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Chapter 294 What?Detained again!

"Get ready—let it go!"

Stones and bed crossbows are thrown or projected by the kinetic energy brought by the equipment. After a short leap, they either hit the city wall heavily, or the arrowhead penetrates the human body, penetrates the city wall, and sinks into the ground.

This is a big scene. The warships on the Yangtze River waterway are attacking, and the equipment troops on the land are also attacking. Jiangdu is surrounded on all sides, but the waterway in the south and the land in the east are the main attack of the double arrows. And north as a feint.

The entire Jiangdu has been completely surrounded, and the surrounding forests have been cut down. The wood will be used as materials for siege ladders, sword and shield vehicles, ramming vehicles... and other equipment, and some relatively straight wood will also be selected as the crossbow bolts .

Too many siege machines were launched, resulting in no stones or crossbow arrows stopped in midair, and this kind of offensive has been going on all morning, and it looks like it will continue in the afternoon, but the Han army has not sent any soldiers yet. Engage in contact warfare.

Xie An was allowed to enter the battlefield as an observer to watch closely. He only brought four people with him, two of them were followers and the other two were guards.

After watching it all morning, Xie An had to be overwhelmed by the Han army's siege methods. It was all because the Han army had too many siege equipment. The Shijie defenders in Jiangdu shot a few waves of arrows at the beginning. After that, he was simply suppressed to the point where he couldn't hold his head up, and there was no further counterattack.

"Why not commit troops to attack the city?"

"It's not time."

"The so-called timing?"

"Overall suppression takes more time, resulting in minimal enemy morale."

At least one hundred catapults, and nearly three hundred bed crossbows, they were all concentrated in the offensive to the east, and this was only the land offensive of the Han army.

There are nearly [-] ships lined up in two long queues on the Yangtze River waterway, and they take turns firing bed crossbows in the south facing Jiangdu.Due to the angle of elevation, only a small part of the fired crossbow arrows hit the city wall, and most of them flew directly into the city. At the beginning, there were bursts of screams and howls, but there was no movement after a morning.

What is rich and powerful?Xie An saw the attack of the Han army as the best embodiment.

It is not difficult to find stones by the river, but the arrows of the bed crossbow need to be made even if they can be obtained locally, and the arrowheads also need to be crafted, no matter how cheap a bed crossbow arrow is, it is not much cheaper.

In just one morning, the Han army fired more than [-] crossbows. The two walls of Jiangdu under attack were densely planted, not to mention the crossbow arrows that shot into the city.

The defenders of Shijie can no longer be seen on the top of the city. The Han army's catapults and crossbows are still firing endlessly. There is really no other explanation except that they are engaging in psychological warfare, but this kind of costly It is estimated that only the Han army can sustain psychological warfare. If it were any other country or force, who would do this?
Xie An couldn't guess whether the Han army had always attacked the city in this way, or whether they were doing it deliberately to show them.

That's right, it was them, Xie An observed from a closer distance, but there were a large number of soldiers of the Jin army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the difference was that the distance to the other bank was farther.

There was a sound of war drums, and Xie An saw that there was a brigade of soldiers in the main formation of the Han army marching forward.From his point of view, he could recognize that there were a large number of crossbowmen, but behind them were charging vehicles, siege ladders, and behind them were light soldiers who also lined up.

The so-called light soldiers are the collective name for unarmored soldiers from the pre-Qin period to the present, but there are still more detailed distinctions, such as light infantry in the true sense, but there are also death squads. If light soldiers are equipped with flying claws... that is The tools of iron hook and noose are Xiaoguo, also known as jumping soldiers.

Xiaoguo is a word of praise for brave warriors who dare to die. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, only true warriors could get this title. However, in the Sui Dynasty of the Yang family, it became a general term for the volunteers who brought their own dry food.

"Flying Claws?" Xie An said in a daze, "Are you going to formally attack the city?"

Flying claws are actually jumping soldiers, which are specially used to "do not take the usual path" to carry out climbing attacks on the city walls.Looking at the flying claws carried on the shoulders of the jumping soldiers, you can see that the claws have three iron hooks. The front end of the hooks is a kind of hemp rope and iron chain twisted into a twist-shaped noose, and the back is completely made of hemp rope. to compose.This is of course done to prevent the flying claws from being cut off by the defenders on the city wall, but it requires a force with sufficient productivity and financial resources to do it, and the rest will not bother at all.

The catapults and bed crossbows did not stop firing because the Han army was advancing. It was because the attacking troops were still relatively far away from the city wall, and there would be no accidental injuries at all at an appropriate distance.

It was when the attacking troops approached the city wall of Jiangdu by about [-] steps that the catapults and bed crossbows stopped firing.

"Why didn't you attack?" Xie An waited for about a quarter of an hour before he couldn't hold back his voice: "Just now there were no defenders on the city wall, so it was very easy to attack."

"Don't be in a hurry." Cheng Shuo said with a smile, "You'll know after you read it."

After about a quarter of an hour, horns sounded on the originally dead Jiangdu City Wall, and gradually heads were poked out from behind the battlements and parapets to see that it was Shijie. After shooting again, the troops were mobilized to go up the city wall to prepare for defense.

There was a heavy sound of war drums, followed by the sound of dense clappers. Commands continued to be heard from the army formation, and the next moment, all arrows were fired.

Arrows like raindrops wave after wave, the city charging vehicles, siege ladders, etc. began to advance slowly, and the jumping soldiers rushed out of the main formation and began to disperse and charge.

Waiting for the jumping soldiers to enter within [-] steps of the city wall, the bows and crossbows that were also shooting and advancing began to move to the two sides, and the soldiers following behind began to speed up the frequency of their steps.

There are actually many types of soldiers that can be called armored soldiers. As long as they wear iron armor, they will be called armored soldiers. There are short soldiers with swords and shields and so on.

The armored soldiers who join the charge, the first few rows are tower shield soldiers, and the sword shield soldiers are behind them. They will provide the necessary cover when the charging vehicle starts to hit the city gate, and then build the shield to see Could it be possible to organize the shield passage connecting the parapet above the city wall.

Some jumping soldiers have already entered the position of the city wall. They didn't throw their flying claws immediately, but they used the thick crossbow bolts inserted on the city wall to climb vigorously. In an instant, hundreds of figures quickly climbed up the city wall.

"..." Xie An somewhat understood why he was able to come: "Did you come all at once?"

It was a textbook siege demonstration, in order to show the powerful siege power of the Han army!

Cheng Shuo smiled reservedly, showing no modesty at all: "The number of Zhao troops in Shijie in Jiangdu should be about [-]. How long will it take for the Jin army to attack? Our army can take it in just one day!"

There have been jumping soldiers attacking the city wall. Before that, the bow and crossbow troops raised their shooting angles and projected into the city, and dense screams and screams could be heard in the city.

Only under the premise of close cooperation, the melee soldiers are attacking the city, and the crossbowmen continue to shoot arrows.This may not avoid accidental injury, but it has an absolute advantage in blocking the enemy's charge, and can even kill the enemy by surprise.

Jiangdu had already been captured by the Jin army not long ago, and that time Xie An came to command the troops to attack.It took them nearly a month to capture Jiangdu, and they suffered close to 3000 casualties, but killed and captured nearly [-] Shijie Zhao troops.

When the Eastern Jin Dynasty ordered Yu Bing to abandon Jiangdu and retreat, Xie An ordered people to set fire to burn Jiangdu to the ground.He had a good understanding of Jiangdu. He originally thought that the Han army wanted to learn about Jiangdu's terrain and layout from him, but no one asked him all the time.

The sound of the city gate collapsing told Xie An that no one would ask him about Jiangdu, because there was no need for it.

"Maybe you don't need a day, but only a morning?" Cheng Shuo had reasons to be proud, but he also knew a little bit, so he said, "Actually, it's your credit."

Xie An remained silent, he knew what Cheng Shuo was referring to, it was nothing more than the burning of Jiangdu.

There are already Han troops pouring into the city, and in an instant, bursts of shouts of killing come from the city. It seems that the Han troops from the north and west have also started to attack. It is not a feint attack, but a real attack?
Xie An didn't know what the people watching on the other side were thinking. The only thing he was thinking about now was that the Han army should quickly turn their attention to Shijie Zhao Guo, and don't have any thoughts of crossing the south of the river.

It was almost noon, and the city had quieted down, and even soldiers from the Han army began to escort the prisoners of war before heading out of the city.

Xie An saw Guo Xiang, he knew and knew that Guo Xiang was the commander of the remaining Xuzhou army in Shijie Zhao, but he did not expect to become a prisoner of the Han army.

Even the chief general has become a prisoner of war, and it is definitely a fact that Jiangdu was captured by the Han army. Just like what Cheng Shuo said just now, the Han army really did not need to spend a day, and it took only about three hours to capture it. , and... the casualties don't seem to be big?
Because of the location, Xie An didn't know a little bit. Before the Han army attacked, the gate of the Jiangdu water camp on the other side of the Yangtze River had already been breached. The army of the army rushed in.

In a seemingly simple and short city defense battle, the Han army gave full play to all its advantages. Any enemy army that could not compete with the Han army in terms of long-range attack methods, and could not crack or defend, would have a The headache is how many people should die before close combat can occur.

[Once the powerful crossbow that suppressed several eras is widely used, how can it be cracked? 】Yu Bing’s face was full of frost. He watched the dispatch differently from Xie An. Xie An watched the Han army’s land attack from the whole process. It can reach 280 steps, which is slightly less than the range of the crossbow, but... it is useless. 】

The Jin army also has bed crossbows, but the longest range is only 220 steps. Although the difference is only [-] steps, this distance is like a natural moat for many battlefields. It indicates that every little bit of distance is unknown. How many people will fall down, or will never be able to advance even a small distance.

"The nearly [-] army has more than [-] crossbowmen, isn't it too big?" Zhang Heng's forehead was covered with cold sweat, because he was scared by the scene of imagining the battle with the Han army.He didn't wipe the sweat from his brow, and he looked frightened: "How long do they have to prepare for each battle?"

It is said that there are so many crossbowmen, the consumption of arrows must be terrible, so how long should they prepare and how many arrows should be prepared.The reason is very simple. Usually, about 20 arrows will be consumed in a battle-level war. This is based on the premise that crossbowmen only account for about 40% of the entire army. If the proportion is higher, it needs to be adjusted upwards.In battle-level wars, the prepared arrows must not be less than [-], and even need to be continuously replenished. In the end, three to four million arrows may be shot in a battle, or even more.

Is 40 million arrows a lot?There are really a lot of countries without some background in national strength and productivity. It may take three to five years to produce 40 million arrows. For example, it takes at least two years for the Eastern Jin Dynasty to store 40 arrows. Five years, and the rest of the countries and forces will take longer, and it is not known whether they can create this number.

However, the fact is that the former Qin army consumed nearly 80 arrows in the battle of Handan, the capital of Zhao State, which is so shocking!

All the celebrities who abused the Han army all the way shut up, and some generals with big families behind them had strange heartbeats in their eyes.

The Han army came, and they showed their own strength, which was based on the Han army's devastating offensive against the Zhao army in Shijie. In contrast, if the Jin army were to be the attacker, the Jin army might gain Victory, but the offensive and defensive battle between the Jin army and the Shijie Zhao army will definitely be extremely tragic.

At this moment, someone came to report that Xie An was forcibly detained by the Han army.

"..."

At that moment, everyone who heard the news of Xie An's detention was astonished. They hadn't forgotten one thing. Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao were the representatives of the past, and they were also forcibly detained by the Han army?

While all the people looked at each other in blank dismay, some of them were envious but angry, and even more strange.

Maybe they were wondering, why did Liu Yan love detaining people so much?It doesn't seem right, it should be someone who loves to detain people from the Eastern Jin Dynasty?It's still wrong. I went to the Eastern Jin Dynasty several times before, but only Huan Wen, Yuan Qiao, and Xie An were detained. Although the rest of the aristocratic families were not entertained with much grandeur, didn't they come back safely?

[The detained people are all talented people!Liu Yan's longing for talents has reached the point where even if they are forcibly detained, they will be persuaded to work slowly? 】

At that moment, more than one person was thinking that way...

(End of this chapter)