The rocky rain at the head of Leping City has been raining for a whole day, and the Suzaku Battalion has also played a rhythm in it, one moment is a gentle drizzle, the next moment is a torrential downpour, and occasionally mixed with boulders falling from the sky, so that the guards of the city are passively beaten while maintaining the highest vigilance at any time! Li Tieniu today is to take this siege outpost battle as the best actual combat drill of the Suzaku Battalion, the Xiangyang Cannon is intended to kill the enemy behind the city wall, and the large bombardment cannon focuses on and destroys the city wall as a whole and the battlements, compared to the conspicuousness of the gatehouse, the target of the battlements is obviously much smaller, but because of this, it has also become the best target of the training accuracy of the Suzaku Battalion's first-class special marksmen, and it is also a rare opportunity!

When the sun was sinking in the west and the sky was darkening, the defending sergeants originally thought that they could take a break and breathe a sigh at this time, but they didn't expect that Gao Shun would never let them have a relaxing respite! Countless torches were lit on the position of the Yan Army's Vermilion Bird Battalion, illuminating the radius within a radius of two miles, and the shooters of the first shift in the morning and the second shift in the afternoon had already returned to the camp to rest and recuperate, but the shooters of the third shift were immediately on top, and Li Tieniu also had a very careful arrangement here, in a word, twelve hours of uninterrupted percussion to level the city!

Between attack and defense, the Suzaku Battalion and the Equipment Battalion are all majestic, but as a special branch of troops with equipment as the main force, he also has a defect that is difficult to overcome, that is, he is afraid of the enemy's assault, especially the assault of the cavalry, so they rarely join the battle if they are not too special in the field or are fully prepared. For this weakness, Liu Yi naturally will not let him be easily taken advantage of by the enemy, at both ends of the Xiangyang artillery bombardment position, the cavalry battalion of the Liaodong Army is on standby at any time, if the enemy army ignores the threat of Shi Yu to fight out of the city, they will give the other party a head-on blow, at the same time, the infantry in the rear will also immediately step forward to block the bombardment cannon and lay down a solid shield array, all of this is to make up for the weakness of the Suzaku battalion to better play its strengths!

The vision is not good at night, the target will appear extremely blurry, but it does not have much impact on the Suzaku Battalion, first of all, the existence of the ruler aiming, as long as the scale is set correctly, the stones launched can still fly directly into Leping City, even if the error is not too large, and after a day of bombardment, these shooters have already formed, good feel, even if there is no ruler based on their own observation and feeling, the stone projectiles they fired will not deviate too far from the target!

In this way, the defenders had a lot of fun, and the cover of the night was the same for both sides, and the Suzaku battalion, under the command of Li Tieniu, sometimes used the cover of the night to boldly push the front to one hundred and twenty steps, and hit the facilities in the opponent's city more deeply. The defenders staying at the head of the city will be threatened by flying stones at any time, this is not a hundred days, at least they can be judged in advance, and they do not dare to light the torches, for fear that it will make the enemy's goal more obvious, if you retreat to the city, what if the Yan army immediately launches an attack on the city? It can be described as a dilemma, the so-called lesser of two evils, leaving the soldiers on the city to observe the defense has become Lejin's inevitable choice, so the attack on the Yan army to the Cao army at night is better than a hundred days, and it can also be called a small miracle.

The shooters are divided into four shifts and rest non-stop, and the equipment will be replaced in batches and sent back to the battalion, at this time, another pair of soldiers will immediately step forward to get busy, and the long-term attack is a great test of the durability of the bombardment cannon, so in addition to the shooters pay attention to controlling the frequency of shooting and the weight of the loaded stone projectiles, night maintenance has become a good way to maintain the combat power of the bombardment cannon! Compared with other battalions, the training of the Suzaku Battalion is the most onerous, they not only have to have the general infantry daily training and firing drills, but also an extremely important is the repair and maintenance of the bombardment cannon, for this equipment specially sent more than ten experts to live in the battalion to teach the key points of the soldiers, and in the continuous drill, the Suzaku Battalion itself has also explored many effective methods, such as using animal fat to lubricate the connection of the instrument is one of them!

According to Liu Yi's words, the Vermilion Bird Battalion is a high-tech branch of the Yan Army, and many soldiers may not know what the high-tech in the mouth of the king is, but when they see their expressions, they also know that they must be extremely remarkable existences. There is a feeling between them and the equipment that does not lose with the cavalry and the war horse, just like Li Tieniu is to the big guy, so he cares about and cares for his beloved equipment and goes all out, originally those experts were worried that these fierce soldiers would be difficult to contact, but when they left the Suzaku Camp after March, they were unanimous This is the most serious student they have ever seen!

There is an open space in the Yan army camp that is specially used as a place for the maintenance of the bombardment cannon, and there are also Liaodong army comrades waiting to serve as a guard task, in their eyes, the expression on the face of the Vermilion Bird Battalion comrades when wiping those powerful equipment is only shown in the face of relatives, any action in their hands is extremely gentle and very focused, even a damaged Xiangyang cannon next to the soldiers are red eyes, the so-called man has tears and does not flick, but not to the sad place, It's hard to understand such emotions if you don't experience them personally.

Gao Shun asked the three generals and military divisions to rest in the camp very early, even if there is the Suzaku Battalion to help and want to take down the Leping in front of Lejin is not a short-term success, it will be a protracted battle, he Gao Jingfang ordered the Vermilion Bird Battalion to attack Leping for twelve hours without interruption, as the main general, he will accompany them on the battlefield, no one asks Gao Shun to do this, and there is no military regulation with such a provision, but this is Jingfang's requirements for himself, no one can change it!

The result of the persuasion was that Guo Jia went back to rest under the escort of his entourage, while Zhao Yun stayed on the position, the military advisor was a scribe and his body was not strong, how could he be compared with such a fierce warrior like them, if he really wanted to be tired, King Yan would definitely have the wrath of thunder, and Fengxiao had no role here except symbolism, and the only way to attack the fortified city was to storm it, although the clever plan was not useless, after all, it was greatly restricted.

As for the reason why Zhao Yun stayed, it was very simple, that's right, it has been agreed in advance that your General Gao is the chief general of this attack on Leping, according to the military regulations of the Yan Army, even the three generals can't question his military orders when it comes to siege operations, but the cavalry battalion captain under your General Gao is brave, and it must not be as experienced as Zhao, with your and my physique and energy, you have made full preparations for this battle, not to mention one day and one night, but three days and three nights? At night, we must be more vigilant against enemy attacks, and the Suzaku Battalion and the Equipment Battalion, which are still fighting at this time, are the main forces of the siege at the moment, and their safety must be impeccablely protected!

The three generals all said so, what else did Jing Fang say? In fact, it's not that he can't find a reason to refute, there are few people who can compare with the experience of commanding the three cavalry generals, but you are not familiar with the cavalry battalion in my battalion, King Yan said that there is no right to speak without investigation and research! But at this time, Zhao Yun was his superior, and he spared no effort to win this battle, Gao Shun knew that a night or two of time really had little impact on a military general like them, so why bother to do a senseless battle of words because of this? Besides, he already has a detailed idea of tomorrow's siege, and he can also discuss with the three generals to make up for what he has seen, and this long night will not be wasted.

There is no sand table on the position, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun sat on the ground without an image to discuss, Jing Fang picked up a branch and drew a topographical map of the battlefield, the siege expert is the siege expert, and do not evaluate Jing Fang's painters, these few days of observation plus today's actual combat He drew the Cao army city defense map on the sand is extremely detailed, all of which was deeply imprinted in his mind with a branch to show, where there is damage, where strong and weak, between the words is the head of the road, Hearing Zhao Yun keep bowing his head and secretly praising Jing Fang's rigor and meticulousness in his heart, it is no wonder that the eldest brother values this person so much in the siege battle, and his extraordinary skills can be seen in the details from the small!

After a while, Gao Shun's side and the group of staff officers on duty who followed Zhao Yun also surrounded them, and the general's performance made them greatly appreciated, this is the demeanor of the commander of the main force of the Yan Army, at the beginning, everyone just listened, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun made a detailed and in-depth argument on the offensive taken tomorrow, and the two of them learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses to make all aspects of the tactics more thorough, this is not that the two of them deliberately excluded Guo Junshi, and the military division was admirable in terms of strategy and situation analysis, but he was not as good as the two of them in terms of these military practices. This discussion has a key point, the coordinated use of infantry and artillery, Gao Shun Zhao Yun put the stones on the ground at his fingertips and constantly put out various attack formations, the speed of his movements and the skillful look around a kind of staff officers have a sense of dazzle, it is not easy to lead thousands of troops and horses in a high position, it is difficult to achieve without a solid foundation and hard work.

Later, with the encouragement of the three generals and General Gao, a group of young staff officers also came up with ideas, and for them, the experience learned from the generals would be an extremely valuable asset, and participating in such discussions would also be of great benefit to their development of ideas and understanding of actual combat. Young people have the momentum of young people, under the teaching of Youzhou Academy, they dare to challenge the authority and put forward their own different opinions, some of them are refuted by Zhao and Gao with full arguments, but there are also some new ideas for the two, the ruler is short and long, and it is Liu Yi's original intention to set up the wolf with staff to supplement the general's judgment on the battlefield, I believe that this young department will become another important military force of the Yan Army with the tempering of actual combat, and this form may not be used only for the military, The rest can also be used as a reference.

In the middle of the night, it was a sweet moment of sleep, but on the position of the Yan army, it was still in full swing, and the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Battalion accumulated more practical experience in attacking the city with more equipment through a long battle, and found some problems that would not normally appear in the drill, which will also become the basis for them to improve in the future. On the other side, the scene of a circle of staff officers surrounding the three generals and General Gao in the middle of the discussion was also extremely enthusiastic, and the sound of the bombardment cannon firing could not have any impact on them, everyone performed their duties, and the order of the faction was orderly!

Waiting for the appearance of fish belly white in the east, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun all stood up and stretched their bodies, after a night of discussion, not only did they not have the slightest tiredness on their faces, but they were all in high spirits, and those staff officers also had an unconcealable excitement, after participating in this discussion, they all knew that today's siege battle would have a profound impact on the same war in the Yan army in the future! After instructing Li Tieniu to stop firing the bombardment cannon to rest, his entourage scattered out to the camp to spread the word to the captains of each battalion, and the three generals and General Gao gathered everyone to convey the military order on the rising tent of the position, and an hour later, the Yan army's official attack on Leping City will begin!