Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 283 Defense

In the entire war of human civilization, city walls have always played a very important role.Since the appearance of the city wall, the farming people finally had a defensive weapon, but because of the restrictions of the city, they lacked the mobility like the nomads.

Before the appearance of gunpowder, guns and even explosives, there was a lack of effective destructive weapons against solid fortifications. In the offensive and defensive battles of the city, there is no doubt that the defenders have the upper hand.

As long as there are sufficient reserves, including food and troops, it is not a big problem to defend the first half or a year.

Moreover, in a siege battle, due to the factor of the city wall, the casualty ratio of the attacking and defending soldiers is generally maintained at four to one or five to one, so if the attacking side does not have an absolute advantage in strength, or what The reason for having to attack is not to rashly exchange human lives for the city, because that is obviously a matter of killing eight hundred enemies and self-defeating three thousand...

And without the assistance of siege equipment, it would be a matter that would make the siege party desperate.Otherwise, for so many years, the nomads would not just be arrogant in the wild every time, and would be numb when they encountered a siege.

Looking at Zheng Chu's troops retreating slowly, Zhang Liao breathed a sigh of relief, but also became more vigilant in his heart.

"Ziyuan's retreat is really relieved!" Zhang Liao did not express his worries, but praised Fei Qian.

Fei Qian was not happy with Zhang Liao's praise, shook his head, and said, "It's a fluke that you and I were able to win this time. This Zheng Cui and Zheng Zirong are not easy to deal with."

Zheng Cui tried to provoke Zhang Liao by scolding the formation, and made Zhang Liao give up the advantage of the city wall to fight positionally. Fei Qian also used words to stimulate Zheng Cui. One was to improve the morale of his side, and the other also hoped that Zheng Cui would Lost his mind and attacked Hangu Pass without any siege preparations.

Although it has achieved a certain effect and improved its morale in this aspect, Zheng Chu did not ignore everything because he was scolded by Fei Qian for being a bloody sprinkler, but chose to endure the momentary anger , retreated, obviously to prepare some siege equipment, and win the pass in one fell swoop.

It is a bit difficult to build the well fence, cloud car and so on immediately, but it is not too difficult to build some simple ladders with trees, and it is not too difficult to crash into the car.

Therefore, it is not a very happy thing for Zheng Kui to retreat like this, because the next time Zheng Kui comes up to attack, he will definitely come with equipment, and a fierce battle is inevitable.

Moreover, Hangu Pass has been guarding against the east more than the west since ancient times. Although the west wall here has not been damaged by the fire, there is a certain gap between the height and width of the east wall, and there is no such thing as Wang Wang. Qitai and Jimingtai spit out the turrets to expand the attack surface, and the length of the city wall is much longer than that of the east city wall.

All these factors made it more difficult for Zhang Liao and Fei Qian to defend.

Another thing that is more troublesome is that the rolling stone used for defense is okay, and the Leimu kerosene and so on, under Fei Qian's own fire, it is basically equivalent to nothing...

Zhang Liao was silent for a while, then said: "Ziyuan, I would like to ask you to do me a favor. Help me go to Luoyang to ask for some reinforcements..."

Fei Qian was taken aback for a moment, and he realized it instantly. When Zhang Liao asked for reinforcements, he said that maybe there was a need for this, but more importantly, he wanted Fei Qian to evacuate this dangerous place first.

Fei Qian cupped his hands at Zhang Liao, thanked him, and said, "Wen Yuan is kind and considerate, but retreating in the face of the enemy is beyond my power. Kuang and Brother Wen Yuan can fight side by side, it is also a pleasure, An Neng Missed it?" Fei Qian deliberately said in a very formal tone, just to show his persistence.

Zhang Liao looked at Fei Qian, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then nodded, and said with a smile: "So let you and I fight together!"

"By the way," Fei Qian suddenly remembered something, and said, "Wen Yuan borrowed some soldiers from you. I need to send Cai Mansion's letter back to Gucheng first."

"Cai Mansion Letter?" Zhang Liao was a little confused.

After Fei Qian talked about it, Zhang Liao nodded again and again, and called Zhang Zhao.

Now that Zhang Zhao has been promoted to the team leader, when he heard the task of escorting the Cai Mansion's slips, he immediately expressed his reassurance to Fei Qian and Zhang Liao that they must be careful to protect the safety of the slips. The ten guards left the east gate with the newly restored letter.

After getting rid of the worries in his heart, Fei Qian devoted himself wholeheartedly to the future offensive against Zheng Chu.

This time the two sides played against each other, which was basically equal.Zheng Kui has about [-] troops, while Zhang Liao has only [-] infantry, plus [-] auxiliary soldiers, and the other [-] cavalry, although they are majestic before, they are not very useful in defending the city wall. Well, at most it can only be a cameo as an archer...

In other words, Zheng Kui's military strength can basically be counted as twice that of Zhang Liao.

Another problem is the lack of tools for defending the city, such as rolling stones and wood. There are only a few items on the west wall, and the east wall is almost completely burned by Fei Qian...

Fortunately, some arrows can be taken out from the public treasury, otherwise the long-range strike capability is lacking, so what use can the [-] cavalrymen bring with each of the [-] arrows?
There is also a potential threat. Some of Zheng Chu’s troops who stayed in the pass escaped Hangu Pass before, and a small part were killed in the resistance, but there are still some soldiers who finally gave up and surrendered. Now they are being detained. In the school grounds outside Nancheng.

These soldiers have followed Zheng Kui for many years. If they learned that Zheng Kui came back again, they would inevitably have some thoughts, so it is impossible to send these people to the city wall to defend the city, and it is necessary to send out soldiers to take precautions. Fortunately, This kind of thing can be done by auxiliary soldiers...

Even if Luoyang's reinforcements will come, it is estimated that they will not be so fast, and relying on the [-] infantry and [-] dismounted cavalry on hand, as for the auxiliary soldiers, this combat strength is really not flattering.

However, it is not an easy task for such a small force to defend the attack surface, which is much longer than that of the east city wall, without enough long-range lethal weapons.

So now I and Zhang Liao have some advantages, but they are still limited.

Because even if Dong Zhuo and Li Ru are magnanimous, it is impossible for anyone to freely take the east and south roads at this juncture. Therefore, to leave Luoyang, the only way to go west to Hedong must be opened up. The plan of the gentry was thwarted.

Although Cai Mansion's letter on his side said that he was temporarily out of danger, he still had to defend the city, and he still had to defend it!

The question now is what to do in order to expand the advantages of our own side?

　Because of being tempted by Dian Niang, the name of the fan club was changed to "Shaojiu Theater Troupe". It should be because no one has snatched this term...

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