Chapter 418: Airborne Handan
Soon, the Zhao army grew tired of the painless attack of the Zhou army, and when they attacked again, the soldiers in Handan City remained unmoved and continued to sleep.
Xu Kai was not in a hurry to launch a general attack, but attacked for another 7 days in a row, and Zhao Jun really didn't feel anything, hehe......
The Zhou army had too many troops, and there were no casualties in these two months, so the grain and grass were quickly depleted, and they were exhausted in another two months.
As the capital of Zhao State, Handan City is completely self-sufficient, and their grain and grass are enough to last for 1 year.
When Wang Jian and his son came, they didn't expect Handan City to be so strong, and Yan Le made such a moat, which was really more terrifying than the Yangtze River......
Seeing the anxious appearance of the father and son, Xu Kai didn't think so, he looked leisurely and leisurely, chatting with the generals in the army, so happy, he likes to brag the most, and the biggest advantage of bragging in front of the ancients is: what they have never heard of or seen, saying it from your mouth will convince them.
Even Wang Jian and his son were stunned, they didn't expect Qin Shi Huang to understand so many things.
But Wang Jian couldn't help it after all, and asked: "Your Majesty, now that the Zhao army has been decided, why didn't you launch an attack for a long time?" If this continues, our army will run out of food and grass......"
Xu Kai said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, I have my own opinions." ”
Wang Jian saw that he was full of confidence, and he didn't dare to ask any more, and Qin Shi Huang would not let his 2 million troops be starved to death outside Handan City.
Xu Kai said to Wang Jian before returning to the tent to rest: "From tomorrow, a 200-kilogram boulder will be launched every other hour. ”
"The last general commands!" Wang Jian didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he could only go crazy with him.
In the past two months, Xu Kai has continuously ordered people to build a giant catapult designed by him, which can weigh about 200 kilograms of boulders, after continuous testing, Xu Kai is also constantly transforming, its range is longer, it can cross the city wall to attack the city, causing a huge threat to Handan City.
The purpose of the daily catapult is to test the accuracy of the catapult and to train the proficiency of the soldiers. And Xu Kai's purpose is not known at all.
Every time he attacked, Xu Kai would fly to the sky to see where the fireball landed, and then come back to adjust.
Finally one day. A large fireball hit Yan Le's base camp directly, burning dozens of soldiers to death.
Yan Le was upset and immediately shifted his position, but the Zhou army's fireball hit a military tent again. Yan Le didn't care, or continued to transfer. He just wants to spend it with Xu Kai.
The two armies attacked me and hid like this, and Yan Le was beaten so that he could not sleep well for a day.
No, I finally lay down, and there was another noise in the army, and I was hit by a big fireball again.
Yan Le was confused now, could it be that Zhou Jun could see through the city wall and see his every move?
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, and the soldiers of Zhao Jun were even more worried and demoralized.
In the end, Yan Le finally decided to go out of the city to meet the enemy!
That night. Zhao Jun opened the city gates, put the prepared ships into the moat, and then sailed to the opposite bank in batches of 500,000 each.
Xu Kai is waiting for this moment! After the Zhao army had 500,000 soldiers ashore, another 500,000 Zhao troops were crossing the river, and the remaining 500,000 were concentrated at the city gate.
Xu Kai gave an order, and all the catapults immediately launched a general attack.
But it wasn't the boulders that were thrown, but the soldiers......
Now Xu Kai has nearly 10,000 catapults, and a large number of soldiers have fallen from the sky and fallen into Handan City, and they are near Yan Le's big tent.
Of course. You don't have to worry that these soldiers will fall to their deaths, Xu Kai has already taught them to make parachutes, which is also what he usually reveals and teaches to them intentionally or unintentionally when he brags.
As Yan Le's army was concentrated in the area of the city gate, he began to cross the river. The forces became scattered.
When they saw that the Zhou army had crossed the city wall so easily, they immediately withdrew to defend, who expected that these soldiers who parachuted into the city were extremely brave, and they were personally commanded by Xu Kai.
Wang Jian and his son don't want to let go of this great opportunity, they have been depressed for a long time, and now they can finally do a big job!
Wang Ben, who was ambushed on both sides of the city gate, flanked the Zhao army in the river. Yan Le was busy resisting the Zhou army that jumped into the city, and he had no time to take care of the Zhao army on the river and on the other side.
Looking at these demoralized and exhausted Zhao troops who had already come ashore, they had been easily defeated by Wang Jian and captured a large number of deserters.
Xu Kai won a complete victory in this plan, and Yan Le knew that his life would not be guaranteed if he continued to fight, so he had to raise the white flag and surrender.
Handan City fell into the hands of Xu Kai, and his prestige in the army suddenly rose to the highest point, and Wang Jian and his son admired him so much.
In this battle, the Zhou army lost 100,000 soldiers, annihilated 500,000 enemies, and captured 1 million, which can be described as a complete victory.
The most common method used by generals in this period to treat prisoners of war was to kill them, and the famous Battle of Changping killed 400,000 Zhao troops.
Xu Kai would not do this, but Wang Jian and his son were always worried that the 1 million captives would be uncontrollable and even rebelled, and proposed to Xu Kai many times that they be killed.
In order to dispel this concern, Xu Kai issued an order, that is, to let all the captives unload their armor and return to the field, rebuild Handan City, and let the Zhou army soldiers be responsible for supervising it, and strictly ordered the Zhou army not to persecute the people of Handan City, and violators were executed.
After dealing with the affairs of Handan City, Xu Kai successfully obtained the tiger talisman and returned to the court.
He didn't know that Zhao Gao had set up an ambush on the road, and he and the soldiers sang all the way after returning victorious, and the morale of the whole army was high.
There were still a few days left before Zhao Gao's trap, Xu Kai did not continue to advance, but decided to rest here for seven days, because there was still a tough battle to fight after returning to the Great Zhou, and he could not let his soldiers go to the battlefield with fatigue.
It can be said that this treatment of the Zhou army is very rare, these soldiers are even more respectful of Xu Kai, and their favorite thing is of course to listen to the stories he tells them that they don't know, and this battle is also thanks to Xu Kai's catapult and parachute, otherwise I don't know how many people will have to die to take Handan City.
Xu Kai is not stingy, but he is not talking about those things on the battlefield at this time, but ...... Ghost Stories!
Every night, Xu Kai would tell a ghost story.
It's strange that the soldiers of the Zhou army like to listen to it very much, and they are not afraid to sleep at night, because they are warriors, and every time Xu Kai tells a ghost story, he will declare in advance that he is exercising their courage and courage to overcome their demons.
Zhou Jun's delay in entering his trap made Zhao Gao anxious, and he thought, "Could it be that my plan has been seen through by them?" How is this possible? ”
Xu Kai was lying on the bed at this time, sleeping heavily, dreaming of his spring and autumn season, hugging the quilt tightly as Murong Feixue, and kissing a few times from time to time, no way, if she was brought here, it would be exposed, so the two could only meet in a dream temporarily...... (To be continued.) )