Chapter 250: Negative Soil
The happy event of Wan Yankang, the handsome, added a lot of excitement to White Horse City, but the joy of the wedding was soon shrouded in the clouds of war.
Early the next morning, Temujin's army was less than fifty miles away from the White Horse City.
Wan Yankang was very reluctant, crawled out of the gentle township, dressed neatly, and rushed to the city.
A few days ago, Temujin's army was marching slowly. At its original marching speed, it would take at least two days before the troops could reach the city. It's only been one night, and you can already see dense black shadows in the distance on the top of the city.
If you want to take advantage of your wedding, let's have a surprise attack! Wan Yankang thought so.
Xu Daosheng also walked up to the city and said solemnly: "There are a lot of spies in the city!" He has been in charge of Linghu for many years, and he has a deep understanding of intelligence, and Xu Daosheng first thought of this when Temujin's army moved.
Wan Yankang also nodded, a few days ago, there were 100,000 young men in the city, if there were no eyes and ears of Temujin, he would never believe it.
"We're going to have to do a thorough check!" Xu Daosheng's eyes were stern.
Wan Yankang waved his hand: "The big war is coming, don't make a big move, so as not to mess up!" ”
"If you don't clear it, I'm afraid there will be other messes!"
"It's okay, let's set a few rules, these miscellaneous fish, can't afford any wind and waves!" Wan Yankang said decisively, looking full of confidence.
Then, Wan Yankang summoned the generals and the leaders of various tribes to issue a war mobilization order.
At this time, in the White Horse City, in addition to 50,000 elite soldiers, there are 100,000 grassland youths. Wan Yankang issued several mobilization orders, all of which were aimed at these 100,000 young people.
First of all, among the 100,000 young people, everyone must participate in the war.
If you kill one enemy, you can retreat to the front-line battlefield and engage in logistics work.
Kill three enemies to obtain the qualification of the White Horse City soldier.
Those who have obtained the qualifications of war soldiers can be promoted according to the rules of the army, without discrimination, and accumulate merit.
In addition, in this battle, for every enemy killed, an additional ten taels of silver will be rewarded!
After these 100,000 young men entered the city, Wan Yankang had already ordered the team to be reorganized and began to train according to the military regulations of White Horse City. At the same time, the various treatments, meritorious services, and pension systems of the soldiers of White Horse City were also publicized one by one.
The man on the grassland grew up on horseback since he was a child, and he played with knives and bows and arrows since he was a child. Although Wan Yan Kang had already gathered a layer of wool, he had selected elite soldiers from the tribe once. But the rest of the young and strong, placed in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, are also good soldiers.
Most of these young men and women had their eyes lit up after learning about the various treatments of the soldiers in the city.
On the steppe, no matter which khanate you follow, you have to fight.
If the war is won, the spoils of war are all taken by the leaders, and at most a little leaks out between the fingers. And once they lose, most of their lives will be lost, and their wives and children will also become slaves of others.
And being a soldier in White Horse City, regardless of the salary and pension system, is extremely reassuring. That set of public meritorious service system makes these young people feel a little drooling when they think about it.
In this battle, you can get ten taels of silver for killing one person.
Ten heads are cut off, and it is a hundred taels.
Cutting off a hundred heads, with the arithmetic level of the prairie man, can no longer be calculated, just thinking about it makes the saliva flow of joy.
Wan Yankang used only 10,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 young men to welcome Temujin's arrival in the city defense arrangement.
At three o'clock, the long-lost sun shines through the clouds, shedding a few rays of sunshine. Surrounded by all the generals, Temujin crossed to the middle of the river, about 300 paces from the city, and began to shout to the city: "Wanyankang, return quickly, and you will not die!" ”
Temujin was three hundred paces away, and his shouting could not penetrate so far, but he had already prepared, and after he finished shouting, a hundred people around him shouted in unison.
Wan Yankang snorted coldly: "Take me to shoot the sun!" ”
Darata, the captain of the pro-soldier on the side, immediately brought a big bow, and there was also a pro-soldier holding a pot of special arrows on the side.
Wan Yankang took the shooting sun, took a deep breath, pulled the bowstring, and looked at Temujin is an arrow!
When Yan Kang opened his bow, Temujin saw it from a distance and didn't care, but pointed to the city and laughed. There was a person beside him, and suddenly an alarm sign came to his heart, and he shouted: "Khan be careful!" ”
With that, the man jumped up from his horse and knocked Temujin off his horse.
Temujin was knocked down by his general, and was about to have a seizure, when he saw that this man was pierced through the chest by a large arrow, and his mouth was bleeding uncontrollably.
Wan Yankang's arrow did not achieve all the results, but it was enough to make people frightened. Temujin's own soldiers quickly protected Temujin, fearing that his own khan would make another mistake.
Seeing that this arrow failed to kill Temujin, Wan Yankang knew that the enemy would never give him such a good opportunity again. He simply did not look for Temujin, but continued to draw his bow and arrows, and pointed out the names of the people who looked like generals in the crowd of enemy soldiers.
For every arrow that goes down, at least one person falls off his horse. After firing an arrow, Temujin's army unconsciously retreated from the forward position.
And above the head of White Horse City, there was a loud cheer.
Wan Yankang threw the sun-shooting bow and yawned: "I didn't sleep well last night, Ben Shuai will make up for sleep!" After speaking, he walked down the city and went back to his house.
The soldiers at the head of the city all knew that the marshal had just gotten married last night, and when they heard this, they all laughed unconsciously.
Originally, due to the advent of the big war, the tense and solemn city suddenly became relaxed.
The person who knocked Temujin off the horse was named Chi Lao Wen, and he was a general with a large number of beggars. He was hit by an arrow, but before he could breathe, he struggled to wait for Temujin to come to his side, raised his finger and pointed at the head of the White Horse City: "Great Khan, speed... Quick ......"
Before he finished this sentence, Chi Laowen's fingers drooped, and he was completely silent.
Temujin fell in front of Chi Lao Wen and began to cry loudly. The army did not fire a single arrow, but it broke more than a dozen generals, which was a blow to Temujin. But for Temujin, who had been fighting in the south and north for decades, the general would inevitably die in battle, and he naturally understood this truth.
At this time, Temujin cried profusely, not for others, but for Chi Lao Wen.
Chi Lao Wen and Temujin met as a young man, at that time Chi Lao Wen originally belonged to the Tai Chi Wu tribe, and Temujin was imprisoned by the Tai Chi Wu tribe leader, but was rescued by Chi Lao Wen to survive. Chi Lao Wen and Temujin hit it off at first sight, and later attached themselves to Temujin, and for decades they have been loyal, accompanying him in the southern and northern wars, and making great contributions.
Temujin thought that he had been saved by Chi Lao Wen when he was a teenager, and today he was saved by Chi Lao Wen.
But the difference this time is that Chi Lao Wen has been separated from him forever!
Everyone on the side knew the relationship between Chi Lao Wen and Temujin, and it was difficult to persuade them at this time.
Temujin wept for a while and stood up. He wiped away the tears and ice slag from his face, pulled out a long arrow, snapped it off, threw it in front of him, and said fiercely: "If you don't break this city, I Temujin will not be a man!" ”
Folding an arrow as an oath is a very solemn oath among the Mongols. When the generals saw Temujin like this, their originally solemn expressions became a little heavier.
With Temujin's ruthlessness, the army of the Beggars began to officially attack the city!
The army of the beggars, because they were all cavalry, was not equipped with traditional siege weapons such as ladders or trebuchets.
But for White Horse City, a small city with a length and width of only five or six miles and a height of no more than one foot and five feet, an army of 300,000 is here, so what kind of siege weapons are used.
With a bow and arrows in his hand, he is enough to overwhelm the head of White Horse City!
Temujin's army first surrounded the White Horse City from the periphery, and then with an order, they all rode their horses to approach the city wall, and when they were eighty paces away, they began to draw their bows and arrows.
The defenders at the head of the city, because of their condescendingness, began to fire arrows one step earlier.
For a time, the arrows were on the periphery of White Horse City, obscuring the clouds and the sun.
As Temujin's army approached the city, distance was no longer a problem for both the attackers and the defenders. Both sides don't want money, and pour arrows into the opposing camp.
Shooting at each other is still a lot of advantage for the defending side. First, the warriors are condescending and the arrows are stronger. Second, because of the natural defense of the arrows of the city wall, very few arrows can hit people when they hit the head of the city.
What's more, there are countless shields on the head of the city, which can be reached by hand.
It's just that because of the cold weather, the soldiers on both sides are wearing layers of clothes, and if it weren't for the key arrows in the face and throat, and a few arrows stuck in their bodies, many people would feel like nothing happened.
The rain of arrows in the sky caused the damage was not too tragic.
But for the besieging side, there is still a place to suffer, and the horses are killed and wounded heavily!
Temujin looked at the head of the city from afar, and when he saw that the rain of arrows could not make a contribution, he waved his hand and shouted: "Negative soil!" ”
The 300,000 troops of the Qiyan Department were originally lightly armed. Because his whereabouts had been broken, Temujin simply slowed down, wasted four or five days, hoarded grain and grass, and gathered many herdsmen who could not migrate.
At this time, in the rear of his army, there were more than 100,000 herdsmen who were coerced.
Temujin gave the order, and the besieging army in front of him gave way to several passages on all sides, allowing these herdsmen to rush forward.
These herdsmen held a cloth bag in each hand, and had no armor, so they rushed straight to the city in the face of the rain of arrows. When Dalata saw this at the head of the city, he wondered why Temujin had sent these men to his death!
When Luo Hanhuai saw it, his heart was suddenly shocked, and he exclaimed: "Fill the city with negative soil!" ”
Most of the students in the first phase of the Divine Soldier reacted at this time. Temujin's tactic is extremely simple, it is to copy the strategy of Zhuge Wuhou back then, and fill the city with soil.
The Divine Soldier Cadets, when they were in training classes that year, had studied various classic battles in history. In the training, Wan Yankang also turned it into a game, allowing people to hold on to one side and conduct offensive and defensive drills.
In offensive and defensive battles, the attacker always relies more on siege equipment, while the defender, as long as the morale is high and the city is not lost, always takes a big advantage. Whether facing trebuchets, ladders, or battering rams, the defenders have a way to deal with them.
In the face of the method of filling the city with negative land, the defenders did not have a very good way to deal with it. Once the negative earth is successfully filled, the besieging side can quickly climb to the top of the city along the mound, and the difficulty of climbing the city decreases geometrically.
Even the cavalry, at this time, can directly kill the head of the city!
Although this method was created by Zhuge Wuhou, it is actually a stupid method. Because it depends on one person to throw a bag of earth until it is level with the city wall, I don't know how many lives will be lost in vain.
Generally speaking, the besieging side uses this method, but they are afraid that the city gate is not broken, and their own army has dispersed.
Although this method is good, it is rarely used!
And Temujin used this method at this time, because the person who used it was not his own warrior.
It's not your own person, no matter how many people die, what's the matter!