowly."
The generals watched the scene in the distance and all agreed.
At this time, a general pointed to the flag on the tower and said: "General, the commended general may be Fu Qian, the father of Fu Zhu who was captured in Akasaka. Why not send someone to Akasaka to capture Fu Zhu and persuade him to surrender?"
Qin Liang glanced sideways and said without hesitation: "Don't bother, the praised Shu general will not care about his son's life and death, and cannot threaten him."
Xin Chang, who was beside him, also said: "If Fu Zhu wants to die, he will not help persuade him to surrender."
The general who came up with the idea said no more.
The Juma not far away was moved away, and a group of people rode into the fortifications. After a while, Wang Jinhu, a bearded man, got off his horse, took off his helmet and held it in his arms. He came over to pay homage and said:
"The Shu army learned first that we would use trebuchets to attack the city. It seems that new walls have been built inside and outside the city gate."
Qin Liang looked up again, looking at the semicircular urn outside Baozhongnan City.
Buildings similar to the urn city have been around for a long time. Because there were not many ways to destroy the city towers in the past, almost all cities did not build the urn city. But now the Wei army has a hugely destructive trebuchet, which can easily destroy the city towers and then knock them away.
The enemy troops also naturally changed their fortifications at the city gate.
At the beginning, Zhu Ran of Jiangling City built an earthen wall inside the city gate. Jiang Wei found a better way and directly repaired the urn city. It was useless for the Wei army to just attack the urn city gate.
Newly emerged ordnance and tactics are obviously most effective when they are caught unexpectedly at the beginning. As time goes by, the enemy will also find ways to deal with them.
Qin Liang watched for a while and said calmly: "So we focus on attacking the city wall."
Zhong Hui heard Qin Liang's voice and couldn't help turning his head to look at his face.
Qin Liang then added: "Starting from tomorrow, we will continue to fill in the moat. At the same time, we will transport soil to the bottom of the wall, pile up slopes, and build an upward attack channel."
Wang Jinhu blurted out: "The city wall is three to four feet high. If you pile up the earth, it will take a long time." Qin Liang said: "Our army crossed Lecheng and Nanzheng and attacked Baozhong directly. This is already the fastest way.
route. As long as Baozhong is captured, the old route (Baoxie Road) can be opened, and the advantage can be expanded. The main force of Jiang Wei's army retreats and does not fight. There is no way to win quickly, so it can only be like this."
After hearing this, Wang Jinhu nodded in agreement.
Qin Liang pulled the reins and said, "Back to camp."
Then everyone mounted their horses and surrounded Qin Liang and returned to the Chinese army. There was a plain to the south of Baozhong City, with remaining villages in it. However, the position of the Chinese army only considered the location of the siege fortifications, so the Chinese army chose an open space.
A slightly larger tent was built with tarpaulin.
As soon as everyone entered the camp on horseback, a military general came up to greet them. The general came from Akasaka and was ordered by Deng Ai to deliver a message.
It turns out that to the west of Akasaka City, the Wei army's food route was suddenly robbed!
Qin Liang thought about it. He had given Deng Ai the highest military power in the eastern defense zone before. Now that Deng Ai didn't say that the troops were insufficient, he would find a way on his own! Qin Liang said: "I understand."
Seeing Qin Liang's cold reaction, many people looked puzzled. Qin Liang said to Xin Chang, "Reply to Deng Ai and ask him what he needs, and then send someone to report."
Xin Chang said: "Here."
At this moment, another person arrived on horseback outside the camp. Qin Liang looked familiar and recognized the person as someone close to Pan Zhong, but he could not remember the name.
The visitor took out a piece of paper, bent down and said: "General Pan sent his servants to report that a large number of bandit troops were found in Beishan heading eastward towards Nanzheng."
After hearing this, the generals were in an uproar. Wang Jinhu said happily: "We are unable to attack the city with force. Can we finally start the battle?"
Xiong Shou hurriedly bowed to him first and said: "As long as the general gives the order, I am willing to lead the army to Nanzheng to meet the enemy!"
Qin Liang said: "As soon as Bo Song leaves, the siege troops and horses in front of Baozhong will have to be redeployed. How can we start to build up the soil immediately tomorrow?"
Xiong Shou, who was covered in muscles, was startled for a moment: "The Beishan bandit army is mobilized, isn't it to cross the river to attack us?"
Qin Liang made a gesture and said: "Bosong, please be patient. If Jiang Wei's main force really crosses the Mian River, General Pan will definitely send someone to report urgently."
Wang Jinhu faced Qin Liang and muttered: "Jiang Weijun suddenly mobilized eastward. What does he want to do?"
Qin Liang thought: I'm not Jiang Wei, how do I know?
But sometimes telling the truth in public is not very popular. Qin Liang just said: "If Jiang Wei is willing to fight in the field, he may not wait until now. You don't need to be disturbed by him. For now, you just need to do everything possible to attack Baozhong City with all your strength!"
Everyone bowed one after another: "Here."
Wang Jinhu, Xiong Shou and other generals said goodbye and then left the Chinese army. Qin Liang walked towards the tent where he lived, bent down and stepped in.
It's called the Chinese Army's tent, but it's not spacious and very simple inside. Once several people came in, the tent seemed a bit crowded. Fortunately, those generals didn't follow them in, otherwise they would have to huddle together.
Xin Chang knelt down next to the only wooden desk, took out paper and ink and started writing. Qin Liang stood with his back to the tent door, looking at the map of Hanzhong mounted on a wooden frame.
Zhong Hui's voice said from behind: "Generals always have clear goals when deploying troops."
Wang Shen said: "Our army is making progress step by step and is in an invincible position. If Jiang Weijun deliberately delays, it will only become more and more disadvantageous!"
Xin Chang was busy writing a letter. Only Wang Chen agreed with Zhong Hui and did not hear Yang Hu's voice. The relationship between Yang Hu and Zhong Hui was indeed not good.
Since everyone seemed quite optimistic, Qin Liang did not explain too much.
But Qin Liang's mood is actually the same as that of Wang Jinhu and other generals. He doesn't want to go on like this, let alone praise the hard bones of the middle and middle city defenses. What he wants to do most is to fight with the main force! One battle will determine the outcome. Fight early and finish the matter early.
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The key problem is that Jiang Wei doesn't seem to want to fight. Qin Liang has no choice. Instead of following the enemy troops around both sides of the Mian River, he might as well continue to attack Baozhong.
If Qin Liang wanted to fight with all his heart, he would be the only one panicking, fearing that he would miss the opportunity for a great battle.
But if Qin Liang does not go to Jiang Wei and only focuses on the important city, then the panicked person will become Jiang Wei; because no matter how strong the city is, as long as there are not enough troops, there will always be a danger of breaking it.
After the Battle of Nanxiang, the Wei army entered the Hanzhong Plain and traveled across the Hanzhong Plain, but Jiang Wei kept avoiding the battle. The reason was actually very simple: the Shu army could not win the main battle on the open plain.
Qin Liang knew this, and Jiang Wei probably finally discovered it after the battle in the Nanxiang Mountains.
Even after Zhuge Liang's death, the Shu army in the Longyou area was not afraid of fighting the Wei army in the field. In addition to the mountainous terrain of Longyou, the cavalry in the Yongliang area was also different from the Luoyang Chinese army.
The central base of the Luoyang Central Army and the second cavalry battalion of the backbone were equipped with improved stirrups and horseshoes; the cavalry tactics were also retrained and gradually improved. Not only were they more maneuverable, but they also had stronger impact! The Shu army's infantry was not afraid of the Wei army in field battles, and suffered the main disadvantage.
Just on the cavalry.
However, it is the gap between the cavalry that makes the Shu army very disadvantageous in a battle. It requires harsh conditions and complex tactics to occasionally restrain the cavalry.
Once cavalry tactics mature, it becomes an unsolvable problem, and even the best generals cannot find a good solution... Cold weapon wars have been going on for thousands of years, and until modern times, military strategists still had to admit a simple theory
:The way to restrain cavalry is to use another cavalry force.
Jiang Wei was a good general and must have understood the difference between the two armies of the Wei army, so he always avoided fighting.
If the field battle cannot be won, relying solely on the general's strategy will be too restrictive! Qin Liang will not cooperate with Jiang Wei and follow his wishes.
I wonder if Jiang Wei regretted opening the Tangluo Road and letting the Wei army march into Hanzhong after he discovered this.
Qin Liang put his eyes away from the map, turned around, and suddenly asked: "Is there any news about Chen Xuanbo recently?"
Xin Chang stopped writing and raised his head and said, "I haven't seen the letter from Guanzhong." Yang Hu also cupped his hands and said, "I haven't received any news yet."
Qin Liang said "hmm" and turned around to continue looking at the map.
Across the Qinchuan Road, the communication between Hanzhong and Guanzhong was indeed not timely. However, Qin Liang had arranged for Chen Tai in advance and asked him to wait for an opportunity to send troops from Chencang. Chen Tai gathered the Guanzhong Army, the Longyou Army and some military camps, and also
It can gather tens of thousands of people.
At this time, Jiang Wei's large mobile force was operating on the south bank of Mian River to harass the Wei army, but the pressure was not high enough.
As long as Chen Tai's troops go south via Chencang Road and attack Wudu County, Wuxing and other places, the total number of Wei troops participating in the Battle of Hanzhong will reach hundreds of thousands. By then, let's see how Jiang Wei can still go around and commit crimes!