At Si hour on February 13th, with the sound of three horns representing the attack, one hundred thousand King Su's army officially began to attack Ji County.
Just hearing a few "bang bang bang" sounds, the Wei army's catapults distributed in the western and southern suburbs took the lead in launching an attack, launching stone attacks on the enemy-occupied towers on both sides.
This time, Zhao Hongrun did not use oil barrel bombs. After all, Ji County is too close to the river. If the soil here is contaminated, if the pollution spreads to the river, the deteriorated river water will flow down the river and flow through Weiguo.
, Lu State, Qi State and South Korea, God knows how many civilians in the four countries live along the river, and how many civilians drink the water of this big river.
In this era when medicine is underdeveloped and ordinary civilians basically rely on their own physical fitness to fight off diseases, once the drinking water is contaminated, it may lead to the death of tens of thousands of innocent civilians.
Not to mention Zhao Hongrun's intolerance, the reputation of King Su's army may also be damaged as a result.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun chose conventional stone bullets. Ji County was not a so-called fortified city anyway.
Indeed, Jixian County is not a fortified city, because it was originally just an ordinary residential county town, and the city wall was only one foot and a half tall. Agile people such as the Black Crow Crowd, even without the help of any equipment, could
You can easily climb into the city with a ladder.
Of course, in fact, the Black Crows did exactly this - when Zhao Hongrun decided to attack Jixian two days ago, the leader of the Black Crows, Yang Ji, took dozens of Black Crows members and sneaked into the city at night.
, lying in ambush in the city, waiting to snipe the Korean generals in the city and create panic when King Su's army attacked the city.
Coordinating the inside with the outside is always the best strategy for siege warfare.
"The Korean army seems to be planning to stick to it..."
Riding his mount and standing next to Zhao Hongrun, General Wei Mu of the Southern Yan Army frowned and stared at Jixian County in the distance. He still did not forget to remind Zhao Hongrun: "But His Highness King Su, please be careful with the cavalry on the opposite side. According to my advice to Dangyin Hou Han Yang,
Understand, he must have a cavalry outside the city at this moment, ready to wait for an opportunity."
Zhao Hongrun nodded and said nothing. In fact, he had already asked General Ma You to prepare for this: once the Korean cavalry attacked his flanks or rear, You Ma's army would immediately dispatch, not wanting to kill many Korean cavalry, but only
Please force the opponent away, lest the opponent destroy the siege formation of his King Su army.
As long as the opponent's cavalry does not come to disturb, Zhao Hongrun believes that with the strength of his own soldiers, there is no problem in capturing a Jixian county. After all, his King Su's army has captured countless similar cities.
The western suburbs of Ji County is the battlefield where the Shang Shui Army is responsible for attacking.
Under the command of Shang Shui Army deputy general Zhai Huang, three thousand-man troops, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, took the lead in attacking Jixian.
They did not rush to Ji County City in one mass, but held up the shields in their hands and marched towards Ji County step by step in a relatively orderly manner.
Behind them, three thousand people, General Lu Zhan, urged the soldiers under their command to push three well-mounted chariots about two feet high to the front of the battlefield.
In addition, there were another 3,000 people, General Xu Jiong, who commanded his crossbowmen to fire crossbow bolts at the west wall of Ji County while gradually approaching Ji County.
The approximately 10,000 Shangshui soldiers who entered the first wave of the offensive were neatly organized and had a clear division of labor. Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin who was watching the battle from the west wall of Ji County, frowned deeply.
"This Wei army... is no less powerful than Wei Wu's army." He murmured.
It has to be said that in the mind of Dangyin Hou Han Yang, the Wei Wujun led by Wei General Shaohu can be regarded as the most elite Wei army he has encountered so far, even the Nanyan Army led by Wei General Wei Mu
, none of them were as brave as Shaohu's Wei Wujun.
Although Han Yang, Marquis of Dangyin, only had one encounter with Wei Wujun of Shaohu, he believed that his judgment would not be wrong.
However, when he encountered King Su's army today, Han Yang suddenly felt that the Wei soldiers were brave and brave, but compared to the Wei army in front of him, they were obviously still inferior.
Where is this inferiority reflected?
In fact, it is reflected in the Shangshui soldiers' grasp of the rhythm of the battlefield.
For example, before they entered the range of the Korean crossbowmen on the west wall of Ji County, the Shangshui soldiers did not charge in a hurry. Instead, they stepped forward in an orderly manner to put pressure on the Korean soldiers on the wall.
This is the calmness that only veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles can show.
"As expected of the Wei army that defeated Chu and Qin."
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, thought secretly in his heart.
To be fair, he did not want to have a decisive battle with the powerful Wei army in front of him in a county like Ji County. After all, the city wall in Ji County was too short, only 1.56 feet high, so that when faced with such a powerful Wei army as King Su's army,
, it plays almost no defensive role.
This kind of city can at best be used to bully the Nanyan Army, because the Nanyan Army has few soldiers. Even the Nanyan Army after its expansion last year has less than 30,000 full-time soldiers.
But today, the Wei Gongzi Run on the opposite side dispatched one hundred thousand Wei troops under his command. Under such circumstances, even Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, felt a little guilty in his heart.
After all, South Korea has never been known for defending cities. The strength of the Korean army is reflected at the strategic level, because South Korea has the most elite, powerful, and numerous cavalry among the Central Plains countries.
But when it comes to attacking and defending cities, Wei has always been more powerful. After all, Wei's infantry has long enjoyed a high reputation.
In normal times, this kind of battle would actually not be difficult to fight: if the city attracts the attention of the Wei army, waiting for an opportunity to send out cavalry to attack the flanks or rear of the main Wei army, the Wei army's formation can be disrupted, thus affecting the overall Wei army.
morale. When the Korean soldiers in the city fight out, they will most likely be victorious.
But today's situation is a bit special, because the Wei army outside the city has an army that can restrain the Korean cavalry - Shangshui Youma Heavy Cavalry.
Due to the existence of this Wei cavalry, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, seemed to be a bit wary and did not dare to dispatch his cavalry rashly.
"Forget it, let's take a look first and then talk about it. Maybe this Wei army just shows that it is strong."
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, comforted himself secretly.
At this time, the vanguard of the Shang Shui Army had entered the shooting range of the Korean crossbowmen on the Ji County wall.
Immediately, a general under Han Yang on the city wall shouted in a deep voice: "Fire the arrow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crossbow strings sounded continuously on the walls of Ji County, and thousands of crossbow bolts fired towards the Wei army's vanguard.
At this moment, Ran Teng, a thousand-man general on the Wei army's vanguard side, shouted: "Arrow attack! Raise your shield!"
After hearing this, the Wei Army sword and shield soldiers in the area squatted down one after another and raised their shields in front of and above their bodies.
For a while, there was an endless stream of clanging sounds, but upon closer inspection, it was found that few Wei soldiers were killed by this wave of arrows, which prevented Dangyin Hou Han Yang's already gloomy face from becoming even more gloomy.
He felt that the soldiers of the Wei army on the opposite side were too calm, as if it was commonplace to withstand the enemy's arrow rain, and almost no one was in a hurry in front of this rain of arrows.
"They are about to attack." Bao Yuan warned from the side.
"What?" Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was stunned when he heard this. When he looked outside the city again, he was shocked to find that the Wei army's vanguard outside the city suddenly rushed over after the arrow rain stopped and headed towards Ji.
The county wall began to fly.
The original battlefield rhythm was suddenly sped up.
Seeing this, the Korean soldiers on the wall of Ji County were greatly alarmed. They only heard someone shouting: "Quick! Quick! Load the arrow, load the arrow!"
"..."
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was shocked to find that without realizing it, the soldiers under his command were thrown into confusion by the Wei army outside the city.
Are you kidding me? The Wei army outside the city has not really launched an offensive yet!
And just when Han Yang was stunned, Bao Yuan reminded him again: "The crossbowmen of the Wei army are coming, be careful of arrow attacks!"
"What?" Dangyin Hou Han Yang was startled when he heard this. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the battlefield. Sure enough, he saw the Wei army's crossbowmen who were slowly advancing forward. They suddenly rushed to the shooting point and launched a barrage towards the city wall.
A barrage of arrows.
For a moment, arrows rained down from the west wall of Ji County, and the Korean soldiers on the wall were wailing and screaming.
"Damn it!"
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, cursed in a low voice.
Hearing this, Bao Yuan whispered beside him: "I shouldn't have launched the arrow attack so early... In terms of range, the Wei Nu is farther than my Han Nu, but it's not much further. Lord Dangyin Hou's subordinate
The crossbowmen of the city are supported by the city wall, and their range is actually not inferior to the crossbowmen of the Wei army outside the city. As long as the crossbowmen on the city do not fire arrows, the crossbowmen of the Wei army will not dare to advance easily."
"..." Dangyin Hou Han Yang glanced at Baoyuan and said nothing, but a famous general beside him said unconvinced: "Even so, but in this way, the Wei army's crossbowmen have also entered the shooting range of our army's crossbowmen.
, it’s our army’s turn to fight back.”
Bao Yuan glanced at the general, with an expression on his face that said, "You are too naive." He shook his head and said, "No, the offensive of the Wei Army's crossbowmen is not over yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crossbowmen of King Su's army outside the city fired another wave of arrows at the Ji County wall, causing the Korean crossbowmen on the wall who had originally planned to fire back to hide and avoid.
Glancing at the dumbfounded Dangyin Hou Han Yang and the general who had just spoken, Bao Yuan sighed slightly and whispered: "'Two-stage shooting', this is the crossbow tactics commonly used by King Su's army... They know how to do it"
After the enemy crossbowmen finish shooting their arrows, they quickly insert into the battlefield and use half of the crossbowmen to start shooting. While waiting for the enemy's crossbowmen to load their arrows and prepare to return fire, the other half of the Wei crossbowmen will estimate the time.
If you launch a volley again, you will often kill more enemy troops the second time than the first time." At this point, he paused and then said: "In addition, from this moment on, the arrows of the Wei crossbowmen will
The attacks will continue and will not give us a chance to counterattack."
Not long after he finished speaking, the Wei crossbowmen outside the city once again launched an arrow attack on the west wall of Ji County. Just as Bao Yuan said, they gave the Korean crossbowmen on the wall almost no chance to fire back.
And just when Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, gritted his teeth and issued the general order, and did not hesitate to let the crossbowmen on the city wall risk the Wei army's arrow attack to fight back, Bao Yuan said next to him: "Master Dangyin Marquis, I think the biggest threat at present is
, not the crossbowmen far outside the city." As he spoke, he pointed downwards and continued: "Because while I was waiting to stare at the Wei crossbowmen outside the city, the infantry of the Wei army had already arrived below the city."
After hearing this, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, stuck his head out of the wall and took a look at the bottom of the city. Sure enough, he saw the Wei army's infantry setting up long ladders under the city, preparing to climb the city.
"This Wei army..."
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was shocked because he discovered that the Wei army had unknowingly taken the lead in this war, causing him to be led by the Han army involuntarily.
Facts have proved that his guess was confirmed. Even though the Su Wang Army and the Wei Wu Army were relatively even in terms of training level, in terms of battlefield experience, the Su Wang Army was obviously stronger than the Wei Wu Army.