Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 540

Yuguan is also Shanhaiguan, the number one pass in the world in the future.

Yuguan is close to the mountains and the sea, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Yuguan was built in the third year of Kaihuang, and the Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Goguryeo, all of which entered and exited the northeast from Yuguan. When Anlu Mountain controlled Hedong, it also continuously strengthened the defense force of Yuguan.

Yu Chixin pretended to be a businessman, went in and out of Yuguan several times, and said to the players beside him, "This Yuguan is indeed the most powerful pass in the world. The guard Cai Wenjing is also a veteran general under Shi Chaoyi's command. The defense is really tight and there are no loopholes."

Many players also nodded. The city wall of Yuguan is very wide, and there are trebuchets throwing stone bombs on it.

The entire city wall of Yuguan is very thick, and it is very difficult for players' artillery to blow down the city wall of Yuguan.

And the moat that introduced the seawater after digging it made it difficult for players to install the explosive package under the city wall of Yuguan.

Cai Wenjing's army was very strict. Merchants who entered and exited Yuguan could only trade in specific markets. After the transaction was completed, they had to leave Yuguan and were not allowed to stay overnight in Yuguan.

The entire Yuguan is a military fortress, and it is difficult for players to sneak into Yuguan and destroy it.

Now everyone is frustrated, the key point of the big detour strategy is to occupy Pinglu, close the door for development, and then go south to flat push.

If you can't occupy Yuguan, then the future conditions for closed development will not exist.

At this moment, a player stood up and said, "Boss Yuchi, I have a solution!"

Yu Chixin raised his head. This is a backbone of the Adventurer's Union, his name is Zhuang Hu.

Zhuang Hu, a high-intensity Internet surfer, an avid fan of Paradox games, is also an editor of a military forum.

Zhuang Hu is also one of the proposers of the big detour strategy, and this strategy has also been repeatedly deduced by Zhuang Hu in a certain magical historical simulation game.

It’s just that strategy games are games. Datang Fengyun’s game is not a strategy game where soldiers will appear when you just click on the map, nor is it a strategy game where soldiers will charge forward when you click the mouse.

Here, a unit with more than [-] casualties will collapse, soldiers will mutiny if their supplies are insufficient, and long-term siege will also reduce the morale of soldiers.

After leading troops across the grassland, Zhuang Hu also understood that the big roundabout strategy is not so easy.

But Zhuang Hu still sold a pass, he first asked: "The city wall is tall, the number of defenders is large, and it is near the sea. What kind of city do you think this is?"

"Isn't this the Yuguan?"

"Zhuang Hu, are you stupid, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Are you kidding me at this time?"

Zhuang Hu smiled, and after all the players had scolded him, he said, "I'm not talking about Yuguan, I'm talking about Constantinople!"

Wait, Constantinople?

Now Zi Yuchixin also thought about it.

Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire, is also the most fortified city in Rome.

And even such a city will fall, and this is the day when the so-called "Jing Luo sheds tears".

In 1453, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire personally led troops to besiege the last city of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine XI led the last army of the empire to stand firm in Constantinople. At that time, Constantinople was known as the strongest city in the world, "the fortress that never fell".

The location of Constantinople is the same as Yuguan, and it is also surrounded by mountains and seas. The Golden Horn Bay in the north is the channel for Constantinople to enter and exit the sea.

At the beginning, the Ottoman Sultan really had no way to defend the city of Constantinople. The Ottomans had the most advanced firearms in the world at that time - the Urban Cannon, but they still couldn't blast the solid city walls of Constantinople.

Unable to attack for a long time, the Ottoman Sultan changed his offensive strategy.

He bribed Genoese businessmen, and sneaked into the Golden Horn in the north of Constantinople through the Galata area controlled by the Genoese, so as to attack by land and water.

The Ottoman sultan mobilized his troops and laid a 1.5-kilometer log taxiway between the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn.Then 80 light sailboats were towed to the shore of the strait overnight, pulled over the hill with people, animals and tackle, and then slid into the Golden Horn from the slope.A pontoon bridge was erected at the narrowest point of the Golden Horn, and artillery was placed on the bridge.

On May 5, the Ottoman army launched a general attack on Constantinople from both land and sea. On the one hand, it used artillery to destroy the fortifications and bombard the defensive ships in the Golden Horn. In the west, the Ottoman Sultan commanded tens of thousands of troops to break into castle.

The soldiers and civilians of Constantinople fought bloody battles to defend the castle to the death, but in the end they were outnumbered and ran out of ammunition and food, and the castle was finally trapped.

This wonderful offensive and defensive battle is the most exciting battle of classical city defense after the appearance of artillery and ships.

At that time, the level of firearms of the Ottoman Empire was similar to that of Longyou now.

Zhuang Hu said to Yu Chixin: "If we attack directly, we will definitely have to pay a huge price. If the attack fails, and Fan Yang's Shi Chaoyi comes to rescue, it will be even more difficult to fight."

Yu Chixin nodded. Although there are not many generals guarding Yuguan, Shi Chaoyi, who annexed Fan Yang, is not far from Yuguan. He is ready to support Yuguan at any time.

Zhuang Hu said: "Observation over the past few days shows that the defense of Yuguan on the side near the sea is not strong. The designers of Yuguan did not think that the barbarians from the north would attack from the sea."

"We can imitate the Ottoman Sultan's tactics of capturing Constantinople, bombard from the sea with ships, and besiege Yuguan by land and water!"

Fight from the sea?

Yu Chixin looked at the map, and Zhuang Hu's suggestion turned out to be really feasible.

Yuguan is the same as Constantinople, the northeast corner is close to the sea, and the city wall on the sea side is not as strong as the front.

If you can blow down the city wall from the sea and cooperate with a frontal attack, you should take Yuguan in one fell swoop!
But soon some players stood up and objected:
"There are many hidden reefs in the sea area near Yuguan, which is not suitable for large ships to navigate at all!"

Zhuang Hu said: "Why do we need big ships? We only need ships that can install artillery and transport marine assault soldiers. Ordinary offshore merchant ships are fine."

Yu Chixin thought for a while, Zhuang Hu's plan was indeed correct, the sea attack could catch the defenders in Yuguan by surprise.

"But now that we are starting to build transport ships, the big detour strategy will be delayed again?"

But Zhuang Hu is also a little impatient, he has already thought of a countermeasure and said:

"Isn't the boat ready?"

Off the shelf?
Zhuang Hu said: "In fact, the ships for transporting soldiers and ships for transporting goods are the same, isn't it just that the warehouse is bigger? Isn't there a ready-made one in Northeast China?"

Off the shelf?
Soon Yu Chixin understood what Zhuang Hu meant. If anyone in Northeast Asia can produce so many ships at once, it must be Bohai.

Bohai State is based on maritime trade, and transport ships are their foundation, so they must have enough transport ships.

As long as the Bohai Kingdom is willing to send out the ship, it only needs to slightly modify the cargo ship to convert it into a troop ship.

Even as long as explosives can be loaded on the ship, it can also create chaos from the sea to cover the landing of the transport ship.

You must know that people in this era, although there are also land and water coordinated battles, the precedent of landing operations from the sea is still very rare.

Yu Chixin quickly made a decision, and he said to the crowd: "It seems that this matter depends on Mr. Fang, so I will send a message to Mr. Fang and ask him to think of a way, whether he can borrow it from the Bohai Kingdom. Some transport ships come."

Fang Guoshou received the news, smiled wryly, and borrowed a boat from the Bohai State, which was not an easy task.

However, Fang Guoshou immediately set off for Bohai State in order to make a big roundabout strategy.

While the big detour strategy player was planning Yuguan, Zhang Duanyang, who had just captured Qingzhou, was looking at the coastline of Qingzhou, which is close to the Bohai Sea, which is the generation of Weifang, Shandong.

Standing on the beach, listening to the sound of waves hitting the beach, Zhang Duanyang only felt refreshed.

Nan Jiyun, who was walking with Zhang Duanyang, was a little restless. He walked on the beach and said, "Brother Zhang, we have completed the military order and defeated the Qingzhou bandits. Shouldn't we return to Luoyang and guard Luoyang with Zhang Liushou?"

Although Nan Jiyun is a fierce general in this world, he is not proficient in strategy.

During this period of time, Zhang Duanyang was the one who made the most of the battles, and the loss was indeed much smaller than that of Nan Jiyun's own strong attack.

Gradually, Nan Jiyun began to rely on Zhang Duanyang to make up his mind.

At this time, Nan Jiyun's heart was like an arrow, but Zhang Duanyang looked at Bo Hai and said:

"General Nan, do you think we can get to the east of the river if we board a boat from here to cross the sea?"

Nan Jiyun was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled by Zhang Duanyang's question, he said:

"Why fight Hedong? Hasn't Shi Siming from Hedong already surrendered to Tang Dynasty?"

Zhang Duanyang said: "An Qingxu's turmoil in the northern part of Henan Province is nothing more than a battle between trapped beasts. The northern part of Henan Province is narrow and the people are weak, so there is no way for him to fight for a long time."

"Marshal Guo and Zhang Liushou are both famous generals in the world. As long as we build a defense line in Luoyang and consume An Qingxu's food and grass, An Qingxu will be exhausted soon."

Zhang Duanyang pointed to the Bohai Sea, trying to see the opposite coastline through the Bohai Bay.

"Hedong is my Tang's confidant's trouble!"

Although Nan Jiyun didn't understand strategy, he also understood what Zhang Duanyang meant, and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you mean that Hedong is going to rebel again?"

Zhang Duanyang nodded and said: "The Shi family's father and son are ambitious. He was able to follow An Lushan to betray the Tang Dynasty, and he was able to betray An Qingxu and surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Now it is not a strange thing to betray the Tang Dynasty."

Nan Jiyun said anxiously: "Since this is the case, shouldn't we return to Luoyang immediately? If Shi Siming and An Qingxu join forces to attack Luoyang together, how will the left guard stay?"

Zhang Duanyang shook his head and said: "Luoyang is one of the two capitals of the imperial court, so it will naturally recruit troops to defend. We can play a greater role in Qingzhou."

"What does it do?"

Zhang Duanyang pointed to the sea mysteriously, showing a faint smile.

(End of this chapter)