Han General took the soldiers and horses of the Weibei battalion all the way to show the banner, drove directly to the city of Xinxian County, and stopped at a position six hundred steps away from the city wall of Xinxian County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info For some reason, it seems that Weibei Camp is deliberately far away from the Xinxian city wall. Seeing the enemy army coming down from the city, the men and horses of Shimaizhou on the city wall were obviously a little flustered, and many soldiers began to run in a panic at the head of the city, and even shouted loudly.

Medical Officer Xiao Liu, together with Li Deyi, Li Wudi, and Wang Zhuangbiao, walked to the north of Xin County. Seeing the panicked appearance of the defenders of the city wall, Medical Officer Xiao Liu shook his head and said: "It seems that the emperor's new generals here in Shimaizhou are not very strict in governing the army. Tell the order to go down, let the sons and daughters make a noise, and release a wave of arrows to the head of the city to see how it goes. There were soldiers behind him who ran to convey the military order of Medical Officer Xiao Liu. After a while, Han Jiang and his soldiers began to beat drums and make noise, and at the same time sent troops to surround half of the county, and then arranged for the soldiers to shoot a wave of arrows towards the city from afar. At this time, Li Deyi took his senior brother, Wang Zhuangbiao, and Li Wudi, and the four of them came to a dirt slope in the north to observe the situation in the opposite city.

Sure enough, when this wave of arrow rain fell, the defenders at the head of Xin County were even more panicked, and Doctor Xiao Liu naturally saw it in his eyes.

Regarding this battle, Old Doctor Sun also explained in advance that the siege was only half of the siege. This is not a tactic to encircle three queyi, but the Weibei battalion has too few troops to attack this time. The Weibei battalion only has 5,000 soldiers this time, and even if you count the people who are responsible for transporting grain in the back, it is only more than 10,000. With such a small number of troops, if they are surrounded on all sides, the troops everywhere will be too weak, and they may be broken by the defenders. This is the scene, and the following is the big truth.

To put it bluntly, Weibei Camp is too small to withstand the toss. Before the war, Medical Officer Xiao Liu pondered countermeasures, also to minimize the casualties of the Weibei battalion. Historically, siege warfare 1 has been pure attrition, except for taking the lives of soldiers to pile up, there is no skill at all. Although the attack was only on two small county towns, the city walls of these two counties were intact and had not been destroyed by the Tuliao people. The defenders have also been stationed here for a long time, when Liu Weiyi defeated the Tuliao people in these two counties, although it has now been transferred, but also left a great reputation among the local people. Many people are grateful that he defeated the Tuliao people at the beginning, protected the county's fathers and villagers, from the flames of war, this time learned that the Weibei battalion soldiers are coming to the city, many people also actively participate in defending the city, carrying water and food, carrying rolling wood and stones.

After a rain of arrows, the soldiers of the Weibei battalion were ready and set up a formation. Next, a soldier with a loud voice began to shout into the city, shouting the same set that Li Deyi said at the beginning, but the old medical officer Sun processed it a little to make it sound easy to understand, and the old and weak women and children could understand it.

After shouting, the siege battle of the Weibei battalion officially began, first launched a round of stone-throwing with a stone-throwing machine at the head of the city, and then the army beat the drum and made noise, and the soldiers came out of the ranks, pushing the assembled siege ladder, and began to move forward slowly, and the defenders at the head of the city suddenly seemed to be facing the enemy, and the atmosphere between the two armies was suddenly tense.

Unexpectedly, when the army formation of the Weibei battalion advanced to sixty paces from the city wall, it suddenly turned around, began to march in formation along the left side of the city wall, walked to the left side, turned around and continued to the right, and walked around, but refused to get one step closer to the city wall. The guards in the city kept holding the order, just waiting for the Weibei camp to come within fifty steps, and they would send thousands of arrows in unison, giving them a good look. Unexpectedly, Weibeiying suddenly turned a corner, walked back and forth under the city, no longer stepped forward, and held the breath in the hearts of the generals guarding the city, but they couldn't get out.

After a while, the commanders on a few sections of the city wall could not bear it anymore and ordered the soldiers to release arrows. Most of these arrows fell in front of the soldiers of the Weibei battalion, and occasionally a few of them shot into the formation, but to no avail, they were easily blocked by people waving wooden shields.

Medical Officer Xiao Liu saw this scene clearly on the northern slope, turned his head to Li Deyi and said: "Sure enough, as you said, the defenders in this city are now quite scattered, and they can't even obey military orders, obviously because the newly transferred guards can't obey the public." It seems that the 2 Shimai Prefecture recognized the Tuliao beast as his father this time, and there are many people in his whole army who are not convinced! Hmph, Shimaizhou recognized the wolf as his father, he took the opportunity to become the emperor, but the hearts of his subordinates have since been scattered. "From the situation of the defenders in this city, it can be seen that the soldiers under the command of Shimaizhou are scattered, and Medical Officer Xiao Liu also knows it.

Li Deyi said proudly: "Yes, let me just say, last night I watched him change the night guard soldiers, there was no law at all, and even in my hiding place, I could still hear the voice of the soldiers on his city wall." It has always been strictly forbidden to make noise at night in the army, and the soldiers who stood guard at night actually dared to gather together to play idle, which shows that the military discipline under the emperor Shimaizhou here has been corrupted to a certain extent. Hmph, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and the lord of his own family has recognized the Tuliao dog thief as his father, and the soldiers below are naturally troubled. ”

Li Wudi next to him realized that he had been staring there for a day during the day yesterday, and he had not figured out the law of the change of guard and guard in Xin County, and his feeling was that the defenders of Xin County had already been out of order.

"I heard that after Nashimaizhou became the emperor, the first thing he did was to be busy building the imperial palace, and he looted the people under his rule. His soldiers were recruited from among the people, and presumably the army was also dissatisfied with him. Since his father is a great khan, I'm afraid he can't just say a word, and every year, he doesn't know how many gold and silver coins and silk he gets. Of course, these things are wool from sheep, and can only be scavenged from the people under his rule. He could not dominate the three provinces, and the two provinces were repeatedly plundered and destroyed by the Tuliao people during the period. He also wanted to build the imperial palace and give a large amount of coins to the Great Khan of Tuliao in order to pay him a large bribe, both of which could be real money. Now he is saying that he is scraping the ground three feet to the ground, and it is not an exaggeration to knock out the bones and suck the marrow. With such a rule, the local people were wailing, and the officers and men in the army were naturally complaining. I am afraid that the military orders, military discipline, and generals issued to him will not be seriously implemented, and the soldiers who are disgruntled at the bottom will of course no longer strictly abide by them. Doctor Xiao Liu slowly said his analysis, and Li Deyi stood next to him and listened carefully. Li Wudi and Wang Zhuangbiao got together, and the two of them stared at the city wall of Xinxian County, their eyes were full of fire, and they wished that they could go up and fight happily now.

Li De listened carefully, staring at the city wall of Xin County, and suddenly pointed to the city wall in the northeast corner of Xin County: "Senior brother, look at that place!" That's the section of the city wall I mentioned to you, and for some reason that section of the city wall last night, there was no one on duty in the second half of the night. Doctor Liu followed what his junior brother was counting on. It turned out that as the battle formation of the Weibei battalion under the city moved back and forth around the city wall, the defenders on the city also waved their flags, and then kept moving to change their defenses. When the defenders of the city head walked to the northeast corner of the city wall, suddenly there was obvious stagnation and chaos on the city wall, and the little doctor Liu on the dirt slope saw all this clearly.

It stands to reason that the defenders only need to divide their troops to guard each city gate and then leave reserve troops, and there is no need for a large army to move back and forth on the city walls. First, the top of the city wall is narrow, and the army is inconvenient to move, and second, the guards are changed many times, and the physical strength and mood of the soldiers will also be slack. But this time, according to the strategy of the old doctor Sun before the war, the Weibei battalion only arranged soldiers to attack the city on the two southwest city walls, blocking these two city gates. There are only more than 3,000 defenders in Xin County, and it would be too stupid to still divide troops to guard the city gates on all sides, so the generals who defended the city transferred most of the soldiers on the east and north sides to the southwest two city walls. He thought well, if the Weibei battalion concentrated its forces to attack these two walls, he could also concentrate his forces to defend. Now in the army, because of the emperor's father's affairs, the Liao people, and the harsh looting of the local people, the army's morale is also turbulent. He didn't dare to take the risk, in case he let the Weibei battalion take advantage of the loophole again. Therefore, the guards are very close, as long as the Weibei battalion under the city makes a move, the army in the city will also respond immediately.

This guard thought very well and dealt with it well, but the bad thing was that Li Deyi proposed a new strategy before the battle, although Medical Officer Xiao Liu did not accept it all, but decided to test it first. So there was a scene where the soldiers of the Weibei battalion under the city walked back and forth around the city wall, but did not attack the city. Of course, the guards in the city couldn't eat the medicine sold in the gourd of Weibei Ying, so they had to follow the army that frequently mobilized the defense in the city. When the men and horses of the Weibei battalion went to the west, the generals in the city transferred most of the men and horses to the west, and although the guards at the gates of the city did not move, the reserves had to follow the Weibei battalion under the city to move back and forth. The Weibei battalion went further to the north of the city wall, and the generals in the city also continued to deploy soldiers. The heart of the army in the city was unstable, and the soldiers were extremely nervous when they were about to fight, and then they were transferred back and forth by the commander, but they could not engage the enemy for a long time, and finally some soldiers could not bear it. In the reserve, a newly recruited soldier was too nervous for the first time, and was transferred back and forth like this, and finally collapsed, this soldier shouted loudly, turned and jumped directly from the city wall.

This scene was clearly seen by Dr. Xiao Liu, who was standing on the hillside, "The enemy's army is in turmoil, tonight is the best time, let's go back and prepare first, and act according to the plan after dark." After seeing this scene, Medical Officer Xiao Liu finally made up his mind and decided to use his junior brother's tactics to attack the city. The four of them went back to the camp to rest for a while, and Han Jiang always followed the instructions of Medical Officer Xiao Liu, and the brigade pressed the formation at the back, and took a thousand soldiers back and forth to circle under the city of Xinxian County, but did not attack the city. Whenever he was tired, he would send out a loud voice of soldiers to shout to the soldiers and people in the city, and toss back and forth for a whole day until it was dark.

The Weibei battalion was so tossed that the defenders in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight. Even in the afternoon, in order to save the physical strength of the soldiers, Han divided the soldiers who were responsible for moving back and forth into two groups and exchanged them back and forth, and the defenders in the city were still honestly cowering. The guard of Xin County seemed to be a cautious person, knowing that at this time, he did not seek merit but no fault, and would never risk going out of the city. The Xinxian guards can see clearly from the city gate tower, the Weibei battalion under the city is only a small number of soldiers and horses transferred back and forth, and most of the soldiers are always waiting in the rear and have not been used. Therefore, this Xin County guard simply came to respond to all changes, anyway, I don't risk going out of the city to fight, let you do all kinds of tricks, I just honestly defend the city, what do you like.

Mr. Han played tricks under the nose of the Xin County garrison for a day, and he was stunned that nothing happened. In a blink of an eye, it was dark, and the smell of food wafted outside the city, and the aroma of Weibeiying outside the city was obviously stronger, and there was actually a smell of meat! At this meal, the soldiers of the Weibei battalion ate their fill with broth, and the defenders in the city were scolding and eating at the smell of meat coming from next door, but they were also full.

After a day of tossing, both sides were tired, leaving each other with the soldiers standing guard and the soldiers in shifts, and the others went back to rest. In the middle of the night, Li De, who had never slept and rested, came to his brother's camp together, and Wang Zhuangbiao and Li Wudi also hurried over. After the two of them arrived, Medical Officer Xiao Liu carefully checked each person's weapons and equipment one by one, nodded, lowered his voice and ordered: "Let's go!" ”