Chapter 4 Trench Filling

The watchtower is very high, the wind is not small, and Zhang Xuan's ears only have the sound of the wind eating the flag.

The watchtower is four zhang high, it is a high platform at all, there are three pairs of wheels below, you can push it away, the first layer above the car is a high platform, and the high platform of more than one meter is like a base. The top four thick logs were fixed, and there was a small platform on top of it, with only room for two people to stand.

There was also a flag on it, which was blown by the wind. On the banner is a big "Yuan" character.

Originally, there was no such a high watchtower, and the watchtower was generally only one or two zhang high, but Zhang Xuan strongly demanded that the watchtower must be flush with the opposite city wall, and at least the transfer on the city wall could be seen. That's why this one was made.

When Zhang Xuan first came up, he didn't dare to get on it, for fear that this thing would suddenly collapse.

How many times Zhang Xuan has almost died and survived, but he died on this thing, it is too ridiculous.

However, he still underestimated the ancients' attainments in carpentry.

The watchtower is anchored to the ground by eight ropes, and it is not immovable. But in the wind, Zhang Xuan did not feel shaken. That's it.

Zhang Xuan is in this position, and he can have a full view of all the situations on the battlefield. It can be described as an unobstructed view.

In his eyes, countless people formed four or five long lines, these people stood scattered at a distance from the artillery fire of the sheep and horse wall, and then passed through the passage formed by the boxcars to the back of the bottom shield cart in front of the formation, and then rushed out behind the shield cart and poured the earth into the trench.

The so-called boxcar is the name given by Zhang Xuan.

This car has no bottom, only a roof and side flaps. Assemble a corridor.

However, this corridor is not very reliable, and from time to time shells come from all corners.

Some of them were bounced open by the hardwood baffle because they ran out of strength, and some were directly pierced by the shells, and then killed more than a dozen people. In the face of this situation, it is just a matter of replacing the damaged boxcar.

Human life is worthless.

Zhang Xuan felt that there were no other changes in the war, and there was no intention of the officers and soldiers to fight back. He came down from the watchtower.

"How?" Yuan Shizhong is below.

Due to the limited space above the watchtower, Zhang Xuan did not dare to let the two of them go up at the same time, so Yuan Shizhong waited below.

Zhang Xuan said: "It seems that there is no doubt that there is a battle under the city wall in the city. In a day or two, we will be able to reach the city. ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "Just now, King Chuang and Luo Shuai sent people to watch the battle, and it is estimated that our situation here has already spread to Yan Lizhai and Hengchipu. There is not much movement in Luo Shuai, but on King Chuang's side, he has already begun to pick up bricks. We are not speeding up the process. ”

The trench is not impassable.

There are many ways to get through the trench, and filling the trench is the stupidest, at least Li Zicheng didn't use this method.

Li Zicheng directly built some trench bridge cars, which were about two zhang long, pushed into the trench, and directly fell into it, becoming a bridge. The brigade of rebels rushed across this bridge. The old three who began to break into the camp and siege the city, digging bricks, digging the city, and bombarding.

And the city wall of Kaifeng City has been ripped off again, and the current city bricks have just been built, and only in critical places, such as the city gate, and the corner of the city are covered with bricks, which is much easier. It is estimated that within a day or two, the camp and the official army will be in close contact with the second attack on Kaifeng.

However, Zhang Xuan also knew that the plan to break into the camp would not be as desperate as the last time.

There is already a trace of cowardice towards Kaifeng City.

This attack is just a routine, and there is no meaning to fight the old book.

Zhang Xuan said: "Fighting fast does not mean that you are fighting well, Kaifeng, a fortified city, cannot be fast, you must take your time." ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "Okay." ”

In fact, Yuan Shizhong didn't mean to speed up at all.

Even if those who died on the battlefield were not Yuan Shizhong's descendants, they were also Yuan Shizhong's strength, and Yuan Shizhong was unwilling to let these people sacrifice in vain. Yuan Shizhong knew about Zhang Xuan's overall plan to attack Kaifeng, and the two had talked about it many times in the past few days.

Yuan Shizhong was most satisfied with Zhang Xuan's plan in that there were more preparations and fewer casualties. And it is very powerful, even if he breaks into the camp to supervise the battle, he will not say that Xiao Yuanying does not sell his life.

For Yuan Shizhong, the most important thing in this battle is not whether Kaifeng can be conquered, but training. And Zhang Xuan's plan is exactly what Yuan Shizhong meant.

Fight slowly, not in a hurry, only there is enough food, Yuan Shizhong is willing to use Kaifeng City as a whetstone. Grind it down slowly.

Gao Mingheng, Huang Shu, Sang Kai, on the north city gate. Looking at the deep trench that was about to be filled several times, he sighed and said, "Call all the sons and daughters." ”

Huang Shu said: "My lord, is the sheep and horse wall enough to defend it? ”

Gao Mingheng said: "I know that the sheep and horse wall can fight, but we don't have so many people who dare to fight. ”

Gao Mingheng's words are in the middle of Kaifeng's shortcomings.

There are not enough elite soldiers, in Kaifeng City, there seems to be an army of 100,000, but counting these troops, there are monks and soldiers in the Great Xiangguo Temple, there are temple soldiers in the mosque, there are soldiers in various squares, and the pacesetters of the governor of Henan in the famous Heng, etc., except for Chen Yongfu, thousands of sharp soldiers, there is the power of field battles with thieves, and the rest of the army, but there is the merit of defending the city.

Although the sheep and horse wall under the city is strong, those who stick to it behind the sheep and horse wall are already rare elite people except Chen Yongfu. The sheep and horse wall is always inferior to the Kaifeng city wall.

"Yes." Huang Shu couldn't suppress Gao Mingheng, and just glanced at Sang Kai fiercely

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Before Gao Mingheng came to inspect, there was a dispute between Huang Shu and Sang Kai.

Sang Kai believed that it was not necessary to put these soldiers on the sheep and horse wall. However, the delay of a day or two will result in greater casualties. The gains outweigh the losses. It's just that Sang Kai's qualifications and identity can't be compared with Huang Shu at all.

After Gao Mingheng came, it was the final word.

Huang Shu said: "Lord Gao, do you think that the lower officials should set up social soldiers? ”

Gao Mingheng said: "Social soldiers? ”

Huang Shu said: "Kaifeng City is rich in the world, and there are dozens of families with more than one million family assets, and protecting Kaifeng City is also to protect their net worth." They should be ordered to produce their own children as officers of the social soldiers, and recruit the heroes of Bianliang as pawns. The Bianliang scholars are also officials, and they know the righteousness of the family and the country, and they are motivated by loyalty and filial piety. Can be a pawn. It doesn't cost the government a grain of rice to raise a capable army. ”

Gao Mingheng's heart moved slightly.

Gao Mingheng also understood that Huang Shu's opinion had actually collected the Ding Nursing Home of a large family in Kaifeng City.

After all, if the children of the main family are recruited as officers, how can the family rest assured that they will hand over the only seedlings in the family, and they will inevitably send someone to protect them. Moreover, the scholar is an officer, which also makes Gao Mingheng feel something, after all, the unreliability of the soldiers in these years is known to the world.

Even if it is Chen Yongfu, he is not the kind of domineering person. But Gao Mingheng also wants to have a reliable force in his hands.

With scholars as officers, Gao Mingheng doesn't know if this army can fight, but it must be very reliable. However, now Gao Mingheng has just knocked out a large sum of silver from the rich man, and now he is doing it again, which is a little too ugly. And if the thieves entered the last time and stayed under Kaifeng City for half a month, with the current ability of Kaifeng City, it would be enough to maintain, and there were enough soldiers.

Gao Mingheng said: "This matter is slow first. ”

"Yes." Huang Shu said. It's just that he said this in his mouth, but he was not very willing in his heart.

At the order of Gao Mingheng, the soldiers behind the sheep and horse wall retreated into Kaifeng City one after another.

Although there are still artillery interfering with the trench filling from time to time, the speed of the trench filling is still greatly increased, but it is getting late, and in addition, the amount of work for the trench filling is not small. Therefore, the army was stopped to repair the war, and the next morning, more people stepped forward and spent three full days filling in the trenches and bulldozing the sheep and horse walls. From Xiaoyuan Ying to Kaifeng City, nearly ten miles away, there is no longer any obstacle.

Breaking into the camp and opening the city is not overcome, and the intensity is reduced, and the meaning of routine is very clear. And on this day, Zhang Xuan's nearly half a month of preparation was finally pulled out and unveiled.

The walled wall on the south side of Xiao Yuan's camp was all bulldozed, and countless large and small siege equipment were pushed out of Xiao Yuan's camp. The small one is just like a shield car, the big one has two or three layers, at least two or three zhang high, and the largest one has five floors, which is as high as the Kaifeng city wall, four zhang and five feet high.

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