Chapter 306: A Strange Plan
"Quick, quick, quick!"
The floating bridge was laid on the water, and the generals immediately urged the soldiers to enter the gate and throw sandbags into the moat one by one. Read М
At this time, the Xiliang generals reacted and immediately organized the Xiliang soldiers to bring rolling logs and stones to throw down.
Chang Wei had faced this situation during the sand table rehearsal.
He immediately asked the artillery to adjust the angle to bombard the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall.
At the same time, he said to Qin Shan: "Let the flintlock soldiers go."
This time, his goal was to not let go of any Xiliang soldiers.
So even if the flintlock was used, there was no need to worry about the flintlock being exposed.
After receiving his order, Qin Shan immediately asked the flintlock soldiers to line up in three large horizontal teams and come to the moat.
"Load!" he ordered.
The order was passed down, and the flintlock soldiers quickly loaded the ammunition.
Then one by one, they aimed their guns at the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall.
"Three-stage shooting, fire!" Qin Shan continued to order.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Flames and smoke came out of the muzzles of the flintlocks.
Lead bullets flew towards the Xiliang soldiers on the top of the city, and a small cluster of blood mist suddenly burst out of these Xiliang soldiers.
"Second row, shoot!"
The first row of flintlock soldiers immediately withdrew to the back of the queue after finishing shooting.
The second row of soldiers stepped forward to continue shooting.
The third row followed, and then the original first row of soldiers moved forward again.
Continuous shooting at the city wall.
Under the firepower coverage of the flintlock soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers were suppressed and couldn't raise their heads.
It was not yet completely bright, and they couldn't see what the Yanzhou soldiers were holding in their hands.
They could only see bursts of flashing fire.
Amid the roar of the artillery, they couldn't even hear this sound.
But every time the light rang, their soldiers would be killed.
A Xiliang general squatted behind the parapet, trembling with fear.
With a "hiss", another Xiliang soldier fell in front of him with a muffled groan.
There was a hole in the soldier's chest armor, and blood was constantly flowing out of the hole.
This scene made him even more horrified, and he squatted and refused to stand up.
Other Xiliang soldiers gradually dared not approach the city wall.
They could see clearly that they would die if they approached the city wall.
When the Xiliang soldiers were suppressed, the soldiers of the palace at the city gate were still throwing sandbags.
Half an hour later, the last sandbag collapsed, revealing the panicked Xiliang soldiers in the doorway.
The soldiers of the palace who threw sandbags were exhausted.
They had no strength to fight again, but made way.
Behind them, heavy infantry wearing plate armor and holding long swords had already lined up.
Only 8,000 heavy infantry wearing plate armor followed this forced march.
And when they marched, they took off the plate armor and carried it to facilitate the march.
When they arrived at the foot of Xincheng, they put it on again.
Seeing the gate open, they shouted "Kill" and rushed towards the Xiliang soldiers.
Because they were wearing heavy armor, they were always the main force for attacking.
With a defense that was inferior to swords, they often had more courage to charge and face the enemy.
The Xiliang soldiers looked at each other, and they could neither move forward nor backward.
At this moment, the heavy infantry rushed over and swung their swords to cut down.
The Xiliang soldiers also raised their swords and chopped down, but only heard a slight sound of metal clang.
The soldiers in front of them did not move at all.
At this time, the long swords of the Yanzhou soldiers pierced through the gaps in their armor.
Suddenly, the Xiliang soldiers in the front row screamed and fell down.
The heavy infantry did not stop. They continued to charge forward like wild bulls, pushing the Xiliang soldiers back and out of the door.
The subsequent heavy infantry followed and quickly occupied the city gate.
More soldiers rushed into Xincheng.
"Kill..."
The four city gates were occupied, and the soldiers of the palace rushed into the city with a howl.
Faced with a large number of Yanzhou soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers who were already frightened on the city wall were defeated.
When the sun rose above the willows, the entire Xincheng was taken over by the soldiers of the palace.
"Hahaha..." Chang Wei laughed heartily while riding through the doorway.
Zhao Xu smiled, Hengshan County and Xincheng were now connected in a line.
He successfully took the lead in Xin County.
As for other small counties, there are often only hundreds or thousands of Xiliang soldiers stationed there, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Just take them down slowly.
"Don't laugh first, send someone back immediately and let the civilians transport food and grass to Xincheng." Zhao Xu said.
Once the news of the capture of Xincheng spreads.
Murong Wuji, whose army is outside, will certainly close the gates of Jincheng to prevent his surprise attack.
And the Xiliang army outside must still be led around by Liu Tan at this time and cannot get back in time.
Therefore, now is the best time to transport food and grass.
"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei immediately called the scout captain and ordered him to send soldiers to Hengshan County and Feihu Pass to mobilize civilians to transport food and grass.
After the scout captain left, Chang Wei said: "Your Highness, knowing that Xincheng was lost, Murong Wuji must have realized that he had fallen into a trap and would defend Jincheng tightly, so that Jincheng would be difficult to attack next."
"Well, Murong Wuji would think so, but we will not attack Jincheng next." Zhao Xu said.
Chang Wei's pupils slightly dilated, and he said: "Your Highness, I guessed what Your Highness is going to do next. Please let me say it first to see if it is right."
Zhao Xu nodded with a smile on his face.
"Besiege the point and attack the reinforcements!" Chang Wei blurted out.
"Yes, there is progress after all." Zhao Xu laughed out loud, "Next we have to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements."
The number of soldiers and horses in Jincheng is definitely not comparable to that of Xincheng. After all, Xincheng is only the seat of the eastern county, and cannot be compared with Jincheng, which Xiliang regards as its lifeline.
So attacking Jincheng is not something that can be taken in one or two days.
It is possible to fight for several months.
And as time goes on, the Xiliang army will come back to help, and they will be attacked from both sides.
From favorable to unfavorable.
After thinking of this, he decided to make another feint.
Besiege Jincheng.
After the arrival of the 90,000 troops of Xiliang, set up an ambush to annihilate this Xiliang army, and then slowly clean up Jincheng.
Soon after the army entered the city.
A soldier came to report that they saw Xiliang scouts on the city wall.
When the Xiliang scouts saw the Yan Wang soldiers and Yan Wang flags all over the city wall, they immediately went in the direction of Jincheng.
Jinzhou and Yanzhou are similar in that they are long from north to south and short from east to west.
Xincheng is east of Jincheng, and the distance between the two is only two days.
After the Xiliang scouts arrived in Jincheng, they immediately told Murong Wuji the news that Xincheng had been conquered.
At this moment, Murong Wuji suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
There were even tiny beads of sweat on his forehead.
After a long silence, he slowly sat down, "We have fallen into the trap. This is a strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking the west. The Yan Wang army in Huaicheng is just a bait."
Thinking that the Yan Wang army was in Xincheng, two days away.
It may have already marched towards Jincheng. He was frightened and immediately shouted: "Put up the drawbridge immediately and close the city gates!"