Qian Song

Chapter 42
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Shocked!

Shock from the bottom of my heart!
The Liang family, especially Liang Jin, who has been in the army all his life, has never seen a strong army, nor has he never seen a strong army attack a city. He has seen and used all kinds of siege equipment such as carts and ladders.

——Although the siege equipment of the Huben Army has undergone some changes under Li Cun's request and guidance, they still have not deviated from their original appearance as a whole.

But the siege effect of these combinations is something Liang Jin has never seen before!
On the battlefield, nothing is more tragic than a siege battle.

Siege is often the most troublesome battle for generals.

How much will it cost to capture a city?
That's hard to say, if you take the battle of Yubi and Zhang Xun's defense of Suiyang as examples, it will make those who fight the siege desperate.

During the Battle of Yubi, Gao Huan's hundreds of thousands of troops besieged Wei Xiaokuan, digging mountains and tunnels, and using everything that could be used. As a result, [-] people were killed or injured in [-] days, and the city still stood, which made Gao Huan angry And the end of death.

Zhang Xun was even more powerful in guarding Suiyang. Only one city blocked the movement of 18 rebels from Anlu Mountain to go south to Jianghuai, and saved half of the country for Datang.

It was unheard of for Liang Jin to attack a well-defended city within an hour.

Is that because Fuyang City is small?

This is just a layman's view.

Anyone who really understands the military knows that most big cities are easier to fight than small ones.

The protection of the main cities is generally guarded by the nearby continuous passes and defenders. When the enemy is under the walls of the main cities, it can only mean that the defending troops have been almost wiped out, and all field battles have basically failed. , all important passes were lost, and morale was gone.

Moreover, the huge city walls of large cities look scary, but in a real fight, the defenders' forces are scattered on the walls for tens of miles, and they can easily be concentrated and broken through.

Li Yuan broke Chang'an, which is the most typical example.

In the Battle of Yubi and Zhang Xun's defense of Suiyang, the defenders defended a small town like Fuyang City.

Was it because the defenders were not good enough that Fuyang City was easily breached by the Huben Army?
There must be such a reason. After all, the southeast has been peaceful for too long, so long that people no longer know how to fight.

But the problem is that the Huben Army has just been established, which is not difficult to see from the straight movements of the soldiers of the Huben Army rushing towards the city wall.

However, the generals of the Huben Army have no experience, but their morale is really high. They rushed to the city wall one after another, even if they fell from the ladder, they would not check their injuries, and just continued on. Climbing on the city wall, I am afraid that I will fall behind others, as if there are naked beauties on the city wall, they can climb up as long as they rush up.

can't read.

The Liang family couldn't understand.

Even Liang Jin, who had been in the army all his life, couldn't understand it.

How did this army, which is unique everywhere, come into existence? !

Li Cun called Liang Jin over and asked, "How is our army?"

Liang Jin said half as a compliment, half sincerely: "It's really a strong army."

Not wanting to, Li Cun said: "They are still far from a strong army, they are just barely usable."

Liang Jin disagreed: "The general is too modest. The villain has fought all his life, and he has conquered a city in an hour. This villain has only seen it in his life."

Li Cunxin said: "This level of firepower suppression is nothing. If I am so busy that I don't have time to prepare weapons, I will show you what firepower coverage is really easy."

To be honest, in Li Cun's opinion, the best battle to fight is a siege.

With the advent of gunpowder, especially after the generation of siege artillery, the war will definitely be pushed to another level. At that time, the role of the city wall will become less and less.

When gunpowder weapons are developed to a certain level, the city walls can only become a symbol, just like the magnificent city walls of several ancient capitals in later generations, they no longer have the ability to protect the city in front of artillery.

Li Cun is absolutely capable of making any fortified city wall lose its ability to protect the city, but he doesn't have the time yet.

After another hour or so, Niu Meng triumphantly came out of the city to report to Li Cun that all the defenders in the city surrendered, and all the high-ranking officials, gentry and nobles, except those who ran from the north, had been captured by his front army. , please Li Cun to go to the city to review.

Niu Meng's request was rejected by Li Cun.

Li Cun only let Zhang Shi and the army he had selected to station in Fuyang City enter the city to replace Huben's former army, and ransacked the homes of those high-ranking officials, gentry and nobles who dared to resist.

In addition, it needs to be explained that after Han Bie voted here, under Su Dong's subordinates, he made many military exploits. The crossbowmen brought out also performed well.

Therefore, Li Cun no longer punished the low-level soldiers who obeyed orders, arrested their family members and confiscated their property. Instead, he threw them into the recruit camp to train with other recruits and undergo political reform together. Well-trained and well-reformed, such as taking the initiative to lead family members to join the Huben Army, they will be added to the main forces after the recruiting period is over, and if they are stubborn, they will be sent to labor camps as strong laborers.

While Zhang Shi led his people to take over Fuyang City and search the homes of those dignitaries, gentry and nobles, Li Cun also asked Kang Jian and others who had contributed to this battle, including the soldiers of the Huben Army who participated in the siege, including those who participated in the manufacture and control of siege equipment. The officers and men of the Huben Army, and even the auxiliary army who sent arrows and cannon stones, were counted for their merits.

When it was almost dawn, all the dignitaries, gentry, nobles and their families who participated in the resistance were all kidnapped out of the city, and the things in their homes were also transported out in an orderly manner, and directly loaded on the ship.

At the same time, the credits have also been counted, and have been confirmed by the soldiers who participated in the battle and personally reviewed by Li Cun.

The next step is to reward the soldiers of the Huben Army who have made meritorious service.

simply.

This is the first feeling of the Liang family, and it is also the biggest feeling of the Liang family.

For meritorious service, Li Cun immediately promoted the reward, unlike the Zhao and Song courts, which procrastinated, and no one dared to tamper with military merits, because all military merits needed to be confirmed by the meritorious person himself and Li Cun.

Of course, this is also because there are still few soldiers in Huben. If it becomes stronger and bigger, it will definitely have to go through the process.

But who would think so far?

At least the current behavior of the Huben Army makes the Liang family, who are also soldiers, feel at ease.

Niu Meng picked the most beautiful one from the group of criminal women to stand on his shoulders, while Niu Meng's personal soldiers followed closely behind Niu Meng helplessly. In addition, Li Cun was promoted to the rank of Niu Meng, a doctor of martial arts. Official, opened the first military rank officer of the Huben Army, Niu Meng is really amazing.

When he came to the generals, Niu Meng laughed loudly and said: "You wait and work harder, Grandpa Niu's waist has not been better recently, and these little ladies are really grinding to death."

After finishing speaking, Niu Meng gave Zhao Han'er a provocative look, then slapped the butt of the beauty on his shoulders, and said loudly, "Go, beauty, Grandpa Niu will take you away!"

Seeing this, the soldiers of Huben's former army burst into laughter, full of momentum.

As for the soldiers of the Huben Chinese Army, they all bowed their heads, without any momentum.

Zhao Han'er went directly to Li Cun, clasped his fists and said, "General! If we don't let our Chinese army eat meat in the next battle, the general will withdraw the post of the last general in command of the Chinese army. The last general is really shameless If he becomes the commander of the Chinese army, he can't even get a single combat mission, so what face will he have to lead the Chinese army's tigers and wolves?!"

Liang Jin could tell that whether it was Zhao Han'er or the other soldiers of the Huben Chinese Army, they all sincerely wanted to fight. In other words, they were happy when they heard about the war. people.

This can't help but remind Liang Jin of the Qin army who swept the six countries in the legend.

Hearing the war is joyful, endless victories!
Hiss!
Why is this happening?

Until Liang Jin saw an ordinary soldier like an old farmer holding 100 taels of snowflake silver in one hand and resisting the newly married young lady of the Fuyang county magistrate in the other hand, walking towards a tent with his head held high amidst the booing of the tiger and cardinal soldiers. Liang Jincai seemed to have some understanding.

At this moment, Li Cun suddenly said to Liang Jin, "Old General Liang."

Liang Jin quickly responded, "The end is here."

Li Cun smiled and said, "How about a small favor from the Liang family?"

Liang Jin replied without hesitation: "Don't dare to help, just give orders to the general if you have something to do."

Li Cun didn't talk nonsense anymore, he directly pointed to a large group of Fuyang officials, gentry and nobles who were kneeling not far away, and said, "Help me chop off their heads."

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(End of this chapter)