Chapter 1896: The Challenge of the Attack and Defense of Yanjing (5)
Chapter 1896 The Challenge of the Attack and Defense of Yanjing (5)
Chapter 1894: Challenges of Yanjing Attack and Defense (5)
After hearing what happened to Sun Lingming, Xue Rengui and Lu Bu understood that the Han army had a way to restrain the fierce general.
Among the Qin army, in terms of physical strength alone, Sun Lingming is definitely second only to Li Cunxiao. But even Sun Lingming, who possesses the indestructible power of the Vajra, cannot climb the tower under Li Ling's crossbow stone tactics, not to mention that his physical strength is not as good as Sun Lingming's. where are they.
There are now more than 400 catapults, 3,000 crossbows, and tens of thousands of crossbows in Yanjing City. There are so many city defense equipment. If the three of them are attacked, they will indeed not be able to climb the tower.
“Brother Su, your self-created crossbow stone warfare method has now become a sharp weapon for the enemy. Is this considered self-inflicted?” Xue Rengui said with a look of resentment.
Once Su Dingfang’s crossbow-stone strategy came out, no matter how strong the generals were, their role in siege warfare was greatly reduced.
Logically speaking, this is a good thing, but you must know that the Qin Army is the country with the most powerful generals. Among the 72 powerful generals on the general list, more than half are Qin Army generals.
Therefore, Su Dingfang’s self-created crossbow-stone warfare method not only failed to hit the enemy first, but instead put shackles on his own generals, and the Qin army became the country that was most affected.
After hearing Xue Rengui’s complaints, Su Dingfang also smiled bitterly.
He didn't think that much, he just wanted to kill the great master Yuan Shoucheng as soon as possible. How could he know that the crossbow stone method would spread so quickly and be used by the enemy against his own people.
The tactics he invented were copied by his opponents and used against him, but he had nothing to do.
At this time, Su Dingfang was naturally in an extremely uncomfortable mood, as disgusting as stepping on dog **** when he just went out.
"Yanjing City is already easy to defend but difficult to attack. The enemy forces are still united and it is too difficult to break through by force." Su Dingfang said solemnly.
"What should we do? Do we want to besiege and not attack, which will consume the food and grass in the city?" Lu Bu asked.
“This is a good thing to note. Once the food and grass in the city are exhausted, Yanjing can be captured without spending a single soldier.” Sun Lingming said with a smile.
“What a fart, do you know how long our army needs to besiege the city to exhaust all the food and grass in Yanjing City?” Xue Rengui said angrily.
“How long?” Sun Lingming asked in confusion.
"Seventy percent of the aristocratic families in Youzhou are in Yanjing City, and Liu Che's daily grain distribution system has taken away all the food and grass from the aristocratic families. Now the food in Yanjing City can last for at least a year if you save some food. "For a long time." Su Dingfang said calmly.
“What? One year?”
Lu Bu and Sun Lingming exclaimed at the same time.
Besieging a city will deplete the local food and grass. It is indeed a good way to defeat the enemy without fighting, but it is also a burden on one's own food and grass consumption.
Yanjing can defend the city for a year, but the Qin army cannot besiege the city for a year, because the Qin army's goal before starting the war is to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty before winter.
The five armies of the Qin Army attacked Youzhou. In less than a month, the Northern Han Dynasty was defeated by only six cities, and the temperature became colder and colder.
There is not much time left for the Qin army. How about besieging Yanjing for a year? This is something Qin Hao would never allow.
"Then we can only attack by force." Lu Bu said helplessly.
"Don't be in a hurry. Let's go and challenge first. If the Han army dares to fight, we can take the opportunity to kill the generals to lower the morale of the Han army. It will be easier to attack the city." Su Dingfang said.
"What if the Han army refuses to fight and is just a turtle?" Sun Lingming asked.
Su Dingfang's eyes flashed with a strange look, and he smiled lightly and said, "The commander will have other methods when the time comes."
Lu Bu and Sun Lingming stood up together, clasped their fists and asked for battle: "The last general, please order us to fight."
"No."
Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "You can't." "Why?"
"The strength of the two generals is too strong. If either of you goes to challenge, the Han army will not fight. It is better for me and General Xue Li to challenge."
Lu Bu and Sun Lingming were both stunned, and then looked helpless. Why is it that being too strong is not good enough?
"Brother Xue, let's go and follow me to meet Xue Gang." Su Dingfang said.
"good."
Su Dingfang ordered five thousand cavalry, and together with Xue Rengui, they led a challenge outside the north gate of Yanjing.
Yanjing City is three feet high and the walls are one and a half feet thick, which means it is ten meters high and six meters thick. With such a height and thickness, in this era, it was definitely the second largest city after Luoyang.
On the wall of the north gate, a catapult is placed every thirty meters, a crossbow is placed every twenty meters, and there are countless archers and crossbowmen.
Su Dingfang did a simple visual inspection and found that the number of catapults at the north gate exceeded one hundred.
If the other gates were arranged in this way, then the number of catapults in Yanjing City would be more than 400, which is not consistent with the number described in the intelligence.
Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui looked at each other and saw a dignified look in each other's eyes. This showed that catapults could be built in Yanjing City.
Although he didn’t know how many raw materials there were in the city and how many more planes could be built, the fact that the city was self-sufficient was enough to make Su Dingfang be more vigilant.
Since the Han army can build catapults, can they build other defensive equipment?
Su Dingfang took a long breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said calmly: "Go and challenge."
"good."
Xue Rengui rode his horse to the city gate, pointed the halberd at the city tower in the distance, and shouted: "Rebels, who dares to fight with me?"
There was an immediate commotion on the city tower, but it soon fell silent again, with no movement at all.
Xue Rengui shouted a few more times, but there was still no movement. Seeing this, Su Dingfang galloped out decisively and went to challenge himself as a general. Unexpectedly, the Han army still did not dare to fight.
“Father, Su Dingfang is the commander-in-chief of the 70,000-strong Qin army. Once he is killed, the morale of the Qin army will be greatly reduced. Father, please let your son go to war.”
Xue Kui couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to challenge Xue Gang, but Xue Gang sneered and said: "Idiot, this is Su Dingfang's plan. He put himself in danger just to lure you out.
The order is passed down, and the no-war card is hung high. No one can go to fight. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed. "
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Su Dingfang saw that the Han army not only did not leave the station, but also hung up the no-war card. Knowing that ordinary challenges would not attract the Han army, he immediately said: "Find a hundred people with loud voices to scold the war, and give Xue Gang to me." Swear it out."
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Soon, a hundred knights mounted their horses at the gate of the city and began to curse at the top of their lungs.
They not only scolded Xue Gang, but also scolded Liu Che, and the scolding was extremely vulgar, which made Xue Kui furious.
Xue Gang's face didn't look good either. He didn't care about being humiliated, but the Qin army under the city even humiliated Liu Che. He would die for humiliating him.
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