When Yang Wu and others commented on the combat effectiveness of the Liang army, Kang Huaizhen also sighed at the bravery of the Huainan army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the process of fighting Zhang Xun a few days ago, he had already discovered that the infantry strength of the Huainan Army was no worse than that of the Liang Army, but at that time he thought that it was just a special case.

Zhang Xun has been guarding the northern defense line for a long time, and it is normal to say that Huainan will give him the most elite soldiers. But after today's battle, Kang Huaizhen knew that he was very wrong.

"If the 140,000 people of the seven newly reorganized armies of the Huainan Army are all elite soldiers of this level, then the strength of Huainan is a little amazing! Even without the convenience of the Huai River, it will be difficult for our army to break through their defensive line. Kang Huaizhen sighed secretly.

Sighing and sighing, Kang Huaizhen is still full of confidence in her perseverance until Zhu Quanzhong's arrival.

He believed that no matter how brave the Huainan army was, if they wanted to defeat him in a short time, they would have to pay a tragic price, and that kind of price would definitely not be paid by the Huainan army.

If the Huainan army suffered too many casualties in order to break through his camp, then by the time Zhu Quanzhong's main force arrived, the Huainan army would not be able to resist the Liang army's offensive.

Therefore, Kang Huaizhen felt that as long as Yang Wu was not crazy, he would not attack him at any cost.

After another half an hour, Yang Wu saw that the soldiers were already a little tired, so he ordered the withdrawal of the army and came back to rest.

This time, the Huainan army did not send troops to carry out a new round of attack, and the Liang army saw that although the enemy army retreated, the army was tightly organized and there were no loopholes, so they did not launch a pursuit, and returned directly to the camp to rest.

In this round of fighting, the two sides were generally drawn.

However, to be specific, the Huainan Army suffered a small loss in the battle with Kang Huaizhen's troops, after all, the northerners are generally taller and stronger, which is an incomparable advantage of the Huainan Army, which is dominated by southerners.

However, when fighting with Li Si'an's troops, the Huainan army had the upper hand, and inflicted far more casualties on the enemy than on their own side.

Overall, neither side has taken advantage of anything.

Under the banner of the Huainan Army, Yang Wu looked at Zhou Ben and other generals and said, "After this round of attacks, the situation of the enemy army is also roughly clear. What do the generals think about which village of the Liang army should be attacked first, might as well talk about it? ”

Generally speaking, when dealing with such an enemy army that is in a position of corners, unless the number of troops is far outnumbered, the best way to deal with it is to concentrate forces to attack one of them first, and to contain the other enemy army.

Although the strength of the Huainan army is now twice that of the Liang army, except for the 5,000 Haozhou state soldiers, the 3,000 crane control army, the 3,000 Xiao cavalry army, and the 20,000 Qin Pei troops who have made a detour to the west to intercept the enemy's reinforcements, the remaining strength is only 20,000 more than the Liang army.

What's more, there are only thirty Suzhou artillery guns after all, and only by concentrating on attacking one place can the effect be guaranteed.

"The last general felt that he could attack Li Si'an's department first, and it can be seen from the process of the battle just now that the two Liang armies are very elite, but they have their own characteristics. Among them, the Liang army of Kang Huaizhen's department is more disciplined and the lineup is more neat. And the Liang army of Li Si'an's army seems to rely more on morale when fighting. Zhang Xun first stated his point of view.

In the course of the battle just now, the performance of Kang Huaizhen's Liang army has always been relatively strong, and its combat power fluctuates little; And Li Si'an's department was only very strong at the beginning, and even overpowered the Huainan army, but as the battle continued, the morale of Li Si'an's Liang army dropped a lot, which showed that its combat effectiveness declined very quickly, and when the two armies finally withdrew, the Huainan army had gained the upper hand.

In other words, Li Si'an's Liang army had a bit of a bad fight, and it was the strongest at the beginning, but it could not last, and if it did not defeat the enemy army quickly, then it was likely to be defeated by the enemy army next.

In addition, Li Si'an has no kindness to the soldiers under his command, which makes the cohesion of the army somewhat insufficient, which leads to the fact that once he loses the battle, the soldiers will flee in large numbers.

Perhaps this is the reason why Li Si'an won either a big victory or a big defeat when he started the battle.

In contrast, whether it is the Huainan Army or the Liang Army led by Kang Huaizhen, its tenacity is much stronger, although the combat power will also decrease with the consumption of physical strength, but the fluctuation is very small.

"The last general also agreed to attack Li Si'an first, the killer weapon of our army is the thousand grenades, and the killing effect of this grenade is not yet clear, but the momentum is very amazing, enough to make people feel frightened. If the morale of Li Si'an's troops dropped to a certain level, and then suddenly bombarded with Suzhou artillery, it would definitely collapse the enemy army in a short time; If it is used to bombard Kang Huaizhen's department, I am afraid that the effect obtained will not be so good. Zhou Bendao.

Yang Wu nodded, he also supported attacking Li Si'an first, he turned his head and looked at Wang Maozhang and Zhu Jin and other generals.

"The last general seconded it!" Wang Maozhang and others replied.

"Good! Then it's decided, attack Li Si'an first! Yang Wu said: "Wait for the meeting and you must leave an army to contain Kang Huaizhen, who will be responsible for this task?" ”

Wang Maozhang and the others were silent for a while, obviously they didn't want to take on this task, after all, it was the first credit to break through Li Si'an's camp first, and the credit for containing Kang Huaizhen was naturally much smaller.

Yang Wu smiled: "Since everyone doesn't want to take the initiative to ask for help, then Lone will directly order the general." General Wang, you were in charge of attacking Kang Huaizhen's camp just now, so your department is still responsible for this containment task! ”

Wang Maozhang had no choice but to admit: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"Go and ask the craftsman, when will the thirty Suzhou cannons be ready?" Yang Wu then instructed the guards beside him.

After a while, the guards returned: "Your Highness, the craftsmen said that it would be assembled in a quarter of an hour at most. ”

"Okay, get them ready quickly. The other divisions also began to prepare, especially the ones responsible for attacking Li Si'an's camp, not only to launch an attack on the enemy, but also to guard against a possible counterattack by the enemy. Our army brought thirty Suzhou guns this time, and if they were destroyed by the enemy, then this war would have ended in failure! Hou Zhan, your 2,000 cavalry is in charge of guarding, and you should not take it lightly. Yang Wu instructed again.

"Your Highness, rest assured, if the enemy dares to rush out and sneak attack our army's Suzhou artillery, the last general will definitely let them know that my Huainan Iron Cavalry is powerful!" Hou Zhan, who stayed in the camp to serve as a guard, hurriedly said.

"If you generals have nothing to add, let's get moving!"

With Yang Wu's order, the Huainan army began to change formations, and Wang Maozhang's troops began to attack Kang Huaizhen's camp to suppress Kang Huaizhen in the camp and prevent him from coming out to support Li Si'an.

At the same time, Zhou Ben and Zhang Xun also began to attack Li Si'an's camp.

Perhaps because he was at a disadvantage in the previous battle, this time Li Si'an did not come out to fight with the Huainan army again, but stuck to the camp and used a bow and crossbow to prevent the Huainan army from approaching.

Soon, the Suzhou artillery of the Huainan Army was finally ready, and the thirty Suzhou artillery guns were slowly pushed to 400 paces in front of the camp with the efforts of the soldiers before stopping.

"It's the Suzhou cannon of the Huainan Army!" Just seeing the dozens of big guys, Li Si'an and Kang Huaizhen's moods sank at the same time.

"How could they have brought such bulky siege equipment here? Could it be that it was built temporarily? It can't be either. The Huainan Army only arrived here this morning, and it is impossible to build so many Suzhou guns so quickly! ”

Seeing that the soldiers had a look of fear on their faces, Li Si'an endured the uneasiness in his heart and began to speak out to boost the morale of the soldiers.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, although the enemy's Suzhou artillery is powerful, there are not many of them, and the accuracy is even worse, so it can't kill a few people at all. Everyone keep the formation stable and don't be afraid ......"

According to their experience in the past when they launched trebuchets during sieges, the accuracy of trebuchets was indeed not high, and in many cases, the shock to the hearts of the soldiers was greater than the actual losses caused to them.

So the veterans who had fought many times were barely able to compose themselves, only the recruits were still terrified.

However, what these people don't know is that the accuracy of the Suzhou cannon is much better than that of using manpower to pull the old-fashioned trebuchet, because the force of the firing using manpower is difficult to control, and there will be a phenomenon of being large for a while and small for a while, and it is naturally difficult to guarantee the hit rate of the stone projectile fired; As long as the weight of the counterweight remains unchanged and the height of the weight is unchanged, the hit point of the stone projectile fired each time will not be too different.

"General, do you want to rush out and destroy the enemy's Suzhou artillery? Otherwise, if they are allowed to bombard with Suzhou artillery, I am afraid that it will not be long before our army will lose its morale! At this time, the deputy general proposed to Li Si'an with some concern.

Li Si'an looked at the Huainan army in the distance, hesitated, shook his head and said: "At this time, the enemy army must be very well guarded, and it will not be of much use for our army to go out, but it may be taken advantage of by the enemy." So let's wait for the right time! ”

He thought for a moment, and then said, "Fortunately, there are not many boulders available for the enemy in this vicinity, and they will stop firing for a short time, so you should calm the soldiers in a while and tell them to be patient for a while." ”

The adjutant general's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "What the general said is very true, there are no big stones around here that can be fired, and the Huainan Army can transport thirty Suzhou guns, can it also transport a large number of stone shells at the same time?" ”

Thinking of this, the worry in the adjutant general's heart was greatly reduced, and he became perked up again.

Different from the thoughts of Li Si'an and others, when he saw the Huainan Army pushing thirty Suzhou guns in front of Li Si'an's camp, Kang Huaizhen felt bad in his heart.

He knew that Li Si'an was a general who only knew how to fight with courage, and he was much worse in terms of flexibility, and he would definitely be a little helpless in the face of the Suzhou artillery of the Huainan Army.

He wanted to send troops to help Li Si'an destroy these Suzhou cannons, but the 20,000 enemy troops outside the camp gave him a headache, and he couldn't support Li Si'an in a short time.

"It's only up to him to respond! I hope he can listen to the opinions of his generals and don't blindly fight bravely! Kang Huaizhen prayed in her heart.