"Ready-go!"

Stones, bed crossbows, the kinetic energy they bring through the apparatus are thrown or projected, and after a short leap, they either slam into the city walls, or arrows penetrate the human body, penetrate the walls, and sink into the ground. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a big scene, the warships on the waterway of the Yangtze River are attacking, the equipment troops on the land are also attacking, the Jiangdu is surrounded on all sides, but the waterway in the south and the land in the east are the main attack of the double arrows, and the west and north are used as feints.

The entire river is completely besieged, and the surrounding woods have been cut down, and the timber will become siege ladders, sword and shield vehicles, and crash vehicles...... and other materials for equipment, and some relatively straight wood will also be selected as the crossbow arrows for bed crossbows.

There were too many siege engines being launched, so that there were no stones or crossbow arrows in mid-air, and such an offensive had been going on all morning, and it looked like it would continue in the afternoon, but the Han army had not yet sent soldiers for contact combat.

Xie An was allowed to enter the battlefield as an observer to watch closely, and he only brought four men, two of whom were retinues and the other two were guards.

After watching it in the morning, Xie An had to fall for the Han army's siege method, all because the Han army's siege equipment was really too much, and the Shijie defenders in Jiangdu shot a few waves of arrows at the beginning, and then they were simply suppressed so much that they couldn't raise their heads, and there was no counterattack.

"Why don't you put troops into the siege?"

"Not in time."

"What is the timing?"

"The total suppression lasts more time, resulting in a minimum of enemy morale."

At least a hundred catapults, and nearly 300 bed crossbows, were all concentrated in the eastern offensive, and this was only the land offensive of the Han army.

Nearly 70 boats lined up in two long queues on the Yangtze River waterway, and they took turns to shoot crossbows in the south of the river. Only a small number of the crossbow arrows that were fired hit the city wall because of the elevation angle, and more flew directly into the city, and at the beginning there were bursts of screams and wails, but there was no movement after a morning.

What does it mean to be wealthy? Xie An's view of the Han army's attack is the best embodiment.

It is not difficult to find stones by the river, but the arrows of the bed crossbow need to be made even if they can be made from local materials, and then the arrows need to be made, and the arrows of a bed crossbow are not cheaper than any cheaper.

In just one morning, the Han army fired more than 5,000 bed crossbows, and the walls of Jiangdu that were attacked on both sides were densely inserted, not to mention the crossbow arrows that were fired into the city.

There is no longer a defender of Shijie on the head of the city, and the Han army's stone-throwing carts and bed crossbows are still shooting endlessly, except for the explanation that it is fighting psychological warfare, there is really no other statement, but this kind of psychological warfare that costs a lot of money is estimated to be supported by the Han army, and if it were any other country or force, who would do this?

Xie An couldn't guess whether the Han army was such a siege method, or if it was deliberately doing it for them.

That's right, it's them, Xie An is close to observe, but there are a large number of Jin soldiers on the south bank of the Yangtze River who are also watching, the difference is that the distance on the other side is relatively far.

A war drum was beaten, and Xie An saw that there was a large group of soldiers in the Han army's main formation, and they were marching forward. From his point of view, he could recognize a large number of crossbowmen, followed by storming carts, siege ladders, and then light soldiers in the same formation.

The so-called light soldiers are the general name for the unarmored soldiers from the ancient pre-Qin to the present, but there are still more detailed distinctions in it, such as light infantry in the real sense, but there are also death squads, if the light soldiers are equipped with flying claws...... It is a tool with an iron hook and a rope noose, that is Xiaoguo, also known as a jumping soldier.

Xiaoguo is a praise for the brave and brave people who dare to die, to the Northern and Southern Dynasties only real warriors can get this title, but in the Yang Sui period became the general name of the volunteer soldiers who brought their own dry food.

"Flying Clawman?" Xie An said in a daze: "You're going to officially attack the city?" ”

The Clawmen are actually jumpers, designed to "go off the beaten path" and climb the walls. Looking at the flying claws carried on the shoulders of the jumpers, it can be seen that the claws have three iron hooks, the front end of the connecting iron hook is a rope sleeve that is wrapped together with the iron chain to form a twisted shape, and the back is composed of hemp rope. Of course, this is to prevent the claws from being cut off by the defenders on the city walls, but it will only be done if the forces are productive and financially sufficient, and the rest will not bother at all.

The stone-throwing cart and the bed crossbow did not stop firing because the Han army was advancing with troops, that is, the attacking troops were still relatively far away from the city wall, and there would be no accidental injuries at all at the appropriate distance.

It was only when the attacking troops approached the walls of Jiangdu about 300 paces that the stone throwing carts and bed crossbows stopped firing.

"Why don't you attack?" Xie An watched it for about half an hour before he couldn't hold back his voice: "There are no defenders on the city wall just now, so it can be attacked very easily." ”

"There's no hurry." Cheng Shuo said with a smile: "Just look at it." ”

After about a quarter of an hour, the horn sounded on the wall of Jiangdu, which was originally dead and silent, and there were gradually heads sticking out from behind the battlements and women's walls.

A heavy war drum was beaten, followed by a dense bangzi, and orders were constantly coming from the side of the military formation, and the next moment was a volley of ten thousand arrows.

Raindrops of arrows came in waves, and the rushing carts, siege ladders, and so on began to advance slowly, and the jumping soldiers rushed out of their own formation and began to scatter and charge.

Waiting for the jumpers to come within fifty paces of the wall, the crossbows that had been advancing while shooting began to move in both directions, and the armorers who followed behind began to speed up the frequency of their steps.

There are actually many types of troops that can be called armor, as long as they wear iron armor, they will be called armorers, but there are many distinctions, such as tower shield soldiers who focus on defense, great swordsmen who are used for steady advancement, sword and shield hands with shields and short soldiers, and so on.

The armor soldiers who joined the charge were all tower shield soldiers in front of them, followed by sword and shield soldiers, who would provide the necessary cover when the rushing carts began to crash into the city gates, and then build shields to see if they could organize a shield passage connecting the female wall above the city wall.

There were already jumping soldiers who had entered the city wall, and they did not throw their claws for the first time, but used the thick crossbow arrows inserted in the city wall to climb with skill, and in an instant, the city wall was hundreds of figures quickly ascending.

"......" Xie An somewhat understood why he could come: "Do you want to go down in one go?" ”

It was a textbook siege demonstration, in order to show the powerful siege strength of the Han army!

Cheng Shuo was smiling reservedly, not modest at all: "The number of Shijie Zhao troops in Jiangdu should be about three thousand, how long will it take for the Jin army to attack?" It only takes one day for our army to take it! ”

There were already jumping soldiers attacking the walls, and before that the crossbow troops were raising the elevation angle of their shots and throwing them into the city, and a dense scream and howling could be heard in the city.

Only under the premise of close cooperation, the melee soldiers are besieging the city, and the crossbowmen continue to shoot arrows. This may not be able to avoid accidental injury, but it has an absolute advantage in blocking the enemy's charge, and can even kill the enemy by surprise.

Jiangdu had been conquered by the Jin army not long ago, and that time it was Xie Anlai who commanded the troops to attack. It took them nearly a month to capture Jiangdu, and they paid nearly 3,000 casualties, but they killed and captured nearly 2,000 Shijie Zhao troops.

When the Eastern Jin Dynasty Xiao~Chao~ court ordered Yu Bing to abandon Jiangdu and retreat, Xie An ordered someone to set fire to burn Jiangdu thoroughly. He had a full understanding of Jiangdu, and originally thought that the Han army wanted to learn about the terrain and layout of Jiangdu from him, but no one asked at all.

The thud of the city gate collapsing told Xie An that no one would come to ask him anything about Jiangdu, because there was no need anymore.

"Maybe it won't take a day, just a morning?" Cheng Shuo has a reason to be proud, but he also knows a little, so he said: "In fact, there is your credit in it." ”

Xie An was silent, he knew what Cheng Shuo was referring to, it was nothing more than that he had burned Jiangdu.

There were already Han troops pouring into the city, and in an instant, bursts of shouts and killings came from the city, and it seemed that the Han troops in the north and west also began to attack, not a feint, but an attack in the real sense?

Xie An didn't know what the people watching on the other side were thinking, the only thing he was thinking about now was that the Han army quickly turned his attention to Shijie Zhao Guo, but he didn't have any thoughts of crossing the river to the south.

By almost noon, the city had fallen silent, and even some Han soldiers began to escort the prisoners of war before heading out of the city.

Xie An saw Guo Xiang, he knew and knew that Guo Xiang was the commander of the remnants of the Xuzhou army of Shijie Zhao, but he did not expect to become a prisoner of war of the Han army.

Even the main general became a prisoner of war, and it became a fact that the Han army won the capture of Jiangdu, just like Cheng Shuo just said, the Han army really didn't need to take a day, it was only about three hours to capture it, and ...... The casualties don't seem to be big?

Xie An didn't know a little because of the location, before the Han army's army attacked, the Jiangdu Shuizhai camp gate on the Yangtze River waterway had been breached, and it was actually the Han army's water army that entered Jiangdu City first, and it was the Han army's army that killed it.

A seemingly simple and short-lived city defense battle, the Han army gave full play to all its advantages, and any enemy army that could not compete with the Han army in long-range attack methods, and could not crack or defend it, would have a headache with the Han army, that is, how many people should die before hand-to-hand contact occurred.

[Once the strong crossbow of several eras of suppression is widely used, how to crack it? ] Yu Bing's face was full of frost, and the dispatch he watched was different from Xie An, Xie An watched the Han army's land attack the whole time, and he saw the attack of the Han army's ships: [The range of the battleship bed crossbow can reach two hundred and eighty steps, which is slightly less than the range of the strong crossbow, but it can be ...... And it didn't work. 】

The Jin army also has a bed crossbow, but the farthest range is only two hundred and twenty steps, don't look at the difference is only forty steps, this distance is a trench for many battlefields, indicating that every little bit of distance, push further but don't know how many people will fall, or can never advance even a little bit of distance.

"An army of nearly 20,000 has more than 5,000 crossbowmen, isn't that too proportional?" Zhang Heng's forehead was full of cold sweat, which was to imagine the scene when he fought with the Han army and was frightened by himself. He didn't wipe the sweat from his forehead, and his face was frightened: "How long do they have to prepare for each battle?" ”

It is said that there are so many crossbowmen, and the consumption of arrows must be very terrifying, so how long should you prepare and how many arrows should be prepared. Very simply, under normal circumstances, about 50,000 arrows will be consumed in a battle level war, which is the premise that crossbowmen only account for about 10% of the whole army, and if the proportion is higher, it will be adjusted upwards. In a campaign-level war, the number of arrows in reserve must not be less than 200,000, and even need to be constantly replenished, and in the end, a battle may have to shoot 300,000 or 400,000 arrows, or even more.

Is three or four hundred thousand arrows a lot? It is really a lot of countries, there is no national strength and productivity, three or four hundred thousand arrows may take three or five years to make, for example, the Eastern Jin Dynasty wants to reserve 400,000 arrows at least two years, Shijie Zhao needs at least five years, and the rest of the countries and forces are even longer, and I don't know if I can make this number.

However, the fact is that the Qin army consumed nearly 800,000 arrows in just one attack on Handan, the capital of Zhao, how shocking is that!

Those celebrities who insulted the Han army all the way shut up, and some generals and colonels with big families behind them had strange hearts in their eyes.

The Han army came, they showed their own strength, that is based on the Han army's offensive against the Shijie Zhao army, compared to the Jin army as the attacker, the Jin army may be victorious, but the offensive and defensive battle between the march and the Shijie Zhao army will be extremely tragic.

At this moment, someone came to report that the Han army forcibly detained Xie An.

“……”

At that moment, the people who heard the news of Xie An's detention were all stunned, they didn't forget that one thing, Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao were used as representatives of the past, and the two were also forcibly detained by the Han army?

While everyone looked at each other, some people were envious in their hearts, but their faces were angry, and more were weird.

Maybe they are wondering, why does Liu Yan love to detain people so much? It doesn't seem right, it should be someone who loves to detain the past on the side of the Eastern Jin Dynasty? It's still not right, the Eastern Jin Dynasty went to several waves before, but only Huan Wen, Yuan Qiao, and Xie An were detained, and although some of the rest of the children of the family were not treated very ceremoniously, didn't they come back safely?

[The people who are detained are all talented people! Liu Yan is eager for talents, but even if he is forcibly detained, he will slowly persuade him to be effective? 】

At that moment, more than one person was thinking that...... (To be continued.) )