Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 72 Minyong
When Sun Ce heard Tai Shi Ci's evaluation, he couldn't help but be stunned. Previously, he thought that Lu Bu was at most the same as Tai Shi Ci, or that because of his age and outstanding military achievements, he took advantage of the golden jade armor...

But he didn't know that when Tai Shici said "deal with you and me", he didn't mean "you or me", but "you and me"!
Although at Hulao Pass, Guan and Zhang could already put Lu Bu at a disadvantage by joining forces, but... that was just Lu Bu at Hulao Pass!
"General Taishi is indeed brave. Two years ago, when Sun Ce first fought against Lujiang, he was only sixteen years old, but his courage was unstoppable. He always took the lead. In addition, that Zhou Yu was full of tricks, and the old man was almost unable to defend Shucheng... Today, General Taishi It's Shucheng's luck to lose his spirit first." Lu Kang complimented Tai Shici who had just come up.

"Prefect Lu's words are serious. As long as you are here in Shucheng, the army and the people can be united. The outcome of my battle will not affect anything." Tai Shici responded humbly.

At this time, Sun Ce pointed at the tower and said, "Tai Shici, I think you are also a hero, and I admire you, Bai Tu, for daring to cross the river in danger, and I will give you twelve hours!"

After saying this, he led his troops back to camp, only an arrow and a half away from the city gate - only 8000 people dared to camp face to face.

At this time, the bows and arrows used by ordinary soldiers can shoot up to a hundred steps, which is about 170 meters. They are already considered powerful bows for elite soldiers, and this is the range of projectile. After all, ordinary soldiers do not need to shoot accurately, as long as they roughly shoot into the enemy's range. Can.

If it were a precise horizontal shot, the distance would be reduced by half.

The shooting range of the cavalry's cavalry archery bow is even shorter, because the cavalry is fighting on horseback, and the longbow is inconvenient to use. Rate of fire, not range.

As for the bows and arrows of the generals, because the physical constitution of the generals in this world is somewhat abnormal, plus the increase in armor, Bai Tu is not sure. He only knows that... it must be far beyond ordinary bows.

The defensive side has the advantage of the city tower and can shoot farther, but Sun Ce is currently camping 150 steps away, less than a mile away.

It's a pity that Bai Tu hasn't had time to build those powerful bows that surpass the range of modern times. Otherwise, if Bai Tu was given hundreds of divine arm crossbows, tonight he would be taught what a night attack without leaving the city is...

But now this is just a thought. After all, the craftsmanship of crossbows not only requires a lot of investment, but also the ancient methods are not fully circulated. For example, the divine arm crossbow only has the composition of some parts. There are still many difficulties in actual research and development, and the white diagram is not available for the time being. Go climb this technology.

There are only more than 5000 defenders in the city, but Lu Kang's popularity can convert a large number of "service workers" into "people's bravery" to supplement the fighting strength, so it has persisted to this day.

Normal "service workers" cannot go to the battlefield. It's okay to show off. It's not just a matter of combat literacy. As long as the service workers are attacked, the camp will be blown up immediately. Mixing the service workers with the army will definitely reduce the combat effectiveness. the behavior of.

However, there are exceptions - for example, on the defensive side where people's support is popular, service workers can be temporarily transformed into "civilian warriors". Although they are much weaker than normal soldiers, especially because they have no training and can only do some simple assistance, at least in terms of morale , will not be destroyed by fighting like ordinary laborers.

The battle that used "people's bravery" most brilliantly in history had nothing to do with the people's aspirations. Instead, 400 years ago, Zhang Han, the general of the late Qin Dynasty, used 70 Lishan slave workers as "people's bravery". He defeated Chen Wuyi's army and defeated the Shandong kingdoms. If Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, had not come out of nowhere, he would have almost given Qin another few more years.

However, this kind of isolated case is not enough evidence. Normally, "people's bravery" is a special "arms" that can only be used in defensive warfare and is a defensive side that has the support of the people.

Although Sun Ce's Jiangdong soldiers were elite, they only had 8000 men and could not possibly break the city.

Moreover, when Sun Ce said "give up twelve hours", he really meant "give up". Bai Tu discovered that the other party was really just setting up camp that day, and even felling wood and making ladders only started the next day!

At night, Tai Shici wanted to go out of the city to attack at night, after all... The distance between this guy's camp is too close to his face, which makes people uncomfortable.

However, it was stopped by Lu Su. Night attacks were most effective against an unstable army. Once the camp was bombed at night, thousands of troops would only trample on each other.

The so-called "unstable army" refers to either arrogant soldiers with a winning streak, sad soldiers with a losing streak, panicked soldiers whose food routes have been cut off, or new recruits who lack actual combat...

Now the Sun Ce army outside the city is obviously not a good target for night attack, but it is easy to damage the few defenders in the city-"Minyong" can only assist in defense and cannot be used for offense, and the proportion of regular troops when defending the city If there are too few, the morale of the "people's brave" will also drop significantly.

After Taishi Ci gave up the idea of ​​a night attack, Sun Cejun began to cut down trees and collect materials the next day, built ladders, and built rams.

He even built a ladder of more than ten feet little by little in the military camp not far from the city, which made Tai Shici scratch his heart on the tower.

However, Lu Kang specifically reminded: "More than a year ago, it was the same when Sun Ce attacked Wan County. He built a ladder under the city, but when Wan City's order came out to destroy it, Sun Ce killed him and was severely defeated. Although Wan The city commander fled back in embarrassment, but Wancheng fell in less than half a month."

When attacking a city, it has become a common "technique" for Sun Ce to build a ladder close to his face.

From the construction speed of the ladder, we can also see that Sun Ce's army is very experienced and capable. After all, there will be no special engineering troops in the army at this time. When building siege equipment or digging ditches for fortresses, at most there will be specialized engineers. The officers commanded, and then divided into several small teams from ordinary soldiers to do it.

Although ladders and rams are just the simplest siege equipment, they show that the opponent is very proficient...

"My lord, Prefect Lu, I think it's time for more civilians to go up the wall, and the defenders should rest first." Lu Su suggested.

"Is Zijing afraid of their night attack?" Bai Tu asked.

"A night attack is not necessarily possible, but now we dare not take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy. Anyway, we are just watching them build ladders. It is better to replace them with Min Yong and watch." Lu Su said.

Bai Tu accepted Lu Su's suggestion, and Lu Kang also ordered the arrangements...

There was no night attack, but on the third day, when there was light in the early morning, Sun Ce had already begun to lead his men to attack the city!
Lu Kang had already ordered people to be on guard day and night, but he was not caught off guard. Just a quarter of an hour later, Lu Kang and Bai Tu appeared on the tower to supervise the battle.

It's nothing to do with Bai Tu, it's just that it took a lot of hard work for Lu Kang's age.

"This Sun Ce seems to have the courage of a man, but in fact his tactics are also very delicate. Yesterday he built ladders and rushed cars in front of us to exert pressure, and today he attacked in the early morning...Minyong is not a regular army after all. Poor performance." Lu Su praised from the side.

During the training of the regular army, there must be training to meet the enemy temporarily, and even to rush to attack at night. Although the energy will be lower in the early morning, as long as it is not panic caused by a surprise attack, it will not affect much.

But for Min Yong, he went straight to three or four points with a lot of effort...

Previously, Bai Tu accepted Lu Su's suggestion and used civilian bravery more during the day, but now the defenders were well rested.

After more than a year, Sun Ce once again led his troops to attack Shucheng!

(End of this chapter)