Chapter 229 attacking the fortress
"Hahaha! Yes, it's just like that, blowing out all the turtle grandsons who are huddled in Taiyuan!"
Under the big locust tree in the courtyard of the Yiye General Command of Jinyang, He Yuanqing, the last senior officer of the Yiye Army, took off his helmet as soon as he entered the courtyard, revealing his lion's mane-like hair, and his face was full of redness.
Let's go.
After the fire was burned down by the fire, only broken walls remained, and were abandoned for hundreds of years. It was originally a wilderness where foxes and rats appeared in the city, and the people of the Song Dynasty did not dare to go to this forbidden area to reproduce. However, at the beginning of the first year of Jingkang, the Jin army was
He surrounded Taiyuan and conquered the camps in remote areas, but he had a lot of tidy up the place. Although it was two years later, there were still many remains, which allowed the Tianzhu Army to set up camp and save trouble.
The generals of the Jin army were used to building tents, but Di Lie was more willing to live in a house. When the craftsmen built a reduced-sized real-life model of Taiyuan, they also built a row of earth houses, mainly for the wounded and the doctors. One of them was large.
The small yard under the locust tree is the headquarters of Yiye.
At this time, all the senior generals above the First Reorganization Division of the First Field Army were present, and everyone looked excited. Even Zhang Li, who had always been quiet, could not stop smiling. Yes, at the cost of extremely slight casualties,
Within the day, we will seize three pass cities and clear the periphery of Taiyuan. Even the strongest Western Army in the Jin Dynasty that day would not be able to do it. Now, only Taiyuan outer city and Zicheng are left.
Although the thickness and firmness of these two walls are far from comparable to Sanguan City, in the face of a huge number of **, all seemingly powerful obstacles will eventually turn into paper tigers.
"I'm sorry, everyone. We may not be able to move these two obstacles away." After the generals gathered together, Di Lie said the first sentence and gave the brigade leaders a can of cold water.
Di Lie said with regret under the shock of the generals: "Our army has not had much gunpowder reserves, especially the extreme shortage of sulfur. This Taiyuan battle, there were many blasts, first Shouyang and then Taiyuan.
Three Pass City, a total of 8,000 kilograms were consumed... I have calculated that several people with rich experience in blasting have to do it. If you want to explode the heavy outer city and sub-city of Taiyuan, it will take at least 10,000 kilograms to
Ten thousand kilograms of gunpowder. I have to tell you regretfully. If we really want to take out such a huge amount of gunpowder to blow up the city wall, then each of the musketeers in the division will only have three rounds of ammunition left... So
.We must make a choice between breaking the city and defending the city.”
As early as the beginning of the Taiyuan strategy, Di Lie reached a consensus with the civil officials and military generals of Tianshu City: the Taiyuan Battle will be a battle that determines the future direction of Tianshu City, and it will seize and firmly defend Taiyuan. It will be against the forces of Tianshu City
Influence and discourse power play a crucial role in this troubled world.
It is difficult to conquer Taiyuan; it is even more difficult to defend Taiyuan.
Di Lie chose to attack Taiyuan at this time, taking advantage of the Jin army's east and west armies, like red-eyed bulls, to trample on the backyard of Jianyan's imperial court, and had no time to take care of himself. Then he gave all his strength to the Jin army.
A knife in the weakness.
According to the practice of the Jin army's previous southern invasions, they always come and return in winter and summer without exception. It is April now, and midsummer is coming. It is conceivable that after the Tianzhu Army took over Taiyuan, they faced the Jin army that returned north.
What tremendous pressure will the army face between the two armies?
So, is it better to stay in Taiyuan for now? Many conservative civil officials in Tianshu City have repeatedly opposed the attack on Taiyuan, which attracted the golden wolf Gu, and the outline proposed in the early development of Tianshu City
Based on "hiding one's strength and pursuing one's low-key development", he questioned Di Lie.
The Song Dynasty has always been open-minded, and the rule of governing the country is about "the emperor and the scholars and officials share the world", and there is also the theory that "the man is not guilty for his words", so officials in the court often debate with the emperor and speak without any scruples. Adhering to this fine tradition, even though
Facing a strong leader like Di Lie, the civil servants in Tianshu City are not guilty and speak out in a blunt manner whenever they are involved in official affairs.
Although Di Lie had a plan for these civil affairs and did not mention the civil servants who were not short of military affairs, he did not refer to it as a confession, but told them clearly: one time and another, the plan should keep up with the changes.
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After the Second Battle of Naiheguan, it severely damaged the Jinzhong Route Army and hit Wanyan Zongfu, the commander of the Jindong Route Army, more severely. Since then, it is impossible for Tianshu City to develop in a low-key manner. If it weren't for the Jin and East-West Army.
The two fists that were hit by the elephant will not be taken back for a while. Di Lie has no doubt that Wanyan Zongfu will mobilize the entire eastern army to launch a madness from Jingxing, Zhaozhou, Liaozhou, and Taiyuan to Tianshu City.
attack.
What should we do after the strength is exposed? Is it like after the Hundred Regiments War in later generations, which had to be transferred and endured the crazy sweeping and retaliation of the Japanese army; or is it like Stalingrad, using a city to drag down an empire?
Di Lie resolutely chose the latter and took the initiative to fight a time difference, striving to take this strategic point before the enemy army returns to aid and turn Taiyuan into an ancient version of Stalingrad. To achieve this goal, there must be
Enough military supplies and food. The Tianzhu Army started with guns and bullets. Guns and ammunition are whether the Tianzhu Army can defend Taiyuan’s capital. If it is exhausted now, then facing the crazy counterattack of the Jin army,
This city guard...
In a very short time, the generals of each brigade also solved the causes and consequences of this battle, and all sighed. Without the assistance of the **, the Battle of Taiyuan would return to the traditional siege and capture the city. The generals would return to the traditional siege and capture the city.
We were not worried that we would not be able to defeat Taiyuan City without gunpowder. With the high morale of the Tianzhu Army and the desire to fight, we faced three Jin army guards who were shocked by the thunder and were shocked to death.
Full of confidence. As long as you have enough time, three months, or even two months to win Taiyuan, it is not impossible.
But here's the problem, Tianzhu Army, there is no time...
The final result of the military discussion is that tomorrow the three mixed brigades will officially launch a strong attack on Taiyuan. It is better to fight and watch it first.
On April 14th, the first reorganizer's attack on Taiyuan City began.
The three major mixed brigades sent a total of 3,000 infantry, 3,000 engineers and auxiliary soldiers to attack Chaoxi Gate, Kaiyuan Gate and Huaide Gate in Taiyuan.
In Di Lie's eyes, the attack was very procedural: first, the engineers set up a shed, and then the auxiliary soldiers used trenches to fill the trenches. This step alone took two days, killing and injured nearly a hundred people; after cutting off the moat, the water was collected,
The soldiers came down and officially appeared. With the cover of various siege tools, the swords and cards were in front, the heavy armored soldiers were behind, and the musketeers finally covered them.
The brighter one is the cover of musketeers. Musketeers use chariots as trenches to shoot against the enemy on the city wall from the shooting holes of the chariot walls. They defeated the enemy crossbowmen who threatened the infantry to rush forward.
Muskets are slightly better than crossbows in terms of range than crossbows. However, one of the two sides is condescending and the other is looking up, which makes up for the height difference. The range of the bow and arrow is compared with that of the musket.
It's bad.
Then there is lethality. At one point, muskets beat the crossbow. Many heavy armored soldiers of the Tianzhu Army and the side cards of the sword and card soldiers were filled with arrows. But most of them were fine. Even if they fell under the arrows, they
After being transported back to the medical center in Jinyang, the soldier was easily lifted out with the good protection of silk underwear, and was able to keep the arrows safe after cleaning and bandaging. He could still return to the team in seven or eight days. He was hit by a lead bullet
Where is the Jin soldiers? No need to say anything, Taiyuan defender Wanyan Tuhesu is the best role model.
Finally, what we have to say is the durability of firepower. The Taiyuan defenders' crossbow attack lasted for less than half an hour and had to retreat to the city to rest, helplessly let the melee soldiers prepare for hand-to-hand combat. At this time,
A few dozen steps below the city, the Tianzhu Army musketeers only changed one spare barrel and continued to aim without expression, pulled the plate machine, knocking down the Jin soldiers on the city, and even to the city.
The Jin soldiers dared not show their heads...
The Tianzhu Army's melee infantry killed the city from the flying ladder many times, and even attacked the first mixed brigade that opened the far door and occupied the southern city in a short period of time, but was then born by a team of extremely powerful Jin soldiers.
After fighting, I learned that this team of Jin soldiers was Wanyan Tuhesu's elite cavalry. These fierce soldiers in the hundreds of battles were very skilled and tactical. The director of the Tianzhu Army lies in the team power contained in the formation, but attacking
After going up to the city, the formation was inevitably divided, and it turned into a one-to-one battle.
In terms of individual combat, even if they were veterans of the Tianzhu Army, they were just ordinary people a year ago. How could they compare with the Jurchen soldiers who had not participated in hunting and hunting animals without Mao, and even fought for more than ten years of fierce battles.
.If it weren't for the sixth-level long-armored spearmen, the fierce man Dong Xian picked up ten soldiers with one force, fought hard, and covered the soldiers' retreat. It was estimated that the team of soldiers who attacked the city would not have worked for many...
When Dong Xian jumped out of the city like a bloody man, dragging the saber full of gaps back to the formation, he was still muttering: "It's just a little bit, the 'Taiyuan First Battalion' was obtained..."
After several days of fierce battle, the Taiyuan Jin army suffered heavy casualties, most of which were broken at the muzzle of musketeers; and the Tianzhu Army suffered a large loss, with a battle death rate of up to 20%, and most of them were sword and card soldiers and heavy armored soldiers, killing them.
The cause of the injury was caused by the rolling wood stones and turbulent oil and gold juice thrown from Taiyuan City, and the musketeers were almost unscathed. However, as the Jin army pushed the stock of scattering machines to the top of the city, smashing the big stones into the war
Cars and musketeers also began to suffer casualties.
The catapult is not accurate at all. At a distance of 50 or 60 steps, hitting a person will be 90% of them, but hitting a huge chariot lined up in several rows is still a chance of hitting one of ten shots.
In order to avoid greater casualties, Di Lie had to withdraw his chariots and musketeers, and the casualties rate of sword and heavy armored soldiers who had lost their cover also increased sharply. As of April 18, a full five-day strong attack lasted.
, had to suspend, and the entire teacher moved to rest.
On a small hill five miles away from the south gate of Taiyuan City, a group of hunters were arranged in an orderly manner from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. A group of auxiliary cavalry regiments who were cleaning the war horses saw this scene from afar.
I understand that it must be their military leader who is climbing up and looking into the distance again.
This small hill is only 100 meters high. Even if Di Lie lies on the top of the huge rock, it is not worth climbing. But at this moment, he is indeed looking at the assembled Barrett m82a1 anti-equipment sniper rifle, just rightly erected.
In front of him, through the 10-day and night dual-purpose optical telescope, the scene at the Taiyuan city entrance 2,500 meters away was clearly visible. He even saw a guard untied his belt, took out the guy, and cast out the battlement from the city wall
A soak of yellow water was put out in the shooting hole, and the urine poured high, and shot into the blood-colored soil...
Di Lie looked at it silently, his heart ached. At least half of the blood stains on the soil were flowing out of his men...
Di Lie is lying here with a big sniper in his hand, not to show posses or on a whim, but to use training to calm down his anxiety. As a sniper, no matter whether he takes a mission or not, daily training is indispensable.
, if you don't practice for a long time, your skills will definitely be reversed. Di Lie can't practice live ammunition now. After all, his bullets are fired less than one round, so he cannot waste these precious ammunition on wooden targets. So his training method is only
It can be: aiming at a blank, silently, and keeping the sniper's keen and decisiveness when firing, as well as intuitive positioning of the target.
Although he couldn't shoot, as long as he was in the sniper, the cold and real feeling would always allow him to find the real feeling of being a sniper.
After the siege was frustrated, Di Lie thought of a way to quickly take over Taiyuan at the lowest cost: sniping Wanyan Tuhesu!
There are not many real war soldiers in Taiyuan City. After five days of attack and killing, the defenders lost more than 3,000, most of them were old soldiers. At present, most of the thousands of guards in the outer city and Zicheng of Taiyuan are Ding Zhuang.
The reason why he was able to withstand the fierce attack of the Tianzhu Army until now was entirely due to Wanyan's rapid pressure and hundreds of elite soldiers under his command. Once this guardian's army and horses were in trouble, the generals would be without a leader.
The troops will be in chaos. If the troops are in chaos, the signing of the troops will be in chaos.
Unfortunately, since the strong attack on Taiyuan, Wanyan Tuhesu has never appeared in Di Lie's scope. The person who presided over the city defense was a Han general who held high-rise "high" and recognized the flag. In order to avoid
He was shocked by the enemy, which scared the main Wanyan Tuhesu. Di Lie, who had been observing the Guancheng Observatory for several days, did not shoot.
Of course Di Lie did not expect that it was because Zhang Rui injured Wanyan Tuhesu in Tuqiao Canyon, which made him unable to walk and suffered from pain. In addition, he suffered consecutive defeats, lost his troops and lost the city, and was angry and attacked his heart.
He vomited blood and rose more than he had. At this time, he was lying on the bed of the government office, and it was difficult to go to the city to command... Of course, this news is still secretly blocked, and even Taiyuan Deputy General Gao Yong didn't know.
Di Lie was sighing that Wanyan's sudden and quick intuition about danger was really good. When he was hiding and refused to come out and eat a bullet, Zhao Yan's half of his pretty face was poked under the lying stone. He looked up and saw the cliff.
Di Lie immediately looked straight, stood up and his legs, a standard military salute: "Report to the military leader, Deputy Chief of Staff Ling arrived with supplies."
"Ziyou, it's good that you're here. I'm going to discuss something with you..." Di Lie returned to the Yiye General Command, pushed open the two courtyard doors, and as soon as one foot stepped in, he was straightened by two straight lines.
The pretty figure standing at the door to greet him was blinded...
"Ye Dieer, deputy commander and first capital of the Tianzhu Army, reported to the military leader."
Chapter completed!