Above the snow, the soldiers of the Xiang army lay in front of the ditch, exhausted, and their situation was not much better after the surrender.

In order to prevent the van army from mutiny, these days are half given food, each box army can only eat half full, but also to bear a huge amount of labor, these battlefield chaos surrender of the box army has been quite regretful, when they see the military flag of the government army, their expression is also extremely complicated, regret is inevitable, but it is difficult to find a way back.

"Li Kaiming used the long base, the county seat, and the north and south battalions to put on a posture of resisting death and resisting." Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi, Ge family brothers, Zhang Huchen, Lin Cunxin, Li Ruixiang and other generals all gathered around Xu Zixian, and there were also Chen Zuocai and Fang Shaoqun and other staff members were also in the formation, and everyone looked at the camp and the long base in front of them, frowning.

Liu Yi stepped forward and said: "Beiying is condescending, and most of them are elite, it really makes people feel that they are thorns in their backs, if they are not pulled out, it may be difficult for the army to attack the city with all their might." ”

Qin Dongyang said: "If you want to succeed, you will first remove the long base, and then the county seat, and cut off the communication between the left and right battalions, and then when our army attacks the city, the enemy will attack from the north and south battalions from under the city wall, and our army will also fall into a state of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the belly." ”

Liu Yi greatly agreed, and said: "Our army is strong in the army, and is familiar with the method of battle in formation. ”

This is also the approval of many generals, all along, the government army has been to attack the enemy with a dignified array, many times with less to win more.

The enemy formation in front of him, the people are strong, the thieves are elite, plus the attached Xiang army, I am afraid that there are as many as 150,000 people.

The government army is only more than 10,000 people, but it is forcing the other party to defend so tightly, which is simply the pride of the Zhongshan government army.

But the more this is the case, the more difficult this battle is to fight than the previous one.

Prior to this, pirates and thieves relied on their outnumbers to take the initiative to attack the government army, and were defeated by the government army in the first battle, as was the case in the last battle of the beach.

And this time it may be because of the prestige of the government army, or it may be that the battle under the city of Fuzhou has woken up Li Kaiming, this giant leader actually has no face at all, and with a scale of more than 100,000 people, he dug a long base and built a strong camp, putting on a posture of defending the wall.

This time, it really made the generals of the government hesitate and hesitate.

Xu Zixian squinted at the generals, and now he is really a famous general, with the ability and fame of the generals in front of him, he can be said to be the best in a few years.

The entire northern Jiangmen family was either destroyed or surrendered to the enemy, Yue Zhi, Li Youde and other generals, as well as Yao and other generals in the northwest were destroyed one after another after the Northern Expedition.

When Donghu Bingfeng went to the south, he encountered surging resistance, and most of the best of them were under Xu Zixian.

Xu Zixian raised the horsewhip and said to the generals: "Our army is invincible, can't we conquer everything?" However, with the addition of the newly built camp, are the generals already afraid of the enemy like tigers? This Li Kaiming is indeed not a good type! Judging the situation, not timid, but not impulsive, he is indeed a fierce rival. And I, started with dozens of guards and tooth generals, more than two years without a fight, all a while in training, now everything is ready, the soldiers are excellent and dare to fight, full of sharpness, strategists like clouds, generals like rain, and now after a hundred battles, the king will be successful, if the destiny is in me, when I help me, the destiny is not in me, in the opposite person, how can the generals not drive for me, for me to capture the clown on the opposite side? ”

After listening to Xu Zixian's words, it was also the first time that King Zhongshan revealed his heart in front of everyone. The king will be cast, the great cause will be accomplished, what kind of stirring words are these?

Xu Zixian will not rebel, but it is inevitable to sit in the southeast and control the southeast.

The general trend is about to come true, everything is in front of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and Li Kaiming, Xu Zixian confided frankly, asking his subordinates to abandon their selfish thoughts, not afraid of difficulties, and pick the final fruits of victory for him with a majestic attitude!

Even Qin Dongyang, who has always been old and serious, seems to have the wind of a general, his heart is boiling!

Liu Yi, the Ge family brothers, Zhang Huchen, as well as Gao Shilai, Tian Heng, Li Pu, Lin Shaozong and others, are even more shaken and fierce!

King Zhongshan didn't need to say much, just a few words, and the morale of the soldiers had reached its peak.

Xu Zi spurred the cavalry first, not to let the guards follow, at this time he was in the army, more than 10,000 government troops, including the cavalry battalion soldiers, almost everyone was brought to the camp by his own hands, and then cultivated with one hand, any group in this world may have repeated worries about Xu Zixian, but it is these soldiers in front of him, Xu Zixian is unreserved, unconditional trust.

For no other reason, this is the tacit understanding between soldiers, who can entrust their backs to the past on the battlefield, this is the real military robe, for brothers with different surnames.

This is the closest relationship, they are connected by blood and flesh.

When Xu Zixian rode in front of the army, all the soldiers of the government army shouted and roared, as if they were going to break their throats, everyone was red-faced, and after hearing Xu Zixian's agitation, the mood was even more high.

Xu Zixian was also very excited!

The strong army in front of him will help him reach the top of the southeast!

This battle is very important, this is the real battle of the dragon!

Under the encouragement and encouragement of Xu Zixian, countless soldiers chanted, the long hand held the long sword high, the sword and shield hand hit the shield with a horizontal knife, the longbow hand, the crossbowman, the sapper, the baggage soldier, no matter what the identity of the people in the formation, almost all of them stared at the round eyes, with the strength of the whole body, shouted loudly to their most beloved and trusted commander.

The voice was so high that it overshadowed the more than 100 big drums on the thief's side, Li Kaiming, Liu Maoqi, Luo Zhenbang, Liu Zongdi, Li Kaiyou, Yuan Fudi and others, all of whom changed color when they heard the sound.

At this time, Li Kaiming was a little faintly regretful, before this he was already jealous enough of Xu Zixian, but he still didn't expect that the soldiers and horses led by the Prince of Great Wei in front of him had such momentum and morale, and now it seems that the long fortress and strong wall, and more than ten times the strength of the Zhongshan Mansion army, may not be able to survive the current level.

Xu Zi was determined not to wait for tomorrow, and he could start a war immediately.

At the beginning of the war, the clouds covered the sun, the Zhongshan army did not besiege from three sides, or take a point in the center, after military discussions, in fact, there were results, the number of people in the south camp was large, and there were still tens of thousands of troops outside the county in the middle, but this was not the point.

Only the north camp on the strong wall, more than 10,000 elite thieves are in this camp, break this camp, encircle or defeat the enemy army in the north camp, then the rabble in the south camp, and tens of thousands of troops can be decided without a fight.

And if you attack Nanying or the county town with elites, even if you can win quickly, it is very likely to fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked by the enemy on two or even three sides.

The government army is not afraid of being surrounded, and it is confident that it will defeat a tenfold stronger enemy, but if this method of battle is to climb the mountain with a stone mortar, it will take a lot of effort and lose more soldiers.

The best way to play is to hit the enemy's north camp and break the enemy in one battle!

More than 100 cowhide drums made a loud noise under the vigorous swing of the baggage soldiers, and many of the soldiers beat the rise, taking off their shirts in the cold winter, waving the drumsticks shirtless and vigorously, and sweating profusely after a while.

The sky was dark, the drums were beating wave after wave, and the thieves were also beating the drums and shouting, because the sound was so loud that the wild dogs, rabbits and other beasts within a radius of several miles nearby were frightened, and fled desperately into the distance in the snow.

The sky was full of flocks of flying birds, because the drummers changed shifts and beat the drums, there were more than 100,000 people on the side of the thieves who were clamoring and singing, wave after wave, the birds flocked and flew back, and finally all the flocks flew away.

The sound of the drums was very loud, coupled with the shouts of killing, which shocked people's hearts, made the attackers angry and the defenders depressed.

In less than half an hour of preparation, more than 10,000 infantry soldiers of the government army finally completed the attack array, the officers and men of the three armies directly formed a large array, and the officers and men of one army were in a horizontal formation behind it, blocking the camp at any time, and the enemy army from the south camp came to help, and when there was a chance to break the enemy, the soldiers of this army would also be direct

Charge up.

More than 400 men of the cavalry battalion marched around the left flank, while the sappers built a simple fortification on the side of the long fortification, which stretched north and south to block it.

On the vast land, more than 100,000 people are preparing for the most cruel and bloody war, people are building fortifications on the barren fields, destroying the acres of land on which they depend, the water of the Min River on the south side flows down without emotion, there are some unmelted snow in the river, forming a broken ice-like thing, the river water becomes extremely cold, rushing downward, and the turbulent river water will support the fleet of more than ten miles downstream, alluvial and crooked.

Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi, Wei Jiuzhen, Xu Yanda, Chen Duzhu and other big businessmen were all on the fleet, they organized the merchants and sailors on the fleet, with the sailors and officials sent by the Eastern Domain, Minzhuang, and guards, to form a fleet of about 3,000 people, and the fleet had more than 200,000 stone of grain, plus a large amount of bacon, smoked fish, and medicinal materials, which was enough to supply the army for more than a month.

More than 10,000 soldiers, plus more than 3,000 people in the fleet, as well as 5,000 or 6,000 people in Qizhou and Fuzhou, 20,000 people consume about four catties of grain every day, and the grain and meat prepared by the Zhongshan palace are enough to support more than 40 days.

Such adequate preparation seemed to many to be sufficient, but in front of a group of merchants, under the escort of the guards, more than a hundred doctors and medical soldiers were rushing forward, and they had already chosen the address, to pull up a large tent area several miles away from the battle, and then prepare all kinds of equipment to rescue the soldiers who had been seriously wounded and carried down.

A stretcher team of more than 100 men was already ready, and just after the army, at the beginning of the battle, they would rush to the front, bandage the seriously wounded soldiers, and then carry them to the field hospital for treatment.

There are also military commanders, military and political officers, as well as military law supervisors and pacification soldiers that the king of Zhongshan did not want to use...... Everything is prepared, methodical and orderly.

The businessmen are known for their finesse, pragmatism, and strong organization and action, but from the day the Zhongshan army began to transfer troops, the businessmen were eye-opening, only to know that things can be done so far, this kind of organization, execution, meticulous and meticulous, even if it is the highest self-proclaimed, is also considered by his peers to be the most shrewd businessman, but also willing to bow to the wind, beyond the reach of the dust.

"The army is about to storm the thief camp." Lin Ding's face was a little pale, and he said to everyone: "Although we are far away, hearing such a drum sound still makes people feel frightened. ”

Although they were far apart, the merchants also knew the news of the front line from the mouths of the soldiers and people who kept coming and going, and knew that the main force of the government army would attack the enemy camp on the top of the fortified wall, where the long base ditch was deep, the camp was difficult and dangerous, and the elite of the thieves were all in the camp.

Chen Duzhu said slowly: "When the government army breaks the thief, it is the time when the dragon flies for nine days, His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan will not wait, nor will he endure it." The officers and men of the government army will definitely do their best, do their best, and do their best. ”

"That's what Elder Zhu said." Wei Jiuzhen's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I just don't know if the damage of the government army will be too serious?" The imperial court will give the king the important task of opening the palace, and the edicts may be on the way, but there is no need to be in a hurry. ”

"No, no." Chen Duzhu shook his head and said, "Do you think Your Highness is the kind of person who is too anxious and eager?" His Royal Highness will definitely take what he should take, and he will never give it to others, and he will not be in a hurry when he gets it. The battle in front of him is that His Royal Highness is in a hurry to fight for the overall situation in the southeast, and if the thieves survive for one more day, Fujian will be unstable for one day, if they can maintain the flow of elite soldiers and horses, it will be difficult to completely eliminate them. This battle is not only to fight, but also to attack the elite main force, and His Highness's intentions are already quite obvious. ”

All the businessmen were convinced, and Chen Duzhu finally sighed: "I just don't know how much the soldiers of the government army will sacrifice, we have to prepare more money and food, and we should also contribute to the soldiers in the future." ”