Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1046
Chapter 1055

Wei Guo's trebuchets, since the appearance of Ran Ming, have been different from traditional trebuchets. This kind of trebuchet newly built in Stone City weighs no more than 150 catties. Using the principle of leverage, it can push a dozen or two Ten catties of things can be thrown more than a hundred steps away, and if you add the advantage of being condescending, you can fly far away.This kind of catapult machine is a "returning gun" type of equipment, which does not have the intensive penetrating power of a crossbow or the powerful impact force of a ballista. However, it is loaded with kerosene bombs, charcoal fire balls, etc., and it flies down after being ejected. , within [-] steps of the extension of the city wall, it was immediately filled with a sea of ​​flames.

“Wow wow wow”

There were screams and exclamations in the city, and some coal dust fell on the head. It would be fine if there was a helmet, but if it slipped into the collar, the whole back would be scalded and blistered.If it falls on the head and burns on the clothes, it will be even more difficult.If the coal dust is still mixed with oil, the screams of the people who are stained will be doubled.In the midst of flying coal dust, the eyes had to be closed to prevent being burned by the drift. Gesuyeddin's main force reacted quickly and could resist with their shields raised. Gul hadn't recovered from the defeat of the siege just now Gan and Gandhara's troops were a little messed up.

You must know that people may be fearless of death, but animals are naturally afraid of fire, especially this kind of covering blow, which frightened most of the horses of the Heda cavalry, and the out-of-control horses collided with each other and became a mess.

But at this time, Guo Shiyan's cavalry just came out through the city. If they only relied on the catapults on the city wall to attack, the Heda cavalry could easily control the chaos. Slow and steady.However, Guo Shiyan's troops rushed out of the city, which exacerbated the chaos.Seeing the chaos in Gandhara's tribe, Gaisuyeddin gave his main support to Gandhara's tribe. However, Guo Shiyan seemed to have the upper hand at this time, but he couldn't express his pain in his heart.

Although the Wei army had the upper hand at this time, when facing Yu Wenyi and his Western Region coalition forces, Guo Shiyan was able to lead the cavalry like a knife into tofu, but at this time it was like a hatchet chopping wood.Although the impact can move, every step consumes a lot of energy, and you must use momentum to move forward.

Guo Shiyan sighed, he missed the days when he had gunpowder bombs to assist in the battle. If he still had gunpowder bombs in his hand at this time, he could easily disrupt the enemy's formation and strangle them.But at this time can only rely on the knife.

However, with the passage of time, the bad roots of the nomadic troops began to appear. The nomadic people are brave, but they lack persistence, especially the Gandhara troops, who were frightened by Guo Shiyan. At this time, the troops appeared signs of collapse.But Guo Shiyan also felt obvious relief.

In Shule City, Major General Ye Xian, the temporary commander of the main force of the Anxi Army, said, "Brother Zijie, you said that General Liu made a mistake when he underestimated the enemy and was besieged?"

"Since Brother Ye said this, he must have something to say, right?" Niu Zijie said.

Ye Xian said: "What is the most difficult thing for my Han family to deal with the Hulu? Presumably you should be very clear about it?"

"The most difficult thing for the Hulu to deal with is naturally coming and going. They come and go without a trace." Niu Zijie said: "I will ask for a fight but he will not fight. If I relax a little, he will take the opportunity to rush in. If I attack, he will flee. Going into the frontier makes it difficult for us to pursue. If we want to pursue a large-scale pursuit, we must deploy a large force to search the desert and grassland. If the army is used for a short period of time, it will inevitably be useless. If the army is prolonged, the treasury will be empty. If the treasury is empty, internal troubles will arise again. The so-called Rong Qiuyi Defeated but hard to destroy is the most troublesome part of dealing with the Hulu."

"Yeah, easy to defeat but hard to destroy." Ye Xian said: "This is a difficult problem for the Han family to deal with the Hu people through the ages. From Li Mu to Huo Qubing, the reason why they can build miraculous achievements is not to destroy the enemy, but to wipe out the enemy! "

"You mean, General Liu was caught in the trap, this time on purpose?" Niu Zijie said, "I don't think it looks like it!"

"Whether it was intentional or not is not important anymore!" Ye Xian said: "Since the founding of our country, we have defeated many Hu people. The first emperor wiped out the 20 troops of Jiehu in three battles and three victories. Since then, Jiehu has become history. Victory over the Xiongnu is a disaster for the millennium-old Xiongnu of our Han family. Your Majesty fought against the Murong tribe of Xianbei. First, the main force of the Murong tribe of Xianbei attacked the Central Plains, and then the rear was cut off by His Majesty's surprise soldiers, so the Murong tribe could no longer turn around. As for Di Qin, the same is true, in the battle of Guanzhong, Di Qin's main force and elite troops were all lost in the first battle, so Di Qin is not a cause for concern."

A third-rate general can only pay attention to the battle in front of him, a second-rate general will consider the entire battle situation, but a genius with first-rate aptitude can see the details, and even focus on the whole world during the war!

Liu Ke, as Ran Ming's disciple, has won Ran Ming's true teaching.When he considers the problem, he no longer considers the problem purely from the military, but considers it from the perspective of military strategy and politics.Liu Ke pretended to be in the trap, put himself in a "difficulty", and used himself and the entire Anxi Army as bait, not only to lure the main force of the Heda Khanate to move eastward, Liu Ke's ideal place for a decisive battle, but also to try out the strength of the Kangju people. sincere.If the Kangju people were determined to take Wei's side, Liu Ke would not destroy Kangju.But Liu Ke also knows that the countries in the Western Regions are actually all grass on the wall. Wherever the wind blows, they will fall. As long as they deal with the Wei State together with the Heda people, Liu Ke will destroy the Kangju Kingdom and directly annex it. Whether it is people or the countries of the Western Regions, there will be nothing to say.

Ye Xiandao: "The current situation is an excellent opportunity. The Syr Darya River joins the Chirchik River, a tributary near Stone City. The river is turbulent. If it is in the dry season in winter, the main force of the Heda Khanate can calmly Cross the Syr Darya, but when summer comes, the water of the Syr Darya will explode. At that time, the Heda people who are not familiar with water will not be able to cross the Syr Darya at all! As long as we patrol the Syr Darya with a small amount of troops, It can make the Syr Darya a place of death for the Heda people!"

Niu Zijie said: "Are you going to lead the army around the Syr Darya?"

"It's not me, but you!" Ye Xian said with a smile: "In Shule, although there are more than [-] elite soldiers from our Anxi Army, but there are no decent generals left, so this time I have to order you It’s over. Leading a part of the [-]th Cavalry Division and most of the [-]th Cavalry Division, and merging them into a partial division of more than [-] cavalry, besieging the Syr Darya, do you have the confidence to complete the task?”

"I have [-] elites in my hands. Even the king's tent of the Heda Khanate dares to break in. Even if he can't kill the Khan of the Heda Khanate, at least he can retreat with his body!" Niu Zijie said: "As a Your Majesty's most loyal soldier, Zijie, was already prepared to be shrouded in horse leather!"

"Okay, this is my great Wei's good man!" Ye Xian said: "Your Majesty has an order that anyone who offends my great Wei will not return, and be killed!"

"Anyone who offends my great Wei will never return, kill him!"

On February 4799, 26 in the Yellow Emperor era, Ye Xian, the commander of Shule, appointed Lieutenant Colonel Niu Zijie as Major General Quan, and led the 39th and 37th divisions to set off from Shule, go southwest to the West Kunlun Mountains, and pass through Sare Kol Ridge enters the Murghab River.At the same time, Ye Xian led the 38th Division, the main force of the Anxi Army, in the lead, the [-]th Division in the middle, and the [-]th Division in the rear, carrying a large amount of luggage to attack Izumo Pass.

Since the defeat in the first battle against the city, Gaisuyeddin's face has put away his smile. When burning coals and fire oil were fired from the stone city, his face was so gloomy that water dripped out. When Guo Shiyan led the cavalry out of the city to attack Gai Suyedin When Suyeddin was defeated, Gaysuyeddin almost went crazy.When the results of the battle damage came out, Gesuyeddin was so angry that he couldn't even speak.

More than [-] people were killed, more than [-] soldiers were seriously injured, and tens of thousands were slightly injured.Even though Gesuyeddin has many soldiers and generals, he still feels a pain in the flesh.With a gloomy face, Gaisuyeddin walked towards Er Nayu's king's tent.

"My Khan, I have failed your trust!" Gesuyeddin said with grief and indignation: "I lost, and I lost very badly!"

The moment Gai Suyedin lowered his head, Er Nayu showed a strange smile on his face.It is said that the Heda Khanate was defeated, and Enagu, as the Khan of the Heda Khanate, should not be happy, but he is very happy at this moment.As emperors, they have always considered issues from a different angle than ordinary people. As long as they can keep their throne and ensure that they have an absolute say in the decision-making of national rights, they will not hesitate to kill people and cut land. Completely not under consideration, this is the so-called imperial mind.

At this time, the four great generals of the Heda Khanate, and the one-eyed god of war Gaisuyedin's power expanded too fast and too big, so big that he could already threaten the dominance of Enayu. At this time, Enayu must sit Can't stop, but Gaisuyedin suffered a defeat and lost nearly ten thousand pieces. Although this still couldn't support the foundation of Gaisuyedin, it allowed Ena to find a way to weaken Gaisuyedin.If Gaisuyeddin directly defeated the Anxi army with three strikes and five strikes, it would be the biggest bad news for Enagui.

However, Enayu is a khan after all, he still has a basic city, the smile on his face disappeared, and he showed a regretful look, "Gaisuyedin, my god of war, you will not be so small because of such a small Are you discouraged by small setbacks?"

"Wei Guoan's Western Army is too unexpected!" Gai Suyedin said: "If they are short of food for a whole winter, it is absolutely impossible for them to maintain such a strong combat effectiveness. Therefore, Gai Suyedin suspects that this is a conspiracy by the people of Wei. Known for their cunning!"

"Really?" Zhihu Jessie smiled and said, "Gaisuyeddin, stop making excuses, my strategy will not go wrong. Wei Guo from the east is different from the enemies we have encountered before. Their combat effectiveness is very strong. Our ally Yu Wenyi has brought the intelligence of Wei State long ago. He said that the strongest part of Wei State is not their cavalry, but their infantry. At the beginning, King Yan of Xianbei Yan State personally led 20 troops When the army went south to attack the State of Wei, it encountered the most fierce resistance from the Wei army, especially in the battle of Yishuihe, where hundreds of thousands of Yan troops were defeated with hatred. At that time, the cavalry of Wei State was less than [-], and its main force was infantry. Soldiers defeating cavalry is the housekeeping skill of the people of Wei. But have you seen them dispatching infantry now?"

"No, not a single infantryman appeared!" Jessie laughed and said, "The most powerful part of Wei's army is their crossbow formation. Once all the crossbows are fired, they are powerful enough to tear the world apart. How brave cavalry is, it is difficult Breaking through the crossbow array of the Wei army, in this battle, almost none of the Wei army's crossbows were dispatched. Why did the Wei Kingdom abandon their best crossbows? The reason is actually very simple, because launching a strong crossbow requires a lot of force, almost Every strong crossbow is as strong as our hard bows, because Wei is short of food, and their crossbowmen are too hungry to fire their crossbows!"

Gaisuyeddin heard that this was not the best state of Wei's army, and his will was a little depressed.In fact, this is also Liu Ke's strategy. Although Liu Ke carried a large amount of milk powder and compressed dry food, he never released it to the soldiers of the army. The physical strength of the Anxi Army officers and soldiers was very poor.There is no need to pretend, in fact, it can be seen from the [-]th Cavalry Division of the Anxi Army that although the soldiers of the army are skilled in their movements, their physical strength is obviously not good, especially the horses. A fat and strong war horse.

Gesuyeddin said: "I will not disappoint Khan tomorrow!"

"No need for tomorrow!" E Nagui said, "The siege will begin tonight."

"Siege the city overnight?" Gaisuyeddin asked in surprise, "Why?"

"The weather this year is very abnormal, and the snow melts faster than in previous years." E Nagu said: "Spring will definitely pass soon, and the summer here is very hot. If the stone city is not conquered by summer, we, the people of Heda The physical strength of the body will drop drastically, and [-]% of the fighting power will not be able to exert [-]%, and then the situation will be bad. We are not used to the hot summer, so we must take advantage of the cool spring and end the battle as soon as possible."

Liu Ke boarded the upper city wall and looked at the endless joint camp of the Heda Khanate army in the west. Almost all of the 25 troops were cavalry, so the tents of these cavalry were the kind of small tents used by nomads. Put the ball on the horse's buttocks, and open it when you want to use it, which is the most convenient.

Light up the lights to reflect the entire joint venture like stars.Chen Ben said: "It seems that not all the Heda people have arrived. They didn't bring siege equipment, so they should be still behind!"

"Maybe they didn't bring them at all!" Liu Ke said: "These nomads are different from us Han people. We will make the most of our siege equipment, such as trebuchets, nest vehicles, siege vehicles, arrow towers, goose carts, There are all kinds of ladder vehicles, but these nomads are different. They will take a very extreme way to drive out the people of the other side and carry out the most brutal siege with ants. This kind of siege can be said to kill two birds with one stone. The locals are almost dead, so they can plunder as much as they want when the enemy's resistance is weakest. If the general's prediction is not bad, the Heda cavalry will attack everywhere in the next few days and plunder Kang Ju people, treat them as cannon fodder, drive out Kangju people and attack the city!"

However, at this moment, a fire dragon began to appear in the Heda camp. This fire dragon gradually became larger, and tens of thousands of torches were very conspicuous in the dark night.Liu Ke said: "These Heda people are really slapping their faces. They can't even wait a few days, and they are going to attack the city now!"

Sure enough, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards Stone City with all their teeth and claws.Chen Ben quickly ordered: "The enemy attacked the city overnight, the whole army is ready, everyone is in position!"

Liu Ke said: "Everyone is a fucking lunatic, and the Heda people are really a fucking lunatic." Such cursing is useless except to vent one's anger. Attacking a city in the dark is very dangerous, but relatively speaking It can also make the defender unpredictable.

Yuwen's face was full of grief and indignation. He never thought that he would be carried in front of Er Nayu like a chicken. The vicious General Heda directly threw Yuwen in front of Er Nayu, and said coldly, "Siege the city!" , or die!"

Faced with the choice of life and death, Yu Wenyi chose life without backbone, so he slowly approached Stone City with his 4 to 200 remnants.Thirty to [-] people carried more than [-] simple ladders, which were all the siege equipment of Yuwen's department.If it was the Stone City guarded by the Kangju people, Yu Wenyi might as well be worried. Even if there is only a ladder, he is sure to capture the Stone City at the least cost. But now it is the Wei Army who controls the Stone City, so using this kind of siege It was suicide!

Even if it was suicide, Yu Wenyi had no other choice, he didn't want to die, so he had to send his soldiers to die!The first ones to fight were thousands of soldiers from Yuwen's Ministry carrying ladders and rushing towards the city wall, but it was a pity that the city wall began to throw fierce kerosene and burning coal, and thousands of fireballs fell from the air, within 150 steps of the city wall. Inside, an insurmountable sea of ​​flames formed. Thousands of soldiers of the Yuwen Army were frightened and hurriedly retreated. Unfortunately, just as they retreated, they encountered a rain of arrows from the supervising team of the Heda people. Thousands of soldiers died under the city soon under the joint attack of Wei soldiers and Heda cavalry.

"These Heda people are ruthless enough!" Chen Ben felt a little emotional, the great enemy of the Heda Khanate is really difficult to deal with, because he not only has many soldiers, but also has great soldiers!The Heda Khanate controlled a large enough territory and enslaved many people. They could use this kind of free cannon fodder to fight a war of attrition with Wei.

Liu Ke said: "This is their cannon fodder, and they are all brought up by the forced."

"But General Liu, we don't have much kerosene. We still have a lot of coal, but simply using coal won't have such a good effect!" Looking at the rapidly consumed kerosene, Chen Ben couldn't help becoming anxious.This time, Liu Ke used his plan. Not only did he not carry gunpowder, but he did not even carry too many crossbows. You must know that the crossbows of the eight-ox crossbows transported to Stone City were all compressed dry food. No one knows Anxi Army better than Chen Ben. There are millions of crossbows in the family property, and there are only three thousand crossbows for eight bulls. If it is just to defend the city, it can be used up if it is not used for three days.

With Chen Ben's intention to save fuel, the battle became more and more intense. The violent soldiers of the Yuwen Ministry also knew that if they retreated, they would be shot and killed mercilessly by the Heda people, and advancing seemed to be their only way out.As a result, these cannon fodders desperately launched a fierce attack, even if their whole bodies were burned by fierce fire oil, they still rushed forward.Losing the unlimited use of fierce fire oil, the sea of ​​fire under the city gradually began to shrink. At this time, many soldiers of the Yuwen Ministry put ladders on the city wall.

Seeing the possibility of victory, these cannon fodder became even crazier and braver. Even if the ladder was pushed down by the soldiers of the Wei army with a fork, they did not flinch. As long as they did not fall directly to death, as long as they could still move, they would continue to attack.Under this crazy attack, someone finally attacked the city wall and started a hand-to-hand battle with the soldiers of the Wei army, and the soldiers of the Wei army also began to suffer casualties.

(End of this chapter)