Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 597 Improved Siege Technique (1)

Yuan Shu only had Zhang Xun and Ji Ling under his command, who were considered general-level talents who could take action, but unfortunately there were no military-level talents on the civil servant's side.

On Yuan Shu's side, Yang Hong is a confidant military adviser, but his ability is not very strong, and he is also a greedy person, who is easy to be bought with money. In addition, there is a chief bookkeeper, Yan Xiang, who barely has the background of a military adviser. It's a pity that Yuan Shu didn't pay attention to it.

Therefore, if Yuan Shu's subordinates came even with a third-rate or second-rate military adviser such as Jude and Fengji, it is estimated that Yuan Shu would not end up like this. At least the two of them are both capable of planning and military strategy. .

Well, it can only be said that Yuan Shu really lacked the talent background of the Three Kingdoms era.

As for Zhang Xun and Ji Ling under Yuan Shu's tent, Ji Ling seems to be more famous than Zhang Xun, but in fact he is still somewhat inferior to Zhang Xun.

Ji Ling is more suitable for the position of Yuan Shu's personal guard. Historically, Ji Ling only seemed to have a record in battle when Yuan Shu conquered Liu Bei in Xuzhou. Yu Xiafeng, with the name of Guan Yu, left a name in history.

But later, under the mediation of Lu Buyuan's shooting halberds, Ji Ling had no choice but to let Liu Bei go and returned without success.

Later, when Yuan Shu was in despair, Ji Ling's guard Yuan Shu wanted to flee to Yuan Shao in the north, but was intercepted by Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Ji Ling was killed by Zhang Fei in this battle.

It can be said that Yuan Shu rarely sent Ji Ling out to fight, and basically let Ji Ling act with Yuan Shu.

But Zhang Xun was different. In the many battles Yuan Shu encountered in history, Zhang Xun always appeared as the commander-in-chief. No wonder Zhang Xun was named a general after Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor.

Judging from Zhang Xun's character attributes, his force has indeed stepped into the ranks of second-rate generals (in the Three Kingdoms game, he is actually the same force as Ji Ling), his intelligence and charm are also good, and his military command ability can be regarded as a second-rate general. In terms of popularity, as far as the general-level generals in the Three Kingdoms game are concerned, Zhang Xun can be regarded as a moderate type, but after all, he is also a general-level attribute foundation that is stronger than ordinary generals.

Now that Yuan Shu assigned Zhang Xun to guard the south gate, it could be seen that Yuan Shu was more afraid of Zhu Wei than Cao Cao who had just defeated his subordinates several times.

Well, this is not much talk, just say that Yuan Shu's army saw Zhu Wei's army attacking on the south gate of Shouchun, and under the command of Zhang Xun, they were also preparing for defense in an orderly manner.

Whether it was on the Shouchun city wall or on the top of the urn outside the south city gate, Yuan Shu's soldiers were basically prepared with bows and crossbows, ready to deal with the attack of Zhu Wei's army at any time.

After Zhu Wei's siege army left the main camp, they came to a mile outside the south gate of Shouchun City in the shape of geese, and stopped.

Then there was a general in his 20s from Tai Shici's Shenjian camp, holding a spear, he drove his horse towards the south gate of Shouchun, but it was Sun Cejiu who was assigned by Zhu Wei to the Shenjian camp. General Chen Wu.

Now Chen Wu's loyalty can be regarded as raised to more than 60. With his close to second-rate martial arts, besides Tai Shici, he can also be regarded as one of the best masters in the Divine Arrow Camp.

"Hey, listen to the rebellion in the city. Yuan Shu's rebellion and rebellion are really a crime of great treason. Now my lord is asking for rebellion under the edict of the emperor. If you are sensible, open the city and surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the city is broken, you will be guilty of the same crime. Forgive me, I will die with Yuan Shu!"

Chen Wu yelled loudly in his mouth, which could be regarded as announcing the letter of war to Yuan Shu's soldiers on the city, and then he waved his gun in his hand, and then drove his horse around the outside of Shouchun City to show that he was very serious about the city. The disdain of the defenders.

Although some defenders shot feathered arrows at him on the city wall, Chen Wu drove his horse so fast that many arrows could only fall behind him, and the few feathered arrows that threatened him were also shot by him. Push aside.

After galloping around, seeing Chen Wu returning to the city gate safe and sound, and still challenging the city wall of Shouchun, Zhu Weijun couldn't help cheering loudly, and their morale also rose a little bit. point.

This is the significance of military commanders risking their lives to challenge.

It's just that Zhang Xun, the guard at the south gate of Shouchun City, was unmoved. Although with the outbreak of this war, Yuan Shu's army helped Yuan Shu's back again and again, but he retreated from Kuxian County to Qixian County again and again. , and retreated from Qixian County to Shouchun, which can be regarded as repeated defeats and low morale.

But Yuan Shu's army can be regarded as having experienced repeated defeats and battles. Besides, Kuxian County and Qixian County could not compare with the city defense of Shouchun City before, so Zhang Xun stood on the towering gate tower of Shouchun City at this moment, just watching calmly. Chen Wu, who was provocative, simply ignored this kind of thing.

Zhang Xun knew very well that it was not certain whether today's battle would happen. After all, the moat outside Shouchun City was not dug for nothing.

And Chen Wu, who was in charge of boosting morale, returned to the main formation of the Divine Arrow Battalion after being provocative in front of the south gate of Shouchun City. Obviously, he knew that no one in Shouchun City would come out to challenge him one-on-one. up.

So following the transmission of the military order from Zhu Wei's rear, a burst of gongs and drums sounded, and two thousand sword shieldmen came out from the Shenjian camp and the Xiongba camp respectively, forming a shield formation of one or two hundred people, and then slowly walked towards Shouchun City. past.

In the end, these sword and shield players stood in front of the gate of the Weng City outside the south gate of Shouchun City, standing still like a rock against the feathered arrows shot from the city wall.

The defenders on the city wall shot a few rounds of feathered arrows, but found it meaningless, so under the orders of some commanding generals, they also stopped shooting arrows, just waiting for Zhu Wei's army to continue with the next move.

Then I saw five or six siege arrow tower vehicles in the middle of Zhu Wei's army pushing towards Shouchun City, and then stood behind those sword and shield fighters, and then began to shoot feather arrows at the city wall, but let the city outside the gate. Yuan Shu's defenders on the wall panicked.

Then another [-] to [-] cave carts, protecting nearly a thousand auxiliary soldiers inside and outside, pushed towards the moat outside Shouchun City.

It turned out that those sword and shield fighters also learned the lessons from Wan County, Lujiang County, and went to the front to prevent Yuan Shu's soldiers from coming out of the city, so as to protect the auxiliary soldiers in these caverns and fill the moat with peace of mind.

And those auxiliary soldiers hidden in the cave car came to the moat under the protection of the cave car, and started their work one after another.

Some soldiers first worked together to pull out a piece of floating board like a door panel from the cave car and spread it on the moat, and then pulled it with a rope hooked on one side of the floating board to prevent the floating board from being washed by the rushing water in the moat. Walk.

Then wooden piles were laid on both sides of the floating board to make the floating board more fixedly float on the moat, and then a sliding board was built on the floating board to spread bags of sand evenly on the floating board above.

In this way, the floating board sinks under the force of gravity, but under the pull of the rope and the fixation of the wooden stakes on both sides, it will not be washed away by the river water of the moat, but will only sink into the river and float slightly.

And as the first floating board sank under the load, the auxiliary soldiers hiding in the cave car spread the previous skateboard on the sandbags piled up on the first floating board to form a flat plate again, and then Then a bag of sand was spread on it, so a man-made embankment appeared on the moat, gradually cutting off the water of the moat.

Because there is a protruding arrow shield at the front of the cave car, the auxiliary soldiers hiding below are not afraid of the threat of the defenders' bows and arrows on the city wall. Their movements of filling the moat are also trained and appear smooth and orderly.

At this time, in front of the moat outside the south wall of Shouchun City, there are often three or four bridal carts lined up side by side.

As the wooden planks between the bridal carts were removed, it was equivalent to forming a wooden house with a height of two or three meters in front of the moat, allowing the auxiliary soldiers inside to have a larger range of space to move.

This can be regarded as the result of Zhu Wei's gradual transformation of the cave car according to the needs of the siege after repeated sieges.

In the end, these bridal carts can even become anti-arrow fortifications for the soldiers of the Zhu Wei army to avoid arrows on the city and wait to climb the city wall when they attack the city wall. It is a safe rest area for the siege soldiers. After burying the moat, there is no need to withdraw directly as before...

(End of this chapter)