Shannan County was established by the Qin State, King Wulie of Qin defeated the Huns on the grassland, and annihilated the Xiongnu court in one fell swoop, the Huns on the grassland became a plate of scattered sand, and the Qin people at that time in order to concentrate on the Central Plains, unwilling to entangle with the Huns on the vast prairie, so Shannan County was established, where a permanent force was stationed to monitor the grassland, one is to prevent the remnants of the Huns from harassing the northern part of the Qin State again, and the other is to prevent the Huns from sitting big again.

The Qin people's strategic abandonment of the prairie is, of course, extremely wrong in the current view, because it gave Gao Yuan, who was in Jishi City at that time, the best opportunity to encroach and encroach on the Huns, and the result was that Gao Yuan spent several years to integrate the Huns into the banner of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which made the strength of the Eastern Army surge and firmly controlled the grassland.

Later, in order to compete for Shannan County, many conflicts broke out between Gao Yuan and the Qin people, Shannan County also changed hands several times, both sides lost a lot of their generals and troops here, and finally after Li Xin, Wang Xiao's invasion that year, the Qin army entered the master again, this time, the Qin people stationed heavy troops here, strengthened the city wall, and the Han army was already so strong at this time that it was difficult to shake, although the Qin people occupied Shannan County, but they could no longer form much of a threat to the Han Dynasty, and the Han army did not send troops to fight again.

However, when the Great Han Dynasty wiped out all the countries on this continent except for Qin, and the troops pointed to Qin again, Shannan County became the focus of contention again.

The capture of Shannan County opened the door to the northern part of the Qin state, and the Han army could launch an attack on the Qin state from both the north and the south. When the importance of Shannan County was highlighted again, the Qin people found that they simply did not have enough strength to reinforce Shannan County.

When Wang Changyong went out of the customs, he took away half of the garrison of Shannan County, and he never returned, and now more than 10,000 people have to defend Shannan County, which has to be said to be a very heavy task.

these years. With the strong rise of the Han State and the repeated defeats of the Qin State on the battlefield, the county town of Shannan County has also been strengthened and heightened again and again. The current Shannan County is no longer the same as when Lu Chao was guarding here.

From the original adobe mud wall to the blue brick wall, to the current reconstructed exterior wall with reinforced concrete, a thick and solid shell has been wrapped for the Shannan county town, and even the artillery of the Han army only punched shallow pits on it. And he could not penetrate and collapse his thick walls.

However, the walls were strong enough, but the buildings above the city walls were not so strong, and the cannonballs fell on the city walls, destroying the towers above, blowing up the hidden soldier holes, overturning a bed crossbow, igniting countless logs, and flying piles of stones that were intended to be used to smash the enemy during the Han army's siege. The fire was raging above the city walls, and there was a wail.

This was the first time that Fan Zhang, the county guard of Shannan County, had experienced being attacked by so many artillery pieces, and if it weren't for the quick hands and feet of his own soldiers, the supreme governor of Shannan County would have been in the first wave of bombardment. He will be buried along with the collapsed towers, making him the fastest-dying defense commander in history.

After several rounds of bombardment, the officers and soldiers of Shannan County, who were highly nervous, found that there was no follow-up, and the Han army did not let their infantry attack at this moment. It seems that they are not ready to attack the city either.

This relieved Fan Zhang, and after the shelling stopped, he began to organize the manpower to clear the ruined city. Most of the defenses above the city walls had been destroyed, and the ruins were littered with broken walls, and the wounded soldiers lay wailing in the ruins, and the remains of those who had died in the artillery attack were everywhere in the ruins.

The only thing that made Fan Zhang happy was that the main city wall of Shannan County City still stood proudly under the attack of artillery fire and was not damaged too much.

Outside the city, Helanxiong was summoning the commander of his engineering unit and the commander of the artillery battalion.

"Commander, according to the bombardment of the artilleryman just now, we can judge that the outer body of the main wall of Shannan County City is a whole cast by a reinforced concrete structure, and the strength is extremely high, with our current artillery, it is impossible to cause too much damage to it, and the use of sappers to destroy the wall is even more impossible, it can't be dug at all, and it is necessary to destroy the wall against the counterattack of the enemy in the city, which is completely worth the loss."

"So what can the sappers do for me?" He Lanxiong asked with a frown.

"Commander, we can only build bigger and stronger siege vehicles for you, ladders and other things, and take Shannan County, I'm afraid we will have to rely on infantry in the end." The engineer commander was a little embarrassed and said, "We can provide enough siege engines for the infantry." It's close to Mount Holan, and the timber is inexhaustible, so we can build a steady stream of siege equipment. ”

"Can't you build a siege road car?"

The engineer commander shook his head: "Commander, the height of Shannan County is too high now, the angle is too large, it is difficult for the cavalry to charge on it, even if it is built, leaning against the wall, the defenders are very easy to defend, they can use the large steep angle to inflict a lot of damage on our cavalry." ”

"I, I know, you go down, as you say, build more siege towers for our soldiers, remember, the stronger you build, the fewer casualties our soldiers will have, and this is the reason for your sappers' existence."

"I will do my best!" The engineer commander bowed and retreated.

He Lanxiong's gaze turned to the artillery commander: "The artillery really can't blow up this damn city wall?" ”

"Yes." The artillery commander nodded and said: "The outer wall of the entire Shannan County is a whole, and the reinforced concrete structure gives it a strong resistance to destruction, and the Qin people are also willing to spend their blood to build the entire wall into a whole, and it is thick enough, and it is difficult for solid bullets to cause too much damage to him." Commander, I suggest that the main task of the artillery in the next step is to inflict casualties on the Qin troops defending the city. and provide artillery cover for infantry sieges. ”

"From now on, artillery can attack the county town anytime and anywhere, with the aim of sabotage, killing and wounding." He Lanxiong stood up and paced back and forth in the big tent for a few steps, "Kill and wound the enemy, destroy the enemy's defenses, and destroy the enemy's courage and will to the greatest extent." Make them feel irresistible. ”

"The Admiral understands."

"Don't care about the loss of shells. Now we are the only one left in the entire army that is still fighting in the Han Dynasty, and the rest are being repaired, and the logistics materials will meet the supply, so I am afraid that you will not be able to consume them. He Lanxiong smiled and said: "This is also a good opportunity for you to train your artillery, the artillery of our Third Military Region is not as good as the First and Second Military Region, and there are few opportunities for actual combat. ”

"Yes!" The artillery commander was overjoyed. As far as he is concerned, there is no better news, the artillery is accurate, just saying that if you don't practice, it is just some fake tricks, a good gunner, an experienced gunner, that is completely fed with shells, the Third Military Region is not the main theater of operations, and there are really not many opportunities for artillery live-fire exercises. Now I am training with war, and I don't have to worry about ammunition, but it is a unique good opportunity.

The artillery commander departed happily. Helan Jie walked in quickly. "Commander, the turtle shell in this Shannan county town is really hard."

"It's hard enough, since we can't break the turtle shell, we can only cut off the head directly." Helanxiong smiled and said, "Ajie, lead your troops to build a snow platform for me." You should know the distance or something, right? ”

"Snow platform? Downhill skiing? Helan Jie was stunned, and suddenly understood. Are you flying over? ”

"Climbing on the ground and flying in the sky, I still don't believe that Shannan County is really impregnable." He Lanxiong sneered. "The characteristics of our Third Military Region, this battle can be fought."

The cannon rumbled, sounding from time to time every day, and the Qin army above the city tower did not have any sense of security and a relatively safe time point, because the artillery bombardment below was completely irregular. The sporadic shelling never stopped, and occasionally there was a salvo of hundreds of guns. Some of the defenses that had just been built with great difficulty were destroyed again and again in such shelling. What's even worse is that the soldiers on the city wall found that the opponent's artillery was getting more and more accurate, and the sporadic shelling at the beginning often didn't know what to do, except for the sound, it didn't have much lethality, but after three days, the Qin army, which had been bombarded many times, found that those sporadic shelling, the accuracy began to become scary.

This made the soldiers of the Qin army heartbroken, and they took the trouble to carry the sand cannons on the city wall one by one, just after they were built, a few shells flew in, and they were blown up to pieces, one is not good, and a few lives have to be taken, in this case, it is still a fart! The soldiers did not want to show their faces on the city wall again, they would rather nest under the city, anyway, the Han army had no intention of rushing up to attack the city, and no one was willing to climb on the city wall and die in vain.

What made Fan Zhang even more anxious was that there were more and more Han army siege vehicles outside the city, and in three days, there were more than 100 such siege vehicles. These siege wagons were at the level of the city walls, and once they were allowed to climb the walls, the consequences would be unimaginable. What made him even more puzzled was that the Han army built high platforms with snow outside the city, and saw that those high platforms were getting higher and higher day by day, far beyond the height of the city wall, and behind these high platforms, long ramps were also built. Because of the Han army's continuous artillery bombardment at night, the city did not have enough counterattack measures, and it was unexpectedly watched as these snow platforms were repaired little by little to a place only more than a hundred meters away from the city wall.

If it doesn't work like this, if it continues like this, the Han army doesn't have to fight, and the Qin army will collapse under such pressure.

Fan Zhang decided to fight a battle first no matter what, to boost morale. (To be continued.) )