Chapter 472: The Siege Strategy

In the middle of the big tent of Jingza Tanfeng, there is a huge clay model, which was made by Hu Yanchao himself. He has been working on this matter since he arrived at the foot of Jishi City. Today, it is finally done. It is completely a Jishi City that has been shrunk countless times. When they found out that Hu Yanchao still has this skill, Zhang Junbao, Zhang Zhuo and others couldn't help being amazed and flattering. Pooh baby

Hu Yanchao was too lazy to talk to him, Tan Feng had a very in-depth conversation with him, the purpose was to win over this general who grew up from a pawn step by step, in fact, he did, he is a real professional Soldiers, for Zhang Junbao, who does everything for power and position, even kills his father and brother, he looks down on him from the bottom of his heart, but now everyone is sitting in the same boat, not speaking ill at each other, this is the limit of his patience .

And with his current status, it is true that there is no need to pretend to Zhang Junbao, only Zhang Junbao is here to curry favor with him.

Seeing Hu Yanchao turned his eyes and didn't look at him, Zhang Junbao couldn't help feeling extremely annoyed, flattering his horse's feet, putting his hot face on his cold ass, that feeling was naturally uncomfortable. But now almost all the generals of Yan State's standing army have followed Zhou Yuan to Donghu. Seeing Tan Feng's enthusiasm for Hu Yanchao, I am afraid that this guy will be used soon. Although he is annoyed, Zhang Junbao still has to pile up. Put on a smiling face, not daring to show the slightest bit of dissatisfaction. The Liaoxi County Army has been completely abolished, and it will take time to rebuild it. It would be unwise to offend such a leading general.

Hu Yanchao was not in the mood to think about Zhang Junbao's current mood. Looking at the model of Jishi City, his brows were deeply frowned, and the word "Chuan" seemed so conspicuous.

"General Hu!" Tan Feng said softly, "It's hard?"

Tan Feng was born as a cavalryman, and his strengths were assault attacks and field battles, but such tough battles. He is really not good at it, otherwise he would not have handed over the command to Hu Yanchao immediately after Hu Yanchao arrived. Pooh baby

"Commander Tan, this is the first time I've seen a city like this, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, but after I made this model and figured it out carefully, I really feel chills in my heart! Hu Yanchao sighed.

Tan Feng's expression changed, "Even General Hu is not sure about taking it down?"

"It's not like that!" Hu Yanchao shook his head. "If there are 10,000 well-trained and elite soldiers defending the city, my suggestion is to prevent the city from abandoning the siege. Either withdraw the troops or besieged for a long time."

"This is impossible!" Tan Feng's face changed, "It is impossible to withdraw troops, and a long-term siege is not realistic. It is impossible to have 10,000 soldiers in the city. Where is Gao Yuan's strength? He took away 7,000 people during the Eastern Expedition This is almost all of his troops. Even if there are troops left behind in the city, they are not many, and most of them are young and strong recruited temporarily. There must not be many elite soldiers like those on Jishi Mountain."

"This is our only chance!" Hu Yanchao nodded,

"There are not many elite soldiers, and the young and strong are going into battle for the first time. Whether it is courage, will, or fighting skills, they cannot be compared with the standing army. If this is not the case, we don't have to try at all."

"Is this city so difficult to fight?" Tan Feng looked at the model of the city in front of him.

"Look, general, this is the first hurdle we have to pass, the moat!" Hu Yanchao raised his saber and drew a mark around the model, "Filling up this moat is the first thing we have to do, but the city There are so many long-range weapons on board, which is beyond my expectation, and this is probably the biggest casualty we will encounter."

"Langya County sent 10,000 craftsmen! There are a lot of familiar ordnance craftsmen here!" Tan Feng gritted his teeth, and let out a cold breath. "The water in this moat comes from Jishi Lake. It is running water. I have sent people to find the water outlet. When the general attacks the city, the water outlet will be blocked. Because of the terrain, the water in the moat will dry up. Bah. I want to fill up the moat. I think we can use the catapult to launch straw bags, and then push the Mengchong vehicles, ramming vehicles and other large equipment directly into the river during the siege, which should speed up the speed of filling the river. , to reduce casualties!"

"Commander, this is a good idea!" Hu Yanchao applauded with high fives. "Then, the first problem is solved, and the second problem is the slope under the city foundation. The ingenious design of this slope makes it very difficult for us to take the ladder to attack the city. The height of the city wall. There is no way to solve this, and we can only pile it up with human life. Fortunately, the young and strong in the city are inexperienced, and may be slow to respond on the bloody battlefield, so we have a chance."

"It can only be the."

"The biggest problem is the design of the city itself. This is the first time I have encountered a pentagonal city. General, you see, no matter which side we attack, or the enemy on the other side of the city wall, we can deal with it." Our army in the other direction forms an attack. So once we attack the city, we have to invest troops in two directions at the same time, and we have to suppress the opponent. What is annoying is that the tower on the tip of the opponent's protruding far away , can form a powerful blow to our follow-up troops. I reckon that on this city tower, there must be full of arm crossbows and bed crossbows of the opponent's extremely long range. The designer of this city is really a genius. He makes the defense The threat of attackers to attackers is not limited to the city, but can also suppress the follow-up troops." Hu Yanchao shook his head again and again, "Looking at the world, if you look at the height of the city, the Jishi City in front of you is not yet ranked, but if In terms of solid defense, he is number one."

"How does the general solve it?" Tan Feng looked at Hu Yanchao.

Hu Yanchao stroked the stubble and thought for a moment, "Commander, we will concentrate some of our strength on this side and attack non-stop, giving the opponent the illusion that we just want to break through from this direction. The opposite side!" Hu Yanchao's finger reached the back of the model, "Here, launch a fatal blow."

"It's a good idea to attack the west from the east, so the Liaoxi County soldiers and Tianhe County soldiers will concentrate their forces to attack this side, and General Hu will organize elites to attack the other side!" As soon as Tan Feng said this, Ji Wuqing on one side was fine, Zhang Junbao suddenly The color changed. There were not many soldiers in Liaoxi County. This time, a few thousand people were gathered together, which was already considered his last capital. If Hu Yanchao followed the style of play just now, there might not be enough people to fill in.

"No, if the Liaoxi County soldiers and Tianhe County soldiers are allowed to attack, but the more elite standing army does not move, how can Ye Zhen in the city not be aware of the abnormality? Ye Zhen is a general under Ye Xiang. Ye Zhen, both of them are veterans of the long-term military formation, so they can only be the standing army to attack, and the Liaoxi County soldiers and Tianhe County soldiers will organize elites to launch a deadly attack. This way, they can be more unexpected. "

"Wonderful." Tan Feng clapped his hands and praised: "General Hu is really powerful, even taking into account the psychological changes of the enemy."

Hu Yanchao stood up and sighed: "We can only count as our own, not the opponent's. Let's start attacking tomorrow. In half a day, we should be able to fill up the moat, and then the soldiers of Liaoxi County and Tianhe County will start attacking. Let's attack first." Let's talk in half a day!"

Zhang Junbao was shocked, "General Hu, didn't you just say that the standing army will be the main attack?"

Hu Yanchao gave him a sideways glance, "Master Zhang, you are the son of Zhang Shouyue, you don't even understand such a simple truth, do you? If you go first, of course you won't be able to defeat him, and you may even cause considerable losses. But this is what we should pay for. The day after tomorrow, if you can’t fight down, you can replace us. In this way, the enemy will think that your attack is not effective, and you will be replaced and rested. Our standing army will start attacking. I am not boasting. The force far exceeds yours, and the pressure on them will increase exponentially. In this way, the opponent will definitely mobilize troops to reinforce here. This battle will last for a day until night, and then you will select elites and sneak to the other side. To launch a surprise attack, don't expect your opponents not to be able to find you. What you have to do is to let them find you as late as possible. If they find you when you start to cross the moat, that would be the best. At this time, don't hesitate Strength, at the expense of human life. The faster the speed, the higher the hope of success."

Zhang Junbao's face was flushed red by Hu Yanchao's ridicule, Zhang Shouyue is a famous general in the world, but Zhang Junbao has not learned a single point of fighting skills, he can't see Hu Yanchao's intentions at all, seeing Hu Yanchao's lack of face, he feels great hatred in his heart.

Hu Yanchao sneered, and said to Tan Feng: "Commander Tan, the 50,000 craftsmen sent by Langya back then, there should be people from Yanling Guards among them. If the commander can contact them, at the right time, civil strife will be caused in the city. , so that our chances will be even greater.”

Tan Feng smiled wryly, "Of course there are people. There have been news coming out along the roads of Liaoxi City, Fufeng, and Juliguan, but there has been no news after that. Go to them, but treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, I will give it a try!"

"If this is the case, then there is no hope. Generals, this Jishi city has sufficient food, a lot of armaments, and a lot of men and women. Therefore, we must break through the city as soon as possible. The longer we delay, the more the enemy will The young and strong will gradually become elite soldiers. Everyone is an old soldier. You should understand that when a recruit kills for the first time, he will feel extremely uncomfortable, but when he starts to kill the second, the third People will become numb and calm, and then they will kill without blinking an eye. If we can't let their young and strong grow into elite soldiers under our attack to kill more of our brothers, then please As soon as possible, use the shortest time to break through the city! Please!"

"Promise!" In the tent, dozens of generals, big and small, bowed to accept the order.

When the battle of Jishi City was about to break out, outside Jicheng Xiao, the soldiers of the brigade and Yan Lingwei were escorting a carriage, slowly advancing towards the east gate of Jicheng. To be continued. .