Chapter 2838 Le Yi''s determination, commanding the savage army
Chapter 2835: Le Yi''s determination, commanding the savage army
Under Bai Qi''s plan of water and fire, the originally solid Puyang Xicheng collapsed on a large scale, and this sudden scene also made the three generals of Qin and Weiming stunned.
Le Yi and Xun You looked even more disbelief and exclaimed in unison: "How is this possible?"
It is actually normal for the city wall to break during the siege. After all, since the emergence of the catapult, the utilization rate of tincture oil has been second only to that of the stone bomb.
After long-term burning, once it rains, it is easy to break when it expands and contracts.
Most generals actually know about this, but not many people care about it. There are two reasons:
First, because of the emergence of cement, repairing the city walls has become an easy task.
Second, even if the city wall is broken, it is only a small gap at most, and there has never been a sign of a large-scale wall collapse.
It is precisely because of these two points that no one realized that the city wall would collapse on a large scale, so Bai Qi could take advantage of it.
A glimmer flashed in Li Cunxiao''s eyes, and he thought of a plan to break the city once and for all.
"General, since the plan of water and fire can cause the city wall to collapse, then we can..."
Before Li Cunxiao could finish his method, Bai Qi directly denied it.
"It''s not that easy to get. The plan to break the city can only be successful if you are unexpected. It will be easy to be targeted if you use it in the future." Bai Qi said lightly.
"How could it be that the Puyang city walls could be burned down, why can''t other cities?"
Li Cunxiao retorted anxiously, and the reason why he had this idea was mainly because the losses in the siege battle were too great.
In Puyang alone, the Qin army lost more than 10,000 troops in two strong attacks.
You should know that the combined total of the troops lost from the Qin army from crossing the Yellow River to occupying the entire Dongjun was not as much as the troops lost in Puyang City.
You should know that there are many strong cities in the Central Plains. In addition to Puyang, there are many strong cities such as Xuchang, Chenliu, Sourzao, Shouchun, Xiapi, etc.
If it is as difficult as Puyang, even if the Qin army can eventually occupy the Central Plains, it will probably be greatly damaged.
Li Cunxiao really didn''t want the Qin army soldiers to spend too much in the siege, so he hoped to have a way to ignore the enemy''s city defense. Even if it took a little more time and resources, it didn''t matter. As long as the soldiers'' casualties were minimized, they were all renewable resources.
Li Cunxiao''s words also aroused the recognition of generals such as Qin Niu and Yu Yuan. They obviously hope that the plan to destroy the city can be reproduced in the future, but since Bai Qi said so, it is obviously his reason.
The plan to break the city successfully is not as easy as it seems, and there are many prerequisites. The first is to make sufficient preparations in advance.
Bai Qi’s time span from setting up a plan to closing the net was nearly a month, and it would be impossible to succeed without long-term preparations and a long-term perspective.
The second article is sufficient resources, including: tincture oil, catapults, and high-pressure water guns.
To collapse the entire city wall, a large amount of tincture oil resources must be needed. From Jia Fu''s setting fire to Bai Qi''s nine-day warm fire, and even the last tenth day of the city burning the fire, the Qin army consumed more than 40,000 cans of tincture oil bombs.
Only Daqin can be so luxurious. Only one city in Puyang can consume so much turmeric oil. If it were other countries, it would definitely not be able to withstand such consumption. After all, forty thousand cans are already one-eighth of Cao Wei''s national turmeric oil reserves.
As for other things, it is not uncommon to cast the stone car, but only Daqin can manufacture the high-pressure water gun at present.
The Chu State, supported by Chu Mo, is still capable of manufacturing it, but the fuel resources of Chu State are far less than those of the Qin army. Even if it can build a high-pressure water gun, it is still difficult to replicate.
As for this third point, it is also the most important point, which is to divert the other party’s attention.
Bai Qi said that the plan to break the city by water and fire is easy to be targeted, not a false statement. First of all, it must be burned for a long time and cooperated with water attack. In this process, it is still easy to target.
Although the sand and soil cannot extinguish the fire on the wall, if the mud and sand are mixed with water and fall down along the city wall, even the most powerful tincture will be extinguished instantly.
Therefore, it is necessary to divert the enemy''s attention so that they have no time to care about it or not pay attention to their true intentions.
It is precisely because of this that Bai Qi asked Jia Fu to attack the North Gate, and he himself also attacked the North Gate Jiutian in order to attract Le Yi and Xun You''s attention to the North Gate and thus ignore the crisis of the West Gate.
After listening to Bai Qi''s explanation, Li Cunxiao, Qin Niu and others suddenly showed a sudden look. They thought that as long as they knew the method, they could copy the plan to break the city, but they didn''t expect that there were so many tricks here.
"This time our army was the last exposed water truck, and caught the defenders off guard. Otherwise, with the strategies of Le Yi and Xun You, we would have guessed our intention to burn the city walls.
Once the mud and water are prepared in advance and the fire is put out at any time, our army will not be able to collapse the Puyang city walls. ”
Li Cunxiao sighed lightly, and when all the generals heard this, they nodded subconsciously.
This kind of high-strategic strategy of breaking the city is really not suitable for those of them, and they are still more suitable for stupid battles, but as the situation on the battlefield becomes more and more complicated, the old methods in the past are no longer useful now.
In the past, using a city hammer to force the city gate to break open, but as countries have mastered the cement technology, once the city gate is sealed by cement, it will not be easy to knock it open with a city hammer.
"General, look, the city wall has stopped collapsing."
Hao Zhao quickly reminded him to show his presence.
Bai Qi nodded when he heard this and immediately ordered: "First put out the fire, then attack the city. General Li Cunxiao?"
"The last one will be there."
"Your Flying Tiger Army has the strongest combat power in the entire army. This time you will lead the Flying Tiger Army to take the lead in attacking the city. Is there no problem?"
Hearing Bai Qi''s words, Li Cunxiao immediately grinned and replied, "There is no problem."
After nine consecutive days of siege, Li Cunxiao climbed the city tower many times, but under the tactics of the defenders gathering fire, he was eventually defeated by Niu Mowang, and he was also very angry.
Now that the Puyang city wall has collapsed, there is no protection of the city wall. Li Cunxiao wants to see what the defenders use to resist his Flying Tiger Army. With Bai Qi''s order, the first Qin army began to advance rapidly, and actually pushed some water trucks into the moat.
The water truck that was still spraying water columns just now has become a ladder for soldiers, allowing the soldiers responsible for extinguishing fires to cross the moat.
As for the defenders in Puyang City, due to the collapse of the city wall, nearly 3,000 defenders were killed by the fall. At this time, most of the people in the city were still in a state of confusion and were in chaos. Naturally, they didn''t care about the Qin soldiers who put out the fire for the time being.
"Stay calm, don''t be confused..."
Le Yi is worthy of being a famous general of a generation. Even though he was in a mess at this time and didn''t know what to do, he still quickly recovered from his calmness and conducted his command calmly.
Under Le Yi''s comfort, the Ximen defenders, who were in chaos, soon restored order. Under Le Yi''s command, they carried equipment in an orderly manner and moved to the gap in the collapsed city wall.
"Grandmaster, if it collapses in a small area, it can be repaired, but nearly one-quarter of the Ximen wall has collapsed. The gap is too large and it is impossible to repair it. We can no longer defend Puyang." Xun You said with a bitter face.
"I know."
Le Yi said with a calm expression.
Xun You looked surprised, and he asked, "Then you still..."
"Puyang can be lost, but our army cannot be completely destroyed. Otherwise, the Qin army will penetrate directly into the rear of our army. If there is no army to fight in the rear of our army, the army on the Western Front will be wiped out."
At this moment, a decisive look flashed in Le Yi''s eyes and he said in a deep voice: "Military advisor, you and Lan Yu lead the army to retreat in the east gate. This governor will cut off the rear for you at the west gate."
After seeing the deceased aspiration in Le Yi''s eyes, Xun You was shocked and said, "No, Grand Commander, you are the commander of a military army. How can you keep the rear guard yourself?"
"Haha, what is the leader of a army?"
Le Yi showed a touch of self-deprecation: "My lord handed over the East County and the 80,000 troops to me, but I failed to defend it for even two months, and put the entire Western Front in danger.
Military advisor, tell my lord on my behalf that Le Yi was incompetent and failed his trust, and he could only apologize if he died. ”
Hearing Le Yi''s words, Xun You suddenly fell silent.
It is true that Le Yi failed to defend Dongjun, but can he really blame him?
Faced with such a peerless and fierce man as Bai Qi, Xun You dares to say that among the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, no matter who comes, it is probably useless.
Xun You wanted to persuade him again, but Le Yi had made up his mind and decided to swear to death, so someone forced Xun You to kidnap him.
After Xun You left, Le Yi looked at the evil around him and Niu Mowang.
Ei Lai said in a deep voice: "The Grand Governor will not leave, and the last general will not leave."
Looking at the resolute look in Elai''s eyes, Le Yi knew that he was also prepared to die, so he stopped persuading him. Instead, he asked Niu Mowang: "General Niu, why haven''t you left yet? You don''t need to die with us."
Niu Mowang looked at Le Yi with admiration and said lightly: "If I, old Niu, leave, who will help you resist Li Cunxiao?"
Le Yi was silent. Indeed, if no one restrained Li Cunxiao, it would seem that it would not be meaningful for him to leave behind the rear in person, because Li Cunxiao alone would be enough to defeat all of them.
"But if you make a mistake, General, you will not be able to confront Li Cunxiao in the future."
"Don''t worry, although I, Lao Niu, is not Li Cunxiao''s opponent, if I want to run away, it will be difficult for him to keep me alone."
After hearing Niu Mowang say this, Le Yi breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Niu Mowang is the ace of the Three Kingdoms Alliance and must not be lost.
Outside the city, the Qin army is extinguishing the fire quickly. Once the fire is completely extinguished, it will immediately attack the city.
In the city, while Le Yi was dispatching troops to the collapsed gap, he also ordered the soldiers to arrange defense lines along the street. Obviously, he was ready to fight streets if he couldn''t resist, but this would have made the people of Puyang Xicheng.
Le Yi doesn''t care about the people anymore, so he can only tell the people that there will be a war in the west city next, so that the people can go to the north or south of the city to hide.
Le Yi has given the people the opportunity to survive. As for those who do not want to leave, it is impossible to blame others.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey…”
The smoke caused by the fire enveloped all the collapsed gaps, but behind the smoke, there were constant "hee" shouts, which also made the defenders guarding behind the gap frightened and sweated coldly.
They all knew that it was the movement caused by the Qin army''s fire extinguishing, and once the fire was completely extinguished, the Qin army would come over.
"Arrowers and catapults are ready at any time. Once the Qin army attacks, they will be launched immediately." Le Yi ordered in a deep voice.
[Dingdong, Leyi skill ‘Baojun’ effect 1 is activated;
The army of domineering: The five armies attacked Qi, and they were forever domineering, sweeping across Qi and Lu, and no one could defeat them. This is Le Yi''s unique skill.
Effect 1. When commanding the army to attack, field battle or encounter war, the commander will be +2 and the force of the entire army will be +1; when commanding the city to defend the war, the commander will be +1 and the morale of the entire army will be greatly improved.
Effect 2. When encountering an opponent from Qilu, you can immediately suppress the opponent''s five-dimensional 1 to 3 points;
Effect 3: When the war reaches a decrease of 50%, the entire army''s force will be +1;
Effect 4. When the number of allies on your side increases during combat, every time one allied state is added, the commander will be +1. (Note: The upper limit of this effect is for the four allies, and Effect 1 will automatically fail after all activations.
Effect 5. When the number of allied countries on one side reaches four countries, the enemy''s entire army increase can be invalidated. (Note: This effect must be fully activated after the effect 4 is fully turned on.)]
?A previous error was modified. Previously, Arthur was transferred to Chenliu, but later the bandit suppression appeared in Yingchuan. The error has been modified.
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(This chapter ends)