Li Mu is a descendant who has never fought in the Tang Dynasty's wars and has no experience at all. But don't forget that he is a game designer. When designing the game "Heroes of the Tang Dynasty", in addition to data balance,
He also participated in the construction of the gang territory system.
An important part of the gang territory system is siege warfare between gangs. In order to make the game more interesting, Li Mu worked overtime and read a lot of historical materials. Siege warfare in the Tang Dynasty was still very simple.
There are roughly three plans, one is for the city gate, the second is for the city wall, and the third is for the people on the wall.
Aiming at the city gate, use a 'rushing car'. It is also called "Linchong" or "duolou". It is an armored siege tower, which uses the power of collision to destroy the city wall. The simplified version of the city gate is just a giant log.
. To put it bluntly, it is to hit the earth-rammed city walls and wooden city gates head-on, using its own weight to accelerate, smashing the city gates into pieces, and the army can rush into the city.
Aiming at the city wall, the bed crossbow is used. Also known as the "Eight Ox Crossbow", the arrows use hard wood as the shaft and iron pieces as the feathers. They are as big as a javelin. It is a veritable killer weapon. When it is fired, it is quite powerful.
It is so spectacular that the arrows can cross two horses, and the huge impact can drive the arrows directly into the city wall. When the salvo is fired, hundreds of "javelins" are nailed into the city wall, and the siege soldiers can use it to climb up.
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To target the people on the city wall, bows and arrows were used. During the Tang Dynasty, both foreigners and Tang soldiers were good at shooting bows and arrows. When attacking a city, bows and arrows were an indispensable weapon. Only when defending the city could one go from top to bottom.
To shoot downward, the siege team needs to eject the arrow, shoot the arrow into the air, and then fall down. Under the action of gravity, the lethality is greater than a direct shot.
In addition to the above three tactics, there are also the most basic ones, such as grappling hooks, ladders, etc., which have no technical content and are completely life-threatening. Under normal circumstances, it is cheaper to defend a city than to attack it. Both sides have equal forces and defend the city.
It is almost impossible for the siege party to succeed if one side does not have food and grass problems. Li Jing's army only used 3,000 fine cavalry to break through Dingxiang City. In addition to the bravery of the soldiers, the more important factor was the poor Turks.
While defending the city, the Tang army suddenly attacked. They were caught off guard and did not know how to respond, so the city was breached.
Li Mu dared to come back, not because he suddenly rushed out of passion or suffered from the second disease. Instead, he came back after fully considering various objective conditions and feeling that he could hold on. When Li Siwen wrote to Li Ji before, he usually took three days to collect them.
That is to say, the one-way journey took almost a day and a half. Li Ji sent a letter saying that he had found the trace of Princess Yicheng and would definitely send someone to chase it. Even if he found it near Lingzhou, the journey would only take a day and a half. That is
It was said that Princess Yicheng had no more than one day to attack the city. Once Li Ji's troops arrived, she would have no chance.
Half a day has passed now, and there is still no trace of Princess Yicheng's men. Li Mu is already relieved. Even if Princess Yicheng comes now, as long as he can persist for one day, the problem will be solved.
What needs to be thought about now is how to hold on to this day.
Li Mu analyzed that since Princess Yicheng was only a few hundred remnants who gathered after the Turkic camp was broken, it means that she cannot have siege equipment. In other words, she cannot have the 'Charging Car' and the 'Bed Crossbow'. But.
There is a dense forest nearby. If Princess Yicheng sends people to cut down and make a ladder, or simply finds a giant tree to hit the city gate, this kind of thing may still happen.
In view of these two possibilities, Li Mu first arranged for all the craftsmen to demolish the houses at the city gate and build the city gate with bricks, stones and wood. In this way, no matter how hard they hit, it would be impossible to break the city gate open.
As for the ladder siege, Li Mu also had a way to deal with it. He found a few craftsmen who were good at blacksmithing and asked them to make a lot of 'iron caltrops'. This kind of thing does not require any drawings. In short, it is just how to stab people.
Why don't you avoid it? All the iron ingots left by Old Tietou were smelted into caltrops and iron thorns. The masons went into battle together and set them all on the city wall. In this way, the Turks wanted to attack the city.
Climbing the wall is absolutely impossible.
In addition, Li Mu mobilized the people to move the remaining bricks and stones onto the city wall to block the city gate. When the Turks attacked the city, these would be the "beating wood and cannon stones". It did not require much effort, just pick them up and smash them.
In addition to these, Li Mu also fully considered the possibility of the city being destroyed. So he ordered people to dig a shallow pit about the size of a bowl and about half a foot in the middle of the streets in the city. This is what he learned from the TV series
Yes, Li Mu vaguely remembers that this kind of thing seems to be a "horse trap" in a certain movie. If a horse falls into this "horse trap" while running, the horse's legs will be broken immediately. At that time, people will
They were lying in ambush on both sides, armed with spears, and stabbed each one to death without even having a chance to react.
By the time dawn came, almost all the preparations had been made. Li Mu looked around with dark circles in his eyes and inspected the four city walls. He felt that the preparations were quite sufficient. Even if Princess Yicheng came to attack, there would only be a few hundred people. As long as they did not go out of the city walls to fight head-on.
, she can't get in. Even in the worst case scenario, it won't be a problem to hold on for a day or two.
Li Mu ordered people to set up stoves for cooking on the spot beside the city wall. The food in Dingxiang City is still enough. After all, the population of the city is only six to seven hundred people. Judging from the current food reserves, it is not a problem to hold on for half a month.
The war was about to begin, and the food cooked in every stove was dry rice, not thin at all. Everyone had worked hard all night and had to eat well before they could have the strength to defend themselves against the enemy.
"After eating, lean against the wall and seize the time to rest. Don't worry, everyone, as long as we survive the day, we will be fine. Everyone, keep your hearts in your stomach, reinforcements are already on the way!"
Li Siwen shouted while pulling his neck, but very few responded. The tension before the war and the fear of the unknown future had already taken over the hearts of the people.
Li Mu grabbed Li Siwen, handed him a steamed bun, and said, "Save your throat, if we really get into a fight later, you will scream." Li Siwen took the steamed bun and bit it. He didn't mind it now.
The wotou was full of coarse grains, and he swallowed it in a big gulp. He glanced at Li Mu secretly, and seeing that his expression did not change much, he said, "Are you not worried at all?"
"Worry." Li Mu swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said, "But it's useless to worry. The important thing is that I don't believe that I will die here."
Li Siwen laughed and said, "Where do you get your confidence? It's like you've been in a war."
Li Mu didn't explain. He couldn't say that he felt that he had the aura of pig's feet, so he couldn't die like this. The two were about to return to the Yamen when they suddenly felt the ground shaking. They quickly dismounted and climbed up the city wall. They saw smoke and dust billowing from the west, and horseshoes.
The sound was like muffled thunder, and there were more than a thousand people. Li Siwen dropped the wotou in his mouth and looked at Li Mu blankly: "My father said there were only a few hundred people. Where did so many people come from!"
"I know where to go!" Li Mu raised his leg and kicked it, shouting: "People are coming to the door soon, why don't you hurry up and play the drum!"