marquis of jingan

Chapter 1062 City of Saints

Chapter 1062 City of Saints

The city wall of Zou County is not considered tall, and the short part is only a little more than one foot. In some parts of this height, no ladders are needed, and two or three people can basically climb up it by supporting each other.

Even if it is the highest place, it is about two feet at most. If there are enough troops to defend the city at this height, then there is still a good location to defend the city. However, there are not many defenders in Zou County, and they were led by Su Ding. As soon as they charged, the defenders on the city wall lost sight of one another.

The left army started attacking in the morning and fought until the evening. Su Ding left the command line and came to see Shen Yi in a hurry. He lowered his head and cupped his fists at Shen Yi, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Shen!"

At this moment, Shen Yi was looking at the documents sent by the other two armies through the Mansion News Agency. After hearing Su Ding's voice, he put down the documents in his hand and said, "Is it over today?"

Su Ding showed embarrassment, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, all the thousand-household battalions you ordered must be fought, and I'm afraid it won't be possible."

After a pause, he opened his mouth and said, "The Qi people in Zou County can't hold on any longer. Some thousand-household camps have already climbed the tower. We can't let them down again. Let other thousand-household camps attack again. This will cause conflicts." of."

Hearing this, Shen Yi smiled dumbly: "It's all typed up, so naturally you don't need to go down, just take it."

Su Ding quickly responded. He first turned around and ran outside Shen Yi's camp, and gave instructions to the attendants who followed. The attendants trot down all the way to deliver the order, while Su Ding himself returned to Shen Yi's tent, bowed his head silently and said : "Mr. Shen, the defenders in Zou County are not only small in number, but also not strong in combat power. After the last general came into contact with them, he felt that something was wrong. In the afternoon, I caught a few and came back. I only found out after asking."

"The defenders of Zou County are not the soldiers of the Northern Qi Conquest to the South, let alone the Imperial Army, but the troops of some local guards who came to support the Conquest of the South last year. Their combat effectiveness is not good enough."

"Additionally, we have too many people. At a glance, we can see a mass of darkness. These people are frightened. We have almost no fighting power in the fight. We can still fight in the morning, but basically there is no morale in the afternoon to resist. gone."

Master Shen picked up the tea on the table, poured a cup of tea for Su Ding, poured another cup for himself, then passed the cup of tea over, and said with a smile: "General Su, you are honest. Isn’t the contribution of the soldiers greatly discounted?”

Su Ding took the tea with both hands, lowered his head slightly and said, "With Mr. Shen here, my subordinates dare not talk nonsense."

Master Shen took a sip of his tea and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Since this is the case, it's no wonder that the Yanzhou Mansion didn't have any idea of ​​going out of the city for rescue during the whole day, and even the four doors were closed, and no one left the city."

Su Ding said in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, the general has already given orders. We will be able to enter the city in a short while. You don't have to sleep in the wild today. You can go to live in Zouxian County."

"It doesn't matter where I live."

Shen Yi looked at Su Ding and asked, "General Su is commanding an army of more than 4 people for the first time today, how do you feel?"

Su Ding lowered his head and took a sip of the tea handed over by Shen Yi. He felt extremely bitter in his mouth and his face was a little distorted.

Seeing this, Master Shen laughed, and said, "This is the bitter tea I use to refresh myself. I'm used to drinking it, and I can't drink the bitter taste anymore, but I forgot to change the tea for General Su."

Su Ding wanted to put the cup of tea in his hand on the table, but after hesitating for a moment, he held it in his hand and replied: "Mr. Shen, to be honest, although there are many people under the general's command at the end of today, they have not used them all. After fighting full of calculations, more than a dozen battalions of thousands of households were used, and after three rounds of fighting, the people of Qi couldn't hold on anymore."

He said with some shame: "Therefore, there is no difference from before, and I have never had any feelings."

Master Shen turned back to look at him, sighed silently, and said: "Our Huai'an Army, from top to bottom, has no experience in commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in combat. Most of them spent the entire last year defending Xuzhou. He rarely goes out of town to fight in the field."

"I don't have much confidence in my heart now, I'm afraid that if I don't command properly, my brothers under my command will suffer."

After Su Ding thought about it, he smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, you don't have to be anxious. When our Huai'an army was at Linhai at the earliest, there were only a thousand people, and it was still made out of nothing. By last year, there were 5 to [-] people. You have been in command, Mr. Shen. Very good."

He looked at Shen Yi and said sincerely: "Although you are young and you are a scholar, you are naturally handsome. Commanding an army of [-] is no problem."

Master Shen glanced at him with a half-smile, and then smiled dumbly: "Where is there any natural handsome talent? All the way to today, I have been walking on thin ice every day. In the past, I could rely on some cleverness or resource advantages to win. But as the number of Huai'an troops grows, it's useless to rely solely on cleverness."

Master Shen sat back in his seat, stroked his chin and thought for a while, and then said: "Today, I have been thinking about this issue, thinking about how to fight with large corps, but because I really have no experience, I only rely on There are only a few words in the military book, and I can't think of a specific method."

"But after thinking about it all day, I have some ideas. General Su corrected me."

Su Ding bowed his head respectfully: "Mr. Shen, please advise."

"My opinion is."

"Since I haven't comprehended the mysterious art of war in the book of war, then let's fight according to the old way."

"If you don't know how to fight a big battle, then divide the big battlefield into smaller ones."

Shen Yi said slowly: "After all, both you and I have some experience in small-scale battles."

"However, in order to do this, it is necessary to ensure the maneuverability of the army, to ensure that it can penetrate to the designated position on the battlefield, and divide the enemy's army, so as to ensure that even if the troops are inferior on the entire large battlefield, they will not be able to do so in small local battlefields. , the force must be superior.”

Shen Yi said this, after a pause, he continued: "However, my idea is just an idea for the time being, and it has not been verified in actual combat."

"Need to take it slow."

Naturally, it is impossible for Shen Yi to create these strategic or tactical ideas out of nothing, they all come from another world.

In the future, he plans to implement the tactics of a three-person team to enhance the Huai'an Army's field combat capabilities.

Su Ding thought carefully for a while, then lowered his head and replied: "These words of Mr. Shen are quite inspiring to the subordinates, but your words cannot be reflected in the siege battle..."

Shen Yi said "hmm" and said silently: "We should fight the siege as we should."

"It's just that we can't keep attacking the city."

Shen Yi reached out and knocked on the table, with a calm voice: "It's been a smooth journey since entering Lu, and some brothers are probably a little slack in their hearts, but this is still the territory of the Qi people, and the lack of reinforcements from the Qi people doesn't mean it will never happen Come."

"On the land of Shandong, it is impossible to keep attacking and defending the city."

Shen Yi looked serious: "The decisive battle between the large armies will come sooner or later. The only difference is whether it will be before the Battle of Yanzhou or after the Battle of Yanzhou."

Su Ding nodded, and was about to speak when someone rushed in, bowed his head and cupped his fists, then saluted Su Ding, and said, "Mr. Shen, General Su, Zou County has been destroyed!"

"The [-] defenders in the city have all surrendered. They have been disarmed and put under guard."

Su Ding clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Shen."

"Mr. Shen, you have also worked hard for many days. Now that Zou County has been taken down, someone will arrange a house in the end. You can go to the county town to rest for a day."

Master Shen also looked at the night that was about to darken outside, and after thinking about it, he shook his head.

"I won't go into the city tonight, just rest here."

He stood up, thought for a while, and began to issue orders.

"Send people to set up a captive camp outside the city, and place these [-] captives in. In the future, all the captives in Yanzhou Prefecture will also be placed there. Tell them that if anyone is willing to take the initiative to turn against him, as long as he kills a Qi army on the battlefield, I will send them to you." Forgive them of their sins."

"Admit that they are Han people."

Master Shen paused and continued.

"Leave 5000 people stationed in Zouxian County, and others will not enter Zouxian County."

"Rest in place for two days."

Shen Yi sat back in his seat, picked up the bitter tea on the table, took a sip, and felt better. He said slowly, "Two days later, soldiers will enter Qufu."

Having said that, he looked at Su Ding and smiled faintly.

"Let's go and see, what is the quality of this city of saints."

(End of this chapter)