Li Zhen asked the army to temporarily stop attacking, and calm returned to Lingui County.

It's just that after a fight, the people escaped, and in a short period of time, it will definitely be difficult for Lingui County to recover its vitality.

At night, the whole city falls silent.

South Gate, on the castle tower.

Li Zhen still didn't rest, and was still thinking about ways to solve Xi Yinglong in the room.

"Bang! Bang!! ”

Outside the room, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Li Zhendao.

The door opened, but it was Smith who walked in.

Li Zhen said: "Smith, there is still a big battle to be fought tomorrow, why haven't you rested yet!" ”

Smith raised his hand and saluted, then said, "I'm used to going to bed late, and I can't sleep." ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly, knowing that this was Smith's polite words.

He changed his words and asked, "Is there anything wrong with looking for me so late?" ”

Smith said: "The big handsome is wise, and there are indeed some things to report to the big handsome." Now Xi Yinglong is taking advantage of the higher geographical characteristics of the north of Lingui County as a barrier, if we continue to attack, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and we will not be pleased. Whether he can successfully win Xi Yinglong is still a question. Therefore, I pondered a way to defeat Xi Yinglong, and finally came up with an idea. ”

"Tell me about it!"

"Dashuai, I think so. At present, we have only captured the south gate of Lingui County, and there are still the north, east and west gates left. Just imagine, if you take the east gate, the west gate and the north gate at the same time, you will include the entire county seat of Lingui County in your own hands. At that time, if four armies besieged Xi Yinglong's governor's mansion from four directions, they would be able to control Xi Yinglong, and even give him no chance to escape. ”

After Li Zhen listened, his brows furrowed slightly.

He quickly pondered Smith's suggestion to see if there were any loopholes.

A plan must be complete, otherwise it is prone to problems.

Smith asked again, "What do you think, big handsome?" ”

"It's hard to deal with!"

Li Zhendao: "Our army is only more than 10,000 people, and if we are assigned to the Sifang City Gate alone to attack, the strength of the army will be dispersed immediately. As far as the south gate is concerned, the garrison is probably only about 3,000 troops, and the rest of the city gates are also the same. Once Xi Yinglong chooses each way to break it, what should we do? We have already fought with Xi Changzhen, and we all understand that Xi Changzhen's strength is strong, and Xi Yinglong, as the governor of Guangxi, what do you think will happen to the soldiers he leads? ”

Smith's expression became more serious as he listened.

He also understood what Li Zhen meant, if all the troops were dispersed, once Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong concentrated their forces to attack one of them, there would definitely be a problem, what should I do?

Smith quickly turned his brain and thought of a solution. After a while, Smith said, "Sir, I think it's a good idea to close the four doors. There is an old Chinese saying that catches a turtle in an urn, and now Xi Yinglong is hiding in Lingui County, which is an old turtle in an urn, and if he wants to catch him, he must take down four city gates, so that he has no chance to escape. ”

Seeing Smith's insistence, Li Zhen thought about it and said, "In this way, change the strategy slightly." ”

"How to change?" Smith asked.

Li Zhendao: "Modify the strategy, and attack the north gate of the Quartet City Gate from the right side of Xi Yinglong's buttocks." We will send a soldier to make a gesture of attacking the North Gate, but whether or not we will attack depends on the situation. In this way, Xi Yinglong's army will be mobilized, so that his troops will not be able to deal with us with all their strength. ”

"I don't think it's going to work!"

Smith shook his head slightly, disapproving of Li Zhen's suggestion.

Two people, staring at each other with big eyes.

Eventually, Smith said, "Okay, take your advice for the time being, and try the situation first." ”

The two men made arrangements for the next step before Smith left. Early the next morning, Li Zhen sent troops to continue the attack. This time, it was the artillery that was moved, and a full ten cannons were placed to bombard the artillery under Xi Yinglong's command. Such a bombardment caused the whole city to resound with the sound of cannons, and the two sides did not give in, and it was extremely fierce.

At the same time, an army marched north from the south gate and made a detour to the north gate.

This situation can't be hidden from Xi Yinglong's soldiers.

After the news reached the Governor's Palace, Xi Changzhen said: "Li Zhen really worked hard. ”

Xi Yinglong sneered: "There are soldiers stationed at the north gate, and it is not so easy to capture it. If I let the soldiers garrison the Sifang City Gate, it would definitely be difficult for Li Zhen to enter Lingui County. Now he wants to take the north gate, without ten days and half a month, it is absolutely impossible. After a pause, Xi Yinglong said: "Tell the soldiers, guard the city gate for me, and never let Li Zhen's soldiers advance half a step." ”

"Yes!"

Xi Changzhen responded, turned around and left.

The two sides fought fiercely, and the next day there was still no winner. The artillery in the city did not distinguish between superior and inferior, and the soldiers attacking the north gate did not make progress. In the evening, after collecting the troops, Li Zhen summoned all the major generals under his command, including Yang Luchan and Dong Haichuan, all of whom were present.

Li Zhen said: "There is no result at all today, let's talk about how to solve this problem." ”

"Dashuai, I still stick to last night's opinion."

Smith made the point he had made last night, and then said, "We made a feint attack on the North Gate, but it didn't work out at all. The only real way to do this is to attack the four gates, which is the most fundamental way. ”

Li Zhen continued: "I'm still worried about the problem of troops! ”

Yang Banhou said: "Dashuai, I have a suggestion. ”

"Say!" Li Zhendao.

Yang Banhou said: "We don't send too many soldiers, one city gate sends two thousand soldiers, and the three cities are a total of six thousand soldiers. There are nearly five or six thousand people left, enough for the forces on our side to meet them head-on. As for those attacking from the north, east, and west gates, they do not use hard fighting as the main means, but mainly use our weapons. I suggest that all three gates use artillery as a means of attack, and more often use artillery to attack. In this way, a situation of hard fighting to reduce the number of troops was avoided. Moreover, just the use of artillery also saves us manpower. ”

"Good!"

After Li Zhen heard this, he readily agreed.

It's just some shells, and Li Zhenzi doesn't pay attention to it. Moreover, opening the way with artillery can create a feeling of black clouds crushing the city, which makes Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen feel frightened.

This hand is indeed good.

Smith was also quite excited when he heard that Li Zhen had adopted the method of attacking the North, East and West Gates at the same time. Such an arrangement has been implemented according to his ideas.

When the plan was decided, everyone retreated, and all went down to rest.

Inside the city, there was silence.

It's just that the Governor's Mansion is still as bright as day, especially Xi Yinglong's study, which is still lit with oil lamps.

ps: There is something to do today, the third watch will be made up tomorrow, Chengdu is on a business trip! Hotel codeword.