Chapter 172: Attacking Mayi
It's just that before the reinforcements arrived, Qin Qiong's army was already in the city, and Qin Qiong was not in a hurry to attack Liu Wuzhou, so he let Liu Wuzhou arrange the city defense.
Liu Wuzhou was still secretly happy, thinking that Qin Qiong didn't know how to fight, and he didn't attack him in one go, and thought that Qin Qiong wanted to trap himself, but the food in the city was enough to support him until winter, although the winter weather has been warmer in recent years, but it was still snowing heavily, he didn't believe that Qin Qiong would not withdraw his troops at that time, so Liu Wuzhou also encouraged his subordinates like this, "Hold on until winter!" ”
Of course, Qin Qiong couldn't wait until winter, his purpose in killing Ma Yi directly was to attract reinforcements, as early as halfway, he had already asked Li Yuanba to lead the troops and ambush Liu Wuzhou's reinforcements.
Liu Wuzhou's people soon rushed to the grassland and found the Turkic Jiabi Special Service (titled) Ashina and Simo.
Ashina and Simo are the great-grandsons of Ili Khan, and they are cousins of Shibi Khan, and they have always been jealous of Shibi Khan and never let him lead the army, so they didn't bring him with them on this expedition at all.
However, Ashina and Simo are not stupid, knowing that Shibi Khan has been watching out for him, so they are also very low-key and obedient, even if they know that Huibi has been defeated along the way, they still have no intention of transferring troops, but just send someone to inform Shibi Khan of the matter.
Of course, he still agreed with Liu Wuzhou's request for them to order Liang Shidu, so in the name of Shibi Khan, he asked people to notify Liang Shidu and send troops to rescue Ma Yi.
"Rebels and thieves! Don't go out of the city and surrender yet! The reinforcements you want to wait for are here! After a few days of preparation, the siege equipment was all ready, and Qin Qiong, who had returned to Mayi, came outside the city and roared with his gun.
Liu Wuzhou looked at the flagpole erected outside the city, hanging the head of Gao Manzheng, and couldn't help but sink to the bottom of the sea with a heart, the reinforcements he wanted to wait for were gone, he originally thought that Qin Qiong wanted to drag it out until winter, but he started in advance, originally thought that he could escape to the Turks, but now he is besieged on all sides, and obviously he doesn't want to leave a way for himself to live.
Everything exceeded Liu Wuzhou's expectations and exceeded what he could bear in his heart, which made his hands and feet cold.
"Yang Guang's lackey! The Dog Emperor makes it impossible for us to live! And want us to surrender! Dream on! Liu Wuzhou plucked up his courage and shouted.
I have to say that Yang Guang really ignores the common people and ordinary soldiers the most, otherwise he would not have fallen to the point where he is today, Liu Wuzhou's words are almost the thoughts of the people, anyway, the court doesn't care if we live or die, it is better to rebel, there is still a way to live since we were young.
"Liu Wuzhou, you colluded with the Turks and brutalized the people, what kind of face do you have to live in the world!" Qin Qiong scolded angrily, then raised his gun and raised his arms and shouted: "Put down your weapons, you are not to blame for the past!" Whoever kills Liu Wuzhou will be promoted to the third level! ”
"Lay down your arms, don't blame the past! Whoever kills Liu Wuzhou will be promoted to the third level! Qin Qiong's guards shouted after him.
"Lay down your arms, don't blame the past! Whoever kills Liu Wuzhou will be promoted to the third level! All the soldiers shouted neatly, and for a while, the sound shook all over the world, and the soldiers were stunned on the city of Mayi, and Liu Wuzhou's face was bloodless, and he looked around in horror, for fear that someone would stab him in the back.
"Brothers, don't listen to the officers and soldiers, they are all nonsense, and they will not admit it later! Reinforcements will arrive soon, and the head outside the city is even more fake. Seeing this, the secret way was not good, and he hurriedly stood up and comforted loudly.
With the pacification of the appearance, the guards are a lot better, the original shaken heart, and more stable, mainly because of the bad reputation left by the government, when Yang Guangyanmen was besieged, he promised to reward the people who saved the driver, but as a result, he broke his promise and became fat, which offended too many soldiers and made everyone in the world know.
Qin Qiong didn't think that in just a few words, he could say that Liu Wuzhou would be surrendered, so he simply stepped back and ordered the siege of the city with drums.
In the past few days, there has been no rush to attack the city, just to make siege equipment, under the influence of Zou Yu, Qin Qiong also likes to hit the opponent with an overwhelming advantage, so there are thirty building cars made, and there are also a lot of catapults brought by him, a full fifty vehicles, which are ready to attack the level, and they are all used in Mayi City.
There was no moat in Mayi City, and the toad cart that filled the moat was used by the digger army to dig the earthen wall of Mayi, and as for the siege ladder, it was the last thing to be used.
Taking human lives to consume, that is the next policy, once Zou Yu learned to siege the city, when defending the city, he argued with them, and also discussed a lot of ways to siege the city.
Tired army strategy, fire, flooding, tunnels, sneak attacks, and finally summed up, any way, the best way to use is a chain plan, one ring after another, constantly harassing, but in the end must be Qi Zheng combined, to harass the enemy, to attack it. Win with upright soldiers, and the enemy will never have a chance to turn.
Any means is to weaken local strength and cannot be used as the main means of victory.
This time, Qin Qiong first sent reinforcements, and then said that he was not to blame for the past, it was all to hit the enemy's morale, and then attack the city, first attacking the enemy with excellent equipment.
Part of the steel shield stood outside the city, covering the archers, shooting at the head of the city with a bow and crossbow, and the counterattack of the head of the city, shooting on the steel shield, had no effect at all, and if he was not careful, the outcropping was shot by the city instead.
The crossbow arrows and catapults at the head of the city had just been attacked once, and they were set on fire by the strong crossbows and catapults outside the city and smashed to pieces.
With the sound of the trumpet, the building car slowly approached, and the building car, which was close to two zhang high, was a large section higher than the city wall of Mayi, but formed a condescending momentum, and the guards couldn't raise their heads.
"Taishou! This can't be done, there is no way to fight back. Squatting behind the battlements, looking for Liu Wuzhou said.
"What now?" Liu Wuzhou asked in a panic.
"Please let your men out of the city and destroy their siege engines." Xiang Xun said.
"Good! If you take 3,000 cavalry out of the city, you must destroy the carts and catapults. Liu Wuzhou also knew that it would not work like this, and the earthen wall would be smashed down sooner or later, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to Xun Xiang's opinion.
Xunxiang felt sad for a while, at this time, Liu Wuzhou was reluctant to take out all the elite, he had 5,000 cavalry, only let him take 3,000 out of the city, although the outside of the city was dominated by foot soldiers, but the hundreds of armored cavalry that pressed the formation on the side were not just watching.
"Subordinates obey!" In order to save his life, Xunxiang had to grit his teeth and agree, hugged his fists to receive his life, and then carried a long handle, somewhat like a big knife to chop a horse, and went down to the city.
Soon, the city gate was opened, and Xun Xiang led the cavalry, rushed out, and went straight to the catapult.
Destroy the catapult first, and then destroy the building car, this is the purpose of the phase-seeking. As for why you don't destroy the nearest building car first, it's because when you destroy the building car and then destroy the catapult, there is no chance at all, and it must have been well protected.