Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 751

Chapter 756
In history, Ran Zhi and Jiang Gan, the pair of partners, defended Yecheng for a hundred days.

After the food in the city was exhausted, if it hadn't been for Changshui Captain Ma Gu Kaicheng to abandon the surrender, we still know what the outcome would be.Ran Zhi immediately asked someone to fetch a big bowl, filled it with spirits, and the two swore to defend Yecheng together with blood.

To say that this Jiang Gan was also born in the army, led the army for a long time, dispatched troops and generals to command the city defense, he was indeed outstanding in everything.

In history, he was the one who played the most important role in defending Ye City. Ran Zhi's role was actually to stabilize people's hearts and dispatch food and grass.What's more, these aspects of using troops to defend the city are not something that a layman can master if he is proficient.

The siege began on April 23rd in Xia, and it lasted three months and 20 days until August ([-]th), when the Yan army entered Ye.

Ran Zhi was determined to live and die with the city, Pei Bi saw that Ran Zhi could not be persuaded, so he could only live and die with him with the will to die.Ran Min also seemed to have lost his patience.On Shuchen Day in November of the second year of Kaiyuan, Ran Min sent Ran Ming and Ji Wei to attack Yecheng.

In fact, Ran Zhi lost his mind at this time, and only by suppressing it by force can the stability of Yecheng be maintained.

After all, war is war, you die or I live, it is not a trifling matter, let alone be soft-hearted.Although Ran Ming doesn't want a civil war, but when a civil war is inevitable, he will go all out to win the war.

Yecheng is the imperial capital of Wei State. Under the management of Cao Cao and Shihu, Yecheng is already a super strong city not weaker than Luoyang and Chang'an. It is two feet eight feet high and one foot eight feet thick. The city walls are even taller than ordinary inner cities.

As for the three-foot-high inner city within the city walls, the three-foot-eight-five-foot-high imperial city, and the three-foot-high palace city, these are destined not to be decorations. There are also four large and small urn cities, this strong city, there is no other way but to chew hard.

Therefore, the Wei army outside Yecheng began to build siege equipment, relying on [-] catapults and more than [-] eight-ox crossbows alone, it was not ordinary difficult to break through Yecheng.

Ran Ming invested 10 troops at one time, more than 24 civilians, and more than [-] people are building siege equipment in full swing, especially the kind of siege tower. In order to increase the speed of advancement, Ran Ming increased the original eight wheels to [-] wheels, this kind of siege tower like a five-story building, Ran Ming built more than [-] vehicles in one go.The lowest level is the soldiers who push the cart forward.The other four floors are loaded with combat soldiers for the siege.

The car is about four feet high, two feet four feet wide, and three feet seven feet long. It is covered with thick wooden boards from top to bottom. The boards are covered with two layers of raw cowhide. They are invulnerable to weapons, water and fire. one.Of course, the siege tower itself is extremely heavy, and it is very difficult to move it.

However, it was difficult for Ran Ming. In order to facilitate the movement of this siege tower, Ran Ming used the rail car invented by Qin Chao, and also prepared a parallel track for the siege tower.

For a while, Ran Ming couldn't find the corresponding rails, so he had to make a second choice and use red cedar as the rails. Fortunately, although this kind of siege tower is heavy, it is not so heavy as the heavy trucks of later generations. Abnormal weight of hundreds of tons.

Even with the soldiers on the siege tower and the eight-ox crossbow, the siege tower of Xiangyang Pao would definitely not exceed forty tons.

Ran Ming has already figured it out. This kind of siege tower is the heart of the siege before the artillery is officially put into use. Build bridges and pave roads.

The siege tower can use its own height, condescending, and use the drop to suppress and shoot at the city wall, or it can approach the city wall, using a pole similar to that in a water battle, to destroy the defensive facilities or armed personnel on the city wall.

The rackets on the siege towers are no worse than those on battleships. The boom of this kind of racket is only three feet long, and the weight is only eight hundred catties.Even if the racket rod is only [-] catties, if it is shot on anyone, it will be flat when it is cured.

As for equipment such as bed crossbows, eight-ox crossbows, and catapults, they were definitely accurate every time they were shot, and they would become a pile of fragments with one shot.

Of course, the role of the siege tower is not limited to this, it can also use the ladder above the siege tower to jump directly onto the city wall to fight.There is also a ladder under the siege tower, and the soldiers below can also climb up the city wall through the ladder.

Ran Ming also built as many as a dozen of the ramming vehicles that were more than ten feet long and needed to be made from two huge trees hugging each other.With such a heavy vehicle, there are almost no city gates that can withstand the impact of the vehicle, unless the gate is sealed with stones or sandbags.In addition to siege towers or siege vehicles, what Ran Ming builds most is the siege ladder.

This is different from an ordinary ladder in ancient film and television dramas.Although it is a ladder, it is the simplest ladder. If you count on this kind of ladder to attack the city wall, it will be no different from sending you to death.Such a ladder does not need to be smashed with rocks and logs at all, it only needs to be pushed out with a fork. I don't know how many people the enemy will have enough to fall.

Some types of ancient aerial ladders have wheels under them, which can be pushed, so they are also called "ladder carts". (The inventor is Lu Ban, Gongshu Pan).This kind of ladder not only has an anti-arrow shield, but also has a grapple directly on the city wall to prevent attacks from bows, arrows and forks. Of course, it also has a certain fire prevention function.

As for the Xiangyang cannon, there are even more countless.Ran Ming's plan is actually very simple. This is also the most common tactic in later generations, that is, deterrence by force. If there is no siege equipment, the defenders of Yecheng still have a fluke mentality, but Ran Ming uses countless attacks to attack the city. City equipment, but also to break through the inner line of defense of the defenders.

While building the siege equipment, Ran Ming did not forget to build a high platform for Ran Min. This high platform is nearly [-] square meters, and the platform is three feet above the ground, allowing Ran Min to have enough vision.

Of course, this is not a complete platform, but a fortress.The red cedar with the thick mouth of the bowl was buried three feet underground, and the exposed ground was also covered with hot water and wet mud. After the cold wind blew, this simple wooden fence was no different from iron and stone.There are also a large number of repelling horses arranged on the periphery of the platform. It is very difficult to destroy these repelling horses after they are watered and frozen.

Ran Min looked at the busy Ran Ming, and said excitedly, "Look, in this world, there is no one who is better at using weapons than the King of Qin. If I had so many weapons in the past, the soldiers would be less likely to leave." Lots of blood!"

Ji Wei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is the habit of His Highness the King of Qin. As early as in the Battle of Liantai, His Highness the King of Qin used that kind of horse trap with a thick bowl mouth. This kind of insignificant horse trap is placed in the An unsolvable problem facing the cavalry, giving up speed and marching slowly can avoid casualties, but the cavalry who loses speed becomes lambs at the mercy of spearmen. One is not the nemesis against the cavalry. Now, the King of Qin has produced a lot of siege equipment, especially the siege tower, which not only plays a great role in the siege, but if a few vehicles are deployed in the middle army in the field, they can be used when support is needed. The track sends the siege tower up, which is worth a thousand troops!"

"You can't imagine why the King of Qin would do this, right?" Ran Min said with a smile, "Once I asked the King of Qin why he wasted so much money and food on building so many instruments? Guess what he said?"

"How did he say?"

Ran Min said: "He said he was afraid of death, so he tried every means to build all kinds of equipment to ensure that he would not die!"

Ji Li was very speechless. After hearing this, he really didn't know how to judge Ran Ming.Ran Ming became famous as a child, but he didn't have the arrogance of being famous when he was young. If Ji Li and Ran Ming faced each other in front of the battle, Ji Li could guarantee to knock him down in one round, and capture him alive in at most three rounds.But if he were to lead an army against Ran Ming, Ran Ming would definitely have a thousand ways to beat him to death.

"Your Majesty, according to the sergeants who came here anyway, Jiang Gan has already arrived in Yecheng. Since he dared to come, he must be determined to die. I'm afraid this battle will not be easy!" Ji Li was silent for a while and said: "People will always change. Jiang Gan has changed. He has been fascinated by power. Jiang Gan must be crazy now. A lunatic will definitely bleed a lot in Yecheng!"

"There is no other way!" Ran Min said, "Jiang Gan dared to lead his troops here. There is only one possibility. He and Ran Zhi must be on the line of the Jin State. Although I don't know that the Jin State sent Jiang Gan What price is it, but if it can tempt my General Zhengnan, the price must not be low."

Ran Min suddenly stared at the huge sand table behind him. This sand table was assembled from more than 190 small sand tables, covering almost all counties and counties in Wei State.Ran Min stretched out his finger and said: "Jiang Gan's appearance in Yecheng is definitely not by accident. He either sold my Qingluo or the Heluo area. If that is the case, Zhang Wenke will be in danger! If Zhang Wen can't resist Jiang Qian and the Jin army's pincer attack, Nanyang will be lost, and if not done well, he will be lost!"

"Here is the key point. General Ji, you immediately lead Qingqi across the Yellow River from Baima Ferry, stationed in Dongjun, taking care of Liangjun and Xingyang Commanderies from east to west. This not only strangles Jiang Gan's way back to the south, but also prevents the Jin army from going north." Ran Min went on to say: "I don't have too many troops for you, so you need to put more pressure on you. You can hold on for at least a month. Until the king of Qin breaks Yecheng. When necessary, I will order the Jiaodong Kingdom. The Jiaodong Army still has [-] soldiers." The rest of the troops are all capable soldiers, and it will take at least a month for them to arrive at the battlefield after receiving my order, as long as the Jiaodong Army joins the battle, the only way for the Jin Army is to retreat!"

The situation at this time is very strange, Jin Dynasty must be flirting with Ran Zhi, but so far, Jin Dynasty's support for Ran Zhi has not yet appeared.Could it be Huan Wen's backer?Ran Min in Guanzhong will not be worried. Murong Ke has the ability to stabilize the place. Xie Ai, Zhang Ai, and Shi Yue are all wise and brave generals.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you are alive! You won't let a traitor go!" Ji Rong actually understood what Ran Min was thinking, and Ran Min must have taken advantage of Ran Zhi's opportunity to involve Jin.

Don't look at Ran Zhi making a fuss, in fact, he has lost his life.Maybe Ran Min thought of the love between father and son before and spared his life, but now Ran Zhi has gone all the way by himself.Even if Ran Min wanted to give him a way out, he couldn't.Ran Min has been the emperor of Wei State for eight years, and his prestige in Wei State is unmatched.If Ran Min wanted Jiang Gan's head, Jiang Gan's head would appear on Ran Min's desk the next day. Similarly, Ran Min could easily kill Ran Zhi.However, regardless of Ran Ming's great momentum, in fact, the battle of Yecheng could not be fought at all.Ran Min just made a gesture, cutting off the tentacles stretched out by the greedy Jin State, and casually expanded the border along the Huaihe River.

Yecheng in November is actually very cold, the howling cold wind is like a knife, cutting people's skin, making people unbearable to bear this ubiquitous cold.Especially Xie An, who grew up in the south, was even more unaccustomed to the cold in the north.Xie An was wearing a thick down jacket, almost turning into a penguin that couldn't move.Even so, Xie An still felt terribly cold.

Since Ran Zhi's coup, Xie An almost never went out, there was no other way, even if he wanted to go out, he couldn't stand the cold weather.Every day, Xie An would drink around the hot pot, drink warm rice wine, eat beef and mutton dipped in sauce, and live a very comfortable life.

But this pleasant day seems to be coming to an end, because a bad guest has started to come to the door.

Wang Meng entered Xie An's mansion with Tong Tao and Liu Ke, whom he brought along.Wang Meng did not conceal his identity on purpose, but his intention was malicious, that is, to pull Xie'an into the water.Don't let Xie An sit back and watch.

(End of this chapter)