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Chapter 2472 Moat

The moat is a kind of artificially excavated trench, which is injected with water to form an artificial river as a barrier for the city wall. On the one hand, it maintains the safety of the city, and on the other hand, it prevents the entry of besiegers. This is the magical use of water by the ancients in defense.There is a "trench wall" built along the moat, which forces the trench outside and the road inside, which greatly improves the defensive combat capability of the moat.

The moat of the Xixia King City is more than ten feet long, which is nothing compared to several big cities in the Central Plains. The moat in Xiangyang is the widest in the world.It is said that the average width of the moat in Xiangyang exceeds 180 meters, and the widest point reaches more than 250 meters, which can be called the first city in the Central Plains.Although the Xixia Imperial City is not as good as Xiangyang, the ten-foot-long moat is still a headache for the Northwest army at this time.

Attacking a city with a moat, in fact, all the ancient armies had no good way. Basically, there were only two ways to go, one was to besiege, and the other was to fill the river.Let’s talk about siege first. The most suitable thing for siege warfare is actually siege, cut off its supplies, and naturally surrender when the enemy runs out of ammunition and food. However, Xixia has prepared for such a long time, and the city must have prepared a lot of food. A year and a half is estimated to be unlikely.

The second is to fill the river. According to the experience of the Northwest Army in major battles, the most effective way to attack a city with a moat is to suppress it with long-range firepower first. After suppressing the opponent, send infantry to fill sandbags!

People from the Central Plains Dynasty and the barbarians were not allowed to use corpses as siege props on the regular battlefield!On the one hand, people in the Central Plains regard the dead as the most taboo, and on the other hand, because before crossing the river, it is impossible to have a corpse to fill the river for you, and it is impossible to let yourself be a soldier. The enemy shoots and kills, and then let the people behind use them as materials for filling the river.

Therefore, sandbags are the best tool for crossing the river when attacking the city!Some people have also tried to cross the river with ladders in wars, but this way they lose their flexibility and the concentration of people is the best target for enemy archers!

Moreover, it is impossible to have too many materials before the siege. To help build the tools for crossing the river, the most convenient thing that can be easily obtained regardless of the land battle there is soil!Sandbags are worthless, they are cheap to make, and they don’t take time. Everyone knows how to do them!
After comprehensive consideration, filling the river with sandbags is the most suitable method. After discussing with Zeng Yi and others, they quickly decided to follow this method. It just so happened that those from the Dead Camp could take on this task!

After confirming the battle plan, the Northwest Army began to collect gunny sacks. Gunny sacks were very common, and all the grain and grass of the army were packed in gunny bags. The Northwest Army did not need to mobilize from the country, and there were many in the army.

Almost all the army moved, and soon piles of sandbags were piled up on the front line. Before the operation began, the artillery, archers, ballistas and other long-range firepower of the Northwest Army launched a fierce attack on the Xixia King City.Although the Xixia people also launched a counterattack, they were far inferior to the Northwest Army in terms of firepower and density, and the Xixia defenders were soon suppressed.

After suppressing the defenders, the sword and shield soldiers stared at the giant shield, and the tens of thousands of horses covering the dead battalion rushed forward with sandbags on their shoulders. The sandbags were thrown into the water one by one, but the water in the moat was too fast , As soon as the sandbag was thrown in, it was washed away!

"The current is too fast. If so, throwing too many sandbags won't help!" Zeng Yi said worriedly.

"Yeah, is there anything the general can do?" Qinglong Shatian, Zeng Yi and the others may seem to be top-notch experts, but when it comes to leading troops in battle, the five of them combined have less information than those who have hundreds of years of experience in the Northwest Army. war general.

The commander of the Northwest Army, who had experienced hundreds of battles, smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lords, this is not a big problem!" He immediately ordered the whole army to go upstream to block the river.

It is impossible for these people to completely block the river, but it is not a problem to limit the flow of the river. You don’t need to love him. After the army went upstream, all the soldiers went down the river, hand in hand, and blocked the rapids with flesh and blood. of water flow.

Not long after this army took action, the river was no longer so turbulent, and the dead camp started to move again. Sandbags were thrown down one by one, and they were no longer washed away by the river. Soon the sandbags gathered to a certain size. At this time, the sandbags It has already gathered, even if the upstream troops withdraw, the river water will not be able to wash away those sandbags.

When the Xixia people saw this situation, they became anxious, and against the fierce attack of the Central Plains, they began to attack those dead soldiers with bows and arrows.

Although the Death Battalion is said to be death row prisoners, the Northwest Army will not beg them to die. After all, they will be needed to serve as death squads later. When filling the soil, some soldiers with swords and shields were also sent to protect them with huge shields.

Seeing that the attack with bows and arrows had little effect, the Xixia people became even more anxious. They knew very well that once the moat was filled, the Xixia King City would face the army of the Northwest. .

The main task of the Dead Battalion was to fill the river, and they were also afraid that the Xixia troops would flee on the battlefield. The Northwest Army did not equip them with weapons.Just relying on those soldiers with swords and shields could not stop Xixia's death squad, the commander of the Northwest Army immediately ordered the death battalion to withdraw.

Under the cover of the long-range firepower of the Northwest Army, the Dead Battalion quickly retreated. For a whole day, tens of thousands of sandbags were thrown into the moat of the Xixia King City by the Northwest Army. In some places, the moat had been filled with sandbags for a whole day. Mostly.

The sky gradually darkened, and what the Northwest Army did not expect was that the Xixia people took advantage of the darkness and sent troops to dredge the river secretly. Fortunately, the Northwest Army also sent troops to patrol, and when they discovered this situation, they launched long-range firepower to attack immediately. Those Xixia soldiers.

After forcing back those Xixia soldiers, the Northwest Army did not dare to be careless, and dispatched long-range troops to defend themselves. Once they found that the Xixia people had taken action, they would immediately attack them violently.

After tossing all night, the Xixia people failed to destroy much of the Xixia army's progress in filling the river. On the second day, the Northwest army continued to cover the dead camp to fill the river.

The Xixia people thought of many ways to stop the dead camp, but unfortunately the Northwest army has some experience, the methods of the Xixia people can't stop the dead camp at all, they can only watch helplessly, and the sandbags gather more and more.

Finally, on the third day, a sandbag accumulation area was exposed to the surface of the water, and the moat of the Xixia King City was completely cut off for the first time. Once the moat is cut off, the subsequent things will be simple, just need to continue to strengthen Just widen the sandbag area.

(End of this chapter)