Chapter 19: A Little Try
The soldiers of the Qin army still climbed the ladder as if they were dead, and they were indomitable, all with red eyes, and regarded rushing to the wall as their only goal.
The Qin army also had a military army in the rear, with long swords, long halberds, and crossbow arrows, but their main task was to supervise the battle, but if the besieging troops dared to retreat or flee without authorization, they would be killed mercilessly.
"Everyone must hold on, King Han will definitely send reinforcements. However, the city was saved, and everyone was rewarded. Daniel Zhang, the commander of the Korean army, also personally came to the city to supervise the battle. In order to keep the city, he also resorted to iron-blooded means, but anyone who dared to slack off his work immediately cut off his head and show it to the public, forcing the Han army in the city to desperately release arrows.
A rain of arrows roared down, like locusts flying in the sky, and the soldiers of the Qin army under the city continued to fall with arrows, screaming one after another, but no one dared to escape.
Because of the strict military law of the Qin army, if a soldier escapes, he will not only be punished with capital punishment, but also affect his family.
The two armies fought fiercely for a day, and although the besieging side was tired, the pressure on the defending side was also great.
Daniel Zhang, the commander of the Han army, came from the family of Zhang Ping, the prime minister of Han Xiang, and was the same brother as Zhang Liang. He didn't expect the Qin army to attack violently with huge casualties. Although there is some confusion, but still faithfully and strictly defensive.
It wasn't until the evening that Meng Tian took Meng Yi to "visit" his father, General Meng Wu. This time, General Mengwu, as the deputy general of Duke Yingwei, was responsible for logistics and supply.
"Digging tunnels?" Meng Yi finally discovered that the soldiers in the back camp were secretly digging tunnels, "Isn't the Korean army defenseless?" ”
"The South Korean army must be on guard, but our army only relies on the sound of siege during the day as cover and rests at night. And the enemy army is difficult to detect during the day, but at night it does not find anything, and naturally the defense is reduced. Besides, we had already laid an ambush ten years ago, and we should be in the Roll City. Now it's finally time for the harvest. Meng Tian explained.
"Sun Tzu said: Those who are good at defending are hidden under the nine earths, and those who are good at attacking are moving above the nine heavens, so they can protect themselves and win all." Meng Yi sighed, "Tunnel siege is a very common method, but the more old-fashioned the method, it will often work. Of course, the premise is that the general knows how to use it flexibly and is good at paralyzing the enemy. ”
"That's right, didn't you notice that the trebuchets were attacking the walls during the day? It was a deliberate attempt to cause the walls to shake so that the enemy's method of monitoring the tunnels would fail. The enemy often thinks that we are trying to destroy the walls, so it is difficult to prepare for them. Meng Tian continued to remind, and added, "The fierce siege battles during the day are also to exhaust the enemy, and when the general attack is launched, you can get twice the result with half the effort!" ”
"Hey, it's a pity for those cannon fodder soldiers!" Meng Yi still couldn't treat thousands of lives as a child's play, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Cannon fodder? It feels weird, but it's a very apt word. Meng Tian's words changed, and a sentence suddenly popped up for no reason, "Do you know that our ancestors of the Meng family made their fortune by relying on the first merit of ascending the city?" ”
"The first achievement in the city?" When Meng Yi heard about this family history, he was immediately interested.
"Since ancient times, if ordinary people want to get ahead, they only need to fight with their lives. The ancestors of the Meng family relied on countless bloodshed and sacrifices in exchange for our current glory. Otherwise, it is our generation that acts as cannon fodder today. Meng Tian said with a lot of feelings.
"The times create heroes, and behind them are often full of blood, tears and bitterness, as has been the case since ancient times." Meng Yi could only echo the words.
Han Ran, the king of Han, was shocked to hear that the Qin army was attacking, and immediately sent the clan general Han Teng to lead an army of 10,000 elite soldiers to reinforce it quickly. Of course, the 10,000 Korean troops were only the vanguard of support.
Duke Yingwei also simply sent all of Chiang's cavalry out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.
The scouts of the Qin army, led by Meng Tian and Meng Yi, found Han Teng's reinforcements in Bison Town, a hundred miles away from Juan City, and the source of information was indispensable to the merits of the Black-clothed Guard and Tianji Pavilion.
Han Teng's reinforcements actually carried a large number of crossbow arrows and fierce fire oil. South Korea is feared by all countries with its famous weapon, the crossbow. The so-called "the strongest bows and crossbows in the world are all from South Korea", South Korea's crossbows can shoot 800 meters away, "those who are far away cover the chest, and those who are close are afraid of the heart". In addition, South Korea's swords are also extremely sharp, all of which are "cut off by cattle and horses on land, and intercepted by birds and geese in water", and "when the enemy is the enemy, he will cut the iron curtain". It was normal for Korean reinforcements to carry a large number of crossbow arrows. However, fierce fire oil is a rare strategic resource, and the reserves of various countries are very small. After all, the production area of fierce fire oil is scarce, and the production is low, and all countries cannot use it in large quantities.
"Why did Han Teng's reinforcements carry a large amount of fierce fire oil?" Meng Yi couldn't help but muttered in his heart, "Could it be that the Dragon Slayer King informed Korea in advance about the origin of fierce fire oil?" ”
When Meng Yi thought of the tragic scene of the Qin State being ambushed by the fierce fire oil, with deaths and injuries everywhere and mourning all over the field, the chill in his heart deepened.
"No wonder my grandfather encouraged me to go out with the black-clothed guards, I had expected some kind of accident." Meng Yi's heart was filled with infinite helplessness, "Sure enough, it was providence that made people, I was undoubtedly murderous, but the reality forced people to go crazy?" ”
"Big brother, follow my brother and I to live and die together!" Meng Yi shook off his thoughts and suddenly shouted with pride.
Five miles outside of Bison Town, somewhere in the woods. Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Wang Ben, Li Xin, Zhang Han and others gathered together.
"The enemy army has tens of thousands of horses, divided into five camps, east, west, north, south, and middle, with Bison Town as the center." Meng Tian briefly introduced the situation of the enemy army, "This station must be fought, otherwise when the crossbow arrows and fierce fire oil arrive in the city, our Qin army will definitely be defeated!" ”
"Let's get straight ahead, what are we going to do?" Wang Ben shouted impatiently. Wang Ben inherited his father Wang Qian's fierce general gene, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is afraid that he will not have any credit to stand up. And General Wang Jian obviously expected this, for fear that the newborn calf would not be afraid of the tiger, so he simply sent him to the cavalry unit, really for fear of making a mistake. It's really pitiful for the hearts of parents all over the world!
"I think it's better to wait for Gong Yingwei to send reinforcements over, five hundred against ten thousand, I haven't heard of this kind of play!" Li Xin and Zhang Han looked at each other and suggested in unison.
"I think there is a great possibility of success, after all, this is a hundred miles away from the city, and the enemy never imagined that we would attack. The enemy is tired and defenseless, so why shouldn't we fight? "The young Meng Yi is agitating the big guys, he doesn't want to return in vain, but the defeat of the Qin army will lead to a great change in history.
"Okay, the most timid Meng Yi said that he was capable! What else do we have to say? Done! Wang Ben hurriedly finished speaking, staring at Li Xin and Zhang Han.
"Well said! Done! Afraid of death is not the Great Qin masters! Who didn't expect that the most stable Meng Tian actually responded, and even spoke out to pamper everyone.
"It's done! Isn't that 10,000 people? Li Xin and Zhang Han glanced at each other and agreed.
"It's done! Wait for everyone to drink a bowl of gallant wine, and dare to break through any sword mountain and sea of fire! The young Meng Yi did not forget to add another fire.
Meng Yi automatically filtered out the words that everyone ridiculed him for being "timid", and instead took the initiative to lead people to check the terrain of Bison Town.
Originally, according to the plan, the two brothers, Meng Yi and Meng Tian, planned to sneak into Bison Town and set fire to the camp. However, the South Korean soldiers arranged the camp too densely, and many patrol soldiers were temporarily added. The two brothers tried many times, but they couldn't sneak into the town, and they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Seeing that it was almost time for the surprise attack, Meng Yi was a little breathless, and in a fit of anger, he led people to the upwind of the outer camp, lit dozens of fires separately, and then tied firecrackers to the tails of a group of snatched ploughing cattle.
The "crackling" firecrackers suddenly burst through the night sky, and dozens of cows were frightened and ran for their lives in the camp, and the sound of rumbling hooves was deafening.
The camp to the east of the Korean army was soon in chaos, and the raging fire was swept up by the wind, soaring several feet high, and the tents were quickly set on fire, and the fire reflected red for half the sky. Thousands of South Korean soldiers, who did not even bother to put on their clothes, rushed out of their tents with a bang, saw a fire everywhere, and mad cows running wildly everywhere, and some of them shouted incessantly:
"The Qin army is coming, the Qin army is coming, go and report to the general!"
"The Qin army is coming, run! If you don't run, you'll die! ”
"Quick, hide in town, hide in town!"
When the Korean soldiers, who were scurrying like headless flies, heard such a shout, they didn't think much about it at all, and rushed into the town one by one.
At this time, there was an earth-shattering sound of war drums outside the camp, and there were torches all over the mountains, like a sea of fire spreading rapidly to the camp, Meng Yi took more than 500 horses, each with a few torches, as far as possible to disperse the formation, and rushed towards the east camp of the Korean soldiers who were already in chaos.
Quick, must be fast! Meng Yi had clearly seen from the mountain that it was only the camp of the Korean soldiers to the east that caught fire, and if he could not enter the town with the rebel army from the east, tonight's attack would inevitably fail.
So be quick, be quick, be sure to bite the rout from the east and rush into the town!
The Qin soldiers under Meng Yi's command saw the heads of people all over the mountains, and their eyes turned red. The Qin army marched forward like a raging wind, completely ignoring that the enemy army was twenty times its own strength.
The Great Qin Dynasty was a social system of farming and warfare, with the old working at home and the young and strong fighting for the country. The twentieth rank is a product of the Shang Dynasty reform. In the era when there were not many farming methods, the quality of the harvest depended on God's face, and it was excellent to have the wind and rain in a good way, but in a famine year, it would be a crime. How can you get rich quickly? Violence, of course! Great Qin prohibits private fighting, and it is not advisable to rob the inside, and it is only under the call of the state to rob the enemy. Since then, Great Qin has attached great importance to military merits, and for the Qin people, the first level of the enemy is wealth, and the more enemies they kill, the more land they have, and their status will also be improved. The Qin people under this system were overjoyed when they heard the war, and they longed for the state to organize "group robbery" activities all the time, so that they could gain both reputation and money in the process of violence, so the Six Kingdoms were sad.