Pang Qingshan, who experienced the pleasure of "anticipating the enemy first", bathed in the morning light of the rising morning at the end of summer, looked at the corpses of the "beach" enemy soldiers at his feet, and scolded a few words with a high-spirited smile. And the soldiers of the Worry Relief Army, who had just seen the blood, also echoed and laughed "hey, hey, hey"; There are even a few guys who are usually cheerful and do not follow military rules and etiquette, and they still pull their necks and talk loudly to the coach:

"You can't blame us for that! We were busy for a long time, but we only caught a few small fish, we have so many brothers, we are fast and slow, how can we stop it? A punch and kick by one person, even if it is just spitting and foaming, is the result! I said, Pang Shuai, the brothers all smell the meat, but few of them can eat it, it's really uncomfortable! If you want me to say, it's better to take advantage of the bright day and the morale of the brothers is also high, so let's just set off directly and take those Beiyan people's nests! ”

Pang Qingshan also knew clearly in his heart that the brothers of the Liberation Army had recently been in an exciting period when they had just seen blood; Today, he easily killed twenty-four Red Crow spies, and the scarlet and pungent smell of blood aroused the desire to kill; The feeling of having no energy to make it is really extremely depressing.

And as the commander in chief of the army, he should also grasp the inevitable stage of this new army; Taking advantage of the majesty of their newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, they launched the final impact on the capital of Beiyan State......

After muttering for a long time, Pang Qingshan smiled, jumped on the sturdy and towering city rush in three or two steps, and shouted to a pair of eager and expectant eyes below:

"Brethren, is that what he meant?"

"Yes!"

"In that case...... Good! That handsome will also fulfill you! Bury the pot to cook, and the whole battalion soldiers have a full meal! Half an hour later, the whole army will set up camp and set up the village, let's go and meet the Northern Yan Dynasty for a tough battle, and let those Northern nephews who are above the top have a good taste of the power of our worry-relieving army! ”

An hour later, in the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Yanjing City, Lao Wang Fang, who was already over seventy years old, was sucking his stomach vigorously. Chen Qichang, the secretary of the military department, held a snowy knife in both hands, and walked from the garden into the study.

He put the big knife that he had sharpened with his own hands into the scabbard, and then walked behind Wang Fang himself, and pulled the tie behind the armor with all his might:

"Brother Mubei, Jingzhong is not without a capable general. You and I are now over seventy years old, why do you bother to touch that rust and lick that mouthful of knife blood? ”

Wang Fang raised his legs and stepped forward, repeatedly adjusting the position and tightness of the armor, and at the same time replied to Chen Shangshu's advice:

"Lao Chen, you have followed me in the southern and northern wars for nearly thirty years, don't you still know my temper? I also know that there are twenty-four colleagues in Beijing, who are from orthodox military generals; But these people have a few pounds and two pounds in their hands, don't you really know it? Ay...... Blame that Cai donkey, it's too bad to be sick; Now look at the whole capital, except for you old brothers; Among the younger generation, there is only one person available...... But he's still a civil servant......"

"Old Prime Minister! When the national crisis is at hand, what about the civil officials? What about military generals? Luo only knows that once the city is broken and defeated, people will be reduced to ministers of the country, generals of the defeated army, dogs of the lost family, and people who have left the chaos, regardless of men, women and children, and ministers regardless of civil and military ranks! ”

Wang Fang was complaining, and a clear voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard! The two looked at the appearance at the same time, and saw Luo Yuan, who was born as a civil official, with a helmet and armor, a sword at his waist, and a military uniform; And behind Luo Yuan, there was also a middle-aged woman wearing a hundred flower skin armor with a beautiful and handsome face, and a slender blade also straddled behind her waist......

"Brother Qianxi, the virtuous couple are on this trip...... I don't know what I want. ”

"Why did Wang Zuocheng knowingly ask! I think you are over seventy years old, and you are still willing to sacrifice your life and forget your death, and you will be persistent and bloody for the country; And my husband and wife are both in their heyday, and they have been leading horses and falling in front of the old general! The southerners went north this time to plot against the North Yan River, not a personal grudge with Mu Beigong; And my husband and wife are both the people of the Northern Swallow and the king of Lumi......"

Luo Yuan's impassioned words were only halfway through when he was interrupted by Wang Fang waving his hand:

"Nonsense! Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the death of the text and the death of the military"; And you and your husband are not from the army, what can you do when you go into battle? Civil officials, the law of serving the country with their own civil officials......"

Just when everyone was arguing, a small colonel ran to Wang Fang's prime minister's mansion as if he was dying, and he didn't care about seeing the appearance of the people in the house, so he shouted with a crying voice:

"Wang Zuocheng, it's not good! General Niu with three hundred sword and axe men has already left the city ahead of schedule! ”

According to the follow-up report of the Chiwu spies, as early as half an hour ago, the Worry Relief Army had already been fully deployed; Soon after, they will arrive twenty miles outside the southwest gate of Yanjing, and line up their troops to prepare for the siege. At this moment, in Yanjing City, there are only 8,000 Imperial Forest troops responsible for guarding the palace, and 20,000 city guards under Wang Fang. As for what auxiliaries, people, reserves, etc., etc...... It is nothing more than a temporary conscription from the family and the common people, and the defense force can be said to be stretched!

However, fortunately, the strength of the relief army was not sufficient, and it was also unable to roll out the offensive of besieging the city on all sides. Therefore, for the Beiyan side, how to predict the direction of Pang Qingshan's main attack and feint attack, and solve the siege equipment of the Tianji Workshop, has become the key to this victory.

And Wang Fang's preset tactics for this battle was to hold the troops and eat the enemy's first round of offensive alive.

Wang Fang made such an arrangement, not intentionally to support it. He wanted to take this opportunity to test the power of the siege equipment of the Heavenly Machine Workshop! By the way, from the intensity of the offensive, predict the real direction of the opponent's main attack, so as to formulate the next battle plan.

Yanjing is the country of Northern Yan, the city wall is thick and solid, three zhang three high, three zhang thick; There are arrow windows embedded in the wall, and the upper and lower layers are divided into four layers, each with 13 holes; The watchtower of the arrow tower is as high as ten zhang away, densely packed, row upon row; Even the moat outside the city is fifteen zhang wide!

With such impregnable fortifications, the first attack of the enemy army will inevitably not be too great.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and Wang Fang has made thousands of calculations, but he didn't expect that Niu Zifang, the always mediocre Yanjing general, would make such a naïve and stupid mistake at such a critical juncture!

In fact, since Wang Fang unloaded his armor and entered Beijing and ascended to the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister, he has never put forward any guiding opinions on the art of war and tactics to any of the old friends or juniors who commanded the army and garrisoned the border.

You must know that Wang Fang, who wore armor and swords at the border and resisted the enemy outside the country, had an incomparably brilliant record! Whether it is in terms of seniority, or measuring personal ability and past achievements, all the armored people of the Northern Yan Dynasty dare not hold their heads up in front of Wang Fang; And in the small circle of military generals, they have all been "insulted by Wang Fang in public", as a proud talking point and a symbol of identity! It is conceivable that if Wang Fang is willing to instruct others in the method of fighting, everyone will be willing to do so.

But even so, for decades, he still didn't say a word about the affairs of the soldiers. In the final analysis, the reason why Wang Fang kept his mouth shut was also very simple, just eight words: not in his position, not in his government.

These eight words seem easy, but often the more talented, experienced, and transcendent seniors, the easier it is to plant on these eight big characters.

In the era when Wang Fang was in command and commanded the troops to fight, the tactics and tactics of soldiers from all over the Huayu Continent were still based on head-on confrontation, supplemented by the art of war and strategy. The most common way to fight is to have the main generals of both sides fight for a while before the battle; Immediately, the cavalry chariots of the defeated side came out of the ranks, and the two sides puffed up their chests and chanted slogans for a direct dialogue of strength and courage. After the cavalry charged, the infantry on both sides took over. However, that kind of battle to the last soldier has never happened! When the winner is divided in momentum and direction, the loser will rout and flee, and the winner will take advantage of the victory to pursue and try to expand the victory......

In those years, whether it was siege warfare or field warfare, the methods were all similar. All because the soldiers and monarchs of the Huayu Continent at that time had not completely abandoned shame and morality. Under the prevailing climate of the time, any war won by means of "non-head-to-head"; will be intolerable by public opinion and despised by fellow soldiers!

Decades have passed in a hurry, and the tactics and tactics that are now popular in Huayu Continent are very different from the era when Wang Fang ruled the world. For example, Shen Gui, the king of Zhongshan, who led the trend of "shamelessness", his style of using troops is "not skillful but not taking, not benefiting but not fighting"; And the Youbei Army's Shenyan Heavy Martial Arts is just the opposite; He has completely inherited the style and habits of the older generation of soldiers, and has always been steady and steady, step by step.

Guo Xing is used to interspersing behind enemy lines, and Zhu Yuntao is good at capturing achievements; Cai Ning is accustomed to taking advantage of the situation to bully others, while Chen Ziling is good at winning the hearts of the military. Thanks to the experience of the Battle of the Two Norths, inspired by the fire at the East Customs; In the past few years, the battlefield of Huayu Continent can be said to have produced many stars and updated tactical styles at an extremely fast pace; But no one thinks about dignity and morality, justice and nobility anymore; All monarchs and generals have become consequentialist "merchant character": as long as the final victory in the war can be won, then it does not matter how the process develops!

Having said that, there is a digression that must be said. Shen Gui's strange and treacherous use of soldiers has indeed accelerated the process of updating the tactics of Hua Yu's soldiers and the transformation of their tactics; But in the final analysis, tactical tactics are all small ways, and Shen Gui did not push the essence of war to another level. In this regard alone, it is far from the significance of Guan Beidou's establishment of Tianji Workshop!

From this point of view, the reason why Wang Fang no longer participated in the military affairs of Beiyan after he unloaded his armor and entered Beijing and ascended to the pavilion to pay respects to the prime minister is also about to come out: this veteran general with great military achievements and far-reaching reputation has enough self-knowledge. He knows that everything in the heavens and the earth is changing all the time; The battlefield of Huayu Continent is no longer the battlefield he once completely controlled; And his king's tactical tactics have also become completely outdated since the day he took off his armor......