warring states careerist

Chapter 315

Wei Jian was also impatient and dissatisfied. Of course he knew that if the city was attacked like this, something would happen.

Not to mention the loss of several thousand in the two sieges within five days, the Zheng people are tired of fighting, and the Korean people will have different ideas in the future.

After a day of attack, a few holes were dug under the city wall, which will be filled in at night, and the filled moats will also be dug up. Attacking again tomorrow is equivalent to starting from scratch.

They didn't dare to camp too close at night, the iron balls at the top of the city would fall down at some point, so they had to let the people inside repair and dig at night.

If you choose to besiege the city for a long time and rely on the method of exhausting the food in the city, that will not work.Not to mention Lu Yanggong's field Chu masters watching from the sidelines, all the lords of the Chu Kingdom are watching the situation here.

If the delay continues, the number of troops will continue to increase, and it will become a decisive battle for hegemony such as Chengpu and Liangtang. This involves the strategy of the entire situation, and the situation at this time does not allow Wei Guo to do so.

Once it was discovered that even a small town like Niu Lanyi could not be conquered, those lords of the Chu Kingdom who were sitting on the wall would naturally stand by the King of Chu.

But if you want to capture Niu Lanyi, you have to use all your strength. If you are defeated by Duke Lu Yang in a field battle, even if it is a draw, the overall situation is the same.

In the end, the prince decides this card, and it is difficult to play the effect.

Before Young Master Chi came here, he thought to himself that he had fought from Xihe to Zhongshan, and then from Zhongshan to Qilu.

But now facing a small town with less than [-] households, he was helplessly resisted. How could he not be impatient?

What annoyed him even more was the words between Li Kui and Duan Ganmu before the expedition.They thought that Young Master Chi's talent was not enough to shake the Chu State, and it was best for Young Master Chi to defend the Xihe Qin people and Wu Qi to be the future prince.

Now that the battle is invincible, it seems to be verifying the words of those two people.

If he was defeated by Lord Lu Yang, Young Master Chi would still have something to say.

But the opposite is just Mohist figures, except for those who are of noble birth, they are all short brown mud legs, and the descendant of his majestic marquis was defeated by a group of short brown men. If he speaks out, he will be ridiculed by the world.

It's just that he has been fighting with the army since he was 15 years old, and he has been a commander many times, and he also knows that impatience is the enemy at this time.

After calming down, he sighed and said, "If you want to conquer Niu Lan, you can only rely on a large number of people, and pile up sheep and earth hills to approach slowly. Then use ants to attach the law to the crowd, and dig the crypt at the same time. .It was me who underestimated the Mohist's art of defending the city."

After thinking about it, I thought that there must be a problem with the Zheng people. They may not be willing to fight, but it is okay to let them dig the Yangdi Mountain.

With more than ten days of work, he piled up the earth and mountains, and at the same time monitored Lu Yanggong's movements.If Duke Lu Yang took the opportunity to go north, he would fight a decisive battle in the plain.

This is also a no-brainer. Once the decisive battle is over, we have to consider the possibility that Niu Lanyi and others will go out of the city to support Lu Yanggong.

At that time, there will be more than [-] troops to monitor Niu Lan. In addition to the losses these days, there will only be more than [-] people left who can really fight Duke Luyang, and the number is greatly reduced.

But other than this method, he couldn't think of how to break the city.

As expected, it is not necessary for Duke Luyang to actually send troops, only for Duke Luyang to send troops. If the son attacks here, he must divide his troops to prevent Duke Luyang from leading troops to a decisive battle.

The young master's plan has been decided, so he discusses it with the other two armies.

The people of Zheng dug up the earth and piled up the mountains, the people of Han went ten miles away to cut wood, and sent scouts to check the movement in the direction of Luyang.

Make a siege first, if you really can't attack, then there is really no other way.It is impossible to siege the city. If the city is besieged, the king of Chu will also have time to integrate the interior. Once the integration is completed, they will concentrate their forces to go north. The increase of troops on both sides can only lead to a big battle that Wei Guo is not willing to bear at this time.

Zheng Zima heard the words and said: "In this way, at least it will take more than ten days. Besides, there are still those annoying iron ball bombardments in the city, and the accumulation of earth mountains must be slow. But apart from this method, there is really no way to break the city. "

Young Master Chi said distressedly: "That's the only way to go."

The three of them agreed, and they immediately ordered to strengthen the camp, and sent scouts to the south to choose a place to dig the Yangfu mountain in order to get closer.

They also sent people to dig the crypt quietly, preparing to break through the city wall from the cave and open the city gate.

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In the city, after a day of hard fighting, many people were wounded and dying, and medical treatment was being arranged.

The people from the Propaganda Department took advantage of the night to explain more truths and promised that the food in the city would last for several months, the wells never dried up, and the people in the city were at peace.

On the second day, seeing that the coalition forces no longer attacked the city, they only saw that they were digging earth hills and laying earth and carrying rocks, so they asked the artillerymen to bombard the places where the crowds gathered.

Over and over again, the speed of accumulating the mountain of dirt gradually slowed down. Many Zheng people threw dirt on it and ran away immediately after approaching, not willing to stay there.

Seeing this, Meng Sheng was a little worried and dissatisfied: "If I were Lu Yanggong, I would have to reorganize the army at this time as a threat. But he is good, and just let the Jin division slowly besiege the city here."

"Although the copper cannon can slow down the speed of excavation, if it continues like this, it will always get close. If there are more cannons, I'm not afraid. It's just that there are only ten. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend."

Shiqi said: "In the past when the giants defended the city, they also piled up mountains of earth, right?"

Meng Sheng nodded and said: "However, the giants mostly guard the capital and the big city. There are many soldiers in the city, and there are hundreds of Mohists. It is easy to fight back. Niulan Xiaoyi, there are not many soldiers, and the number of Mohist disciples is not enough. Want to fight back?" The defense can only be defended."

Looking at the mound of dirt piled up outside, Shi said with relief: "If this goes on like this, it will take at least 20 days to complete. Besides, what can we do after getting close? It is nothing more than close to the battle. The mound is narrow, and those who can climb the city must not much."

With the help of the cover of excavating the earth mountain, the siege method of digging the crypt and approaching the city is not afraid.

In addition to gunpowder, there is also sulfur in their hands. There are also many Mohists who are good at observing the enemy digging crypts. They use the same tactics as Shangqiu. When the time comes, igniting the sulfur can suffocate the enemies in the cave.

The food in his hands is enough for several months. As long as the food is still there, the Jin division will return it if it cannot last for a few months.

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Ten days later, Tushan was already close to the city wall by about [-] steps, but the speed obviously began to slow down.

Zheng Ren, who was carrying the soil, threw the soil on it cursingly. Occasionally, when he heard a whistling sound from above his head, he immediately dispersed, not caring whether the wood, soil and rocks in his hands were piled up in the designated position.

After several days of excavation, more than a hundred people died under the cannon. The number was not many, but the death conditions were extremely miserable and morale was already extremely low.

The excavation of this earth mountain is considered skillful, and it is ready to approach the star-shaped corner of the city wall. It seems that as long as one corner is broken, the concave surface can be divided into two sides, so that there is no need to suffer from two sides.

Just in this way, it also gave the cannons in the city a good enough shooting angle to continuously attack the people on the dirt hill from both sides and the front.

In the direction where the earth mountain is approaching, the city wall is also being strengthened, the height is increased, and towers are erected, so that after the earth mountain approaches, it will still be attacked from three sides.

Several Zheng people were thankful that they escaped a bombardment, when suddenly one of them looked into the distance and made a suspicious sound, and the Zheng people who were standing on the dirt hill looked along and were also surprised.

In the distance, several carriages are galloping towards this side.

There was nothing surprising about the carriage itself, but it was tied with white sackcloth, its occupants were in mourning, and there were white ribbons hanging from it.

Those Zheng people who were the first to discover it couldn't help showing joy on their faces. It seemed that the monarch of some country had died.

One person scolded in a low voice: "It's a good death. In this way, wouldn't it be possible to retreat? We don't conscript or raise troops in mourning! It's just that our monarch died?"

Those people said with a little expectation: "It's hard to say. But if Marquis Wei dies, it's fine. Once the Wei people retreat, do we still have to attack? It's good to go back to the country, and it happens to be able to grow Su Maidong wheat from the Mohist family. That day is about to pass.”

Talking about it, he looked at the city with lingering fear, and said with a lingering fear, "This city cannot be conquered. The Mohists have already said that this is an unjust war and must be punished by the Emperor of Heaven. Look, the monarch is dead, right?"

A person next to him also said: "That's true. You saw the king of Chu besiege Shangqiu, and the result? He died soon after returning to Chu State. If you want me to say, this is the warning from the Emperor of Heaven, telling them not to engage in unjust wars." !"

"Fighting and fighting, what are they fighting for? The crops are all barren... The interests of the princes and nobles are none of our business?"

A few people muttered, and suddenly there was an explosion, and they fled backwards subconsciously holding their heads. Not far behind them, an iron ball hit a pile of wood, making a bang, and the two were stung by sawdust. I screamed there.

The others were thankful that they were not hit, and looked at the carriage approaching in the distance with full expectation, and shouted at the people next to them: "What else are you piled up with? I don't know whose monarch is dead. This battle is over." no more..."

While shouting, more than a hundred Zheng people threw down their shovels and fled down the earth mountain one after another.

Those carriages with mourning white quickly aroused the movement in the army. After approaching, it can be seen that they are Korean carriages and horses, and the people in the carriages are all dressed in plain clothes.

One person was crying in the car: "Your Majesty is dead! Your Majesty is dead! The people of Zheng besieged Yangdi five days ago!"

The carriage galloped into the camp and rushed towards the camp of the Chinese army. The mourner rushed into the tent and said to Qiang: "Five days ago, Zheng Weiyang Di, the king was enraged, and he died that night!"

Hearing the news, Ai Qiang fell to the ground and cried three times. After grabbing the ground with his head, he got up angrily, drew his sword and said to Zheng Zima, "The Zheng people have no faith and betrayed the alliance!"

Zheng Zima was also stupid there. After he was convinced that this was true, he panicked and scolded Si Ziyang for cheating himself!

Seeing Qiang's anger, Zima said in a hurry: "I don't know, besides, the Three Kingdoms alliance vowed to be a prince, but the personal enmity has not been settled. We attack Niulan for the alliance. How can we say that we have betrayed the alliance?"

After all, he also draws his sword, and he has the potential to join the Huo Qiang.

The generals and warriors of the Zheng and Han countries in the tent immediately drew their swords and stood facing each other, glaring at each other, and the movement outside the camp became even more chaotic.

The young master scolded Zheng Siziyang secretly, but he also knew that something would happen if he couldn't handle it well today!Why did you choose Weiyang Zhai at this time?Why did Han Hou die at this time?

　In 400 BC, Zheng Weihan entered Prince Ding, and was invited by the commander-in-chief of Luyang, but failed.In the same year, Zheng Wei Yang Zhai.In the same year, Han Qian died and was posthumously named Jinghou.According to the saying of keeping filial piety for three years without conquest or attack, Han Zhengwei's entry into the prince must be before Han Qian's death.Similarly, it cannot be that after Yangdi was besieged, South Korea was still in the mood to work with Zheng Guo to join the prince.Therefore, it must be that the coalition forces of Han, Zheng and Wei attacked Luyang, during which Siziyang besieged Yangdi, and then Han Qian died.During the next three years of filial piety, Wei Guo had been fighting against Chu alone until four years later Wei Han fought against Chu.During this period, Chu State was under pressure and did not attack South Korea, which was still keeping its filial piety.

　　
　
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