Chapter 426: Defeat

In the end, the Han army did not really attack the city on this day, the so-called siege of the city, just to annihilate the more than 10,000 Jin troops, and eliminate the living force of the Jin army, which is more meaningful than breaking through the city, which is the guiding ideology given to the marshals before the Han Emperor set out on the expedition.

The land area of the Jin State is very large, but the population is very small, and the economy itself is not as good as that of the Han Dynasty, so maintaining a regular army of 500,000 is already the limit, and of course, there are 200,000 or 300,000 vassal troops. But once the regular army is defeated and destroyed, the vassal army will make a gorgeous turn in a blink of an eye and become the gravedigger of the Jin Kingdom.

Although the number of 500,000 regular troops has not changed much, but from the beginning of those brave and good warriors, it has gradually become nearly half of the indiscriminate filling, fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys have been pulled into the team to make up the number, in fact, the real combat effectiveness, and the Han army, only the 100,000 Jin army in Linhuang Mansion, and the 200,000 Jin army in Huining Mansion, the others are just making up the number, and the combat effectiveness is not even as good as the previous weak Song army, this is the current situation of the Jin State, strong outside and middle, in fact, far from the opponent of the Han Dynasty, It's just that Wan Yanliang didn't realize the crisis.

There are only 70,000 left in the city, in this case, as long as the Han army attacks the city at any cost, and the casualties continue to increase, Pucha Ahudie will definitely let the 100,000 vassal troops on the periphery come to the rescue, in that case, the Dragon Wing Army can show its skills.

Although he had never seen the Dragon Wing Army fight, Yue Fei believed that the Dragon Wing Army created by the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty was definitely the most powerful army in the world, destined to sweep the world.

The 50,000 Dragon Wing Army will definitely be able to defeat the 100,000 vassal army, at this time, the vassal army must have no loyalty at all, and after defeat, it will either surrender or be defeated, and it will definitely not die in a bloody battle.

In this battle, a complete victory, Niu Gao and Yue Fei began to summarize the battle, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, the intensity of the Han army's attack was not enough, and the advance speed was not fast enough, otherwise the last more than 10,000 gold troops could be completely annihilated.

How to increase the intensity of the attack has become something that Niu Gao and Yue Fei have to summarize now, and of course Cao Meng is also thinking about this matter.

The increase in offensive intensity cannot be at the cost of increasing the mortality rate, such intensity is self-destruction of the Great Wall, and Yue Fei will never agree to it. When it is spread to the capital, the Son of Heaven will definitely not allow it, everyone knows this.

The argument lasted until the middle of the night, and finally Cao Meng said: "Speed, you can only use speed to increase strength, in addition, the cooperation between the arms, the conversion still needs to be accelerated." For example, when the Shenwei artillery was powerful, our soldiers were also confused, and the speed of advance could not keep up at all. Of course, this can't be complained about the soldiers not being able to keep up with the rhythm, the key is that we ourselves have not figured out how to work together, which must strengthen the practice. However, we will start fighting separately from tomorrow, you are the siege, we are the encounter. Our tactics are destined to not be the same, about the siege, my personal advice is that the thunder is loud, the rain is small, to make the Jin army look menacing, in fact, not so fierce, this is a war of attrition, as long as the vassal army outside ends the battle, then the Jin army in the city will be desperate, and if the city is broken again, the casualties will be smaller. ”

Yue Fei said with a smile: "Linhuang Mansion is actually just a template for us to drill and attack Huining Mansion, so it should be regarded as a military exercise. However, the Dragon Wing Army participated in the war for the first time, hoping to play majestic. There are great opinions in the Tang Army about the Dragon Wing Army, you must know that the pressure on the Son of Heaven is also very great, in this battle, if the Dragon Wing Army is tepid, then the opposition in the army will be even greater. After all, King Han's invincible record in the world has become a mirror, so not only to win, but also to win beautifully, the burden on your shoulders is not light. ”

"Don't worry, we are destined to become famous, we have long been ready for battle, just waiting for this day to come."

The outside world doesn't know the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Wing Army, but Cao Meng knows it, he knows that the Dragon Wing Army is to fight fast and crush the enemy like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. On the battlefield, when the cavalry is engaged, speed is the magic weapon to win, and how to play your own style becomes the key to victory.

Summary, the Han army camp is summing up, but the Jin army in the city is the defeated side, but there is nothing to summarize, Pucha Ahudie is in extreme chagrin, he feels that the Han army is too cunning, he has been tricked, in fact, the Han army is not so strong, and the Jin army is not so weak.

In addition to being annoyed, it is necessary to do a good job in the defense of the city the next day, it is obvious that the Han army, which has won a great victory, will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the next day will definitely attack the city quickly.

Defending and besieging a city is a complex of contradictions, a contest of stratagems. Pucha Ahudie began to calculate what the Han army would attack the next day, and how the Jin army should defend the city.

The Han army was all focused on siege equipment, coming to take the lead, occupying the initiative on the battlefield, and attacking the city with all its might. Or the traditional routine siege of the city, you must know that no matter what the idea, it is a vicious battle.

Siege equipment is destined to be only the most powerful auxiliary to siege warfare, after all, siege warfare ultimately requires soldiers to attack the city, and soldiers to enter the city from the city gate, otherwise, no matter how much siege equipment there is, it is useless.

The traditional siege mode has always been supplemented by siege equipment, and soldiers are mainly attacking the city, because this kind of siege can bring deterrence to the defender, and only in the defensive battle will mistakes and fighters can be found. If all the energy is focused on the siege equipment, the pressure to defend the city will be much less, and in the end it will not be able to control the situation.

Siege, this day is obviously not a good weather, lightning and thunder, strong winds, torrential rain, dark clouds cover the sun, such weather, in the eyes of ordinary people is not suitable for siege, because at this time the siege requires more than twice or more effort than usual.

Siege, in such weather, Yue Fei still chose to attack, because in his opinion, the opportunity was equal for both sides. The attacking side cannot use firearms, artillery, and the fatigue of the soldiers increases, and the speed of the attack slows down. But on the other hand, the defender of the city can not get a little cheap, because of the rain, the bowstring will be affected, the impact of the bow and arrow is greater, it is difficult to use the bow and arrow to suppress the attack under the city, from this point of view, the two sides are equal, it depends on who fights more skillfully.

Niu Gao personally commanded the siege battle of this day, Dong Xian took the lead in leading the troops to charge the front, and 10,000 soldiers were divided into two teams to forcibly attack the city.

On rainy days, the ground is muddy, and the siege equipment is difficult to push to the head of the city, at this time, the only thing that the Han army can cover the attack of the soldiers is only the catapult, although the stones transported are not very many, but this battle is still dominated by catapults, and the soldiers who are not afraid of death are like tigers out of the cage rushing to the head of the city of Linhuang Mansion.

Sure enough, due to the rain, the bow and arrow were damp, and the shot was weak and weak, and it was difficult to cover the city with a bow and arrow to suppress the siege of the Han army, even if it was with rolling wood and thunder stones, the effect was not very good. In the heavy rain, the Jin army, which was watered by the rain like a chicken in the soup, obviously had no will to fight, after all, it had only experienced a crushing defeat yesterday, and this situation was indeed very difficult to defend in the face of the Han army's siege like a wolf and a tiger.

Soon, the Han army, which was not afraid of death, rushed to the head of the city, and the two sides launched a fierce battle for the head of the city.

The brutal battle for urban investment is definitely the most real experience of the will to fight and personal combat effectiveness.

One side is the Jin army that has experienced a crushing defeat and is obviously lacking in the will to fight, although it is brave and good at fighting, but when the cavalry fights, in fact, in the foot battle, especially in the defense of the city, it is obviously insufficient, because close combat is not only physical strength, but also fighting skills, the desire to kill, these Jin troops still can't catch up with the Han army.

Riding skills are not as good as the Jin army, this is the biggest shortcoming of the Han army, and the riding and archery cannot catch up with the other party. What the Han army can do is to train the soldiers' fighting skills, and hand-to-hand combat is the most basic skill of the Han army, and it is the foundation of the Han army's survival.

Siege warfare was the most trained offensive method of the Han army. Close combat is the Han army, especially the infantry of the most capable combat skills, this group of wolf-like soldiers after advocating the city, like a group of crazy hungry tigers are not afraid of life and death to launch round after round of two attacks on the Jin army, the two sides launched a white-edged battle, killing the sky and the dark, the whole city head corpses are all over the field, blood flowed like a river, it has become a hell on earth.

The soldiers of the Han army made a living from military exploits, and for them, if they wanted to live a good life, they could only kill, kill, kill, and kill the enemy without their lives. This is a bit similar to the Qin army of the tiger and wolf division in history.

In hand-to-hand combat, the will to fight is often the most important, and the wolf-like Han army frantically rushed to kill, killing the Jin army again and again.

The Han army attacked the city, beyond Pucha Ahudie's expectations, after the Han army killed the city, it was harmonious and brave and good at fighting, which was even more unexpected by this guy, at this time, what he could do was to constantly deploy troops to stop the Han army from wreaking havoc on the city.

In this battle, the Han army's fierce combat effectiveness was fully displayed, far surpassing the Jin army, and it was really unclear who attacked and defended on both sides of the war.

In the siege battle, Yue Fei never expected to conquer the city in a battle, but he wanted to tell the soldiers of the Han army through this battle that the invincible in this world was not the Jin army but the Han army. It is even more necessary to insert a needle in the heart of the Jin army, the Han army can easily attack the city, and it is only a matter of time before Linhuang Mansion is conquered. also told Pucha Ahudie that if there were no reinforcements, Linhuang Mansion would not be able to hold it no matter what.

This battle is a siege war, but also psychological warfare, the bloody battle lasted until dark, the Han army besieging the city was withdrawn, when the number of people was celebrated, the casualties of the Han army exceeded two thousand, which is also a big number, but thinking that there was no siege equipment to cover, killing the city for nearly a day, this casualty can almost be ignored, you must know that the Jin army casualties are more than three thousand, this contrast is shocking.

Generally in siege warfare, the casualties of the defending side are much smaller than those of the besieging side, and the casualty ratio is basically one to two, and now it has become three to two, which is equivalent to the number of casualties of the Jin army has increased by three times, and this gap is a great blow to the psychological state of the Jin soldiers.

Siege, what you want is an uninterrupted siege, but in this era, most of the soldiers still have night blindness, and it is unrealistic to attack at night, especially the siege, otherwise the Han army will attack the city overnight, but the siege during the day will continue.

After successive defeats, Pucha Ahudie finally lost his patience, and he ordered 100,000 vassal troops outside the city to quickly come to the aid of Linhuangfu.

Rushing to the aid of Linhuang Mansion, the issuance of this order announced the destruction of 100,000 vassal troops, which was equivalent to Pucha Ahudie's personal destruction of these 100,000 vassal troops.

If it goes on like this, Linhuang Mansion can't hold it, Pucha Ahu has the idea of retreating, but this idea is fleeting, withdraw the army, withdraw there, now it is a war to destroy the country, and if you can't stand Linhuang Mansion, you can only withdraw to Huining Mansion, but how can the irascible Son of Heaven allow this kind of behavior to happen.

With no way out, Pucha Ahudie decided to stick to Linhuang Mansion, after all, there are still 100,000 vassal troops on the periphery, so that the total strength still exceeds that of the Han army, and there is still a possibility of victory.

On rainy days, the Han army's attack is so sharp, in this case, Pucha Ahudie knows that as long as the sky clears, the Han army's attack will be more ferocious, and if you want to hold Linhuang Mansion, you must increase the intensity when defending the city, and you must fight hard to repel the attack of the Han army.

The next day, unexpectedly, the Han army did not kick off the siege, which made Pucha Hudie feel puzzled, not only that, but on the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth days, the Han army did not kick off the siege, as if the Han army was no longer attacking.

The greatest benefit of the attacking side is to occupy the initiative in the war, to fight whenever you want, and you do not need to be ready at any time, which is conducive to the control of the entire occupation, and the fatigue of the soldiers can recover quickly.

The saddest thing for the defender of the city is to maintain a high degree of attention at all times and prevent the enemy from attacking the city at any time, which not only consumes energy and physical strength, but also makes the soldiers slack off, and gradually relax their vigilance. Danger often comes unexpectedly, when you least expect it.

Sure enough, the day of the seventh day was peaceful, and the tired Jin army rested early, and they had to make good use of the night rest to meet the daytime war, after all, the siege battles in this era were all in the daytime, and the pressure to defend the city was in the daytime.

On the second watch, twenty Shenwei cannons were slowly rolled out, and they kept pushing through the moat, and the speed was very slow, and under the cover of night, they did not disturb the Jin army defending the city at all.

The moat has long been filled, although there has been no siege in the past few days, but the Han army has not been idle, they are filling the moat, this time, the Jin army did not rush out to stop it, as if they did not see the Han army filling the moat at all. It's not that I don't want to stop it, but I can't stop it at all, as long as the Jin army leaves the city, it will be annihilated 100%, in this case, I can only watch the Han army fill in the moat.