Half an hour later, Han general Lin Rong sent someone to inform the general who was still outside the city, namely Yuyang guard Qin Kai, about the situation in the city.
At this time, Yuyang Guard Qin Kai suddenly realized that the troops he sent into the city were engaged in a positional battle with the Wei army in the city. No wonder there was no news for a long time.
It has to be said that Qin Kaizhen did not expect that this siege battle would evolve into a positional battle in the city. After all, generally speaking, if the city wall or gate is occupied by the siege party, the siege party can basically declare it.
victory, how could it be as strange as this siege?
"...The Wei army built many snow walls in the city as cover?"
Qin Kai frowned and asked the messenger who came to report the civil war situation in the city.
"Yes, General." The messenger nodded and said: "For some unknown reason, the Wei army built many snow walls in the city. Most of the snow walls are very solid, and the ground is frozen tightly.
It looks like it was piled up recently, as if it has been there for a long time.”
"It's been around for a long time...can't it?"
Qin Kai glanced in the direction of the city gate tower with a strange expression, and suddenly remembered General Hua Lang's report that day.
I still remember that during the first lunar month, Hualang, the former general of the county army who was temporarily transferred to the Yuyang Army, once mentioned something that the Wei soldiers in Julu City seemed to be having a snowball fight.
At that time, Han Lihou Han Wu, Dangyin Hou Han Yang, and Qin Kai did not pay too much attention. At most, they felt that the Wei army was too calm. The decisive battle in spring was coming, and they actually had the leisure to have a snowball fight. But what they did not expect was that the Wei army had
The snow walls built for the snowball fight have now become the biggest obstacle to his Korean army's capture of the city.
"For the sake of fun, Wei Jun actually built so many snow walls. Wei Jun is really..."
Qin Kai smiled bitterly and shook his head, not knowing what to say.
He never believed that those snow walls were deliberately built by Wei Gongzi Run in advance after anticipating today's war. Therefore, those snow walls could only be built spontaneously by those Wei soldiers who were having fun in snowball fights -
—It’s so boring!
The reason why Qin Kai thinks so is because he doesn't know the intensity of the snowball fight in the Shang Shui Army that day. He must know that in order to compete for the only "Thousand-man Team Independent Naming Rights", the four or five people within the Shang Shui Army
The ten thousand-man teams can be said to have worked hard and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to this game, allowing Zhao Hongrun to achieve his goal of restoring his soldiers' physical strength as soon as possible after the winter.
As for today, using the snow walls and other obstacles that are still left in the city to restrict the Korean army is actually just a strategy that Zhao Hongrun came up with. But it cannot be denied that this idea is indeed very effective, even if it is the Yuyang Army and the Shanggu Army.
After entering Julu City, a group of Korean elites were also stunned by the Wei army.
At the same time, Shanggu Shou Mashe also learned of the changes that had occurred in the city, and frowned deeply because of this, murmuring: "This battle is not easy to fight..."
When Ma Kuo, Ma She's son, heard this from the side, he couldn't help but feel confused.
It is inevitable that this battle will be difficult to fight. After all, the opponent is the Wei army commanded by Wei Gongzi Run, which can be regarded as the most powerful army in the Wei state. But the question is, why did my father mention it at this time?——
Even if the current battle situation in the city is not satisfactory, at least the Korean army has taken control of the south gate of Julu City, right?
Out of confusion, Ma Kuo humbly asked his father for advice.
In this regard, Ma She explained: "Wei Gongzi Run ordered the city gate to be opened and deliberately let our troops enter the city. This was a very risky but also very clever strategy... If he did not do this, the Yuyang Army and our Shanggu Army would be destroyed.
The vanguard army will continue to increase the pressure on the Wei army on the city wall. The Wei army on the city wall has been exhausted by the previous waves of new recruits of our army. At this time, the soldiers of our Yuyang army and Shanggu army are pressing on the city wall. It is inevitable that
It can pose a huge threat to the Wei army... Considering this, Wei Gongzi Run deliberately opened the city gate and let our army enter the city. In this way, our army's pressure on its city wall can be reduced in disguise..."
Hearing this, Ma Kuo frowned and said, "Then if our army continues to attack the city wall..."
Just as he said this, his voice stopped suddenly.
Because it is obvious that the ultimate purpose of attacking the city wall is to enter the city. Now that the Wei army has opened the city gate, is it necessary for the Korean army to attack the city wall?
Is it possible that when the Wei army opened the city gate, the Han army turned a blind eye and still insisted on climbing over the wall? - This is obviously unreasonable.
Not to mention that the Korean army outside the city was not aware of the changes in the city at that time. Even if they knew in advance that the city had been transformed beyond recognition by the Wei army, would the Korean army give up entering the city through the city gate?
Impossible!
Even though they knew there must be something fishy, the Korean army would still choose to enter the city through the city gate. At most, they would send more troops to continue attacking the city wall and not relax their continued pressure on the city wall.
From a certain perspective, this can be considered a conspiracy.
"Had I known that the city would be like this, I should have suggested that Marquis Li continue to attack the city wall..."
Looking at the Julu City Wall so close at hand, Shanggu Shou Mashe thought to himself.
He really didn't expect that Wei Gongzi Run on the opposite side would actually play a trick on them in such a tense and severe siege battle. However, it was this little trick that Han Lihou and Han Wu created with the lives of tens of thousands of recruits.
The advantage is gradually disappearing - because the Korean army has found the "open city gate" as a breakthrough, it has relaxed its continuous pressure on the city wall. This has given the Wei army, who had become exhausted from the fierce battle, a chance to breathe.
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After realizing this, he really admired the quick wit and courage of Wei Gongzi Run opposite him - no one without great courage would be able to make such a risk-taking decision.
"I wonder if it is still too late to continue putting pressure on the city wall."
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Shanggu Shou Mashe told his son to take charge of the army, and he personally came to his Han army's main camp, told Han Lihou Han Wu about the matter, and reminded the so-called "Wei Gongzi Run's conspiracy"
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After a while, after listening to Shanggu Shou Mashe's analysis of the battle situation, it was undeniable that Han Lihou Han Wu's face was really ugly.
To be honest, Han Lihou Han Wu is not an unlearned mediocre person. After many years of training in the army, he can certainly see the brilliance of Wei Gongzi Run in "deliberately opening the city gate" - that is, letting the Wei troops in the city share their share.
This reduced the pressure from the Wei army in the city wall area and greatly weakened the advantageous situation created by the sacrifice of tens of thousands of Korean army recruits.
But just as Shanggu Shou Mashe thought, Han Lihou Han Wu was powerless to do this. Could it be that he could still order the vanguard of the Yuyang Army and the Shanggu Army to ignore the open city gate?
In general, he could vaguely guess at that time, but he could only hope that the Korean army that successfully entered the city could control the area within the city as soon as possible - as long as the Korean army could occupy the city, it would be able to neutralize Wei Gongzi Run's move.
However, he never expected that the city would turn into a positional battle, so that he couldn't help but feel embarrassed at this moment: Should he continue to put pressure on the city wall, or increase his troops inside the city?
You must know that the Korean army that came to attack Julu this time only consisted of a few groups: the Yuyang Army, the Shanggu Army, and a group of miscellaneous recruits that had just been formed and numbered around 60,000 to 70,000 people.
Although Sima Shang, the acting governor of the county, also led thousands of cavalry who were not wearing heavy armor to watch the battle from a distance, this cavalry was at best a raider, and at most it was after the Han army captured Julu, when the Wei army tried to When the city was evacuated, they took the opportunity to pursue and kill the retreating Wei army. However, in this siege, the role of this cavalry was minimal.
In this case, it becomes increasingly important to work together to arrange the soldiers and generals under your command.
The original arrangement of Han Lihou and Han Wu was like this: first let the new army consume the physical strength of the Wei army in the city, and then send the Yuyang army and the Shanggu army, two elite armies, to capture the city wall in one go. In this case, the Wei army would be at a disadvantage. They may choose to abandon Julu and defect to Xingtai or Sand Dunes. When the Wei army chooses to evacuate, the cavalry under Sima Shang, the acting governor, will attack and pursue the victory.
However, what he never expected was that after he sacrificed more than 30,000 new soldiers and created a favorable situation, Wei Gongzi Run wisely ordered the city gate to be opened and sent the Yuyang Army who was originally responsible for taking over the task of attacking the city wall. Together with the vanguard of the Shanggu Army, they were lured into the city from the city wall.
And the most important thing is that even though they have already invaded the city, the vanguard troops of the Yuyang Army and the Shanggu Army were unable to suppress the Wei Army in the city. This completely destroyed what Han Lihou and Han Wu had finally built. Advantages.
So, what to do now?
Han Lihou Han Wu fell into deep thought.
It was obviously impossible to retreat. He had paid such a heavy price. How could he give up so easily?
What's more, the situation on the battlefield in Hanoi is becoming more and more urgent. He must defeat the Wei army on Julu's side as soon as possible no matter what, and kill Wei Gongzi Run - only by killing Wei Gongzi Run, even if South Korea loses this battle. The battle was worth losing, because Wei Guo lost its future.
Since the troops cannot be withdrawn, the only way out is to continue to attack the city.
"The whole army is pressing forward!"
After some contemplation, Han Lihou Han Wu said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Ma She, the guardian of Shanggu, showed a little surprise in his eyes: When Marquis Li said that the whole army was pressing, did he mean the half of the new army that had not been used on the battlefield, including the rest of his Yuyang Army and Shanggu Army? ?
Objectively speaking, this judgment is not wrong, and can even be called knowing and decisive. However, the problem is that the risk of doing so is extremely high.
Seemingly seeing through the thoughts of Ma She, the guardian of Shanggu, Han Lihou Han Wu said in a deep voice: "As long as we can defeat the Wei army here and kill Wei Gongzi Run, no matter what the price, it will be worth it!"
Hearing this, Ma She felt a chill in his heart, because he realized that both the Yuyang Army under Qin Kai and the Shanggu Shou under his command were regarded as expendable objects by Li Hou Han Wu.
He opened his mouth and hesitated to speak, but in the end, he said nothing.
Because from the overall situation, Lihou Hanwu's judgment was not wrong.
"...obey orders."
He clasped his fists, turned his horse and left the formation.
A moment later, under the order of Lihou Han Wu, the Korean army launched a general attack. All the Korean troops standing outside the city headed towards Julu.
At this time, on the gate tower of Julu, the Crown Prince of Wei, Zhao Hongrun, saw this scene clearly and sneered secretly in his heart.
Because he had already guessed that the Korean army was very likely to make such a judgment when riding a tiger.
"...A general attack by the whole army is indeed a wise and decisive decision. However, this way, your formation will be almost defenseless."
After muttering something, Zhao Hongrun waved to Wu Ji, the Shang Shui Army general who was not far from him, pointed to the position of the Korean army's main formation, and said in a deep voice: "The time is ripe, you leave the city from the south gate, and give I will bring the head of Han Lihou Han Wu!...Can you do it?"
After hearing this, Wu Ji glanced at the Korean army's main formation outside the city with his tiger eyes, and then bowed and clasped his fists.