The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 179 Liu Tai arrives at the battlefield
Early the next morning, Wang Jun's soldiers pushed several watchtower carts and drove slowly towards Nanpi City.

The watchtower chariot is also called the Si chariot. This siege weapon has a very long heritage.

This appeared when the Chu State attacked the Song State. Its main function was to smooth out the field of view advantage of the defenders, allowing their own side to also observe the battlefield from a high position.

The observers in this vehicle need to quickly read the military dispatch on the battlefield and then pass it on to the general, so that the general can issue accurate orders according to the battlefield conditions. It can be said that it is a very important technical arm.

At the beginning, the messengers in the carriages still conveyed information by shouting. However, as the times developed, especially as the cities were built higher and larger, this technology of communication by mouth was quickly updated. .

The use of semaphores to convey messages has almost become a mainstream, and the messengers in each carriage must master specific semaphores.

In historical wars, it was often not difficult to build a vehicle, but it was difficult to find messengers who truly understood various semaphores. Perhaps because of the low literacy rate, the cost of training them was relatively high.

So at this moment, although Wang Jun could afford to build dozens of watchtower carts directly, there were only so many messengers, and more messengers had to be left to command the entire army, so in the end, he only pushed six watchtower carts out to observe the area. The movement of Wang Sang's army.

As for the best way to destroy this kind of vehicle, it is to use a thunderbolt vehicle to destroy a large area with rocks.

Other things like using a crossbow to shoot at the observers in the wooden house, using bows and arrows to cover the area, etc. In terms of the technology of this era, it really requires a strong element of luck, and it is relatively too luxurious.

Looking at it from today's perspective, one ton of bullets for one pilot's life is definitely a good deal, but in terms of the values ​​of the Western Jin Dynasty, if you dare to do this, people will immediately suspect that you were sent by the opposite party. spy.

It is a pity that Liu Tai does not have the thunderbolt technology in his hands, because this is almost the most sophisticated siege weapon of this era.

In addition to drawings, craftsmen who master this technology are also needed, so that the Thunderbolt car created can be considered perfect.

There are three places that have this technology in their hands. One is Wang Jun, and the other is Sima Rui and Director Wang who ran away in advance.

The third is Liu Cong of the Han Dynasty, who completely occupied Luoyang. However, because Luoyang was so completely destroyed, it is more in the hands of a certain craftsman than preserved in the form of books.

As for Liu Tai, he definitely doesn’t have the complete Pili car technology, but some counterfeit products still exist.

It's just that the attack power and attack range of the created Thunderbolt Car are not as far as the real Thunderbolt Car.

However, there is still stock in Nanpi City, but Wang Sang has never used it until now.

At this moment, as the truck was pushed to a specific position, where it was enough to completely overlook the entire field of vision, Wang Jun commanded calmly, and countless densely packed trench-filling trucks began to drive out under Wang Jun's command.

Using trench-filling trucks as cover, the soldiers under Wang Jun began to dispose of the debris of various smashed defense facilities and clear a road leading to Nanpi City.

The moat in front of Nanpi City requires this kind of trench-filling vehicle to fill in quickly, so that the preliminary work of siege can be done well.

It can be said that in the following days, Wang Jun's troops used various long-range weapons to harass the city.

Occasionally, a group of soldiers would suddenly burst out of the urn city to destroy the continuous tug-of-war between Wang Jun's soldiers cleaning up the defense facilities outside the city, or filling in the Nanpi moat.

During this process, Wang Jun took advantage of his large number of soldiers to the extreme, and the two sides also began a very long tug-of-war.

But as time went by, the peripheral defense system was cleaned up little by little. Although the slightly spacious moat was not filled in, the other side also used moat bridges and built bridges on the moat.

This allowed Wang Jun's soldiers to quickly reach the city wall. It can be said that Wang Jun achieved quite good results in the constant tug of war between the two sides.

However, after spending a lot of effort and losing a lot of soldiers, Gou Xi was finally defeated by Liu Tai after clearing the obstacles to attack Nanpi City. News came that Liu Tai was leading an army to support Nanpi City. .

"You tell me again!" Wang Jun listened to the scout's report, stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's collar.

"Gou... General Gou Xi was defeated by Liu Tai. The Han thief Liu Tai has led an army of [-] to cross the Yellow River and reach Jizhou!"

The scout spoke the news he had received tremblingly, but in his heart he was worried that Wang Jun would chop him down in anger!

Wang Jun Suizhou pushed the soldier away and shouted angrily, "Is General Gou a pig?
Even if he is a pig, what ability does Liu Tai have to capture his [-]-strong army in one go?

It's only been a month and General Gou Dao can't hold on anymore. He's worse than a pig! "

Because Gou Xi led an army of 20 and boasted it as [-], Wang Jun regarded it as [-], just like Wang Jun's army of [-] was boasted as [-].

This kind of deliberate exaggeration of the strength of his soldiers is very normal in this era.

On the contrary, it is relatively rare to tell the truth about how many soldiers Liu Tai has.

But it has to be said that Gou Xi was defeated too quickly by Liu Tai, which made Wang Jun very difficult.

During this period of time, I had finally cleared up Nanpi City's peripheral defense facilities and filled in the moat. When I was about to attack the city, Liu Tai came with an army.

In Wang Jun's view, Liu Tai mobilized not many troops. Although it was said to be 3, according to the rules of the road, the so-called [-] must be discounted, and there must be only [-] left.

Although with Qingzhou's strength, it was impossible to only have [-] soldiers, but on second thought, he had a fight with Gou Xi, and then quickly caught up to this side.

"Doesn't the book of war say that if you fight for a profit at fifty miles, you will defeat the general, and the method will be half of it. If you fight for a profit at thirty miles, you will win two-thirds of it." Now it is not enough to stop him with such a small amount of power. strangeness.

At this time, Zao Song came out to face Wang Jun and persuaded:
“Your Majesty, this city has become a turtle in a urn, and we only need to send one soldier to garrison it and consume the food in the city.

We'd better fight off Liu Tai's reinforcements first and then get the Nanpi, it's like searching for something in a bag. "

Wang Jun still trusted Zao Song, although Zao Song was greedy and ruthless, which was quite unpopular.

But for Wang Jun, this was his son-in-law, and he supported him in ascending to the throne, so his plotter naturally changed from Wang Ti to Zao Song.

Now Zao Song proposed a plan to defeat Liu Tai first and then take Nanpi, which made Wang Jun couldn't help but touch his beard.

Wang Jun opened his mouth and said, "Who do you think my worthy son-in-law should send to stay and take care of Nanpi City?"

"I am not familiar with the generals in the army, please respect the Holy Judge!" Zaosong couldn't help but said after hearing Wang Jun's words,

"However, Lord Bo Yangyu has a talent for doing things. Even if Nanpi changes, I believe he can cope with it and can cope with it."

Hearing Zao Song's words, Wang Jun nodded and said, "In that case, let Hu Ju lead an army of [-] to guard Nanpi and maintain the grain road. The rest of the army will follow me to deal with Liu Tai!" Zao Song heard this However, he bowed to Wang Jun and made arrangements immediately.

And Wang Sang's army changed the way of attacking, and Wang Sang felt the most clearly about being surrounded.

However, although Wang Sang judged that Liu Tai might have sent troops to support him, he was also deeply afraid that Wang Jun had set a trap for him.

The soldiers under his command even asked Wang Sang to go out of the city to attack Zaosong's army, at least to test the quality of the army outside.

But in the end, Wang Sang thought again and again and refused. Wang Sang finally chose to garrison Nanpi City instead of advancing rashly.

Because compared to others, Wang Sang's promotion logic is different from theirs. Wang Sang's promotion logic is to make no mistakes!

If others want to get into Liu Tai's eyes, the most important thing is to make meritorious deeds and make meritorious deeds that attract Liu Tai's attention.

Needless to say, why did Liu Xia come into Liu Tai's eyes? In the eyes of most people, it was that although Liu Xia was better at fighting, being able to fight in Liu Tai's army was not an obvious advantage.

Because as Liu Tai grows, his own strength continues to increase. Anyway, Liu Tai can't punch, which is a question of one punch or three punches.

Therefore, Liu Xia can be favored by Liu Tai. In the eyes of everyone, Liu Xia is good at flattering and then entering Liu Tai's field of vision.

And Wang Sang is a relative, so for Wang Sang, he was born into Liu Tai's field of vision, so he doesn't need to take risks like others.

For him, as long as he defends Nanpi City honestly, he can't escape his credit.

As for wanting to show off his talents, Wang Sang knew very clearly that he was just an ordinary person.

The kind of ordinary people who have to exert all their efforts to complete the tasks assigned by Liu Tai should not be too busy, which is the best expression of their abilities.

And it has to be said that often when such a self-aware guy is paired with a strong city for him to garrison, many so-called famous generals will feel a headache when they encounter it.

Because if you don't take action, you will have no loopholes. If there are no loopholes, the attacking party will have to rely on hard power to defeat them, and anyone who encounters them will feel a headache.

Liu Tai, who entered Bohai County, clenched his fists and roared at his scouts:

"If you are afraid, shout out. If you are afraid of the enemy, shout out. If you feel you can't find a reason to swing your sword, shout out!
These words will give you strength!do you know? ! "

"I know!" The scouts heard Liu Tai's words, but they responded uniformly to Liu Tai!

"Okay! Everyone starts taking action as a unit. I hope that after this battle, I can still drink with you!"

As Liu Tai spoke, he drank wine with these people and marched for these scouts.

Facing Liu Tai's arrogance, these soldiers did not hesitate at all and drank all the wine in their glasses.

Soon these scouts took the lead in taking action. The two armies clashed, with the scouts taking the lead.

This truth is very clear to every soldier who becomes a scout, so every scout must be an elite in the army. Many of them even played wrestling with Liu Tai in the army, but on the battlefield, they That's just numbers.

Liu Tai watched the scouts leave. To be honest, the scouts' organization should be further reduced to the military level.

However, because Liu Tai's army only had military envoys when they reached the garrison level, if they acted as a small team, their deeds would not be recorded by anyone, and even if they died on the battlefield, they might be classified as missing.

But in this case, the scouts at the tun level are relatively bulky in action, and may even be less maneuverable than those riding horses.
But if they really get into a fight, it will be easier to call for backup!

As for the gap in mobility, they can only rely on their legs and their experience to continuously make up for it.

The scouts from both sides rushed to the land of Bohai County almost immediately.

It's a good thing if the two sides don't touch each other, but when the two sides touch, it will be a life-and-death fight!

Because the battlefield at this moment has completely become a dark forest for these scouts.

Each of them is a hunter with a weapon that can make the other deadly, stalking in this dark forest like a dark ghost.

Whose movement made the sound, whose footsteps awakened the tiger, and the identity of the hunter and the prey are constantly changing on this battlefield.

As long as everyone finds their opponent, there is only one thing they can do, and that is to use the most ruthless means to let the opponent die. Only in this way can they survive!

Zhang Ping is a cavalry ranger under Wang Jun. His martial arts skills are extraordinary. Because he was born in Youzhou, he considers himself to be like Zhang Fei. Today he encountered a seven-person scout team.

They did not have war horses, but they carried small crossbows. The first wave of raids on the rangers where they were was killed several people.

Then they decisively threw away the crossbows in their hands, drew their weapons, and tacitly coordinated the attack. They shouted in unison, "We are fighting to revive the Han Dynasty, why are you joining the war!"

Such a cry on the battlefield is ridiculous, life and death, how can there be so many reasons.

And this team of seven people cooperated tacitly, were skilled in battle formations, and looked down upon death...

Then he let them all die here at the cost of being stabbed and shot in the back and thighs.

Zhang Ping took a deep breath. He had never experienced such a dangerous time since joining the army.

Obviously the skill and strength of this group of people are far inferior to mine, but in retrospect, these soldiers are completely crazy.

At this moment, Zhang Ping picked up the tokens proving the identity of the scouts from both sides, rode his horse back to the military camp.

I can't help but think of the words of these soldiers: "We are fighting to revive the Han Dynasty, why are you joining the war!"

"Yes...why are you fighting? Why do you come here to fight with your life?"

Zhang Ping didn't feel it during the life-and-death fight, but now he calmed down, feeling the pain in his body, and unconsciously remembered the words that the other party shouted before he died.

But the more Zhang Ping thought about it, the more confused he became. The most vague answer he could give was... for food?
(End of this chapter)