Chapter 239: Battle of Daliang [Replenishment 26/40]
The time goes back to July 20, the second year of Wei Zhaowu, when Chu Shuijun led a million-strong army to attack Dingtao.
At this point, the entire Song County of Wei State fell.
After conquering Dingtao, King Shui of Chu sent an envoy to the Wei State, asking the Wei State to "abandon the dark side and surrender to the bright side" and lead the entire army to join the coalition forces to attack the Wei State.
At the same time, Chu State General Xiang Mo led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack "Heze" on the border of Wei State.
Under Chu Shuijun's hard and soft tactics, King Wei was afraid of the millions of coalition forces from various countries on the border. He was afraid that he would anger the coalition forces and cause the country to be broken and the throne to be insecure. Finally, on July 26, he issued a royal order to terminate the war with the outside world.
The alliance with the State of Wei, and obedience to the great righteousness, joined the coalition forces of other countries, and jointly attacked the State of Wei.
At this point, except for the Qin State in the west, all the countries in the Central Plains including Han, Qi, Lu, Wei, Yue, Chu, etc., all declared war on the Wei State, and the whole world was an enemy of the Wei State.
On July 27, Qi led Tian Dan and conquered "Zhuzao" county first.
On July 29, Qi general Tian Dan, Chu generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Pei, and Yue general Wu Qi besieged Jiyang.
At that time, Jiyang resisted desperately.
In addition to Chengling King Zhao Shen and others, those who defended the city were Jiyang King Zhao Zhuo and his eldest son Zhao Chengxuan, as well as Qing King Zhao Xin's brother-in-law Sun Jia of Huyouhou. More than ten years ago, after his father Sun Mou died in a rebellion masterminded by King Yi Zhao Yin,
, Sun Jia inherited his father's title.
The two sides fought fiercely for two days. In the end, Jiyang was defeated by the coalition forces of various countries, and was finally captured by the coalition forces.
When the city was about to be breached, King Zhao Zhuo of Jiyang was hit in the abdomen by a stray arrow. He knew that he was old and that even if he could survive for a few days after the city was breached, he would probably die from the fatigue on the way to withdraw.
So he called his eldest son Zhao Chengxuan to him and told him: "Jiyang can no longer be saved. My son, please take your brothers and lead an army to withdraw to Daliang immediately. From now on, I, the Zhao family in Jiyang, will
Entrusted to you."
Zhao Xuan tried hard to persuade him to no avail, so he had no choice but to obey his father's order and lead his people to withdraw from Jiyang.
Later, Zhao Zhuo, King of Jiyang, told Zhao Shen, King of Chengling: "After I broke up with Brother Xian, Brother Xian led his army to withdraw to Daliang. Although the capital of the Wei Dynasty is no longer in Daliang, there is still my royal family of Zhao in the eastern suburbs of Daliang."
The royal mausoleum must not be destroyed by dog thieves, causing the Zhao family to lose face."
Chengling King Zhao Shen responded solemnly.
When the city was broken, all the Wei troops withdrew, except for Zhao Zhuo, the king of Jiyang, who still led his private army to continue the fight.
In the end, King Zhao Zhuo of Jiyang and more than 800 private soldiers under his command were all killed in the city, and few people escaped.
From the second to the fourth day of August, Qi general Tian Dan captured "Waihuang" and Chu general Xiang Mo captured "Pingqiu".
On the fifth day of the lunar month, the coalition forces attacked "Xiaohuang".
The Black Crows stationed in Xiaohuang saw that the enemy soldiers were numerous and powerful, so they withdrew to Daliang with Zhao Xin, the imprisoned King of Qing.
On the sixth day of August, the allied forces of various countries captured "Chenliu".
At this point, the allied forces of the various countries were only about 40 miles away from Daliang, the old capital of Wei State.
However, Daliang was also well prepared to resist the enemy.
After the imperial court moved its capital, Chu Shuli, the official of the Daliang Mansion, became the highest official in the old royal capital.
Therefore, more than ten days ago, when he learned that the coalition forces of various countries had defeated Dingtao and were about to attack Daliang, Chu Shuli summoned the generals in Daliang City to discuss with them how to block the enemy army.
Daliang is the accompanying capital of the Wei State. There are also 20,000 imperial guards stationed in this area. In addition to being responsible for the security of Daliang City, they also shoulder the responsibility of guarding Daliang Academy and assisting in guarding Yecheng. They are led by eight former imperial guards.
The first "Jin Ju" served as the captain.
There are two deputy generals, one is "Zhou Ji", the commander of Qianlang Wei, and the other is "Hou Dan", a general from the Wei family in Longxi. The three of them jointly command the 20,000 Liang Guards.
Around early August, Chengling King Zhao Shen led the defeated army to retreat to Daliang, where he joined the Daliang Imperial Guards and jointly built defense facilities outside Daliang City to block the coalition forces of various countries.
During this period, in order to protect the royal mausoleum and prevent the Zhao family from being humiliated due to the destruction of the ancestral mausoleum, Chengling King Zhao Shen and his eldest son Zhao Chengrui, as well as Jiyang Prince Zhao Chengxuan, led their troops to station in Dongshan outside Daliang City and built a camp on the mountain.
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As for the students in the Daliang Academy, Chu Shuli, the president of the Daliang Prefecture, had already sent soldiers to bring all the scribes and students to the city.
On August 11, Chu Shuijun led the coalition forces of various countries to arrive in Daliang.
Daliang was the old capital of the Wei State. Even if the allied forces of various countries fought and won consecutively since they raised their troops, they would not despise this city.
What's more, Chu Shuijun hopes to use coercion to force the officials and people in Daliang City to surrender. After all, the city of Daliang is of great significance to the Wei State. If the Wei people in the city can be forced to surrender, it will be a far greater blow than forcibly capturing the city.
The morale of Wei State.
For this reason, Chu Shuijun sent an envoy to Daliang City, hoping to make Daliang make an emergency landing.
Unexpectedly, the envoy had not yet entered the city, but was shouting loudly outside the city, hoping to meet with the city guard inside the city. He was shot to death by Chu Shuli, the official of Daliang Mansion, who was standing on the city tower and ordered Wei General Zhou Ji to shoot him with an arrow.
"That's unreasonable!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Shuijun was furious and immediately ordered the Qi generals Tian Dan, the Chu generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Pei, and the Yue general Wu Qi to each lead their troops to attack Daliang, while the rest of the army was about twenty miles away from Daliang.
Build a camp.
It has to be said that Daliang City, as the old capital of Wei State, its defensive performance is not comparable to the dozens of cities previously conquered by the coalition forces of various countries.
On the city wall, there is a guard box every twenty steps, and the guard box is equipped with the best fourth-generation Wei Liannu in the Wei Kingdom.
It has to be said that when the Wei State installed these Wei Liannu, it was actually just as a symbol or decoration. After all, even though the Wei State had moved its capital to Luoyang, it still could not change the status of Daliang in the hearts of the Wei people.
Therefore, whenever the Smelting Bureau researched and improved the latest war weapons, they would first be used for the city defense of Daliang. Although most people at the time felt that these most advanced war weapons might not be put to use in their lifetime.
But what I didn't expect was that this time they really sent a thoroughfare, and as soon as the game started, the coalition forces of all countries were disgraced.
No, when the coalition forces of various countries stormed Daliang, the Wei Liannu on the city wall began to show its power, specifically targeting the generals sitting astride their horses outside the city, and firing at them one by one.
With just one stick of incense, more than thirty generals in the coalition forces of various countries were shot dead, and no one was spared.
This shocked Chu Shuijun and immediately terminated his attack on Daliang City.
In fact, at that time, the soldiers of the allied forces had just rushed all the way to the city, and had not yet posed any effective threat to the soldiers of Daliang's city defense.
"How is that possible? Could it be that the firing range of Wei Liannu is nearly 800 steps?"
Standing in front of the position, Chu Shuijun estimated the range of the Wei Liannu on the Daliang City Wall and was inexplicably shocked.
Eight hundred steps, converted to about three hundred feet, is a very terrifying shooting distance. It is even further than the trebuchets built by other countries.
Chu Shuijun's estimation was quite accurate. The fourth generation Wei Liannu had a terrifying ultimate range of nearly three hundred feet.
Although at this extreme range, it cannot penetrate the latest iron shields of the Wei State, you must know that the object of comparison is the latest iron shields of the Wei State, not the shields or armors of other countries.
As for a general with a thousand men, what is his effective command radius? Four hundred steps!
In other words, if this thousand-man general wants to command his soldiers well, he must at least stay within a distance of about 400 steps from the front line and be responsible for commanding the soldiers within a 400-step radius.
However, this distance happens to be within the firing range of the Wei State Liennu. Even for the fourth generation Wei Liennu of the Wei State, this can only be regarded as a "middle distance".
At this distance, even if those thousands of soldiers were wearing several layers of armor and holding shields to protect the ground, they would not be able to escape being shot to death by Wei Liannu's arrow in the end.
"What should I do?"
The generals of the coalition forces of various countries were in some trouble.
You can't just ask those thousands of generals to hide behind each other, right? How can you command the soldiers under your command to fight in this way?
In the end, Chu Shuijun could only issue an order, ordering all the vanguard generals to dismount and walk, remove the flags, and replace the armor of ordinary soldiers.
Although this will increase the difficulty of commanding these vanguard generals, it is the only way to prevent them from being fired upon by Wei Liannu.
After figuring out a way, Chu Shuijun ordered the attack on Daliang again.
During this siege, the thousands of coalition generals who were commanding the soldiers on the front line all removed their conspicuous flags and replaced the armor of ordinary soldiers. This finally caused the Wei Liannu on the Daliang City Wall to go silent.
It's no wonder, after all, Wei Liannu's crossbow arrows are made of fine iron and cost a lot of money. If a few crossbow arrows can kill an enemy general with a thousand-man general level or above, it is certainly not a loss, but if it is used
It would be a big loss to shoot ordinary soldiers.
But what the coalition forces did not expect was that although the Wei Liannu on the Daliang City Wall had misfired, it was replaced by the Wei State's improved machine crossbow boxes based on the Lu State's crossbow boxes. These machine crossbow boxes with extremely fast firing rates,
It caused huge casualties to the soldiers of the allied forces, forcing Chu Shuijun to stop the attack midway again.
The reason is very simple, because Chu Shuijun hopes to capture Daliang as soon as possible. Therefore, the regular troops he sent out are all regular troops from various countries, which are the main force of the coalition forces of various countries. They died so easily under the attack of Wei's war weapons.
Quite worthless.
"Send food and recruit soldiers."
With nothing to do, Chu Shuijun chose the most effective method of war for his country, which was to use human lives to consume the enemy's energy and arrows.
However, simply sending out grain and recruiting troops could not pose a sufficient threat to Daliang, forcing the Wei soldiers in Daliang City to tighten their nerves at all times. Therefore, after some thought, Chu Shuijun decided to use the Weiguo army as the main force. After all, the Weiguo army
It was only out of desperation
Instead of keeping these soldiers who join the coalition forces and are not aligned with the coalition forces, it is better to let these soldiers pose a threat to Daliang City. Anyway, no matter which side of Wei Wei's soldiers are consumed, in the eyes of Lord Chu Shui
Something that would benefit the situation.
As of that day, there were still five days until Wei King Zhao Run led his army to arrive in Daliang.