Chapter Eighty-Seven: Hand-to-hand combat

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The solid Yangzhou city wall has been bombed for more than ten consecutive days, the damage is beyond recognition, countless cracks, like hideous wounds, scattered on the wall, there is already a danger of collapse at any time, and the tall Yangzhou city gate tower has already been damaged and collapsed.

In the Yangzhou Mansion, Li Chongjin listened to the continuous sound of explosions coming from the north city wall, and his slightly tired face was even more sad at the moment.

"The north wall, how is the damage?" Li Chongjin stood outside the door of the main hall of the government office, looked in the direction of the city wall on the north side, and asked Li Xin.

"Returning to the Taiwei, the city wall on the north side, after more than ten days of non-stop bombing by the Song army, is now in danger of collapsing at any time, and our army must prepare early." Li Xin said worriedly.

Li Chongjin sighed: "Yes! When the city wall collapsed, it may have been the time when the Song army attacked. ā€

"Our army is twice as numerous as the Song army, and if we fight head-on and win the battle, there should be no problem." Li Xin said.

"I'm afraid that the Song army will not fight our army head-on!" Li Chongjin thought for a moment and said.

"But if the Song army doesn't take the initiative to attack, then how are they going to take Yangzhou City?" Li Xin wondered.

Li Chongjin groaned and said: "Originally, the official thought that Wen was just an exaggerated child, and wanted to wait for the mistakes he made, gradually accumulate and ferment, and then drag himself down. But now it seems that it was just his strategy to buy time and paralyze our army, and it was indeed a vain man under his reputation.

As for how he wants to take Yangzhou City, it is difficult for the official to guess now. ā€

"Captain, you have too much respect for Wen, he just relies on the throwing distance of the Divine Thunder Trebuchet to be much larger than our army." Li Xin said in surprise.

"At the beginning, this official also thought so, but now it seems that every step he has taken is a deployment to paralyze us and thus delay time." Li Chongjin said in a deep voice.

"This ........," Li Xin was a little confused.

Seeing that Li Xin couldn't comprehend, Li Chongjin continued to explain: "His first military order when he arrived in Yangzhou was to retreat from the military camp, thus giving us the space and opportunity for the two armies to line up against the enemy.

In order to see the next change, the official missed the first opportunity.

His second military order was to completely destroy the battlefield, and it was the terrain around the Song army, which gave us the illusion that the Song army intended to fight a protracted war.

So the official chose to wait and see, intending to wait for the best time, but missed a second chance.

What's even more ridiculous is the third military order, Wen actually ordered all the soldiers' weapons to be melted down and turned into craftsman, which once made the officer think that as long as we continue to wait, he will make countless mistakes, so that he will defeat himself, and our army can even win without a fight.

In this way, under the situation that our army has an absolute advantage, the Song army was given enough time to prepare.

This is all a mistake by the official! ā€

"Tai Lieutenant, none of us thought that the Song army would have a divine thunder trebuchet far superior to our army, let alone that the divine thunder could be used without adding stone shells and wine, this is all because the people of Xianmen did not convey the news accurately." Li Xin said in an angry tone.

"Now that I think about it, Xianmen just deliberately didn't say it, and when they saw that they couldn't continue to control the official, they already planned to abandon the official." Li Chongjin snorted lightly.

"These bastards........" Li Xin cursed.

"It's useless to talk too much, let's think about the present first, and in the future, this official will naturally go to Xianmen to ask for an explanation." Li Chongjin stopped Li Xin's curse.

"What are the Captain's plans?" Li Xin asked.

"Shenlei is easy to make, and now there is no stone shell and wine constraints, if you continue to give Wen time, I am afraid he will repeat the old things in Zezhou until Yangzhou is blown up." Li Chongjin analyzed.

"What do you mean by Taiwei........" Li Xin wondered.

"We can't always wait passively, taking advantage of the fact that Zhao Yuanlang in Surabaya did not send troops to support, we must go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, as long as we defeat it in one fell swoop, our army's chance of victory is still there." Li Chongjin said.

"What should we do with the ravine in front of the Song army's camp?" Li Xin asked. Now the Song army camp is surrounded by earthen walls and ravines, and the military formations can no longer be arranged, so the duel between the military formations is already an impossible thing.

"Our army can't use the military formation, and the Song army naturally can't use the military formation, and now the competition is the ability of individual soldiers, and our army has 60,000 troops, and the strength is twice that of the Song army. If it is a melee, our army will definitely have the advantage in strength, and there is no need to worry. Li Chongjin said with confidence: "Although it is said that the practice of destroying weapons has bought time, but now half of the soldiers of the Song army have no weapons, and our army has very sufficient weapons. ā€

"What the captain said is very true." Li Xin complimented.

"Go and prepare, tomorrow at noon, and strive for a battle." Li Chongjin commanded.

"No." Li Xin bowed his hand and replied.

........

Li Chongjin of Yangzhou was actively preparing for the war, but Zhao Kuangyin, who was stationed in Sizhou, was sneering.

"This smell is really getting more and more unsound." Zhao Kuangyin said angrily.

"Your Majesty, how did Lord Wen make you angry again?" Wang Shenqi was surprised. Every time a military report was sent to the Yangzhou marching camp, Zhao Kuangyin would curse and smell it as usual.

"This bastard is going to repeat the old things in Zezhou." Zhao Kuangyin said as he handed the military report to Wang Shenqi: "Wang Qingjia, look at it, this bastard has bombed Yangzhou City for more than ten days and has no intention of stopping. ā€

At this time, Yangzhou as an important town in the south, not only hundreds of thousands of people live in it, but also a port of goods that communicates all over the world.

Sometimes war is not just about victory, and as a manager, you need to think about it holistically.

Wang Shenqi said after reading the military intelligence report: "Fortunately, there is Little Lady Tan here this time, otherwise the consequences will be terrible." It is not easy for a woman to be in danger regardless of her safety and prevent Wen Jue from directly abandoning Yangzhou City. ā€

"Yes, thanks to Feng Yi this time, otherwise I don't know what kind of thing this bastard would do that people and gods are angry about. This time, Feng Yi has made a lot of contributions, and after returning to Beijing, I will definitely be rewarded. Zhao Kuangyin said with relief.

"Your Majesty Shengming, it's just that Wen Jue has done this, I'm afraid that the traitor Li Chongjin will jump over the wall in a hurry and go out of the city to have a decisive battle with Wen Jue, and Wen Jue is now not only lacking in weapons, but also insufficient troops, in case of defeat, the good situation will probably be ruined." Wang Shenqi analyzed.

Zhao Kuangyin snorted: "The lack of weapons is not the sin of that bastard himself, but now he wants me to clean up the mess for him." ā€

"Your Majesty, on the battlefield, each envoy has a strange plan, and it is really rare for Wenjue to be able to do this." Wang Shenqi commented fairly.

Hearing Zhao Laoer's words that he was a bastard, Wang Shenqi quite understood Zhao Laoer's mood at the moment, and Zhao Laoer at this moment was afraid that he had both the excitement of victory and a kind of envious resentment.

"Wang Qing's family, you don't have to intercede for that bastard." Zhao Kuangyin snorted lightly.

"Your Majesty should focus on the overall situation." Wang Shenqi admonished.

Zhao Kuangyin groaned and said, "Naturally, I will not put the lives of 30,000 soldiers at risk. Immediately issued an order, and the troops entered Yangzhou to assist Wenjue. ā€

"Hopefully we'll be in time." Wang Shenqi sighed lightly.

"If that bastard can't hold out for even three days, he won't be wronged if he dies." Zhao Kuangyin said with a cold expression.