Chapter 2835: Le Yi’s determination leads the technical hegemony
Under Bai Qi's plan of fire and water, the originally solid Puyang West City collapsed on a large scale, and this sudden scene stunned the generals of Qin, Wei and Ming Dynasties.
Le Yi and Xun You looked in disbelief and exclaimed in unison: "How is this possible?"
It is actually normal for city walls to break during a siege. After all, since the emergence of catapults, the usage rate of kerosene has been second only to stone bombs.
After the city wall has been burned for a long time, once it rains, it will easily break due to thermal expansion and contraction.
Most generals actually know this, but not many people care about it. There are two reasons for this:
First, the advent of cement made it easy to repair city walls.
Second, even if the city wall breaks, it will only be a small-scale gap at most, and there has never been any sign of large-scale wall collapse.
It is precisely because of these two points that no one realized that the city wall would collapse on a large scale, so Bai Qi was given the opportunity to take advantage of it.
A flash of light flashed in Li Cunxiao's eyes, and he thought of a plan to destroy the city once and for all.
"General, since fire and water tactics can cause the city wall to collapse, then we can definitely..."
Before Li Cunxiao finished explaining his method, he was directly rejected by Bai Qi.
"It's not that easy to get. The plan to destroy the city with water and fire can only be successful by taking it by surprise. If you use it in the future, you will be easily targeted." Bai Qi said calmly.
"How come, the walls of Puyang can be burned down, why can't other cities?"
Li Cunxiao retorted anxiously, and the main reason why he had this idea was that the losses in the siege were too great.
In the city of Puyang alone, the Qin army lost more than 10,000 troops in two strong attacks.
You must know that from the time when the Qin army forcibly crossed the Yellow River to occupying the entire Dongjun, the total number of troops lost was not as much as the number of troops lost in the city of Puyang.
You must know that there are many fortified cities in the Central Plains. In addition to Puyang, there are also many fortified cities such as Xuchang, Chenliu, Suanzao, Shouchun, and Xiapi.
If it is as difficult to fight as Puyang, even if the Qin army can finally occupy the Central Plains, I am afraid it will be severely damaged.
Li Cunxiao really didn't want the Qin army's soldiers to be consumed too much in siege battles, so he hoped to have a way to ignore the enemy's city defense. It didn't matter even if it took more time and resources, as long as the casualties of the soldiers could be minimized. , after all, those are renewable resources.
Li Cunxiao's words also aroused the recognition of Qin Niu, Yu Yuan and other generals. They all obviously hope that they can repeat the strategy of destroying the city with water and fire in the future, but since Bai Qi said this, he obviously has a reason.
It is not as easy as it seems to implement the plan of water and fire to destroy the city successfully. There are still many prerequisites. The first one is to make sufficient preparations in advance.
The time span from Bai Qi's planning to closing the network was nearly a month. Without lengthy preparations and a long-term view of the overall situation, success would be impossible.
The second item is sufficient resources, including: kerosene, catapults, and high-pressure water cannons.
If you want to collapse the entire city wall, you will definitely need a huge amount of fire oil resources. From Jia Fu setting the fire, to Bai Qi's nine days of warm fire, and even the final tenth day of burning the city, the Qin army consumed more than four Thousands of cans of kerosene bombs.
Only Da Qin can be so luxurious. Puyang City alone can consume so much kerosene. If it were replaced by other countries, it would definitely not be able to sustain such consumption. After all, 40,000 cans are already 80% of Cao Wei's national kerosene reserves. One percent.
As for the others, catapults are not unusual, but high-pressure water guns are something that only Da Qin has the ability to manufacture.
The Chu State, with the support of Chu Mo, is also capable of manufacturing it, but the Chu State's fuel resources are far less than those of the Qin Army. Even if it can build a high-pressure water cannon, it will be difficult to reproduce.
As for the third one, it is also the most important one, which is to divert the other party's attention.
Bai Qi was not lying when he said that the city-breaking strategy of water and fire was easy to target. First, it had to be burned for a long time and then combined with the water attack. Once the opponent noticed it during this process, it was still easy to target.
Although the sand cannot extinguish the fire on the wall, if the sand is mixed with water and then poured along the city wall, even the most powerful fire oil will be extinguished instantly.
Therefore, it is necessary to divert the enemy's attention so that he has no time to take care of it, or is unable to notice his true intention.
It is precisely because of this that Bai Qi asked Jia Fu to attack the north gate, and he also attacked the north gate for nine days, just to attract Le Yi Xunyou's attention to the north gate and ignore the crisis of the west gate.
After listening to Bai Qi's explanation, Li Cunxiao, Qin Niu and other generals suddenly showed a look of astonishment. They thought that as long as they knew the method, they could copy the plan of destroying the city with water and fire, but they did not expect that there were so many ways to do it.
"This time our army finally exposed the water tanker and caught the defenders off guard. Otherwise, Le Yi and Xun You's strategies would have guessed our army's intention to burn the city wall.
Once the mud and water are prepared in advance and the fire is extinguished at any time, no matter how much kerosene our army prepares, it will not be able to collapse the Puyang city wall. "
Li Cunxiao sighed lightly, and when the generals heard this, they all nodded subconsciously.
This kind of strategic city-breaking strategy is really not suitable for rough guys like them. They are still more suitable for fighting stupid battles. However, as the situation on the battlefield becomes more and more complex, the old methods in the past are no longer effective.
In the past, city gates could be forced open with a battering ram, but as countries have mastered cement technology, once the city gate is sealed with cement, it will not be easy to use a battering ram to open it.
"General, look, the city wall has stopped collapsing."
Hao Zhao quickly reminded him to show his presence.
Bai Qi nodded when he heard this, and immediately ordered: "First put out the fire, and then attack the city. General Li Cunxiao?"
"The end will be here."
"Your Flying Tiger Army is the strongest in the entire army. This time, you will lead the Flying Tiger Army to attack the city first. Is there no problem?"
Hearing Bai Qi's words, Li Cunxiao immediately grinned and replied: "There is no problem."
During nine consecutive days of siege, Li Cunxiao climbed onto the tower many times. However, under the concentrated fire tactics of the defenders, he was finally repelled by Niu Mowang, who was also very angry.
Now that the Puyang city wall has collapsed and there is no city wall protection, Li Cunxiao wants to see what the defenders can do to resist his Flying Tiger Army.
Following Bai Qi's order, the Qin army at the forefront began to advance rapidly, and actually pushed some waterwheels directly into the moat.
The water tanker that was spraying water just now has now become a ladder for the soldiers, allowing the soldiers responsible for putting out the fire to cross the moat.
As for the defenders in Puyang City, due to the collapse of the city wall, the number of defenders who fell to death alone reached nearly 3,000. At this time, most people in the city were still in a state of confusion and were in chaos. Naturally, they could not care about putting out the fire for the time being. The Qin soldiers arrived.
"Stay still, don't mess around..."
Le Yi deserves to be a famous general of the generation. Even though he was in a state of confusion and didn't know what to do, he still quickly regained his composure and commanded calmly.
With Le Yi's comfort, the Ximen garrison who had fallen into chaos quickly regained order. Under Le Yi's command, they moved equipment in an orderly manner and moved to the gap in the collapsed city wall.
"Grand Governor, if a small area collapsed, it can still be repaired, but nearly a quarter of the west gate wall has collapsed. The gap is too large and it is impossible to repair it. We can no longer defend Puyang." Xun You said with a bitter look on his face. .
"I know."
Le Yi said calmly.
Xun You had a look of surprise on his face and asked, "Then you still..."
"Puyang can be lost, but our army cannot be completely destroyed, otherwise the Qin army will penetrate directly into the rear of our army. If there is no fighting force behind our army, the entire army on the western front will be annihilated."
At this point, a look of determination flashed in Le Yi's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Commander, you and Lan Yu will lead the army to retreat from the east gate, and I will cut off the rear for you at the west gate."
After Xun You saw the death wish in Le Yi's eyes, he was shocked and said: "No way, you are the commander of an army, how can you personally stay behind?"
"Haha, what kind of commander am I?"
A trace of self-mockery appeared on Le Yi's face: "My lord entrusted Dongjun and the 80,000-strong army to me, but I couldn't hold it for even two months and put the entire western front army in danger.
Military advisor, please tell your lord for me that Le Yi is incompetent and has betrayed his trust. The only way to apologize is to die. "
Hearing Le Yi's words, Xun You suddenly fell silent.
It is a fact that Le Yi failed to defend Dongjun, but can you really blame him?
Facing a peerless warrior like Bai Qi, Xun You dared to say that among the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, no matter who came, it would be useless.
Xun You wanted to persuade him again, but Ke Leyi was determined to fight to the death, so he had Xun You kidnapped by force.
After Xun You left, Le Yi looked at Er Lai and Niu Mo Wang beside him.
Evilai said in a deep voice: "The general will not leave, and neither will the general."
Seeing the determination in Xilai's eyes, Le Yi knew that he was also prepared to die, so he stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, he asked Niu Mowang: "General Niu, why don't you leave? You didn't You must die with us."
Niu Mowang looked at Le Yi with admiration in his eyes, and said lightly: "If I, Old Niu, leave, who will help you resist Li Cunxiao?"
Le Yi was silent. Indeed, if no one could restrain Li Cunxiao, it would not make much sense for him to stay behind personally, because Li Cunxiao alone was enough to defeat them all.
"But if you make a mistake, General, you will never be able to fight against Li Cunxiao in the future."
"Don't worry. Although I, Lao Niu, am no match for Li Cunxiao on my own, if I want to run away, it will be difficult for him to leave me alone."
Hearing what Niu Mowang said, Le Yi was relieved. After all, Niu Mowang was the trump card of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and he could never allow any mistakes.
Outside the city, the Qin army was quickly extinguishing the fire. Once the fire was completely extinguished, they would immediately attack the city.
In the city, while Le Yi mobilized troops to the collapsed gap, he also ordered soldiers to set up defense lines along the street. He was obviously prepared to fight in the streets if they could not resist, but this would be a hardship for the people of Puyang West City.
Le Yi couldn't care about the people now. He could only tell them that there would be a big war in the west city and let them go to the north or south of the city to escape.
Le Yi has given the people the chance to live. As for those who don't want to leave, they can't blame others.
"Hey hey hey..."
The smoke caused by the fire shrouded the entire collapsed gap, but shouts of "Hey!" could be heard from behind the smoke, which also made the defenders guarding the gap terrified and dripping with cold sweat.
They all knew that the movement was caused by the Qin army putting out the fire, and once the fire was completely extinguished, the Qin army would come and kill them.
"Archers and catapults are ready at any time. Once the Qin army attacks, they will launch immediately." Le Yi ordered in a deep voice.
[Ding dong, Le Yi’s skill ‘Hegemony’ effect 1 is activated;
Overlord: Five armies attack Qi, always dominate, sweep Qi and Lu, no one can defeat it. This is Le Yi's unique skill.
Effect 1: When commanding an army to attack, field battle or encounter, your own commander +2 and the whole army's force +1; when commanding a city defense battle, your own commander +1 and the morale of the whole army will be greatly improved.
Effect 2: When encountering an opponent from the land of Qilu, you can immediately suppress the opponent's five-dimensional 1~3 points;
Effect 3: When the number of troops is reduced to 50%, the entire army's force will be +1;
Effect 4: When the number of one's own allies increases during combat, each additional ally will give one's own commander +1. (Note: The upper limit of this effect is four allies, and Effect 1 will automatically expire after all are activated.
Effect 5: When the number of your own allies reaches four, it can invalidate the enemy's entire army increase. (Note: This effect can only be activated after Effect 4 is fully activated.)]
A previous error has been corrected. Previously, it was written that Arthur was transferred to Chenliu, but later the bandits appeared in Yingchuan again. This error has been corrected.
