Chapter 202 Sound Strikes West When Qingji heard that Sun Wu had arrived, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted him in person, opened the city gate and welcomed Sun Wu and his party into the city.
Sun Wu is thinner than when he broke up, but his eyes are bright, and he has a completely different temperament from the past, which is the temperament of a soldier honed in the battlefield killing.
In the past, although he was full of military strategy, he never had the opportunity to personally lead the troops to practice, but now in the past few months, from training to leading the troops, he has personally planned and commanded several battles, and he has finally begun to mature.
Qingji was very happy to see him like this, there is no one in the world who is not trained and tempered, and is born a genius, a perfect person, and a saint.
If Confucius could be reused by a certain monarch when he traveled around the world, then there would be no Confucian saint in the world, and there was only one more inscription on the scroll of the Spring and Autumn Period: a certain country has a virtuous doctor, and the surname is Kong Mingqiu and the character Zhongni is just a few words.
Sun Wu is the same, since Qingji came back from the dead, Sun Wu's life course has also changed, Qingji was originally a little worried that he would change his life path because of himself, and there is one less volume of Sun Tzu's Art of War in the world, and there is one less soldier saint Sun Wu in history.
Today, that fear seems unwarranted.
Qingji and Sun Wu put their arms into the big tent, Sun Wu asked Qingji to take a seat, he stood solemnly in the tent, and then landed on one knee, and gave a military salute to Qingji with a fist: "Sun Wu violated Gongzi's military order and did not attack Gusu according to the previous plan, please punish Gongzi." ” Qingji hurriedly picked him up with both hands and said, "Changqing can't be like this, he will not be affected by the order of the monarch outside, I believe that there must be a reason for your decision to do so."
Come on, come on, sit down and talk. ” Sun Wu's eyes showed a touched look, Qingji pulled him to sit down at the same table, briefly said his situation in Chu State, and then asked about the situation in Wu State, and listened to Sun Wu tell that he lured his husband to Hanyi, and then with the help of several large salt farms in Qi State to transport troops from the sea, tossing and turning behind the enemy, avoiding the frontal enemy, and dispersing the whole process of assaulting under the city of Gusu, which was thrilling everywhere, and listened to the generals in the account.
When it comes to the impregnable situation of Gusu City, the faces of Qingji and Cover Yu, Jing Lin, Liang Huzi and others all became solemn.
Gongzi Yu said in surprise: "No wonder Ji Guang obeyed Wu Zixu's words, this person is really a talent, it took a year to build such a big city, it is really an unprecedented feat of my Wu Kingdom."
It's just that this time it must have exhausted the financial resources of my Wu Kingdom, no wonder Ji Guang seems to be poor and crazy, and he can't wait to move the entire Yingdu back to Wu Kingdom. ” Qingji glanced at him, and said in his heart: "Not only Wu Zixu is a talent, there are many talents in the Chu State, but it's a pity that the king of Chu is mediocre, and the ministers are in charge, and the loyal and capable people are either suppressed and have no way out, or the persecuted family is ruined." ” Ah Qiu touched the back of his head, and scolded hatefully: "This Wu Zixu is not a clever calculation, it is expected that after a year, Wu Guo should have today, otherwise if the original old city is used, he only needs to support a bamboo pole to jump on the city wall, his grandmother's, where does it take such effort" Sun Wudao: "That soldier may not be able to pinch the calculation, he is in a hurry to build this big city, just to stabilize Ji Guang's power."
Build this majestic and strong city, and promote the majesty of King Wu, this is one of them; Build a big city, concentrate the rich gentry and wealthy families across the country, monitor nearby, and prevent their dissenting intentions, which is the second; To build this big city, it is necessary to concentrate the young and strong labor of the whole country, and all these people should be concentrated in the capital to participate in the construction of the city, so as to prevent them from being subordinate to the prince and crusade against the usurper and traitor, thirdly; Once and for all, building a strong city is the foundation of Wu State, and this is the fourth.
It is precisely for the above reasons that Wu Zixu did not hesitate to build this big city with national strength, and this time they captured the wealth of Chu State, which not only made up for the consumption of building the city, but also greatly enriched the finances of Wu State. ” Qingji said worriedly: "Why did Wu Zixu build the city and don't care about him, it's just that Gusu City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so dangerous, we hurried to Wu State, and there is Ji Guang's army behind us, the city can't be broken, these tens of thousands of troops don't even have a place to stay, not to mention that the food and grass supply can't support much time, do we try our best, but in the end we can only defeat back to defend the country."
Sun Wu said: "Childe, when Sun Wu landed on the Wu-Yue border, based on the information he had, he speculated that it would be difficult for Gusu to be forcibly captured.
First, it is to cooperate with the inside and the outside, and attack Gusu.
Now it seems that Gusu is steep, and the husband has a good way to defend the city, and this plan is difficult to achieve.
Although my second method is risky, if it is used properly, it is not impossible to seize the state of Wu. ” Qingji's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "Changqing has a clever plan, let's talk about it quickly." ” Sun Wudao: "This plan still needs to be reported to the prince and discussed with the generals." ” He took out a map from his sleeve, spread it out on the table, and the generals sat around, Sun Wu pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, please see, Gusu City is here, the city is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although there are not many defenders in the city, but it is a male city with a block of hundreds, which is difficult to defeat."
Our purpose is to conquer the world.
If you want to take the world of Wu, is there only one way to seize Gusu City, but otherwise, there are two symbols of Wu, one is immovable, that is, this Gusu King City.
One is active, that is, today's King Wu."
Qingji's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Changqing, do you mean besieging the city and sending reinforcements?"
Sun Wu's eyes were surprised, and he happily praised: "The four words of besieging the city and aiding the prince are used well, and Sun Wuzheng has this intention." ” Qing Ji groaned slightly, shook his head and said: "It's difficult for our men and horses, even if we want to besiege the city, we don't have enough troops, and at the same time, we have to send reinforcements, which is even more stretched, Ji Guang still has nearly 60,000 horses in his hands, and we have less than 40,000 troops in one place, how can we fight on both sides, and defeat or even capture Ji Guang" Sun Wu said with a solemn face: "This is indeed a difficult problem, this battle is destined to be a tough battle, but with our conditions, if we want to achieve our goal, this is the only chance."
Sun Wu thought that when Ji Guang learned that Gongzi rushed to Wu first, he was worried that the old nest would be lost, and he would march in a hurry all the way, so he would not care about sending a scout horse to carefully investigate the situation ahead.
Moreover, he decided that Gongzi would return to China first, aiming at Gusu City, and it was difficult to think that Gongzi would ambush him.
We are prepared for what we are not prepared for, and this is our first advantage.
According to Sun Wu's estimates, such a long journey, the soldiers can not rest, and the combat strength is reduced by at least forty percent.
Ji Guang came by dry road, and returned to his territory, the grain and grass he carried must be limited, plus he robbed all the way to the surname, I think his army will not even carry three days of food, although the entire Wu country is now his, but once he is trapped, there is no way to get supplies, and the morale of the army and even the combat power are very easy to disintegrate, which is the third favorable condition for us. ” Qingji groaned thoughtfully, and said slowly: "Hmm, is there anything else?"
"Also, Ji Guang has been in the country for more than a year, taking the opportunity of building a new city, he concentrated the country's gentry and wealth in Gusu, and recruited Wu Guoqing Zhuang into the army, this time captured Yingdu, became the first prince of Zhou Tianxia to capture the capital of another country since the founding of the country, prestige, sensational in the world, if we can not control it in one fell swoop this time, there will be no chance after that, therefore, this plan is a last resort, and it must be done as a last resort.
What's more, although it is difficult to ambush Ji Guang, it is easier than attacking Gusu City, which is only guarded by 9,000 soldiers, as long as we can defeat Ji Guang in one battle and destroy his combat effectiveness, then we can grasp the initiative in the entire battlefield of Wu State.
Childe, please see, if we can kill Ji Guang at the ambush site, Fucha's prestige is not enough to subdue the entire Wu country, and Gusucheng is bound to become a lonely city besieged by us, if we trap them outside the city, it will not be easy for us to attack the city, and it will not be easy for them to get out of the city.
If Ji Guang does not die, but is besieged by us, the husband is eager to save his father, and it is very likely that he will lead troops to rescue him, and we can lure the husband's men and horses out of Gusu City and take the opportunity to dig out his heart. ” Cover Yu listened to his plan and said worriedly: "This is just the best plan, once it fails, I'm afraid we will fall into a place of no return." ” Qingji's eyes closed, and he opened them again, and asked, "Everyone, each has other ways."
Below the self-cover, all the generals were silent.
Qingji clenched his fists, slammed it on the map, and said, "In this case, we have only one choice. ” Sun Wu said movingly: "The soldiers are fast, if the prince agrees with Sun Wu's plan, then we will start preparations immediately, if we want to ambush, we must do whatever it takes, not only to defeat the Wu army, but also to fight quickly, otherwise even if the husband does not come out of the city, the husband will return from Hanyi, we will also fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked by the enemy." ” Qingji glanced at him strangely, I don't know why he didn't mention the defenders of Yu'er City, according to what he just said, the defenders of Yu'er City are unscathed, once they come to the rescue of King Qin, it is also a force that cannot be ignored.
Sun Wu seemed to groan, averting his gaze intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "It's a pity that there is no power available in the Wu Kingdom, otherwise even if they look like the Chu people and Gongzi when they formed an alliance, they can help us share some of the pressure." ” As soon as he said this, Qingji's heart flashed, and he put away the strange thoughts just now, and said: "Yes, we must now unite all the forces that can be united, this time is different, Lu has started a war with Qi, Song has a war with Jin, Qi has an alliance with Ji Guang, and Jin has an alliance with Qi, so that we are also an alliance with Lu and Song, and they are currently too busy to take care of themselves, although they may not have the strength to help us, but let them be suspicious, It is still possible to make a gesture of leading the army south, but it can still be done by delaying it.
There are also those Dongyi tribes, which can also give the husband a headache, as long as they can hold the husband for a while, we can let go of our hands and feet here, Uncle Wang."
Cover Yu nodded and said, "Cheng, I'll take a run." ” Qingji nodded, and said: "Not far north from here is Yanling, Changqing, before you came, I was discussing with everyone whether to go to seek Ji Zi's help, Ji Zi has a great prestige in my Wu country, if he is willing to help, even if the Wu team is still in the hands of Ji Guang, he can also get the support of the vast majority of Wu civilians and quite a lot of ministers." ” "Ji Zipian gentleman, gentle as jade, and even a man of virtue, Sun Wujiu admires Ji Zi's name, but this gentleman is indifferent to fame and fortune, in his heart, the society is more important than the monarch, and the people of Li are more important than the society, so he endured Ji Guang's self-reliance, just for the stability of Wu Guosheji and the peace of the people.
Please forgive the last general for bluntly saying that Ji Guang still has the advantage today, and there is little hope for Gongzi to return to the country, if he goes to visit Ji Zi at this time, I am afraid that Ji Zi will not help Gongzi because of the enmity of Gongzi's family and the honor and disgrace of the Yishi. ” Qingji bowed his head and said: "Yes, I also have this concern, at this time, I am afraid that it will not help me, but I will be humiliated, we have to fight a tough battle, even if we can't win, we must make Ji Zi feel that if this continues, it will be a defeat and Wu Guo will make a compensatory funeral, and then he will make a choice."
Ignore his affairs for the time being, let's discuss how to capture the city of Jiguang immediately. ” Qingji's army suddenly appeared under the city of Gusu, and the police post arranged by the prince within thirty miles outside the city quickly discovered the vast Qingji army, raised one, two, and three banners, and reported to the city that the enemy army had been found, approached the alert, and came to Gusu And just a pillar of incense, the sentry tower that was in direct contact with the direction of Qingji's army has been raised in five banners, and then all the police posts have withdrawn to the city like a desperate person, and the war has begun.
This attack on Gusu City was originally a battle of doubtful soldiers.
However, if a suspicious soldier wants to win the trust of the enemy, he must fight extremely seriously.
When he led the army to Taihu Lake to rest, Sun Wu had sent a team to secretly stay in the depths of the dense forest of Gusu Mountain to build siege weapons, and this time he came back and sent people to bring all kinds of siege weapons equipped with wooden wheels, including twelve stone throwers designed by Qingji.
These stone throwers are different from the traditional stone throwers pulled by more than 100 people, which can greatly save time and combat space, and are suitable for fighting in many places in the south of the Yangtze River.
Qingji's army is mighty, directly attacking the main gate of Gusu, the soldiers, carrying the soil to fill the river, coming and going like ants, the arrows at the head of the city are like rain, and the Qingji side is resisted with bows and arrows.
The main gate of Gusu is the main passage in and out, so the river here is not wide, although the Wu people hang the suspension bridge, the Qingji side of tens of thousands of people carry the soil to fill the river, and finally the river is cut off, and then take the chariot and the big shield as a cover, send troops to attack.
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In the rear, crossbows and stone throwers are used as long-range auxiliary weapons to suppress the enemies at the head of the city.
The Qingji army under the city pierced the arrows with oil-soaked hemp heads, poured grease, and shot indiscriminately all over the city, while the defenders at the head of the city responded with rolling logs and stones.
The Qingji army did not hesitate to sacrifice to attack the city, and set up a ladder to the city wall, and the head of the city was transported to crash the car, so that the heavy hammer hanging from the hanging wall of the long protruding city wall knocked the wooden ladder apart.
Bundles of firewood were thrown under the city gate, and the fire was blazing, burning the bronze façade of the Gusu city gate faintly red, and the non-flammable wood inside also emitted a burnt smell.
Wu people carved a groove in the building stone used above the city gate, the fire was ignited here, someone poured clear water into the stone hole at the head of the city, and the water went down along the groove, like a shower flowing down from the top of the gate, the water and fire were mutually resistant, just like the two sides of the battle between the two sides of the city and the city.
Qing Ji made a big fanfare, openly raised his banner, and made a suspicious plan to set up camp in front of the battle, so that the 5,000 soldiers went back and forth after the camp, constantly entering and leaving, and from a distance from the city, it seemed that there were 100,000 troops constantly gathering, and it was difficult to estimate how many men and horses he came.
The soldiers of the Gusu Wu army had never fought with Qingji or Baoyu and Zhu Yong, and they were in awe of the first warrior of the Wu Kingdom, but seeing this situation, the morale of the army was even weaker under his fierce offensive.
Obviously guarding an insurmountable city, the defense of the head of the city was suppressed for a while.
When the news reached the palace, the prince was furious when he heard the news, and immediately came with his sword, followed by the chief and deputy temple managers, holding the royal flag and the seal ribbon respectively, he climbed the gate tower, and immediately beheaded the chief general guarding the gate, hung his head on a high pole, appointed the deputy general to preside over military affairs, and personally supervised the battle.
Fu Cha let people sit down on a mat in front of the city tower, behind them stood the temple people holding the royal flag and the seal ribbon, holding the beauty of the Yue people in their arms, holding the bronze lord full of fine wine, the bloody long sword in front of the knee, there was a hideous human head hanging on the high pole in front of him, the arrows in the sky flew sideways, from time to time there were boulders flying across the sky, smashed to a certain place, the earth shook the mountain, he actually talked and laughed freely, did not care, this move greatly encouraged the morale of the Gusu defenders, stabilized the hearts of the people, and the defensive position of the gate was immediately stable as Mount Tai, suppressed the fierce offensive of the Qingji army.
Qingji stood in front of the formation and looked at the frontal battlefield with a loud shouting of killing, shook his head slightly, and said: "Gusu City, it is really unattackable."
We have limited troops, and it is even more impossible to replenish them temporarily, so we can't afford to consume them here, and how much can the catapult transport?"
Jing Lin replied: "Eight more planes have been transported, and the craftsmen in the rear are still building, fortunately, His Highness ordered them to build when they were in the Flying Fox Valley, and they were repeatedly disassembled and installed, and the craftsmen were very skilled." ” Qingji sighed: "Before I left the country of Lu, I thought that the bulky stone throwing machine was of little use here, but now it seems that in the face of such a majestic city, this stone throwing machine is the most powerful." ” Uncle Sun shook his light and said softly: "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, who can do everything to get ahead." ” Qingji smiled and instructed Jing Lin: "Let them continue to build stone throwers, the more the better."
The suspicious soldiers in the back must keep moving, tonight, I have to lead the main force out of here, you must be more careful. ” Jing Lin replied: "Son, don't worry, as long as you build another twenty or thirty stone throwers, and then confuse them with suspicious soldiers, my thousands of men and horses are enough to make his husband and turtle retreat into the city and dare not come out."
It's just that this stone takes a lot of effort and needs to be transported from afar. ” At this moment, Ah Qiu hurriedly came to report: "Your Highness, as you expected, the husband pretended to be calm, but sent messengers from the five city gates of Xumen, Pochumen, Snake Gate, Loumen, and Panmen to break through. ” Qingji smiled slightly: "Good go, didn't you send one?"
Ah Qiu said loudly: "Of course I want to send it, but these guys are running too fast, especially the one who walks by water, the last general has no boat in his hand, so he can only watch him leave." ” Qingji laughed, slapped his shoulder, turned his head to Jing Lin and said: "Don't worry about the stone problem, you can dig a pit on the spot to get mud, divert water and form mud balls, and then dry them with fire, throw some mud bombs, or beat them so that they don't dare to show their heads, and the husband has demolished all the houses within a radius of dozens of miles, and the fragments of those houses can be used." ” He paused for a moment, and then said: "In order to avoid being seen by the boy who sent the husband, from tomorrow, it will be changed to disturb the enemy during the day and attack the city at night. ” "No, the last will obey" Qingji looked back and smiled at his uncle Sun Shaoguang and Ji Sun Xiaoman, and said, "You two don't follow me, I'm very safe here, you go and accompany General Liang Huzi to arrange the transfer of troops tonight." ” "Nuo Mo will obey the order" Uncle Sun Shaoguang and Ji Sun Xiaoman said in unison, and they couldn't help but laugh and turned two hibiscus red.
That night, Qingji led the main force to quietly transfer and joined Sun Wu and Yingtao, who rushed to choose the terrain to arrange an ambush.
Jing Lin changed his tactics, sending a small force to disturb the city during the day, attacking the city with a stone thrower as the main attack weapon at night, and the rear made a posture that the army was still in the camp with suspicious tactics and was entangled with his husband.
The stones and mud blocks are really powerful under the stone throwing machine in Jinglin, and the falling stone bullets and mud bombs hit all the houses near the city in Gusu City to the ground, and the defenders at the head of the city hid in the cave and did not dare to enter the city easily.
As soon as I landed in the city, there were gravel and mud under my feet, and it was difficult to walk back and forth.
Jing Lin tasted the sweetness of the air raid, and ordered the craftsmen in the rear to stop the construction of other siege equipment, and make every effort to make a stone thrower, the more and more the stone thrower, the stone is not enough, the Qingji army camp on both sides of the digging to make mud bombs, and gradually dug out two deep trenches, but the range of the stone thrower is limited, and it can only hit the city head and the near city area, otherwise this big city that has been painstakingly designed by Wu Zixu and has a hard shell enough to withstand 100,000 male soldiers does not need to be attacked, and the interior will become a ruin.
Jinglin reduced to completely cancel the infantry siege of the city, and instead attacked the city with a stone thrower, in Fucha's view, it was the result of the limited actual strength of the Qingji army and the bluff, he only firmly held the city, with stone projectiles and mud pellets, and personally guarded the city at night, repaired the fortifications, and swore to defend to the death.
But there are rumors in the city that confuse the people and shake the hearts of the army, even if they only need to say a word of jail, their heads will be cut off and hung at the head of the city to show the public, and the men in the family are slaves and women are all sent to serve in the army.
After two days of work, the heads of people in Gusu City have become a unique landscape.
After this, the whole city did not dare to disobey the order, and the husband sent each family to take turns to send men and women in the prime of life to the city to help defend it, and no one dared to complain.
At this time, Qingji had already led the main force to Tianmu Mountain, joined Sun Wu and Yingtao, who had arrived in advance, and quietly waited for Lu Lu, who had arrived at night, to step into his ambush circle To be continued: