The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 271 The Prelude to the Decisive Battle ([-])
The Sima family's ability to control the most powerful country in East Asia in this era is rooted in Sima Yi.Therefore, although there are many branches under Sima Bada.But no matter which family it is, as long as the surname is Sima, all aspects of its behavior are deeply influenced by Sima Yi.

Sima Yi's military use in his early years was extremely gorgeous.Xincheng Zhan Mengda and Liaodong Yi Gongsun all drove straight in, as fast as thunder.Played beautifully, and the results were brilliant.

But then facing Zhuge Liang, he was beaten up several times by the opponent with less than half of his own strength, and lost his troops.Sima Yi's use of troops was changed from the blade style to the turtle style.In addition, Sima Fu, Sima Wang and other guys who can still fight in the Sima family are all turtles.

The so-called tortoise flow, as the name suggests, I have more money than you, more food than you, more soldiers than you, and stronger cities than you.But I just stand there and never fight you.In the end, when you can't provide food or your life can't last, you are forced to withdraw your troops.Then, I won.

Therefore, Sima Wang, who only knew how to fight like a tortoise, faced Guan Yi who broke into Mei County, and could only barely maintain the front line, preventing Guan Yi from advancing towards Chang'an.Even Sima Wang knew that the hearts of the aliens were not in harmony, and that Mei County and Anguo City were connected by zipline...he didn't completely fill these loopholes, and his idea was to consume Guan Yi.

But after spending more than half a year, Guan Yi just refused to leave.If he doesn't leave here, the Jin army will not be able to support Longxi on a large scale.The longer the time drags on, the more stable the Shu Han's rule in Longxi and Liangzhou will be.

Now, Shi Bao has finally completely controlled the Guanzhong Corps.The strategy of the Jin army has also been completely changed.

On June 26, Li Mu's troops withdrew to the east of Mei County, and their original garrison was occupied by Wang Rong's troops.Guan Yi in Mei County has completely lost contact with the outside world.

On the same day, Shi Bao led Zhou Zhi, Xun Kai, etc., and [-] Jin troops and [-] civilians across the Weihe River.An Guocheng was surrounded by water.

On the 27th, there was a rare torrential rain in Guanzhong, which had been drought for a long time.Shi Bao ordered that the whole army reinforce the barracks.All the peasants went to Zhongnan Mountain to log.

On July [-]st, the Guanzhong Plain, which had been exposed to the sun for three consecutive days, was once again dusty.Shi Bao ordered: Siege!

Having learned the lessons from a few months ago, the Jin army did not engage in any ant-attached siege this time.Instead, a hundred trebuchets were launched outside the south gate and west gate respectively.

"Hehe, finally something to do! But is this Shi Zhongrong a fool? Knowing that their trebuchet throwing distance is so much worse than ours, how dare you come to die?"

Zhang Zun, who had been sitting in Anguo City for more than half a year, was not at all nervous when he saw the Jin army shifting the main attack direction to his side.On the contrary, very excited.

"It's all there, our trebuchets, aim at those stupid guys on the other side, and shoot in salvo!"

"Hey~~~!"

On the morning of this day, all 70 trebuchets of the Jin army were destroyed by the Han army.There were not many soldiers killed in battle, only more than [-] people.

After receiving the report, Shi Bao was not angry at all: "Two hundred more will be pushed out tomorrow. The soldiers and civilians will continue to log, and the craftsmen will continue to work hard to build trebuchets!"

Of course Shi Bao knew that Shu Han's catapults had a farther range than his own, and his original idea was not to use these catapults to break through the city walls—I just used catapults to consume your stone bullets.If you have the ability, you can continue to vote!

Although Zhang Zun is a bit reckless, his IQ is still very high.He quickly discovered the problem: the enemy only pushed the catapults out every day, but the infantry did not keep up.This caused the side to consume a lot of stone bombs, but apart from smashing hundreds of trebuchets, the number of heads obtained was very small.

"I see. This Shi Zhongrong is really generous."

The labor cost of polishing a stone bomb is much cheaper than building a large trebuchet.Compared with Shu Han Fang who can destroy one trebuchet for every ten stone bullets, Shu Han Fang is making a net profit.But what you need to know is that the two cities of Shu and Han are now tightly surrounded, and the use of various materials in the city will be less.And what about Shi Bao?The towering giant trees on Zhongnan Mountain, at least in this era, are still endless.

What's more, stone bombs take up so much space, no matter if it is An Guocheng or Mei County, it is impossible to store too much.Specifically, in the case of Anguo City under Zhang Zun's rule, there were only four or five thousand pieces.After a few days of fighting, thousands of stone bullets have disappeared.And what about Shibao's trebuchet?But you can play with false and real strategies, part of which is a real trebuchet, and part of it is a simple wooden frame.Anyway, I lined up, will your Han army smash it?If you don't hit me, keep going, and when you get into my range, I will also throw stone bullets!
"Hmph, this Shi Zhongrong is really shameless. Forget it, let their trebuchets come over. Get closer, and our accuracy will be higher."

Following Zhang Zun's order, the Jin army's trebuchets finally brought the Han army's city walls within range for the first time.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey" More than a dozen soldiers of the Jin army were struggling to pull the tip of the lever trebuchet.It took a long time to press the cannon tip near the ground.Then another group of soldiers struggled to hold a huge stone bomb, and it took a lot of effort to put it into the bomb bag.

There is no way, the main reason why the trebuchets in this era have not been used on a large scale and become the main siege weapon is that people in this era have not yet organically combined the principle of leverage and the principle of pulleys.The efficiency, range, and power of a simple lever trebuchet are really much weaker than a fully developed counterweight trebuchet.

"Kang Dang!" The lever trebuchet is also a trebuchet after all. After the Han army gave it sufficient preparation time, the Jin army's trebuchet still fired stone bombs.

"Ding Dang!" A stone bullet flew out at high speed, and then hit the multi-faceted pure concrete wall of Anguo City heavily.As a result, after making a crisp sound, it was quickly bounced away by the facet.

"Hahahaha~~~~" Seeing such a result, Zhang Zun and others on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief, but they couldn't help laughing: "Old man Shibao, your young master is standing here , if you have the guts, keep coming! My lord promises to let your trebuchets have at least a chance to launch one!"

"Hahahahaha~~~Old Shi Bao! Come again if you have the guts!"

Shi Bao, who was watching the battle not far away, of course heard it, but the old man had never seen such a big storm. The ridicule of Zhang Zun and others could not make him have the slightest mood swing: "Continue to throw the trebuchet until it is hit by the enemy." until it's destroyed."

"promise!"

After saying this, Shi Bao retreated from the front line, completely ignoring the follow-up clamor from Zhang Zun and others.

"Father, do you want to use up the manpower to completely consume the other party's supplies?"

It was Shi Bao's youngest son Shi Chong who said this.For this clever young son, Shi Bao is the most doting.He looked around, and after confirming that the people around him were all his own cronies of the Shi family, he shook his head lightly: "Guan Zifeng is an outstanding man, since he dared to put himself in an isolated city, the supplies in this city must be extremely abundant Besides, even if all the stone bullets of the opponent are consumed, so what? Siege, if the opponent's food is not gone, after all, it can only be taken down by ants attacking the city. But this bastion needs ants to attack How easy is it to siege a city? To make such a big noise here for your father is just to cover for your brother."

"Oh, speaking of it, I haven't seen my second brother for several days since I crossed the Wei River. Did my father send him to supervise the excavation of the tunnel?"

"Well, my family's Qi Nuer is really smart. The father's old team is in Yangzhou. In this pass, there is no one who can be completely trusted except for the family general I brought and you two brothers. This kind of secret thing, Of course, you can only leave it to your brother to do it himself."

"My child understands. It's just father, can this authentic siege be successful in one battle?"

"Well, it's hard to say. But you know, Qi Nuer, our surname is Shi, not Sima. Then Sima Wang can report the same thing to His Majesty for several months. We father and son can't. Therefore, we must You have to give His Majesty hope at all times, otherwise, sooner or later, my father will be transferred back to Luoyang."

"So that's it, the child has been taught."

……

The time has come to July [-]th.In the past half a month, Shi Bao kept sending a large number of trebuchets to die.In order to save stone bullets to the greatest extent, Zhang Zun also put the opponent's trebuchet as close as possible before attacking.After half a month, Shi Bao's side lost thousands of trebuchets, and Zhang Zun's catapults were also consumed by about [-]%.At the same time, Jin's trebuchets also achieved certain results: at least the west wall and south wall of Anguo City each had a section of straight wall, which was originally covered with raised prismatic cement everywhere. Spikes, but after the Jin army's life-and-death attack, most of these spikes were knocked off.

Not only this result.Although the Jin army has paid thousands of people to die in battle for half a month, the morale is much higher than when it was sitting in the city before.

"It's almost done. Send an order. Tomorrow, two hundred siege towers will be deployed, and the trebuchet troops will also try their best to cooperate. The 8 people in the South City and West City will be dispatched at the same time to attack the city together!"

"promise!"

　Calvin, giant card.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)