I'm playing tricks in Daqin

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion quickly loaded the No. [-] stone bullet, and several Thunderbolt chariots were tested. After recalibrating the range and orientation, six hundred Thunderbolt chariots were launched almost at the same time. The surrounding walls were shattered, and some stone bullets fell into the dense crowd of soldiers, and their limbs were shattered for a while, and the screams of misery were endless.

The thunderbolt chariot blasted a round, and when the stone bombs were loaded, two hundred thunderbolt chariots roared in unison, and huge arrows as thick as arms roared out.

At this time, the walls of the barracks had been bombarded with stone bombs, and they were crumbling. When they were hit by the fierce force of the giant arrow, they immediately collapsed with a bang.

Some places have already collapsed, exposing the densely packed soldiers huddled behind. The roaring giant arrow smashed into the large shield, and the remaining strength was still there. It pierced through the chest of a soldier in front, bursting out a bloody mist, and then pierced through the second one. The third soldier, nailed to the body of the fourth soldier.

Such a terrifying killing, not to mention the recruits who have just been conscripted into the army and have only trained for ten and a half months, even the veterans who have experienced blood and fire are frightened and chilled, and their morale is low to freezing point.

After three rounds of bombardment by Thunderbolt Chariots and Thunderbolt Chariots, Tang Bing, who had been terrified for a long time, finally collapsed, like a colony of ants that had blown up their nest, they all dispersed with a bang, one by one desperately avoiding the still burning sea of ​​fire , Desperately fleeing to the back camp.

Tens of thousands of fleeing soldiers huddled together, fighting desperately for the way. Some soldiers were pushed and fell into the flames, instantly turning into burning men, and some accidentally fell on the ground, and there were thousands of feet in the blink of an eye. Stamped into patties.

"Hold on, hold on for me..."

Pi Xiaoxian waved the long sword in his hand, screaming desperately, and even chopped down a dozen deserters with the sword, but he couldn't stop the crowd of people fleeing.

The guards around him saw that the situation was not good.

"Army attack!"

Mingzhu stood on a high wooden platform, with a panoramic view of the entire battle situation. The Tang army had already collapsed. She pointed the command flag forward and ordered the army to attack.

"kill!"

The soldiers of the Phoenix Legion, who had been ready to go for a long time, let out a thundering roar, like a tiger out of the gate, and rushed towards the Tang camp. The cavalry was fast. They did not directly attack the barracks, but galloped forward along the periphery of the barracks, bypassing the barracks On one side, they went straight to the rear battalion and intercepted the fleeing Tang soldiers.

Countless fleeing Tang soldiers rushed out of the barracks, some instinctively continued to run forward, cleverly rushed directly to the woods not far away, and some fled to Jindu City.

The soldiers of the Phoenix Legion, who were as powerful as tigers, rushed into the already dilapidated barracks, endured the scorching heat and chased the fleeing Tang soldiers. The slow-running Tang soldiers simply knelt on the ground, raised their hands and surrendered. Pay attention to the captives, roar and continue to chase forward.

During this period, the defenders in Jindu City came out of the city twice in a row, but they were stopped by the dense defensive formation of 3000 elite Phoenix Legion. The soldiers of the battalion dragged the Thunderbolt Chariot and Thunderbolt Chariot over, set them up and fired them quickly. The hail-like stone bombs and dense giant arrows blocked the reinforcements of the defenders in the city. After paying the price of nearly [-] casualties, The Tang soldiers could only retreat back into the city, and watched the [-] troops outside the city being defeated, all of them turned pale with horror.

Mingzhu has already gone up and down the tower, her face is as calm as water, but her heart is turbulent. Although the Phoenix Legion participated in the battle against the Wei Empire before, as a newly formed new army, most of them are actual combat training. However, the guards' combat power was so low that it made people's eyes drop. They gave up their weapons and surrendered without any decent resistance. Although Mingzhu also witnessed the lethal and terrifying attacking heavy weapons, it was not as good as today's battle. The command is more intuitive, and the advanced machinery is really scary, completely changing the traditional attack tactics.

Of course, she couldn't help feeling a little proud in her heart. These machines were all invented by her husband. A few of them were used in military affairs, and most of them were used in civil affairs, which greatly benefited the people. Wonderful idea?

In addition, apart from relying on the advanced machinery with terrifying lethality, the most important point of the Qin army is morale. High morale is the fundamental guarantee for the final victory. There are many reasons for a certain morale. Apart from the treatment of weapons and equipment, in the final analysis, it is the thinking of the Qin army. His own husband successfully established the so-called party army. Every soldier is proud of the empire and wants to be a soldier. proud of.

Glory is my life. In order to protect the glory of the empire, the glory of the soldiers, and protect their families, all soldiers will fight to the end and will never back down. Even the elites she once commanded are still inferior to the Qin army in terms of morale. cut.

In this battle, there were more than 3 remnants of the enemy. The reason why the Tang army died so many was that when they fled, they trampled on each other. At least [-] people were pushed and fell into the flames, [-] enemies were captured, and countless trophies were captured.

Pi Xiaoxian, commander-in-chief of the Tang Army, fled into Jindu City under the protection of his own soldiers and guards. Only more than 4000 remnants of soldiers fled into the city with him, and the rest all escaped into the woods.

Mingzhu ordered the main force to besiege the three city gates in the north, south and south, leaving only the east gate, which is in line with the siege strategy in the siege tactics of the Art of War. Only the three gates are besieged, and if one gate is released, the soldiers in the city will be able to escape. If there is no opportunity, you will not be too desperate during the siege battle. On the contrary, if you trap the four city gates to death, in despair, everyone will try their best, and the price paid by the siege party will inevitably be heavy.

The logistics auxiliary soldiers were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and burying the bodies of the dead soldiers on both sides to avoid the plague, and then sent [-] cavalry to escort [-] captives back to the Oolonggang Fortress.

The army rested overnight, and early the next morning, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion set up a large number of thunderbolt chariots and thunder chariots, and bombarded Jindu City indiscriminately.

The Tang soldiers in the city had witnessed the terrifying power of these heavy siege weapons yesterday. The [-]-strong army collapsed in the blink of an eye. They were terrified, their morale was low, and they huddled behind the battlements, praying for longevity God bless, don't be hit by stone bombs.

Pi Xiaoxian fled into Jindu City, and became the highest military officer of the city as a matter of course. The fiasco of yesterday still haunts his mind like a nightmare. However, the consequences of the defeat are very clear. Even if he can go back alive, the loss of his head is only a trivial matter, and he is lucky not to hurt his family.

Of course, it's not like there's no chance of saving your life. As long as you can stick to the city of Jindu and wait for the reinforcements to arrive to relieve the siege, you can also offset the guilt of the fiasco, at least reduce the guilt a lot.

After Pi Xiaoxian calmed down, he began to consider the current situation. Although the Qin army's attacking heavy weapons were terrifying, the city of Jindu had high walls and thick walls. Nearly 6 people, coupled with the urgent recruitment of young and strong, can easily explode a hundred thousand soldiers. In order to save his old life, he was determined to stick to it and wait for help, so he ordered the east gate to be closed, and sent a cronies to lead a team of soldiers to guard it. The guards in the city wanted to flee, forcing them to defend the city to the death.

Although this move has the determination to break the boat, it is only Pi Xiaoxian's personal wish. Not only did the people in the city seriously dissatisfy, but also many soldiers. ?

The strong dissatisfaction of the soldiers was forcibly suppressed by Pi Xiaoxian's order, and more than a dozen soldiers who took the lead in making troubles were beheaded. However, this has aroused the strong dissatisfaction of many soldiers.

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But who wants to die if there is a glimmer of hope?

Pi Xiaoxian's actions aroused the strong dissatisfaction and anger of many soldiers, but they are all honest farmers, besides farming, they are still farming. They were forced to enlist in the army by the imperial court, so they had to go to the front line as cannon fodder, and no one took the lead People, they don't have a solid foundation in their hearts, so naturally they don't dare to make trouble again, but the strong dissatisfaction is accumulated in the bottom of their hearts, and the idea of ​​wanting to go home alive is getting stronger and stronger.

Pi Xiaoxian suppressed the rioting soldiers, beheaded a dozen or so leaders, and hung their heads under the city gate for public display. Anyone who dares to make trouble again will be killed without mercy.

At this time, the Phoenix Legion was attacking the city, only attacking the north gate, to be exact, they just bombarded the city with thunderbolt chariots and thunder chariots. Except for an accident at the east gate, the two southwest gates were very quiet.

Pi Xiaoxian didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the officers on duty at the two southwest city gates to strengthen their guard against the Phoenix Legion's surprise attack. He really wanted to climb up to the north city gate to watch the enemy's situation, but the stone bullets fell all over the sky like hail, and the gate towers were still alive. Some civilian houses and other buildings were destroyed by stone bombs, and some unlucky soldiers were hit, leaving only a pile of rotten flesh. As the chief officer, he did not dare to take risks. A trace of fear.

He also ordered the thunderbolt chariots in the city to fight back. However, according to the soldiers' report, because the distance was too far, all the stone bullets fell through the air, and they did not constitute the slightest threat at all.

Pi Xiaoxian was very puzzled, it was also a Thunderbolt chariot, why did his shots shoot so far?This day was a long day for the Tang soldiers guarding the city. They hid in the pits of the Tibetan soldiers, listening to the roar of stone bombs, the rumble of buildings collapsing, and clearly felt the vibration of the ground. While everyone was trembling with fear, they were also glad that it was not their turn to be on duty at the top of the city. God knows if the brother on duty at the top of the city is still alive?

I don't know how long it took until the sky darkened, and the Phoenix Army stopped attacking the city, and the terrified Tang soldiers in the city were able to breathe a sigh of relief. There are ruins and piles of rotten meat. Seeing this tragic situation, all of them hissed and sucked in cold air.

That night, a soldier guarding the east city gate took out a hidden long rope from his arms, tied it to the battlements, and slipped down the city while climbing the long rope, disappearing into the vast night.

However, on the way to escape, he was captured by Ye Bushou, who was lurking in the Phoenix Legion. After Mingzhu repeatedly asked about the situation in the city, he gave the deserter ten taels of silver and let him escape.

The next day, the sky was still gray and did not light up. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion had already started to work, throwing stone bullets into the city. However, the density of stone bullets today was less than half that of yesterday, but it was still the same. Like hail, the guards in the city once again endured extremely heavy psychological pressure.

In the morning, stone bombs were fired, and in the afternoon, Mingzhu ordered fire bombs to be loaded and fired continuously into the city to maintain a strong deterrent to Tang soldiers.

The fireball can't do much damage to the city wall made of big bluestone, but it is a catastrophe to the wooden buildings. The flames that explode when the fireball hits the ground are more deterrent to the soldiers than the stone bullets. The unlucky one was splashed by the flames raging everywhere, and turned into a burning man in the blink of an eye, struggling and screaming desperately, and the pitiful howl was heart-piercing, which made people tremble.

The Phoenix Legion only bombarded the city with thunderbolt chariots, but did not launch a real attack. Pi Xiaoxian was also happy to relax. The longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it was for him. As long as he could hold on until the reinforcements arrived, it would be considered a great achievement. It can offset the guilt of his defeat.

It was another difficult day. At night, Tang soldiers in the city breathed a sigh of relief. They should eat and sleep. However, a news quietly spread among the soldiers. It's time to slip away, and the officer on duty concealed it. If he reported it, he might even be implicated. If a person is missing, the superiors don't even know about it.

That night, another soldier on duty deserted again. This time, it was not one person but a whole team of soldiers who deserted collectively. The officer on duty was frightened out of his wits and simply followed suit, otherwise he would be punished by military law.

Nearly a hundred soldiers deserted overnight, and it was impossible to hide it. Pi Xiaoxian was furious, and immediately recruited veterans from various armies to form an inspection team, and if anyone deserted, he would be killed immediately.

On the night of the third day, there were still soldiers deserting, including soldiers from the inspector team, and a small team of inspector teams were killed in cold weather, and then groups and groups of soldiers deserted collectively.

This time, the situation was very serious. The soldiers who had been sleeping in the barracks had premeditated and coerced their officers to desert them. Some officers refused, or were bundled into big buns and stuffed under the bed. The unlucky ones were hanged directly, and then Groups of soldiers poured out of the barracks, rushed to the top of the city, descended to the city with long ropes or clothes connected to long ropes, and fled.

At dawn, the city was still crowded with soldiers, one after another descended to the city, this is no longer a desertion, but an open escape, the situation is very serious.

When Pi Xiaoxian received the news, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly took his personal guards to the east gate, and drove the soldiers back to the camp with swords. When he climbed to the top of the city, he could still see a large number of deserters fighting desperately outside the city. Running away, Qin Jun's Yebushou team occasionally appeared, but they did not intercept those deserters, but let them leave.

God knows how many soldiers deserted?

The data was still being counted, Pi Xiaoxian was so angry that he picked out more than a hundred unlucky people and beheaded them to show the public, and then asked his cronies to form a team of inspectors to strengthen the night duty of the east gate.

But the east gate can be defended, but the other three gates cannot be guarded. On the second night, a large number of soldiers and officers deserted. Yesterday at the top of the city, many soldiers saw that the fleeing companions were not stopped by the Qin army. , Now you can rest assured, they slipped down the city, and ran directly to the Qin army's barracks with their hands raised high. It is much better to be a prisoner than a dead man.

Mingzhu didn't embarrass these soldiers, and even distributed some rice balls to satisfy their hunger on the way. As a result, some courageous Tang soldiers directly asked to join the army, but Mingzhu refused. Accepting these deserters would only reduce the combat power of the Phoenix Army. It's better not to.

However, she asked her soldiers to tell these deserters that the Qin Empire is very happy to accept you, and that you can escape with your family and you will be properly settled.

She led the army to march all the way, and all she saw was a miserable scene. Those old and weak women were all yellow and thin. God knows how long it has been since they had a full meal?

The young and strong were either forcibly conscripted into the army or ran to hide in the deep mountains and old forests. The fields were uncultivated and almost deserted.

The people of the Tang Empire were living so miserable, which made Mingzhu both sympathetic and angry, and she became more and more determined in her heart to help Xianggong unify the mainland. She only wished that the war would end sooner and save the people from suffering.

However, sympathy belongs to sympathy, she did not act emotionally, and she must be responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under her command, which is why she only bombarded the city with thunderbolt chariots and thunderbolts, but did not launch an attack.

The law of war says: go up to fight against the enemy, next to attack the cross, next to attack the soldiers, and then down to attack the city.

Raiding an army to attack the city is really the best strategy. If you can defeat others without fighting, that would be great. She is waiting for this opportunity, and she believes it won't be too long.

Of course, there are also two prerequisites, one is to ensure the smooth logistics and transportation, and the other is to defeat the reinforcements of the Tang army and cut off the hope of the defenders in the city.

When Mingzhu led the Phoenix Army to besiege Jindu County, the news of Pi Xiaoxian's defeat had reached the Tang court. Tang Wang Jili was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Well, Pi Xiaoxian was recommended by them, and they had high hopes. He never expected to be defeated so miserably. One hundred thousand troops just disappeared. His face was crackled.

Pi Xiaoxian's fault can only be investigated after the siege of Jindu is resolved. The most urgent thing is to send a veteran who can recruit and fight well to lead the army to relieve the siege. Besides, Jincheng County is the east gate of the imperial capital, so there is no room for mistakes. .

This time, all the civil servants and military officers of the Lu family lowered their heads and did not say a word. Pi Xiaoxian had already made them lose face, so he was really embarrassed to recommend it again, and the officials of the military department were also silent. If they were defeated again, the consequences would be terrible It's serious, they can't afford it, they might as well pretend to be deaf and dumb.

As a last resort, Tang Wang Jili had to use Zhu Guo's veteran general Han Rui who was sick at home again.

Han Rui's recuperation was only one reason. He was a staunch conservative and had always supported the crown prince firmly. He was very dissatisfied with the Ninth Princess Tang Fei'er's involvement in the government and some of Lu's actions, so he was excluded and left home unused.

When the empire came to a critical juncture, Han Rui was obliged to take over the commander-in-chief, urgently recruited [-] troops, and rushed to Jindu County City to relieve the siege.

What made Han Rui depressed was that during the march of the army, Tang Wangjili suddenly appointed an eunuch named Yuan Fu to supervise the army, urging him to release the siege of Jindu as soon as possible.

This Yuan Jianjun was originally a young eunuch in the palace. Because he liked Zheng Concubine very much, he was promoted to the deputy chief of the internal servants.

There is a supervising army in the army, and it is generally held by eunuchs. It has existed since ancient times. It is a means for the emperor to supervise the generals and control the army. It really moved Han Rui to the point of utter confusion. Who would have thought that within a few days, Tang Wangjili would suddenly repeat, making him let out a helpless sigh, the king is old!The army rushed all the way, and it was almost evening when they arrived at Tang County under the jurisdiction of Jindu County. Han Rui originally planned to make another journey to Tiandu Mountain, which was more than ten miles ahead, and camp at the foot of the mountain, but the Yuan Supervisor The journey was bumpy and full of complaints, and he insisted on camping in Tang County to rest.

Han Rui had no choice but to order the army to camp on the flat ground outside Tang County, while the Yuan Supervisor Army ran into the city to demand bribes.

Tang county town was still three or four days away from Jindu county town, and the Yeburei dispatched did not find any trace of the Qin army, but Han Rui still ordered the soldiers to step up vigilance in case of accidents.

In the middle of the night, Han Rui, who was in a drowsy sleep, seemed to feel something strange and sat up in shock.

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"Have you ever heard anything?"

Han Rui hurriedly got up and dressed, and asked the armored guards who served him.

One of the guards shook his head, while the other listened attentively, with a rather strange expression on his face, and said, "It seems... the sound of thousands of horses galloping... an enemy attack?"

Han Rui suddenly remembered something, his face turned pale and bloodless, he pushed away the guards, rushed out of the handsome tent, and shouted loudly, "Get up quickly, everyone run to the higher place!"

A group of guards didn't know what happened for a moment, but they all roared together. The sound broke through the silent night and woke up the sleeping soldiers.

"Fork, what are you doing, and you still keep people from sleeping?"

The soldiers who were awakened by the roars grumbled dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

Some soldiers exclaimed.

A veteran lay on the ground, listening with his ear to the ground, his face suddenly turned pale, "It seems...the sound of thousands of horses galloping...it's the enemy's attack...the enemy's attack, get up quickly."

In the distance, the roaring river surged and poured down, uprooting the big trees and sweeping away everything that stood in their way.

Han Rui roared desperately, commanding the soldiers to run to a higher place, but unfortunately, the army rushed all the way, the soldiers were exhausted, and fell asleep. Even though many people were awakened by the roar, they were slow to respond, and they didn't know what happened. His face was blank and at a loss.

There were also some soldiers who instinctively picked up their weapons, rushed out of the tent, and ran after others.

The flood roared and swept in, engulfing Ruoda's army camp in an instant.

The city of Tang County was built on a high ground, which was half a person higher than the base of Daying. The roaring flood flooded into the city, and the water level rose to the knees of adults.

Standing in the sewage, Han Rui's face was ashen. The one hundred thousand army was gone, and only a thousand people were able to escape. Even if Tang Wang Jili did not pursue his crimes, he would have no face to live on.

In the final analysis, it was all caused by the damn Yuan Supervisory Army. If he followed his arrangement and marched another ten miles to camp at the foot of the high Tiandu Mountain, how could such a disaster happen?

It was also because of his carelessness that he didn't send people to scout the Chengbi River near Tang County, thinking that although the river water rose in spring, floods should not happen, but he didn't think that Mingzhu dared to send people to venture deep and block the river to store water.

"Heaven will destroy my Tang Dynasty."

In despair, Master Han Rui sighed and drew his sword to kill himself.

The soldiers who survived the disaster dispersed, and Han Rui's personal guards gathered together to discuss for a while. More than a dozen people were responsible for escorting Han Rui's body back to the imperial capital. Turn it into a meat paste, then slap your ass and leave.

In Mingzhu's eyes, Han Rui was a well-known general of the Tang Empire who had fought many battles. He didn't expect the water attack to be successful. Before he sent people to Chengbi River to block the river, he repeatedly told him that if Han Rui camped at a high place, he would withdraw quickly. She never thought that Yuan Jianjun helped her a lot, and wondered whether she should give that Yuan Jianjun a first credit?

A flood swept away Han Rui's [-] troops. Now that she has no pressure, she can completely lay siege to Jindu City and wait for the guards in the city to collapse and surrender.

In the short term, it is impossible for the Tang army to send reinforcements. The king of Tang's successive forced recruitment of young and strong has caused strong dissatisfaction among the people. In a short period of time, the supply of weapons and equipment may not be able to keep up. In less than three months, don't try to gather a new army.

For three months, the day lily was cold.

Mingzhu didn't trap Jindu City on all sides, and the communication between Jindu and the outside world remained smooth, and the battle report that the [-] reinforcements were swept away by the flood was sent to Jin Xiaoxian's men immediately.

After reading the battle report, Pi Xiaoxian's face was ashen, and he slumped on the chair weakly. It was over, there was no reinforcements, and the morale of the defenders in the city was low. He didn't even have much confidence to hold on to the city.

Escaping back is also death, not to mention getting a bad reputation, and even implicating the family, it is death anyway, no matter how you want to strip the Phoenix Legion of its skin, death is also an honor.

Pi Xiaoxian made up his mind, staring at the red eyes and ordered to block the news of the defeat of the reinforcements, and ordered the inspectors to strengthen patrols. Anyone who disturbs the army will be punished, those who desert the city will be punished, and those who retreat during the defense battle will be executed!Apart from bombarding the city with Thunderbolt chariots and Thunder chariots every day, the Phoenix Legion did not appear to be attacking at all. The north city wall was even knocked down for a short period of time, and they still had no intention of attacking. The city wall is blocked.

However, the intensity of stone bombs and giant arrows fired by the Phoenix Legion began to increase, and the north city wall was already crumbling. God knows how many rounds of stone bombs it can withstand?

The morale of the guards was already low, and the teams that went out to spy on the information came back one after another, and it was unknown who leaked the news that Han Rui's [-] troops were swept away by the flood, which aroused the panic of the soldiers and the people even more. Xiaoxian's actions also aroused public anger.

Mingzhu would go up to the tower to observe the enemy's situation every day. According to the soldiers' report, because the inspector team formed by Pi Xiaoxian strengthened the patrol, the number of guards fleeing has been greatly reduced. Said that her war without a fight failed.

Although there is still a month before the time to capture Jindu City, Mingzhu did not intend to wait any longer, and ordered the soldiers to pile up an earthen platform as high as the city, and then hoisted the dismantled parts of the Thunder Chariot on top, and after assembling them, continued to bombard the city , to maintain a deterrent to the defenders.

When the soldiers of the Phoenix Legion outside the city were digging the earth to build a high platform, Pi Xiaoxian ventured up to the top of the city to observe for a while, and when he guessed Mingzhu's intentions, his face became even more ugly.

The most terrifying power of the Thunder Chariot is the flat shot. He has personally witnessed that once these high platforms are built, and the Thunder Chariot is set up on them to bombard, the threat to the city and the deterrence to the soldiers can be imagined.

He also couldn't think of a good way to resist the bombardment of the giant arrows, so he ordered to erect as many shields as possible on the top of the city as protection.

When the thunder chariots on more than a dozen high platforms began to bombard, the guards watching from the top of the city did not dare to sit behind the wall stacks, but lay down on the ground with their heads in their arms, because the solid wall stacks could not support the huge Several rounds of arrows collided fiercely and collapsed. For them, staying on top of the city is simply looking for death, but the military order is hard to violate, and they dare not leave their posts without authorization, so they can only pray for the blessing of the God of Longevity.

After the construction of the same earth platform as the city wall was completed, Mingzhu ordered his subordinates to bombard the city for two days. On the third day, a thunderbolt chariot was used to shoot a round of leaflets to persuade the city to surrender, and then the bombardment stopped.

In the art of war, there is the theory of attacking the heart. This point is emphasized in the new tactics textbook prepared by the relatives, and the listed tactics of attacking the heart are varied and admirable. In short, it was very simple, but people did not think of it or ignored it. Yes, they are all listed in the teaching materials, and the leaflet is one of them.