Can't you storm a city without siege equipment?

Today, Zhuge Liang used the method of digging tunnels to tell those southern barbarians in Yunnan City that they could also attack the city through tunnels!

The reason why the Han army attacked outside the city and was repelled by a wave of arrows from the barbarian army was actually the so-called feint, which was to attract the attention of the barbarian army and facilitate the Han army outside the city to dig tunnels.

The excavation of the tunnel was carried out very quickly.

After all, the entrance of the tunnel is only three hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall of Yunnan City, and even if it is excavated into the city, it is only five hundred steps away at most.

Of course, the main thing is the location chosen by Zhuge Liang, and it is easy to dig tunnels.

In fact, attacking the city through tunnels is to deal with these southern barbarians who do not understand the art of war.

If anyone dares to attack the city through tunnels in the Central Plains, the defenders in the city will tell you that you think too much.

The way to deal with the underground siege is actually very simple.

A soldier with a thief's ear can hear the sound of digging hundreds of paces away, and then he can roughly confirm the direction of digging outside the city. Having confirmed the direction of the enemy's digging, you can calmly deal with it: either dig the tunnel in reverse and then fill it with water; Either deploy heavy troops in this direction, wait for the rabbit, and wait for work.

If none of this is sure, there is one of the simplest and most stupid ways to do it.

That is, digging a trench two or three feet deep along the city wall, and then filling the trench with water. In this way, even if a tunnel is dug into the city, what awaits them is water from the trench, and the enemy troops in the tunnel will inevitably be drowned.

Such a war example has long been played bad in the Central Plains.

Zhuge Liang is now using tunnel warfare, that is, bullying and bullying the southern barbarians who don't understand the art of war.

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Early the next morning, Zhuge Liang again waved his troops to attack Yunnan City.

This time to attack the city, Zhuge Liang was no longer pretentious, but lined up a battle formation outside the city.

At the foreground is a combination of shield bearers and crossbowmen.

This is the most common and front-line unit in the siege of the Central Plains.

Then the cavalry waited silently, and at the rear were pikemen and halberders.

Then, there were Han army rangers, patrolling back and forth within a radius of ten miles from Yunnan City.

The tunnel was dug last night, and today the city is attacked, and Zhuge Liang will naturally no longer play false.

In the rear of the army, the Han army was in the main formation, and Zhuge Liang was riding on a horse, also waiting.

Not long after, a messenger came running.

"Military division, my general is already in place, just waiting for the military division's order." Summoned military reports.

This is Zhang Ren's personal soldier.

Today's siege of the city, the heavy task of entering the city from the tunnel, Zhuge Liang handed it over to Zhang Ren.

Because, after entering the city, the Han army not only had to block the counterattack of the barbarian army in the city, but also opened the four cities, and the inside and outside should be combined, and the army outside the city should attack the city. The combat mission is very important, and only a fierce general like Zhang Ren can be competent.

Of course, Zhuge Liang was also appeasing Zhang Ren.

After all, the first two sent Zhang Ren to explore the way, in fact, to let him act as a bait, Zhang Ren's headquarters soldiers lost more than half of the battle, but they didn't have much military exploits, and now the first merit of recapturing Yunnan City, Zhuge Liang let Zhang Ren complete it.

As for whether Zhang Ren can complete this task, Zhuge Liang does not doubt it.

"Command, siege!"

After receiving the news that Zhang Ren was preparing to take place, Zhuge Liang officially issued the order to attack the city.

At this time, I saw the order flag waving, this is the herald, passing the military order to the soldiers of the Quartet.

The drums of war were beating, announcing to the world that a great war was about to take place.

The archers, guarded by shieldmen, were the first to advance towards the walls; When they reached the city wall about one hundred and fifty paces, the shield soldiers began to build the shield wall, and the archers who were guarding behind the shield wall also opened their bows and arrows, aiming at the direction of Yunnan City and throwing a rain of arrows.

The first step in the siege was for the archers to suppress the counterattack on the walls.

Of course, in order to ensure the safety of the archers, shield guards are needed to protect these archers.

In the wars of the Han people in the Central Plains, if you play like this, because of the existence of trebuchets and bed crossbows, the first archers and shield soldiers will generally suffer heavy losses, and it is not uncommon for them to be burned by a fire.

However, this is southern Xinjiang, and the southern barbarians naturally do not have trebuchets and bed crossbows.

Besides, even if the barbarians had trebuchets and bed crossbows, would they think of using trebuchets and bed crossbows against archers?

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On the city wall, when the Han army officially began to attack the city, the barbarian army suddenly felt the pressure.

Compared with yesterday's soy sauce, today's Han army is really moving!

Meng Shu also felt a huge pressure.

When the rain of arrows under the city flew up to the city, Meng Shu closed his eyes in some pain. The armor of the Han army was sharp, and the rain of arrows shot by one hundred and fifty was enough to pierce the tattered leather armor of their barbarians.

Just a rain of arrows caused many barbarian warriors to fall to the ground with arrows.

In just such an instant, he Meng Shu detracted from thousands of warriors!

In southern Xinjiang, injuries are almost synonymous with death.

"Archer, counterattack!"

On the city wall, the barbarians who did not fall, under the orders of their respective cave masters, opened their bows and counterattacked.

It's a pity that although the barbarian army is good at shooting, their bows and arrows are too backward, and few of the arrows that shoot can reach the Han archers' phalanx, even if a few arrows rain come, they will be blocked by the Han army's shield wall.

"Squat, squat!"

Meng Shu came back to his senses and shouted hoarsely.

Squatting behind the battlements of the city wall is indeed an effective defense against the rain of arrows of the Han army. As for whether the Han army will take the opportunity to attack the city wall, Meng Shu is rarely smart: the Han army has no siege equipment, how can it climb the city wall?!

At this time, Meng Huo subconsciously ignored the defense of the city gate.

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Outside the city, in the tunnel, Zhang Ren held a torch and led the way through the tunnel quickly.

Because it is a temporary excavation tunnel, and the construction period is relatively compact, this tunnel is naturally not very spacious, and if you squeeze it, it can barely accommodate two people. However, at this time, it is necessary to be expensive and fast, so naturally it cannot be crowded.

Soon, Zhang Ren and the others passed through the tunnel and arrived in Yunnan City.

In the city, at the exit of the tunnel, the excavated soldiers were selected in a private house.

The house was empty and ownerless. After the barbarian army broke through the city of Yunnan, they slaughtered the city, and almost all the Han people in the city were killed by the barbarians. The owner of this house is afraid that he has already been slaughtered by the barbarian army.

Turning out of the ground, Zhang Ren waited quietly.

Then, one after another, many soldiers drilled out of the tunnel.

The first few soldiers to get out of the tunnel, armed with knives and guns, were on guard at the door of the house.

Soon, it was not enough time for a stick of incense, and the three thousand soldiers of Zhang Ren's headquarters all drilled out of the tunnel.