creak... The lever support of the giant catapult rubbed against the bearing and made a thorny scream. The twisting force of the thick hemp rope made the catapult at the tail quickly rise into the air, Bang!A large stone immediately flew into the air.
Guo Shao and several military generals patrolled everywhere on horseback.
The water in the moat has dried up, and more and more stone-throwing cars and ladders have been driven out and sent to the front line. The whole wilderness is filled with spectacular noise.
There was originally a lot of land in the south of the city, but now it has been trampled into a plain wasteland by countless people, and the crops are gone.
Only from a long distance can you see some undestroyed paddy fields, leaving only rice piles; the rice was harvested by Zhou soldiers as military rations.
They rode their horses and walked slowly for most of the day before they circled around the south of the city from the east and reached the northwest of the city.
Nowadays, the main thing is to siege the catapults. In addition to damaging the walls on the walls, some soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty can be killed and injured from time to time. Although it is slow, it is constantly consuming the opponent's troops.
If the Southern Tang army showed signs of retreating from the wall, Guo Shao's generals would arrange for a feint attack.
These are just small fuss.In order to satisfy the people above, and the river water of the moat has dried up, Guo Shao and other generals are planning a general attack from three sides.
The ladder is not enough, wait a few more days.Guo Shao couldn't help but say that once the attack was attacked, the ladder would be damaged and consumed very quickly, and he must be fully prepared.
The Southern Tang Dynasty used oil, which was indeed a powerful weapon to defend the city, but Guo Shao didn't know where they dug it up.In this era, open-pit oil mines can only be mined, and cannot drill wells.
Li Chuyun also followed Guo Shao around the city many times. For them, they might be more familiar with the outside of Shouzhou City than their own homes.
The city walls surrounded the city with an approximately square shape, with Feishui to the north and Bagong Mountain on the other side.
The estimated distance Guo Shao and others walked was at least fifteen miles in circumference; one wall was three or four miles long.
At this time, Li Chuyun said: Lord, I remembered a reminder: In addition to thinking about how to attack the city, we also have to defend, beware of Liu Renzhan rushing out of the city to attack us.
After hearing this, a general laughed and said: The Southern Tang army was defeated repeatedly, so he relied on huddling into a strong city.This Shouzhou City has become an isolated city. Do they still dare to come out to fight?Anyway, I don't believe it!
But that's Liu Renzhan!Li Chuyun emphasized that to defeat his opponent, he must first respect his opponent, not to mention that Liu Renzhan is a military general worthy of respect, and he is just his master.
Guo Shao said: I think Brother Li is right. Although there are many people siege in the city, most of them are soldiers in the town and village, and there are also a large number of civilians who have not been trained in the battle formation. There are loopholes in their original situation and we must be more careful.Brother Li looked at it, is there any inappropriate things in our army's fortifications?
Li Chuyun said: These fortifications were built by his predecessor and the government has also inspected them. Any experienced general will be besieged in this way.There is no problem with the fortifications. I am just worried about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers when they are attacked.
Although I am the left-wing chief of the Hujie Army, I only have 6,000 people from the First Army and the Second Army.The rest of the troops are in the hands of Li Chongjin, not in Shouzhou.Guo Shao said, Li Jixun, the commander of the Infantry Division of the Guards, had as many as 20,000 elite infantry and cavalrymen... In the northwest, the direction of the Huai River, you can see a large area of camp in the past, which is the right wing station.
Li Chuyun said softly: Li Jixun wanted to wait there to fight the reinforcements of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
After everyone heard this, everyone understood it... Li Jixun's troops had never come to Shouzhou City.
Guo Shao frowned and said: I will go to the right camp in person after a while and ask Li Jixun to mobilize troops to the front line to garrison.After all, if it is really attacked by the Shouzhou soldiers, Li Jixun is responsible for stationing so far.
All I can do is to try.Li Chuyun nodded and said, "The outer front line of Shouzhou City is so long, not counting the Feishui River in the north, but it is more than ten miles from east, west and south. If the 6,000 troops are divided into garrisons, the strength will be too thin."
After hearing this, Guo Shao felt that there was a loophole the more he thought about it. He immediately rushed to the Hujie Army's right camp... In order to show his sincerity, he did not send people, but went to invite troops in person.
I rushed to the middle of the night and arrived at the camp of the middle army in the right wing in the middle of the night. I waited until dawn to see Li Jixun.
But Li Jixun said that Guo Shao was a mediocre person. Guo Du was in a wing capital, and his troops were 100,000, so he could not capture the city. He was still afraid that the defenders in the city would attack you in turn?Is this still reasonable?
There was a general next to him who even laughed: Guo Dushi must think that he is Han Xin... Haha, Han Xin leads more troops, the better.Another person said: In Huainan, our dynasty won consecutive battles. If Guo Du was really defeated by the defenders who were huddled into the city, it would be really famous for the entire army!
Guo Shao came here in person, ran for half the night and was frozen outside for half the night, and he was very annoyed at this time.
After he and his personal soldiers left the camp, he couldn't help but turn around and curse: You are paralyzed!The generals and soldiers also scolded: Who are his subordinates?
Back at the front camp under the city, Li Chuyun heard that the right wing refused to mobilize troops to defend, so he could only sigh and say nothing.
Guo Shao was also embarrassed and said: If someone was sent to ask Li Chongjin for instructions, it would probably be impossible.
Li Chuyun said: For the sake of the present, the only way is to let the First Army and the Second Army be stationed in the southeast and southwest corners, so that a group of people can reinforce nearby when attacked anywhere... In addition, the "soldiers" eliminated from the army in front of the palace are quite useful. Some soldiers from the towns can also fight, choose to assemble into an army and deploy them in various locations.
Guo Shao thought he was kind, so he ordered the two troops of the Hujie Army to change their places to station, and then summoned generals from all over the country to discuss matters to deploy attack and defense methods.
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Liu Renzhan also patrolled the city walls every day. After watching for several days, he finally couldn't help but discuss with the generals: If I leave the city, I will definitely defeat the Zhou army.
The general dissuaded on the grounds that he did not get the answer from the peak.
Everyone doesn’t want to go out of the city to attack... Damn, the city is like a vast ocean, and the camp is in a sea, so I’m afraid there are 100,000 or 200,000 people?
There are still many tents from the Huaishui River from a distance, and it is hard to see how many people there are.
The disparity in troops is too great, and everyone thinks it is not easy to be able to defend the city for two months.
Liu Renzhan has been observing for a long time, and then he never listened to the suggestions of the generals again. He said with all his might: If you defend the city, you will die!These days, the Zhou army logged a large amount of wood from Bagong Mountain and made so many siege equipment, so they must be prepared to attack Shouzhou.Wait for them to attack?It may not be the way to defend the city.
Liu Renzhan pointed to the northwest camp again and said: There must be Li Chongjin's elite guards there. The camp tents are much better than the soldiers under the city. The base is so far away that they cannot save each other.This autumn is a cool and refreshing atmosphere. Just when the troops are being ordered on the battlefield, we can take the initiative to attack in any situation that is beneficial to me. It is the time for the siege to be in harmony with Li Chongjin, and our army is united, so it is harmony among people. When our army attacks, we can choose any place from each sect, so it is advantageous for the place.The right time, place, people and people have all taken over, and they dare not use troops. Wouldn't the world laugh at me for being timid?
He also said: There are many soldiers in the Zhou army, but the elite troops are still holding the troops and watching the fire across the river. The troops under the city are nothing but the same, so don’t be afraid.
Although the generals were still worried, they believed that Liu Renzhan, who was extremely prestigious, would be convinced after hearing this.
Liu Renzhan then ordered his determination to go to war, and selected elite infantry cavalry from the army and prepared quietly.He also appointed his own son Liu Chong as the chief vanguard and led his elite troops to prepare for attack.
Liu Renzhan once again paid attention to the deployment of Zhou army for a whole day and made a decision: the elite soldiers left the city from Dinghu Gate (west). After succeeding, they first burned the equipment beside the Feishui River, then turned around and attacked south, then burned the siege equipment on the front, and then entered the city from Tongfei Gate (south).
He pointed to a camp in the southwest corner again: This group of people and horses seemed to have strict military disciplines, or a war-capable army, and catch him off guard first, and disperse his camp, so that they should not let them gather together.
Liu Renzhan stood high above the city tower, pointing his hand away, and brushing his sleeves as if pointing at the heaven and earth.
He stood tall and looked up in the wind. The thousands of troops under the city seemed to be not the crowd that could threaten him, and had already been stepped under his feet.
At this moment, Liu Renzhan frowned and saw the Zhou army general wandering around that day. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Liu Renzhan still recognized the guy... he was the person who was riding a horse to the city and trying to shoot himself with a bow and arrow.
Many generals of the Zhou Dynasty were good at shooting. Legend has it that a general of the Zhou army shot and killed the defending generals on the city wall at a distance of more than 200 steps. Liu Renzhan felt that there was a difference in this matter, but it was just an exaggeration in the distance.
He didn't want to play such tricks with the other general.
I brought the crossbow over here, and I saw if he dared to approach.Liu Renzhan immediately ordered.
The general seemed to have discovered Liu Renzhan again, sitting up and looking up.Liu Renzhan also frowned and looked at him, and the two looked at each other from afar.
But this time the general did not come, and Liu Renzhan ordered his generals to curse and incite him.I saw the man immediately stretching his hand next to his ear and facing him, as if he was trying to tell that he couldn't hear clearly.
Liu Renzhan couldn't help but mutter: In two days, I will let you have a great experience and be scheming with you again.
He ignored it and ordered Liu Chong to select elite soldiers and generals from various departments, gather the army in the west of the city, and prepare for action at any time.
However, when will the city be opened to attack, Liu Renzhan must observe and capture the opportunity he thinks is favorable.
At this time, the sun had gradually dropped to the horizon, and the Zhou army's catapults fired one after another.
Those tall and heavy equipment are erected in the afterglow of the sunset, forming black shadows, and some levers are still rotating... At this time, if anyone has seen the oil harvester on the oil well, he will definitely think of the scene of the setting sun on the oil well.
Guo Shao and several military generals patrolled everywhere on horseback.
The water in the moat has dried up, and more and more stone-throwing cars and ladders have been driven out and sent to the front line. The whole wilderness is filled with spectacular noise.
There was originally a lot of land in the south of the city, but now it has been trampled into a plain wasteland by countless people, and the crops are gone.
Only from a long distance can you see some undestroyed paddy fields, leaving only rice piles; the rice was harvested by Zhou soldiers as military rations.
They rode their horses and walked slowly for most of the day before they circled around the south of the city from the east and reached the northwest of the city.
Nowadays, the main thing is to siege the catapults. In addition to damaging the walls on the walls, some soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty can be killed and injured from time to time. Although it is slow, it is constantly consuming the opponent's troops.
If the Southern Tang army showed signs of retreating from the wall, Guo Shao's generals would arrange for a feint attack.
These are just small fuss.In order to satisfy the people above, and the river water of the moat has dried up, Guo Shao and other generals are planning a general attack from three sides.
The ladder is not enough, wait a few more days.Guo Shao couldn't help but say that once the attack was attacked, the ladder would be damaged and consumed very quickly, and he must be fully prepared.
The Southern Tang Dynasty used oil, which was indeed a powerful weapon to defend the city, but Guo Shao didn't know where they dug it up.In this era, open-pit oil mines can only be mined, and cannot drill wells.
Li Chuyun also followed Guo Shao around the city many times. For them, they might be more familiar with the outside of Shouzhou City than their own homes.
The city walls surrounded the city with an approximately square shape, with Feishui to the north and Bagong Mountain on the other side.
The estimated distance Guo Shao and others walked was at least fifteen miles in circumference; one wall was three or four miles long.
At this time, Li Chuyun said: Lord, I remembered a reminder: In addition to thinking about how to attack the city, we also have to defend, beware of Liu Renzhan rushing out of the city to attack us.
After hearing this, a general laughed and said: The Southern Tang army was defeated repeatedly, so he relied on huddling into a strong city.This Shouzhou City has become an isolated city. Do they still dare to come out to fight?Anyway, I don't believe it!
But that's Liu Renzhan!Li Chuyun emphasized that to defeat his opponent, he must first respect his opponent, not to mention that Liu Renzhan is a military general worthy of respect, and he is just his master.
Guo Shao said: I think Brother Li is right. Although there are many people siege in the city, most of them are soldiers in the town and village, and there are also a large number of civilians who have not been trained in the battle formation. There are loopholes in their original situation and we must be more careful.Brother Li looked at it, is there any inappropriate things in our army's fortifications?
Li Chuyun said: These fortifications were built by his predecessor and the government has also inspected them. Any experienced general will be besieged in this way.There is no problem with the fortifications. I am just worried about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers when they are attacked.
Although I am the left-wing chief of the Hujie Army, I only have 6,000 people from the First Army and the Second Army.The rest of the troops are in the hands of Li Chongjin, not in Shouzhou.Guo Shao said, Li Jixun, the commander of the Infantry Division of the Guards, had as many as 20,000 elite infantry and cavalrymen... In the northwest, the direction of the Huai River, you can see a large area of camp in the past, which is the right wing station.
Li Chuyun said softly: Li Jixun wanted to wait there to fight the reinforcements of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
After everyone heard this, everyone understood it... Li Jixun's troops had never come to Shouzhou City.
Guo Shao frowned and said: I will go to the right camp in person after a while and ask Li Jixun to mobilize troops to the front line to garrison.After all, if it is really attacked by the Shouzhou soldiers, Li Jixun is responsible for stationing so far.
All I can do is to try.Li Chuyun nodded and said, "The outer front line of Shouzhou City is so long, not counting the Feishui River in the north, but it is more than ten miles from east, west and south. If the 6,000 troops are divided into garrisons, the strength will be too thin."
After hearing this, Guo Shao felt that there was a loophole the more he thought about it. He immediately rushed to the Hujie Army's right camp... In order to show his sincerity, he did not send people, but went to invite troops in person.
I rushed to the middle of the night and arrived at the camp of the middle army in the right wing in the middle of the night. I waited until dawn to see Li Jixun.
But Li Jixun said that Guo Shao was a mediocre person. Guo Du was in a wing capital, and his troops were 100,000, so he could not capture the city. He was still afraid that the defenders in the city would attack you in turn?Is this still reasonable?
There was a general next to him who even laughed: Guo Dushi must think that he is Han Xin... Haha, Han Xin leads more troops, the better.Another person said: In Huainan, our dynasty won consecutive battles. If Guo Du was really defeated by the defenders who were huddled into the city, it would be really famous for the entire army!
Guo Shao came here in person, ran for half the night and was frozen outside for half the night, and he was very annoyed at this time.
After he and his personal soldiers left the camp, he couldn't help but turn around and curse: You are paralyzed!The generals and soldiers also scolded: Who are his subordinates?
Back at the front camp under the city, Li Chuyun heard that the right wing refused to mobilize troops to defend, so he could only sigh and say nothing.
Guo Shao was also embarrassed and said: If someone was sent to ask Li Chongjin for instructions, it would probably be impossible.
Li Chuyun said: For the sake of the present, the only way is to let the First Army and the Second Army be stationed in the southeast and southwest corners, so that a group of people can reinforce nearby when attacked anywhere... In addition, the "soldiers" eliminated from the army in front of the palace are quite useful. Some soldiers from the towns can also fight, choose to assemble into an army and deploy them in various locations.
Guo Shao thought he was kind, so he ordered the two troops of the Hujie Army to change their places to station, and then summoned generals from all over the country to discuss matters to deploy attack and defense methods.
……
Liu Renzhan also patrolled the city walls every day. After watching for several days, he finally couldn't help but discuss with the generals: If I leave the city, I will definitely defeat the Zhou army.
The general dissuaded on the grounds that he did not get the answer from the peak.
Everyone doesn’t want to go out of the city to attack... Damn, the city is like a vast ocean, and the camp is in a sea, so I’m afraid there are 100,000 or 200,000 people?
There are still many tents from the Huaishui River from a distance, and it is hard to see how many people there are.
The disparity in troops is too great, and everyone thinks it is not easy to be able to defend the city for two months.
Liu Renzhan has been observing for a long time, and then he never listened to the suggestions of the generals again. He said with all his might: If you defend the city, you will die!These days, the Zhou army logged a large amount of wood from Bagong Mountain and made so many siege equipment, so they must be prepared to attack Shouzhou.Wait for them to attack?It may not be the way to defend the city.
Liu Renzhan pointed to the northwest camp again and said: There must be Li Chongjin's elite guards there. The camp tents are much better than the soldiers under the city. The base is so far away that they cannot save each other.This autumn is a cool and refreshing atmosphere. Just when the troops are being ordered on the battlefield, we can take the initiative to attack in any situation that is beneficial to me. It is the time for the siege to be in harmony with Li Chongjin, and our army is united, so it is harmony among people. When our army attacks, we can choose any place from each sect, so it is advantageous for the place.The right time, place, people and people have all taken over, and they dare not use troops. Wouldn't the world laugh at me for being timid?
He also said: There are many soldiers in the Zhou army, but the elite troops are still holding the troops and watching the fire across the river. The troops under the city are nothing but the same, so don’t be afraid.
Although the generals were still worried, they believed that Liu Renzhan, who was extremely prestigious, would be convinced after hearing this.
Liu Renzhan then ordered his determination to go to war, and selected elite infantry cavalry from the army and prepared quietly.He also appointed his own son Liu Chong as the chief vanguard and led his elite troops to prepare for attack.
Liu Renzhan once again paid attention to the deployment of Zhou army for a whole day and made a decision: the elite soldiers left the city from Dinghu Gate (west). After succeeding, they first burned the equipment beside the Feishui River, then turned around and attacked south, then burned the siege equipment on the front, and then entered the city from Tongfei Gate (south).
He pointed to a camp in the southwest corner again: This group of people and horses seemed to have strict military disciplines, or a war-capable army, and catch him off guard first, and disperse his camp, so that they should not let them gather together.
Liu Renzhan stood high above the city tower, pointing his hand away, and brushing his sleeves as if pointing at the heaven and earth.
He stood tall and looked up in the wind. The thousands of troops under the city seemed to be not the crowd that could threaten him, and had already been stepped under his feet.
At this moment, Liu Renzhan frowned and saw the Zhou army general wandering around that day. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Liu Renzhan still recognized the guy... he was the person who was riding a horse to the city and trying to shoot himself with a bow and arrow.
Many generals of the Zhou Dynasty were good at shooting. Legend has it that a general of the Zhou army shot and killed the defending generals on the city wall at a distance of more than 200 steps. Liu Renzhan felt that there was a difference in this matter, but it was just an exaggeration in the distance.
He didn't want to play such tricks with the other general.
I brought the crossbow over here, and I saw if he dared to approach.Liu Renzhan immediately ordered.
The general seemed to have discovered Liu Renzhan again, sitting up and looking up.Liu Renzhan also frowned and looked at him, and the two looked at each other from afar.
But this time the general did not come, and Liu Renzhan ordered his generals to curse and incite him.I saw the man immediately stretching his hand next to his ear and facing him, as if he was trying to tell that he couldn't hear clearly.
Liu Renzhan couldn't help but mutter: In two days, I will let you have a great experience and be scheming with you again.
He ignored it and ordered Liu Chong to select elite soldiers and generals from various departments, gather the army in the west of the city, and prepare for action at any time.
However, when will the city be opened to attack, Liu Renzhan must observe and capture the opportunity he thinks is favorable.
At this time, the sun had gradually dropped to the horizon, and the Zhou army's catapults fired one after another.
Those tall and heavy equipment are erected in the afterglow of the sunset, forming black shadows, and some levers are still rotating... At this time, if anyone has seen the oil harvester on the oil well, he will definitely think of the scene of the setting sun on the oil well.
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