Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 45
"What? As soon as your vanguard army arrived, you lost to me for a while? That fool Lezu even folded himself in... What's the use of you?" Zhang Xun asked angrily in the commander's tent.

Li Feng and Liang Gang, who had their arms bandaged, both lowered their heads in shame.

"Three thousand cavalry, elite cavalry...how did they turn into a bunch of wimps in your hands?" Zhang Xun cursed angrily.

Li Feng and Liang Gang were also a little unconvinced, and they didn't believe that Zhang Xun could do better, but they didn't dare to refute because he had the handle at this time, otherwise, if they really killed them both to sacrifice the flag, what reason would they have?
"In Qu'a City, except for a small number of old soldiers from Bingzhou, the others should be newly trained soldiers. Can a head-on confrontation cause you so much damage?" Zhang Xun asked with a somewhat critical look after he had finished scolding.

Liang Gang heard the words and immediately said: "General! That's not the case, we were mainly caught off guard by Lu Bu's Bingzhou cavalry..."

Facing Zhang Xun's warning look, Liang Gang quickly continued to explain: "General, this is not an excuse... I have observed the defenders in Qu'a City, and they are indeed just new soldiers. Even when they were shooting arrows from a high position, they used very good angles. Poor, the rate of fire is also lame!”

"Oh? So, the only ones worthy of a fight are those thousand Bingzhou Cavalry?" Zhang Xun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

At this time, Zhang Xun's "[-] troops" had arrived. Of course... they were actually just over [-], and they were camped three miles away from Qu'acheng.

Although Zhang Xun is not a famous general in the world, he has read a few books on the art of war. He is a serious military attache. He knew that there were Bingzhou cavalry, even if they were not many, so he paid special attention to arranging night patrols and scouts to guard against night attacks. .

After all, with such a huge gap in strength, Zhang Xun couldn't see the opponent having any chance of winning without betting on a night attack.

And when he learned that there were indeed recruits in Qu'a City, Zhang Xun became even more relieved - his goal was to capture Qu'a faster!

After the Chinese army was in place, they rested outside the city for one night. Early the next morning, Zhang Xun built a high platform outside the city, called the formation and directed the attack.

"Well? What are those curtains on the city tower blocking?" Zhang Xun asked, looking at the piles of mysterious objects covered with gray cloth on the city wall.

"This... I didn't notice it before, maybe it was a bluff?" Liang Gang said in confusion.

It's no wonder that he didn't pay attention. After seeing Zhang Xun's Chinese army arriving, Bai Tucai ordered people to install the defensive equipment overnight - standardized and classified production, making assembly and transportation very convenient.

Zhang Xun gave Liang Gang a dissatisfied look, and then sent him to lead the cavalry. He himself commanded the flag bearers and drummers on the high platform.

On the battlefield, it is the officers who are leading groups of troops, watching the flags and listening to the drums, to understand the commander-in-chief's orders, and then convey them to the lower-level officers below.

Zhang Xun, who is on the command stage, has changed drastically in his imagination, as if he has become a famous general and commander. He has the feeling that he can defeat powerful enemies with just a few clicks while sitting firmly in the military tent!

The confrontation between the two armies is not a group fight. It is not feasible to expect a swarm of swarms to rush forward and beat the master to death with random punches, especially now that the concept of military formation has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Even if you are attacking a city, you cannot attack it in a swarm - Zhang Xun has also read the art of war!

"It's the Yanyue Formation." Chen Gong said on the tower.

At this time, Bai Tu also came to the city to supervise the battle. Tai Shici and other guards were standing by. Chen Gong saw someone familiar in the guards... but he didn't say much or think about anything. He just watched. Watch the changes in Zhang Xun's military formation below.

I saw Zhang Xun's military formation. Each team tended to form a line. When it moved, it seemed to be pulled by an invisible whirlpool, operating clockwise. The main body of the six-team military formation approached in a crescent shape, or a slanting moon. , The military front on the west right wing is stronger, and it seems that they want to use the west side of the tower as a breakthrough.

The part near the city gate happens to be the depression of the crescent moon. It seems that the defense is weak, and the commander-in-chief's command platform is also here, but in fact it is the most dangerous part of the Yanyue Formation.

Perhaps Zhang Xun was still hoping that Lu Bu could lead his troops to charge so that he could perform the Tengu Moon Eclipse Style - this was the military formation change he was most familiar with.

However, Lu Bu obviously had no intention of letting him get his wish, and Qu Acheng looked like he was defending...

The right-wing army on the west side was close to the city wall in a blink of an eye. After raising its shield and being shot twice by the defenders on the city, the third column of military formations below also entered the shooting range. Under the cover of the first and second columns, it began to move from bottom to top. Shoot the arrow!
Zhang Xun was excited as he watched from the high platform. The defenders on the other side were really new recruits. With such a huge advantage as the city wall, they actually couldn't gain an absolute advantage in the shooting?
In the blink of an eye, the leading row on the right wing had arrived at the west side of the city wall. The soldiers holding up their shields spread out to some "holes", and they heard only "swish, swish, swish" - dozens of flying claws and flying hooks, accompanied by the sound of breaking through the air. The elite soldiers and strong men were thrown onto the tower and hooked on the wall.

Then groups of soldiers began to climb up the rope...

"You are really being underestimated. You don't even build siege equipment, but you want to attack the city wall just because you want to attack?" Chen Gong said with a mixture of helplessness and disdain.

Basic ladders have been around since the Warring States Period. Usually during sieges, the attackers would cut down wood on the spot and use materials to build siege equipment.

Generally, only when the advantage is huge, or when the defenders have no morale and low fighting spirit, they will use such a primitive ant attack - purely climbing the wall with ropes!

However, to a certain extent, Zhang Xun's judgment was correct.

Due to the lack of numbers and poor training in bows and arrows, the defenders were directly suppressed from a distance. Even in comparison, the hundreds of old soldiers in Qu'a were easier to use, making the flying hooks, pouring tung oil and burning ropes more efficient. , are all lower than the speed at which the opponent can throw the hook again!

At the beginning, Bai Tu didn't quite understand why he was attacking the city even though he was defending the city from a high position.Wouldn't it be too easy to get them halfway?

However, when he was really there, Bai Tu realized that it was not that simple.

The battle between two armies is a competition of large numbers. It is similar to a single-person battle, but also completely different!
When the defender's troops are weak, as is the case with the Qu'a defenders now, and they are suppressed to the point where they have no time to stop the advancing troops below from coming up, although they can still continue to kill the enemy troops who are climbing up, overall, He said that the other party kept climbing higher and higher, reaching new heights and getting closer and closer to the tower!
Especially on the other half of the east left wing, the weaker "Crescent Moon" has also attacked the other side of the city wall, further weakening the defenders. In less than half an hour, there are already "people" who are about to climb up, but they are just about to climb up. The people who come up are constantly being replaced. When one dies, someone else immediately comes up to replace him.

Although the attacking side is also damaged at this time, it has always been at an advantage, so its morale is high. This is what is most needed when fighting with ants. Otherwise, once they become intimidated, no one will dare to climb up, and even if they hesitate for a while, they will be in trouble. The previous achievements are swallowed up, so morale and supervision of the team are very important.

Seeing that the enemy was about to come up, Bai Tu and Chen Gong looked at each other and nodded. Chen Gong sent an order: "City defense equipment team, start! Sweep the enemy troops indiscriminately!"

Zhang Xun, who was sculpting his body to make himself look calmer and in line with the temperament of a famous general, suddenly saw that the big guys on the tower who were originally covered with curtains now revealed their true faces...

(End of this chapter)