Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 283 Defense

  In the entire war of human civilization, city walls have always played a very important role. Since the appearance of the city wall, the farming people finally had a defensive weapon, but because of the restrictions of the city, they lacked the mobility like the nomads.

  Before the appearance of gunpowder, guns and even explosives, there was a lack of effective destructive weapons against solid fortifications. In the offensive and defensive battles of the city, there is no doubt that the side that defends the city has the upper hand.

  As long as there are sufficient reserves, including food and troops, it is not a big problem to defend the first half or a year.

Moreover, in a siege battle, due to the factor of the city wall, the casualty ratio of the attacking and defending soldiers is generally maintained at four to one or five to one, so if the attacking side does not have an absolute advantage in strength, or what The reason for having to attack is not to rashly exchange human lives for the city, because that is obviously a matter of killing eight hundred enemies and self-defeating three thousand...

  And without the assistance of siege equipment, it would be even more desperate for the siege party. Otherwise, for so many years, the nomads would not just be arrogant in the wild every time, and would be numb when they encountered a siege.

   Zhang Liao looked at Zheng Chu's troops retreating slowly. Although he was slightly relieved, he also became more vigilant in his heart.

   "Ziyuan's resignation is really relieved!" Zhang Liao did not express his worries, but praised Fei Qian.

  Fei Qian was not happy with Zhang Liao's praise. He shook his head and said, "It's a fluke that you and I were able to win this time. This Zheng Zong and Zheng Zirong are not easy to deal with."

Zheng Cui tried to provoke Zhang Liao by scolding the formation, and made Zhang Liao give up the advantage of the city wall to fight positionally. Fei Qian also used words to stimulate Zheng Cui. One was to improve the morale of his side, and the other also hoped that Zheng Cui would Lost his mind and attacked Hangu Pass without any siege preparations.

Although it has achieved a certain effect and improved its morale in this aspect, Zheng Chu did not ignore everything because he was scolded by Fei Qian for being a **** sprinkler, but chose to endure the momentary anger , retreated, obviously to prepare some siege equipment, and win the pass in one fell swoop.

  It is difficult to build the well fence, cloud car and so on immediately, but it is not too difficult to build some simple ladders with trees, and it is not too difficult to crash them.

   Therefore, it is not a very happy thing for Zheng Ju to retreat like this, because the next time Zheng Ju comes up to attack, he must come with equipment, and a fierce battle is inevitable.

Moreover, Hangu Pass has been guarding against the east more than the west since ancient times. Although the west wall here has not been damaged by the fire, there is a certain gap between the height and width of the east wall, and there is no such thing as Wang Wang. Qitai and Jimingtai spit out the turrets to expand the attack surface, and the length of the city wall is much longer than that of the east city wall.

  All these factors have made it more difficult for Zhang Liao and Fei Qian to defend.

   There is another troublesome thing. The rolling stones used for defense are okay, and the Leimu kerosene and so on, under Fei Qian’s own fire, are basically equivalent to nothing...

  Zhang Liao was silent for a while, and said: "Ziyuan, I want to ask you a favor, help me go to Luoyang to ask for some reinforcements..."

   Fei Qian was taken aback for a moment, and then he reacted instantly. When Zhang Liao asked for reinforcements, he said that maybe there was a need for this, but more importantly, he wanted Fei Qian to evacuate this dangerous place first.

Fei Qian cupped his hands at Zhang Liao, thanked him, and said, "Wen Yuan is kind and considerate, but retreating in the face of the enemy is beyond my power. Kuang and Brother Wen Yuan can fight side by side, it is also a pleasure, An Neng Missed it?" Fei Qian deliberately said in a very formal tone, just to show his persistence.

   Zhang Liao looked at Fei Qian, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then nodded, and said with a smile: "In this way, let us fight together!"

   "By the way," Fei Qian suddenly remembered something, and said, "Wen Yuan borrowed some soldiers from you. I need to send Cai Mansion's letter back to Gucheng first."

   "Cai Mansion letter?" Zhang Liao was a little puzzled.

   Fei Qian talked about it, Zhang Liao nodded again and again, and called Zhang Zhao.

Now that Zhang Zhao has been promoted to the team leader, when he heard the task of escorting the Cai Mansion's slips, he immediately expressed his reassurance to Fei Qian and Zhang Liao that they must be careful to protect the safety of the slips. The ten guards left the east gate with the newly restored letter.

  Removing the worries in his heart, Fei Qian devoted himself wholeheartedly to the offensive against Zheng Chu in the future.

   This time the two sides are facing each other, which is basically equal. Zheng Chu has about 2,000 troops, while Zhang Liao has only 800 infantry, plus 500 auxiliary soldiers, and the other 200 cavalry, although they are majestic before, they are not very useful in defending the city wall. Well, at most it can only be a cameo as an archer...

   That is to say, Zheng Chu's military strength can basically be counted as twice that of Zhang Liao.

   Another problem is the lack of tools for defending the city, such as rolling stones and wood. There are only a few items on the west wall, and the east wall is almost completely burned by Fei Qian...

   Fortunately, some arrows can be taken out from the public treasury. Otherwise, the long-range strike ability is lacking, so what use can the 200 cavalrymen bring with each of the 20 arrows?

There is also a potential threat. Some of Zheng Chu’s troops who stayed in the pass escaped Hangu Pass before, and a small part were killed in the resistance, but there are still some soldiers who finally gave up and surrendered. Now they are being detained. In the school grounds outside Nancheng.

These soldiers have followed Zheng Kui for many years. If they learned that Zheng Kui came back again, they would inevitably have some thoughts, so it is impossible to send these people to the city wall to defend the city, and it is necessary to send out soldiers to take precautions. Fortunately, This kind of thing can be done by the auxiliary soldiers...

  Even if Luoyang's reinforcements will come, it is estimated that they will not be so fast, and relying on the 800 infantry and 200 dismounted cavalry on hand now, as for the auxiliary soldiers, this combat strength is really not flattering.

  It is actually not an easy task for such a small force to defend the attack surface, which is much longer than that of the eastern city wall, without enough long-range lethal weapons.

  So now I and Zhang Liao have some advantages, but they are still limited.

Because even if Dong Zhuo and Li Ru are magnanimous, it is impossible for anyone to freely take the east and south roads at this juncture. Therefore, to leave Luoyang, the only way to go west to Hedong must be opened up. The plan of the gentry was thwarted.

  Although the letter from the Cai Mansion on my side says that I am temporarily out of danger, I still have to defend the city, and I still have to defend it!

  The question now is how to expand the advantages of one's own side?

   Due to being tempted by a girl, I changed the name of the fan group to "Shaojiu Theater Troupe". It should be because no one has snatched this term...

   The level titles in the Q group have also been changed accordingly to background, passerby,..., supporting role, Aotian, etc...

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