Chapter 697: Things created by machines, all the old soldiers in Beidi
"Beidi is divided into several camps before and after. Although it is extremely troublesome, it is a means of preventing attacks!" Li Jing pointed to the formation set up in Beidi in the distance.
Even if the soldiers and horses in the pass want to go out and attack at night, they are divided into several camps and they will never be attacked at the same time.
After a large camp of soldiers and horses was attacked, even if this group of adults' soldiers and horses were confused during the attack and unable to counterattack in time, the surrounding soldiers and horses would respond immediately.
The main purpose of the night attack battle is to confuse the enemy! Even if one of the battalions is confused, the soldiers and horses of the other battalions will quickly annihilate the attacking enemy! Whether it is to support or block the enemy's retreat
, in short, the soldiers and horses attacking at night will definitely not get any good results!
However, the disadvantage is that it is much more troublesome to mobilize!
Li Jing's performance during the Battle of Xirong was also quite good. Although he did not seem to participate in the final battle, he led his troops to block twice the number of reinforcements that supported the Pope's camp, and even achieved some gains.
In that battle, the battle of the Pope's Camp was the key, and the silent blocking of hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind it was also the key.
Nurhaci and the others knew that it would be impossible to hide such a massive troop dispatch from the other side's spies in advance. They also knew that it would be impossible to take advantage of the chaos and launch an attack when the defenders were well prepared at the Sirius moment.
Already.
Therefore, the three men headed by Nurhaci were not in a hurry to launch an attack, but took the lead in building defensive fortifications.
If they want to attack a dangerous key point like Tianlang Pass, they will definitely use a large number of catapults and other siege equipment in this battle. However, when the opponent is condescending and shoots at each other, they will definitely be the loser.
Building a large number of fortifications in advance can at least improve the defense strength of these large siege equipment.
At the same time, Nurhachi was even more confused and wanted to confuse the Cang army with "peace talks". He immediately sent a large envoy to purchase a batch of grain and grass at a low price and prepare to enter the city for peace talks.
The matter of "peace talks" can be true or false. If it is true until the end, it is not a bad idea to be true even when the false is true.
If it is really possible to purchase a batch of life-saving grain and grass at a low price, even if a small number of people are not happy, at least the majority will definitely be on the happy side.
Before, some businessmen took advantage of the snowstorm to enter Beidi, but unfortunately, the businessmen were chasing profits, so how could they miss this opportunity to make a fortune? The price of food increased more than ten times!
If Beidi purchased grain at this price, they would not be able to afford enough grain for the purchase period.
If there had been channels for purchasing grain before, not to mention low prices, even affordable prices, Beidi people would be happy with it!
But now, hundreds of thousands of prairie warriors have gathered here. If not a single shot is fired, it will become child's play! The people at the bottom may be happy, but the higher-ups are not!
The so-called "peace talks" are nothing more than a means to confuse the enemy.
For the people of Beidi, there is one condition that is very favorable for them to attack the city under the current situation. That is, the moat outside Tianlang Pass, which is more than ten feet wide, has been completely frozen. There is no need to cross such a wide river to attack the city.
, you can directly rush across the moat and set up the ladder to climb the city to the bottom of the city. It is much more convenient for other siege equipment to approach the city than when the weather is warm.
Outside Tianlang Pass, although there is no river passing through it, a moat with a width of more than ten feet has been artificially built, and a lot of money is spent on regular maintenance.
But something that frustrated Nurhaci soon came. Wang Yu didn't even think about peace talks. He simply didn't let the envoys he sent into the city. He used arrows to shoot back those who were going to negotiate. The reason why he didn't kill them was
, but just to retreat, naturally the two armies are fighting, not to kill the envoy.
Although the bottom line is always prepared to be broken, especially the bottom line of war, you will not choose to break it unless you have to. Once you break it, others will still use it on you.
The defenders on the city also shot down a letter from Wang Yu, in which Wang Yu told Nurhachi that as long as the Di army dared to attack the city, the Tianlang Pass would be the graves of all Di people, and hundreds of thousands of Di troops would be killed.
There is no return.
"Order all crossbows and catapults to be divided into three batches and covered with firepower!"
Wang Yu pointed to Di Bing, who was digging holes and building walls and fortifications in front of him, and ordered loudly.
"Ding, as soon as the effect of Wang Yu Zhendong's skill is activated, when fighting against a foreign enemy, the commander will be 2, the basic commander will be 98, and the current commander will be raised to 100."
"Rumble..."
This is just like the archer's three-stage shot. Although the frequency of strikes at the same time decreases, continuous fire can be guaranteed.
Catapults, things with extremely poor accuracy, besides being extremely effective against city walls, actually don't have much effect on people unless the opponents really get together. The real effect is the pressure it creates on the enemy.
"Lord! This is not right, the age of this enemy is a bit wrong!" Li Jing put down the Thousand Miles Realm in his hand.
This is a new gadget invented by Machinery, commonly known as a telescope. Although it looks blurry, with the help of this thing, the sight distance is indeed lengthened. For these generals, these commanders, this is a big deal.
A sharp tool.
After the imperial capital was conquered, the craftsmen of the imperial capital, Tianshi Dao, focused on those ordinary craftsmen because of their own lack of background, but their other forces were different. They were never inferior to ordinary craftsmen, but those who were inferior were top-notch craftsmen.
character.
Therefore, everyone was looking for the craftsmen of the imperial court.
If people like Mohists and Gongjia are compared to civilian scientists, then these scientists in the imperial court are scientists controlled by the state!
Private scientists do have their own unique features, but regardless of quantity or quality, it would be ridiculous to say that the scientists controlled by the imperial court are not as good as those of the private sector. After all, the resources controlled by the two sides are not at the same level.
Moreover, civilian scientists were also part of the imperial court's scientists. People such as Mohists and Gongjia, especially those from the Gongjia, had a large number of them serving the major dynasties.
Not to mention, Wang Yu still has talents from the system like Master Ban under his command.
Although Wang Yu doesn't know how to make it, he at least knows this basic principle. With some guidance, these talents will naturally be able to make it.
Of course, in terms of clarity, it is naturally impossible to compare with modern precision telescopes. However, for those famous generals, it is actually enough.
With Li Jing's reminder, Wang Yu immediately took a telescope from Xu Chu.
Sure enough, as Li Jing said, the enemy's age was wrong.