Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 241 Harassment, siege but not attack

The mountains are towering, vigorous and straight, as if they are masterpieces of nature. On the mountains, there are jagged rocks of different shapes, forming pictures full of charm.

There is a winding path between the two mountainsides. Below the path is a rushing river. The width of the path is no more than two feet at most. It is difficult even for horses to pass. Standing on the path and looking up, you can feel that the mountain peaks are like swords piercing the sky. Steep and precipitous.

"Chen Shuai, what are we doing here?" Looking at the winding path, Wei Qing didn't dare to ride any further for fear of accidentally falling off.

Chen Mo turned over and dismounted, took out the map from his arms, spread it out on the road, looked at the narrow path in front of him, and after confirming that it was the one marked on the map, he said: "Wei Qing, look at whether this road can lead to the army. ?"

Wei Qing was stunned. Although he didn't understand the art of war and strategy, as a veteran, he could still understand the map. On the map, this narrow path led to the back of Chuima City. He thought Chen Mo was going to send troops from This small road raided Chuima City, and his face immediately changed and he said:

"Could Shuai Chen want to raid Chuima City from this road? This is absolutely impossible. This road is narrow and extremely difficult to open to traffic. It is even impossible for the army's supplies of food and grass to pass through. Our tens of thousands of troops want to raid from here. It will take us until the year of the monkey, and Liang Song is the best at planning. If we set up an ambush at the end of the road, we don’t need too many people, just a few hundred people, and one man can guard the barrier."

Wei Qingsheng was afraid that Chen Mo would act recklessly.

"No." Chen Mo was not so dizzy and said: "Look at the geographical location of Chuima City and Shiling County. No matter which city is attacked, the other city can receive the news and send troops to support. And because of the geographical advantage, we can’t intercept their reinforcements yet.”

"Chen Shuai wants to send a force to pass through this road, and then place it behind the Chuima City to ambush the enemy's reinforcements?" Wei Qing was stunned. Although this is more reliable than a surprise attack on the city, the probability of success is still the same. It's minimal.

Chen Mo still shook his head and said: "At present, the enemy army knows the movements of our army very well, but our understanding of the enemy army is very little, so I plan to send you and Commander Sun, and select a few of my soldiers. A good man can pass this way and insert himself into the enemy's rear to detect the movement of the enemy's troops."

Hearing this, Wei Qing was shocked. This can be said to be an important task. At the same time, the number of dangers is also high. Once discovered, he will not be able to escape the fate of being captured and killed.

"Promise to complete the task." Sensing Chen Mo's attention, Wei Qing agreed after hesitating for a while.

"Remember to change into casual clothes. There are few people and it is not easy to be discovered in the mountains and forests. Pay attention to your disguise." Chen Mo patted Wei Qing's shoulder and said.

"promise."

……

On the evening of March 25th, Wei Qing, Sun Meng and five soldiers, a total of seven people, dressed in casual clothes and holding only hand knives, passed through the Yangchang path in the mountains between Yangcheng and Suima City, heading towards Suima City. Sneak away.

On March 26, Chen Mo asked Zhang He and Hu Qiang to lead a thousand Shenwu guards, a thousand trap guards and a logistics team to stay in Tianshui Town. Then he personally led the army out of Tianshui Town and headed straight towards Chuima City.

That afternoon, the enemy scouts in Chuima City detected the movements of Chen Mo's army and immediately went back to report.

On the evening of March 29, the army camped ten miles away from Chuima City.

At the same time, the enemy scouts from Chuima City also rushed to Shiling County and told Liang Song that Chen Mo's army was about to attack Chuima City. Liang Song left Qinlang to guard Shiling County with his relatives. In the barracks, I went to Chuima City in person.

Early in the morning on the 30th, Chen Mo sent an envoy to issue a letter of war to the defenders of Chuima City, and led his troops to call for formation in front of the city.

It is said in the military book that the formation has three functions.

The first function is to persuade surrender.

The second function is to rationalize and moralize one's military actions.

If I had known, the current Tianshi Army is no longer the bandit army before, but a real official army appointed by the imperial court. Instead, the Yuzhou Army has become a bandit army, and its status has been reversed.

The third function is to demoralize the opponent.

For the Yuzhou Army, they have always believed that they are a side of the imperial court. Guarding Yuzhou means protecting their home and country, and they are a righteous party. But now that they are told that they have become rebels, their mentality will change to some extent.

Xia Zhining reminded Chen Mo of this point.

But the Yuzhou army who fell into Ma City was determined to be a coward and ignored Chen Mo and the others, and even hung a no-war sign on the city wall.

In the afternoon of that day, Chen Mo pushed the catapults to the front army. He currently had thirty catapults in his hands and launched an offensive against Chuima City.

Chen Mo did not attack the city in an all-out manner, but launched a feint attack, so the Yuzhou army defended it easily.

But before they could rest for long, Chen Mo launched a second round of feint attacks.

In the evening, smoke rose from the city, and cooking began in the city.

at this time.

"dong dong dong"

Mighty war drums sounded outside the city, and the Yuzhou garrison who was resting in the city quickly came to the city wall to stand guard.

Sure enough, Chen Mo's army launched another siege.

Just when the Yuzhou army thought that the rebels were feinting again, they saw black shadows thrown into the city.

"Boom boom boom"

Suddenly, thunderous sounds exploded in the city. The cooking stoves set up by the Huotou camp in the city were directly destroyed by the aftermath of the black shadow explosion. The food was scattered on the ground, and the city was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke. .

Just before the Yuzhou army in the city could react, another black shadow was thrown in from outside the city. Only then did everyone see clearly that these black shadows were clay pots.

A soldier slashed at him with a knife, and suddenly, a violent wave of air hit him.

He only had time to let out a cry of surprise before he fell heavily to the ground, and his eyesight went black.

Boom boom boom! ! !

The earth trembled and my eardrums stung, as if a thunder god had arrived.

The originally silent city of Falling Horses suddenly boiled over at this moment, falling into boundless panic.

"Grandpa Lei, please spare your life!"

"The ground is moving, the ground is moving."

"Thunder God appears again."

The Yuzhou army had never seen such a battle before. Even those who had seen it before could not figure out the specific reason and thought it was the appearance of Thunder God.

The Yuzhou army in the city was running around like headless flies. On the hilltop to the left of Zhuima City, Chen Mo, Liu Ze, Cui Shuang, and Xia Zhining watched everything happening in the city from a distance.

Liu Ze and Xia Zhining had experienced it before, so they were not particularly shocked, but Cui Shuang was dumbfounded.

He knew that Chen Mo had the name "Chen Xianshi", and originally thought that this was a title respected by the people, or that Chen Mo used some deception to fool the people.

But what I see now is that Chen Mo really has "immortal magic".

Cui Shuang wondered: "Chen Shuai, why don't you use this kind of magic to destroy the city wall? Wouldn't it be very simple to attack the city?"

Chen Mo shook his head: "How can the city wall be so easy to destroy?"

It's not that Chen Mo has never thought about using fire bombs to blow up city walls, but after several experiments, he found that although the power can crack rocks, it is completely incapable of blowing up a city wall of more than ten meters. He can only blow up some cities without a thousand-jin gate. Door, I have no choice but to give up.

The knowledge he currently has is to increase the power of gunpowder by adding some sugar. As for how to increase the power of the explosion, he doesn't know.

Unless it's a gunpowder pot the size of a water tank.

Looking at the hiding position of the Yuzhou army in the city, Chen Mo ordered: "Send the order and have all the catapults aim in the direction of Kun Wei and fire volleys!"

"promise."

Liu Ze retreated.

After a while, the command flag was waved on the mountain, and the flag officer responsible for controlling the catapult at the bottom of the mountain immediately gave the order after receiving the order.

All catapults are adjusted at a good angle, with the faucet pointed at the Kun position, loaded with cup bombs, and lit with fuses.

"put."

As the flag officer waved his flag, dozens of fire bombs were immediately thrown towards Chuima City.

Another round of explosions.

Since it was dinner time, the Yuzhou Army gathered relatively densely in the city. After several rounds of bombing, the Yuzhou Army suffered heavy casualties.

The most important thing is that morale is low.

There were also soldiers from Yuzhou who knelt down and kowtowed, begging Lei Gong for his life.

Chen Mo saw that the time had come and ordered an attack on the city.

Under the city, drums were beating loudly, the trapped guards were in the vanguard, the brave guards were in the middle, and the divine guards were in the rear, charging towards the city of Chuima.

This time, it's not a feint.

Chen Mo stood on the top of the hill, staring closely at the siege situation hundreds of meters away.

It's been a quarter of an hour and I still can't push it up.

There is a saying in the art of war: first attack the enemy with troops, then attack the enemy, then attack the enemy, then attack the city.

As expected, the method of attacking a city is only done as a last resort.

The few troops Chen Mo had at his disposal were not as large as Lu Yonggang's. If he forced an attack on the city, the casualties would be too great.

After observing for a while, Chen Mo ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops!"

"clang clang"

The rapid sound of the gong sounded, and the trapped guards who were attacking the city suddenly disappeared like a tide, leaving corpses all over the ground.

"Hahaha."

On the city wall, the Yuzhou Army defenders burst into cheers.

They repelled the rebel attack, and when Lord Liang comes, they can ask for credit.

But little did they know that this was just the beginning of the torture.

At midnight, Chen Mo ordered a night attack.

At the same time, it was a feint attack. When the Yuzhou army came to the city to prepare for battle, Chen Mo ordered the troops to retreat.

After that, until Liang Song arrived at Chuima City in the past few days, Chen Mo's troops continued to harass Chuima City, but did not attack it. The soldiers of Yuzhou were almost mentally tortured.

At the same time, Chen Mo also received the news that Liang Song had arrived at Chuima City, and immediately ordered another night attack tonight.

……

late at night.

In the county government office in Macheng, Liang Song was discussing matters with a group of generals.

At this moment, a powerful drumbeat sounded outside, and Shi Meng hurriedly came to report: "Sir, the bandits have attacked the city."

The general who defended the city at the side said: "The bandit army must be besieging but not attacking again. It has been like this every time in the past few days."

"Don't be careless. Follow me up the city wall to meet the enemy." Liang Song did not relax his vigilance and walked out first.

By the time Liang Song reached the city wall, the rebels had already retreated. The surrounding defenders curled their lips and said, "It's like this again, aren't they tired?"

Liang Song looked at the retreating figure of the bandits and narrowed his eyes: "Are you playing a trick?"

(End of this chapter)