In two consecutive days of attacks, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army reduced their own casualties with high tactical literacy.
This exploratory attack did not dispatch many troops, and the attack on the defenders was not strong, and their own casualties were extremely limited.
However, at the same time, It can also test the combat effectiveness of the opponent's soldiers and the strength of the city's defense force.
At night here, Wei Gao looked at the generals in the Chinese army's tent and asked: "Have you learned anything from the two days of siege warfare?"
Duan Wei stood up and said: "The general discovered that the defensive force in the city is not strong.
Calculated based on the frequency of their defense changes, they only change defenses three times every twelve hours.
This is the case even if we attack the city.
There are more than 20,000 people in the city.
It’s not a secret from the defenders, so why are they still hiding it?
This is a bit unbelievable.”
Zhao Shuo said: "In the past two days, I found that there are fewer defenders at the sixty feet to the right of the south gate and forty feet to the left of the west gate.
Tomorrow we will attack the city.
I think we can concentrate our best troops and strong generals to focus on these locations.
Attack, increase the frequency and intensity of attacks, and strive to open the gap in the city defense as soon as possible."
The generals stood up one by one to express their opinions.
This is a military meeting practice that has been implemented since Zhao Ziliang.
In military meetings, participating generals and officials can express their opinions at will, which also shows their presence in the military.
One of the most effective ways is to express your feelings, and you can also oppose other people's opinions, but it must be well-founded.
Once the meeting decides on the plan and the general issues an order, everyone must execute it unconditionally.
This kind of military discussion system helps to give full play to the advantages of collective wisdom.
After all, individuals only have one head, and there will always be times when they think about things incompletely.
Moreover, this kind of military discussion system can also encourage generals to use their brains and motivate them to act in battle.
Observing the details during the battle and summarizing successful and failed battle experiences after the war are of great help to improve the military literacy of generals.
Wei Gao listened to the generals standing up one by one and talking to each other.
He did not arrange flowers or interrupt in the middle.
After the record officer finished writing the record, he took it over and looked at it, and carried out the process in his mind.
A summary.
Putting down the record, Wei Gao ordered: "Tomorrow's attack intensity will be doubled, the attack frequency will be doubled, and a thousand elite troops will be selected from the army and divided into two groups.
One group will attack the city wall sixty feet to the right of the south gate.
The other group went to attack the city wall 40 feet to the left of the west gate, and divided the entire army into two groups to shoot the enemy generals and soldiers at these two positions before starting to attack the city.
The battalion's trebuchets projected for an hour as usual, and the manholes, battering rams, ballistas, etc. were all pulled up by the general.
I wanted to see what Batanicus was up to.
If he was bluffing, the city would be empty.
In fact, there are not that many defenders.
We can just break the city in one fell swoop.
If he wants to keep his troops to fight with us in the street, we will capture the city wall first and then play with him slowly."
Everyone stood up and clasped their fists and said: "I obey" The next day, the siege continued as usual.
An hour's long-range attack once again made the already weak city wall even more dilapidated and more seriously damaged.
Then the Western Qin Army launched an attack.
A large number of siege soldiers rushed to the city wall carrying siege ladders, and shots were fired from the city wall.
The sparse arrows did not cause too many casualties to the Western Qin army's siege soldiers.
These soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty are well-trained and extremely skilled in combat movements.
Judging from the process of rushing to the city wall and climbing the ladder, they are all very skilled.
During the charge, some of them screamed loudly to encourage themselves and their colleagues and deter the enemy.
In the army, there are also people who are silent and calm, killing the enemy without blinking an eye.
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Everyone has their own fighting style, and everyone's performance on the battlefield is different.
As soon as the Western Qin soldiers rushed up, the Eastern Roman soldiers guarding the city felt that this attack was completely different from the previous two days.
The first two days were just tentative attacks, and the Eastern Roman soldiers could still handle it, but today's siege, They found that the number of siege soldiers of the Western Qin Army had doubled, but the pressure it brought to them was not only doubled, but several times.
In addition, there were a large number of heavy siege equipment such as manholes, battering rams, and ballistae.
After joining, the battle only lasted for an hour, and the Eastern Roman soldiers felt that they could not hold on.
Less than two hours after the attack began, news came that the two sections of the city wall that were the focus of the attack had been captured, and the results were currently being consolidated.
A large number of Western Qin soldiers rushed to the top of the city to expand the area of the occupied city wall section.
There were only 3,000 defenders in the city.
The siege the day before yesterday had already consumed hundreds of people.
In addition, Batannicus withdrew the main force to Sedica.
The morale of the remaining soldiers was not high, and their desire to resist also increased.
The Western Qin army attacked the city wall and began to gradually collapse.
Just after noon, the defenders could no longer withstand it and began a large-scale rout.
Some soldiers fled into the city in order to survive.
This caused a chain reaction.
The Western Qin Army took this opportunity to expand their results, pursued the enemy, and entered the city in one fell swoop.
Inside the city.
"Why are there not a large number of soldiers and horses in the city, only three thousand people guarding the city?"
Wei Gao stood up in surprise after hearing the soldier's report.
The soldier said: "Yes, general, according to the confessions of the Eastern Roman soldiers we captured, the Thracian military general Batannicus secretly returned to Sedica with his main force late at night three days ago."
After listening to the soldier's report, Wei Gao thought for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately shouted: "Here comes someone!"
The captain on duty came in and said, clasping his fists: "General, what are your orders?"
Wei Gao asked: "Is there any news from Xu Zhen?"
The captain on duty said: "There has been no news yet."
Wei Gao frowned and said, "It's been several days.
Why haven't those five thousand Thracian cavalry taken the bait?
Where have they gone?"
The captain on duty cupped his fists and said: "General, do you want to humble yourself and promote some captured Eastern Roman soldiers and officers?"
Wei Gao immediately ordered: "The Eastern Roman Army in the city is still resisting.
The battle is far from over.
After the battle is over, you can search among the prisoners to see if you can find general-level prisoners.
This kind of confidential matter is probably not Some soldiers can know, even if someone knows, it can only be known by people at the general level.
In addition, send more sentries to explore the surrounding areas.
No one can guarantee that these five thousand Eastern Roman cavalry are not watching us around.
We can't be there.
The boat capsized in the gutter."
"Understanding the humble position" Although the city wall defenses were completely defeated, the Eastern Roman troops who retreated into the city did not give up their resistance.
A small number of the defeated Eastern Roman soldiers were killed by the defender after they fled back to the city, which shocked other officers and soldiers to a great extent.
It stabilized the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city.
Under the leadership of the garrison, the remaining two thousand Eastern Roman troops fought desperately with the Western Qin army in the city.
This battle lasted from morning to evening.
All the Eastern Roman garrison in the city died in the battle, and only The first dozen or so people who escaped were captured.
The entire city was filled with a strong smell of blood.
There were corpses lying on the streets and in various houses, including the corpses of the Eastern Roman Army, the Western Qin Army, and the corpses of the residents of the city.
It was like hell.
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A group of soldiers and horses came slowly from the end of the street paved with corpses.
The crisp sound of horse hooves and neat footsteps kept echoing on the street, making the sound extraordinarily loud.
There was a Western Qin soldier at intervals on both sides of the street.
Holding torches and holding weapons, they stood guard.
This group of men and horses stopped at a three-way intersection in the street.
The leader was Wei Gao.
He held the reins with one hand and stroked the horse's mane with the other and asked: "Have all the remaining enemy troops in the city been cleared?"
The general responsible for the attack on the city rode over and clasped his fists: "General, the remaining enemy forces should have been almost eliminated.
Even if there are a few fish that slip through the net, it will not change the result."
Wei Gao frowned when he heard this and said in a displeased tone: "General Chen, in the army, I hope you will not use ambiguous words like maybe, should or maybe to answer Shangguan's questions.
This can only prove that you are careless and not serious in your work in the army. , One is one, two is two, do you understand?”
"Yes, yes, we will immediately send people to search door to door."
Wei Gao's expression softened and he asked harmoniously: "How many prisoners have been captured?"
"The Eastern Roman Army resisted stubbornly, and only thirteen of them were captured by our army.
The others refused to surrender, so the general could only order them all to be killed."
Wei Gao did not expect that the battle would be so tragic.
It seemed that he underestimated these Eastern Roman soldiers and civilians.
He always believed that if the army broke through Constantinople, the remaining Eastern Roman soldiers and civilians would lose their will to resist, but he did not Thinking about it, I almost got a bloody head here.
Wei Gao sighed in his heart and asked again: "Where is the body of the guard here?"
General Chen who was attacking the city took Wei Gao to the tower of a church.
The tower was full of corpses and there was almost no place to step down.
A tall Eastern Roman general leaned against a stone pillar and supported himself with a big sword.
There were seven spears stuck in the body.
In addition, there were dozens of large and small wounds on the body.
Wei Gao looked at the Eastern Roman general, reached out and slowly took off his helmet, lowered his head.
After a while, he raised his head and put on his helmet and said: "This is the first time I have seen this since I led my army to invade the Eastern Roman Empire.
There was an Eastern Roman general who lived and died with the city.
Although he was an enemy, such a warrior was worthy of admiration from his opponents.
Bury him generously."
"Yes, General" The next morning, Wei Gao was writing a victory report to Zhao Ziliang.
The captain on duty walked in quickly and clasped his fists: "General Qi, General Xu Zhen's trick of luring the enemy was successful.
The five thousand Thracian cavalry actually went to attack."
Our grain and grass storage point was blocked by General Xu Zhen and his army."
Wei Gao was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately asked: "What happened?
Did anyone run away?"
The captain shook his head and said: "No one escaped, but these people all fought to death.
Our army lost more than 2,000 people in order to annihilate these 5,000 Thracian cavalry."
Wei Gao was startled, then smiled bitterly and said: "Sure enough, the dog will jump over the wall when it is forced.
This battle really killed a thousand enemies and suffered 800 losses.
Hey, it seems that he wants to conquer all of Thrace.
It is really not an easy task to capture it.
Next, there is a fortress like Sedika, which is one of the best in the world.
If it is attacked by force, the losses will be even more severe
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