Chapter 273

So as long as the snow army's defense materials are greatly consumed, it will also bring the advantage of climbing the city to the night army. Although he didn't know how many defense materials the Snow Army had prepared, Zhao Wu felt that there was a great chance that they would win this gamble.

"Marshal, now the soldiers in charge of the siege are all soldiers of my infantry battalion, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion and the arrow battalion can hardly play a role, and besides, there are very few troops crossing the bridge now. On the contrary, as long as we can't breach the city gates, any battalion of soldiers in the Snow Army can take on the role of infantry. Then in fact, our troops are less than the other side, and according to the subordinates, they are several times less. ”

"Although our army has 200,000 troops, in fact our army is at a disadvantage in numbers. I ask the marshal to forgive his subordinates for speaking out, and also ask the marshal to carefully consider the siege of the city. It was a battalion commander who spoke, righteous in his words, and expressed his inner views with a straight face, and what he said was reasonable.

As a chief general, his status is second only to Zhao Wu, and this person was not Zhao Wu's subordinate. Although Zhao Wu did lead the Night Army to two victories, this person did not give all the credit to Zhao Wu. Of course, this has to do with this person's perception of the enemy commander, in this person's opinion, the current commander of the Snow Army is obviously more capable than the previous commander of the Snow Army.

In comparison, Zhao Wu's ability was relatively weaker than before, so this person didn't think that Zhao Wu's decisions were right. Having said that, this person's opinion can be regarded as a kind of questioning of Zhao Wu's original military orders, which makes people feel that they have committed a crime.

Fortunately, Zhao Wu did not have any dissatisfaction with this person's statement, because in Zhao Wu's opinion, what the other party said was the truth, and the other party's analysis also made Zhao Wu realize some aspects that he had not considered or did not understand clearly, but Zhao Wu felt that what the other party said was very good.

It's just that the correct analysis of the other party has made Zhao Wu even more determined to capture the city. Time was pressing, and Zhao Wu did not have time to discuss in detail with the generals.

"The night army is the victor who has the initiative advantage, and once the troops are withdrawn at this moment, the advantage of the night army will be equal to that of the enemy army. Then our army will no longer have the advantage of momentum, and if the commander withdraws his troops at this time, all the matters that we have discussed in the army before will be nullified. After returning to the camp, it was necessary to reorganize the army and renegotiate the siege. ”

"Once and again, it can be as little as three days, and as much as half a month. At that time, the reinforcements of the Snow Army were gathered, and the strength was no less than that of our army, and its army commander was not a mediocre and incompetent person. We will no longer be able to attack the city, and even if we can fight the enemy outside the city, our chances of victory will still be greatly reduced. ”

"It's not that the commander doesn't want to prepare for the siege in advance, and wait for the royal family to send the siege equipment before attacking Xilan Pass, but at that time, our army will gradually lose its morale advantage after a long truce, and even lose the need to attack the city, so the timing is not waiting for anyone. ”

"Besides, those siege equipment may not be able to come in handy after they are sent, if the snow army goes out of the city to face the battle, how can our army have the opportunity to use siege equipment, so the commander must seize the opportunity to lead troops to attack Xilan Pass in advance and strike first. Only by laying down Xilan Pass is the best plan, and it will benefit our army without any harm. I wonder if the generals think what Ben Shuai said makes sense?"

Zhao Wu quickly said his analysis as soon as he spoke, and the generals listened while considering the meaning of Zhao Wu's words. It didn't take long for all the generals who wanted to withdraw their troops to dispel their original ideas, and those who remained neutral or fought in the main battle realized the importance of this siege to the night army.

Zhao Wu's consideration was very thoughtful and far-reaching in their eyes, perhaps not as surprising as when he defended Huangyan Pass before, but it was more of long-term significance.

As Zhao Wu said, if the time drags on for too long, it will wear down the sharpness of your own soldiers, and it will also make the enemy fully prepared. In case it is really as Zhao Wu said, the Snow Army turns to attack the city to face the battle, then what is the use of the siege equipment they insist on waiting for, maybe their siege equipment has not been sent at that time, so the generals who maintain neutrality or the main battle can realize the importance of this siege more and more.

It's not that they're not prepared or they don't have time to prepare adequately, they're playing at the right time. Besides, the Snow Army also does not have enough time to prepare, and the disadvantages of the two aspects can actually be offset, in the final analysis, the Snow Army still only has a geographical advantage.

What they have to do now is to weaken this advantage, as for the method, the previous general has already said that as long as the battle line is lengthened, the defense of the Snow Army will definitely not be as tenacious as it is now.

Time was pressing, and the generals gradually realized the correctness of Zhao Wu's analysis and the significance of their night army, and the generals could guess the meaning of the main battle in Zhao Wu's words.

"My subordinates are willing to lead the troops!"

"The last general is willing to take his troops there. ”

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For a while, several generals expressed their intention to go over to participate in the war, for fear that if they delayed a little longer, they would delay the fighters. After many generals expressed their positions, even the infantry battalion commander who strongly proposed the withdrawal of troops from before among the remaining generals changed their minds at this moment.

"What the marshal said is exactly what the general said was ill-conceived," this person originally thought that his statement just now was very convincing, but now it was overturned by Zhao Wu in one fell swoop, as if the analysis of the withdrawal of troops just listed was not valid. Now that even this person has expressed his willingness to fight, Zhao Wu has no longer hesitated.

"The generals listened to the order, and the whole army stretched the battle line and accelerated the siege," Zhao Wu looked at the city tower in front of him with a sharp expression.

At the same time, the war drums on both sides of the chariot were beaten, and the sound of drums was heard.

"Rush," the generals rushed towards the stone bridge in front of them. While rushing, I didn't forget to shout loudly.

The soldiers in the vicinity, seeing how brave their generals were, followed one by one and ran forward more quickly, and the fact that many of the generals took the lead immediately inspired many of the soldiers who were about to cross the river.

On the other side, on the other side of the riverbank, Lin Xuanzhong and the others wanted to climb the city in a panic, and they heard a voice from behind them.

The sound of war drums was an indication of the attack, Lin Xuanzhong turned his head to look behind him with some curiosity, there were too many people behind him to block the view, and he couldn't see the situation on the other side of the drum, but the terrifying charge on the bridge was obviously telling Lin Xuanzhong that countless night troops were coming to help.

The shouts containing anger and fearlessness diluted the fear in Lin Xuanzhong's heart to a certain extent, and when Lin Xuanzhong's emotions were no longer as nervous as they were just now, those people next to Lin Xuanzhong also noticed the situation behind them. Some people saw several of their generals galloping on horseback, with great courage, and there were also fearless soldiers of their own side beside those generals.

Some of the soldiers who had lost their morale were shocked, and one by one they reacted and were immediately filled with courage in their hearts, and then they all climbed up the city more quickly.

Next, under the command of the generals, the battle line of the night army to climb the city is constantly stretching, and everything is developing in the direction they set.

After discovering that the number of soldiers besieging the city was increasing unabated, Lin Xuanzhong, who was originally a little scared, suddenly thought about the meaning of war, especially now that there are constantly night troops rushing to the city and climbing to the city without fear of sacrifice.

From the beginning to the present, Lin Xuanzhong has seen too many pictures of the night army dying in battle, and it is too difficult to attack the city, and he doesn't understand whether his own commander still wants more soldiers to die in the city.

Recalling the previous experience of the rolling logs falling, a sense of powerlessness made Lin Xuanzhong wonder what the meaning of the current war was, could it really be that the two sides had to fight to the death to end it. The night army has not achieved a slight advantage so far, but no matter what he thinks, the number of soldiers who are climbing the city has not decreased, and Lin Xuanzhong has a lot of feelings in his heart.

In a blink of an eye, there were already six or seven people in front of him who had climbed onto the ladder, and the big bull and the big tiger were actually on it. Regardless of whether the two of them are really not afraid of death, Lin Xuanzhong has to worry about the safety of the two. As a result, Lin Xuanzhong didn't wait long, and several large stones were thrown down from above one after another.

Some happened to be facing the people on the ladder, and some were facing the people at the foot of the ladder, and three black shadows fell from above in a hurry, and two of them were about to fall on the people on the ladder.

Lin Xuanzhong, who was worried at the moment, was surprised to find that the person above seemed to be prepared, and when the stone fell on top of his head, the person immediately waved the short sword in his hand vigorously. "When", the weapon collided with the stone, followed by the sound of the stone shattering.

All of a sudden, the original large stone fragmented into several parts and flew out in all directions, hitting the faces or bodies of people on the next few ladders. With a hapless scream, some of the soldiers fell down the ladder as if they had been hit by a hidden weapon, or insisted on lying on their ladder in pain.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Xuanzhong noticed that after the person who shot just now smashed the stone, the dust from the cracking of the stone dispersed, causing his vision to be blurred.

Originally, it was already inconvenient to launch an attack on the ladder, but this person managed to make his actions not affect the stability of the ladder. But when the man stood firm, another stone scattered dust fell downward, and it was about to fall on the man.

The situation was urgent, and in the end, there was no need for Lin Xuanzhong to remind him, and that person immediately noticed the danger above him. But when the person was about to react to the stone, the stone was less than a meter away from the person.

Even if the person wanted to use the weapon to block the stone again, but the time to charge was not enough, the person did not have enough strength to use, so the person could only grasp the ladder with one hand and wave the weapon with the other hand to try to block the stone.

With a "dang" sound, the short sword collided with the stone, but the stone did not shatter, and the momentum of the fall did not decrease. I saw that under the pressure of the stones, this person's arm was overwhelmed and bent. At the same time, the man quickly dropped his weapon and put his arm over his head, hoping to reduce the damage.