Chapter 2899: What the order means, what the action means
The Western Region Allied Forces just have a lot of people.
Therefore, Taksa's strategy is "more people".
Menghua initially thought that killing so many people from the Western Region Allied Forces was already a good result, but he soon discovered that he was wrong, as more people from the Western Regions Allied Forces surged in.
Although the initial attack was defeated, the Western Region Allied Forces immediately dispatched more people.
This was actually a blow to the Han army.
Having more people is indeed an advantage.
More loose herdsmen, more archers, more elite warriors mixed in the queue...
"@#&! This is going to cost you..."
Menghua stood on the high platform of the military camp, looking at the Western Region Allied Forces surging in the distance like ants, and a slightly weird idea suddenly came to his mind. While he was a little worried and scared, he seemed to be a little excited.
, if this military stronghold can withstand most of the coalition attacks, does it mean that from now on, the Western Regions will never dare to talk about rebellion again?
In other words, at least until this memory dissipates in the minds of the people of the Western Regions, the people of the Western Regions will not dare to use weapons anymore?
He suddenly had a deeper understanding of the overall strategy of the Western Regions, understood why Zhang Liao wanted to defend this military stronghold, and also understood some other issues that he had not considered before.
The Han Dynasty has never controlled the Western Regions. Although there is a Protectorate of the Western Regions in name, in fact the Protectorate of the Western Regions is more like an overseas colonial military government. Most of the time it just collects money and spends it. Except for that
Except for a few people with extraordinary abilities and powerful tactics, the rest of the Protectorate Protectors are basically just hanging around.
Being able to mix in the officialdom is also a skill in itself, but this skill cannot bring direct benefits to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in the historical records of the Han Dynasty, when a few people were in power, it is noted that the Western Regions brought
Gain, at other times, it’s not the Chunqiu style of writing, but there’s really nothing to write about.
One or two people, for a country as big as Han Dynasty, plus three to four hundred years...
And now Lu Bu, the Protector of the Western Regions, is he a qualified Protector?
What should a qualified guardian look like?
Meng Hua swallowed his saliva. He vaguely advanced from the thinking of a captain to the level of a general. From a purely military perspective, he began to touch on higher-level issues. However, he still had these thoughts for the time being.
There was no answer. Maybe he really thought through these issues on his own that day, and then he would definitely increase his political value.
The battle for the outer wall of the military camp has begun.
Li Si cut off the head of the Western Region Allied soldier who had just popped up with a knife, and the blood spurted out with a pop. The headless corpse seemed to pause in the air for a few seconds, and he did not know that it was climbing up before the strong executor was alive.
Although he was still unwilling to fall into the endless hell, he finally fell down and brought down another Western Region Allied soldier along the way.
Rolling stones and knocking trees, arrows and crossbows falling one after another.
These soldiers of the Western Region Allied Forces, or the herdsmen of the Western Regions who could barely be called soldiers, screamed and rolled back to their original starting position from the top of the slope, alive, dead, or injured.
After the initial panic, the Han soldiers in the military camp, under the leadership of Li Si, began to return to at least normal levels of training. Most of the time, the soldiers of the Western Region Alliance Army formed by ordinary herdsmen simply attracted
The effect of firepower could not cause much damage to the Han soldiers. Of course, it was inevitable that Han soldiers would be killed and injured occasionally.
The direct casualties caused to Han soldiers were mostly from Kushan soldiers and some elite soldiers from various states in the Western Regions. Although the states in the Western Regions are said to be large and small, these Western Regions states had a long history in the Han Dynasty three to four hundred years ago.
The pace of fighting did not stop during this period. Among these countries in the Western Regions, there were indeed many elite warriors who were good at various fighting skills, and they also caused a lot of trouble to the Han soldiers in the military stronghold.
These elite warriors from the Western Region countries were mixed in with the ordinary Western Region herdsmen. If they were not careful, they might be fooled. When the Han soldiers thought they were ordinary herdsmen, these guys suddenly launched an attack, catching the Han soldiers by surprise.
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It was as if there was a group of such warriors from various countries, mixed in with the crowd, and when they reached the bottom of the military stronghold, they suddenly grabbed a ladder and in a blink of an eye climbed onto the outer wall of the military stronghold and started fighting hand-to-hand with the Han soldiers.
At the same time, the archers of the Western Region Allied Forces were also struggling to suppress the inner and outer walls of the military stronghold. Missing arrows fell like raindrops, suppressing the archers on the inner walls so that they could not come forward to support the outer walls of the military stronghold.
Some archers on the inner wall tried to assist the outer wall as much as possible, but the rain of arrows from the archers of the Western Region Alliance Army was so dense that some archers were shot and killed as soon as they were exposed.
Although the support for the outer wall was not finally given up, only the archers on the high platforms on both sides were beyond the shooting range of the ordinary Western Region coalition archers down the slope, and could more or less support the outer wall with some firepower.
However, the archers on the high platform of the military stronghold still have to be careful not to expose too much, otherwise they will be targeted by the eagle shooters hidden in the Western Region Allied Forces. Several archers were shot before and fell screaming.
high tower.
On the outer wall in the main direction of attack, the siege battle has entered a fever pitch.
Arrows flew randomly in the air, falling stones and logs jumped, and the cold light of swords and guns faced the wind.
Corpses and wounded soldiers were scattered all over the outer walls and slopes of the military camp.
The whines of the injured soldiers were mixed with the sounds of fighting, making it particularly harsh.
Taksa's sheep attack was very realistic. A group of 500 soldiers was divided into ten queues, taking turns to attack the military stronghold. At the same time, there was pressure and support from archers, which made the outer wall in the fourth wave.
At that time, some warriors from various countries mixed with ordinary herdsmen climbed onto the outer wall.
Fortunately, after these warriors from various countries climbed onto the outer wall, most of the archers below the military stronghold adjusted their targets to suppress the inner wall because they were afraid of being injured by arrows. This gave Li Si and others some breathing space.
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As soon as a warrior from the country took out one leg and was about to step on the outer wall of the military stronghold, he was slashed at the ankle by a Han army from one side. He screamed and fell down.
Another Bangguo warrior saw his companion falling from the air, howling, and jumped up to the military camp. Before the Han soldier stabbed his own chest with a spear, he aimed at the throat of the Han soldier in front of him.
Got the sword.
The warriors of the country fell from the military camp with their spears, and the Han soldier covered his neck, opened his eyes wide, knelt on the ground, made a few loud noises, and died.
Li Si held up the sword of the warrior who was charging at him, and then kicked the opponent's calf bone. The cowhide boots covered with iron plates almost broke the opponent's calf in half, causing the opponent to scream in agony and his body was crooked.
He fell down and was immediately slashed on the shoulder and neck by Li Si, killing him immediately.
After getting a moment to breathe, Li Si shouted with all his strength to the obscured area on the high platform: "Support! We need to support..."
Menghua remained silent and did not issue any orders.
It is indeed more difficult to build the outer wall now, and the casualties are relatively high, but it is not completely unsupportable. Even if the outer wall is really dangerous, a counterattack can be organized directly from the inner wall. The key is that the arrows of the archers in the Western Regions are now missing.
It was still very dense, so he did not immediately order the use of reserve troops to support Li Si on the outer wall.
Because of Menghua, he saw that the Western Region Allied Forces below the slope seemed to have made some extra moves...
Menghua made no move, but Li Si was the commander of the military camp after all, and a commander who had some friendship with him was on the inner wall. He saw Li Si with blood on his face and body shouting for reinforcements.
Unable to hold back, he grabbed a shield and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill! Support our brothers!"
Shi Chang howled and rushed out of the hiding place of the inner wall, trying to reach the outer wall along the connecting passage between the inner wall and the outer wall. He held the shield high and charged forward with an indomitable momentum. In Shi Chang
Behind him, his subordinate soldiers roared angrily and rushed out of their original hiding spot. They followed him closely and flew down.
Almost instantly, the archers of the Western Region Alliance Army below noticed Chang's move and instinctively shot the arrow in that direction without thinking!
Shields are not omnipotent. Even shields with 100% blocking properties in the game are only in the direction facing the shield. As for other directions...
The arrow whistled, and soon struck the shield held high by Shi Chang, and also struck his body.
Shi's long and strong body shook, but he did not stop, and still ran forward tenaciously with his shield on his head, but soon more arrows missed and pierced his body. He was still tenacious.
I wanted to move forward, but was driven backward by more arrows...
Li Si was stunned.
Calling for support was his instinctive reaction, just like calling for the support of his partners when he encountered danger. However, he did not expect that his call would put his friends and partners in danger!
He saw the soldiers following the commanders fall down one after another, and then howled in pain.
Yishi's soldiers were unable to charge forward under the dense rain of arrows. Except for the last few slower soldiers who fled back to the hiding place of the inner wall, the remaining seven or eight soldiers were in the midst of the fearless charge.
, died needlessly.
Li Si burst into tears and waved his hands, as if to express that he wanted those people to go back, but...
Meng Hua sighed and refrained from swearing. Instead, he called the guards and said, "Give me the order. Everyone must obey the military order! Don't act recklessly!"
The Allied Forces of the Western Regions want to consume the soldiers of the Han army stronghold, and if people like those who just rushed in without taking any precautions to die, no matter how many soldiers they have, they will not be enough to consume them.
Faced with the obvious attrition strategy in the Western Regions, we should make careful calculations rather than fight haphazardly!
The guards agreed repeatedly, and then immediately ran down from the high platform and went to deliver orders everywhere.
The enemies on the outer wall surged up again, and more people were involved in the conflict of blood and iron. Fortunately, the archers of the Western Region Allied Forces who suppressed the Han army no longer aimed at the outer wall in order to prevent accidental injuries, but just
Blindly suppressing the inner wall and blocking the connecting passage between the inner and outer walls. As a result, more and more arrows were missing from the corpses of the soldiers lying on the inner and outer wall passages, and they were pierced like porcupines.
Li Si's hands and feet were already a little weak.
After he took a blow from the enemy, he felt for the first time that he was powerless. He staggered back from the shock and leaned against the wall of the military camp, breathing heavily. He saw his comrade being hacked by the enemy not far in front of him.
He fell down, but he just didn't have the strength to lift the knife or rush over to save him. He couldn't help but open his mouth and let out a silent cry...
Fortunately, a dozen soldiers on the side rushed forward and pushed back the enemy again.
The sound of bull horns, the sound of war drums, the sound of fighting, and the screams resounded throughout the world and shook the sky.
Far away from the military camp, Taksa stared straight at him, feeling a little toothache.
Although he had already made plans in his mind of attrition, involvement, sheep attack, etc., after the attack actually started, looking at the casualties of the Western Region Allied Forces, he couldn't help but feel a headache, toothache, and chest pain.
It's not that Taksa has any special feelings for these cannon fodder of the Western Region Allied Forces, but he knows that even though the Western Region Allied Forces seem to be extremely fanatical now, shouting about Buddha and just rushing up, but when they really retreat,
After calming down, seeing so many casualties will inevitably produce other emotions.
Emotions last forever...
Taksa looked up at the sky, and then said in a deep voice: "Blow the trumpet and let them take action!"
The sound of huge horns slowly resounded throughout the battlefield.
The "knife" that was originally hiding behind the sheep attacking troops in front of the coalition forces finally came out and rushed towards the rear of the military stronghold.
This batch of coalition troops is divided into three parts, the first part is used to fill the hole.
The slope behind the military camp is relatively large. Normally, men and horses cannot run directly on the slope, so we need to deal with this slope first, which is to solve this problem using the dirt bags that Taksa had people dig quietly before. Wait for the first wave
After people packed bags of soil to pave the slope to a certain buffer angle, the second wave of people came up.
The second wave will be the selected warriors from each country, as well as most of the archers who were in front of the military camp. These warriors will be equipped with certain armor, and then the focus of the battle will be to ensure the success of the ladder. And those
The archers will be responsible for suppressing the soldiers in the rear camp of the Han army, giving their side time to attack the city wall.
The third wave is the real attackers. Each of them is a specially selected hero who has never shown up before. Each of them is provided with good wine and meat first, in order to show their complete combat effectiveness at this time.
The plan was good and it was implemented well from the beginning.
There is no problem in a small-scale sheep attack, with waves of 500 people, but when it expands to more people, problems arise. In the first group of people, they charge forward on horseback with dirtbags.
The effect was very good at first, but when the implementation was implemented, uh, the soil bag was implemented, there were some deviations.
The order was issued and everyone went up together, but when they arrived at the bottom of the hillside, there was no pre-arranged regulations, or even if there were some regulations before, it was expected that these herdsmen and cavalry could understand and implement them clearly.
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As a result, what Taksa originally thought could be accomplished in a short period of time, like the AI in a real-time strategy game that was not done well and soldiers and tanks were crowded together, could actually get stuck on the ground!
Although there is a steep slope behind the military camp, there is flat land below the steep slope!
Although this chaos is not fatal, it has greatly slowed down the suddenness of Taksa's attack, and the second wave of troops that followed had to wait until the congestion of the herdsmen and cavalry in the first wave eased before they could approach.
Below the steep slope.
Moreover, the chaos and disorder of the herdsmen and cavalry is not only reflected in the self-congestion on the plains, but also in the placement of those mud bags.
Everyone knows that the mud bags should be stacked to create a relatively open and gentle attack route. Taksa understands, and the leaders of various states also understand, and then they think that their herdsmen can also understand, but
In fact, when these herdsmen threw these bags of soil, some threw them too early, some threw them out, and some missed them...
On-site conductor? There is a conductor on-site. But what else can those conductors do besides shouting "Here, there, go, go, go, go!"
The herdsmen indeed received the Buddha's "inspiration", but they did not say that there was any systematic blessing immediately. Then everyone's attributes increased and they were upgraded on the spot. In addition, some people were inevitably nervous and had numb hands and feet, etc., making the originally perfect
Various loopholes appeared in the plan from the beginning. So when the second part of the Western Region Allied Forces rushed up, they had to wipe the butt of the first batch of people, because if they didn't make some adjustments and re-laying of the soil bags, how could they
Can we build an offensive platform?
At this time, the Han soldiers behind the military stronghold also came to their senses and began to shoot condescendingly at the coalition soldiers behind the military stronghold.
At this time, the archers from the Western Regions who rushed over to provide support were somewhat unlucky...
Don't look at the time in front of the military stronghold. The archers from the Western Regions suppressed the outer and inner walls of the military stronghold. However, when they waited for their bows and arrows to move around from the front to the back, they were stuck, so they were delayed.
He was unable to enter the fighting position, so he was suppressed and beaten by the Han archers from the beginning. Before he even entered the shooting range of his side, the coalition archers were shot down one after another.
Blood splattered and screams were heard. The protection of the coalition archers was average. Originally, relying on the large number of people, they were able to get the upper hand to form a suppressive force. But now that the Han archers have taken the lead, naturally they
They suffered a big loss, and the previous suppression of the outer and inner walls of the military stronghold also consumed a lot of physical endurance, so morale collapsed very quickly. If there were not warriors from various countries holding down the battle, it would be impossible to say that they would have died on the spot.
Will collapse!
The first part was not done well, which resulted in the second part not going smoothly. Then when the third part of the coalition rushed up, they discovered that they could not follow the gentle slope built as originally planned, and then in one breath
Rush up to the back wall of the military camp!
Not to mention the bumpy slopes made of mud, the ladders were also crooked, and the archers were unable to provide effective support. Instead, the Han archers were allowed to shoot down unscrupulously!
Why did the originally good plan turn into this?!
Knowing that there is a problem, but because of the slowness and redundancy of the command system of the Western Region countries, the warriors of these Western Region countries cannot directly receive the fastest changes in orders, and can only continue to rush forward according to the plan...
