warring states careerist

Chapter 333 Breaking the city with surgery without blood ([-])

The Yue people in the city finally stopped when they heard the thunderous and bursting white clouds, and showed their heads on the city wall with lingering fear.

For two days, the Yue people in the city had no choice but to watch these people outside the city dig tunnels like mice and keep approaching the city wall, there was nothing they could do.

Even if there is no artillery suppression under the city, it is difficult for the Yue people defending the city to cause casualties to the people under the city.

Starting from a distance of two hundred steps, the entire tunnel approached in a zigzag shape, covered with wicker baskets and wood, which just blocked the view of the city wall.

If it is thrown, the ghost knows how many of the hundreds of arrows will fall into the tunnel.If it falls in, there is only a smaller chance of shooting someone.

Near the moat, a gap facing the city wall finally appeared, no longer a zigzag shape.

If there are strong archers, they can aim at the exit and shoot to suppress it, but the artillery below the city is constantly bombarding, and the muskets cover from the two wings, so they can't show their heads at all.

They could only watch helplessly as the people below the city leveled up the trenches. After crossing the trenches, several people dug under the cover of shields.

It is absolutely not daring to go out of the city to fight back. If the Yue people send their own people out of the city, they are worried that the casualties will not return, and there will be changes in the city.

Sending Tengdi farmers out of the city, and fearing that they would betray them, they could only watch those tunnels continue to expand.

Yesterday people shouted loudly in the city, saying that when the indigo flag was raised, only Teng people were kept away from the city gate.

The people of Yue had already seen those strange weapons, and they had heard the rumble of thunder when they hunted and killed Teng Shuyu and others before, so they were skeptical.

But those people in Tengdi believed Mo Zhe's words very much. Seeing the indigo flag rising below the city, they knew that the city wall near the city gate would soon be struck by lightning and collapsed, so they dared not stay.

The flag outside shook again, and shouted outside the city: "Being near the city gate is death. If you rebel against the Yue people or flee, you can live on your interest. Once the city gate is broken, Mohist will enter the city immediately, and you don't have to worry about the Yue people killing you!" "

After yelling several times, the Yue officials near the city wall panicked when they saw the peasants and soldiers restless.

If an order to repress them is given, I am afraid that these peasants and soldiers will rebel in an instant.

He was also worried that the Mo family could really directly blast open the city gate, so that he would die at the top of the city.But I also feel that these people in the city are using fraud, in order to make the city gate chaotic and break the gate.

The people of Tengdi didn't think much about it, and fled for the road. They just shouted: "You will die near the city gate. The Mo family will enter the city immediately. If you escape, you will live!"

A few people took the lead, jumped off the top of the wall first, threw their weapons back and fled.

Some people take the lead, and the rest are not willing to defend the city at all. Since the Yue people are bound to lose, why should I embarrass these Mohists who want to let everyone live a good life?

In an instant, most of the Teng people near the head of the city had fled, only those who were timid or caught in the middle of the Yue people did not dare to flee, and their faces were full of despair.

The Yue people also shot and killed a few fleeing ones, but to no avail.

Under the city, the place where the gunpowder coffins were buried has been sealed off.

Near the attack point of the trench, the spearmen of the two companies stood in four rows and hid in the zigzag tunnel.

The entire tunnel is like this, and the point on the top is the attack opening, which can be quickly rushed out from the attack opening in four rows.

At this time, the 300 people were crouching in the tunnel, plugging their ears as ordered.

Shi Shi waited and watched the movement at the top of the city, guessing that it was about the same time, he ordered people to beat the drums and ordered the fire to be lit.

After a while, the two quickly ran back from the tunnel under the city wall, and the artillery roared for the last time.

When the sound of the guns stopped, there was a loud noise as if the sky was falling from under the city gate, and the ground was trembling. The solid wooden city gate was blown to pieces in an instant, and a small section of the city wall collapsed, and there were no living people near the city gate. , and the rest are also half-dead from the shock.

The loud bang was like the sound of a drum, and those spearmen who covered their ears and were still bang bang quickly got up, and under the leadership of the leader of the Mozhe in front, they rushed out of the attack port in a four-row formation, towards the diffuse Rush towards the gap in the city wall filled with smoke and dust.

The musketeers on both sides of the gap were also shooting upwards, suppressing the Yue people on the walls on both sides, but in fact it was just a formality.

The Yue people near the city gate have never seen such a scene like a punishment from the gods. The huge wooden gate and the mud are flying in all directions, which cannot be done by manpower.

Those who were near were shaken, and those who were far away dared not move forward. Some people had already jumped off the city wall and fled towards the inner city.

Standing two hundred paces away, watching the spearmen of the two companies climb up the collapsed city wall, he smiled and said to Ji Te and Teng Shuyu, who were already frightened, "You two can enter the city now! The Yue people are defeated! "

Ji Te and Teng Shuyu had never seen so much gunpowder ignited at the same time, and they were trembling with fright. Even if they had other ideas, they were already scared away by this explosion.

Shi turned around and ordered people to beat the drums, and slowly approached the city wall, only occupying the gap in the city wall, but did not continue to chase into the city.

Everyone carried out the order, and the brigade commander knew what he had in mind, which was to force Yue people away.

After all, Tengdi still belongs to the Mohist family. I don't want to fight in the city. The fighting is messy and there are many casualties. Now every household registration is very important.

Furthermore, if the Yue people retreated to the inner city, the palace treasury would be destroyed, and the loss would be too great.

The purpose of blasting the city wall this time is to let the Yue people understand one thing: the inner city cannot be defended, so run away quickly!There are rivers on both sides of the north and south, and the bridge was burned by yourselves before the siege. If you want to escape to Langya, the best way is to open the gate on the northeast side and escape from there.

About two quarters of an hour later, four companies of soldiers climbed onto the city wall, and some musketeers lined up on the city wall to guard the incomplete city gate gap.

At this time, the follow-up pawns can enter the city completely, but there is chaos in the city, and Shi also doesn't want to fight in the city at all.

The follow-up troops no longer need to walk through the tunnels, and they are arrayed outside the city, and soldiers from two companies are reserved near the city wall to prepare for support at any time.

The excavating farmers who followed looked at the broken city wall and the Mohist flag flying high above the city gate, and were overjoyed.

Everyone thought: "How can Teng be regarded as the capital of the princes? It is said that the Mo family is good at defending the city, but this attack is so fast. No one will die, and they will ascend the city in an instant!"

After thinking about it again, everyone in the Mohist family has done such a feat in Shangqiu as hundreds of people broke the Chu formation and captured the King of Chu. This kind of thing that must be miraculous in the world at this time is already common in the eyes of the people of Pei County. It would be strange if it was serious.

It is said that the Mohist is good at defending the city, but the world has forgotten one thing: good at defending the city, must be good at attacking the city, because to defend the city, you must first learn how to attack the city, and then crack the means of attacking the city one by one.

Coupled with the application of the siege method that is beyond the times and maximizes the effect of gunpowder, breaking down the small Tengcheng is really easy.

This kind of siege method can be breached by digging pits within a week even in the face of a bastion with artillery deployed. What's more, the Yuyue people can't even effectively deal with the twelve most basic siege methods at this time.

In fact, it is clear that these tunnels are not well dug. If gunpowder is popularized in the world in the future, such simple tunnels can easily be blocked by the artillery at the top of the city.

But since there are no more people, there is no need to be so rigid, just as the city defense of Niu Lanyi is not a formal bastion at all-because it is not needed, those unreasonable things become reasonable.

Seeing that the gap had been stabilized, he ordered the soldiers under the city to line up to prevent the Yue people from dying and struggling to counterattack.

He also ordered the artillery to put on their horses and retreat under the protection of the infantry company. If the Yue people defended the inner city or chose to fight in the streets, they would have to bombard the streets with artillery to minimize their own casualties.

He did it just in case, firstly, the people of Yue were panicked at this time, and the people of Teng were in love with each other, so street battles could not be fought at all; secondly, as long as the generals of the Yueren were not stupid, they would know to abandon the city at this time Escaping is the best option.

So don't be in a hurry, just let the soldiers at the top of the city defend firmly, wait in line, and give the Yue people enough time to flee.

He was not in a hurry, but the Yue people in the city had already started to get impatient.

The nobles of the Yue people heard the loud noise just now, and soon the Yue people on the street reported back, saying that the Mo family had opened the city gate, and the city gate was lost!

At this time, it is difficult to fight street battles with the organizational strength, and the city wall is generally the commanding height and symbol in the city. Once the city wall is breached, it is equivalent to breaking the city.

The Yue soldier who reported the report was even more evil. He only said that it was like a thunderbolt, which directly knocked down the city gate... He also said that he saw the wood of the city gate flying three to five feet high, and that people were smashed...

There is no need to lie, the bird of prey can hear it in the inner city, but he can't believe that Mo Zhe can break through the city so quickly.

In fact, yesterday he had given up any hope of defending the city.

The city was lined up neatly, and he had only seen such pawns in the elite army of gentlemen around King Yue, so he knew that Tengcheng could not be defended with these people in his hands.

Going out to fight in the city, let alone think about it, he has heard of the reputation of the Mo Zhe, who often counterattacks when defending the city, how can he not guard against it?

So yesterday he was already thinking about evacuating, but he didn't expect that the Mo family said yesterday that they broke the city today, and they really broke the city wall, which is really unexpected.

The bridges on the north and south sides of the river had been burned by him the day before yesterday before the siege, but the Mohists only attacked on one side, and there was no one in the northeast corner. The direction he originally wanted to break out of was also the northeast corner.

After crossing the northeast of Tengcheng and fleeing towards Ni Ziguo, the Yue people became more powerful, the Marquis of Qi surrendered, and the princes of Surabaya dared not resist.At that time, as long as you escape there, you can enter the city, and you can also ask for food and grass, not afraid that the country of Ni will not provide it.

The two countries met for only a few tens of miles, and the Mohist family seemed to only want to break through Tengcheng, so they chose to attack on one side.

Prey wanted to see the methods used by the Mo family to attack the city. If he could survive for a few days and escaped, he would at least explain to the King of Yue.The Yue people are cruel, fathers and sons and brothers even slaughtered, what's more, the nobles and ministers have lost their fiefs and have no foundation. They can't just run away in a day.

I didn't expect the Mohists to say that today's broken city is today's broken city, and all Mohists keep their promises, but who ever thought that such a thing can also keep their promises?Is breaking the city as simple as eating and drinking water?

You can't defend it, you don't need to think about the inner city, and it's not as strong as the outer city.The Mohist volunteer broke the outer city and shook the world, and declared the inner city undefendable.

Fortunately... Mo Zhe seems to be quite pedantic, and he did not attack the city immediately, but chose to slowly line up at the top of the city.

In the eyes of the bird of prey, it seems to have given him an opportunity to take advantage of.

(End of this chapter)