The city wall in Zouxian County is not very tall. The shortest part is only a little over ten feet. At this height, there is no need to set up a ladder in some places. Two or three people can basically climb up by supporting each other.
Even the highest place is only about two feet at most. If there are enough troops to defend the city at this height, then there is still a good location to defend the city. However, there are not many defenders in Zouxian County. Su Ding led the people. As soon as they rushed, the defenders on the city wall became a little distracted.
The left army started attacking in the morning and continued until the evening. Su Ding left the command line and hurriedly came to see Shen Yi. He bowed his head and clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi was currently reading the documents sent by the other two armies through the Di News Department. After hearing Su Ding's voice, he put down the documents in his hand and said, "Is the fight finished today?"
Su Ding looked embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, all the Qianhu Camps you ordered must be attacked. I'm afraid they won't be successful."
After a pause, he said: "The Qi people in Zouxian County can't hold on any longer. Some Qianhu Camps have already climbed onto the tower. We can't let them come down and let other Qianhu Camps attack again. This will cause conflicts." of."
When Shen Yi heard this, he smiled hoarsely: "We've all been beaten up, so of course we don't have to come down, we just occupy them."
Su Ding responded quickly. He first turned back and ran outside Shen Yi's tent, and gave instructions to the entourage who followed him. The entourage ran down all the way to deliver the order, while Su Ding himself returned to Shen Yi's tent and silently lowered his head and said : "Mr. Shen, the defenders in Zouxian County are not only small in number, but also weak in combat effectiveness. After the general came into contact with them, they felt that something was not right. In the afternoon, I captured a few and brought them back, and we found out after questioning."
"The defenders in Zouxian County are not the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty's Conquest of the South, let alone the Forbidden Army. They are troops from some local guards who came to support the Conquest of the South last year. Their combat effectiveness is not good."
"In addition, there are too many of us. At first glance, the darkness is so overwhelming that these people are frightened. They have almost no fighting power. They can still fight in the morning, but they basically have no morale to resist in the afternoon. Already."
Mr. Shen picked up the tea on the table, poured a cup of tea for Su Ding, and poured another cup for himself. Then he handed the cup of tea over and said with a smile: "General Su, you are honest. If you say so, your subordinates Wouldn’t the merits of the soldiers be greatly reduced?”
Su Ding took the tea with both hands, lowered his head slightly and said, "With you here, Mr. Shen, my subordinates dare not talk nonsense."
Mr. Shen took a sip of his tea and squinted his eyes slightly.
"In this case, it's no wonder that for a whole day, Yanzhou Prefecture had no idea of leaving the city for rescue. The four doors were even closed, and not even a single person left the city."
Su Ding said in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, the general has already given orders. We will be able to enter the city in a short while. You don't have to sleep in the wild today. You can go to Zouxian County to live."
"It doesn't matter where I live."
Shen Yi looked at Su Ding and asked: "General Su, today is the first time he has commanded an army of more than 40,000 people. How do you feel about it?"
Su Ding lowered his head and took a sip of the tea handed over by Shen Yi. He felt extremely bitter in his mouth and his face was a little distorted.
Seeing this, Mr. Shen laughed and said, "This is the bitter tea I use to refresh myself. I'm used to drinking it and can no longer taste the bitterness, but I forgot to change the tea for General Su."
Su Ding wanted to put the cup of tea in his hand on the table, but after hesitating for a moment, he still held it in his hand and replied: "Mr. Shen, to be honest, although there are many people under the general's command today, not all of them have been used. After all the calculations were made, more than a dozen thousand-household camps were used, and after three rounds of fighting, the Qi people could no longer hold on."
He said with some shame: "So it's no different from before, and I don't have any feelings."
Master Shen turned back to look at him, sighed silently, and said: "Our Huai'an Army, from top to bottom, has no experience in commanding a hundred thousand soldiers and horses in combat. Most of them spent the entire last year defending Xuzhou. He rarely goes out of the city to fight in the field."
"As a result, I don't have much confidence now. I'm afraid that if I don't command properly, my brothers will suffer."
After Su Ding thought for a while, he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, Mr. Shen. When our Huai'an army was first in Linhai, there were only a thousand people. It was still made out of nothing. By last year, it was 40,000 or 50,000. Mr. Shen, you have been commanding us." Very good.”
He looked at Shen Yi and said sincerely: "Although you are young and come from a scholar's background, you are a naturally handsome man. You can command an army of 100,000 men. It's no big deal."
Mr. Shen glanced at him with a half-smile, and then smiled dumbly: "Where are the natural talents? All the way to today, I am walking on thin ice every day. In the past, I could win with some cleverness or resource advantages. But as the number of Huai'an troops increases, relying on cleverness is of no use."
Mr. Shen sat back in his seat, touched his chin and thought for a while, and then said: "Today, I have been thinking about this issue, thinking about how to fight with a large corps, but because I really have no experience, I only rely on There are only a few words in the military book, but I can't think of a specific method."
"But after thinking about it all day, I have some ideas. General Su gave me some corrections."
Su Ding bowed his head respectfully: "Mr. Shen, please give me some advice."
"My opinion is."
"Since I haven't understood the mysterious military methods in the military books, let's fight according to the old way of fighting."
"If you don't know how to fight a big battle, then divide the big battlefield into small battlefields."
Shen Yi said slowly: "After all, both you and I have some experience in fighting small-scale battles."
"But to do this, we must ensure the mobility of the army, and ensure that it can penetrate into designated positions on the battlefield and divide the enemy's forces, thus ensuring that even if the strength of the entire large battlefield is inferior, it will be able to defeat the enemy on the local small battlefield. , we must have superior strength."
After Shen Yi said this, he paused and continued: "However, my idea is just an idea for the time being and has not been verified in actual combat."
"You need to take your time."
Naturally, Shen Yi could not create these strategic or tactical ideas out of thin air. They were all obtained from another world.
In the future, he is also planning to implement three-person team tactics to improve the Huai'an Army's field combat capabilities.
Su Ding thought seriously for a while, then lowered his head and replied: "These words of Duke Shen are also very inspiring to my subordinates, but your words cannot be reflected in the siege battle..."
Shen Yi said "hmm" and said silently: "We should fight the siege as we should."
"It's just that we can't keep attacking the city."
Shen Yi stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, his voice calm: "When I came to Lu, it was a smooth journey. Some brothers may have been a little slack, but this is still the territory of the Qi people. The Qi people's reinforcements have not arrived, but it does not mean that they will never Come."
"In this land of Shandong, it is impossible to constantly attack and defend the city."
Shen Yi looked serious: "The decisive battle between the large armies will come sooner or later. The only difference is whether it will be before the Battle of Yanzhou or after the Battle of Yanzhou."
Su Ding nodded and was about to speak when someone hurried in. He first lowered his head and clasped his fists, then saluted Su Ding and said, "Mr. Shen, General Su, the city of Zouxian County has been destroyed!"
"The three thousand defenders in the city have all surrendered. They have been disarmed and under guard."
Su Ding cupped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Shen."
"Mr. Shen, you have worked hard for many days. Now that Zouxian has taken it down, a house will be arranged for you at the end. You can go to the county to rest for a day."
Mr. Shen also looked at the darkening night outside. After thinking about it for a moment, he shook his head.
"I won't go into the city tonight. I'll just rest here."
He stood up, thought for a while, and began to issue orders.
"Send people to set up a prisoner camp outside the city and place these three thousand prisoners in it. In the future, all the prisoners in Yanzhou Prefecture will also be placed in it. Tell them that if anyone is willing to take the initiative to defect, as long as a Qi army is killed on the battlefield, I will absolve them of their sins.”
"Admit that they are Han people."
Mr. Shen paused and continued.
"Leave five thousand people to garrison Zouxian, and others should not enter the county seat of Zouxian."
"Rest in place for two days."
Shen Yi sat back in his seat, picked up the bitter tea on the table, took a sip, and felt a little better. He said slowly: "In two days, the troops will enter Qufu."
Having said this, he looked at Su Ding and smiled lightly.
"Let's go and see what this city of saints is like."