"boom!"
"Trash!" Ji Bi was furious and threw a wine baron to the ground. The wine lord rolled past the kneeling general in the tent, and the general quickly buried his head lower.
"It's been ten days and you haven't even filled up the moat. What's the use of you!" Ji Bi yelled.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the soldiers are not brave in fighting, it's that the Huai people are too cunning!" The minister next to him explained when he saw Ji Bi's anger retreating slightly.
"My army blocked the water inlet of the moat during the day, and those Huai people took advantage of the darkness at night to dig out the water inlet. Our army was not used to fighting at night, so we suffered heavy casualties and were defeated by them."
"Why can they still come out if they haven't already sent a large army to surround them? But someone is acting against the will and secretly releasing those Huai people?" Ji Bi asked angrily.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the soldiers are not trying their best, but that Siyang City is close to the water on one side, and our army can only surround it on three sides. The Huai people in Siyang City can attack from the river by boat."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Although the Huai people made a sneak attack at night and dug out the water inlet again, we have many people and the Huai people are small, so the digging speed is limited. As long as you give me some more time, we can fill up the moat!" Another general said next to him.
Under everyone's persuasion, Ji Bi nodded and agreed, "Then I'll give you another ten days. If you can't finish it by then, you will be punished for all the crimes!"
"As you command!"
The battle in Siyang City was not fierce, but it made Bangzhou's army very uncomfortable, and the casualties during this period were not small. In the end, under the harassment of the Huai army, the army completed the landfill task, and the army was finally able to attack the city.
A group of archers stood on the mounds and began to shoot arrows into the city, suppressing the Huai army on the wall, and the Zhou army began to take the opportunity to attack the city. But just when Bangzhou's army felt that they could capture Siyang City in one go, they saw boards suddenly erected on the city wall, and the archers' arrows were blocked by the boards.
Bows and arrows are not crossbows. The arrows are thrown in arcs, not straight lines. If you want to hit the city wall, you can only throw them. As a result, it takes a lot of time and effort to build a platform, but it has no effect at all. At the same time, the Bangzhou army below became the prey of the archers who suddenly appeared. Countless arrows fell, and the siege army suddenly suffered countless casualties.
Zhou army camp.
The atmosphere in the camp was a bit solemn, with a large number of injured people lying on the ground groaning. One hundred thousand troops have been blocked under Siyang City for a full month. During this period of time, Bang and Zhou's army launched more than a dozen large-scale attacks, but they did not even scale the walls of Siyang City. Instead, the army suffered heavy casualties.
In the big tent, Ji Bi looked at the battle report with an expression of disbelief, and then fell to the ground hard. Then he stood up suddenly, stepped over several cases, and came to the general in a few steps. Without any explanation, he raised his leg and kicked him to the ground, roaring:
"A hundred thousand elite soldiers combined to form the small city of Siyang, there are only 5,000 people in the city. Even if they are piled up ten of them, they can be killed. And what have you done? In the past month, you have not even climbed the city wall, but there are dead and wounded. heavy."
"You must have no intentions and are too timid to fight against the enemy!"
"Your Majesty, the city of Siyang is strong and deep, backed by the Si River. The army cannot attack it for a while. This is not because our Zhou soldiers are not brave. The Huai people are well prepared. If we attack the city again, the losses will be considerable. It is better to divide the troops and guard Si. Yang, and then the army continues to march south. As long as the army destroys the Huai Kingdom, these cities are just fish and turtles trapped in the jar, which can be caught with your hands." Shang Qing Cai Hong stepped forward and suggested.
"No, Your Majesty." Another minister Yu Ke quickly dissuaded: "The Huai State has made preparations. If the army bypasses Siyang, once the army is frustrated, the Huai people will cut off our army's retreat from Siyang, and the army will be in danger." That’s it!”
"Yu Hou is worried too much. The Huai Kingdom's field battle is just a mob. Our Zhou Tianbing is the best in the world. If he hides in the city, that's it. If he dares to go out of the city to fight in the field, we will definitely defeat him in one battle!" said a general.
The surrounding generals also nodded. They had seen the Huai Kingdom's ability in field warfare and were fully confident that they would annihilate it in one battle.
"Yu Qing, your concerns will be seriously considered!" Ji Bi waved her hand. After Ji Bi heard this, he was also very moved. The siege suffered heavy casualties. If these Huai people could be lured out, they would be able to defeat them in one fell swoop. If the Huai army did not dare to come out, then the army would attack Huai'an. As long as Huai'an was defeated If it is broken, the other cities will surely surrender.
Thinking of this, Ji Bi ordered the army to leave ten thousand people to guard the camp and guard against the Huai army in Siyang City, and then personally led the army to bypass Siyang City and continue to march south.
Siyang City, on the watchtower of the city wall, Wei Yi saw the Zhou army divided into two groups and marched around the city, leaving only more than 10,000 people behind. He couldn't help laughing and said: "I didn't expect that this Ji Bi is so courageous. We haven't even captured the city of Siyang, but we dare to circle the city and attack Huai'an. Go and deliver the message to your Majesty that the bird has been caged!"
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Huai'an City, the Royal Palace Hall.
Wang Zhao looked at the battle report in his hand and laughed: "Yi did not disappoint me. Bangzhou's army suffered heavy losses, but they could not even climb the city wall. This Ji Bi actually dared to go around the city to attack Huai'an! He can't You are as stupid as a dolphin or a dog!"
"Order the army to be prepared. After Bangzhou's army enters the net, give them a surprise!"
The army of Bangzhou.
Yu Ke's persuasion was ineffective, and when he saw that Ji Bi had become impatient, he immediately knew that pressing the button would be in vain. He immediately exited the tent, then quietly found a few guards, and then ordered:
"The Huai State has made preparations. If the army attacks at this time, it will definitely be difficult to win, and there is also the danger of being cut off from the retreat. Holding my token, I returned to the Lu State overnight and asked the Dukes of Lu and Qi to gather their troops again and go south to meet them! "
"I understand!" The guard cupped his hands and clasped his fists, then drove his chariot out of the camp and headed towards Qi and Lu.
Bang Zhou's army went south. Along the way, all the cities had strong walls and clear fields, and their city gates were closed tightly. They ignored Bang Zhou's army. The army moved smoothly all the way without encountering any resistance, and soon arrived at the gate of Huai'an City.
After seeing Huai'an City, Bang Zhou's army was also surprised. Huai'an City was several times larger than Sishui City, and the city was taller. At a glance, it was clear that it was more difficult to break than Siyang City.
However, although Huai'an is large, it is not without its shortcomings. There is no moat outside Huai'an City, and there is no river to the north. This also resulted in the fact that although Huai'an was large, the Lun State Zhou army directly surrounded Huai'an, and then began to build an offensive. City equipment, ready to attack the city again.
The Art of War says: If you are ten, you can encircle it, if you are five, you can conquer it, and if you have doubled it, you can divide it. Another saying goes: The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. ——"Sun Tzu's Art of War·Strategy"
