Although this siege method of just shooting arrows and then filling the city with earth is really nothing new, and it is a little less urgent than the "ant attack" attack mentioned in the book, but for the defenders of Chang'an City,
But it is the most difficult method to solve.
Why?
Although the ant attack seems to be very powerful, the attacking soldiers cannot pose any threat to the defenders for a long time. Instead, the defenders can make full use of various fortifications on the city wall to kill and injure the enemy troops, thus causing the enemy troops to be killed before they are ready.
In the case of close combat, they have already suffered a lot of casualties, and it is possible that even the organic troops were consumed under the city wall before they saw the enemy.
It is precisely because of this that the exchange ratio of battle losses between the offensive and defensive sides hovers between 5:1 and 3:1. If the defenders have a strong city like Chang'an City as a support, as long as the troops are not too stretched, then such a ratio
It can be expanded further.
Even if the Tudou Corps insists on attacking, it will still have to pay a high price - the Tudou Corps has already experienced the various fortifications of Chang'an City when filling in the moat, causing a certain amount of battle damage, which may not seem shocking.
numbers, but for the Tutu Corps, which has been proven to be unable to be replenished, it is obviously impossible for them to waste their troops.
So what they adopted was unlimited fire suppression tactics——
As long as one's own side is not limited by the supply of ammunition and equipment, and does not suffer from physical weakness, the Doppler Corps can fully use the weapons in their hands and cover the defenders with firepower over and over again, making it impossible for the defenders to hold their heads up.
, it also consumed a large amount of troops and morale of the defenders, and brought huge psychological pressure to the defenders.
Even if the defenders were not overwhelmed by this, they had to expend more energy in their actions to avoid, detect, and operate, as well as operate various defensive equipment to fight back, fearing that a slow step would cost them their lives.
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Therefore, when the psychological pressure and necessary consumption increase significantly, and soldiers who do not get a good rest, even if they muster up their courage, the effectiveness of the battle will be greatly reduced. At this point, for the defenders, it is completely
It relies on will to support it.
If it weren't for the local puppet regiment outside the city that reminded people of the terror of the undead on the grassland, perhaps now that the war has progressed to this point, the people in the city would have long thought of surrendering to Kaicheng instead of uniting more closely with Huangfu Song.
around.
After all, after consuming so much, those soil puppet legions must have accumulated a lot of fire even if they are made of clay.
As long as you think about it for a moment, the horrific scene will prompt most people to pick up weapons again and join the war.
The power of propaganda warfare lies in this. It can break down the enemy and the invisible. It can also unite people's will and unite them.
However, if this continues, Chang'an City may soon be unable to withstand it.
The only hope now is that the Bingzhou army outside the city can break through the besieging enemy troops before breaking through the city.
Of course, although the hope of final victory is pinned on external reinforcements, Huangfusong does not think that his side can relax because of this. Even in order to keep more people alive to welcome the victory, Huangfusong is also today
Full of energy.
Although his body is haggard, his spirit is high, which is probably what he is now.
"The enemy...has made new changes today. It seems that he has finally made up his mind, or maybe he has enough confidence."
In addition to the phalanx of archers and crossbowmen they usually bring out, the enemy troops in the distance also have something new that they didn't have before - various siege equipment, including simple equipment such as crash carts and ladders, as well as city boarding vehicles.
Something more complex.
But you can understand it if you think about it. The enemy has been testing for so many days, and the moat has been filled up enough to allow multiple siege equipment to attack the city at the same time. If the enemy had not taken the battle damage into consideration, they would have been there five days ago.
The siege can now begin.
Even Huangfu Song believed that if the pressure on the enemy from the peripheral Bingzhou Army had not reached a certain level, the enemy might still have continued the rhythm of gradual pressure some time ago. After all, that method has been proven to be quite effective.
Effect.
But now that the enemy has made up its mind, the rest can be forgotten.
The key is to see how to resist the enemy's offensive this time.
After all, if the enemy had not had enough confidence, they would not have been able to send out troops at this time to carry out the final blow. After all, even if the Bingzhou Army on the periphery had made a considerable breakthrough, there was still a long way to go before the final decision was made.
I believe Zhu Jun, who is in charge of the North Gate, will have similar thoughts.
At this moment, Huangfusong vaguely seemed to have returned to the city of Changshe City back then. At that time, there were also dense enemy forces outside the city, and they also seemed difficult to defeat. But what was the final result?
Even if there hadn't been the sudden "Suzaku Fire Rain", I believe the final winner would still be the officers and soldiers he commanded.
He has such self-confidence, and the self-confidence he possesses is constantly infecting his slightly uneasy subordinates.
The rain of arrows is still the rain of arrows. Even if you close your eyes and stop thinking, you still know what choice the enemy will make.
The defenders skillfully found the place where they should hide, relying on the thick azure bricks of the battlements to block the arrows in front, and then put their shields on their heads to guard against the crossbow arrows falling from the sky. However, amid the clanging sound,
Silently counting the sheep that were shot into hedgehogs just because they jumped up, I still had enough brains to make up for the bloody scene.
For these garrison soldiers who can already be regarded as "veterans", the baptism of arrow rain allows them to quickly grow into a qualified soldier. Of course, the standard for this "qualified" is no other than being able to do their best on the battlefield.
Protect yourself as much as possible, otherwise, even if you are a strong general, even a general with a tiger talisman, under this rain of arrows, he will only become a hedgehog.
Those who do not know how to protect themselves and show off their courage have been eliminated in this war, and the remaining ones are all smart guys. As for how much courage they still have in their bodies. No one knows about this kind of thing.
It’s hard to say.
But what is certain is that these clever guys can at least allow Huangfu Song to have troops available when he is stationed on the city wall, so that he will not fall into the dilemma of saying hello but no one responds, and also let the enemy face the heads on the city wall.
It wasn't until this moment that it really showed its fangs.
It's a pity that Geng Quan has been transferred to Huangfu Song's personal guard for a while. Otherwise, if he could still stay in the original army, he should be a team leader at this moment, or even a hundred-man general. The only thing that is not clear is
, but the soldiers under his command were new recruits from which part of the city they did not know.
"General, the enemy has started firing arrows into the city!"
The enemy's attack on the city's head only lasted three rounds of firepower. Although the duration of the enemy's arrow rain has become shorter and shorter recently, it is still very rare to see only three rounds as short as today. Probably the enemy also
It is very clear that the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army on the top of the city are all a group of human beings who crawled out of the dead. No matter how long it takes, it is just a waste of ammunition.
Although the enemy army will definitely not be short of arrows.
Of course, the enemy's slightly abnormal behavior today is worthy of note, but the person who conveyed the news to Huangfu Song also made Huangfu Song frown slightly and sigh secretly.
But at the same time, Geng Quan was rarely happy, and every inch of skin on his face seemed to be radiating a huge light.
Nothing but because the person delivering the message is a female creature.
Because the fighting during this period killed a large number of young men. Although it is not that there are no men in the city who can take up arms to fight, after all, the huge Chang'an City requires a large number of troops to defend every area where the enemy may appear. The manpower is natural
insufficient.
So Zhu Jun asked his wife to organize a large number of women to participate in this battle that would determine the fate of the entire city of Chang'an.
Although most of these women can only take on some logistics and morale-boosting work, there are always some "extraordinary people" among them who show fighting abilities that are not inferior to men, adding a little restlessness to the air in the military camp.
Take the widow of the Tian family in front of you. It is said that she escaped from the north with her mother-in-law. All the men in the family died because of the Yellow Turbans. If she had not participated in the battle to defend the city and performed outstandingly, she might have lived a hard and unknown life.
It is not impossible for a family to become a prostitute if they are forced to make a living.
But now, it is like the wild flowers blooming in the army. Not only do they have bright colors, but they also have extremely tenacious vitality. Geng Quan, who has been a bachelor until now, can no longer contain the throbbing in his heart at the first sight.
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"Let's go up and take a look and see what tricks the enemy is playing this time."
Unfortunately, as Huangfu Song's personal guard, Geng Quan did not have much opportunity to pick up girls. Moreover, with Geng Quan's cautious and fearful character, he did not dare to take the risk of being reprimanded or even dealt with by military law to solve his life-long affairs.
If she was really a bold person, in this day and age, perhaps her children would be able to do so by now.
Coming out of the hiding place, Geng Quan saw a sight that made his scalp numb - the city was densely packed with black shadows representing the enemy. They were either carrying or pushing siege equipment, or holding short soldiers to disperse them.
The formation rushed towards Chang'an City.
This is the first time the enemy has launched an attack on the city, and the enemy obviously hopes that this will be the last time.
So this battle was a bit cruel from the beginning.
The enemy once again demonstrated their superior physical fitness to the Bingzhou people.
The counterattack bows and arrows hit them, and if they had listened to the clanging sound at another time, they might still be able to hear some rhythm, but now, it only makes people feel heart-sunken and depressed.
Not to mention how easy it is to push down the ladder to climb the city, and how much effort it takes. Simply put, after the ladder fell down, the soldiers who fell down with it actually only needed a few seconds to get up from the ground.
, then hold up the ladder and continue
Attack. Only the soldiers who fell into the moat that has not been filled in will be pushed back a little distance. It is expected that they will not participate in the siege for a while, but such "lucky ones" are only a few after all.
Like splashes rising from the water.
Compared with these, perhaps the most effective attack method is to pour grease on the heads of the enemy and the siege equipment, and then throw it on fire. Not only can it burn the siege equipment, but it can also slow down the actions of the puppets.
It seems that those clay dolls are a little afraid of the fierce fire and water immersion, but compared with the fragile body of human beings, such a body with only a few weaknesses is enough to make any army commander sigh with emotion.
Because the preparations in advance were sufficient. Although the Tuppu Corps also suffered a certain amount of battle losses, even Huangfu Song felt that this number was too small. Even if it were replaced by a commander who was extremely precious about the lives of soldiers, he would not care.
What these battle losses brought about was that enemy soldiers began to appear on top of the city.
At the beginning, a local soldier faced a garrison consisting of dozens of Bingzhou Army soldiers and militiamen. He could only exchange five or six lives at most before being killed by the defenders. However, the ferocious fighting power of these local soldiers not only made the soldiers who experienced it first-hand
Feeling scared again, they also restrained the power at the top of the city, allowing them to gradually reduce the firepower they could give to the soldiers below the city.
So, after a while, countless puppet soldiers appeared densely on the top of the city where there were originally no figures of a few puppet soldiers, making the entire city's defense line look shaky and about to be lost soon.
At this critical moment, Huangfu Song made a decisive decision and threw in his reserve troops.
Different from other combat reserve forces whose combat effectiveness is generally slightly weaker, the reserve forces in the Chang'an City attack and defense battle were all elite troops of the Bingzhou Army brought by Huangfu Song, or at least veterans who had participated in many years of fighting.
These troops did not appear on the city from the beginning, because Huangfu Song did not originally regard them as city defenders, but as elite troops that could be quickly discharged when problems occurred in any direction. Later, because the enemy did not
The attack on the city was just about firing arrows. Even though this army was very willing to fight and asked Huangfu Song many times to fight, it was not allowed.
Only at such a critical moment, Huangfu Song was willing to put these troops on the battlefield.
After all, if the city wall fails, then the battle will be over.
Why do you say that?
Because the characteristics of the enemy army determine that they have no height advantage, the crossbowmen can bring enough pressure to the Bingzhou Army. It is conceivable that if the protection of the city wall is lost, then when the crossbowmen of the Tupu Corps are on the city wall,
If he were to shoot from a high position, Huangfu Song did not think that his soldiers could guarantee that they would not collapse in such a difficult situation.
So, victory or defeat is decided in one fell swoop!
And Huangfu Song was naturally fighting on the front line of guarding Chang'an City.
Because, only in this way can he ensure that the militia troops whose physical strength is exhausted and whose morale fluctuates due to the influence of physical strength can hold on, instead of collapsing and triggering a series of chain reactions.
But the result of this, of course, was that Huangfu Song became the target of the enemy's attention.
"General, be careful!"
With a cry of surprise, one of the Huangfu Song guards beside Geng Quan was cut in two by the puppet soldier. The sprayed plasma completely turned Geng Quan into a reddish-brown "blood man". If he hadn't felt something was wrong, he would have moved earlier.
After two steps, Geng Quan felt that even if he was not killed instantly like his colleague, he would probably be seriously injured and fall on this battlefield.
However, his slight feeling of joy and rejoicing soon turned into uneasiness and self-blame.
Because because of his avoidance, Huangfu Song behind him suffered the damage that should have been borne by him.
Although this kind of damage is nothing to the old general, and with the burden of his personal guards, he does not need to worry about damage to his HP, but the scar is still so dazzling in Geng Quan's eyes, piercing his eyes.
It hurts.
Geng Quan is a person who cherishes life. Even joining the military has not changed his life belief. Therefore, even in the war-torn era, she still survived. Although she was promoted and paid more, became a junior officer, and married Bai Fumei.
His life is insulated from him, but he can still survive until now, and most of his fellow villagers and former colleagues who have "lofty ideals" have already reported to the underworld for various reasons.
He should have continued to be his little guy and continue his obscure life until...
Geng Quan was not allowed to have random thoughts during the battle, but for some reason, he felt a warm feeling coming from his heart. It was a temperature that he had not felt for a long time. It was something that he had never felt since his parents passed away.
temperature.
The surrounding enemies seemed to be gathering here, and there were more and more enemies, making it increasingly difficult for the guards around Huangfu Song to resist.
Obviously, the soldiers of the Tudou Corps are very clear that the reason why Chang'an City can still stand here is precisely because of the existence of the old general in front of them. The old general is like a flag and a soul, supporting
It formed the backbone of the entire city and continued to fight against the local puppet army.
If this spine is gone.
This hypothesis is enough to make any soldier in the Tudou Corps feel excited, and it is also enough to make any defending soldier feel chilled. Both sides fight to the death for this hypothesis, so much so that they forget that in this cruel battle
In the environment, there was a person who seemed so out of tune with the atmosphere.
However, the intuition of soldiers is very keen. Just as Geng Quan can always make choices that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, the soldiers of the Doppler Corps also seem to sense his problem here.
A bronze long sword suddenly thrust out, aiming directly at Huangfu Song's body. Geng Quan, as Huangfu Song's personal guard, blocked the path of the bronze long sword. If Geng Quan dodged, then this long sword would
Huangfu will be stabbed
Song's body may not have a great impact on Huangfu Song's HP, which is protected by the tiger talisman. If he does not avoid it, there is no doubt that he will suffer heavy injuries, and even being killed is not impossible.
matter.
How to choose?
Should I be a coward for the rest of my life, or should I try to be a hero once, even if it's just for a few seconds?
"What a pity, this damn body doesn't give me the chance to make a choice at all..."
Looking at the sword that penetrated his chest, Geng Quan fell into endless darkness before he could finish his final words.
But he might be happy, because Huangfu Song quickly killed the enemy whose weapon was stuck in Geng Quan's body in the ensuing battle.
In this way, the death of this little man would be considered worthwhile.
He, I guess, can be considered a hero. (To be continued...)