When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 455
Zhang Ji's complexion gradually became solemn, while Li Xin beside him was eager to try.

"No matter what he does, you will know after a dozen fights."

Zhang Ji hesitated for a moment and agreed with Li Xin's point of view.

Just guessing is useless. There is a puddle on the road that you must pass in front of you. You can't go around it. If you don't test the depth of the water, will you stop there and not move forward?

But Zhang Ji did not intend to hand over the task of siege to Li Xin.

Li Xin is indeed handsome, but his combat style is swift and fierce, and his battlefield intuition is very sensitive, which is very similar to the combat style of the later champion Hou.

This kind of general is suitable for fighting enemies who are straightforward. If he encounters a trick, he may plunge into it.

Zhang Ji's gaze swept through the crowd of generals behind him, and finally fell on the most low-key person.

"Yang Wengzi, the North Gate is handed over to you."

"what?"

Yang Wengzi, who was suddenly named, was stunned for a moment, then realized something was wrong, and embraced the order.

However, Yang Wengzi didn't understand at all why Zhang Ji ordered his general.

In the Yulin Army, except for Qiang Li and Wang Ben, all of them were concentrated in this handsome tent, not to mention the commander of the dead soldier camp named Teng, who was the general's confidant, how could he put such a thing in the wrong place? Give it to yourself?

Li Xin looked at Zhang Ji pitifully, implying that since Wengzi Yang was unwilling, he might as well let him do it for him, but Zhang Ji kicked him away.

Yang Wengzi's character is very similar to his father Yang Duanhe.

Although Yang Duanhe is also a veteran of the four dynasties, he has been highly valued since the time of King Zhaoxiang, but his position in the military has never been among the top three.

Needless to say, when Lord Wu An Bai Qi was there, at that time the generals of the Qin State were gathered together. In the later era of Lord Wu An, the military was headed by the clan general Ying Yu, with Wang Yu and Meng Ao as his deputy. After people.

During the reign of King Xiaowen and King Zhuang Xiang, Ying Xi died of illness. Wang Yan, Meng Ao and Lu Gong ranked in the top three, and Yang Duanhe still maintained the fourth position.

Now that Gong Gong is old and retired, the third position is replaced by Wang Jian who came from behind, and Yang Duanhe still holds the fourth position.

But Yang Duanhe never complained, or sharp-eyed people will find that this old general, whose qualifications and military exploits are far superior to Wang Jian's, doesn't seem to care about the position of the military's Big Three. After the support of Yang Duanhe, Yang Duanhe directly recuperated his illness behind closed doors, as if he had no intention of taking the position of the Big Three in the military.

Even though Yang Duanhe has never become one of the top three in the military and does not have the rank of general, Yang Duanhe is the lieutenant general that the three generals of Qin like to take with them when they send troops.

The biggest reason is Yang Duanhe's low profile!

For example, Wang Yu, Meng Ao, and Gong Gong led the army. As Pao Ze, who was also the deputy general of Lord Wu'an back then, he naturally knew Yang Duanhe's ability.

Yang Duanhe leads the troops very steadily and calmly, no matter who leads the troops, he can hand over his rear or food road to Yang Duanhe with peace of mind.

When leading the troops in battle, Yang Duanhe never stole the limelight from the general, and even gave up some easy-to-hand first and major achievements to the commander, while he only took the secondary merit.

A person who can lead an army alone in Qin State, at least his character will not be too bad. Even a coach with a bad character will not offend this old general with senior qualifications, strong ability, high military exploits, and extensive connections.

Faced with Yang Duanhe's repeated concessions, no matter how thick-skinned he is, it is impossible to remain indifferent, so every time as long as Yang Duanhe is the deputy general, the coach will always be the one with the most meritorious service, and Yang Duanhe will be the second.

Zhang Ji once asked Yang Duanhe if it was worth it?
Yang Duanhe's answer was: "Haha, you young people only saw that I lost my first victory, but you didn't notice that those who went to war must use me as their deputy general."

"The old man lost his head skills, but in exchange for more opportunities to go out."

"One head function is worth two or even three times, but because of the head work I gave up, I got more opportunities to go out and more times. Not only did I maintain the contacts in the army, but also To get more military exploits, the key is that they all have to thank the old man, and remember the old man, why not do it?"

Although Yang Wengzi was the son of Yang Duanhe, he was not spoiled. Instead, he was taught more severely, for fear that he would not bring up the son who was born with great difficulty. Therefore, under the guidance of Yang Duanhe, Yang Wengzi led the soldiers His ability also surpassed that of the second generation of ordinary generals, and his personality was just like Yang Duanhe's, even more calm than Yang Duanhe's.

Yang Wengzi, who does not fight or grab and is extremely stable, is often the first choice for Wang Ben, Tu Sui, Ren Xiao and others when leading troops to go out, so Zhang Ji selected Yang Wengzi's general this time.

There are obviously some problems with the Han army in the city. If someone with a calm personality like Yang Wengzi goes, the loss will be minimized.

Ximen was handed over to Su Jiao by Zhang Ji.

Although Su Jiao was not as calm as Yang Duanhe, but as the captain of the scout battalion, he was careful and would not let go of any details on the battlefield. Zhang Ji believed that Su Jiao could properly deal with potential crises.

The south gate and the east gate are in charge of Tu Sui's partial teacher, and Tu Sui handed over these two city gates to Ren Xiao, who is equally calm, and Huan Jue, who is in the limelight these days.

The Qin army besieging the city on all sides began to rush towards the city under the orders of the war drums and officers at all levels. The densely packed Qin army was uniformly dressed in black armor, and there was a posture of black clouds overwhelming the city.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city."

No matter which era it is, the cruelest war is siege warfare, because there are not many means to use in siege, only ants can attack the city.

Yes, ant attached.

Famous military generals used the word "ant attached" to describe siege warfare because the soldiers climbed up like ants, and then were beaten down by the enemy like ants crushed to death.

Even if Sun Wu and Wu Qi faced a fortified city, most of the time they had no choice but to attack the city.Just like when a certain Zhuge Wuhou of the later generations went to the Northern Expedition, the [-] troops were also intercepted by a Chencang city. They were still unable to enter the city under the ant-attached siege with the help of many siege equipment, and finally had to stop the troops.

The morale of the Qin army was very strong, and the soldiers who attacked the city rushed quickly, but they did not break away from their respective Wu, Shi, Tun and other organizational systems. The seemingly densely packed Qin army actually kept a certain distance, and did not As a result, Han Jun would surely hit an arrow with his eyes closed.

This is also one of the few places where ants can make some fuss when attacking the city. Maintain a good interval and the distance between soldiers and siege equipment, and reasonably allocate the number of soldiers and siege equipment in each wave of siege.

In this regard, Yang Wengzi, Su Jiao, Ren Xiao, and Huan Jue all did a good job. Although the density and number of soldiers and the deployment of equipment are slightly different depending on the individual's military style, overall there is no problem.

Now, with the cooperation between the Qin Army and the Mohists, the manufacturing cost of siege equipment is getting cheaper and cheaper. Even if they did not attack the city with all their strength out of caution, everyone brought in more than [-] siege vehicles during the first wave of siege Ladder and 轒辒.轒辒, four-wheeled carts, lined with large logs, the upper cover is covered with raw cowhide, and the lower part can accommodate ten people. They transport soil to fill the moat, and the wood and stone cannot hurt it.

Of course, for the construction of these siege ladders and 轒辒, we must also thank Ji Wuye.

The reason why Qin Jun was able to spend so much money was also because of the more than [-] gold copied from Yemu.

Seeing that their general had brought in so many siege ladders and siege weapons, the soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they are brave and warlike, who wants to lie on this blood-stained land and never wake up?

The more siege ladders and sieges, the safer it is for the siege soldiers.

The person in charge of commanding each siege ladder was at least a low-ranking officer of the "Five Doctors". At the urging of a middle-level officer of the "Official Doctor", he poured buckets of muddy water on the siege ladders. superior.

Although the Qin State made a fortune, it did not want to wrap all the siege ladders and 轒辒 arrogantly with the raw cowhide that was set on fire. The burning of rockets and kerosene can also increase the defense of the board and reduce the possibility of strong bows and crossbows penetrating the board.

As the beating of the war drums became more and more rapid, vehicles that had been smeared with mud and water began to move forward, and began to fill the trenches dug under Xinzheng City as the targets of the focused fire on the battlefield.

Outside the west and south gates of Xinzheng is the Jishui River. The Koreans dug trenches to divert the Jishui River to surround Xinzheng, which served as a moat and a water reserve for the city.

Before the siege, Zhang Ji had already asked the auxiliary soldiers and civilians to dig out soil, sand and gravel and put them into sacks. The Qin soldiers only had to throw the sacks into the moat.

Every time a sack is thrown, the soldiers responsible for maintaining military discipline and recording military merits will watch behind, and credit the soldiers who successfully threw a sack.

But for a moment, the siege ladders on the battlefield were also slowly moving forward under the push of the soldiers. The crossbowmen standing on the siege ladders bent their bows and set their arrows or pulled their crossbows to provide support for the soldiers below. share some of the pressure.

Behind the siege ladder, there was a phalanx of crossbowmen, which, under the cover of a shield trooper, kept shooting at the city head.

Yang Wengzi frowned slightly. The progress of the Qin army was relatively smooth, but the casualties were much higher than before, but it did not stop the advance of the Qin army, but he had some faint feelings.

It wasn't until the moat was filled and the Qin army began to attack the city that the Qin army finally realized how different this Korean army was from the previous Korean army.

Who has ever seen the soldiers of the Han army dragging the soldiers of the Qin army to fall to the top of the wall when they were dying?
Who has ever seen a crossbowman of the Han Army stick out of the city wall with more than ten arrows in his body, stand up against the rain of arrows and the soldiers of the Qin Army, and shoot the last arrow at the soldiers of the Qin Army?
Have!
But that was the strong Korea more than 100 years ago, not the weak Korea today!
At that time, the Korean army had strong bows and crossbows and a tenacious fighting will, but now this Korean army has exploded with a strong fighting will, and it can be seen with the naked eye that the individual quality of these Korean soldiers is not ordinary Korean soldiers.

Could it be that Wei Zhuang placed the elite of the Korean army on the city wall to kill the Qin army's majesty?
This was the unanimous guess of Yang Wengzi, Su Jiao, Ren Xiao, and Huan Juan, who were responsible for attacking the four city gates, and reported to Zhang Ji, requesting additional siege equipment.

To siege a city is naturally one effort, then decline, and exhaust three times.

Even if they encountered strong resistance from the Korean army, Yang Wengzi, as cautious as he was, did not choose to retreat temporarily. No one could waste the first opportunity to attack the city with the highest morale.

At the east gate, Huan Ju asked the guards behind him to put on a pair of heavy armor ordered from the Mo family, put on a helmet, and walked forward.

"General, general!"

Seeing this, several assistant generals hurried up to stop Huanjuan.

As the main general who attacked the east gate, how could he go up to attack the city by himself when he saw the army was frustrated?

This is not a field battle, no matter how it is in a field battle, there are personal guards to protect it, but a siege battle requires climbing a ladder, and it is impossible for the personal guards to have the energy to protect their own general when climbing the ladder.

But Huan Jue refused. He took an iron shield. He held up the shield with one hand and followed a siege ladder. He put the iron shield on the wooden frame of the ladder and pushed the siege ladder together.

Although Huan Jue's behavior was a bit impulsive and reckless, it did inspire the morale of Qin's soldiers.

The generals of the entire army went to battle in person, so what reason did they have to retreat?
As the siege ladder was pushed to the bottom of the city, Huan Jue raised his iron shield and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "My sons, kill on the top of the city, follow me first!"

"First board! First board!"

After saying that, Huan Jue rushed directly to the siege ladder, climbed the wooden ladder, covered his body with an iron shield, and resisted the arrows shot down from the top of the city.

When a Han soldier saw Huan Jue holding an iron shield, he immediately judged that Huan Juan was by no means an ordinary soldier.

The iron shield requires a lot of iron ore, and coupled with the heavy armor, it looks extraordinary.

The experienced soldiers could tell at a glance that this was at least an officer of the Qin Army who was a senior official, and they immediately stabbed Huan Jue with his long sword.

Huan Yan did not use his iron shield to block the incoming Chang Ge head-on. Instead, he turned slightly sideways and hit the iron shield on the wooden handle of the Chang Ge. The wooden handle broke with a sound, and the Korean soldier only had A stick with wooden spikes.

Huan Jue took the opportunity to climb up another section, and the Han soldier just now called a few robes, two rolling logs, and a huge rock and threw them at Huan Juan.

Even with the iron shield and fine armor body protection, the rolling logs and huge boulders still smashed a small sunken hole in the iron shield, and Huan Jue's arms were numb for a while.

Huan Jue is also a fierce general, he rushed up with a roar, jumped up a few feet away and fell on the Han soldier who had thrown a boulder at him just now, and pressed the Han soldier under him with an iron shield. The sergeant smashed his fist on the head with a fist in his hand, beating him to death.

The two Korean soldiers who had thrown rolling logs at Huan Jue were startled by Huan Jue's ferocious appearance. They immediately pulled out the swords from their waists and rushed towards Huan Jue as if they were waking up from a dream.

After climbing to the top of the city, Huanju no longer had so many restraints, and drew out the Qin sword from his waist to slash at one of them.

The sharp Qin sword directly cut off the sword in the hands of the Han soldier. The sword was still not old after cutting off the sword, but continued to fall rapidly, directly splitting the head of the Han soldier from top to bottom. In two halves, blood spurted and splashed on Huan Yu's body.

I don't know if it was the excitement after the bloodbath, or because Huanju avenged the slaying of the tree just now, the fighting spirit in Huanju's eyes became more and more intense.

"Qin General Huanju, ascend first!"

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