Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 238 The miserable Jin soldiers, Zhang Yong’s war theory

The same scene as in Lintao Mansion was unfolding at this moment, just like a reincarnation.

A soldier held a bucket of water and wanted to save his comrade who was on fire. However, after pouring it on his comrade, he let out a shrill scream.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" He instantly turned into a flaming man.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" The soldier who splashed water froze on the spot, looking at the burning man in front of him in disbelief.

There were just some scattered sparks on his body just now, but after he poured water on them, they turned into fire that shot up into the sky.

How could this happen? How could this happen? They also used water to extinguish the flames that the Mongols fired before!

Why? Why? What if it doesn’t work now? What exactly is going on.

The same scene was staged everywhere on the city tower. Countless people were splashed with water by their comrades, and immediately turned into flaming men.

But after some scattered soldiers were poured with water, the flames were extinguished, leaving only some burns.

These lucky ones survived because the flames on them were not touched by gasoline.

But this strange scene frightened everyone present. Why can the fire on your body be extinguished with water, but not on others?

This, how to distinguish this?

And not only people, but also other places were set alight by gasoline. If some siege equipment hadn't been lifted down, the city tower might have suffered heavy losses by now.

"All soldiers, listen. The fire that never goes out is due to the yellow oil that the Mongols later threw in.

Be sure not to be drenched by these yellow oils. If you are drenched by these yellow oils and it starts to burn, it will be hopeless. Water will never put out the fire. "A Jinguo officer said loudly.

After a period of careful observation, the generals of the Jin Kingdom also discovered the characteristics of Mongolian gasoline.

The flames that could not be extinguished by water were caused by the golden oil in the large jars that the Mongols later threw in.

"General, what should we do now? All our city defense equipment has been moved to the city. Now there are countless soldiers on the city tower injured. If the Mongols suddenly launch an attack, how can we resist it?" The deputy general came to garrison. Wanyan Chenglin from Tongguan asked in front of him.

"Inform the reserve troops and send troops to support. Let the brothers hold on a little longer and be careful of the Mongolian golden oil cans.

In addition, the soldiers under the city were informed and asked to bring the defensive equipment, rolling logs, falling rocks, arrows, hot oil, and gold juice.

They were all moved to a place not far from the city tower. Once the Mongols started to attack, they would be moved up immediately. "Wanyan Chenglin shouted.

Several lieutenants nodded and began to go down to give orders. The reserve team began to come up and replaced all the wounded soldiers on the tower.

On top of the city tower, there were broken limbs and corpses everywhere, and there were even many burnt corpses, which made the newly arrived soldiers horrified to see them.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. The Mongolian attack has stopped. There may be a frontal attack soon. You must be prepared." Several lieutenants began to command the soldiers to stand on the tower and observe the movements of the Mongolian army.

When I saw that the Mongolian army was just huddled in the camp and did not take action, I was relieved. If they came to attack the city at this time, they would be really miserable.

"Great Khan, and the military advisor. Our explosive packs have been consumed about 30%, do we still want to continue the attack?" A Mongolian soldier came to Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai and said.

Zhang Yong had already given them instructions before firing. When the explosive pack is consumed to a certain extent, come over and tell him.

"What! It was consumed so quickly? Our entire army brought it. Has 30% of the explosive pack been consumed in this moment?" Wo Kuotai asked in disbelief.

Is there any mistake? Does it consume so much? These explosive packs are the Mongolians' two-year inventory!

"Sweat profusely! This is just a freshly prepared one. Things like black powder and explosive bags are extremely unstable and easy to explode, so we usually use as much as possible. There are still some raw materials that have not been prepared in the future! Don't worry, it should be enough. Let's bomb it." Zhang Yong coughed twice and said.

The raw materials for black powder are relatively easy to find. Over the years, he has been collecting raw materials in Guanzhong, but they are basically stored and not allocated.

Because once the configuration is successful, the black powder must be used as soon as possible, otherwise there is a risk of explosion.

The gunpowder distributors in Mongolia also learned the skills from Zhang Yong and naturally followed Zhang Yong's methods. That is to collect materials, but use as much as you need.

"I thought it was all used up! Let me just say, I brought a lot of gunpowder this time." Ogedai said with a sigh of relief.

"Father-in-law, you can ask the entire army to prepare explosive packs starting tomorrow, but you can stop today and have people wrap a layer of linen cloth with boulders, then pour gasoline on them, and then continue the attack until dark. Stop." Zhang Yong looked at Wo Kuotai and said.

"I will do as you say. We will continue to bombard them with explosive packets tomorrow. Now, use fuel boulders to blow them up for me." Wokuotai said.

Next, the Mongolian army wrapped a piece of cloth on the boulder, poured some gasoline on it, lit it, and then threw it into the city with a catapult.

Although the boulders launched in this way are not as lethal as the previous explosive packs and burning gasoline cans, they are still quite powerful.

It was still the Jin Kingdom defenders who continued to kill and kill.

After bombing until nightfall that day, Wokuotai and Zhang Yong returned to the military camp with satisfaction and the Mongolian army, and sent a large number of defenders to prevent the Jin people from sneak attacks at night.

According to Zhang Yong's estimate. We were bombed for a full day today, so the Jin people probably didn't have time to come out for a sneak attack.

But soldiers are also crafty. What if the defender catches him by surprise and makes a dangerous move? I can't make such a low-level mistake, so it's better to arrange some manpower for defense.

After seeing the Mongols withdrawing their troops, the Jin soldiers who were bombarded on the city tower for a full day finally poked their heads out in fear.

"Mongols, the Mongols have withdrawn, great, great, the Mongols have withdrawn, we survived, we survived." A soldier on the tower shouted like crazy.

"Ah, we survived, we survived."

"Woooooo! We're not dead, we're not dead!" Countless Jin soldiers began to shout on the tower, as if it was a lucky thing for them after the Mongols stopped attacking.

Today, during the day, they felt extremely miserable, and it felt like their days were like a year.

In the past, even if they were besieged by the Mongols for a month, they would not feel the slightest fear, because the strong city walls gave them enough confidence that the strong city walls could protect them.

But the attack launched by the Mongols today almost shattered all their confidence. Is this an attack that humans can launch?

Are these Mongols evil spirits from hell?

"But what will we do tomorrow? What will we do tomorrow?" All the soldiers asked this question. Today is only the first day.

On the first day, countless of their brothers were killed on the spot, but being killed might still be a good thing, at least you won't be in so much pain.

The wounded soldiers who were only missing their arms and legs and were seriously injured by the bombing were the worst. Now the wounded soldiers' camp was full of them.

There were wailing sounds everywhere, tormenting all the soldiers.

That night, the deputy general, whose face was covered in black and gray, came to Wanyan Chenglin, who had just completed the city defense arrangement, and spoke.

"General, general, we can't go on like this anymore. If we go on like this, let alone half a year, I'm afraid we won't even be able to go on for a month!"

"Yes, General, please think of a way! Today the Mongols only made a tentative attack. They did not send a large army to attack the city, and we have already been beaten like this."

In the past, when the Mongols attacked Tongguan, they most often used trebuchets to attack, which could not cause much damage to Tongguan.

At most, it would cause some fires, and even some corners of the city wall could not be broken open. However, the new weapons used by the Mongols today and the attack methods produced made them feel a deep despair.

After the launched thing landed on the ground, it exploded violently, and all the soldiers within a few meters of it were knocked away. There were no injuries on his body, but he was bleeding from all his orifices, and he died on the spot.

The remaining injured were also seriously injured. Not to mention that they could resume fighting in a few days. Whether they could take care of themselves for the rest of their lives was a question.

In this case, their chance of winning was infinitely close to zero, and after the Mongols launched their trebuchets and attacked using the old mode, the fireballs thrown over them were no longer ordinary flames and could not be extinguished with water at all.

They didn't know how to fight this battle.

"We are deprived of the emperor's salary and worried about being loyal to the emperor. Now we have reached a critical period when the country is ruined and the family is destroyed.

No matter what, we must grit our teeth and risk our lives to be loyal to our country and to Your Majesty. "Wanyan Chenglin sighed and roared.

What can he do? Faced with this new attack method. Even before a close encounter with the enemy, the losses were already like this. He didn't know how to fight this battle. Now he could only shout slogans.

Hearing this, a group of Jurchen lieutenants nodded, and then shouted together with Wanyan Chenglin to be loyal to the Kingdom of Jin and to His Majesty.

But the Han lieutenants present did not listen to this, even though they shouted that they would be loyal to the Kingdom of Jin, serve His Majesty, devote themselves to death, and die.

But the eyes of several people exchanged with each other.

Knowing that I can't defend you, I still accompany you to die here. Isn't it a man's behavior?

"Great Khan! Today the Jin Kingdom defenders are too frightened to come forward." A Mongolian general said.

"Hahaha! I don't think it will take ten days, but only two or three days. We can break through this pass. We will bomb them again tomorrow. Then I will lead my troops to the city wall and capture Tongguan in one fell swoop." A Mongolian The general spoke.

"Brother Wo Kuotai! Tuo Lei please lead the vanguard to attack the Tongguan city wall tomorrow." At this time, Tuo Lei stood up, knelt in front of Wo Kuotai and said.

At this time, Tuo Lei had already recognized the reality, and now he had been completely defeated by Wo Kuotai. So. All that can be done is to accumulate strength. So he also needs some military merit.

As long as he has enough merit, then Wo Kuotai has no legitimate reason to take back his military power, even if he dies, not as long as one of his sons is alive.

"Well! If we attack the city tomorrow, we will still suffer heavy casualties. I have decided to bomb them for three consecutive days. After three days, I will send an envoy to persuade them to surrender. If they are unwilling to surrender, then we will bomb again." Wokuotai said.

This was the idea Zhang Yong gave him, that is, he must not send troops to attack the city in a short period of time.

Once a large army is sent to attack a city, it must be a battle that can be conquered in one go.

"Great Khan! The Jin people have completely lost their courage. If we attack the city tomorrow, we will definitely be able to win it in one fell swoop."

"Yes! Brother Wo Kuotai!" Tuo Lei said.

"Okay, stop talking. There is nothing important tonight. You all go back and have a rest! We will continue the bombing tomorrow." Wo Kuotai waved his hand and asked all the Mongolian generals and some princes and nobles to withdraw from their missions. Big account.

Although everyone was bent on fighting, Wokuotai decided to abide by Zhang Yong's principles. If we don't send troops to attack the city, we will just continue to bomb it.

After everyone left, Wo Kuotai looked at Zhang Yong and said. :

"Zhang Yong! Now tell me. The Jin people have been beaten almost to death by us today. Why are you still unwilling to attack in general?"

"Father-in-law! War is an art. What we have to consider are our own casualties and the enemy's casualties.

Achieving maximum results at minimum cost is the ultimate goal of war.

Our continuous bombing will bring huge psychological pressure to the Jin Kingdom's defenders.

Moreover, they will continue to add a large number of wounded soldiers, and these wounded soldiers will also consume food, medicine, and human resources, because they need someone to take care of them, and they also need to eat.

The more wounded soldiers there are, the better for us.

Every day the number of wounded soldiers increased, while no one recovered to fight, their defenders decreased every day.

In order to prevent the defensive equipment on the city tower from being blown up by us, they will move it down into the city. We need to create an illusion for them, making them think that we are just bombing non-stop, but there will be no substantial impact. Launch an attack.

Wait until they form a habitual thinking pattern before we launch a general attack. "Zhang Yong said.

Modern military strategists' understanding and summary of war have reached a level unimaginable by the ancients.

That is the crystallization of wisdom accumulated over thousands of years and summed up by countless forefathers of military strategists.

There is a complete and mature strategic theory. The purpose of fighting is to win and to obtain the maximum results at the minimum cost.

The continuous attacks by explosive packets only consume some gunpowder, but launching a total attack consumes human lives.

The attack mode of explosive packs will exponentially increase the casualties of Jin people. The longer it lasts, the greater the blow to Jin will be.

"What you said makes sense, but today's results have made many Mongolian generals restless. They all want to be the first to get there." Wo Kuotai said.

That's because they didn't consider the feelings of the soldiers at the bottom. The Mongolian nobles actually considered the feelings of the people at the bottom of Mongolia.

This is also the reason why the Mongol Empire fell apart. The Mongolian rebels on the grasslands at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were much more ferocious than the rebels in the Han region.

"Father-in-law, you must find a way to suppress them and establish prestige, because you are the Great Khan of Mongolia, and they must obey your orders." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! Then what do you think we are going to do in the next few days?" Wo Kuotai asked.

“First of all, we still followed the attack pattern on the first day, first bombing them with thunder tubes and cannons, then switching to trebuchets and explosive bags for bombing, then gasoline cans, and then ignited stones poured with gasoline.

Then you will mobilize 5,000 troops and pretend to be in attack mode after our bombing stops.

Immediately they waved their flags and shouted, and began to charge towards the gate of the Jin people.

They should carry the ladders, siege towers, and siege vehicles, but they should not rush to the gates of the Jin people. They should rush back within a hundred steps of them and then withdraw immediately.

When the Jin people see us charging, they will definitely bring up all the rolling logs, fallen rocks, fire oil, gold juice, and arrows that have been moved to the city.

Take advantage of this opportunity. We continued to launch explosive pack attacks and blew up all the defense materials they brought up.

This back and forth can cause greater casualties to the Jin people, and can also destroy their defense equipment.

It will also create an illusion for the Jin people, that is, we are all pretending to fight, but they can't tell which time is fake and which time is real.

If there are too many lies, they will relax their vigilance and they will not bring these defense equipment to the city.

When we actually launch a general attack, they will be in a hurry, further increasing our chances of winning. "Zhang Yong said.

Soldiers are deceitful. You can't let the enemy see your true and false under any circumstances. You can continuously consume the enemy and create an illusion for the enemy.

Doing so can cause a huge blow to the Jin army.

Especially destroying their defensive equipment is the top priority. Without the equipment, no matter how many defenders there are, it is useless.

"Well! What you said makes sense! Why didn't we think of it before? You still know how to fight. In this case, Tongguan will never be able to defend for long." After hearing what Zhang Yong said, Wo Kuotai nodded in agreement. .

Kill enemy soldiers, gradually increase their number of wounded, and destroy their defense equipment.

Find a way to tire them out and create an illusion for them so that they can't tell the truth from the lie. This is the truly clever method!

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(End of this chapter)