Chapter nine hundred and sixteen the fortified city is hard to break
Wang You is currently serving as Guo Song's military affairs staff. After the various intelligences are sent, they are first handed over to the staff battalion. More than a dozen soldiers are responsible for sorting them out, summarizing them and handing them over to Wang You. Wang You then goes to Wucunjing and collects them.
The essence is extracted and processed to form a highly valuable piece of information.
There is a large table in the middle of the commander's tent. On the table is a large wooden sculpture from Yuancheng. This was sent from Youzhou yesterday. Zhu Tao ordered dozens of craftsmen to spend a year to make it, but in the early stage
It took two years just to send people to Yuancheng to draw the drawings, and a total of three years to make it. It was placed in Zhu Tao's Prince Yan's palace. In the end, Zhu Tao didn't use it, and he got an advantage from Guo Song in vain.
Guo Song also planned to send it to Chang'an after spring, but he didn't expect it to be used so soon.
The entire wooden sculpture is one foot long and one foot wide, the city wall is two feet high, and the moat is also made according to the same proportions.
The craftsmen carved countless little figures as well as siege ladders, trebuchets and the like, making it look like a siege battle.
Wang You was looking at this wooden city carefully, his eyes showing horror. He simply couldn't believe that there was such a thing in the world.
"How is this wooden carving city doing?" Guo Song walked into the tent and asked with a smile.
"So far, I can't find any loopholes. It's simply breathtaking. Your Highness, is this really made by Zhu Tao?"
Guo Song nodded, "It took Zhu Tao three years to make it. My army found it in his study after capturing Prince Yan's Mansion. I didn't expect to use it so soon."
At this time, more than a dozen staff officers were busy placing dozens of small ladders on the moat, countless villains were charging, and many small tents were placed far away from the city.
Guo Song asked: "Didn't they besiege the whole city?"
Wang You shook his head, "Zhu Si set up a camp three miles outside the west city, and Li Na also set up a camp three miles outside the east city. There are no camps on the north and south sides, and there is no attack. The attacks are also concentrated on the east and west ends."
"How is the battle going?" Guo Song asked again.
Wang You said slowly: "According to the latest intelligence summary, Zhu Si and Li Na have launched two large-scale sieges. The two sides have invested a total of more than 100,000 troops. However, both armies suffered head-on attacks, twice.
The siege battles all failed. Zhu Si's side suffered slightly smaller casualties, about seven to eight thousand casualties, while Li Na's side suffered heavy casualties, probably close to twenty thousand."
Guo Song frowned, "Why is it so serious?"
"This is due to the different preparation levels of the two sides. Zhu Si was fully prepared, carrying a leather shed to protect against boulders, mainly using ladders instead of siege ladders. More importantly, every soldier in Zhu Si's army was equipped with a shield, while Li
The Namibian army was much shabby, half of the soldiers had no shields, no skin shelters, and a large number of siege ladders were used.
This resulted in Li Na's army being heavily wounded by boulders and bows and arrows during the siege. Intelligence showed that the defenders used kerosene against Li Na's army and burned countless soldiers to death under the city."
Guo Song looked at the east side of the wooden city wall. He found that the size of the camp of Li Na's army was similar to that of Zhu Si's army, so he asked: "Is the number of Li Na's army the same as that of Zhu Si's army?"
"Your Highness, in this model, a small camp represents 10,000 people. Zhu Si has 100,000 people, while Li Na has 80,000 people. The difference between the two is 20,000."
Guo Song said calmly: "With 20,000 casualties, does Li Na still have the confidence to continue the fight?"
"Actually, what I want to say is this. Weizhou should be owned by Zhu Si. At most, Li Na will share some people and property. I feel that if Li Na continues to fight, the gains will outweigh the losses. I guess he has begun to waver and may withdraw his troops.
Got an idea.”
Guo Song said calmly: "Then give him a helping hand and let him evacuate as soon as possible!"
Wang You rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I thought of a plan because of my humble position. Your Highness can refer to it for details."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The drums beat like thunder on the battlefield, and the two armies of Zhu Si and Li Na once again launched a siege. The soldiers ran with their shields high, their spears were like a forest, and the sky was filled with dust. Dozens of huge leather sheds were pushed slowly by the soldiers.
Moving forward, this kind of leather shed is smeared with a lot of grease. Even if it is hit by a boulder, it will not be compacted. It can effectively resist the blows of the trebuchets on the city.
There were a large number of soldiers standing under the leather tent, and they slowly moved forward following the leather tent.
In addition, there are dozens of aerial ladders. Aerial ladders are different from siege ladders. A siege ladder is close to the city wall and hung on the city wall with a front-end hook. Aerial ladders are a platform from which a ladder extends, and the direction can be changed.
Foldable, very light and practical.
The ladder also had four large wheels and was pushed forward slowly. Huge boulders kept whizzing over the city and smashed into the crowd. Blood sprayed everywhere, killing and injuring more than a dozen people.
"boom!"
A huge boulder hit a ladder. The wooden wheels of the ladder broke and it fell to the ground. The surrounding soldiers were frightened and ran away.
But the huge rocks could not stop the mighty advance of tens of thousands of troops. When the army arrived at the moat, thousands of arrows were fired from the top of the city, and the dense arrows shot at the soldiers below the city like a storm.
As casualties continued to increase, tens of thousands of Zhu Si's troops pushed the cloud ladders and carried the siege ladders, rushing towards the city wall like a tide.
At the same time, the siege in the east was a different story. Tens of thousands of troops lined up a mile away and never launched an attack.
Li Na was very hesitant. Several consecutive days of attacks caused him heavy casualties. He could not bear the more than 19,000 casualties. Even if he captured Yuancheng, what would he get? Money, food, and population? Thinking of Bozhou and
A large number of people in Dezhou migrated north, and his heart tightened. The people in Hebei did not identify with Qi at all.
"Your Majesty, do you want to attack?" a general asked.
"Wait a minute!"
Li Na said impatiently: "No one is allowed to attack without my order!"
The main camp of the Qi army was also three miles away. The main army lined up and went to the battlefield. There were only a few thousand soldiers guarding the camp, and there were also 2,000 support troops, including horsemen, cooks, etc.
At this time, a grain transport team arrived at the camp. The grain convoy consisted of 500 ox carts coming from Bozhou. The carts were loaded with a large amount of grain, and were guarded by cavalry on both sides.
The general on duty at the camp gate checked the documents as usual, turned back and waved, "Open the door!"
The gate of the military camp opened, and a mighty convoy drove into the camp. The ox carts were of course forced from Bozhou. All the cart drivers were the owners of the ox carts. They drove the carts to the back camp of the warehouse. Some were big.
There is only one driver in the car, and sometimes there are two, mainly to facilitate transportation.
The warehouse area is separated from the camp area by a long fence. The entrance to the warehouse area is heavily guarded, but grain trucks can enter. Large trucks drove into the warehouse area one after another and stopped at a large warehouse tent.
, the drivers began to unload the grain.
There was quite a chaos in front of the warehouse tent. Under the cover of several other drivers, a coachman rolled into the warehouse tent.
"faster!"
The cavalryman urged the coachman: "After unloading the food, get out quickly!"
The grain did not need to be carried by cartmen. One cart contained dozens of bags of grain. It only took a quarter of an hour for the cart to unload the grain, and the cartmen drove out one cart after another.
The door to the warehouse slammed shut, and more than a hundred soldiers began to use wheelbarrows to deliver food into the tent.
At this time, the coachman hiding in the warehouse tent had already changed to a larger tent. This coachman was disguised as Zhou Fei. He had received an order early in the morning to burn down the Qi army camp as soon as possible.
At this time, he wanted to sneak into the Qi army's camp to investigate the amount of food and grass provided by the Qi army. He immediately decided to take advantage of this opportunity.
Zhou Fei was currently in a fodder warehouse. He had taken off his outer robe and was wearing Qi Jun's armor underneath. In the huge warehouse where he was, bundles of fodder were neatly stacked and piled up like a mountain.
Zhou Fei took out a fire stick from his waist, flicked it gently, and the fire stick caught fire in the wind. He threw the fire stick into the hay pile and calmly watched the flames spread rapidly. He turned around and jumped from the other corner of the tent.
Drilled out.
The big tents here are one next to another, and the soldiers are all carrying food. There are no sentry soldiers.
Zhou Fei lightly crossed the dividing fence and entered the accommodation area. There were also very few soldiers here. He lit ten large tents, and the fire sticks on his body were gone. At this time, the sound of war horses was faintly heard in front, and he quickly
After running a few steps, I saw a war horse tied to a horse post.
Zhou Fei was overjoyed, got on his horse, cut the reins with his sword, and a general rushed out from the tent, asking sharply: "Who are you, and why did you steal my war horse?"
Without saying a word, Zhou Fei struck with his sword. The general was caught off guard and was struck in the neck with the sword, causing his head to fly off.
"Fire!"
There were shouts in the distance, and thick smoke filled the area around the forage tent, flames shot into the sky, and dozens of tents were set on fire.
Zhou Fei urged his horse and galloped towards the west camp gate.
The soldiers at the gate of the camp also saw the thick smoke billowing from the tent, and suddenly saw a sergeant running towards him on horseback.
"What happened?" everyone asked loudly.
"There's a fire in the logistics camp. I'm going to inform the prince!"
The soldiers did not stop him, Zhou Fei rushed out of the camp and galloped towards the north.