Chapter Forty-Eight: Attacking and Defending the Road
The last rays of the sun shone on the horizon of the dusk of the Yidao attack, shining on the back of the red armor of the Han soldiers, leaving behind the clothes and bronzed skin that the sun had invaded the Han army in June.
"Report, the general's moat has been completely filled, and the army can attack the city" The soldiers who filled the moat at the front came to report.
"I'll go to report to Your Majesty," Zhang Fei immediately ran towards Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was sitting in his imperial car at this time, listening to reports from all sides, "Big brother, the moat has finally been filled in, quickly order an immediate siege" Zhang Fei looked a little impatient at this time, after all, it took more than four hours to fill the moat, and it had already angered his warlike heart.
"The third brother is here today, attack the city tomorrow, and the whole army will return to the camp!" Liu Bei did not agree with Zhang Fei's opinion, after all, the casualties of the night siege were greater than the casualties of the day siege, which Liu Bei did not allow.
With the sound of drums of the retreating army, the soldiers of the Han army began to retreat slowly, leaving only the moat that had become flat ground and the excited eyes of the Wu army.
When the day was about to be replaced by the night, near Lingyang County, Wuling County, a group of people came out of the woods at this time, and the leader was actually Qin Shan, and it didn't take long for Zhuge Qiao to appear in this group of people, it seemed that there must be more than a thousand people, but why did they appear in the night.
"Tun Chang, there is Lingyang County in front, bypassing Lingyang County, you will reach Wuling County in seven or eight days after marching like this" Qin Shan didn't know where to get the news and began to muttered in front of Zhuge Qiao.
"It's already the sixth day, Your Majesty has already begun to attack Yidao City, and Jufu doesn't know how it's going now" Zhuge Qiao began to think about other military situations, mainly Yidao's siege battle.
"Tun Chief, do you say that Your Majesty can capture Yidao?"
Zhuge Qiao shook his head, "No, Yidao is by no means the city that was captured before, it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are tens of thousands of Wu troops in the city to defend the city, it stands to reason that Your Majesty will not make such a mistake, and I don't know if this is a strategy of Your Majesty."
"Tun Chief, you don't care how Your Majesty attacks the city, it's better to think about our capture of Wuling, after all, this is what we should do" Qin Hong saw that Zhuge Qiao was thinking about the attack and defense of Yidao, and immediately reminded;
"As long as Jufu can involve some of the men and horses of the Wu army, we can sneak attack Wuling City, and the destruction of Wuling City can show the usefulness of our strange army, and can extend the defense line of the Wu army, so that it can not take care of each other, so that there can be variables" Zhuge Qiao walked while describing the purpose of this march.
"Tun Chief, don't worry, when I get to Wuling City, I, Qin Lanyu, will definitely be the first to climb to the head of Wuling City, and Ti Tun Chang will take the first credit" Qin Hong did not have a trace of doubt in the face of Zhuge Qiao's strategy, on the contrary, he was his most loyal supporter.
"Tun Chief, if we sneak into the city, we will have our weapons confiscated, if our entire army is deprived of weapons, how can we kill the Wu army" Qin Shan was also worried about entering the city.
"I have already thought about this, when the time comes, I will lead the wolf teeth to sneak attack their baggage, and borrow their weapons to use them" When Zhuge Qiao mentioned the wolf teeth, Qin Shan was also stunned.
"Tun Chief, all the lives of the thousand people we entered the city were pressed on the wolf teeth of the thirty-six people, if there was an accident, wouldn't the entire army be destroyed under Wuling City" Zhuge Qiao's words touched Qin Shan's cautious heart.
"Do you know what the meaning of the strange soldier is, that is, to attack its unpreparedness by surprise, the wolf's tooth is a night army that we have spent more than a year training in, just bet on this time, the winner lives, and the loser dies"
"Then I should follow the chief, no matter whether I succeed or fail"
Three quarters on the second day; Outside Yidao City, tens of thousands of Han soldiers were once again gathered, and the front army was still more than 10,000 Langzhong soldiers led by Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei was still in the Chinese army to supervise the formation.
Hundreds of catapults were also set up to the predetermined position, and with Zhang Fei's command, the war drums of the Han army suddenly sounded throughout the battlefield, accompanied by hundreds of flying stones thrown by catapults and landed on the city tower of Yidao, and the soldiers of the Wu army who did not have time to dodge suffered from the intimate contact of the flying stones, but they left nothing, and even the only body was not intact; Those who see turn their eyes sideways, and those who hear close their ears.
In the face of the endless projection of catapults, the soldiers of the Wu army were also shocked and frightened by the tragic death of their own soldiers, and they all hoped that the stones of the Han army would be used up soon; After a burst of flying stones, Wu soldiers immediately rushed to the city tower and began to arrange strict guards to wait for the Han army to attack, and Ling Tong personally sat at the city gate to command the defense.
With the catapult retreat position, he was replaced by more than 100 ladder cars, this ladder is not the other ladder, but to take the way of folding and opening to the city tower, which is equipped with wheels to strengthen its mobility, the inclination is only 50 degrees, the soldier can completely rely on his own momentum to step on the ladder to run up the city tower, and the stability is better.
Later, the Han army army launched a well with a height of about three zhang, under which wheels were carried, but the height of the wall of Yidao was less than two zhang; The characteristic of the well is that the soldiers can stand in it and shoot the enemy's castle guards with bows and arrows to suppress the enemy's defending power.
After that, the Han army army pushed the four-zhang high nest car, and the nest car is also known as the building car; There are four wheels under it for easy movement, which are used to keep an eye on the enemy's inner city and the movement of the city walls.
After that, there is the city car, which is used to storm the enemy's city gate, and there is a wide wooden shield above, and more than ten people can be used to hit the city gate.
After that, there was a Linchong Lu bus, which was a siege tower with eight wheels and five stories high. The lowest layer is the soldiers who push the cart forward, and the other four layers are loaded with about 60 soldiers who are besieging the city. The car is three zhang high, one zhang wide and three zhang long. The car uses its own height to directly attack the city ** from the car, and can also be used to approach the city wall and directly attack the defenders on the city wall. In addition to various long weapons, the car is also equipped with bows and crossbows.
After that, more than 100 three-bow bed crossbows were erected, and when they were fired, they were extremely spectacular, the arrows were like javelins, and they could be directly nailed into the city wall when fired at close range.
After that, there are 5,000 lieutenant soldiers with swords and shields, and various instruments cooperate with each other to achieve the final effect of capturing the city tower; Sergeant Wu also pulled the arrow on the string at this time, tensed his nerves and waited for the moment when his war drum sounded; It's a pity that they didn't wait for their war drums to beat, and they ushered in the arrows of the Han army's three-bow bed crossbow, and the Wu soldiers who were shot continued to retreat a few steps before falling to the ground with the remaining strength of the arrows.
At this time, the Han army had also reached the attack range of the catapults in the Wu army's city, and the battle drummed! More than 100 flying stones fell directly towards the attacking troops of the Han army, and the heavy crossbow bows on the city wall also began to shoot life-threatening arrows, mercilessly flying towards the Han army.