Volume 1 The First Test Chapter 53 Preparing for the Siege
It was nearly noon, Murong Ke led an army of 30,000 to the vanguard camp, Murong Ke ordered the infantry army to set up camp behind the pioneer camp, and he led more than 100 guards into the pioneer camp, and saw that the entire pioneer camp was lifeless, and his heart was sinking: The vanguard camp of 5,000 heavy armored iron horsemen is now over!
This is no longer yesterday's pledge meeting, the high-spirited pioneer iron horse, how many Dayan warriors felt enthusiastic about being able to enter the pioneer camp, and how many good men cried because they failed to enter the pioneer camp.
When the first iron stream to step into the territory of Dachen, the heavily armored iron cavalry advanced indomitably, Dayan saw off the civil and military officials, and saw the victory of this southern expedition from the domineering spirit of this team that was the only one in the world! If they saw this team only one day later, would they regret that they had instigated this southern expedition!
When he saw the body of the great shaman being bitten by the powerful ghost zombie, Murong Ke was also ashamed in his heart. If he hadn't wanted to secretly wish Murong Chenfeng the wind, how could he use such vicious witchcraft and do such a thing that violated the peace of heaven, and after all, he would have lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.
A thousand years ago, Confucianism spread Confucianism in the world, educated the people of the world, made them enlightened and far away from ghosts and gods, emphasized their own righteousness, and severely accused shamans of using witchcraft to drive the souls of the dead, and the shaman class of Dayan has held a grudge against Confucianism since then, which is also one of the reasons why the aristocratic class of Dayan began to hate Confucianism.
Murong Ke couldn't help but sigh, he was also deeply involved in shamanic witchcraft and spells, and he deeply knew that the difference between shamanism and cultivation was actually understood by the nobles of the entire Dayan Dynasty, so the children of the Dayan nobles, for thousands of years, had either obtained the cultivation recipe from the outside and passed it on from generation to generation, or they were sent to Nanhua Palace to learn the immortal recipe. It is rare to learn shamanic spells and witchcraft, and Dayan's shamans are basically from commoners.
Although the nobles of Dayan themselves do not recognize shamanic witchcraft, they have always supported shamanism, shamanism has existed in Xianbei for thousands of years, has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Dayan, and is an excellent tool for the Dayan Empire to control the people. As a result, the Great Yan aristocracy controlled shamanism, and shamanism was subservient to the aristocracy and helped the nobles control the people. The common people were very miserable in Dayan, like slaves to the nobles and shamans.
This was also one of the crux of this defeat, the shaman's failure this time caused the spiritual belief of the pioneer battalion soldiers to collapse. Once the faith of the elite iron cavalry battalion collapses, then even if this vanguard battalion has the best war horses, the strongest armor, and the bravest warriors, it will be vulnerable! If you want to win this southern expedition, you must either kill all the Han people, or you must rebuild the faith of the people of Dayan.
Just when Murong Ke was full of thoughts and wandered into the world.
"The sin will meet the marshal, defeated again and again, his subordinates have no shame to stay in the pioneer camp, and I implore the marshal to punish him!" It turned out that Murong Qiushi helped Murong Chenfeng to come to give a salute together, Murong Qiushi left Nanhua Palace, and the sword went straight to the pioneer camp, first fed Murong Chenfeng a small pill, and then redressed the wound, and performed rejuvenation techniques to assist in the treatment of injuries, at this moment Murong Chenfeng's injuries have improved greatly.
"Nephew to see uncle!" Murong Qiushi bowed down and said: "My nephew is ordered by my father, this time I came to pick up my eldest brother back, and secondly, to catch Guan Hongshuo, who injured my eldest brother, and hand it over to the eldest handsome, which can be regarded as an explanation for the eldest brother's defeat." ”
"Murong Chenfeng has always fought bravely, this time he took the lead, killed the enemy bravely, although he was seriously wounded, he still served under the account with the army!" Murong Ke looked back left and right, and continued: "The master of the military camp has recorded Murong Chenfeng's merits. ”
Looking at the two brothers who were a little stunned, Murong Ke continued: "Qiu Shi, I have received your uncle of the heart, you have no military status, you are not suitable for fighting, you can stay for two days to take care of Chenfeng's injuries, secular war is still a matter of the world, you don't delay the cultivation of major events." I'll give an account to your father. ”
"Qiu Shi, it's just right that you're here, do you remember Xiao Fangzhi? Murong Ke then smiled.
"Of course, I remember that five years ago, this Xiao Fangzhi came to Yandu, and one of us was eloquent with more than 20 cousins of the same age, and none of our brothers could answer three sentences without losing. Of course, Murong Qiushi remembered how chic and witty Xiao Fangzhi was at that time.
"Later, your kid was not convinced, so he went to Daliang alone, and fought against the eighteen Xiao brothers alone! When you come back, you will go straight to the scripture pavilion of the Yandu Privy Council, read all the books in the world, and go downstairs a year later, and the realm will enter Jindan. Murong Ke looked a little fascinated, and sighed in admiration, "You two are a moment of brightness, but I and your father are talking vigorously, the front waves of the Yangtze River push the back waves, we are old! ”
"Uncle Ke, what are you mentioning him for, isn't it?" Murong Qiushi was a little puzzled.
"Don't guess, this time we are in alliance with Daliang, and the two countries send friendly envoys to each other to participate in each other's military operations, no, that Xiao Fangzhi was sent to the middle of the army, and he also brought a marriage, haha, our people in Changli Mansion don't look down on it, and we have designated Shangyong Wangfu, I still have to discuss this matter with my brother." Murong Ke pretended to be mysterious.
"Ah, marriage, uncle, I'm ......" Murong Qiushi suddenly felt a little confused, no, this is coming!
"You escort Chenfeng back to the Neiqiu camp now, that Xiao Fangzhi is coming at you, I look at this, it's not easy. After Murong Ke finished speaking, he immediately arranged for someone to escort Murong Chenfeng back to the Neiqiu camp, and Murong Qiushi thanked him and retreated.
On the way back to Neiqiu, Murong Qiushi asked in detail about the process of the two battles between Murong Chenfeng and Guan Hongshuo, and determined that there must be a master behind Guan Hongshuo, otherwise he would not be able to kill five and injure four foundation building monks in a row, especially the Crazy Tiger, this person is a disciple of Nanhua Palace, and he has never lost against Sword Cultivation. He is particularly good at restraining arrow cultivation, and the stainless steel shield in his hand is one of the three defensive magic weapons of Nanhua Palace, focusing on physical defense. Lined up between a copper mirror and a copper cymbal.
Originally, I wanted to vent my anger for the eldest brother, but after thinking about it, forget it, think about what hidden forces Da Chen has, once the news of Nanhua Palace's move spreads, it is difficult to ensure that it will not be imitated by the other party. What kind of situation would it be, an overhaul of the Transformation Period to kill an army is simply like playing.
"Big brother, have you ever seen that Xiao Fangzhi?" Murong Qiushi had an indescribable feeling towards Xiao Fangzhi, the first two times were considered to be fights, but he never regarded Xiao Fangzhi as a friend, and he never felt that there was something dangerous hidden in the other party's eyes. It is also this feeling of danger, after returning from the Great Liang Kingdom, he changed his previous laziness, studied hard, and became the youngest Jindan Realm monk in the history of Dayan, and he was proficient in water attributes, earth attributes, wood attributes and sword cultivation, all of which were outstanding, just to prevent that Xiao Fangzhi from suddenly appearing in front of him, and pressing himself with his cultivation.
"Haha" Murong Chenfeng laughed rarely, pulled the wound again, and couldn't help grinning, "Xiao Fangzhi led an envoy to our Yandu, just when we sent troops, that mission stayed in Yandu, and I originally wanted to have a little eyebrows about the war, so I wanted to go to Nanhua Palace to find you." No matter how much it is, it's inconvenient to disclose, take Xue'er back to Yandu in two days, and you'll know everything. Murong Chenfeng showed a mysterious expression.
Murong Qiu had a hint of foreboding in his heart, could it be Xue'er...
In the afternoon, Shen Shi, the siege of the two sides officially kicked off, in the city, after resting more than 2,000 soldiers are waiting for the battle, although it is an old and weak second-rate army, but the combat experience is rich, not good at field warfare, for the defense of the city can still be dealt with. Liu Gaohan and Zuo Yuan climbed the central Diao Dou along the ladder, and saw from a distance that there were rows of infantry troops, bow and arrow teams, spear teams, spear throwing teams with spears on their backs, and shield soldiers, no less than 30,000 or 40,000 people, no less than 100 ladders in the front row, and 30 catapults behind the infantry phalanx. The two couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both saw the solemnity in each other's eyes, this was the transfer of all the siege soldiers used in Neiqiu, which was much worse than the number of thousands and at most tens of thousands of siege enemy troops expected by their own side.
Murong Ke led a group of generals, monks and shamans in the forefront of the infantry phalanx, and saw that today's big car city has changed a lot compared to last night, and the construction of the big car city has not stopped from yesterday to now. From the outside, the outside of the grain truck has been piled up with earth and stone blocks to the battlement, the two-zhang high city wall, without the help of the ladder really can't go up, not only that, the southeast and west sides also dug the moat, erected a suspension bridge, only the north gate can go directly to the city. What is particularly striking is that there are high walls in the city, even higher than the outer walls, and there is a ten-zhang high Diao Dou in the center.
Murong Ke sneered secretly, these Yuzhou troops are really good at scheming, but this handsome man can't be fooled by you, since you are surrounded by three ques, then I will give you a siege of three ques.
Dayan is heavy on cavalry, and is not good at siege, but fortunately, the city wall of Dachecheng is not high, and Dayan's soldiers are brave and good at fighting.
Murong Ke shouted in front of the battle: "Order the three armies, the eastern, southern, and western gates, each send 10,000 soldiers and horses, and thirty cloud ladders, to stand by for the time being." After waiting for the catapult to fire the thunder stones, the archers approached thirty feet and covered all the walls, so that the enemy could not show their heads, and the spearmen reached the moat and threw short spears. The pikemen built pontoon bridges with ladders, and the shieldmen attached themselves to the city. The first ten people who stepped into the city changed their household registration and became a marquis!" The sound resounded throughout the audience, and every soldier could hear it clearly.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" All the soldiers in the audience were excited and eager to try. The feudal marquis entered the nobility from the commoners, although it is the lowest level of the nobles, it is the glory of the whole clan.
"All the monks came to the aid of the battle, and gave me the strength of a lion and a rabbit, and blasted the walls of the city, or beheaded the enemy soldiers. ”
"Shaman don't bless the fire this time, to avoid the enemy setting fire to the grain, I want the heavy rain pouring in the city, the thunder, see that Diao Dou, I want to split that Diao Dou, I also want the city to be foggy, I can't see my fingers. Haha! I see how the enemy defends!"
The officers and men of the three armies received the order, each led his subordinates, row by row, team by team, and column by column to the corresponding city gate, leaving the north gate alone to the chariot and catapult.
The baggage battalion began to slowly advance the catapults, and Dayan's catapults were divided into two types, one was to fire 30 catties of stones, with a range of 500 paces, that is, one mile, and the other was to focus on deterrence, and the other was 10 catties of stones, with a range of 300 paces, and to focus on tactical strikes; the two were usually used in conjunction with each other.
Liu Gaohan on Diao Dou clearly saw that the enemy army was dividing his troops, carrying the ladder to the east, south, and west gates, and not attacking the north gate. couldn't help but smile slightly and said to Zuo Yuan next to him: "If the enemy army pours in 10,000 at the same time, do you think you can eat it all at once?"
Zuo Yuan estimated it and said with some concern: "It should be about the same, it's best to come in at the same time, otherwise I really don't know if I can eat it." But Mr. Liu, the enemy's catapult is something we didn't expect, so what should we do?"
"Well, it's a bit troublesome, but there's one thing, the third prince is still outside the city!" Liu Gaohan looked at the woods outside the city and said to himself: "Young marshal, it's up to you this time!"