What is the most desired thing for an enemy attacking a city Of course, before the siege begins, kill as many defenders as possible, so that you will undoubtedly face far fewer enemies behind the walls in the future.
In the face of such a veteran, Lin Fengjin did not have any confidence that he could take advantage of him in field battles, sneak attacks, or plots, so Lin Fengjin naturally would not do what the other party expected and go out of the city in advance to fight with the other party.
At this time, Lin Fengjin also began to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, because Wu Zuocheng itself was built on a steep peninsula facing the sea on three sides, so the area of the city was not particularly large, so it was impossible to accommodate all the Sanli tribesmen, as well as countless livestock.
Therefore, Lin Fengjin had already made arrangements to withdraw all the old, weak, sick and disabled and livestock groups in the tribe to the direction of Northern Qi, and at the same time equipped with thousands of elite escorts, and at any time to watch the movements of the Dongxia people, if necessary, they could withdraw to the vicinity of Sisheng Pass in Northern Qi.
The tribal herdsmen within a few hundred miles of the vicinity were also warned, saying that there was about to be a big war here, and those who did not want to be captured as cannon fodder should flee quickly, and these people naturally fled without hesitation.
After doing these things, there is finally good news, the reinforcements sent by Li Hu also arrived in time, not only a large number of baggage and fortification tools, the five thousand armor soldiers are the reinforcements that Lin Fengjin values the most, not only that, among the ten battleships that arrived, there are several five-masted ships with various weapons, which can provide fire support during the siege, and a perfect three-dimensional defense circle has also begun to form in time.
At this time, there was a sudden change, that is, the Eastern Xia army suddenly stopped to hold a sacrificial ceremony, and at the same time, there were some people dressed in plain clothes among the three armies, obviously, they should have received the news that the assassination of Lin Fengjin failed and the assassination regiment was wiped out.
Since the monarch of Eastern Xia and the Mo family and love have formed a deep level of cooperation, it is not uncommon for the Mo family and love to appear in the siege war.
At this time, Lin Fengjin was also counting the time with his fingers, the longer the battle lasted, the more beneficial it would be to his side, after all, the other party came from afar, whether it was food, climate, or morale, it would inevitably decline over time, on the contrary, the defenders were protecting their homeland, and their morale would inevitably decline much lower.
What's more, after ten days, the rainy season on the grassland will also come, the battle on a rainy day is very unfavorable for the besieging side, when it rains, if the defending side can still rely on the rain shelter buildings built in advance, and barely use bows and arrows and some defending equipment, then the besieging side will completely lose the support of the long-range arrow rain in the unsheltered situation, of course, the degree of difficulty can be known if you think about climbing the mountain on a rainy day, not to mention attacking the well-protected city Obviously, Li Minghua, the commander of the Eastern Xia side, also understood this, so he only delayed for a day, and then even started a forced march, which lasted more than six hours a day to force the way, so hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at Wuzuocheng before the arrival of June, to be precise, on the evening of May 28, and then the whole army camped and buried the pot to cook.
As a result, the Eastern Xia side was attacked on the first night of camp, or harassing to be precise, and what happened to them on this night seemed to have set the tone for the rest of the war.
The reason why this attack was successful was because it did not come from the ground at all, otherwise, according to Li Minghua's rich combat experience, it would never be possible to make such a big mistake, if Lin Fengjin dared to send a ground attack team, then in the end, most of the time it would not be good.
All of this stems from Lu San's help, he according to Lin Fengjin's requirements, he created more than a dozen "fire kites" that can carry fire oil, the structure of this fire kite is actually very simple, that is, similar to kites, and then Wu Zuocheng is in the direction of the sea, and the sea breeze is almost to blow inland all year round, so as long as the time and the length of the line of the wooden kite are calculated, it is easy to let the wooden kite carrying the fire oil be released and fall in the opposite barracks.
As soon as the wooden kite crashes, the thin porcelain jar carried on it will be broken, and then the unstable compound of the "flame miasma" inside will come into contact with the air, and then spontaneously combust, and next to it is a large amount of fire oil, thus causing the effect of an incendiary bomb.
Obviously, Li Minghua was not mentally prepared for this additional attack carried out by Lin Fengjin, so he behaved quite clumsyly, as soon as Lin Fengjin saw that his special surprise attack worked, the entire camp of the other party was full of fires, as if he was in a state of exhaustion, so he simply released the remaining inventory at one time, close to forty "fire kites".
This time it is really worse, it is a good thing that the coach is old and calm, the problem is that he will inevitably appear indecisive at the critical moment, Lin Fengjin saw that the entire camp of the other party was burned to the point that it was red and bright, and it was chaotic, and his heart suddenly moved, and he led the three thousand elites who were already ready to kill out of the city, as the so-called taking advantage of his illness, to kill him However, Lin Fengjin can't be said to be unwise to lead the army to attack at night, but in this way, the situation suddenly fell into the track that Li Minghua is good at.
In addition, the attacking Eastern Xia army is also elite, and it has just arrived, and the morale is high, so even if it is attacked by surprise, there will be no consequences of bombing the camp.
Li Minghua judged very calmly that the camp was only on fire, and it was enough to send heavy soldiers and auxiliary soldiers to fight the fire and extinguish the fire, so he decisively gave up dispatching firefighting, but concentrated on dispatching his subordinates to attack, and at the same time tried to command the encirclement on all sides, causing fatal damage to this night attack force The two sides fought fiercely for half a day and night, and the more than 3,000 cavalry led by Lin Fengjin also lost nearly seven or eight hundred people, although the number of killed and wounded enemies was also more than 1,000 people, and it interfered with the enemy's firefighting work, causing it to be burned a large number of baggage.
But in fact, Lin Fengjin, as the defender of the city who was inferior in numbers, could hardly be said to have earned this result.
Because from the perspective of conventional offensive and defensive battles, the besieging side has to pay at least two or three people for every person who kills the defender, and the seven or eight hundred people lost by Lin Fengjin in the night attack last night can be exchanged for at least 2,000 enemy lives if they are in the city attack and defense Therefore, it is a loss in this regard, but Lin Fengjin's results must also calculate the large amount of material losses derived from the Dongxia Army because of its full encirclement and suppression, and it is impossible to evaluate the results of this battle.
Fortunately, the warriors of the Sanli Department will not evaluate these, and after this battle, their morale will be greatly boosted Why is it because the warriors of the Sanli Department were strong before, and they were only limited to most of the time they were fighting with the rest of the tribes on the grassland, even if they had fought with the Dongxia people in the past, they still had the support of the Snake Devouring Army.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time that the Sanli Department has fought alone with the regular armies of other countries, and before in their hearts, no matter how hard they spoke, they are still a little apprehensive in their hearts, because after the fall of the ancient Western Qin State, there has been no formal country on the grassland for many years, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the private tribal army to gain the upper hand against the regular army of the upper country.
After the battle was fought, although the casualties were not small, the remaining 2,000 people were like tinder, and they would bring back the high-spirited and positive trend of thought of "the other party is just like this", "the equipment is not as good as ours", and "Lao Tzu killed three people alone", and spread it among the city defenders.
The positive consequences of this battle, after dawn the next day, Lin Fengjin was also completely confirmed, after the flight confirmation of the local tyrant Jin, it was found that last night's fire burned about one-fifth of the opponent's grain and grass, and the siege equipment that should have been brought suffered heavy damage, so early in the morning the camp in the open space gathered are auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen, all with red eyes yawning, listlessly beating all kinds of charred wood.
It is worth mentioning that the other party also sent a flying wooden kite to reconnoiter the situation in the city, but the first thing they faced was the sea breeze that poured into the inland, and it was quite difficult to fly against the wind after all, and secondly, Lin Fengjin called out his second wife "Huo Nu Yaya", and Huo Nu Yaya could control the holy insect to attack from a distance of up to a hundred zhang.
As a result, a cadre skillfully and viciously arranged a trap, directly so that only one of the four wooden kites close to the sky above Wu Zuocheng went back, and the driver of that one was also bitten by the local tyrant Jin, which is estimated to be the kind that will burp when it lands.
In short, until the end of this battle, Dongxia gave up air supremacy as if resigned to fate, and never saw them send anything similar to a wooden kite.
According to Lu San's introduction, the disciples of the Mo family who were sent to accompany the army also belonged to the apprentice level, and even sent those waste disciples in a perfunctory manner.
Because before the expedition, even the most pessimistic people never imagined that under the pressure of such a large army, they would not be able to deal with a city built by barbarians on the grassland, and the only thing to pay attention to is how long it will take to defeat it, whether it is one day, two days, three days, four days, five days, and six days.
Now it was the turn of the Eastern Xia people to pay for their light enemies.
Li Minghua, the commander of Eastern Xia, raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked at Wu Zuocheng in the distance, although it was still a full distance of nearly a thousand steps, it could be confirmed that he could no longer go forward.
Because Li Minghua's lieutenant was at a distance of 700 paces, he suffered the fate of a sharp arrow piercing his throat, and he didn't know what was smeared on that sharp arrow, emitting a faint phosphorescence, which made people feel a chilling feeling when they saw it, and it was estimated that even if they didn't shoot the vital point, they would definitely die.
What appeared in front of Li Minghua was a fortified castle armed to the teeth, it was located on a peninsula near the sea, and the peninsula was surrounded by steep cliffs, and the black reef below the cliff was intertwined with dogs' teeth, and only a land bridge connected to it, but even so, the peninsula was surrounded by high walls The city walls are all made of tabletop-sized boulders, and Li Minghua is even sure that the width of this city wall is not inferior to the Xiongguan of the Sisheng Pass of the Northern Qi Kingdom, and even four horses can gallop side by side.
On the side of the land bridge, the only entrance to the city, the gate is also located, and the gate is divided into three levels, the first is a huge iron fence, the steel of the fence is as thick as a bowl, and there are huge chains wrapped around it, the second is so strong that it gives people a sense of despair when they see it, and the third layer is still a huge iron fence.
This means that it takes more effort to conquer the gates.
What's even more odious is that the city walls near the city gate have been built into a "W" shaped water chestnut, especially around the city gate, there are two huge fortresses built on the left and right, as if they are two thick fangs, deeply pierced out.
In this way, not only is it extremely inconvenient for the attacker to set up a ladder, but it is also extremely easy to form a three-sided attack when climbing, and what is even more terrifying is that the bulge of the city wall is obviously strengthened, and the pass set up can allow the defender to shoot outward, or get partial cover during the battle.
Wooden flaps were added to these passes for additional protection.
Narrow firing ports can be set up in the city walls, allowing archers to be completely protected when firing.
During the attack, the wooden platform will protrude from the top of the city wall or arrow tower, allowing the defenders to shoot directly at the enemy outside the wall, and if the enemy is prepared, the defender can throw stones or boiling liquid at them.
The wooden platform hidden above will keep it moist to prevent fire and rain, and the stone moats, which have a similar function, will be installed above and on the sides of the gates, causing great damage in a short time For the first time, Li Minghua felt that it was a burden for him to bring so many soldiers.
Because even if his subordinates are multiplied tenfold, they can only invest about 1,000 people on this land bridge about 20 zhang wide at one time for impact, and attacking from the remaining three sides means climbing the cliff, which is even more unrealistic, so no matter how many people are crowded, it is actually useless to attack the city, but the group of grassland barbarians in front of them is completely arranged on the fortified city in front of the land bridge that is about 20 zhang wide, and a perfect death trap is waiting for people to jump off Li Minghua narrowed his eyes slightly, They even saw the warriors under their command one after another, but one by one they fell in a pool of blood, moaning in pain, shouting the names of their fathers and mothers in the distance.
"What to do" these three words suddenly appeared in Li Minghua's mind.
In the face of this kind of fortified city that only left one side for you to attack, Li Minghua had only one way to conquer it in his mind, that is, to be trapped but not attacked, and in turn to build a trench outside the city, and besiege it tiredly, so that after the siege of the city was exhausted of food and water, and after the tragedy of cannibalism appeared, it was naturally collapsed without a fight.
In this way, the other party's dangerous terrain has become their most embarrassing place, holding the exit of this land bridge and building a few fortresses, even if the other party wants to fight for his life, there is no chance.
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The problem is, how much grain is stored in this Wu Zuo City, and how long they can hold out There is no doubt, if this Wu Zuo City is besieged by an important person like Lu Yu, Li Minghua will have no problem even if he besieges this Wu Zuo City to the barren land and the old sea is rotten, but it would be good to sweep and encircle such a "barbarian small city", and the patience of the Eastern Xia Kingdom would be good if it could give a month On that day, the monarch made a wonderful move, that is, he forced the marriage of Cui Wangnu, and Cui Wangnu's response was to make a big wish to keep filial piety for ten years.
Although this was a reasonable excuse, the monarch had been pestering over it, and in the end, the Wang Women's Party had to compromise and give up the positions of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and a squire of the Ministry of War.
And Li Minghua's dispatch of troops this time was also led by the monarch, if he returned victoriously and plundered countless cattle and sheep wealth, it would not only weaken the power of the princess again, but it could also be said that this was the monarch's political achievements to further expand his power.
But it is precisely because of this that once Li Minghua is defeated, or even if he does not fight beautifully, it will also become a reason to blame the monarch, especially in the situation of the Wang Women's Party, if it is not good, the vitality of the monarch party will be dissipated again.
Therefore, before the expedition, the monarch's support for Li Minghua can be said to be really exhausted, Li Minghua gave whatever he wanted, asked for 25,000 elites, and even gave 30,000 elites to attack the city, not only full supply, but also the apprentices of the Mo family went out with the army, which was already 200% support Just as he was pondering like this, Li Minghua suddenly felt that the sea breeze was a little stronger, and the salty smell in the air became stronger, and a pro-soldier who grew up on the beach immediately whispered to report, saying that it should be a high tide.
"Rising tide" Li Minghua's eyes lit up, what he was most worried about was that once the high tide submerged the land bridge, the attack on this Wu Zuocheng would definitely be more difficult Fortunately, what Li Minghua was worried about did not happen, although after the high tide, the sea was surging, and the surroundings of Wu Zuocheng also became a vast ocean, but it was still at least five or six zhang high from the bridge deck of the land bridge.
However, there is a saying that blessing and misfortune depend on it, Li Minghua just breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that there were sail shadows in the sky, and after a closer look, it was actually five or six five-masted ocean-going giant ships sailing slowly What's more, Wu Zuocheng actually has a back city gate, after opening the back city gate, there is a small wharf, riding the power of the tide, I saw the five-masted ocean giant ship slowly docking, began to carry goods up.
This cruel discovery told Li Minghua that even if you have the idea of a long-term siege, this road is still impassable, because of Wu Zuocheng's natural geographical advantages, you can get supplies from the waterway when the tide rises, and the premise for trapping them is that there must be a naval army.
But the navy of the Eastern Xia Kingdom is okay, I don't know if all of them add up to stuff the teeth between the ocean-going giant warships in front of them.
Li Minghua sighed and raised his head slightly, there is a way to be ci and not to be in charge of the army, not to mention that the things he is carrying are too heavy, not only with the grace of the king's knowledge, but also with the power struggle in Dongxia, he can't lose at all, and he doesn't dare to lose Looking at the dignified subordinates behind him, Li Minghua took a deep breath and said coldly: "Blow the trumpet."
Twelve pairs of horns sounded at the same time, and the siege battle was officially launched.
It's just that at the beginning of the war, there was a big problem in Dongxia, that is, the catapult that was brought could not be deployed at all.
The practice of siege is to set up a catapult and baptize the opponent's city head with high-speed flying stones, not only to create momentum, but also to effectively destroy the city defense and test the weakness of the city wall.
In the later stages of the war, after the opponent's catapults could be completely suppressed, they could be used to throw fireballs and set fire to the enemy's cities, or to spread the plague by throwing dead men and horses, which was extremely useful.
It's just that the range of the catapult is about 1,000 steps, and the length of the land bridge connecting Wu Zuocheng is close to six or seven hundred steps, the key is: the land bridge close to the side of the Eastern Xia Army is not able to spread out the troops all at once, but slowly widens, therefore, in general, the catapult of the Eastern Xia Army can only top about 20 planes, and it has to be densely packed together The outrageous thing happened, just when the Eastern Xia army finally assembled more than 20 catapults, and was still installing piso and the like for debugging work.
Coldly and unexpectedly, he heard a series of strange "collapse collapse" sounds from Wu Zuocheng on the opposite side, and then the eyes of the Eastern Xia Army widened, it turned out that a black pressed thing had flown out from Wu Zuocheng, and these high-speed flying things had stones in them, and there were wooden barrels aimed at the catapult position of the Eastern Xia Army.
The first stone that fell made the auxiliary soldiers who assembled the catapult dead and wounded, and then the wooden barrel that smashed to the ground made the oil in it splash everywhere and then burned, and the people were dumbfounded, at the beginning, there were many people who ran forward to treat it, but with Wu Zuocheng's continuous throwing and bombing of that place, no one dared to approach that area.
Needless to say, all the Eastern Xia troops could only watch as the more than 20 catapults were reduced to ashes in the raging fire
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