I finished my meal in a hurry at noon and avoided the hottest part of the day.

Seeing that the sun was no longer shining so brightly, Li Mengxi put his hand on his forehead and glanced towards the city wall.

It's time to start training.

In the morning, when defending the city, Li Mengxi figured out a little bit about how to place the long-range troops. He also figured out how to deal with the siege ladder. Li Mengxi also figured out the fork pole.

Next, we should see how the melee troops compete with the city-climbing warriors.

After the country warriors had rested in the afternoon, they came to the city to gather one after another. Before everyone arrived, Li Mengxi and Liu Bei discussed the contents of the afternoon's military training and came up with a rough idea.

When the brave soldiers arrived, Liu Bei handed over the siege team to a centurion, and Li Mengxi also taught the centurion the art of defending the city.

The siege ladder was repaired in one morning.

Liu Bei and Li Mengxi each took eight or nine people and carried away a siege ladder, preparing to study a very detailed issue.

That is, what weapons should be used by those who attack a city?

When you reach the top of the city, how should you fight your way into the city wall? Should you jump in directly, or should you slash with a knife to drive back the enemy troops at the top of the city, and then jump in? Or use a shield to hit people, and then jump in again?

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There is always a best and most efficient strategy for climbing a city.

By placing the ladder on a section of the city wall far away from the tower, ordinary soldiers can continue to practice, while Liu Bei and Li Mengxi can study other things, and they can complete two things at the same time without any delay.

"Come, try going up to the city!" Li Mengxi was at the top of the city. He stood between the two battlements and waved to the people on the ladder.

The sword-and-shield soldier holds a shield and puts it on his head to avoid being hit by others.

Then the people at the top of the city took sticks and hit them on the head, as if they were joking.

"Stop! Get back. Can you hurry up?" Li Mengxi couldn't help scolding him dissatisfiedly when he saw Xiang Yong climbing up the ladder slowly and timidly, and refusing to show his head.

After being trained, Xiangyong knew how to be serious.

After retreating, Xiang Yong climbed to the top of the city again. Without hesitation, he put the shield on his head and climbed up. When he climbed to the top of the city, the sticks poked from the battlements on both sides had not yet touched Xiang Yong's body.

, the man roared, jumped over the battlements, and hit the city wall with his whole body.

Then, this person "died".

There were people standing on the city wall at this time. It can be imagined that even though he was wearing armor, Xiang Yong who jumped into the city was hit by four long wooden sticks and two short wooden sticks in an instant.

If it were a real weapon, the guy who climbed into the city would have been turned into a hedgehog by the spear.

The limitation of the siege ladder is that the siege party can only launch one person at a time. One person has to face a bunch of soldiers and weapons at the top of the city. It is normal for him to be killed.

But does the death of a person really have no effect?

of course not.

An adult man's body weighed more than 100 kilograms and was smashed down. Even if the defender stabbed the man to death, he still had to scramble for a while.

At this time, if the second attacker can follow closely and jump down again, then the third one will jump down again...

The city wall is only so narrow. Even if people die as soon as they climb the city, if enough people die and their corpses are piled on top of each other, after a while, there will be no place to stand at the top of the city, and the soldiers guarding the city will be piled up with corpses.

blocked.

Li Mengxi then thought that if the soldiers attacking the city were too slow to advance to the city, they would be killed one by one. Therefore, they had to go forward and jump up the city one after another, the faster the better.

You don't even need to kill the enemy, you don't even need to hold a knife, you just need to climb onto the city and smash your own body on the city wall to win.

Every corpse is an interference to the actions of the defenders.

When a corpse falls on the city, the defenders will have more obstacles at their feet, making it easy for them to trip over.

Ten or twenty corpses fell on the city, and a small slope was piled up.

On the defensive side, enemy corpses were piled on the city, and a small city fort built with corpses appeared. The corpses were piled up, crowding out the defenders on the wall. The attackers could step on this

The castle head fort ascended the city more calmly.

Question: How was the city conquered in ancient times?

The answers include: lack of food, plague, being washed away by water, being dug tunnels by the enemy and sneaking into the center of the city to bloom, etc.

But, talking about the city wall alone, under what circumstances was the city wall breached?

Did the morale of the defenders collapse, they were defeated, they scrambled to flee, and then the city wall was broken? Just like in this siege, Zhang Fei defeated the Yellow Turbans after ascending the city?

No, that's not the case.

This attack on Wen'an County was indeed a very atypical siege. The Yellow Turbans collapsed at the first touch, without any tug-of-war, and of little reference value.

If both the offensive and defensive sides are truly elite soldiers, then it is impossible for the defenders at the top of the city to collapse in morale and scramble to escape.

So, how was the city wall breached in this scenario?

The answer is, first, the soldiers who defended the city were exhausted, and the number of troops defending the city became less and less. In the end, there was no one person who could stand within four or five steps of the city wall. The city wall became a sieve that leaked wind everywhere, and the city must be broken.

The second situation is that the defenders still have sufficient troops, but the city wall is still breached.

In this case, how was the city wall broken?

The answer is that the battle on the city wall was a tug-of-war, with soldiers from both sides pushing back and forth.

When the soldiers guarding the city were pushed out, the city was broken.

Or maybe there are too many corpses in the city. If there are too many corpses, the corpses alone can squeeze people out.

The volume of the human body is larger than the volume of a sandbag.

One hundred corpses equals one hundred sandbags.

A hundred sandbags piled on a certain section of the city wall can completely block the city wall.

Siege of a city is really a victory achieved with piles of corpses.

Corpses are a powerful means for the siege. The accumulation of corpses on the city wall increases the defender's disadvantage. The increase is indeed the siege's advantage.

In view of this, when attacking a city, the opportunity for the siege team to begin to gain an advantage is when there is a pile of corpses on the top of the city. When this opportunity arrives, the siege soldiers can calmly board the city.

Only then did the casualty ratio between the offensive and defensive sides begin to approach.

Only at this stage can the siege truly begin to gain the upper hand.

From this came a siege strategy.

In other words, once the siege begins, it must not be stopped.

Once stopped, the first stage of piling corpses all over the city would have to be repeated. Ineffective casualties would be too great.

At the same time, when the casualty ratio between the siege and defender begins to approach, the city becomes very dangerous. Even at this time, the city wall is still firmly in the hands of the defender. However, generally speaking, the siege has several times the strength of the defender.

On the city side, the close casualty ratio means that soon the defenders will be exhausted.

In the same way, for the siege party, when there are enough corpses on the city wall to squeeze out a safe landing point with the piled corpses, then it will be a matter of time to break through the city.

Therefore, a way to deal with corpses should be added to the city defense tactics.

You can throw the corpses of enemy soldiers who died at the top of the city directly into the city to keep the city walls clean and let the civilians take away the corpses for disposal.

Moreover, if the weather is hot and the corpses are not disposed of properly, plague may easily occur.

Therefore, there should be a special place in the city for disposing of corpses. A large pit can be dug and a layer of lime can be sprinkled on the corpse.

Yes, lime also needs to be prepared.

In addition to disinfecting, lime can also be sprinkled down from the top of the city, which is very vicious.

Li Mengxi was deep in thought.

Liu Bei also fell into deep thought.

The two men, one tall and one short, were silent, frowning in thought, and their expressions were very similar.

After a while, Liu Bei came out of his trance, and Li Mengxi also figured out the problem.

"You can use Ge. (You can use lime.)" Liu Bei and Li Mengxi spoke at the same time.

"Why? (Why?)" they both said in unison.

This tacit understanding is simply amazing.

Li Mengxi couldn't help but laugh, and so did Liu Bei.

Then, Liu Bei told Li Mengxi what he had thought of. The soldiers attacking the city could also hold a shield in one hand and a long soldier in the other. I don't know if it is useful or not.

Li Mengxi also told Liu Bei what he had learned, saying that if the war was fierce and corpses piled up on the city, it would be difficult for people to stumble around, which would not be conducive to defending the city. Therefore, the city should be kept clear at all times, and the corpses should be disposed of in time. Lime can be used to dispose of the corpses.

Lime must be prepared when entering the city, and it can be sprinkled down to confuse the enemy's eyes.

After the two exchanged opinions, they both agreed.

Li Mengxi can always look at problems more deeply and comprehensively, rather than just superficially.

Therefore, Liu Xuande said that he could try to attack the city with long soldiers. This can be verified. Li Mengxi said to get lime, but he would not be able to find lime for a while. If he did find it, there would be no need to practice using lime to spread people.

Liu Bei suggested that the soldiers attacking the city should use long soldiers instead of short swords, so that they might be able to better kill the enemies at the top of the city.

Li Mengxi didn't know whether the long soldiers had any advantage when they ascended the city.
To be continued...