Zhao Kuangyin stood on a big stone on the ridge, looking at the sea of flags of the Li family army under the mountain, the red tassels were dazzling, and the war horses were like clouds, and his heart was simply mixed.

Once upon a time, Zhao Kuangyin and Li Zhongyi had fought at least five times in the open. The first time was when Li Zhongyi was born, leading the unclothed farmers and hunters of the Shu land, and actually captured Zhao Laosan alive.

At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was still a hot-blooded young man, based on his love for his brother, he actually broke into the camp of the Hechi Township Army alone, and successfully rescued Zhao Kuangyi.

Immediately afterwards, Chai Rong took advantage of the cowardice and incompetence of Meng Chang, the lord of Shu, to design and capture Li Zhongyi, and Zhao Kuangyin was in charge of the escort.

At that time, Zhao Pu repeatedly asked Zhao Kuangyin to secretly do black hands and take the opportunity to kill Li Zhongyi.

Zhao Kuangyin not only did not adopt Zhao Pu's poisonous plan, but instead fought with Li Zhongyi and sent him to Kaifeng City safely.

didn't think about it, just after repaying the big favor, because of Zhao Xueniang's serious illness, the old Zhao family owed Li Zhongyi a favor again.

In a society where men are superior to women, Zhao Xueniang's rescue by Li Zhongyi is naturally not as good as Zhao Laosan's safe return home.

Zhao Kuangyin's mother-in-law, Mrs. Du, is actually Zhao Laosan's favorite son, not Zhao Laoer, who left home early to break into the world.

It's just that after the Battle of Gaoping, Zhao Kuangyin won Chai Rong's appreciation and trust, and since then he has risen steadily and become the second person in the forbidden army.

The front division of the palace and the pro-military division of the guards are very antagonistic to each other, which is originally the situation that Chai Rong wants to see contain each other.

Han Tong and Zhao Kuangyin have always been at odds, and when they sent troops this time, Han Tong deliberately drove Zhao Kuangyin, his deputy, to the baggage camp, and spent all day with grain, grass and equipment.

Obviously, Han Tong was using this excuse to rectify the person, worried that he Zhao someone was likely to take the lead, so he deliberately made a stumbling block, made a trick, and took the opportunity to seize the military power of the front division of the palace.

It's just that, unlike the Li Jiajun, who has four powers of separation, Han Tong, as the chief general of the imperial court's crusade army, has absolute command in the barracks.

To put it bluntly, Han Tong suddenly sent someone to send an order to Zhao Kuangyin, asking him to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to seize Wolongling, which itself is full of strangeness.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that it was a pit, but he had to jump down, no way, who called Han Tong the coach, he was just a deputy?

Zhao Kuangyin on the ridge was about to stare out of his eyes, and he didn't find where Li Zhongyi was, but Li Zhongyi had already seen Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin in the camera, his face is haggard, and his beard is like a weed in the wilderness.

Li Zhongyi put down the monocular in his hand, and had some complicated feelings in his heart, objectively speaking, the relationship between him and Zhao Lao Er was still messy.

The most important thing is that Li Zhongyi clearly grasped Zhao Laoer's ambitions, but Zhao Laoer always thought that he had disguised his ambitions well.

The difference is a thousand miles!

In a sense, information that is one step ahead is equivalent to life, Zhao Lao Er made Li Zhongyi see through his thoughts, no matter how he acted, it was all in vain.

When Li Jiajun arrived at Wolongling, the pouring rain suddenly stopped, and the soldiers hindered the ruthlessness of military law, although they did not dare to cheer, but everyone unanimously held their stuffy breath for several days, and spewed out of their noses.

Thief God, it's finally an eye-opener!

The rain stopped, Li Zhongyi's mood was naturally very good, and the 6-pounder bronze cannon came in handy.

Zhao Kuangyin is worthy of being a veteran of the killing field, he not only occupied the highest point on Wolong Ridge early, but also prepared a lot of rolling logs and stones, just waiting for Li Jiajun to attack on the back, and gave Li Zhongyi a lesson.

Li Zhongyi ordered Li Yongtang to find him, but he didn't bother to talk nonsense, so he asked him directly: "Can the cannonball be bombarded?" ”

Li Yongtang subconsciously stood up and saluted, and solemnly reported: "The little one deliberately came to the front, and he has seen it clearly, the forbidden army on the mountain has set up a total of three layers of defensive lines, and the idea is obviously to borrow the previous defensive line to consume most of our army's physical strength, and then condescendingly rush down and drive the exhausted our army back to the bottom of the mountain." If it is a 12-pounder gun, it will definitely be able to hit the top of the ridge, and the 6-pounder gun may not be able to reach the second line of defense. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, the old gunners were fed with shells and gunpowder, Li Yongtang had participated in at least a hundred firing trainings, and his experience was already extremely rich, so Li Zhongyi was quite confident in Li Yongtang's judgment.

"Well, if you switch to chain bullets, will you be able to reach the first line of defense?" Li Zhongyi looked at Li Yongtang expectantly.

Li Yongtang thought carefully for a while, and then shook his head and said: "If it is a flat bombardment, let alone the first defensive line, even the highest point on the ridge can be bombed." It's just that although the lethality of chain projectiles is amazing, the range is far inferior to that of iron projectiles. ”

Artillery is a professional and technical service, and Li Yongtang is a big expert among them, so his statement is naturally easily agreed by Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi thought for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "If it is half an iron bullet and half a chain bullet, will the Zhao army on the mountain be in a hurry to hug his head and run around?" ”

Li Yongtang did not rush to answer, but frowned and thought carefully for about half an hour, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he grinned: "You have invented a new method of artillery bombardment, and the little one understands." ”

Thousands of clothes, sycophants are not passed on, especially the praise of professional and technical personnel, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, touched his chin and said: "Since you have figured it out, then I will allow you to dictate yourself and let go of your hands and feet." ”

"Whoa." Li Yongtang mastered a brand-new artillery tactic and happily ran to arrange it.

Chu Xiong, who had been guarding beside him, suddenly made an astonishing discovery, and the lord especially liked to discuss artillery technology and tactics with Li Yongtang. And in many cases, Li Zhongyi had obviously thought about it in advance, but he kept inducing Li Yongtang to follow his train of thought and think down.

In this era of cold weapons, as long as there is enough water on the mountain range, and there is plenty of grain and grass, even if the disparity in the strength of the side guarding the mountain is several times, it must have taken the lead.

However, Zhao Kuangyin's so-called condescending advantage, in the face of the Li Jiajun with artillery, the original ten percent advantage, can be left with two percent of the geographical advantage, even if it is very good.

The first batch of Li Jiajun who rushed to the bottom of Wolong Ridge, although it was only the Guards and the First Army, the total number of soldiers was less than 30,000, but all of them were the elite of the elite, and there were 6 pounds of bronze cannons to help, Li Zhongyi had every reason to believe that he would soon be able to take Wolong Ridge.

However, just when everything was ready, the throat suddenly brought a secret envoy sent down from the mountain by Zhao Kuangyin.

Li Zhongyi narrowed his eyes, touched his chin, and asked Chu Xiong thoughtfully: "What do you think Zhao Kuangyin means?" ”

"Master Hui, don't you always say that you have nothing to do and be diligent, and you are either a traitor or a thief?" Chu Xiong didn't believe that Li Zhongyi couldn't understand it, so he made a big ass in a funny way.

"Haha, you kid is getting more and more cunning......"