Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Because of memories from his previous life, Li Shen always believed that siege warfare was actually about climbing up the opponent's city wall, breaking down the city gate, then rushing in and starting a street fight, or that it would be over if the opponent surrendered.

Because this is how it is performed in TV series and novels.

But when Li Shen arrived at the real battlefield, he realized that that was not the case at all.

When Li Shen saw this city, the westernmost important city of Goguryeo, he knew that it was not that simple.

"Uncle Emperor, is the siege battle troublesome?" Li Shen asked.

"Of course, this is especially true for this kind of important city. Fortunately, our Tang Dynasty is well-equipped and has a large number of people. If we, the Tang Dynasty, were to defend this city, 5 troops could withstand 15 enemies without any effort. "

Li Daozong answered.

Li Shen glanced at the city wall in front of him again and saw a three-story building above the city wall with many small windows densely arranged on it.

This is the arrow tower. When defending the city, the windows are opened and countless arrows are shot from here.

The city wall must be about five feet long. Even if it is different from the weights and measures of later generations, it must be more than ten meters.

Under the city are various fortifications, such as sheep and horse walls, tigers falling, and various wooden forks. The wood can be sharpened and inserted into the ground.

It's densely packed. It's made of wood and the cost is low anyway. I don't know if there are any traps or anything like that.

The most terrible thing is that there are Wengcheng at the four gates of Wuliluo, which is a trap set outside the city gate.

In other words, even if you work hard to attack the city gate, it will be useless. You will find the defenders standing on the city wall, staring at you in the urn city as if they are fat.

The next step was for the people above to shoot with bows and arrows, and also brought various private goods: throwing some big rocks, pouring some hot oil and so on. The scene was too much like cooking, too miserable to watch.

Even after occupying all the city walls and finally reaching the city gate, it was very troublesome to open the door. According to Li Daozong, before the city gate was breached, the defenders had already descended the Xuanmen and the Qianjin Gate.

The Xuanmen that Li Daozong was talking about was the city gate that Li Shen had seen on TV in his previous life, with many rivets on it.

But the thickness is different from those on TV. This kind of city gate is a heavy wooden door that can only be pushed by the combined efforts of several people.

Behind it is the Qianjin Gate. The Qianjin Gate is a solid piece, and some are made of a large piece of stone slab, more than a foot thick.

Some of them are thick wooden boards covered with thick iron sheets, and they are all hoisted by winches. When defending the city, cut the ropes, and the thousand-pound gate will automatically fall down.

They can only hit it with a battering ram, and a group of strong men shout slogans and keep hitting it until it breaks into pieces.

And you don't know what is waiting for you inside the city gate. It may be kerosene, burning coals, or a racing car.

After listening to Li Daozong's detailed explanation, Li Shen and Li Chengqian realized that fighting is really an art.

When Li Shimin fought in the north and south, it was not easy to suppress rebellions everywhere.

"Marshal, look carefully. Climbing the city wall is the most difficult part of the siege. The road to climb the city wall is also paved with flesh and blood." Li Daozong said expressionlessly,

He has followed Li Shimin in the war for so many years. He has never seen any scene before and has become accustomed to it.

"Uncle Emperor, how many people are we expected to lose this time?" Li Chengqian asked.

"If it goes well, there will be almost 2 people. If it doesn't go well..." Li Daozong didn't say, the numbers don't mean anything.

Damn it, Li Shen has a big mouth. Isn't this just taking advantage of others?

"It depends on how many arrow feathers and rolling stones the opponent has. If there are more, it will be troublesome. If there are less, it will be smoother." Li Daozong explained.

"No, too many people died. We can't attack like this." Li Shen said suddenly.

"King Ji, this is already good. Our equipment is good. If it were the Turks, even a 20-strong army would not be able to capture this city." Li Daozong said. He felt that Li Shen was too young and too young to be kind to a woman.

"Uncle Emperor, there is no need for us to fight to the death with them. Our plan is to slowly encroach and retain our vitality." Li Shen said to Li Daozong.

This attack on one city killed [-] people, and there were so many cities. No wonder the millions of soldiers of the former Sui Dynasty were not able to defeat them.

"But according to the military order, all the ministries are about to reach their combat positions. It is absolutely impossible to stop them." The military order is like a mountain, and it cannot be revoked just because it is revoked.

Li Shen thought for a while and said to Xue Rengui;

"Rengui, take out half of the kerosene bombs we brought, launch them with crossbows and trebuchets, and tell the generals of the three parties not to attack the city yet. This stuff is poisonous when burned. Don't be poisoned by your own stuff.

Wait for the marshal to give the order and then attack the city. Regardless of whether it is on the wall or inside the city, burn them all for him to dampen their vigor. "

Originally, these things he took were for emergency use, but now it seems that it is worth using half of them in exchange for fewer deaths.

Things can be transported if they are gone, but if people are gone, they are really gone. (Tomato novels are free to read.)

In those days, didn't imperialist wars always involve aerial bombing first, then artillery blasts, and finally the war was over?

"Tenth brother, did you bring kerosene bombs?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Hey, my kerosene bomb is different from theirs. Mine is made of petroleum water. It is not easy to extinguish when it burns. The gas after burning is poisonous.

Don't they also have kerosene bombs? Let's burn them first, just in case their kerosene also burns.

And inside the city, even if it can only burn to the edge of the city wall, what's the point of burning their weapons and equipment?

Or would it save us trouble if we burned the city to him? "

Li Shen was daydreaming about it.

"It is definitely impossible to burn the city, but with this stone fat water, it is possible to burn some utensils, so just do what King Ji said.

Just like King Ji said, we are not in a hurry anyway. Even if the Treasure King sends his troops, they won't be able to arrive in a matter of seconds. "Li Daozong also agreed with Li Shen's approach.

At least burning it can boost the momentum of our army and destroy their prestige.

Soon, Xue Rengui sent two carts of kerosene bombs to all three parties, all packed in small cans.

And told the generals what Li Shen said.

Li Ji and Qiu Xiaozhong mainly attacked the west side, which was the city gate in front of Li Shen and others.

When Li Ji knew the plan, he thought he could give it a try. The main reason was that the distance between their catapults and their crossbows was very far.

These were all transformed by Li Shen's research institute.

Li Ji did not wait for any orders, and moved forward with heavy shield troops as planned, followed by catapults and powerful crossbows.

Calculate the killing distance of the opponent's arrow feathers and stay outside the killing distance. He ordered people to start shooting at the opponent's arrow tower with kerosene bombs attached to the crossbow.

(Actually, I did some research and found out that sieges in ancient times were really meat grinders. In this chapter, I just briefly talked about the difficulty.

It's actually ten times harder than that. Especially the capital city, if it is defended by elite elites, it will not be possible to capture it unless the number of people is several or ten times greater.

Finally, I would like to explain that I was delayed by some other things and I was already exhausted after updating three chapters, so I owe one chapter and I will pay it back later. sleep)

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