Chapter 596, Zhan Shu City (4)
For generations, war has never been a simple matter, as the saying goes, "when a cannon goes off, gold is ten thousand taels", war needs to consume money, and it is definitely a huge burden. In particular www.biquge.info he is not only concerned with money, but also involves many aspects, such as whether there is enough food, whether it can reach the destination quickly, and the impact on farming.
Of course, the game is not used to train politicians or military strategists, so a large part of the procedures are omitted, such as the requisition of the people, all of which are replaced by professional logistics baggage troops, basically as long as there is enough food and weapons, the lord player does not need to think too much.
Yuan Shu has always been the first imaginary enemy in Liu Feng's mind, in order to prepare for today's war, he has not yet occupied the entire territory of Jiangdong, he has begun to carry out material reserves, so he has no shortage of food and weapons, but the price of doing so is that he occupies a huge territory, and he barely reaches the balance every year, except for leaving a special reserve fund for emergency use, basically there is no money in the treasury, and all of it is spent cleanly.
It can be said that if this battle cannot be won and the war dividends are won, the huge financial pressure will be enough to bankrupt him. The attrition of war must not be measured in ordinary days, even if many processes have been simplified in the game.
"Let's talk about it, how can we break through Shucheng." Thirty miles outside Shucheng, where Liu Feng's army is located, Liu Feng convened the generals in the big tent, "Maybe some people still don't know, there are a large number of catapults in Shucheng, the range is far beyond ours, and the situation of breaking the city wall with a large number of catapults like before will basically not happen here, it can be said that if there are no corresponding countermeasures, then our catapults are just decorations, and they may even be wiped out if they can't even cause an effective attack on Shucheng." ”
The advantage of equipment has always been one of the magic weapons of Liu Fengjun's victory in foreign wars before this. Among the people present, there were newcomers who had never experienced a war, and there were also veterans of the Jiangdong Army, who had experienced every war of foreign expansion, but they had never lost the advantage of equipment like this time.
Huiji is the imperial court appointed by the Taishou, Wu County's major families did not agree with each other, a plate of scattered sand, Danyang has Wu Jing's trouble, but also Zhou Xin's cooperation, and Yuzhang is Hua Xin's direct refuge...... It can be said that it was Liu Feng's early move that made it so easy to control these counties. None of his enemies were concentrating on resisting with all their might. Therefore, Liu Feng can concentrate his greatest advantages and take down all the counties at a very small price.
But the situation is different now, so that these generals who are used to equipment crushing are a little overwhelmed.
"Alas, are these people really being raised?" Liu Feng looked at the famous figures in history one by one, and couldn't help muttering to himself, "It seems that it is better to strengthen the opportunity for these people to be on their own and exercise more." If it's really scrapped, then what's the use of me recruiting so many historical celebrities. ”
"Strategist, let's talk about it first!" Liu Feng looked at Xun You, the person who had always acted as a think tank.
"Now the range of Shucheng's long-range attack far exceeds that of our army, if you want to attack the city safely, you must either suppress it, or break under the city wall and forcibly attack the city." Xun You said, "Today's temptation may not be the limit of the other party, and it needs to be further confirmed." ”
"There is no good way to suppress the enemy's catapults, after all, the enemy occupies the advantage of the city walls, unless a mountain is built outside the city, but even so, the attack range of our catapults is far inferior to that of the other party. And if you break through and forcibly attack the city, without the suppression of the bow and crossbow, you can't climb the city wall, and the siege equipment such as engineering vehicles, rushing vehicles, and well railings can't appear in the formation at all, otherwise it will be a huge target, giving credit to the enemy's catapults. ”
"So, this battle is very dangerous," Liu Feng said heavily......
"Is it possible to divide the troops?" Zhang Hong suggested.
"Try it, maybe after the division of troops, the advantage of the enemy's catapults will not be so great." After thinking about it for a while, Xun You agreed with this suggestion.
After discussing for a while, seeing that there was no more results, Liu Feng could only let the generals disband, but ordered the whole army to pull out the camp early tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, after a full meal, the army began to set off, advancing Dazhai twenty miles further forward and camping ten miles away from Shucheng.
"Ling Cao, Zhang Hong, the two of you divide millions of troops, camp around Dongcheng, and attack the city with cameras." After settling down in Dazhai, Liu Feng ordered according to the previous plan.
Half a day later, the battle began again, and it was still more than ten catapults slowly advancing in the direction of the city wall under the protection of the soldiers, for a whole day, lasting more than ten times. The damage was slightly smaller than yesterday, but not much less.
"How?" During the discussion in the evening, Liu Feng specially asked Xun You, who went to Dongcheng to watch the battle.
"It can be basically confirmed that the other side cannot take care of both sides at the same time, although the enemy's catapult in the eastern city is also far from our attack range, but it is far from it, it only occupies the advantage of the city wall, and the accuracy is far less than this side." A smile appeared on Xun You's face, "Of course, it is not ruled out that the other party may set up a suspicious formation." But in terms of Liu Xun's character, it is basically unlikely. ”
"Okay." This is definitely good news, which made Liu Feng feel energetic all of a sudden, "Does the military division have a countermeasure?" ”
"Let's build an earth mountain, both sides at the same time, offset the other party's city wall advantage, and even build a higher earth mountain, which will become our advantage." Xun You suggested, "In this way, at least one side can take advantage as the main direction of attack." For the time being, there is no better way. ”
"Tsukiyama?" Liu Feng muttered a little in his heart. It will be a great siege to build at least seven zhang of earth mountains on flat land, to ensure that at least dozens of catapults can play a role, and to ensure that catapults and stones can be easily transported. Moreover, the location of the mountain is still within the enemy's strike range, and it must be guarded by a large army to prevent the enemy troops in the city from sneaking out of the city. Liu Feng was very puzzled, with his current army of less than five million, he could complete this task.
But there's no other way but to try.
In the time that followed, Liu Feng's army was carrying the bombardment of the enemy's catapults, and built two dirt mountains outside Shucheng little by little, and fought three times with the enemy troops who came out of the city to sneak attack, and finally completed the project at a huge price. For this reason, Liu Fengjun lost as much as 300,000 yuan, and the catapult has lost more than 100 units, which made Liu Feng feel distressed. But fortunately, the enemy's army that sneaked out of the city did not run back much, and even if the losses were not as many as Liu Feng's, they were not too far behind.
"Lord, is there any news of Yuan Shu these days? Did he send reinforcements here? On this day, Xun Yu suddenly asked Liu Feng. Because he knew that Liu Feng, as an alien, had more ways to receive news from all over the world.
"No, now that Yuan Shujun is advancing step by step on the Lu side and Yingchuan side, how can he have the heart to take care of this side of the matter." Liu Feng said with a smile, "In Pingyu, he still has a lot of soldiers and horses that are contained, and there is a lot more crisis than Shu County, even if there are reinforcements, he will not come here for the time being." ”
"That's good, then lord, starting tomorrow, let's launch a counterattack!" Xun You suggested.
"Good!" Liu Feng didn't ask much, after enduring it for so many days, he was already tired of it, if he hadn't understood his own catties, he would have intervened in the command a long time ago. Now Xun Yu loosened his mouth, which was exactly what he meant.