The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 516 Han Xin: The city collapsed, and it wasn’t me [please subscribe*please vote]

"Then what?" Jing Ke thought for a while. The city wall was tall, and the archers standing on the city wall had a wider field of vision and a longer range.

"Then General Luo Bing will arrange the armored soldiers and shield guards outside the city, relying on the fortifications built outside the city, waiting for the Huns to attack. There will be cavalry cruising on the left and right wings waiting for the fighter planes to enter at any time."

Han Xin continued to explain.

"Why are you leaving the city?" Jing Ke asked subconsciously.

There are walls to defend, so why go out of the city?

"This involves some military expertise. A capable general can accurately calculate the attack range of the archers, and then place the soldiers and shield guards within the effective attack range of their own archers, while the enemy archers attack Not in the right position.”

"In this way, if the enemy wants to attack the city, they must first be baptized by the rain of arrows on the city wall. After three rounds of rain of arrows wash the ground, the enemy's camp will inevitably be in chaos, especially in the archer camp. The marksman conducts a roll call design on the enemy commander."

"The role of the shield guards and armored soldiers is to take advantage of his illness to kill him, to take advantage of the enemy's formation chaos, and then defeat the opponent."

"No general is willing to let the enemy get close to his city walls unless absolutely necessary."

Han Xin explained.

"Sir, the siege battle in your mind is that one side defends the city and locks the city gates, while the other side storms the city gates and tries their best to climb onto the city and fight."

"Yes, isn't that true?" Jing Ke asked subconsciously.

"No, that was already the final moment of the battle to defend the city. At that time, any tactics and strategies were useless. It was just a matter of fighting for the fighting spirit and number of soldiers."

"The real battle to defend the city actually begins when the enemy arrives on the battlefield, and in layman's terms, this battlefield starts from thirty miles outside the city."

"War has always been a battle between you and me. In fact, the first mover in a city defense battle is never the siege side, but the city defender."

"Before the enemy arrives, the defenders will start setting up various traps thirty miles outside the city to slow down the enemy's attack."

"This is when the defenders move first, and then the attackers try their best to break through the trap and approach the city."

Han Xin taught Jing Ke bit by bit about city defense and siege warfare.

"The reason why the Xiongnu could not capture Yumen Pass was because General Luo Bing deployed hundreds of troops on the mountains on both sides of Yumen Pass. Once the Xiongnu army wanted to rush out of the corridor, it would be cut off by the soldiers on the mountains on both sides. ”

"Then General Luo Bing will send out the vanguard battalion to kill all the Xiongnu's vanguard troops at the end of the corridor."

"So, actually...until now, the Huns have never even seen what Yumen Pass looks like!"

Han Xin said with a smile.

Luo Bing's tactics are the real way to defend the city. At least until now, the Huns have never seen what Yumen Pass looks like, but they have lost many people at the end of the corridor.

"So, there is a problem with Shanguo's defense?" Jing Ke also understood.

Jing Ke taught him the correct way to defend a city. Looking at it this way, wouldn't the Shanguo's defense be wrong?

"Shanguo should never, never give up the initiative in the war and huddle in the city."

Han Xin confidently pointed to the capital of Shanguo, his words were relaxed and contemptuous.

"The capital city of Shan Kingdom is made of sand and earth. Just this kind of city wall, I believe there are no less than a hundred ways to destroy it."

"Awesome!" Jing Ke couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Now he believed that Han Xin was really capable.

"Actually, it's not what I thought of, but the sages have created many ways to siege cities, and Shanguo is really nothing in these siege battles!" Han Xin said modestly.

It has a structure of sand and soil, and a moat was built outside the city like others. Is it because the enemy would not dare to flood it?
In addition, there are many ways.

All you need to do is pile up endless firewood in a corner of the city. If there is a big fire, the heat will make it impossible for people to stand on that section of the city wall. After the fire is scorching, cracks will appear in the city wall. Then pour cold water on it, and the city wall will instantly become Collapse.

The siege party only needs to wait until the fire is extinguished, and then they can drive straight into the city without any hindrance.

"The biggest mistake of the Shan Kingdom is that they did not cut down the woods outside the city. Those are extremely flammable poplar and birch trees. Just cutting down these poplar and birch trees is the most effective weapon for attacking the city."

Han Xin pointed to the woods outside the capital of Shanguo.

This was the first time he saw a city defender dare to leave the woods outside the city to the enemy.

Even if the enemy does not use these trees to burn down city walls, they can still use these trees to make siege ladders, battering rams, and even arrow stems that can be made from local materials.

Therefore, when he just received the order to destroy Shanguo, Han Xin thought it was a hard mode. But when he arrived at the place, he saw that it was a hard mode. This was an experience pack.

"Now that you are sure, go for it!"

Jing Ke did not interfere with Han Xin's command, and quietly watched Han Xin give orders and command the five thousand troops assigned to him by Lord Long Yang.

However, Jing Ke was still a little surprised that Han Xin could actually use the name of Lord Longyang to force the captains of each battalion to obey orders.

The most important thing is that Jing Ke can see that Han Xin is quite capable of commanding these five thousand people.

The observation group sent by Lord Long Yang could not find any fault with Jing Ke's command. They even did not notice some details themselves, but Han Xin did.

For example, when setting up camp, you cannot go to the river to get water. You can only dig on the ground to get water to prevent the enemy from poisoning the water.

Moreover, Han Xin mobilized all 5,000 men to the east city for a round of attack, and then withdrew one after another, but left the camp in place, pretending to attack the east city by force.

Shanguo had to shift the focus of defense to Dongcheng.

However, Han Xin threw the retreating troops into the woods to cut wood and make dry firewood and charcoal.

On the fourth day, Han Xin asked a team of 100 people to carry bundled firewood and rush to a corner of the West City under the rain of arrows, where they piled the firewood high.

The soldiers did not even need weapons or shields. The firewood carried on their heads became a natural weapon for them to defend themselves against arrows.

Then, a fire broke out under the west city wall.

Huge flames burned the city wall, making it impossible for anyone to stand on the wall.

Shan Guo wanted to put out the fire, but once the birch and poplar trees were ignited, it was difficult to extinguish them.

"Um, is Shanguo's experience package real?"

Han Xin originally planned to send another group of warriors to cool down the white-burned city wall, causing the city wall to collapse.

But he didn't expect that Shan Guo came to put out the fire by himself, and then collapsed the city wall himself.

The Loulan observation group did not expect that the city wall that they could not break through would collapse like this.

For a moment, the viewing group was also silent.

(End of this chapter)