These words were really Yan Yan speechless, after all, the facts are the facts, since ancient times, trapping and defending the city is the next strategy, only by attacking and resisting the enemy in the field can we grasp the initiative in the war. It's a pity that once attacked, it means that it is officially involved in the world's disputes, and although Liu Yan can be regarded as a hero, he also lacks the courage to compete for the world, unless the opportunity is excellent, he just wants to be in a corner of peace, not to mention that Yizhou has been unstable internally, and the rebellion has not been once or twice over the years, and the local wealthy families are not very obedient.

As for attacking now, keeping the enemy out, he thought. But after winning Jingzhou's plan, the main force was transferred to Hanzhong, and he is still on the way, and his strength is really dwarfed...... Moreover, even if the main force arrives, if it is really a decisive battle with the Jingzhou army in the field, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose, and if the whole line is annihilated, the consequences will ......

Yan Yan didn't dare to think about it anymore, and unconsciously felt a chill, which was the instinct generated when he encountered a strong enemy.

"Hahaha! General Yan, why don't you speak? To tell the truth, there are still 10,000 or 20,000 boulders like this, and they have been polished more over the years, and they are produced on the assembly line every day. However, this time he only brought four or five thousand, and if the Jiangzhou city wall could withstand it, then General Ben would personally lead his troops to the city. ”

These words almost made Yan Yan squirt out a mouthful of old blood on the spot, but the stimulation was not over yet. Wang Xu, who had the intention of deliberately stimulating the enemy, shouted loudly again: "Ah! By the way, the general doesn't have to worry too much about the damage of the catapult, although the casting cost of this catapult is expensive, but Jingzhou also has some family background, about one hundred and fifty cars. This time, General Ben brought sixty vehicles, and there are still forty vehicles in the rear battalion being assembled, and they will be delivered later. ”

"Dog thief! You...... You ......" Yan Yan was really angry at the moment, and he couldn't speak.

Although the generals beside him were also angry, they were also deeply shocked by Wang Xu's words, and Lou Fa said worriedly: "General Yan, it's not a way to go on like this, the lethality of the boulder is extremely great, although the soldiers are hiding everywhere. But there are still casualties from time to time. And it goes on and on. The damage to the city defenses will be extremely severe, and even part of the city wall may collapse, and our army will be even more critical at that time. ”

"Hey!" Yan Yan, who had always been calm, finally couldn't withstand the pressure and let out a long sigh. "So what, if all the soldiers are withdrawn to the city now, it will be equivalent to letting Wang Xu in. Nearly 100,000 troops! At that time, our army was scattered in the city, and it was impossible to form a formation. It is simply impossible to resist. ”

"General Yan, it's better for me to lead my troops into battle to see if I can force them back, and it would be better if I could destroy some trebuchets." Shocked by the boulder attack, Gan Ning, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but hold his breath and took the initiative to ask for help. His eyes shot a terrifying and fierce light.

"This ......" Yan Yan hesitated a little, but as another wave of boulders flew in, he had no choice but to nod his head heavily. Well, you take two thousand cavalry out, be careful. ”

"No!" Gan Ning replied hatefully, without saying a word, and rushed down the city tower.

It's not just them. Even the generals of Jingzhou were equally shocked. No one thought that Wang Xu would do this, although it was a little shameless. But I have to say, this is indeed a good way. Everyone also came out of the battlefield, so naturally they don't think there is anything wrong with this, and they don't get tired of cheating.

It's just that watching the boulder fly like this for a long time is also extremely boring, Wang Xu couldn't help laughing and said: "Everyone is tired of standing like this, it's better to let the sergeants take turns to sit down and rest!" ”

"Huh!" All the generals laughed, but they all nodded.

It's just that before the order can be given, the east gate of Jiangzhou suddenly opened, and a horse took the lead in galloping out, it was the tiger general Gan Ning, followed by many iron horsemen, and soon rushed out of the line of the trebuchet's shooting point, and quickly lined up in the open area outside the city.

Seeing this scene, although Wang Xu really wanted the trebuchet to shift the target and smash these cavalry, he also knew that it was impossible, the trebuchet had to adjust the angle for a while, and it was impossible to attack the moving target, that thing was only effective for fixed objects in the real battlefield, unless hundreds of thousands of people gathered together in a dense manner, but that was obviously impossible. However, the eyes of all the generals lit up unbearably, and when the other party quickly formed a formation, they looked over, and waited for Wang Xu to give the order to attack.

"All the people with bows and crossbows lined up in the front row for me, divided into three lines, and fired in turns, while the rest crouched. Wen Yuan, Gongming, and Wen Chang led the headquarters to prepare their personal guards. Wang Xu still didn't care, and slowly gave the order.

He is slow, the soldiers dare not be slow, almost at the same time as the enemy cavalry is in formation, this side is also ready. Seeing Gan Ning roaring angrily and leading the soldiers to kill with a sharp arrow formation, the crossbowmen shot out the sharp arrows with a "swish", and the rain of arrows poured down as if they didn't want money. You must know that this qiē Tian Feng has already been arranged, and the suppression of bows and arrows in the siege battle is extremely important, so almost half of the 30,000 people can shoot arrows.

Such a salvo of 10,000 arrows is rare even when the main force is in a decisive battle, how dare Gan Ning break through, and the two thousand cavalry may die before they can rush in. As soon as he saw the rain of arrows, he quickly stopped the cavalry and continued to charge forward, divided into two columns on the left and right, and returned to the outside range, but even after a while, at least more than three hundred people fell, and many of the remaining armor were inserted with arrows, but they did not penetrate, so you can imagine what the consequences would be when ten thousand arrows were fired at the same time as the distance got closer.

Looking at the frightened Gan Ning, Wang Xu looked relaxed, slowly urged him to take a few steps forward, and laughed loudly: "Hehe! General Gan, your Excellency is unlucky today, when I ordered the troops, I brought most of the crossbowmen, sorry! ”

This implied sarcastic voice made Gan Ning's heart and liver and five organs explode, his face was hideous, and he pointed at Wang Xu and scolded him more than once: "Dog thief, you have the ability to come up and fight to the death, you can compare with real knives and guns, why did the husband hide behind the army and rely on the crossbowman to cover up." ”

This time, without waiting for Wang Xu to answer, Zhang Liao had already spoken first. "Hahaha! Ignorant child, do you think the battlefield is a place for brave and ruthless fighting? Where thieves play? The crossbowmen are a large class of troops, and they can't be broken, they are already defeated, and they still make such wild words, won't they make the world laugh? ”

Wang Xu smiled slightly, and stepped forward to answer at the right time. "Yes, it depends on the situation, and the only thing to do is to win. I admit that you are not an opponent of any of us, but if you are always like this, you are no match for you. ”

In fact, Gan Ning has read hundreds of schools of thought over the years and studied the art of war, how can he not know this, but this battle is really aggrieved. Angry. That's when he said that. At this moment, being hit by the two of them again, it was calmer. stared at Wang Xu fiercely: "The dog thief thinks that General Ben really can't fight?" He will fight with you one day and take your dog's head. ”

"Hahaha! If you can get through this, I'm here for you! Wang Xu laughed indifferently.

In fact, at this moment, all the generals vaguely understood that Wang Xu's unusually vicious words were probably to stimulate the enemy. What should be the intention. Therefore, when Gan Ning was forced to retreat, they all laughed and shouted in unison: "General Gan, don't send it!" ”

This kind of verbal stimulation made Gan Ning really angry, and he didn't say a word when he returned to the city. The scene just now. The generals also saw it, sighed helplessly, and didn't say anything. But seeing that cracks began to form in some parts of the city wall where the boulders continued to bombard, my heart was even more worried.

Time passed slowly in this shameless tactic, this bombardment had been going on for more than two hours, and some of the walls that had been continuously bombarded were really unable to hold on. Although the catapults of the Jingzhou army were also damaged, there were catapults and stones from the direction of the camp one after another, and at the same time, the Jingzhou soldiers also gathered more and more. There were 60,000 of them. And it was slowly divided into four parts, enclosing the entire city.

"General Yan! No, I can't. I'm afraid the city wall is going to collapse, and the soldiers have a lot of casualties, seeing that Wang Xu doesn't seem to be a fake, he really wants to smash this Jiangzhou city alive. ”

"Yes, yes! Instead of this, it is better to lead the army out of the city and fight head-on for a while! ”

With the worried words of the general beside him, Yan Yan's lips were also a little pale, and he hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but wave his hand heavily when he saw the city wall that was becoming more and more untenable. "Okay, go out of the city to fight, even if you lose, you have to kill him!"

The generals have such courage, but it does not mean that all the soldiers have it, and they are a little frightened in the face of this crisis, and they are completely frightened by the Jingzhou army. However, the order must be carried out after all, and under the supervision of generals at all levels, a large number of soldiers are still gathering and preparing to rush out of the city.

However, even more tragic was still after, when the large-scale mobilization was seen by the soldiers on the arrow tower of the Jingzhou army, the besieging departments were instantly ready, and the arrow tower, which was slightly higher than the city wall, suppressed the bow crossbowmen at the head of the enemy city with a rain of arrows. The next thing to do is simpler, after all, the city gate is only so big, and the defenders have just rushed out, and before they can form a formation, a rain of arrows will fall on their heads. Even if the cavalry assaulted, when they rushed out of the relatively narrow city gate in a disorderly manner, they did not form an effective attack formation, not only had to accept the baptism of arrow rain, but also faced a strong encirclement and assault led by several generals. Seeing the heavy casualties, he retreated.

It can be said that Wang Xu fully grasped the disadvantage of being trapped in the city, and as long as he commanded properly, the Jiangzhou defenders could not gain a foothold outside the city at all. The only way to crack it is that there are enough crossbowmen at the head of the city to suppress it, giving the soldiers time and space to assemble outside the city, but Jiangzhou, which is at an extreme disadvantage, how can it be possible to suppress the Jingzhou army that is several times its size, not to mention such a high arrow tower, the powerful giant crossbow is not used to look good.

Seeing this scene, Dian Wei, who was guarding Wang Xu's side, couldn't help but sigh: "Lord, this is a completely one-sided battle!" ”

"Huh! Therefore, there is no city in the world that cannot be attacked, only people who cannot be defeated. No matter what danger there is, as long as there are enough materials and conditions, it can be destroyed. Otherwise, since ancient times, why do all the military books say that defending the city is the next policy? This is the consequence of losing the strategic initiative, Dian Wei, in the future, you must also remember that if it is not required by the overall situation, you must not be trapped if you can meet the battle. ”

"Hmm!" Dian Wei nodded affirmatively, the memory of this battle was quite profound. After a long time, he smiled honestly: "Lord, did we win this battle like this?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Wang Xu shook his head slowly and said with a smile: "I never thought that I could take the city just like this, but the other party was just beaten and blinded, and he was provoked by my deliberately provocative words and lost his normal judgment." If I were Yan Yan, I would have to throw stones and quickly collect stones, planks, sandbags, and so on. Jiangzhou City is so big, the city walls are strong, even if all the reserves of Jingzhou are taken out, don't really think about smashing one wall of a big city to the ground, you can only smash out some gaps. These collapsed places can be blocked by concentrating forces, accumulating those things, and can also be used as blocking. ”

"In this way, in the end, we still have to rely on white-knuckle combat to capture the city, and if the enemy city can unite as one and swear to resist the enemy, our casualties will not be small, after all, siege is also a strategy! However, it is certain that we will take it, we will try our best to take advantage of it, if we can't take Jiangzhou, then it is time to go home. ”

"Home? What are you doing when you go home? Dian Weiqi said.

"Go home and farm, a group of rice buckets still waste the people's hard work to grow food to feed, or support yourself!"

"......" (To be continued.) )