Chapter 181: Breaking the City (I)

Nhinsha City, the provincial capital of Tay Giang Province

Trebuchet, crashing machine, the tide of shouting and killing came, dozens of stones flew into the sky, arrows rained all over the sky, and the soldiers of Li Jun, with neat and skillful movements, .

But the defenders of the city, unmoved, stood solemnly, and the boiling oil cannons and stones and trees poured down like a torrential rain, drowning the dense turns. The smell of blood and fire spread to the entire battlefield.

The 100 generals of the Li army's guards personally led their subordinates to tear up on the top, like ants, through the building cars and ladders, surging over like a tide, and were slashed by the city wall, spears, hammers, knives, axes, and axes, and stirred up countless flesh and blood limbs to fall down.

In ancient cold weapon battles, special attention was paid to the martial arts of warriors, and more than 1,000 people were real commanders, so a group of 100 people who were proficient in martial arts were specially selected to fill them up to break the formation and capture the city - the reward was also extremely high, and those who could break the city would be immediately promoted to the second level and one grade.

Fang Xin was on the high platform, watching these brave generals who were proficient in martial arts, screaming miserably in the boiling water and oil, and falling into the countless corpses and corpses on the ground.

Until another tidal wave of attacks was broken up and retreated.

"Lord, seven waves of attacks have been launched, do you want to continue to attack?" The person who spoke was Zhou Bingbin, who was newly promoted to the chief soldier of a town, who was proficient in the art of war and was really a famous general.

Fang Xin looked at it and said, "That's it, let's retire today!" ”

"Yes!"

The military order was handed down, and the soldiers who were fighting in front retreated like a tide, and they were able to enter the land two miles outside the city, tidying up the formation and cleaning up the weapons.

And the craftsmen accompanying the army, hurry up and tinkle in repairs or build new siege engines and ladders.

Compared with the hustle and bustle caused by the retreat of the front, the guards of the Chinese army and the rear formation, as well as the cavalry, are all immovable, quiet and indifferent, so that people know that they have the taste of famous generals at first sight.

In the embers of fireworks, the time has ushered in the evening sunset.

Although the war was unfavorable, but he was able to enter the camp tent, Fang Xin's expression was still relaxed, and when he entered, he saw that Shen Xuan was reviewing the documents, so he said with a smile: "Shen Qing has worked hard, don't be too tired." ”

"Lord, the situation is still very good, today's urgent report, there are three more county towns and surrendered, and now in addition to two or three counties, the whole province has basically fallen - the lord's siege of the city to send reinforcements, devouring the county seat, is still quite good."

The so-called siege of the city and reinforcement refers to the attacking side to surround the enemy defending the city with part of its forces, induce the enemy to send troops to rescue, and then annihilate the enemy's reinforcements with the main force.

This is not something that was created by anyone, it has been around since ancient times, but the conditions required are also very harsh.

The most important thing is that if you don't get it right, you will be surrounded inside and outside, and you will be attacked by the enemy at the beginning and at the end, and you will be trapped in a dead end.

The first point is that the besieging army must have a strong defender to prevent the city from breaking through

The second point is that the army that attacks the opponent's reinforcements must have a strong attack power and be able to quickly solve the reinforcements - if you can't fight for a long time, you will fall into the danger of dividing the troops at both ends.

Fang Xin's conditions are just to launch this battle strategy, he has 300,000 troops, this time he mobilized 200,000, 30,000 cavalry, brought enough grain and grass, but it can be used for a month, and then the army does not care about the nearby counties, and directly forces the opponent's main force, forcing the other party to shrink and defend the city - if you go out of the city to fight, 30,000 cavalry cooperate with four times the enemy's infantry, and there is almost no suspense in defeating the opponent.

After determining that the enemy's main force had to shrink back, Fang Xin first surrounded the county town, and sure enough, at this time, there were several troops who did not know whether they were alive or dead to come to help, and they were naturally quickly eaten - as soon as the Wan Xu cavalry rushed, it was over.

Seeing that no county dared to send troops, it was only then to attack the city, and it was quite convenient for 200,000 troops to attack a county, and the first county was only defended for three days, and then surrendered.

Occupied a county, Fang Xin's main force pressed straight up, and then divided the troops, divided into two branches, led by Wu Xinghe, 30,000 people, Jiang Wenxuan led 30,000 people, and each with 5,000 cavalry, to attack the city and plunder the two nearby counties.

The policy is the same, first besiege the county seat to see if any county is willing to send troops - basically none.

Then 5,000 cavalry were dispatched, and the cavalry had good mobility, and within the limits of the county, they could basically go back and forth once a day and a night, which greatly reduced the problem of grain and grass - they intimidated around the county seat, and the result was really good, most of the counties with only a thousand militias, were frightened by this, and went out of the city and surrendered.

In this way, there is a domino effect, and there is not much time, most of the county surrenders, even if the county is kept, it will not help if it is alone - and then the newly surrendered county is ordered to send troops, also join the siege, and raise the banner, and also send the surrender officer to call under the city to shake the morale of the army.

In this case, the county is almost surrendered - no matter how stubborn it is, the two divisions will attack together, and there will be 100,000 people, and it can be taken, and so on, in less than a month, the whole province will almost be finished.

Sending two armies to defend the provincial frontier, Fang Xin's 150,000-strong army, surrounded the provincial capital - the matter was as simple as that, there were no vigorous battles, no conspiracy to sing and cry about.

"Lord, but depending on the situation, the soldiers and food and grass defending the city are quite sufficient, and the morale is also very high, and it may take a long time to besiege it." A voice interrupted Fang Xin's thoughts.

"Don't worry, the so-called lonely city can't be defended, there is no food and grass, there is no source, there is still time for the general trend of the world, don't worry!" Fang Xin said slowly: "Now that the five provinces are supplied, there should be no problem with food, and it can be trapped for a year and a half." ”

Shen Xuan thought about it, and also nodded and smiled, indeed, Fang Xin gathered the strength of Anchang, Lunan, Jinsha, and Zhongming to move forward, and there was almost no one to resist, and the other provinces all took care of themselves, and it was difficult to really intervene.

Just under the city, Pei Xu watched during the day, only to see two miles away, the company camps were all over the field, and all kinds of flags were standing, although there was noise, but it was difficult to hide the neat and well-made armor and the strength that was ready to go.

In the past few days, the opponent's trebuchets, crossbows, fire oil, etc., have exerted great lethality, although the casualties of the Li army have reached about 15,000, but there are also 10,000 casualties in the city.

The point is that the wounded and not dead below are transported to the rear for treatment, and a large number of such people have been seen in the city. And his own side is a lonely city, and there is a lack of wound medicine treatment, which offsets most of the advantages of defending the city.

As for grain and grass, the city used to transport grain from the countryside every year, but now 50,000 people are in the city, and although they have been prepared for a long time, although they have been prepared for the locust plague last year, although they have tried their best to harvest some of it this year, they can only last for half a year.

If there is no change within half a year, then ...... Pei Xu thought in a daze, he was originally a gentleman, but now he is much haggard, and there are also strands of white hair on top of his hair.

Just as he was thinking about retreating, he suddenly saw a group of cavalry in the distance quickly planning into the camp and breaking straight into the Chinese army, he couldn't help but move in his heart, what news did he bring?

But what he couldn't have imagined was that there was indeed big news.

In the camp tent, Fang Xin and Shen Xuan both changed color when they heard this: "What, Gao Mingtong is dead?" ”

"Yes, he is dead, and his eldest son succeeds him." The messenger said.

After a moment of silence, Fang Xin looked at the sand table again, and looked at the map again, at this time, Shen Xuan groaned, and said: "Lord, Gao Ming is dead, although his son ascended the throne, but his kingdom will not be long." ”

"Well, relying on power to get to the top, the foundation is unstable, as soon as his father dies, those generals and ministers, there is no need to talk about it." Fang Xin nodded and said.

Even if the world is unified by force, those founding heroes are also talented, privately forming parties, and the prestige of the party members are all there, and there may be some jealousy of Taizu, but it is difficult to ensure that it is not a big trouble for future generations, so Taizu is willing to pull it out for future generations.

What's more, it is Gao Mingtong's situation of relying on power to seek the throne in order to usurp his country, and he has not unified the world, and his prestige is insufficient - as soon as he dies, in fact, his country has fallen apart, and what his son got when he ascended the throne is just an empty shelf, maybe even Emperor Kyoto may not be able to control it.

"In this way, the Central Plains will be chaotic, and the world will enter a strong stage." Shen Xuan groaned again, and then said: "Lord, maybe the siege of the city must be accelerated, so as not to let the Central Plains be obtained by the heroes." ”

Fang Xin thought about it for a while, and smiled quietly: "It's okay, there are still one or two years to go, first pull out the Xijiang River, and there is still a period of time to repair and restructure, and then we will go all out." ”

Even so, Fang Xin still gave the order to go down, and then transport the reserve behind him with all the machine stones.

Since there was an order, the guards gave the order, and the leather armor clanged, and strode out to convey the order.

Mobilizing all the equipment, of course, consumes a lot, at least a month, but since the situation in the Central Plains has changed greatly, it will be impossible to wait.

Although it is not a quick success, it must also be accelerated.

With 50,000 new troops and equipment, a general attack can be launched in a month, and by that time, there should only be 20,000 soldiers left in the city......

Pei Xu Day, my 300,000 army laborers mobilized the crowd to deal with you in a city, naturally the so-called fighting chicken also uses eagle power, and does not give him any chance to turn over, thinking of this, Fang Xin couldn't help but show a sneer.

After thinking about it again, he said: "Shen Qing, are you ready for the reform of the cabinet and the bureaucratic system?" ”

"It has been sent, and all the officials have understood that it can be carried out as long as the Lord becomes king." Speaking of this, Shen Xuan also came to the spirit and replied respectfully.

Although the king does not tear the earth and become knights, he has also established a complete court system.

The cabinet and the seven divisions were separated, and Shen Xuan was also the first prime minister, ranking above the hundred officials, which was the pole of the people's ministers, and the Li family was officially called Wang Chuanzong.

Before you know it, it has come to this point, and the two of them can't help but feel this emotion when they sit and drink tea.