Chapter 835 King Ming's Victory Card

In Liaoxi County, Guzhu City, the Xia army's offensive reached its peak. Generals such as Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong even personally participated in the siege, climbing up with shields in hand.

In order to capture Guzhu City as soon as possible and put pressure on the Ming army, the Xia army has so far lost 70,000 soldiers and 40,000 auxiliary soldiers.

The fifteen-meter-high city wall of Guzhu City is like a moat, and it needs human lives to fill it up.

Xia Jun spent a lot of time in order to fill up the moats and trenches around Guzhu City and destroy the arrow towers.

Not only that, the 15-meter-high city wall required the height of the siege tower to be more than 20 meters.

Within the outer city of Lone Bamboo City, there is also an inner city wall, which is fortified layer by layer, watertight.

Guzhu City is one of the three fortresses built by Mingguan, and it is also the first fortress to prevent the Xia army from occupying Liaodong. Therefore, there are sufficient fortifications, food, grass and weapons.

While defending the city, Sun Chuanting recruited soldiers and mobilized the residents of the city to assist in defending the city, which made it more difficult for the Xia army to attack the city.

boom!

boom--!

Dozens of boulders fell, accompanied by loud noises that could be clearly heard for several miles around, a section of the outer city wall to the west of Guzhu City finally could not withstand the high-intensity bombardment of Xiangyang artillery, and finally collapsed!

When Mingguan built the fortress, the city wall pursued the height of the Middle Ages and ignored the thickness, so Guzhu City is not without flaws.

"kill!!"

Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin, two fierce generals sent by Chutian to assist Geng Yan in attacking the fortress, led the Xuanjia Army and entered Guzhu City along the gap!

In the outer city of Guzhu City, Sun Chuanting would know that the outer city wall could not be effectively defended the moment the west wall collapsed, so he set up a strong crossbow.

Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin's Xuanjia army invaded the outer city, and was aimed at by several bed crossbows and hundreds of god arm bows. They were horrified, but knowing that there was no way to retreat, they could only bite the bullet and charge!

Dozens of Xuanjia cavalry were shot to death by bed crossbows and god arm bows, while Cheng Yaojin swung his big axe and knocked away a thick crossbow arrow, the ax body was trembling violently.

The bed crossbow no longer relies on arm strength, but torsion.

The crossbowmen in the outer city fought and retreated, and were trampled by the Xuanjia army at any cost, killing hundreds of people, and finally retreated to the inner city with Sun Chuanting.

The outer city was breached, and it will take some time for the Xia army to occupy the outer city.

In addition to the outer city, Guzhu City also has an inner city and an inner city wall.

With the walls of the inner city, Sun Chuanting is confident that he can hold on for a longer period of time and continue to defeat Xia Jun's advance.

Because of Sun Chuanting's tenacious resistance, it did cause a lot of casualties to Xia Jun's siege troops.

The morale of Xia's army also dropped slightly because Guzhu City could not be attacked for a long time.

Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin's Xuanjia army chased them all the way to the gate of the inner city, where they were shot back by bed crossbows.

"Why is there still a city wall? I was almost killed by an arrow from the bed crossbow."

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help being rejoicing for the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

"Tear down all the houses and build a siege engine."

Geng Yan and Cheng Yu, who were in charge of the siege, entered the city and saw that there was an inner city in Guzhu City, and there was a moat outside the inner city, and they felt very troublesome.

Tens of thousands of siege troops immediately demolished the houses in the outer city to obtain wood and stone.

Almost the entire outer city was razed to the ground.

Large trebuchets cannot cause damage to city walls and defenders out of thin air.

Qualified stones need to be loaded.

Chutian, Yekaterina, and many generals camped outside the city, confronting Mingguan.

At almost the same time, he and Mingguan saw the smoke billowing in Guzhu City, probably knowing that the attackers had finally broken through the outer city.

As long as the inner city is captured again, it is likely that Sun Chuanting will be captured alive, and the city will be occupied, eliminating the threat of Guzhu City to Youzhou, and at the same time opening the way to Liaodong City.

"If only the inner city is left in Lone Bamboo City, Mingguan will be eager to fight us to the death to prevent Lone Bamboo City from falling."

Seeing that Lone Bamboo City had finally opened a breakthrough, Chu Tian couldn't help shaking his head.

If the opponent had a decisive battle with him in the wild, it would be more straightforward.

Generally speaking, all commanders avoid getting into difficult offensive and defensive battles, but pursue quick victories in field battles. As far as national strength is concerned, quick battles don't have to bear too much burden.

In the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi tried to draw Zhao's army out, encircle and annihilate them.

In a desperate fight, Han Xin also managed to coax King Zhao out for a decisive battle.

On the contrary, the offensive and defensive battle is the most tragic battle. Basically, both sides can only continue to increase their troops, and then die under the strong city wall.

Especially for the siege side, the offensive and defensive battle is more painful.

"If you win this battle, you should be 90% sure of unifying the Han Empire?"

Ekaterina calmly looked at the war-torn battlefield in western Liaoning.

The focus of the Liaoxi battlefield was Guzhu City. The Xia army lost more than 100,000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.

Chutian seldom suffered such losses, although most of the auxiliary soldiers were just civilians who pushed the sand to fill up the moat.

"I dare not say 90%. There are quite a few kings who unified the north and then overturned."

Chutian only knows Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, Fu Jian in the Battle of Feishui (former Qin), Yuanying in the Battle of Zhongli (Northern Wei Dynasty), and Wan Yanliang in the Battle of Caishiji (King of Jin).

At present, Tongque has the largest navy in the Han Empire. Chutian's navy is just a part of the fleet, but for Tongque, the navy is the main force.

At the same time, although Chutian conspired with Sun Jian, he wanted to win over the Sun family of Soochow and pave the way for the future liquidation of Southeast.

But Sun Jian may not be completely reliable. After all, Sun Jian and Tongque are righteous brothers, and they may turn against Chu Tian at any time.

It was also difficult for Chu Tian to figure out the character of Sun Jian in "The Lord". They had few chances to deal with each other face to face.

"Since you left Eastern Europe, the situation in Eastern Europe has changed. The territory of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has been divided by me and Hohenzollern for a third, and the Swedish lion Gustav II also wants to divide the territory from it. , he covets the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), and the situation is quite troublesome. Because of your relationship, my empire may be attacked by the Kingdom of Sweden, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Kingdom of Macedonia..."

Ekaterina inadvertently mentioned the situation in the western continent.

Because Attila, the leader of the Hunnic Empire, was killed, after the Hunnic Empire fell, the Holy Roman Empire and the Macedonian Kingdom rose up and expanded their territories, and they were about to border the Tsarist Russian Empire.

Coupled with the pressure brought by the Nordic lion Gustav II, it can be said that Ekaterina's life is not easy, which is equivalent to an empire having to support an empire, plus the pressure of two kingdoms.

"The Tsarist Russian Empire has conflicts with them, so even if I don't intervene, they will not let Tsarist Russia go."

Chu Tian rolled his eyes.

The conflict between the Tsarist Russian Empire and other European civilizations is not the turn of the relationship between Chutian and Ekaterina.

"There is no shortage of careerists in the Western Continent, but because of too balanced forces, and complex issues of belief, ethnicity, culture, and language, there is no Western Qin Shihuang. Many people have tried to unify the Western Continent, but there is no doubt that they all fell short. , Charlemagne, Napoleon, etc.”

Ekaterina unknowingly mentioned the history of the Western Continent.

"What has Alexander been doing lately?"

"Siege of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul."

"He's doing something amazing. The Ottoman Empire seems to be a little unlucky too. Their capital is just between the eastern and western continents, and it is adjacent to the Thrace area controlled by the Kingdom of Macedonia. That is to say, Alexander is in Thrace Assembling troops, they can reach the city in a few days, and the Turks don’t know if they have time to react.”

Chutian observed a few seconds of silence for the Ottoman Empire.

Since Suleiman the Great was accidentally killed by Huo Qubing in the national war, the Ottoman Empire’s fortunes have been in a slump. First, it fell into civil strife. The Turkish Janissaries took the opportunity to intervene in the selection of the Sultan and supported the son of Queen Xu Leimu. Rem Sultan listened to politics behind a curtain.

In the fourth national war, the Ottoman Empire colluded with Attila and attacked the Thrace region of the Kingdom of Macedonia because of the failure of the Ottoman Empire, but was hated by Alexander.

After Alexander annexed part of the territory of the Hunnic Empire in the Ukrainian steppe, he immediately took revenge on Sultan Shrem and besieged the city of Istanbul on the border of the Kingdom of Macedonia.

The geographical location occupied by the Kingdom of Macedonia is also very favorable, allowing it to expand to West Asia.

The situation in the western continent has become somewhat clearer.

The Kingdom of Macedonia is committed to expanding to West Asia, the Roman Empire is committed to expanding to North Africa, the Holy Roman Empire wants to annex the Kingdom of Poland, and the Kingdom of Sweden wants to turn the Baltic Sea into an inner lake.

As for western continental civilizations such as France, England, the Netherlands, and Spain, due to geographical constraints, it is not easy to expand, so they can only consider annexing civilizations from other continents and establishing colonies.

Thinking of the expansion of civilization in the western continent, Chu Tian shook his head again.

His hands couldn't reach that far yet.

Various civilizations fought, and the sky was dark. Even the Central Asian region, which had always been unknown, was rising because of Wo Kuotai's efforts.

Chutian already knew that the Mongol and Turkic allied forces defeated the Guishuang Empire with millions of soldiers and horses.

Originally, Chutian thought that after Temujin's death, the team left by the Mongol Empire would soon fall apart and decline from then on.

However, Chu Tian still underestimated the Golden Family.

If Temujin is regarded as the first generation, then the second generation, Okudei, Tuo Lei and others are still quite united, and the third and fourth generations began to split.

"I don't have time to worry about it for now, let's deal with the enemy in front of me."

Chu Tian thought for a while, he really didn't have the ability to deal with so many civilizations at the same time.

The entire lord world is full of disputes, and even a civilization of above-average size like Japan is trying to expand.

"My lord, Duke Ming's army is frequently mobilized and is approaching our camp."

Hua Mulan personally came to inform Chu Tian about the mobilization of the opposite army.

The Battle of Liaoxi was too important to the Chutian forces, so Hua Mulan had to be careful.

If Mingguan cannot be defeated and Luoyang City is taken back by Lao Qin, then Chutian's northern war launched in the past two years will come to naught, and the situation may even be reversed.

Sometimes, the tide turns, just after a battle. It is difficult to control the changes in the general situation and personal abilities.

"Because the outer city of Lone Bamboo City fell, King Ming probably couldn't hold back anymore. He wanted to fight us in western Liaoning. He did use Lone Bamboo City to cause us a lot of casualties."

Based on the situation reported by Hua Mulan, Chu Tian speculates that the decisive battle with the Liaodong Army is coming soon.

Chutian wanted a quick battle, and Mingguan wanted to consume Chutian's army first before the decisive battle started. Now that both sides have achieved their goals, the time for the decisive battle that both sides want has arrived.

"There is an important piece of information."

Before the decisive battle, Xueyue, who was in charge of intelligence, obtained new information in Liaodong City.

Chu Tian frowned when he heard the latest information obtained by Xueyue: "Mingguan actually obtained such a good thing... But it's not surprising that this kind of thing has indeed begun to become popular during the Battle of Songjin at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Because Mingguan suffered a lot, it was not easy to win..."

"What happened?"

Ekaterina wondered.

Chutian's vision is not low now, and Chutian can consider props that are good things, so most of them are really good things, and they are props that Chutian has never seen.

Chu Tian nodded: "It is indeed a good thing..."

At the camp of the Ming army, a group of large carriages arrived, and the red cloth covered the carriages, covering Mingguan's trump card.

"The Battle of Pine Brocade, narrowly escaped death, and finally got this small batch of props..."

Mingguan led the generals to the front of the carriage.

Xianbei generals such as Murong Ba, Murong Ke, Murong Lin, Yuwen Yidougui, Yuwentai, Duan Pidun, and Wuhuan generals such as Ta Dun did not follow Mingguan to the Songjin Battle of the fifth epic battle, so they did not Know what props Mingguan brought back.

"This small team of carriages can really turn the tide of the battle?"

Murong Ke was very curious about what Mingguan brought back.

"Impossible. In any case, with a small team of carriages, it is impossible to change the entire battlefield. There are already more than one million soldiers in Liaoxi."

Ta Dun shook his head.

As a military adviser, Yao Guangxiao wore a black robe, and ordered the left and right soldiers to uncover the red cloth.

Almost everyone's eyes were on the props under the red cloth.

Almost all generals in the Ming army knew that with their positive strength, the Ming army would most likely not be able to defeat the Xia army.

If you want to win, you must find another way.

The red cloth was lifted, revealing the cold bronze firearm, which was heavy.

"The... red-clothed cannon of the Qing army!"

Ming Guan's eyes revealed a bit of fanaticism.

In the Battle of Songjin, his cavalry captured the positions of the Qing army, plundered a group of red cannons, and captured a group of artillerymen of the Qing army.

In "Lord", firearms need to be matched with the corresponding arms to be effective.

If there is no such special unit as artillerymen, then the red-clothed cannons obtained by Mingguan are just a pile of scrap metal.

At the same time, there are no soldier symbols and corresponding buildings and firearm blueprints in Mingguan, so this batch of red-clothed cannons and artillerymen are more like consumables. They are dead and cannot be recruited.

This is also the first time that a bronze cannon has appeared in "The Lord", basically it is the most advanced firearm in "The Lord"!

Murong Ba, Murong Ke, Murong Ling, Yu Wentai, Ta Dun and other tribal leaders could not help but widen their eyes. They have never seen such a strange weapon.

"Although it is enough to replace cold weapons and cannot achieve absolute suppression, it is enough to deter Xia's army."

Mingguan captured the artillery positions of the Qing army with cavalry, which shows that in the period when cold weapons and firearms coexisted, the deterrent effect of bronze artillery was greater than the killing effect, so he could not be completely relieved.

"Unfortunately, it's just a trophy. I want to see how Chu Zimou will deal with the red-clothed cannon. He participated in the battle of Kunyang. I don't know if he brought back any cards..."

There are also scouts in Mingguan looking for news about Chutian, and they know that Chutian is participating in the battle of Kunyang.

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