Chapter 10: Prelude to the Battle of Shiping Castle (2)
Sima Ting said in a deep voice: "It is to attack three sides and leave one side." If the city is besieged from all sides, the Diqiang army will definitely resist desperately. And if the next side is empty, the Diqiang army feels that even if it can't hold it, there is still one side that can break through and leave, and everyone will definitely not die. You can ambush an army in advance on the way it must pass, if Qi Wannian abandons the city and leaves, you can capture Qi Wannian alive! ”
Sima Ji and Sima Yi both applauded when they heard it.
Zhou Chu also smiled and nodded: "This plan is very good!" When the siege equipment was in place, the Xiao cavalry army attacked the west gate, the middle guard army attacked the east gate, and the Yamen army attacked the north gate, leaving the south gate. The general led the Chu army to press the formation at the north gate, and led by Lord Xie to 20,000 Youzhou cavalry to wander in the south of the city to prevent the reinforcements of the Diqiang army from entering the city, and at the same time by 10,000 Yongzhou infantry with a hundred Wuhan steel vehicles lurking behind the mountains ten miles away from the south gate of Shiping City, there is only one road there, which is the only way to Xingping City. At that time, it will be up to the solution of the adult's means.
After hearing this, Xie also nodded and said, "General Zhou is thoughtful, and the subordinate will obey the order." ”
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Ten days later, the sun hung high. The sweltering sky made the atmosphere inside and outside Shiping even more depressing.
The 130,000 Jin army, which had completed the preparations, finally moved.
The sound of horses' hooves was frenzied, and groups of cavalry rushed out of the camp, with guns and halberds lined up and flags in the air.
Large siege equipment was also pushed out, mixed in the formation of the army, and the iron armor glowed with cold light, which was soul-stirring.
The 130,000-strong army spread out in the north of Shiping City and slowly advanced towards Shiping City. The oppressive atmosphere makes it difficult to breathe.
The Qiang army on Shiping City was also in full array, holding the blade tightly in his hand, nervously watching the black Jin army outside the city bring up countless dust and roll towards Shiping City.
Qi Wannian stood at the head of the city with a group of generals with an expressionless face, standing with his hands in his hands, quietly watching the Jin army orderly set up an attack formation outside the city.
Finally, the Jin army stopped when it advanced to two arrows away from Shiping City. Three hundred cavalry came out of the Jin army, guarding the Zhou character marshal banner, and rushed to the place where the city was a stone's throw away.
Sima Ting took a few steps forward and shouted to the city: "General Anxi, General Zhou, General Zhou is here!" Please ask Qi Wannian, the leader of Diqiang, to come forward and answer! With the blessing of its strong internal force, the sound shook in all directions, and everyone in the city could hear it clearly.
When Agui heard this, he pressed the battlements with both hands and scolded the city: "Presumptuous! How dare you call my emperor by name! Can't find death?! ”
The three hundred cavalry under the city all laughed unscrupulously.
Sima Ting replied loudly: "Qi Wannian is a chaotic minister and thief!" Dare to claim to be the emperor in vain! ”
Ah Gui was furious when he heard this, so he wanted to snatch the bow and arrow from the soldiers around him and shoot at Sima Ting.
Qi Wannian smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to stop Agui, and said softly: "Don't be impatient." Then he personally shouted outside the city: "I am Qi Wannian!" Come by common name! ”
Sima Ting shouted: "Sima Ting, the horseman, is also!" ”
After a pause, Sima Ting Fang Tian painted the halberd and pointed at Qi Wannian, and shouted again: "Qi Wannian!" And today, the soldiers have arrived, don't tie your hands and beg before surrendering to the army, when will you wait?! General Ben asked you for the 100,000 soldiers of the Jin army: 'Qi Wannian! Are you surrendering?'!"
In the last seventh son, Sima Ting even used the innate true qi of his whole body, only to hear a burst of echoes from the sky: "Qi Wannian!" Are you surrendering?! …… Surrender?! …… Down?! ……”
The 130,000 soldiers of the Jin army pointed their swords and guns at the sky, shouting in unison: "Surrender!" - Drop! - Drop! - "The sonic shook the four wilds, earth-shattering!
There was a commotion of the Qiang army in the city, all of which were shocked by the roar of the Jin army, and they were cowardly at the moment.
Qi Wannian couldn't help frowning, the Jin army's first-class attack was really clever! Before the war began, the morale of the Diqiang army was steadily suppressed.
Qi Wannian's mind moved, and he shouted outside the city: "The tyranny of the Great Jin!" The inconsiderate suffering of the people, the exploitation is excessive, and the wind of arrogance and lasciviousness is flourishing! General Zhou is so strong, a good man! How can you be in the company of a group of walking dead, national moths! How about surrendering to Diqiang?! According to General Zhou's talent, I promised on the spot! If General Zhou can enter the imperial court, he should be in charge of the world's soldiers and horses with General Agui! You and I join forces, why worry about it?! Wait for Guanzhong to be flat, we will wave the army to the Central Plains, and Jingxiu Jiangshan will be at your fingertips! How about I make you a side by side king! ”
When Zhou heard that Qi Wannian had actually pulled himself in front of the battle, he had to make a sound. Although no one would believe that he would defect to Qi Wannian's command, it was better to refuse at this moment.
Zhou Shi shouted to the city: "Qi Wannian! You don't have to do your spring and autumn dreams again! This will eat the king's lu, and he should share his worries for the king! Qi Wannian, you raised troops and disturbed Guanzhong, and the crime was extremely evil! But if you repent! Ben will save your life! If you try to resist the heavenly army! The day the city is broken, it is the time when you are in a different place for ten thousand years! ”
Qi Wannian laughed wildly: "Around! Give you face, you don't have a face! If you want my head, it's up to you! My 50,000 warriors are here! Do you dare to come and attack the city?! After that, without waiting for Zhou to reply, he sang the children's songs of the Qiang people loudly in Chinese.
The generals around him also sang along, and then the Diqiang army in the city and the Diqiang army in the city all sang along. The singing is rolling and surging.
The Qiang army shouted out the fear in their hearts at the top of their throats, and their morale suddenly rose.
Seeing that the situation was unstoppable, he led the generals to collect the army and return to the camp, and this day's confrontation was regarded as Qi Wannian's victory.
I only heard the song of the Diqiang army echoing in the heavens and the earth......
"Sheep and horses, horses and horses, which hero dares to come?
Sheep and horses, horses and horses, this hero dares to come!
I dare, I'm coming, kill! ”
Sima Ting led the cavalry army to set up a camp in the west of the city, echoing the large camp in the north of the city, and Wei Qi also led the middle guard army to camp in the east of the city. Everything is ready, just waiting for the bloody battle in the coming day.
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In the early morning of the next day, the war drums outside the city of Siping rumbled, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering.
The Jin army launched an attack on Shiping City from three sides at the same time.
Sima Ting led the guards to supervise the battle outside Maximen, and commanded the cavalry to attack Ximen. The first wave was pressed with 5,000 soldiers and horses.
I saw countless Jin troops holding huge shields, roaring and rushing towards Shiping City.
Arrows rained down on the city, and the Jin army held a huge shield, staring at the thousands of arrows of the Qiang army, walking step by step! Immediately after that, layers of shields were laid outside the moat. Archers continue to emerge from the shield array, reflecting back to the city!
Then Sima Ting waved the flag, and thousands of Jin troops pushed thousands of wooden carts full of sandbags, and threw sandbags into the moat through the cover of the shield array. From time to time, the Jin army was shot to the ground by the stray arrows in the city, and the wooden cart was immediately picked up by another person, who pushed the sandbags in the cart into the moat again.
Seeing that the moat was filled by the Jin army inch by inch, the Qiang army in the city finally couldn't hold it back, the city gate was wide open, and a cavalry rushed out, rushing along the moat, killing and injuring the Jin army in an instant! The shield array was finally exposed under the impact of the Diqiang cavalry, countless Jin troops were shot to the ground by the crossbow arrows in the city, countless wooden carts overturned, sandbags on the carts fell to the ground, and the sand was scattered all over the place.
Sima Ting raised the banner again, and he was already on standby, in case the Jin cavalry of the Diqiang army in the city rushed up with a roar, and at once the Diqiang cavalry who rushed out of the city was cut into several sections, and the regiments were surrounded and annihilated!
The Diqiang cavalry fought hard to slash and kill, but after all, they were isolated and helpless, and under the siege of the Jin army on all sides, they were eaten away little by little!
The city gate was closed again, blocking the Jin army who wanted to rush into the city. A burst of crossbow arrows fell on the city, and the Jin army that rushed across the moat was shot dead on the spot by people and horses!
Outside the city, the Jin army re-established a shield formation outside the moat, and countless wooden carts loaded with sandbags were pushed up behind them. Hundreds of elite Qiang cavalry slaughtered desperately, but only slowed down the speed of the moat being filled for a moment.
After a day of tug-of-war, the moats on three sides of Shiping City were filled by the Jin army, making the walls of Shiping City directly exposed to the attack of the Jin army.
The Jin army slowly withdrew its troops and retreated, revealing a mess outside the city of Shiping.
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Night descends on the earth, Shiping City, the original Ping Wangfu hall in the Qiang army will be there.
Agui said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, today and in one day, the moat outside Shiping City was filled by the Jin army. Without the moat, tomorrow's battle will be extremely tragic. ”
Qi Wannian also said with a heavy face: "I didn't expect the Jin army to attack the city so fiercely on the first day. As soon as this moat is gone, the large-scale siege weapons of the Jin army will be directly applied to the Shiping city wall. ”
Agui took a breath and said: "Today at the head of the city, Weichen saw that there were siege towers more than five zhang high in the Jin army's array, which was even higher than the city wall of Shiping City!" If the engineering building is framed on the city wall, the advantage of our army's city wall will be gone. ”
Qi Wannian glanced at Prime Minister Yang Feilong and asked, "Feilong, do you have any way?" ”
Yang Feilong thought for a moment and said, "Back to Your Majesty." It is not easy to manufacture the siege building car of the Jin army, and the wood used is soaked in various agents for a long time, which is not easy to burn. There are also dozens of catapults in the city. When the time comes, you can concentrate the power of the catapult and try to destroy the siege cart.
If you really let the siege tower carriage reach the city, prepare some oil cans, drop them on the siege tower cart, and then set it on fire! The wood used in the siege tower car is not easy to burn, but it is wood after all, and if you add oil and burn it for a little longer, it will always burn into charcoal! At that time, the siege tower car will be considered wasted. ”
Qi Wannian and Ah Gui both nodded their heads when they heard this.
Ah Gui bowed his hand to Qi Wannian again: "Your Majesty, tomorrow's battle will be difficult!" I also hope that His Majesty can personally supervise the north gate, Weichen guards the south gate, and Yang Cheng guards the north gate. ”
Qi Wannian nodded, unsheathed his sword, looked around at the generals in the hall, and shouted: "Generals! Tomorrow, the real battle really begins! I don't want to say more about the importance of Sihei Castle! If we lose this Shiping City, our fundamental Xingping City will be exposed to the swords and guns of the Jin army! The relatives and children of the generals will be affected by the war! I hope that everyone will be able to work together and everyone will die! Let this Shiping City become the burial place of 100,000 Jin troops! It's a matter of success or failure! ”
All the generals were unsheathed and shouted: "Swear to fight to the death with the Jin army!" ”