Seeing that there were more and more Beihai soldiers and horses on the city wall, some defenders faintly began to drop their blades and quietly leave the city wall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf it weren't for the fact that there were still the remaining warlords on the city wall, they would have slashed and killed a few deserters and barely maintained the situation, but I was afraid that the situation on the city wall would have already been rotten.

It's just that...

No matter how brave the Overseer team is? Could it be that we can change the situation in front of us?

Siege warfare is logically the most difficult of all kinds of warfare, as you only need to look at the Diaoyutai to know. In the fourth year of Emperor Jiaxi of the Song Dynasty (1240), Peng Daya, the deputy envoy of Sichuan, sent Gan Yan to build a fortress on the Diaoyu Mountain in the east of Hezhou (now Hechuan, Chongqing) in order to resist the Mongol army. In the third year of Chunyou (1243), Yu Yu ordered Ran Jin to be ordered by Sichuan Province, and Ran Pu presided over the construction of Diaoyu City, moved the state seat here, and stationed heavy troops to control the Jialing River. In the second year of Baoyou (1254), Wang Jian served as the general of Hezhou, and built the city on a large scale, and the people of southern Shaanxi and northern Sichuan moved one after another, and Diaoyu City became a military town of hundreds of thousands.

In six years, Möngke Khan led the main force into Sichuan and captured many places, but the Diaoyu City stood majestically and became a strong fortress to stop the Mongol army. In February of the first year of Kaiqing (1259), Meng Ge entered Shizishan and personally supervised the siege of the city. From February to May, they successively stormed the city gates of Yizicheng and Zhenxi, Dongxin, Qisheng, Huguo, and the outer city, all of which were repulsed. In June, Lü Wende, the deputy envoy of Song Sichuan and the governor of Chongqing, led 1,000 warships to help, defeated Shi Tianze, and retreated to Chongqing. The Mongol army intensified the siege of the city, but it could not be broken, and its vanguard general Wang Dechen was wounded and died. Möngke was then wounded and died in the army on 21 July, forcing the Mongols to withdraw from the siege. After Möngke's death, the Mongol nobles fought over the succession to the Khan, and Kublai Khan, who was on the Hubei front, hurriedly retreated north to compete for the Khan. The victory of Diaoyu City against Mongolia turned the situation around. After that, Ma Qian replaced Wang Jian as the chief general of Hezhou, and in the fourth year of Jingding (1263), Zhang Jue replaced Ma Qian. Zhang Jue defended Hezhou and repeatedly defeated the Yuan army. In the first year of Deyou (1275), Wang Li and Zhang Jue were pacified by Hezhou, and in the first month of the second year of Xiangxing (1279), Wang Li descended to the Yuan.

Until this day, the Diaoyutai that has been held for more than 30 years can be regarded as really lost, and during this period, the defenders of Diaoyutai held on for so long in the case of absolute inferiority in strength, and faced the Mongol army with strong siege capabilities—————— don't look at the Mongols are cavalry, and the siege ability is also very strong, otherwise it is impossible to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

Originally, Huangxian County could not be so cowardly, but it fell into danger in one day, the key to the problem is that there are several very critical elements in defending the city, the first is that the place you want to defend must be strong enough and dangerous, the so-called one husband should be closed, of course, if you are guarding the city, then the city must be strong.

The second is the equipment used to defend the city, as well as grain and grass, the former is easy to say, even if there are no arrows, you can always demolish the house, right? Considering that there are countless houses in a city, even if half of them are demolished, it is enough to bury a considerable part of the enemy army alive. The more troublesome thing is the grain and grass, after all, people can't go hungry to fight, it's okay at first, but after a long time, I'm afraid that I'm going to starve to death, you can't let the dead continue to fight for you, right?

The key factor in the destruction of so many fortified cities in history is the lack of food and grass.

As for the last one, it's a matter of morale ...

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In fact, among the several elements of defending the city, the most critical is the problem of morale, or determination...

Only with the determination to persevere can it be possible to truly defend a seemingly impossible city. If the people who defend the city themselves have no determination or confidence, then eighty percent of the city will not be saved.

The cities that were breached early in history basically have this problem, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they are greedy for life and afraid of death for the generals, how do you say this battle will be fought?

The current Huangxian County is also this problem, the regular army has basically been defeated by Cai Qi under Beihai City, and the only remaining remnants of the defeated generals have no morale at all. As for the rest of the defenders, a considerable part of them are strong men who have been captured, what truth can they understand? Not to mention morale.

And those soldiers of various families, if you let them protect their own families, it will definitely be desperate, but defending the city...

Please, even the families who sent them out have different intentions, let alone these family soldiers. They haven't run away yet, and they can be regarded as quite saving face for Cai...

Expect them to fight to the death and repel the Beihai soldiers and horses on the city walls? It's almost a whimsical thing. The only pity is that in a short time, the moat below can only make a few roads out of sandbags, and there are still too few sergeants who can climb up after all, and the last sergeant who went up to the city wall is still forced to retreat by the defenders.

The only takeaway? Probably because the defenders of the city also paid a lot of price...

"How?" Seeing that the sun had gradually set, Yan Shao did not continue to watch outside, but turned around and walked back to the camp tent, and asked Tai Shici beside him.

"My lord, the casualties are not small..."This siege was personally led by Tai Shici, although he did not personally go into battle, but he also knew the situation very well." More than 300 soldiers and horses were killed or wounded on the city, most of them were killed by rolling logs or falling rocks when they landed in the city, and a small number of them were casualties after they landed in the city..."

No way, as mentioned earlier, even the most elite soldiers and horses can hardly guarantee that there will be no casualties when they ascend the city. It doesn't seem surprising that there will be so many casualties, but...

"Although the casualties are not small, the gains are also not small..."Dong Zhao next to him stroked his beard. Judging from today's situation, the soldiers defending the city do not have much fighting spirit, if it is not for the fact that there are too few soldiers on the city wall, I am afraid that the city wall can be snatched down today, and tomorrow the lord can let the soldiers continue to fill the moat first, and create a few more passages that can climb the city wall, so that it will be easy to take Huangxian. ”

I have to say that people in these years seem to have the habit of having beards, especially a beard like Guan Yu, which has become a symbol of identity and status. Although Dong Zhao is only in his early thirties, he also has a neat beard, and the same is true for Tai Shici. Although he is young, he has left a little bit of it.

In addition, such as Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, Wu Anguo, etc., even Gan Ning and Sun Guan have stubble with an embarrassed face, and the only ones who are white and beardless are probably Yan Shao and Zhao Yun—————— no way, everything is to maintain the image of Yun Mei!

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Dong Zhao's words have some truth, this time he will be forced to retreat, mainly because there are too few soldiers on the city wall. What restricted the soldiers was the passage over the moat. There are only a few filled-in passages in the moat, and it is not surprising how many soldiers can pass through. In addition, the soldiers defending the city also knew what would happen if the enemy was allowed to climb the city wall, so they desperately pushed down the ladder, and the number of people who could climb the city wall in the end was simply pitiful.

"Although it's a stupid solution, it's the only feasible way right now..."Listening to Dong Zhao's words, Yan Shao nodded.

Dong Zhao smiled helplessly, but didn't say anything. The so-called army is plotting, followed by fighting, then attacking, and finally attacking the city. It can be said that siege is the most inferior means in the art of war, because it is really to this point that the competition is the strength and determination of both sides, and only the side with strength and determination can win, and even the winner must pay a lot of price.

Similarly, the so-called strategies and strategies in siege warfare are completely useless, if they were really useful, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history would not be so difficult. And Zhou Yu, obviously he just broke the enemy army in Chibi, what about the end? Isn't there anything you can do about Cao Ren with just one?

All this just proves that siege is the most proof of strength, if it is a field battle, you may be able to use some strategies, but the siege is really...

Of course, it's not true that there's no way at all. If you are far from the sea or the river, and the location is suitable, you can dig and flood the city. Outstanding results are guaranteed. Otherwise, it is to force the people around Huangxian County to open the road in front, and the soldiers and horses of Beihai are following behind, so there is a great chance of breaking through the city—————— but these are extremely vicious strategies, which cannot be used easily, and if they are really used, the damage to the people's hearts will be too great.

Back then, so many people would follow Liu Bei to Changban Slope, wasn't it because Cao Cao's reputation was so bad...

"Speaking of which, what do you think if I set up a separate army specifically for siege of the city..."Just when all the generals were thinking hard, Yan Shao suddenly spoke.

However, he felt that the casualties in today's siege were too large, and if a separate army of soldiers and horses could be set up specifically for the siege, this situation might be alleviated. Of course, no matter what, this matter can only be said after the matter of Donglai is over...

At the same time, almost when Yan Shao was discussing with the generals, looking at the retreating enemy troops on the city wall, Cai Qi also wiped his sweat.

"Go, and bring the heads of the houses to me, and say that I have important matters to discuss..."

"Yes!"

"Lord, why did you invite those family heads here?" The scribe who had been with him all the time was taken aback and couldn't help asking.

"Hmph, can't you see it, the soldiers of each family are simply selfish, and they won't fight to the death at all, we are lucky to hold it today, but what about the next day? Your strategy will not succeed at all, and the only way to do it now is to call those family heads up to the city wall, I don't believe that in front of the family masters, those people still dare to avoid the battle?! Cai Qi said angrily, how could he not see the situation today, those soldiers did not have the slightest fighting spirit at all. If it weren't for his luck today, I'm afraid he would have failed!

And the only way to save him is this.

Although there is a suspicion of hostage-taking, but...

But it's the only way...