As the saying goes, a thousand people fill the city, and ten thousand people fill the fields. Fifty thousand new soldiers surrounded the east, west, and north sides of Meiji City, leaving only the south side untouched. On average, there were 15,000 people in front of each city wall.
Just outside Beicheng
, in the eyes of the Bingzhou soldiers guarding the city, not to mention the veteran soldiers of the Zhao Army in the distance, but also the new soldiers of the Zhao Army near outside the city, they were also overwhelming, like black clouds pressing down on the city, a heavy depressive air, facing them.
Come.
Of course, as the main attacking side in the north, there are 30,000 new soldiers outside the city, and there are 10,000 new soldiers on each side of the city. For Shi Lin, who is defending the city, although there are no enemy troops in the south, he can break out of the siege on both the east and west sides. However,
But he can't leave. For now
Not to mention that there are more than 50,000 Zhao Jun troops outside the city, including nearly 20,000 cavalry. Even if there is no Zhao Jun troops outside the city, he cannot and does not dare to abandon the city. Otherwise, the five troops to the north will
The more than 10,000 Bingzhou Army and the Bingzhou Northern Army were completely destroyed.
In addition, Shi Lin still has 15,000 Bingzhou troops, more than 5,000 local and county soldiers, 5,000 rural warriors, and 20,000 young and strong soldiers. Calculating the strength of the troops, if they defend the city, they can fight.
.However, when he saw the actions of the Xiaoguo Army, Shilin began to waver in his information.
"Damn it, if only the moat outside the city was still there!" Shilin couldn't help but muttered to himself as he looked at the moat outside the city that had been filled in by night raids during the several days of Zhao Jun's siege.
Before today's siege, Zhao Jun also made many tentative sieges. Although it was not very grand, the nearly three-foot-long moat outside the city had been blocked by the operation of Zhao Jun's vans and sandbags.
It was filled with death. In other words, the first barrier outside the city, the moat, had lost its effect. Regarding this, Shilin could only curse secretly, but there was nothing he could do.
Outside the city, Zhao Jun's army is located.
"Go down with the order, catapults, crossbows, prepare for action, and prepare the crossbows for combat! Inform the former army general Xu Le and let him unified command." Seeing that these new soldiers can approach Meiji City in accordance with the military orders,
Zhao Xun ordered in a cold voice.
"Stop! Stop!" Xu Le looked at the distance between the heavy infantry and the city wall and ordered sharply.
"boom!"
A total of 10,000 heavy infantrymen came to a stop two hundred steps away from the city wall, and then slammed the big shield in their hands to the ground. Suddenly there was a loud sound like a landslide and the earth was cracking, and it was almost heavy armor.
The infantry had just formed their formation. One after another, they dropped huge missiles.
The stone chariots followed Zhao Xun's military orders. They were all composed of heavy troops accompanying the army. In addition to some of the original heavy troops of Zhao Army, half of them had retired from the surrendered soldiers. Those
People who do not meet the requirements of Sergeant Zhao.
If other forces were dissatisfied with this arrangement, they might be dissatisfied with the reduction of their soldiers, but among the Zhao army, these soldiers would not only not be dissatisfied, but would actually be happy. Otherwise, the monthly salary for soldiers who join the army is not low. Furthermore,
Each soldier is assigned a
Farmers no longer worry about the situation at home, and joining the heavy army can not only escape the life-and-death battle, but also earn a lot of income. For these unqualified soldiers who are accustomed to the battlefield and not accustomed to farming, it is not bad.
A good way out.
"Catapult, crossbow, attack!" Xu Le slashed down the iron spear in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Put it! Put it! Put it..."
Hundreds of military officers stood solemnly in the crossbow camp and next to the catapults. They gave cold orders. Thousands of crossbowmen set up their crossbows at the same time, loaded their arrows, and then relaxed the string. Thousands of crossbows as thick as a baby's arm shot out.
.These bed crossbows are all one crossbow with several arrows. At the same time, on the crossbow machine
At the rear of the camp, thousands of heavy soldiers pulled the cables in their hands at the same time, and dropped the near end of the trebuchet. Suddenly, hundreds of boulders as big as millstones were thrown high, with a shrill scream.
, rolling and rolling towards the reinforced city wall of Meiji City.
"Chirp chirp chirp..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The crossbow missed and flew across the city, and the huge stone hammered the city. Huge cracking and impact sounds were heard instantly and continuously. The entire northern city wall began to groan and tremble. Many Bingzhou soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their bodies were like sieve chaff.
"Bangbengbang..." Blood splashed, bones and flesh were shot, and the crossbow arrived first. In an instant, hundreds of Bingzhou soldiers who could not escape were disintegrated by the crossbow.
Immediately afterwards, huge stone bullets fell on the city wall, and countless soldiers who had just escaped from the crossbow were directly hit by the stones. Their bones were broken and their tendons were broken, and they died miserably in the execution ground. There were also stones that smashed into the burning oil pot with a bang.
In the middle, the pot was splashed with broken oil, and the flames were billowing. A dozen Bingzhou soldiers who were guarding the oil pot had no time to escape, and were instantly swallowed up by the raging fire.
The city tower suddenly became a mess, but no one escaped. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but they couldn't. The stone bullets were not crossbow misses. They flew in a straight line and were round. They were ejected everywhere. Wherever they went, they were horrific...
"boom!"
A huge boulder almost passed by the ear of Shi Lin who was hiding behind the female wall, and hit the tower heavily, immediately creating a dent in the tower paved with blue bricks. The hard blue bricks were also smashed.
Several pieces were removed, revealing the mottled loess underneath. Not only that, but several stone bullets that followed immediately destroyed a large section of the parapet wall, killing and injuring all the soldiers hiding behind it.
"Damn it, where did Zhao Jun get so many catapults and crossbows? When will they be enough? If this continues, let alone defending the city, I'm afraid all the soldiers will lose their courage." Hiding in Shilin
The general not far away could not help but curse secretly.
Not only him, but many officers and generals around him had ugly expressions. Such a suppressive attack by Zhao Jun would have a fatal blow to morale. They who were on the defensive side originally had an advantage, but now, they were helpless.
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"Zhao Jun conquered the northern part of Bingzhou. There were thousands of craftsmen from Youzhou alone. In addition, there were countless soldiers and private servants of local wealthy gentry who assisted Zhao Jun in building their own weapons. Not
What a difficult problem. Don’t forget, the status of craftsmen in the Zhao army is very high." A middle-aged general said in a low voice.
Hearing this, Shi Lin secretly sighed. In the past, when Zhao Xun raised the status of merchants, craftsmen, farmers and other professions, all the learned people in the world disapproved of it and despised it. But now it seems that Zhao Xun's approach has led the people to
The effect finally appeared. Except for Jizhou, most of Zhao Jun's territory was barren and suffered from invasion by foreign enemies and the land taken from the Hu people. However, now, people in Zhao Jun's territory have their own land.
, there is never a shortage of food and grass; commerce is developed, water conservancy is convenient, and military armor and equipment are unparalleled in the world. Why is this situation happening? Shi Lin knew it in his heart, and others also knew it, but nowadays, among the princes, there are very few who can imitate it.
Young Master. Now, Shi Lin also secretly admired the profoundness of Zhao Xun's methods. As early as the very beginning, he laid an indestructible foundation for Zhao Jun and continued to implement it to replace the old status quo...
"Archers, shoot! Infantry advance, attack the city!" After the catapults swept through Meiji City, former army general Xu Le gave a stern order.
In an instant, outside the north city of Meiji City, Zhao Jun surged toward the north city like a flood that burst a bank...
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In Leping, the moat passage from the Wei River to the outside of Leping County was finally blocked, and Xue Qinglan also launched a strong attack. There was no way to retreat, and there were strong troops in front. Xue Qinglan attacked the city during the day and was harassed. In less than three days,
The soldiers who defended the city were exhausted. Seeing this, the general in the army suggested that they persuade the soldiers to surrender in order to reduce the losses caused by the enemy's stubborn defense of the city.
Xue Qinglan listened to the advice of his generals and sent envoys into the city to persuade them to surrender. At the same time, Xue Qinglan also used arrows to spread the news into the city that the Shangdang Mansion had fallen, and that Zhao's army had crossed the Taihang Mountains and swept through all the prefectures in the southern part of Bingzhou. Although he did not know the situation in the south.
, but Xue Qinglan still announced in the e-mailed letter that Situ Tai fled in embarrassment and was preparing to evacuate to Yongzhou and abandon the land of Bingzhou.
At this time, the soldiers guarding the city suddenly became commotion. The Zhao army crossed out of the Taihang Mountains and entered the southern part of Bingzhou. In other words, in addition to the Zhao army in front of them, there was also an army of Zhao army behind them, and the governor of Bingzhou, Situ
Tai was defeated and retreated. This news was enough to demoralize the Leping garrison. The Leping garrison also did not expect that Zhao Jun would fly letters and fire into the city at the same time as the messenger arrived.
Although he was unwilling to do so, the envoy of Zhao Jun said loudly: "If the general wants to defend to the death, there are more than ten thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of young men who must kill the general first to avenge his family's life. Your commander has abandoned you and fled, what's the point of holding on to the end?"
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The envoy of the Zhao army also said that if he did not surrender, the Zhao army would attack together and would not accept the surrender. The generals who had no intention of defending and had been bribed by the Zhao army all persuaded the defending generals and finally surrendered the city. After all, Leping has now become Jinzhou.
The government is located in Gucheng, north of the Wei River. At this point, the door of Jinzhou Prefecture is wide open, opening its arms to Zhao Jun.
Xue Qinglan appeased the surrendered soldiers, let civilian officials take over the city, and announced tax exemptions on the spot. After talking about the treatment of Zhao Jun, more than 20,000 surrendered soldiers were willing to join the Zhao army. Afterwards, Xue Qinglan sent his army south and crossed the river to attack
The places in Jinzhou Prefecture south of the Wei River.h!~!