While waiting for the arrival of 100,000 troops, Qin Yi did not waste time. Instead, he checked the siege weapons that could be purchased in the system mall.
If we rely solely on soldiers and horses to fight head-on and attack one city after another, it is estimated that eight or nine of them will be captured, and our own losses will be tens of thousands, which is not a small amount.
Of course, it doesn't mean that it can't be afforded, but if it continues to be consumed like this, there will be no energy left to attack Dali.
If we really want to avenge our past humiliation, we have to recruit the whole country. However, doing so will bring unimaginable consequences to Linzhan, and the consumption of national power and people's livelihood will not be recovered at all within a few years or even ten years.
Therefore, if you want to have spare power, you must replicate the situation when you attacked the previous country, have a crushing advantage, and avoid excessive losses for your own side.
But Qin Yi took a closer look and found that there were no siege equipment in the mall that would give him a crushing advantage.
To be honest, there are a few, such as counterweight catapults and Roman ballistae.
But these two are just increasing their advantages and cannot be crushed.
For example, the counterweighted catapult. Compared with the previously created human-powered catapult, this catapult adopts a counterweighted mode and no longer requires manpower to pull it. It can be made larger, have a longer range, and a larger
Power.
In terms of range, counterweighted catapults are twice as long as manned catapults. If only one's own side has counterweighted catapults, one's own side can attack the enemy, but the enemy cannot attack one's own side.
This helps to gain a greater advantage in a short period of time, provided that the enemy has not copied it yet.
But the enemy is not a fool. As long as he understands the mechanism of the man-made catapult and looks at the counterweight catapult, he can imitate it.
Therefore, this advantage is difficult to last.
You must use this weapon as soon as possible to capture more cities before the enemy reacts.
Thinking like this, Qin Yi secretly thought, "System, buy the blueprint of the counterweight catapult."
[The host purchases the blueprint of the counterweighted catapult. The purchase is successful and consumes 10,000 exclamation points.]
After the purchase was successful, 100,000 infantry arrived not long after. Qin Yi immediately distributed them, leaving 50,000 at the headquarters, and another 50,000 troops and horses, which were sent to Mu Haorang's command.
Then, he summoned many generals, including those under Mu Haorang, to make arrangements for the invasion.
It has been decided to divide the troops into two groups, but how to attack, from which direction to attack, and which Liukang city to attack, all need to be properly arranged.
Not long after, Mu Haorang, Sun Xingling and many other generals had arrived.
Qin Yi immediately said, "One hundred thousand soldiers and horses have arrived. After noon, we can send our troops northward and advance to Liukang. Before that, we should arrange the attack route. What do you think?"
A general heard this and immediately said, "The last general thinks that the commander-in-chief can lead his troops to attack Xincheng, while General Mu attacks Taocheng."
Qin Yi shook his head, "Although the troops are divided into two groups, there is no need to attack two Liukang cities at the same time. It will not only take time, but also consume double the force."
Someone heard this and advised, "Commander, the border city of Liukang is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The general feels that it is better to join forces."
Qin Yi said slowly, "There is no need to join forces. Although the important border city of Liukang is difficult to capture, the many cities behind it are not difficult to capture. Joining forces will only waste time."
In order to be on guard against impending danger, the cities Liukang built on the border were all fortified cities with high walls and thick walls made of blue bricks. Coupled with trenches, sheep and horse walls, barbicans and other facilities, it could be said that it was easy to defend but difficult to defend.
Attack.
After these important cities, there are not many fortified cities. Most of the cities are small and easy to attack. They do not use blue bricks and are made of rammed earth. This kind of city wall is easy to be broken by catapults, and facilities such as sheep and horse walls and urns are not easy to attack.
Common.
To deal with such a city, there is no need for 350,000 soldiers and horses to attack together, so joining forces is the next best thing.
"Then we should unite our forces and attack Tao City, and then divide our forces?" asked a general.
Without waiting for Qin Yi's reply, another general shook his head and said, "Even if we join forces to capture Tao City, the price and time spent will be greater than that of attacking Qu City."
Tao City has trenches, sheep and horse walls, as well as Weng City and Yue City that Qu City does not have. It is difficult to capture and will probably take a long time.
Qin Yi nodded and said, "Indeed, in this way, our offensive will be blocked and will not be helpful to the situation. If we can defeat the dead, it will not only buy time, but also improve our morale and weaken the enemy's arrogance."
Someone asked in confusion, "How does the commander-in-chief think we should advance the troops?"
They felt that the commander-in-chief was very resourceful and must have thought of a faster way to reduce his own losses.
Qin Yi's eyes were bright and he said, "I think we can march the troops together. One side will lead the troops to besiege the fortified city, and the other side will bypass the city and attack the rear city."
This method can increase the speed of attacking a city.
As long as we advance quickly and capture Kangdu, the other uncaptured cities will surely fall by the wind. There is no need to laboriously capture them one by one.
Even if they don't surrender, morale will plummet until it reaches a low point, and our side will have enough time to encircle it, which will play the role of subduing the enemy without fighting.
When marching and fighting, the most taboo thing is to go around the city. It is easy to cut off the food route and fall into a situation without food.
However, our own army was besieged all the way and the heavy city of Liukang was bypassed, so we could not send troops to attack the grain road.
Many generals heard the words, pondered for a moment, and then nodded in agreement, but some people questioned, "But Commander-in-Chief, the two armies are marching together. If they take the Taocheng route, what should we do if Xincheng sends troops to rescue?" p>
Without waiting for Qin Yi's reply, Mu Haorang shook his head and said, "They don't dare. Everyone knows that the commander-in-chief has never been defeated in the field, and no one dares to take the lead of the commander-in-chief lightly."
Everyone knows that Qin Yi can predict the enemy's reinforcements. If the opponent dares to go out of the city for rescue, they will face the possibility of being raided by Qin Yi.
No one dares to take this risk.
Even if they send troops and Qin Yi has no time to make a surprise attack, so what?
There are 80,000 garrison guards in Tao City and 70,000 garrison guards in Xin City. They can send at most 20,000 to 30,000 troops and horses, and our two armies each have 170,000 to 80,000 troops and horses, so they can completely siege the city and mobilize reinforcements.
Therefore, this method is feasible. It can indeed avoid consuming too many troops, speed up the attack, and attack Kangdu as soon as possible.
The generals pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "This is a wonderful way to suppress the commander!"
"This is a good idea, just do it like this!"
Someone asked, "Who attacks the fortress and who circumvents the city?"
Mu Haorang immediately said, "At the end of the day, we will attack the fortress. Let the commander-in-chief go around the city."
He knew that Qin Yi proposed this method for other purposes besides reducing losses.
In this case, he should help the other party achieve this goal, so he said this.
When Qin Yi heard this, he glanced at Mu Haorang.
He does have other purposes, which is to rely on counterweight catapults to capture as many cities as possible before the enemy imitates them.
If you want to be quick, you have to attack a small city. If you use a counterweight catapult to attack a strong city, even if you can capture it, it will take a long time. There may even be a situation where a new catapult is copied by the enemy without even conquering a city.
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Therefore, he had decided that if he was to attack the fortified city, he would hand over the blueprints of the counterweight catapult to Mu Haorang and let him make them as soon as possible during the march.
But since the other party took the initiative to take on the task of attacking the fortress, Qin Yi did not refuse, and immediately told him, "If it is difficult to capture, just encircle it without attacking. Don't waste too many troops."
Mu Haorang nodded solemnly, "I will finally understand!"
Seeing that no one had any objections, Qin Yi said firmly, "When you go back, make good preparations. After noon, send your troops north to advance and make peace!"
Many generals responded respectfully, "The last general will obey your orders!"
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After noon, the war drums sounded, and the Qin Yi and Mu Haorang armies broke out and sent out troops, bypassing Qucheng and heading north.
Many people from Qucheng came out of the city one after another and stood on both sides of the official road, shouting loudly and waving their arms to send the two armies off and cheering for the many soldiers.
This is Linzhan's second attack on another country after Qin Yi sent troops to Luan country a year and a half ago. For the people of Linzhan, it is a big deal.
War is a major national event. If the army is defeated, at least it will lead to a tight life, and at worst, taxes will increase, people will not be able to make a living, and they may even cede cities and give up land and endure humiliation.
Therefore, every time troops are sent out, many Li people are full of hope that our troops can conquer the city and win every battle.
Leaving Qucheng, the two armies moved forward and backward, with Mu Haorang in front and began to accelerate towards the border.
One day later, the two armies crossed the Linzhan border and headed towards Tao City.
At this time, the Liukang court had already learned about the situation. Even though Zhao Liangyan tried hard to persuade him, Emperor Liukang still insisted on going his own way and vowed not to seek peace. He adopted the opinions of the main war faction and defended the fortified city. He could not escape and defended it with a strong city.
Impede the enemy's troops, thereby consuming the enemy's troops, horses, and food.
Therefore, before the armies of Qin and Yi arrived at Taocheng, the defenders of Taocheng had already moved the people from the countryside into the city, built strong walls and cleared the fields, destroyed all available armaments and food and grass outside the city, and waited for the arrival of the enemy troops.<
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Two days later, Mu Haorang's soldiers arrived five miles away from Taocheng and began to set up camp to guard the four walls of Taocheng.
The next day, Qin Yi's troops arrived at Taocheng. Under the gaze of the Taocheng guards, they bypassed Taocheng and marched towards the depths of Liukang.
Being besieged by Mu Haorang's men, the defenders of Taocheng could only watch the enemy troops penetrate deeper and could not take any action.
Half a day later, Qin Yi led his troops to Wo City, the second Liukang city after Tao City.
Similarly, Wo City has also secured its walls and cleared the country, and is ready to hold on.
After arriving, Qin Yi did not attack immediately, but slowly set up camp.
A peaceful night.
On the second day, Qin Yi still did not attack, which made the defender of Wo City feel extremely strange.
Qin Yi has always emphasized the importance of military strength and speed, but why is it different from usual now?
Even if we first arrived yesterday and were too exhausted to attack, we have rested all night today, so we should attack.
This situation made Wocheng's city guard confused, and he vaguely felt that Qin Yi must be up to something!
Just when he was worried about Qin Yi's attack on the city and worried about Qin Yi's failure to attack the city, the third day arrived.
In the early morning, after breakfast, the deafening sound of war drums rang out from Qin Yi’s camp.
In Wo City, the city guard who had been anxious for a long time breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Yi is finally about to attack the city.
Immediately afterwards, his heart lifted up!
I don’t know if Wo City can be defended in today’s battle.
Even if you can't, you must fight to the death and use up Qin Yi to pass the centaur!
As a result, Qin Yi's plan to seize Liukang will be stranded and he will have no choice but to come back in vain!
