Chapter 71: The Siege of Suzhou (4)

The city of Suzhou has a very long history, in the middle of the 11th century B.C., the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang and implemented the feudal system. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoKing Wu of Zhou named Zhou Zhang, a descendant of the Ji family, as a prince here, and since then "Gou Wu" has become a vassal state and officially included in the territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Since then, the land of Suzhou has been an important town in the south of the Yangtze River until the first year of Guanghua, when Qian Biao sent Gu Quanwu to occupy it.

Suzhou area is covered with a dense river network, and in later generations, it is a famous rice high-yield area in the country, with developed agriculture, and is known as "the water town Zeguo", "the granary of the world", and "the land of fish and rice". Even in this era, Suzhou was also a land of abundance, providing Qian Biao with a large amount of taxes and food.

At this time, Sun Yan, the general of Suzhou, was listening to the latest news from his subordinates.

He used to be Qian Biao's personal soldier, and he became a tooth general step by step, and later was sent to guard Suzhou, and was deeply trusted by Qian Biao.

And his ability is also extraordinary, not only brave and good at fighting, but also full of resourcefulness, known as "Sun Baiji".

A few years later in history, Zhou Ben led tens of thousands of troops to attack Suzhou, besieged the city of Suzhou, and the methods of attacking the city were varied, but Sun Yan improvised and held on to Suzhou for eight months, and never let Zhou Ben take advantage. Later, Qian Biao sent troops to relieve the siege, and Sun Yan corresponded with reinforcements inside and outside, attacking Zhou Ben on both sides, and beating Zhou Ben to escape overnight.

After the chaos in Hangzhou, he quickly ordered martial law, and was ready to abandon the surrounding counties to concentrate troops to defend Suzhou.

It's just that he didn't expect Huainan to send troops so quickly this time, and the money and grain from various counties had not yet arrived, and Zhou Ben's army had already arrived in Suzhou.

"General Qiyu, the army led by Zhou Ben outside the city has now built six stockades, and I am afraid that it will not be long before Suzhou can be completely surrounded."

Sun Yan nodded. Now he can still keep in touch with the surrounding counties, but looking at Zhou Ben's posture, it is obvious that he is preparing to completely cut off contact and slowly attack the city.

However, this is also normal, and in this era, unless the defenders are not prepared, a siege battle will usually last for several months.

This is not due to the backwardness of siege technology. In fact, there were many siege methods in this era, and there were also many siege equipment. For example, the stone thrower, which is a lever-type device that mainly throws stone projectiles, was also called a cannon in ancient China. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao made a thunderbolt car according to the advice of the strategist Liu Ye in the battle of Guandu, which is what later generations called the stone machine. In the Tang Dynasty, the stone machine developed greatly, and there were turrets, traveling gun carts, single-tip cannons, five-tip cannons, seven-tip cannons, whirlwind cannons and whirlwind five-cannons.

In addition to the stone machine, there are many other instruments used to siege the city, such as the car, which is used to watch the virtual and real of the enemy army in the city; For example, there is a kind of cart called "pointed wooden donkey", soldiers can hide in the car to avoid being injured by the defenders, and the top is covered with cowhide, which can be waterproof and fireproof, and this kind of cart can be pushed under the enemy city to attack the enemy.

In addition, there are ladders, nest cars, wooden mans, bed crossbows and other siege equipment, all kinds.

But also because there were too many siege and defense battles in this era, all kinds of methods of defending the city were also well developed. For example, the "pointed wooden donkey" mentioned before, Zhou Ben used this instrument to attack Suzhou in history, and Sun Yan's response method at that time was to use a hook with wheels at the front end to overturn the roof of the car, and then attack the attacking soldiers in the car; When Zhou Ben used the stone machine, Sun Yan opened a large net in front of the city wall, so that the stone projectile thrown by the stone machine touched the net......

In short, Sun Yan was not very worried about the upcoming siege battle, he was only worried about whether the money and grain from the surrounding counties could be transported in time before the enemy army completely surrounded Suzhou, otherwise the army would still be able to support it at that time, but it would be dangerous if the food was not enough.

At this time, the guards outside the door came to report, "Changshu guard Wang Liangcai has arrived and is asking to see the general outside the door." ”

Sun Yan frowned, "Why did he come here in person, did he come here with Changshu's army or alone?" ”

"It seems that there are only a few guards around, and there are no other troops."

"Let him in!"

After a while, Wang Liangcai fell to the ground as soon as he came in, "The last general is incompetent, he lost Changshu, and he came to ask the general for his guilt!" He was also stubborn, and told Sun Yan about the loss of Changshu without the slightest concealment.

As he spoke, Sun Yan's face suddenly became more and more heavy, and a murderous intent suddenly overflowed.

"This Wang Liangcai, I once told him, if you feel that you can't hold it, you can give up Changshu, but you must bring the money, grain and army to Suzhou, now he is good, Changshu is lost, the money and grain are gone, and even the three thousand defenders in Changshu are lost, why don't you throw away your life?"

He looked at Wang Liangcai, who was kneeling on the ground and pleading guilty, his face was cloudy, but finally said, "Wang Liangcai, are you guilty?" ”

"The last will be convicted!" Wang Liangcai replied honestly.

"If you are guilty, you should be punished! Originally, according to the military order, you should have been beheaded by military law, but now that the war is coming, it is time to employ people. Are you willing to make meritorious deeds? ”

"The last general is willing!" Wang Liangcai was overjoyed and hurriedly responded.

After the defeat that day, he fled back to the city with a few guards, but Yang Wu led people to surround Changshu City that night. He knew that it was difficult to resist, so he led 500 people in the city to abandon the city overnight, but Yang Wu was prepared in advance, and deliberately came to a "siege of three missing one", and set up an ambush at the missing "one". As a result, Wang Liangcai's men crashed into the ambush circle, and after a chaotic battle, they finally fled all the way to Suzhou City with only a few guards.

Sun Yan continued, "Okay, since you are willing to make meritorious service for your crimes, then the general will pardon your capital crimes and demote your position to battalion commander, do you have any opinions?" ”

Wang Liangcai was originally a commander, and at this time, he was demoted two levels to become the battalion commander, but it was enough to save his life, where did he dare to have an opinion, and he hurriedly nodded and promised.

Suzhou was besieged too quickly, and now the counties have no time to transport money and grain, if the enemy army is besieged for a long time, I am afraid that the future of Suzhou is not very good, and now I can only hope that Hangzhou can quickly quell the rebellion, and then send troops to relieve the siege of Suzhou.

"Well, I wonder what is happening to the king?"

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In the camp of Zhouben outside the city, all the generals shared the news they had just received with joy: Yang Wu captured Changshu at a very small cost, annihilated the local defenders, and obtained the money and food there.

This not only means that the enemy's reinforcements in Suzhou are less than 3,000 people, but also the reserve of food is much less, which is undoubtedly good news for the siege of Suzhou in the future.

However, the city wall of Suzhou is extremely high, the moat is connected to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and the guard Sun Yan is famous for his wisdom, so it is still difficult to capture Suzhou. Therefore, Zhou Ben's first decision was to cut off Suzhou's connection with the outside world first.

"Okay, there has been good news from the eldest son, let's also speed up, first build the remaining four water villages, and then set up nets and bells on each waterway to sink underwater, so as to prevent the enemy from secretly diving and contacting the outside world." On the main seat, Zhou Ben said solemnly, "These things must be completed within three days, and the tentative siege must begin within five days!" ”

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