"Great Chief, now that the war situation has reached this level, we should be able to put an end to it..."
Looking at the slightly stalemate battle situation in front of him, Ketuo asked Shi Kele in front of him with some uncertainty. After all, this was the first time that the Jie people faced off against a Han city with tens of thousands of defenders. Before, they had always found some defenders.
The small and relaxed town was looking for bargains, so it was extremely unconfident to start a war. Perhaps only a veteran like Shi Kele, who had participated in the war between the Xianbei people and the Han people, could be so calm.
But what Ketuo doesn't know is that the calm chief Shi Kele in his eyes is actually not as confident as he appears on the surface. Because he is the chief, and around him are tens of thousands of the backbone of the Jie clan. In other words
The present and future of the Jie clan are in his hands, and they are all determined by his thoughts. Success will shock the grassland; defeat, he will be a slave again within a hundred years.
Yes, now we have lost nearly 8,000 people. If there were not many ordinary herdsmen and women among the soldiers, I am afraid that the Jie tribe's siege force could no longer bear it. Thinking of this, he felt that he should take good care of himself.
Thanks to the general in the opposite city, if he hadn't completely crippled Shi Lebu yesterday, Shi Kele wouldn't be able to find enough cannon fodder today.
But now, the women brought by Shi Lebu and the warriors from the small tribes who originally followed Shi Lebu have all become stepping stones for Shi Kele's ambition. And the 7,000 royal court troops that his tribe is proud of can be completely intact.
He stayed behind waiting for the fighter planes to appear, so that he could have the chance to become the last piece of iron weight that broke the camel's back.
This army is also the source of Shi Kele's confidence, and this army can indeed bring him such confidence - they have the best equipment in the Jie tribe, and they ride the best horses in the entire Jie tribe.
The number of survivors is also the largest, so there are enough veterans who are good at fighting to become the backbone of the entire army and save more tribesmen from premature death.
This unit is a valuable asset that Shi Kele's grandfather left to his father, and his father gave it to him. The accumulation of several generations has turned this unit into a very outstanding fighting machine, even with
Compared with the powerful armies of the Xianbei tribe, which was now at its peak, Shi Kele felt that at best, his own army was simply outnumbered by the opponent.
What's more, now, he has a very potential shaman by his side, who can grant various buffs to the warriors of his tribe. Although the Han army on the opposite side resisted fiercely with the help of the city wall, the war continued.
At this time, the geographical advantage that the opponent has has been eroded by the heroic warriors of the Jie tribe. So, now I only need to wait for the opponent's physical strength to be exhausted and launch a thunderous strike to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.
Another great achievement of his own.
Of course, Jie Ren has his own powerful trump card, and Li Shushi also has no back-ups at all.
Not to mention anything else, the powerful golden cupping cannon alone increased Li Shushi's confidence a lot. It's a pity that in this era, ballistics that can make the cannonballs more accurate have not been developed, and the trebuchet can become a target.
What a sharp weapon. It's just that after using shotguns as an attack method, the attack will be covered
The requirements for accuracy have dropped a lot, and because the shells emitted by the golden cupping cannon can poison the enemy as long as they touch the skin. Even if the enemy's armor or leather clothing is knocked down, the high-temperature toxic liquid metal attached to the projectiles will
It can directly burn through non-metallic armor and damage the enemy.
At the same time, Li Shushi also had a trump card, which was the Xiliang cavalry that had always maintained a strength of more than 800 people.
I don’t know if the blood of the people from the northwest is really mixed with the blood of soldiers from the Roman Eagle Banner Legion. The Xiliang cavalry profession is much better than the infantry even in infantry combat. No other cavalry has lost their horses at all.
In the future, martial arts will become useless. However, after the training of Lu Bu and Dian Wei, their discipline and lethality have been greatly improved.
Especially after being escorted by several grassland caravans, these soldiers who had outstanding growth potential but suffered from lack of experience began to grow explosively. In this battle, considering the particularity of the Xiliang cavalry's dual use of both infantry and cavalry, Li Shushi
In the end, he was left in Lishi City as a suicide squad to fill in the holes when there were large gaps in the city wall.
Part of this team still serves as Li Shushi's personal guard, while the other part is handed over to the subordinates of Gao Shun, the commander-in-chief of the battlefield.
In fact, Li Shushi hoped that all the Xiliang cavalry would be concentrated under Gao Shun. After all, the title of "Eight Hundred Dead Soldiers" was really cool. Although he didn't know who the characters in the trapped camp under Li Shushi's Gao Shun were.
However, Li Shushi believed that under the command of Gao Shun, these more than 800 Xiliang cavalry would definitely play a brilliant role.
It's a pity that both Gao Shun and Cheng Yu are opposed to weakening the defense forces around Li Shushi. What's more, the ability of Dian Wei and Xu Chu to lead soldiers in counterattacks is not inferior to Gao Shun's. Moreover, the two men's military strength is much higher.
It is very likely that Gao Shun's role in fighting for small local battlefields will be stronger than Gao Shun's.
The third trump card that cannot be considered a trump card is Lu Bu. Yes, it is Lu Bu and not the cavalry led by Lu Bu.
Because the number of battles that the light cavalry has experienced is probably not as many as that of the Xiliang cavalry, and compared with the grassland people who have grown up on horseback since childhood, the farming people have an inherent disadvantage in the construction of cavalry, and the experience gap
It also widens the gap in combat effectiveness between the two parties infinitely. When a small group fights, they can still rely on the generals' martial arts to smooth out some of the gaps, but on a large scale...
Therefore, what Li Shushi really relied on was Lu Bu, a guy with extraordinary martial arts, and the equally skilled Cao Xing, Zhang Xiu, Cao Ren and Cheng Lian around him. Yes, Li Shushi's purpose was to use the cavalry's surprise attack to create chaos, and then use a few
The general's martial arts skills took advantage of the chaos, and he then beheaded the enemy's main leaders to turn the tide of the war.
This kind of behavior is actually very similar to the fighting style of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the later Tang Dynasty. That is, let the large troops entangle with the enemy, and then when the enemy and we are physically and mentally exhausted, let our black armor elite cavalry rush into the battlefield and point directly at the enemy's commander, thus determining the victory.
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The most classic example of this battle was the stunning decisive battle against Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass. In one battle, Dou Jiande, the unparalleled hero who roamed Hebei Province, was captured alive. It can be said to be a textbook battle in the history of Chinese wars.
By the way, Li Shimin's fighting method is obviously related to his bloodline from the Hu people. Look at the method used by Shi Kele, isn't it also such a method? To ensure the maximum extent of his direct troops
, this is the only way to continue the tribe that the grassland people have summed up in countless battles.
Of course, it is not ruled out that there are always a lot of fools who are dazzled by the benefits at their fingertips and end up throwing their direct descendants into a trap with bait. After all, the grassland peoples have certain limitations due to the constraints of their living environment.
There are very few people with a long-term vision. Once such a talent emerges, he usually has a place in the songs of the grassland peoples.
The battle on this day lasted from midnight to midnight. Most of the soldiers participating in the battle only had breakfast, and their physical strength dropped very obviously. However, because Li Shushi was the defender of the city, not only was it easier to supply, but also
In some areas where the fighting is not intense, soldiers can also be rotated, so that soldiers who have been fighting for a long time can retreat to the rear to take a rest and replenish some food and HP to ensure that their combat effectiveness can be effectively restored.
It can be said that this was the longest and most intense battle since Li Shushi took part in the battle. One morning passed, and the two sides were still locked in a stalemate. Even though Li Shushi had several generals on his side and Li Shushi and Jia Xu reduced the enemy's various
A capable master was in charge, but he still suffered more than 3,000 casualties in battle.
The battle loss ratio between the enemy and us was nearly two to one, but you must know that Li Shushi was engaged in a city defense battle, and the enemy was plowed through by Li Shushi's arrow rain and trebuchets near the city wall.
It took a lot of energy to climb this "ice wall", which was more troublesome than ordinary city walls, and at the same time, it was blocked by the troops at the top of the city for a long time.
The most important thing is that the grassland people are better at fighting on horseback, so when they dismount and climb into the city, they will suffer a small loss in attributes like the light cavalry. Not to mention that not all the troops attacking the city are from the Jie tribe.
Elite soldiers, many of whom usually appear on the battlefield as their logistics troops.
But even with so many unfavorable factors added together, the Jie people's army could still cause Li Shushi's defense forces to suffer such losses. This shows that the enemy's combat effectiveness is indeed far superior to Li Shushi's side.
However, after all, the enemy spent a lot of physical energy. When the time reached noon, the battle loss rate of Li Shushi's troops, who had enough troops to take a small rotation, had begun to decline. Although it was not obvious for a while, Dian Wei
Tell Li Shushi that he has clearly felt that the weapon in the opponent's hand is not as powerful as before.
Yes, although the longer you stay in this world, the more experience you accumulate, and the stronger your body's attributes become, there is another natural factor that restricts the display of personal strength, and that is physical strength.
A person's physical strength will show different curves as he exercises and grows. But in the final analysis, everyone's physical strength has its own limit. When your physical strength is higher than this limit, you can fully exert your strength.
The strength brought by attributes, but when it is lower than this limit, your performance will gradually be affected and eventually you will be unable to make any moves due to physical exhaustion, becoming a "spectator" praying for destiny to favor you.
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It is precisely because of this that the shaman spell "bloodthirsty", which can have unlimited physical strength during the spell's action time, has become the most important status spell in the hands of shamans, and it has also become one of the reasons why the prairie people respect the shaman profession.
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Although the decisive factor of physical strength does not have a specific value and cannot be seen or touched, it does affect the direction of the war. For example, right now, the Jie people who originally had sufficient physical strength were unable to defeat four or five Yellow Turbans.
What's the problem? But now it's not as smooth as it was at the beginning. It's precisely because of this that the battle loss rate of Xihe County soldiers under Li Shushi's command has dropped slightly, which gave Li Shushi, who was originally quite painful, a little relief.
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However, will Shi Kele, who is experienced in war, let Li Shushi's Xihe County soldiers adapt to the rhythm of war and finally drive his Jie army off the city wall?
The answer is obviously no.
So while Li Shushi and other major Xihe generals were still focusing their attention on the city wall where the battle was fierce, Shi Kele had already made a confident decision to send his royal troops to the battlefield.
p.s. My health is very bad today, so I don’t feel like writing, so I put the manuscript out in advance and let’s take a rest...
