The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

After all, Liu Zheng's food and grass were robbed by Sun Jian, and the food roads have not yet been completely unblocked. Although he has now cooperated with Yan Baihu to conquer Fuchun, there is no need to worry about the temporary food and grass problem, but after a long time, it still won't work. The grain and grass must be transported over.

But once the time was delayed, Liu Zheng felt that resting first was the best choice. He lost more than [-] troops this time, which he did not want to see.

When Yan Baihu heard Liu Zheng say that he would give him the captured Kuaiji City, he immediately became interested. Although Yan Baihu occupied several counties, these counties were all small counties with only a few thousand households. Four or five small county towns, when combined, are not as big as one county town.

Therefore, if he can take down the county seat of Kuaiji County, Yan Baihu can be regarded as a real vassal.

"Fight! Since Liu Zhengqu is so handsome and you think highly of me, naturally you want to fight. Even if I try my best, I will take down Kuaiji City!"

"Okay, it shouldn't be too late. Let's take a day off in Fuchun, and tomorrow morning, we will attack Kuaiji City!"

Liu Zheng didn't talk nonsense with Yan Baihu here, and quickly left and returned to his barracks.

Speechless for a day.

Liu Zheng, who had experienced successive fights and melees, was also a little tired. He finally had time to rest, and he had to rest well. After all, he was not a man of steel, and he was always tired.

Early the next morning, he reorganized his army, brought his soldiers and horses, and went to the city of Kuaiji again.

Kuaiji City is now under strict defense. Although Liu Yao escaped, Liu Zheng didn't know about it. Through observation outside the city, he could clearly know that there were at least [-] troops in the city.

These 2 people are stationed in Kuaiji City. It is not so easy to break through the city gate and enter the city.

"Liu Zhengqu is handsome, there are many soldiers and horses in this city, and there are five steps on the tower. If there is a strong attack, we are afraid that there will be heavy casualties."

Yan Baihu also took a stroll around the city. After seeing the appearance of the city, he did not act rashly and took his own people to directly attack the city. Instead, he ordered people to block several gates of Kuaiji City, and then I brought people here to find Liu Zheng, and planned to discuss with Liu Zheng how to break this Kuaiji City.

Liu Zheng was actually thinking about this question too. Although he and Yan Baihu combined had more troops than the defenders in the city, the extra thousands of troops were not decisive, and the difference would not be too big. If you want to attack such a county directly, unless you have three times the opponent's manpower, it will be difficult to defeat it.

Even if Liu Zheng was able to move the trebuchet, this kind of siege weapon was at most a [-]-[-] split. It was not so easy to take down the city at no cost at all.

"In my opinion, it is not easy to attack by force, so we can only besiege the city and cut off water and food."

In the period of the Three Kingdoms, after all, there were still a few who really stormed the city. Unless they had a force several times that of the enemy and wanted to break through the city quickly, no general wanted to use a huge price to attack the city.

Without wanting to pay a huge price, besieging the city without water and food is the best way.

In a short period of time, the soldiers in the city may be able to last for a few months without food. After all, everyone has food at home, and it is still possible to save some food for a few months.

But once the water is cut off, within half a month, the people and soldiers in the city will run out on their own initiative.

Many cities are built along with water. It is only necessary to cut off the river or temporarily divert the river. The soldiers in the city must leave the city within a few days, unless there is enough water in the city to allow them to continue.

However, such a water source cannot fully maintain the daily use of the people in the city. It may be able to persist in a short period of time, but there will definitely be troubles in the long run.

At that time, the people in the city will be in civil unrest, and the city will collapse without attack.

Chapter 357 The Siege Plan

"Siege the city without water and food?"

Yan Baihu seldom sieges cities. He actually doesn’t know much about siege warfare. The few counties he occupied before used powerful soldiers and horses to either directly intimidate the county magistrate to open the city and surrender, or Using countermeasures, directly let the city gates be opened by those in the city.

I don't have much experience in really storming the city wall, let alone the operation of besieging the city without water and food.

"Have you seen this moat? As long as we intercept the water source of this moat upstream and divert it to other places, if we don't pass through Kuaiji City, we will limit the water used for domestic purposes in this city, and people will not have enough water. Within three to five days, the people in the city will be in chaos."

"Is this method really feasible?"

"We'll see if it works. Anyway, we're not in a hurry. It's Liu Yao and the others who are anxious, not us. If Liu Yao's reinforcements come outside Kuaiji City, we can also wipe out his reinforcements by the way. "

This way of making a circle around the dots.In this case, it is also more beneficial to Liu Zheng.

Of course, Liu Zheng didn't know that Liu Yao was no longer in Kuaiji City at this time, that is to say, basically no reinforcements came to Kuaiji City to support him, maybe there was, and the possibility was very small.

Yan Baihu nodded after hearing what Liu Zheng said, and didn't say much. After all, he didn't have a better way to take down this city of Kuaiji at this time.

Only by following Liu Zheng's method, maybe they can really succeed. Anyway, they have already captured several counties near Jiangji County.In a short period of time, there were no reinforcements near Kuaiji City. If you take a little rest and surround Kuaiji City, you can really use this as a base to deal with the reinforcements who came to rescue.

If it is possible to wipe out some of Liu Yao's reinforcements based on this position, and eliminate the reinforcements dispatched from other places, the entire counties and counties in Yangzhou will be short of soldiers and horses.They may even occupy the entire other counties and counties of Yangzhou.

According to Liu Zheng's plan, Yan Baihu's men quickly joined forces with Liu Zheng's men to cut off the water in the moat outside Kuaiji City.

It only took one day to cut off the water from outside the moat and flow in other directions.

In the city, a group of soldiers standing on the tower saw the actions of Liu Zheng and others outside the city, and their expressions immediately changed drastically, as if they understood what Liu Zheng and Yan Baihu and his group wanted to do.

Fan Neng, who has been promoted from a general to become the highest officer of Kuaiji City, has also reached the top of the tower at this time. He looked around and saw that the water in the moat became less and less. After realizing something, he immediately ordered Let all people use their greatest strength to store water.

But at this speed, it was still too late, and the water stored in a short period of time was simply not enough, and they didn't have time to find more containers.

In this way, the moat outside Kuaiji City was cut off, and the water source introduced into the city could not be guaranteed, although there were still some wells in the city that could be used temporarily.

But those wells need to supply the daily life of tens of thousands of people in the city, which is not enough at all, and at this time, it is summer, the hottest time, and you will be covered with sweat if you don't take a bath for a day. There will be lice.

On the first day of the water cutoff, there was not much movement in Kuaiji City.

After all, thanks to Fan Neng's previous wise move, the soldiers and people in Kuaiji City collected some spare water in advance. For a while, the water shortage will not have too much impact.

Three days in a row passed.

There was no movement in the city. For three days, Liu Zheng and Yan Baihu were very honest, and there was no sign of taking the initiative to attack the city. Instead, the army was stationed at the four gates of Kuaiji City, and simple drills were carried out every day without attacking the city. In the city, it is to train troops outside, after a normal rest, and then change people to continue the drill.

The loud shouts of killing could be heard by the people in Kuaiji City through the city walls, increasing the panic and fear of the people in the city.

However, after three days, Fan Neng in the city has not lost his temper yet, but Yan Baihu has lost his temper.

He saw that there was no movement in the city. In the past two days, he often came to Liu Zheng's place, wanting to inquire about news from Liu Zheng.

"Brother Liu, there is no movement. In Kuaiji City, the soldiers and horses inside are completely unmoved. Is there something wrong with our plan to cut off the water?"

Yan Baihu was a little anxious. He wanted to see results as soon as possible. It would be best if he could capture Kuaiji City on the same day, and then he would sit in the government office of the county city with a beautiful woman in his arms and drink wine.

But impatient can not eat hot tofu.Liu Zheng wanted to laugh at the anxious Yan Baihu but was too embarrassed to do so.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, this plan of cutting off water and food will not see results so quickly."

"How long will it take? For the siege, I feel that if we procrastinate, it will not be good for us. After all, our [-] army consumes no less food and grass here than the other party."

Fan Neng's army in the city consumes a lot of food and grass, but Yan Baihu outside the city is also not small, but they still need it. They can transport food from other places, while the people in the city can only eat stored food.

"There is no need to worry about the grain and grass for the time being. Two days ago, I sent people to Jiaozhou to urge. This time, the newly harvested grain and grass in Jiaozhou have already begun to be transported to Kuaiji. It will not take a few days. The first batch of grain and grass We will be able to arrive, and by then, our food and grass problem will be alleviated, and the other side, who can only use the stored food, must be stronger than us, and will always go out of the city to fight us after a long time."

"But we don't know how much food is left in the city. How long is the delay?"

"Wait, it's only three days now, it's useless to say these things."

Liu Zheng didn't tell him how long he would have to wait.

After Yan Baihu couldn't ask Liu Zheng for an answer, he left, but Liu Zheng didn't ignore it directly. He found Gan Ning and ordered Gan Ning to start preparing the trebuchet.

Although a few catapults could not directly break the city, Liu Zheng needed to use catapults to put some pressure on the defenders of Kuaiji City.

The previous trebuchet was destroyed by a fire during Sun Jian's attack. Now the trebuchet that wants to attack the city can only be remanufactured. Fortunately, Liu Zheng has given the method of manufacturing the trebuchet to Gan. Ning, Wenpin and others, if they go down to make a few trebuchets, there is still no problem.

In this way, after a few more days, there was still no movement in Kuaiji City. Although Liu Zheng outside the city was relatively calm, Yan Baihu was a little anxious.

Chapter 358 A Tentative Attack

On the seventh day, Yan Baihu finally couldn't sit still. He found Liu Zheng and wanted to take the initiative to attack the city gate.

Although there was no movement in the city, Yan Baihu didn't want to wait here, so he ran over to discuss with Liu Zheng whether he could send troops to attack Kuaiji City to increase the hope of entering the city.

Liu Zheng seemed to have expected that Yan Baihu would not be able to bear the loneliness, so when Yan Baihu came to look for him, he immediately agreed to his request.

Yan Baihu originally thought that Liu Zheng would reject his proposal, but he didn't expect that Liu Zheng would agree directly. He was a little surprised for a while, and immediately discussed with Liu Zheng how to send troops to attack Kuaiji City.

And Liu Zheng seems to have thought about it a long time ago. When Yan Baihu mentioned it, he directly told Yan Baihu that the four city gates would attack separately. Down, a single city gate may only need to face the pressure of [-] soldiers and horses.

And in this way, the probability of breaking Kuaiji City can be greatly increased. Even if the city cannot be broken, it is good to consume the physical strength of the soldiers and horses in the inner city and let them run back and forth. The consumption of physical strength requires more food for nourishment. Otherwise, over time, the fighting spirit of these soldiers will decline.

After hearing Liu Zheng's words, Yan Baihu agreed to Liu Zheng's words, and at the same time, let him take the initiative to undertake the attack on three of the city gates.

After all, here at this time, Yan Baihu's soldiers and horses accounted for the majority, and Liu Zheng only had a small number of soldiers and horses, and it was enough to hit one city gate.

The reason why Yan Baihu did this was because Liu Zheng had agreed to him from the very beginning. After taking down Kuaiji City, Liu Zheng would give him the city. Since in Yan Baihu's eyes, this Kuaiji City was already his, he naturally Be positive.

That's why he took the initiative to undertake the offensive work of the other three city gates.

Liu Zheng just smiled and didn't refuse.

Anyway, Yan Baihu had to put in more effort, so how could Liu Zheng take the initiative to be such a good person.

After an agreed time to start the attack, Liu Zheng waited for a while, and when Yan Baihu's men really started to attack Kuaiji City, he slowly asked Gan Ning to give Liang the trebuchet he had prepared in advance. out.

Anyway, it was just a feint attack, Liu Zheng didn't intend to send his soldiers to death immediately, just to attract firepower, a few trebuchets were enough.

After a few words to Gan Ning's ear, Liu Zheng continued to sleep in the camp.

Soon, the sound of trebuchets bombing the tower came from outside.

The trebuchet was made by Gan Ning a few days ago. Although the newly made trebuchet is certainly not as powerful as Liu Zheng brought over from Jiaozhou at the beginning, and there are some deviations in accuracy, Liu Zheng is not completely In order to attack the city, it is enough to make some noise to let Yan Baihu understand that he is working hard to help him attack the city.

Of the more than 1 soldiers and horses, Liu Zheng divided [-] of them and stood face to face at the foot of Kuaiji City, waving flags and shouting, but did not attack directly, but blindly bombed with trebuchets.

The bombing happens every three to five minutes. The soldiers of Liu Yao’s army on the tower can only be restrained by Liu Zheng. They want to leave but are afraid that Liu Zheng’s soldiers will attack suddenly. soldiers are afraid.

If it hits, there will be a lot of casualties.

After more than a dozen rounds of projection, Liu Zheng's prepared stones were almost used up. Liu Zheng sent people to check the other gates, and saw that the battle on Yan Baihu's side was also coming to an end.

Yan Baihu's side naturally didn't have much effect. Although he had more than 2 people attacking the city, they were distributed in three city gates. On average, one city gate didn't even have 1 people. There are more soldiers than guarding the city, but there is not much advantage.

Attacking the city with such a force would naturally end in a hasty manner. After losing troops and generals, he felt sorry for his own force and dared not continue to attack.

Two hours later, Yan Baihu came to find Liu Zheng again, and described the disadvantages of this attack with Liu Zheng.

And this point, Liu Zheng has already thought of it.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, the attack this time is not ineffective, and you will soon find that there will be much fewer defenders on the tower, and the people in the city should start to be unable to suppress it."

"Why is this?"

Yan Baihu didn't know where Liu Zheng's confidence came from, and he was also curious about what Liu Zheng said, so he immediately asked.

"Actually, in the past few days, the city tower has not changed at all. Through observation, I still noticed something is wrong."

"Oh?"

Liu Zheng explained to Yan Baihu that as soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted Yan Baihu's attention, and his face immediately darkened, staring at Liu Zheng, wanting to see what Liu Zheng wanted to say.

"A few days ago, there were at least 5000 guards on the tower, but as the past few days passed, the number of guards on the tower has decreased. Although the number of guards has not decreased by much, it is still obvious It can be seen that the number of people has indeed decreased, why is the number decreasing.”

Liu Zheng glanced at Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu was stunned for a moment, and was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking, but he still shook his head.

"do not know."

"I think, it should be, there are other places in this city that need to use troops."

"And during this period of time, the only place where troops may be needed is to suppress the turmoil of the people in the city. I don't think I need to explain why the people are in turmoil."

Liu Zheng didn't explain it too clearly to Yan Baihu, because only such an unclear appearance could make Liu Zheng more unpredictable in front of Yan Baihu.

Sure enough, when Yan Baihu heard it, regardless of whether he understood it or not, he immediately showed a look of surprise, and began to compliment Liu Zheng.

"Brother Liu, do you mean that there is already turmoil in Kuaiji City?"

"It's not far away, so we will continue to attack next, and we will continue to attack under the city, but we don't need to completely attack the city, just pretend to go up and test it. If the defenders on the tower counterattack vigorously, we will retreat and not counterattack. Just keep attacking, understand?"

"Okay, I will immediately follow your instructions and start implementing it."

"Well, my side will continue to attack the city gate. In my opinion, within three days, this Kuaiji City will be broken by us."

Liu Zheng gave Yan Baihu a time point, so that Yan Baihu saw hope all at once.

Chapter 359 Breaking Out and Breaking the City

The next attack seemed very random.

The men under Liu Zheng continued to use trebuchets to attack the tower.

It's just that the frequency of the attack this time is more scattered than the previous attack. There is no such intensive firepower projection as before, but the trebuchet is divided into two parts.

One part is projected first, and the second part is allowed to project after three to five minutes.

With such a distance, the density of firepower is reduced, but it is more able to attract the attention of the defenders on the tower.

Because of the continuous attack, those defenders huddled behind the city wall without showing their heads, so Liu Zheng didn't know exactly how many defenders were on the tower at this time, but what he could know was that the people in the city must be more and more difficult because of the lack of water and food. suppress.

Most of the defenders responsible for guarding the city will be dispatched to suppress the riots of the people.In this way, when more and more soldiers and horses are dispatched and the number of defenders in charge of city defense decreases, Liu Zheng and others will have a chance to break through the city wall. When living, there may even be people who directly open up and surrender.

In addition to these results, it is also possible that the soldiers participated in the riots. Once the water source in the city could not meet the daily needs of the soldiers, some undisciplined soldiers would start to seize the city gates and leave the city to surrender in order to find a way out.