After Ren Fang said this, Nie Ze asked: "Does Commander Ren think that our army cannot break through Ba Pass?"
Ren Fang blinked, then smiled, and said in a nonchalant manner: "I am not good at attacking cities and strongholds. I will have to rely more on General Nie for tomorrow's battle."
What he meant was that he thought there was nothing wrong with Nie Ze's command of the siege, and he would still be responsible for commanding the entire army to siege the city tomorrow.
These words made Nie Ze feel much less depressed and ugly. He said in a rare polite manner: "Commander Ren is too modest. Who doesn't know that Commander Ren is an invincible and invincible general?"
Ren Fang looked up and smiled and said nothing more.
After exiting the Chinese army tent, Nie Ze walked towards his own camp and proudly said to his subordinates: "Let Fangtu have a false reputation. When it comes to a tough battle, don't we have to rely on us to direct the battle?"
The generals of the Zhen Army also laughed and said flatteringly: "I guess Ren Fang has already admired the general's reputation!"
Nie Ze was even more proud when he heard this and laughed.
On the other side, the Sichuan army generals were very puzzled by Ren Fang's decision. In their view, Nie Ze's siege strategy had no skills at all. It was a head-on attack, resulting in heavy casualties on their own side. Lieutenant General Jin Zhuo asked curiously
Said: "Why doesn't the general personally direct the battle?"
Ren Fang sighed softly and said: "Baguan is strong. Even if I were to command it, the result would be the same."
The generals looked at each other, no one said anything.
The next day, the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces set out again to attack the city.
With the lesson learned the day before, Nie Ze also learned the lesson. He no longer attacked and charged fiercely, but instead pushed thousands of trebuchets from the entire army onto the battlefield. Without manpower, he first used dense stone bombs to attack the tyrants.
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Thousands of heavy-duty trebuchets continuously fired stone projectiles. The power was so great that the ground shook and the sky was dark. No one could stand at the top of Baguan City opposite. All the soldiers of the Feng Army hid inside the city or on the city wall.
Behind them, listening to the continuous crashing sound above their heads, people's faces were pale and bloodless.
Such a density of blows made it almost impossible to find a good spot on the long and narrow city head. The ground was full of holes. The rolling logs, rocks, oil pans and other city defense facilities that were originally piled on the city head also suffered great damage.
Rocks were scattered all over the ground, oil pans were overturned and broken, army-breaking crossbows and city-breaking crossbows turned into piles of rotten wood, bundles of arrows were smashed into several pieces...
The city wall was riddled with holes and was completely damaged by stone bullets, but the opponent's trebuchet showed no intention of stopping. The soldiers of the Feng Army in the city even doubted whether the opponent was going to keep beating them like this for a whole day.
The continuous ejection continued from morning to noon, and it was only then that it finally came to an end. But then, the siege team of the Sichuan and Zhen coalition began to advance forward.
Just like the first day, the main force of the Sichuan-Zhen coalition was divided into several groups, one group after another, maintaining a strong offensive.
As the stone projectiles stopped, the wind troops hiding under the city wall also rushed to the top of the city. After the people came up, they looked at it carefully and were dumbfounded. The city wall was covered with gravel, rotten wood, and pits.
There is no place to stay.
However, the generals in the Feng Army reacted quickly and immediately sent an order to the entire army to quickly clear the city wall, gather together the ones that could still be used, and push down the walls that could not be used. At the same time, they asked the rear to immediately bring in new city defense weapons to fill in the gaps.
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The Feng Army inside the city was extremely busy. When the enemy troops attacking the city entered the shooting range, the Feng Army archers were already in position. Under the orders of the generals of each corps, people bent their bows and set arrows to attack the enemy troops outside the city.
Launch a salvo.
Most of the crossbow beds originally erected on the city were destroyed, and the Feng soldiers hurriedly moved a batch of them from the city. At this time, the city wall was extremely lively. The Feng soldiers in the front row were shooting arrows, and the soldiers behind were shooting from time to time.
Pushing the crossbow bed, soldiers carrying rolling logs and hammering stones were also constantly passing by.
After a whole morning of stone bomb attacks on Ba Pass, Nie Ze thought that the resistance of the Feng Army would weaken a lot. But he was wrong. The Feng Army's counterattack was still extremely fierce. The arrows fired from the city were like raindrops.
The stone bullets fired were as numerous as hailstones, which caused huge damage to the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces.
The Feng Army hated the enemy's trebuchets, and the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces also hated the Feng Army's trebuchets. This weapon was so powerful that it was impossible to defend against it even if you wanted to, and its lethality was astonishing. Nie Ze sent Yun Che from the Sichuan Army
Go to the battlefield. The cloud chariot is similar to the arrow tower, smaller in size, but higher in height, up to four to five feet. It is specially used to spy on the situation inside the city when attacking the city.
Nie Ze asked the soldiers on the cloud car to find the location of the Fengjun trebuchet, and then moved his own heavy trebuchet forward to use the range advantage to attack the trebuchet in the city.
But Yunche is relatively fragile, and it is not easy to get close to Baguan and peek into Baguan City.
The Sichuan Army dispatched a total of five cloud carts, but only one was left intact on the battlefield. However, it finally fulfilled its mission and found out the location of the stone trebuchets in the city. After receiving the exact information, Nie Ze immediately ordered his own stone trebuchets.
The machine moved forward one mile and launched stone bombs into the city one mile away from Ba Pass.
When the heavy trebuchet was two miles away from Baguan, the city-breaking crossbow on the city head could not hit it. Now it is one mile closer, and now it is within the range of the city-breaking crossbow. The soldiers of the Feng Army did not know
The enemy commander suddenly became nervous, why did he push the trebuchet so close to his side? However, this opportunity is too rare. It is a good time to destroy the enemy's heavy weapons.
Feng Jun adjusted the position of the crossbow bed that had just been carried to the top of the city to pass the enemy's siege square, and aimed the arrows at the opponent's heavy trebuchet.
Before the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces fired stone bullets into the city, the crossbow arrows from the city came over first.
The crossbow arrows of the city-breaking crossbow are said to be arrows, but in fact they are wooden stakes wrapped with iron sheets. This kind of thing hits the wooden frame of the trebuchet and can smash it into pieces. As the crossbow arrows continue to fly over, the heavy
Dozens of trebuchets were damaged in an instant. Nie Ze, who was watching from behind, was so frightened that he quickly ordered to withdraw his own trebuchets.
Sichuan's heavy trebuchets went back and forth like this, and hundreds of them were damaged and destroyed by bullets. This was a huge loss, making Nie Ze feel like he had swallowed a fly.
It was stuck in his throat. But after knowing the power of the crossbows in Baguan City, he basically gave up the idea of destroying the opponent's trebuchets.
The siege battle lasted from noon until dark, and then Nie Ze ordered the entire army to retreat.
Two days of fierce attacks have yielded no results, and Baguan is still firmly in the hands of Feng Jun. At this time, Nie Ze, who was full of confidence, began to be at a loss. He knew in his heart that if he continued to consume like this, even if his side could finally capture it
The price paid for overlording the pass is too high. I don’t know how many soldiers will be killed and wounded in battle!
Now, Ren Fang still has no intention of taking over the command. He even went to the battlefield to watch the battle on the first day of the siege. On the second day of the siege, he didn't even leave the camp and left it completely to Nie Ze. This made Nie Ze
Ze felt more pressure. At this time, he wanted to return the command to Ren Fang, but he couldn't speak out, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to be the commander-in-chief of the siege.
After two days of fierce fighting, the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces suffered considerable casualties, and the soldiers were exhausted. On the third day, although the main force of the Sichuan-Zhenren Allied Forces came out of camp again, they were no longer advancing forward. Nie Ze just ordered his own troops to
The heavy-duty trebuchets kept firing stone projectiles, attacking the Baguan city defense.
With the lessons learned the day before, Feng Jun also gained experience this time. Most of the city defense weapons were not left on top of the city. They were all moved inside the city. Only some rolling logs were left on the city wall. Stones were not afraid of being hit, even if they were destroyed.
It's something that doesn't hurt either.
This time the trebuchet attack by the Sichuan and Zhen Allied Forces lasted longer, lasting from morning to afternoon. When it was almost evening, the siege troops of the Sichuan and Zhen Allied Forces entered the battlefield. Seeing that Baguan's counterattack was still very fierce, Nie Ze
He hastily ordered to withdraw his troops and return to camp.
Three days passed, and a million-strong army was isolated outside Baguan City, unable to cross the thunder pool. This made Nie Ze as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, restless and unable to sleep at night.
Seeing the appearance of their commander, the generals below were also helpless. Someone suggested to Nie Ze that they simply return the command of the siege to Ren Fang. After all, Ren Fang was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. It was Ren Fang's right to capture the overlord pass.
Responsibilities and tasks, why should we take this problem on ourselves?
Nie Ze was an arrogant man. He was afraid that he would be compared with others and that others would be better than him. After hearing what his subordinates said, he became furious and gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you think I am not as good as him?"
Zhenjiang shrank in fear, how could he have meant this? However, seeing Nie Ze grinning as if he wanted to eat someone, Zhenjiang lowered his head and did not dare to explain.
At this time, a counselor named Guo Song in the Zhen Army chuckled, shook his head and said: "General, how difficult is it to break through the tyrants?"
Oh, what a loud tone! The Zhenjun generals looked at Guo Song like a monster, including Nie Ze. The latter said: "Mr. Guo Song, what do you say?"
Guo Song chuckled sinisterly and said: "I have a plan. If the general acts according to my plan, our army can easily conquer Ba Pass in a month at most and capture the Fengjun in the city alive!"
Nie Ze suddenly became energetic. His eyes widened and he ejaculated. He quickly asked: "What's the plan? Mr. Guo Song, please tell me!"
Guo Song asked back: "General, don't our army have many corpses of fallen soldiers?"
"That's right!"
"Soak these corpses in stagnant water. After a few days, they will rot and breed plague. Then use trebuchets to throw all the corpses into Baguan City. Within a few days, the plague will spread in Baguan. The general imagined that when
How could those sickly Feng troops resist the attack of my million-strong army?"
Guo Song spoke in an understatement, but the generals around him were sweating coldly. Like Feng State, the people of Zhen State favored martial arts, and the status of military attachés was obviously higher than that of civilian officials. At this time, people looked at Guo Song and all secretly cursed in their hearts.
Only civil servants like this can think of the vicious plan of exterminating children and grandchildren.
After hearing this, Nie Ze also took a breath and stared at Guo Song with his wide eyes for a long time, then slowly closed his eyes and fell silent.