Early the next morning, on the Han River, a fleet of sailors with a size of about 1,000 officers and soldiers couldn't help but swagger to the front of the camp of the black-clothed army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Seeing them coming, the well-trained black-clothed sergeants couldn't help but pick up their respective blades as soon as possible under the command of their respective generals, and waited for the battle.

However, this group of officers and soldiers did not have the intention of going ashore to attack, they only stopped when they still had opinions from the shore.

"Listen to the bandits, my marshal said, my marshal always welcomes you to come to challenge. Whether you wait for a night attack like yesterday, or confront our army head-on on this Han River, my marshal will follow. After the fleet stopped, a thousand-household-level general couldn't help but stand up and shouted at the black-clothed sergeant who was waiting for him on the other side.

And until he said this, knowing that his own night attack failed last night, the Tartars came to provoke on purpose. A black-clothed soldier couldn't help but look at this person with fierce eyes, and these thousands of hateful eyes gathered, and the straight sect shuddered.

However, with the powerful warship under their feet, the officers and soldiers who felt fearless were not afraid of the hostile gaze of the black-clothed sergeants. Not only was he not afraid, but he laughed arrogantly twice, and continued to shout at the black-clothed soldiers on the other side: "Although you despicable villains attacked our army at night last night, my marshal is a generous man. ”

"No, my marshal asked me to bring you the body of the thief who died last night." As he spoke, the thousand households waved their hands, and dozens of sampan boats full of corpses couldn't help but float out from behind.

"Damn dog Tartar!" Seeing the stump and broken arms of his comrades, under the sorrow of the dead rabbit and fox, all the black-clothed soldiers couldn't help but become angry. A pair of red eyes and tight teeth are almost like they want to choose people and devour wolves.

But this is not over, in the face of the hateful gaze of the black-clothed sergeant, the thousand households grinned, and couldn't help shouting with a playful face: "But I don't think you have the courage to come by boat and take away the corpses of your comrades, right?" ”

"So, it's General Ben who will help you clean up all these things." As he spoke, the thousand households waved their hands, and many soldiers on the deck behind them couldn't help but light the torches in their hands. Then, under the watchful eyes of thousands of black-clothed soldiers on the other side, he threw torches on the bodies of black-clothed soldiers who had been doused with fire oil.

"Boom~~" When the oil met the fire, it immediately burned violently. And in this raging fire, the bodies of five hundred black-clothed soldiers were also engulfed in this fire in an instant.

"Ahh This son of a tartar, he dares to do this! Looking at the comrades and soldiers who had no bones left in the flames, Zhang Mingtong, who has always had a calm temper, couldn't help but scold angrily. And even Zhang Mingtong is like this, and the rest of the short-tempered generals are even more eager to fight the enemy now.

"Answer: Lost Badulu, yes, yes. I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you, you thief!" On the camp wall behind the battle, when Zhang Shihua, who commanded and supervised the battle, saw the bodies of Chen Xishan and other 500 people burned and sunk in the river. Zhang Shihua, who was slapped hard by Badulu's behavior, couldn't help scolding angrily, and slashed on the battlements with a sword.

And some of the generals who were around Zhang Shihua saw Zhang Shihua like this, and they were still angry in their hearts, and they couldn't help but clench their fists and suggested: "Lord, the Tartars have humiliated me too much, please allow me to fight, we will fight to the death with these dogs and Tartars!" ”

Saying that, these generals couldn't help kneeling beside Zhang Shihua and asking Zhang Shihua for his life.

But at this time, Zhao Ziyu, as a military advisor, yelled at these generals: "Bastard! What are you waiting for, do you want to unite and persecute the lord! ”

"Why did the military advisor say this, I would never dare to do this!" Hearing Zhao Ziyu's heart-wrenching words, Bai Xi, Deng Hu and others, who were kneeling on the ground, slammed a spirit, and couldn't help but shake their heads again and again with a frightened face.

Seeing them like this, after Zhao Ziyu glared at these people, he couldn't help but bow to Zhang Shihua, who was full of anger: "Lord, this Tartar has been deliberately provoking us from beginning to end, and this is clearly the Tartar's plan to lure the enemy." ”

"My lord, our army is short of warships, and the soldiers are not good at water warfare, at this time, we must not fall for the Tartars' plan to lure the enemy, and attack rashly, my lord!" said a salute to the ground, waiting for Zhang Shihua's decision.

However, for Zhao Ziyu's words, Zhang Shihua's eyes widened, but he yelled at him: "Don't send troops easily, when you were in Dengzhou, you didn't say this to me!" That Tartar has bullied me like this, are you just going to let me watch here and do nothing! ”

"It is the sin of his subordinates to be incompetent and unable to relieve the worries of the lord, and to let the lord be humiliated." As he spoke, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but kneel on the ground. But even so, he still persuaded Zhang Shihua: "But there is a way that 'if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan', and the minister also asks the lord to be patient for the time being, and when the time comes, the minister is willing to wear armor and hold firm, and be ashamed of the lord!" ”

Saying this, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but kowtow heavily on the masonry ground.

"Hey!" Seeing Zhao Ziyu like this, the angry Zhang Shihua had no choice but to turn the anger in his heart into a long sigh. "Hold on to your armor, I don't need you as a weak scholar, I just hope you don't let me down." As he spoke, Zhang Shihua waved his hand, and couldn't help but let all the soldiers and horses outside the camp withdraw back, and let the Tartars show off their might on the river.

"Anyway, give this group of people ten guts, they don't dare to go ashore, so they have the right to bark as dogs." Zhang Shihua comforted himself so much in his heart, so he couldn't help but go down the city wall angrily.

However, although he comforted himself in his heart, allowing the enemy to show off his might in front of his eyes inevitably caused a certain blow to the morale of Zhang Shihua's side. made many soldiers, especially Meng Haima, Zhang Chun and the death battalion, shake their confidence in Zhang Shihua to a certain extent.

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At night, in Zhang Shihua's Chinese army tent, at this time, all the generals in the army who were in thousands of households couldn't help but gather here, waiting to discuss military affairs.

But tonight, the faces of all the generals are not good-looking. In their minds, the loss of Badulu and the others was just their defeated generals, how could they have been so humiliated in the defeat of their own subordinates.

Therefore, although more than 20 generals had gathered in the big tent at this time, most of these people were silent. It's like I'm in a bad mood, don't bother me. And this naturally made the atmosphere in the huge Chinese army tent a little depressing.

However, this depression did not last long, because just after all the generals gathered, Zhang Shihua, who was wearing armor, also held the sword at his waist and strode out from behind the screen of the camp tent.

"The Privy Counsellor has arrived!" Learning the etiquette of the imperial court, a personal guard couldn't help but sing to the generals in the tent.

And when they heard this tall singing, all the generals standing in this tent couldn't help but bow down in unison: "The ministers (the last generals, etc.) visit the lord (meet the privy)!" ”

"Gentlemen, excuse me." Holding the saber and the golden sword, sitting behind the main seat, Zhang Shihua waved his hand to the generals under the tent, and couldn't help but say so.

When the generals heard this, they thanked them in unison, and they couldn't help but stand in their respective positions, and turned their eyes to Zhang Shihua. Seeing this, Zhang Shihua, who was watched by everyone, was slightly silent for a moment, and then couldn't help but say: "All the gentlemen must know why I let you come. ”

"The Xiangyang Tartars are cowardly, and they dare not compete with our army head-on, but dare to use the power of the Han River and the crowd of boats and boats, and they can't shrink out, so that our army has no way to start. So, don't you know what kind of strategy you have to lure or break the enemy? ”

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, although most of the generals under the account had already expected it. But even Zhang Shihua and Zhao Ziyu didn't have a good way to defeat the enemy, and they had somewhere to come up with a plan to break the enemy for a while. So after Zhang Shihua asked this, the account was just speechless.

In this regard, although Zhang Shihua had already expected it, when he really faced this moment, he still felt powerless and angry.

"Why, you and the others have been on the battlefield for a long time, can't all of you add up and can't even think of a working solution?" Because of anger, Zhang Shihua patted the table in front of him, stared at them and couldn't help but say so.

And after hearing Zhang Shihua's words and feeling the dissatisfaction in the words, the generals seemed to take a look, and they couldn't help but show a contemplative look.

"General Meng, didn't you capture Xiangyang City a few months ago. Among us, you are the most familiar with Xiangyang. So, I don't know if you have any way to break the city? After a moment of silence, Zhang Mingtong looked at Meng Haima and couldn't help asking.

And because of Meng Haima's question, the generals who had reacted couldn't help but turn their eyes to Meng Haima, hoping that he could come up with some useful and good methods.

However, for this, Meng Haima's forehead couldn't help but burst into a layer of sweat.

"This ...... Brothers may not know that when I started my army in Jingmen Prefecture and attacked Xiangyang City from Jingmen Prefecture to the north, I didn't need to go through the Han River at all, nor did I need to face the Tartar army. Therefore, I really don't have any good way to cross the river and break the enemy! As he spoke, he couldn't help but make a deep snort at Zhang Shihua.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shihua raised his eyebrows lightly, and then sighed weakly, and waved his hand, letting Meng Haima stand back again.

But at this time, Shi Shisan, who was standing on the other side, raised his eyebrows, but couldn't help but take the initiative to stand up.

"My lord, my lord thought of an idea, but I don't know if it can be done." After taking the initiative to stand up, Meng Haima clenched his fists with both hands and couldn't help but say so.

Hearing his words, Zhang Shihua was surprised, and he couldn't help but immediately say: "Oh, if you have a way, come quickly." ”

"Your Majesty obeys!" After bending down and saluting again, Shi Shisan couldn't help but start talking in front of everyone: "My lord, in the art of war, it is said that those who make good use of soldiers are to use their own strengths to attack their weaknesses. That's why the Tartars did their best to avoid the land confrontation with our army, and chose to fight our army on the water where they had the advantage. ”

"However, they also missed a little bit this time. That is, the strength of our army is not only in siege field battles, but also in artillery and return artillery. ”

"Artillery, return artillery!" Hearing his words, all the generals under the tent looked at each other, but they couldn't help whispering.

Seeing the whispers of everyone, Shi Shisan smiled slightly, and couldn't help but say loudly to everyone: "You all know that the reason why our army was able to defeat the Tartars so easily that day was that in addition to the bravery of our army, artillery and return artillery also played a great role. ”

"You know, siege weapons such as artillery and return artillery have an extremely long range. As long as we place these two siege weapons on the banks of the river, then our army can use them to attack the Tartar crossings and warships at a long distance. ”

In such a situation, it is difficult for the Tartars to fight back. Therefore, as long as the Tartars are killed and wounded, their morale will inevitably be greatly reduced. And at that time, our army will be able to cross the river first under the cover of artillery and return artillery, and then defeat the Tartar army in one fell swoop. ”

Saying this, Shi 13 couldn't help but turn to look at the other generals under the tent. And just as he expected, the other generals also nodded after hearing his words.

So after that, Zhang Shihua, who was sitting on the main seat, nodded silently, and couldn't help but say: "Thirteen This plan is very good, and when it comes early tomorrow morning, our army will make every effort to build a return artillery trebuchet to destroy the enemy." ”

"(Ministers) the last general will obey!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, all the generals also took orders in unison.

Therefore, in this way, the tactics of destroying the enemy with artillery were also decided.

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Five days later, when Zhang Shihua mobilized nearly half of the soldiers in the army to build nearly 100 homing artillery trebuchets, on the morning of the next day, Zhang Shihua, who had become a little impatient, could not help but beat the war drums in the army again, organized 3,000 soldiers, pushed the artillery and return artillery, and slaughtered the sandbar on the shore with great momentum.

"Quick, all the soldiers obey the order. The Lord ordered you to place the artillery and trebuchets in their respective positions as they had been planned. Within two quarters of an hour, you must be ready, and if not, you will be dealt with by military law. A herald roared like this.

And with this roar, under the gaze of the officers and soldiers on the other side of the river as if they were facing a great enemy, the 3,000 black-clothed soldiers couldn't help but place one artillery cannon and one return cannon after another.

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"Yan Jie, you see, this black-clothed thief really wants to use artillery and return cannons to attack our warships from a distance. Hehe, ridiculous, do these black-clothed thieves really think that Ben Shuai will be defenseless against this. Today, Ben Shuai wants to let this group of thieves know that trebuchets and artillery are not without weaknesses. ”

Saying this, Badulu, who seemed to be in his chest, waved his big hand, and the dull sound of the horn couldn't help but resound through his own ferry.