Chapter 589: Outwitting Faith

Siege is always the best way to shake the faith of the defenders, and sometimes it is more effective than attacking and persuading surrender. If used properly, it can even make the enemy collapse without a fight, or abandon the city and flee, or simply open the city and surrender.

It's just that now this method has a weak effect, and there are generals like Ali Hague in the city to guard it, and there are nearly 70,000 elite people stationed there, so you can't pin your hopes on it, and you can only use it as the last straw that crushes the Yuan people.

Therefore, Shi Bin still planned to focus on how to cooperate with the city to open the city gate and capture Xinde at the lowest cost.

In the handsome tent, Shi Bin sat down, Xu Feng stood behind him, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Wang San sat on the left and right, and twenty heavily armed guards stood around him, all solemn.

"What do you think about taking the gates with the rest of the city?" Shi Bin asked.

"Handsome, it's not good." Wang San said very bluntly.

"Why? Explain why. ”

"If there are not enough troops in the city, and the generals defending the city are only young, we can use this method to attack the city, and we will definitely go down in one go, but now it is not suitable."

Hearing this, Shi Bin's face sank and said, "According to what you mean, the shadows we laid before are useless?" ”

Knowing that Shi Bin had misunderstood, Wang San didn't want to burn himself because of this, so he immediately explained that it was not that the shadows were useless, but that it was not yet useful.

'It's not time to use it', Shi Bin vaguely understood what Wang San meant, so he turned on Wang San with a good face and continued to speak, and apologized to him.

"Dashuai, although we are overwhelmed, in fact, the Yuan people have not suffered a big defeat, so their morale is still very strong. Moreover, the defenders of Sindh have been preparing for half a month, and it is difficult for us to succeed in a sneak attack, so it is probably not appropriate to use our shadows in the city in a hurry, and it will be a big waste. Wang San explained carefully.

Although I hate being so aggrieved, I must admit that Wang San is right, it is indeed a big waste to use this secret when the Yuan people are winning. Maybe the city gate will not be taken at that time, but the people who have worked hard will be folded in vain.

"Okay, then don't use the Yuan general to do it for the time being, let him continue to lie dormant and obey orders." Shi Bin said.

I am very happy that Shi Bin can judge the gains and losses with a clear mind, Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi all smeared honey on their mouths and praised him for his ability to dominate the world...

After listening to these words too much, he became immune, and he was not excited at all, Shi Bin just said calmly: "You help me think about how to attack the city to reduce the loss?" ”

"Dashuai, I think the first thing to do is to suppress their morale. And the best way to demoralize the enemy is to beat them into fear. Therefore, we should concentrate most of the firearms to attack one door. Although most of them can't break through this gate, the huge casualties can also make the Yuan people tremble, and gradually wear down their morale. Seishh suggested.

"That's right! We should attack the weaknesses of the other with our own strengths, although it is a waste to do so, but the strong contrast between our very few casualties and the huge casualties of the Yuan people will definitely make our morale stronger and their morale will be polished faster! Jia Ling said with a laugh.

"Okay, then don't take care of the ammunition reserves, give me a wild fight, even if you can't hit a city gate, you will have nightmares for the Yuan people to sleep!" Shi Bin smiled gloomily, "Grind him for ten days and a half months first."

Go ahead. ”

Ten days passed soon, and in fact, the casualties of the Yuan people in the city were only 6,000, which was not much. However, the Song army besieging Sindh suffered fewer casualties, no more than 1,000 people. It stands to reason that in a siege battle, the besieging side will suffer a big loss, and the defending side will take advantage. Now the situation has been reversed, which has greatly damaged the morale of the Yuan people.

Therefore, although the strength of the Yuan people has not been damaged much, the morale has decreased a lot, which makes Ali Hague a little restless. In order to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers, he went to the city wall several times to command the battle, but unfortunately it was useless. If it weren't for the very large number of troops and the fact that there were no mistakes in his command, I am afraid that Sindh would have fallen long ago.

Shi Bin was very satisfied with this situation, but he was also a little worried. He was afraid that Ali Hague would soon ask for help from Arahan, and if Arakhan was also a person who put the overall situation first, he would immediately send troops to help, then he would be attacked from both sides.

So on the eleventh day of the siege, Shi Bin held another combat meeting.

"Now that the morale of the Yuan people has plummeted, do you think you can call the city gate to be opened?"

"Shuai, please think twice, it's still not a good time." Wang San said again.

Expecting what Wang San would say, Shi Bin didn't plan to use the city to respond, but he said what he thought in his heart, afraid that Ali Hague and Arakhan would join forces to flank the army.

"Marshal, please don't worry, Ali Hague is also a general of the Yuan people, and he will never ask for help if he is not besieged for a few months, and there are no casualties. What's more, the 70,000 soldiers in the city have not been killed or injured, how can they have the face to ask for help? If he really asks for help, then he Ali Hague will no longer have the face to lead the army. Wang San smiled and said, "Dashuai, this time you didn't judge the situation well and were a little anxious." ”

"That's right." Shi Bin smiled awkwardly, "But just in case, let's think of a good way to break the city first." The faster this faith breaks, the better it will be for us. ”

Although they did not approve of Shi Bin's use of the city's internal response, Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi all agreed with Shi Bin's words. So I didn't end the meeting, but continued to think of a way.

After thinking about it for less than a quarter of an hour, everyone was fine, and they didn't frown, but Shi Bin's stomach screamed uncontrollably. Before dinner, his stomach barked, which made Shi Bin feel very embarrassed. It's easy to be used as a joke and say you're a wine bag, even though it's not.

But it's already happening, and if you want to save face, you have to come up with a good idea right away. This pressure is the driving force, and with this pressure, Shi Bin really frowned and thought about it and came up with a good way.

Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, who were just about to laugh at Shi Bin, saw that Shi Bin's face suddenly changed and felt that something was wrong, so all three of them swallowed the sneering words in their mouths.

"You just wanted to laugh at me, didn't you?" Looking at Wang Sansan's unnatural smiles, Shi Bin smiled, "But I'm afraid it won't work." Because I came up with a good way to break the city. ”

"Husband, please speak." Jia Ling immediately looked at it and said.

"We can eat at least half a catty of rice a day while we are sitting here, and there is still oil and water. How much food do the soldiers of war who can only eat dry food eat in a day? I'm afraid it won't work without a pound. Shi Bin said slowly, "Now there are more than 60,000 people in the city, and they have to eat more than 500 and nearly 600 stone of grain a day. It can be seen that there must be a large amount of grain in the city, and I think we might as well start from here. ”

can be regarded as understanding what Shi Bin meant, this is to burn grain again, and give the Yuan people a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

"Great

Shuai, this is a wonderful plan, but we still have to figure out where the Yuan people in the city put the grain and grass. After all, we have already used this strategy, and Ali Hague is a general, so he will not fail to pay attention to these. It's not good to act easily. Wang San was worried that Shi Bin would easily order and immediately dissuade him.

"Understand, Wang San, don't worry, I won't do it until I figure out the situation, so as not to startle the snake. In this way, Xu Feng, you sent someone to contact the city and ask him to find out the specific situation of the food in the city. ”

With an order, the answer came within two days: there were 120,000 stone of grain in the city, and even if it was surrounded by water, the Yuan people could support it for half a year. Moreover, Ali Hague was very cautious, and distributed these grains in five places, all of which were very close to the city wall, and could not be returned to the artillery bombardment.

This answer was not unexpected by Shi Bin and the others, and naturally it did not make them sad, but they just admired Ali Hague's cunning and cunning.

"Xu Feng, did the people in the city say anything?" Shi Bin asked.

"Back to my lord, the general said that if the commander wants to attack him, he will be ready to respond, and now the soldiers in the city are no longer so strong. He can also help the adults set fire to the city, mess up the faith, and help the adults to attack the city. ”

looked at Shi Bin's face, obviously dissatisfied with this answer. Xu Feng thought about it again and said, "From time to time, he complained that Xinde City was not well repaired, and there were at least three dog holes under one city wall. ”

After hearing Xu Feng's words, Shi Bin couldn't stop laughing and was ecstatic.

"Okay, good, so many dog holes are really good, God bless me Shi Bin!" After laughing, Shi Bin immediately said: "Order the people in the city to mark the approximate location of the dog holes, and we will dig those small holes into passages!" I'd love to see how Moto-jin looked when he was killed in bed. ”

Inconspicuous dog holes were discovered, and Shi Bin sent people to the city late every night to construct them, digging small holes one by one into passages convenient for soldiers to enter.

In order to keep Ali Hague from being suspicious, Shi Bin's attacks have become more fierce in the past few days, not only with guns and cannons, but also with a lot more soldiers engaged in white-knuckle battles. It looks like he wants to capture Sindh regardless of casualties.

This situation is what Ali Hague wants to see the most, and fighting a war of attrition with the defenders is the most stupid thing to do, and Shi Bin is doing it, which shows that he is no longer rational and no longer terrifying.

You attacked like this for five days in a row, and the casualties of Shi Bin's army soared, with nearly 4,000 casualties in just five days. Shi Bin felt pain in his heart when he saw this battle report, but the passage could be dug in one day, so in order not to lose a big one, Shi Bin could only endure it.

The passage was finally dug, and Shi Bin and the city should agree to launch a surprise attack in the early morning of the next day. Shi Bin sent 900 elites into the city from twelve dog caves to set fire to grain, and Neiying opened two city gates in the south and west to meet Shi Bin's army.

It's just that there is a riot in the city, but looking at the fire in the granary, no one is not panicking. Although the Yuan people tried their best to extinguish the fire and save the food, but this was a well-planned arson, no matter how powerful the Yuan people were, how many stones of food could be left?

Seeing that the chaos in the city had become a pot of porridge, Shi Bin laughed wildly again, and ordered the fire to burn for another quarter of an hour before attacking the city with all his might.

When the attention of the Yuan people in the city was all attracted by the fire, the city gate suddenly opened, and a large number of Song troops poured into the city. The Yuan army, which was only concerned with fighting fires and was in chaos, lost its armor and soon became a one-sided massacre.

In order not to force the Yuan people and dogs to jump over the wall and burn the jade, Shi Bin ordered the north gate not to intercept the fleeing Yuan army, and to enter the city first to take the entire Xinde.