I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 479

"Your Majesty, there is only one kingdom left in 'Xinzheng', and the inside is the palace city. The enemy army pretends to resist, and the allied forces of Chu, Song, and Yue come back, and they will not escape defeat."

It's the autumn of another year, and the "Battle of Xinzheng" after more than two years has come to the most critical moment.

As the first city in the Central Plains, "Xinzheng" took nearly half a year to capture the outer city walls under the attack of the original army, and hit the first city wall at the beginning of the construction of "Xinzheng". Attacked.

In order to advance the war to the current stage, the Yuan army not only fought the Chu army in the wilderness many times, but also fought the Song army and the Yue army many times.

"The enemy army has already decided to die, everyone should not be careless." Zhiyao said.

Every time the original army captured a city wall, they would persuade Zheng Guojun and his ministers to surrender, but they were rejected again and again.

Half a year has passed since the Chu army withdrew their troops back home, and the Song army and the Yue army retreated without a fight.

A month ago, Chu, Song, and Yue formed a coalition again. They stationed troops behind "Yongqiu" in Song, and sent envoys to meet with Zhiyao, explaining countless reasons and requesting the original army to withdraw from "Xinzheng".

That move may seem funny, but it is actually a legacy of the Spring and Autumn Period. It is said that it is funny only because the times have changed.

In particular, Song Junluan expressed his willingness to mediate and asked Zhiyao to withdraw his troops after Zheng Guo paid a high enough price. At the same time, he said that Chu, Yue, Song and Zheng would no longer be enemies of the original country.

If Zhiyao agreed to Song Junluan's proposal, in addition to still taking the route of dominance, modern people's thinking would turn the two-year war into a play.

In fact, "playing house" is the understanding of modern people. According to people at that time, it was called benevolence and righteousness, and it was also called "the battle of gentlemen".

As long as Zhiyao agrees, it means that the Yuan Kingdom can achieve hegemony in an instant. Not surprisingly, in the next few years, the Zheng Kingdom, Song Kingdom, Yue Kingdom... and even the Chu Kingdom will all express their obedience to the Yuan Kingdom. It's just that the maintenance time will definitely not be too long, and new disputes will inevitably usher in.

The problem is that many people want to become the overlord of the world, and Dudu Zhiyao wants to complete the change of dynasty.

In order to achieve the goal, Zhiyao not only suppressed the Han family's support for the Zhou royal family, but even after the angel appeared and asked for help, she expressed that Yuan Guo was temporarily powerless about the tragic situation of the Zhou royal family.

Therefore, not only fierce battles broke out repeatedly in the territory of Zheng State, but also the territory of the Zhou royal family was ravaged by the Chu army, especially the Chu army was already attacking "Luoyi".

At the current stage, there are [-] original troops who are still in charge of attacking "Xinzheng", and another [-] have moved to the border of Song State to confront the Song, Yue, and Chu coalition forces.

During the days of attacking "Xinzheng", the original army had nearly [-] casualties, hundreds of scrapped siege equipment, and the last step was about to be completed, how could it be possible to give up?
At this time, Zhiyao and the ministers were on the city wall, watching the catapults, bed crossbows and crossbow troops firing at the enemy while having a meeting.

Some catapults and many bed crossbows are assumed to be on the city wall, and a round of stones and crossbow bolts were thrown into the city.

Arrows like migratory locusts lifted into the air with the sound of clappers one after another, and fell after flying for a while.

All kinds of things are flying, making the scene look extremely huge!

On the ground, only in this direction, thousands of original troops were waiting in formation, the siege towers and ladders were pulled forward by cattle, and the siege vehicles were pushed towards the city gate by manpower.As for the soldiers of the original army who were waiting in line, some of them carried the ladder together, and they would rush up to climb the city as long as they were given an order.

Because of the coverage of the various long-range weapons of the original army, the number of Zheng troops on the city wall is not too many, and more Zheng troops are hidden behind the city wall. The city wall fought hand-to-hand with the soldiers of the original army.

At the current stage of the war, not only the number of Zheng Jun has dropped to less than [-], but his physical and mental state is also quite bad.

Zheng Guojun and his ministers would like to thank the particularity of the times. The current people are more loyal and accustomed to obeying their superiors. If it is changed to other times, either the generals will rebel or the soldiers will collapse on their own.

In the "Xinzheng" area that has not been occupied, there is actually a Chu army...or they cannot be called the Chu army. They are an armed force headed by Zonglou.

The reason why he is not so sure whether he is still in the Chu army is mainly because Zonglou no longer wants to go to the Chu country. He wanted to go to the Yue country earlier, but later he hesitated whether to go to the original country.

The reason why the Zonglou hesitated was very simple. They had no possibility of breaking through. They either died in battle while guarding "Xinzheng", or they were defeated and captured.

Of course, there is another possibility. Zonglou has been waiting for a long time and has not waited for the envoy or letter from Yuanguo to persuade him to surrender. He has been dormant under the condition that he can jump back on the spot at any time.

Bursts of crashing sounds reached the ears of many people.

It was the original army's siege engine that had been pushed to the city gate, and was hitting the city gate with a battering hammer.

On the city wall, soldiers of the Zheng army risked their lives to carry stones and smash them down. However, there was a protective device on the top of the siege vehicle. The stones collided with the shield and rolled to the side with a dull sound.

The siege vehicle has its own roof protection, which is shaped like a triangular structure that is easy to unload. The reason why a shield and a layer of skin were added later is that Zheng Jun learned to spread kerosene and shoot rockets.

Looking at some sections of the city wall, some soldiers of the Zheng army are protecting groups of ropes with metal hooks. They are waiting for the siege towers of the original army to be pushed up, and then throw the hooked ropes at a suitable distance to catch the attackers. It's time for the city tower to try to pull it down.

The principle that where there is a spear, there is a shield has always been the same. Zheng Jun will always find ways to counter it after learning his lesson, and some new tools for defending the city will be invented.

If Zheng Jun has learned the lesson again and again and still doesn't think about countermeasures, they are simply not worthy of being the leader of the primates.

Therefore, the repeated collisions of the original army's siege vehicles can be regarded as smashing the gate, and looking inside, the city gate was blocked!

what's the situation?
Ordinary defenders will not easily block the city gates, not only blocking the openings means giving up the counterattack, but also completely putting themselves to death.

Now Zheng Jun actually blocked the city gate?If all the city gates are blocked, it is clear that Zheng Guojun and his ministers want to live and die with the city!
Zhiyao was speechless after receiving the report.

When attacking the city, it is of course best to be able to attack from the city gate. Otherwise, it is still a problem how to go down to capture certain sections of the city wall.

The defensive facilities of the city have always been defensive from the outside but not from the inside. The original army did not have much advantage and had enough confidence to withstand the counterattack of the Zheng army. The siege equipment is actually not suitable for pulling into the city and hanging it on the city wall. , the reason is that in the case of equal strength, the city wall can be easily taken back by the defenders.

In fact, many siege troops clearly occupied some sections of the city wall. Due to the design of the city wall, the control of the section of the city wall was easily taken back by the defenders.

"Your Majesty, order to throw out the oil tank." Sima Rangju suggested.

The catapult can throw stones, why can't it throw other things?

Zhiyao has always maintained restraint and used conventional means to attack the city.

Why do you say that?If the original army used catapults to throw fuel tanks and then ignite them by any means, and even collected corpses and threw them in, etc., they were called unconventional methods.

More and more ministers spoke out and seconded Sima Rangju's opinion.

"Zheng Jun's tenacious resistance should be punished by heaven!" Zhi Xuwu said something divine.

Scourge?In fact, it's not human-made, the terrible thing is that people always like to attach other meanings to their actions.

Zhiyao had already made up her mind that after the unification of the world, she would not learn from Ji Zhou to be God's son.

It's not that feudal superstition is bad.

But getting rid of superstition can really make it easier to embark on the path of scientific evolution, and this assertion has long been proven.

"Let's throw it locally," Zhiyao said.

The "Xinzheng" located in the heart of the Central Plains has great strategic value. If it can be preserved, the energy will be kept intact, and it will be able to give the original country more strategic space options in the future.

The original army started throwing oil cans, and it was still the way of lighting the cloth strips of the fuel cans first, and then throwing them out.

The attackers and defenders saw the sky raining fire!
That is the scene where the oil tank is ignited, and the oil is spilled after being thrown, and the oil is ignited in mid-air, and continuously sprinkled downward during the flight.

Zhiyao saw some soldiers on his side being rained down by fire, and the queue became chaotic for a while, and Paoze around him hurriedly helped to put out the fire, and his cheeks twitched.

The faces of the other ministers were equally ugly.

If the kerosene tank is ignited before throwing it out, it will definitely roll during the flight. If it rolls, kerosene will be spilled, and the kerosene will be ignited by the burning cloth strips; if it is not completely sealed, it cannot be done. Furthermore, it is very easy to accidentally cause an explosion, which is very basic science, right?

The original country has many kinds of advanced equipment, but some necessary knowledge is not mastered, including the "ballistics" knowledge of using long-range weapons.

Or it can't be said that people nowadays don't understand ballistics knowledge, it's just that they are not named that way.People have been throwing destructive tools for hunting for a long time, and later made bows and arrows. Generations of people will definitely relate to related knowledge, and it has not been summarized into a theory before it is formally named.

The original army used a new siege method?The defenders who discovered this situation hurriedly put out the fire while reporting the situation.

There were not many areas attacked by the fire tanks, and every place was quickly engulfed in flames. As a result, the defenders not only realized that the original army was merciful, but also knew that they might be attacked by fire at any time.

The defenders were still deeply impressed by the fact that the Chu army that broke through the siege was almost completely annihilated by the fire attack, and they absolutely did not want to suffer the same fate as the Chu army.

In addition, the news that the Chu and Song allied forces were also defeated by the original army using fire attacks also spread to the city of "Xinzheng".

Regarding the fact that the original army was extremely good at using fire attacks, not only people from Chu, but people from all over the world basically knew about it.

"My lord, you can throw a few more rounds." Sima Rangju suggested again.

They could not see the area still under enemy control, and they could hear the enemy in great panic by listening to the movement.

Zhiyao immediately understood what Sima Rangju was thinking, and said with a smile, "Yes."

Attacking the city is based on attacking the heart.

The defenders have long lost hope, because the high-level officials are unwilling to surrender and are still stubbornly resisting.

It seems that the defenders were frightened by the new methods used by the original army?

The original army can definitely put in more effort, and while taking a step forward to hit the morale of the defenders, there may be additional surprises.

Time passed little by little.

The original army threw four rounds of fire oil cans, which not only caused the defenders to panic, but also plunged the city into chaos.Under such circumstances, the original army stopped launching long-range attack weapons, and the melee troops launched siege operations.

Within Zhiyao's field of vision, batch after batch of original troops climbed up by means of siege towers, ladders, or ladders.

Despite the panic and confusion among the defenders, some troops went up to defend the city walls and engaged in fierce battles with the original besiegers.

"Zi Chan's reform may have harmed Zheng Guo, but it has benefited a lot." Sima Rangju said.

There have been several reforms in history, and the most influential one was Zhou Gongdan's reform, which created a series of "ritual norms" measures; Xia"'s great cause; Zichan's reform in Zheng State only changed one enfeoffment country, so the impact was naturally smaller and the popularity was not so high.

What Sima Rangju said was fair. The Zichan reform severely damaged the non-public forces of Zheng State, making Zheng State a public state of Zheng State, but it also caused Zheng State to lose fresh blood, and even a lot of nobles left.

Therefore, in the face of the current desperate situation, the nobles of the other vassal states may rebel. The people who gain power in Zheng State are all the public clans. Under the fate of the country, the price of the public clan's betrayal is too high, and it is difficult to rebel .

Isn't it because of that, knowing that continued resistance cannot avoid defeat, and the defenders still continue to persist?
Zhiyao was sharp-eyed, and she seemed to see something, and said in surprise: "Why did the Chu army attack Zheng Jun?"

Everyone looked over and saw that Chu army was attacking Zheng army, and they were extremely surprised for a while.

They don't have "God Vision", how can they know Zonglou's mind?
But Zonglou really couldn't wait any longer, and didn't want to bury "Xin Zheng" with him, so he seized the opportunity of the reduction of surveillance and decisively launched an attack on Zheng Jun.

surveillance?That's right, Zheng Guojun and his ministers have been guarding Zonglou all the time, and even wanted to destroy the Chu army controlled by Zonglou more than once, but they just couldn't do it.

If you look at it that way, Zonglou's attack on Zheng Jun is actually not an absolute villain?

Zhiyao was reported that the Zonglou was willing to return to the original country, and that a section of the city wall and a part of the city had been cleared.

"If I wanted to, I would have taken the initiative to contact her a long time ago. If I didn't contact her, I just didn't want to win in this way." Zhiyao didn't feel happy at all.

It means that Zhiyao knew the situation of Zonglou in advance?But it is not.

It is purely that Zhiyao can constantly seduce or persuade the nobles in the city to surrender, and wants to use hard power to capture "Xinzheng" to frighten the princes, without using external tactics.

"Your Majesty?"

The sudden occurrence of that kind of thing not only hurt the morale of the defenders one step further, but also broke the thread in the defenders' hearts. It was indeed an excellent opportunity to win "Xinzheng".

"Continue to attack the city."

(End of this chapter)