Chapter Twenty-Three: The Siege of the House
There are few stars, and the moonlight is bright.
Zhao Yong looked up at the bright moon above his head, and he didn't know why, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Before he knew it, he had been in this era for three years.
From the first moment he woke up, Zhao Yong began to be familiar with his identity. From a company executive to the monarch of a country, this change of identity overwhelmed him. And the most regrettable thing is that he is not a history buff, but by chance, he came to this era.
With a half-understanding of King Zhao Wuling, he was ignorant and began to learn everything in this era, because he knew that if he copied everything in the future, it was very likely that the country would be played to death by himself as soon as possible, and he didn't have to wait for the first emperor to appear. Therefore, he is always careful to change the customs of this country in his own way.
And now, he is leading his army to the enemy country, preparing to start his own road of conquest, just like the reform that is slowly unfolding, it is worth his reminiscence.
"Your Majesty, there are still twenty miles left, and you will reach the bottom of the house." Li Zhuo was taken by Zhao Yong's side this time, firstly, he wanted to see the real skills of this young man, and secondly, he also wanted to find a helper to help him understand how the ancient war was conducted, after all, this was something that he had never experienced in his two lives.
"Well, what did General Pang say?" This army of more than 20,000 people, Zhao Yong directly handed over the command to Pang Cong, although he is nominally the supreme commander, but he has to listen to Pang Cong. Facts have proved that Pang Cong did a very good job in Gaotang, not only resisting the repeated attacks of the Qi State, but also once laying down Pingyi and recovering the lost territory. It's just that the power is too weak to make the climate. This also strengthened Zhao Yong's decision to return Gaotang to the State of Qi, and transferred Pang Cong back to Handan to serve as the commander-in-chief of this attack on Zhongshan.
"General Pang said, our army is a few miles away, and there is a wide flat land in front, which is very suitable for our army to be stationed, and it is only about ten miles away from the house city." Li Zhuo responded.
"That's good, as long as General Pang cares, we will be comfortable." Zhao Yong said.
"Definitely. The general is much more skilled than a few of us in marching and fighting. Li Zhuo said.
"Hehe, don't be presumptuous, sooner or later you will be like him. I'm a little worried now, I don't know how General Lian Wu's side is going? ”
On this march, Pang Cong divided Zhao's army into two parts. He led the main force, starting from Handan to the Boren, and then marched northwest to the house, with two hundred chariots, four thousand cavalry, plus logistics and transportation personnel, as the main force to attack the house. Lian Wu sent troops from Shancheng to the north, and about 5,000 people were stationed near the southern Great Wall of Zhongshan, the purpose of which was to attract the troops of Zhongshan.
In order to be able to attract well, Zhao Yong allocated another 2,000 to the Lianwu cavalry. Li Zhuo actually hoped very much to be able to go to Lian Wu, because he was born with cavalry, so he naturally liked to watch cavalry fight. But Zhao Yong still let him stay by his side.
"General Pang Cong's intention in this battle is very clear, go all out to capture the house city, and be fast, otherwise, if General Lian Wu's side attracts too many Zhongshan troops, it is easy to fall into passivity, even if we are mainly cavalry, it is very dangerous."
"Comparatively speaking, stationed near the South Great Wall of Zhongshan, once the house is captured, it can contain the defenders from Shiyi and the Great Wall, and flexibly arrange to send troops. Help us fortify the city's defenses, right? Zhao Yong said with a smile.
"It seems that the king has put in the effort, at least in this matter, you have a very clear understanding of the strategic intentions. The next thing to do is to make that happen. General Pang Cong, he won't let us down. After a pause, Li Zhuo said again, "General Lian Wu will not either." ”
"I hope so." Zhao Yong nodded, as if remembering something, turned back to Li Zhuo and said, "After I go back, remember to come to the city often, and I want to learn the art of slashing and slashing on the battlefield with you." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The next day, before dawn, the Zhao army, which had already been ready to go, quietly rushed to the house city, and before dawn, the Zhao soldiers came to the house city.
According to Pang Cong's arrangement, the soldiers of Zhao State were quickly divided into four parts, guarding the three gates of the house, south, east and west, but the north gate was empty. Then, Pang Cong sent people to beat drums and prepare for battle.
When Zhao Guo's war drums remembered, Zhongshan reacted, it seems that this time, Zhao Guoren came to play really. But why, a few days ago, there was news that Zhongshan wanted to ally with Zhao to jointly resist the attack of Qi?
How would they know that when they had planned to attack Zhongshan Kingdom before, Zhao Yong had already arranged for Fu Ding to enter Zhongshan Kingdom and show Sima Cheng and Zhongshan Guogong that Zhao State and Zhongshan Guoyuan would always be friends and call each other kings. Zhao Yong's opportunity to send charcoal in the snow, how could he not believe that Zhongshan, who was already under too much pressure under the oppression of the Qi State?
Moreover, Fuding also promised Zhongshan that if Zhongshan and Zhao formed an alliance, Zhao would be willing to cede Shancheng in order to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. Since Fu Ding left, Zhongshan continued to send exploration horses to check the situation in Shancheng, and it was indeed found that in the past two days, the soldiers and horses in Shancheng were frequently mobilized, and even the soldiers defending the city participated in the whole training, which made Zhongshan people feel that Zhao Guo was indeed fulfilling his promise. Where do they know that this is exactly the suspicious tactic of the Zhao people, creating the illusion that the Zhao State wants to give up the city of Shancheng in order to win the trust of Zhongshan, but in fact, they are preparing their troops for war and waiting for orders.
After Fu Ding returned to China, Pang Cong had also returned to Handan from Gaotang, and Zhao Yong then explained his plan and discernment, but in terms of command, he was a rookie and it was worth relying on Pang Cong to control. Fortunately, Pang Cong already knew Zhao Yong's plan very well, and after several trade-offs, he decided on this plan of going out day and night, and besieging the city with surprise soldiers. And Lian Wu was also arranged to go out of the Zhongshan Great Wall to use rangers to contain the enemy's attack.
Therefore, when Zhongshan people saw that they were now under siege, their first thought was, this is the pit father!
"Why didn't Pang Jiangjun surround all the houses and cities, but left a corner?" Zhao Yong looked at the offensive camp arranged by Pang Cong, and said with some doubts.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud: besiege the army must be que, and the poor should not be forced. This kind of siege battle, of course, an all-out attack is the next choice, Pang Jiang's army has always been strategic, naturally knows, the enemy will be surrounded on three sides, and the other side will be far away and ambushed. At this time, if the enemy cannot resist, he will naturally choose to break through from the place where he stayed. And if they are all surrounded, the enemy will see that their livelihood is gone, and they will fight to the death. Our army was originally a surprise attack, and the speed was required to be fast, so General Pang had to use this method. Li Zhuo said, he was already very impressed by Pang Cong's carefulness. At least from Pang Cong, he saw the ability that a commander should have, that is, the overall situation.
At this point, I am still far behind.