noffsinger Chapter 204 Build a High Wall to Attack?
Chapter 204 Build a High Wall to Attack?
Chapter 204 Build a High Wall to Attack?
Time flies like water, and half a month has passed since Zheng Guo's army surrounded Shijing Pass. Zheng Jun launched several consecutive attacks within half a month, and then the offensive became flat. The city ditches were already stained red with blood, and within a radius of five miles around Shijing Pass, there was a bloody aura that was hard to hide.
In the past half a month, the Zheng army suffered more than 3000 casualties, while the casualties of the Soviet army and civilian husbands also amounted to [-]. It has to be said that Pang Guan's ability to dispatch troops was divided into ten teams and attacked alternately.
Above the Guancheng, Su Zhao, accompanied by Zhenguan General Yang Fu, condolences to the injured generals in the Chengguan. The two walked to the crenels of the city wall and looked down at Zheng Guo's soldiers.
"Your Majesty, recently a large number of men and women in the state of Zheng have carried earth and rocks, and have built a three-foot-high earth and stone wall. Although the last general sent people to shoot with crossbows on beds, Zheng's army mostly erected iron and wooden armor shields to Block the arrowheads." Yang Fu said in a deep voice, with a serious face, and said: "Your Majesty, should we send out a group of soldiers to kill and scatter this generation and destroy the earthen wall."
As the disaster-stricken civilians and Ding Zhuang of Zheng State along the Hong River gradually gathered under Shijing Pass like locusts, Pang Guan no longer concealed his intention, and used the Zheng army to protect each other, so that these civilians Ding Zhuang could build earth walls.
Su Zhao's eyes were deep, and he said coldly: "Sure enough, this Pang Guan is not in vain."
At this moment, his eyes swept across the front, and just outside the Guancheng, a large number of peasants and young adults were doing civil engineering work, building a high wall of earth and stone. In five days, a wall of earth and stone with a width of one foot and a height of six feet has been built.
In the meantime, the Soviet army did not fail to use strong crossbows, bows and arrows to obstruct the progress of the project.
However, Zheng Jun erected a large shield in front of him. Although the strong crossbows and hard bows were able to kill, the results were few, and they were not enough to scare away the refugees who were working for a ration of life.
"At this moment, the Zheng army's two wings are mostly protected by strong soldiers. If they open the city gate and go out, I'm afraid they will be ambushed and killed by them." Su Zhaoning said.
Yang Fu is an experienced soldier, he knew this reason, said: "But we can't let them build the city calmly, otherwise our army will be suppressed by bows and crossbows."
It has to be said that Pang Guan was so experienced in using troops, and in the face of a strong pass, he was able to come up with such an ingenious strategy. He built another earthen city, even higher than Shijing Pass, and then suppressed the Soviet defense with bows and crossbows to cover the siege. , this knocking method.
We must know that the offensive and defensive battles in the era of cold weapons are very boring. They are often besieged for several months, and even the enemy's food is exhausted before they can break through the strong city.
Shijingguan is a high-pass city, built on the gorge of two mountains, overlooking Zheng Jun from a high position.
"General Yang, how long do you think it will take for Zheng Jun to build the city so tirelessly day and night to reach the level of Guan City?" Su Zhao asked with a silent expression on his face.
Yang Fu said: "I'm afraid it won't be half a month."
How many young men and young men were affected by the disaster in the eight counties of Zheng State?Three shifts, day and night to build the earthen city, a narrow wall can be built in half a month.
"One month, I just want to close the city." Su Zhao said coldly, "Then let them build it first. You ask the craftsmen in the city to summon them. If you only have a blueprint, you can build something for them. You only have to let Pang Guan build it." It's a waste of time."
In this era, perhaps because of the development of the Immortal Dao, the development of the trebuchet was very slow, and the range was neither high nor far. Because the Shijing Pass was steep and steep, the trebuchet could not throw stones to the top of the city.
Therefore, most of the sieges used methods such as rushing chariots, ladders, hooks, and archery towers.
After several days of observation and inquiry by Su Zhao, he also discovered this problem.
He can improve something like a trebuchet, and they are condescending, bombarding Zheng Jun's newly built earth and stone wall with a trebuchet, and once he breaks the contract after half a month's work, Pang Guan must have a good face.
When he returned to Guancheng, Su Zhao drew the blueprint of the trebuchet with a plain charcoal pen, handed it to the craftsman in the city, and ordered him to build it.
After Guancheng, there was a large area of mountains and forests, and the arbors were cut down by civilians. In the next ten days, ten or twenty were built according to the pictures.
On this day, it happened that Zheng Junbing was under the pass city, and it was almost a month. With the completion of the earth and stone wall before the city pass, Zheng Jun's crossbowmen gave more and more support. , the number of Soviet casualties rose linearly.
"Mr. Pang, in three days, the earthen wall can be completely built. With a small amount of stones mixed in, the top of the wall can accommodate a thousand or two thousand crossbowmen." Said to Pang Guan.
Pang Guan twirled his beard under his chin, looked at the earth and stone wall that was almost level with Shijingguan City in front of him, and couldn't help showing satisfaction in his eyes, "Maybe we can break through the pass and enter in one fell swoop."
These days, Zheng Jun's casualties are close to [-], which is the premise of his recent intention to slow down the offensive.
Fortunately, the wall of earth and stone was finally built.
From the perspective of Pang Guan's original intention, he naturally didn't want to carry [-] landlubbers with a boat and sailors, and go upstream along the Hong River to engage in some "central flowering" tactics. One mistake, [-] troops and [-] sailors There is a danger of being overwhelmed.
Then he will be placed in a passive position for this battle against the Soviet Union. If he destroys the country and conquers the land, it will be fine. If he returns without success and returns to the court, he will definitely be questioned by the central officials of Zheng Guo about his use of troops. Strategy.
On the contrary, it is safest to fight a dull battle. Even if you fail to tackle key problems, no one will say anything when you return to Zheng State.
And steadily, there will be no major defeats.
Pang Guan was thinking about these pros and cons in his heart, which was obviously not enough for outsiders.
However, at this time, the marching officer said: "Pang Gong, the Soviet army seems to have a different direction!"
Pang Guan frowned, put his hands under his eyebrows like a shed, looked at the city wall, and said, "The Soviet army wants to..."
I saw more than a dozen wooden horizontal bars protruding from the city of Shijingguan, which were obviously catapults.
"Is this a catapult?" The marching officer next to Pang Guan said in surprise, and then smiled contemptuously, "Mr. Pang, the catapult can only throw stones three to five feet..."
"rancid!"
However, before the master of the army finished speaking, Pang Guan's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "No, this is not an ordinary catapult!"
However, it was too late, countless small black spots rained down from the pass city, and bombarded towards the wall of earth and stone. The wall was smashed with pits and hollows, and it gradually became disfigured.
Ding Zhuang and civilian husbands who were under construction below, under the rainy stones, many people were killed and injured. Make a sound of gold and iron.
What a disaster!
Pang Guan closed his eyes in pain, and the marching chief beside him turned pale, and said, "Mr. Pang, the city wall of earth and stone has been smashed down."
The "bean curd dregs project", which was originally built temporarily in a hurry, collapsed completely after nearly half an hour of baptism of stone rain, and numerous soldiers and civilians Ding Zhuang were killed and injured.
Half a month of hard work has all become useless!
Pang Guan took a deep breath, suppressed the irritability in his heart, and cast a pair of eagle-like eyes on the city of Shijingguan. Because he was a martial artist with a peak innate cultivation base, his eyesight was superb, and he could vaguely see a young man holding on to the crenel. He looked at himself sternly.
The soldiers beside him shouted: "Pang Da Sima, if you can't build a high city, you can dig a tunnel!"
Digging! ?
Digging tunnels under Guancheng, which is full of rocks, do you think he is a fool?
"Su Hou!"
Pang Guan's face was ashen, with anger lingering in his heart, he squeezed out two words from his teeth, and pressed the back of his hand with the golden ring knife at his waist, all the veins burst out.
Obviously humiliated by the Soviet army.
However, after all, he is a general of a country, and he is good at nourishing Qi. He slightly loosened his grip on the sword, exhaled a long mouthful of foul air, and said to the marching master: "Count the casualties, call for the gold to withdraw the troops."
At this moment, the commander-in-chief of the marching army withdrew his shocked expression, and said, "Mr. Pang, these discarded earth and rocks have blocked the way to tackle the key point. Are there people..."
Because the wall of earth and stone was bombarded into broken walls and ruins, forming a mess, which is very unfavorable for tomorrow's research.
"Didn't you hear what this general said?" Pang Guan stared at the marching master with a pair of cold and sharp eyes, and asked.
The marching chief shuddered, and quickly agreed.
(End of this chapter)