Even though Gu Yan made all the preparations, this battle was not easy to fight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Jiangcheng is surrounded by water, there is a water surface that is more than 20 meters wide, the water depth is more than zhang, the suspension bridge at the city gate is still controlled in the city, if you want to attack Jiangcheng, the moat is a big difficulty.

The moat of Jiangcheng is the water that is drawn from the Liuli River, and its width is also five in the territory of the Zhou Dynasty.

When Zhou Xingkai, the king of Ning, attacked Jiangcheng, it was an inner ghost, and the soldiers and generals defending the city had the heart of surrender, and after the drawbridge was put down, it didn't take long to capture Jiangcheng.

Today's initiative is in the hands of King Ning, which is naturally different from the situation at that time.

In addition to passing through the suspension bridge, another way is to cross it by boat, which is more difficult. The first is that there are not so many ships, and the second is that they can't wait for the ships to reach the other side, but they are afraid that they have been killed by the army of King Ning on the other side of Jiangcheng.

How to cross the moat became a crucial matter.

The first battle is very important and plays a role in boosting the morale of the army, so the generals attach special importance to it.

Most of the soldiers led by Gu Yan were cavalry, but they didn't work here, and any heavy siege equipment had to cross the river to be useful.

Many siege strategies against moats involve pushing long ladders to them, erecting them on the river, and then crossing the river to attack the city.

But such a price is too great, there will be countless deaths and injuries on the long ladder, and when the time comes, the dead soldiers can also pile up a way, Gu Yan fights, the most taboo is to hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred, such a proposal was vetoed by him early on.

He looked at the offensive and defensive map of Jiangcheng, these military departments had files, and he brought these things with him before he set out for the expedition. The city wall of Jiangcheng is ten meters high, and it is a city within a city.

There is also a wall within the city wall, with a distance of 50 meters between the first wall, once the city gate is broken open and the enemy army enters, it will be besieged by the front and rear walls, and it will not be able to enter or retreat.

This is the most difficult urn city in the offensive and defensive battles.

If you don't understand the characteristics of Jiangcheng, it is easy to be trapped inside after entering.

Therefore, the battle of Jiangcheng was very tricky.

Luo Xin proposed that Jiangcheng was the closest to the Liuli River, and the most effective way was to discharge the flood, no matter how many people and horses King Ning had, they would be buried in the flood.

But this method was stopped by Gu Yan.

In Jiangcheng, there are not only King Ning's soldiers and horses, but also innocent people, if you use such a method as flood discharge, it is what if you win, but you will get an empty city and lose the reputation of your own army.

Gu Yan looked at the distance of the moat, such a distance, coupled with the height of the suspension bridge, he had his own way to put the suspension bridge down, and the difficulty was the design of the city within the city.

There is also an old method, which is to besiege the city, enclose the river city, cut off the water source of the moat, no one is allowed to enter or exit, and after three or five months of encirclement, the people inside will naturally not be able to hold on.

However, in the past three or five months, you will have to face the huge expenses of your own army, and what you have to compare is financial resources.

This method was in Gu Yan's consideration, although he did not agree with it very much in his heart. It's just that if there is a more effective way, he naturally will not choose such a combat method in the first battle.

All the generals were discussing how to attack the city, Gu Yan looked at the topographic map of Jiangcheng, his expression was cold, and he didn't say a word.

While they were still discussing how to break through the city gate, Gu Yan looked at Jiangcheng's geological manual and couldn't help frowning.

Then he opened his mouth and said something that had nothing to do with the war in the ears of others: "The west side of Jiangcheng is mostly sandy? ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then a general who was familiar with Jiangcheng said: "General Hui, the west of Jiangcheng is indeed mostly sandy. ”

After Gu Yan heard this, he put down the geological manual and looked at everyone and said: "The city wall of Jiangcheng is special, even if we spend our troops to capture the city gate, what awaits us inside is a certain death." Gu Yan glanced at everyone as he spoke, and then said, "Therefore, our focus is not on the city gate, but on the city wall. ”

Everyone listened to Gu Yan's words, only to see him pointing to the defense map of Jiangcheng and saying: "If you want to capture the outer city wall, you must sacrifice a lot, so it is not the best strategy to hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred." ”

Luo Xin was good at observing people's opinions, and knew that Gu Yan must have an idea when he opened his mouth, so he asked, "What is the general's opinion?" ”

Gu Yan pointed in the direction of the west of Jiangcheng, and then said: "We use this as a breakthrough, and in less than a month, Jiangcheng can be broken." ”

The generals looked at each other, Jiangcheng was surrounded by the same urn city, even at the West City Gate, and the soldiers did not understand that the West City Gate had any advantages over other places.

Or Luo Xin asked: "The method of breaking the city that the general said is related to the geology of Xicheng?" ”

Gu Yan nodded, and then said: "The city wall is not easy to take, and the west city is sandy and the soil is soft. Dig tunnels from outside the city to the bottom of the city walls, and when the time comes, the fire and thunder will be ignited, and the city walls will collapse in an instant, and the city will be broken at that time! ”

After Gu Yan finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized, and then Wu Jinfu raised his doubts and said: "General, it will take at least some time to dig through the tunnel, if the enemy detects the general's intentions, I am afraid that there will be another accident." ”

In many battles, the defending side would dig a large pit in the ground and place a jar in it to eavesdrop on everything outside the city.

If the enemy really does this, such a thing as digging tunnels will naturally not be hidden.

Gu Yan looked at Jiang Cheng's offensive and defensive map, and said, "So, we have to hide from the sky and the sea and confuse the public!" ”

On the second day, Gu Yan's army surrounded Jiangcheng, set up camp, and started a pot, looking like it was preparing for a long-term siege.

Outside the moat, a high platform was built, and the height completely overwhelmed the height of the Jiangcheng city wall.

After the high platform was built, Zhou Xingkai, the king of Ning, stood on the wall of Jiangcheng and watched, not understanding what Gu Yan was going to do.

If he did, he didn't know much about this powerful regent.

Looking at the precedents of his past battles, it can only be seen that he is decisive and brave, but the events of some time ago have given him a new understanding of him.

Therefore, for this confrontation with him, Zhou Xingkai was particularly solemn.

When the high platform outside the city began to be built, Zhou Xingkai was thinking about what kind of method they wanted to use to attack the city, waiting for the high platform to be completed, he stood on the city wall and watched, only to see Gu Yan ascending the high platform.

Zhou Xingkai frowned and looked at Gu Yan, not knowing what he was going to do.

After waiting for Gu Yan to go up to the high platform, he saw that he was holding a bow in his hand and holding an arrow, and then the soldiers behind him stepped forward and lit the top of the arrow with a fire breaker.

It turned out that the arrow was wrapped in a cloth soaked in fire oil, and when it caught fire, it ignited in a flash. The soldiers on the opposite city wall became nervous, because Gu Yan's arrow was aimed at Zhou Xingkai, the king of Ning.

They held shields in their hands and protected Zhou Xing's armor behind them.

Gu Yan looked at the soldier holding the shield opposite, sneered, and then turned the arrow in other directions.

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