Xiao Shilian, who was under the city, breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the Han army had not yet rushed to the city, he could already feel intuitively that this battle should be over in a short time.
There is really nothing to worry about in this kind of battle where you have an advantage in all directions and completely overwhelm the enemy.
The enemies in Tongguan are not so powerful that you have to be wary.
The ladder trucks of the Han army were getting closer and closer to the city wall. The arrows on the wall were like rain, almost turning the ladder trucks into hedgehogs. However, it was precisely because these two huge ladder trucks attracted most of the attention.
That's why the Han army was able to fill up the moat bit by bit under the ladder truck. After all, it was easy to enjoy the shade under the big trees.
Although the moat of Tongguan is neither deep nor wide, under the condescending cover of the enemy's crossbows, the people on the moat basically don't have to think about what they can do. However, now there are only a few Northern Zhou defenders who can withstand it.
The crossbowmen on the city were basically attracted by the approaching ladder truck, and they did not notice that the moat, which was once one of their most important barriers, gradually turned into a quagmire, and then was completely destroyed.
The bridge-building trucks were filled up, and in addition to the ladder trucks, the rest of the Han soldiers also approached quickly carrying ordinary ladders.
The arrows on the city were getting denser and denser. Huang Wan was holding a shield and wielding a horizontal sword in his other hand. When he went to the battle in person, he preferred to use the more powerful horizontal sword to chop. As for the sword, attendance was more important.
Use it when the occasion arises. The arrows jingle and jingle but are deflected away by the horizontal sword. As a big man, General Annan leads the Hanoi governor and has already rushed to the edge of the moat.
Almost all the generals of the Han army had the title of county guard, but this county guard was usually a remote commander. It was not to encourage these generals. Everyone knew that this false title had no effect at all before the Han army actually captured these places.
Sometimes it is not even the person with this official position to receive the salary.
The Han Dynasty did this mainly to tell the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the other side that we Han Dynasty are determined to regain all the Chinese homeland in the north. Of course, it is also to win over the people on the other side as much as possible, and it is also to facilitate the military generals to temporarily take over the local civil affairs after occupying a place. Otherwise, they will wait later.
I don’t know when the civil servants followed, and if there is no local pastoral position, these military generals cannot directly take over the civil affairs. The laws of the Han Dynasty are still very strict in this regard. Military generals go out to fight.
, and civil affairs must be separated.
At the beginning of the war, the imperial court could order the governor to lead troops and horses according to the situation, or appoint a governor to manage the civil affairs of a party, but this would have constraints and would only be temporary. For example, this time Xu Deyan led the remaining troops in Chang'an City to escort the artillery directly.
He arrived at the front line of Tongguan and was directly responsible for the bombardment of Tongguan. Although he played a pivotal role, as the governor, he still had to take orders from Xiao Shilian, who commanded the entire Western Front war effort.
In the same way, the previous situation of Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie directly appointing governors and coordinating the civil and military affairs of a party should never happen. Even if Xiao Shilian is added as governor this time, the court will definitely let people like Xu Deyan or Cao Zhong take away part of his share.
Power, the life and death of the governor's subordinates, is definitely not something he can decide alone. What's more, now that the Han Dynasty no longer lacks experienced senior officials like it did in the past, the necessity of establishing a governor to coordinate the management of military and civilian affairs is not so high.
When the Southern Dynasties established the governor system, it was mainly because logistics and the front line of the army needed to be integrated, and the state capitals under the governor were basically for supplying frontline operations, so it was necessary for the governor to open a mansion to coordinate internal and external planning.
Now that the Han Dynasty has fully formed a logistics system, once the war starts, the rear state capital will continuously deliver food and items to the front line according to the plans that have been formulated. Naturally, there is no need for the governor's office to make plans within its own scope. The governor will naturally
There is no need to set up one. For example, in the current Tongguan War, the constant flow of food from Bashu and Guanzhong is enough for the Han army to fight forward. Naturally, there is no need for Xiao Shilian to open a government to handle local civil affairs.
After the war in Tongguan began, even Xiao Shilian himself was already standing at the forefront, watching from the barrier behind. As the leader of the first round of attack, Huang Wan certainly could not stand there with Xiao Shilian. He could only continue
Push forward.
With Huang Wan's own pride, he would not allow himself to stand behind like a coward.
Fighting against me has always been one of the most basic principles for leading his soldiers.
The guards around them were protecting them, but many people still fell down after being hit by arrows, and just rolled into the moat, or to be precise, into the quagmire, becoming the source of various sandbags and materials thrown in by the Han army to fill the moat.
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Many soldiers did not wait for more trench-filling trucks to catch up. Their generals had already rushed to their side. How could they have the dignity to stay in the same place as their generals? Naturally, they had to continue to rush forward, so many people directly
Jumping into the moat, they rushed to the other bank with blood and mud. The long ladder was also passed from their shoulders to the other bank bit by bit.
The ladder truck pressed against the trench-filling truck, making a "crunching" sound, while the soldiers trudging through the trench made a neat sound of chants.
Amidst the whistling of enemy arrows and the shouts from above and below the city, the sound of trumpets and the sound of advancing cars are so sudden and touching.
The first ladder was set up, but it was quickly pushed away by the Northern Zhou soldiers on the city. The Northern Zhou defenders also paid a heavy price for this. The soldier who pushed the ladder first was directly carried by the ladder and fell from the top of the city.
The other two soldiers who wanted to pull him up were also hit by arrows. Soon the entire city was covered with another round of arrows from the Han army. The Northern Zhou crossbowmen had almost no power to fight back.
The narrowness of the city wall in front of Tongguan means that the number of crossbowmen of the Northern Zhou army is definitely not as good as that of the Han army deployed under the city. What's more, the guys in the hands of the Han army have a much farther range than them, which means that the Han army can
Open more phalanxes and shoot at close range with the enemies on top of the city!
The archers, who have been robbed of too much glory by the musketeers, also want to clear their names at this time, and the musketeers are also not to be outdone. At this time, the fast runners have also gathered around Huang Wan, with the horizontal knife in Huang Wan's hand.
No matter which direction you point it, a row of guns will hit that spot, and soon there will be almost no one standing in that place.
"Big Han, Big Han!" Another ladder was erected. This time the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty lost the courage to push it away. They had given up long-distance confrontation with the Han army.