warring states careerist

Chapter 310 Brilliant Stars and Myriad Bone Relics ([-])

Zheng Ren, a Korean, supports the matter of joining Wang Ziding, but he cares more about expanding his land and territory.

The purpose of joining the prince's appointment is to maintain Wei's long-term hegemony and completely weaken Chu. This is Wei's long-term strategy, but Han and Zheng are not very happy.

If they attack the prominent areas of Chu State on the Eastern Front in the Central Plains, the two countries will definitely use their best efforts, but even if the Luyang Luguan defense line is successfully entered into the prince, it is impossible to cede it to Jinzheng. This is the core of Chu State, and it involves The interests of the many feudal monarchs in the Nanyang Basin: They are not willing to let their fiefs be under the shadow of the Jin State at any time, just like the Liang Liang who was granted the Duke of Luyang back then.

If the coalition of princes wants to fight in unison, there must be one side as the absolute overlord to take the lead, and Wei Guo is playing such a role this time.

That's why just now we had to use the artillery to delay the deployment of the Wei army, and first give Zheng people a disarm, so as to turn around and resist Wei's offensive.

Under the city, the armored warriors attacking from the reserved counterattack channel have wedged into the inside of the broken Zheng army. Although the follow-up general Zheng wanted to gather the troops, the broken Zheng army didn't listen at all when there was an enemy behind him. Order.

More than 40 people chased and killed the scattered Zheng Jun, just to prevent them from regrouping behind the trench.

There was loud drumming at the top of the city, and smoke was everywhere below the city, and it was unknown how many people rushed out.

The Zheng people ran away with their heads in their arms, and the generals in the rear line could not gather at all. The servants around him could only dissuade him from retreating quickly, otherwise he might be overwhelmed by the defeated army.

Reluctantly retreating, the sound of drums at the top of the city changed drastically, and the warriors in armor stopped near the trench and returned.

Before the attack, there was an order that if they rushed to the trench and did not return, the gates of the city would be closed and they could not enter the city.Hearing the change in the sound of the drums, these soldiers who rushed to kill the defeated army returned one after another.

Zima, who was watching from a distance, was completely shocked by his own defeat. He only saw white smoke and rumbling noises near the city wall, and in an instant, more than [-] of his elite soldiers were completely defeated.

All of this was only in the blink of an eye, Zima shook his head, he couldn't believe what he saw, but he could only order to stabilize his position, order the archers to move forward, and the disciples to prepare to prevent the counterattack in the city.

At the top of the city, Shi was convinced that the first wave of Zheng Jun's offensive had been repelled, and immediately ordered the gunners to gather and transfer.

He is convinced that with Zheng Guo's organizational ability at this time, it is impossible to organize a second attack in the short term, and he may still wait and see what happens to Wei Jun.

If the Wei people attacked violently, perhaps Zheng Renkai might launch an attack, but if the Wei army also retreated, the Zheng people would definitely choose to withdraw their troops.Similarly, if the Zheng people withdraw their troops, the Wei people will not attack violently, so they can only go back to discuss countermeasures.

More than [-] people quickly reached the east side along the reserved corridor, because the distance from the city wall was closer, and they responded in a timely manner. At this time, the Wei army had just completed its reorganization and was advancing.

Those bronze cannons began to fire slowly, mainly aiming at the shield vehicles and siege towers in front of them. Three shield vehicles had been destroyed, and a slow-moving siege tower was also destroyed. At this time, what the "chong machine" did was completely replaced by the cannon.

Cannons of different calibers can replace the Mohist's defensive tools such as transfer machines, bed crossbows, punching machines, and Ji cars.The gunpowder mine can completely replace the "down mill car", a sharp weapon for defending ants and attacking the city.

Restricted by the technological level at this time, Mozi made various plans for defending the city with tools with a clear division of labor. The appearance of gunpowder made his tactics still effective, but replaced some of the original wooden and copper instruments.

The main attack direction chosen by the Wei people was the east gate of Niu Lanyi. It can be clearly seen that the direction of the Wei people's elite gathering has fallen behind.

According to Mozi, if you want to attack a city, you should not rush it, but take it slowly.

Moreover, the attack should be launched on the extensive city wall, so that the defenders in the city are scattered and overwhelmed, and then the main force is taken out and concentrated to break through.

It's just that Niu Lanyi is too small, and the [-] people seem to be able to capture it no matter what, but they forgot the battle of forcing the Yang Kingdom more than a hundred years ago, and the tragedy of the thirteen-nation coalition attacking for several months.

After the speed of the shelling slowed down, Wei Ren gradually got used to the terrifying iron balls that flew from time to time. Although he was still flustered, he mustered up the courage to move forward.

It's just that every time white smoke and artillery roared from the top of the city, it was obvious that the Wei people's formation was scattered, and many people subconsciously avoided to the sides.

It seems that the Wei people have adapted to the panic and reorganized their formation, but the changes in the Wei people can still be seen.

Because the Wei people's army was retreating as a whole, retreating beyond the maximum attack distance of Tie Wan, this caused the Wei people's impact to be divided into waves.

The distance between the forward archers and elite soldiers and the rear has been widened, and the time for the Wei people to organize the next attack will inevitably be extended. At the same time, the requirements for timing when it seems that a little more power can break the city are also higher.

Since the east gate is the main attack direction of the Wei people, the density of firearms here is sufficient after bringing the five hundred gunners.

The corridors reserved in the city can allow the defenders to complete the transfer faster.The cannon blocks the enemy's assembly and can also buy more time.

When Meng Sheng saw Shi rushing over, he felt relieved, and greeted him, "Zheng Ren has retreated?"

Shi nodded and said: "The first siege has been repulsed, and the Zheng people will not organize a second siege in a short time. As long as the south can be defended, the Wei people will be repelled again this time, and today there will be no worries."

Meng Sheng said with a little admiration: "You have not been learning to defend the city with the giant, but you can learn the essence. As you said, if you know why it is, you can reverse it."

Shaking his head and laughing, Shi said, "It's ridiculous. It's just that they have never seen gunpowder and the 'walking wall' that the giant said. They are too impatient, so they are destined not to be able to attack."

Meng Sheng pondered for a while, then asked, "How do you say that?"

Shi said: "Princess Luyang is still strong, they don't want to procrastinate here, and they don't want to choose to besiege the city. But such a city wall, with firearms, and our Mohists who are good at defending, how can they attack it in less than two months?" Next? Two months? Do they dare to stay here?"

"If we set up our camp securely, we can use the sheep and earth hills to fill up the trenches, engage in melee combat, and then use ants to attack and dig holes. The city defense of Niulan City will not be able to defend it. It's just that they don't have so much time."

"Besides, Niu Lan is still like this, how dare they attack Luyang? Niu Lan can't go down, Lu Yang is besieging the city, how can they not worry that the luggage behind them will be cut off?"

"So, strategically, they can only attack quickly. But tactically, impatient can't attack Niu Lan. They will lose."

Meng Sheng comprehended the words tactics and strategy, and had a little understanding.

While speaking, the cannon rang again, and a siege tower was hit, and the sawdust scattered, and the pushing Wei people had to retreat.

The archers of the Wei army had already advanced within a hundred steps, and were about to shoot towards the city wall. The gunners took advantage of the range to harass the archers of the Wei army continuously.

The musketeers, crossbowmen, and archers on the city wall were hiding behind the battlements. They were not impatient, and no one chose to shoot at long distances.

From time to time, someone poked their heads to see the confusion of the Wei people after the iron ball flew out, and their confidence grew stronger.

Keeping the city and keeping the order can reduce part of the principal and interest. Driven by profit and months of hard training, these people are still able to stabilize.

Looking at the people on the city wall, he thought that it would be impossible for these people to let them fight in the field now, but if they were defending the city, they could always use these mobs to resist the attack of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.

After a few rounds of feather arrows, an elite group of Wei people approached the city gate with their shield chariots on top.

In front of the concave walls on both sides of the city gate, there are also nearly 500 people, which is already the limit, and there is no way to expand more.

Because for the attacking party, the direction of attack is a straight line, and only a fixed number of soldiers can be deployed.

For the defenders, this is a polygonal concave-convex surface with a simple trigonometric hypotenuse, which can arrange nearly twice as many defenders.

When approaching the gate of the city fifty steps away, Shi Shi ordered the two immobile stone-shooting cannons with huge calibers to prepare for bombardment because of poor smelting technology.

When gunpowder first appeared, it took a detour. Most of them were large-caliber, short-barreled stone-shooting mortars, including strange trumpet guns and so on.

But the advantage is that it can be arranged inside the city wall, taking advantage of the high parabola to fix the direction of guarding the city gate.

With two loud bangs, the heavy stone ball flew into the air, rolled and fell towards the Wei people who were fifty steps closer to the city gate.

Even in the air, many Wei people have already dispersed.A stone ball hit a car, and although the acceleration of gravity falling from a high place had resistance and consumed a lot of gunpowder power, it was not something a wooden car could bear.

Seven or eight people were flying with flesh and blood, and another stone ball fell aside, although it missed anyone, it still shocked the people nearby.

Meng Sheng had already left Shi, went to the tower on the east gate, and took a strange gunpowder weapon from the side.

The outside is a wooden frame, which contains about four or five catties of gunpowder packed in clay pots. The wooden frame protects the fragile pots inside, and can be thrown out by two people.

More than a hundred elite soldiers of the Wei army had already rushed to the city gate, preparing to crash into the city gate under the cover of another rushing vehicle that was not concentrated.

The Wei army on both sides has also approached the city wall, and is just in time to direct the crossbowmen, archers and musketeers to prepare.

The perfect concave surface guaranteed that the Wei army directly in front would be attacked from at least two sides, and the group under the worst city wall would suffer cross-shooting from three sides.

Meng Sheng lit the gunpowder pot in the wooden frame, and the two of them yelled together, and after the fuse burned to a certain length, they threw it down forcefully.

boom……

Dense white smoke came out, purple flames surged up, and the high temperature generated by four or five catties of gunpowder instantly ignited the wooden, cowhide-covered rush car, and more than 20 Wei soldiers held their burning bodies backwards. Running away, this burning terror also caused panic under the city gate.

Right on the city wall, he had already shouted at the gunner: "Shoot!"

The sound of bang bang, from the front, the side or the back, was shot at the Wei army who had already gathered under the city, lead bullets flew around, and thick smoke billowed.

The Wei army, which was greatly killed in an instant, was no longer able to attack. Within the shooting angle formed by the concave surface, when they fled, they still had to suffer from the shooting of crossbowmen and archers.

In the white smoke, some soldiers defending the city had shouted excitedly, especially those gunners who followed Shishi to support the east gate, they were even more excited.It seems that defending the city is easy.

The bronze cannons on the rammed earth platform were still bombarding the follow-up Wei army's staging area step by step, causing the Wei army to retreat as a whole, and the distance between them and the soldiers attacking in front was greatly increased.

If all Mohists were here, they could have launched a counterattack and rushed into the enemy's formation, but unfortunately they didn't.

Shi Ye could only watch the Wei people retreat, leaving behind a field of horrific corpses, as well as those wounded soldiers who were hit by lead bullets and howled there.

(End of this chapter)