"The Art of War" says: Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

The situation on the battlefield is complex and ever-changing, and although there is a certain way to deal with it, it is only a general rule, and it is not easy to flexibly apply the law to the details. Inferior generals often only knew how to line up, and when the infantry met the horses, they raised their shields when they came with dense spearmen and archers. A mid-grade general can know why these things are done, understand most of the changes, and know why they are happening, and thus know under what circumstances the infantry can hedge against the cavalry, and how to deal with the dense bows and arrows with spearmen......

Just like the growth of people, when I was young, people always pursued a certain principle between heaven and earth, thinking that if I understood a truth and understood a meaningful word, I would be able to find a direction in my life. But in fact, human growth does not occur in this way. You can find countless words that seem to make sense, and even every sentence contains words that are equally meaningful in the opposite sense of it.

Then people began to see what kind of past they experienced when others said this, and what kind of environment they stored in, and when people were finally able to empathize with and understand why their predecessors said this sentence, wisdom could truly be inherited. When a learner is finally able to understand the core of many people's thinking, and can compare and draw inferences from each other, he may just have the ability to think independently, and he may be out of the situation where he can only use famous quotes after reading a few books......

Here's how it goes.

For the most part, stereotypes still have power. Especially in the battlefields of these years, the strength and morale of the two warring sides are often very different, and the situation on many battlefields is basically just crushing. It's often a good situation.

Most of the things in the world are mediocre, just like later generations, there are many people in the world who only know how to memorize famous sayings and aphorisms and chicken soup for the soul, and even those who can't even memorize famous sayings and aphorisms and chicken soup for the soul can still live and even feel that they are living well. But on top of that, there is a direction, purpose, and discernment to exert tenfold effort. Only those who absorb and refer to the wisdom of others and finally form a self-logic system can cope with a novel situation, and to be honest, people who can really stand at the top and top of society, except for the second generation, must have a complete self-logic system, without exception.

The original battle of Chaobai River needed to be used. Just for the skillful operation of the art of war. And this time in the battle of Xia Village, in a sense, what was tested was wisdom.

After the blockade of the elm cannons, the harvesting of bows and arrows, and the crushing of heavy cavalry, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were able to organize long-distance attacks in turn, which showed that their skills as generals were still there. But that's all, if it just goes on like this. Their 10,000 people are simply not enough to spend in Xia Village. Especially under the threat of artillery fire and heavy cavalry. The battle fought under the condition that the personnel are inferior and the fighting spirit may not be bursting, once it is encountered, I am afraid that it will all be buried here.

It was also because Pharmacist Guo came too quickly to change this situation. On the third day of December, his sudden move really showed the qualities of the other party as a famous general. In a short period of time, he recognized the limitations of firearms, used rockets as a suppression, and then let the charging soldiers distance themselves from each other, and only under the wooden wall did they launch a strong attack. If it doesn't work in one round, retreat immediately, and in a short period of time, the Xia Village side is a little clumsy and in a hurry.

But no one's war wisdom is designed to deal with something other than common sense. When the defenders of Xia Village made adjustments to the placement and firing of the elm cannon, the firing of the artillery, especially the salvo when the resentful army was in a state of siege, the violent sound and light effects would still have a great impact on the opponent's fighting spirit.

He then changed his strategy and began to make a large-scale single-point breakthrough on the eastern wall, choosing the same direction as the section where 800 people had been killed.

In order to induce the attacking army to choose this place as the breakthrough point, the defense of the outer perimeter of this section of the camp wall was slightly weaker. However, with the gathering of 30,000 troops, Guo Yaoshi no longer had to consider the threat of more than 100 heavy cavalry, and this became a real breakthrough.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the twelfth month, a large number of soldiers of the Changsheng Army really stepped on the heads and corpses of their companions and began to attack, and the surrounding camp walls also began to suffer round after round of rocket attacks. A moment later, more than twenty elm cannons were fired simultaneously on the south side of the camp wall, and a large number of bows and arrows were used to make a counterattack against the attacking army, while the heavy cavalry only made a false move, and soon closed the door and went back.

Since then, the two sides have been fighting wits and courage. The combat power of the soldiers of the Changsheng army is indeed higher than that of the Xia Village defenders, and the number is as high as 36,000, which is a huge advantage, but relatively speaking, in terms of the change of the art of war, affected by the north, Guo Yaoshi's tactics are mainly solid and not changeable.

On the Xia Village side, due to the flourishing literary style of the Wu Dynasty, all kinds of military books were also rampant in the war, and these military books were often not useless, once they were understood, they could always integrate the thinking system of some wise men. Although Qin Shaoqian is rough, but in fact, he can be regarded as a Confucian general, he was influenced by his father, and he is also familiar with a large number of military books, and he is not conformist in his tactics, but in the past, no matter what flexible tactics he had, his soldiers could not be used, it was nonsense. This time in Xia Village, the situation is quite different.

A large number of usable soldiers replaced the once vain and bloated Wurui Battalion system, with a solid defensive arrangement and flexible support from the elm artillery. Even though the strength of a single soldier is slightly inferior to that of the soldiers of the Resentful Army, he still used what he had learned all his life for the first time on this battlefield, counterattacking, supporting, predicting the battlefield situation, and using strategies, so that the defense of Dexia Village was like an unbreakable iron prison, and when Guo Yaoshi pounced, he was indeed ruthlessly broken out of his teeth.

The love of fighting against Zongwang with Guo Yaoshi in the Chaobai River is general, and he can let go of his hands and feet in the battle array, and fight happily with the heroes in this world, especially under the premise that he has been bound in the past and has never been loosened, he has fought several times. Qin Shaoqian's chest was unspeakable. However, in such a battle situation, great pressure is also accumulating in the hearts of both sides.

The situation in the capital is dangerous, and as the battle in Bianliang continues, the battle of Xia Village is sudden for many people. However, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the situation in the capital. And even if this battle seems tragic from the beginning, if it is to end, it will never end with one side fighting to the last soldier.

After all, Guo Yaoshi is a general, and the strength of the resentful army itself is the foundation of his life, he is decisive and goes all out for the attack of Xia Village, which is the way of the general, but there must be a psychological expectation of war damage, which he cannot afford. For Qin Shaoqian, Ning Yi and others. What is waiting is such a psychological expectation. On this battlefield, once Guo Yaoshi's troops are broken, no matter how strong Zong Wang is, he may have to withdraw his troops and sue for peace.

On Guo Yaoshi's side, the defenders of Xia Village were stronger than many troops of the Wu Dynasty, but after all, it was only the army of the Wu Dynasty, and this army would also have a psychological expectation of battle damage. Once the tragedy of the war really crosses the line, the army will definitely collapse. And once it collapses and chaos begins, Xia Village will face slaughter and crushing.

Both sides are almost always waiting for the other to come to a point of collapse.

But this time, both sides seem to be more tenacious than they could have imagined.

On the fifth day of December, the first Elm cannon exploded during a firing on the battlefield. As a result, Guo Yaoshi launched a larger-scale rotational attack, and his troops were sufficient, and he could use more consumption to squeeze the firing limit of the elm cannon. And due to a sudden accident, the Xia Village side. The use of elm artillery had to be reduced, and for a time, the war began to tilt in favor of the resentful army.

On the sixth day of the first month of December, the resentful army attacked the camp wall for the first time, Yue Fei led the elite to join the battle, and at the same time let more than 100 heavy cavalry dismount and slaughter the Jurchen soldiers who broke into the camp defense with the advantage of iron armor.

On the seventh day of December, Ning Yi and the others had already begun to run on the battlefield......

At this time, the defense system of Xia Village was basically divided into five sections, and according to the practice of the Wu Dynasty, it was the main gate of A, B, C, D, and the middle section. There are more than 2,000 people under Liu Chengzong's command of the first section of the camp wall, and the general of the second section of the camp wall is named Pang Liu'an, with 3,500 people, Mao Yishan and his boss Xu Lingming are also on this section of the camp wall. In the middle section, Li Yi led 2,000 people. In addition, He Zhicheng led 3,000 people and Sun Ye 2,000 people, who were respectively responsible for the second section of Bingding.

The battle loss rate among the 13,000 men had reached 2 to 30 percent by the 8th day of December. In particular, the eastern city wall that He Zhicheng was in charge of was under heavy attack, and on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the people who were killed or seriously injured and withdrew from the battle may have broken through one-third, which is also the reason why Ning Yi would complain after the camp wall was breached. At this time, the reserves and the new force were basically put in, and on the southeast side, almost all the remaining living forces that could be squeezed out by their own side were also gathered here.

And there are some things that cannot be accurately estimated, but Ning Yi and the others have some guesses. At this time, the casualties of the resentful army had reached nearly 20%, and more than 6,000 people were killed or seriously wounded, and by this time, they could no longer participate in the battle. The pain in Pharmacist Guo's flesh can be imagined, but it is still difficult to know how much he is willing to pay for this victory.

"What other tricks, use it......"

Looking at the fierce battle at the edge of the battlefield in the distance, Guo Yaoshi almost subconsciously recited this sentence, in the battle circle within the camp wall, Ning Yi listened to the earth-shattering shouting and killing, looked at a figure on the watchtower in the distance, and finally gritted his teeth: "It's okay." He pulled out the fireworks from his bosom.

At this time, Hongti had already killed forward, an arrow passed through the crowd, and the brush shot towards Ning Yi, and then a figure came over and hit Ning Yi's side......

With a whoosh, far away, Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui and others watched a pillar of light rise into the sky, their scalps were numb for a while, and Zhang Linghui immediately said: "Let them withdraw!" ”

Guo Yaoshi waved his hand violently: "Archers press on!" Cavalry presses! Assault Response—"

He did not give the order to evacuate, but of course, such a reaction was too late after all. Just outside the breach of the camp wall, a sudden vibration came from the ground, and the heat and light rolled over the ground as if boiling the earth—it was a stretch of land more than a foot wide and a few feet long, and it was already crowded with people rushing inside.

The explosion sent blood, dirt, and limbs flying into the sky, creating a grim curtain like a barrier, and the thistles scattered in all directions with the minced flesh. This is the effect of a mine array lined up in three columns outside the breach to explode at the same time, they have been quietly buried in this underground for several days, Ning Yi and the others were worried that their leads may fail, but fortunately, the research on firearms during this time has finally achieved results.

This sudden explosion caused twenty or thirty casualties on the battlefield. But most importantly, it blocked the back of attackers who entered the defensive circle. When the loud explosion rang out, the nearly 200 soldiers who had rushed into the breach of the camp wall looked back, and the dirt and plasma lifted were like a high curtain, cutting off their connection with their companions.

Even though it may only be for a moment, it causes psychological stress. It's big enough, too.

Guo Yaoshi looked at this qiē from a distance, his face trembled, and Zhang Linghui was already dumbfounded.

"Kill them......" In the camp wall, Ning Yi was half bloodied, his face was fierce, and he was holding a soldier who was also half bloody, and he was raising his knife and shouting: "Kill them, kill them, kill them—"

Under the canopy of the sky, the sword light and blood waves rushed over......

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In Bianliang City, the time is close to evening. On this afternoon, because an attack was launched at the wrong time, after the Jurchens were blocked, they did not launch another attack, and for the defenders of Bianliang, it was time to clean up the battlefield.

Several regular garrisons were still defending the walls, and some of the soldiers who had been warned walked up to the walls to carry the corpses. Occasionally, someone speaks. Shout out loud, other than that. The sound of screaming is the mainstream of the city. The sound was made by the wounded, and not everyone could bear the pain.

If you cry, you can hide in a place where no one is around.

The Huotou battalion, which was in charge of logistics, brought porridge, rice and steamed buns early, some of them were delivered to the city wall, and some of them began to be distributed in a few fixed places, and the carts carrying the corpses were parked on the edge of the city wall, one by one. Try to come and go as carefully as possible.

It was not very far from the city wall, and on the side of the wounded barracks, the platform had been laid, and the torches were lit, and many soldiers had gathered here. There were many wounded soldiers, and there were also tired people with steamed buns and porridge rice, so they found a place to sit nearby.

Although many things were controlled near the city walls during wartime, the situation here was slightly looser, probably with the approval of the senior officers in the army. As an ordinary person, if you can really walk into here, the situation you see is mostly chaotic and noisy. At this time, several figures came towards this side, and because they were wearing the clothes of the generals in the army, and they did not do anything out of the ordinary, no one stopped them.

The leader has a steady pace, a resolute face, and is quite dignified. As he walked, he looked at his surroundings, occasionally nodding his head or whispering a few words to those who were accompanying him.

If there really is a senior soldier who recognizes his identity here, his first reaction may be to kneel.

"Du Chengxi, I know your worries, but take your thoughts, these days, the Jurchens have been attacking the city until dark, I ...... I came here after thinking about it, just to see, you see, what about those wounded soldiers...... I don't want to preach it, just look at it, know it in my heart, and I'll do it. ”

At this time, it was Emperor Jinghan Zhou Zhe who quietly disguised himself. Judging from his grasp of power and determination, Du Chengxi can't stop it. In a sense, coming to see this battlefield and not wanting to publicize it, in Zhou Zhe's heart, it is precisely to remember the posture of these heroes in his heart. Although he is usually pampered, he smells blood at this time, and even sees all kinds of bloody scenes, but he does not feel uncomfortable, at most he occasionally frowns.

As a person standing at the pinnacle, his mood will indeed not be intimidated by a little blood, even if it is the first time to see such a strict scene, but this is still the quality of an emperor.

"But...... What is the purpose of setting up a platform next to this wounded barracks? Singing big plays? ”

"The slave maid thought, could it be an adult who wants to speak, but it's not like ......" Du Chengxi looked at it, "The slave maid went to ask." ”

Du Chengxi trotted forward, and Zhou Zhe walked straight to the crowd over there, at this time there was still a noisy sound in the crowd, and after a while, Du Chengxi ran back and found Zhou Zhe and others in the crowd.

"Dragon...... Young Master Long, it is the girls of Alum Tower who want to give them a performance and reward them for their hard work, as if there are teachers and girls among them......"

"Performance? It's child's play. Zhou Zhe frowned and said in a low voice, "The soldiers are in danger, looking for prostitutes to perform by the city wall?" Who decided this......

He didn't think that he would see this kind of thing when he came here, and at this moment, someone struck the gong on the platform, and the surroundings were almost instantly quiet, and someone shouted: "Stop arguing!" Don't be noisy! The teacher girl is here! ”

"Do you want to let the teacher and the girl rest......"

"Don't make any noise—"

In such a voice, the surroundings finally quieted down, Zhou Zhe frowned with his hands behind his back: "Let the teacher and the girl rest, she can't ......pick up customers" Because the platform is simple, it is also simple for people to go up, Zhou Zhe saw that the person who walked up seemed to be a woman with ordinary clothes, as if she had just finished something, her hair was still a little messy, her clothes were plain, it seemed that she had just changed into it, holding a zither. The woman put the zither down and bowed.

"Brothers, hello everyone, I'm Master Li, I just ran over after I was busy, I may be a little unenergetic, everyone bear with me, I've washed my face." The woman smiled, and so did the crowd...... The voice is not bad, but most of the women in Alum Tower will not greet others with such words.

Zhou Zhe walked forward, he was dressed in an officer's uniform, and others didn't dare to stop him. I heard the woman say: "Actually, I don't know what everyone wants to see, I wanted to do somersaults, but I don't have much strength, well, I won't talk nonsense, let's play the piano for everyone first." ”

"It's a koto." Zhou Zhe whispered, "However, the sound of the zither is loud, which is in line with the atmosphere of the battlefield, I would like to hear what she has to say...... It's a farce. ”

On the wooden platform, the woman sat down, first turned her head to look to the side, then breathed a sigh of relief, and dropped her fingers like that.

The first sound sounded, Zhou Zhe raised his head slightly and pursed his lips.

"Lanling King's Entrance Song". (To be continued......)