warring states careerist

Chapter 311 Brilliant Stars and Bone Relics ([-])

Young Master Chi couldn't believe the defeat of the Wei army. The city that he thought he could take down in one go turned out to be far more difficult to capture than it looked.

The loss this time should not be large, and there were no soldiers in the city who came out to fight back. He judged that there were not many people in the city.

With a long sigh, he secretly said: "The Mohist guards the city, indeed they have some skills. It's just that I don't know who is guarding the city inside?"

"Mo Di will definitely not come, nor will Qin Huali..."

Originally, he only knew these two Mohist figures, but after the First Battle of Shangqiu was widely spread as a legend, even though Gong Ziji was a noble man, he knew more about the Mohist who had little contact with most of the people in the market.

Considering that Gongzaoye had captured the king of Chu, the Shangqiu shoemaker was the most famous one left.

In fact, Shi's current ranking in the Mohist school is not high, but his reputation in the external publicity is probably only second to three or five people.

At this time, the Zheng people also sent someone to say that the defenders had terrible weapons, and the first wave of the Zheng people's offensive had retreated.

The young master listened to Zheng's description, and it was also a puff of white smoke that led to the siege elite fleeing. He didn't know how many people in the city used those weapons.

Although the Koreans don't know the specific situation, it will not go well if they think about it.

The most annoying thing about Young Master Chi is that he completely messed up his previous experience in attacking the city. With the existence of things on the city that can shoot iron pellets, the follow-up troops can't be too close to the city wall, so they can't quickly support them.

Otherwise, if the array is exposed to the bombardment of those iron pellets for a long time, morale will soon drop to the bottom.However, the postponement of the army array resulted in only one wave of attacks, and it was necessary to grasp the timing extremely keenly to send troops to pry open a city wall.

Now that the momentum has been frightened, the impetuous siege has no results, and the soldiers are shocked, so they can only order to withdraw their troops.

After the Wei people retreated, the Zheng people didn't want to attack again, so they retreated hastily. The Han people were a step behind, dissatisfied.

Counting the number of people, the Zheng people lost more than [-] people, the Wei people lost more than [-] people, and the Han people lost about [-] people. Only the Han army lost less.

It's just that the losses were all elite warriors, and both Zheng and Wei were quite heartbroken.

And the deterrence brought by those strange weapons made the army's morale unstable, and it was impossible to organize an attack today anyway.

The three countries camped separately as a precaution and discussed countermeasures.

Zima, Qiang Qiang and the son hit each other to prepare for today's war, each with a bitter look on their faces.

Qiang Qiang first said: "The Mohists are good at defending, and the world knows it. To attack the Mohist's defense, you must prepare in advance. I thought about going down with a drum, but now it seems that there is a big problem with this star-shaped city wall. Those weapons of the Mohism, even more It's to scare the soldiers."

"Why don't you... bypass Niu Lan and go straight down to Lu Pass?"

The young master shook his head and said: "Niu Lan is still like this. The Mo family has reached Niu Lan. How can it pass through Luguan? Haven't you heard the article "Lu Wen" handed down by the Mo family? must be strictly observed."

"Besieging Luyang, at least, it will take several months to conquer the Niu Lane. All the food and grass needed must pass through the Niu Lane. How can it be done?"

He understood that if he wanted to become a prince, he had to break through Niu Lanyi first. This matter was related to Wei's future hegemony.

But the little Niu Lanyi is far from being able to go down in one go as previously thought.

Zheng Zima also worried: "It's just that we can't go down in one go, so the attacking soldiers will suffer a lot. But if the siege is done slowly, I'm afraid that the commander-in-chief of Luyang will treat me tiredly and invite us to fight..."

Young Master Chi was also full of anger. He originally thought that this time he would become famous in the world, but he didn't expect to encounter such a difficult situation just after entering Chu, and he couldn't help but have a higher opinion of the abilities of the Mohists.

With the help of a small city, it can resist tens of thousands of troops. The organizational ability shown in this is really terrifying.

The effects of those new weapons were scary enough. Many soldiers who escaped were covered in blood, some were swollen from the gunpowder explosion, and those who survived were also bloody from the lead bullets.

Both Zheng and Wei suffered losses. Zima believed that the city's defense force was sufficient, and it might not be possible to capture it in a short time.

Now crossbows have not yet been installed on a large scale, and the military reforms and arms races of various countries have not yet begun. After all, this is only the third year of the Warring States Period.

Those firearms can replace the crossbow, and the temporary effect may not be better, but it is enough to defend the city.

Young Master Jian recalled the situation of the attack, thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, there are not many soldiers guarding the city."

"The defenders in the city bombarded my army formation with those strange iron balls, forcing me to retreat and line up, and then attack."

"I'm afraid there are not many elite defenders of the city. First defend the northern side of the Zheng division, and then defend my Wei division."

After thinking about it, Zima also said: "It may be possible."

Huo Qiang said: "Since this is the case, it may not be impossible to break through. Today I don't know their methods, so the formation is chaotic."

"Tomorrow, we will line up in the distance, and the three armies will attack at the same time. Let them not look at each other from head to tail. Even if they are good at defense, they can't take care of all three sides."

"If you use methods such as sheep and earth mountains, it will take half a month to achieve it. After half a month, if Lu Yang's commander-in-chief invites a battle, and then goes out of the city to fight back, the outcome is hard to tell."

His analysis was quite good. Today's Niu Lanyi's defenders caught them by surprise, took advantage of the weapons they had never seen before, and staggered the time difference, forming a situation where more people defend less.

As Huo Qiang said, the best way to break through the city is to fully deploy the troops and attack in all directions.

However, such a strategy was rejected by Young Master Chi.

"I waited here to enter the prince's residence. If you want to enter the prince's residence, you must first defeat Duke Luyang. We didn't aim to defeat Niulan. We defeated Niulan just to defeat Duke Luyang and capture Luyang Luguan."

"If it is fully deployed, if the attack fails, the loss will be huge. Besides, if the attack cannot be taken tomorrow, what will we do in the next day? If Lord Lu Yang leads an army to make a surprise attack and the soldiers are scattered around the city, how will we resist?"

"Even if he doesn't come, the siege will cause great losses and morale will drop, how can we fight Luyang Public Transport in the future?"

Young Master Chi shook his head in distress, this is really beyond the way of fighting at this time.In the past, when sieging a city, those small towns were often taken down in one fell swoop, and the people in the city didn't care whether they were from Chu or Jin.

And in the past, most of them carried food and grass, and the three armies lined up to win in one fell swoop.

However, the Mohists, who are good at defending the city, began to join the disputes among the princes, and this situation became a bit tricky.Shangqiu lost the first battle against Chu State, and even if the King of Chu was not attacked by the Mohist at night, under the steadfast defense of the Mohist, Chu State would still be defeated if the Three Jins sent troops.

It was only after today's battle that Young Master Jian understood what the Mohism's confidence in spreading the "Central Plains Elimination of Soldiers" was.

The small Niulan town can still be guarded like this. If the idea of ​​eliminating soldiers in the Central Plains can be implemented, Song Zheng, Weilu and other countries are sandwiched between powerful countries. As long as the Mo family can hold it, they can last until the reinforcements arrive.

You have to show enough ability to make the previously mentioned militia a joke.

Although Young Master Chi didn't know about the specific defense system of Niu Lan Town, he was aware of a part of Niu Lan Town's defense system after many years of fighting.

If cannons have already appeared and circulated in various countries at this time, then Niu Lanyi is easy to attack.

If the city defense of Niu Lanyi is built according to the original bastion in a step-by-step manner, even if the attacker does not have cannons, it will be easy to attack.

The current situation is that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms have no artillery and no catapults, and Niu Lanyi does not have an inclined wall with a low solid slope to defend against shelling. Instead, the wall is raised to highlight the concave surface and the row wall.

In today's attack, Gongzi Chi had vaguely noticed the effect of those weird concave surfaces, but he was helpless.He thought, if there is something that the defenders can shoot iron pellets, it would be easy, just aim at the city wall and gate to open the gap, and just rush in.

But now, it's either by digging or mounding.However, if there are guns attacking the diggers on the earth mountain, the speed will be slow; if there are gunpowder mines thrown near the excavation, people will be shocked.

The whole Niu Lanyi is like a bunch of hedgehogs curled up together, unable to speak.

While the commanders were at their wits end discussing countermeasures, the coalition soldiers who could rest for the time being were also talking about today's siege.

In the Zheng army camp, those soldiers who participated in the siege and retreated used their injuries and knowledge to spread fear and war weariness.

When Zichan was in power, Zheng Guo had a township school to discuss state affairs. Although it has been destroyed now, the economically developed Zheng State still retains the tradition of discussing government affairs in the market.

The state of Zheng is very close to the state of Song, and the cities and wells of the state of Zheng are also the direction of the infiltration of the Mohists. Most of the soldiers in Zheng are convinced that the people in the city who help the Chu people to guard must be the Mohists, because they have heard of gunpowder.

A soldier who survived the attack recounted the tragedy he personally experienced under the concave city wall with lingering fear, and said through gritted teeth: "I was holding up the shield at the time, thinking that there was no response from the top of the city wall after thirty steps. Or it could come down in one fell swoop.”

"Who would have thought, at this moment, a sound like thunder came. I turned my head and saw that the head of the accomplice next to me was smashed, and the blood splashed on me. Although I held the shield, but that There was a black iron bump under my feet, with a bang, a thunderbolt shook, and the shield of the partner next to me was blown away... At that time, I could only run... I just wanted to stay away from there!"

He is not ashamed of running away. Zheng people are dissatisfied with the war against Chu, otherwise they would not choose non-violence and non-cooperation in the decisive battle against Chu a year later on the normal historical line. , do not want to fight at all.

The township school's tradition of discussing politics and the Mohism's propaganda and agitation in the big city of Juyi made Zheng people quite disgusted with this expedition.

A soldier who was born in the capital city of Zheng State next to him also said: "The Mohists are right, this time the prince's entry into Chu, what benefits will we have? We still have to fight against the Chu people, but in the end it is the princes and nobles who benefit. .Now that the Mo family is helping to defend the city, we are going to die, this is really..."

"Besides, if you want to fight, you shouldn't fight Chu. The Koreans killed our king. It would be great if they were like the Song people. They should be neutral and not fight anyone."

Another person hastily said: "Be careful! Ziyang is in power, but he is strict, with heavy punishments and heavy laws, so it's hard to talk about it..."

He was full of complaints, but fortunately it was not too long since he went out to fight, otherwise the poem "Buddha Feather" would be sung all over the Zheng people's camp.

While the soldiers were spreading panic, someone looked at the distance rather strangely and found a carriage coming out of Niu Lanyi and heading towards the camp.

There was a flag hanging on the carriage, which was a bit strange, but many Zheng people in the capital of the state of Zheng recognized those Mohist flags.

(End of this chapter)