Traveling Through the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Zun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 498 The Real Siege Battle

Then with the sound of horns, both sides are making final preparations and mobilization.

Despite the distance, Zhang Wuji could still clearly see the figure scurrying on the city wall of Hongdu, as well as the young general who was waving his saber and constantly commanding.

Seeing the young general preparing in an orderly manner, Zhang Wuji immediately became interested in talents.

Zhu Wen is a rare general.In the Battle of Hongdu, 60 soldiers successfully resisted the attack of troops. This can be called a miracle in the history of ancient warfare.

But then Zhang Wuji sighed again.

Now he understands Cao Cao very well, the sense of sadness that he cherishes his talent but can't get it.

If it was someone else, Zhang Wuji would like to try to persuade him to surrender with high officials and rich salary.But this Zhu Wen is just a special person, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's blood relative and nephew.After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Wenzheng's descendants were granted the title of county king as the royal relatives and nobles.

Although in the end Zhu Wenzheng's fate was also subject to Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion, he died in depression.But Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always been decisive in killing, did not kill him, and let his descendants inherit the throne, which shows that the relationship between the uncle and nephew is unbreakable.

Although Zhang Wuji cherished his talent, but he didn't use his great talent, so he had no choice but to "kill Ma Su with tears".

Zhu Wenzheng was busy preparing for the next round of defending the city.

And Chen Youliang also made the final preparations. Rows of crossbowmen were standing behind the Death Squad, getting ready.

And all kinds of bed crossbows, hard crossbows, and trebuchets are ready to go.Just waiting for the sound of the final attack drum, the army immediately began to attack.

But what is worth mentioning here is that although artillery has appeared in this era, the artillery in this era is more used to defend the city.The real weapons for siege are still trebuchets and return cannons.

Because the artillery and gunpowder in this era are still in the most elementary stage, the gunpowder is not very powerful, the height of the projectile is not high, and the killing distance is not very far.

And the artillery of this era is still cast with copper and pig iron.Compared with those made of modern alloy steel, the strength is far inferior.

Moreover, there is no way to standardize gunpowder. If you put too much gunpowder, it will easily explode, and if you put too little gunpowder, it will not achieve the lethal effect.Therefore, firearms such as artillery and rudimentary firearms were mostly used for condescending defense during this period, rather than feigned attacks to attack cities and villages.

After a quarter of an hour, the melodious horn sounded again.Accompanied by the sound of the horn is the beating of drums resounding all over the field.

The ancients said, "One bang for energy, then decline and three times for exhaustion." Beat the drum to advance, and beat the gold to retreat.It is an unchanging truth in the era of cold weapons.

With the sound of drums, the morale of Chen Youliang's siege team instantly rose.

The engineers carrying the ladders were the first to charge under the command of the centurion.

The siege squad, armed with swords and shields and wearing armor, followed the engineers in the second phalanx to charge.

With the engineers and death squads rushed up.Under the command of the centurions, the archers threw bed crossbows, hard crossbows, and heavy bows at Hongdu City.Use arrow rain to cover the attack of the siege troops.

Zhang Wuji was sitting on the tree trunk on the top of the hill watching this ancient city siege battle, and for a moment he lost himself.

Although he was mentally prepared before, he was still shocked by this big scene.

In the past, he only saw the siege battles described in TV dramas on TV.But it may be because of funding, or because of the safety of the extras.There was no way to truly restore that scene.

But now that I have traveled to this ancient parallel time and space, I have the opportunity to witness the most tragic siege battle with my own eyes.He was naturally a little obsessed with it.

But after seeing this scene, Zhang Wuji didn't want to go out and stop the war now.

Sun Tzu said, "Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."Although he is strong in martial arts and has read Wu Mu's suicide note, the real war and the theories in books are always two different things.He would like to see how these ancient people conquered the city, and then find out the loopholes, and then appear on the stage to shock the audience.

After all, there is only one chance, so he has to be cautious.

What really made Zhang Wuji calm down was actually the super high fighting quality displayed by Chen Youliang's army.

Because the real battle is completely different from what he imagined.

First of all, the charge of the ancient soldiers was not brainless or dense, but charged in various simple square formations.

Influenced by TV dramas, he felt that a siege battle was a group of ant-like soldiers charging forward without thinking like a tide.Then a small number of high-quality people climbed to the city, captured the flag and beat the generals, and were finally awarded for their meritorious service.

Moreover, in order to reflect the grandeur of the scene and the visual effects, some directors even made many arrangements that violated military common sense.

For example, the siege charge of Chen Youliang's army is very different from that in the film and television drama.The TV series is messy and chaotic, but whether it is offense or defense in front of it, there is a certain amount of advance and retreat, very organized.

It can be seen that the wisdom of war of the ancients was not lost to modern people at all.

Although the engineering troops were the first to charge, the death squads behind them with swords and shields quickly rushed to the front of the engineers.

And these people are not "charging in a sea of ​​people" in a mess.Instead, they are in groups of three or four and are very orderly.Even these soldiers will use the shields in their left hands to form a "shield formation" to protect themselves and their comrades-in-arms, as well as the engineers who help them build bridges and ladders, from the damage of the defenders.

And once someone is accidentally shot by the arrow, let alone dead, it is considered injured.Then others will drag him out.Then the nearest person immediately took over his position and continued to sprint forward carrying the ladder.

Moreover, when everyone attacked, they also charged in a fixed formation. Even if the injured were thrown out, they would not block the road and be trampled by the follow-up teammates.

Of course, as for being exposed in the open space without any protection, whether he would be shot into a hedgehog by the archers of the city defenders was not a question for these charging soldiers to consider.As long as he doesn't affect the follow-up people to keep up with the charge.As for whether he dies or not, it doesn't matter.

And when they charged, the archers would cover them from behind.And as they charged, the archers covering behind them would follow them forward in an orderly manner.

After all, the phalanx formed by archers has no protection.It would be ill-advised for a siege army to move forward without attracting their arrows to them.

Before and after the engineers arrived at the trench, they quickly and skillfully set up bridge ladders for the follow-up troops.When the bridge ladder was erected, the death squad in charge of the charge rushed across the bridge ladder to the city wall.

And if they are under the city wall, although they will no longer be threatened by the rain of arrows, they must also be careful of the rolling logs and rocks thrown from the city wall.

Then the follow-up engineers also crossed the bridge ladder and erected the siege ladder on the city wall.

Afterwards, the engineering soldiers either used manpower or heavy objects to firmly set up and support the ladder, and then the elite soldiers of the assault squad began to climb.

And Zhang Wuji also noticed a very special point.It is also a way to climb the city that is not performed in the film and television dramas at all.

(End of this chapter)