Chapter 419: Striking the West
Li Jing, who was far away on Hedong Road, did not know that in the far south, his potential allies were calculating him. www.biquge.info Of course, the world itself is that you calculate me, and I calculate you.
Fenyang City has been rebuilt by Li Jing, and this will be an important location for the attack of his Tianhu army, so it is simply that Zhang Xiaochun's support is very sufficient, which can supply 50,000 troops for three months.
"Master Zhang, it's hard work." Zhang Xiaochun was transferred to Fenyang Mansion by Li Jing, and Li Jing personally welcomed him in.
"The general asked the lower officials to come to Fenyang Mansion, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as letting the lower officials supervise the transportation of grain and grass!" Zhang Xiaochun looked at Li Jing with a smile, this young man changed the situation on the entire battlefield in a few months, don't say that he is a person who knows a little bit of military knowledge, even those ordinary people know that the end of Tian Hu is not far away, the loss of Fenyang Mansion, the loss of Jinning Mansion has suffered heavy losses of soldiers and horses, and behind Weishengzhou, there is no longer a strong army to deter Li Jing.
Not only will Li Jing send troops to attack Weishengzhou, Gaizhou and other places at any time, but even the local heroes and gentry will also take action against Tian Hu, which is also determined by Tian Hu's identity.
And all this was brought by the young man in front of him, no matter how dissatisfied Zhang Xiaochun was, he couldn't put on a stand in the face of Li Jing. There were even more smiles on his face.
"I need to be stationed alone in Fenyang Mansion to resist Tian Hu's attack, I don't know if Master Zhang is willing to block it?" Li Jing looked at Zhang Xiaochun with burning eyes and said.
"The general is going to use me to resist Tian Hu's army?" Zhang Xiaochun stood up from the chair all of a sudden, looking at Li Jing, he never thought that Li Jing would say such a thing and let himself lead tens of thousands of troops to hold Fenyang Mansion. This is a great thing, Zhang Xiaochun's face suddenly showed a look of thought, it is conceivable that in order to improve his defense, Tian Hu will definitely launch a crazy attack on Fenyang Mansion, can he really resist Tian Hu's attack?
"Yes, I am going to personally lead the cavalry to attack Gaizhou and receive the Gaizhou people." Li Jing nodded and said, "Only in this way can the entire Hedong Road be revitalized." Lord Zhang, please see, I led the army to attack Gaizhou, Niu Wenzhong is fighting with Luan Tingyu, the two of them are not bad in martial arts, however, Niu Wenzhong is cunning and cunning, although there is Zhu Wu's help, but it is very difficult to defeat Niu Wenzhong in a short period of time, I need tens of thousands of soldiers and horses over there, as long as one of them is defeated, the situation on the entire battlefield will be rewritten. So I need a place to hold down Tian Hu's army so that he can't rescue Niu Wenzhong. ”
"This is the reason why the Great General seized Fenyang Mansion?" Zhang Xiaochun's mouth was open, but he didn't expect Li Jing to seize Fenyang Mansion for such a reason, this was not just to mobilize Tian Hu's army, but to use the solidity of Fenyang Mansion to drag Tian Hu's army, and send a partial division to attack Niu Wenzhong.
"Of course, if you can't do this, how can you defeat Tian Hu in a very short time?" Li Jing said with a smile: "This march and battle, just like playing chess, take one step, at least five steps, otherwise, you will be passive everywhere, in the end, you can only be led by the enemy's nose, our soldiers and horses themselves are in a weak position, if you want to defeat the enemy, you should lead the enemy's nose." Tian Hu wanted to fight a war of attrition with me under Fenyang Mansion, but I didn't agree, but attacked Gaizhou, which he thought was the most problematic, and captured Gaizhou. Of course, the most important thing in this is to hold back the enemy, once we have not defeated Niu Wenzhong, Fenyang Mansion will be broken by the enemy, which is equivalent to the overall erosion, and even the entire Hedong Road will fall into the hands of the enemy. Lord Zhang, the most important thing here is to defend Fenyang Mansion. Li Jing looked at Zhang Xiaochun with a trace of sincerity in his eyes, a figure who had left a reputation in history, a figure who could resist the crazy attack of the Jin army, and believed that it was not a big problem to resist a rogue like Tian Hu. Of course, the premise of this is that the other party can put their hearts into it. ”
"If you can win the trust of the general, the lower officials are terrified, but if the general puts it down, the lower officials will definitely swear to defend Fenyang Mansion to the death." Zhang Xiaochun's heart was excited, civil officials are also eager to go to the battlefield, Zhang Xiaochun is different from ordinary civil ministers, greedy for life and afraid of death can not be found in him, although he did not have a good impression of Li Jing before, but now Li Jing has won Zhang Xiaochun's recognition with his bravery and military exploits.
"Very good, I will only take the cavalry to Gaizhou, and the fifty-three thousand infantry will be handed over to you." Li Jing was very happy, pulled Zhang Xiaochun, got out of the mansion, and went straight to the city wall.
"General, what are these soldiers doing?" After going up the city wall, he saw that on the city wall, piles of flames dyed the entire night sky red, and countless soldiers were busy with something, Zhang Xiaochun said curiously: "When I first came, Xia Guan saw these soldiers digging trenches. Could it be that the general has a new means of attack? ”
"These trenches were dug within a stone's throw of the ground, and how deep were they? It's just to the waist, and its span is just a little more than one step, what did Master Zhang think of? Li Jing said with a smile.
Although the trench is a firearm suitable for later generations, in the era of cold weapons, as long as it is used well, it may not be ineffective. If you want to fill these trenches, you don't know how much effort it will take, and how many soldiers and horses will be lost.
"The general is amazing." Zhang Xiaochun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and soon understood what Li Jing meant, and he thought of Tian Hu's army facing such a distressed situation in the trench, and waist depth meant that one leg could not be crossed, which affected the speed; And the same is true for more than one step wide, you can only advance step by step, and as for the various siege weapons, it is even more troublesome.
"I've got a weapon for you." Li Jing pointed to the black stone in the corner, and said: "This thing is called coal, it is used to burn, this kind of thing is a lot in Hedong Road, some places, as long as you dig dozens of steps to find this thing, when the time comes, I will let this thing spread a layer in the trench, if the enemy uses wooden planks to cross the trench, adults can use spirits, fire oil and other things to pour into the trench, you can easily ignite the coal, so that it can support one to two days, if the fire burns on this day, no one dares to walk on it." ”
"This, this, it's incredible!" Zhang Xiaochun's mouth was open, and he didn't know what to say at this time, so he could only say with a wry smile: "If this is the case, the lower officials can't hold Fenyang City, and the lower officials won't have the shame to see the general." ”
"Hehe, I believe that the adults will definitely be able to defend Fenyang Mansion and give Tian Hu a head-on blow." Li Jing laughed.