The journey begins with the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 191 Siege Battle

Fill the river and cut off the water!

A few days ago, when Xu Yuanlang of Dongping led an army to attack Donghai County, he not only cut off the source of the moat, but also filled up a large section of the moat outside the main city gate with sand and stones.

After Xu Yuanlang's retreat, although Donghai County also launched corvée and dug away most of the sand and gravel, it also made it easier for Chu Tianxiu to lead the troops to besiege Donghai County and fill up the moat. effort.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses worked together to block the waterway again with wheelbarrows full of sand and gravel, completely blocking the source of living water in the moat.

This time the troops were sent to attack Donghai County, there was no crooked way, but an upright army, so when the troops were sent this time, it would not be as crude as the attack on Hailing County.

Before the start of the war, Chu Tianxiu not only collected a large number of engineering equipment in Jinling, Donghai and other places, and almost emptied the arsenal of the Sui army in Piling County, but also ordered the master craftsman Chen Laomou and his The craftsmen under his command built a large number of weapons, which made him almost armed to the teeth this time when he attacked the city.

More than 100 single-wheel iron vertical carts slowly began to move in the direction of Donghai City. Behind each cart were hidden more than a dozen archers. Behind Zhang's big iron plate, he shot arrows towards the city to cover the attacks of others.

Behind the iron plate car, there were hundreds of trebuchets to assist in the siege.

Near the catapult, there were another five thousand soldiers holding wooden shields high and carrying bags of sandbags. As long as they got close to the moat, they could drop the bags of soil to fill the moat.

And this is only the soldiers led by Chu Tianxiu this time, which only accounted for the sixth floor of the attack, and only the part led by him personally to besiege the North Gate of Donghai County.

On the north and south sides of Donghai City, General Qin Qiong led 1 soldiers and horses to besiege the East Gate. The original Li Zitong descended from Zuo Xiaoyou and led troops to besiege the West Gate as a feint attack.

Rich and powerful!

Ever since Chu Tianxiu established the Money League and conquered Goguryeo, Dongying, and the countries of Southeast Asia, he has become the number one rich man in the world, and the money and supplies he can mobilize are almost more than that of the emperor in Jiangdu. The old man needs more.

When Chu Tianxiu became serious and fully activated his war machines, all the boring money was exchanged for murderous war weapons, making their army armed to the teeth.

"attack!"

After Chu Tianxiu waved his hand and gave an order, the first wave of attacks began. Wrigley cars stepped forward one by one, shooting random arrows at the city wall, suppressing the archers on the city wall, and the catapults threw stones one after another, destroying the city wall. While the walls of Donghai City were suppressing the morale of the defenders of Donghai City.

Arrows fell like rain, stones like hail.

The generals defending the city had the city to rely on, and they were condescending, so they naturally took advantage of it. Not only could they use their bows and arrows more effectively, but the falling stones and rolling logs that retreated from the city wall also brought great losses to the Huainan army under the city. , Bringing hundreds of bloody places among the besiegers.Screams sounded from time to time.

Some people fell to the ground, some screamed, and there were even more than a dozen people who had never conducted this kind of cruel siege battle before. After seeing this big battle, they immediately tried to run away, but they were followed by Chu Tianxiu. Beside him, the whale hunter who was temporarily serving as the supervisor of the battle team directly grabbed and beheaded on the spot for public display.

From the very beginning, the war turned into a flesh and blood mill, strangling the lives of the soldiers of both the enemy and us, making this battle almost from the very beginning, into a state of intense heat, so that in less than half a day, the Huainan army was able to fight here. Under the city wall, five or six hundred corpses were left behind.

However, such a large number of casualties and injuries are also extremely valuable. The sand-throwing soldiers stepped forward one after another, and walked back as soon as they dropped the sandbags. After repeatedly throwing sandbags, the soil in the moat accumulated more and more , and finally completely blocked the moat and paved a road.

After the first siege route was laid,
Donghai City is indeed a well-defended Dacheng, but after all, it is not a majestic city like Xiangyang, Chang'an, or Jiangdu. Otherwise, if it is replaced by Xiangyang City, the average width is about sixty feet, and the widest part reaches a hundred feet. Then even if he spends seven days and seven nights, filling up and drinking day and night, I'm afraid it's just a drop in the bucket and nothing he can do.

"Sandbag soldiers should hold ladders! Siege the city! The first person to climb up Donghai City will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and be promoted to three ranks! The first 30 people to enter the city will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and promoted to one rank."

After seeing the moat being filled, Chu Tianxiu couldn't help being overjoyed and ordered loudly.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Stimulated by this high reward, the morale of the Huainan Army was immediately boosted, and one by one held the ladder high and rushed towards the city wall.

Under the cover of the rain of arrows, ladders were erected on the city wall, and countless red-eyed soldiers followed the ladders and climbed up.

But soon, the first few ladder trucks that were on the top of the city wall were quickly overturned by the defenders with a pole fork, and then the huge boulder rolled down and fell down, causing casualties under the city wall.

Starting at noon, the Huainan Army divided into five groups of 2000 people, and attacked the city wall in waves, causing the shouts of fighting and killing to resound throughout the area, so that corpses were everywhere on the battlefield, and blood flowed across the oars, so that In every batch of rushing, there are hundreds of corpses lying on the ground.

Not only Chu Tianxiu's side was like this, Qin Qiong and Zuo Xiaoyou, who were in charge of the feint attack, were also at a disadvantage in the attack, with heavy casualties and great losses.

However, this is normal.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has a saying: the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city.

Among all wars, siege warfare is undoubtedly one of the most tragic and brutal modes of warfare. The intensity and intensity of the war is almost second only to city-to-city and street warfare.

For a big city like Donghai City, not to mention a day of siege, even if it took ten days, half a month, or even several months to take the city, it can still be called a battle. victory.

"Military commander, from now on, you will be the first to execute the military order! Next, I will personally lead the troops to charge forward, and take this city before sunset!"

Chu Tianxiu looked up at the sky, and found that the sky was already dizzy at this time. If it took a few quarters of an hour for the sun to completely fall to the sky, then today's battle can only be fought here, and only the gong can be played. Withdraw the troops, go back and rest, and come to attack the city tomorrow.

And this was a situation that Chu Tianxiu didn't want to see.

Soldiers are precious and fast. Chu Tianxiu seemed to have plenty of time a few days ago, but he was actually very nervous, so he didn't have much time to fight against such an isolated city. Therefore, he planned to personally take action and give this East Sea city a try. fineness.

(End of this chapter)