Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 269

Qin Jun's intentions were not understood by the Allied Forces of the Western Regions.

However, if you don't understand it, you don't understand it.

In the matter of war, aside from the art of war, tactics, conspiracy and tricks, there is actually a set of logic, and it is a very simple logic!

Try to achieve your own goals, and try to make the enemy unable to achieve their goals.

If you are uncomfortable, try to make the enemy more uncomfortable.

If these two points can be achieved, then it will only be a matter of time to win a battle or a war!

"Stone cannon, ballista..."

"Bring Qin Gou's chariot to pieces~!"

After Lei Zhe and Toriti bit their ears for a while, they quickly passed down the military order to bombard the car.

The Great Xia Kingdom sent Odusgu and Yaqier to participate in the war against the Great Qin by the countries of the Western Regions, but the soldiers and horses brought by the two were actually not many. In total, there were only [-] elites from the headquarters. Ancient two thousand, Yaqier one thousand.

The reason for this is that the Seleucid Dynasty is still trying to wipe out the rebellious officials and thieves of the Great Xia Kingdom, and is still trying to conquer their former homeland. Although the defeat is now evident, the Great Xia Kingdom still dare not slack off , can't spare too many elites to help the countries of the Western Regions.

Moreover, the countries of the Western Regions are united, and there is no shortage of troops, what is lacking is the confidence to fight against the Great Qin!

Secondly, Oduscu and Yaqier led troops to participate in the war, precisely to give the countries in the Western Regions the confidence to fight against the Great Qin.

With the Great Xia Kingdom standing behind you, are you afraid of a bird?
Moreover, although Oduscu and Yaqier brought few soldiers, they brought many craftsmen who were able to make advanced western equipment, and trebuchets and ballistas were the most important.

These two things are already in a state of being gradually eliminated in the Great Qin Dynasty, but they are still in the ascendant in the West, and are still in the stage of exploration and development. They are recognized as major weapons of war.

Odusgu usually kept secrets and kept the Allied Forces of the Western Regions from contacting him at all. When he was built, he only equipped his own headquarters, and even Yaqier didn't have it.

If it is not necessary to strengthen the defense of Stone City this time, Oduscu may still have to keep it as a magic weapon at the bottom of the box.

As for why the previous ambush of the Qin army was useless... Oduscu wanted to use it, but compared with the light ballistas of the Qin army, the ballistas of the Great Xia Kingdom were still in their original state, and they were as bulky and bulky as the trebuchets It is extremely difficult to hide, and ambushes are not useful at all!
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The heavy ballista on the city wall fired stone bullets the size of a human head, and the tall trebuchet behind the city wall also raised its arms high, throwing small stone-mill-like stone bullets from the top of the defenders' heads.

The stone bullets, mixed with terrifying roars, smashed into the cars on the other side of the moat at a speed visible to the naked eye!

bang——

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The accuracy of the stone bullets was not good. Few of them could hit the chariot, and most of them fell into the moat, causing splashes all over the sky, or flew over their heads and hit the ground behind the chariot, creating waves of dust.

Even the stone bullets that hit the chariot, failed to destroy it!

The car made of spliced ​​logs is the standard to be able to resist the bombing of firearms, at least it must be hit by a rocket so that it will not fall apart.

The damage that stone bullets can cause when they hit the chariot is actually very limited.

However, the smashed chariot shook unceasingly, and even sawdust flew across, and there were whistling stone bullets flying around in front of him, behind him, above his head, which was really scary enough.

Although the Qiang people are brave and not afraid of being stabbed face-to-face, the terrifying feeling of being bombarded by stone bombs somewhat breaks through the psychological limit.

Many Qiang auxiliary troops and slave troops were so frightened that they threw down their shovels and held their heads, hiding behind the carts and not daring to show their heads.

Looking at the cowardly appearance of that melon, if it weren't for the generals in charge of the battle and the Qin army who would kill people, I'm afraid they would have fled back to the camp behind!
"Aww~!!!"

Seeing the Qin army building the low wall, the coalition forces of the Western Regions dared not look up after being bombarded by ballistas and stone cannons, and immediately roared excitedly.

It seemed that the evil spirit of defeat in the battle the day before yesterday, and the evil spirit of being bombed by the Qin army's firearms the day before yesterday, could finally be vented!

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The most indispensable thing in the stone city is stone. The defenders replaced it with bigger stone bombs, and wave after wave kept hitting the other side of the moat in an attempt to destroy the solid chariot of the Qin army.

"Let you smash it, and eat Nai Weng's arrow..."

"Bless the God of Daxue Mountain, watch me shoot~!"

Some brave Qiang people were so anxious that they were smashed. They took off their crossbows behind them, left the chariot protection, and shot arrows on the top of the city to fight back.

The rest of the Qiang warriors, inspired by these brave men, also took up their crossbows and shot at the Bactria warriors operating the ballistas, and at the allied forces of the Western Regions screaming on the city wall.

The Qiang generals who were supervising the battle all applauded loudly when they saw their subordinates making faces for them.

However, the Qin army who was in charge of the battle was black-faced. Seeing that the Qiang people who had shot back with arrows had been hit by stone bullets and died tragically, they hurriedly dragged, scolded and kicked those who wanted to die, After rushing back to the car for protection.

"Why are you looking for death?"

"Come back and hide!"

"If you dare to stand up again, you will cut off the baby first..."

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As soon as the Qin army in charge of the battle drove the fearless Qiang warriors back to the caravans, the Allied Forces of the Western Regions counterattacked with a rain of arrows, instantly turning the caravans into hedgehogs.

The aggrieved Qiang people, hearing the muffled sound of feathered arrows hitting the chariot, and seeing the feathered arrows stuck in the open space behind them, immediately shrank their necks and became honest.

In terms of fighting, the sharp soldiers of the Qin army have experience, and they can't accept it!
However, the morale of those Qiang warriors who are not afraid of death has improved a lot after messing around.

Many Qiang warriors who were too frightened to hold their heads and dare not move, saw that the stone bombs from the coalition forces in the Western Regions could not destroy the chariot, so under the urging of the supervising generals and the Qin army, they tremblingly picked up the shovel again and continued to fight on the chariot. Build a low wall under the cover of the car!
The bombardment by the Allied Forces in the Western Regions was non-stop, and the stone bombs became bigger and bigger.

The polished reserve stone bullets were not big enough, so they turned to search for stones all over the city. As long as ballistas and trebuchets could shoot them to the other side of the moat, they used the largest stones.

Gradually, after the chariot was hit several times, it began to be destroyed or fell apart, and the Qiang warriors inevitably suffered casualties!

"It's not right, why didn't the Qin army fire back? Why didn't they cover the Qiang people and build a wall?"

Toriti watched one car after another being destroyed, while the Qin Army's siege camp remained silent, so he couldn't help muttering.

Lei Zhe and several generals of the Western Regions heard his muttering, and said hesitantly: "The firearms of the Qin people must be precious, and the lives of the Qiang people are dead, how can they be wasted on them?"

In their view, it is impossible for the Qin army to really regard the Qiang people as their own family, just cannon fodder.

Toriti nodded subconsciously, but then couldn't help shaking his head: "No... no, the Great Qin's God-killing Prime Minister, in order to rescue the Qiang people, ignored the great fighter opportunity on the frontal battlefield, but instead used the speed that we could not react in time. , directly lead troops to kill on the plateau."

"His plan is nothing more than to return the Qiang people to their hearts. He has no reason at all. He is so cold-blooded towards the Qiang people who have already surrendered, making them alienated..."

This analysis hits the nail on the head.

All the generals in the Western Regions, including Lei Zhe, fell into deep thought.

The generals of the Qin army made strange moves one after another, and they tried to break their heads, but they couldn't figure out their plans!

Well, the main general of the Qin army has been replaced, it's strange to be able to figure it out...

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It was noon, and the Qiang warriors who were tense and engaged in high-intensity physical labor were all hungry and severely exhausted.

clang clang-

The sound of gold ringing resounded through the besieged camp of the Qin army, and the Qiang warriors retreated quickly with their chariots, leaving sections of low walls that had already taken shape.

The generals of the Western Regions on the city wall let out a sigh of relief, and turned to ballistas and trebuchets to bombard sections of the low wall on the other side of the moat.

Still the same sentence, what the enemy wants to do, try not to make it achieve its goal!
The Qiang warriors withdrew back to the besieged camp, and the gang leaders had prepared hot meals for them to eat and drink freely.

Even, each person has a corner of water and wine blended with alcohol, which can be regarded as a reward.

After eating and drinking enough, they rested for half an hour, pushed the re-reinforced and thickened cart out of the camp again, and continued to build the low wall.

In this way, the coalition forces of the Western Regions were completely out of control. The log carts were already heavy, and their ballistas and catapults were not very accurate. They were fired continuously for half a day before they were lucky enough to destroy one. Now that they are reinforced, if they want to It's even harder to destroy one.

Ballistas and trebuchets turned to bombard the low wall that had been built, but it was a drop in the bucket after all. A gap was blasted out like luck.

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For several days in a row, the ballistas and trebuchets of the coalition forces in the Western Regions were broken and repaired countless times, but they failed to stop the Qiang warriors from building the low wall.

During this period, the Allied Forces of the Western Regions sent troops across the river at night, intending to dig down the low wall, but they were caught by the Qin army who had been prepared for a long time. Not much.

Since then, the coalition forces of the Western Regions have never dared to go out of the city, and can only watch helplessly as the Qin army repairs the low wall!
"This battle was fought in a cloud of mist..."

"My lord, what does General Meng want to do?"

"If you want to kill the Allied forces of the Western Regions in the city, I'm afraid it will take until the beginning of spring!"

In the warm nest, Qin Mo was eating hot pot with Lu Xiaomei and their two children, but Zhang Liang and others came together, and while unceremoniously taking the bowls and chopsticks to prepare the dipping sauce, they asked Qin Mo what Meng Tian's plan was. .

The chief general's strange moves are indeed so strange that even the generals under his own command can't figure it out!
Qin Mo scooped up a bowl of vegetables for himself, then winked at Lu Xiaomei, and hurriedly scooped up some of his favorite food, otherwise you'll be disgusted again when these animals eat their chopsticks...

Lu Xiaomei nodded in understanding, and quickly set down her chopsticks for herself and the two children, and each of them scooped up a bowl of vegetables.

When everyone adjusts the dipping ingredients and sits down, there will only be beef and mutton left in the pot!
Qin Mo didn't answer the question and asked Xiao He: "The vegetables stored in the army have already been eaten up, when will they be delivered next time?"

Xiao He is the Sima of the Chinese Army, and he is in charge of logistics and supplies. He is very clear about this, and while putting the only remaining plate of cabbage into the pot, he replied: "Tomorrow evening at the latest!"

Qin Mo nodded and said, "So, the siege will only take a few days."

Everyone was stunned, and after looking at each other for a while, Xiao He asked: "The low wall has been built, isn't it a siege?"

Liu Ji answered, "Yes, why are you attacking the city again?"

Qin Mo shook his head: "You guys also said that if you want to kill the Allied Army of the Western Regions in the city, I'm afraid it will take until the beginning of spring."

"Even the beginning of spring doesn't necessarily consume energy."

"And if it is really exhausting, the Baiyang tribe Qiang people in the city, as well as the tens of thousands of leading Qiang warriors, must be starved to death first..."

"Letting hundreds of thousands of Qiang people starve to death is not in line with our original intention of killing people on the plateau!"

"We want to rescue the Qiang people, and then sweep down from the plateau, straight into the hearts of the countries in the Western Regions, and break the situation on the frontal battlefield. How can we waste a lot of effort on them!"

After hearing his explanation, everyone became more and more confused.

If you don’t waste it, what is the effort to build a low wall?

Qin Mo could naturally see everyone's doubts, so he asked back: "If you don't need to kill people, what is the most effective way to break the city?"

Zhang Liang had a quick mind, and was the first to answer the question: "Persuade to surrender...buy the enemy general...disintegrate from within!"

Qin Mo nodded: "However, the unstable factors in the city have been removed by the Western Region coalition forces, and now they are monolithic. They will not be persuaded to surrender for the sake of not becoming slaves for themselves, and for the sake of their family and relatives on the plateau."

Zhang Liang was dumbfounded, he kept chopping his chopsticks, scooping up the cabbage in the pot, while frowning and lost in thought.

Everyone is the same, eating hot hot pot, but their minds are spinning non-stop.

Seeing that they were not enlightened, Qin Mo could only remind them: "Where did Zhou Bo and Xia Houying go?"

Liu Ji knew where his good brother had gone, and immediately replied: "It seems that he led the soldiers to the saltwater lake."

Qin Mo asked again: "What is the relationship between the saltwater lake and this stone city?"

One word awakened the dreamer, everyone was stunned again, and then Zhang Liang exclaimed in shock: "General Meng Tian wants to break the city with water~!"

Breaking through the city with water has a long history, and it was the best way to break the city in the pre-Qin era.

But there is one thing, water attack requires geographical advantages, that is, abundant water sources.

Stone City can probably meet this requirement, because it has a moat formed by diverting salty lake water, even if the weather is cold, it is harder to freeze than ordinary water sources. It melted away...

From this association, the low wall that Meng Tian ordered to build around the moat was actually not a low wall at all, but a river embankment!
Although on the inner bank of the moat, there is also a wall of sheep and horses that is no different from the embankment.

But when he first arrived a few days ago, Meng Tian asked Qin Mo if the firearm could blow up the wall of sheep and horses on the inner bank, and Qin Mo's answer was yes.

Now that the outer embankment has been built, Zhou Bo and Xia Houying have also gone to the saltwater lake, most likely to build dams on the upper and lower reaches of the moat, and when the new supply of supplies arrives tomorrow, the firearms are replenished, and the wall of sheep and horses can be opened to dig. Drive upstream to irrigate and attack the city.

Even if the city can't be broken, at least the inner defense of the moat that the Allied Forces of the Western Regions painstakingly arranged will definitely not be able to keep it. Once the flood floods the sky and freezes, you will freeze to death if you are in it!
When attacking the city, the difficulty will drop by more than one level. It is no longer difficult for the Qin army to blast the city gate or even the city wall!
(End of this chapter)