Feng Heming

Chapter 364 What a Problem

After withdrawing the troops and returning to the barracks, Jiang Yuanxi was immediately surrounded by people.

"Fifth lady, are you alright?"

Jiang Yuanxi smiled comfortingly at them, "I'm fine, don't worry."

After everyone sat down, Jiang Yuanxi looked at Shao Sihu appreciatively, "Xiaohu, you just grasped the timing very well."

Just now, she didn't make a sound by the side, and kept watching Shao Sihu directing. From the beginning to the end, Shao Sihu was calm and would seize the opportunity, she was very satisfied.

The corners of Shao Sihu's lips were stern, showing dissatisfaction with himself, "I didn't protect you just now."

Jiang Yuanxi was right behind him, he put her in danger, he felt that he could not forgive himself.

Jiang Yuanxi shook his head in disapproval, "When the sharp arrow came, you were not in front of me in the direction I was facing. If you were there, the arrow would not have had a chance to come in front of me. It is not your fault."

When Shao Xihu was in command just now, he was on the left side, and she was in the middle of the team. She didn't think Shao Xihu was at fault.

Jiang Yuanxi was afraid that he would continue to think wildly, so he quickly changed the subject, "Just now Xiaohu threw a stone at the middle of the city wall, did you see anything?"

Everyone present didn't know that Shao Sihu's reason for doing this was to kill the man who shot the rhubarb crossbow, so he tactfully did not mention his motives, and just stated his own thoughts.

Hu Bugui seemed to sense it, "Originally the soldiers should be evenly distributed on the city wall, but when Xiaohu gave the order to throw the middle part of the city wall, the soldiers who were distributed on the left and right ran to the middle without their lives. They didn't know where the stones were heading. Are you falling, since you know why you are still rushing to get there?"

The distance was too far, they couldn't see the faces of those soldiers, they could only confirm that they were soldiers from the blurred black dots, because they were too far away, they couldn't even see their bows and arrows, but those black dots moved towards the center one after another They did see the strangeness.

"Under what circumstances, where will the sergeants go so desperately?" Jiang Boyong asked with a frown.

The next moment, everyone seemed to have thought of it, with a look of surprise on their faces: "Could it be that the person standing there just now is the guard general of Yanmen Gate?"

The more I think about it, the more I feel that I guessed it right. After all, they are aggressive and reasonable. As an army commander, he wants to see how many enemies they have and how they will attack, so that he can command and respond immediately.

If there were guards among the people who were submerged by the stone just now, it would not be difficult to explain why those sergeants were desperate, even if their lives were in danger, they wanted to rush inside.

If they were in danger, their subordinates would be desperate to rescue them.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and then felt sorry for each other.

"What a pity!"

"If you can guess that the man is the guard, you should smash all the stones."

"However, it may not be the guard. You also know how rare a strong man can pull the big yellow crossbow. Maybe it is to save the life of that strong man." Qu Chengwen suddenly put forward a different opinion.

When everyone thought about it, it seemed that there was indeed such a possibility.

"Regardless of whether they are guards or not, seeing how flustered they are, we still took advantage of them."

Jiang Yuanxi didn't feel too sorry, she didn't expect to kill the general in the first battle, it would be good to kill a strong man.

"I want to ask something, have you seen that section of the city wall?" Jiang Yuanxi mainly wanted to say this.

"The top was broken by a stone." Shao Sihu's eyes were good, and he could see the small handrail protruding from the city wall collapsed.

Jiang Yuanxi rubbed his chin, "Well, so to speak, I saw it right. You said, if we smash a rock for a day tomorrow, we will smash it at the middle of the city wall. Will it break the city wall? If we get closer Just hit it with a little bit, Mr. Huo said, get closer, and the smashed stone will have greater destructive power."

Huo Jingshan not only knows how to build ships, he is actually a very capable craftsman, even the catapult was improved by him. This is why Jiang Bojun wanted to worship him as a teacher. It is too difficult to find a craftsman who can be called a master. It can't be met, otherwise he wouldn't have tried it with Jiang Yuanxi first.

Everyone looked at each other, and everyone hesitated.

What Jiang Yuanxi was talking about was smashing stones for a whole day without stopping. The stones that were smashed in a short period of two quarters of an hour just now caused several holes in the city wall to collapse.
Everyone was a little excited, Zheng Haoliang said immediately: "The stones we brought from Danyang County are running out. I will take someone to dig out the stones tomorrow. Once they are cut out, I will send them back. I will go out first and order them to investigate. Explore the nearby terrain to see where there are stones that can be chiseled."

After Zheng Haoliang finished speaking, he went out to order the sergeant, and he came back after a while.

"If we can really break the city wall, then we can charge into the city directly with iron cavalry, so we don't have to spend too much time." Hu Bugui said savagely.

Qu Chengwen immediately said, "If I can break the city wall, I believe that if I am a general, once I see the possibility of breaking the city wall, I will definitely not defend the city wall. Instead of letting the enemy rush into the city, I may In order to harm the people in the city, it is better to lead troops out to fight, whether to live or die is another matter, after all, there is no need to implicate the people."

"No, what if we meet a ruthless defender who doesn't want to go out of the city to fight the battle? Instead, he will use his tricks? You know, once the city wall breaks, won't it just block our way into the city when it collapses?" Jiang Yuanxi shook his head and retorted.

This is quite possible.

"And even if the area where the city wall collapses is too small to affect us, we can rush in, but what if the future is caught in a urn?
First wait for our vanguard to rush into the city, and then take the opportunity to destroy the entire city wall. The city wall is completely broken and collapsed, cutting off our rear route. The soldiers behind cannot enter the city and cannot support. In the city again, the narrow streets are very unfavorable to the cavalry. As long as we arrange archers to shoot cold arrows on both sides of the street, how many of our people will die? "

Jiang Yuanxi asked in a deep voice. She looked at Hu Bugui and Qu Chengwen, hoping that these two famous generals could give her guidance.

What Jiang Yuanxi said was not impossible, everyone frowned and pondered, originally thinking that the joy of being able to break the city wall was reduced, and felt that it might be a good thing that the city wall was not broken.

"Actually, our number is several times that of the guards at Yanmen Pass. The land outside the city is very spacious. It would be the best if we can lure the defenders out of the city to fight. We don't have to worry about them setting up an ambush, and the fight will be more conducive to our cavalry. Play." Hu Bugui said lightly.

The reason is this. How to lure the defenders out of the city is the most difficult thing. If they are defending the city, how could they go out of the city to fight?As long as it is delayed for five days, they will be able to wait for Master Wang's support.

At the moment, everyone couldn't think of a good idea, so Jiang Yuanxi asked everyone to go back to the camp and have a good rest, maybe after a night of contemplation, they will be able to come up with it tomorrow.

As for tomorrow's tactics, it's better to hit rocks first.

(End of this chapter)