The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

() In the corner of the school grounds, Su Jin, Pan Jiang, Li Chong, Jing Tai and others gathered together to discuss matters while eating. The statistics of the data have already come to fruition. The number of people lost can be calculated.

The statistical results show that more than 100 Song soldiers were killed in the morning, most of them were caught by hooks and went down to the city, a small number were killed by flying stones overwhelming the sky from catapults, and some were killed in hand-to-hand combat with Xia soldiers who attacked the city wall. kill.

According to visual inspection, the number of deaths of the Xixia Army should be more than three times, that is to say, more than 1 lives were indeed lost in the siege battle in the morning battle.

"Lord Su, a loss rate of one to three is acceptable. We have nearly [-] soldiers defending the city, and even if we exhaust the Xia army, I estimate that the opponent will retreat in despair if more than half of them are killed or injured. We will definitely be able to Win." Pan Jiang chewed a wild boar tail and clicked his mouth.

Su Jin stopped to eat, looked at Pan Jiang and said, "Commander Pan, you didn't calculate the account like this. It was obvious that Xia Jun underestimated my Weizhou defenders this morning. They thought that there were not many soldiers in our city. They The scouts also guarded the intersections leading to Weizhou day and night. Obviously they also knew that we had no reinforcements for the past few days. Because of this, they were confused and attacked so recklessly; After the loss, their next attack must be more careful, and the days behind us will be even more sad." . .

Jingtai frowned and said: "Master Su's words are very true. I estimate that Xia Jun will be more cautious in his next attack. What I am most worried about is that the western thieves will attack in turn, so we will be dragged down. Let's see." Our soldiers, after one or two hours of fighting, are all exhausted and exhausted, how can we resist the uninterrupted rounds of attacks?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "Master Jing is right. In order to guard against this move, we also need to take turns defending the city. Commander Pan, I, Lord Jing, and if the enemy uses wheels to fight, the three of us also need to take turns to defend the city." Although the soldiers cannot take turns to rest, they can use the four-city rotation system. We now have more than 2 people in the north city and more than 1 people at the gates of the other three cities. Zhuang and the yamen tolerance policeman and others will add at any time, now we must unite as one, and no one is an exception."

Li Chong cupped his hands and said: "Lord Su, I will take care of this matter. After the operation this morning, there is still room for the logistics team of civilians to dig, so it will not hinder the logistics if we send out two or three thousand young men to participate in the defense of the city."

Pan Jiangdao: "The humble post suggests that the young and strong civilians be scattered and mixed into the army. The civilians have never seen a real battle and cannot stand alone. If they concentrate on one side, they will be in danger of collapsing."

Su Jin said: "Yes, Commander Pan has considered very detailed, which is something to worry about; in fact, what I am most worried about is the enemy's desperate encirclement of the four cities. Have you ever thought about how we should deal with it at that time? Even if not Attacking the four cities at the same time means attacking from two or three places at the same time, we are forced to spread our forces to defend on several sides, and if one is breached, it will be a disaster."

Everyone was excited, this is really possible, although in general siege operations one or at most two walls are attacked at the same time, the concentration of troops to break through is one of the first, and the second is because the siege equipment is inconvenient to carry; There is no such thing as concentrated troops, no matter how scattered they are, they are superior troops, and Xia Jun doesn't seem to care about the role of large siege equipment at all. Those trebuchets are only used to suppress the archers at the top of the city when charging. I also want to try my luck to see if I can destroy the city wall; the Xia army never thought of using the trebuchet as the main weapon of attack, so it is hard to say that the Xixia army will not besiege the city with all their eggs in one basket.

Seeing the serious faces of everyone, Su Jin knew that everyone had no idea. It is true that if the only less than [-] soldiers were scattered to defend the city, the combat power would be greatly weakened, and logistical supplies would also be difficult. Now Most of the materials were concentrated near the North City. If the South City was attacked, it would take half a day to move the bundle of bows and arrows. When the bows and arrows arrived, the Xia army would probably have attacked the city.

Li Chong suddenly said: "There is a possibility of attacking from all sides, but I think it is unlikely to be carried out."

Su Jin said: "How can you see it?"

Li Chongdao: "In the end, the siege of the city depends on climbing the city wall or breaking the city gate to be effective. Just rushing under the city wall as a target for arrows, what threat does it pose to us? If the Xixia army besieged from all sides, how many troops should be built?" Can we build ladders? At least a thousand ladders are needed for each place to be enough for the Xia army to use its superior force to attack the city. If the number of ladders is small, our defenders will be able to do their job well even though they are small. In the end, we only need to guard the top of the ladders to prevent the enemy from stepping Just go up the city wall."

Jingtai clapped his hands and said: "That's right, if it weren't for the Xithie's more than 1000 climbing points today, we wouldn't have been broken through several places. If it weren't for the support of the mobile support team led by Chao Mahan and other leaders, it would be quite possible. Thrilling; hundreds of ladders were destroyed by us today, and the number of remaining ladders of the West Thieves may not be able to support their strategy of encircling them on all sides."

Everyone nodded one after another, and the atmosphere eased slightly.

Su Jin said: "Couldn't they be able to build it? Just like the trebuchet, there wasn't one before it came, but now there are hundreds of them throwing stones at us?"

Jingtai said: "How can it take a few days to build thousands of ladders? You have to cut trees and build them. How can you do it in ten days and a half months? I don't believe that the West Thieves will stop for ten days and a half months without attacking the city." Build ladders; besides, if they stayed for so long, wouldn't they be afraid that our reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty would arrive?"

Su Jin shook his head and said: "Master Jing, what you said seems to make sense, but it is actually a matter of luck. First, it will not take so long to build thousands of ladders. That thing is not technical work at all, and it is not me. As for the exquisite things like the roller coaster in the Song Dynasty, I think the West Pirates can only make these simple ladders, as long as there are enough materials, I dare say it can be completed in a day or two."

Jingtai thought for a while, and had to nod to admit that what Su Jin said was indeed possible.

"Secondly, even if there is a long delay, the Xi thief will never be afraid of my reinforcements coming this time. The two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing were restrained by the feint attack of the Youzhou army. Even though it was a feint attack, there were more than 4 people. Draw troops to help, and the feigned attack will turn into a real attack, which will be a big trouble. Fan Shuai also understands this, so he will definitely not come to help; People are not so stupid that they can't even besiege the city and fight for aid. Their scouts are wandering around endlessly. If there is a long delay, they will definitely set up an ambush in Weizhou on the way to receive aid. If Han Shuai doesn't come, that's all. If you come, you will fall into the net, which is even more troublesome, shall we go out of the city to save him, or sit and watch Han Shuai get caught in a tight siege?"

Seeing sweat on Jingtai's forehead, he said in a trembling voice: "Oh, I didn't think carefully. Fortunately, Mr. Su reminded me that this matter is really difficult."

Pan Jiang blinked and asked, "Lord Su, what should we do then? We can't hope that the western thieves won't be surrounded by all sides?"

Su Jin said: "Of course we can't take chances. You can't rely on luck in war. When I was in the capital, the Lord Sansi warned me that if you act by luck, half of your losses will be lost. It depends on strength."

Li Chong looked at Su Jin and asked, "What is Master Su's strategy?"

Everyone looked at Su Jin eagerly, hoping that Su Jin could come up with a clever plan. Su Jin said with a sad face: "I can't help it, why should I ask you?"

Everyone's hearts were sinking, and they were quite disappointed. Su Jin couldn't do anything, so who could do it?

Su Jin suddenly smiled and said: "The food is cold, it's not okay to waste food, no matter how you say it, you have to have a full stomach."

Pan Jiang pouted and said, "I can't eat it."

Su Jin laughed and said, "Eat it if you can't eat it, maybe I will have an idea after eating this bowl of rice."

When everyone heard what Su Jin said, they all looked at Su Jin suspiciously, but Su Jin had already picked up the bowl and began to chew. Everyone hurriedly scrambled and sent the food into their stomachs indiscriminately, but Su Jin still ate in an orderly manner. dishes, and a bowl of soup at the end.

Everyone was worried, but they didn't dare to rush him. After finally seeing Su Jin eat and drink enough, Jingtai and Pan Jiang couldn't wait to ask in unison: "Lord Lushi, do you have any clever plan?"

Su Jin let out a sigh of relief, hiccupped and wiped his mouth, and then slowly said: "There is a solution, but the trick is not necessarily."

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't be fooled." This time even Li Chong couldn't stand it anymore.

Su Jin smiled and said: "The method is a stupid method, but it is absolutely effective."

In the anticipation of everyone, Su Jin slowly spit out four words: "Draw the bottom of the pot."

Su Jin's strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot is actually very straightforward. Since he is afraid that the Xixia army will encircle him on all sides, then he will not let them encircle him on all sides. As long as Xia army can't make so many ladders, he can stop Xia army from thinking about it; of course You can't rush out and point the Xixia army's nose to threaten others not to build ladders, but let them want to build them but can't. The fundamental problem is the raw materials for making ladders.

Su Jin's strategy of drawing salary from the bottom is a big deal, but this move may be arrested and shot in later generations, but in this era, no one thinks it is a big deal.

Su Jin's solution is: set fire to Longshan, which is [-] miles away.