Liu Fan saw that whether it was an attack on the steps of the city wall from the northeast corner, or an attack to the west near the Laojun Temple, because of the narrow terrain, no matter how many troops were pressed, there were only a dozen people in the front to meet the enemy, and it was difficult to achieve results in numerical superiority for a while.

Li Min also realized this problem at this time, and said: "What should I do, there are too many people to squeeze in front." ”

Liu Fan thought for a moment and said: "Brigade Shuai, maybe this thing you suggested to bring can really open up the situation, let me use this to try!" As he spoke, he pointed to the throwing gun in the hand of the Jincheng Army soldier.

Li Min said: "Well, there is no better way now." After saying that, he promptly ordered the attacking troops of the Shenmu Army in both directions to make way for the Jincheng Army.

Liu Fan said to Zhang Ting: "Captain Zhang, you lead fifty shield soldiers and fifty straight knife soldiers to the direction of Laojun Temple, each of the straight knife soldiers takes five throwing guns, and the shield soldiers are responsible for covering the straight knife soldiers to move forward together, and when they are one or twenty steps away from the enemy army and enter the range of throwing guns, immediately let the throwing guns be concentrated and projected, I estimate that two or three projections may not be able to open up the situation." ”

Zhang Ting asked, "Brigade Liu, is it a bit small to have a hundred soldiers?" ”

Liu Fan scolded with a smile: "Open your eyes and see how many Shenwu soldiers and soldiers are escorting you on this road that has been made way for you!" ”

After speaking, he asked Li Min for instructions: "Brigade commander, it may be a little difficult to attack the city wall, I will personally bring a hundred soldiers to assist the Shenwu army to attack the city wall." ”

Li Min said casually: "Go, I'm here waiting for the good news from you and Captain Zhang." ”

Liu Fan turned to Dong Zi again and said, "Dong Zi, you lead the remaining Jincheng Army soldiers to assist Brigade Marshal Li's personal guards to strictly protect Brigade Marshal Li's safety, and you can't leave for a while. Immediately after that, he led the team away.

The attack in the direction of the steps of the city wall in the northeast corner has entered the white heat, although the Shenwu army has slightly conceded a passage, but on the steps a few steps a few steps wide in front of the enemy and us are still fighting to the death, the steps of more than a dozen floors are full of soldiers from both sides of the enemy and the enemy, and the soldiers of the most middle and indirect enemy ignore the rain of guns and arrows flying in front of them, and try their best to greet the enemy with their own swords, guns, axes and hammers.

A shout is often followed by a rain of blood, one soldier falls, another soldier immediately rejoins it, and there are headless corpses on the edge of the steps, in the corners, and even on the city walls.

Liu Fan didn't have time to sigh at the tragic scene of the bloody rain, and when he was still more than a dozen steps away from the steps, he immediately ordered: "Listen to my command, throw the gun at the upper half of the steps, and release!" ”

With the end of the command, fifty throwing guns flew overwhelmingly towards the enemy on the top of the steps, because of the huge lethality of the guns thrown in a short distance, more than a dozen Khitan soldiers were immediately put down on the upper part of the steps, and the Khitan soldiers who had not yet reacted still rushed forward regardless of life and death, but with the end of the three orders, the enemy soldiers standing on the edge of the city wall could no longer be seen.

As soon as the soldiers of the Shenwu Army saw that the situation was favorable to us, as a captain shouted, countless Daqi soldiers stepped on the corpses of the soldiers of both sides and rushed towards the city, and the steps were finally taken down, and the attack on the city wall of Ganzhou finally opened a gap from here.

When Liu Fan returned to Li Min's side, he learned that the attack in the direction of Laojun Temple had also opened the stalemate under the concentrated projectile of the throwing gun.

Because the city wall has been breached, coupled with the rapid advance of the attack in the direction of Laojun Temple, the attack of the C Brigade of the Shenwu Army in the direction of Zhengxi Wumiao has also advanced to the vicinity of Longwang Temple, and the attack in the direction of Laojun Temple has stepped through the central axis of Ganzhou City.

After relaxing a little, I felt tired and hungry at this time, and turned my head to Dong Zi and said, "Dong Zi, do you have anything to eat?" ”

Dong Zi said while digging out his pocket: "When the baggage team left, one person gave out two white-flour buns, and Brother Zhu also gave me a separate oilcloth bag, saying that it was for you." As he spoke, he handed it to Liu Fan's hand.

Liu Fan opened the oilcloth bag and saw that a smell of meat quickly wafted out, only to see that it was a piece of cooked beef, and he said to himself: "This is a precious thing." As he spoke, he picked up the knife and carefully cut the beef into small pieces.

Li Min watched his movements from the side and said with a smile: "I've never seen such a big knife cut meat, it's really overkill." ”

Liu Fan smiled: "There's no way, I can only use local materials!" ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand in front of Li Min and said, "Brigade Marshal come here." ”

Li Min shook his head and said, "I can't eat it, your Mo knife has been cutting people on the city wall every day for the past few days, and it is full of human blood, I can't swallow it when I think about it." ”

Liu Fan chewed on the meat and muttered: "Hey, you can still pay attention to these at this time, only those young ladies will be so particular." ”

suddenly thought that Li Min was a young lady, and added embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I forgot that you are also a young lady." ”

Li Min chuckled, "It's good that you know." He hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, I also know that the army can't pay attention to it at all, I heard that in the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, the Khitan army attacked Taiyuan, and the defenders held out for eight months, and finally the food in the city was exhausted, and the people were eaten by Yizi in order to survive, and the defenders in the city were even more fed on human flesh and insisted on defending for more than two months. As he spoke, he finally couldn't help but squat on the ground and retch.

Liu Fan and Dong Zi ate beef, and took out the white flour bun before they could bite two bites, when suddenly a sharp and short Khitan army horn sound came from outside the city, only to see the fire outside the city, and the dense sound of horses' hooves rushed to Ganzhou City from the north and south directions like thunder.

Liu Fan's eyes were dark, he felt that the world was spinning, and he thought to himself: "Damn, what are you thinking!" Almost all of a sudden, he sat on the ground, and when he finally calmed down with Dong Zi's support, a deep remorse immediately came to his heart, and his proposal still went wrong for a long time - the Khitan army left behind.

Li Min also felt the urgency of the military situation at this time, and hurriedly said beside him: "What should I do, what should I do, why don't we withdraw?" ”

Liu Fan pinched his arm fiercely, forced himself to calm down, and said: "No, you must not retreat at this time, as long as there is a direction to withdraw now, the final result will be the annihilation of our army." ”

He looked back at Zhang Ting, who had just come back, and said, "Captain Zhang, I now order you to immediately lead all the soldiers of the ugly battalion to the direction of Laojun Temple, and to press the enemy army in the city to the west gate to the greatest extent. ”

Li Min also reacted at this time, since the Khitan army formed an internal and external flanking attack on our besieging troops from the north and south directions, as long as the enemy in the city was repulsed, the outcome was still unpredictable, and if any of the Daqi troops attacking the city retreated at this time, the enemy's planned internal and external flanking situation was formed, and the Daqi army had absolutely no power to return to the sky, and he was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat by his decision just now.

Liu Fan said to himself: "Originally, it was planned to 'next pot of dumplings', but I didn't expect it to be 'two meat buns', and now we can only see whether the five brigades attacking the city on the north and south sides can hold on and not retreat." ”

Liu Fan was feeling sorry for not being able to control his mouth at the military meeting. Suddenly, a trace of doubt came up inadvertently, no, even if the main force of the Marshal's Mansion on the Khitan West Road was plugged in, it would be impossible for it to fly to Ganzhou City so quickly, so the Khitan army that attacked the north and south city gates must be angry and Ge Dan sent troops to attack the Jincheng Army and the Ganzhou Army to the north and south wings yesterday.

In this way, only the main part of the Khitan army attacking the city of 20,000 or 30,000 people entered the city of Ganzhou, and the troops of the two wings assisted in the defense outside the city of Ganzhou. Listening to Qu Yongping said yesterday, the north and south flanks are not active at all, so now that the enemy's two wings have arrived, our Jincheng Army and Ganzhou Army have gone there, and when Dong Zi reported to Commander-in-Chief Guo that he predicted that the enemy army might have a backhand, Commander-in-Chief Guo didn't seem to be anxious at all, but simply said four words, 'I know', since the battle is so tense, why did the Jincheng Army Brigade A and the Shenwu Army Brigade B, which were reserve troops outside the East City Gate, stand still.

A realization crashed into his head like lightning, by the way, not only the Khitan army has a back hand, but Commander-in-Chief Guo also has a back hand, no wonder the command headquarters did not move at all, and Commander-in-Chief Guo was not anxious at all.

Thinking of this, Liu Fan turned his head to Li Min and said: "I figured it out, not only does the Khitan army have a backhand, but Commander-in-Chief Guo has already prepared a backhand, sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy!" ”

Li Min also said: "I have always felt a little strange, the Jincheng Army and the Ganzhou Army, which were originally planned to assist in the defense on both sides, should retreat to the front line outside the East City Gate, but I haven't seen them show up this afternoon!" ”

As if to confirm their thoughts, they heard another loud Daqi horn sound in the sky, and there were countless high-spirited Daqi soldiers rushing and killing in the north and south directions.

At this time, a personal soldier of the command also sent the information in time.

Newspaper -- The four brigades of our army, the Jincheng Army, the Ganzhou Army, and the Shenwei Army, which had rushed from Yongchang County, had surrounded the enemy forces outside the city from the north and south, and your troops were going all out to wipe out the enemy forces inside the city and strive to completely annihilate the enemy's main force.

Liu Fan finally relieved himself, and said secretly in his heart: "Damn, fortunately, my heart is still strong, otherwise it will be absolutely difficult for me to withstand the huge ups and downs back and forth tonight."

I thought that the next pot of dumplings would be enough, but I didn't expect it to become 'three pots of dumplings' in the end, and 'two meat buns' became 'mille-feuille' again. I thought that this battle was all my own strategy, but I didn't expect that in the end, a few old guys were amazing, it was really a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind! ”