It has to be said that it makes sense for the Qin army to arrange "strong women" to defend the city and transport.
Because it is much easier to defend a city than to face the enemy directly on the battlefield.
Just like what Shen Bing and others did at this time, they just used their strength to push falling rocks, rolling logs, etc. off the city head.
You don't even need to stick your head out, just push it wherever there is a siege ladder. The people below are densely packed with Zhao troops. Every time you throw it, you can get it right.
Shen Bing has always wondered when watching movies in the past or in the future:
If cold-weapon warfare was like in the movies, we would just carry an ordinary ladder and attack the city wall with a shout...
Why didn't the defenders cut off the ladder?
If that doesn't work, how about a few blows with a hammer?
Or maybe two clothes drying forks, one on the left and one on the right, work together to overturn the ladder?
So how about attacking the city at a loss?
The bag will fall as much as it comes up!
Only after personally experiencing the city defense in reality did I know that this was not the case.
Of course, the siege ladder will not be an ordinary wooden ladder.
It's wider, thicker, and stronger.
One of its purposes is to facilitate the siege soldiers to stand and fight.
The second is that it can withstand rolling stones and hammering logs, otherwise it will break into two pieces when a few stones fall, and siege will become a joke.
What's more important is that the end of the siege ladder near the city wall has been specially treated.
Cut it off with a sword or ax?
Wrapped with several layers of cowhide, it took a long time to cut but only a few marks were left.
Hit with a hammer?
The top was reinforced with a whole log as thick as a thigh, which I kept smashing even though I was exhausted.
Push with a clothes fork?
Several metal hooks protrude from the front end and are firmly attached to the female wall. There is no place where the clothes drying fork can be pushed open!
Therefore, it is more reliable to deal with those who come up.
Arrows and crossbows shot down like raindrops, and the crossbowmen used rolling stones to smash down the arrows while they were loading the crossbows.
If the Zhao army attacks the city wall, soldiers in armor will come forward to engage in close combat.
Logistics, crossbowmen, armored men, and even halberdiers, sword and shield men, etc. can advance and retreat in a controlled manner and move freely.
The cooperation between them is no weaker than the modern multi-arms coordination.
As long as there is a slight mistake, the enemy will open a gap and expand the results.
After finally repelling a wave of Zhao Jun's offensive, Shen Bing and several others were so tired that they leaned against the city wall and breathed heavily.
Yan was once a soldier, and he had experience in siege and defense strategies.
He said happily:
"Thanks to the pulley block made by Gongcheng."
"It brings plenty of supplies for us."
"Otherwise, the rolling stones and hammering wood would have been used up long ago."
Although everyone agreed, they didn't even have the energy to answer or rejoice at this time.
Even Shen Bing is no exception.
So what if we can hold on for a while?
It's just an extra period of life.
In the end, he will die under Zhao Jun's sword...
Sure enough, soon I heard someone shouting in panic:
"Wei County is lost!"
"The Northern Goblin Riders have crossed the Great Wall."
There was an uproar among the soldiers.
This almost sentenced the Qin army to death.
Because the main force of the Zhao army is attacking from the front, and the weak areas at the sides and back are penetrated by the Northern Goblin cavalry.
The transportation lines of the Qin army may soon be destroyed.
Within a few days, the Qin army will be faced with the situation of running out of ammunition and food, and it is only a matter of time before the entire army is annihilated.
At this time Liu Xu hurried over and said anxiously as soon as he found Shen Bing:
"It's broken, it's broken, a group of two to five hundred masters are going to rebel again!"
It turned out that during the break between the battles, a group of two to five hundred masters began to "admonish" Yang Ting again.
Compared with ordinary soldiers and civilians, the 500 Lords and 2500 Lords in the Qin Army are often more likely to be reborn and die.
The reason is that ordinary soldiers and civilians simply do not have the capital to "rebirth and die" and "see their own interests".
They are bound by Qin laws, especially the Lianzu system, and must obey no matter what the order is.
escape?
Benefit?
bargain?
nonexistent!
All they can do is think nothing of it and just obey orders.
But the Five Hundred Lords and Two Five Hundred Lords are mid-level officers.
Many of them come from the second generation of rich people and officials, and have intricate connections and forces in the country.
Or you can also call them noble children.
Before Shang Yang's reform, these noble children did not even need to join the army and could enjoy glory and wealth at home.
However, after Shang Yang's reform, it was stipulated that aristocratic children without military merit would have no title and could not enjoy privileges.
This forced the children of the nobles to join the army and fight like the common people.
Although they are still aloof, they are much more popular than before.
This is also the fundamental reason why Shang Yang was finally brutally beaten by a car:
He offended the powerful, not just one or two, but the entire powerful class.
So when Duke Xiao of Qin who supported Shang Yang died, it was no surprise that Shang Yang was forced to death by the Qin dignitaries.
Since these two to five hundred people joined the army for profit, of course they were not willing to wait for death on the Great Wall.
"Captain Lieutenant, the Northern Cavalry has captured Wei County, and the Great Wall can no longer be defended."
"If we don't withdraw our troops at this time, it will be too late by the time the northern cavalry reaches our army's side!"
"The captain said before that he already has a strategy to defeat the enemy, and it won't take three or five days to see the outcome..."
Zhang Xuan interjected:
"It's only been three days now, so it won't be too late to say this after two days!"
Zhang Xuan is quite loyal and stands firmly on Yang Ting's side even though he knows that the alienation plan has failed.
But objectively speaking, what the two to five hundred masters said at this time still makes sense.
The Great Wall can't be saved, and neither can Yang Duanhe. If you stay, you will die with them.
The battlefield has always been a real place.
There is no point in staying there any longer.
One of the two or five hundred masters snorted, glared at Zhang Xuan angrily, and said:
"This time, that time."
"Li Mu has already breached the Great Wall at this time. If we wait for another two days, will there be any chance of retreat?"
Another 2500 Lord agreed:
"That makes sense."
"If the captain had a way to defeat the enemy, why could Li Mu break the Great Wall?"
"I wonder what the captain's method is to defeat the enemy?"
"You might as well say it so we can think about it later!"
Without waiting for Zhang Xuan to object, a group of two to five hundred masters bowed to Yang Ting and shouted in unison:
"Captain, please think twice!"
Although the words are polite, the name "think twice" is actually forcing the woman to have a baby.
How could Yang Ting not know this truth, but she had nothing to say.
A divorce plan?
That's almost certain to fail.
For Yang Duanhe and the main force of the Qin army?
This is even more unreasonable.
At this moment, Shen Bing strode in and said:
"Let me explain!"
"Don't worry, my two and a half hundred masters, we have already set up a plan to drive a wedge between King Zhao and Li Mu."
"In less than two days, King Zhao will attack Li Mu."
"Therefore, I must not withdraw our troops at this time!"
…
Yang Ting and Zhang Xuan were stunned when they heard this.
What's going on?
Are you still trying to bring out the divorce plan that has already gone bankrupt?
But then I thought about it:
Keep it!
Only Yang Ting and a few people knew about the bankruptcy of the divorce plan.
Why can't you say it?
Of course we can't talk about bankruptcy, just how to design and so on.
Two days later, even if these two to five hundred masters realize it, it will be too late.
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but look at Shen Bing with horror in his eyes.
Damn, this guy is so ruthless that he even deceives his own people.