Under no talent, is a world famous general

Chapter 385: Strong Walls and Clear Fields!

While waiting for the arrival of [-] soldiers, Qin Yi did not waste time, but checked the siege weapons that could be purchased in the system mall.

If we rely solely on soldiers and horses to fight recklessly and attack one city after another, it is estimated that eight or nine cities will be captured, and the loss of our own side will be as high as tens of thousands, which is not small.

Of course, it's not that it can't bear it, it's just that if it is consumed like this, there will be no energy left to attack Da Li.

If one really wants to be ashamed, the whole country must be recruited. However, doing so will bring unimaginable consequences to Linzhan. The consumption of national power and people's livelihood will not be recovered within a few years or even ten years.

Therefore, if you want to spare some power, you must replicate the situation when you attacked the Luan Kingdom, have a crushing advantage, and avoid excessive losses for your own side.

But Qin Yi took a closer look and found that there were no siege equipment in the mall that would give him a crushing advantage.

To be honest, there are a few, such as counterweight catapults and Roman ballistas.

But these two are just to increase the advantage, and they cannot be crushed.

For example, the counterweight catapult, compared with the human-powered catapult created before, this catapult adopts the counterweight mode, no longer needs manpower to pull, can be made larger, has a longer range, and a larger power.

In terms of shooting range, the counterweight catapult is twice as long as the manpower catapult. If only one's own side has a counterweight catapult, one's own side can attack the enemy, but the enemy cannot attack one's own side.

This helps to have a greater advantage in a short period of time, provided that the enemy has not imitated it.

But the enemy is not a fool, as long as he understands the mechanism of the human-powered catapult and takes a closer look at the counterweight catapult, he can imitate it in all directions.

Therefore, this advantage is difficult to last.

It is necessary to use this sharp weapon as soon as possible before the enemy reacts to capture a few more cities.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi thought to himself, "System, buy the blueprint of the counterweight catapult."

[The host purchased the blueprint of the counterweight catapult, and the purchase was successful, consuming [-] exclamation points. 】

After the purchase was successful, not long after, [-] infantry arrived, and Qin Yi immediately distributed them, leaving [-] in the headquarters, and the other [-] soldiers and horses were filled under Mu Haoran's command.

Then, he summoned many generals, including Mu Haoyang's subordinates, to arrange the march.

It has been decided to divide the troops into two groups, but how to attack, from which direction to attack, and which Liukang city to attack, all need to be properly arranged.

Not long after, many generals including Mu Haoyang and Sun Xingling had arrived.

Qin Yi immediately said, "One hundred thousand soldiers and horses have arrived. After noon, they can march north and march into Liukang. Before that, we should arrange the attack route. What's your opinion?"

A general heard this, and immediately said, "The last general thinks that the commander-in-chief can lead his subordinates to attack Xincheng, while General Mu will attack Taocheng."

Qin Yi shook his head, "Although the troops are divided into two groups, there is no need to attack the two important cities of Liukang at the same time. It will not only take time, but also double the strength of the troops."

Someone heard the words and persuaded, "Commander Zhen, Liukang border city is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The general thinks that it is better to join forces."

Qin Yi said slowly, "There is no need to join forces. Although Liukang border city is difficult to capture, there are many cities after that. It is not difficult to attack. Joining forces will only waste time."

In order to beware of impending advances, Liukang’s cities on the border are all fortified. The walls are high and thick, and they are made of green bricks. In addition, there are trenches, sheep and horse walls, and urn walls. It can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to defend. attack.

After these heavy cities, there are not many strong cities. Most of the cities are small and easy to attack. They are not made of blue bricks, but are built with rammed earth. more common.

To deal with such a city, there is no need for 35 soldiers to attack together, so joining forces is the worst policy.

"Then the combined forces should attack Taocheng, and then divide the troops?" a general asked.

Before Qin Yi could answer, another general shook his head and said, "Even if we join forces and want to capture Taocheng, the price and time we pay will be greater than that of attacking Qucheng."

Taocheng has trenches, sheep and horse walls, as well as urn city and moon city that Qucheng does not have, so it is difficult to capture and it is likely to take a long time.

Qin Yi nodded and said, "Indeed, in this way, our offensive will be blocked, which will not help the situation. If we can destroy the dead, it will not only buy time, but also improve our morale and attack the enemy's arrogance."

Someone asked doubtfully, "The commander-in-chief thinks, how should he enter the army?"

They felt that Zhen Shuai was very resourceful, and he must have thought of a faster way to reduce his own losses.

Qin Yi's eyes sparkled, and he said, "This general thinks that we can march on the same road. One side leads troops to besiege the strong city, and the other side bypasses this city and attacks the rear city."

This method can increase the speed of attacking cities and pulling out villages.

As long as the army advances quickly and captures Kangdu, the other cities that have not yet been captured will surely surrender, and there is no need to take painstaking efforts to capture them one by one.

Even if it doesn't drop, morale will plummet until it hits the bottom, and one's own side will have enough time to besiege, playing the role of defeating others without fighting.

In marching and fighting, the most taboo thing is to go around the city, it is easy to be cut off the food road, and fall into a situation of no food.

But Liukang was surrounded by a large army all the way, and Liukang was bypassed, so it was impossible to send troops to attack Liangdao.

Many generals heard the words, pondered for a moment, and then nodded in agreement, but someone questioned, "But the commander, the two armies marched on the same road. If they took the Taocheng route, what should we do if Xincheng sent troops to rescue?"

Before Qin Yi could answer, Mu Haoran shook his head and said, "They dare not. Everyone knows that the commander in chief has never been defeated in a field battle, and no one dares to take the commander in chief lightly."

It is well known that Qin Yi's ability to predict the enemy's reinforcements, if the other party dares to go out of the city to rescue, they will face the possibility of being attacked by Qin Yi.

No one dared to take that risk.

Even if they send troops and Qin Yi has no time to make a surprise attack, so what?

There are [-] guards in Taocheng and [-] in Xincheng. They can send at most [-] to [-] soldiers, and the two armies of our own have [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.

So this method is feasible, and it can indeed avoid consuming too many troops, speed up the attack speed, and bring troops to Kangdu as soon as possible.

All the generals pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "The commander-in-chief's method is wonderful!"

"This method is good, just act like this!"

Someone asked, "Then who will attack the fortifications and who will go around the city?"

Mu Haoran immediately said, "The commander-in-chief will go around the city to attack the fortress in the future."

He knew that Qin Yi must have other purposes besides reducing wear and tear when he proposed this method.

That being the case, he should help the other party achieve this goal, so he said so.

Hearing this, Qin Yi glanced at Mu Haoran.

He did have other goals, that is to rely on the counterweight catapult to capture as many cities as possible before the enemy imitates them.

And if you want to be fast, you have to attack a small city. If you use a counterweight catapult to attack a strong city, even if you can capture it, it will take a long time. There may even be a situation where the new catapult is imitated by the enemy before a city is breached.

Therefore, he has decided that if he is to attack the strong city by himself, he will hand over the blueprint of the counterweight catapult to Mu Haoran, and let him make it as soon as possible on the way to the army.

But since the other party took the initiative to undertake the task of attacking the fortifications, Qin Yi did not refuse, and immediately ordered, "If it is difficult to capture, just surround and not fight. Don't waste too much force."

Mu Haoyang nodded solemnly, "The general will understand!"

Seeing that there were no more objections from the crowd, Qin Yi said in a steady voice, "When you go back, make good preparations. After noon, you will send your troops northward and march into Liukang!"

Many generals responded respectfully, "The last general obeys orders!"

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After noon, the battle drums sounded, Qin Yi and Mu Haoyang's two armies pulled out their battalions, bypassed Qucheng, and headed north.

Many people in Qucheng came out of the city one after another, stood on both sides of the official road, shouted loudly, waved their arms, sent the two armies away, and cheered for the many soldiers.

This is Linzhan's attack on another country after Qin Yi sent troops to Luan Kingdom a year and a half ago, which is a big deal for the people of Linzhan.

War is a major matter for the country. If the army is defeated, it will lead to a tight life at least, but at the worst, the tax will be increased, the people will not be able to live, and they will even cede the city and land and endure humiliation.

Therefore, every time troops are sent out, many Li Shu are full of hope that the soldiers and horses of this dynasty can attack the city and pull out the stronghold, and win every battle.

Leaving Qucheng, the two armies were one in front and the other in the rear, with Mu Haoran in front, and began to speed up, running towards the border.

A day later, the two armies crossed the Linzhan border and headed towards Taocheng.

At this time, the Liukang court had already known the situation. Even though Zhao Liangyan painstakingly persuaded him, Emperor Liukang still insisted on going his own way and vowed not to seek peace. Hinder the enemy's soldiers, thereby consuming the enemy's soldiers, horses, food and grass.

Therefore, before the armies of Qin and Yi arrived at Taocheng, Taocheng city guards had already moved the people from the countryside into the city, and fortified the walls to clear the fields, destroying all available military equipment and food outside the city, and waited for the arrival of the enemy soldiers.

Two days later, Mu Haoyang's soldiers arrived five miles away from Taocheng, and began to set up camp, guarding the four walls of Taocheng.

The next day, Qin Yi's soldiers arrived at Taocheng. Under the eyes of the guards of Taocheng, they bypassed Taocheng and marched towards the depths of Liukang.

Besieged by Mu Haoran's subordinates, the guards of Taocheng could only watch the enemy soldiers go deep, but could not take any action.

Half a day later, Qin Yi led his troops to Wocheng, the second Liukang city after Taocheng.

Similarly, Wocheng has also strengthened its walls and cleared the country, and is ready to hold on.

After arriving, Qin Yi did not attack immediately, but set up camp slowly.

All night.

On the second day, Qin Yi still did not attack, which made the city guard of Wo city feel extremely strange.

Qin Yi has always paid attention to the speed of soldiers, why is it not the same as usual now?
Even if they first arrived yesterday, they were too tired to attack, but today they have rested all night, so they should attack.

This situation made the city guard of Wocheng feel puzzled, and vaguely felt that Qin Yi must be doing something!

Just when he was worried that Qin Yi would attack the city and that Qin Yi would not attack the city, the third day arrived.

In the early morning, after breakfast, the ear-splitting sound of war drums sounded in Qin Yi's camp.

In Wo City, the city guard who had been anxious for a long time was relieved.

Qin Yi is finally about to attack the city.

Immediately afterwards, his heart rose!
I don't know if Wocheng can hold today's battle.

Even if you can't, you have to fight to the death and use up Qin Yi to pass Centaur!

As a result, Qin Yi's plan to seize Liukang will definitely run aground, and he can only return in defeat!

(End of this chapter)