During the great battle, the river beach has flowed into a canal, flowing into the river, staining the river red, and many floating corpses are rushing downward, which is very eye-catching.

At this time, the river beach defense line, the men and horses on both sides were fighting, but the Dahua army completely had the upper hand, and the front and rear attacked, and the condescending geographical advantage of the Liang army was gone, and it became a belly and back to the enemy, and it was already a collapsed army.

The battle area was full of recalcitrant resistance, and most of the Liang soldiers were fleeing, rushing into the dense mountains and forests on the banks of the river, taking advantage of the complex and rugged terrain to escape and dodge.

When the forest does not enter, the Dahua army is pursuing, but it will not chase into the mountains and forests, so as not to be ambushed, and that kind of terrain chasing, it is easy to stimulate the fight of the trapped beasts of the fugitives, so as long as they escape into the mountains and forests, they will no longer chase and kill, but focus on encircling and suppressing the Liang army that is still resisting in the defense area.

"Kill—"

On the river beach, the Dahua army launched a general attack, all the warships opened the gates, and the armor roared out, and the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas rolled up.

Defending the rear, Mai Mengcai led his troops into the position of the Liang army, cut off its rear road, and went straight to the back of the neck, completely trapping the few remaining Liang troops.

The battle lasted for another half an hour, and then it came to an end, and the sound of fighting subsided and calmed down.

In the area of the river beach position, the smoke of gunpowder drifted away, the corpses were displayed horizontally, and the heads, stumps, and intestines on the ground were everywhere, and the liver and brain were smeared on the ground, and it was a mess.

Xue Wanbei ordered the battlefield to be cleared, and then repaired the ferry channel to ensure that the warships could dock.

It was garrisoned by Xue Wanbei with troops, controlled the ferry, and was ready to respond to the reinforcements of the Liang State going up the river at any time.

Mai Mengcai stepped forward to greet Xue Wanbei: "General Xue, it is difficult to attack the river beach ferry, you have done a good job!" ”

Xue Wanbei was not arrogant, and said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, you ambushed in time and entered the rear, so that the casualties of the front-line attack were minimized, and I should thank General Mai for bringing troops to cooperate in time." ”

Mai Mengcai waved his hand and said: "Where, without your onslaught on the front line, the wolf smoke of the Liang army would not have issued a call for help so quickly, and your naval army has a great contribution." ”

Xue Wanbei put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Haha, you and I brothers, don't be polite here, how much credit you have, you need Marshal Li to decide, report to the imperial court, Your Majesty will reward you, we don't count what we say, it is our duty to complete the military life." ”

Mai Mengcai also laughed, usually served as a general under Li Jing's account with Xue Wanbei, and was born and died many times, so he was unrebellious, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, the politeness is over, it's time to go back to the marshal, if the number of casualties in your team is counted, I will take them back and present them to the marshal." ”

"It's almost, the military affairs Sima and the commander of the army are counting and verifying, and after waiting for a while, they can be calculated, write an excerpt, and I will go with you to see the marshal."

"That's great!"

After a cup of tea, after the two teams counted the casualties and battle records, Mai Mengcai took the men and horses of his headquarters, and Xue Wanbei took 500 personal guards and escorts, and rushed back to the city of Xiazhou together, and reported the results to Li Jing, the marching marshal.

.........

Li Jing did not give the order to attack the city for the time being, but surrounded but did not fight, ordered to camp in the same place outside the city, over 10,000 soldiers to dig trenches, build fortresses, bury antlers, erect a high guard tower every 80 steps, set up a gate, point the general platform, etc., there will be a fierce battle, do not rush for a while, look for an opportunity to start.

After the fortifications are established and perfected, the more stable they are to prevent the attack of the other side, and the more tightly deployed the army, it will cause a certain psychological pressure on the defenders in the city.

The main camp is located on a low hill, which is a high hill in the northwest of Xiazhou, and the natural conditions such as woods and mountains, rocky mounds and other natural conditions are used on the spot to cut down wood and erect fences, and dense horse spears are inserted to prevent the enemy cavalry from going out of the city at night to break through the camp.

Tens of thousands of soldiers worked together to dig trenches that were miles long, forming a confrontation with Xiazhou City.

When dusk comes, I see several miles of lights like starlight, and the mountains and fields are full of camp tents, and the military power is clear, and the slaughter is rushing into the sky, which makes people palpitate when they see it.

Xue Wanbei and Mai Mengcai came back with the team, leaving the headquarters to wait in the camp, and the two of them came to the boss's account to meet Li Jing.

Some generals in the account were around the map, listening to Li Jing explain the steps of the siege, and seeing the arrival of Xue Wanbei and Mai Mengcai, the two tiger generals, they were in awe when they knew their achievements today.

"Meet the Commander!"

"No need to be polite, the two generals have worked hard." Li Jing smiled, walked to the table and sat down, wanting to listen to the two of them report on the combat situation.

Xue Wanbei and Mai Mengcai handed over the excerpts full of the results of the battle and the casualties of the soldiers, and the guards passed it, and Li Jing took it and looked through it, while listening to the descriptions of the two generals.

In this battle, more than 10,000 Liang troops were annihilated, half of them were scattered, and seven or eight thousand were captured and imprisoned in a temporary camp at the ferry.

On their own side, the two teams suffered 3,000 and 700 casualties respectively, which had little impact on the main army.

"The record is good, this time the victory is beautiful, both teams have merit, the commander will give an assessment according to the role played by the two teams, as well as the killing situation, report to the Ministry of War, and the reward will be determined by the imperial court at that time."

"Thank you, Dashuai!"

At this time, a strategist stood up and said: "Marshal, these captives are close to 10,000 people, but there are not a few, our army is a little short of food and grass, if there are so many prisoners, I am afraid it is a little inappropriate." The subordinates have a plan, it is better to scatter these eight or nine thousand troops on all sides of Xiazhou, and then give them weapons, all of them are changed into our clothes and armor, and their faces are painted with ink, so that they can't see their faces clearly, and then they are used to attack the city. ”

When the generals present heard this, they all nodded slightly, although the strategists have always been ruthless and vicious, but they are indeed easy to use.

In this way, it can not only solve the danger of prisoner imprisonment, but also solve the problem of food consumption, and use the surrender of troops to attack the city, against the defenders at the head of the city, casualties to each other, without losing their own troops, is indeed a good way.

Changed his clothes and armor, painted his face, so that the defenders could not recognize him, and once he went to the battlefield, he was red-eyed, and no one cared about anyone.

With the Overseers around and the archers behind them, no one dared not do their best, or defect on the verge of battle.

Li Jing pondered for a moment, glanced at it, and saw that the generals in the field did not dislike this strategy, nor did they have other dissenting opinions, nodded slightly, and also agreed with this strategy.

In the past, Li Jing felt that this commander only needed to know how to march and fight, but as he sent troops south and led the troops independently, Li Jing found that things were not as simple as he imagined. In the military, it is also necessary to stress politics, balance, and strategy...... For example, the conflict of opinions between the strategist and the general, the comparison of the merits between the generals, and the mutual jealousy and waiting, need to be balanced and appeased.

Now, Li Jing feels that he has been a commander for a long time, and he seems to be like half a politician, but he doesn't like this kind of restraint and prefers to be a pure general. At this time, he suppressed other thoughts and said: "That's it, attack the city on three sides tomorrow, leave a way for the defenders in Xiazhou City to retreat, if you can deter them from escaping earlier, Xiazhou can be easily taken, it will be better, it is not appropriate to spend too much time and troops again." ”

"The last general understands!" The generals surrendered their hands and received orders to obey orders.