Chapter 775: Self-Knowledge
And Pei Zilie, who was on the stage, looked at the army shouting forward, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This Li Shizhong came at a really good time, and the last key point of morale was mobilized by Li Xinchen just right, so that these soldiers who had become a little slack because of the previous victories suddenly cheered up.
Li Xinchen didn't command, and he didn't need him to command, he just appeared in front of the army, and he had already made the entire army boil. Chen Zhishen, Dai Cai and other generals did not hesitate to rush to the front with their personal guards.
Even if Pei Zilie stood on the platform, he felt that he didn't have much sense of existence, and all the light was taken away by Li Xinchen.
But Pei Zilie just smiled at this, this guy has always liked to be in the limelight, not to mention that he is the real soul of the army, let him lead the team in front.
AnywayΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· When this guy walks up again, it is estimated that he will not even have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, of course he can't stop him. Thinking of this, Pei Zilie couldn't help but laugh gloatingly, and even couldn't help covering his lower abdomen.
The surrounding guards were a little surprised to see their general smiling so gracelessly, and they didn't know whether to ask for a while, and Pei Zilie seemed to notice them and waved his hand: "It's very safe here, it's good to leave half of the people by someone's side, and the rest of the estimates can't help it, if you don't go now, you won't even have the opportunity to drink soup." And the people on the stage should all be withdrawn, and the figures block the view. β
As the guards left, Pei Zilie reached out to hold on to the railing and looked at the battlefield in front of him.
Obviously, Li Xinchen also knows this, so Li Xinchen has always taken the lead in these battles, and this kind of pleasure of crisscrossing the battlefield is not much, and Li Xinchen also wants to cherish this privilege that belongs to young people.
"Shizhong, where will we end up?" Pei Zilie muttered, "After this battle, how many battles do we still need to fight, and how long will it take to be in this peaceful world?" β
Li Xinchen in the army seemed to hear Pei Zilie's muttering, his banner paused slightly, but then continued to move forward, and the soldiers in front had already begun to climb the battered city wall.
Pei Zilie looked at the fluttering flag, as if he had gotten the answer he wanted, and couldn't help laughing.
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Fangling City was quickly taken, which was inevitable.
The art of war is cloudy, and ten rules surround it.
The number of soldiers and horses dispatched by Li Xinchen was already thirty or forty times that of the defenders, and it was naturally easy to take Fangling City. Moreover, Li Xinchen's purpose of attacking Fangling with such a mobilization of troops is only that, and it should have been achieved now.
The speed of taking Fangling City within an hour and the huge trebuchet and other news are estimated to be sent into Xiangyang City by the scouts on the other side soon, so Li Xinchen does not believe that the defenders of Xiangyang are not interested in Li Xinchen.
Although they didn't send reinforcements, the scouts must have sent a lot, and even at this time, when Li Xinchen stood on the river beach, he could see the figure on the opposite hillside. It seems that for this opponent who suddenly appeared in the north, Wei Chikuan and Cao Xiaoda, who were sitting in Xiangyang City, would definitely not dare to slack off, especially among them, Cao Xiaoda, Wei Chishun and others had also participated in the battle of Cangxi Valley, and knew how difficult this enemy was to deal with.
"Where are the general's soldiers and horses?" Li Xinchen watched as his soldiers built ships on the river beaches and docks, but asked about the battle situation in the south.
"This time Cao Xiaoda and they obviously know that the general is preparing to come, and it is very likely that there will be no reinforcements in a short time, so they did not stick to the city like last time, at this time, they are confronting the general along the line of Hutou Mountain and Lumen Mountain, and after this, there is also Da Xian Mountain, obviously Cao Xiaoda is also preparing to deploy layers of defense." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice, "At the same time, on the Western Front, General Ren Zhong is encamping on the side of Tanxi, and the defenders of Xiangyang have set up a large number of obstacles on Tanxi, which is difficult to break through for a while. β
"Win in stability, exchange space for time," Li Xinchen sighed in admiration, he already knew why Pei Zilie would represent the enemy with "Cao Xiaoda" instead of the titular Xiangyang City Lord "Wei Chikuan".
Such a steady and systematic defensive arrangement, at first glance, is Cao Xiaoda's handwriting, this general who has followed Wei Chi Hui to fight for half a lifetime, his character is really stable, and his vision and experience are not Wei Chishun and other next generation can be compared, Hutou Mountain, Dan Xian Mountain and Tanxi and other mountains and rivers outside Xiangyang City are in Cao Xiaoda's defense system, connecting the dots into a line, and finally constitute the outer defense line of Xiangyang.
Especially after knowing that Li Xinchen has a new type of trebuchet, it is conceivable that Cao Xiaoda will only defend these lines of defense more firmly.
"There's not much distance from here to Xiangyang." Li Xinchen said in a deep voice, "We have to hurry up." β
Fangling City is actually not called Fangling in this era, but called Guangqian County, but this is the name of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, as the Southern Dynasty is resolutely not recognized, and this water outside Fangling City is the largest and most important tributary of the water - Zhushui, this river is not much narrower than the water in this era, more importantly, after the Zhushui, the front is the northwest barrier of Xiangyang, and the history is famous for the seclusion of Wolong in Longzhong.
Longzhong on the north side of Xiangyang and Deng Sai on the north side of Fancheng, that is, Dengzhou, together form the defense line on the north side of Xiangfan. Because the two cities of Xiangfan have been controlled by the Northern Dynasty for a long time, most of these important towns on the north side of Xiangyang have fallen into disrepair or even been abandoned, but it is conceivable that when Li Xinchen appears, Cao Xiaoda will definitely restore the combat effectiveness of these places as soon as possible.
Cao Xiaoda did not let go of any of the strategic points such as Hutou Mountain and Da Xian Mountain in the south of Xiangyang City, so you can imagine what kind of battle awaits Li Xinchen.
Li Ping spread out the map with a very eye-catching look, and Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and knocked on the map: "Longzhong is surrounded by mountains, and Dunsai is near the water, if we want to open the north gate of Xiangfan, we must take down these two places." β
Pei Zilie bowed slightly, although Li Xinchen's words had not yet been finished, he had already roughly figured out what he meant: "Are you planning to divide the troops?" β
"Which one do you want?" Li Xinchen didn't mean to answer this question, which was already meaningless, and was straightforward.
Pei Zilie directly stretched out his hand and knocked: "Of course it's Longzhong." β
Li Xinchen obviously expected that Pei Zilie would have this choice, and Pei Zilie spread his hands helplessly: "Longzhong directly shelters Xiangyang, and if you break Longzhong, you can go straight to Xiangyang, on the contrary, if you attack Dunse, there is Fancheng behind you, and at the same time, you have to deal with the enemy in Wuguan and other places in the north who may go south at any time, and you can't do it." β
Li Xinchen suddenly glanced at Pei Zilie with disdain: "Dashi, you are trying to be lazy." β
"You let me choose."