"It's really well guarded!" After looking at the camp arranged by Liang Jun, Yang Wu couldn't help but sigh. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Kang Huaizhen's arrangement was extremely tight, there were almost no loopholes to exploit, the wide and deep trench outside the camp, the dense rejection of horses, the thick wall, and the dense arrow tower, it was hard to imagine that this was built in just one day.

Fortunately, there are no loopholes in this camp of the Liang army, only for the armies of other feudal towns, if it is replaced by the armies of other feudal towns, such a turtle shell is really difficult to break, but in the face of the Huainan army, Kang Huaizhen made a huge mistake.

In order to speed up the construction of the camp and reduce the scope of defense, Kang Huaizhen deliberately built the camp much smaller than normal, only half the size under normal circumstances.

In this way, it can ensure that the troops are more dense when defending, and the effect of defense is naturally better.

However, the consequence of this is that the greater the density of the Liang army's troops, the easier it will be to hit when the Huainan army uses Suzhou artillery to bombard, especially the thousands of new grenades, which will be more powerful.

Of course, this is not a question of Kang Huaizhen's ability, but the Liang army has not fought the Huainan army head-on for a long time, and they don't know much about the changes in the Huainan army over the years.

Prior to this, large weapons such as the Suzhou cannon were difficult to move and required a lot of time to build, so they were generally only used for siege operations and rarely used in field battles.

Kang Huaizhen didn't know that the Suzhou artillery of the Huainan Army could be disassembled and transported a long time ago and quickly assembled, let alone that the Huainan Army already had a new grenade.

The lack of understanding of the Huainan Army was what led him to build the camp so small.

"Maybe it will take less time to break through the Liang military camp than imagined!"

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but show a little smile on his face. On the side, Zhou Ben and other generals obviously also discovered this defect in the enemy's camp, and they all smiled.

"Is there any new news from Shouzhou? Did Zhu Quanzhong already set off from there? Yang Wu asked.

Since Zhu Quanzhong began to officially besiege the city, the connection between the city and the outside of Shouzhou City has been cut off, so not much is known about the news there.

"There is no new news yet, but it is almost certain that Zhu Quanzhong has received the news. As for whether he will immediately lead the army to come, it is not clear! ”

Yang Wu nodded: "Then it will be assumed that Zhu Quanzhong has received the news and will set off immediately." Judging from the distance from Shouzhou to here, Zhu Quanzhong's reinforcements can arrive in five days at most and three days at least. Time is of the essence! ”

"What His Royal Highness said is very true, in addition, we must also consider the possibility of Zhu Quanzhong dividing his troops to come. After all, there are more than 100,000 troops, even if a part of the Shouzhou defenders is left, it is still about 100,000, and its marching speed will definitely not be too fast, so in order to rush to reinforcements as soon as possible, Zhu Quanzhong is very likely to send some lightly armed troops to set off first! Zhang Xun said in a deep voice.

"Then let the cavalry send some cavalry to find out the news to avoid being attacked by the enemy. General Qin, order you to lead 10,000 troops to make a detour to the rear of the enemy army, and be prepared to intercept the enemy's reinforcements, and at the same time, you must also pay attention to the fact that once our army breaks through the enemy camp, you will be responsible for stopping the enemy's fish that slip through the net! Yang Wu said in a deep voice.

"The last general obeys!" Qin Pei bowed and said.

This task is more arduous, if the Huainan army cannot break through the Liang army camp in time, then Qin Pei may have to intercept the enemy army that may be several times their strength, in order to buy time for the army, this important task Yang Wu still believes in his own lineage.

"General Zhang, is there any suitable place around here to set up camp?" Then, Yang Wu asked Zhang Xun again.

Although Yang Wu was confident that he would break through the Liang army camp before Zhu Quanzhong's army arrived, as the saying goes, before victory, defeat is expected, and anything can happen on the battlefield. So Yang Wu must be prepared to defend first.

In this way, even if something unexpected happened and the Liang army successfully converged, the Huainan army could quickly turn from offensive to defensive, relying on a strong camp to fight the enemy's attrition.

The enemy's more than 100,000 troops had to transport their grain, grass and baggage from Yingzhou across the Huai River and then from Shouzhou, and it was easy for problems to arise with such a long supply line.

Therefore, as long as the Huainan army insisted on not fighting the Liang army, Zhu Quanzhong would have to withdraw his troops back in a short time.

Zhang Xun thought for a while, and then replied: "As far as the last general knows, there is a place seven miles away from here that is suitable for camping. ”

He gave a general introduction to the situation of the location, Yang Wu nodded, then looked at the leading generals of the Haozhou Prefecture Army, and ordered: "General Liu, order your department to build two camps in the north and south for the army in the place just mentioned, as for the construction standard of the camp..."

As he gave the order, he pointed to the camp arranged by Kang Huaizhen and said, "The construction standard of the camp must not be lower than this level!" ”

"Ahh Yes, the last will obey! ”

The general surnamed Liu didn't expect Yang Wu to suddenly give him an order, so he was stunned at first, and then reacted and hurriedly agreed.

This kind of dirty work will naturally be done by them when there are state soldiers, so that other soldiers can rest to ensure sufficient physical strength.

After deploying the troops to intercept the reinforcements and arranging for the manpower to build the camp, Yang Wu then ordered the craftsmen to immediately begin assembling the thirty Suzhou guns, which was the core he used to deal with the Liang army, so he could not be careless.

"The enemy has two camps, and we must first test the reality and the truth. General Zhou, General Wang, how about the two generals' troops attacking one place separately? Yang Wu turned to look at Zhou Ben and Wang Maozhang.

Although Zhou Ben is his father-in-law, there is only a relationship between superiors and subordinates on the battlefield, but there is no father-in-law's statement.

Zhou Ben has been stationed in Guangling for a long time since he attacked Suzhou three years ago, and he has not participated in any of the major battles since.

"The last will obey! General Wang, this general will attack Li Si'an's department, how about you be responsible for attacking Kang Huaizhen's department? Zhou Ben agreed, and preemptively selected the target.

Compared with Kang Huaizhen, a famous general of the Liang Army, Li Si'an, a general who often loses battles, is naturally more like a soft persimmon, so Zhou Ben chose him as his target.

Wang Maozhang was not good at arguing with Zhou Ben, so he had to nod and agree.

After assigning the tasks of each department, Yang Wu ordered each department to have lunch in advance, and then rest for half an hour before starting to act.

Qin Pei led his Zhenwu army to make a detour to the rear of the Liang army, ready to intercept enemy reinforcements; And the Haozhou state soldiers also began to build camps for the army.

Just after noon, Yang Wu led a large army to approach the Liang army camp and stopped for a mile, and Zhou Ben and Wang Maozhang each sent their generals to lead 5,000 men to begin a tentative attack on the two camps.

Among them, Wang Maozhang sent the general Zhu Qianyou, and Zhou Ben sent the general Mi Zhicheng.

With Yang Wu's order, the two divisions began to advance towards the enemy camp.

The first step in attacking the enemy camp is to fill in the trenches outside the camp. Under the cover of archers, the two armies went their separate ways.

At the same time, the Liang army in the camp also began to launch fierce attacks with archers.

Although the cavalry of the Liang army was more than that of the Huainan army, it was much less than that of Li Keyong or Li Maozhen's army, and the reason why the Liang army was able to suppress these two forces to the death was mainly to rely on the powerful infantry, especially the sharp archers, who beat Li Keyong and Li Maozhen to the point that they had no temper.

The infantry of the Liang army in front of them also showed superb combat quality, and their archers fired quickly and accurately, bringing great losses to the Huainan army.

Fortunately, the infantry of the Huainan Army is also very strong, especially after Yang Wu's reform, the combat quality of the carefully selected elite soldiers is no worse than that of the Liang Army.

Half an hour later, the Huainan army successfully dug three passages in front of the two camps, which was enough for the Huainan army to attack; The Huainan army paid the price of several hundred men for this.

At this time, Wang Maozhang and Zhou Ben issued an order almost at the same time, asking the other troops to step forward and withdraw the soldiers who were already showing fatigue to rest and recuperate.

It is obviously not possible to break through the Liang army camp in a short period of time, and even if the nearly 150,000 troops on both sides are in a field battle, it is generally difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat within three days, so it is particularly important to maintain the morale and physical strength of the soldiers.

Although two new armies have been replaced, the commanding generals have not changed, and they are still Zhu Qianyou and Mi Zhicheng.

This time, the Liang army did not choose to continue to hold on to the camp, but sent troops out and fought with the Huainan army with their backs to the camp.

Whether it is Kang Huaizhen or Li Si'an, they all know that it is not a good way to blindly stick to the camp, in that case, even if the enemy Huainan Army retreats, they can retreat calmly, and it is not easy for them to launch a counterattack.

Although the Huainan Army had the upper hand in total strength, only 10,000 people were actually put into the battlefield; And the strength of the Liang army into the battlefield was almost 10,000.

This battle very clearly showed the strength and weakness of the combat effectiveness of the two armies.

"Your Highness, the Liang army can run rampant in the world, and even the armies of King Jin and King Qi are far from being opponents, it seems that it is indeed not without reason! At least these 10,000 elite soldiers are no worse than the most elite soldiers of our army! Seeing that the battle between the two armies in front was in a stalemate, and it was generally impossible to tell which side had the upper hand, Zhou Ben, who had never fought with the Liang army, sighed.

Wang Maozhang nodded and said: "General Zhou is right, the 10,000 enemy troops in front of him are definitely the most elite soldiers in the Liang army, maybe only Zhu Quanzhong's headquarters soldiers can surpass them!" ”

Wang Maozhang led an army of 7,000 to aid Wang Shifan that year, fought with the Liang army for a month, fought with Zhu Youning, Yang Shihou and other generals, and fought a few battles with Zhu Quanzhong's headquarters, so among the people present, when it came to the understanding of the Liang army, he was the most vocal.

Zhang Xun also commented: "The most elite troops of the Liang army should be the two armies of Long Xiang and Shenjie, with nearly 40,000 troops, all of whom are veterans who started with Zhu Quanzhong. The 10,000 Liang army in front of him, under the command of Zhu Quanzhong, should be the elite second only to the two armies of Long Xiang and Shenjie. ”