The Nameless of the Common Clans

In Bo County, Jiang Qi mobilized almost all the young people in Bo County to leave the city and dug three trenches outside the city. The last one was used to accurately calculate the range of the catapult, and was specially used to block the catapult. In addition, he ordered people to make Traps, traps, originally in Aocang Yusheng How to set up obstacles, Jiang Qi changed his mind and now came up with it. Although due to time constraints, he could not do it as thoroughly as Yu Sheng, but if he wanted to break through Bo County according to the normal siege method, he could definitely do it. It won't take three days to get down.

It was not easy just to level the trench against the rain of arrows at the top of the city. Cui Geng and Yang Xiu checked around Bo County. There were no big flaws at all. Facing the generals' inquiries, Cui Geng could only smile bitterly and said : "If we want to conquer Bo County, I'm afraid it will take more than a month. It seems that it will be difficult to join forces with General Gao as planned."

According to the original plan, Cui Geng led his army out of Jiguan, while Gao Shun led his army to cross the river at Mengjin and go straight to Wen County to fight with Yan Liang's main force, so that Yuan Shao's army could not support Jiang Qi. In the end, Cui Geng defeated Jiang Qi with superior force. After Jiang Qi, he took Huai County and attacked Yan Liang from a flank.

But judging from the current situation, it may be difficult to defeat Jiang Qi in a short time.

"But that's not necessarily the case." Yang Xiu dragged his chin and frowned in thought.

"Does Dezu have any clever ideas to help me break the city?" Cui Geng looked at Yang Xiu and asked with some expectation.

"I don't know yet. I'll have to check it out later." Yang Xiu shook his head. He just had an idea, but he couldn't confirm it without careful investigation: "The general will allow me to wait for two more days. After calculation, I will report to the general."

Two days?

Cui Geng nodded. Anyway, he didn't have a way to break the city now, so he just made preparations. Now he asked the soldiers to prepare earthen bags and prepare to build trenches and pits. If Yang Xiu couldn't come up with a plan, he could only attack by force. .

Yang Xiu and several personal guards wandered around Bo County every day, overlooking the highlands. Two days later, Yang Xiu found Cui Geng and said, "I have a plan, maybe I can give it a try."

"Please teach me, sir!" Cui Geng was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly stood up.

Yang Xiu was speechless. He usually called me cousin, but now he knew how to call me sir? As one of Chen Mo's staff, he rarely gets called sir.

Yang Xiu pointed at the map and said: "Bo County is close to the Nishui River, but there is still a dam built there..."

"Dezu." Cui Geng shook his head in disappointment when he heard this: "The water level of Nishui River and the height of Bo County cannot flood the city."

It does not mean that water attack is suitable if there is water in front of you.

"I know, but this plan is not to flood Bo County." Yang Xiu could no longer complain about Cui Geng's reality.

"If Jiang Qi, like a general, can see through it at a glance, this strategy of digging water can destroy those traps, and even shake the city wall if repeated several times. If Jiang Qi can't see through it like a general, when he sees our army building dams to store water, he will definitely "Leading the army into battle, there is no need to do anything else. As long as the general can defeat Jiang Qi outside the city, the battle will be considered a victory."

Bo County also has a rammed earth city wall. If the city wall is soaked in water for a few days, it will not collapse immediately, but it will definitely soften and loosen a lot. It will naturally be easier to attack the city again.

Cui Geng thought for a while, although he couldn't break the city directly, but according to what Yang Xiu said, he could give it a try. He immediately ordered Yang Xiu to personally lead the troops to build a dam and store water, while Cui Geng led the people to guard against Jiang Qi coming out of the city to fight. .

On the other side, Jiang Qi naturally discovered that the enemy was building dams to store water, but this wave of counties was obviously not suitable for water attacks. So Cui Geng couldn't even see this, right?

To be cautious, Jiang Qi still invited everyone to discuss.

"I think the Guanzhong Army just wants to lure the general out of the city. If they really want to store water to attack the city, how can they do it so easily and wait for me to see it?" Several generals talked in a flurry. This store of water to attack the city looks like The intention of going up to lure the enemy is too obvious.

Jiang Qi nodded. He thought so too. At the moment, he ignored the enemy's dam building and water storage, and just continued to strengthen the city's defenses.

After another three days of this, Yang Xiu built a simple dike. Seeing that the opponent had not fallen into the trap and came out of the city to attack, he immediately dug up the dike and diverted the Nishui River to Bo County.

At the top of Bo County City, many of the city guards laughed out loud as they watched the layer of water spreading. Not many people could squeeze in through the cracks in the door with such water, not to mention flooding the city.

Jiang Qi frowned and looked at the traps and flooded trenches that were constantly exposed in the water outside the city, but did not laugh out loud. That day, before the water receded, the Guanzhong Army was already carrying earth bags and began to bury traps outside the city, and even went to The trench was filled with soil, and Jiang Qi quickly ordered his soldiers to shoot the enemy soldiers, but the distance was too far and the effect was little.

Yang Xiu stood on the high platform and watched the water that gathered near the city gradually seep into the soil. He asked Cui Geng to withdraw his troops and released the water again. Bo County was also an ordinary county and did not have a city protection. The incoming water was mostly blocked by the city wall or It was the soil under the city that absorbed it. This was repeated over and over again. Every time the water receded, the soldiers continued to fill the holes with bags of soil on their backs, filling the holes that Yin Wei had sunk in because of the loose soil.

After releasing the water three times, all the traps in the west city of Bo County were buried, and most of the first trench was leveled.

"The city can be attacked tomorrow. The general can continue to use catapults to bombard the city wall as he did in Zhi County. At the same time, he will use archers to cover the city and let the soldiers continue to fill in the trenches." Yang Xiu looked at Cui Geng and said with a smile.

Cui Geng nodded. He naturally knew how to do a regular siege. He immediately ordered people to dig the soil overnight. Early the next morning, he had people roll out the catapults. A large number of soldiers rushed up carrying earth bags. Under the shield soldiers, Under cover, after the first trench was leveled, catapults and archers began to advance slowly. The archers began to suppress the defenders on the city wall, while the shieldmen protected the army and began to fill in the second trench.

On the city wall, several generals were a little anxious: "How could this trench be leveled so easily?"

"The previous water washed away a lot of soil, and our trap was directly washed away from the cover, failing to hinder the enemy." Jiang Qi sighed. He finally understood the purpose of the water before. The cover buried in the trap The things were washed away directly. Naturally, it was impossible for them to be as scared and afraid to move forward as Yu Sheng's trap was in Aocang.

Now the opponent only needs to build trenches before they can directly attack the city. Although it still has a certain impact, it is difficult to have as much impact on the enemy as Aocang did at the beginning.

"General, the city gate is blocked by sand." A general suddenly came up in a hurry and bowed.

Jiang Qi nodded and did not ask anyone to clean up the sand immediately. In this way, at least it would not be easy for the enemy to break through the city gate. Although the city gate here was blocked by sand, it was impossible for other city gates to be blocked. Sealed.

On the second day, the catapults of the Guanzhong Army crossed the trench and began to launch a fierce bombardment of the city wall. At the same time, Cui Geng sent people carrying ordinary long ladders to jump over the trench and launch a tentative attack on the city wall. Jiang Qi took his troops to hide. Behind the parapet, as soon as the opponent's catapult stops, jump up and push down the long ladders on the city wall. These long ladders are just ordinary ladders extended. They are not as difficult to push down as cloud ladders. Even if there are people below to help fix them, they can It’s easy to get pushed down.

However, due to the lack of suppression by bows and arrows at the city head, the other two trenches were bulldozed on the third day. On the fourth day, the Guanzhong Army's ladders and battering rams began to be moved onto the battlefield, and a general attack on the city wall was launched. The bombardment continued, and ladders began to be erected on the city wall under the cover of catapults and bows. Jiang Qi immediately ordered people to pour kerosene on them. A large number of ladders were burned, but Cui Geng built five wells and began to attack the city.

Jiang Qi wanted to take advantage of the enemy's retreat and go out of the city to burn Jing'an, but the west gate was blocked by silt and could not be opened for a while. He sent troops from both sides, but was stopped by Cui Geng's troops. After a fight, he was destroyed. Many soldiers failed to burn down Jinghuan, but the defenders became even weaker.

On the fifth day, the catapults were used in conjunction with the Jing Hu. The Jing Hu was much higher than the city wall. Under the cover of the catapults, the soldiers on the Jing Hu began to fire arrows at the city wall. They tried several times to burn the Jing Hu with rockets. , but failed to do so. On the contrary, after Jing Huan approached, the Guanzhong army followed the pontoon bridge built by Jing Huan and rushed to the top of the city. The city wall was almost unable to be defended. Jiang Qi personally charged back and forth with his sword, and threw a fire oil can at the well. On the 欗, a well 欗 was burned, and then the enemy troops were driven back.

"General, there are less than five hundred soldiers in the city! The enemy is surrounded on three sides. This city cannot be defended!" On the sixth day, Cui Geng changed his previous siege method of gathering troops to attack one side, and instead sent his troops and horses to attack the city. Split up and attack from three sides.

Jiang Qi didn't have many soldiers and horses, so he suffered a lot in Zhi County. After the war started in Bo County, there were bloody battles every day. As a general, Jiang Qi suffered a lot of injuries. It can be seen that the battle was fierce and the soldiers were naturally killed and injured. More.

Jiang Qi looked around at the soldiers with bloodshot eyes and low morale. He knew that the enemy would not be able to survive the attack tomorrow. His body was also at its limit, let alone ordinary soldiers.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Qi finally decided to withdraw overnight before the enemy could react. However, Zhi County and Bo County were captured. From then on, the entire Hanoi would be exposed to the enemy's front. How to keep it?

"Is General Jiang here?" Just as Jiang Qi was hesitating, he saw a horse galloping towards the city, shouting to the top of the city.

However, Cui Geng did not attack the city immediately, but sent someone to negotiate first.

"That's me!" Jiang Qi took a deep breath, poked his head out from behind the female wall, looked at the other party and said, "What's the matter with you?"

"General Jiang, in the small towns of Zhi County and Bo County, it is rare for a general to be able to defend it to this point. My general believes that if his troops are far superior to the general, he may not dare to claim victory." The cavalryman saluted to the city head and said: " My lord is thirsty for talents, and the general has fulfilled his loyalty to Yuan Shao by holding on until now. It is inevitable that the city will be destroyed at this time. Why don't the general open the city and surrender? My general is willing to recommend the general!"

"Haha~" Jiang Qi sneered and said, "You are not ashamed to say that. If you have the ability, you can capture me alive after breaking the city and then persuade me to surrender!"

The cavalryman nodded. He was only responsible for conveying the message. Now that the message had been conveyed, as for whether to surrender or not, that was Jiang Qi's business. He saluted at the top of the city, turned his horse's head and left.

"Withdraw!" Jiang Qi took a deep breath and shouted to the generals. Don't act on impulse at this time. The city cannot be defended. Save your life first.

"Here!"