When Sun Ce heard Tai Shi Ci's evaluation, he couldn't help but be stunned. Before, he thought that Lu Bu was at most the same as Tai Shi Ci, or that because of his age and outstanding military exploits, he took advantage of the golden jade armor...
But he didn't know that when Tai Shici said "deal with you and me", he didn't mean "you or me", but "you and me"!
Although at Hulao Pass, Guan and Zhang could already put Lu Bu at a disadvantage by joining forces, but... that was just Lu Bu at Hulao Pass!
"General Taishi is really brave. When Sun Ce first fought against Lujiang two years ago, he was only sixteen years old, but his bravery was unstoppable. He always took the lead, and Zhou Yu was full of tricks. I almost couldn't defend Shucheng... Today's General Taishi
It is Shucheng's good fortune to suppress his spirit first." Lu Kang complimented Tai Shici who had just come up.
"Prefect Lu's words are serious. As long as you are here in Shucheng, the army and the people can be united. The victory or defeat of my general will not have any impact." Tai Shici responded humbly.
At this time, Sun Ce pointed at the tower with a giant anchor and said: "Tai Shi Ci, I think you are also a hero, and I also appreciate your courage to cross the river in Bai Tu. I will give you twelve hours!"
After saying this, he led his troops back to camp, only an arrow and a half away from the city gate - only eight thousand people dared to camp face to face.
At this time, the bows and arrows used by ordinary soldiers can shoot up to a hundred steps, which is about 170 meters. They are already considered strong bows for elite soldiers, and this is the range of projectile. After all, ordinary soldiers do not need to shoot accurately, as long as they shoot approximately
Just the range of the enemy formation is fine.
If it were a precise horizontal shot, the distance would be reduced by half.
The range of the cavalry's cavalry archery bow is even shorter. Because the cavalry fights on horseback, the longbow is inconvenient to use. The top is long and the bottom is short. The cavalry bow is mainly similar to the Hun bow. Moreover, due to the needs of cavalry tactics, it also focuses more on
Rate of fire rather than range.
As for the bows and arrows of generals, because the physical constitution of generals in this world is somewhat abnormal, plus the increase in armor, Bai Tu is not sure. He only knows that... it must be far beyond ordinary bows.
The defending side has the advantage of the city tower and can shoot farther, but Sun Ce is currently camped one hundred and fifty steps away, less than a mile away.
It's a pity that Bai Tu hasn't had time to build those powerful bows with a range beyond the contemporary range. Otherwise, if Bai Tu was given hundreds of divine arm crossbows, tonight he would be taught what a night attack without leaving the city is...
But now this is just a thought. After all, the crossbow craftsmanship not only requires a lot of investment, but also the ancient methods are not fully circulated. For example, the divine arm crossbow only has the composition of some parts. There are still many difficulties in actual research and development, and the white diagram is not available for the time being.
Go get this technology.
There are only more than 5,000 defenders in the city, but Lu Kang's popularity can convert a large number of "laborers" into "people's braves" to supplement the fighting strength, so they have persisted to this day.
Normal "service workers" cannot go to the battlefield. It's okay to show off. It's not just a matter of combat literacy. As long as the service workers are attacked, the camp will be blown up immediately. Mixing the service workers with the army will definitely reduce the combat effectiveness.
behavior.
However, there are exceptions - for example, on the defensive side where people's support is popular, service workers can be temporarily transformed into "civilian warriors". Although they are much weaker than normal soldiers, especially because they have no training and can only do some simple assistance, at least in terms of morale
, will not be destroyed by fighting like ordinary laborers.
The battle that used "people's courage" most brilliantly in history had nothing to do with the people's aspirations. Instead, four hundred years ago, Zhang Han, the general of the late Qin Dynasty, used 700,000 Lishan slave workers as "people's courage".
", defeated Chen Wuyi's army and defeated the Shandong states. If Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, had not come out of nowhere, he would have almost given Qin another few more years.
However, this isolated case is not enough evidence. Generally speaking, "people's bravery" is a special "arms type" that can only be used in defensive warfare and when the defenders are loyal to the people.
Although Sun Ce's Jiangdong soldiers were elite, they only had 8,000 men and could not possibly break the city.
Moreover, when Sun Ce said "give up twelve hours", he really meant "give up". Bai Tu discovered that the other party was really just setting up camp that day, and even felling wood and making ladders only started the next day!
At night, Taishi Ci wanted to go out of the city for a night attack. After all... the distance between this guy's camp was too close to his face, which made it uncomfortable for him to attack.
However, it was stopped by Lu Su. Night attacks were most effective against an unstable army. Once the camp was blown up at night, thousands of troops would only trample on each other.
The so-called "unstable army" refers to either arrogant soldiers with a winning streak, sad soldiers with a losing streak, panicked soldiers whose food routes have been cut off, or new recruits who lack actual combat...
Sun Ce's army outside the city now is obviously not a good target for a night attack. Instead, it is easy to damage the few defenders in the city - the "people's brave" can only assist in defense and cannot be used in offense, and the ratio of regular troops when defending the city is
If there are too few, the morale of the "people's brave" will also drop significantly.
After Taishi Ci gave up the idea of a night attack, Sun Cejun began to cut down wood, build ladders, and build a ram chariot the next day.
They even built a ladder of more than ten feet piece by piece in the military camp not far from the city, which made Taishi Ci scratch his head when he saw it on the top of the city.
However, Lu Kang specifically reminded: "More than a year ago, the same was true when Sun Ce attacked Wan County. He built a ladder under the city, but when Wan City's order came out of the city to destroy it, Sun Ce killed him and was severely defeated. Although Wan
The city commander fled back in embarrassment, but Wancheng fell in less than half a month."
When attacking a city, it has become Sun Ce's common "technique" to build a ladder next to his face.
From the construction speed of the ladder, we can also see that Sun Ce's army is very experienced and capable. After all, there will be no special engineering troops in the army at this time. When building siege equipment or digging ditches for fortresses, at most there will be specialized engineers.
The officers commanded, and then divided into several small teams from ordinary soldiers to do the work.
Although ladders and rams are just the simplest siege equipment, they show that the opponent is very proficient...
"My lord, Prefect Lu, I think we can put more civilian warriors on the wall at this time, while the defenders rest first." Lu Su suggested.
"Is Zijing afraid of their night attack?" Bai Tu asked.
"A night attack is not necessarily possible, but now we dare not take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy. Anyway, we are just watching them build ladders. It is better to replace them with civilian soldiers and watch." Lu Su said.
Bai Tu accepted Lu Su's suggestion, and Lu Kang also ordered the arrangements...
There was no night attack, but on the third day, when there was light in the early morning, Sun Ce had already begun to lead his men to attack the city!
Lu Kang had already ordered people to be on guard day and night, but he was not caught off guard. In just a quarter of an hour, Lu Kang and Bai Tu appeared on the tower to supervise the battle.
It's nothing to do with Bai Tu, it's just that Lu Kang has worked so hard for his age.
"This Sun Ce seems to have only the courage of an ordinary man, but in fact he is also very delicate in tactics. Yesterday, he first built a ladder in front of us and rushed a car to exert pressure. Today, he took advantage of the early morning to attack... After all, Min Yong is not a regular army. In the early morning
His performance was very poor." Lu Su praised from the side.
During the training of the regular army, there must be training to meet the enemy at short notice, and even to attack at short notice at night. Although the energy will be lower in the early morning, as long as they are not panicked due to a sneak attack, it will not have much impact.
But for Min Yong, he went straight to three or four points with ten strength...
Previously, Bai Tu accepted Lu Su's suggestion and used civilian bravery more during the day, but now the defenders were well rested.
After more than a year, Sun Ce once again led his troops to attack Shucheng!