Chapter 57: A stalemate

By the time Li Erhei received the news and arrived, Hu Tian's battle was already over, but no one knew what the outcome would be. After all, it was impossible for them to go down to the bottom of the ravine at this time to investigate, and they didn't know if there were any other enemies hiding in it.

"What a cunning thief, he wants to come up from here! Good thing we found out! Well done, I'll give you credit and I'll reward you after the war! Li Erhei stood on the edge of the cliff and watched for a while, and said happily to Hu Tian.

"General, I don't know how many of them came, if they hadn't been wiped out, maybe they would have come up again! What should we do? When I heard that we were going to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, of course everyone was very happy. However, Hu Tian said with some worry.

"You're right, we can't let them get their way. So be it! You send some people to watch over here, and report any movement immediately. In addition, there are many ravines like this on the shore of the water, so inform the brothers along the line to pay more attention to such places and not let the enemy climb up! Hearing this, Li Erhei couldn't help but nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said.

"Yes, I'll do it!" Hu Tian hurriedly agreed.

On the other side, at this time, Li Xin's battle also entered a white-hot stage. The Qin soldiers on the opposite side, like a tide, kept rushing towards the wall, Li Xin had just eliminated one on his side, and more came up on the other side. With 400 men defending, the Huashan army had to spend twelve points of strength to deal with these Qin soldiers.

"General, the attack of the thieves seems to have weakened?" After fighting for a while, someone suddenly said to Li Xin.

When Li Xin heard this, he took the time to look ahead, only to see the Qin soldiers under the wall, and at this time they were really no longer fierce before. Soon, all the attacks slowly stopped, and the Qin soldiers began to retreat.

"Strange, doesn't every time they attack take days and nights? Why is it over so early today? Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Huashan Army were a little dazed.

"Okay, don't be stunned, beware of the enemy's deception, everyone guard the line! Wait until dawn for the rest! Li was also a little puzzled, but he didn't think much about it, but immediately ordered.

Everyone cleaned up the walls and concentrated on the defense. Li Xin came down from the wall and began to ponder the matter. Just as he was thinking about this question, the person sent by Li Erhei also arrived and told Li Xin what happened above.

"Sneak attack? It turned out that the sneak attack failed! It seems that Fu Fa's loss this time should be not small, otherwise, it is unlikely that the team here will also be withdrawn! Hearing this news, Li Xin understood why the other party did this.

However, this matter is generally a good thing, at least, if Fu Fa wants to carry out a sneak attack next time, he will have to think again. Don't steal chickens at that time, that's really wonderful.

"Go back and tell you Lord Duwei, just say that I'm okay here, and I won't go up for the time being!" After thinking for a while, Li Xin said to the visitor.

This night, it can be regarded as quite peaceful, and Fu Fa should mean to stop and then fight. Therefore, there was no further fighting on the entire water defense line, but it gave the brothers of the Huashan Army a rare opportunity to rest.

After dawn, in the big tent of the Chinese army in Fufa, the deliberations went on again. He came back in such a hurry last night that he only gave the order to collect his troops and return to the camp, and many other things were not explained.

"That was what happened last night! This king can be regarded as a big life, and he picked up a life from the mountain. Otherwise, you guys will have to go collect my body today!" "Fu Fa, who was sitting at the top, was not in a good state, although he said that his life was saved, but he was also hit by a stone, and his left arm was almost broken. After repeated failures, it's no wonder that his current tone can be better.

None of the generals present dared to speak casually, and they were all worried that they would not pay attention and anger the prince of Fu Qin. So, you look at me, I look at yours, and finally everyone's eyes returned to Fufa's body.

"It can't go on like this, if we want to break through the defense of the Huashan Army, we have to find another way. Otherwise, the prime minister will blame him, and we can't afford to bear it. Let's all talk about it, what's the best way to do it? Seeing everyone's eyes, Fu Fa couldn't help but snort coldly, and then said.

"My lord, judging from the events of last night, it is no longer feasible to break through the blockade of the anti-thieves with surprise troops, and their defense is obviously very tight. In this way, we can only attack, it is better to concentrate our forces and attack that wall with all our strength, although the loss may be greater, but our strength is ten times that of the anti-thief, as long as we persevere, we should be able to take it in the end! Some generals thought for a while, and then said cautiously.

"What about you? What do you think of this approach? Instead of expressing an opinion, Fufa asked others.

"Although this plan is a helpless strategy, it seems to be our best choice now, simple is simple, but sometimes simple may be the most effective! After all, we have a big advantage in numbers! It's just that if you do this, you will completely eliminate the thief, but I'm afraid it will take longer! Another general also stood up for the proposal.

"My lord, if we want to storm it, the wall will be too much of a problem. In the humble opinion of the last general, we should build a batch of trebuchets and set them up in front of the battle, concentrate our forces on the place where the wall is, and try to bombard him for a few days. Even if we can't wipe out those thieves, the wall should be in ruins! At this time, the king waved his army again, and those thieves could be eliminated in one fell swoop. At this point, a general stepped forward and proposed.

As soon as his words came out, the eyes of the people present couldn't help but light up, and they only felt that this plan was really good, and everyone didn't have to go to the front to die. It was Fu Fa himself, whose face was gloomy, but at this time he also showed a hint of a smile, and said: "This plan is very good, if you eliminate the rebels this time and recapture the three counties, this king should show you as the first contribution to quelling the rebellion!" ”

"The king has won the prize, if the rebellion is quelled, he should take the king as the first credit, how dare the last general be greedy for this great achievement!" The general hurriedly said respectfully.

Seeing that the other party knew each other like this, Fu Fa was even more happy, and when it was decided that this general would lead two thousand soldiers to retreat, cut down trees on the spot, and hurry up to make a batch of trebuchets. The other generals, during this interrupted period, continued to attack the Huashan army.

For several days, the army of Fufa took turns attacking the defense line of Lishui, but this time the attack was not as day and night as before, and it was basically only a daytime attack. The Huashan army worked together to defend this line of defense very tightly, so that the two sides were deadlocked on the east and west sides of this line of defense, and every day only meaningless casualties were constantly increasing. In comparison, the casualties on Fufa's side have gradually increased, and in a month, there have been more than 1,000 dead and wounded.

"That Fufa seems to have been a lot quieter lately, not like when he first came, he was trying to break through our defenses!" After the battle was over that day, Li Erhei and Li Xin chatted under the wall and talked about it.

"Judging from the last time, he was quiet for a few days, and then he thought about sending someone to attack us. Therefore, I suspect that this time he is attacking in such a regular manner, I am afraid that he is holding back something bad! Let's be careful. If you want to talk about it now, I'm still a little worried, mainly because I don't know what the situation is outside! Although we have established this line of defense, we have also trapped ourselves inside, closing our eyes and listening! Li Xin said. He still attaches great importance to that Fufa, after all, this person still has some pen and ink in history, not a mediocre talent.

"That's just as well! Let's say that we've been trapped for so many days, and I don't know what happened to the people who started the incident outside? I don't know if it's a failure! When Li Erhei heard this, he couldn't help but say, a little worried.

"It's not that fast, but it's about the same. I'm going to have to figure out what's going on out there! Li Xin shook his head and said quickly.

And while the few of them were chatting, at this time, in Fu Fa's military tent, they were talking about the same thing.

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the counterinsurgency in other places is progressing in an orderly manner. Among them, Wang Fujing of Pyeongchang has made the fastest progress, and in less than a month, he has already settled on Shangluo. The imperial court has already placed Jingzhou in Fengyang River, with the infantry captain Guo Jing as the assassin and guarded Fengyang. Come to think of it, it won't be long before the king of Pyeongchang will return to join the counterinsurgency operations around Chang'an! "The messenger from Chang'an is reporting the news from various places to Fufa.

"How's the situation on the Prime Minister's side? Has Chiyang ever been captured? When Fu Fa heard the news, he couldn't help but rub his forehead, and after a while, he asked.

"It has not been captured yet, not only by the prime minister, but also by the general of the left guard, who has not been captured. However, according to the two places, Chiyang has been besieged for more than a month, and the city has been attacked for more than a day, and now the anti-thief Kong Zhi is about to be unable to support it. In addition, the situation is similar in Juxian County, and I think that the two anti-thieves should be put down before the end of this year. The messenger said hurriedly.

"What a headache! What does the court have to say about this king? Fu Fa's face was even more ugly, and the four-way army had not made the slightest progress along the way, which was really a bit embarrassing.

"In the imperial court, many ministers have a lot of complaints about the king, and even His Majesty is quite dissatisfied. I heard that I wanted to send someone to reprimand him, but if it wasn't for the dissuasion of the Taiwei and other important ministers, I am afraid that the envoy would have already arrived! The messenger groaned for a moment before replying.