Horse on the World

Chapter 795 The Eve of Siege
Wei Xin is good at defending the city and is famous for his defense. But the enemy he is facing now is not the barbarians on the grassland who are not good at attacking the city, but the Central Plains army who has been immersed in the siege and defense for many years. Speaking of it, Wei Xin is a master of defense He won the title, and the few big battles that made him famous were all taken against the barbarians. Whether he can withstand the attack of the Central Plains army with superior forces will truly test the quality of his title.

Zeng Yifan encircled three times, his goal was to capture the fortress of Xiabaoping, not to wipe out Wei Xin's army. Surrounding him tightly on all sides is a good look, but it also aroused the opponent to fight to the death It is best for the opponent to abandon the city after persisting for a period of time, and he has something to confess, so there is no need to fight the opponent here.Zeng Yifan is familiar with the fighting ability of Dingzhou soldiers, and has seen it a lot.

Xu Siyu has led his troops here, which brings the strength of the southern army in Weizhou to more than [-]. Zeng Yifan already knew that Lanyu would bypass the Xiabaoping they were attacking and go straight to Yangquan or other targets. The opponent was forced to give up Xiabaoping, and the task was considered completed.

Wei Xin's direct troops were named Violent Bears by Li Qing, which means they are as stable as Mount Tai.

He Ping was not an unknown soldier either. As the vanguard of the attack on Xiabaoping, he led his troops to arrive. After setting up the barracks, he immediately dispatched troops to start digging trenches in the Xiabaoping fortress, leaving a width of about every [-] meters. A gap of ten meters.This, of course, is to prevent the opponent from suddenly going out of the city to fight back when his own side is attacking. After digging these trenches, all he needs to guard against is these deliberately left holes.

A real army that is good at defending the city will never be trapped in the city without doing anything, but will attack when it sees the right time. dispelled.

After He Ping learned that he would be the first to attack Xiabaoping, where Wei Xin was stationed, he collected information on Wei Xin's famous battles, and found that Wei Xin's counterattacks in defense were extremely fierce, often hitting the opponent's vitals with a single blow. , let the attacker take a long time to recover, and when you recover, he ran back a long time ago, hiding in the corner and waiting for the opportunity to prepare for the next time to give you another cold blow.

For such a person, He Ping couldn't help raising his caution to [-] points.

"Expert!" Seeing He Ping's movements under the fortress, Wei Xin shook his head and sighed. The siege skills of the Central Plains generals have been refined and formed a complete system, which is not comparable to that of the barbarians.

"Li Shengzhi!" Wei Xin shouted.

"The last general is here!" Li Shengzhi stepped forward with a big stride, "What orders does the general have?" The jerky young man back then has now grown into a calm general.

"Did you see it?" Wei Xin pointed down, "An expert, let's just watch him do this?"

"Of course not, General, shall I hit them?"

"Well, if you want to completely seal us in the city, how can you not spend hundreds of lives? Lead the troops to attack." Wei Xin snorted.

"The last general obeys the order!" Li Shengzhi drew out his knife with a clang, and walked down the city.

The location where He Ping dug the trench was well chosen, just at the end of the range of the trebuchet, and there was really no other way in the city but to lead the army to attack.

Zeng Yifan was inspecting He Ping's camp at the moment, and highly praised He Ping's strategy, "General He, are you sure you can take this city?"

He Ping said with a smile: "Young commander, you have full confidence in the battle, and the siege and defense of the city is the most difficult thing to fight. The fighting will of the soldiers on both sides, the desire for victory, the abundance of supplies, and external factors, every day One aspect will affect the final result, I can only say, do your best."

Although he was a little displeased with He Ping's statement, Zeng Yifan also knew that this is a seasoned and prudent general. His goal is to lay down the Xiabaoping and prevent his troops from suffering too much loss. Otherwise, he will be wiped out The elite in his hand, where will he have the qualifications to speak in the future?Just like Lu Fengchun now, he has been reduced from a big man to a young general under Lanyu's tent. Isn't it because the Lu family has no strength?
"Don't worry about fighting here, I will guard the cavalry on Lu Dabing's side for you, and I won't let him woo you to attack the city." Zeng Yifan said.

"In this case, I would like to thank the young commander. Lu Dabing's cavalry came and went without a trace, which is really a headache." He Ping clasped his fists and said.

Suddenly there was a loud noise in front of them, the two followed the sound and saw that several city gates of Xiabaoping were opened wide at the same time, and several troops and horses galloped out.The Zeng soldiers who were digging a trench shouted, dropped the hoe and shovel in their hands, turned around and fled back.

Feathered arrows swished continuously, and the defenders chasing behind kept firing arrows, shooting down the soldiers who were running slower one by one.

He Ping waved his hand, and the troops who had been prepared here immediately went up to meet him.The armies of both sides then fought in front of the trench.The sound of shouting and killing is endless.

The main battlefield where the soldiers of the two sides fought was the channel of more than ten meters left in the trench. The soldiers crowded together had no room to move around except for swinging their swords or stabbing with their spears. There is no way back, behind, layers upon layers of soldiers are desperately pushing forward.

Looking at the fighting ahead, He Ping couldn't help shaking his head. In terms of the combat capability of a single soldier, Dingzhou soldiers are indeed much stronger. In such a narrow space, Dingzhou soldiers' personal bravery, excellent armor, and sharp weapons are reflected. Incisively and vividly, although Zeng Bu had more people, he was killed and retreated step by step.

The defenders in the city even moved several scorpion cannons, set them up behind the pawns, loaded them with stone chips, and bombarded them wildly in this direction.

Zeng Bu couldn't resist, and was killed and retreated from these passages. Behind them, Dingzhou soldiers quickly pushed down the parapet that had just been built, and filled the excavated soil back into the trench.

This battle didn't last long, but it was as fierce and dangerous as a big battle. When He Ping's troops retreated, the defenders led by Li Shengzhi didn't chase after them, and carried the bodies of the dead soldiers with great vigor. Get up, all the way back to the city.

"Half a day's hard work was in vain." Zeng Yifan said a little dejectedly, "Dingzhou soldiers are fucking!"

He Ping smiled, "This is just the beginning, young commander, don't worry, they won't have such good things in the future."

From the second day onwards, Wei Xin did not easily send troops out of the city anymore. He Ping pushed a series of long-range weapons such as trebuchets, eight-ox crossbows, and scorpion cannons to the front of the formation, blocking the way for the defenders in the city to attack. Looking at these The generals of Dingzhou, including Wei Xin, were gnashing their teeth, because most of the things that He Ping pushed up were the weapons used by Dingzhou to assist the Liaoshen Zeng family to fight against the Lu family. Now they turned their guns and aimed at them.

"Grandma, it seems that they have been able to imitate the scorpion cannons, so many?" Tian Xinyu was still wrapped like a rice dumpling, looking at the densely packed scorpion cannons, he snorted coldly.

"The technology content of the scorpion cannon itself is not high, and it is easy to imitate, but the trebuchet and the eight-ox crossbow are useless. The compression spring and the steel shaft have a service life. Once damaged, with their current refining level, I am afraid it will be very difficult It's hard to recover." Wei Xin said.

"But even now, it will make us uncomfortable for a while!" Li Shengzhi said.

Since it is impossible to go out of the city to fight, the inside of the city can only watch the ditch outside the city approaching the city wall day by day, and watch the layers of parapets slowly move forward.

"Damn, it's really depressing!" Zongzi Tian Xinyu said angrily. Since he joined the Dingzhou Army, he has fought all offensive wars. There was nothing he could do in the city, which made him very depressed.

Wei Xin couldn't help laughing, "General Tian, ​​if you want to go out to work, you have to take care of your body first. Look at you now, can you afford your Zhangba Snake Spear?"

Everyone laughed.

"As for being trapped in the city, I have experienced much more depression than this. I think back in Weiyuan, Guizi, how many years have we been suppressed and beaten by barbarians? When we went out to fight in the city, there was no door, and the opponent With the iron hooves rushing towards us, we have no room to resist." Wei Xin said with emotion. "Compared to now, that's a world of difference!"

"He Ping, the siege player, is a veteran. I'm afraid he will pile up siege passages in the future. This battle is enough!"

"Don't worry, old Wei, I have never been breached by others before guarding a city!" Wei Xin raised his goatee and said with some complacency: "Barbarians couldn't do it back then, and Zeng's can't do it now either."

At Qilichong, which is tens of miles away from Xiabaoping, Lu Dabing was very irritable. In front of him, a Zeng army was lying in front of him, blocking his way to attack the opponent's camp, and the opponent's teasing of Lu Dabing , Showing weakness, and insults are all turned a blind eye, anyway, they are not out of the camp to fight, just relying on the strong camp, quietly waiting for the opponent to fight.

Lu Dabing wanted to bypass the opponent, but no matter which direction he was facing, there were people blocking the main road. Unless he attacked by force, he couldn't go around at all. His cavalry could not cross mountains and mountains.

"Fight once!" Lu Dabing summoned Tutuo and Lalilata, "You two, which one dares to take the lead?"

"I'll go!" The two said in unison. The last time the two were so close to each other, they tried their best to continue the contest.

"I heard that you two are betting on a girl?" Lu Dabing suddenly laughed.

Both blushed and lowered their heads.

"A beautiful woman is matched with a hero, what's so embarrassing!" Lu Dabing laughed loudly, "Now I'll give you two a chance. Each of you will lead two hundred riders to attack the two wings of the opponent's camp. The one who breaks the opponent's camp first will be the one who will break through the opponent's camp first." Lord, how about marrying that girl to him and keeping the other one quiet?"

This is a battle to determine the outcome!Tuotuo and Larilata looked at each other, and said in unison: "As my uncle ordered!"

"Damn it, call me General, don't call me uncle!" Lu Dabing glared at the two of them, "Of course, if both of you destroy each other's stockade, then we'll see who has fewer casualties?"

The two nodded heavily, turned around and walked away. After two steps, Lalirata stopped suddenly, called Tuotuo, and stretched out his hand: "Tuotuo, I wish you good luck."

Tuotuo was stunned, then stretched out his hand for a while, his two big hands were tightly clasped together, "Larry, you are also lucky."

(End of this chapter)