Chapter 195: The army presses the realm
Li Yao has lived in Daxian for a few days and has been supervising the defense of the city wall, and now the city wall of Daxian County can place two hundred flying thunder canisters at the same time, and there are also many heavy cold weapons, such as catapults, etc.!
Although Li Yao knew that firearms were his magic weapon to win, he didn't dare to rely on firearms at all, because black powder was too unstable, and if it touched water, it would be directly ineffective!
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Li Yao does not let the firearms unit act alone, and only uses the firearms unit as a fire support!
It's just that it's still good now, it's winter, and the weather is relatively dry, so I'm not afraid to worry about gunpowder getting wet, and the personnel who maintain gunpowder are personally trained by Li Yao, and they know how to maintain gunpowder well!
Li Yao had to patrol the city wall every day, and as soon as Li Yao stepped on the city wall today, a scout came over and reported: "The army of the Liang Dynasty has arrived a hundred miles away, and it is expected that it will be in Linda County tomorrow!" ”
Li Yao asked, "In which direction did they come from?" ”
The scout said, "It's from the south!" ”
Li Yao nodded and said, "You go and inform the King of Craftsmen and let all their people withdraw to Daxian!" ”
The scout commanded, "Yes! ”
This scout went down, and Li Yao said to the guards again: "Inform the blind man and lead the cavalry to monitor the movements of the Yidu army around Yidu!" ”
Then he said to another guard: "You go and inform Li Feng and let him guard Yangsong County!" In any case, you can't lose Yangsong County, otherwise I will withdraw him! ”
After arranging the task, Li Yao stared at the south and muttered, "I don't know how powerful the army of the Liang Dynasty is, I can see it this time!" ”
The commander of the army of the Liang Dynasty is Xia Ming, the second prince of the Liang Dynasty, and the main general is the battle-hardened general Nan Jianxiu!
In winter, it was dark early, and the second prince Xia Ming found the main general Nan Jianxiu and asked, "General Nan, what do you think of this battle?" ”
Nan Jianxiu knew that the money of the second prince depended on Yiguo, and Nan Jianxiu was also the descendant of the second prince, so he said: "This battle will drive Li Yao out of Yiguo no matter what!" ”
When the second prince heard Nan Jianxiu's words, he was very satisfied, so he said: "But Li Yao has 200,000 troops in Yiguo, and we have 100,000 troops this time, and the weather is very cold, I'm afraid we will lose!" ”
Nan Jianxiu is also a general who has experienced a hundred battles, how could he not know the gap between the enemy and our forces, so he said: "Second prince, although Li Yao has an army of 200,000, his army is relatively scattered, and at least 100,000 troops are the native army of Yiguo, and the 100,000 troops he brought from Yi County are less than a year, so the combat power is not very strong, and our army is at least more than three years old, each of them is extremely brave, I believe that we still have a lot of hope in this battle!" ”
The second prince heard Nan Jianxiu's words, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but it's not easy for us 100,000 people to capture Daxian!" ”
Nan Jianxiu also knew that the number of troops in Daxian County was 50,000, and if he relied on his own 100,000 troops, even if he could defeat the county seat, he would lose both, and there were also 50,000 troops in Yangsong County, only 50 miles away.
But Nan Jianxiu, who had experienced a hundred battles, naturally had a way, so he said: "Second prince, we can let Yangyun send troops to attack Yangsong County from the other side, drag the defenders of Yangsong County, and make it impossible for them to support Daxian!" ”
After hearing this, the second prince nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but it still hasn't been solved, how can we fight Daxian?" ”
Nan Jianxiu said with a smile: "Second prince, don't worry, I have a plan, but I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”
The second prince glanced at Nan Jianxiu and said, "Say it!" ”
Nan Jianxiu said ruthlessly: "Although our army is only 100,000 people, we can recruit a million people, I don't believe it, a million people can't beat a county!" ”
When the second prince heard Nan Jianxiu's words, he was surprised: "What a powerful plan!" If you do this, does Yiguo still have national strength? ”
Nan Jianxiu smiled coldly: "Second prince, I just want to win the battle, don't think about how much it costs, if you agree, I'll do it, if you don't agree, I suggest that we wait for the spring of next year to fight, otherwise even if our army wins, it will be a miserable victory, but the gains outweigh the losses!" ”
How could the second prince in the emperor's family have the kindness of a woman, so he said: "Then leave this matter to you, I hope to see a million people in three days!" ”
Nan Jianxiu retreated and said, "The last general will do it!" ”
The army of the Liang dynasty stopped fifty miles from Daxian.
Li Yao received the scout's report and muttered, "What does this mean? Do you know the dog's head? ”
The dog head also shook his head, I don't know why the Liang Dynasty army is stationed fifty miles away, let's wait and see what the hell they do!
Li Yao called the chief officers above the brigade level to the camp tent for a meeting, and Li Yao said: "One of the advantages of Daxian is that you only need to defend three sides, and the other side is the mountain, so I plan to put the first division and the second division in the south, and this side may be the direction of the main attack of the Liang Dynasty's army, so you must always be vigilant!" The third division and the fourth division and one brigade are placed in the east, where it is estimated that there will also be an attack by the Liang Dynasty army, and the fourth division, the second brigade and the third brigade are placed in the north where the Liang Dynasty army is the least likely to attack, although the north may not be attacked, but you can't relax your vigilance, in order to prevent them from sneaking attack, you still have to stare at me wide! In addition, I will equip the 1st and 2nd divisions with two artillery regiments, a grenade brigade, 3rd and 4th divisions with an artillery regiment, two grenade regiments, and the 5th division with a grenade regiment! ”
After the 50,000 army assigned the task, Li Yao dismissed the meeting and asked the chief officers to prepare for war!
A day passed, and the news of the arrest of people everywhere by the Liang Dynasty army also reached Li Yao's ears along with the report of the scouts. Li Yao knew the conspiracy of the Liang Dynasty's army after a little thought, they planned to attack Daxian with the tactics of a sea of people, Li Yao slammed his fist on the table and scolded: "The main general of the Liang Dynasty is really not a person, and he actually uses civilian cannon fodder, it is really shameless!" ”
The dog head also said angrily: "Liang Chao is trying to kill the people of Yiguo?" In just one day, 300,000 people gathered 50 miles away, and there was no shortage of old and weak women and children, who would be killed at the slightest resistance, and I heard that there were many young and beautiful women who were arrested and taken as military prostitutes! ”
Li Yao said silently: "We can't let the Liang Dynasty army destroy Yiguo like this, on such a cold day, the old people and children will get sick if they spend a night outside, and then those old and weak women and children will die of illness before they even reach the county!" ”
The dog head also said: "Isn't the Liang Dynasty afraid of causing a riot by doing this?" ”
Li Yao sneered: "Dog head, human life is the least valuable in troubled times, and those county orders are originally Yangyun's people, and Yangyun is estimated to be the people of the Liang Dynasty, so these county orders will definitely not resist!" ”
The dog head said angrily: "If we can capture these county seats, I will definitely be the first county order to kill, and even the county order that the people do not protect, what qualifications do they have to live in this world!" ”
Li Yao said lightly: "It won't be long before I will let these county orders go to the west!" ”
(To be continued.) )