Chapter 747 The Fatal Flaw of Handan City! What Kind of General Would Fight a Siege Like This?

Meng Tian relaxed a little and said without hesitation: "Xiaobei City cannot be easily captured, but Dabei City is just the residence of the people. If the war situation requires sacrificing Dabei City, then Dabei City can be..."

But halfway through his words, Meng Tian was stunned.

Facing Ying Chengjiao's meaningful gaze, Meng Tian's eyes lit up: "The guards of Handan City are recruited from all over the country, but if Zhao State mobilizes a large number of troops and recruits young and strong men, most of the Zhao army will come from Dabei City!"

"Once Dabei City falls, the families of half of the Zhao army soldiers will fall into the hands of our army."

"The army will be in chaos!"

"And Dabei City is where Handan City forges and repairs weapons. If Dabei City falls, Handan City will never be able to fight for a long time!"

Xiaobei City carries the families of court officials and dignitaries.

Dabei City also carries the families of soldiers.

In peacetime, the families of the soldiers were not even worthy of carrying shoes for the families of the rich and powerful.

But when war came, the weapons in the hands of the soldiers were no duller than those in the hands of the rich and powerful!

How could the soldiers willingly sit back and watch the Qin army slaughter their families!

Su Jiao's eyes lit up: "Dongwang City must not fall."

"Dongwang City is the granary and arsenal of Handan."

"Although the weapons in the arsenal must have been distributed before the battle, the food in the granary cannot be transported away in a day or two."

"If Dongwang City falls, Handan City's supplies will be cut off!"

"Your Majesty is right. It seems that the four cities of Handan City can all fall except Xiwang City, but in fact, except Xiwang City, none of the four cities of Handan can fall!"

"The four neighboring cities seem to give Handan City more retreat space and tactical support points."

"But it also gives Handan City three more constraints that must be saved!"

Many truths are not complicated, and all they lack is a finger that pokes through the window paper.

When Ying Chengjiao pointed out the seemingly hideous illusion of Handan City, all the Qin generals suddenly realized.

It turns out that the city defense system of the four neighboring cities of Handan City is just a cloth tiger!

The strength of Handan City that is the most troublesome for the enemy generals is also the most fatal weakness of Handan City!

The fear of Handan City in the hearts of the Qin generals quietly turned into an eagerness to try!

Meng Tian suddenly said, "Of course, Zhao may not necessarily recruit a large number of men from Dabei City for this battle."

"After all, our army is small!"

Ying Chengjiao said calmly, "I will help the king and ministers of Zhao to make this decision!"

"Pass on my order!"

"Give up the attack on all other gates of Handan City!"

"Captain Xifeng's troops will ambush in the hills to the north, and Captain Renxiao's troops will ambush in the mountains and forests to the south to kill the Zhao reinforcements."

"The rest of the troops will immediately move camp and follow me across the river to the north."

"After a night of rest, concentrate your forces to attack Xiaobei City!"

All the generals bowed in unison: "Yes!"

All the captains quickly rushed to the troops of each unit to implement Ying Chengjiao's order.

Ying Chengjiao turned back to look at the guard and said solemnly: "I'd like to ask my comrades to pass a message to Handan City."

The guard bowed loudly: "I am willing to die for the Lord of Chang'an!"

Large swathes of torches illuminated the sky on the west side of Handan City.

Ying Chengjiao unabashedly removed the tents from various places and led the army to cross the Zhushui River by boat and headed straight for the north gate of Xiaobei City.

When the sun jumped out of the horizon again, the two captive armies charged towards the moat on the north side of Xiaobei City with the rising sun!

At the same time, the north gate of Xiaobei City.

Looking at the energetic captive soldiers outside the city, Guo Kai, Zhao Yi, Sima Shang and other ministers and generals couldn't help but frown.

Sima Shang said solemnly: "The Qin army has given up all attacks on the remaining cities, and has not even left a single soldier behind. Only scouts are still scouting around to quickly learn whether our army has sent troops."

"The Qin army has transferred almost all its forces to the north of Xiaobei City!"

Zhao Yi's eyes were full of confusion: "Give up the attack on Xiwang City, but instead attack Xiaobei City with all your strength?"

"Even if Xiaobei City falls in this battle, it doesn't matter."

"What exactly does Qin Chang'an want to do!"

Although Xiaobei City and Xiwang City share a section of the city wall, the wall horse road of Xiaobei City is not connected to Xiwang City, and there is a height difference. If you want to go from Xiaobei City to Xiwang City, you can only go through the city gate.

If an enemy wants to take Xiaobei City first, and then directly advance to the wall of Xiwang City through the wall of Xiaobei City, then the enemy will face the long spears stabbing down from the wall of Xiwang City like a forest!

In Zhao Yi's opinion, Ying Chengjiao should not make such a low-level mistake.

Guo Kai said in a deep voice: "Qin Chang'an Jun will never do useless things."

"I don't know why Qin Chang'an Jun wants to concentrate his forces to attack Xiaobei City."

"Of course, think about your families and your wealth!"

Hearing this, the hearts of the generals and court officials tightened.

Their families and all the money they have saved in this life are all in their homes in Xiaobei City.

Some people's entire family bloodline even lives in Xiaobei City.

The survival of Xiaobei City may be insignificant to Handan City, but it is very important to them!

All the generals and court officials, regardless of their positions, spoke at the same time:

"Xiaobei City must not be lost!"

Guo Kai nodded slightly: "I think so too."

"General Sima, do you have a plan to stop the Qin army?"

Sima Shang said in a deep voice: "If the Qin army spreads out around our Handan City to besiege the city, then I can rely on the four cities to attack from all over, and use the local superiority of troops to continuously weaken the Qin army."

"However, now the Qin army has gathered troops to the north of Xiaobei City, and the only thing our army can do is to confront the Qin army head-on!"

"In this way, the losses may be very heavy!"

Guo Kai turned his head and asked: "Have the young and strong men in Dabei City completed the army?"

Guo Chang immediately said: "The army can be completed by tomorrow at the latest, and our Handan City can get more than 33,000 troops."

Guo Kai's voice became heavier: "No Enough! Far from enough!"

"Although Qin Chang'an Jun has few soldiers, since Qin Chang'an Jun dared to attack Handan, it must be because Qin Chang'an Jun has his confidence."

"Pass on my order!"

"All men over 14 years old and under 60 years old in Dabei City are all armored and armed and joined the army."

"All women are either carrying baggage and food for our army, or helping craftsmen in workshops to forge arrows and repair weapons."

"The war is imminent, and I will not allow any idle adults in Handan City!"

Faced with Guo Kai's order, even Zhao Yi did not have the slightest objection.

Guo Chang hurriedly bowed: "Yes!"

Guo Kai looked at Sima Shang again and said: "Don't worry about the casualties."

"Tomorrow, more than 30,000 young men in Dabei City will be under the command of General Sima."

"Within three days, all the men in Dabei City will be under the command of our army."

"General Sima, just let go!"

Even though Guo Kai clearly placed high hopes on Sima Shang and entrusted him with important tasks, Sima Shang still just bowed slightly indifferently: "Yes."

Then Sima Shang looked Guang threw himself on the battlefield again and spoke in a deep voice:

"Pass on my order!"

"Captain Fei Chong, lead the crossbowmen to line up in front of the south of the moat and suppress the Qin army with crossbow arrows!"

"Captain Fei Li, lead his troops to leave the city from the east gate of Dabei City, bypass the river and attack the east side of the Qin army."

"Captain Ma Fuchao, lead his troops to leave the city from the south gate of Xiwang City, bypass the river and attack the west side of the Qin army."

"Captain..."

Sima Shang was also troubled by the current situation.

All generals would attack multiple sections of the city wall at the same time when facing the enemy city, so as to dilute the troops that the defenders could deploy on each section of the city wall and maximize the advantage of the attackers' troops.

Handan City can also fully utilize the advantages of multiple cities and numerous gates to launch surprise attacks on the attackers from all directions.

But in this battle...

Which general would concentrate his troops to attack only one section of the city wall during a siege!

How could a general dare to lead a weak force to launch a siege against a solid city!

Handan City has experienced nearly two hundred years of wind and frost, what kind of battle has it not seen?

But Handan City has never seen such a battle as today!

Sima Shang, who had no experience in dealing with it, had to simplify Handan City's defensive advantages into a few fixed attack routes.

The troops of both sides, who were famous for their flexibility, launched a clumsy and boring positional attack and defense.

It was not until four days later that the moat on the north side of Xiaobei City was blocked, and more than ten river channels were compacted into land sufficient for chariots to run, and the situation finally changed.

The huge catapult slowly approached the north wall of Xiaobei City, driven by a large number of Zhao army prisoners.

Captain Wang Pan led the baggage camp to follow closely behind, constantly ordering the adjustment of the position of the catapult.

Following Ying Chengjiao's order, a huge stone weighing hundreds of pounds was thrown into the sky by the catapult and fell towards the city wall!

"Dodge! Dodge quickly!"

"Flying stones are coming! Shield soldiers, be alert!"

Sima Shang shouted, and at the same time pulled back, dragging Guo Kai away with him.

Just after retreating a few steps, a huge stone hit the place where Sima Shang was originally standing.

"Ah!!!"

Several Zhao soldiers were smashed into minced meat, and dozens of Zhao soldiers were injured by the splashing stones.

Listening to the screams around him, Guo Kai half-crouched behind a shield, panting in fear.

Sima Shang, however, looked at the crack extending from five steps in front of him to his feet, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Listen to my order, civilians, carry loess and rammers to the city wall, and repair the city wall as soon as possible!"

Under Sima Shang's order, more than a thousand strong women rushed up the city wall with baskets full of loess, first sprinkled the loess into the cracks, then placed wooden boards on the cracks, and then smashed them down with rammers.

With the actions of the strong women, the shocking cracks disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Yi laughed heartily when he saw this: "The catapult built by Qin Chang'an Jun makes the whole world afraid."

"Therefore, Chu tried its best to build Helu City to resist the flying stones."

"Now General Sima just asked the peasant women to tamp the earth to solve the problem of flying stones breaking the city."

"Great!"

However, Sima Shang shook his head: "The cracks caused by the flying stones are deep."

"Although rammed earth can cover the surface, it cannot repair the inside. I don't know how much effect it can have."

"To break the Qin army's flying stones, our army can only take the initiative to go out of the city and eliminate the Qin army's catapults!"

Sima Shang looked at the Qin army's catapult formation in the distance, and said solemnly: "Order the captain Ma Fuchao to harass the Qin army's central army and involve the Qin army's formation."

"Order the captain Fei Chong to burn the Qin army's catapults!"