Knowing that there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, and after he goes, he will die for life, even if these soldiers are usually well-trained, they are not willing to obey orders at this time. Without soldiers on the city wall to defend, it is equivalent to giving the west gate and this section of the city wall to the enemy, and the general in charge of the command on the scene knows this very well.

So, even though he knew that sending these soldiers up would be to send them to death, he had to do so. He immediately transferred the law enforcement team and slashed more than a dozen disobedient soldiers on the spot, which forced ~ other soldiers to go to the city wall to defend.

Those unlucky soldiers were like criminals who were escorted to the execution ground, drooping~ pulling their heads, walking as heavy as mercury, step by step to climb the corpse-strewn and desolate city wall. Of course, there were much fewer soldiers who were driven up the city wall this time, about one-fifth of the soldiers on the city wall before, and they stood on the city wall sparsely.

The commander of the Wei State is not a fool~, knowing that it is useless to go there at this time, but because the crowd is too dense, the number of deaths has increased in vain. In fact, one-fifth of the number of people has already increased, such as Lu Xun of Eastern Wu and other generals who have been fighting with the Shu army for a long time, they have experience, this time is just a vigilance, you can send a small number of people to go immediately, it is best to have a fully enclosed bunker, leaving only a few small observation holes, so as to avoid being attrition by large-scale bombing.

When these cannon fodder observers observe the enemy approaching the city wall and are about to climb the wall, they will send a large force to the city wall to block the enemy, so as to avoid a large number of soldiers being killed in vain, and at the same time to grasp the enemy's movements. Under the powerful fire attack of the Shu army, the soldiers were consumed at a slower rate, and they could hold out a little longer.

With the deepening of the war, Wei and Wu also summed up many ways to deal with the Shu army, including some very wise measures, which can also achieve good results. For example, Lu Xun blocked the city gate with earth and stones to prevent the Shu army's explosives ~ medicine from easily blowing up the city gate, and Wei Guo hid the cannon in a thick pillbox outside the Tiger Prison Pass to prevent the cannon from being bombed by the enemy, etc., which are very good methods.

It's a pity that the difference in strength between the two countries and Shu is too far, and these little cleverness can't make up for the huge gap in strength between the two sides. The Wei soldiers who were driven up the city wall were so frightened that they almost got stomach ulcers, and they stood on the hellish city wall shivering, not knowing when they would go to hell. However, they waited for a long time and did not wait for the next round of attacks by the Shu army.

All they were waiting for was a letter from the Shu army on the city wall, which said that the display of military strength was completed today, and called on the soldiers and civilians in Chang'an City to surrender as soon as possible, otherwise, a formal attack would be launched at noon tomorrow. The Wei army, who was driven up the city wall, immediately cheered when they learned the news, but their hearts continued to sink after the cheers.

Today they have escaped death, but what about tomorrow? The letter of the Shu army made it clear that a formal attack would be launched tomorrow, and how many people could survive under such a fierce attack by the enemy? Then, tomorrow I will definitely be able to avoid death. The process of waiting for death was particularly painful, and the soldiers, who thought they would be about to die, waited for an extra day and a night in this torment.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night, those Wei troops who are waiting for death in torment will certainly lose sleep, and many officials and generals of Wei and Shu will also not be able to sleep peacefully. In the commander's tent of the Shu Han battalion, Zhang Bao convened officers at all levels above the regiment level to hold a combat meeting.

The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to fight tomorrow's battle. "Commander, is there anything unclear about your humble position?" At this time, the meeting had not yet entered the main topic, and a regiment leader raised his hand and raised his own questions.

"Say." Zhang Bao only replied with one word and agreed with his statement.

"Although the third brigade has just brought a large amount of ammunition, but the total amount is not too much, Chang'an City is so big, if we want to completely control it, it is estimated that the amount of ammunition that needs to be consumed will be very large, and we also have to guard against the counterattack of the Wei troops on the east and south lines, so that after calculation, these ammunition may not necessarily be insufficient.

At this time, should we use ammunition as much as we can? What I don't understand is why the general is wasting so much ammunition in vain by making a show of military strength today. This not only has no effect on the siege, but may also expose our strength, so that the Wei army can prepare in advance. ”

If subordinates talk like this in other units, it may be seen as questioning the practice of the superiors, and the consequences can be large or small. However, in the Hong army, this kind of question is very common, and it will not be hated by the superiors, let alone wearing small shoes because of this. The Hong Army advocated pooling of wisdom, and when a military meeting was held, anyone could put forward their own suggestions and questions.

You can ask what you don't understand, and you can also put forward what you suspect is wrong, so that you can form a brainstorming and fill in the gaps, so that the final strategy can be taken into account in all aspects, and will not leave any dead ends.

Because this regiment commander was too low-ranked, he was not present when the General Staff was formulating this strategy to show military strength, so he didn't know the reason for doing this, and he asked if he didn't understand, so he raised his own questions as soon as he came up.

Zhang Bao explained: "It doesn't matter, this demonstration of military power was very short-lived, and not much ammunition was wasted, besides, the use of these ammunition is still worth it, and it is likely to have unexpected results."

The art of war is cloudy, and it is the best policy to surrender without a fight. Previously, the General Staff had developed a strategy of surrendering troops without a fight, and now it is being implemented, and this demonstration of military strength is also part of it.

Once this strategy is successful, then we can easily recover Chang'an, which can not only save a lot of trouble, but also greatly save ammunition. ”

"I understand, thank you for your explanation." The regimental commander said. Plotting against the enemy, which is very common in the history of the war between the Hong army and the enemy, and often succeeds, not only saves manpower and material resources, reduces the battle losses of soldiers, but also saves time, which is indeed a shortcut to victory. The head of the regiment understood what was going on after Zhang Bao a little bit.

"But what you said is also good, although the Third Brigade has brought us a lot of "Keqiu killing" and ammunition, but we have to prepare with both hands, if the counterattack is not successful, then we must be prepared for a strong attack, and the use of ammunition at that time really needs to be carefully calculated.

The main purpose of convening everyone today is to discuss how we should storm this big city once the rebellion fails, and I also ask everyone to speak freely and try to discuss an optimal battle plan. Zhang Bao added.

After Zhang Bao said this, everyone began to express their opinions and started a heated discussion. Jiang Wei had never participated in such a meeting, and he felt very novel everywhere. By now, he finally understood why he always felt constrained when he fought with the Shu army, and almost all of his actions seemed to be expected by them.