The competition for the space at the top of the city is the core of victory or defeat, so in order to compete for the space, you should do everything you can. Therefore, there is a tactic of only advancing and not retreating. Therefore, if you know the pawn in chess, why do you only advance and never retreat in chess?

With pawns and chess, moving forward is the option with the highest profit.

The city-top fighting technique only attacks but does not defend, it only advances but does not retreat, these are the only two points.

If the attackers can do these two things, they will be very sharp.

Unfortunately, these two points cannot be achieved. Li Mengxi had realized before that it is human nature to fear death. When fighting on the city wall, with bright swords coming at them, a few people who had the courage to not dodge could slash them with a backhand sword.

Extensive training can allow a soldier to overcome fear to a certain extent, allowing motor memory to override psychological instinct. After enough training, a soldier will still feel fear when facing a sword, but he will be able to suppress his fear and kill it without hesitation.

Or, the siege soldiers are equipped with heavy armor that is invulnerable. The enemy can attack with two swords but cannot break the armor, so the soldiers have the courage to perform fighting techniques that only attack but not defend.

There are two methods: more training and equipping siege soldiers with heavy armor. Neither method is possible. There is not enough time to train and there is not enough heavy armor. Although we know that the best is the most effective.

What is the killing technique with the lowest casualties, but I can't use it well?

The entire process of antfu's siege, including carrying ladders, charging into the city, building ladders to reach the city, inverting ladders and escalators, then climbing ladders, jumping ladders to smash into the city, and fighting at the top of the city. Every detail of this entire process involves multiple tactics.

The distribution of manpower when lifting the ladder, the arrangement of high and low positions, the uniformity of the movements of the ladder, the unity of the left and right feet when lifting the ladder, and the method of covering the ladder with a square shield and fixing the tortoise shell siege ladder with one hand through the ladder and grabbing the shield, all in detail.

There are many places.

When it comes to charging into the city, there is also a shield-holding method for soldiers carrying ladders, swords, and shields. The first two people in the team hold shields to defend the front, and the people on the left and right hold shields to defend the sides. There is also a method of replacing people who are injured in the process.

When it comes to setting up the city, there are two escalators on the left and right of the city siege ladder, including the tortoise shell and shield formation with sword and shield soldiers on standby, and the method of alternating left, then right and left when climbing the ladder.

When inverting the escalator, there is the method of reversing the escalator, and the method of lifting the escalator to the left and right after coordinating manpower to the middle of the escalator.

When climbing a ladder, hold the shield at an angle, hold the knife in your mouth, and coordinate with one hand and two feet.

When they finally set foot on the city, they would first attack but not defend, and only advance without retreating to open up the space above the city. Then, after the city was firmly established, they would coordinate their manpower to form a battle array at the city head.

Siege Ladder Ant includes every detail of the entire process of siege, all anticipated.

The level of training is the level of training, at least all the details are recorded in the book.

When Wen'an County practiced offensive and defensive tactics, the step of lifting the ladder had not been replaced at that time, but this step was added this time.

I have read half of the siege tactics and there are no big problems.

The remaining half of the siege tactics is the siege spine. The siege spine has not been built yet and will not be practiced for a while.

After turning around for a while, Li Mengxi unexpectedly discovered that among the many soldiers training at the training ground, a considerable number of them did not have shields in their hands. At this time, he remembered that yesterday he asked Guan Yu to check whether the number of shields in the army was enough for each person. He had not yet asked.

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"General Guan, how many shields do our troops have?" Li Mengxi raised his head and asked.

"More than two thousand eight hundred." Guan Yu replied without thinking.

The estimated strength of the siege force is three thousand, and the number of shields is just over 2,800, which is just not enough.

"There are not enough shields, what should we do?" Li Mengxi frowned, "How about we ask the carpenter battalion to do it quickly?"

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, "Xi'er, in fact, two thousand eight hundred shields are enough."

Seeing the confusion on Li Mengxi's face, Guan Yu said again, "Three thousand people don't all need to hold swords and shields to attack. We also need to leave crossbowmen under the city to shoot at the enemy. The crossbowmen can suppress the enemies at the top of the city.

It would have to be hundreds of people.”

When Guan Yu said this, Li Mengxi suddenly remembered that he had forgotten about the crossbowman.

He remembered that he had also thought about the tactics of the crossbow team when attacking the city.

The role of the crossbow corps is to exchange fire with the enemy troops at the top of the city, but to say that they suppress the top of the city and assist the siegemen in their attack is open to question.

How to suppress the city head? The accuracy of crossbows is a problem, especially when the crossbowmen are still some distance away from the city. If the sword and shield soldiers are climbing up the ladder, at this time, the crossbow team will have to suppress this

It is inappropriate for the enemy troops on the city wall above the siege ladder to shoot arrows towards the city head.

The siege team climbed up the ladder to the top of the city. When they got close, they were only one or two steps away from the enemy at the top of the city. The crossbow team was unable to accurately snipe the enemy at the top of the city from a distance of twenty steps.

The army should not shoot at our soldiers who are close at hand.

If the crossbow team were accidentally injured, they would shoot directly into the back of the siege soldiers. First, they were injured by accident, and second, they were injured by arrows from behind, which greatly reduced their morale.

Therefore, when attacking the city, our crossbow troops can indeed suppress the enemy forces at the top of the city, but they cannot suppress the enemy forces on the section of the wall near the city where the siege ladder is located. They can suppress the enemy forces elsewhere.

If the siege ladder is to attack the middle part of the city wall, then the crossbow teams can be arranged on the left and right wings, using crossbows against crossbows, to suppress the enemy archers at the top of the city on both sides to prevent the enemy offensive and defensive forces on both sides from shooting at us.

Side view of the siege team.

When attacking a city, arrows from the sides are more dangerous than arrows from the top. The sword and shield soldiers brought a shield. The main shield had to be guarded from above. The side defenses were not tight and there was almost no gap. When arrows were fired, they would be fatal.

Very.

Therefore, if the crossbow unit can suppress the enemy's crossbowmen around the siege point, it can greatly reduce casualties. Our crossbow unit does not need to pursue killing, as long as the enemy's crossbowmen are not exposed and the enemy's crossbowmen are not exposed.

It's enough if the crossbowman is useless.

The role of the crossbow corps during the siege is not to kill the enemy, but to suppress it. The suppression is not the top of the siege ladder, but the areas on the flanks where there are no siege ladders.

The crossbow unit has its natural weaknesses. First of all, the crossbow unit has fewer opportunities for close combat than the sword, shield, and spearmen. Therefore, the armor in the army is given priority to the sword, shield, and spearmen who need close combat. Therefore,

The armor of the crossbowmen is weak.

Furthermore, even if the armor is sufficient, there is no need to equip the crossbowman with heavy armor. Drawing the bow and firing the crossbow requires flexible arms. Too heavy armor will affect the archery action.

Third, the sword and shield soldiers were huddled under the city. They had shields in their hands and could form a shield array while the crossbowmen bent their bows with one hand and nocked arrows with the other, unable to hold the shields at all.

The lightly armored crossbowmen, unable to hold shields, had to go down to the city wall and use their crossbows to suppress the city. The crossbowmen themselves were already exposed to the enemy's arrows, and the danger increased.

Therefore, if you want to use crossbow troops when attacking a city, you should try to strengthen the defense of the crossbow troops.

Earlier, Li Mengxi's idea was to use earth flow walls... No, use tower shields. If you don't have tower shields, you can just use door panels. Thirty steps away from the city wall, set up some door panels. The crossbowmen will hide behind the door panels and set up

After stringing the bow, he shot an arrow at the top of the city with his head exposed, and then quickly retracted his body.

If there is a stray arrow flying towards you, you will be able to react to the speed of the stray arrow completely. You will see the black shadow coming from the corner of your eye and quickly retreat towards the door panel.

With tower shields, shield carts, or door panels, the crossbow team is much safer than the sword and shield soldiers, and can calmly suppress the city.

So, what is needed is a tower shield.

There are no tower shields in the army.

It doesn't matter, as long as it's a wooden board.

When attacking a city, push the cart over, then stand it up, and then use a stick to tell whether the cart is thick or not? Is the cart as big as a door panel? Can it serve as a tower shield?

Function, can it protect one or two crossbowmen? It can definitely be done.

Tower shields and crossbow units are a perfect match. They are not only useful in siege battles, but also in field formations. Some crossbow units are even specially equipped with a giant shield to carry on their backs.

The only function of this shield is that when the crossbowman is loading crossbow arrows with his back turned, the large shield behind his back can defend against stray arrows.

This is a bastard of shields. The crossbowman carries a large shield, and the battle becomes a turn-based one. When firing the crossbow, the crossbowman faces the enemy head-on, so there will be flaws. But after firing, he turns his back and reloads the crossbow.

,This process is an invincible state.

The crossbowmen with their backs turned and bent to cock their shields and crossbows, in the rain of arrows, remained motionless, as steady as a bastard.

The Bastard Shield is best used on crossbowmen, because the strong crossbow is slow to string, and if it is a crossbow, you need to step on the pedal ring on the crossbow arm with your feet to string it. During the stringing process, the upper arrow has a huge gap time, which is used for defense.

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It would be inappropriate for the archer to carry a large shield. The archer's attacks are fast-paced and there is no idle time. Moreover, after the bow is drawn, it cannot maintain the charged state.

If the archer also carries a shield, like a bastard crossbowman, after shooting an arrow, he turns his back to pick up the arrow and nock it, then the body turns halfway, the arrow is already in hand, the arrow is nocked on the bow, and the bow is bent and ready.

Back to the same state, the bow has no trigger and is controlled entirely by hand. He frequently turns his back and forth, and the arrows frequently point at the people in the surrounding team. An oversight could result in accidental injury.

The current conditions are not sufficient. Otherwise, if we make a large door-panel shield and distribute it to the Pu Zhang Nu team, there will be no need for a tower shield. The Pu Zhang Nu itself is a shield and crossbow in one.

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Guan Yu counted more than 2,800 large and small shields in the army, which was enough. The 3,000 soldiers had to have several hundred crossbowmen to assist in the siege.

There is no need for a tower shield, just put the cart upright and make the best use of everything.

At this time, Li Mengxi wrote down some thoughts.

"When attacking a city, our crossbow team is used to shoot at it. It is at a huge disadvantage. The crossbow team is not killing or injuring, but suppressing the enemy at the top of the city.

At the place where the siege ladder sets up the city, my siege soldiers climbed up the ladder and were close to the enemy at the top of the city. If the archers and crossbow troops gathered here to shoot, they would be easily injured by accident.

Therefore, the use of bows and crossbows for suppression is not at the siege point, but at the left and right sides of the siege point.

The armor of the crossbow team is thin and they cannot hold shields. They cannot protect themselves from the rain of arrows near the city, so they should take protective measures.

There are two strategies for protection, one is equipment and the other is military preparation.

The equipment included towers, shields, and shield chariots. If there were no shield chariots, the carts would be erected as shields. The shield array would be erected thirty or twenty steps below the city and arranged in several layers to serve as a hiding place for the crossbow corps.

The military preparation is as follows: a light and large shield is specially made. The shield is large enough to be carried on the back to cover the whole body. The crossbow hand is equipped with this shield. When the crossbow is fired, the crossbow is fired. After the crossbow is fired, turn around and bend down to load the crossbow. At this time,

The whole thing behind him is covered by the shield. Even if the arrows rain down, he will be protected by the shield and there will be no hindrance.

This is called the King of Eight Crossbowmen, with shield and crossbow integrated into one body, ready for both offense and defense."

The siege crossbow team is no longer a problem.

There are still battlefield ambulance teams left, even if there are not many, there must be at least one team.
To be continued...