After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 396 Helpless
In a short period of time, the city walls of Tancheng became a sea of ​​flames. At this time, most of the leather objects that resisted bows and arrows had been burned, and then three waves of arrows rained down, and Wu Jun's soldiers were wailing. Keep falling to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Fu Chai was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He could tell that the first wave of arrow rain just now was the city defenders, who released it deliberately in order to paralyze them, so that they could approach and fight again.

Today's losses are greater than yesterday's. In desperation, Fu Chai can only choose to retreat. Thousands of people died in the battle in two days, but more than [-] people were injured. No need to fight.

Bo Pi didn't expect that Tancheng would be so difficult to attack, so he gritted his teeth and suggested.

"My lord, the number of ordnance stored in the opponent's city should also be limited. They have released hundreds of thousands of feather arrows from yesterday to today. If we attack the city directly at all costs, we may be able to directly attack the top of the city."

"Otherwise, it will be a serious blow to our army's morale if we continue to consume it like this. Especially, many of the wounded soldiers continue to die, and they cannot receive timely medical treatment. This is the most troublesome thing. .”

We must know that in the Spring and Autumn period, siege warfare was relatively rare, and it was generally siege warfare, because this era was restricted by technical conditions and lacked some necessary engineering methods, although there were siege equipment such as catapults.

But it was too crude, and the shooting range was not enough, not to mention the accuracy. When the opponent had a bed crossbow, the catapult was just a decoration, and more importantly, the opponent shot arrows without any scruples, which was never seen before.

Because the production of bows and arrows requires one person to make them, which requires a lot of manpower, and most of the vassal states now adopt the recruitment system, so bows and arrows and bows are all self-provided, and the number is extremely limited.

It was the first time that Fu Chai had seen Tancheng using bows and arrows inexhaustibly, but now that the battle has been fought to the point where it is now, he can't take people back, so he used a relatively primitive siege method .

That is to build soil as a wall, concentrate the troops, and erect an earth wall outside the city gate that has been negotiated. At that time, the ladder can be directly erected on the city wall, but it will take too long. , but there is no other way.

After thinking of this, Fu Chai shook his head slightly, stared fiercely at the top of Tancheng, and said.

"Since we build soil directly outside the city wall, their advantage of bows and arrows will be weakened. As long as they can break into the city at that time, I will show my respect to you by killing all the people in Tancheng!"

So then Wu Jun started to get busy. They first quickly built a relatively short earth wall at a distance, and then used this earth wall to resist bows and arrows, and continued to move forward.

Ji Ran on the top of the city roughly calculated the opponent's speed, and then with a smile on his face, he ordered the soldiers to guard the city wall. He still had [-] infantry in his hands, and Fucha's army was all around Tancheng.

Presumably, it won't be long before Mengdi's side will definitely have good news, and according to the time, Chen and the others should have arrived in Zhongli. Now the longer Wu Jun spends here, the more beneficial it will be for Han.

At this time, Meng Di had already led people to the foot of Zhongwu City, and directly launched the siege, because the Wu army was responsible for the attack here, so there were 8 guards, and the resistance was quite resolute.

The leader of the army is Shou Yuyao. He knew very well in his heart that Zhong Wu was Wu Jun's retreat. If he lost here, Wu Jun would definitely withdraw this time, so he resisted and sent someone to send a message to Fu Chai.

At the same time, he ordered people to block the four gates, and made a posture of living and dying with the city. Mengdi did not expect the opponent to be so decisive, so he used the bed crossbow in his hand to concentrate and shoot, and divided his troops into three waves, attacking day and night. stop.

Since the opponent chooses to stick to it, he should simply blow down a city wall. At least in this way, some casualties of the Han army can be reduced. Now he is not in a hurry. trend.

As long as they found signs of withdrawing their troops, they would immediately notify Ji Ran. Wu Jun would definitely not be able to withstand the two-phase attack at that time, because Fu Chai would not have thought that there would be [-] elite infantry that had not been used during the negotiation.

However, things are often a little unexpected. Fu Chai, king of Wu, who was attacking Tancheng, suddenly received news that Zhongli had fallen, and Chen He led his army straight to Liuhe. If there is no rescue, Liuhe will also fall in a short time.

Fu Chai was shocked when he heard it. Now that the army has been brought out by him, the rear of Wu State is relatively empty. If Liuhe is lost, then Chen He can lead troops to directly threaten Helu City, so he frowned. Brow walked back and forth a few steps and said.

"What should we do? I didn't expect this Mengdi to be so cunning. In the face of our army attacking Tancheng, he dared to send troops to attack Zhongli. Now Liuhe City is also in danger. It seems that we have to withdraw our troops now."

Bo Pi didn't expect such an accident to happen, he frowned and thought for a while.

"My lord, if we withdraw our troops now, what is the most appropriate way to withdraw? The main force of the Han army is still unknown. Maybe they have already set up an ambush and are waiting for us to plunge in."

While talking, a military marquis hurried in, and after seeing the luggage, he immediately said.

"Report to Your Majesty that something is not right. The main force of the Han army has appeared outside Zhongwu City and is now attacking day and night. The villain, under the order of General Shouyu Yao, came to ask for help from Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Fu Chai shook his body and almost fell to the ground. Zhongwu City was hoarding food and grass for their army. If Zhongwu lost at this time, Wu Jun would lose all his family property this time.

Bo Pi also realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, he thought for a moment, and then asked.

"Is General Shou sure to defend Zhongwu City?"

After the military marquis heard this, a resolute expression appeared on his face, and he spoke in a very firm tone.

"Now the general has ordered the four city gates to be blocked. There will be absolutely no problem in a short period of time, but I am afraid that it will be unsustainable for a long time, so I ask the king to send troops to rescue quickly. The main reason is that the bed crossbows of the Han army are too sharp. , causing heavy casualties to our troops.”

(End of this chapter)