Zhang Ji's face gradually became serious, and Li Xin beside him was a little eager to try.
"No matter what he does, you will know after a dozen fights."
Zhang Ji hesitated for a moment and agreed with Li Xin's point of view.
Just guessing is useless. There is a puddle on the road that you must pass in front of you. You can't go around it. If you don't test the depth of the water, will you stop there and not move forward?
But Zhang Ji did not intend to hand over the task of siege to Li Xin.
Li Xin is indeed handsome, but his fighting style is fast and fierce, and his battlefield intuition is very sensitive, which is very similar to the fighting style of the later champion.
This kind of general is suitable for fighting enemies who are straightforward. If he encounters a trick, he may plunge into it.
Zhang Ji's eyes swept among the generals behind him, and finally landed on the most low-key person.
"Yang Wengzi, the north gate is left to you."
"ah?"
Yang Wengzi, who was suddenly called out, was stunned for a moment, then realized something was wrong and accepted the order with his fists clasped.
However, Yang Wengzi didn't understand at all why Zhang Ji ordered his general.
Except for Qiang Yu and Wang Ben, everyone in the Yulin army was concentrated in this commander's tent, not to mention the commander of the dead soldier camp named Teng. He was a close retainer of the general. How could he do such a thing? Leave it to yourself?
Li Xin looked at Zhang Ji pitifully, meaning that since Yang Wengzi was unwilling, it would be better to let him do it for him, but Zhang Ji kicked him away.
Yang Wengzi's character is very similar to his father Yang Duanhe.
Although Yang Duanhe is also a veteran of the Four Dynasties and has been highly used since the period of King Zhaoxiang, his position in the military has never been among the top three.
Needless to say, when Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, was there, there were many generals in the Qin State at that time. In the era of Lord Wu'an, the military was headed by the clan general Ying Xi, with Wang Jie and Meng Ao as deputy, and Yang Duanhe and Ling Gong lived on the third floor. After people.
During the reign of King Xiaowen and King Zhuang Xiang, Ying Xi died of illness. Wang Yan, Meng Ao and Lu Gong ranked in the top three, and Yang Duanhe still maintained the fourth position.
Now that Duke Lu has become an official in old age, his third position has been replaced by Wang Jian, who came from behind. Yang Duanhe still remains in fourth place.
But Yang Duanhe never complained, or those with a sharp eye would find that this veteran general whose qualifications and military exploits far surpassed Wang Jian's did not seem to care about the status of the three military giants. He even expressed his dissatisfaction with Yang Duanhe when Ying Zheng After receiving the support, Yang Duanhe directly retreated behind closed doors to recuperate, and seemed to have no intention of occupying the position of the three military giants.
Although Yang Duanhe has never become one of the top three in the military and does not have the rank of general, Yang Duanhe is the lieutenant general that the three generals of Qin like to take with them when they send troops.
The biggest reason is Yang Duanhe's low profile!
For example, Wang Yan, Meng Ao and Hegong led the troops. As Pao Ze, who was also Wu'anjun's deputy general, he naturally knew Yang Duanhe's ability.
Yang Duanhe led the troops very steadily and had a calm personality. No matter who led the troops, they could safely leave their rear areas or food routes to Yang Duanhe.
When leading the troops in battle, Yang Duanhe never stole the limelight from the general, and even gave up some easy-to-hand first and major achievements to the commander, while he only took the secondary merit.
A person who can lead an army alone in the Qin State should at least not be too bad in character. Even a coach with a bad character will not offend this veteran general who has seniority, strong ability, high military exploits, and wide connections.
Faced with Yang Duanhe's repeated concessions, no matter how shameless a person is, it is impossible to remain indifferent. Therefore, every time Yang Duanhe serves as deputy general, the first in military merit is usually the coach, and the second is Yang Duanhe.
Zhang Ji once asked Yang Duanhe if it was worth it?
Yang Duanhe's answer was: "Haha, you young people only saw that I lost my first victory, but you didn't notice that those who went to war must use me as their deputy general."
"I lost my first prize, but I gained more opportunities to fight."
"One head function is worth two or even three times of secondary work, but I got more expedition opportunities and more secondary services because of the top work I gave up. Not only did I maintain the connections in the army, but I also got more The key to gaining more military exploits is that they all have to thank me, thinking of my kindness, why not do it?"
Although Yang Wengzi was the son of Yang Duanhe, he was not pampered. Instead, he was taught more harshly, for fear that he would not be able to cultivate the son who was born with great difficulty. Therefore, under Yang Duanhe's practical teaching, Yang Wengzi became the leader of the army. His abilities also exceed those of ordinary second-generation generals, and his personality is just like Yang Duanhe, even more calm than Yang Duanhe.
Yang Wengzi, who was non-competitive and extremely steady, was often the first choice of Wang Bi, Tu Sui, Ren Xiao and others when they led troops out, so Zhang Ji chose Yang Wengzi's general this time.
There are obviously some problems with the Korean army in the city. Let a person with a calm personality like Yang Wengzi go, and the losses will be minimized.
Ximen was handed over to Su Jiao by Zhang Ji.
Although Su Jiao is not as calm as Yang Duanhe, as the captain of the scout battalion, he is extremely meticulous and will not miss any detail on the battlefield. Zhang Ji believes that Su Jiao can properly handle potential crises.
Tu Sui's partial division was in charge of the south gate and east gate, and Tu Sui handed over these two gates to Ren Xiao, who was equally steady, and Huan Jue, who was in the limelight these days.
The Qin army besieging the city from all sides began to rush towards the city head under the orders of war drums and officers at all levels. The densely packed Qin army was uniformly covered in black armor, and it looked like dark clouds were pressing down on the city to destroy it.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "The first is to attack the enemy with the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city."
No matter which era it is in, the most cruel war is the siege war, because there are not many means to use when attacking a city, and you can only attack the city with ants.
Yes, ant attached.
Famous military generals used the word "ant attached" to describe siege warfare because the soldiers climbed up like ants, and then were beaten down by the enemy like ants crushed to death.
Even if Sun Wu and Wu Qi faced a fortified city, most of the time they had nothing to do but attack the city with ants. Just like during the Northern Expedition of a certain Zhuge Wuhou in later generations, an army of 100,000 troops was intercepted by a Chencang city. They were unable to advance despite the antfu siege that used many siege equipment, and they had to stop the army in the end.
The morale of the Qin army was very strong. The soldiers attacking the city rushed very quickly, but they did not transcend their respective organizational structures such as Wu, Shi, and Tun. The seemingly densely packed Qin army actually maintained a certain distance and did not This resulted in a situation where the Korean army would definitely hit an arrow if they shot it casually with their eyes closed.
This is also one of the few places where you can make some mistakes when attacking a city. Maintain good intervals, as well as the distance between soldiers and siege equipment, and reasonably allocate the number of soldiers and siege equipment under the city during each wave of siege.
Yang Wengzi, Su Jiao, Ren Xiao and Huan Jue all did a good job in this regard. Although each of them had slightly different opinions on the density and quantity of soldiers and the deployment of equipment according to their personal military use styles, overall there was no problem.
Nowadays, with the cooperation between the Qin Army and the Mohists, the manufacturing cost of siege equipment has become cheaper. Even if they did not attack the city with all their strength out of caution, everyone mobilized more than 30 siege vehicles in the first wave of siege. Ladders and trampolines.
It is a four-wheeled vehicle made of large logs. It is covered with rawhide and can hold ten people underneath. It carries soil back and forth to fill the trench. It cannot be damaged by wood or stone.
Of course, we must also thank Ji Wuye for the construction of these siege ladders and siege ladders.
The reason why the Qin army was so generous was because of the more than 100,000 gold they copied from Ye Mu.
Seeing that their general had brought in so many siege ladders and siege weapons, the soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they are brave and warlike, who wants to lie on this bloody land and never wake up?
The more siege ladders and siege ladders there are, the safer it is for the siege soldiers.
The person responsible for commanding each siege ladder was at least a low-level officer of the "Fifth Doctor". Under the urging of a mid-level officer of the "Guan Dafu", buckets of muddy water were poured onto the siege ladder. superior.
Although the Qin State made a huge fortune, it did not have the arrogance to wrap all the siege ladders and hoops with rawhide that was set on fire. Most of the siege ladders and hoops were still covered with mud and water that could be seen everywhere, as if they were being burned. Burning the rockets and kerosene can also increase the defensive power of the board and reduce the possibility of strong bows and crossbows penetrating the board.
As the war drums beat more and more urgently, the anemones that had been smeared with mud and water began to move forward. As targets of concentrated fire on the battlefield, they began to fill the trenches dug under Xinzheng City.
Outside the west and south gates of Xinzheng is the Jishui River. The Koreans dug trenches to divert the Jishui River to surround Xinzheng, which served as a moat and a water reserve for the city.
Before the siege, Zhang Ji had already asked the auxiliary soldiers and civilians to dig out soil, sand and gravel and put them into sacks. The Qin soldiers only had to throw the sacks into the moat.
Every time a sack was thrown, the soldiers responsible for maintaining military discipline and recording military merits would watch from behind and record the merits of the soldiers who successfully threw a sack.
Just a moment later, the siege ladders on the battlefield were slowly moving forward under the push of the soldiers. The crossbowmen standing on the siege ladders bent their bows and cocked arrows or fired the crossbows to serve the soldiers below. Share some of the pressure.
Behind the siege ladder, there was a phalanx of crossbowmen, which, under the cover of a shield trooper, kept shooting at the city head.
Yang Wengzi frowned slightly. The Qin army was progressing smoothly, but the casualties were much greater than before. However, it did not stop the Qin army's forward momentum, but he had a vague feeling of something bad.
It was not until the moat was filled in and the Qin army began to attack the city that the Qin army finally realized how different this Korean army was from the previous Korean armies.
Who has ever seen a Han soldier who was on the verge of death dragging a Qin soldier to fall off the city wall and die together?
Who has ever seen a Korean crossbowman with more than ten arrows in his body, leaning out of the city wall, standing up against the rain of arrows and the swords of the Qin soldiers, and shooting the last arrow at the Qin soldiers?
have!
But that was the strong Korea more than a hundred years ago, not the weak Korea today!
At that time, the Korean army had strong bows, powerful crossbows, and a tenacious will to fight, but now this Korean army has exploded with a strong will to fight, and it can be seen with the naked eye that the individual qualities of these Korean soldiers are not ordinary Korean soldiers.
Could it be that Wei Zhuang placed the elite of the Korean army on the city wall to kill the Qin army's majesty?
This was the unanimous guess of Yang Wengzi, Su Jiao, Ren Xiao and Huan Jue, who were respectively responsible for attacking the four city gates. They reported to Zhang Ji and requested to send more siege equipment.
To attack a city, it is natural to go all out in one go, then weaken again, and then be exhausted in three attempts.
Even if they encountered strong resistance from the Korean army, Yang Wengzi, as cautious as he was, did not choose to retreat temporarily. No one could waste the first opportunity to attack the city with the highest morale.
At the east gate, Huan Jue asked the personal guards behind him to put on a pair of heavy armor customized from the Mo family, put on his helmet, and headed forward.
"General, general, no!"
Seeing this, several generals came up to stop Huan Jue.
As the main general in the attack on the east gate, how could he have to attack the city himself as soon as he saw that the army was frustrated?
This is not a field battle. In a field battle, there are always guards to protect you, but in a siege battle, you have to climb a ladder. It is impossible for the guards to still have the energy to protect their leader while climbing the ladder.
But Huan Jue refused. He took an iron shield. He held up the shield with one hand and followed a siege ladder. He put the iron shield on the wooden frame of the ladder and pushed the siege ladder together.
Although Huan Jue's behavior was a bit impulsive and reckless, it did inspire the morale of Qin's soldiers.
The generals of the entire army went to battle in person, so what reason did they have to retreat?
As the siege ladder was pushed to the bottom of the city, Huan Jue raised his iron shield and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "My sons, kill on the top of the city, follow me first!"
"Go first! Go first!"
After saying that, Huan Jue rushed directly to the siege ladder, climbed the wooden ladder, covered his body with an iron shield, and resisted the arrows fired downwards from the top of the city.
When a Korean soldier saw Huan Jue holding an iron shield, he immediately concluded that Huan Jue was no ordinary soldier.
The iron shield requires a lot of iron ore, and coupled with the heavy armor, it looks extraordinary.
The experienced soldiers could tell at a glance that this was at least an officer of the Qin Army who was a senior official, and immediately stabbed Huan Jue with his long sword.
Huan Yan did not use his iron shield to block the incoming Chang Ge head-on. Instead, he turned slightly sideways and hit the iron shield on the wooden handle of the Chang Ge. The wooden handle broke with a sound, and the Korean soldier only had A stick with wooden spikes.
Huan Jue took the opportunity to climb up a little further. The Korean soldier just now called several soldiers, and two rolling logs and a huge boulder were thrown at Huan Jue.
Even with an iron shield and fine armor to protect him, the rolling logs and boulders still made a small dent in the iron shield, and Huan Jue's arms felt numb.
Huan Jue was also a fierce general. He roared and rushed up. He jumped up from a few feet away and threw down the Korean soldier who had just thrown a boulder at him. He used an iron shield to protect him and suppressed the Korean soldier. The sergeant punched him on the head with his fist, beating him to death.
The two Korean soldiers who had thrown logs at Huan Jue were startled by Huan Jue's ferocious appearance, and then they pulled out the swords from their waists and rushed towards Huan Jue as if they were waking up from a dream.
After reaching the top of the city, Huan Jue no longer had so many constraints. He pulled out the Qin sword from his waist and slashed at one of them.
The sharp Qin sword directly cut off the sword in the Han soldier's hand. The sword's power remained unchanged after cutting off the sword, but continued to fall rapidly, directly splitting the Han soldier's head into pieces from top to bottom. It broke in half, and blood sprayed on Huan Jue's body.
I don't know whether it was the excitement after the bloodbath or Huan Yan's revenge for throwing the wood just now, but the fighting spirit in Huan Yan's eyes became stronger and stronger.
"Qin General Huanjue, ascend first!"
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