Chapter 589

It is not uncommon that it took several years to attack a city in the cold weapon era. It would be strange if a hard city could be conquered in a few months.

Generally, most of the strongest fortresses are disintegrated from the inside, so there is a saying that attacking the heart is the top and attacking the city is the bottom. After all, no matter how strong the fortress is, it is garrisoned by people. No matter how good the fortification is, it is useless for people who are determined to resist?

If you don't attack a hard city, you choose to go around and attack weak areas, or even directly ignore the hard city. Similar tactics can be seen often, whether in the era of cold weapons or the era of hot weapons.

Xie an really doesn't want to lose too many troops in attacking Jincheng, a strong city. He doesn't simply think it will appear incompetent, or it's really unnecessary. But he could not take any action against Jincheng. Instead, he wanted to pretend that he had to conquer Jincheng and show it to Zhang Liangjun on the North Bank of the Yellow River.

Needless to say, the Han army gathered the long-range attack equipment and chose to attack the east of Jincheng first. Every day and night, the stone bullets fired by the stone riprap truck and the crossbows fired by the bed crossbow flew in the sky, and then fell heavily on the fortifications outside Jincheng, making all kinds of sounds.

"The sharpness of the big man's instruments is really beyond imagination." Zhang Tianxi was young, not as calm as Zhang Zuo. With fear and fear, he said, "if you bombard like this every day, no matter how thick the city wall will collapse."

The distance is too far. It's only a blur with the naked eye. Zhang Tianxi can't see the damage degree of the fortification, but he can see that the garrison didn't launch a useful counterattack at all.

When the Han army began to bombard the fortifications outside the city with long-range attack equipment, Zhang Chong did not wait to die. He chose to send defenders out of the tunnel in an attempt to destroy the Han Army's siege equipment, but the tunnel attack of Zhang's Liang army did not achieve any results at all.

Most of the tunnels connecting the outside of Jincheng are in the Acropolis. The Acropolis had long been damaged by the Han Army, and most of the tunnels had long been found out. Some were damaged, but some were deliberately left, and soldiers were sent to garrison.

It can be said that unless it is the tunnel entrance and exit not found by the Han Army, otherwise Zhang's Liang army can come out of the tunnel. In fact, the Han Army intends to let them out.

No matter what kind of thoughts or goals Zhang's Liang army held before they went out of the tunnel, the next moment or not long after they went out of the tunnel, they were faced with a dense arrow rain, and several lucky people would live. It seems that the emergence of the Han army without resistance is captured, and if they are stubborn, they will be killed immediately.

Only a few of Zhang's Liang army went out safely from the tunnel entrance and exit that had not been discovered in advance, but their safety could not last long. Either fast or slow, they would be discovered by the Han Army, and then they would face the siege of fewer enemies and more.

It should be said that the tunnel offensive of Zhang's Liang army has caused some trouble to the Han Army, but it is only trouble. The small-scale Zhang's Liang army and the well-prepared Han Army are definitely not unexpected small-scale sneak attacks that can change the final result of the war, just adding more bodies to the war.

The tunnel offensive did not achieve the desired results. On the contrary, thousands of people were folded in. Although Zhang Chong was disappointed, he did not lose confidence in the city. First, he asked Suofu to organize a counterattack, but the result was to fold in hundreds of people without results. Later, he ordered the defenders of the fortifications to withdraw to the city.

The long-range attack of the Han army was really sharp. The strong crossbow array with a range of about 450 steps continued to cover. The crossbows with a slightly closer range came up from time to time. Each volley of stone throwing vehicles was even more powerful. They were unable to counterattack and destroy. They could not let people stay in place and die.

Zhang Chong's intention to withdraw the fortification garrison is that he wants to attract the Han Army to launch an attack. As long as the Han Army dares to attack, the garrison above the city can launch a long-range counterattack against the Han army.

What makes Jincheng garrison more depressed is that whether there is a garrison outside the city or not, the Han Army just carries out endless long-range bombardment. There is a posture of completely razing the fortification with stone bullets. Anyway, it just doesn't send troops to try to get close to the city.

The calm and unhurried shown by Xie an made Zhang Chong feel incomparable fear in his heart.

In fact, the defenders are not afraid of the enemy's fierce attack, especially a fortified city with perfect fortifications. On the contrary, they hope the enemy will hit their head and break blood.

War depends on people to fight. If the casualties of one side are too serious, it will inevitably hit the morale of the army and create an opportunity for the other side. Many times, the Garrison Army just seizes the morale downturn of the enemy after heavy casualties and makes a counterattack. It can often disintegrate the enemy in a war, or even fight a huge rout.

"The Han Army has few soldiers, and most of them are cavalry. Xie an doesn't launch close to the city, but only bombards it with long-range attack equipment..." Zhang Chong is watching more than 100 stone throwing vehicles riding and shooting, frowning deeply and said: "there is no shortage of stones near."

The grassland is short of stones. Stones can be seen everywhere in other areas. In fact, the riprap truck does not pick what to throw. Even without stone bullets, it can throw other heavy objects.

Any fortification has a bottom line to bear the attack. No matter how strong the fortification is constantly bombarded by heavy objects, it will collapse. Only after more than ten days of bombardment, there is no sound offensive outside the city to the east of Jincheng.

After the Han army destroyed the fortifications outside the city in the east of Jincheng, the long-range attack equipment was pulled to the south of the city, and then bombarded endlessly. It was another bombardment for more than ten days, destroyed the fortifications again, and transferred to the west of the city again

"More than a month... For such a long time, the Han army only launched four small-scale approaches!" Zhang Chong has suffered mental torture for more than a month. People have become extremely thin and haggard: "what do they want to do?"

More than a month later, the Han army not only loved to destroy the fortifications outside Jincheng, but also had a strong interest in the canal connecting Jincheng to the Yellow River. It completed the cut-off of the canal yesterday.

In more than a month, Zhang Chong could not bear it for many times. He sent troops out of the city several times to try to destroy the stone throwing vehicles of the Han army. Many times, he was forced back by arrows as dense as rain. Zhang Liangjun, who went to prevent the destruction of the water canal, also received the same treatment.

"Yes..." Yi Chuai called the man worried, and subconsciously said, "what do they want to do?"

Yi Chuai has been waiting, waiting for Xie an to send someone to contact and initiate countermeasures, but he hasn't been waiting for anything.

Being a traitor is actually not so easy to do, especially on the premise that he may have been found, Yi Chuai found Zhang Chong's vigilance for himself long ago, so that he didn't dare to take any rash action. He was also in fear all the time. He was deeply afraid that someone would rush to kill him or tie him up suddenly.

Yi Chuai has not approached Zhang Chong for a long time. He will be well prepared when he has to see it. Today, he was summoned to discuss business. Before he came, he had many inquiries, such as whether Zhang Chong invited himself alone or not, and who he invited. He found that many people who had secret connections with the Han army were also invited.

"Gentlemen." Zhang Chong suddenly shouted, which shocked many people: "the Han Army has no intention of strong attack. It can be seen that there are other schemes."

Everyone can see that xie'an has no plan to attack. Otherwise, in addition to the fortifications outside the city in the north, the other three fortifications have been destroyed, and only four small-scale explorations have been launched.

"Jincheng is a strong city. The prefect is not worried about the loss of Jincheng. The importance of Jincheng is to serve as the eastern barrier of the country and to resist the incoming enemy." Zhang Chong was sitting on his knees and had stood up and walked around: "climate change and changes in the water of the river forced the Han army not to cross the river, but the river will always ease again."

Zhang Chong has been thinking about Xie an recently. He guesses as much as possible about Xie an. After thinking about it, he feels that Xie an is infinitely likely to surround Jincheng and drive straight into Jincheng.

There are too many examples of the Han Army leaving a city aside for a long drive. Everything shows that xie'an is also likely to do so. Zhang Chong gets the information from detailed work after a lot of losses and painstaking spying. It is said that it is found that there are a large number of Han troops in Guanzhong, which must be the increase of Han troops to the Jincheng battlefield.

The army of the Han state is divided into grades.

Standing soldiers are field corps. Each standing army has its own flag, which can be easily identified from the flag. The standing army is the main battle army of the Han state, and they are responsible for each war.

In addition to the standing army, there are also a large number of county soldiers in the Han Dynasty, but most of the time, the county soldiers are used as the auxiliary forces of the main battle corps, such as garrisoning and guarding at the positions required by the main battle corps, or maintaining the stability of the logistics line. They also carry out some theater clearance tasks, that is, they rarely participate in the main attack on the front battlefield.

In the former Han Dynasty, there were slave soldiers and slave soldiers, but four years after Yuan Shuo, the military system of the slave army was abolished, and slaves were scattered everywhere as labor; After four years of Yuanshuo, servant Congjun did not exist in the mainland of Han state. It was concentrated in the eastern battlefield of Murong Yan state in Eastern Liaoning.

What Zhang Chong knew was that the Han Army had three standing infantry armies and 80000 County soldiers. In this way, he calculated that Xie an had two cavalry armies, four infantry armies and 110000 County soldiers, with a total force of 200000.

Most people in Zhang's cool country will forget that there is a Han Army on the other side of ruran mountain on the grassland. Even those who remember it do not seem to think that the Han Army on ruran mountain is a great threat. Zhang Chong knows what those people are thinking, but thinks that the Han Army on ruran mountain will be transferred to the battlefield of Murong Yan state. The reason they think so is only because Liu Yan personally conquered Murong Yan state.

"I have made a decision." Zhang Chong stood still and said fiercely, "take the initiative!"

In fact, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi may have that idea, but that's not the main reason why they gathered the troops to the North Bank of the Yellow River in Jincheng. In fact, the two brothers are very contradictory. They think that Zhang's cool country can't compete with the Han country, so they plan to take the initiative to fight a battle. If they win, they will continue to linger. If they don't win, they won't win.

For Zhang Liangguo, only when the East wins can there be a future. If the East can't carry it, even if it is firmly nailed to guzang, it's no use. Even if the Han Army in Rouran mountain will really launch an attack from behind, what's the difference? It's better to try your best and try to win a future.

Zhang Zuo has sent people to cross the river risking their lives. The fish caught in the net entered Jincheng and entrusted Zhang Chong with the intention of dumping the troops of the whole country.

Zhang Chong's emotional change... Or out of control actually has something to do with learning that Zhang Zuo plans to fight and fight a decisive battle with the Han Army on the edge of the Yellow River. What he should do is to transfer to the western regions.

From Xiliang to the western regions, there are Gobi everywhere along the way, and even deserts in some sections. Gobi and desert are the barriers of Zhang's cool country. You can use the terrain to entangle with the Han Army and wait for the follow-up of the war between the Han country and Murong Yan country.

After making all the preparations, Zhang Chong thought that the whole country of Zhang Liangguo should pray that the Han army would encounter a wall in Murong Yanguo. Once the Han and Murong Yanguo entered a long-term stalemate, Zhang Liangguo might launch a counterattack and keep the western regions in bad luck. Then he continued to seek expansion in the West, but he might not necessarily perish.

Zhang Chong has sent people to cross the river risking their lives. It doesn't matter whether Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi accept the proposal or not. He doesn't even want to hold Jincheng anymore.

"Taishou!?" Suofhuo stood up, full of incomprehension and asked, "take the initiative?"

"Yes, take the initiative!" Zhang Chong said categorically: "with the will to die, either the enemy or I will die. There will be victory or defeat in the first war!"

No one can understand what Zhang Chong is thinking. They are basically staring at Zhang Chong with stunned expressions.

[the existence of Jincheng is no longer a national barrier, but a burden...] Zhang Chong ignores the stunned group of people, returns to his position and kneels down again, thinking: [the top general, the middle leader, and even everyone will take a chance when they don't lose Jincheng. This kind of luck will ruin the country!]

Yi Chuai was turning his eyes. He caught Zhang Chong staring at himself with bright eyes. For a moment, he was so guilty that he could hardly breathe.

Zhang Chong doesn't just stare at Yi Chuai. He knows that people who have secret connections with the Han army will stare at Yi Chuai for a while.

While Yi Chuai was thinking about whether to jump up and escape, Zhang Chong over there made a new move.

Zhang Chong read a lot of people's names, called more than a dozen people in a circle, and Yi Chuai was one of them. Finally, he said, "the rest step down."

One of the people named was frightened. Before they hesitated to do something, the others had already retired.

Fortunately, the doors and windows were not closed immediately, nor did a large number of warriors rush in, nor did a large number of swordsmen and axes gush out of the back hall, otherwise the people left should be ready to fight for survival.

"Don't be nervous." Zhang Chong always sat in his place, glanced around with a smile, and said in a slow and orderly manner, "everyone, I'm going to give you a wealth."