Li Rui sat straight on the erected earthen platform, staring at the main force of the Liang army in the distance with the monocular in his hand. At this time, the battle should have started in the direction of Huang Fenghua and the Five Willow Trees.

It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous, after all, his opponent was Cao Xuan, who had been famous for many years and had been a party in Jiezhen, this guy, that is, there is no lack of bravery of a general, and there is no lack of skill of a strategist, he is an extremely difficult guy to deal with.

Now there are 15,000 Tang troops in the battalion, of which 10,000 are soldiers, and the remaining 5,000 are auxiliaries and civilians. And unlike those places in the north that have been camped for a long time, these people recruited from Shandong Province and Anhui Province are real people's husbands, and they don't need to be counted on to fight, they can help carry the wounded and build a barracks. You have to be on guard against these guys at all times.

And his opponents, the soldiers alone are close to 30,000, and the regimental training troops recruited from Xuanwu are all the private soldiers of the local powerful landlords, and the real combat effectiveness may not be worse than that of the Liang army headquarters. And there are more than 10,000 troops trained in such regiments, and as for the people, the number is even greater.

Cao Xuan is fighting at home, and the advantage in this is incomparable to the Tang Army.

In the face of invaders like themselves, these local heroes and clans must resist desperately.

Unlike the active attack of the two cavalry, Li Rui's role is to defend. Stick to Cao Xuan's tens of thousands of foot soldiers, and then wait for the two cavalry to return victorious, wrap each other in dumplings, and swallow them in one bite.

Of course, the premise is to hold.

His eyes turned, slowly looking at his camp. Although there is no city, Li Rui feels that the defense of the big camp is not much worse than the city.

The wilderness, which used to be endless, has long been made for appearance.

And these changes were made overnight.

Surrounding the whole camp was a trench about three feet deep and one foot wide, and the earth from which the trench had been dug was filled into a mezzanine of wooden stakes the thickness of a bowl, and a simple wall was formed. These fences are surrounded by a circle of barbed wire with sharp pieces of iron, and it takes a lot of time for the enemy to clear the trenches even if they rush through the trenches. And when the two armies are at war, time is equivalent to a life.

Behind these walls, there are strong crossbows that shine with cold light and the foot crossbows with the highest popularity rate in the Tang Army. This thing doesn't need to be accurate, and it doesn't need to go through special training, the important thing is to cover, and it is completely based on quantity.

At intervals, there was a small hill of earth and rock, on which were also placed crossbows, and behind these hills were trebuchets.

Thanks to Datang's powerful military industry, the Tang Army's trebuchets have achieved the most basic standardization of accessories, which allows them to be disassembled and carried at will, and then reassembled anywhere. Except for some special throwing weapons that you need to carry yourself, things like stone bullets can be found everywhere.

The drums on the opposite side rumbled, and the earthy brown robes poured out like mudslides, and they were still the same as the three missing one! Li Rui laughed. Is there a direction left so that I can run away when I can't hold on?

He suddenly felt that the other party was a little dogmatic. In this war, there is no option for them and their side to flee at all.

However, it is good that the enemy attacks on three sides, leaving one side, but also allows his soldiers to have more time to rest. Now I need to pay attention to just wait for a while where the enemy's main attack direction is. Cao Xuan's available troops now exceed 50,000, but the real elite is in the early 20,000s.

The first to go into battle must be those regiments who train the army and even the people, so that he can find out the key points of his defense.

It was quiet in the camp at the moment.

The soldiers on the periphery were preparing for battle, and the men, who had dug the trench and built the earthen wall all night last night, were so tired that they could not even stand up, and many of them had not even eaten, and fell asleep when they fell.

I hope they can still have a good dream in the battle horn.

He stood up and squinted at the red sun on the eastern horizon that had just revealed half of its face. It's just been shown, and it's so hot.

Li Rui touched the sweat on his forehead.

Today's weather is really choking! Fortunately, there have been a number of *** in the camp, although it is a little simple, although the water is a little muddy, but after a simple treatment, there is no problem with drinking. The camp now has a lot of water stored in it, enough for the thirsty warriors to drink.

Thank God, the groundwater here is very abundant, and it doesn't matter how deep you dig it, these wells will come out.

Li Rui waved his hand, and the two soldiers on the high platform immediately raised the main flag to the highest place with their hands and feet, and one of the flag bearers held two flags in his hand and stood on the high platform waving.

Immediately, in all directions, flags were raised, waving flags in various colors, responding to Li Rui's shouts here.

In front of him, he was filled with the charging enemy, and the deafening roar was extremely irritating. Li Rui has always hated yelling during battles, and he thinks it's completely futile. Therefore, most of the soldiers he trained fought in silence when they fought.

At the forefront of the enemy was Minzhuang, followed by local regimental training, and Cao Xuan's main force did not move at all.

In three directions, each lined up the scale of three or five thousand people.

It's a pity that he doesn't have cavalry now, otherwise he can send cavalry at this time, but he can go and harvest a group of enemies. Cao Xuan probably saw this too, when the first wave of attacks was launched, the cavalry in his hand didn't move at all, is this preparing to find an opportunity to attack my camp!

Li Rui looked at the appearance in his camp and suddenly laughed.

With a whew, a stone bullet flew high into the air with a whistling sound, and behind him, more sharp stone chips wrapped in nets were thrown, and they broke free from the nets, spinning, screaming, and flying towards the earthy brown figures running below.

Countless people fell on the way to run, but many more rushed to the front of the trench and then jumped into the trench without hesitation.

Cao Xuan fought for many years in the Tang army, and when attacking the Tang army camp, he also found out a lot of experience, that is, never organize a dense formation to press forward, because in that case, it will be suppressed by the Tang army's endless long-range bows and crossbows and trebuchets.

Ordinary troops can't be equipped with so many bows and crossbows at all, but the Tang Army is always the exception. In the eyes of Cao Xuan and others, Li Ze has always been a big dog and an upstart. And a considerable part of the money he invested in the army was still provided by them.

Who made so many good things come from the Northland? If you want to get these things, you can only buy the other person's things, and the stricter the control, the higher the price. After liberalization, the price can fall in response.

The ditch wall of the ditch is soft and soft, it is very easy to climb, and it is not high, a regimental training officer leaned against the ditch wall, after a few breaths, with a knife in one hand, his body squatted slightly, and suddenly jumped upward, and when the force was approaching, he grabbed a fence, and at the same time his feet were supported on the ditch wall, and then he jumped upward.

A spear stabbed suddenly in front of him, and the officer of the Liang army turned sideways, avoided the tip of the spear, and reached out and grabbed the shaft of the spear, which actually dragged the Tang army forward.

Tang Jun's face looked immature, and he didn't let go of the spear at the first time, but made a loud voice, trying to wrestle the spear with the other party, and in an instant, the knife in the other hand of the other party had already slashed over.

Blood gushed from the necks of the Tang soldiers, and they fell to the ground with a bang.

Before the officer of the Liang army had time to rejoice, another spear stabbed silently, swinging his knife to block, and when there was a sound, several other spears poked at the same time.

The legs, stomach, and ribs were all in severe pain, and this regimental training officer, who had a very good personal force, was poked several holes between the lightning and flint, and fell down the trench with his back facing the sky.

Such a scene was staged everywhere in the trenches surrounding the camp of the Tang Army. The corpses in the trenches were accumulating more and more, and gradually, there were some places where there was no need to climb at all, and the Liang army could stand on top of the layers of corpses, and he could attack the Tang army behind the fence.

Crossbow arrows flew in the sky, and although the momentum of the Liang army's bow feathers was far inferior to that of the Tang army, it was not completely suppressed by the other party, and it could always bring damage to the Tang army in the camp.

Hou Fangyu's eyes were filled with Liang Jun, and right now, the two sides were fighting over the fence, and the barbed wire was full of Liang Jun's corpses, but these corpses also resisted the damage of those who came after him.

"Grenadier!" He shouted.

Dozens of Tang soldiers dressed in red flashed out, each of them had an iron box in their hands, at this time, they took out a porcelain jar from the box, leaned down, lit the fuse above the fire, and then ran a few steps and threw the porcelain jar in their hands behind the trench.

The sound of the explosion suddenly sounded, and the rain of fire fell from the sky, igniting the Liang army one by one.

One after another, the porcelain jars were thrown out, and the sound of explosions came and went. The Liang army's offensive was finally disjointed.

"Fight back!" Hou Fangyu brandished his long knife and rushed forward with the reserves.

On the high platform in the center of the camp, Li Rui's brows were furrowed. The use of fierce fire oil bombs so quickly shows that the pressure on Liang Jun's experience is quite large. The northern part was guarded by Hou Fangyu, and that was a guy with rich combat experience.

Under the banner of the Liang Army, Cao Xuan's face was calm, for him, these regimental exercises were just cannon fodder for consuming the Tang Army's bows and crossbows and fierce fire and oil bombs.