Next to Yao Chang, Yao Xing gritted his teeth and said: "These Xinping people are too arrogant. They will fight to the death even though the city is high and the pond is deep. Father, please give me an order to attack the four gates at the same time. I don't believe it. They can."
Can stop it!"
Yin Wei on the other side was wearing a tight-fitting leather armor, no helmet, and still wearing a silk scarf and a bun, which was in sharp contrast to the Qiang soldiers with their braided hair. He shook his head: "Your Majesty, don't act too hastily.
, Gou Fu's military ability is very strong. In the past few days, we have used earth mountains, flying ladders, tunnels and other tactics, but none of them have worked. Now the morale of our army is low, but the fighting spirit in the city is high. If we continue to fight, not only
If Xinping cannot be captured, there is a danger of the tribe being dispersed. Your Majesty, think twice!"
Yao Chang turned to look at Yao Xing and said calmly: "Xing'er, youth is not a reason to be impulsive. You will succeed me as the king in the future. If you are so impulsive and reckless in everything, how can I rest assured?"
Yao Xing was still a little unconvinced and said: "Father, I don't think I should give in at this time. What Yin Sima said is that if we continue to fight, morale may decline, and other tribesmen will also feel disloyal, but
On the other hand, if we give up at this time and cannot even capture Xinping City, then the ministries that came to seek refuge will not benefit from the siege, and they may have doubts about our strength.
At this stage, they were willing to come to seek refuge because they saw our army's great victory in Sanyuan and wiped out 10,000 Qin troops. Then they saw hope. However, if Xinping City is not destroyed, then this hope will be dashed again. Erchen thought,
If you retreat at this time, your tribe will be separated, which is absolutely unacceptable."
Yao Chang looked at the head of Xinping City in the distance and said thoughtfully: "Xing'er, tell me, Xinping City is an isolated city, why do you dare to confront our army like this?"
Yao Xing was startled for a moment, then said: "Xinping City has been in Lingbiao for a long time. It has been an enemy of the nomadic tribes on the grassland for many years. The folk customs are strong and the guarding general Gou Fu is a Di. His family members are all in Chang'an at this time, so he dare not leave.
They must resist with all their strength, after all, the city here is strong and our army lacks siege equipment, so they have the confidence to defend it."
Yao Chang glanced at Yao Xing expressionlessly: "That's all?"
Yao Xing frowned: "Do they still expect reinforcements? In terms of loyalty, I don't think they have it. Didn't Xinping City surrender to Huan Wen back then? The corner of the city that was cut off was the Qin Kingdom.
Should we punish them?"
A smile appeared at the corner of Yao Chang's mouth: "That's a bit to the point, Yin Sima, tell me why Gou Fu took the initiative to negotiate with us about dedicating the city a while ago, but suddenly closed the city and defended it.
?Original intelligence said there were less than a thousand soldiers in the city, but we attacked the city for days and lost tens of thousands of troops, but no less than 2,000 people were killed or wounded in the city. Where did they get these soldiers?"
Yao Xing rushed to say: "They must be recruiting young men and women to help defend the city. It must be like this."
Yao Chang's face darkened: "You can tell the difference between civilians and soldiers at a glance! The four cities are defended these days by elite soldiers. Our army attacked the city wall several times and was driven down. Their combat effectiveness exceeded
How can the Qiang army in our old camp do what the civilians can do?!"
Yao Xing's eyes widened: "Does Gou Fu have any help?"
Yin Wei took a step forward and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, none of the spies we sent into the city these days have come back. This is consistent with our previous prediction. The powerful people in the city all support Gou Fu to fight, and they are very angry about this.
We are familiar with it. It is difficult for outsiders to sneak in. According to the report of our last spy ten days ago, Gou Fu sent people to contact us at the same time, and also contacted the major powerful people in the city to discuss matters. After that, Gou Fu killed his envoys.
If you refuse to defend, it seems that these powerful people in Xinping are going to fight!"
Yao Xing said in surprise: "How is this possible? Are the people of Xinping so loyal to Fu Jian? It's not like they didn't rebel against Qin last time. Could it be that they have become loyal ministers in the past ten years or so? I don't believe it!"
Yao Chang said coldly: "What they are loyal to is not Qin, but their own reputation and the loyalty that has been passed down for thousands of years in this mountain."
Yao Xing looked at Yao Chang in confusion: "I don't understand, my father, please make it clear."
Yao Chang sighed: "This is Lingbiao. There are no dangers like the mountains in Guanzhong. Here we need to face the fierce nomadic tribes on the Hetao grassland. Thousands of years of fighting and killing have long tempered the people here to be fierce and good at fighting.
As the seat of the Beidi County, Xinping is also a paradise for generals and military strategists, especially the Feng family in the city, who has been a general for generations since Feng Yi, the great tree general of the Han Dynasty."
"The last time they contacted Huan Wen during his Northern Expedition and asked him to surrender, it was not because they fell in love with the wind, but because they were Han people. When they saw the Han army's Northern Expedition to Guanzhong, they naturally wanted to surrender. But Huan Wen finally abandoned them.
Withdrew, Fu Jian did not punish them, but cut off a corner of the city wall. This shame was actually more unacceptable to these Xinping men than the massacre of the city. Fu Jian had been very good to them over the years, but now that Qin is in trouble, these people are trying to
It is not difficult to understand that I have decided to be a loyal minister this time to avenge my previous shame."
Yao Xing suddenly realized: "So that's it. So, those extra defenders are the servants of the powerful families in the city, such as the Feng family?"
Yao Chang nodded: "Exactly, the Feng family has been living in the neighborhood for a long time, and has often fought with various barbarians. The servants have many powerful soldiers. I have seen Feng Jie, the leader of the Feng family, and his subordinates even have
The Goguryeo and Jiehu people brought from Liaodong are not ordinary ferocious. These days, our army has tried every means to attack the city. They have used tunnels, earthen mountains, and rams, but they have failed. There are even trebuchets in the city to counterattack.
, This proves that with good generals in defense, it is impossible to survive even one day with just Gou Fu’s people.”
Yao Xing gritted his teeth: "Then we can't let them go and retreat like this. If we retreat like this, the other powerful people in the cities in Lingbiao who have submitted to us may rebel again and side with Qin, which means they will die.
No matter how many people there are, Xinping must be captured!"
Yao Chang sighed and shook his head: "Xing'er, you are also familiar with the military books. Don't you understand that a king cannot raise an army when he is angry, and a general cannot attack because he is angry? Our army has just been raised.
Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Qiqi, most of them are Qiang and nomadic Huns who have returned to the army. These people cannot be used to fight to the death and siege the city. Firstly, they will not use death force, and secondly, they are fighting on the side.
Just wait and see, if you use too much force, not only will you not capture the city, but you may escape or even rebel. Murong Chui encountered such a problem in Yecheng now because he only used Dingling and Zahu to attack the city.
Can I make the same mistakes he did?"
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