Early the next morning, Wang Sheng got up from the bed, with delicate, catkin-like hands on his body. The touch between the skin and skin was also excellent.

but...

I really played too much last night, which made my body a little sleepy and tired.

Wang Sheng slowly got up from the bed, but he still startled the beauty on the bed.

"Wang Lang."

Princess Guangping rubbed her eyes with a tired look on her face, like a sleepy kitten with bleary eyes.

Last night, it was Sima Xiang who was the most clingy. Wang Sheng now felt a slight soreness in his waist. She had at least five achievements in it.

"It's still early, so just go to sleep first."

Although it is early in the morning now, it is not yet bright. If the time is changed later, it will be about five o'clock in the morning.

"No."

Princess Guangping shook her head heavily.

"The prince is going to war, and Xiang'er has to sew summer clothes for him. This spring clothes are no longer fit."

Wang Sheng nodded slightly.

"Then just ask Biyu to get the summer clothes."

The conversation between Wang Sheng and Princess Guangping naturally woke up the other women on the bed.

Hong Xiu's eyes were slightly red, but he said nothing, while Lv Zhu's whole body was leaning on Wang Sheng.

For Hongxiu Luzhu, the current Wang Sheng is everything to them.

Marching and fighting is risky.

They all had worries hidden in their hearts, but they didn't want to speak out for fear that Wang Sheng would be distracted.

However, even if you don't say it, this reluctance is all shown.

It is most difficult to lose the kindness of a beautiful woman.

Wang Sheng shook his head slightly and said: "This expedition to Yuzhou will take as long as one and a half years, and as short as two or three months. You don't have to worry too much about me, Xiang'er."

"Wang Lang."

When Princess Guangping heard Wang Sheng calling her, she knew that Wang Sheng had some instructions.

"Xiang'er was born into a noble family and has seen a lot of the world. Although he has not yet married, your majesty is eager to hold the wedding as soon as possible. After I leave, you will be responsible for all matters in Luoyang."

Princess Guangping nodded slightly.

She is not a fearful person, but she still feels some pressure in her heart.

Marquis Guangyuan now has considerable power, and the number of things he has to manage and coordinate has naturally increased.

Even Princess Guangping doesn't have much confidence in her heart to accomplish this.

"Hongxiu, you know the best about Jinguyuan, please help Xiang'er."

Turning to look at Lu Zhu, Wang Sheng said: "If Lu Zhu is willing to help, you can also help."

However, given Luzhu's temperament, he should not be interested in things like management at all.

"Hongxiu understands."

Luzhu also nodded slightly.

"It's not too early, we have to go out to war this morning, that's all."

Wang Sheng stood up slowly, released Lu Zhu's tight embrace, and said, "It's not a separation of life and death, but we haven't seen each other for a while, so there is no need to act like this."

Princess Guangping nodded and forced a smile on her face.

Of course, in Wang Sheng's opinion, this smile was very forced.

Parting always makes me more sad.

There are many poems about boudoir, and it is not unreasonable.

After coming out of the room, Wang Sheng thought for a while, but still did not go to see the girl Nannan. Instead, Zhuang Wei, who took Jin Guyuan with him, quietly left Jin Guyuan and headed towards the south camp.

As soon as he left Jingu Garden, Wang Sheng's sadness immediately disappeared.

The relationship between men and women is just an adjustment after all.

Sometimes Mr. Wang wonders whether he is cold-blooded or ruthless.

But in this kind of world, perhaps only cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness can lead to better success.

As we approached Nanying, it started to get dark.

The rising sun in the willow branches is round and red. It has just emerged from the Luoshui River, and is as new as a newborn baby. There are many halos of light filtering through the gaps in the willow leaves, and the willow trees cast long and long shadows. The river breeze blows slightly

The branches are swaying, and sometimes three or five human figures appear among the branches and leaves. They are people working in the fields, either wearing plain clothes or wearing a very loose shirt.

At least in Luoyang, the world is still very quiet.

Upon entering the south camp, a chilling atmosphere arose spontaneously.

This second time entering Nanying is very different from the first time.

Perhaps, this is a big reason why he was not challenged.

The four southern camp generals, Guo Yong and Du Ziyang, had been waiting at the door for a long time. After ushering Wang Sheng in, they arrived at the general ordering platform.

On the general stand, Wang Sheng looked at the dense crowd of soldiers below and also made a brief oath.

Although Wang Sheng is famous for his literary talent, in these oaths, Wang Sheng used the most popular words to impress these soldiers.

The first is the reward and punishment for the number of enemies killed.

If you kill one enemy, you will be rewarded the same amount. If you kill ten enemies, you will be a centurion. If you kill a hundred enemies, you will be rewarded.

In the military, the promotion path is sometimes very unclear.

After all, there are many people who will swallow the merits of these people and make them their own.

And Wang Sheng wanted to make this promotion path clear.

Only when these soldiers see the hope of promotion will they fight to kill the enemy.

Otherwise, why would they fight so hard to kill the enemy?

For the country and the family?

Sorry, at this time, the concept of country is not very complete yet.

The clan kings in various places also have countries, and they also have families.

Fighting for beliefs is naturally the best choice, but Wang Sheng cannot turn these people into people who fight for beliefs in a short period of time.

Even if it is feudal superstition, I am afraid not many people are willing to believe it.

Especially these soldiers.

Only when there are tangible benefits that these people can't resist will they work hard.

"To kill the enemy, cut off the left ear as evidence, measure the number, and hand it over to the marching Sima."

As he said this, Wang Sheng took a look at Hua Heng.

"If civilians are killed for pretext, once discovered, they will be killed without mercy. If any superior officer dares to embezzle the military merits of his subordinates, he will be killed without mercy. Three military supervisors and five hundred elite soldiers on duty will be responsible for this matter. If anyone dares to bully you, you can report it to the army.

Supervisor, even if there are four partial generals, I will never tolerate them."

As soon as Wang Sheng said this, Guo Yong, Du Ziyang shrank his neck slightly, rolled his eyes, and suddenly felt a little cold in his neck.

"As for whether you believe it or not, you will see it in the future."

The ascending channel has been given, and now comes the issue of treatment.

In the army, it is of course impossible to eat meat every day.

There is not so much meat for you to eat.

Now the value of this meat is too great.

But Wang Sheng still promised to have one meal of meat every three days.

The previous words only aroused discussion among the soldiers below, but as soon as the topic of meat came up, the below immediately exploded.

After all, food is the most important thing for people, and eating is still the biggest thing!

Next, Wang Sheng talked about the punishment and also introduced feudal superstition.

I invited Wu Zhu, jumped a few times on the divining platform, and then threw a copper coin. Heads up was good luck, tails down was bad luck.

Tossed three times in a row, all heads came up.

For a moment, the soldier's morale was completely aroused.

Since God has said that this battle will be won, why not kill a few more people and make yourself the goalkeeper?

Become a general?

Who doesn't want to?

Wang Sheng was naturally very satisfied with the following reaction.

This boost of morale was almost done, and Wang Sheng quickly set off.

The mighty army, like ants, slowly marched towards Yuzhou.

The 50,000-strong army really stretched for miles.

After the expedition, Wang Sheng was thinking about other things.

When attacking Yuzhou, siege and evacuation of the city is inevitable, but siege and evacuation of the city is also the most difficult!

Because the defender's advantage is too great.

If it is a fortress-style strong city with masonry walls and complete defensive buildings, then 50,000 people can defend the city with sufficient food and grass, and there will be no pressure at all.

If the defense is determined, 50,000 people can make sufficient arrangements on the four walls.

The city gate will definitely be blocked, and it will be very difficult to attack the city.

If you must attack hard, there are several methods: first surround the city, and then use large equipment or terrain factors to cause continuous damage to the city walls or the soldiers and civilians inside the city.

For example, use trebuchets and stone cannons to attack city walls, or dig rivers to flood cities.

However, this method takes time and cannot cause enough damage to the city wall within days or even months.

And there is a risk of being raided by the city's defenders.

The siege team can also build earthen mountains and earthen buildings, and use their own shooters to attack the defenders from a distance.

Likewise, these temporary structures are easily vandalized.

As for destroying the river and flooding the city, it cannot be achieved without extreme geographical conditions.

There is another method of digging tunnels, which also has great limitations.

If you use troops to attack a city, you must first fill in the trenches/moats. Of course, most of this work is done by ordinary people.

When waiting to attack the city, you must first withstand the firepower projected by the defenders.

Because the city wall is high up, the firepower range of the defenders is greater than that of the attackers.

The siege shooters entered the shooting point under cover to suppress fire on the city head.

Crossbow archers can follow other personnel to the bottom of the city wall and shoot at the soldiers on the city wall.

The main siege equipment includes ladders, rams, hooks, etc. The functions of other equipment also have repetitive functions.

The ladder is not a ladder like those in movies and TV shows, but a telescopic giant ladder with wheels underneath and a large base.

If we want to talk about something similar, it is similar to the fire truck of later generations, that's what it is.

After the siege party pushes it to a suitable position, it will get stuck. It is undoubtedly impossible to push it with a stick.

There are also many versions of rush cars, and the low-end version may just be a tree trunk.

The high-end vehicle is a large vehicle with a defensive roof made of wooden planks and leather, and a huge hanging tree trunk below. There is a metal ram on the front end, and it requires dozens of people to operate it.

The hook rope is very simple, just throw it to the wall, and people will climb up.

There is also a large personnel carrier, which can be understood as an independent staircase. The top platform of the staircase is as high as the city wall.

After arriving at the appropriate location, the platform wall panels are directly lowered and connected to the city wall, and the soldiers above can swarm over.

The weapons used to defend the city include crossbows, rolling stones, rolling stones, boiling water and hot oil, etc.

Which step in the siege is the most difficult?

It's the step near the city wall.

Because the defenders have a huge firepower advantage, the attackers must pay a heavy price if they want to get close to the city wall.

On the contrary, if the siege team approaches the city wall, then the offensive and defensive battle will enter the final stage. At this stage, the advantage of long-range firepower is made up, and hand-to-hand combat begins.

But with 50,000 people, a fortified city, and sufficient food and grass, without 300,000 troops and sophisticated siege equipment, there is no need to cause any trouble to people.

This is why Wang Sheng said that this expedition would take at least a few months and at the longest a year and a half to resolve the battle.

The last time we conquered Qi Wannian in Hongnong County, why was it so easy?

The reason is very simple!

This Qi Wannian could only fight in the field and could not defend the city at all. Under the simple siege equipment, Qi Wannian's people were defeated.

But King Qi is different!

The people in his hands must have studied the defense of the city.

It will be too difficult to attack like last time.

As for using gunpowder...

Wang Sheng also wants to use it.

But the power of current black powder is still too small.

If it explodes in a crowd and explodes with pieces of gravel and iron, the damage will naturally be considerable.

But if you let it blow up the city wall, its power will be greatly reduced.

certainly.

Attacking the city is the next priority, attacking the heart is the highest priority!

The most effective method of siege is naturally psychological warfare!

The most effective psychological warfare is to massacre the city and watch the capital.

But Wang Sheng is the king's master, whether it's massacre of the city or Beijing, he can't do it.

This is also a decent trouble!

The current plan is to see what effective things Pan Yue can do in Xuchang.

I still have a trump card.

Pan Yue is Wang Sheng's biggest trump card.

Starting from Nanying, Wang Sheng rode a big black horse. Liu Yong's voice made Wang Sheng come back from his thoughts.

"My lord, Lu Hao, the commander of the marching army, wants to see you."

Lu Hao?

Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment, but he immediately remembered this person.

Of course, the reason why Wang Sheng remembered Lu Hao was not because of Lu Hao, but because of Lu Hao's character "Lu".

This is Fan Yanglu's family.

Even now, it is a big family that can rival the Langya Wang family.

It's just that this Fan Yang Lu family is more low-key than the Langya Wang family.

But Wang Sheng did not dare to underestimate this Fan Yanglu family.

The Lu family of Fanyang comes from the surname Jiang, a descendant of the Qi State. He received the surname Lu because of his fiefdom in Luyi. His ancestor Lu Ao was named Yongxi. The first emperor of Qin called him a doctor of the Five Classics and moved to Fanyang. His descendants moved to the Zhuoshui area and then settled in Zhuodi.

, took Fan Yang as the commander of the county, and later generations called Fan Yang people, which is the origin of the Fan Yang Lu family.

The founder, Lu Zhi, made his name in the Eastern Han Dynasty with Confucianism and established his foundation. During the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Zhi was famous for having many students. Basically, everyone said that they were Lu Zhi's disciples.

In the Three Kingdoms, Lu Yu ascended to Sikong in Cao Wei. Later, Lu Qin and Lu Jue both held high positions in Cao Wei and Western Jin Dynasty. The Lu family became the first-class high-ranking family in the north.

In Taichung, there are many people who are also from the Fan Yang Lu family.

This Fanyang Lu family gave Wang Sheng a lot of benefits, so Wang Sheng also stuffed them into the army for this expedition.

Of course, people from aristocratic families like the Fan Yang Lu family were listed by Wang Sheng as a battalion to manage siege equipment and other supplies, so they were given preferential treatment.

but...

The preferential treatment in Wang Sheng's mind may be considered an insult in the minds of these people.

Do you think the job he gave you is too small?

Wang Sheng touched his chin, shook his head and said, "See you after we get to the Xingyang camp."
Chapter completed!