Suddenly, such words came out of Han Wangran's mouth.
"..."
Beiyan Shou Leyi glanced at Han Wangran when he heard this.
Of course he understood why Han Wangran expressed this emotion from the bottom of his heart, because so far, the Wei army had been attacking for an entire hour, and what was incredible was that no matter how long the fighting lasted, no matter how many people appeared on the Wei army side,
Despite the high casualties, the overall morale of the Wei army was still high - or rather, their fighting spirit was still high.
This caused the front line on the battlefield to quietly advance towards the Korean army. Although the amplitude was very small, and it might only be possible to advance three or four feet in a full stick of incense, it was undeniable that the Korean army was gradually falling into a disadvantage.
Originally, Le Yi did not intend to comment on Han Wangran's emotion, but after thinking about it, he suddenly said: "The Wei army we are encountering now may be the most powerful Wei pawn in history."
Sure enough, Han Wangran became a little curious after hearing these words, and couldn't help but ask: "Why do you think so? Is it because of Wei Gongzi Run?"
Le Yi shook his head, then nodded again, and explained: "Unlike the previous rulers of the Wei State, Wei Gongzi Run treated his soldiers very well. It cannot be said that he emphasized military force over civilized literature, but at least he emphasized both civilized and military forces. Have a listen.
People say that every soldier in the Wei State has a house and land, and even the local county magistrate will give priority to various benefits for the soldier and his family. Even if the soldier unfortunately dies in battle, his family will not lose their support. These benefits
Such good treatment makes the soldiers of the Wei army have no worries on the battlefield and only think about gaining military glory... This is why in recent years, fewer and fewer people in the Wei army have fled."
Han Wangran nodded subconsciously, and then suddenly realized that this might be Le Yi taking the opportunity to give advice.
Thinking of this, Han Wangran nodded heavily and said, "I will remember it."
Hearing what Han Wangran said, Le Yi, who had achieved his purpose of admonishing, stopped saying anything and continued to focus on the battlefield, focusing on mobilizing troops and generals.
It was not until the fierce battle reached Shen Shi in the afternoon that the Wei army gradually withdrew from the front line.
Seeing this, Han Wangran took a long breath and asked Le Yi: "Is today's war over?"
To be fair, in fact, whether he won or lost this battle, Han Wangran had corresponding countermeasures in mind. Therefore, he was not panicked or nervous. It was just the fierceness and cruelty on the battlefield today that made him, a young king who had never seen a battlefield,
I finally experienced firsthand the danger and cruelty of military warfare, and I couldn't help but be frightened by the chilling atmosphere.
Therefore, when the Wei army retreated from the battlefield, he felt a sense of relief.
After listening to Han Wangran's words, Le Yi nodded, then shook his head and said: "It can only be said that the day's war has ended here, but in fact, the real threat from the Wei army has just begun..."
Han Wangran was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately came to his senses: The Shang Shui Army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run is an army that is very good at surprise attacks, night attacks, sneak attacks, and running attacks. It is unimaginable that this Wei army will allow their Han army to be safe.
Spend a night.
Suddenly, Han Wangran seemed to have thought of something. He pointed at the battlefield and said with a strange expression: "The two Wei armies... have not retreated."
"What do you think the threat I just mentioned meant?"
Le Yi glanced at Han Wangran calmly. He certainly knew who the two Wei armies the latter was referring to. They were nothing more than the two strongholds built by Wei generals Chen Xie and Xu Jiong on the battlefield.
These two Wei army strongholds are only about a mile or two away from the same stronghold set up by Wei General Ji Kuo. They are so close to each other to welcome the nightfall. This clearly shows that the Wei army is preparing for a night attack - at least there are
Night raid thoughts.
It has to be said that even Beiyan Shou Leyi can't help but feel a little nervous at this moment.
From ancient times to the present, when the two armies are fighting each other, they will leave at least ten miles of open space as a buffer when they withdraw their troops. It is almost never seen like today's Wei army, which only reserves one or two miles of land as a buffer zone.
At this distance, if either side attacks the other side, the other side will not be able to react.
only……
Le Yi looked around the battlefield and saw the Wei army moving a row of tortoise-shell chariots between the two strongholds to form a line of defense. In the two Wei army strongholds nearby, there were chariots carrying repeated crossbows.
Aiming the repeating crossbows in the direction of the Korean army.
"Night attack...?"
Le Yi secretly smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then he cast his gaze in the direction of the Wei army's main formation and secretly said in his heart: Are you trying to dampen the morale of our army by putting pressure on it? What a conceited Young Master Wei.
Thinking of this, Le Yi also ordered: "Send the order and move the antlers, horses and other things to this place."
Obviously, Le Yi planned to confront Wei Jun to the end.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, the pressure of the Wei army today is too strong. Whether during or after the war, if the Han army shows a little fear, Le Yi suspects that they will be swallowed up by the fighting spirit of the Wei army.
Nothing left.
After hearing Le Yi's order, the Korean soldiers moved racks of antlers, horses and other defensive equipment to the front line, and tied them tightly with ropes, temporarily building a line of defense.
After that, the soldiers of Wei and Han entered the battlefield in a tacit understanding and collected the corpses of their own soldiers.
I saw the soldiers from both sides who were responsible for collecting the corpses, slowly entering the battlefield with empty hands, and within the range of the crossbowmen and long-range equipment in the strongholds of both sides, they calmly collected the corpses of their own soldiers. No one dared to do so.
This is the time to cause trouble - after all, the crossbowmen in the two strongholds are on standby at any time.
And just as the soldiers on both sides were collecting the corpses, a slow and loud banging sound was faintly heard from the south.
The Korean soldiers didn't know why, so they raised their heads and looked in the direction from which the sound came, and were shocked to see several giants in the distance, slowly arriving at the Wei army's position.
"Then...what the hell is that?!"
"Trebuchet?"
"How is that possible?!"
These Korean soldiers suddenly panicked and were full of fear and uneasiness.
It's no wonder, after all, the giant riprap trucks that Zhao Hongrun asked the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau to build are really huge, with a height of more than ten feet and a chassis of five or six feet. They are definitely the largest in the history of the entire Central Plains.
Trebuchet.
The stone bullets thrown by this kind of trebuchet can cause the wall of a city like Handan to collapse on the spot with just one bullet.
"Quick! Go and report to General Le Yi!"
A hundred-man general shouted with his face turning pale.
About an hour after burning incense, Han Wangran and Le Yi, who learned the news, and other generals of the Korean army came to the front of the position to wait and see.
Just as the soldiers said, there were four more behemoths in the Wei army's position at this moment. Even from a long distance away, Han Wangran, Le Yi and others could feel the terror of those giant war weapons.
"Wei State actually created such a terrifying weapon..."
Han general Zhao Cong swallowed his saliva and murmured uneasily: "Is there any city wall in the world that can block a bullet from this monster? If the Wei army uses this monster to attack Handan... they don't dare to
Imagine.”
After hearing this, everyone glanced at Zhao Cong intentionally or unintentionally, but they could not deny that what Zhao Cong said was not wrong at all: even the city wall of Handan could not withstand a bullet from such a giant trebuchet.
If the stone bullet hits the city wall, then the city wall must collapse immediately.
While everyone was busy with their own thoughts, Han Wangran looked at the four giant trebuchets in the distance, and secretly thought in his heart: Stop my thoughts...could this be what he was referring to?
At this time, Le Yi was thinking about something else.
He suddenly thought that if the Wei army had a whim and used those four giant trebuchets to throw a few stone bombs at their Korean army's position, the outcome would be...
As he thought about it, Le Yi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Send someone to monitor every move of these four stone dumpers day and night!" he immediately ordered.
Contrary to the panic on the Korean side, the Wei army was overjoyed at the arrival of the four giant riprap trucks. After all, the four giant riprap trucks were extremely powerful at first glance.
In fact, many Wei soldiers were extremely excited about the power of these giant trebuchets and wished they could put them into use immediately so that they could experience the terrifying power of these giants.
It has to be said that the curiosity about new things made the Wei soldiers temporarily forget about Tongze who died in the battlefield today, which dispersed a bit of the sadness in the Wei army's position, but it also made the three thousand soldiers "Gu Tao" extremely annoyed.
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There was no other way, who asked him to take over these four giant stone dump trucks.
"Go back, go back, there's nothing to see."
"I'll say it again, I have no authority to order a trial without His Highness the Crown Prince's order."
The resolute attitude of the 3,000-strong general Gu Tao made many Wei army soldiers who were itching and impatient very dissatisfied. They gathered together to denounce Gu Tao. In their hatred, Gu Tao finally sent out his soldiers to surround the four giant catapults.
Live and turn a blind eye to those noisy comrades.
At this time, not far away from the position, Zhao Hongrun, Shang Shui Army General Wu Ji, and Deputy General Zhai Huang were casually inspecting the position.
When he saw the giant stone bullets not far away that were enough for two or three people to hug, Wu Ji couldn't help but whistle and said with a weird expression: "This thing...can really be put in a throwing basket?"
Zhao Hongrun smiled and said: "It is beyond human power, but there are corresponding equipment."
The equipment he was talking about was a simple crane that used pulleys and iron cables to lift the stone projectiles into the throwing baskets of those giant catapults.
Otherwise, relying on manpower alone, even a powerful general like Wu Ji, who is gifted with divine power, would never be able to move it.
This is beyond human capabilities.
"I see."
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's explanation, the deputy general of the Shangshui Army, Zhai Huang, nodded suddenly, and then he probed thoughtfully: "Your Highness, how about you aim at the stronghold of the Han general Ji Kuo on the opposite side to test your power?"
Upon hearing this, the soldiers who followed them laughed secretly: Lieutenant General Zhai usually looks stable, and it turns out that he doesn't have much resistance to novel things.
It's a pity that His Royal Highness the Prince politely refused.
"I would also like to test the power... Although I ordered the Manufacturing Bureau to build it, I was not present during the test." After a pause, Zhao Hongrun spread his hands helplessly and said, "But, this kind of stone bullet is
There is no need to use these few on ordinary Korean soldiers..."
"It doesn't need to be used on ordinary Korean soldiers? Could it be that...this giant weapon is used to deal with the Korean heavy cavalry? But, is this thing effective against the heavy cavalry?"
Zhai Huang frowned slightly and looked sideways at the four giant trebuchets again. He secretly murmured in his heart that he had always thought that these four giant trebuchets were used to attack Handan.
After following Zhao Hongrun and thinking for a long time, Zhai Huang still couldn't figure out why - it's impossible for trebuchets to deal with heavy cavalry, right? Although these trebuchets are indeed a huge battle, I believe their power must be extraordinary.
, but even if a dozen, dozens, or even hundreds of Korean heavy cavalry are killed, what great loss can be caused to the 40,000 Daijun heavy cavalry?
"It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince must have come up with some clever plan..."
Sighing regretfully, Zhai Huang simply stopped spending more energy to guess what His Highness the Crown Prince was thinking. After all, His Highness the Crown Prince's thoughts and tricks were always unscrupulous and elusive. Instead of spending more time in this regard, he
It is better to think about how to restrain the opponent Le Yi in the future.
At this time, the Wei army was already busy burying pots and making rice in the camp.
Suddenly, Zhai Huang asked: "Your Highness, are you going to conduct a night attack tonight?"
"Night attack." Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment and said with a hint of melancholy: "The opposite side is Le Yi. I have given up the night attack."
It's no wonder, considering that currently on the battlefield, the positions of Wei and Han can be divided into front and rear formations.
The front line is the frontline stronghold of Wei generals Chen Xie and Xu Jiong, and Han general Ji Kuo. The two strongholds are only one or two miles apart and can be regarded as outposts.
The rear formation is the position where the Wei and Han armies are stationed with the main formation as the center. The two positions are about ten miles away from each other, and in the open space between them, the cavalry of the Wei and Han sides patrol the surrounding area at any time.
Therefore, compared with the tense atmosphere in the frontline positions, the soldiers on the main line of the Wei army were not too nervous. They followed the orders of their respective generals, set up military tents, and buried pots to make rice.
But it has to be said that the positions of the Wei and Korean armies are still too close, especially the frontline positions. If there is a sneak attack, the other side will not be able to react at all without being prepared.
Because of this, both the Wei and Han armies set up many strongholds in the open spaces under their respective control and sent out many patrolling cavalry.
Under such circumstances, even a third-rate general would be aware of the enemy's night attack. How could a famous general like Le Yi, who was good at fighting, make any omissions?
If Le Yi is not prepared at this time, Zhao Hongrun might as well pray to the sky and see if a meteorite will suddenly fall from the sky and kill all the soldiers in the Korean army's position. "PS: It really happened in history, it's amazing.
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"Even if you don't go for a night attack, why don't you feign an attack to harass the Korean army?" Wu Ji suggested from the side.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun and Zhai Huang looked at each other and suddenly laughed.
Seeing this, Wu Ji felt baffled and couldn't help asking: "Am I right?"
Zhao Hongrun smiled and said: "No, your suggestion is very good...just do it like this."
"Then why are you laughing?"
Wu Ji didn't understand it for a while. It wasn't until Zhao Hongrun and Zhai Huang walked a few feet away that he realized it. While chasing after him, he complained helplessly: "Your Highness, I have read military books for so many years.
You don’t think I can’t even think of such a plan, do you?”
Listening to Wu Ji's helpless complaints, Zhao Hongrun, Zhai Huang and others laughed.
That night, Wu Ji led a cavalry team to sneak into the front line position from the local area. He wanted to sneak attack the Korean army position opposite at night. However, when he arrived at the front line position, he discovered that, good guy, the Korean army actually piled up countless troops in front of his position.
The bonfires that were ten feet tall, and the piles of blazing bonfires, illuminated the area brightly, basically eliminating the possibility of Wu Ji sneaking into the Korean army's position - unless the Korean soldiers patrolling the positions were all blind.
Seeing this, Wu Ji gave up his plan to attack the Korean army secretly, and instead pretended to attack the Korean army at night, pretending to be ready to attack the Korean army at night.
The first time, it really made the Korean army quite nervous. Even Le Yi immediately ordered all armies to be on alert after learning about it.
But when Wu Ji left and returned half an hour later, Le Yi saw through Wu Ji's intention at a glance. Apart from sending out patrolling soldiers as usual, he didn't bother to pay attention to it and went to sleep since ancient times.
Seeing that there was no movement from the Korean army several times, Wu Ji also felt a little hesitant in his heart. He was not sure about the true situation of the Korean army's position, so he did not dare to rush in without authorization, for fear that Le Yi had set an ambush in his position and deliberately exposed a flaw to attract the enemy.
He took the bait.
After all, Le Yi, as a well-known figure among the ten tycoons of Beiyuan, could not be careless at this time, right?
Unconsciously, Wu Ji had no choice but to return the way he came.
After waiting for daybreak and Zhao Hongrun waking up in the commander's tent, Wu Ji told the former about the process of harassing Han Jun last night.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "What a pity. If you had launched a sudden attack at that time, you might have turned the Korean army upside down..."
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Wu Ji opened his eyes in disbelief.
Zhao Hongrun shrugged and hit Wu Ji with ruthless facts: "That's right, there was no ambush at all. Le Yi just saw through your intentions and didn't bother to pay attention to you."
"This..." Wu Ji scratched his hair in frustration, frowned and said, "Then I'll go tonight!"
"Farewell." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said with a smile: "I can't figure out Le Yi. If he suddenly sets up an ambush on a whim tonight, you won't be able to come back. Our army has a huge advantage in this battle.
It’s big, there’s no need to take risks.”
After hearing this, Wu Ji nodded helplessly.
On that day, the Wei and Han armies were busy reorganizing their troops and taking care of the wounded, but did not start a battle.
On the third day, the Wei army attacked again and started a fierce battle with the Korean army. The fierce battle was no less fierce than the first day.
But unfortunately, on this day, the Wei and Han armies still could not tell the winner, and they could only waste their troops in vain.
In two consecutive fierce battles, the number of casualties on the Shangshui Army's side has reached 16,000, while the number of casualties of the North Korean Beiyan Army on the opposite side is probably much higher than that of the Shangshui Army.
Whether it is Zhai Huang or Le Yi, their hearts are actually bleeding.
But there is no way. At this point, both sides can only bite the bullet. If either side retreats, it will lose the initiative - if the Korean army retreats, Handan is destined to be in danger; and if the Wei army retreats, it will undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the Korean army.
, giving the latter hope of winning the war.
It has to be said that the long and fierce battle caused the morale and fighting spirit of the Wei and Han armies to suffer varying degrees of damage.
At first, the two armies fought every other day, clashed on one day, and reorganized the troops and resettled the wounded on the same day. However, as the number of confrontations gradually increased, the days of rest and reorganization inevitably gradually lengthened, so that eventually, they had to fight once.
After that, they both had to rest for three to five days before they could recover.
This greatly delayed the date of the battle and put great pressure on the logistics of Wei and South Korea.
It is not that the Korean army has not tried to attack the Wei army's grain road. In fact, the "Shanggu Shou Xu Li" on the right battlefield has led his troops behind the Wei army more than once in the past few days, in Panwu, Cixian, and even in the Yecheng area.
Wandering around, looking for the Wei army's grain transport team.
As for the Wei army, King Zhao Jiang of Yan also personally led the Southern Yan cavalry to capture the traces of Han general Xu Li.
In this case, the battlefield on the right wing was greatly expanded, and within a radius of a hundred miles, it was the hunting ground for Han general Xu Li and Wei general Zhao Jiang to hunt each other.
In contrast, on the left battlefield, the war between Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo and Han General Qin Kai was too calm, but this calmness hid murderous intent. Obviously, the two commanders were thinking about the same idea: how to
Devour each other in one breath!
But in any case, in terms of fierceness and cruelty, it must be said that on the middle battlefield, as of the end of July, the number of Shangshui Army casualties had exceeded 10,000, and the remaining soldiers also suffered varying degrees of injuries. Of course, the soldiers on the opposite side
The Northern Yan Army was not much better, not to mention that the number of casualties was only higher than that of the Wei Army. What's even more terrible is that in the latest battle, Le Yi put a group of new soldiers with almost no combat experience into the battlefield.
what does that mean?
This means that the Beiyan Army can no longer hold on!
At the same time, it also means that no matter how calm Le Yi is, he must consider the issue of using Daijun cavalry at this time, because if he does not use the 40,000 Daijun heavy cavalry under the command of Han general Sima Shang, once the Northern Yan army is defeated
With the defeat of the Shangshui Army, Sima Shang's 40,000 heavy cavalry will completely lose their threat. Even the most powerful tactical unit, the heavy cavalry, has almost no threat at all without other friendly forces to assist in the battle.
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In this way, time passed to the fourth day of August. After recuperating for five full days, the Wei army once again launched an offensive against the Han army's position.
Today's war seems to be slightly different than in the past, but any veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles can vaguely feel that today may be a battle that can truly determine the outcome.
It was obvious that South Korea's Beiyan Army could no longer hold out, and Wei's Shangshui Army also suffered more than half of its casualties, which was in line with the saying that when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.
"Your Majesty, Le Mou invited General Sima Shang to lead his subordinates to assist in the battle today."
Before the battle, Le Yi said calmly.
Han Wangran looked at Le Yi without knowing why, and said with a strange expression: "General Le mentioned this matter to me a few days ago..."
"Yeah."
Le Yi closed his eyes and took a few breaths secretly.
He was nervous. As one of the most famous generals among the ten tycoons of Beiyuan, he was nervous.
There was only one reason. He always had an ominous premonition about using the forty thousand generation heavy cavalry under Sima Shang.
This was also the reason why he didn't remember the heavy cavalry of the Forty Wandai Commandery until his Northern Yan army was about to be unable to hold on any longer.
"I hope my hunch is wrong..."
Squeezing the reins, Le Yi prayed secretly in his heart.