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Chapter 308 Brilliant Stars and Myriad Bone Relics ([-])

This time the Jinzheng coalition forces intervened in Chu, and they had basically not experienced any battles before.

The Hittites surrendered without a fight. It was close to the Runan city circle in South Korea, and there were a bunch of Korean cities nearby. They didn't have a strong sense of belonging to Chu.

The prince's attack is fierce, and the Qiang and Zima have their own ghosts. The three-nation coalition does not belong to each other, but cooperates in battle.

The scouts had reported before that there were Mohist activities in Niu Lanyi, and the city wall was being repaired.

Wei Jian didn't care too much, Niu Lan Xiaoyi, it doesn't matter if the Mo family participated in the defense of the city here.When Qin Huali went to the capital of Wei to lobby Mi Bing before, although Wei Si treated him with more courtesy, but Young Master Ji was extremely dissatisfied with some principles of the Mo School.

The battle of Shangqiu spread all over the world, and the young master's defeat did not mean that he did not look down on the Mo family's defense skills, but this time the Mo family only came forward to help and did not move out with all their strength. It is impossible to attack and penetrate the formation again at night.

It was just the words of the scouts that caused Young Master Chi to have some doubts.

The scouts reported that the city wall of Niu Lanyi was quite different from other places. It looked like stars shining brightly, and it was not a square at all.

The scouts had no idea of ​​the specific situation in the city. The gates of the city had been closed early on, and there were patrols going in and out, so it was difficult to detect the situation in the city.

When he was still fifty li away from Niu Lan, the young master Chi invited Qiang Qiang, Zi Ma and others to discuss the capture of Niu Lan.

"Niu Lane is to the north of Luyang. If you want to break through Lu Pass, you must pass through Hushui. If you want to cross Hushui, you must pass through Luyang. If you want to take Luyang, you must break through Niu Lane. This place is dangerous, and you can stock up on food and grass for future use. A decisive battle with Duke Luyang."

"If we don't break through the Niulan, the battle ahead will be intense, Luyang will be besieged, and grain and grass will need to be transported, so we may be attacked."

Young Master Chi fought all the year round, from Zhongshan to Xihe and then to Pingyin in Qi. He was proficient in battle formations and knew that Duke Lu Yang from Chu was a fierce general.

Han Shuai Qiang participated in the battle of Linqiu, where he saw the famous guard who rebelled against Mo Shengchuo, and persuaded him: "The Mohists are indeed superior in defending the city. In the battle of Shangqiu, tens of thousands of Chu people besieged. It was defeated. In the battle of Linqiu, even though Sheng Chuo was a traitor to Mo, he also helped Gongsun Hui to defend Linqiu so that the Qi people could not break through the city."

The young master nodded and said: "I know this. Now I have [-] soldiers and more than [-] chariots. I have just descended to He and the people are gathered, and the morale is high. Niu Lanyi must be attacked with one effort. It cannot be besieged, but can only be attacked by force. Otherwise, Duke Chu of Luyang took advantage of my exhaustion to invite a battle, what would happen?"

He also had other thoughts in his mind.

Having experienced the battle against Qi, and heard about the battle of Shangqiu, the reputation of the Mo family's defense of the city has spread throughout the world. He is about to break through Niu Lan to declare that he can conquer everything and win all battles.

Moreover, his idea is also very correct.

The siege of the city is very unfavorable for the Jinzheng coalition forces, after all, the real target is Luyang, not the little Niu Lanyi.

Divide the troops to besiege the city, and fear that there will not be enough troops for the decisive battle with Duke Luyang.

If it can be breached in one fell swoop, the morale of the soldiers will be greatly increased, especially many soldiers living in the capital of the big city have heard the stories and legends of the Mohists.

The young master said: "The fact that the Mo family guarded Niu Lan should not be publicized, otherwise the soldiers may be afraid. However, once the city is broken, the Mo family will immediately publicize that the Mo family will help the Chu people defend it. Even the city defended by the Mo family can be broken, and the soldiers will listen to it in the market. After reading the story of the Mohist, the morale will definitely be boosted."

Immediately, the order was sent down, and the scouts were told to strictly guard their words, and it took another two days to slowly arrive outside Niulan Town, and camped outside the city.

Looking at Niu Lanyi from a distance, Young Master Chi also had doubts on his face.

Although I heard the scouts say that the city wall of Niu Lanyi is different from other places, it is shaped like a star, but I have never seen it with my own eyes before.

Young Master Chi stood on the carriage and watched for a while, pointing to Niu Lan and said with a smile: "The Mo family is weird. The city has been built like this, but it doesn't seem to be of any use. Could it be some ghost story?"

Ai Qiang advised, "Don't underestimate the enemy."

The young master nodded and said: "I know what the Mo family is capable of. Take strict precautions tonight, send scouts to check the movements in Luyang, and camp at night to prevent the Mo family from attacking at night. Prepare wood and equipment tomorrow, and attack the city the day after tomorrow."

"Niulan Xiaoyi, from my point of view, there are only a few thousand peasants and soldiers. You and I, with [-] people, can besieged on three sides so that they can't look around. Under a rapid attack, the city can be broken within a day!"

"Let's see if the warriors from Wei, Han, and Zheng ascend to the top of the city. If they break the city, reward the three armies, and then we will have a decisive battle with the Chu division!"

After all, make arrangements, set up camp on the spot, prepare firewood, and bury the pit for cooking.

There was nothing to say all night, and the inkmen in the city did not go out of the city to attack at night.

On the second day, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms sent soldiers to cut down trees in the distance, ordered archers to line up, and sent a small group of provocative soldiers to show off their power on the city wall.

In the afternoon, the people who were proficient in Chu dialect drove to the city again, preaching nonsense about the fact that the King of Chu had been wronged and that the prince must be the legal heir.It's just that the nobles in the city have already gathered in the Luyang Duke's army, and the propaganda methods of these people are not as good as the Mozhe, and they are useless.

At night, by the bonfire, the artisans accompanying the army were busy making ladders, carts, etc. Many of the tools in their hands were ironware from Pei County.

Early in the morning of the second day, just after the sun came out, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had already deployed, preparing to attack the city.

The Zheng army attacked the north, and the Han army attacked the south. The Wei army was the main force with the largest number of troops, so they attacked the east side and supported the two wings at the same time, also in order to separate the Han and Zheng armies.

in the city.

Shi, Meng Sheng and others stood on the tower to observe the movement outside the city.

Shi smiled and said: "This time, the coalition forces will definitely attack quickly. Niu Lanyi is not Shangqiu, and will not besiege the city slowly like Master Chu. There are so many people, spread all over the city, so that the city cannot be guarded."

Meng Sheng nodded and said: "That's right, but it also saves a lot of trouble. If we want to attack quickly, we won't pile up dirt and goats, and we won't dig a hole to break the city. Jinzheng is in full swing, and we can see it today." I'll wait for the means."

Seeing that the coalition forces outside the city had already begun to move, Shi Shi roughly calculated the number of coalition forces, judged the flags, nodded and said: "Wei army is the strongest and has the largest number of people. Han Zheng Shichou needs to be suppressed by Wei army in order to form an alliance. The prince will."

"Looking at it like this, it is necessary to surround and attack the city from three sides. Zheng has the least number of people, so let the Zheng people retreat first. Go to one side first, and it will be much easier to defend."

He observed the movement on the opposite side again, and after confirming the direction of action on the opposite side, he said: "I see it this way. Let the gunners concentrate on the east wall, bombard the Wei army, and block their approach. The Wei army has never seen the artillery, so they must be panicked and form a long-distance formation." A few bombardments will slow down the assembly of their elite soldiers."

"In South Korea, just stick to it."

"I have five hundred gunners in command to defend the north wall. If we don't bombard the Zheng people, Zheng's army will definitely approach the city wall sooner. When the time comes to attack with gunfire, the Zheng people will surely collapse. At this time, the Wei people are afraid that they will just approach the city wall." The city wall, I will return to help the gunners."

The two listened to Shi's plan, and after thinking about it, they said: "It's just right."

Hu Feizi was in the middle for the time being, and Meng Sheng personally led people to the east wall, and the other Mohists on the south wall were in charge here.

A few pine cannons, which could only be used three or five times, were placed on the east wall to prevent accidents. The firepower of the Wei people was insufficient under the storm.

Shi was not in a hurry, and only asked five hundred gunners to stand by below.

The drums outside were beating, the queue began to move, and the archers were gathering in formation, pressing ahead.

The elite warriors wore leather armor. They were the main force in attacking the city. After the archers shot, they had to line up and break through the city with all their strength.

The ten bronze cannons were pushed by the people to the reserved platform on the high platform of the city wall. The ink masters who used to operate the transfer machine and bed crossbow were loading gunpowder and iron pellets step by step, staring at some of the operators reserved outside the city. A reference tree or stone.

What kind of reference, how many wooden wedges to put under the cannon, are all calculated in advance.

They have tried it a few times, and they know that the power of this thing is much greater than that of equipment such as transfer machines, but they are not afraid in their hearts.

The two large-caliber stone-shooting cannons are temporarily unusable, and the angle is basically fixed, which is outside the city gate of the east gate.

Although the Wei army outside the city is preparing for formation, there is no sign of attacking for the time being. They will not attack until the Zheng and Han armies are in position.

This blatant mobilization was because the [-] people couldn't use it against such a small city, and at the same time it was clearly telling the city to besiege from three sides in order to disperse the defenders in the city.

When the number exceeds several times, any side can be regarded as the main attack direction.

Shi was not in a hurry, quietly waiting for the deployment of the Zheng and Han armies, and observing the movements of the Wei army.The polygonal concave city wall can allow the defenders to deploy more people at once, and can also take advantage of the polygonal flanks to make every attack pay a huge price.

The artillery is concentrated together. At this time, the artillery will not cause any results that determine the outcome, but it can change the original situation of attacking from three sides at the same time into Zheng Han's two armies attacking first, staggering the time difference, so that it is convenient for the few. The maneuvering power of the mobile phone can be changed from one to two depending on the time difference.

After tossing for about an hour, the siege troops of the Zheng and Han armies finally spread out on both sides, the drums were loud, and the Wei army began to shout.

Appropriately waved the flag on the high tower, indicating that the cannon on the east side was ready.

Convinced that the two armies of Zheng and Han had already launched, and that it was impossible to regroup and change the direction of the attack in a short time, they assembled the five hundred gunners below and marched northward on the corridor inside the city wall.

The gunners of the Mohists used to use trans-firing machines and bed crossbows. They knew what their purpose was and heard the orders conveyed. They nervously looked at the reference objects in the distance and watched the dark Wei army preparing to move.

Outside the city, Young Master Chi was riding in a chariot, and was delivering an order that he didn't have to bear the arrow with his own hands, so he was far out of the range of the bow and arrow.

The two teams are elite in armor and lined up among the archers.

The archer walked forward slowly, wanting to get close to the city wall and shoot to suppress the defenders on the city wall, but the city wall was not a neat rectangle, but a strange polygon, so he had to get closer.

The elite division should shoot when they hear the drum, and stop when they hear the drum. These are the elite of the Wei army, with a neat array, which is far from comparable to those of the peasants and soldiers.

Seeing that the archers were already approaching the city wall, and the armored elites following behind had already lined up, when they were about to beat the drums to order the archers to throw, Young Master Chi suddenly saw a puff of white smoke rising from the city wall.

(End of this chapter)