Chapter 21, gentlemen, I like war(1/2)
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There is a saying in the art of war: attacking the city is the next step, attacking the heart is the top step; fighting with soldiers is the bottom step, and fighting with the heart is the top step.
Although the person who said this was Ma Su, who was beheaded by Kong Ming because he lost his street pavilion, the truth is this after all.
When Guang Jiqi said it and waited for the other party to be afraid, Fang Bie understood it instantly.
Death is not terrible, but waiting for an unknown death is the most terrible thing.
It is true that now that the artillery for the siege of the Zhou army finally arrived, it now has the ability to cover and cover the siege with firepower. It is even said that concentrated artillery bombardment may not be able to blow a hole in Pingcheng.
But Guangjiqi still chose to wait.
He arranged such a concentrated bombardment as soon as the artillery arrived, so that the Ping garrison, which had finally adapted to the drizzle-like bombardment of the previous week, was greeted with a baptism of hail, and then immediately stopped.
No one knows when the next wave of attacks will come, but there is one thing that cannot stop the fire, that is, it is very difficult and costly to defend against such fierce cannon fodder with a flat city defense.
If we take advantage of this wave of bombardment and launch an siege immediately, the Japanese army that has not yet recovered will definitely push back the Zhou army at all costs, because except for the cannons, the Zhou army is not as well-armed as
The Japanese army is stronger, and even the number of troops is similar at this time. If the other side's reinforcements are included, Guangjiqi's side is still at a disadvantage.
But the question is - does every Japanese soldier really want to fight such a meat grinder-like war in this country?
There are far more than one or two soldiers like Xiong who get involved in the war inexplicably.
"How long do we have to wait?" Fang Bie asked softly: "If they are never afraid, then we will never attack?"
"Every human being will be afraid, because fear can keep many people alive who would otherwise die, and they will pass on their fear to future generations." Guang Jiqi said calmly: "It's like you have always been there.
It’s the same as fear of death. It’s because of this fear that you have lived until now.”
"Why does it involve me again?" Fang Bie suddenly became unhappy.
"People as powerful as you will be afraid, let alone those weak who are not wood or stone." Guangji Qiyouyou said: "If you make a big effort, then it will weaken again, and then it will be exhausted. No matter who it is, it will be a battle in a foreign land.
The sadness of some rabbits and foxes."
"So I have to wait for them to slowly learn to fear. There will be countless corpses lying in this long wilderness. Only those who run the fastest can board the leaving ship alive."
"Then I can only watch your show." Fang Bie said calmly: "I'm not good at this anyway, but if you need me to go into the city to collect information, I can help."
Even though it was now a state of war, Fang Bie could still successfully enter the city under the cover of night. After all, the city wall could not stop him.
But even so, it is still difficult to open the tightly guarded city gate during wartime.
"There is no need for this at the moment." Guang Jiqi shook his head and said.
"Okay, okay." Fang Bie nodded: "This is your stage."
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Indeed, on the battlefield is Guang Jiqi's own stage.
Although most of what Guang Jiqi led in the southeast were small-scale outdoor mobile warfare, after all, the Japanese pirates themselves were gathered together in one place.
But the current national war, which involved siege of cities and territories on such a large scale, seemed to have reached a completely unfamiliar territory for Guang Jiqi.
But on the other hand, opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
Seeing Guang Jiqi handling all kinds of military affairs with almost superhuman energy, Fang Bie couldn't help but think of the speech he saw in his previous life: "I like war."
Every general must learn various military knowledge in the process of growing up, including annihilation warfare, blitz warfare, defensive warfare, strike warfare, encirclement warfare, breakthrough warfare, retreat warfare, mopping up warfare, and retreat warfare.
Plains, streets, trenches, grasslands, frozen soil, deserts, sky, oceans, swamps, wetlands.
You always have endless energy to face the war that has almost infinite solutions, but when you actually get to the battlefield, you will find that most of the knowledge you have learned is useless on the battlefield.
It's like randomly selecting one question from a thousand questions to test you, but the gap between success and failure is so huge.
This is the truth that famous generals from ancient times never end well if they are too many.
Just like the problem Guang Jiqi is facing now, it is an issue that has not been reconsidered in the past hundreds of years.
Begin the siege again.
Even in the past, the Great Zhou Dynasty often played the role of defending the city. The enemies it faced were mostly the Tatars on the grasslands or the Southern Barbarians in the southern rainforest. They had the natural environment as their best line of defense. On the contrary,
The city wall became an unnecessary defense.
Guang Jiqi calmly issued orders one after another, and slowly surrounded the entire Rangping City with trenches and fortifications. The deafening artillery fire never stopped. It was not dense, but the artillery fire never stopped in the vast sky.
It explodes, and you can even see the dazzling track marks like fireworks at sunset.
But there is always a road open to Pingcheng.
That's the way to evacuate.
The Great Zhou Dynasty came from the north.
In the south, Guangjiqi never blocked it from beginning to end.
It's like telling the people in the city loudly that you still have a way to escape.
We waited for the arrival of the cannon for ten days in total.
Then Guangjiqi waited for the other party to be frightened for fifteen days.
In fact, Fang Bie was still a little worried. If he continued to wait like this, reinforcements from Japan would arrive. At that time, the other side would instead let Ping Chengxia and Guang Jiqi have a decisive battle, which would be too picturesque.
But Guangjiqi told Fang Bie not to worry about this.
Because he believed that after a snake swallows an elephant, it must take a long time to digest.
Even if the Japanese army occupied almost the entire territory of Goryeo with overwhelming force, it would take a long time to prepare and prepare for the next attack.
This was not intelligence that Fang Bi told him, but simply came from Guang Jiqi's military judgment.
In fact, Guang Jiqi's judgment was very accurate.
After receiving the request for help from Governor Konishi, the Japanese did not send further reinforcements to Pingcheng. Instead, they ordered Governor Konishi to stay on the spot and look for opportunities to reversely annihilate the Dazhou expeditionary force.
After all, in the era of cold weapons, the advantages of defending a city were so great that it was almost unimaginable.
As for Zhou's army, the size of the opponent can be clearly seen from the city wall.
In fact, Guangjiqi's army was almost the same in number as Konishi's garrison.
In the eyes of the Japanese, they have a good location for the city and sufficient food and grass. When sieging a city, they always pay attention to surrounding them ten times, but now it is almost a one-to-one ratio. Is it too simple to think about attacking a city?
In terms of the quality of the generals, we all have famous generals from the Warring States Period who have experienced hundreds of battles. They fought all the way from Goryeo and beat the opponent until they abandoned their armor and fled in panic.
It's like a big boss who has already reached the full level in Shura Field and returns to Novice Village to act tyrannically, without any fear.
With this mentality, in the end, Japan had no reinforcements.
They were eager to digest the land they had captured. Now that the King of Goryeo had fled to Dazhou, and the entire order had collapsed, only scattered rebels were still resisting the iron hoof of Japan. They might have made some achievements in history.
The navy army was also defeated due to the difference in time.
After all, thirty years in advance, Zhou Dynasty had Guang Jiqi in his prime, but Goryeo only had Yi Sunshin as a child.
Even Yi Sun-shin couldn't stage a top-level Long Aotian scenario like "I Defeat the Japanese Navy at the Age of Eight".
And at night fifteen days later, Guang Jiqi suddenly ordered to summon all senior military officers.
"Excuse me, why has the Lord called us here?" Lei Guang looked at Guang Jiqi and was the first to ask.
Since being educated by Fang Bie, Lei Guang has become a bit of a man with his tail between his legs. However, Guang Jiqi has been mobilizing troops and issuing orders these days. Lei Guang sees it, even if there are no big results.
However, Commander Konishi repeatedly robbed the camp and was defeated without hesitation. In the end, he returned home defeated. Guangjiqi's prestige in the army was already many times higher than when he first airborne.
But even so, they still didn't know what Guang Jiqi was going to do when he suddenly summoned them here.
"We choose to attack the city today." Guang Jiqi looked at the general standing below him and said calmly.
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar everywhere.
Because before this, although Guangjiqi talked about attacking the city, he only asked people to surround Pingcheng. He fired artillery every day to disturb the people. Although he said he was ready to attack the city at any time, no one could say when.
clear.
Just like whether a plan that has been postponed indefinitely will be picked up again is a matter of metaphysics.
"Commander, are you sure it's today?" Lei Guang looked at Guang Jiqi and said. Although he was indeed a little excited about the attack on the city, the problem is that in such a big city, there is no way to attack at any time: "The big guys haven't attacked yet.
Ready."
"What's not ready? Haven't I been rehearsing for so many days?" Guang Jiqi looked at Lei Guang and asked, "Have all the cannons been transported and set up in the right places? Have all the soldiers
Have you already made preparations and drills for siege in advance?"
When Guang Jiqi asked this question, Lei Guang was stunned.
Indeed, Guangjiqi had been rehearsing the siege for a long time. In fact, when the last batch of heavy artillery arrived, the official siege of the city was ready, but Guangjiqi delayed the time by another fifteen days.
It is said that soldiers are valuable and quick, but Guang Jiqi did not take this sentence seriously at all.
"It seems that we are really ready." Lei Guang murmured: "But why didn't the coach tell us in advance and let us prepare well?"
"We are prepared, and the other side is also prepared. I am not sure if so many people will leak the news. I only know that if we attack the city, it is best to conquer it at once, otherwise when the casualties increase, not only will it look bad, but it will also
It will make the city bigger and harder to fight." Guang Jiqi said with a smile: "Our goal is not just this city of Rangping, we want to fight the entire army of 200,000 from Goryeo and Japan. How can we stop here?
To be continued...