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

Chapter 282 The Qin Army Really Knows How to Siege a City!
"what???"

Toriti probably thought he was hallucinating, opened his mouth stupidly and made a strange sound, and looked at Qin Mo in disbelief.

Firearms siege is by no means a panacea!

As long as the enemy invests a lot of manpower to build defensive measures based on the characteristics of firearms attacking the city, it is enough to form a confrontation with the Qin army.

For example, Little Stone Town in the Land of the Sun.

Meng Tian used the water attack to break through it with the least cost, but the time it took seemed to be only ten days!

And Shanshan City, which is far ahead, is several times, even ten times, the size of Stone City. In addition, the city is tall and deep, and internal fortifications against firearms have also been built.

Trying to break through it within ten days is simply a fantasy!
At least, in the opinion of Toliti, a famous Loulan general who already knew the power of firearms very well, it is impossible for the Qin army to break through Shanshan City within ten days!

Unless these [-] troops are all real soldiers of the Qin army, maybe it is still possible...

"Ah, go back to your rear army and continue to pull the baggage carts. You'd better pray to Ahura, the God of Light. This Marquis can easily break through the city within ten days. If the loss is too great, I will initiate a real attack." Massacre the city, and use it to more thoroughly deter the countries of the Western Regions!"

Qin Mo frowned and looked at him, and said coldly.

When Tuoriti introduced Shanshan City just now, he was like a treasure, but in fact he didn’t say anything... He is from Shanshan himself, and most of his family and relatives are still in Shanshan City.

If the Qin army slaughtered the city, none of Toliti's family members would be able to escape!
Toliti twitched again, and finally lowered his head sadly and said: "I will pray devoutly for the lord~!"

Now that things have happened, he has long given up hope that the countries in the Western Regions can stop Daqin, and the only thoughts in his heart are his family.

As long as the family can live on safely, he has no mood to care how others die!

Qin Mo watched as his personal guard escorted Toriti back to the direction of the rear army, and then said in a solemn voice: "This is the order of the Marquis, the army encircled the city on three sides and set up camp. within!"

"Hey~!"

The personal guards responded in unison, and rode their horses to pass orders to the front and rear troops with the order flag.

"Brother-in-law, how do you break the city within ten days?"

When the guards were ordered to leave, Lu Xiaomei couldn't help asking curiously.

Danshu and Zidu also looked at Qin Mo with wide eyes, full of thirst for knowledge.

Qin Mo lied to Su Rong, and he didn't give a shit, explaining with a smile: "There are actually only a few ways to quickly attack the city, such as water attack, fire attack, and soil attack."

"The method of water attack is the method Senior Meng Tian used in Stone City."

"As for Fire Attack, as the name suggests, it means setting fire to the city."

"The final soil attack is to dig a hole and attack the city."

"Do you think I will use that method?"

Lu Xiaomei was stopped by the question, she pinched her chin in a thoughtful state.

On the other hand, Danshu and Zidu replied in a milky voice: "Tu Gong~!"

Qin Mo raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile, "How can you see that?"

Dan Shu rushed ahead of the slow-talking kid Du, and replied: "Because as long as you dig a hole to the bottom of the city and put gunpowder in it, the city wall can be blown down."

Zi Du pouted his small mouth resentfully, nodded along with Fuhe, and let his sister finish talking.

As for Lu Xiaomei, her eyes lit up, and then she scratched her head in embarrassment doubting life, thinking that she is not as good as a child...

But in fact, whether it is Meng Tian or Qin Mo, when the generals are formally called to discuss matters, Lu Xiaomei will be invited out as an idler, but they will never avoid the two children. After listening for a long time, they have learned something after all.

In addition, children's thoughts are inherently unconstrained, so it's not surprising that they thought of it before little sister Lu!
"This earth attack method is so simple, it should save time and effort compared to water attack. Why didn't General Meng Tian use it when he was in Stone City?"

Lu Xiaomei suddenly asked more suspiciously.

Qin Mo was dumbfounded, and asked again: "Do you know why the Stone City is named Stone City?"

Lu Xiaomei was taken aback by the question, then suddenly stuck out her pink tongue.

The reason why Stone City is named Stone City is not because it is built with stones, it is just an ordinary sand city.

The reason why it is named Stone City is because it is close to the snow-capped mountains, and it is almost built on the remaining veins of the mountains. The surrounding ground where the city is located, if it is dug deeper, it is a rock layer.

Breaking through the city with soil in such terrain, and exhausting the tunnel diggers will not work!

"Okay, you have been riding a horse for too long today. You should not move for a long time before your injury is fully healed. Go back to the carriage and rest."

Qin Mo waved his hand, urging Lu Xiaomei to quickly lie down and recuperate.

……

In the evening, an army of [-] troops set up a continuous siege camp on the south, east, and west sides of Shanshan City.

According to Qin Mo's instructions, the distance between the two sides was so close that the soldiers on both sides of the city wall and the village wall could almost see each other's eyebrows clearly.

This undoubtedly gave a great sense of oppression to the Loulan soldiers and civilians who were guarding the city to the death. The city lord was really a little angry. He felt that the Qin army was too arrogant. He let the trebuchets in the city shoot stone bullets at the Qin army outside the city, wanting to kill him. Qin Jun's vigor.

However, the range of the trebuchets in the Western Regions is not as good as that of the Great Xia Kingdom, or even the range of the crossbow. The stone bombs just flew over the moat, and then fell to the ground with a bang, which is still far away from the Qin army's wall...

But this wave of artillery stone attacks that failed to make a difference was regarded as a provocation by the Qin army, and a wave of long-range firearms was fired on the spot to fight back, focusing on the catapults in the city where they were exposed by lobbing.

After the explosion and gunpowder smoke dissipated, the Lord of Shanshan found sadly that the death and injury of soldiers was still a trivial matter, and half of his catapult, a major weapon for defending the city, was destroyed by the Qin army at once... The Qin army hadn't attacked the city yet, and finally The important defensive equipment has already shown its unusable side, so how can we defend the city in the future?

Do you rely on human lives?
Not to mention, it really can only rely on human lives!
The day after the Qin army set up the siege camp, they began to manufacture various siege equipment in the camp, because they were too close, and because the city wall was higher than the wall, the defenders on the city could see clearly.

The trench filling vehicles, trench bridges, city rushing vehicles, and even the ladder vehicles higher than the city wall all dazzled the defenders and felt powerless for a while.

The Qin army really knows how to attack the city!
Looking at the rapidly forming siege equipment, the defenders had the illusion that they would be slaughtered when the Qin army sharpened their knives.

Even if they are prepared to die, it is still very uncomfortable...

As a result, many soldiers took the initiative to ask for orders, and wanted to go out of the city to attack the Qin army. It would be best to enter the camp and burn the more and more siege equipment.

But the Lord of Shanshan refused the request without hesitation. You have seen the firearms of the Qin army yesterday. If you have the leisurely mind to go out to die, you should save your strength and fight to the end bravely when the Qin army really starts to attack the city!
The idea of ​​Shanshan City Lord is actually correct. Without the protection of the moat, these innocent guys will definitely die without a place to bury them.

But the correct refusal made him miss the only way to understand the plot of the Qin army's land attack.

Because within the wall of the village, the blind spot that the defenders of Shanshan City cannot see is the Qiang slave army who is digging tunnels under the command of the guards who were miners. Now, as long as the Loulan soldiers take a step into the camp, they will be able to see clearly.

Unfortunately, nothing if...

Qin Jun used conventional siege equipment to confuse the defenders, and secretly worked overtime, digging tunnels in several shifts, and immediately switched to another shift when one shift was tired, without stopping day and night.

All tunnels must pass under the moat, under the feet of the defenders on the inner defense line, and be dug to the foundation of the city wall.

However, this is not an easy task. The moat will seep into the cave and need to be cleaned at any time. Otherwise, in the cold, people's legs will be useless after soaking in the water for half an hour. , but also to be gentle, so as not to be discovered by the excavation vibration.

In this way, finally at the night of the eighth day, a tunnel was finally dug to the solid foundation of the Shanshan city wall.

Qin Mo, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, immediately ordered the super explosive package to be transported into it. At the same time, in the form of a password, he ordered the whole army to stand by and prepare to attack the city at night!

In this way, after working for more than half an hour, the super explosive package was also buried under the city wall. It was Qin Mo who ignited the fuze. He personally ignited it with a small match, and watched the burning point quickly spread into the tunnel. , I prayed secretly in my heart, that there would be no bloody incident where the fuse was blown!

I don't know if prayers played a role, or if the waterproof and moisture-proof measures were done well enough. After a short while, a muffled sound like a dragon roaring in the tunnel suddenly came from the ground.

Temple——

Amidst the muffled sound, Qin Mo felt the ground under his feet tremble, almost knocking him into the air.

call--

At the entrance of the tunnel, there was fire and gunpowder smoke, like the breath of a giant dragon, which was spectacular, and the tunnel collapsed immediately.

Obviously, this is backfill sealing work, which was not done well enough, causing a lot of explosion power to leak out!

But the undisclosed explosion power was enough for the city wall of Shanshan to withstand, because Qin Mo could clearly see that the city wall with super explosive packs buried under the base of the wall jumped up suddenly as if being kicked with a provocative leg, Forcibly, it is more than half a person higher than the Linduan city wall.

Rumbling--

The part of the city wall that jumped up collapsed when it fell, and the sky was filled with dust for a while.

The Loulan defenders on that section of the city wall, as well as many of the Loulan defenders who were in the ditch below the city, had just been shocked with blood from their mouths and noses, and they were buried alive before they understood what was going on!

choke-

Qin Mo drew out his battle sword at the first moment, and shouted in a long voice: "Beating the drum~! The slave army is attacking~!! Saturated firearms strike~!!!"

dong dong dong -- dong dong dong --

The battle drums sounded like a sudden rain, and countless slave soldiers pretending to be patrolling the camp immediately rushed out of the camp pushing the siege equipment, and let out a loud howling battle cry: "Awww~!!!"

On the wall of the stronghold, the long-prepared soldiers of the Qin army fired dense long-range firearms, instantly covering the walls on both sides of the collapsed gap, as well as the trench area near the gap, to cover the progress of the slave army.

The siege battle was fought so fast that all the defenders were stunned in an instant. Before they could react, Liu Ji led the slave army under his command, and drove the trenches and bridge vehicles one by one like chicken blood. , pushed to the moat.

Then, carrying simple steps or ladders, stepped on the trench bridge and rushed to the opposite bank, rushing into the messy interior defense after being fired by long-range firearms.

The dilapidated sheep and horse walls on the inner bank, as well as the exposed trap trenches, could not delay the slave army even for a moment, so they quickly crossed over with step ladders.

Many of the Loulan defenders who were hiding in the trench bunkers and were not killed by the bombing were ringing in their ears and dizzy, but suddenly felt a darkness above their heads, and then stabbed with steel knives and spears, and were stabbed to death in the bunker by chaotic blades.

Liu Ji led more than [-] slaves under his command, like a flood, over the inner defense, over the slope formed by the collapse of the city wall, and poured into the city continuously!
bang-

squeak-

The suspension bridge near the gap was lowered by the slave army, and then the adjacent city gate was slowly opened.

Zhou Bo of the second echelon immediately led more than ten thousand slaves under his command to rush into the city, joined forces with Liu Ji, and continued to expand the results of the battle.

After [-] slaves entered the city, the outcome of the siege battle was basically decided!
The three city gates besieged by the Qin army were captured one after another. Cao Shen and Xia Houying, who were in charge of attacking the east and west sides, each led [-] slave troops into the city.

Even though the Loulan defenders fought bloody street battles with the slaves in the city with the determination to die, the old and weak miscellaneous troops that had been put together improvised could face the Qiang people who had received simple battle formation training and were equipped with a large number of individual thunderbolts. When the slave army had no room to fight back, they were either killed or escaped from the north gate in the chaos.

But the north gate, just looks like a gate of life, but it is actually a gate of death. The overwhelming Qiang cavalry intercepted all the prisoners of the Loulan defenders who had lost their fighting spirit and escaped from the north gate...

The battle ended when the sky was dark, and the rest of the army entered the city to extinguish the flames of war everywhere!
Then, they used the corpses of the Loulan defenders who died in battle, and let the Loulan captives build a mountain-like hollow Beijing, to extinguish the last trace of recalcitrant illusions of the Western Regions.

Because the Jingguan was too huge, it took the Loulan captives three days to successfully build it.

And when the mountain-like Jingguan was completed, the head of the prince of Loulan who came to boost morale and the banner representing his status as the prince were placed on the top of the Jingguan, the only remaining royal city in Loulan Kingdom. Qin Mo led his army to kill, and then collapsed first.

From the king of Loulan himself to the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, they all fled into the Gobi desert in panic with their edible and usable belongings.

They didn't even dare to flee to the Cheshi country adjacent to the north!

Because the country of Che Shi is also collapsing, the royal family and nobles are frantically fleeing westward!

The collapse of these two countries made the Western Region Reserve Corps, which encircled and suppressed the Mengtian cavalry and tried to re-open the supply line for the frontline elite, suddenly cut off their logistics and lost their way back.

In this way, the war against the Great Qin by the countries of the Western Regions has already been defeated across the board, and the defeat can no longer be lost!
When Qin Mo led the army to the area of ​​Lop Nur, Meng Tian's [-] cavalry were encircling and suppressing them. The Western Region Reserve Army, which had no fighting spirit, and two armies that were separated on the plateau, successfully joined forces in Lop Nur...

(End of this chapter)