Mi Han

Chapter 235
The scorching sun was in the sky, and the crimson banners were buzzing.

Under Wudang City, thousands of Han troops lined up in square formations. Inspired by the sound of drums behind them, they marched towards the wall of Wudang City in front of them.

In front of the thousands of Han army phalanxes, there are hundreds of vehicles slowly advancing.

When hundreds of vehicles were traveling on the ground, their wheels rubbed against the ground and made a screeching sound.

When the sound reached the ears of Wei Jun on the city wall, they subconsciously clenched the spears in their hands.

A few days have passed since the reinforcements arrived.

The Wei army on the city wall thought that with the arrival of reinforcements, the Han army outside the city would be afraid, or even retreat directly.

But in the past time, the response of the Han army exceeded their expectations.

During these few days, the retreat of the Han army that the Wei army was looking forward to in Wudang City did not happen. What they waited for was the non-stop onslaught of the Han army for several days.

Even if the corpses of Han soldiers were already covered under the city wall, this still didn't make the Han army outside the city want to back down.

Under Mi Yang's command, they are like machines that don't stop, attacking Wudang County day after day.

The Han army's non-stop onslaught for days kept the Wei army in Wudang city in a state of mental tension all the time.

At the same time, their mentality towards reinforcements outside the city is also quietly changing.

When Cao Tai's two thousand cavalry troops just appeared outside the city, the Wei army in Wudang City, who felt the rescue was coming, was full of gratitude for Cao Tai's reinforcements.

But with the passage of time, since the arrival of Cao Tai's reinforcements, the Han army outside the city has been attacking Wudang City as if they did not exist.

While the Wei army in Wudang City was struggling to resist the Han army's offensive, the Wei army cavalry outside the Han army's camp just watched their comrades being besieged, but they were still unable to stop the Han army's siege.

Thousands of cavalry troops of the Wei army had no choice but to wander outside the camp of the Han army during these few days.

The Wei army in Wudang City was able to repel Mi Yang's army without asking for reinforcements, but the reinforcements they regarded as their savior could not even hinder the Han army's actions.

What is the use of such reinforcements?

Especially after the passage of time, the Wei army in Wudang City also found reinforcements outside the city, the number of which was only a few thousand.

This made Wei Jun in Wudang City feel more confused.

Under the influence of these factors, the excitement of Wei Jun in Wudang City for the arrival of reinforcements outside the city is rapidly weakening.

Even in their hearts, the emotion of blaming the reinforcements outside the city slowly emerged.

Since it is a reinforcement, why not support it to the end?

Perhaps the main general in Wudang City, Man Chong, knew the helplessness of the reinforcements outside the city, but the Wei soldiers in Wudang City were ordinary people, and they did not have the far-sighted vision of Man Chong.

Like most people, they have weaknesses in human nature.

Under the fierce offensive of the Han army outside the city for several days, under the threat of death, the weakness of human nature in the Wei army in the city is rapidly magnified.

People's hearts are morale. Once people's hearts are hopeless, morale will naturally begin to decline.

The Wei army on the city wall looked at the Han army approaching below them step by step. Their palms holding the spears were constantly sweating.

Not long after, thousands of Han troops under the city had stepped across the filled moat under the clearing of hundreds of vehicles.

Under the siege of the Han army for several days, the greatest achievement of the Han army is that it has filled the moat outside the north gate of Wudang.

Although in this process, the Han army fell many soldiers, but siege warfare has been like this since ancient times, and sometimes it is necessary to use human lives to fill in an offensive path.

Although many soldiers of the Han army fell under the city of Wudang during this period of time, the morale of the soldiers of the Han army was not affected much.

Because their morale was at the bottom of a big victory, and there was a famous general with great military exploits sitting behind them, which was the biggest source of their morale.

Hundreds of vehicles that cleared the way in front of thousands of Han troops drove through the filled moat and entered a distance of less than a hundred steps from the Wudang city wall. Many fire arrows began to fall on the city wall.

But 轒輼 is not a moat bridge, and most of the outside of 轒輼 are covered with raw cowhide to prevent fire.

When he was in Gong'an City, the reason why Mi Yang was able to destroy the Zangcai with fire arrows was because Wu Jun's Zangcai were loaded with soldiers of the Wu Army at that time.

Mi Yang used the method of setting fire to the soldiers of the Wu army to destroy a car.

But now the hundreds of vehicles of the Han army are not filled with people, but a large amount of loess.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy to use fire arrows to cause damage to the 轒輼.

When hundreds of 轒輼 arrived at a distance of less than a hundred steps from the city wall, thousands of Han troops behind also came behind hundreds of 轒輼, and then began to shoot arrows towards the city wall with bows and arrows.

The Han army shoots arrows to high places, and the Wei army's body on the city wall is often hidden in the battlements.

Therefore, when the arrows of the Han army reached the city wall, they could not cause much damage to the Wei army on the city wall.

But the purpose of the Han army was not to kill the Wei army on the city wall.

The arrival of thousands of arrows was to disrupt the actions of the Wei army on the city wall.

Sure enough, when thousands of arrows from the Han army hit the city wall, the Wei army on the city wall fell into a short-term panic.

In a panic, they could no longer throw fire arrows to disrupt the actions of the Han army after the retreat.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Nan, who commanded the Han army to attack the city, immediately waved his command flag.

He asked the Han army hiding behind the 轒輼 to transport the loess in the 轒輼 to the designated location and dump it.

The Han army who pushed and transported the boat moved very quickly.

After they dumped the loess from hundreds of vehicles at the designated location, they quickly pushed the vehicles out of range of the Wei army on the city wall.

Covered by the arrows of the Han army below the city, hundreds of vehicles all retreated outside the moat soon after.

After completing the cover task, thousands of Han troops also retreated slowly.

After they retreated, under Zhang Nan's command, another wave of Han troops began to walk out of the Han army camp.

And in front of them are also hundreds of vehicles.

Obviously, the Han army used rotations to repeat the act of dumping loess on the moat.

Man Chong on the city wall watched as the first wave of Han troops retreated and the second wave of Han troops slowly approached Wudang City.

His brows were deeply furrowed.

With his rich experience, he can see at a glance what the strategy of the Han army is.

The Han army wanted to use the distance to attack the city.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War": The law of siege is a last resort.It will take three months to build the sculls and tools, and it will be three months to complete the distance.

A distance refers to the mound built by the siege party near the city.

On the one hand, this method can observe the real situation in the city, and on the other hand, it can use the mound to let soldiers climb the city.

Although Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that it took three months to complete the distance, this is from the second purpose of the distance.

If you want to pile up the mound all the way from the camp to the enemy's wall, and pile it up to the same height as the wall, it will take a long time to be blocked by the defenders.

But in terms of the other purpose of the distance, it doesn't take that long.

Tens of thousands of Han troops transported a large amount of loess non-stop, accumulating soil and mounds within a hundred steps of the Wudang city wall.

As long as the Wei army in the city does not rush out to stop the Han army's actions, mounds will be built within a hundred steps outside Wudang City in a short time.

After all, the Wudang city wall is not high.

And Man Chong expected that the purpose of Mi Yang's distance from the gate was not just to observe the situation in the city.

Mi Yang's purpose was to let the Han army climb up the mounds and shoot arrows into the city after the mounds were built.

Even Mi Yang can build the mound higher than the city wall, and then the Han army will have the advantage of condescending.

In the past, the reason why the Wei army in Wudang City was able to cause damage to the Han army outside the city relied on its condescending advantage.

But once the Miyang distance is completed, the condescending advantage of the Wei army will disappear at that time, and Wudang City will fall into a great crisis.

In fact, since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there have been countless siege and defense battles in the world. Whenever the attacking side has a new siege move, the defending side will have a countermeasure.

Based on Man Chong's experience, there are two solutions to Mi Yang's siege method.

One of them is to lead part of the army to camp outside the city, forming an angle with the city.

In this case, with the threat of the Wei army outside the city, the Han army could not safely build mounds outside the city.

But this method is not suitable for the current situation in Wudang City.

As for seeking help from reinforcements outside the city?

Over the past few days, Man Chong has lost confidence in Cao Tai and Sima Yi.

Of course Man Chong knew about the quiet changes in public opinion in the city in the past few days.

The Wei army in the city didn't have the courage to go out of the city to fight the Han army, and he didn't have any extra troops to do so.

After eliminating this method, there is only one method left.

Thinking of this, a stern look flashed in Man Chong's eyes.

He ordered to summon all the powerful families in Wudang City again.

Outside the camp of the Han army, Cao Tai led a part of the cavalry to patrol around.

Not far from him, bursts of yelling and cursing sounded from the cavalry of the Wei army, and then drifted towards the Han army camp ahead.

But no matter how ugly and loud the yelling and cursing of many Wei soldiers was, the gate of the Han army camp was never opened.

Not long after, a Wei soldier came to Cao Tai on horseback and reported to him, "General, there is still no one in the Han camp to fight."

Listening to the report of the soldiers under his command, Cao Tai's face was full of gloom.

Under the yelling and scolding for several days in the past, the Han army camp let alone opened the camp gate to attack them, and even sent people to scold them.

If he hadn't seen many Han soldiers mobilizing in the Han army camp, Cao Tai would have thought that the Han army camp in front of him was an empty camp.

After the soldier reported, Cao Tai finally couldn't bear the depression in his heart, and he ordered the Wei Jun: "Call Yushi Zhongcheng to see me."

Under Cao Tai's order, the summoned Sima Yi soon came to Cao Tai.

Compared to Cao Tai's impetuousness, Sima Yi's face looked calm, but the trace of anxiety in his eyes still revealed his true state of mind.

When Sima Yi arrived, Cao Tai anxiously asked Sima Yi before Sima Yi finished saluting:

"Zhongda, didn't you say that the Han army would come out to fight?"

"How come our army has insulted the Han army for several days, and the Han army has not come out of the battalion to fight?"

After listening to Cao Tai's words, Sima Yi showed some shame on his face.

When Cao Tai asked Sima Yi what he should do next, Sima Yi replied that he could take advantage of the arrogant mentality of the Han army.

In Sima Yi's view, the Han army had just won a big victory, and now they must be in a state of complacency.

In such a state, the Han army will inevitably have a heart to underestimate the enemy.

What's more, the current strength of the Han army is more than ten times that of theirs.

So Sima Yi's strategy is that they can use the psychology of the Han army to insult them outside the Han army camp.

People who underestimate the enemy will definitely feel angry when they are insulted, and they will send troops when angry.

The Han army is all infantry, and outside the Han army camp are all plains that are not dangerous to defend.

Because it is necessary to besiege the city, it is impossible for the Han army to come out in full force. The biggest possibility is to send some Han troops out of the camp to attack them.

In addition, they were mentally calculating without intention, so as long as they planned properly, it was possible to defeat the Han army who came out of the camp.

Even if the Han army cannot be defeated, with the mobility of the Wei army's cavalry, the Han army cannot pose a threat to them.

The morale of the Han army comes from a big victory, but if the Han army is defeated by its own cavalry army whose strength is much lower than theirs, then the morale of the Han army will be affected.

And the morale of the Wei army in Wudang City will become stronger after seeing them win a victory.

Under such ebb and flow, Wudang City will undoubtedly defend for a longer time.

It is not even certain that Mi Yang will withdraw early after considering the decline in his own morale.

It can be said that Sima Yi had a good idea, but what he didn't expect was that his plan suffered a failure as soon as it was implemented.

Under the insults of two thousand Wei soldiers for several days, the Han soldiers seemed to be all deaf.

The Han army regarded these two thousand Wei troops as air.

In the end, the behavior of the two thousand Wei troops outside the Han army camp was like two thousand prostitutes singing a one-man show, making people laugh when the Han army did not fight.

This made Sima Yi feel powerless and powerless.

But today, Sima Yi also understands why Mi Yang is like this.

He is responding to all changes with the same.

Mi Yang's approach of keeping the same and responding to all changes not only completely blocked all the ways of life in Wudang County, but also made Sima Yi no longer able to do anything.

A sense of defeat began to appear in Sima Yi's heart.

Facing Cao Tai's question, Sima Yi looked forward to the Han army camp.

After a long time, he sighed, and slowly said to Cao Tai: "The manpower is exhausted, and the next step is to depend on God's will."

Even though he has a lot of tricks, but in the face of absolute strength, his tricks can't play much role.

Hearing what Sima Yi said, Cao Tai's face was full of worry.

Sima Yi's words are very helpless, but now they are the truth.

(End of this chapter)