I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 455, The Unbreakable City
Xu Wei saw Guan Hai's series of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans gnashing their teeth against Zang Ba, so he didn't talk about recruiting Zang Ba, but said: "It is enough to hold the Eastern Front. Our main combat goal now is to set The main force of the Han army on the front line of Taochangyi!"

Then Xu Wei looked at Huang Long and asked: "How about the coalition forces of the first-line princes in Dingtao Changyi, please introduce it to everyone!"

Huang Long stood up, walked to the sand table, pointed at Dingtao's model and said, "In the past month or so, in the face of the onslaught of our big army, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao quickly joined forces. Gave time for them to mobilize troops for the coalition forces. During this period of more than a month, the three major princes of the Han Dynasty continued to mobilize troops and money and food from various states and counties to the Central Plains. Now Dingtao has 10 princes coalition forces, of which Yuan Shao's subordinates have 12 , Liu Bei has 5 subordinates, and in Changyi Cao Cao recruited 7 Xuzhou Army for support, Liu Bei has 2 subordinates, now there are 8 troops in the entire Dingtao Changyi line, and our army plus the reinforcements brought by the ruling have 22 , Barely occupying an advantage in military strength!"

But Dingtao Changyi in front of us has a strong defense. In the half month since I came to power, I brought in a large army to keep clearing the fortifications and camps around Dingtao, but lost thousands of soldiers and couldn't even get close to Dingtao City. Now, it can be said that the two cities of Taochangyi are already the peak integrators of Yuan Shao's concentration of our army and the defense technology of the Han Dynasty. If our army does not have artillery, it may not be able to fight with 10 times the strength of our army.The only way the subordinates can think of to conquer this city is to besiege it for a long time, so that the defenders in the city will be cut off from food and grass! "

After hearing this, Duan Peng said: "The Han army has been chasing us very fast these years. Although it is not yet a fully armored army, it can arm 30 iron armored troops. These iron armored troops have brought us great trouble. We The ratio of the Han army and the Han army's elite battles has reached one to one, and the bows and crossbows have caught up, and even our artillery can be made by the big men, but the Han army does not make as many as we do!"

"At this point in the battle, our only advantage is that we have more food and grass than the Han army, and more artillery than the Han army. So now we want to defeat the Han army. If the Han army’s food and grass are exhausted, we will win without fighting. The second is to use the powerful artillery to break open the tortoise shells of Dingtao and Changyi little by little.”

Wan Lang laughed and said, "There's nothing to think about. Of course, the tortoise shells of Dingtao and Changyi were cracked open with cannons. The ruling brought thousands of cannons and millions of catties of gunpowder. It is impossible to display here! We must maximize the advantages of our artillery, smash Dingtao and Changyi City, let the coalition forces of the princes know that no matter how strong the fortress is in front of our main army, smash Dingtao and Changyi City, hit hard The main force of the allied forces of the princes weakened Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, the three strongest princes of the Han Dynasty, and made preparations for the pacification of the world."

Wan Lang's words made everyone's blood boil. As long as the main force of the Han coalition forces is wiped out, the ideal that has been fought for more than ten years will finally see the dawn of realization!

So everyone excitedly said: "Government, we will use artillery to completely defeat the Han coalition forces!"

Xu Wei looked at the excited crowd and said firmly: "Okay, we have artillery to completely defeat the coalition forces of the big man!"

Xu Wei remembers what his mentor said, it was the artillery that completely destroyed the castles and systems of the feudal knights, and now Xu Wei also hopes that the artillery in his hands can also completely destroy the docks and systems of the great Han clan.

Then Xu Wei pointed to the connection between Dingtao and Changyi and said: "The first step in this battle is to build a fort in Surabaya between Dingtao and Changyi, and use artillery to thoroughly dig out the connection between Dingtao and Changyi and completely separate them. Come!"

The waterway between Dingtao and Changyi is only a few hundred paces wide, which is difficult to accommodate the huge ships and cannons of the main army, so Fan Xian's weapons and equipment are all superior, and it is difficult to defeat the Jingzhou Navy's Shuo Chong , go to the boat.So much so that even though the line between Dingtao and Changyi was blocked by the cavalry of the Dagan Army, the waterways were still unimpeded and even ensured the transportation of grain, grass and soldiers between the two places!

But the narrow river channel has also become the fatal flaw of the Jingzhou navy. It is difficult for crossbow arrows to hit the Jingzhou navy, but it is easy for Xu Wei's artillery. Not to mention the Jingzhou navy in Surabaya, as long as the angle Adjusted well, even the big army can fight from the north bank to the south bank for the worst 10-jin cannon!

The story is divided into two parts. Xu Wei's [-] troops came to Dingtao in mighty form. The last stone of the allied forces of the Han princes was settled. They knew that the final decisive battle of the Central Plains War was coming. Now they are all watching Dahan from the tower. The movement of the dry army camp!
Cao Cao even tapped the bricks on the wall of Dingtao City with his sword and said anxiously: "Is this Dingtao City built strong? Our wealth and life depend on this city!"

Yuan Shao gave Cao Cao a vicious look, but he didn't answer Cao Cao's question!In his opinion, Cao Cao's current behavior is simply disturbing the morale of the army!
But Xu You beside Yuan Shao said: "Of course it is strong. The base of the city is made of solid rocks, each of which weighs more than a thousand catties. The entire upper layer is made of blue bricks and cement, which guarantees that the artillery will not be able to blast away! Each of these cities costs 3 million yuan to manufacture, and there are only four such cities in Yanzhou. I was worried about Yanzhou when it was first built. Not sure, I want to use the barrier of Yuzhou among these two cities!"

But Liu Bei worried and said: "Although the city is strong and the artillery of the Dagan Army is difficult to destroy, we still have to be careful of the Feilei Cannon of the Dagan Army. Although it has a short range, it is 10 times more terrifying than the artillery. If Dingtao's The city wall is approached by flying thunder cannons, I am afraid that no matter how many troops we have, it will not be enough for Lei Gong to bombard it!"

At this time, Liu Bei can be said to be Yuan Shao's biggest benefactor. He realized that Liu Bei lacked confidence, so he naturally wanted to strengthen Liu Bei's confidence!
"The defense of Dingtao City is far stronger than the previous cities of the Han Dynasty. Not to mention the rock base, it is built entirely of blue bricks and cement. There is no need to worry about artillery attacks. Even if the Dagan army has flying thunder cannons, we have a way to resist them. Xuande, the artillery you transported has been placed in the city, and 50 artillery pieces are placed in the inner city wall.

If the Dagan Army really dares to use the Feilei Cannon to attack the city wall, we can use artillery to destroy the Dagan Army's Feilei Cannon.Moreover, there are thousands of three-bow bed crossbows placed in each direction of the city, with a range of more than 300 steps. If Lei Gong dares to install flying thunder cannons within 200 steps, we will use the three-bow bed crossbow range explosives to bomb Lei Gong's flying thunder cannons. Army!

Although the number of artillery in our army is not as good as that of the Dagan army, Yuan Hao thought of a way to build a special track for transporting artillery on the city wall, so that our artillery can be quickly moved after firing, making it difficult for the Dagan army to destroy our artillery. At the same time, it can also concentrate the power of the artillery, so that the 50 artillery pieces of our army can exert the power of 100 or even 200 artillery pieces! "

When everyone heard that there were so many long-range weapons on the city wall, and Yuan Shao even tried to solve the problem of insufficient artillery, everyone nodded in satisfaction!

In order to strengthen the confidence of the army, Tian Feng also said: "We have reached the limit of the city defense. Not only have the entire Dingtao City been turned into a star-shaped dock, but also in order to expand the defense range, we have dug a moat two hundred steps away from the city wall. Trench. The range of 10 steps is to guard against the flying thunder guns of the Dagan army. This trench is about [-] feet wide and [-] feet deep. We also use Sishui to connect. It can be said that this is completely a diversion of Sishui. Outside this trench, a large number of camps have been established to guard Dingtao City. Under such a strong defense system, even if the main army wants to get close to Dingtao City, they will have to pay a high price."

Then Tian Feng pointed to the various defensive facilities in Dingtao City and said: "You have been looking at these fortifications in the city for more than a month. Can you find any shortcomings?"

Liu Bei and others shook their heads.

Dingtao City was originally built by Yuan Shao for three years, and when the big army attacked Yanzhou, Yuan Shao frantically strengthened the city defense!Let the entire Dingtao City be covered with Wengcheng and Fengyuan.Wengcheng is a small city outside the main city gate. When the city gate is breached by the enemy, the defenders on the Wengcheng tower can shoot and kill the attacking enemies from all sides. It can be said that the soldiers who were shot and killed have no place to hide. .

People who have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV series may have the impression that after the enemy rushed into the first city wall, they were immediately ambushed from all sides. Zhou Yu was shot and wounded by Cao Ren in the Wengcheng!

Feng Yuan is a low wall. It can be said that there are ditches and low walls all over Dingtao City within a radius of 5 miles. It is very difficult to walk slowly.

And these low walls can also become active fortifications. There are a large number of ditches in front of the low walls, and obstacles such as horses prevent the enemy from attacking. The soldiers defending the city can hide behind the low walls and shoot the enemy with bows and arrows.It is very difficult for the enemy to break through these low walls without paying several times the price.

Moreover, even if the Dagan army breaks through the fortifications around Dingtao, the shape of the Dingtao Star Fort alone will easily make the Dagan army suffer from three sides, and the enemy will not even find a blind spot to avoid the attack.Even Yuan Shao built a large number of temporary buildings on the city wall in order to strengthen his attack power.These towers are used as archery towers, and each tower can house hundreds of archers!One can imagine how desperate the soldiers under the city wall would be if they were to be fired by hundreds of archers from three directions, facing such a rain of arrows!

Those present were either famous generals or resourceful people. They stayed in Dingtao City for more than a month, but they couldn't find any flaws in Dingtao City. Collecting the ancient and modern defensive facilities of the Han Dynasty, it can be said that all kinds of fortifications can be found here!
Even Liu Bei and the others expected that it would be almost impossible to conquer such a fortified city, and it could be regarded as an unbreakable city!

If it weren't for Lei Gong's external weapons such as artillery, Liu Bei and the others even believed that it would be impossible to break through the city if all the major troops died in battle under Dingtao City.But Lei Gong has artillery in his hands, and the number is extremely huge. The city defenses of Puyang and Dong'a built by Yuan Shao are not much worse than Dingtao, but the tens of thousands of troops were broken by Huanglong and Wangyue respectively without holding on for half a month. .

People like Liu Bei don't know much about the habits and power of artillery, and they really can't guarantee whether Lei Gong can break through this city!
But Xu You laughed excitedly: "With the defense of Dingtao City, no matter how elite the main army is, they will still be beaten to death.

Guo Jia went and said: "Ding Taocheng can defend the ten-jin cannon of the Dagan Army, but you can also be sure of the 20-jin, 30-jin, or even 50-jin cannons? Huang Zu, the commander of the Jingzhou Navy, said that the Dagan Army has a The giant cannon, which is several times more powerful than the 10-jin cannon, can destroy buildings and ships with just one shot."

But Xu You said firmly: "As long as it is artillery, Dingtao City can be defended!"

But Guo Jia continued: "Even if you can defend Dingtao City, if we want to win, we have to go out of the city and defeat the big army!"

"Defeat the big army!" The smile on Xu You's face gradually disappeared. This is still really impossible. The 10 cavalry around Lei Gong is a huge threat, and they have no chance of winning in a field battle!If they want to be sure of defeating the big army in the field, they will not frantically build star forts and forts in Yanzhou in the past three years.

Why is this person so annoying!Xu You secretly slandered.

Guo Jia didn't care about Xu You's face, but continued: "We still have to guard against the siege and not attack. If Lei Gong suffers too many casualties under Dingtao City, Lei Gong may stop attacking and completely surround Dingtao City. Our food and grass are only enough for three months, and we are the ones who will be defeated after this time! But Lei Gong is different, not to mention that the Dagan army has more food and grass than us, and the autumn harvest is coming soon, Lei Gong can harvest Yanzhou’s grain to supplement food and grass !"

But at this time Liu Bei said: "Lei Gong can't do this. Compared with food and grass, our army may really beat Lei Gong!"

Guo Jia looked at Liu Bei in surprise. He couldn't believe that Liu Bei still had food for the army?
But Liu Bei said: "Yanzhou suffered from drought this year. Although the harvest is not complete, the reduction in grain production is certain. Although there are many things wrong with Lei Gong, we must admit that no one can compare with Lei Gong for disaster relief. Now there are nearly 200 million people in Yanzhou. Victims, these victims can't get enough to eat, how can they have food to support Lei Gong!"

"Now Lei Gong almost occupies Yanzhou, which means that these victims also need Lei Gong to feed them, so now Lei Gong can't get food from Yanzhou, but has to find a way to transport food and grass from Jizhou to relieve these victims. A disaster victim needs 20 shi of food After one year of living, these 200 million victims will consume 4000 million shi of Lei Gong's food, even if there is more food and grass in Lei Gong's hands, a sudden consumption of 4000 million shi will cause big problems!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard Liu Bei's words: "Xuande, you really understand the deep meaning of knowing yourself and the enemy in the art of war!"

(End of this chapter)