Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 695
Qingji's military deployment is very interesting and profound.

What is the purpose of asking Zheng Jun and Zhou Shi to attack Wei, Zhi, Linghu, Dong and other cities bordering Qin and Jin?

It can be seen from the place name.

These places are all the fiefdoms of the Zhi and Wei clans, and they were originally the fiefdoms of the Linghu and Dong clans.

Qingji then asked Zihu to lead the Qin army and the Rongdi coalition army to attack the southern Shanxi bordering the Zhou royal family...

Aren't you afraid that these people will have conflicts in the future?

It doesn't matter.

Anyway, Qingji didn't care.

If the land is lost and people are lost, all people and land are lost; if people are saved and land is lost, all people and land remain.

Now Qingji is not very interested in the cities and lands of Jin.

The main reason is that the land in these cities was captured by the Wu army, and it is unlikely that they will be able to defend it in the future...

Why should Qingji find it boring?

Furthermore, the celebration of the taboo was also to prevent the war from being unfavorable. Qin Jun and Zheng Junhui each carve up part of the land in Jin's cities and towns, and then returned home.

……

The time has entered the 19th year of Wu Wang Qingji, that is, 495 BC, the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

Under Qingji's order, the coalition forces attacked the city and pulled out the villages all the way, quickly captured the cities of Wei, Zhi, Anyi and other cities in the south of Jin State, and surrounded the capital of Jin State Jiang.

More than a dozen cities south of the Weishui River have all been captured by the coalition forces.

However, Qingji did not rashly order to attack Jiangdu.

Qingji chose to send soldiers and horses to go northward along the Fenshui River, occupying Pingyang, Jia, Kundu and other cities along the coast, so as to cut off Jiangdu from the outside world.

Jiangdu, namely Xintian, is the current capital of Jin State.

Since the founding of the state of Jin, the capital has been moved several times. In the past, when King Cheng granted Shuyu the Tang Dynasty, his son Xie (also known as "Xiefu") moved to Jinshui, and the country's name was changed to Jin.

During the time of Jin Xiaohou, the capital was moved to Yuyi.

After Quwo replaced Yi, Duke Xian of Jin moved his capital to Jiang, not Quwo.

In the generation of Jin Jinggong, the capital of Jin was moved to Xintian, and Xintian was named Jiangdu. The original "Jiang" was renamed "Ji County".

"kill!"

After completing the siege of Jiangcheng, Qingji finally gave the order to attack the city.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Under the urging of the sound of war drums, tens of thousands of soldiers of the coalition rushed towards the city wall of Jiangdu with excited faces, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

The coalition soldiers all over the mountains and plains are like a vast ocean, and like black clouds overwhelming the city!
"Fire arrows!"

The soldiers of the Jin army, who had been on the top of the city for a long time, immediately opened their bows and set up arrows, and threw wave after wave of arrows at the attacking enemy.

"Shhhhhh!"

The dense arrows, like locusts passing through, quickly covered half of the dome, and then fell together.

"what!"

"Pfft!"

For a moment, blood was splashed everywhere, and screams could be heard endlessly.

The defenseless soldiers of the coalition army were hit by arrows one after another and fell into a pool of blood.

Some soldiers who were lucky, or those who reacted quickly enough, picked up their shields to resist, and barely blocked the fatal injuries.

It's just that the arrows of the Jin army are still sharp. Even if some soldiers were not shot on the spot, they would be shot in the eyes, arms, shoulders and other parts by the arrows, wailing incessantly.

"dash forward!"

"kill!"

After finally surviving several rounds of arrow rain attacks by the Jin army, the soldiers of the coalition finally set up a ladder and began to climb towards the top of the city.

However, the soldiers of the Jin army are also proficient in defensive warfare.

"Fire arrows!"

"Shhhhhh!"

As soon as the offensive and defensive battle started, it seemed that it had entered a white-hot stage.

Soldiers of the Jin army, who are good at archery, draw their bows and set arrows, aiming at the enemy constantly, and then shooting them one by one.

On the top of the city, some soldiers of the Jin army were lifting rocks and rolling logs, and smashing them down on the enemies on the ladder.

"what!"

"Pfft!"

All the soldiers of the coalition army who were hit by the stone and the rolling wood screamed and fell down without exception, and were smashed into meatloaf!

Some unlucky soldiers even fell off the ladder, either dead or injured...

On the top of the city, the Jin army burned pot after pot of boiling water. Once they saw the enemy climbing up the ladder, the soldiers around them would pick up the pot and spoon and pour a spoonful of hot water on their heads.

"Uh!"

The result is predictable.

The coalition soldiers who were poured with boiling water let out screams like killing a pig, and then fell down like a kite with a broken string.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Under the city, the soldiers of the coalition forces had already pushed the battering hammer, hitting the gate of Jiangcheng again and again.

They chanted and pushed the battering hammer vigorously, as if they wanted to smash a hole and smash through the city gate of Jiangdu.

"Shhhhhh!"

A flurry of arrows came, and many soldiers fell to the ground in a pool of blood, dying of exhaustion.

More soldiers came up as substitutes who were not afraid of death, took over the handle of the battering hammer, and continued to hit the city gate with all their strength.

The resistance of the Jin army was exceptionally strong, but the coalition forces were not vegetarian either.

Standing on the military chariot under the central banner of the allied forces, Qingji couldn't help frowning as he watched the tragic battle in Jiangcheng.

It is worthy of being the capital of a veteran hegemonic country. The strength of Jiangcheng is no less than that of Yingdu of Chu State in the past...

Before, the Fan family, the Zhonghang family and the Rongdi coalition had attacked Jiangcheng, but they were still unable to conquer it. It can be seen that Jiangdu is indeed a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But Wu Jun has relatively sharp siege equipment, can't he still be able to conquer Jiangcheng?
"Let the trebuchet go!"

"promise!"

Following Qingji's order, the coalition soldiers who were still attacking the city immediately receded like a tide, leaving only hundreds of corpses...

Wu Jun's trebuchet was also pulled to the battlefield.

To be precise, not only Wu Jun's trebuchets, but other countries have also imitated Wu's trebuchets and produced their own trebuchets.

Today, a total of three hundred trebuchets have been placed outside Jiangcheng, where the Jin army's bows and crossbows cannot reach.

The trebuchet was invented by Qingji, and like the crossbow, it was released in advance.

The trebuchet of this era belongs to the human trebuchet.

Use manpower to pull the pins connected to the crossbar together at a place far away from the catapult, and throw the stone projectiles, which are divided into single pins and multiple pins.

The tip of the cannon is mounted on a wooden frame. One end is tied with a rope to hold the leather case containing the stone bullets, and the other end is tied with many ropes to facilitate manual pulling.

There are thirteen shoots at most, and a maximum of 500 people are required to cast them.

Of course, the streamlined trebuchet does not require so much manpower.

"put!"

"Shhhhh-"

For a time, the rocks pierced through the sky.

Three hundred trebuchets threw a large number of stone bullets, and the dense stone bullets quickly hit the city wall.

"Boom!"

The stone bombs splashed, and the smashed city wall was crumbling and crumbling.

On the top of the city, the panicked soldiers of the Jin army hurriedly raised their shields, trying to resist the impact of the stone bullets, but they were either killed or injured, and mourned everywhere.

"Wow!"

"Oh!"

The powerful impact of the stone bullets directly twisted and deformed the shield, and the soldier holding the shield couldn't help but wailed, his arm was almost shattered...

(End of this chapter)