Pang Tong really tried his best, or in other words, if there was no support from Pang Tong's strategy, whether the public security could still hold on now is really a big question.
It was different from when Lu Meng secretly attacked the Public Security Bureau ten years ago. Although Lu Meng's tactics were brilliant at that time, the public security defenders were not aware of Lu Meng's sneak attack at all and were caught off guard when they approached the city.
But that time, Lü Meng hoped that Liu Zhang would take the initiative to create civil strife so that the police could surrender without a fight, so he did not bring many siege equipment. Once Liu Zhang remained motionless, Lü Meng had to build siege equipment if he wanted to attack by force. .This gave Xu Shu enough time to lead his troops to help.
This time, Zhu Ran considered this problem. He came prepared. He built the siege equipment directly at Lukou, transported it by warship, and transported it to the public security city. It only took a day to assemble it and he could start directly. Siege the city.
This is the first disadvantage of defending the city.
The second disadvantage of defending the city is that no one from the police will come to help within a short period of time this time.
The last time Lü Meng attacked the city, he thought he could use the Wulingman turmoil to hold Xu Shu back, but unexpectedly Li Qiu and Xi Hong quickly put down the Wulingman rebellion and persuaded the Wulingman Shamoko to defect, so Xu Shu was able to free up his hands and quickly After leading troops to support the police, Lu Meng had to make a risky decision to divide his troops. But this time, only the Wuling barbarians were left in Wuling County who had already withdrawn.
And Pang Tong didn't have the connections and prestige like Xi Hong. He could persuade Wu Lingman to cooperate with him in a few words. Moreover, Pang Tong didn't have the time to do this. The police were already surrounded by the Soochow Legion.
Therefore, if the public security defenders wanted to have reinforcements, they would have to wait for Zong Yu of Yidu County to bring reinforcements at the earliest, which would take seven or eight days at the earliest.
Therefore, Pang Tong had to think of various ways to reduce the losses of defending the city while effectively delaying time.
Pang Tong had already thought of all the strategies he could think of.
For example, following the example of Jia Wen and Gu Zhi, when the Soochow army was attacking the city and retreating, they sent two counterattack teams, one real and one fake, to harass the formation. Don't tell me, this trick was unexpectedly effective for a strategic commander like Zhu Ran.
For another example, a small group of troops was sent to sneak attack the Wu Army camp at night in an attempt to cause chaos among the Soochow Army. It would be better if it could trigger the Soochow Army to bomb the camp at night.
And, Jiang Wei sent thousands of troops to bluff, disguised as reinforcements from Yidu County, and attacked the public security port under the control of the Soochow Army, making the illusion of cutting off the Soochow Army's retreat, forcing Zhu Ran to divide his troops to reinforce the port, and lower the public security City's positive pressure.
Under the current circumstances, Pang Tong basically used all the strategic methods he could think of.
These methods more or less caused some lag in the Soochow Army's attack, but in the end, due to insufficient troops and Zhu Ran's own good personal judgment, they did not achieve very good results in the end.
The two counterattack teams, one real and one fake, made Zhu Ran busy for a while. However, due to the limited investment of troops in the counterattack, and Zhu Ran's timely adjustment and reaction, they only killed and injured hundreds of Wu troops. Morale has a certain impact, but it doesn't help much with the overall battle situation.
As for the night attack on the camp, it was only successful once. Later, as Zhu Ran made adjustments, he sent 300 people into ten teams to strengthen night patrols, and then tried to bypass these patrols and get closer to Soochow. Setting up a camp is already very difficult.
Pang Tong originally had few troops, and seeing that there was no chance, he naturally would not continue to implement such a high-risk but low-yield tactic.
As for asking Jiang Wei to bluff and pretend to be Yidu County reinforcements to attack the public security port, Jiang Wei came back without fighting and explained the reason.
One is that Soochow was very careful about the defense of the public security port and left 3,000 people there. Even if the Yidu County soldiers really went to attack, these troops would be enough to defend the port, and Zhu Ran would not need to deploy additional troops for rescue.
The other one is the guard of the public security port, Jianwu Colonel Lu Kai.
Lu Kai is Lu Xun's nephew and an outstanding descendant of the Lu family in Jiangdong. He led troops to put down the South Vietnamese rebellion in Zhu Ya at the beginning of his career a few years ago, showing good military talents.
Of course, Jiang Wei did not have a God's perspective. He could not know what Lu Kai's actual performance was. At this time, Lu Kai was just an unknown person who had just started his career.
But Jiang Wei understands military formations. According to his observations, the public security ports are very tightly guarded, the military system is in order, and there is no carelessness or improper handling at all.
Under such circumstances, not to mention that Jiang Wei only brought 1,000 men, even if he brought 10,000 men to attack such a well-defended naval port, he was not sure that he could defeat the enemy before Zhu Ran's troops arrived.
Therefore, the so-called bluff has lost its actual meaning. It is impossible for such a defender and such a defensive order to panic and call for help as soon as he sees an enemy appearing.
Jiang Wei may even need to worry that if he stays too long, someone will see through his falsehood and set up an ambush to attack him.
After observing for a long time and finding that there was no opportunity to take advantage, Jiang Wei directly chose to retreat instead of attacking the public security port.
But such a futile return naturally could not play a role in dispatching Zhu Ranjun. This strategy was still bankrupt.
Therefore, the current Gong'an City can still only use 8,000 soldiers to withstand the siege of more than 40,000 Soochow troops, and these Soochow troops also have a lot of siege equipment.
As for the strategy, what should be used has been used, and the time that can be delayed has been delayed. The remaining things can only be spent through hard work.
Under such circumstances, Gong'an City was besieged by Soochow's superior troops for five days. Including the initial preparation time, seven days had passed.
During the seven-day offensive, the Soochow Army paid the price of more than 4,000 casualties, but failed to make any progress.
As for the defenders, the 8,000-strong force had been reduced to more than 6,300 people, with more than 1,600 casualties in five days.
In these days, city defense battles are indeed advantageous, but the problem is that the defenders of 8,000 people really cannot afford such consumption. If there is another five-day attack, the number of soldiers lost in battle will be less than 5,000, and the public security city may not be able to defend it. Living.
On the contrary, even if the Soochow army outside the city suffered 10,000 casualties in battle, Zhu Ran could still hold on.
Overall, the war situation was favorable to Soochow.
But at this moment, Zhu Ran, the coach of the Soochow Army, was frowning. Calculating the time, the first batch of reinforcements from the Han Army should be arriving soon.
In fact, Lu Kai, who was stationed at the public security port, had already sent a reconnaissance battle report to Zhu Ran, saying that there were changes in the Han army in Yidu County upstream. Lu Kai asked Zhu Ran for instructions on whether to continue to hold on to the port and control the water village. To defend, we should take the initiative to attack the Han army's reinforcements from Yidu County.
Lu Kai himself is more inclined to take the initiative to harass.
After all, according to the intelligence coming from the front line, the total number of soldiers in Yidu County is only more than 5,000. It is impossible for them all to come to rescue the police at once. It is already good to have 3,000 people.
The garrison at the public security port numbered 3,000 people.
Another one is that when people come to rescue the police from Yidu County, they usually go by water, so water battles are inevitable. Lu Kai believes that in terms of the combat power of the naval forces of both sides, with the same strength, Soochow has the advantage. .
Therefore, if you take the initiative to fight, the results will actually be greater.
After Zhu Ran carefully thought about Lu Kai's suggestion, he still chose to refuse.
Yes, in terms of military strength and naval combat power, Jiangdong has the advantage, but similarly, the Public Security Port is located downstream, while Yidu County is located upstream, and the geographical advantage is on the side of Yidu County.
In water warfare, in addition to the strength of soldiers, geographical advantages are also an issue that must be carefully considered.
If Lu Kai could not stop Yidu County's navy, allowing them to retake the public security port and transport troops from the public security port into the public security port, Zhu Ran might not necessarily be able to send reinforcements in time to stop it.
Therefore, from a cautious perspective, Lu Kai only needs to guard the public security port.
Without the public security port as a base to transport troops, Yidu County's reinforcements would have to find an area along the Yangtze River with gentler waves to cross the river. Moreover, due to the water depth, the warships could not fully dock and had to build pontoons. In this case, time is beneficial to Soochow.
As long as the arrival of reinforcements is delayed and Zhu Ran strengthens the frontal attack, it is not impossible to capture the public security before the reinforcements arrive.
Therefore, there is no need to take risks by guarding the port.
Zhu Ran's choice was not wrong, and Lu Kai also felt that it made sense, but the problem was that Zhu Ran had to conquer the police within the next three to five days.
Zhu Ran himself understood this, so for the next day's attack, Zhu Ran increased the input of siege soldiers, and at the same time began to let go of his hands and storm the public security city regardless of casualties.
Pang Tong's pressure suddenly increased.
This was the first time that Pang Tong knew what it felt like to be surrounded and beaten. No matter how many battles he had fought with the army in the past, they had never been so difficult.
But fortunately, there is not only Pang Tong who is supporting the public security city, but also Li Qiu, Jiang Wei, and Zhang Ren.
When the defense of the Public Security City was at its most dangerous, Zhang Ren dragged his sick body and appeared on the city wall with the support of his eldest son Zhang Lin.
This was probably Zhang Ren's last fight for the Han Dynasty.
With the appearance of Zhang Ren, the public security defenders seemed to be greatly inspired. Their morale was high and they repelled the attack of the Soochow Army.
But this is just the first day.
In fact, Pang Tong also knew that Zhang Ren's appearance could certainly boost the morale of the army and enhance the soldiers' fighting will, but this kind of thing was time-sensitive.
It can boost morale for a while, but if the Soochow Army continues to launch such a fierce offensive tomorrow, as the casualties of the soldiers increase, this kind of encouragement will not last long at all, and morale will collapse when it is time to collapse.
Therefore, whether reinforcements can arrive in the next two or three days has become the key to this defensive battle.
In fact, Pang Tong was very worried about this. After all, the waterway was now under the control of the Soochow Army. It was hard to say when the Yidu County soldiers were going to overwhelm the river and come overland to help.
For this reason, Pang Tong was so worried that he didn't sleep all night, thinking about how to defend the Public Security City with the existing troops.
However, early the next morning, an army under the banner of the Han Army appeared in the north of Gong'an City.
(End of chapter)
