Tian Tan's idea of conquering Su County that day was certainly good, but it was inevitable that he would underestimate the defenders in Su County too much. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Zhao Hongrun watched the battle from the sidelines, he saw that the two Chu armies with different styles of clothing and armor in Suxian County - one was the main army of Chu State, and the other should be the county division of Suxian County - was also very brave in battle, repeatedly repelled the offensive of the Qi army, and beat the Qi generals who led the vanguard infantry of the Qi army to the slightest temper.

The forcible siege of the city lasted for more than an hour, and finally ended in the defeat of the Qi army.

At this scene, Zhao Hongrun shook his head from a distance.

He felt that the soldiers of the Qi State were certainly well-armed, but they always felt that they lacked a bit of fierceness, if it was their Wei State infantry, with that kind of sophisticated weapons and armor, they might have already attacked the city.

What's more, the Qi army also had catapults and ballistae with a long range as cover.

Tian Tan ran into his opponent......

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the Qi army's main formation with a smile, and looked at the place under the banner of General Qi and Tian fluttering.

In all fairness, there is nothing to criticize about Tian Tan's command, and the command and dispatch of the battle are quite good, and even the grasp of the battlefield and the estimation of predicting in advance which part of the enemy will focus on defense make Zhao Hongrun breathtaking.

But even so, the Qi army fought hard for more than an hour, except for killing many soldiers of the Chu army, there was almost no progress.

Seeing that the Qi army in the distance was temporarily silent and retreated two miles to reorganize the formation, Zhao Hongrun, who had been watching the battle intently and had a stiff neck because of this, let out a long breath and moved his hands and feet, waiting for Tian Tan to make another move.

After all, Tian Tan is a famous general of Qi State, how can he only have this level?

But what disappointed Zhao Hongrun was that the two offensives organized by Tian Tan in succession were all blocked by the Chu army in Suxian.

Could it be that it is difficult to live up to the fame?

Zhao Hongrun frowned and looked at the general flag with the word "General Tian" on his face.

On the side, Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao may have noticed the look of disappointment on Zhao Hongrun's face, and asked suspiciously, "Why is Your Highness so disappointed?" …… Tian Tan's attack on Su County is not good, isn't it even more beneficial to His Highness? ”

As soon as the words fell, before Zhao Hongrun could explain, he heard Zong Wei Zhou Pu on the side laugh and explained: "Your Highness attaches too much importance to Na Tian Tan." …… In the end, this person's record was overwhelming His Highness, and His Highness naturally overestimated this person, and now seeing that Tian Tan had nothing to do with Su County, he was disappointed. Speaking of this, he turned his head to Zhao Hongrun and said, "Your Highness, that Tian Tan is also a human, how can he have a clever plan every time?" ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly came to his senses.

Indeed, as Zong Wei Zhou Pu said, he is too "mythical" Tian Tan. Just because this person's brilliant achievements were overwhelming him Zhao Hongrun, he subconsciously regarded the other party as an invincible god general.

But in fact, Tian Tan is also a human being, and he is not an immortal, how can he take Su County with just two siege charges in one day?

You must know that the difficulty of conquering Su County is not at the same level as Yan Ling's army conquering Su County a few days ago: the Chu army in Yu County is just the private army of Chu Juyang Jun Xiong Li, while the main army of Chu State in Su County is on par with it?

Having said that, Nanmen Chi was also a general of the Chu State's main army......

Zhao Hongrun thought about it and felt that it was necessary to ask Nanmen Chi about the situation in Su County.

Because earlier, he didn't take the soldiers and generals in Suxian County very seriously, but now that there is a comparison with the Qi army that has repeatedly failed to attack Suxian, Zhao Hongrun naturally sees the unusualness of this Chu army in Suxian County.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun turned his horse and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Zong Wei Changwei asked in surprise: "Your Highness, don't you want to see it?" As he spoke, he glanced up at the sky and said suspiciously: "There is still some work before dusk, and I guess that the Qi army can organize two more offensives......

"There's no need to look any further." Zhao Hongrun shook his head, and said with a straight face: "A strong attack without purpose and targeting is just sacrificing the lives of the soldiers in vain." …… The two or three rounds of tentative assaults by the Qi army have ended, and if Na Tian Tan really loves his soldiers like a son as rumored to be, then he will not make any more senseless assaults. ”

As soon as Zhao Hongrun's words fell, he heard Zongwei Mu Qing pointing to the distance and said with a smile: "What His Highness said is extremely true, that Tian Tan really changed the siege strategy. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun and the guards looked up, but found that the vanguard battalion of the Qi army had retreated at this time, and was now lined up in front of the array of the Qi army.

Heh, Tian Tan is bullying the Chu army in Su County for "short hands"...... It's a bit mean, but it's a wise choice.

Although the evaluation of Tian Tan in his heart is not high, this does not prevent Zhao Hongrun from appreciating this person's tactical choice.

Tian Tan in the distance, his purpose is very clear: Doesn't your Su County have a strong city wall when it was originally used as a fortress? I'll just spend some effort to destroy your city wall with a catapult, and see what you can do to stop my Qi soldiers.

On one side is the Zheng army of the Chu State in Suxian County, which has almost no long-range means of attack, and on the other side is the Qi army with war weapons such as catapults supervised by craftsmen of the Lu State.

Anyway, Zhao Hongrun just can't get used to some pedantic people who are full of morality, benevolence and righteousness: why should he follow the old war traditions when he has more advanced combat methods? Those who were proud to take the enemy city by the force of their own army, and not with the help of any strange and ingenious skills, did not look at the number of casualties among the soldiers under their command for that martial skill. Note: The saying that the tricks come from a period of time in ancient times when the world looked down on mechanics, including weapons of war. Even earlier, even bows and crossbows were considered "vile weapons", and it took hundreds of years to gradually change this notion.

And the question at hand is whether the number of catapults carried by Tian Tan with the army is enough?

Zhao Hongrun made a visual inspection and found that there were about more than 100 catapults in the Qi army.

This amount can't be said to be small, but it's not too much, anyway, according to Zhao Hongrun's estimate, it is probably not enough to attack Suxian.

For the sake of the catapults of the Qi army, Zhao Hongrun, who was about to leave, continued to watch again.

Because the catapults in the Qi army are said to have been built by the craftsmen of the Lu State, it is naturally the object of Zhao Hongrun's observation.

After all, the smelting bureau that Zhao Hongrun supervised in his country is also developing catapults, and he wants to compare the advantages and disadvantages to see if he can learn something from the craftsmanship of Lu Guo.

"Bang bang bang-"

A roar came from a distance, and Zhao Hongrun's eyes couldn't help but widen, because he felt that those catapults of the Qi army were very moving when throwing stone projectiles, and in terminology, the recoil was very strong.

And strong recoil generally means that the force of the projectile is strong.

As Zhao Hongrun guessed, the range of the catapult built by the craftsmen of the Lu State was actually one-fifth farther than that of the Catapult of the Wei State, which was a conclusion that made Zhao Hongrun dumbfounded.

How can it be?!

Zhao Hongrun frowned.

Of course, he knew that the elasticity of steel springs was very good, but at present, due to technical limitations, he did not improve his own catapults, in other words, the catapults of Wei still stayed at the point of using lass and cow tendons as elastic pulling systems.

In Zhao Hongrun's view, Wei's catapult is already the ultimate range, but why is Lu's catapult even farther than Wei's?

What exactly is the reason?

Zhao Hongrun looked at it carefully.

In all fairness, if you are an ordinary person who is not a craftsman, it stands to reason that you will not know the doorway, but Zhao Hongrun is an exception, I saw him staring at the catapults of the Qi army for a moment, and he really saw some clues.

Cast the rod...... The extent to which the catapult rods were bent when projectiles were fired indicates that they would never be made of wood. …… Bamboo?

Zhao Hongrun's eyes couldn't help but light up, to be honest, he really didn't expect this trick: the craftsmen of the Lu Kingdom tied and fixed the bamboo strips one by one as the throwing rod of the catapult, this kind of throwing rod made of bamboo is naturally tougher than the whole log (the trunk of the tree with peeling and branching) more tenacious and elastic.

This kind of throwing rod can withstand greater elastic force, so the range is increased.

Just when Zhao Hongrun secretly praised this improvement, he heard a loud bang in the distance, and at a moment, a huge stone bullet hit one side of the city gate tower, so that most of the city gate tower immediately collapsed.

At this moment, even Zhao Hongrun's heart tightened a little, after all, the city gate tower is generally the location of the enemy general, if Wu Yuan, the general of Su County, is there at this moment, it will really be either dead or disabled.

In general, if the Chu army loses its main general, the morale of the army must be turbulent, so the Qi army will have a great chance to break through the current stalemate.

However, after the city gate tower on the south side of Su County was destroyed by the catapult of the Qi army, the Chu army did not have the slightest abnormality, which means that the commanding generals of the Chu army were safe and sound.

"Boom-"

There were more than a dozen stone bullets in succession, and the south gate of Su County was actually blown down.

However, that's all, and the Chu army in Suxian County in the distance still didn't have the slightest commotion.

It seems that the city gate was blocked in advance......

Zhao Hongrun secretly regretted Tian Tan, then turned his horse's head and returned to his Wei army station without stopping.

Because he knew that the Qi army had exhausted all its tricks, but it still couldn't really threaten Suxian, which meant that today's Qi army's offensive against Suxian was nothing more.

If nothing else, Tian Tan will choose to retreat and collect his troops, return to the garrison and think about how to conquer Su County, and wait for tomorrow, no, to attack Su County the day after tomorrow.

Because tomorrow, that is an opportunity that belongs to the Wei army.

What a headache...... Originally, I was still thinking of taking advantage, but it seems that in the current situation, the Qi army almost did not pose any threat to Su County!

On the way back to the Wei garrison, Zhao Hongrun secretly pondered the strategy of attacking the city. (To be continued.) )