After Zhi Congruan learned the correct answer, he was speechless for a long time, and at the end, he suddenly said: "Fifth brother, people have come far ahead of us. ”

Fifth Brother Ma understood in his heart that the old lady must have meant that that year, on the way of the Fuzhou army's sneak attack on Yinzhou, before the official start of the battle, because of the miasma, one-third of the men and horses lost their combat effectiveness and had to return in vain.

Although the road experienced twists and turns, the Lingzhou army still rushed to a small village called Shikou Village, more than 30 miles away from Xiazhou City, on the evening of the fifth day.

By the time Li Zhongyi and Zhe arrived from Ruan, the Han cavalry under Guo Huai had already controlled the small village tightly and tightly.

After a short rest, Li Zhongyi held the last military meeting before the war at the home of a wealthy family in his village.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are only two city gates in Xiazhou, and our army is fighting more and less, so as to be prepared and unprepared, the main point of this battle is that we must firmly control the city gates and not let anyone escape from the city." After Li Zhongyi made a brief opening remarks, Zuo Ziguang ordered people to carry the detailed combat sand table in Xiazhou, which had just been assembled.

When he was from Ruan, from the sand table, after seeing clearly the details of the buildings in the east and west gates of Xiazhou, he couldn't help but secretly take a breath of cold air.

The Lingzhou army probed the actual situation in Xiazhou so clearly, it is conceivable that what Fifth Brother Ma said was not wrong at all, Li Zhongyi had already stared at Xiazhou greedily.

"Guo Huai, you are in command of the eastern attack cluster, with a total of 4,000 horse troops and 2,000 infantry troops. You must pay attention to the fact that after breaking through the city gate, the Ma army must rush in as soon as possible and storm the party defender camp in the eastern city. In addition, the infantry army to which they belonged was to control the city gate as their first priority, until they joined up with the main force to the west. ”

The plan has been drawn up long ago. Li Zhongyi is just following the script and making further emphasis.

"The last will obey." Guo Huai saluted with his crossed hands, took the troop transfer fish talisman handed over by Li Zhongyi, and the bronze seal of troop transfer given by Zuo Ziguang, and then sat down again.

Fold Congruan narrowed his eyes. I was stunned for a while. He was surprised that the procedures for the transfer of troops in the Lingzhou Army were so complicated and strict.

Judging from Guo Huai's table xiàn. Zhe deduced from Ruan that in the Lingzhou army, I am afraid that it is necessary to have a complete fish talisman and a copper seal before it is possible to mobilize soldiers and horses, right?

In this way, of course, there is a rigid side. However, the more he pondered about it, the more he felt that Li Zhongyi's new method of controlling the army was unusually distinctive, no, it was unusually advantageous.

Zhe Congruan is also a veteran and famous general who has been in charge of the army for many years. He naturally understood in his heart that what could really overthrow the rule of the princes of one side was the invasion of foreign enemies in addition to the rebellion of his own army.

Well, after returning to Fuzhou. Li Zhongyi's method of controlling the army must be popularized in the Zhejia.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and there are also some unstable factors within the folding family, which need to be nipped in the bud as soon as possible.

Although the Zhejia army is brave and good at fighting, and the nominal military power is unified in the hands of Zhe Deran, in fact, in the hands of several of Ruan's younger brothers, they still have a lot of power.

The strength of Fuzhou is not particularly strong, which requires the basic force of the family, which must be used in a centralized manner, and no one has the capital to engage in separatism, which is the basic consideration of Zhe Congruan.

Until the end of the meeting, Zhi Congruan never heard the major thing he wanted to know the most: how to break the indestructible Xiazhou city gate?

After it was dark, the soldiers of the Lingzhou Army had a full meal in advance, which was still made of mutton soup and pancakes, accompanied by pickled radish strips.

After eating, after a little rest, the soldiers of the Lingzhou Army, with their mouths tied to wood, horses wrapped their mouths, and horses' hooves wrapped in miscellaneous cloths, quietly marched towards Xiazhou.

More than 10,000 troops came out in the dark night, but they didn't raise fire, similar scenes, Zhe Congruan has seen it several times along the way, and it is not strange and accustomed to it.

At a three-way intersection ten miles away from Xiazhou, Song Yunxiang, who arrived in advance, connected with Zuo Ziguang's people early and was led to Li Zhongyi's horse.

Li Zhongyi jumped down from the horse, grabbed Song Yunxiang's arm, and shook it very hard several times, before he said happily: "Thanks to you, you have worked hard!" ”

Li Shuai was so informal, Song Yunxiang seemed to have drunk honey, he grinned and said: "Xiangshuai, Xia Guan is fortunate not to be dishonored, and Xiazhou City is normal." ”

In the faint starlight, Li Zhongyi nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, good, very good, Old Song, after the city is broken, remember your first work." ”

Song Yunxiang said with a smile: "If the credit is not credited, the lower officials really don't care too much, as long as they eliminate the great trouble for the imperial court, the lower officials will be blind even if they die." ”

Zhi Congruan listened very well on the side, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it is precisely because there are countless people with lofty ideals like Song Yunxiang who are born and die for the imperial court, and the light of the nation is endless!

Although Zhi Congruan didn't know Song Yunxiang's name for the time being, he already knew in his heart that it must be Li Zhongyi's meticulous work arranged near Xiazhou in advance.

Around the beginning of the day, in the nameless land five miles outside Xiazhou City, the Lingzhou army was divided into two, and Guo Huai led his subordinates to go outside the east city of Xiazhou.

The remaining main force, under the leadership of Li Zhongyi, quietly came to the west gate, about three miles away from the city wall, and stopped advancing.

The tooth soldiers quickly and quietly set up the big tent of the Chinese army, and Zhe Congruan noticed that the outside of the big tent was tightly wrapped in oilcloth, and it was impermeable.

Perhaps because he was worried about being exposed by the Xia Zhou army, there was a small tent in the big tent, and Li Zhongyi sat in the small tent with Zhecongruan.

Fold it carefully from Ruan, the small tent door was facing the inside, and the light exposed by the tent door could not illuminate the big tent at all.

Li Yunxiao personally held the tea cup, and after serving tea for Li Zhongyi and Zhecongruan, he stood silently behind Li Zhongyi without saying a word.

"Li Shuai, the old man has been thinking about it for a long time, but he has never figured it out, how to break through the city gate of Xiazhou?" Zhe Congruan asked Li Zhongyi seemingly casually.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Zhegong, when it comes to the third watch, you will naturally know, please forgive the official for selling it for the time being." ”

Zhe Congruan never believed that the impregnable Xiazhou City would be breached overnight, not to mention that there were more than 10,000 Tuoba family henchmen in Xiazhou City.

Jiancheng, with the elite warriors, even if he broke his brain, he could only look at the city and sigh, helpless!

Not long after the second watch, Zuo Ziguang ordered someone to report to Li Zhongyi: "The west gate is ready and is waiting for news from the east gate." ”

Li Zhongyi took a sip of hot water comfortably, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he said, "The big thing is decided!" ”

Zhe Congruan is still confused, the big thing has been decided, why should it be decided?

Li Zhongyi knew that Zhi Congruan wanted to know the inside story, but he deliberately continued to sell Guanzi, and the shock of some things that suddenly exploded was definitely much stronger than knowing it earlier!

In other words, Li Zhongyi just wants Zhi Congruan to know that the content of war, especially siege warfare, has a new normal from now on!

On the third watch, there was also good news from the east gate, because the party members in Xiazhou were too confident, the explosives contained in the coffin had been buried under the city gate hole.

Li Zhongyi chuckled twice and ordered: "Begin!" Zhi Congruan thought to himself, the big war is finally about to start.

Just when Li Zhongyi wanted to get out of the tent lightly, he was blocked by Li Yunxiao raising his hand, Li Yunxiao reminded in a low voice: "Crossbow arrows don't have eyes, if you don't put on armor, you can only step over the small corpse." ”

Li Zhongyi had a headache, and in the face of Li Yunxiao's firm eyes, he could only helplessly change into a thick Mingguang armor.

Zhe Congruan looked at it interestingly, Li Zhongyi and Li Yunxiao, the master and servant, he thought to himself, if this is the big tent of the Zhe family, the old brother Ma will definitely force him to change into armor, right?

Under the escort of the Ya Barracks led by Li Yunxiao, Li Zhongyi and Zhe Congruan rode war horses and appeared side by side outside the west gate of Xiazhou.

In the bitter cold wind, the soldiers of the Lingzhou Army stood solemnly in front of the formation with bated breath, waiting for their commander to give the order to attack.

The sharp-eyed Fifth Brother Ma suddenly felt that in the city gate cave in the dark, there was a faint dazzling light, and he quickly approached the side of the Xiazhou city wall.

What is that? Brother Ma stared at the light suspiciously, frowned, wanted to break his head, but never figured it out, what was that?

Suddenly, in the night sky, there was a sharp howl of a wild wolf, and the people around him, including Li Zhongyi, all raised their arms and covered their ears.

What is this for?

Just when Zhi Congruan was hesitating, in the dark night sky, a violent explosion suddenly sounded, "Boom! The earth shook and the mountains shook and was deafening, so much so that Ruan's ears were numb and buzzing.

The fifth brother Ma who was riding on the horse, he didn't pay attention, he didn't control the war horse under his crotch, and he was almost thrown off the horse by the crazy war horse.

At this time, Zhe Congruan could see very clearly, under the reflection of the sky-rushing firelight, the originally impregnable Xiazhou city wall was lifted into the air.

"Smack!" A flying pebble happened to hit the head of Ruan's hand, and the old lady was in terrible pain, if it weren't for Brother Ma's quick eyes, he would almost have to get off the horse.

"The engineering battalion listens to the order, follow me to bulldoze the obstacles!" After the aftermath of the violent explosion, under Zuo Ziguang's order, the officers and soldiers of the Lingzhou Army Engineering Battalion, who had prepared in advance, put the iron hoes and shovels and other tools in their hands on their shoulders, and quickly rushed to the west gate of Xiazhou, which was already dilapidated and the door was wide open.

In a short time, the east gate of Xiazhou in the distance was followed by a violent explosion.

It was only at this moment that Zhi Congruan was out of the dilemma of tinnitus and dizziness, and he was deeply aware that such a big movement, Li Zhongyi, this kid, actually didn't remind him in advance, obviously wanting to give him a great shock! (To be continued.) (。 ))

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