"This siege method... is really..." Ikeda Hengxing stood beside Yu Qiuping, watching the Hongye Army's siege operation with a dumbfounded look, trying hard to find a word that could describe the scene in front of him from his poor vocabulary library, "
Simple and crude." After thinking for a moment, Ikeda Hengxing described it this way. But then he shook his head with some dissatisfaction, as if he felt that this word could not express all his inner feelings.
Yu Qiuping nodded, agreeing with his statement. This move was actually enlightened by him after studying with Qi Jiguang.
Sometimes, simple and clumsy methods may not necessarily be bad methods.
As a famous commander who can design exquisite formations like the Mandarin Duck Formation and has extremely high attainments in commanding on the spot, Qi Jiguang's tactics when facing the nomadic cavalry seemed a bit monotonous - chariot camp. Chariots were used to form a circle around the infantry.
Circle, enclosing the infantry inside, allowing the infantry to shoot the nomadic cavalry calmly.
Listing this formation means that you have given up all possibilities of battlefield maneuvers and locked your troops in place, which is similar to blocking the city gates when defending the city. However, such a clumsy method was used by Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou.
Such famous generals often use it - because this battle formation is simple and crude.
"If there is no clever plan to win by surprise, it is not a bad thing to use stupid methods. At least the enemy will not be able to come up with any surprise strategies." This was what Qi Jiguang taught Yu Qiuping that day.
So, Yu Qiuping thought hard and came up with this siege method. When the siege party does not need to rush for time and has an overwhelming advantage in firepower and troops, this method of attack can be used. Focus on one city wall and use
The iron cannons and artillery suppressed the long-range troops at the top of the opponent's city, pushed the ram to the city gate with almost no injuries, knocked the city gate open, and entered the street fighting directly.
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As a result, Miyoshi Changyi saw the most ridiculous siege battle in his decades of military service. In the siege battle, there were no volleys of arrows and projectiles, no dozens of ladders erected to the top of the city, and no falling debris.
There are no bloody battles on the city walls among the stone and wood. Instead, there is only the monotonous and dull sound of the iron city hammer and the city gate.
"Hurry up and send people to block the city gate and hold it back behind the city gate." Mihaoshi Changyi first issued a less difficult order. Then, he gritted his teeth and ordered sternly, "Everyone stand up and fight back! Target
It’s the rush car below and the iron gunner in the distance!”
He understood that if he did nothing and allowed the heavy and huge battering ram to be installed, the city gate would be broken down sooner or later. Even if the exchange ratio of the ranged soldiers getting up to fight back would be very bad, he had no choice but to do so.
The moment the archers and iron gunners at the top of Miyoshijia's city stood up, the iron artillerymen of Hongye Army immediately launched a volley of fire. Because there were so many iron artillerymen of Hongye Army, even though Miyoshijia had the condescending terrain and the protection of the battlements, the casualties still remained.
It was very heavy, not to mention the roaring shells. In an instant, the city wall was covered with blood.
There is also a considerable part of the firepower at the top of the city, which is directed at the charging car below. But neither torches nor bows and arrows can cause damage to the layer of iron, and the projectiles can only be caused by the thick layer of iron and the ones under it.
Bullet marks were left on the thick wooden board. However, throwing a wooden rolling stone directly above the ram was quite effective. Throwing it once would cause the eaves of the ram to make a loud noise, and a dent would appear on the eaves.
The Miyoshi Army endured huge casualties and struggled with the Hongye Army. The battle gradually became more intense. Jars of baked jade were thrown from the city - this is a common attack method of the navy. Gunpowder was filled in the clay jars and ignited.
After sealing the letter, throw it towards the enemy. The shattered and flying pottery fragments caused by the explosion will cause cruel damage to the enemy soldiers and can also ignite nearby wooden structures.
Heavy punch
The iron pieces on the car gradually shattered and fell off under the continuous blows, and several wooden boards were ignited one after another. Seeing that the ram was about to collapse, the auxiliary soldiers hurriedly pulled the ram back from the city gate.
Pulled to the open space on the side. Then, the iron artillery team and the artillery crew launched a volley, covering the dozens of auxiliary soldiers who swarmed out from under the charging car - but many people were still killed by the city walls.
The three good soldiers were defeated.
Before Sanhao Changyi could breathe a sigh of relief, another metal car was pushed up. It seemed that the Yuqiu family was planning to use this clumsy method to forcefully open the city gate. Anyway, Yu Qiuping was not in a hurry.
There is still a long time before the end of the autumn harvest, so there is no need to worry about reinforcements from the Mihaoshi family. In this case, why do they want to invade the city with ants and cause heavy casualties to their own troops?
In this way, I don't know how many ram cars were damaged. In the afternoon, the east gate of Kishiwada Castle Sannomaru was finally smashed open with a loud "bang". Miyoshi Choitsu had already expected this, so he opened the door
A large number of troops were deployed in the city waiting for the Hongye Army to enter the city. The Hongye Army members were armed with long spears, and they would not be effective in street fighting in narrow terrain. There was a chance that they would be blocked outside the city.
However, to Miyoshi Nagaitsu's surprise, those who rushed into the city as the vanguard were not the pikemen of the Red Leaf Army, but the elite bannermen of the Ikeda Army. These bannermen were armed with samurai swords, and each of them was a master of melee combat.
The insufficient Mihaoshi family was defeated continuously. Immediately afterwards, a large number of bannermen rushed up the city wall along the stairs on the inside of the city wall, attacking the Mihaoshi family's long-range soldiers and auxiliary soldiers at the top of the city. Due to insufficient troops, the only combat troops at the top of the city were
The soldiers could not stop the Ikeda family's army, so Miyoshi Choitsu had to withdraw them all back to Ninomaru.
However, after expelling the Miyoshi Army on the Sannomaru City Wall, the Ikeda Army also stopped and waited patiently for something. After a while, dozens of ladders were set up on the Sannomaru City Wall. The Red Leaf Army
The iron gunners followed the ladders in large numbers to the top of Sannomaru Castle, which had been occupied by Ikeda's army, and then fired at the Sanyoshi Army on the Sannomaru City Wall at the Ninomaru City Wall. This time, the Miyoshi Army could
There was no advantage of the condescending terrain, and they were beaten so hard that they could not raise their heads. After a while, another metal ram was pushed up and began to hit the gate of Ninomaru - it seemed that the Hongye Army planned to use this method to slow down the attack.
In a clumsy way, the entire Kishiwada Castle was knocked down. However, in the face of the absolute firepower advantage of the Red Leaf Army, Miyoshi Choitsu had nothing to do with him.
That night, the rush car failed to open the gate of Ninomaru. However, Yu Qiuping was not in a hurry and continued to let the rush car crash into the door after dark. Even a person with night blindness could complete such a simple task. Finally,
In the middle of the night, Ninomaru's city gate was broken through. However, Yu Qiuping had no intention of fighting at night, but waited patiently until the eastern sky turned white the next day before resuming the attack.
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"It's really too much of a lie!" Ogasawara Seisuke watched the Momiji Army slowly advance in this way, but when his own side had no way to do anything, he became furious, "Your Highness, let's give it a try! From both sides of Sannomaru,
Rush over the city wall and take out all those iron gunners!"
"That's not desperate, but desperate." Miyoshi Choitsu glanced at the heavily guarded Hongye Army - on the wall of Sannomaru's east gate, there were many spearmen standing ready, and they were enough to guard the wall tightly.
Breathable.
"Although I stay here, I originally wanted to die." Mihao Changyi added silently in his heart.
"Then what should we do? Are we just going to wait like this? Wait for the Red Leaf Army to slowly move over and push down the castle tower?" Ogasawara Shigesuke shook his head.
"No, of course not. But at least it must be a worthy death." Mihaoshi Changyi squinted his eyes.
With his eyebrows furrowed, he looked at the battle situation in front of him. After a moment, he realized the omissions in the Red Leaf Army's formation - a large number of troops had poured into the vicinity of Sannomaru. However, Yu Qiuping was far away in the camp outside the city, and it seemed that
Only 750 pikemen and some cavalry of Xiryubei were left.
"Hit him in his own right!" Mihao Changyi's eyes flashed with a fierce light, "If we can get rid of this serious enemy, it will be worth any price."
In a normal siege battle, the siege troops ascending the city will engage in full-scale combat with the defending troops. However, in Yu Qiuping's siege method, except for the confrontation between the long-range troops, there was almost no contact between the melee troops on both sides - this is also
This led to a huge hidden danger: Yu Qiuping didn't even know where the close combat soldiers of the Sanhao Army were.
Therefore, when Miyoshi Choitsu led 1,400 soldiers suddenly rushed out from the north gate of Kishiwada Castle and went straight to Yu Qiuping's camp outside the east gate, it was really beyond his expectation. So he immediately ordered the artillery and Mizuki
The iron artillerymen at Marujo Castle launched an attack on Miyoshi Choitsu's troops, and at the same time, they brought back the spearmen of Tokiwa Bei and Ming Gabei who were sent to the city to support Ikeda Heike.
The condescending firing of iron cannons and volleys of artillery caused a lot of casualties to the Miyoshi Army, and the speed of the Red Leaf Army's maneuvers was far beyond Miyoshi Choitsu's imagination. He had to dedicate 500 men to hinder Tokiwa Bei and Naru Dysprosium Bei.
After suffering huge casualties and rushing outside Yu Qiuping's camp, the remaining soldiers around him were not as many as Xi Liubei's.
As expected, the assault of the Miyoshi army failed to break through Xiliu Bei's defense line. Miyoshi Changyi was already furious at this moment, and regardless of the situation, he rode out with the 200 banner knights around him, heading straight for Yu Qiuping's horse mark.
He planned to make a desperate assault to save Yu Qiuping's life. However, Yu Qiuping was prepared, and the 400 cavalry led by Kobata Jiesheng once again swept past in a wall-like formation.
The cavalry of the Miyoshi family obviously did not have the courage and discipline of Chi Bei. After seeing the desperate formation of the Hongye cavalry, their morale collapsed. The smaller half of the cavalry pulled up their horses and left, and most of the remaining people were hesitant.
During the confrontation, he only caused more than fifty casualties to the Red Leaf Cavalry, and almost his entire army collapsed.
Not long after, Maeda Keiji escorted a samurai covered in blood to Yu Qiupei. The man's left arm had been cut off, and the wounds that had not been bandaged were dripping with blood, and his legs were covered with scratches.
and holes, and his face was covered with blood clots and bruises. His helmet was knocked off at some point, and his bun was scattered. His white hair was covered with mud and blood, and hung down in a mess.
"This is Miyoshi Choitsu. This guy is such a mad dog." Maeda Keiji snorted disdainfully, "After he was cut off from the horse, he chopped off two of the horse's legs like a lunatic. He was desperate for his life."
Yu Qiuping lowered his head and looked at Mihao Changyi. This famous general was lifeless at the moment. He didn't know if he had gone into shock due to excessive blood loss.
Just when Yu Qiuping was thinking about how to use the captured Miyoshi Choitsu to negotiate with the Miyoshi family, the man in front of him suddenly broke free from the suppression of Maeda Keiji and another soldier, and suddenly rushed towards Yu Qiuping. On him
After being searched, he had no weapons, so he had to open his bloody mouth and bite Yu Qiuping on the neck. The ferocious look looked like an evil spirit from hell, and Yu Qiuping was shocked.
, hurriedly pulled out the Chidori from his waist to block.
However, Miyoshi Choitsu is an old man after all, and he has been so seriously injured that he has very little strength. This is why Maeda Keiji and another soldier were careless. Yu Qiupei was just a hasty man.
Chapter completed!