Bailiyan (Wei Xian) has stayed in the Jin army, the training level of the Jin army is actually no worse than that of the Xian army, and the logistics support of the Jin army is more adequate than that of the Xian army, and the total amount of meat is also large, plus there are no frequent wars, and the men are the best of the best, so the soldiers are more strong.

Therefore, the combat strength of individual soldiers is above that of the Xian army, and most of the soldiers of the Xian army are the remnants of the war in the past few decades, and the race has declined, coupled with the long-term exploitation, oppression and malnutrition, the overall quality of the race is not the opponent of the Jin people.

But the Jin army's battle is not good, especially large-scale battle, which is the shortcoming of the Jin army. In short, organization, coordination, and team battles are not good, and there is no strong sense of large groups, not a simple group team, but the ability of tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people to coordinate, organize, and schedule.

It's not just that the ability at the general level is insufficient, but the middle and lower-level military attachés are not good at team battles, but the more they can't, the more they need actual combat experience and training a group of generals, so the experience of war is all bloodshed. However, the Jin State lacked large-scale and long-lasting high-intensity wars for a long time, and completely lacked the experience and military characteristics accumulated by the Xian army for decades of long-term wars.

If it weren't for Baili Yan's crooked mouth and killing Wei Dan, a veteran of the Xian Army, the Jin Army would not have been able to take Jiangdong Dongjun so smoothly. In the first battle of Pucheng, the Jin army was able to lose more than 20,000 people, most of which were due to huge losses in battles and strategies.

The information obtained by the Guangxin Mansion is relatively superficial, only the general process and battle damage, as for how it was defeated, and what kind of killing weapons were used by both sides, nothing was said.

This is very easy to reminisce, the Black Turban Army besieging Guangxin this time is probably not the real elite of the rebels, if this is the case, Guangxin's casualties may be even greater, and now it can only be understood in this way.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan continued:

"Jiang Gong, Mr. Luo, the rebels' heavy damage to the Jin army this time is probably to avenge Guangxin's arrow, and our army has to guard against it.

Now Guangxin and Pucheng have been besieged, and there are only more than 40,000 Jin troops in Pucheng City, plus the grain and grass sent by our army, it may not be a problem for the Pucheng Jin Army to insist on March, but the number of Jin troops in Pucheng is only more than 40,000 people, and the rebels may not press 100,000 people in Pucheng, in case of taking away 40,000 people to attack Thunder City, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"General Wei's concerns are reasonable." Luo Songting agreed, and then said: "It must be the elite of the rebels who defeated the Jin army, and if Guangxin is transferred, even if Guangxin cannot be captured, my Guangxin will inevitably become a scorched earth."

However, the Jin army suffered such heavy casualties that it was necessary to draw a large army from Leicheng to aid Pucheng, and if the rebels were to draw troops to attack Leicheng, the chances of victory would be great, and this was a situation that we tried our best to avoid. I really didn't expect that the Jin army was so vulnerable, which made our army embarrassed. ”

"Mr. Luo, except for the battle of Ruitianzhai, where our army fought head-on with the rebels, the rest are more confrontations between the two armies at the Yongxing River, and they have never really faced each other. No matter how bad the Jin army is, it will not be so vulnerable.

If we estimate the combat strength of our army according to this, considering that our army's current soldiers are uneven, and the armor and weapons are uneven, I am afraid that our army will never have a better result than the Jin army in the battle against each other.

Now it is not worried about whether Lei Cheng can be defended, but the defeat of the Jin army, the most direct evil result is that the Jin army has become vulnerable, and its 250,000 horses in the Xian army are equivalent to nothingness for the rebels, which is the most fatal blow to my Xianguo.

If you can't get back a game from the battlefield, in the long run, the Jin army will not only become a help for our army, but may not even be able to count on watching the fire from across the strait, and even become a burden to our army.

Wei suggested that if he could, he should try his best to deal with the Pucheng Jin army so that it would not collapse in a short time. ”

As soon as Bai Liyan's voice fell, Jiang Min took over and said:

"Then, according to General Wei's intentions, how should Guangxin respond to the Jin army?"

"Wei thought that we should use raids and harassment warfare to attack the rebels besieging our Guangxin and rest during the day. The rebels are now attacking our Guangxin day and night with stone artillery wagons, and in the long run, our army will be passively beaten, not to mention the casualties, which will have a great impact on the morale of the army. Therefore, the rebels should not be allowed to run so rampant, and our army should be constantly harassed and exhausted. ”

"Our army is trapped in the city, how can General Wei attack the thief soldiers?" Jiang Min asked.

"You can bluff, attack the east and the west, and attack secretly, in addition, Wei is ordering people to catch up with the fire warbler, and our army will set fire to the fire warbler and harass the rebels."

Hearing the news of the fire warbler, Luo Songting hurriedly said:

"Firewarblers? Oh, come to think of it, it is rumored that in the first battle of Yin Yangcheng, the Jin army was burned by the night fire, could it be this? ”

"Mr. Luo is really well-informed, it is indeed this thing."

"Then why doesn't General Wei use this plan on the banks of the Yongxing River?"

"That's not good, most of the Yongxing River is too wide, the rebel camp is camped on the west bank for a mile or two, the warbler will never fly over, and it is the west wind and the northwest wind all the year round.

Both sides of the Yongxing River are wasteland, the vegetation is flourishing, and the Xianguo is hot and hot, if a fire does not burn the rebels, burn to their own homes, the consequences are unimaginable. And now our army is defending the city, and the rebels are camped outside the city, the nearest place is only two or three hundred paces, and the northeast wind is in full swing, and the fire warbler can ride the wind. ”

"I see, I wonder when this plan will be possible?"

"The warbler is very easy to make, the key is that the bed crossbow needs to be improved by craftsmen, and when the bed crossbow is improved, it can be ready to launch a fire attack on the rebel camp. At the same time, our army should dig a secret passage to the outside of the city, not too far, as long as the soldiers and horses can be transported out of the city, and when the rebel camp is on fire, it can choose the opportunity to kill. ”

The Black Turban Army erected more than 100 50 or 60 stone artillery wagons outside the south of the city, bombarding them day and night, and the casualties were unbearable in the long run, and the city wall could not bear to be smashed down like this, and there were already signs that the Black Turban Army was mobilizing more advanced craftsmen to plan to make large trebuchets with larger size, longer range, greater power and more destructive power to bombard the city wall.

Judging from the experience of the Yongxing River operation, it takes at least 10 days and half a month to build an animal-powered or counterweight-type trebuchet with a range of more than 300 or 400 paces, and a month to build an animal-powered or counterweight trebuchet with a range of more than 500 paces. Effective countermeasures must be taken against the Black Turbans before the rebels are created.

The warbler is both a kite, in the first battle of Yin Yangcheng that year, Bailiyan once burned the camp of the Jin army with a fire warbler, which caused chaos in the Jin army for several days, and the morale of the army was hit.

Since the confrontation on the Yongxing River, the Black Turban Army has not seen the Black Turban Army use the Firewarbler to attack the Xian Army. It is certain that the rebels did not master the technology and principles of the warbler, and even knew that there was such a thing as a kite. If you can fly fire with kites, replicate the successful experience of burning the Jin army at the beginning, and then combine it with a night attack, you can hit it hard.

After a few days, the Guangxin Mansion mobilized more than 100 capable craftsmen to transform the bed crossbow used to fire warblers to make it more stable when firing.

A few days after the siege of Pucheng, the Jin army, which had fled north to the sea, tried unsuccessfully to land at Pucheng Port several times, and was forced back to sea by the rebels. At the same time, the news that the Jin army had suffered more than 23,000 casualties and was captured was transmitted back to Chenling, and public opinion was in an uproar.

The elite division of the dignified Jin army ate two defeats in a day, and it was only one round, and even the commander was besieged to death in Pucheng, where did the national prestige of the Jin Kingdom exist. In addition, the Jin army has been watching from the wall before, and public opinion has been spread everywhere in private, and the reason why the Jin army is all turtles is that they are afraid of war.

"General Wei Han, what did General Jiguang do, occupying Pucheng will also kill and kill more than 20,000 people in my Jin Kingdom, is it impossible to beat Pucheng with iron." Xihuan asked.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, according to the report from the Governor of Lei City, General Ji was injured by the rebels in the battle with the Black Turban Thieves outside the city after occupying Pucheng."

"If you occupy Pucheng, you will occupy it, why do you have to go out of the city to meet the enemy, isn't this asking for hardship!"

"Your Highness, there are 100,000 black turban thieves besieging the city, if you don't go out of the city to meet the enemy, won't you be besieged and killed in Pucheng." Wei Han said.

At this time, the Jin envoy Qian Kun said:

"Your Highness, the top priority is how to rescue General Ji, if you lose again, it will damage the prestige of our Jin country."

"King Xian summoned him today, what did he say?" Xihuan asked.

"King Xian wants our army to save itself."

Xihuan annoyed and said:

"That's what he said!"

"Yes, since the start of the war, the Xian army has suffered more than 100,000 casualties, and its vitality has been greatly damaged.

"Hmph." Xihuan slammed his palm on the case, and said in a deep voice: "Defend the city for him, but he still wants our army to save himself, what is the reason!" ”

At this time, Wei Han said:

"Princess, General Ji is besieged, I'm afraid it won't last long, this general will immediately lead the army north to save General Ji, and when the siege of Pucheng is lifted, it's not too late to settle accounts with him in Xianguo."

"General Wei Han can be sure."

"Your Highness, there are still more than 22 people in our army, 1780,000 rebels in Beihai, tens of thousands in Guangxin, Dingyang and Xian, as long as the rebels continue to besiege Guangxin, our army can be divided and annihilated, and we will definitely be able to win with the outnumbered."

In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Han led the Jin army of 100,000 to rush to Beihai County to aid Pucheng, and arrived at the territory of Dingyang City on the eighth day. Four days after Wei Han's departure, the news reached the camp of the Black Turban Army, and when Lei Ting heard the news, he immediately drew 50,000 troops from outside Pucheng, rushed to Duguan Lingdu, and went west to secretly attack Thunder City.

At the same time, Geng Peng, the governor of the Leicheng garrison, received an order from Wei Han to lead 40,000 people from Leicheng to the east by boat, and arrived at the sea north of Guangxin Port three miles later two days later, intending to land in Guangxin.

The news of the Jin army's appearance near the sea was quickly reported to the thunder:

"Respect the Heavenly King, a fleet of Jin warships was found outside Guangxin Port, and there seemed to be signs of landing. General Huang Pu asked for instructions to block the landing of the Jin army. ”

"No, the herald ordered Huang Pu not to block the attack, and immediately led Dongying to retreat two miles east and camp."

"No!"

"Pull out the village in the west camp, withdraw two miles to the west and set up camp, and all armies and battalions build high barracks on the spot, and they must be completed within three days, and there must be no mistakes."

The scout has just walked on the front foot, and the backfoot guard has come to report:

"Respect the Heavenly King, the Xian army has launched a flying fire against my southern camp again, and the momentum is even worse than yesterday."

Thunder face twitched old tendons and said in a deep voice:

"Ordered the southern camp, retreat two miles south and set up camp, and build a camp overnight."

"No!"

As soon as the thunder fell, the drums and trumpets outside the big tent rang out in unison, and the accompanying killing sounds came and went, and thousands of fire warblers dragged their tail flames across the night sky and rushed straight to the rebels' southern camp.

For more than ten days in a row, Guangxin either beat drums or set fire to them every night, occasionally killing hundreds of people from the inner roads of the city to raid the rebel camp, and the rebels who disturbed were overwhelmed.

Every night, the fire warbler launched by Guangxin is particularly powerful, at least more than 10,000 fire warblers are launched in one night, and they fly overwhelmingly to the rebel camp from the east, west and south, and wait until the fire starts, from time to time there are Xian troops from the ground to kill, take the opportunity to kill into the camp to expand the results, and there is no certainty.

The firewarbler never stops night and night, but the ambush is not always there, and it is the east, south, and west gates, and it is not every time it attacks at the same time, sometimes the east gate, sometimes the south gate, sometimes the south gate in the first half of the night, and the west gate in the second half of the night to attack.

All in all, the number of sorties of the Xian army was indefinite, which made the rebels unable to find a specific pattern, and they were afraid every time it was dark, and they did not know when the Xian army would suddenly come out of the ground.