Teacher is too tough

Wu Zhong was amazed. As his soldiers cleaned up, this huge pit turned out to be like a moat, stretching to both sides to the corner of the city wall. After turning a corner, it still did not reach the end. As expected, it turned out to be a loop around the city. One week.

10,000+ people, not to mention digging a tunnel three feet deep and ten feet wide around the city, would not be difficult even if it were larger. What really amazed Wu Zhong was not the scale of the pit, but that he could not understand how these rebel thieves spent so much money. Why are you digging holes so hard?
Did he spend more than a thousand troops on his side just to take him by surprise?But for this purpose, is it necessary to dig the hole so long?

Now that it has been discovered, will someone else fall in?

The existence of this tunnel did have a great impact on their siege. However, it is not difficult for 10,000+ people to dig a hole. Is it difficult for 8 people to fill it?

The worst thing is to spend some time filling it in. As long as some soldiers are separated and hold shields to block the front, the crossbows on the city will not pose a threat at all.

As long as he can avoid this matter, of course he will not bother with it. Wu Zhong ordered his men to completely clear out this tunnel. Maybe it will not circle the city as he expected. If the south side of the city is not dug, then go around and attack the city. yes.

The city wall of Longhua City is seven or eight miles long from east to west. Its geographical location is not a mountain pass or a canyon. The surrounding terrain is flat. It is not difficult to go around from the north where the army is currently to the south of the city.

However, when he went around to the south to attack the city, the territory of these rebels was behind him, and he was easily attacked from the front and rear. Wu Zhong was not afraid at all. If the opponent really dared to go out of the city to attack him from the front and rear, he would be happy to see the result. With the warfare of these rebels, Strength, such a situation will always cause less casualties to one's own side than attacking the city.

All the tunnels were cleared, but these rebels were so resourceful that they actually dug a circle around the city wall, leaving only a three-foot-wide gap on the south side for two or three people to pass side by side.

Wu Zhong narrowed his eyes and chuckled, what does this mean?If we can't defend the city, how can we escape here?

A general next to him said: "General, why don't we ask our people to go in through this gap and gather in the tunnel to attack the city. Anyway, the space they left is large enough. Although it is within the range of the bow and crossbow, we are all equipped with wooden weapons." Shield is not a threat at all.”

Wu Zhong glanced at him and said with a smile: "I don't know how many people the other party has left in the city. If 10,000+ people are in the city, then arrange it as you said, and they will come out in one go. There is this tunnel. Now, with no way out, isn’t it passive?”

The general said: "It is precisely because there is no retreat that the combat power of the soldiers can be fully mobilized. The last general's intention is to leave half of the troops outside, waiting for opportunities. If they really dare to fight out, then the remaining half of us will The men and horses will also rush in. With our fighting strength, although the number of troops is smaller, the general will feel that it is not difficult to defeat the many with less."

Wu Zhong was silent for a moment. He had the same idea just now. He knew that this approach was very dangerous. If he were another opponent, he would never have such an idea, because he has now concluded that these rebels are too weak. In the face of the absolute strength gap, there is no need to pay attention to any tactical strategies.

However, he squinted his eyes and looked towards the city for a while, and finally shook his head. There was a high probability that these rebels would not be able to build something like a catapult, but what if?
When the time comes when your own people are trapped in the tunnel, they will not be afraid of crossbows, but if the opponent has a catapult, they will suffer heavy casualties.

He has never taken this group of rebels seriously. Many taboos about battlefield confrontation can be ignored, but he must be cautious.

Since we don't plan to make dangerous moves, we can only fill in the holes honestly.

Wu Zhong led his troops back to the north of Longhua City and began to send people to fill in the tunnels.

It took half a day to fill up a mile-long tunnel, which was enough for the siege troops to pass.

During this period, no arrows were fired from the top of the city. Obviously, they knew that firing arrows would be futile, but it can be inferred that at least these rebels did not have many arrows, otherwise they would not be so "stingy".

It was almost dusk after the pits were filled, and Wu Zhong directly ordered to camp under the city to rest and prepare to attack the city the next day.

Looking at the busy soldiers, Wu Zhong had a thought in his mind for a moment, could these rebels dig this tunnel just to delay for half a day?Could it be that the general's team is as poor as theirs, and if we delay for half a day longer, we will run out of rations?Wu Zhong shook his head and chuckled habitually, with a hint of joking.

Silent all night.

On the second day, the energetic imperial army began to attack the city.

The man leading the troops this time was the arrogant-looking General Sun from yesterday. Although he did not want to do the hard work of leading the charge, since General Wu assigned him the task, he had no choice but to accept the order.

He did not imitate General Yang who took the lead and was full of momentum. Instead, he steadily advanced with the large army. As soon as he entered the range of the crossbow, he ordered the soldiers to immediately raise their wooden shields above their heads. It can be said that he was a stable group.

The rebels at the top of the city did not shoot arrows as usual. General Sun sneered in his heart. Even if his side was protected by wooden shields and the crossbows had limited lethality, they could still cause some casualties. It is understandable that there were not many arrows. It would be too much to shoot not one arrow. Xiaojiaziqi.

There was no archery on the city, but he had ordered the archers to cover them, so he calmly came to the city and put the ladder on the city wall.

The attack on the city finally began, with falling rocks, boiling oil, and boiling water mixed with dung soup. General Sun was well prepared, and every five of his soldiers formed a group to resist.

He didn't know why, but he breathed a sigh of relief. If there was no movement above, he would suspect that the people standing on the top of the city were all dummies.

He was not in a hurry to let his soldiers climb up the ladder. He had already made up his mind. Since he was sent to lead the battle, he had no hope of directly attacking the city. He just wanted to consume a wave of enemy defense supplies, so that he could deliver a mission to General Wu. , the soldiers under his command can also minimize casualties.

These were all soldiers he brought out personally. The man named Wu didn't feel sorry for them, but he felt very sorry for them.

General Sun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, this group of rebels had no new tricks. What they splashed down were rocks, boiling water, boiling oil and other things commonly used to defend the city. As expected, before the boiling oil seeped into the ground, they would attack with fire. As long as the opponent attacks with fire, he can lead his soldiers to retreat in a legitimate manner.

General Sun huddled under the shield and was waiting for the fire to light up. He felt something fall on the shield again. It was very light. It was obviously not a stone or boiling oil or boiling water.

He was having some doubts in his heart when suddenly there was a commotion among the soldiers who had been holding each other to resist the high-altitude missiles. He didn't know what caused the commotion. He was about to yell out, when he suddenly saw a centipede land on the back of his hand and burrowing into his sleeve.

Only then did he realize that what had just been thrown down from the city were actually scorpions, centipedes and other living creatures, as well as poisonous snakes.

He couldn't help but be stunned. He had led troops for so many years, read many military books, and was familiar with classic battles in history, but he had never heard of anyone using such a thing to defend a city!
Just when he was stunned, the fire attacks that he had been vigilant about before came one after another. The torch thrown from the top of the city fell to the ground. Because of the presence of grease, the fire spread instantly.

As soon as the fire burned, those venomous snakes, scorpions and centipedes were scurrying around even more. The bitten soldiers felt unbearable pain in their wounds. They didn't know whether the poisons, which had never been seen in colors before, were fatal. They were immediately panicked and turned pale.

Seeing this situation, General Sun shouted urgently: "Send the order and retreat quickly!"

As if they had received amnesty, the soldiers turned around and ran away, eager to find a doctor in the army to treat the poison. In panic, the retreat formations they usually practiced disappeared, and some even forgot to raise their shields.

What they didn't expect was that the rebels at the top of the city suddenly became generous, and arrows rained down like no money. (End of chapter)