Pei Gai and Tao Kan were defeated and retreated to Haoyang, and Liu Cang was able to enter the vast plains south of Feng Yi in victory, and then waved his army to the city of Haoyang, and gathered the generals to discuss the next move.

On the surface, he is now in a good situation, and now that he has entered the peace, he will reach the north bank of Weishui from here in the south, or the central part of Fufeng Country in the west, all of which are flat rivers, and there is no terrain that can hinder the march of the army, and he can completely rely on the huge army to push all the way through. However, the main force of the Jin army was not lost, Pei Gai still had more than 10,000 people in the city of Haoyang, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were scattered in the west and south directions, which could harass the fragile rear transportation lines of the Hu army at any time; The army was originally not well fed, and once the back road was cut off, it would not take more than a month, and even a million-strong army would collapse on its own.

Therefore, it is necessary to plan steadily and carefully discuss the main direction of the next step.

Liu Ji first made a suggestion, saying that we should leave a prison to watch Haoyang, and the main force should go south, take Dali directly, and then kill all the way to the Weishui Valley, but Liu Cang was noncommittal about this. Wang Yan hurriedly said: "The words of the general are not the best policy. Although Pei Gai is defeated, there are no less than 10,000 soldiers, and he guards Yunyang, how many soldiers and horses do I need to keep to bind him? Can the rest of the army successfully conquer Dali? If Dali can't go down, add Weishui to block the road, and finally can't rest assured that he will refer to Chang'an......"

Tian Song also said: "I have nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, and the enemy Jin army is less than 20,000, and it has been delayed for a few days, which shows that the courage of the Jin army is not under me." If the army is united, there is still a chance of victory, and if the troops are divided, or they are taken advantage of, they must not be worried. And the two prefectures of Yong and Qin are vast, and if they are harassed by guerrillas, I am afraid that I will be overstretched, and the grain and grass will not continue to ......"

Liu Ji said that in this way, let's capture Haoyang City in one breath and capture Pei Gai alive, naturally the Jin people will be bold, and Chang'an will be able to get it.

Liu Cang pouted and said, "Brother Xian said it easily. In the land of Xiayang, Qing will attack with ten thousand troops, it will take five or six days, and the fortification of the city defense of Haoyang is more than Xiayang, and Pei's department is more than Zhou Jin, and the Jin people have always been good at guarding, so how many days will it take me to conquer it? When the reinforcements come from all sides, I am afraid it will be difficult to ensure victory. ”

When Liu Ji heard this, his face was full of shame, so he had to step aside and keep silent.

Wang Yan analyzed: "If I go south, then Yongqin's pawn may go east of the mountain and cut off my back road; If I advance westward, the Jin army of Jingzhao will also go north, join Pei Cai, and close the mountain pass; If I take Haoyang first, I am afraid it will be difficult to perform in a short time......"

Liu Ya, the general of Anxi, suddenly interjected and suggested: "Although Haoyang is strong, it is a small city after all, and the army can besiege it without attacking ......"

Qiao Tai, the general of the left chariot cavalry, shook his head and interrupted him: "The Jin people have been accumulated for a long time, and Pei should slowly retreat, then in the city of Haoyang, there will be abundant grain, and our army may not be able to ......besiege it for a long time."

Liu Ya smiled: "I don't want to use a long-term siege to conquer Heyang." Imagine that if our army surrounds Pei should be in the city of Haoyang, then the Jin army of the Quartet will inevitably come to the rescue, and the various departments have no subordination, and the courage and cowardice are different, then there will be a difference between early and late, and I can break them one by one. If the main force of the Jin army in Guanzhong can be destroyed, although Yong and Qin are wide, if a woman is naked, she will take and ask for it, and they are all under His Royal Highness. At that time, Pei should stop the remaining ten thousand troops, what is there to worry about? Yang or not attack, but also from below. ”

When Liu Cang heard this, his eyes lit up slightly: "Does Qing mean to besiege the city and fight for its aid?" ”

Liu Ya bowed his head. General Guanwei Bu said: "The Jin people are cowardly, if they don't dare to advance, what if they don't dare to advance? If you can't overcome it, it's not too late to think about a long-term siege or siege to help. ”

Liu Cang nodded: "Qingyan also has a reason. So his face was grim, and he began to dispatch troops and horses. He first ordered Wang Teng to be in the north of the city and Bu Xuan in the south of the city, to occupy himself in the north, and to surround Haoyang on three sides - the west of the city is bordered by the Yellow River, but it is difficult to block; Then let Liu Ya go to capture the Haoyang Ferry, and receive the continuous flow of grain and straw from Hedong to the front line - although Xiayang Ferry has been obtained, but after all, the road is far away, and if it is transferred from Haoyang Ferry, it will be much closer.

Then he ordered Liu Ji to lead his troops south to Dali, and instructed: "If the city is empty, the virtuous brother can try to attack it, if not, he must not cross the Weishui in vain and go straight to Chang'an, only to advance southward, in order to threaten the Jin people." ”

At the same time, he also sent a small force to the vicinity of Longting to drive out the Jin army, occupy the fortress, and protect the flanks.

Lu Songduo fled back during the day yesterday, reporting the defeat of the battle, Liu Cang was really furious, and wanted to push Lu Songduo out and behead the public. Or the generals advised, one is that this time was supposed to be after the surprise attack on the Jin people, but since the Jin people have been prepared, Lu Songduo's defeat is excusable, and the other is that he was recommended by Liu Jing, the master after all, and he should save some face for Liu Jing, so it is inconvenient to behead, right?

Liu Cang temporarily pressed the anger in his chest for the time being, and ordered that except for Lu Songduo who brought back less than a hundred soldiers in the end, the other defeated soldiers who fled back one after another were all beheaded to set an example!

Lu Songduo withdrew from the tent, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "I ordered them to go first, asking for help for me, and I didn't want to harm their lives...... It's all my sin! ”

At this time, Wang Tang had already retreated to Longting, and immediately got the news of the defeat at the front. According to Pei Gai's instructions, he and Wen Lang gathered their troops, abandoned Longting, and retreated to Pinyang County in the west. Almost at the same time, Beigong Chun's "Qiji Battalion" also arrived in Pinyang, and was furious when he heard the news, saying: "The Metropolitan Governor is in trouble, you don't save it, but retreat to Pinyang, why are you cowardly?!" Wen Lang and Wang Tang both said: "How dare you disobey the order of this great governor?" Beigong Chundao: "The governor of the capital is afraid that the various departments are brave and cowardly, and they will march one after another, and they will be easily broken by thieves." However, he didn't give first aid to Haoyang, and he also harassed Hu Shi on the flanks, so that he didn't dare to attack the city rashly, and retreated to Pinyang, what could he do? ”

So he didn't listen to the persuasion of Wen and Wang, and personally led the main force of 2,000 fine horsemen, left Pinyang City, and went east of the mountain, just in front of the Hu army who came to take the Dragon Pavilion. Beigong Chun's command was full of cavalry, and on the plain, the "Liangzhou Horse" was full of might, and the Hu army was about to be defeated in a battle. The defeated soldiers fled back to the city of Haoyang, and reported to Liu Cang, Liu Cang was furious, so he sent Guangwei general Jin Kang to lead the elite cavalry to the enemy Beigong Chun, who thought that Beigong Chun did not defend the Dragon Pavilion, but retreated to the vicinity of Pinyang.

Wang Yan persuaded and said: "The Liangzhou horse is unbridled and unbridled, it is difficult to catch up, and it is useless to send the generals to attack. But I divided my troops to guard the mountain pass, and built the base of the Jin people to protect the back road, as long as I attacked Haoyang, how dare Beigong Chun not throw himself into the net? ”

Liu Cang nodded: "What Mr. said is true." "Then he ordered to build an attack tool to attack Haoyang City - even if the city is besieged and sent for reinforcements, it must be seen a few times first, so that Haoyang City will show a crumbling momentum, otherwise how can the Jin army outside the four countries be willing to moths to fight the fire?

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The city of Haoyang is larger than Xiayang, the city defense is also very solid, the grain and straw materials are sufficient, and the moat leads the water of the Yellow River to irrigate, although it is not as good as the golden pond soup city like Dali, it is also regarded as a dangerous blockage. There were defenders in the city, and Pei Gai was defeated and retreated, nearly 20,000, and nearly 10,000 young and strong people in the city were recruited to help defend it.

Of course, the key is the problem of morale, if it is really as Hu Jun planned, first besiege the city to send reinforcements, and then break through one after another to aid the Jin army, then the morale in the city of Haoyang will be frustrated, and it will naturally be difficult to hold for a long time. Besides, if the Hu army broke the main force of the Jin army on the plain, Liu Cang could also leave a prison to guard Haoyang, and lead the army to take Chang'an directly - Pei Gai is below, and most of the family members are in Chang'an, so if Chang'an is lost, or even just by the police, do they still have the courage to stick to the city?

Therefore, Pei Gai patrolled the city and kept cheering up the generals, saying that as long as we were firmly nailed here, the Hu army would not dare to rush south and threaten Chang'an; When the reinforcements from all sides come, the inside and the outside should be combined, and they will be able to win the battle.

For now, the morale of the city defenders is still high.

Two days after Liu Cang besieged the city, he immediately launched a fierce attack. It first took him three full days, leaving behind countless corpses, to fill the moat with earth bags and expand the passage in front of the north gate to transport siege equipment. Like most cities in those years, there were no drawbridges in the city, but wooden bridges were built on the moats in front of the north, west and south gates, but the wooden bridges were narrow and the load was limited, and it was difficult for large siege equipment to pass through.

When Liu Cang widened and strengthened the passage in front of the city gate, he launched a huge crash car. The car is two zhang wide, with ten wheels and three floors, and the height is almost flush with the city wall: the lowest layer is equipped with a besiege giant with a sharpened head; The middle floor is guarded by soldiers; The upper layer is covered with layers of cowhide and then covered with wet mud.

Pei Cai saw it in the city, and couldn't help nodding: "There are also ingenious people in Huzhong." ”

The general crash is only one layer, and the main ways to break the crash are arson and stone. And these three-layer collisions, not only the protection of the giant trees on the ground floor is more tight, but also it is not easy for you to throw stones from the city to generate enough potential energy to smash them - its top is almost not lower than the city wall, and it is reinforced by cowhide, and it is also inclined outward, and you can only roll away if you throw stones up, and it is difficult to hurt it in the slightest. And what about arson? There was wet mud on the top cover, and the mid-level soldiers all carried buckets, so the fire was not so easy to put up.

Fortunately, to build such a big thing, it can't be hidden from people at all—it's higher than all the tents, and it really stands out from the crowd—Pei should be prepared for this. He immediately ordered: "Take the rod." ”

The slap rod was originally a sharp weapon on the military ships of later generations, using the principle of the rod to shoot the enemy ship, if the ship is not strong enough, it can often be smashed with a shot. Of course, Pei Gai made this new device, but the principle is the same, and it is actually different from the ship's slapping rod, but he couldn't think of a more suitable name for a while.

Since the rod is heavy, it requires a solid foundation, and it is not so easy to install. Pei Gaizhi waited until he saw the three-story crash car in Hu Yingzhong, so he ordered to place a clapping rod near the city gate, and a flag was tied to the pole, disguised as a big gun, to paralyze the Hu soldiers. Liu Cang really didn't care—probably even if he noticed it, he couldn't figure out what this thing was for a while—and still caused the crash to move forward. The city was like a rain of arrows, Hu Jun covered it with a big sword, and pushed the cart forward, because the collision was heavy, and the speed of progress was like a turtle crawling, but Pei should be a little impatient.

Finally, with a "boom" from the crash, it hit the city wall directly, and dozens of sharp soldiers on the bottom began to drag the giant tree, ready to hit the city gate. Pei Gai gave an order, that is, he used a pulley to unload the flag, but at the same time he dragged two or three hundred pounds of stones packed in a sack at the top of the slap rod, and then aimed at the crash, cut the rope, and the slap rod fell naturally......

With a "boom", the multi-layer cowhide was shattered, and the whole crash was a shock.

The slap rod is more than two zhang long, which means that the two or three hundred catties of stones fell diagonally from a height of two zhang, and this potential energy is enough. The reason why the stone is to be held in a sack is because the stones prepared in advance in the city are mostly thrown by hand, and thirty or fifty pounds are up to the sky, otherwise who can lift them - those stones with large grinding plates or even heavier are generally used to defend the mountain, and they are not used to defend the city if they roll down.

The sack contained a stone, and the sack was tied to the rod and was so tightly tied that it was impossible to roll along the canopy, so that all the force was concentrated on one point, and the canopy was shattered at once. But this was not the end, dozens of soldiers in the city pulled the long rope, and slowly pulled the slap rod until it would be at a right angle to the ground, and then tied it firmly with the large rope. Pei Gai gave the order again, and the sergeant cut the rope, and the rod fell for the second time.

Hu Bing at the bottom of the collision had just dragged the crashing wood, and before it was in place, he felt that the car body was shaken, and several people were shaken on the spot, and the rest couldn't pull the rope, causing the collision wood to sway and crash into the city gate in advance. Under the reprimand of the sergeant, the Hu soldiers hurriedly got up, dragged and hit the wood twice, and just exerted their strength, but the body of the car was shaken again......

And the first attack of the slap rod, has already penetrated the canopy, this second time, the long rod from the low part of the city wall to the outside of the city, and the city wall at an acute angle of more than 60 degrees, the stone bag near the top fell directly to the middle floor, two Hu pawns were smashed on the spot, the other few people stood unsteadily, directly fell off the car.

Pei Gai did not stay behind the slapping rod, but stood on top of the nearby castle tower, so that he could observe the landing point of the pole and the situation of the enemy's collision, so as to give the order to make adjustments. He nodded slightly: "Okay." "Just do it again.

Why do you have to do it again? Because with the level of craftsmanship in this era, the higher the car, the less stable the structure will be. And as long as you break through the middle layer, when the time comes, you can use manpower to throw stones, or launch rockets and throw torches, it is enough to destroy this ingenious crash car. The car was made of wood, and the giant wood that hit the city was suspended by ropes, so how could it not be afraid of fire?

When Liu Cang saw it behind the battle, he couldn't help but pause, and secretly hated: "The Jin people are really good at defending the city, I might as well too!" ”

On the top of the city tower, Tao Kan congratulated Pei Gai: "Da Sima has a wonderful idea, Kan is very impressed." Pei Gai smiled: "It's a pity that Xu Ziyin is not here, otherwise the equipment made will be more exquisite." ”

He said to himself, what is this? I come from the later generations with developed information, and I like military affairs, so what I haven't heard of about all kinds of siege equipment and siege methods at home and abroad? Since Xu Yu, he often discusses various countermeasures with him, although this slap is the first to be made, in fact, there is already a draft in his heart. But let's be honest, this thing wasn't really designed to deal with crashes in the first place - who knew they would reinvent crashes like this? I saw that the wooden shed in his camp was towering, and I thought that he was building a ladder or a siege tower......

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