I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 409

Zhiyao's thinking is: you hit yours, I hit mine.

Therefore, not only the Han family fought to defend their old nest, the Fox family was transferred to target the Wei family's fief in the middle and upper reaches of the river, the Zhong family's main target was the "Linghu" area, and the Zhi family went straight to the "Wei" land Approaching.

This is by no means the way Zhiyao wants to play "besieging Wei and saving Han", he is not that great.

About [-] Zhishi cavalry took the lead, they entered the "Wei" area first, and met fierce resistance from Wei's places.

This group of cavalry from the Zhi family did not go to attack the city and land. Cheng Wu's order was to find out roughly how many enemy troops there were in the "Wei" land, and then turn to the north to cut off the supply line of the Wei army that was attacking the "Han" land.

"At this time, the Wei family is panicked. Seeing our army coming to attack, they must be suspicious." Sun Wu was the staff officer of this battle, and he was also the one who proposed to send cavalry to cut off the logistics line of the Wei army attacking 'Han'.

Sun Wu knew that Zhiyao looked down on the Han family a little bit, but the existence of the Han family still had its role. The Zhi family needed to give Han some help to strengthen Han's confidence.

Up to now, Zhiyao still feels that Weiss...or someone from the Wei family who came up with the idea to attack the Han family first is a great threat.

how to say?There is no military operation without risks, and finding the most beneficial approach is a clear understanding that a commander should have.

Wei's consolidation of "Wei" land?In fact, it is a kind of slow death. Once the rest of the fiefdoms fall, even if the princes send troops to intervene, they will not be able to reverse the outcome of Wei's defeat.

This statement is based on the fact that the various princes do not necessarily form an intervening coalition force. Even if they will form a coalition force to intervene, anyone with a brain should understand that it will not be in the short term.

Goujian of the Yue State will only take advantage of the chaos in the Jin Dynasty to swallow up more territory of the Wu State, and try its best to grow the Yue State as much as possible in a short period of time, so as to deal with the next chaos.

Don't forget that there was a rebellion in Chu State before, and before the "Huangchi League" was held, Chu State still could not completely put down the rebellion, not to mention that Chu State still needed to regain the territory taken by Wu State.

God knows how long it will take for Chu to have enough energy to send troops to the north?Losing the lead of Chu State, whether the princes have the courage to interfere in the civil strife in Jin really needs to draw a big question mark.

In the past, the feudal lords intervened in the civil strife of Jin, that is, the time when Zhao defined Fan and Zhonghang as rebellious. Firstly, the combination of Fan and Zhonghang seemed very strong, and secondly, there was a Zhi family who might stand on the side of Fan. Another reason is that Qi Guo took the lead.

At that time, the Qi State was not weak, and they still had the legacy left by Duke Huan of Qi, which could influence the princes to a large extent.

Under the influence of several reasons, the princes only spent about half a year to form a seemingly strong intervention coalition force.

In the original version of history, the princes' interference in the civil strife of the Jin State really forced Zhao Yang into a mess, and even did the emancipation of the slaves.

This version of history changed by Zhiyao?The princes were violently beaten by the Zhi family.

Zhiyao asked: "Is it Wei Si who advocates attacking 'Han' land?"

Regarding this point, I have to say that Zhiyao was quite surprised, and really felt that if Weiss was given more time, the Weiss would rise completely under the leadership of Weiss.

Sun Wu said: "As the Lord said, the Wei family must do something. If they stick to their positions and expect the princes to send troops, the Wei family will become a dead bone in the tomb. Attack the Han family urgently, use war to promote peace, and even form an alliance under the city. Wei Shi is alive."

How did those news get to Zhishi?Don't forget that there is a Yurang beside Zhiyao.

Even if Yurang changed from the Bi clan to the Yu clan, no matter how his body was covered with Bi clan's blood, he would not give up completely just because he changed a clan.

In normal times, the Wei family is stronger and can ignore someone like Yu Rang.

When it's their turn to fall into a huge crisis, they will definitely think of Yu Rang who bleeds the same blood. Whether Yu Rang is willing or not, there will definitely be some people who will approach and even seek refuge.

So, the operation of splitting bets was really not done by the aristocratic families until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The operations of those aristocratic families will be exposed during the Eastern Han Dynasty. The main reason is that too many families did it and couldn’t hide it.

Yu Rang is very troubled now, he suddenly found out that he has so many blood relatives, which makes the situation inside the Zhi Clan a bit awkward.

Those clansmen who came to seek refuge provided Yu Rang with some information, and then swore that they would not let Yu Rang commit acts of betraying the Zhi Clan, on the contrary, they would try their best to assist Yu Rang to make contributions to the Zhi Clan.

Even so, Yu Rang voluntarily resigned from his position as the head of the guard and handed over all the talismans and festivals.

Knowing that Yurang is very troubled now, Zhiyao agreed to Yurang's request to go to the army to lead troops, and gave him a very high starting point. Going to the army is to take the position of "handsome" of a "division".

That starting point is really high for Yu Rang, even Cheng Wu and other Zhi's generation who were entrusted with important roles, which one of them didn't gradually promote from the rank of a "pawn"?

Therefore, Zhiyao still cared about her own reputation, and didn't want to have a bad reputation of being mean and ungrateful, and then she believed that Yurang would not betray her.

Of course, Zhiyao will still make corresponding preparations, that is, if Yurang rebels, there will be emergency measures.

Even if the higher-ups take their sensibilities into consideration, it is impossible not to do some things that should be guarded against.

According to the information sent back by Cheng Wu, the Wei family has far more troops in various places in "Wei" than what was detected before.

After they took out four "divisions" to attack the Han family, there were still at least four "divisions" of troops stationed in the "Wei" city, and at the same time, there were armed Wei people in all cities and villages.

So looking at it, the situation seems to be quite clear?Weiss did what Zhiyao had done before. He gathered young men and armed them, intending to use those temporarily armed young men to resist the Zhi Clan's invasion. Cause Zhishi more trouble?
Zhiyao has to admit one thing, that is, Weiss has done a good job, can truly recognize the situation, and put on a posture that is completely out of date. influences.

After Weiss did that, it was hard to tell how many troops the Wei family had. It must have also strengthened the defense forces of Wei's unoccupied places, and the subsequent impact was too much.

For example, when Zhiyao led the army to "Anyi", he could have bypassed it without attacking. Seeing that there were many defenders on the city wall of "Anyi", it was his turn to worry about the logistics line if he bypassed and did not fight. Will it be threatened.

"attack!"

Zhiyao had to take a look at the combat effectiveness of the young and strong Wei family who had been temporarily armed, and how strong their fighting will was. Attacking "Anyi" became a military operation that needed to be carried out.

When they set off from "Handan", they brought siege equipment with them.

Those are some large-scale equipment such as catapults, Linchong, and siege towers that have been built long ago. They were originally intended to be used to attack the city of "Wei", but it can be said that it is an overkill to use in "Anyi". .

When the order to siege the city was issued, the catapults lined up were the first to show their power. They had already passed the school firing, and after the order was delivered, they threw stone bombs in a burst of "creaking" sound of wood.

Zhishi's catapult is in the style of a return cannon. While it looks very large, it has a much longer range than Zhu Xia's traditional catapult, and the stones thrown will definitely be larger.

They threw out stone bullets that were polished into round shapes, some of them hit the city wall, and there was a loud collision sound.

The stone bullet hit the city wall and did not collapse at once. It is inevitable to cause a depression, but the degree of depression is not fatal to the city wall.

Those stone bullets that crossed the city wall and smashed into the city, the defenders on the city wall would not die or be maimed, and then there was a rapid and short scream in the city, triggering screams of panic.

That is to say, the people of the Zhi family outside the city can't see it. If they see the stone bullets that continue to roll forward with great inertia after touching the ground, they will run over the soldiers of the Wei family and leave a piece of meat on the ground. The same will be terrified.

After several rounds of volleys from the catapults, the rest of the siege equipment moved forward slowly with the help of manpower or animal power.

A drum was sounded, and the soldiers who had been standing still stepped forward, and then they overtook the advancing siege equipment, about 150 meters away from the city wall, and the Zhishi soldiers carrying crossbows stopped in place and began to shoot salvos covering the city Near the head, within 70 meters, it was the turn of the soldiers carrying bows and arrows to join the coverage of the city head, and the remaining soldiers holding melee weapons accelerated and ran.

The soldier carrying the ladder came to the bottom of the city wall and joined forces with the rest of the soldiers to set up the ladder. In the process, they were only attacked by a few arrows from the guards.

This is because the Wei family's defenders were stunned by the catapults firing in salvos, and at the same time suppressed by the Zhi family's crossbowmen, otherwise the Wei family's defenders would definitely be condescending and rain arrows on the Zhi family.

Zhiyao saw that he could successfully ascend the city using only ordinary ladders, and that those who climbed up first could still firmly control the city wall.

"Except for the siege soldiers, leave one 'division' behind, and the rest will go." Zhiyao's previous seriousness was gone.

To be honest, Zhiyao was a little worried when it was reported that there were heavy soldiers from the Wei family everywhere.

Now?Facts have proved that the improvised armed forces have not undergone sufficient training in advance, at least they should be taught to receive instructions, or else they are a gang of mobs.

Zhiyao is quite familiar with this set, and the young and strong gathered by the Wei family can't even worry about defending the city, let alone pulling them out to fight in the field.

Therefore, as long as the Zhi family dispatched cavalry to patrol, and once or twice wiped out the Wei family's armed forces who dared to come out to prowl, the principals of the Wei family in other cities or villages would not dare to come out to prowl again.

And the cavalry thing?Zhiyao can transfer at least [-] at this stage.

Not recruiting so many cavalry in advance is nothing more than that it has little effect on siege, and the consumption of cavalry is far greater than that of infantry.

Having a need makes things different, it's better than Chi's going to one city after another, isn't it?

(End of this chapter)