Soldiers come to the world

At night, in the big tent of the Chinese army, more than a dozen major generals and counselors gathered together. Several soldiers who joined the army assembled a huge model of Hefei City and placed it on the wooden platform in the middle of the big tent.

Liu Jing stared at the model for a moment, and said to Wei Yan and Wang Ping: "Today, the two generals are attacking the city. I want to hear your feelings."

Wei Yan believed that his qualifications and status were far higher than Wang Ping, so he did his part to say it first. He picked up the wooden pole and pointed at the city wall and said, "Today's siege of the city is not going well. It can be seen that Cao's army is very well prepared. The soldiers cooperated tacitly and were very organized."

"To be more specific, why is there a method?" Liu Jing asked.

Wei Yan thought for a while and said: "For example, Cao Jun's defense is very layered. At [-] steps, the trebuchet throws huge stones. After entering [-] steps, the trebuchet stops, and the city's bow and arrows are changed to defend the city. When it is close to the city, it is a rolling log. When the stone fell, when the siege was halfway through, fire oil was poured down on the head, and rockets were shot from the side horse wall, and the soldiers and siege ladders were engulfed in flames. It can be seen that the opponent has obvious defensive routines, which are clear and There is no confusion, and I believe that this is the main reason why we did not capture the city."

Liu Jing nodded, and then asked Wang Ping, "What is General Wang's opinion?"

Wang Ping saluted respectfully, and then said in a calm manner: "Basically, I agree with General Wei's opinion. Cao Jun is indeed well prepared and well trained. The most obvious thing is that the northern section of Xicheng was once attacked by our soldiers. However, Cao Jun’s reinforcements came very quickly, which made us fall short, and I believe that Cao Jun should have a general command point in order to detect the crisis in various city walls in time.”

Fazheng next to him said with a smile: "General Wang is quite right. In fact, this wooden city is not complete. There are still two tall towers in the city. As far as I remember, these two towers only appeared at the beginning of the year. They must have been specially built by Zhang Liao. It is a pioneering feat to command the defense of the city, which makes Zhang Liao defend the city like an iron barrel without any flaws."

At this moment, all eyes were on Liu Jing, King of Han. Everyone knew that King of Han asked Wei Yan and Wang Ping to talk first, just to attract attention, talk about the disadvantages, and then talk about countermeasures.

Liu Jing glanced at everyone, and then pointed at the city with a wooden pole and said calmly: "There are a lot of defenders in Hefei City, at least [-] to [-] people, and there is sufficient food, grass, and military resources. According to the information I got, There are [-] barrels of kerosene alone, and Zhang Liao did not shoot the bee crossbow iron arrow today, which shows that he has a plan in mind. Cao Jun is obviously going to fight us for a long time. I am thinking, can we turn the battle of Hefei into a battle? In a battle that dragged down Wei's financial and material resources, we also fought a protracted war with Cao's army, forcing Wei to remain in a state of war."

Everyone didn't understand what Liu Jing meant, how could they be in a state of war?But Pang Tong understood, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Highness means not only to fight Hefei, but also to carry out false attacks on other battlefields, forcing Cao's army to deal with it comprehensively. You know, once the whole country enters a state of war, money and food will be consumed. It is twice as much as usual, and a large number of civilians have to be recruited. In fact, the two sides are fighting for national strength, and in the end it will be seen who has the better national strength."

Liu Jing nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Pang is right. If I hadn't wiped out the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, I wouldn't have dared to place such a heavy bet. But in the process of destroying the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, we captured a lot Livestock, furs, and even countless gold and jewels. A few days ago, the Xiongnu Xinchanyu sent people to negotiate with us, hoping to exchange cattle and sheep for prisoners of war. The terms they offered were hard for me to refuse. Five million sheep In exchange for 500 Xiongnu prisoners of war and 500 women and children, if I have the support of these [-] million sheep, I can use the war to completely drag down Cao Wei, and finally Cao Cao had to ask me for peace and a truce."

It was only then that everyone understood Liu Jing's deep-seated thoughts, that he wanted to use the Battle of Hefei to drag down Wei's financial resources and make them look at each other. This was a war they had never been in contact with, and it was simply inconceivable to them.

Huang Zhong immediately said: "The humble official fully supports the idea of ​​His Royal Highness the King of Han."

With Huang Zhong in the lead, everyone expressed their approval. At this moment, Liu Jing smiled and said, "Since it's been decided, starting tomorrow, we will change the way of attacking the city."

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That night, Liu Jing mobilized [-] troops to start transporting the mound of earth outside the northern city. They shipped a large number of boulders from afar, piled them up and rammed them into the foundation, and then covered the boulders with soil, layer by layer of soil and wood. , and ram it firmly.

On the top of the city, Zhang Liao watched the Han army building the mountain with complicated eyes. He knew very well what the Han army was doing. Once the earth mountain was built, the Han army would commandeer and attack Hefei City with heavy stone throws.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Liao immediately ordered: "Pass my order, mobilize [-] troops, demolish all the houses in the city, and use mud and stones to pile up an earth mountain in the northern city."

Zhang Liao's countermeasure was to fight an eye with an eye. He also built a brick, wood and earth mountain in the city to fight against the Han army.

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Ten days later, the Han army's earth-stone mountain outside the northern city was basically formed, covering an area of ​​more than one hundred acres and reaching a height of ten feet. It was like a huge hill. The wooden platform, the various parts of the trebuchet were hoisted to the top of the mountain by long ropes.

The top of the mountain has an area of ​​more than [-] acres, the land is flat and wide, and hundreds of craftsmen are busy assembling heavy trebuchets. The earth mountain stands majestically, posing a huge threat to Hefei City.

But Cao's army did not show weakness. Zhang Liao ordered to demolish all the houses in the city, and built a ten-foot-high earth mountain with bricks and stones near the northern city. Although it was slightly smaller than the Han army's earth mountain, dozens of trebuchets could be placed on the earth mountain. Confronted with the Han army.

Liu Jing stood on the earthen hill outside the northern city and looked into the city. Hefei's city wall was only four feet high, far lower than the twelve-foot-high earthen mountain.

All the residents in the city have already evacuated, half of the houses have been demolished, and there are ruins and ruins everywhere. In the center of the city, dozens of huge stone houses were built with huge stones. That should be Cao Jun's warehouse. It was full of tents, which were Cao Jun's tents, and they were all outside the range of the arrows.

But Liu Jing's eyes were more on the earth hills standing in the northern city. The earth mountains piled up by Cao Jun were about [-] steps away from the Han army earth hills. They could be shot with bee crossbows and trebuchets, and trebuchets were also busy being installed on the top of the mountain.

Liu Jing couldn't help secretly praising Zhang Liao's ability to defend the city. He never let himself be passive, but responded positively. The Han army built earth mountains, and he also built earth mountains. This is indeed the best defense against high-altitude projectiles.

Liu Jing saw Cao Jun's command building again. It was five feet high and was close to the earth hill in the city. The platform at the top was filled with various command flags. This was one of the targets that the Han army had to destroy.

At this time, Wang Ping rushed up to report: "His Royal Highness, the craftsmen have assembled twenty trebuchets, can we seize the opportunity?"

Liu Jing glanced at him and said, "You are the leader of the North Road, so you don't need to ask me about this kind of thing."

"Understandable!"

Wang Ping immediately ran back and shouted, "Get ready to throw kerosene!"

Liu Jing then turned around and walked down the mountain. The Han army on the top of the mountain began to quickly prepare to attack. A clay pot of fire oil weighing fifty catties was put into the catapult, and the throwing pole began to creak and pull away.

Just as Cao Jun was transporting the catapults to the top of the mountain, the Han army on the top of the mountain outside the northern city had already assembled [-] heavy catapults. They seized the opportunity and launched an attack suddenly. The can flew into the air, roaring and smashed towards the dirt hill in the city.

One after another, clay pots of kerosene hit the earth hills in the city, the pots burst, and the fire oil in the pots flowed all over the ground. At this moment, a huge fireball crossed the sky and hit the earth hills, instantly igniting fires all over the ground. Oil, the fire spread rapidly, and in just a moment, the raging fire engulfed the entire mountain.

Hundreds of craftsmen and soldiers on the top of the mountain hurriedly evacuated as early as the fire came, dozens of catapults that had not been installed were also engulfed by the fire, Cao Jun soldiers on the city wall wailed, and they competed with the Han army The speed fell short in the end. If they were given another hour, maybe they could also install a few trebuchets, and the situation would be different.

Zhang Liao watched the raging fire on the top of the mountain indifferently, but there was no regretful expression on his face, which he expected, but it didn't mean they had no chance.

At this time, the wooden command platform next to the earth hill in the city was also hit by kerosene and began to burn rapidly. Zhang Liao whispered a few words to one of his subordinates, and his subordinates rushed away immediately.

Zhang Liao waved his hand again, called a school lieutenant to his side, and said loudly to him: "The next step for the Han army is to attack the city wall with fire, and the soldiers on the city must evacuate immediately."

The bell on the top of the city rang, and thousands of Cao soldiers on the north city quickly evacuated to the east and west cities. Sure enough, just as Cao Jun was evacuating quickly, the trebuchets of the Han army began to turn to throw kerosene at the top of the city, mixed with a With only a fireball, the top of the city also began to burn.

Hundreds of soldiers of Cao Jun had no time to evacuate and were surrounded by the fire. The screams rang out from the top of the city. Many soldiers were caught on fire and jumped down from the top of the city in desperation, falling to their deaths on the spot.

As early as when the construction of the Han army's earth mountain was about to be completed, Zhang Liao ordered the evacuation of the catapults, bee crossbows, and kerosene on the top of the city. Although the Han army's offensive was swift and fierce, the Cao army's losses were not great.

At this moment, dozens of boulders were unexpectedly projected from the earth hill in the northern city. The boulder roared and smashed towards the top of the Han army's earth mountain. Hundreds of Han soldiers were injured, and there was chaos on the top of the mountain.

This was an unexpected counterattack. Zhang Liao saw that the fire on the top of the earth hill in the city was slightly smaller, so he ordered people to continue pouring coal oil, that is, unrefined crude oil, in front of him. , giving the illusion that the entire mountain is burning.

In fact, the fire in the second half of the top of the mountain had been extinguished. Cao Jun secretly carried dozens of medium-sized trebuchets up the mountain, and under the cover of thick smoke, he suddenly launched a counterattack against the Han army's earth mountain outside the city.

For a while, Cao Jun's offensive was like rain, and the boulders of kerosene all counterattacked towards the Han Army's hills overwhelmingly.