Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 912 General Attack on Xihe
Xihe County is located at the foot of Luliang Mountain, on the west side of Fenhe River, with mountains on its back and water on its back, and is the prefecture of Fenzhou.Cao Zhiyan's army occupied the Guozha Town area in the north, completely blocking Wanyan Yinshu's northbound route, and was surrounded by the Song Army.

Former army commander Liu Chengyi was in the north of Xihe City and was the main force in the siege.On this day, Niu Gao and Cao Zhiyan came to the army and met with the generals of the Shaanxi army.

After seeing the army's defense, Cao Zhiyan said to Liu Chengyi beside him: "If Wanyan Yinshu escapes, it must be coming from the north. It will be difficult for your army to stop it. When attacking the city, you should attack the city with all your strength and leave the defense to Peng Gang. The central army. The two armies cooperated to hold Wanyan Yinshu Ke firmly."

Liu Chengyi crossed his hands and said yes.

After seeing the military camp, Cao Zhiyan said to Liu Chengyi: "The generals of the Shaanxi Army will come soon, and Marquis Niudu Yu will discuss matters with them. You must be careful. No one is allowed to come near! Also, prepare some tea."

After a while, Wu Jie, Liu Qi and Guan Shigu arrived and entered Liu Chengyi's tent one after another. Niu Gao and Cao Zhiyan got the news and came back together.

Niu Gao entered the commander's tent and met with the Shaanxi general.

Liu Chengyi took his soldiers, served tea, and left the commander's tent.

Niu Gao looked at everyone and said: "The king issued an order and ordered me to come to Xihe. All the troops besieging the city will be under my command. Before attacking the city, we will hold a meeting to set up a siege headquarters. Everyone here is Members of the headquarters, if you have any ideas, you should put them forward first."

Wu Jie said: "What is the headquarters? Why was the headquarters established? We are members of the headquarters, what do we do?"

Niu Gao said: "In general, Wang Xuanfu believes that there are many departments involved in the current war, the personnel composition is complex, and there are many things to be done. The previous command methods of the Xuanfu Department and the Manufacturing Department cannot adapt to the actual situation, and need to be Establish an organization to centralize and handle these matters in a unified manner, that is, the headquarters. The headquarters is the department that ensures that commanders can command correctly. It must first ensure the implementation of the commander's military orders."

Guan Shigu shook his head: "I don't understand."

Niu Gao smiled and said: "I won't talk about these big words and empty words. To put it simply, the headquarters is called the commander. What is the order of the commander? Of course it is the military order. During the siege, all military orders came from the headquarters until the end of the siege. , the headquarters is disbanded. In principle, everything comes from here and is approved by the commander. It is not an empty statement that you are a member of the headquarters, but you must discuss military orders and ensure the correct implementation of military orders. The daily work of the headquarters is responsible for the staff. Our staff will be temporarily replaced by Cao Zhiyan, and the secretary-general will be temporarily replaced by Tong Ying, the secretary-general of Cao Zhiyan's army. What do you think?"

Wu Jie and the other three looked at each other and had no choice but to nod in agreement. Besides, they were also members of the headquarters.

Niu Gao said: "No objection, let's have our first meeting today. Cao Dutong, call Tong Ying in."

After a while, Tong Ying came in and saluted everyone.

Niu Gao said: "Tong Ying will temporarily act as secretary-general of the headquarters. You will record all meetings of the headquarters."

Tong Ying said.

Niu Gao said: "Our headquarters has too many personnel and no discipline, so we have to slowly adjust them. Therefore, the time for the headquarters attack is set in three days."

Guan Shigu said: "So urgent? I have been outside Xihe City for more than half a month, and I feel too nervous to attack the city in three days. Let alone others?"

Niu Gao said: "There is no rush after three days. If we are not ready yet, we don't have to attack the city as soon as possible." Guan Shigu looked at Wu Jie and Liu Qi and saw that they were silent, so he had to shut up. .

Niu Gao looked at everyone and then continued: "Besieging a city means surrounding three buildings and one. We don't want to be surrounded to death. Especially here in Xihe, Wanyan Yinshu still has more than 1 troops, let alone besieged. Die. This time we leave the north gate empty and attack the east, south and west sides. Among the three walls, the main attack is the south gate."

Guan Shigu said: "The south gate is surrounded by Liu Qi, and the troops are somewhat insufficient."

Niu Gao smiled and said: "Of course Liu Qi can't attack it all, that won't work. I will concentrate the army's artillery at the south gate, measure the terrain in advance, and attack the south city wall with all my strength three days later at night! After several rounds of artillery, , the city wall is about to be blown down!"

Wu Jie frowned when he heard this: "Why at night? At night, it is difficult for the soldiers to climb the city."

Niu Gao said: "Xihe City is high. When attacking the city during the day, the artillery on the city always has the advantage. It is not easy to break the city. At night, when the city cannot see the city below, our artillery took advantage. The city wall collapsed, and the soldiers also No need to go to the city."

After hearing what Niu Gao said, Wu Jie thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he had to keep silent.

Wang Xiaolie's army has been using artillery for a long time and has been active in research. They have experimented with various methods of using artillery.Artillery siege at night is not a profound knowledge, but at this time, it is still very effective.

Niu Gao has been in the army for many years, and no matter what defensive method the Jin army adopts, they have a way to deal with it.This was Niu Gao's cleverness, not a sudden idea. It was the result of years of research by the military.Niu Gao is familiar with these results and can take them out at any time.

This conventional combat method relies on more research and experiments at ordinary times, and relies on the wisdom of officers and soldiers, not the wisdom of any individual.When facing the Jin Army, these wisdoms came into play.

Niu Gao said: "If we attack in the middle of the night, we should be able to break the city. It's almost dawn, but Wanyan Yinshu is in his right mind, and he should lead his troops to break out to the north. It should be pointed out that Wanyan Yinshu is a veteran general, and of course he knows that we will Encircle three towers and one. Therefore, our other three sides must be completely sealed, so that the Jin Army will never be able to break out from the direction of its own defense. Don't bluff and pretend to be smart. Our purpose of surrounding three towers and one is to defeat the enemy in the field. destroy the enemy."

After speaking, Niu Gao looked at the three Shaanxi generals and said, "Do you understand?"

The three nodded: "Understood."

"Just understand." Niu Gao nodded.

The other three city gates are guarded by the three Shaanxi generals. To prevent Wanyan Yinshu from escaping from them, the three of them must exert all their strength.

Niu Gao nodded: "Okay, you have two days to send your arrangements and defense to the headquarters. If it doesn't arrive at noon the day after tomorrow, don't blame me as a military law practitioner! Now is the time for war. I apologize, no It’s time to be polite!”

When Wu Jie and others heard this, they were all shocked.They were not familiar with Niu Gao, they only knew that they had served as Marquis of You Du Yu in Wang Xiao's hunting army very early on, and had never fought any major battles.Today is the first time we met, and I found that we should not underestimate them.

Of course, Cao Zhiyan had never heard of it before.But what I saw in the past few days, Cao Zhiyan is not inferior to any general.Knowing that in Wang Xiaolie's army, although many generals are not well-known, their strength should not be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)