Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 186 Long Night and Many Dreams

Chapter 190

Huan Wen said helplessly: "The State of Wei is indeed short of food and unable to fight any more. The Central Plains has been devastated by decades of war, and its prosperity has long since ceased. Originally, Liang State (probably today's Shangqiu area) was the granary in Eastern Henan, but now, the grain output Unable to be self-sufficient, ten rooms and nine empties, piles of bones, horrible! It is easy to conquer Yuzhou, but it is difficult to govern, and Wei State does not have the strength to bear this heavy burden. What's more, Ran Ming must understand that we absolutely It will be a huge barrier, not an obstacle!"

It should be so, but Huan Wen didn't know what was going on, he was always restless!

Meng Jia pondered and said: "According to common sense, the general will benefit from cooperation with Wei, and harm from separation. However, there is another variable!"

"Variable" Huan Wen's expression changed when he heard the words, and he asked, "What variable?"

Meng Jia pointed to the side of the guide, and Huan Wen looked pensive.

Meng Jiadao: "In any case, the world still belongs to the Jin family, and the Sima family of the Jin family still occupies the name of righteousness. When Ran Min established Wei, he repeatedly asked to join the vassal in order to gain the legitimacy of his name. No matter how powerful Ran Min is, he owns Hebei, Yan, Luo, You, and Yu, but he is definitely not orthodox, without the name of righteousness. How many Wei State generals and ministers betrayed Ran Min and came to Jin. It is because Ran Min did not have a righteous order, Without righteousness, in the eyes of the world, Ran Min is just a slave who betrayed his master. However, there may be a turning point now. Since the death of Yin Hao, the entire army of the East Route Army was wiped out, and Cai Mo and Wang Shu could no longer fight with the generals. In order to check and balance the generals, I am afraid that Cai Mo, Wang Shu, and Sima Yu will choose to join forces with Wei to attack Duke Ming!"

This problem is also Huan Wen's shortcoming. Ran Min has no reputation for righteousness, and neither does he, Huan Wen. What makes him a little better than Ran Min is that he has the support of Jingzhou and Yangzhou gentry, as well as the affection for Huan Wen among the world's scholars. View is not bad.

"Wannian, is there any countermeasure?" Huan Wen asked nervously.

Meng Jia didn't take it seriously, and after glancing at Huan Wen, he said, "Don't worry, Duke Ming. We must do our best in this battle to hurt Wei Guo. If we are afraid of it, the battle will be over, and all problems will naturally be solved by then."

Huan Wen nodded. I am afraid that in order to deal with him, the Jin court will choose to give Wei a place in Dayi, and let Ran Min dominate the north with a legitimate name. In this way, I am afraid that the left-behind gentry in the north will spare no effort to support Ran Min.Given time, Ran Min will become a master.

Combined with the Wei army to attack him, he will break the only reliance and only hope of Sima Yu and others in the Jin Dynasty!
Huan Wen suddenly said: "If this battle is lost, what will happen?"

"If you lose, I'm afraid the future is not good!" Meng Jia's face showed worry. "If you lose, there will be no one else!"

The unhappiness on Huan Wen's face was wiped away, and he showed a resolute smile: "Wen will not be defeated, Wen is the destiny, Da Chuxing, Fu Ziwang."

On the eleventh day of the first month of the fourth year of Yongxing, Huan Wen joined Mao Husheng and Mao Anzhi's army. At this time, the strength of Huan Wen's troops in Xincheng increased to more than [-].

And with Wei Jun Zhang Yubu, there are only less than seven thousand left at this time!

Zhang Yu looked at the densely packed Jin army outside the city, with a distressed look on his face, "It seems that today, I'm waiting for more disasters!" "General, let's withdraw!" Le Hong asked nervously.

Zhang Yudao: "I've been wandering all these years, and I'm tired. I'm going to tell you this today. I'll die, otherwise, Yu won't be able to get out of the new city!" Le Hong wanted to persuade Zhang Yu again.

Shangguan En said: "No need, Xincheng is an important town in the south of Luoyang. His Royal Highness the King of Chu will not let me wait for the city to be lost. I am afraid that the reinforcements are already on the way. Maybe there are reinforcements near us, but they will It comes at critical moments.”

When Huan Wen arrived in Xincheng, he was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he ordered to attack Xincheng with all his strength at all costs.

The heavy task of siege fell on Mao Husheng without hesitation.

Mao Husheng held up the heavy shield with one hand, and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, attack!"

Countless soldiers of the Jin army rushed towards the new city like a tide. Zhang Yu saw this and passively ordered, "Shoot the arrows!"

The sound of "咻咻咻" pierced through the air, and most of Wei Jun's bows and arrows shot on the shield in front, and some of them hit the soldiers of the Jin army behind the shield.

At this time, the soldiers of the Jin army were all wearing thick double-layer leather armor, and the bows and arrows of the Wei army lost their strength after only shooting through the two-layer leather armor.Even the soldiers of the Jin army who were hit by the arrow did not stop.

Soon, countless siege ladders were erected on the city wall, and Zhang Yu shouted, "The rolling log...let it go!"

Under the city of Xincheng, countless rolling logs fell from the sky. Those rolling logs were all thick and nearly ten feet long, weighing more than three hundred kilograms.

Those rolling logs slammed on the soldiers of the Jin army, and there were screams from below the city!

Whenever hit by a log, the log will deal double damage to it.The first is the weight of the log, and the second is the barb on it, which penetrates into the meat and will lift a large piece of flesh when it is recovered.

After only half an hour of fighting, the city was strewn with corpses and broken limbs.But at this time, no one cared.

After all, siege warfare is the most tragic war of attrition. At this time, no strategy or method can be used. The two sides are fighting for strength and perseverance!

Under the city of Xincheng, the archers of countless soldiers of the Jin army knelt on the ground and shot upwards towards the top of the city. Countless soldiers of Zhang Yubu, who were unprepared, were also shot by arrows. However, because the winter was too cold, the soldiers of both sides wore two or even three layers of Leather clothes, these are real leather clothes, not only can keep out the cold, but also better protect yourself!

Quite a few soldiers were hit by arrows on both sides, some exaggeratedly hit more than a dozen arrows, but it didn't affect their combat effectiveness at all.

Soon, the generals of both sides found that the attack power of bows and arrows was greatly reduced at this time, which was not directly proportional to the cost performance of archers. In desperation, the two sides agreed to stop shooting bows and arrows.

Mao Husheng watched Fuyi's failure to attack the city, turned his head and shouted: "catapult, follow up, Jinglan chariot attack!"

When the ancient Chinese army was fighting, they generally did not carry the bulky trebuchets and well rail carts. They were temporarily built by logging nearby after arriving at the destination.Mao Husheng and Mao Anzhi failed to attack Xincheng, so they built [-] trebuchets and ten Jinglan carts outside the Xincheng.

In the past, heavy siege weapons such as Jinglan carts were also inconvenient to move.But now the world of ice and snow has brought spring to this heavy machine!
The Jinglan car that Mao Husheng asked to build is not even an ordinary car. It has no wheels at all, but only two beams underneath, like a huge sled, sliding forward on the snow-covered ground!

When Zhang Yu saw the ten Jinglan cars, his scalp also felt numb!

Although the power of bows and arrows has dropped drastically at this time, if the Jin army shoots suppressively at the head of Xincheng from the Jinglan car, or directly stretches out the boom to attack the city, it will inevitably enter hand-to-hand combat!

Looking at the neatly lined Jin army soldiers behind him, especially the indifferent attitude on his face, Shangguan En felt heavy pressure.

He came to Zhang Yu and clasped his fists and said, "General, it's very strange. If the troops below were not wearing Jin army uniforms, I would have thought it was Zhao Jun!"

Zhang Yu deliberately pretended to be relaxed and said: "This is not surprising. Ever since Huan Wen wiped out the Chenghan regime, the Jin army has regained its strong self-confidence. Thinking about how the Jin Dynasty was established, why was it afraid of the barbarians? It was still one of the eight kings. After so many years of infighting, all the soldiers who could fight have died, and the remaining ones are bound to lose in every battle. That's why Hu's face changed and he was timid before fighting, which caused this situation. It's sad, sad sigh!"

Shangguan En nodded and said: "We are also Han Chinese, hehe, under the leadership of His Majesty, our army of Great Wei destroyed the Xiongnu and defeated Jiezhao. It is such a joy to retreat from Xianbei and be invincible!"

Zhang Yu seems to be talking to himself: "Your Majesty, Bingzhou has been pacified, and Cui Tong and Jinyang City have been killed. How naive Cui Tong is, he thinks that he can rest easy with the Xianbei people as his backing, but unfortunately, Cui Tong does not." I know that if he takes refuge in the Jin Dynasty and becomes a Jin official with peace of mind, His Majesty may be able to tolerate him. He actually took refuge in the Xianbei people, and he can only die faster by taking refuge in the Jin Dynasty!"

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yu continued: "I surrendered to Jin, but Jin couldn't tolerate our surrenders. Qin and a certain have a sworn feud. The world is so big that we have no room for us except Great Wei." So. In this battle, I have no choice but to fight to the death. If I become a loyal minister of the Great Wei, if I repeat it again, I will become a family slave of the three surnames."

At this time, the Jinglan cart of the Jin army had advanced eighty steps to the new city.

At the same time, thirty trebuchets of the Jin army began to throw boulders.

"Peng" a boulder slammed into the new city wall, and stone chips flew.Standing on the gate tower, you can clearly feel the tremor of the city wall under your feet.

Zhang Yu stood behind the female wall with a serious look on his face.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

Disgraced by a boulder, Zhang Yu shouted angrily, "The trebuchet strikes back!"

The new city is the goal that Ran Ming wanted to give up in the layout, so there are no Wei Jun's heavy return cannons in the new city, nor the eight-ox crossbow, and some are just some old trebuchets. The army has the advantage!

And yes, a more spectacular scene appeared on the battlefield.Huge boulders flew back and forth in the sky, and the roaring boulders caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers on both sides.

Obviously, the terrain on the city wall is narrow, and there are relatively few trebuchets, which are less powerful.In this round of catapult shooting, Zhang Yubu of the Wei Army quickly fell to the disadvantage. More than a dozen old catapults in Xincheng City were either destroyed by the Jin army, or went on strike during the war due to poor maintenance!

However, Zhang Yubu was not without any results, at least they also hit three Jinglan vehicles.

(End of this chapter)