The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 67 The Difficulty of Siege
The army marched along the avenue built by the Ma Ling army decades ago. The broad-leaved trees on the side of the road were already higher than the flagpole, and the ground was covered with a layer of mud and gravel. The carriage passed easily.

According to the hunter, the road leads directly to Heyin Town, and further north to Maling City. boundaries.

Looking at this avenue where horse-drawn carriages can be run at any time, Wang Jian also understands how Mu Sheng controls Heyin, and the delineation of the western boundary is probably because this avenue can only reach Honghuagang, and it is difficult to control it further west up.

Most of the villages and settlements in Heyin are basically distributed on both sides of this avenue.

I have to say that although the Ma Ling army is an invader, the technology they brought and the road they built in Heyin have indeed made this place develop better. This avenue running through the whole territory has become a part of people's life essential part.

And this avenue has also become a shortcut for the army to quickly enter Heyin.

If there were no roads built by the Maling people decades ago, it would have been at least seven or eight days before the Chinese army arrived at Heyin Town, because the surrounding roads are rugged and there is a large swamp in the north, making it difficult to advance.

"It's not all beneficial to the local people that the Maling people took control of Heyin, they are too extreme." A man with gray hair and beard, wearing a gray robe, holding a mahogany staff and a wicker hat, is called Yun Ming The son is a high-ranking warlock of the Han Empire, who was sent by Liu Yu of the rear army to protect them.

This old man is not only a high-level warlock, but also very well-informed and very talkative, willing to express his opinions on various things.

"The Han army marched south to Lingnan, and at the beginning they were killing endlessly. Tens of thousands of rebels were killed, and innocent people were inevitably implicated.

In the first few years, there were many civil upheavals, most of which held the banner of restoring this and that.

Many years later, there is no rebellion in the local area. After a long time, they will know the benefits of submitting to the big man.

With the farming skills of the big Han, they don't need to slash and burn. The Han army is full of Han people.

So sometimes I feel strong and weak, and it is a natural law for the first to swallow the laggards. "

Dongfang would like to be very dissatisfied with this statement that goes against traditional morality, and retorted on the spot, "If this is the case, can the weak just kneel and surrender, and the world will be unified without fighting."

Listening to their words, Wang Jian interjected: "Unification of the world is the general trend, but the key is the game of how to distribute benefits. Most of this game can only be resorted to by force. There is nothing free in the world, and many can only be won by ourselves. "

In the evening of the next day, the army arrived outside Heyin Town before sunset.

Jun Hou, the commander of the vanguard, hurriedly came to greet him.

They stopped about one mile away from Heyin Town, and Wang Jian led more than ten military officers and subordinate officials to climb a small hill to have a look.

The old man Yun Mingzi only took one look and said, "This city won't be beaten."

Wang Jian also noticed that Heyin Town is a town built on a large flat land, surrounded by wooden walls, about two feet high, with a towering sentry tower every twenty or thirty steps, with flags on top Fluttering in the wind.

There is no moat around the city, only a small river flows in the west, about a foot wide, the river does not look big, so it should be possible to ford.

The defenders of Heyin probably also understood this, they did not guard the riverside, but retreated into the city completely, the city gate was closed tightly, and there were many moving figures on the top of the city.

The forest in the distance has been cut down to a distance of [-] steps away from the city, and there are still a lot of tree stumps near the edge of the forest, which shows that the people in the town have been cutting down these years.

This place is more like a settlement than a military fortress. Compared with professional soldier fortresses such as Boulevard Fort and Honghuagang, there is no stone wall outside the city wall to prevent warlock spells. The top of the city can be driven by warlocks, which can destroy part of the siege There is no huge dragon crossbow as a weapon.

"How many defenders are there?" Wang Jian asked.

The Marquis at the side said nervously: "Marquis, this...we haven't figured it out yet, we don't know how to attack the city." He scratched his head embarrassingly.

Wang Jian also suddenly realized that indeed, the main opponent of the Heyang army has always been Lou Anan in the north, and the rest of the battles were fought against Zhongshan Kingdom and also assisted Li Shigong's army.

For most of the rest of the time, they stick to the fortress, so the Heyang army has shown that the cavalry is proficient in combat, and the defensive process is also very familiar and tempered thousands of times, but they have never fought a siege battle.

He didn't even know the process of the siege, and he was even more confused about how to organize and launch the siege.

The previous attack on the Honghuagang Fortress took advantage of the fact that the defenders of the fortress were unprepared and swarmed in, but facing the defenders who were already prepared, they didn't know what to do with the city with its gates closed, so they could only come in embarrassment. Ask for help from their almighty Lord Marquis.

Coincidentally, Wang Jian also knew nothing about this aspect.
If his cultivation base is still there, he might be able to quietly open the city gate at night by using Yujian skills to cross the two-foot-high city wall, but now his cultivation base is only the fifth level of Qi training, let alone Yujian, pumping out the spiritual power of his whole body It was only enough to throw the sword out.

Wang Jian saw that everyone was looking at him, his eyes were full of expectation, and he spread his hands and said, "Why are you looking at me, I have never attacked a city."

Everyone was a little disappointed, Wang Jian continued: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as we work together, nothing can't be solved. Besides, we are not unprepared, and we also have experts in this field."

Everyone looked at each other without looking left and right, and they were all a little puzzled.

"It's not you, it's Ma Ling Army's former commander-in-chief Shi, who was responsible for the construction of the Ma Ling Army's barracks, granaries, and logistics supplies. He must know the weaknesses of the city and fought against the Zhongshan Kingdom. You should know how to organize and stop the siege." Wang Jiandao, he was talking about Zuoqiu Fufeng, and at this time he should be in charge of food supplies with Sun Difang at the rear of the army.

Hearing this, someone said angrily: "My lord, do you want an enemy to command the brothers?"

"That's right, it's better to let the brothers figure it out by themselves, it's better than a defeated general pointing fingers."

"I would rather fight myself than listen to him when I die."

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Everyone said what they said, and many people were not convinced. After all, why should they listen to the command of a defeated general.

When they had almost quarreled, Wang Jian said angrily: "Shut up!
First of all, whether it is you or the soldiers under my command, you are willing to go through fire and water for me, even willing to die. I am very happy; but because of this, I will be responsible for your life and death, and I cannot let you die in vain. Useless to die.

Can anyone of you tell me a useful siege process, how to organize the siege, and whoever I want to command immediately, tell me! "

Now everyone was silent.

"Secondly, Zuoqiu Fufeng will be my Heyang people from now on, and the people of Heyin will also be the subjects of this Marquis in the future, as long as they are willing to serve.

In the end, this little Heyin will not be the only one to fight in the future, if this little capacity is not enough, how can we fight a bigger territory! "

After being reprimanded, everyone lowered their heads and said nothing. Wang Jian asked them if they had anything else to say, but no one stood up and let it go.

So he ordered people to go back and transfer Zuoqiu Fufeng from the rear to Heyin.

(End of this chapter)