Three Kingdoms

The sun slowly climbed up, and then glanced at the ants with low eyes, and then walked forward slowly and indifferently. Perhaps in its eyes, these people in Jixian County gathered together and fought each other, like two groups. It's as boring as ants fighting for a tree nest, and it doesn't even attract the slightest attention from it.

Gongsun Du spread out a map.

"Dear Shanyu..." Gongsun Du showed six teeth, "Please see, this is the defense plan of Ji County... Of course, there may be some changes now..."

"When the Han people built this city, they also put a lot of thought into it..." Gongsun Du paused slightly, feeling that his words seemed a bit awkward, but under the gaze of leader Ding Ling, he continued, " In order to strengthen the defense, there are barbicans on all sides. If the first line of barbicans is breached, there will be a second line of barbicans that can resist... But in order to defend such a large city, a lot of manpower is needed... and Jixian County is already very large. I haven’t been attacked for a long time, so I can tell that there must be some flaws in the city’s defense system..."

"Dear Shanyu... I think that if we attack the city according to the old method, we will definitely suffer relatively large losses, so my suggestion is to divide it into two steps..." Gongsun Du lowered his head and took quick aim. He glanced at the leader Ding Ling.

Leader Ding Ling smiled and patted Gongsun Du on the shoulder, like patting an old dog, "Not bad, not bad, go on, I support you..."

"Thank you Shanyu..." Gongsun Du's face seemed to be filled with brilliance, and he seemed to have regained the feeling of licking people. "I suggest that you can put a certain amount of pressure on Cao's army in Jixian first to test it out first." Is there any problem with Cao Jun’s defense...then...here..."

Gongsun Du pointed to a corner on the map, "There is a small mound here. We can hide some people behind the mound during the first phase of the attack, and then storm the opposite city to attract Cao Jun’s attention..."

"There is an Wengcheng in Ji County. If we attack the city gate directly, it will take a lot of effort. We may also fall into the Wengcheng, surrounded by enemies on all sides, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. So it is better to attack the corner of the city, and then just attack it... Haha, that's it. Directly bypass this defensive point..." Gongsun Du said, "If you want to attack the city corner, you must first solve two problems, one is the moat, and the other is how to climb the city corner..."

"I have seen it in detail. This corner of the city on the Jixian side is lower than the other four. It's not that the city wall is crooked, but there is a small hill outside this corner..." Gongsun Du clicked on the map. "While we were pretending to attack the north wall, we used a main force to attack the east side. While defending our frontal attack, the Han people did not dare to give up their flanks, so they had no choice but to send out reserve troops. We can first attract their soldiers and consume their reserve troops. When the time is right, we pretend to launch a last wave of fierce offensive. Cao Jun must have thought that our main forces are on the northeastern sides, and then we suddenly attack the corner of the city with the highest terrain, and we will surely win it in one fell swoop! 』

"As long as we board the city, all the urns of the city will be useless, and we still have the mounds outside the city where we can arrange archers. Even if the Han people want to support, they will be within the range of our bows and arrows!" Gongsun Du said confidently, "When the Han people lose the city wall, their morale will definitely be severely affected. Even if they still want to persist, how long can they persist?" 』

Gongsun Du smiled and bent down, like a dog's tail swaying in the wind.

"So the key to this attack is how to successfully attract the attention of the Han people in the first two attacks, not only to make the Han people think that this is the direction of the assist, but also to make the Han people send the reserve team, and finally, Capture the city in one fell swoop..." Gongsun Du bowed and said, "Dear Shanyu, when the time comes, my people will gather under the small mound and we will definitely be able to capture Jixian! 』

"What? ! ” The Ding Ling tribe leader standing on the other side was dissatisfied and grasped the key point, “You old guy, you’ve been chattering for a long time, but the result is that you just want to hide behind and wait for us to go up and fight, right? 』

Gongsun Du still showed his six teeth, "You are overthinking it. My people have been busy all the time. Yesterday, when you were sleeping, my people were still building ladders, racing cars and other equipment all night long until early morning. Otherwise, How do you attack a city wall? Climb up with your hands? 』

"You old thing..."

"alright! ” The leader of the Ding Ling tribe stared, and was about to have an attack, but was stopped by the leader of the Ding Ling tribe, “The people of Guduhou have been tired for several days, and it’s time to repair themselves... I said, are you afraid? Think your warriors can’t take the lead? 』

The leader of the Ding Ling tribe jumped up immediately, "How is that possible!" My warrior is the strongest! 』

"That's good. ” Leader Ding Ling nodded and said, “Then let’s do it! However, Marquis Gudu, let’s talk about the front, if our previous offensive is well done, but at the end you have diarrhea... you have to know the consequences..."

Gongsun Du lowered his head and said, "Old minister, I know." The veteran understands. 』

……（￣……￣）……

Cao Hong stood on the city wall, looking at the camp of the Hu army in the distance, his face solemn.

Behind him stood Le Jin.

Cao Hong is reflecting.

The situation of war can sometimes be confusing and even frustrating. A slight oversight that may be considered trivial at first may become the trigger for final defeat.

Is it because the plan went so smoothly at the beginning that I let my guard down?

Or are there too many Ding Ling people?

Or maybe it turns out that the Wuhuan and Xianbei people were too weak, while the Dingling people were too strong?

Is it possible that the division of troops was caused by the continuous occupation of new territories...

Of course, you can also blame all the reasons on objective reasons, and then declare that everything is a force majeure factor that you cannot resist, avoid, and deal with, and then refuse to compensate... er, refuse to admit your mistakes.

This is the troublesome part on the battlefield, especially for farming peoples who have not changed their combat thinking. The main point of the fighting of the farming people has always been to occupy the city, and the purpose of occupying the city is to obtain the resources around the city and obtain the output of these resources. However, such occupation is not like in the game. The front foot has just changed color. Resources can be increased by using the back foot, but there must be a process.

Therefore, Cao Hong had to divide his troops to maintain local stability. Even if each county was only divided into one or two hundred, the presence of more than ten or twenty counties and villages would result in a reduction of two to three thousand troops. Moreover, these separated troops were easily defeated and eliminated, so that Cao Hong's current military strength was reduced.

After all, the Dingling people are different from the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people.

The Wuhuan people themselves are divided internally, and after several consecutive defeats, both their fighting spirit and organizational system have fallen to the lowest point. They are the kind of troops whose morale may collapse at any time. Cao Hong defeated the Wuhuan people a little bit There is no difficulty, which means that when the Wuhuan people gathered by Cao Jun encounter other opponents, there is also no "difficulty".

The Xianbei people will be better than the Wuhuan people, but the Xianbei people themselves also have big problems. The main reason is that the Xianbei people have no strategic depth and no backup. At the beginning, the number of people was not large, but one after another, today one less One hundred, tomorrow will be less than fifty, and the day after tomorrow will be less than two hundred. The appearance of being strong at first is like a giant man who has not been able to eat. As he gets hungry day by day, the Xianbei people without follow-up supplements will become He gradually became weak, and after being knocked down, he couldn't get up at all...

The Ding Ling people are different.

Not only did they have a large number of slave troops because they had gathered the tribes in the northern desert, but their momentum was on the rise, which did not easily lead to the collapse of their fighting spirit. The fearless behavior of some Ding Ling people would in turn lead to the collapse of their fighting spirit. It stimulated the madness of other Ding Ling people, so that when Cao Jun faced the Ding Ling people, he felt the frontal pressure was greater and more difficult than the Wuhuan people plus the Xianbei people together.

Although Cao Hong repeatedly shrinks the defense line, and even voluntarily withdraws some territory, and then concentrates on Jixian, preparing all the defense equipment, and preparing to fight the enemy to the end, but the number of soldiers he has is limited, and the number of people facing Ding Ling With Wan Dajun's attack on him, he also felt that he was somewhat stretched and had no rice to add to the pot.

Le Jin was also a veteran on the battlefield. He stood silently behind Cao Hong, looking at the Ding Ling army arrayed in the city, feeling heavy in his heart.

Yesterday's cavalry had already set off to request reinforcements from Cao Cao in Yecheng, Jizhou.

Cao Hong knew clearly that with the current troops, it would not be a problem to defeat the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and even Gongsundu in a field battle. The problem was that he could not withstand the Dingling people who came out in full force...

Now, we can only defend the city.

If Jixian falls, Jizhou will face the most direct risk. If Cao Cao's reinforcements cannot arrive, then the possibility of Cao Hong and others dying in the battle is very high.

Of course, Cao Hong still believed that Cao Cao would eventually come to reinforce him.

"Old thief Gongsun has been giving Ding Ling people siege equipment for two days and two nights..." Le Jin pointed in the distance and gritted his teeth and said, "If I had known, I would have burned down all the hills and woods!" 』

Cao Hong was silent and didn't say anything.

In fact, burning the forest in the distance was somewhat useful, but it was not of much use. At most, Gongsun Du could just find a farther place to cut down the trees.

"This group of barbarians haven't launched such a large-scale invasion for several years..." Le Jin said harshly, "It's just autumn. Don't these guys have to worry about the autumn fat on their livestock?" 』

It was not that the Ding Ling people were not taken into consideration in the original plan, but most people, including Cao Cao, believed that even if the Ding Ling people wanted to take action, they would not get the ideal results until after mid-autumn and in early winter. After the victory, the Ding Ling people will withdraw their troops, so the overall fighting time with the Ding Ling people will naturally be shorter and the pressure will not be great.

but now……

"Hmm..." Cao Hong looked to the north, "There must be something... maybe... the hussars have gone over there..."

Le Jin was stunned, "What?" The general’s intention is..."

"I'm just a guess..." Cao Hong said, "I don't know the specifics, unless I want to capture a few of the bigger leaders of the Ding Ling people to ask... But for now, let's deal with what's in front of us first. ! Look over there..."

Cao Hong had seen many Dingling people digging soil at the foot of the mountain in the distance since the morning, and then stacking bags, and some people were responsible for carrying...

"This is..." Le Jin frowned, "Ding Ling people want to fill in the moat?" 』

Cao Hong frowned, "Filling in the moat... is not wrong, but does it need to be so much?" 』

The moat in Jixian County is a standard moat, and its width and depth are not much different from those in ordinary counties. Because of this, the amount of soil used to fill the moat can actually be estimated, and the amount of soil dug by these Dingling people in front of them is, Obviously much more...

"Could it be that..." Le Jin frowned and stared at the movements of the Ding Ling people, "The Ding Ling people are planning to attack from two directions?" 』So the amount of soil required to fill the moat was naturally doubled.

Cao Hong nodded slightly.

"The Ding Ling people are packing soil, and it must be used to fill up a certain place..." Cao Hong turned back and looked at the wall of Jixian City, "Then... I think they may also want to attack that corner... the city over there. The horn is built on the mountain and goes up with the mountain. It is no more than three feet high. If the Ding Ling people start from the mountainside and stick to the base of the city wall with earth bags to form a platform..."

"Pile it up with soil bags?" Le Jin looked at it and hesitated, "That's impossible. How many bags of soil are needed?" 』

"But there are more than ten thousand of them..." Cao Hong frowned and looked back into the distance.

The Ding Ling people externally claim to have 100,000 people, but internally they say there are 50,000 people. However, not all Ding Ling people can be gathered here in Jixian County, so in fact, there are more than 10,000 people near Jixian County, including Gongsun Jun. .

Cao Hong looked up to the sky. The sun in the sky seemed to notice his gaze and stared back unceremoniously. What are you looking at? Cao Hong was defeated, and immediately lowered his gaze, blinked twice, and recovered some of his stung vision, "It would be nice if it rained heavily... tsk..."

Now it's just hard.

"We're going to attack." ” Cao Hong said casually.

Suddenly, a huge horn horn came from the Ding Ling people. As the first horn horn sounded, then several, or even a dozen horn horns sounded one after another, with long and low sounds. Like a strong wind, it swept towards Jixian.

The soldiers of Cao's army in Jixian also stood up following the sound and looked towards Cao Hong on the city wall.

Cao Hong looked at the Ding Ling people who had started to move and waved behind him. The messenger standing behind him whistled and made a gesture to the flag soldiers on the city gate tower.

As the flag soldiers waved, the war drums in Jixian County rumbled slowly. Many Cao Jun soldiers who were a little nervous after hearing the horns gradually calmed down amidst the sound of the war drums. , clenched the weapon in his hand.

In the Three Kingdoms games of later generations, mounted archery seems to be the patent of Baima Yicong. Only Youzhou cavalry can mount and shoot, but in fact this is not the case. Most cavalry can mount and shoot, but it just depends on how good they are at shooting, especially Hu people basically know how to ride and shoot, and their riding and shooting skills are not too bad.

The Ding Ling people's horses began to gallop back and forth around the edge of the moat, and then lobbed shots at the top of the city from time to time. Because the city wall and moat itself are placed within their own shooting range, people on the city can shoot at the enemies on the other side of the moat, and the enemies on the opposite side can also shoot at the top of the city, but they suffer some disadvantages in terms of range and shooting angle. That’s all. But Ding Ling was a moving target. When the horses galloped, not all Cao Jun's archers could control the amount of shots in advance, so the two sides shot back and forth...

But in this way, unlike the general point-to-point, or array-to-array, the shooting of both sides is a little sudden, and they don't know whether the next wave of arrows will be shot from the left or the right. Sometimes the shots are perfect. A silhouette dodges away unscathed, and sometimes one finds hundreds of arrows coming towards them!

Cao Hong's eyes suddenly opened wide and he let out a loud roar: "Mount the shield!" 』

The shieldman subconsciously raised the giant shield with a clatter, and then pressed it against the gap in the battlement. Immediately, he heard a scream from the air. Cao's soldiers without shields immediately rolled and crawled or hid in the battlement. On the inside, they either curled up under the shield, holding their heads instinctively, reducing the projected area of ​​their bodies.

A huge rain of variegated arrows came whistling. The arrows pierced the position near Cao Hong with a piercing scream, making all kinds of creepy sounds. Some arrows fell outside the city wall because of insufficient range, and some fell outside the city wall. The arrows flew into the city wall because their range was too far, but most of the arrows still landed on the city wall, followed by a burst of "swish", "bah", "dongdong", and "puff". With the sound, some shield soldiers were knocked over by the huge force of many arrows that happened to be shot at the same time, and some soldiers were injured by the arrows that bounced off the green bricks. Suddenly, several soldiers fell down on the top of the city. , blood and wailing sounds followed.

Commander Ding Ling looked at the situation under the city of Jixian in the distance. He was obviously quite satisfied with the suppression his troops had brought to Cao Jun on top of the city. After smiling, he said loudly to the messenger: "Send the order!" Three more rounds! The slave soldiers are ready to step forward and fill in the moat! 』

"Woooooooo..."

The trumpet sounds again,

Standing in front of Ding Ling's array were all slave soldiers, and in front of these slave soldiers were stacked bags of soil, large and small. There are some Dingling people beside the mud bag, standing facing each other in twos and twos.

When Captain Ding Ling heard the horn sound, he immediately drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Slave soldiers come forward, put the mud bags on your shoulders!" 』

The slave soldier stepped forward, bent down, lowered his head, and then Ding Ling, who was standing facing each other, put the bag filled with soil on the slave soldier's shoulders.

"quick! ! Rush over! 』

The slave soldiers roared wildly and rushed towards the moat of Jixian County with their mud bags on their backs!