"Since it is a volley, if we want to adjust the attack target, the gap between attacks must be long. During this time, our troops can rush up a certain distance. Therefore, our troops can be dispersed and advanced to delay Zhao Jun's catapults. It is also possible to attack the city. Or, we can use a group of a hundred people as a unit, each with an instrument to advance, with a total of more than a hundred instruments, and more than 10,000 elite soldiers to attack the city. If the Zhao army attacks my A, then B will survive, and if B attacks, C will survive. , If our army with dozens of weapons and thousands of elite soldiers can reach the city wall, then the city will be destroyed!" the captain further explained.
"That's good!" Qing Qin couldn't help but praise: "Is there another third one?"
"Third." The captain swallowed his saliva for a while and said with some embarrassment: "It's the closest distance. The general will observe it at the end. It's better to take twenty to thirty steps. Any further away may be broken by stone bullets. If you are closer, you will be in danger of a fire attack. With such a distance, you can suppress the Zhao army who destroyed the city wall and avoid the destruction of the equipment!" Obviously, this was one of the mistakes made by the captain just now. If we study it carefully, This mistake is really not small.
Even if it is not enough to kill him immediately, and he returns defeated, it is difficult to escape unscathed. Fortunately, the captain apparently used his witty answers to pass the test on Qing Qin's side.
Naturally, Qing Qin clearly saw the mistakes made by the captain under the city wall. Qing Qin also understood the reason why the captain was so cautious now.
He immediately said with relief: "The defeat in this battle is not your fault, it is because Zhao Jun's catapult was too evil. If you can find a solution to the problem from one battle, your merits outweigh your faults." After hearing this, , the captain suddenly became excited. He knew that the trick of coming to report with injuries had worked!
"Let's go and take care of the injury." Qing Qin waved his hand gently and said to the captain: "Let's rest for a few days. In the coming battle, you will definitely be responsible for defeating the enemy. When you return home after the victory, you will be the general. , I would like to invite you."
"Thank you, General." Hearing this, the captain looked surprised and thanked him immediately. Of course, in the captain's heart, perhaps what is more gratifying is not the position of the general, but the hidden meaning in Qing Qin's words - he can rest legitimately, and he does not even need to participate in the subsequent battles?
The captain obviously didn't want to experience the despair he had just experienced under the tower of Yanyu City again. In comparison, Pi Jiang, a position that can be promoted sooner or later, does not seem to be attractive.
No matter what, a battle that lasted for no more than two and a half hours finally came to an end. The Yan army slowly retreated back to the camp, and on top of the city tower, the soldiers of the Zhao army also stood up for joy!
Victory comes too easily! Not only the ordinary soldiers of the Zhao army, but even Sun Gu, a general who was good at defense, felt a little unbelievable when they saw the Yan army retreating in embarrassment - is this a win?
Didn't you even swing the knife in your hand a few times? Not even a few drops of blood were seen on the tower? A massive attack was repelled by him?
! Only Zhao Kuo, who was standing on the city tower, knew that such a victory could only happen once.
Although the catapult was powerful, it was far from being able to completely change the situation of the battle. This time, it just caught the Yan army by surprise.
However, the Yan army destroyed so many siege equipment, and it may be difficult to attack again in a short time!
"Stop the soldiers from cleaning the battlefield." Zhao Kuo immediately explained: "Pay attention to taking turns to arrange rest. The Yan army will definitely make a comeback. Don't take it lightly."
"Yes." Sun Gu immediately accepted the order. After saying that, Zhao Kuo said no more, and then accompanied by Zhao Ping, they went down to the city tower together. The artillery camp had made great achievements today, but there were still many things that needed to be improved.
As Zhao Kuo left, the cheers on the tower became more and more enthusiastic. Just as Zhao Kuo thought, the Yan army that retreated outside the city returned to their tents and immediately arranged to rebuild their equipment.
Qing Qin knew very well that without siege equipment, it would be a fool's dream to capture Yanyu City, even if he had enough troops.
It's just that so many siege equipment were lost. If we had to start from scratch, even if the Yan army's craftsmen worked day and night, it would still take a lot of time.
Fortunately, these equipment were not all that Yan Jun brought. Qing Qin, who had long known that Zhao Kuo was present in Yanyu City, never thought that he could capture it in one battle, so nearly half of the siege equipment was not out of the camp at all.
Therefore, although Qing Qin needed more siege equipment, he did not have as much time as Zhao Kuo imagined.
Two days is enough. Just when Yan and Yan troops outside the city were hunkering down and working hard on their siege equipment, outside Handan City, the Yan troops finally arrived.
Compared with the great victory in Yanyu City, the battle in Handan City was obviously much more bloody. Both sides were not polite, and the battle became fierce. Fortunately, although the Yan army had more troops, it was on the offensive, and the quality of the soldiers was very average. Although the Zhao army had fewer troops, the 20,000 soldiers who followed them Zhao Kuo's army is also elite enough, and it is not weak in the face of several times the enemy.
After a day of fighting, the Yan army ended up losing two thousand soldiers, and the Zhao army lost hundreds of soldiers. But King Yan was obviously not panicking. After all, the Yan army still had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
And the Prime Minister Li Fu seemed to have suddenly enlightened, and actually let the army attack Handan in turns, without giving the guards any time to rest.
But fortunately, Handan City now has as many as 40,000 troops, so it is not afraid of the Yan army's repeated attacks. The only hard work is Lord Pingyuan, who has to sit on the city tower to calm the morale of the army.
As if he also felt the emergency situation on the front line, King Zhao did not make any more mistakes at this time.
Suddenly, the two battlefields of Zhao State were in a state of anxiety, and between Yanyu City and Handan City, Li Mu was leading 30,000 Zhao troops to rush toward the Yan Army's retreat.
Li Mu knew very well that what he wanted to do was not to completely annihilate the Yan army in Handan. As long as he could defeat his troops and relieve the siege of Handan, it would be enough. What was more important was to return to Shiyan and the city!
There, the general was using the smallest amount of troops to resist the Yan army. While Zhao Jun was running around, one day and two nights passed quickly. The morning sun shone on the earth again, and Yan Jun and the Yan army outside the city were finally ready for the battle again!
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo […" The whimpering horn sound sounded again, and outside the south gate of Yanyu City, the Yan army's neat military formation gathered again.
Siege equipment such as arrow towers, ladders, and catapults were slowly pushed out again. The number was only much more than the number before. However, this time the equipment seemed even more uneven.
Even if there is a piece in the east and a piece in the west, there is no complete order. Faced with this situation, Zhao Kuo frowned deeply. For no other reason, such scattered positions were obviously intentional by the Yan army. As for the purpose, Zhao Kuo immediately thought of it - to avoid his own stone throwing. Intensive attack of cars.
Although he knew the purpose of the Yan army, for a while, Zhao Kuo really had no good way to deal with it. He could only watch the siege equipment on the opposite side being pushed into the infantry line one by one.
Of course, everything has pros and cons. The dispersion of the Yan army's siege equipment undoubtedly greatly reduced the power of the Zhao army's catapults, but it also further weakened the power of the siege equipment.
Not to mention catapults, only by massing them together can they cause fatal damage to the city wall.
As for the arrow towers, due to the limited number of people they carry, they need to cooperate with each other to complete the uninterrupted suppression of enemy forces in the area.
Although Zhao Kuo knew that Yan Jun could come up with a way to deal with his trebuchet, he did not expect that it would be like this.
The method of "killing one thousand enemies and damaging yourself eight hundred". Yan Jun on the opposite side has practiced Seven Injury Boxing? Countermeasures gradually formed in Zhao Kuo's mind... Just when Zhao Kuo was about to issue an order, the drums among the Yan army rang again, and tens of thousands of Yan troops once again marched towards Yan and Qin under the command of General Qing Qin. The south gate of the city is slowly advancing!
"A group of five vehicles, attack the arrow tower first!" Zhao Kuo looked at the Yan army array in front of him and said to Zhao Ping who was standing aside.
"Yes!" Zhao Ping quickly accepted the order. Then he and the master craftsmen on the side carefully counted the distribution of the arrow towers, and roughly recorded the general positions on the bamboo slips. After marking one, a messenger took the bamboo slips down from the tower and handed them to the artillery battalion soldiers.
Subsequently, the thirty trebuchets in the artillery camp, arranged in groups of five, adjusted their positions and prepared for the first round of firing!
That's right, during the day of rest, not only did the Yan army rush to make siege equipment, but the Zhao army also rushed to make twenty trebuchets again in this short day. At the same time, based on the last battle experience, the Zhao army The entire trebuchet position was moved back twenty steps.
The purpose is self-evident, the purpose is to beat up those siege equipment that were lucky enough to be pushed near the tower.
It can be said that the two armies of Yan and Zhao have done everything they can for this battle. As for the results, they can only be seen on the battlefield.
With the addition of siege equipment, the Yan army, as dense as locusts, swarmed outside the south gate of Yanyucheng.
At almost the same distance, the Yan Army's drum beat became more urgent again, and the Yan Army immediately launched a charge against Yanyucheng again at almost the same position.
On the tower of Yanyu City, Zhao Ping no longer needed Zhao Kuo's reminder, and immediately waved the red flag in his hand.
Immediately afterwards, several red flags rolled in the wind, and under the city tower, the artillery battalion that had been prepared immediately let out their roar!
"Bang bang bang..." There was another sound of equipment collapsing. Without any accident, six arrow towers collapsed among the Yan army. The broken stones mixed with wooden blocks smashed into the Yan army's formation. Fortunately, there was no one standing on the arrow towers, and the Yan army also They deliberately adjusted their positions so that they were not too crowded, thus avoiding too many secondary injuries. Even so, dozens of people standing next to the arrow tower were killed on the spot.
