Chapter 4 Breaking through the city

The two monarchs and ministers of the Zhou family turned their heads in unison, only to see that Wei Hou still raised his head and laughed a few times before turning his head to look. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"King, this formation of our army was created by Wu Qi, in the past, Wu Qi led the troops, fought seventy-six battles with the princes, and won sixty-four, and my Wei country can have today's land of Hexi and the land of Liang, this formation is indispensable, today I will ask the king to see how my Great Wei defeated the Korean army."

Zhou Bian nodded and didn't speak, Wu Qi Zhou Bian still has some understanding, Wei can become the first power among the princes today, Wu Qi has a decisive role, Wei Wenhou can pick up Wu Qi, it is really a big bargain, but Wu Qi himself ended too miserably. It is really embarrassing that such a fierce person could not die well.

The master didn't answer, but as the accompanying minister, Ning Yue had to get up and salute, "The Wei army is the strongest army in the world, and South Korea is naturally not an opponent, and it is really a blessing for my royal family to have the help of the Marquis of Wei." ”

Wei Hou nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to look ahead, and said no more.

Soon, with the sound of cheering in the sky, more than 30,000 Wei troops had already walked through a mile in unison, gradually approaching the Korean army, and the formation of the Korean army on the opposite side could already be seen from a distance, a little panicked. Indeed, this time it was the Wei army that was being faced, not the Zhou army that had never been taken into account.

The Wei army was still moving forward, and the formation began to change, but the Wei army was not equipped with equipment such as a lookout platform, and it was impossible to look down from a high place, so if you looked at it from behind, Zhou Bian did not know what kind of formation the Wei army had become.

But this did not prevent Zhou Bian from watching the battle, and Zhou Bian also followed the example of Wei Hou and others, stood up straight on tiptoe, held the wheel with both hands, and looked hard.

Finally, the Wei army approached a distance that the commander of the Wei army thought was appropriate, and the front army gave an order, and more than 30,000 Wei troops roared and stopped in unison. Seeing this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, it is really a strong soldier, you must know that so many people suddenly changed from a marching state to a stopped state, and it is almost impossible to do it almost the same, it is almost impossible, the Korean army I saw not long ago completed the same action, but there will be a small riot, and the royal family's own army can only do it with the 4,000 Royal Forest Army earlier, but the Wei army is more than 30,000 or even nearly 40,000 people, it is really unimaginable, how the Wei army was trained.

Before thinking about it, the Wei army had the next move, and I don't know what order the commander in front ordered, more than 30,000 Wei soldiers quickly moved, and after a while, countless bows and crossbows had been erected, shaking and pointing at the Korean army opposite.

It turned out that the Wei army was all generalists, and could fight both close and long, at least these more than 30,000 people. However, in Zhou Bian's consciousness, the division of arms should be an inevitable trend of historical development, so Zhou Bian couldn't help frowning.

The roar in the rear had stopped at this time, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet, and anyone who had experienced a big battle naturally knew that this was a sign before the battle. Sure enough, as Wei Hou's right hand waved down, someone in front of him quickly shouted.

A moment later, a deafening buzz sounded, and tens of thousands of arrows flew into the sky, and the rain of arrows drew beautiful parabolas in the air, smashing into the Korean army, bringing a wail and scream.

Obviously, the range of the Wei army is greater than that of the Han army, just look at the fact that the Han army did not fight back, but Zhou Bian is a little strange, South Korea should know that the Wei army is coming, why didn't the crossbowmen be placed here? Zhou Bian had no doubt that the range of Han's crossbow would be shorter than that of Wei's bow and arrow.

After a rain of arrows, I saw the banner in the Wei army in front of me waving forward, and tens of thousands of Wei soldiers quickly stepped forward together, about a dozen steps later, the Wei army suddenly stopped, and at this time the shocking thing was no longer the neatness when the Wei army stopped walking, but at the same time that the Wei army stopped walking, tens of thousands of bows and crossbows were erected again.

It turned out that the Wei army had wound all the bows and crossbows in the process of advancing, and the quality of the soldiers was really high. Because of the winding of the bow and crossbow while advancing, if a person slows down because of the strength of his hands, he may be knocked down in the back, but this did not occur in the Wei army, and this difficulty is much greater than the neat steps in the front march.

Zhou Bian grew his mouth, and before he had time to exclaim, a general in the Wei army in front of him gave another order, and tens of thousands of arrows rushed into the blue sky again.

After doing this three times, the Wei army had advanced more than fifty paces before the Han army released the first wave of arrows.

It is said that it is sparse, but in fact, it is only sparse compared to the rain of arrows of the Wei army, but it is also 30,000 Korean troops, including 10,000 archers, and it turns out that the Korean army is still divided into arms.

This rain of arrows did not bring much damage to the Wei army, and the Wei soldiers in front raised their shields to block it, while only a few dozen people fell in the back.

However, this time unexpectedly, the Wei army did not move forward as just now and then stopped to release the arrows, but quickly received the bow and crossbow on his back, and then pulled out the spear Changge and others that had just been inserted in his back, raised the long weapon in his hand, and 30,000 people roared violently, like a thunder in the flat ground, and rushed forward fiercely.

Recalling carefully, it seems that in Wang Sunman's description, the Wei army's attack on the Zhao army is such a rhythm, first with a burst of bows and arrows, and then pressed up, is this the habit of the Wei army? Or as a strong soldier in the world, the Wei army disdains other ways? For example, engage in some long-range killing, or lure the enemy deep by the Luoshui River next to Gongyi.

In any case, a group of Wei troops who only knew how to rush forward were obviously much less of a threat to the royal family in the future than a scheming general.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bian sat down again, fighting at close range, the courage of the horseman, what is there to see?

However, after sitting down for a while, he heard the shouting of killing in front of him, but Zhou Bian couldn't help but stand up, and looked on tiptoe, only to see that the Wei army had been killed with the Han army, and the arrows on the city wall were continuous, sprinkled into the Wei army like splashing water, and it seemed that the Han army had left the crossbows on the city wall. This is the advantage of going out of the city to fight, you can rely on a steady stream of long-range attack assistance from the city walls, and the city walls will not be attacked, if the royal army is enough, it will definitely do the same.

Seeing the fierce killing in front of him, Zhou Bian suddenly waved his hands and shouted, "Kill, kill, kill this king, kill South Korea, this king will be rewarded!" ”

Hearing the king's incoherent excitement, Ning Yue hurriedly grabbed Zhou Bian, and Wei Hou had already heard the movement here, glanced at it and smiled slightly, and then didn't care about this side anymore.

After being pulled by Ning Yue a few times, Zhou Bian sat down, and the play was done enough, so he could call it a day and rest. Alas, it's really tiring to pretend to be a ten-year-old.

The shouting and killing continued, and in a blink of an eye, it was killed from morning to near noon, but Zhou Bian never stood up to watch, but looked around boredly, during which he also called the personal maid to fetch water to drink, and in the end, he left Qiao Nu to fan himself. And Wei Hou only snorted a few times when he saw it, and did not stop it.

It was nearly noon, the sun came up, it was still a little hot, Zhou Bian leaned on the back of the car, drowsy and about to fall asleep, suddenly a crisp sound of Mingjin sounded, startled Zhou Bian immediately stood up, looked around puzzled, and after figuring out that Mingjin had withdrawn from the army, Zhou Bian said in confusion, "It's still early, why are you going to withdraw the troops?" ”

But as soon as the words fell, Ning Yue covered his mouth. When he saw Wei Hou's gaze, Ning Yue also had to laugh, "Hou Ye Wei, it's still hot now, it's really better to collect the troops earlier, it was rare to let Hou Ye lead the troops to defeat Han Wei, how can you make Hou Ye hot." ”

Hearing Ning Yue's words, Wei Hou squeezed a smile on his face again, and actually arched his hand and said, "Thank you Doctor Ning for your understanding, Ben Hou is fine, it's just that the king is young, let's go back to the camp and rest first." ”

Ning Yue thanked him for taking the royal chariot and left.

However, as soon as they turned around, Zhou Bian and Ning Yue looked at each other and smiled, in order to paralyze Wei Hou, the Son of Heaven had to hide his Feng, but these two people cooperated, but they felt very good.

It's okay in the afternoon, it's just idle panic. Su Rui also went out to inquire, in the morning battle, the Wei army was wounded 2,000 and killed 1,000, while the Korean army was estimated to be 3,000, it seems that the Wei army was fierce and sure enough.

It's just that all of a sudden, from the busyness of Luoyang to the idleness in the Wei camp now, Zhou Bian is really not used to it for a while, it seems that he has to find something to do, otherwise he will really be unbearable if he goes on like this.

The next day, the Wei army set up camp before dawn, but no one came to urge the royal family, so Zhou Bian slept until he woke up naturally, but strictly speaking, he still woke up hot, because the sun was already very high.

After getting up, Zhou Bian knew that in the entire Wei camp, he was the only one who didn't get up. Ning Yue, Su Rui and others had been waiting outside the king's tent for a long time, and General Baning was also waiting. It turned out that Baning was left by Wei Hou to wait to escort the king to Shiqiu City to watch the battle.

So soon, Zhou Bian and the others rushed to the outside of Shiqiu City, but today was not yesterday's seat, but walked two more miles and went around to the north of Shiqiu City. The two sides are fighting here, and the war has entered a white heat.

It turned out that the Wei army turned to the north to attack Shiqiu today, obviously learning the lesson of facing the sun yesterday, could it be that the Wei army really ate Shiqiu, instead of acting in front of the royal family? Thinking about things in his heart, Zhou Bian soon passed through the Wei army under the leadership of General Baning, and drove to the side of the frame of the Wei Hou under the tent of the commanders.

Although the battle was fierce in front of him, Wei Hou was in a good mood today, and when he saw the king coming, he took the initiative to say hello and say a few words of greeting, and then he paid attention to the battlefield again.

Zhou Bian also paid attention to the battlefield, and after a closer look, he found that today's Wei army's offensive was even more fierce than yesterday's, and it was estimated that the strength of the fourth division was pressing the Korean army outside the north wall of Shiqiu. It's just that although the city wall of this city is low, it is not as good as Luoyang, but there is a moat outside the northern city, and I don't know how the Wei army is preparing to attack the city.

After watching it for a while, and praising the bravery of Wei soldiers and expressing the gratitude of the royal family, Zhou Bian sat on the chariot boredly, called the maid to fan the fan, and fell asleep again in a daze. It seems that he is still a teenager after all, he was too tired in Luoyang some time ago, and he couldn't say that Zhou Bian should also thank Wei Hou for taking him away, otherwise where would he have so much time to rest, and now is the time to grow his body.

When I woke up, it was nearly noon, the sun was dazzling, and it took a long time to open my eyes. Looking up, the Wei army was about to rush under the city wall, and on the city wall, which was only two people high, there were several long ladders, and even a few Wei soldiers climbed on the long ladder, and they were about to rush to the city wall.

It was only the next day, and the Wei army was able to rush under the city wall, you must know that there were at least 30,000 Han troops outside the city, and there was a moat under the city wall, and the Wei army was so powerful. Zhou Bian stood up immediately in shock, couldn't help waving his hands, and shouted,

"The Wei army is mighty! Where does it take three days, this king will be able to capture Shiqiu City today! ”

Ning Yue hurriedly pulled the king again, looked around and said in a low voice, "The king is quiet, how to attack the city, that is Wei Hou's final say, the king should not say much." ”

Zhou Bian pretended to be panicked and covered his mouth, peeked at Wei Hou not far away, and closed his mouth nervously.

And Wei Hou didn't seem to notice these at all, turned his head with a smile and said, "King, it's nearly noon now, the weather is hot, our army has suffered heavy casualties, Ben Hou has decided to withdraw his troops today, and tomorrow he will definitely take Shiqiu City, what does the king think?" ”

Although it was a consultative tone, where did Zhou Bian dare to take it seriously, and hurriedly said yes.

Wei Hou smiled faintly, waved his hand and ordered Sima Cuo to order the retreat.

I didn't see it yesterday, but today Zhou Bian naturally carefully observed how the Wei army retreated. As a strong soldier in the world, the Wei army also has a set of retreats, the archers cover, and retreat in turn according to the echelon, until they withdraw from the killing range of the enemy's long-range weapons, and then turn around and run. Zhou Bian secretly noted that this point can also be used as a reference for the royal army.

After returning to the Wei camp, it was another boring rest time, but in the afternoon, Su Rui returned to the royal camp with an indignant face. Soon Zhou Bian knew the reason for Su Rui's indignation, it turned out that the Wei army crossed the moat, and it turned out to be the corpse of the Han soldier who stepped on it, I really didn't expect the Wei army to force the Han soldiers to retreat to the moat, and then drive it down, or even throw the corpse directly into the river, and actually flatten the moat two zhang wide and one person deep, which is not just a matter of dead people, but an insult to the Han soldiers. It's no wonder that Su Rui, who is a Korean, is indignant.

In addition, the death toll on both sides today is estimated to be 15,000 to 4,000, a good ratio, but the Wei army is more wounded, which is mostly due to the fact that the armor worn by the Wei soldiers is stronger than the Korean soldiers.

The night passed quickly, and it was the third day of the attack on Shiqiu, Zhou Bian still slept until he woke up naturally, and then dressed up and walked towards Shiqiu under the leadership of Baning.

However, what is surprising is that there was no war outside Shiqiu City, and it was calm, until he approached, Zhou Bian saw that Wei Hou was waving to himself proudly on the upper floor of the West Gate of Shiqiu.

But I didn't sleep long today, why did the Wei army capture Shiqiu so quickly?